As a major drama of Golden Harvest Film Company this year, the crew of "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" is in full swing near Lantau Island.

Three trucks used by the crew, a rudimentary props room, surrounded by huge backdrops, and a mess of filming equipment...... Who would have imagined that the "Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", which had a good reputation at the box office in his previous life, was made up under such circumstances.

There is no such grandeur as in Hollywood magic blockbusters, but only the use and combination of the whimsical ideas of HK filmmakers and the shooting equipment of small workshops.

When Chen Xiaotang arrived there, Zheng Shaoqiu, who was dressed in a costume, holding a Taoist-like bun, and carrying a fairy sword on his back, had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw him, he said: "Hurry up, Ah Tang, say hello to the director first!" ”

So Chen Xiaotang went over to find Xu Ke, Xu Ke was instructing those prop masters to place props, and when he saw him coming, he said, "It's you, get ready, go put on makeup first, and see how the effect is?" ”

Chen Xiaotang nodded and asked the person next to him where the dressing room was, but it turned out to be the improvised simple hut.

When I entered the inside, there was a table, a chair, and a mirror, and it was filled with all kinds of makeup utensils, which was a world of difference from the dressing room of TVB.

With such a strong lineup and such a simple dressing room, Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but be stunned, and he realized that making movies is more difficult than making TV, and many excellent Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong movies are filmed in such a simple studio, leading an era and creating a golden decade.

Not long after Chen Xiaotang sat down, a woman who looked like a makeup artist came in, Chen Xiaotang hurriedly said: "Hello, I'm here to make up, can you help me ......?"

"I'm not free right now, you wait a minute!" The female makeup artist hurriedly finished speaking, took the foundation from the table with the quickest movements, and ran out, apparently to touch up someone's makeup.

Chen Xiaotang shrugged helplessly, and said in his heart, don't you want me to do my own makeup?

After waiting for about ten minutes, the female makeup artist entered the door again, and Chen Xiaotang hurriedly said, "I said, I'm in a hurry!" ”

"I'm sorry, everyone is in a hurry," the female makeup artist took some more makeup and went out.

Chen Xiaotang was surprised, what kind of makeup artist is this, Shenlong saw the beginning and the end, and ran away before he could say a word.

Just when Chen Xiaotang was in a daze, Zheng Shaoqiu didn't know when he came in, and when he saw that he hadn't moved at all, he hurriedly said for him: "Ah Tang, why haven't you put on makeup yet?" Maybe you'll be on the show in a while! ”

Chen Xiaotang spread his hands, "I don't want to either, the problem is that the makeup artist doesn't have time to take care of me at all!" ”

"You said Sister Fen, there's no way, there were originally three makeup artists, one got appendicitis and went to the hospital, and the other went on a blind date today, otherwise she wouldn't be able to marry a wife for the rest of her life - now she is the only one busy working, of course she can't be busy!" Zheng Shaoqiu explained.

"What then? Do you want me to do it myself? ”

"Do you make your own makeup? Can you do it? No matter, you can make it yourself first, and I'll let Sister Fen come over to help you later! After Zheng Shaoqiu finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out.

In Zheng Shaoqiu's opinion, it is not strange for actors to make up their own makeup, and it should not be a big problem to draw their eyebrows or something, but how did he know that Chen Xiaotang's so-called "self-makeup" was drastic and completely done by himself.

Seeing that Zheng Shaoqiu went out, Chen Xiaotang was not idle, and began to look for costumes first, according to his mind, since he was going to play the super devil "Blood Demon" in "Shushan Swordsman", then a bloody "blood robe" was indispensable.

The room was a mess, with weapons, props, and costumes piled up in a big pile. On the shelf on the left, there is a new costume hanging, which looks like it is being used for the filming.

So Chen Xiaotang walked over and pulled the costumes on the shelf with his hands, black, white, purple, green - well, the green robe is not needed, it became the "green robe ancestor" - and finally in the middle of the shelf he found a big red robe.

Chen Xiaotang picked up this dress and took a look, only to see that the placket of the clothes was open, and it was still silk when touched with his hands, a good costume, generally used in TV dramas is made of really good fabric, although it is durable, it can't be worn out for ten years, it is like an iron cloth shirt, but it is panicked and uncomfortable when worn on the body.

Chen Xiaotang took off his coat, leaving only the shirt inside, and then carefully put on the "big red robe" on his body. The most troublesome thing about costume costumes is not how to wear them, but how to tie them. Many people have begun to come into contact with this kind of clothes, and they are all confused, but fortunately, Chen Xiaotang has been filming for a long time, and he still has a good set of clothes for wearing ancient costumes, at least he didn't tie the placket back.

