Chapter Fifty-Nine: A Difficult Filming Process
The preparation process for the shoot went smoothly and there were almost no obstacles, and the tent that provided temporary rest and equipment for the filming was quickly pulled up with the concerted efforts of many crew members.
Because this is not a dedicated film and television base for filming, the scene still needs to be arranged by manpower, and after the start-up ceremony, Tang Lin kept walking back and forth in the temple according to the pictures in his mind, such as some lighting arrangements, covering dead leaves, repairing the temple inside and outside, and so on.
Throughout the day, Tang Lin was busy with this and that, and in the middle was a little free time to drink some water, and he barely had time to go to the toilet.
This made Qin Ru, who was watching from the side, feel distressed and proud, of course, her boyfriend worked so hard, and she was proud of Tang Lin's ability, but no matter what, he was already her boyfriend now.
In the evening, the scenery here was finally basically perfected, and there were still some places that needed to be repaired, and the specific Tang Lin had already ordered to go down, and now he was sitting in the open space outside the tent, holding a large bowl of rice sent by the villagers in his hand, while constantly picking up the rice in his mouth, while listening carefully to Liao Yangping's question next to him.
"Mr. Tang, do we really have to use Cantonese for this shooting?" asked Liao Yangping to Tang Lin.
Tang Lin took a large mouthful of food in his mouth, chewed it for a while, and then directly swallowed the meal that he hadn't had time to chew, and said: "Director Liao, in fact, I originally wrote this script in the way of Cantonese, so you can find that the actors who come here are all from Shenzhen, or people who have been in Shenzhen, and they can basically master Cantonese." ”
Liao Yangping looked at the surrounding leading actors, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, if these are also actors, then there is no shortage of actors in this world.
Take a look at the starring actors around: Bai Ze who has never acted for the male number one, Ou Qian who has never acted for the female number one, Yang Xianlin who has never acted for the male number two, and Qin Ru who has not acted for the female number two......
If you want to say what is the biggest feature of this crew, it is not that Tang Lin, a person who has never been in contact with scripts, can write such a good script, nor is it that everyone unexpectedly brought the entire crew to this kind of place where birds don't, but looking at the entire crew, except for Liao Yangping himself and some photographers, gaffers, etc., who have more or less shooting experience, the other actors, without exception, are all newcomers and have no acting experience.
For this point, Liao Yangping has complained more than once or twice, but Tang Lin stubbornly bites this bite, which makes Liao Yangping feel very helpless, but out of his love for this script, he still came to serve as the nominal assistant director of this film, and the actual chief director.
Tang Lin continued: "If the Mandarin version is used, it will be dubbed accordingly in the later stage, and if it is released, I hope to use the Cantonese version as much as possible, after all, the original taste is good." ”
After Tang Lin finished speaking, he took another big bite of rice, but he was too anxious to cough violently.
When Qin Ru saw it, he hurried over and gently stroked Tang Lin's back, and said reproachfully: "Eat slowly, and no one will rob you!"
Tang Lin took a bottle of mineral water from Yang Xianlin's hand, and after taking a sip, he smiled awkwardly, this food appearance is really not good.
"By the way, Mr. Ou, filming will start soon, how are you preparing?" Tang Lin quickly changed the topic and asked Ou Qian, who was gathered around.
"Don Jr., that ...... I...... I ......," Ou Qian said with some slurrance.
As a strong woman, being able to show such a timid side, Tang Lin naturally knew that Ou Qian was not ready yet, or that the psychological level had not yet passed.
Tang Lin smiled and said to Liao Yangping, Yang Xianlin and Bai Ze next to him: "Director Liao, Uncle Yang, Brother Bai, then let's shoot the fight outside the temple tonight, the fight may take a little more time to carve." ”
A few men naturally knew what Tang Lin's suggestion was, although it was a bit of a violation of discipline to temporarily change the shooting content, but a few of them were embarrassed to embarrass a woman.
