The weather is very good, the sun is particularly strong at noon, and the extras lying on the plastic skin are lazily taking a nap, or chatting softly.

A group of people who were still shooting videos with Kuaishou just now were also out of interest.

Finished the fast hand. Xu Hao, the female master, didn't think of a better idea for the time being, so he could only put away his mobile phone and be bored with everyone.

However, he is a man who cannot be idle.

After eating the crew's lunch, I went to see the demolition mechanic install explosives on the filming site. ** and detonators, explosives and towing wires, these violent devices are very attractive to Xu Hao, he has liked guns, cannons, planes, tanks, missiles and the like since he was a child.

Military fans can't count, barely half of them, boys, who doesn't have the violent dream of wielding knives and guns.

At first he just followed the demolition mechanic, watched him install it, then handed him the tools, and finally asked questions like a curious baby.

The blasting mechanic was a middle-aged man about forty years old, and seeing that Xu Hao was very sensible to help hand over the tools, he changed his previous coldness slightly, and briefly explained to him what the blasting was all about.

"Blasting is just fireworks, but you need to have a license to set off fire......works," the mechanic said in a northern dialect.

Explosion scenes are the most common exciting shots in film and television dramas, and in blockbuster movies, basically if you don't get a few blasting scenes, no one will buy it. Even if it is a small film, blasting is the most common shot, especially in the anti-Japanese war dramas in the mainland, playing explosives is commonplace, and any crew has to hire a blasting company.

In the past, there was a kind of martial arts called Pyrotechnic Martial Arts (Pyrotechnic Division), which specialized in film and television drama blasting operations.

However, later, because actors often were injured by accidental explosions and burns when filming, such as Yu Haoming of Fast Man and Selina of S.H.E. were burned. There are also many unknown actors who were blown up and burned, and the crew had a limited budget, and they couldn't even get compensation. So later, the state issued a policy to prohibit the crew from blasting without a license.

All pyrotechnics and blasting technicians must be licensed. This led pyrotechists to set up a professional pyrotechnic special effects company, through a professional framework, and cooperated with major crews.

The one who chatted with Xu Hao is the professional pyrotechnician of [Xinchuan Film and Television Special Effects Company], named Wei Minjiang, a somewhat feminine name, but it is indeed a rough-faced mountain. Eastern Hanzi.

"Weiya Company, Pyrotechnic Company, and the crew are involved in a lot of aspects." Xu Hao listened to Wei Minjiang's words, and felt some emotion in his heart.

If you include the agency that provides the actors, the post-production company that cuts and packages, the distribution company that is responsible for publicity, the production company that plans the project, the special effects company that provides special effects, the venue intermediary and the Hengdian Group provided by the extras...... A crew must cooperate with at least a dozen companies of various specialties.

In addition, there are some costume and props rental companies, hotels or restaurants that provide meals for the crew, transportation companies that provide professional pick-up and drop-off, and there may be many companies that you can't think of.

"It's not easy to pull a crew."

"It's okay, I just need to be a star."

Some thoughts flowed around, but it didn't matter, he listened intently to Wei Minjiang's introduction to the blasting operation.

Wei Minjiang spoke with an accent from the north, and now Xu Hao knew that it should be an SD dialect, and said: "When it comes to blasting, the first thing is what tools are needed for blasting, and there are three main types." ”

"The first is the blasting device, which is not the same in the south and in the north. The weather in the north is dry, and blasting generally uses medics, which I don't have at hand for the time being, but when I go to BJ and NX to film, I like to use medics. The size of a few match heads, but it bursts with a lot of force and does not fly out of fragments. ”

"However, the air in the south is humid, it often rains, and the medicine head is not moisture-proof, so it is used less here. Most of them are made with this, hose gunpowder. ”

Wei Minjiang took out a small tube with a fuse in front of it, much like a small cannon that Xu Hao played when he was a child, the kind that can sound when he falls on the ground, but it is bigger than that kind of cannon battle.

"The hose gunpowder is easier to use, it has a small blasting force, it is safe, very safe, even if it explodes in the palm of the hand, it will not be injured. However, because it is not powerful, sometimes we have already exploded, and the actors don't feel it, and they can't make expressions, so they have to reshoot. ”

"Whether it's a head or a hose, there are different models with different powers. It depends on how the director chooses, the director likes blood, then use the medicine head, the large medicine head. ”

Xu Hao interjected and asked: "It's too powerful, won't it hurt people?" ”

Feeling that Xu Hao had asked a stupid question, Wei Minjiang said loudly: "You are powerful, wear a thicker costume!" ”

After laughing at Xu Hao's ignorance, he continued: "The second type is the prop bomb, which uses soft explosives, and the force of the explosion is very soft, which looks bluffing, but in fact, the fragments will not hurt too much when they hit the body." Of course, there are also people who use military explosives, but it has to be a big scene, people can't get close, it has a lot of fragments, and if you get close, you can be injured. ”

"Now we use prop bombs, the shell is made of foam, and the inside is filled with some dirt ash, hey, after it explodes, it is also dusty. And it's enough for a person to walk three or four meters away. ”

"There is also a type of puppet with special qualities. You sometimes have to shoot people and blow them up, you can't be bombed by real people, they are all bombed dolls, and the dolls are hollow, even soft explosives will fly as soon as they are blown up. Sometimes you ask him to cut off his hands and feet, add some ingredients to the puppet, and it will explode when it flies up. ”

People who eat technical meals usually don't like to talk about their skills to others, and they are worried that others will learn them and steal their jobs.

