Chapter 3: Filming Begins
Television Frontiers
This newspaper (reporter Li Ci intern Zhu Jin)
The main creators of the urban heart-warming TV series "Happy for the Rest of My Life", adapted by the original author of the novel, recently held a press conference in the news center of Huaxing Entertainment Company. Chen Li, the chief director of the film, said, "As a popular platinum novel, I believe everyone knows that this novel is not a comedy, nor is it an ordinary sadomasochistic drama, nor is it a family ethics drama, and the overall style of the TV series inherits the original novel. β
Chief director Chen Li is famous in the entertainment industry for directing modern dramas such as "Listening to the Wind" and "Pomegranate Tree".
The main actors in the play, Xu Chongming, Song Lu and others were all present, and the scene was also very lively. The only regret is that Xu Yao's actor did not show up.
Under the questions of reporters, Director Chen only said that the candidates had been determined through open recruitment, and more Director Chen would not be disclosed.
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Recently, the content in various public accounts is similar to the content of the press conference of "Huanxi". And Xu Chongming & Chen Li have cooperated again to become a hot search in the past few days, and various gossip news such as Xu Song Lian, Song Lu, Xu Shuangqing, and sisters have emerged in endlessly.
Su Qian also looked through all kinds of gossip before filming started, and she didn't know whether these news were true or not, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to ask for verification. However, what surprised her was that the topic of Xu Yao's actor also had a lot of heat, and everyone seemed to be very interested in guessing who would play the role.
Although Director Chen has already said that he will openly recruit and select newcomers to play. But you may not believe it, and the director hasn't announced it yet, there must be a problem!
Under the Weibo of Director Chen and Shenyi, fans played a guessing game, guessing all kinds of eighteenth-tier newcomers and well-known models in the entertainment industry, and some fans even said that it might be a cameo appearance of a certain actress.
Later, even the author of the official account came to join in the fun. All in all, this role can be regarded as a little popular.
As for whether it will be a little popular after the broadcast, it depends on her ability.
But for Su Qian now, it is obvious that her first shot and a scene are the most important.
When filming TV dramas, in order to save costs, they are generally filmed in a centralized manner, and they are not filmed in the order in which the plot occurs, and sometimes they are also filmed by different film crews.
Therefore, the overall planning should arrange the daily shooting plan, shoot a few pages of scripts every day, which scenes, this must be how convenient and how to shoot how to come, not according to the order of the script, if the shooting is in order, the cost is unbearable.
However, generally TV series are opened by two groups at the same time, and the same is true for the crew of "Happy Rest of My Life". Group A Chen Li is personally on the board as the chief director, and Group B is controlled by assistant director Wang Ming. Group A was responsible for filming the main scenes, while Group B used the rented space and idle actors during the filming period of Group A to shoot secondary scenes, fill-in shots, some action scenes and some large scenes.
The day before, Group B had already started their work, shooting some short shots of the school and then shooting some footage. Group A started filming today, and the first scene filmed was a simple conversation between the heroine and her best friend. The second scene is Su Qian's scene, and it is also Su Qian's first scene.
Generally, the crew will shoot some simple scenes first, one is to let everyone adapt to the environment, but to cultivate everyone's tacit understanding, after all, the circle is not big but not small, before this, many people are not very familiar, let alone have long-term cooperation experience.
Therefore, Su Qian's next scene is also very simple as the second scene.
Chen Lizheng told Su Qian, "For a while, you should be natural when you walk, don't look at the camera, and remember that you are Xu Yao." β¦β¦β
As a little newcomer, especially a young newcomer who has just joined the group, Su Qian seems serious and well-behaved.
Listen carefully to the director's words and nod his head from time to time.
Chen Li saw that she should understand, so he said, "I'm pretty much done, let's get ready to start!"
At this time, Su Qian was wearing a white dress from the Shenyu series, with a pair of pink canvas shoes, her face was only rubbed with foundation, and her hair was tied with a leather band, which was a simple ponytail. Close your eyes and think: she is the school flower of No. 1 Middle School, and she is also a good student with excellent grades, she is gentle and well-behaved in front of everyone.
At this moment, Su Qian's temperament has changed, Su Qian's original temperament is gentle and elegant, and she is also more mature, more like Xu Yao at the end of the novel. At this time, Su Qian really became Xu Yao when she was a teenager, a rich girl with a gentle and elegant appearance, but she was innocent and immature in her bones.
