Chapter 82: A Mess of the Crew
What's so difficult about the director, in Nanfeng's opinion, the most difficult thing for the director is how to express the scenes described in the text, which has high requirements for the director's imagination, but the MV doesn't want film and television, the content is very short, and it doesn't need to be too logical, plus Nanfeng himself has seen what the original MV is like, so he feels that he is fully capable of being a good director.
"Are you sure you can do it?" Song Jiajia asked suspiciously, although it has been less than two months since she became Nanfeng's agent, Nanfeng has given her too many surprises during this time, so Nanfeng suddenly proposed to be a director, Song Jiajia was not too suspicious, but a little surprised that Nanfeng actually wanted to be a director.
"No problem, today I will hand over to you the things I want for each MV shoot, you go and help me get ready!" Nanfeng said confidently.
That night, Nanfeng listed the MV requirements for several songs, which MVs are in the form of short plays, which ones need dancers, how to shoot each MV, and what props are needed to prepare.
The next day, Nanfeng was ready to start his first experience as a director, and his first MV was "My Microphone". The music video for this song is a combination of dance and skit, and the story is about a sanitation cleaner who can only watch longingly while others are rehearsing, and holds the microphone after everyone else is gone.
This MV is very simple in Nanfeng's opinion, Nanfeng himself is not very good at dance, but it doesn't have to be the exact same thing in the dance MV of the river, you can ask the dance teacher to make one on the spot, as for things other than dance, then there is no difficulty, Nanfeng believes that his first MV will be very good.
"Nanfeng, I've prepared everything you asked for, and today depends on your performance." Song Jiajia hired a dance teacher and a group of young people who can break dance according to Nanfeng's requirements, of course, the necessary staff such as camera, lighting and makeup naturally don't need to say much.
"I'm sorry for you, now I'm thinking about what I should do." Nanfeng, who originally thought it should be simple, suddenly lost his direction, and now that everything was in place, he himself couldn't figure out what to do with the first step.
"Nanfeng, can you do it?" The corners of Song Jiajia's mouth twitched, she felt that it was stupid for her to believe that Nanfeng could be a director.
"By the way, let's make sure of the dance first!" Nanfeng lined up his head and said to Song Jiajia, "You go and ask the dance teacher to come over, I want to tell him what I want to express in my MV, and ask him to choreograph a dance for me." ”
"Hey, can't you go yourself? Treat me like an errand runner? Song Jiajia was very dissatisfied with Nanfeng's tone.
"I'm a director, which director have you ever seen who is hands-on, from now on you are the assistant director, who is responsible for helping me run errands!" Nanfeng posed and smiled smugly.
"I don't have much ability, but there are two brushes on the stinky shelf." Song Jiajia glanced at Nanfeng and went to work honestly.
Although the dance teacher invited by Song Jiajia is not very old, he is still very thoughtful in dance, Nanfeng simply explained what he wanted to express to the dance teacher, and almost a dance that met the requirements was made up, plus some suggestions from Nanfeng, and soon the dance was completely decided.
The difficulty of the dance is not very great, although Nanfeng is not a professional dancer, but the body coordination is quite good, Nanfeng quickly dances decently, as for other professional dancers, naturally they don't want Nanfeng to waste so much time, they have mastered this dance for a long time, all the preparatory activities are ready, and the MV can start shooting.
"Everyone, now that we're starting the official shooting, the makeup artist will touch up everyone's makeup first......" Nanfeng began to exercise his right as a director, but in fact, he was very weak in his heart, because he didn't know what to do.
Nanfeng has never made a MV, and he has never seen anyone else shoot a MV, and the only thing he knows about filming is from the movie, when the shooting starts, the director has to say "ACTIONG", and after the shooting, he shouts "CUT", and then it's done.
At first, Nanfeng didn't think so much about being a director, but now that it is coming to an end, he realizes that even if there is already a MV as a reference, it is not so easy for him to become a director. So many actors, so many staff are waiting for him to command, but he doesn't know how to direct others.
