Chapter 75: The end of the literary drama
At this time, Producer Zhang also talked specifically about Taj Cinemas.
"Boss Lin of Taj Cinemas is really a good person, very kind, and a decent person. He usually takes good care of small-budget films and literary films, so how can he arrange a theater to screen them, he is not the kind of person who gets into the eyes of money. ”
"It's really not good, if he thinks your film is good, he will give you a few free screenings at his own expense, help you attract audiences, and free up a piece of the advertising screen outside to help you promote, which is considered benevolent and righteous."
"Oh? That's pretty good! Zhou Yi nodded.
"Yes! We used to show low-budget films with them, and the results were better than in other places. The environment there is also better, and there are still more viewers who like that kind of film. ”
"I understand. Thank you Producer Zhang, otherwise I really wouldn't know! ”
"Haha! Polite! Polite! ”
In fact, Producer Zhang deliberately took time out to chat with everyone, but he didn't have nothing to do, let alone see how pleasing Zhou Yi was, and he liked to chat.
In doing so, he is also making connections and communicating relationships.
Especially after Zhuo Qinglian took over Aurora and changed its name to Zhengdong Company, the table has always been very strong, which will naturally attract the attention of the industry.
Some companies want to fight, and some want to cooperate.
In today's society, the market in the industry has been rising, and the cost of many films remains high and is getting higher and higher.
The former boss of Aurora didn't do this, and then he suddenly collapsed and collapsed.
For small and medium-sized film companies, the ability to resist risks is not strong, and it is even more necessary to take precautions.
This requires an alliance between multiple film companies.
And actors often have to communicate with each other, and it is common in the industry to secondment each other to make films.
You hold my field, I hold yours.
Especially in co-productions, everyone often has to mobilize the top combinations of each company to create a big cast.
In this way, it can compete with other companies, especially the blockbusters of the six major Chinese companies.
Counteract quality with quantity and superstar advantage with multiple second-tier stars.
Resource sharing, complementary advantages.
In the industry, this kind of thing is very common.
Take a step back, have connections, and change jobs in the future, which is very convenient.
A young and promising boss like Zhou Yi has star development potential, so he naturally needs to make friends in advance.
Even if you don't know the details of Zhou Yi, just these things that come out of the table are enough.
A very experienced boss agent like Producer Zhang, who is exquisite, long-sleeved and good at dancing, is especially lively, responds quickly, can think of these things in an instant, and naturally knows how to talk and deal with them, these are the necessary skills of these producers.
Zhou Yi understands this, but this is the case in the circle, there are many friends and many paths, and he is also willing to make friends with others, and he can't make enemies everywhere.
Zhuo Qinglian is so strong, he has to soften a little and talk to anyone.
The two have a bit of a different division of labor.
Everyone had an interesting exchange, seeing that the time was getting late, and filming would continue tomorrow and Sunday, so everyone went back to rest and sleep. Zhou Yi and Producer Zhang had a very pleasant chat, and after the conversation, the two exchanged contact information and were very happy.
Zhang is well-connected and well-informed in the production circle, and there may be a place that can be used in the future, so of course Zhou Yi wants to establish contact.
Then Zhou Yi returned to his room and slept peacefully.
He is ready for tomorrow's play, and there is nothing to continue to prepare.
The next day, Sunday, the whole crew still got up very early to prepare for the scene to be filmed today.
After breakfast, it was busy and it was another morning.
Today's work arrangement is very simple, that is, to shoot literary dramas in the morning and film dramas in the afternoon.
Both scenes have Zhou Yi's tricks, so naturally they can't be filmed separately for civil and military dramas.
Just shoot in order, and there will be more than enough time.
In the morning, there are not only indoor plays, but also outdoor plays, which need to be arranged with larger street scenes, and need more actors. Because this warm-up street scene is closely connected with the mansion literary drama, I didn't shoot this section of the street scene before, and I left it to shoot it together now, which is the same. There are special personnel in charge of contacting group performances and renting props and costumes, which were arranged yesterday.
The actors all had free time yesterday afternoon, so they could relax, but the director and production teams, as well as those behind the scenes, were not idle.
They have prepared for these tasks in advance.
Early in the morning, a large number of group performances from Xinghui Company were all in place.
Costumes and street set props were also delivered to the designated locations.
The props team and the scenery team all started to get busy, and they had to do their best to arrange the streets.
At the same time, the group performers began to change their makeup and costumes, and the makeup and costume groups were even busier.
Fortunately, they all had some people rented from Xinghui Company to help, and they were still busy.
These group performances have been used before, and everyone is very cooperative, no problem.
The old pear seller is here again, there are no lines, but he can appear on camera.
At nine o'clock in the morning, everything was set up and ready.
Zhou Yi had already changed into a beggar outfit and was waiting for filming.
All kinds of cameras were placed in place, and the director and camera crew were in place, and filming officially began.
This scene is not difficult at all, don't look at the group actors, but there are no scenes, just follow the director's requirements, walk around at will, and don't block the protagonist's performance. The assistant director had previously told them about the play, and it was very simple.
The leading actor only has a few lines, and it is not difficult to act.
Zhou Yi has studied for so long, his acting skills have improved greatly, and it is not a problem to perform, and he looks good against Gao Song.