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Xu Xiaomo came to this school halfway, and she felt very uncomfortable coming from a small town to this big northern city.
It has been a week since she came to No. 1 Middle School, but she has few familiar friends, among which her tablemate Song Xue is one of them.
At noon that day, there were not many people left in the classroom, and Xu Xiaomo was still sitting in his place writing homework. Suddenly, Song Xue came in from outside and pulled her outside, and said as she walked: "Come with me, the confession is about to start, this is the fourth confession of this month." β
Xu Xiaomo was a silent girl just like her name, and she didn't refute it, and obediently followed Song Xue, although she didn't want to see the so-called confession.
Xu Xiaomo followed Song Xue to the small garden of the school, and what he saw was: a boy was performing a show with a guitar, and a girl came over to stop the boy's behavior. The boy is not tall, and his not-so-outstanding appearance sets off the girl's amazing beauty. She didn't see much, she just thought the girl was like a princess on TV.
I saw the princess open her mouth and say: "Liu Haiyang, now that you are in your third year of high school, it is time for us to study hard, and you are still here to do your job." The voice was gentle and beautiful, and the tone carried a little pride but just reflected the innocence of the princess.
Maybe it was because Xu Xiaomo was focused and thought she was interested. Song Xue lowered her voice and approached her, and said with a little excitement in her voice: "You just came, you don't know, that girl's name is Xu Yao, she is a student in the key class of liberal arts, and she is also the school flower of our No. 1 Middle School. Alas, I am really envious, not only has a good family background, studies well, but also looks so beautiful, not to mention that there is an excellent bamboo horse Chen Lang, there are so many suitors. It's really more popular than people!" As he spoke, he began to share Chen Lang's news with her again.
This is the first time Xu Xiaomo has heard Chen Lang's name in his memory, and it is also the first time he has met Xu Yao. In Xu Xiaomo's memory, the original Xu Yao was like a princess, who didn't know firewood, rice, oil and salt, didn't know the taste of sorrow in the world, beautiful and innocent.
Many of the characters of Xu Yao appear in the juvenile memories of the heroine Xu Xiaomo and the male protagonist Chen Lang, and Su Qian's first long shot is the scene where the heroine Xu Xiaomo recalls meeting Xu Yao.
The camera begins with Xu Yao walking towards a suitor played by an extra, and Su Qian becomes a gentle and naΓ―ve rich girl, walking towards the suitor at a natural speed.
Then she spoke her lines skillfully, her line skills were very good, her words were correct and round, and her voice was as gentle and gentle as described to Xu Yao in the novel, and at the same time, her tone was mixed with a little innocence.
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The director shouted to stop, Su Qian resumed her pre-filming state, recalled her performance, and knew that this scene should pass. However, she did not walk away immediately, but waited for the director's instructions.
Chen Li waved his hand, and his tone was lighter than just now: "This is over." β
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Zhang Cheng gave her mobile phone to Su Qian, and at the same time handed her a glass of orange juice, which was the brand she liked to drink.
Zhang Cheng is a temporary assistant arranged for her by Su Qian's grandfather, and she has no objection to her baby granddaughter's decision to enter the entertainment industry, but she is not worried that her granddaughter is filming outside alone. So I arranged Zhang Cheng over.
She is very satisfied with Zhang Cheng, who can not only be a bodyguard, but also caring and capable, and has high emotional intelligence. When she first came in in the morning, she had already taken care of everything, and greeted the crew one by one in her name.
Huaguo's entertainment industry is not very graded, unlike Kimchi Country, where newcomers bow 90 degrees when they see their seniors, kneel to their seniors, etc. But respecting seniors is a duty at any time and on any occasion, Su Qian just came to catch the second scene, and then Zhang Cheng, as an assistant, played a role.
I don't know where my grandfather got the treasure from, and I didn't ask carefully. But when the filming of this drama is over, she can talk to her grandfather and let Zhang Cheng be her official assistant. Su Qian sat on the chair, drinking orange juice and thinking slowly.
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Different from Su Qian's leisurely and comfortable, Chen Li could be said to be very surprised in his heart at this time.
Replaying the scene of Su Qian as Xu Yao in the camera again, Chen Li said to the assistant next to him, "What do you think?"
