readx;

The next day, the weapons, armor and other props borrowed by the crew of "Xun Qin" from Xi~An Film Studio have all been shipped. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo.

Originally, the crew could also be brought from Hong Kong~Hong Kong, but the cost of air transportation was calculated, and it was not as cheap as renting equipment from the mainland.

TVB has always liked to be careful in filming, or in other words, to be careful. For the expenditure of each mosquito money, it is very meticulous and reasonable.

This time to shoot "Looking for Qin", in order to work against ATV's "Qin Shi Huang", wireless can be regarded as a big investment, and it is unprecedented to be able to come to the mainland to film. You must know that in the past, I relied on my own Shaw Brothers Cinema, no matter what kind of drama I filmed, I liked to hang around in my own cinema. In order to save money and reduce expenses.

Seeing that the props are all ready, the cavalry seconded by the garrison troops are also ready to go, but the problem is that the director Xiao Sheng drank too much last night, and his whole head was still dizzy, not to mention watching the camera filming, even if he was standing and dangling, he had a feeling of wanting to vomit. For this reason, Xiao Sheng sighed with emotion, Pu Ta Eminem, the liquor in the mainland is so strong, so that I still "get sick" ---- the camera!

But this drama can't help but start, at this time, Xiao Sheng pulled out Chen Xiaotang, who was the leading actor, and begged him for help: "Tang Zai, I am not thin on you---- now your uncle and I are in trouble, will you help?" ”

Chen Xiaotang had just finished putting on makeup, dressed like a copy of Louis Koo's appearance in "Looking for Qin", wearing coarse cloth armor and a "barbecued pork bag" on his head, which looked mighty. It's very sassy ~ the appearance of the bag.

"Look at what you said, Director Xiao, if you have any orders, just say it. As long as I can do it, it is absolutely incumbent on me! Chen Xiaotang said with a smile.

"Okay, I said----- you will shoot this scene today!" Xiao Sheng said reassuringly.

"I pick, what?!" Chen Xiaotang almost jumped up.

"Why is there such a big reaction? Didn't you just say that it was your duty? Oops, I have a headache, I drank a little too much at the latest...... You just work hard, and if you don't understand something, just ask me. I'm a temporary director! ”

Chen Xiaotang was speechless, what did he mean, because his head hurt after drinking too much, he didn't do it? Sickness. My head hurts, too!

"Ahem, okay, just look at your appearance, I know that you will really be obliged---- I'll squint first---- this is a rare opportunity to exercise, Ah Tang, it's not an ordinary person, I won't give it to him." Don't thank me, grab it yourself! Xiao Sheng patted Chen Xiaotang's shoulder and encouraged.

Chen Xiaotang couldn't cry or laugh, so to speak. It seems that he has taken advantage of it.

In fact, Xiao Sheng was also helpless, he himself was hangover and uncomfortable. The filming work of the entire crew cannot be delayed, and throughout the crew, Chen Xiaotang has experience as a director. Do not throw it to him to whom it is lost.

Having said that, although Chen Xiaotang has worked hard and worked a little harder, being able to take charge of such a large-scale war scene is also a rare tempering.

....................................................

This is the spot where the ancient battlefield of "Looking for Qin" was filmed.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless yellow sand, the sky and the earth are vast, and there is a whining roar everywhere the wind passes. In the future, classic TV series such as CCTV's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be filmed here.

"Ready...... Begin! Run...... Run, run, run... Hurry up! ”

The rail car spread on the yellow sand ground was spinning its wheels rapidly, and two groups of photographers and three machines followed closely from three angles to take pictures of the "thousands of troops" charging of Zhao's army.

Chen Xiaotang, dressed in ancient costume, watched nervously from the monitor. A machine takes a vista, a machine captures weapons and soldiers, and a machine slaps dusty horses' hooves.

"Okay, stop!"

Chen Xiaotang stood up from behind the monitor, held a megaphone, and said happily: "This one, pass!" Next----- Liu Jialing, you and I will play against each other! ”

Liu Jialing, dressed as the ancient female assassin "Shanrou", hurriedly ran to the front to bury herself after hearing Chen Xiaotang's shout.

