Many directors have a habit of showing their faces in their films, the most famous of which is Hitchcock, and he has to find a way to show his face in every film.

When filming "Lifeboat", because of the limited space in the boat, there was no way to stuff him in, so he even thought of playing a floating corpse, but was stopped by doctors because of his physical condition. However, this did not stump the clever Hitchcock, because he was losing weight at the time, so he took photos before and after weight loss and made up a fake advertisement for diet pills "Likuda" and printed it in the newspaper. The newspaper was carefully laid out in the lifeboat. After the film was released, Hitchcock received a large number of letters asking where to buy this diet pill.

Cheng Peng is an actor and has special feelings for acting, and he also wants to show his face in his movies. However, there is only one role with a male surname in the whole play, and this role has been handed over to Lian Kai, so he can only play a monster.

If you want to play a monster, you have to make a mask, but the makeup artist has a limited manpower, and he can only make models for two people at a time, so Cheng Peng called Huang Bo and asked him to do it with him first.

Lian Kai saw Cheng Peng and asked with a smile, "Do you really want to play a monster?" It's very troublesome, not to mention the process of making masks, and when you put on makeup for a performance, you have to paint for hours, but you are the director! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not afraid of trouble!"

"Don't be afraid of trouble, you can prepare, and make a mold for your head first!"

"The inverted mold is the plaster head, right?" Cheng Peng pointed to the plaster head on the table and asked, it was Lian Kai's head, it was very similar, almost identical.

"That avatar is called a male model, and the monster's mask must be processed on the basis of this avatar, paste mud on the face, carve out the monster's face, and then make a mold outside this sculpture, which is called yin touching, and then put the male model and the negative mold together, pour styrofoam latex, dry it in the oven, and the mask is made." Lian Kai briefly explained the process of making a mask.

Huang Bo touched his hair and asked, "That model is bald, I have hair, do you want to shave my hair?" ”

Lian Kai smiled: "No, just bring you a bald head covering, okay, you take off your shirt, sit on the chair, we are ready to work!" ”

Cheng Peng and Huang Bo were both very interested in the process of making models, quickly took off their shirts, and each sat down on a chair, waiting for the makeup to begin.

A couple of special effects make-up artists covered them from the shoulders with a tarpaulin, then put a hood on them, glued the edges of the hood, and brushed them on their faces.

Cheng Peng felt that the makeup artist brushed on his face was greasy, so he asked, "What is this brushing?" ”

"Don't talk, it's petroleum jelly oil that will protect your skin from the plaster cast and prevent the uprooting of facial hair when the model is uncovered," Lian Kai reminded. I heard from friends in the circle that once the makeup artist didn't brush Gong Li's headmold, but her eyebrows were stuck by the outer mold and couldn't be removed, and finally she shaved her eyebrows before removing the mold. ”

Cheng Peng couldn't help laughing: "Gong Li is probably so depressed that she vomits blood, this level is too vegetable!" ”

Lian Kai sighed and said: "The inverted mold is a very basic special effect, and the one who can do special effects for Gong Li is definitely not an ordinary makeup artist, and this kind of low-level mistake shows that the level of special effects makeup in China is really a problem." Okay, I'm going to put a plaster cast on your face, don't talk, or the model may have a distorted expression. ”

Cheng Peng wanted to say that it was a monster anyway, and it didn't matter if it was twisted, but before he could say it, a lot of cold, mud-like things smeared on his face like a pasted wall, and he felt as if he was buried alive.

Lian Kai reminded: "You need to wait for three hours, wait for the plaster to harden, you can take it off, you relax, I will play some music for you." ”

Cheng Peng quickly knew why Lian Kai said that it was hard to make the inverted mold, the plaster itself was very heavy, and when the plaster dried, his face was hot and sweaty, and it was very itchy, and he couldn't scratch it if he wanted to, which was very uncomfortable; And as long as he made the slightest movement, it would immediately attract the shouts of several makeup artists, and he could only stay motionless.

Three hours later, the plaster on Cheng Peng's head was divided into two pieces and removed, and he let out a heavy sigh, this work is really hard, and it is not easy for special effects actors!

Huang Bo next to him slapped his face with his hand and shouted: "Mom, it's really suffocating me, it's too painful to not be able to speak!" ”

Cheng Peng knew that this guy was a chatterbox, he couldn't speak for three hours, and he was estimated to be choking enough, he glanced at the mold he had just made, and asked, "The next thing is to make a sculpture, how long will it take to do it?" ”

Lian Kai nodded and said: "We will revise the sculpture repeatedly, and then let you confirm it, only when you feel that there is no problem, we can proceed to the next step!" ”

"How long does it take to start with the head mold and finally make the mask completely?"

"From making the avatar to the final skin filling, it takes about a month and a half!"

"There's enough time, don't be in a hurry, work slowly and carefully, the biggest key to the success or failure of this movie is the monster, please leave it to you!"