Li Wen recalled Su Qian's performance in combination with the camera, pondered for a while and said: "As a newcomer, Su Qian has a very strong sense of the camera, without the tension and crampedness of the first contact with the camera, natural and real. And she really took on the role of Xu Yao!"
"You're right, not to mention the sense of the camera, this is completely based on talent, there are not many people with this talent, but there are many people with this strong sense of lens among actors and models. The second point is what I care about, she can naturally take on the role, I also think that as long as she can stick to her own image, she doesn't ask too much, but who knows she can do this. Chen Li sighed a little, such a talented newcomer has not been seen for a long time. However, he still had a word that he hadn't said, that is, Su Qian looked like an experiential performer, and as a typical experiential artist, he didn't know whether it was good or bad for her.
"Then which script will we use later?" In the adaptation of "Happy for the Rest of My Life", the directors and screenwriters first determined the first script, and Xu Yao's weight in the script was obviously much heavier than in the novel. But later, Chen Li decided to use a newcomer, and several screenwriters deleted some plots on the basis of the first script, and only then did they have a second script. The weight of Xu Yao in the second script is about the same as in the novel.
And Director Chen planned to shoot the second script, but seeing Su Qian's performance, Li Wen was a little hesitant, so he asked.
Chen Li replied without hesitation: "Of course, the first script is to be filmed, which is much more exciting than the second one." In addition to Su Qian's wonderful performance, another reason why Chen Lineng decided without hesitation was that although Xu Yao's roles in the first script increased, the roles of other main characters did not decrease.
He has a deep understanding of the impetuosity of this circle, he has a heart of love for talent, and he doesn't want this talent to be hit and knocked off as a target for others as soon as he enters the circle.
Next, the two did not speak again, but led the crew to walk to the temporarily arranged and built highway to continue the later scenes.
Xu Chongming and Song Lu prepared next. β
The footage at the school is basically shot in the order of the plot. However, considering Su Qian, a newcomer, she still put the scene where she and the two protagonists performed at the same time a few days later.
And the next third scene is a rivalry between the two protagonists.
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Xu Xiaomo is different from some girls who are introverted, she is silent and withdrawn in the eyes of her classmates. In the eyes of the fifth class teacher, she is a sweetheart.
Although she used to study in an inconspicuous small city, her high school entrance examination score was eighth in the province, and her first and second year of high school were also the first in the original school. If it weren't for the strict control of transfer students in No. 1 Middle School, and Xu Xiaomo had nothing to do with it, he would not have come to Class 5, an ordinary science class.
Among her outstanding results, mathematics is her strong point. So the head teacher of Class 5 signed her up for the provincial math competition.
After further screening by the school, in the end, the school decided to let Xu Xiaomo and two other students represent the No. 1 Middle School in the competition. One of the students is Chen Lang from the key science class.
This is also the second meeting of the hero and heroine, and it is also a turning point in the attitude of the male protagonist towards the female protagonist.
Five minutes later
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"Hey, it's you! You're not that... What are you doing here, this bus is not a school bus to take you home. Chen Lang was a little surprised when he saw Xu Xiaomo, he remembered this girl, not the girl's appearance, just because she could appear next to Yaoyao.
Yaoyao looks gentle and innocent and easy to speak, but in fact, she is the easiest to perceive people's emotions and the most difficult to approach.
"My name is Xu Xiaomo, and I'm going to participate in a math competition. Xu Xiaomo has a good temper and is not angry because of the other party's fuss, although she looks a little cold.
Chen Lang was even more surprised, he didn't expect the other party to look stupid, he was so good at mathematics, but he knew the competitiveness of mathematics selection.
Chen Lang has a good family background and good etiquette, he knew that he was a little reckless just now, but the other party was not angry, and replied to him seriously, which made him change his previous thoughts.
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While Xu Chongming and Song Lu were filming, Su Qian also followed the crew outside and stood by to watch.
Now many people say that celebrities don't have any acting skills, and they are zombie faces all the time, etc., there is this phenomenon in the circle, but it is also a minority.
Just like the two on the field, a simple dialogue, the two also performed vividly, their expressions and expressions were in place, and they looked like they had rehearsed before.
Among them, of course, there is the influence of Chen Li, a famous director, but in the final analysis, the actor has also worked hard.