After the "Happy Ghost" start-up worship ceremony ended, the shooting of the first shot began.

At this time, the crew of "Happy Ghost" was in a studio in Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay Film and Television City, which was full of ancient buildings.

Today's main filming is the previous life of the happy ghost and the ten boys and girls who hid in the temple where the happy ghost hanged themselves in order to avoid the rain, which led to a chance encounter with the happy ghost and inadvertently brought the happy ghost back to the campus storyline.

Wang Jing shouted with a loudspeaker, "The first shot is about to be filmed, are all departments ready?" ”

"Ready!" The camera crew, lighting team, etc. replied in unison, all the departments have already been prepared, after all, they have just collaborated on "Flower Heart" not long ago, and there is already some tacit understanding between the various departments of the crew.

"I'm ready, too." Chen Baixiang also raised his hand and smiled.

In order to get off to a good start, strive for the first shot to pass at one time, and take a good omen, the first shot Wang Jing chose was a happy ghost sitting in the temple bored, and then heard a sound outside the house, so he jumped back to the rope he used to hang himself in his previous life with his soul, this shot is Chen Baixiang's light jump, very simple.

"Okay, now it's officially off!" Wang Jing shouted.

Chen Lang came to the camera with a rectangular striped plate in his hand, "The first scene of "Happy Ghost" is the first shot, the first shot! Syllable! ”

After Chen Lang finished speaking, he closed the rectangular stripe plate and made a "pop" sound, and the photographer immediately photographed the percussion sound and the scene recording camera at the same time.

I believe many people have seen or heard that before the camera is taken, someone will hold a rectangular stripe board with the time and other contents written on it "click", and then it will be considered an official shooting.

This clicky rectangular stripe board is called a clapperboard, but don't underestimate it, it's a very important tool in the film, and it makes a lot of sense for the photographer to shoot the percussion sound and the slate lens at the same time.

The clapperboard, whose English name is slate, is written in chalk with information such as the number of scenes, shots, director, title, and film company, and a piece of clapper is attached to the upper edge, which can be opened and closed at one end to create a crisp sound.

The main function of the slate board is to serve as a marker for each piece of film, which is easy to identify during post-editing.

As you know, movies are composed of many shots, and each film generally has hundreds or even thousands of shots, and the scenes and content in the film are very complex.

It is impossible to shoot according to the order of the plot, but to shoot according to the scene, such as filming the location scene first, then filming the scene in the studio, or the summer scene first, then the winter scene, and even if it is also a winter scene, some plots take place in the early part of the story, and some plots take place later.

In order to ensure the quality, some shots have to be shot several times, painstakingly shot for months, and bring back a lot of film, how do you put it together into a complete movie?

If there are no obvious markings on the film, it will cause great trouble for the editing work in post.

Filmmakers have come up with a good idea of this method in their long-term practice, using a small board with black and white stripes, on which is briefly written the relevant content of the film to be filmed below, and taking this "board" before shooting each shot as a marker for this shot.

This step is called "clapper" or "slapper" in the jargon of the film industry. In this way, the beginning of each piece of film has a slate shot, and in post-production, as soon as the staff sees this mark, they know which film, the first scene, and the first shot the film is, which is easy to identify.

In addition, other staff such as costumes, makeup, and props can also avoid mistakes by avoiding flaws in the details of the shots shot at different times.

Since the role of the clapperboard is to make marks, why do you need to "snap" it? This is because movies not only have images but also sounds.

If a character in a movie speaks in a voice that doesn't match the shape of his mouth, then he will feel awkward when watching the movie.

When filming a film, the slate "snaps" the wooden strips on the slapper board while lifting the slate to make a crisp sound, and the photographer shoots the percussion sound and the slate lens at the same time, which becomes a synchronization mark for the post-recording, which can enable the editor to determine the accurate sound image positioning.

Due to its close association with film work, the clapperboard has long been regarded as a mark and symbol of the film industry.

The China Film Museum, built to commemorate the centenary of Chinese film, is like a huge clapperboard. In 1996, France issued a commemorative stamp for the 50th anniversary of the Cannes International Film Festival, which featured this clapperboard, which shows the importance of this small rectangular striped plate to the film.

Chen Lang also saw this scene board many times in his previous life, and at the same time was very curious about the filming of the movie, so he grabbed the job of the scene note, came to make the board himself, and immediately flashed back to Wang Jing after filming to watch Chen Baixiang's performance.

I saw Chen Baixiang at this time wearing a Qing Dynasty official uniform, sitting lazily on the table, and then seemed to hear the voice and suddenly turned his head to look at the other side.

In fact, there was no sound at the scene at this time, and the movie was also added during post-production, but Chen Baixiang wanted to show that he heard the voices of the girls, and then jumped into the rope.

Of course, it is impossible for Chen Baixiang to jump into the rope, this shot is after Chen Baixiang jumps and leaves the lens quickly, the camera comes to a close-up of the lens of the rope again, and then connects the two shots together in post-production, it looks as if Chen Baixiang jumped into the rope, this is the magic and unique charm of the so-called film montage.