Then everyone discussed with each other some of the detailed content links in the shooting, such as Tang Lin's shooting suggestions for Liao Yangping, and Yang Xianlin and Bai Ze's explanation of some expressions and actions that need to be noticed in the later paragraph, Tang Lin at this time directly took on the responsibilities of all the work consultants, and told the thoughts in his mind one by one.
Serious men are always so handsome and charming, Qin Ru next to her was fascinated for a while, and she didn't even notice that Ou Qian called her a few times next to her.
The spring night will not come too early, but at seven o'clock in the evening, the black wind forest has been shrouded in the whole night, under the specially arranged faint blue light, the dead leaves scattered on the ground slowly roll on the ground with the hair dryer slightly turned on by the staff outside, making the open space in front of the ancient temple look a little eerie.
As Liao Yangping, who was sitting in front of the surveillance screen, picked up his director's microphone and said 'action', the cameras in the entire set immediately sounded the sound of operation.
A scene reporter stood in front of a camera facing the ancient temple, holding a slate in both hands, with the words "Title: A Chinese Ghost Story", "Scene 108", "Camera 1", "Camera 1".
A second after the camera was turned on, the slate was quickly knocked out of the slate and shouted, "!"
Outside the temple at this time, except for the sound of some machines running non-stop, only the thick layer of dead leaves on the ground that was thought to be covered was rustling by the blowers.
"Is there anyone?" a voice suddenly sounded on the set.
Soon, behind a common balcony more than one meter high, Bai Ze, dressed as a scholar in ancient costume, threw in with a dark gray piece wrapped around his head, carrying a very simple shelf on his back and ran in in a panic, and the wind of the blower blew the dead leaves on the ground.
"Ah~~~~!"
After staggering forward a few steps just now, the dead leaves just blew through, and Yang Xianlin, who was dressed as a thick-eyed beard who was hung up by a steel wire, shouted directly from above and 'flew' over Bai Ze's head, Bai Ze exclaimed very exaggeratedly, 'Ah~!', and shrank in place.
“cut!”
Liao Yangping's shout stopped the few people in the field who still wanted to continue, and Tang Lin, who was standing next to him and was about to appear, also smiled helplessly.
"Director, what's wrong?" Tang Lin walked over to Liao Yangping after they stopped.
"It's a big problem, you guys take a look at what was photographed just now," Liao Yangping glanced at Tang Lin angrily, he didn't support the use of so many newcomers, but now it's good, the recording of the first act just now is too contrived, as long as people who are not blind can see that Bai Ze and Yang Xianlin are just doing a very exaggerated monkey show.
Yang Xianlin and Bai Ze were obviously very ashamed of their performance just now, and stood in front of the monitoring screen very embarrassed, looking at Tang Lin in thought.
After a while, Tang Lin said: "Director Liao, what I thought was a little too idealistic, so let's do the rival play for the time being, this time is too tight, and we haven't practiced well before, let's continue filming after we are more proficient, what do you think?"
"Yes, but you will not only disrupt our shooting schedule, prolong the shooting time, but also increase your shooting cost, are you sure you want to do this?" Liao Yangping looked at Tang Lin and asked.
Under normal circumstances, no matter which crew it is, it is absolutely not allowed to have such a procrastination, because there is still the pressure of investors on the top of the crew, and there is also the task pressure given by the film company.
However, for Tang Lin's film, there is obviously no pressure in this regard, not only the company is Tang Lin's own, even if the investor is only Tang Lin himself, as long as Tang Lin gives up the money, then it doesn't matter how long the filming time is.
Tang Lin nodded and said, "That's all I have to do now, isn't it?"
Liao Yangping also nodded and replied: "You are the boss, of course you are in charge, but I still recommend ......"
Hearing that Liao Yangping seemed to have something to say, Tang Lin hurriedly stretched out his hand and said to Liao Yangping: "Director Liao, if you say that I want to change actors, don't say it, my attitude is obvious, and at the same time I am also very resolute, as long as the kung fu deep iron pestle is sharpened into a needle, I don't believe that I can't make this drama!"