Chen Xiaotang followed the photographer and carefully talked about the shooting angle, as well as the main points of this group of shots, and then glanced at Xiao Sheng, the big director who was snoring nearby, and couldn't help sighing, people are more popular than people----- so he had no choice but to run over and bury his position.

Shooting begins--------

Xiang Shaolong, played by Chen Xiaotang, was sent here by the time machine, and just happened to see the army battle, and couldn't help but be stunned: Oh, shite! What the hell is this place?!

"There are enemies here!" An enemy soldier saw Chen Xiaotang standing on the hill in a daze, and rushed towards him.

"I'll pick!" Chen Xiaotang hurriedly retreated.

The soldier raised his broadsword and slashed at him viciously.

Close-up: Chen Xiaotang, who was in a state of confusion, really didn't know if he was dreaming.

As soon as the camera turned, the soldier's face suddenly twisted and he fell to the ground without looking at him.

Look at it again, the female assassin Shanrou played by Liu Jialing appeared in front of Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang: Thank you for saving your life, dare to ask where is this place and what era is it?

Liu Jialing: I haven't asked you yet, but you asked me first----- and I asked you, who are you and why are you here?

Chen Xiaotang: I'm ---------

was about to speak, but saw dust and smoke billowing in the distance, but it was the two ** teams that collided and fought together.

Then came the footage of the war fighting.

Not to mention, the army on the mainland is really a good war trick, especially these cavalry warriors, who play the ancient soldiers to be both physical and spiritual. In Hong Kong~Hong Kong, you will never find such a conscientious and disciplined "dragon army".

Chen Xiaotang has watched the CCTV classic TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" in his previous life, and has always admired the majestic war scenes filmed in them.

This time, director Xiao Sheng was lazy and asked him to be the director, so he didn't use his strength to be ruthless.

So what a trap in a horse pit, a stumbling horse. There are also shots of people turning over on their backs!

crawled and rolled, and the cavalry units that originally thought they didn't need to be trained were miserable.

At this moment, they can be regarded as understanding the cruelty of these incense ~ Hong Kong people, damn it, they are even more ruthless than their own leader, Captain Li.

Inside the camera. I saw the neighing of the war horses in the trap pit, and a soldier was killed in the pit with a spear. Not far away, one side was defeated, and a hundred war horses retreated together. The victors behind were in hot pursuit, the dust was all over the sky, and thousands of horses roared in unison-------

I don't know how long it took.

"Okay----- this set of shots is done! Let's rest, let's eat! ”

"Wuhu! Haha......"

The actors who played the role of the soldiers of the army dismounted and cheered together. Having food is a great joy for them. In such a monotonous place full of yellow sand, it is too boring to take a few shots repeatedly and repeatedly.

....................................................

When watching a movie. Scenes like this are very enjoyable, Ula is a cavalry infantry will come or kill the past, along with the realistic and deafening sound in the movie theater, before you can see what is going on, the camera has passed. Leaving only a burst of audio-visual shock and a feeling of blood boiling.

Let's talk about the process of shooting these shots. It was a boring thing, so tedious that it was enough to break down and commit suicide.

First of all, it is necessary to hire local equestrian actors; Then a dragon set actor prop master has to prepare nearly a dozen or twenty large and small props, from the armor on the body to a small piece of beast embroidery on the saddle. All the details have to be conceived in order to come out with that "ancient" feeling. A little sloppy gives the impression that it is like a group of tourists riding horses and taking pictures in the historic area. I think that when Guan Yu passed five levels and killed six generals in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there was also a great idea of galloping across the battlefield of the Qing Dynasty with a crossing watch in his hand.

The most troublesome part is the actual shooting process. Cooperate with the director and cinematographer in tacit understanding. After all, they are also two people, and they think about things in their heads. One commanded on the spot. Responsible for communicating with the actors, one is behind the monitor to see the effect, often the director thinks that he has fully explained, and describes his own requirements and feelings very sufficiently, but as soon as the photographer executes it, he finds that it is not like that at all; And that's not the most annoying. There are dozens of actors in one shot. As long as there is a mistake, all the shots have to be cut out and restarted. These simple and unwritten actors, if you talk to him about art, he will definitely not understand. can only mechanically tell him what to do, but if the explanation is too detailed, the performance problem will come again, and it will be easy to lose instinct, which is very unnatural.