In fact, Zhou Yi is just running tricks, mainly watching Gao Song's performance.
As soon as a few lines passed, the scene was completed.
Both of them performed very well.
Needless to say, Takamatsu's acting skills are not to be said.
However, Zhou Yi feels that his performance here is much stronger than that of the actors in his previous life, a little bit of beggar's rustic atmosphere is removed, and some small actions of sniffling and wiping his nose are removed, and those performances damage the image, and it is better to replace them with other action expressions.
He's just dressed up as a beggar, but he's not really a beggar.
What's more, does the protagonist in the play really think he is a beggar? I'm afraid that I also have doubts in my heart, otherwise I can talk to him and let him watch?
Thinking in this way, Zhou Yi changed the details of the characters in the original work a little to increase the vivid temperament of the characters.
Overall, he performed well, and the director was quite satisfied.
In fact, a dragon set is a dragon set, no matter how good the performance is, it is just a passing by. But Zhou Yi must not act at will just because the role is not important, that is absolutely not good. As an actor, if you want to be famous, you have to pay attention to every detail.
Zhou Yi has this kind of awareness.
As soon as this scene passed, it was followed by the second set of shots, which was also no difficulty, and Gao Song and the martial artist who played the role quickly and easily passed the level. Then there is a close-up of Cheng Dakui, as well as some small scenes where the details are connected, all of which are smooth and smooth.
This outdoor scene was all over, and it took less than half an hour.
Don't look fast, but it's time-consuming to prepare.
Then the crew changed the scene, rearranged the camera, prepared various equipment, and started filming the interior scene of the mansion.
It's not even ten o'clock in the morning, and there is enough time to finish filming the indoor scenes.
In the film, this mansion scene was edited into two, one for 33 seconds and one for 39 seconds, which is basically more than half a minute each, and the toad Lao Wuli captured the centipede boss in the middle, but when filming, these two literary scenes are actually one, and they have to be completed together, a total of 72 seconds of footage, less than a minute and a half, even if you need to shoot more shots to use as post-editing materials, it doesn't take much time.
It's nothing more than taking a few more close-ups, multiple angles, and it doesn't take much time.
The lines of the two leading actors are not very long, and there is no problem at all.
I'm sure I'll be able to finish shooting in the morning.
The group performers outside can all retire successfully, and it is enough to leave only the necessary group performances to play the servants of the mansion.
The interior of the mansion has long been furnished.
The director team first finished shooting the long shots, and then carefully shot the close-up shots of the scenes in the room.
Gao Song and Zheng Zilong swayed freely and performed very well.
Takamatsu was calm and composed, and he had the ticket to victory.
Zheng Zilong uses various micro-expressions to show the psychological activities of the character, smiling on the surface, hypocritical and aggrieved, and very hypocritical at first glance.
The two sang and harmonized, and they played a very beautiful match.
The group performers don't have any roles, just standing.
The first half passed quickly.
Then in the second half, it was Zhou Yi's turn to play soy sauce, and he performed extremely dexterously in this scene, which looked very good, better than the original. Several group actors also cooperated well, and they finally had a bit of a role, but that's it.
Next, it was the wonderful rivalry performance of Gao Song and Zheng Zilong, which was also smooth and smooth.
The scene of more than 20 seconds was played by the two of them wonderfully.
Zhou Yi followed Gao Song's side, easily mixed a few shots, and his expression was qualified, similar to the original. As a supporting role, he obviously can't steal the scene with out-of-the-ordinary actions, otherwise the director will shout to stop and reshoot.
Supporting roles must not steal the protagonist's role, even if you are the boss of the company.
In this scene, everyone watched the performance of the protagonist.
Zhou Yi understands this very well, so he will not deliberately steal the scene, such a simple performance is enough, and there is no need to trouble the director to reshoot.
When you should watch xiàn, you should do your best to express xiàn, and when you shouldn't, don't deliberately express xiàn. Otherwise, everyone will complain and be dissatisfied.
The reason is simple, but many people don't understand it.
Zhou Yi can comprehend, it is very good.
In fact, his performance in this scene is really good, at least the director is very satisfied, he doesn't steal the scene, he knows how to cooperate, it's very good.
Making movies is a teamwork project, especially between actors, and it is necessary to pay more attention to cooperation, and stealing the scene is definitely taboo.
The director couldn't ask Zhou Yi to do more and better.
Originally, he thought that he might have to correct some of Zhou Yi's mistakes, but it turned out that he didn't need it at all.
Zhou Yi is really smart, and he can understand some places at all.
After the filming of this scene, all the literary dramas of the mansion are over, and even the literary drama of the whole drama is almost completely over. The rest of the pre-and post-the-scenes drama at Armageddon is nothing at all. It can be said that now there are only the last two fight scenes left in the whole play.
In the afternoon, one of the filming will start, and the toad Lao Wuli captures the centipede boss and returns to the case.
After the filming of this scene is over, An Dehai has a perfect curtain call, and only the decisive battle remains.
It's really rare for this drama to be filmed so smoothly.
After filming in the morning, the time is almost up, everyone takes a break, prepares for lunch, and then continues filming in the afternoon.