After getting dressed, Chen Xiaotang came to the big mirror, like an ancient fashion model, and twisted around the mirror, "Well, yes, this dress is quite suitable for me, if you don't play the blood demon, it's not bad to play the groom!" ”

Wear a good costume, the next thing is to wear a hood, this time it is a little difficult, first of all, there are many types of hoods, not to mention the kind of small braid sets in the Qing Dynasty, only to say that this kind of hair bun type head cover from the Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, there are many kinds, for example, long hair, short hair, distribution, Taoist bun, scholar bun, poor bun, rich bun - poor man's bun with wooden hairpin, rich people generally insert gold hairpin, and also paste sequins on the bun, flashing and flashing, such as Yang Kang's bun in "Shooting the Condor".

In addition, the hairstyle will also be changed according to the changes in the actor's role in the play, the most typical is the role "Jiang Feng" played by Huang Yuehua in the wireless drama "The Decisive Battle of Xuanwumen" that is being played. At first, Jiang Feng was just a poor boy who was stunned, so he was just a very ordinary short-haired hood, and the bun on it was not decorated with anything, but when he learned the "Vientiane Divine Skill" and became the head of "Haotianmen", his hairstyle immediately changed, and he became a black and shiny shawl, and the top of his hair was also decorated with a blonde hairpin, which was really a great grandmaster's momentum.

Therefore, don't underestimate the role of the hair cover, in costume dramas, it is even equivalent to a business card, a symbol of status.

Chen Xiaotang carefully selected the hood that belonged to the "blood demon", in his opinion, since it can be called a "demon", then the hair must not be neat, too neat will suspect that this person belongs to the "orthodox person", so it is necessary to choose the hair hood, but the problem is that there are only two hair hair and one of them is still white hair - white hair? Pick, is there a mistake? I played a blood demon, not Hong Qigong!

Then you can only choose the black emanation, Chen Xiaotang picked it up and looked at it, and was dumbfounded, it turned out that the hair of this hood was long enough, but it looked a little smaller when worn on his head, what should I do? !

No matter what, do it yourself.

Chen Xiaotang found the scissors for makeup, cut the back of the hood, then grabbed three strands of hair, braided them into two pigtails, put the hair sleeve on his head, and tied the two pigtails as a tether at the back, and firmly fixed them on his head.

Chen Xiaotang picked up the wooden comb again, and according to the blood demon style in "Immortal Legend" starring Ekin Cheng in his previous life, he put on hairspray after combing, so that the hairstyle is done.

Then he began to put on his own face makeup, which made it even more difficult for Chen Xiaotang, I saw him pick up the foundation, first apply it to his face, and then pick up the eyebrow pencil and lipstick - draw eyeliner, paint lip lines...... The posture is meticulous, quite a bit of a professional's posture.

When the makeup on his face was basically finished, Chen Xiaotang looked left and right in the mirror, and always felt that there was something missing.

What is it? Chen Xiaotang pondered, some scenes from the TV series "Immortals" starring Ekin Cheng began to appear in his mind, as for the movie version of "Shushan" starring Ekin Cheng, Chen Xiaotang felt that in addition to the special effects, it was simply a bad movie, and the only line he remembered was: "I haven't seen you for 500 years!" ”

In the TV version, after the "Shi Sheng" played by Ekin Cheng became a "blood demon", both in style and in the tone and attitude of his speech, he was very stylish, especially the red robe, which was like an emperor's majesty and atmosphere, which made Chen Xiaotang unforgettable.

That's right, that's right. Chen Xiaotang suddenly remembered that Ekin Cheng's version of the blood demon was still there-the blood stains on the center of his eyebrows!

It's a golden sign!

Chen Xiaotang suddenly laughed, such a subtle place can be thought of by himself, he is really a genius!

However, the eyebrows are really not easy to draw, if the painting is too bright and too big, it will become the "Erlang God", the painting is too small and too light, it is better not to paint, lest people think that the blood demon has chickenpox.

Chen Xiaotang was patient, holding a cinnabar pen, looking at his eyebrows, and drawing over and over again, until he didn't know how many times he had painted and looked in the mirror, he felt satisfied.

………….

Finally put his outfit together, Chen Xiaotang only felt that his back was already sweating, looking at the time, in the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed. It was too late to examine what was wrong with himself, Chen Xiaotang took off his red robe and walked out of the dressing room in great strides.

Long hair flutters, and bloody robes hunt.

His face is pale, and his eyes are blood-red, which is terrifying.

As soon as he got out of the door, he startled the people outside, and when he saw that it was him, Zheng Shaoqiu patted his chest and said: "I picked, I thought it was a hell - Ah Tang, you ...... You've got a hand! ”

It turned out that Zheng Shaoqiu saw that Chen Xiaotang hadn't come out for so long, so he wanted to come over to see how the situation was, but he didn't expect him to be taken aback by Chen Xiaotang immediately.

(To be continued)