However, Xu Hao doesn't seem to be a threat, he is too young, if he really wants to learn the blasting technique and steal the master's job, it will be a few years later.

In a few years, maybe the master himself will retire.

Therefore, Wei Minjiang did not hide it from Xu Hao, and showed whatever he wanted.

"Don't think it's easy to blast, just put an explosive and detonate it. Actually, it's hard, you have to eat experience. Especially for blasting with actors present, it is necessary to measure the blasting range over and over again, and then communicate with the actors about when to take which route. ”

"For example, blasting a motorcycle and blowing a small car have completely different blasting range and safety distance, which requires the experience of the blaster and accurate measurement in advance. You can't be sloppy, if you are sloppy, the actor will be injured or even killed. ”

"If we explode a scene, at least you have to test the explosion once to verify that the measured distance is safe. In fact, this is not the key, we do this business, naturally pay attention to the danger, how to go, know in our hearts. Actors are not necessarily, they don't know, they will be afraid. ”

"The actor wants to escape the moment we press the blasting start button, it is not good to escape quickly, and it is even worse to escape late, tacit understanding is very important. It's easy to say, but it's hard to do. You have to communicate with the actor over and over again to establish this tacit understanding. ”

"Finally, and one more point, the doctor has to stay on the scene."

……

Wei Minjiang became more and more talkative, and he was very satisfied with Xu Hao's humble attitude of seeking advice.

If Xu Hao worships the master now, maybe Wei Minjiang will agree. It's just that Xu Hao didn't think about worshipping the master, his ideal is to be a star, not a pyrotechnic master. Although the pyrotechnician is cool and easy to hold in his eyes, playing with bombs is as simple and casual as playing with mud.

But compared to celebrities, what is it!

"Master Wei, listening to what you said, I understand a lot. I want to ask you to smoke a cigarette, but the crew doesn't give you a cigarette, so I can only say thank you. Before leaving, Xu Hao said.

Wei Minjiang shook his head: "I don't smoke even if you give it to me, in our industry, there are very few smokers." Explosives are very dangerous, some explosives explode when they see fire, and if you become addicted to smoking, something will happen if you don't get it right. ”

Xu Hao expressed understanding.

At this time, Wei Minjiang suddenly took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Xu Hao: "Young man, I see that you are very interested in blasting, you can hold my business card, Xinchuan Film and Television Company will recruit some pyrotechnic apprentices, train for one and a half years, and ensure that you can pass the national assessment and get the certificate." ”

As a pyrotechnic apprentice, Xu Hao is not interested.

But he was embarrassed to show it in person, so Xu Hao smiled politely: "Thank you, Master Wei, I'll go back and think about it." ”

Bidding farewell to Wei Minjiang, Xu Hao took a closer look at the business card, which said that Wei Minjiang's position was written on the business card, and he turned out to be the special effects director of Xinchuan Film and Television Special Effects Company. Xu Hao didn't know what this position was, but he didn't know what it was, and he thought at first that Wei Minjiang was at most an old employee of Xinchuan Company.

However, even though Wei Minjiang was very mixed up in Xinchuan Company, Xu Hao still didn't have any ideas.

A sultry afternoon.

The whole crew was quiet.

Xu Hao returned to the plastic leather place and saw that Yang Chen and Ji Xiang were both holding corpses, and he was really bored. He sat on the plastic skin, hugged his legs, buried his head in his lap, and was ready to close his eyes and rest for a while. He was still not used to lying on the spot and sleeping in the wild.

There was nothing worth saying about the afternoon scene, monotonous and repetitive.

When the group performers were about to call it a day, Zhang Zheng rushed over.

clicked on the names of the group performers, and made sure that everyone did not leave early, so he asked Xu Hao to take the group performers back, and then went to the union to send the list of actors to the union.

In the past, the crew would also find out that the gold was given to the group performances, but now they all report the accounts online and call the Hengdian Actors Guild directly. And the list of actors delivered each time is a voucher for the salaries of the group performers.

The group leader is the link between the group performance, the crew, and the trade union, and the small team leader is the one who runs errands for the group leader.

The old unions, the group performers got off.

Quanxing Hotel, Xu Hao got off the car and handed over the order.

Then he rode his mountain bike and flew towards the union, handing over the list to the union. In this way, from less than five o'clock in the morning to half past two in the afternoon, the first day of Xu Hao's career as a team leader ended with a stumble.

Not perfect, but not bad either.

And tomorrow will be a new day.