This is still something that is within the control of man, not to mention the dozens of horses that can't understand human speech! Do you know which horse is sparse today, which horse is stumbling, which horse is halfway through and will be surprised by the camera equipment?

Therefore, shooting blockbusters with ancient war themes is compared with shooting general urban films, gang~gang films, literary romance films and other themes. The difficulty is often exponentially multiplied, and the cost is staggering.

Fortunately, this "Xun Qin Ji" invited the cavalry troops stationed in the local area to interpret the ancient cavalry, these people are disciplined, well-trained, and the most important thing is that the war horses under the seat are all excellent breeds, and there is no need to consider whether they are strained on the spot.

As long as you shoot long shots, for some people's soldiers who don't know how to act and have no professional training, fighting is a matter of handy.

At this time, Chen Xiaotang understood why Lao Mouzi had already started filming a big drama in his previous life, so he liked to ask the armed police force or the garrison army for help, these people are simply natural "military tricks", whether it is rushing to kill and fighting, or lining up for honor guards, they can show a different bearing from ordinary people, and to be precise, it is enough "atmosphere"!

After filming in such a morning, Chen Xiaotang, as a temporary director, has a deeper understanding of the position of director.

How to say it, although Chen Xiaotang has also been a director, he has filmed the TV series "Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar", as well as the movie "Doomsday Danger". But these two dramas are basically "small fights". Not to mention that there are only a handful of actors in "Doomsday Danger", and they can be counted with a finger, even the total number of actors in "Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar" is only a few dozen, which is like now, hundreds of people are used in a single war scene.

If it weren't for Chen Xiaotang who "stole teachers to learn art" when the fat man Wang Jing was filming "The Demon Sect Leader of the Sky", and learned some skills to integrate human resources and shoot big scenes, he really wouldn't have been able to control the scenes of so many actors.

In fact, after Chen Xiaotang was very embarrassed to make this temporary guest director, he thought the same as director Xiao Sheng, that is, without considering the schedule collision with the big star actors, first bring the big scenes that are difficult to shoot to the front to give priority to shooting, and finish filming it as soon as possible, at most interspersed with some actors' performances that need to be carefully pondered.

This can greatly shorten the time for the actors and some small supporting roles to accompany the group, and save a lot of money, because the remuneration of these actors is calculated on the basis of heaven; The corresponding venue rental fees and the wear and tear on the rental of props and their raw materials will also be greatly reduced.

At the end of the day, various expenses include props, recording equipment, art input, venue rental, horses, costume actors, and makeup studio workers. Add to that the loss of film, the loss of large pile props such as railcars and ceiling Wia, and the equivalent remuneration of actors, photographers, American fingers, recording crews and actors...... In short, as long as a large-scale scene is filmed, the cost of a day is about 100,000 yuan.

This huge cost is not the most worrying thing for Chen Xiaotang. The most infuriating thing is that you can't shoot anything after spending money. In his previous life, when Chen Xiaotang had not crossed over, he often watched entertainment news in the fragrance ~ Hong Kong's actors worshiped God and Buddha when they started the film, burned incense and offered suckling pigs, and felt that these people were all cultural people who were socially virtuous, why were they still so superstitious? Now that I've done this job, I realize that it's really hard to become unsuperstitious in that environment.

Sometimes I can't shoot a scene in a day, and I spend so much money in vain, either this trick actor laughs, or another scene worker accidentally enters the painting; Otherwise, it's just that the shooting is down, and suddenly the props or lighting or the recording or something will give you a little situation...... In short, if it is not good, it is not good, and the ghost makes the gods worse, and the root work cannot be explained by scientific laws.

But sometimes, it doesn't make any sense at all, it can shoot six or seven big shots a day when it's right, and once it's smooth, it's smooth to the end, and I can't explain what the reason is. is obviously the same team of people and the same way of working, maybe you can't get a shot for a day yesterday, and it's a waste of money; But the next day, I only filmed for half a day, and the work harvest was three times that of yesterday, as if I had fallen into an evil spirit. In such a situation, is it okay for a director not to believe in gods and Buddhas?

Otherwise, what a solution?! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )