Chapter 231: Calm Crew
Compared with the ever-changing domestic film market, Li Mu and others, who were filming far away in South Africa, are much calmer, although with the passage of time, groups of reporters have come to South Africa to visit classes, but they still calmly continue their work, as if everything that happened has nothing to do with them.
At 8 p.m. local time on June 5, the sun had already set, and the sky was unusually bright at night on the outskirts of Cape Town.
Unpolluted, the sky in the wilderness was starry, and bonfires were lit on the ground, where a large crowd sang and danced.
In a factory, Africans and Chinese people sang and danced hand in hand, and at this time, there were no borders, and everyone was fully engaged in it.
"Bang Bang!"
Li Mu clapped his hands and asked everyone to stop what they were doing, "Okay, everyone has been practicing for so long, let's get ready to start shooting!"
It turned out that this was filming, and tonight it was a night scene, a plot of mercenaries raiding a factory, before the attack, everyone in the factory was singing and dancing, and now it is just rehearsal.
In fact, there is nothing to rehearse, and it is not a standard dance, just a random dance, as long as it can express the joy of the scene, in contrast to the later scenes, so that the audience feels a little stronger, which is not so much a rehearsal, but a relaxation.
"Photography... Lamplight... Prop... All departments ready!"
"The actors are in place!"
“action!”
This is the first time in a month that Li Mu sat behind the monitor of the "Wolf Warrior" crew again, because it was a night group scene, in order to ensure smooth shooting, Li Mu only had to temporarily rob Wu Jin's job.
With Li Mu's order, the crew and the local extras who were temporarily invited to the crowd began to dance with cheerful steps, although there was no melody and beauty to speak of, but in this war-torn place it was so precious, people temporarily forgot about the threat to their lives and devoted themselves wholeheartedly.
Four 3D cameras are located around the area, recording this joyful scene in all directions.
The camera switches to several protagonists from time to time, and Nicholas Tse, who is wearing military uniforms, is carried around the campfire by several local group performers.
Nicholas Tse, who was carrying a spear on his back, also showed a long-lost smile, put down his previous worries and celebrated with everyone, waving his fists from time to time.
Wu Jin, Yu Nan, Ma Shaohua and others all had a fleeting shot, and the people who were dancing around also appeared in the camera.
A black uncle with a wine bottle!
A woman holding a small child!
Children who follow their parents!
At this moment, everyone is celebrating the rare peace in their own way.
Suddenly, a small drone flew over the factory, and because the scene was too lively, no one noticed it for a while.
However, a black child accidentally looked up and spotted the uninvited guest, and beckoned to him, his dark face revealing a row of snow-white teeth!
"Click!"
After filming one, Li Mu called up the plot he had filmed before and watched it repeatedly.
A small monitor with hundreds of people in it must be carefully and carefully considered, and any mistake may make this clip scrapped.
checked them one by one several times, and even the movements and expressions of each group performance were paused and watched carefully a few times, and they still found a little flaw.
Among them, a few local people were obviously absent-minded during filming, some were chatting with the people around them, and some looked down at their feet and didn't know what they were doing.
It's a good thing to find out the problem, but I'm afraid that if you don't find it now, it will be too late to do it later.
And it's all some ordinary people who are temporarily brought in to make up the numbers, and Li Mu doesn't expect to pass by.
"Ready, one more!"
The director team instructed the group performers to stand up again, and the shooting continued!
"Click!"
"Click!
"Click, take a break, and shoot again in half an hour!"
A few times with a face, and the more times these locals became more and more impatient, and the mistakes increased, Li Mu had no choice but to let everyone rest first.
"Why didn't I find out that these locals were so difficult to cooperate with!" came to the actors, Li Mu said.
Wu Jin said, "During this time, I also broke my heart for them, many scenes were filmed several times because of their mistakes, if it wasn't necessary, I would let those black actors come to make a cameo appearance!"
Nicholas Tse said with a smile, "You don't know, those foreign actors don't know how many times they have scolded you behind their backs, as long as there is no positive close-up, you will let the family play tricks, and it would be good if people didn't clamored for a salary increase!"
Wu Jin said helplessly, "I can't help it, these locals are much worse than the domestic group performances!"
Yu Nan said, "It's not you yet, you shoot until night every day, they are used to following Mr. Li to finish work at five o'clock in the afternoon, and you have to work overtime every day after replacing you!"
Wu Jin retorted, "Aren't I also doing this for the movie!"
"Okay, okay!" Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Li Mu hurriedly played a round and said, "To put it bluntly, isn't it money, anyway, there are no more scenes for a few days now, so let's notify it, from now on, the daily salary of the group performance will be increased by half, but if anyone often makes mistakes, they will be replaced, and if you have money, you are afraid that you will not find a few group performances!"
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Half an hour later, the shooting continued, this time perhaps Li Mu's money offensive worked, and it took two shots to complete the shot just now, but for the sake of safety, two more shots were taken as a backup.
After that, there was the plot of the attack on everyone, and the first thing to shoot was the plot of the little black boy who stared at the drone and said hello was blown up.
Although it was a fake grenade that only emitted sound and smoke, Li Mu still chose to use a stand-in and wore a full set of protective equipment.
This shot is split into two shots, and then edited in the later stage to make a complete shot.
There was nothing wrong with the first half, just the little boy waving and smiling at the drone.
"All departments ready!"
"Lighting group OK!"
"Demolition Team OK!"
"Actors in place, action!"
With Li Mu's order, a grenade fell from a high place and hung next to the actor with a "boom", making a huge explosion, and the smoke made everyone unable to see what was going on inside!
"Click!"
"How's it going, is there anything wrong with the people?" asked eagerly after Li Mu stopped.
A figure walked out of the smoke, "Director, I'm fine, it's okay!"
It's okay, the actor is safe and sound, Li Mu was relieved, and then began to examine the scene just now.
Well, it's all okay, it's just that the grenade is a little off, but it's not a big deal, that's it!
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