Seeing that Cheng Peng wanted to leave, Lian Kai shouted, "It's not over yet!" ”

Cheng Peng was a little strange: "If the avatar is not done, what else do you have to do?" ”

Lian Kai explained: "The monsters that live in the depths of the earth, their skin is different from human skin, their skin is the kind of transparent white, do you think you can just apply white dye to your body?" Definitely not, you have to make something that conforms to the common sense of biology. This is very rigorous, not just the head, but the whole body! ”

Cheng Pengzhi didn't think it was to brush paint, but thought that he would make a large piece of skin and stick it to his body, since Lian Kai said that he wanted to make a whole body, he could only nod and agree: "Then do the whole body, but it's almost noon now, let's eat first, and then come back to do it after eating." ”

"Okay, then you can go!"

Cheng Peng and Huang Bo went out for a meal, drank some wine, and returned to the dressing room with a red face, ready to pour the mold all over the body.

You must take off your clothes and pants to make the body mold, but there are two foreign girls in the makeup artist, Cheng Peng felt a little inconvenient, glanced at them, and asked Lian Kai: "Is the body mold stripped, or can you wear underwear?" ”

"You can't wear anything, you have to strip naked!"

Cheng Peng was a little helpless, nodded and said, "Okay, take off naked, but you let the two foreign girls go out, and you guys will pour it for us!" ”

Huang Bo also nodded and said, "Yes, you tell them to go out, and a few of you men will give it to us!" ”

Lian Kai didn't agree: "The two of them, as well as Robert, the two of them are specialized in this, the technology is the best, and the girls are not afraid, what are you two old men afraid of?" ”

Cheng Peng nodded and said: "Yes, what's there to be afraid of, let Robert and them do it for me, and two foreign girls will do it for Huang Bo, it's decided!" ”

Huang Bo was suddenly depressed, and looked at Cheng Peng with resentment, which meant to say, you cheated me!

Cheng Peng is a little proud, being a director is good, others have to listen to you, but when the fat foreigner Robert smeared it on him with a plaster, he couldn't laugh, anyway, he was touched, being touched by a beautiful woman is a pleasure, being touched by a man on his body, even the key parts can be touched, this Nima is hell!

Looking at Huang Bo again, there were two foreign girls waiting, with a comfortable face, Cheng Peng was even more depressed, and he was embarrassed to exchange with Huang Bo, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

The process of inverting the body is the same as that of the head, the body is oiled, then plastered, and then fixed with a plaster bandage, but the bandages are wrapped in circles, only the head is exposed, and it looks like a mummy.

Because his head was exposed and he could speak, Huang Bo stood there and sighed with emotion.

It's just that before he said a few words, the two foreign girls shouted at him, but he didn't understand, so he asked Cheng Peng: "What are the foreign girls talking about, chirping, bullying me for not understanding English, right?" ”

Cheng Peng explained with a smile: "They say that when the plaster hardens, it will make your diaphragm unable to move and not be able to speak, otherwise it will quickly make you unable to breathe and lead to a coma." ”

Huang Bo "cut" and said: "The two foreign girls are scaring people, just afraid that we will break the plaster if we move around, and we will fall into a coma if we say something, how can it be so exaggerated?" I feel so relaxed now, I don't feel like I'm having trouble breathing at all, how are you? ”

Cheng Peng nodded and said: "It's good, I don't feel anything, it's just hot and humid, hot, not very comfortable!" ”

Huang Bo smiled: "I feel the same way, hot, but now I finally know how to get the monsters in Hollywood movies, I always thought that they were all painted with paint, but I didn't expect it to be so complicated, I don't know how it will be made in the end." ”

In the face of Huang Bo's chatter, the two foreign girls were also quite depressed, and reminded him at first, be careful, don't talk so much, and then don't bother to care about him.

"When the movie is over, if you put on this monster costume and walk around the street at night, you will definitely be scared to death!" Huang Bo is really able to speak, he has been watching it for more than an hour, and he is still talking.

But at this moment, Cheng Peng felt that Huang Bo's voice was a little wrong, looked up and found that his face was a little pale, so he asked, "Huang Bo, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"Maybe I've been standing for a long time, I'm a little dizzy, it's okay!" However, before he could finish this sentence, Huang Bo rolled his eyes, fell straight down like a log.

Cheng Peng was startled, and he didn't care that he was still wrapped in plaster, and shouted: "Huang Bo, Huang Bo!" ”

Several makeup artists were also startled, and they removed the plaster on Huang Bo's body with all their hands and feet, and one of the foreign girls leaned down and did artificial respiration mouth to mouth.

Huang Bo was just in a coma caused by poor breathing, and the two of them woke up after taking a breath, he sighed and said: "Lao Tzu, this yellow flower guy, was taken advantage of by this foreign girl today!" ”

He heard what the foreign girl was saying to himself, so he asked Cheng Peng: "What does this foreign girl say, she won't promise it with her body, you tell her, I have a girlfriend!" ”

Cheng Peng couldn't cry or laugh: "You kid dream, she said, they are professionals and have reminded you many times, but you just don't listen, it's dangerous!" ”

Huang Bo didn't joke this time, nodded solemnly and said: "Not next time, the professionals really don't blow it, I'm really in a coma!" ”

The plaster on both of them was ruined, so they had to do it again, this time Huang Bo's mouth was closed tightly, and he didn't say a word during the whole process.

After the inversion was completed, several makeup artists removed the plaster on his body, and he let out a heavy sigh: "Mom, it's really suffocating Lao Tzu, it's too painful to not be able to speak, and I won't do this thing anymore!" ”;