CHAPTER XXV

Perhaps because of the rush to shoot, the planning work before the start of filming of the whole film did not take long. After Lu Yan actively cooperated with Tsui Hark and several screenwriters to start a slight revision of the script, all preparations were ready.

The entire start-up worship ceremony of "Shanghai Night" is far less grand than when filming "The Best Partner: The Queen's Secret", but more or less some reporters came to interview and shoot Tsui Hark, Zhang Aijia, Zhong Zhentao and others. This can be regarded as a small promotion before the filming of the new film.

"Shanghai Night" is based on the "country girl" played by Ye Qianwen when she first arrived in Shanghai, and after several twists and turns, she was entangled between Zhong Zhentao and Zhang Aijia. Later, the fate twist of the common drama surname in Hong Kong films, as well as the convenient and coincidental narrative style, seemed to Lu Yan to be the first clue.

However, following Tsui Hark did allow Lu Yan to learn a lot of shooting skills and techniques.

At the beginning, when Lu Yan saw Ye Qianwen's 'village girl' shape, he was indeed thundered. However, after a few days of filming, Lu Yan discovered that Ye Qianwen is indeed a rare actress in Hong Kong films, and she is naturally very happy. The "village girl" in "Shanghai Night" is like the image of the Chinese version of "Cherry Maruko" under the performance of Ye Qianwen. A smile and a smile, fresh and pleasant. A bit reckless, but cute. This kind of Hong Kong-style signature girl can be said to have disappeared from the screen later, replaced by a group of stupid girls who pretend to be stupid.

Lu Yan finally understood why Ye Qianwen later had wonderful performances in Xu Laowei's "Dao Ma Dan" and Lin Lingdong's "Eros No. 1".

“cut!” Shooting this shot, Tsui Hark has shouted 'cut' for the fifth time.

Lu Yan, who was standing beside Tsui Hark, had already discovered that Old Monster Xu was about to run away. As soon as Zhang Aijia and the others stopped, Lu Yan took the opportunity to move his steps outside beside Tsui Hark.

Sure enough, Tsui Hark raised his body and strode towards Ye Qianwen and said, "What were you doing just now?" I want the demeanor of a ghost horse, and that eagerness. How many times have you told you over and over just now, have you used your brain to remember? Go read the script again and think about the emotional ...... in the play."

Tsui Hark's accusations made Ye Qianwen, who was already a little timid, immediately fog up in his eyes. She held back tears rolling in her eyes, nodded and silently walked to the side to pick up the script.

And Zhang Aijia and Zhong Zhentao didn't dare to touch Xu Laowei's moldy head at this time, they were all encouraging, and after looking at Ye Qianwen, they also began to figure out the emotions of the characters in the play.

Speaking of which, Lu Yan is still very considerate of Ye Qianwen, and this future queen of the music world is still very hardworking. Since she grew up in an English-speaking environment, her Chinese level is only "can only speak, cannot write, and cannot understand".

However, Lu Yan has seen Ye Qianwen's script, which is full of dense English alphabet phonetics. I heard that this is an exclusive method taught to her by Lin Zixiang: spelling English letters on Chinese characters to make Cantonese sounds.

Of course, Lu Yan knew that Ye Qianwen, who could not speak Cantonese and did not understand Chinese, was considered a "ghost sister" during this period. It was with the help of the "ghost guy" Lin Zixiang that Ye Qianwen finally magically succeeded.

Although he was very considerate of Ye Qianwen, the performance just now was not hard. It stands to reason that it should be an easy to shoot bridge, but at this moment, because of her lack of investment, it has led to five consecutive shots. Of course, Lu Yan did not complain about Ye Qianwen. It's just that many times, there are some things that need to be thought about by yourself.

Aside from Ye Qianwen, Lu Yan has more or less officially seen Tsui Hark's shooting style. is different from the original filming of "Best Partner: The Queen's Secret", and now he is a director. The temper can not be described as fiery, just after these days of filming, Lu Yan has truly realized what a 'powder keg' director is.

Whether it is Zhang Aijia, Zhong Zhentao or other department staff, as long as he thinks that something simple has gone wrong, he will definitely be scolded.

In Lu Yan's view, Tsui Hark used spatial coincidence to shoot many interesting passages. The most worth mentioning is that Zhong Zhentao and Zhang Aijia returned wet to change their shirts, but they were bumped into by Ye Qianwen.

But it's such an interesting paragraph, because Ye Qianwen's lack of investment led to so many shots.

There was also a thief hiding everywhere (that is, the same person who stole Ye Qianwen and Zhong Zhentao's wallets), and later even Zhong Zhentao's friend (who had mistakenly taken Ye's wallet from Zhong earlier). In a small and confined space, under the cover of wooden planks and curtains, the five people sought out and avoided each other, asking and confronting each other.

This paragraph seems to be easy to come by, but in fact, it can best reflect the director's scheduling skills. Johnny To, who was involved in the film industry at about the same time as Tsui Hark, has to wait until "Gunfire" in 99 to see this kind of scheduling ability of time, space, characters, and situations at will. So in Lu Yan's eyes, Tsui Hark can really be called a genius director in the Hong Kong film industry.

It is precisely because of these reasons that he is more determined to learn more things with Tsui Hark.

"Yan Zai, help me carry the camera off. I'm tired of dying of people! ”

In fact, the most tiring thing about continuous reshoots is not only the actors, but also the other crew members. The photographer who called Lu Yan for help at this moment, Liu Weiqiang, is a good example.

"Qiang Zai, you're in such a good body and you're tired, it's only five." Although he said this, Lu Yanshou quickly helped Liu Weiqiang lift the camera. The moment he grabbed the handle, he realized that Liu Weiqiang was already sweating profusely.

It may be that he came into contact with a few celebrities some time ago, so when Lu Yan found out that the photographer was actually Liu Weiqiang, he was not overly shocked. He is also finally sure that today's Hong Kong film industry is the future star. Whether it's an art director who bumps into occasionally, or a photographer or something, he will be a celebrity in the future.

Even if you can't remember the name Liu Weiqiang, "Crazy Boy", "Fengyun", "Infernal Affairs" and so on must be fresh in your memory. However, even if he is a famous Hong Kong director in the future, he is only a small photographer who has only debuted for a few years.

"I don't know what's going on with 'Ghost Sister' today, I can't bear her repeated remakes like this. It's a pity that Wen Tsai has gone......" Wen Tsai in Liu Weiqiang's mouth is also Zhong Zhiwen, one of the photographers of this film. In the future, he will be invited by various directors to take pictures, such as "God of Gamblers", "Gambler" and other classic pictures are from his handwriting.

"Don't worry! I can definitely pass the next article, and she is also very attentive. Lu Yan whispered a good word for Ye Qianwen.

You must know that if a little-known actor offends the crew, he will be guilty! Fortunately, although Lu Yan is young, he is the assistant director of this film, and everyone will more or less lose face.

"Ah Yan, come here."

didn't say a few words to Liu Weiqiang, Tsui Hark suddenly beckoned to Lu Yan.

Seeing this, Lu Yan smiled bitterly at Liu Weiqiang, and immediately walked towards Xu Ke. I kept muttering in my heart: Don't sprinkle fire on me, bless! Bless!

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