Liao Yangping looked at the ambitious Tang Lin in a daze, and after a long time, he sighed and said: "Okay, it's all up to you! I hope your insistence is right, if you waste such a good book, if others don't talk about you, I will scold you to death!"
Tang Lin didn't react much to Liao Yangping's 'cruel words', but grinned, and then said: "Don't worry, Director Liao, I won't let you have this opportunity, the film didn't shoot well, even if you let it pass, I won't, I can't meet my requirements, I'd rather this shooting be in vain!"
After finishing speaking, Tang Lin pulled Bai Ze and Yang Xianlin over, and ignored Qin Ru and the others who came over next to him, and slowly said to Bai Ze: "Brother Bai, in the movie, Ning Caichen, was chased by wolves in the dark night before he came here, so at this time, you should be in a state of panic, think about it, when you suddenly see a person in mid-air with a big knife slashing towards you, what will your reaction be the first time?"
"Aren't you afraid?" Bai Ze asked suspiciously.
Tang Lin nodded, shook his head again, and said, " It's afraid, but it's not the kind of scared girl who screams like you just want to be frightened, because you've run a long way ahead, and at this time you should be in a state where your breath is very unstable, and then suddenly when you encounter this kind of thing that you don't expect, you should scream, but this scream will be shorter because the breath is not long, so it will be shorter, and at the same time you will stay in place, because your head will be blank for a while, and you can't do more movements, but your own self-protection function will make you can't help but hold your head to avoid being hurt。 ”
"Is that so?" Bai Ze asked rhetorically to himself.
"Well, you simulate that kind of picture yourself, and we'll rehearse it later," Tang Lin nodded, and then said to Yang Xianlin, " Uncle Yang, in fact, in the clip just filmed, your interpretation is still very good, but there is a little bit about Yan Chixia's charm in the film, you may not have caught it yet, in this script, Yan Chixia's own strength is very strong, and she can look down on all the heroes in the world, but because he is tired of the deceit of the world, he chose to come to this haunted place to escape the world, but he still met Xiahou who came to look for him to compare, so at this time he will be a little helpless in his heart, and at the same time he will be a little disgusted with this Xiahou who has been pursuing fame and fortune, so at this time, Uncle Yang, you should not show the kind of momentum that is indomitable, but a kind of superior plus a helpless momentum. ”
Yang Xianlin nodded, he did not refute Tang Lin's words, because this script was written by Tang Lin himself, and I believe that Tang Lin will be more accurate than him in terms of character control.
A little more than three minutes later, it was forced to let Tang Lin drag on for a night, and kept asking the two of them over and over again, because Tang Lin played Xia Hou, who pursued the first title of martial arts, so in the audition throughout the night, he also participated in it, and finally Liao Yangping, who was still annoyed that the filming process was not going well, also participated.
At almost two o'clock in the morning, there were already a lot of insects and birds chirping around the Black Wind Forest, which added a lot of mystery to the atmosphere here.
With Liao Yangping's last cut, everyone turned their faces to look at Liao Yangping, and they all felt that the last interpretation just now was already in place, including Tang Lin himself, but he didn't know where Liao Yangping was dissatisfied again.
"Why don't you hurry up and pack up your things and go back to rest early?" Do you think it's still early?" Liao Yangping shouted loudly holding the director's microphone, and the director's momentum was very majestic.
"Is it over?" Tang Lin asked as he walked over in disbelief.
After Liao Yangping heard this, he glared at Tang Lin, and said angrily: "Okay, how many more do you want to remake?"
Although the number of reshoots nine times is not too many remakes in the entire film industry, the important thing is that this guy spent the whole night on the rehearsal, and if it takes so much time to rehearse for each scene in the future, it will probably take years to get the film right.
This situation is not what Liao Yangping wants to see, because if this is the case, whether the shooting can be completed will become a big problem.