After the whole shot was taken, everyone was looking at Wang Fatzi, waiting for him to speak, and Wang Jing smiled after watching the shot just now, "The first shot, it's over." ”

Hearing Wang Fatzi's words, everyone was happy, and the people who came with the previous crew generally smiled, after all, such situations are commonplace, but the first shot of the movie was successfully passed once, which still made everyone very happy, and it was natural to be happy to have a good start.

And like the three girls, they are jumping and jumping happily, obviously in their opinion, this is a harbinger of the smooth shooting of the movie, and the girl's heart is fully revealed.

Chen Lang also happily high-fived and hugged the four classmates and his sister who were standing together, although it was only a smooth passage of one shot, but this was the first shot of Chen Lang's first movie, so Chen Lang was very happy.

Four classmates? Sister?

That's right, there are ten boys and girls in the plot of hiding from the rain in the temple, in addition to Wu Shaogang played by Chen Lang, the other four soy sauce men are played by their classmates and friends Yu Song, Zhang Yimeng, Chen Jian and Song Yuchen, and a small role asked by my sister Chen Yun was also arranged to be one of the two girls who played soy sauce among the five girls.

Chen Lang also had to agree under the pleading of the four people, and Chen Lang was also worried about whether this would be opposed, but after Chen Lang told Wang Jing about this matter, Wang Jing agreed without much consideration.

In Wang Jing's words, the main focus of this campus comedy is campus life, although these students have no foundation in acting, but they are better than acting in their true colors, and this drama really has no acting requirements, but the more youthful it is, the more real and funny it is.

Chen Lang is right to think about it, except for Li Lizhen, the three girl protagonists in this drama have never appeared in front of the camera, Chen Lang is also a newcomer to the film and has no experience.

The acting skills of several protagonists in the movies in Chen Lang's memory of his previous life are really average, but the humorous and funny plot and the new campus comedy genre that appeared for the first time are deeply loved by students.

This small-budget film still won more than 10 million box office under the confrontation with another Mai Dangxiong's masterpiece "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", and finally became the eleventh place in Hong Kong's 1984 film box office list, which stunned many people.

The next shot is filmed in the past life of the happy ghost Zhu Xiucai, and the plot of the previous life appeared in the three time periods of the movie and was separated, but it must have been filmed together when filming.

"The first scene of "Happy Ghost", the second shot, the first time, smack!" Chen Lang once again snatched the job of the field record, which attracted a resentful look from the field record.

In order to distinguish it from the afterlife in the movie, the part of the happy ghost's previous life is silent, and the footage was also made black and white in post-production.

The happy ghost played by Chen Baixiang in front of the camera was dozing off, and then Zhu's mother brought the food and signaled her son to eat after reading the book, the happy ghost had no choice but to pick up the book, and Zhu's father also gathered at the table and watched his son read.

Because it is silent, the three of them have to show the mentality of the characters through their movements and expressions.

I saw the happy ghost in front of the camera with his eyes closed, nodding from time to time to show that Zhu Xiucai was napping at this time, at this time Zhu's mother came over with food, and then Zhu Xiucai wanted to eat but was stopped by Zhu's mother.

"Click!" Chen Langzheng was fascinated, and Wang Jing shouted.

The three actors all stood up and looked at Wang Jing, "Is there something wrong with the director?" ”

Wang Jing came to the actor who played Zhu's mother, "Zhu Xiucai's mother is not not to let Zhu Xiucai eat, but to urge her son to study, you have to add an action to urge Zhu Xiucai to read, so as to reflect the family's importance to Zhu Xiucai's imperial examination, this paragraph is silent, so you must make actions, don't be afraid of making mistakes, I will point out if I make mistakes, you know?" ”

"I see, director." The actor who played Zhu's mother nodded hurriedly.

"Alright, start over."

"The second shot of the first scene of "Happy Ghost", the second shot, smack!"

After starting again, Zhu's mother added another action of pointing the books on the table with her hands after stopping Zhu Xiucai from reaching out to take the bowl, Zhu Xiucai had to shake his head helplessly and pick up the books and continue to read hard, while Zhu's father on the side also came to the table with a concerned face and watched his son read.

Chen Baixiang's performance in this section is very good, whether it is napping, or the eagerness to eat and the expression of helplessness to continue reading, Chen Baixiang has already starred in a lot of movies and TV episodes at this time, and his performance is very good, and he deserves to be one of the well-known green leaves in the future.

Next is the scene of Zhu's father dying in anger, Zhu's father shook before he died, and then lay down to say that he was dead.

Chen Lang was a little speechless, it seems that in the movie, whether it is being shot, slashed, sick or injured, it seems that everyone likes to shake before death, and then die unwillingly, which reminds Chen Lang of shaking before drinking and licking before eating.

The subsequent indoor camera shooting of the happy ghost's previous life is very simple, and Wang Jing's requirements are not very high, as long as it doesn't look too fake, even if there are some flaws, Chen Lang can only complain about this, no wonder he is a fast gunner.