"The cameraman prepares...... The lights are too bright and dazzling, a little dim, give a little change......"
After the official start of filming, Nanfeng found a series of problems, either something was wrong here or something happened there, over and over again, Nanfeng himself didn't know how many times he jumped the road, but every time it didn't work, he had to start again, if it weren't for these things that he, the director, hadn't arranged in advance, I'm afraid he would have been angry.
"What are you doing running around in that field? I wonder if I'm filming now? You're not messy enough, are you......" Finally, the south wind broke out, but this time he attributed the mistake to a small field worker.
"Director, I don't want to run around, but the crew is just one of my field duties, and if I don't run, I won't be able to keep myself busy." The small field affairs can only have a bitter face in front of the south wind, full of innocence.
"Forget it this time, everyone take a break!" Nanfeng exhaled, but finally restrained his anger.
Originally, Nanfeng's plan was to spend a few minutes to record the dance, and then go to record other content, at most one or two hours to finish the MV recording, and before the evening, the MV could be edited out with music, but now a whole afternoon has passed, and there is still no clue, which makes Nanfeng extremely frustrated.
"Haha Song Jiajia looked at Nanfeng's lost appearance, and smiled very happily, as if she had won the lottery.
"What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Nanfeng waited for Song Jiajia with an unkind face.
"I'm laughing and I'm going to report it to you." Song Jiajia glared at Nanfeng proudly, "Who patted his chest and said that the MV was a small case?" Look at what you've been shooting all day long, and you're tired enough. ”
"Isn't this the first time I don't have any experience, and I'll definitely be able to shoot well next time." Nanfeng is still hard-mouthed, and this incident also makes him understand that sometimes it is not possible to draw a scoop according to the gourd.
"So what now, if you continue to follow this model, it is estimated that you will not be able to shoot a MV in a month." Song Jiajia quickly got to the point, "I want to remind you that if your album is not released before August, you will not have a chance to participate in the Chinese music chart, are you sure you want to be a MV director yourself?" ”
"This ......" Nanfeng was a little undecided, "I analyzed it, the main reason why this time is so chaotic is that I have no experience, I don't know what to pay attention to when filming MVs, and I don't know the work content and role of each position in the crew, so I ......"
"So you decided to give up, right, admit it early and it won't be over soon, you have to die to save face and suffer the crime, after tossing for a day, you're not tired, I'm still tired!" Song Jiajia replied.
"So I decided to hire an assistant director, who would be responsible for the specific matters of shooting, and I would do the specific shooting of the MV!" Nanfeng really wanted to give up, but Song Jiajia's attitude hurt his self-esteem as a big man, how could a man say no, especially in front of a woman, so he retreated.
"You're really hopeless, but the ugly words are ahead, you don't want to tell me to do this and that." Song Jiajia did not continue to fight Nanfeng, if she changed her agent, I am afraid she would not be so accommodating to Nanfeng, to some extent, Nanfeng is glad that her agent is Song Jiajia, a rich second generation who has not yet graduated from college and has not yet relied on relationships.
"There's an assistant director, you, the assistant director who can't help anything, will naturally be fired, I don't want you if I want to help!" Nanfeng retorted without saving face.
"If you don't fight for three days, you will be on the beam and unveiled the tiles, and the south wind will be a little fat in the past two days!" Song Jiajia was furious, and one hand directly grabbed Nanfeng's ear, and she turned angrily for a week and a half.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Nanfeng was not prepared for Song Jiajia's sudden outburst, this was the first time Song Jiajia had such "intimate" contact with him, but this "intimate contact" made Nanfeng a little unbearable.
"Hmph, let's put a bright spot in the future!" Song Jiajia realized that her movements were too intimate this time, her face turned slightly red, and she let go of Nanfeng's ears without a trace, and took a step back.
"It's not impossible for you to find an assistant director to help you shoot a MV, but let me make it clear to you first, although the company still has a lot of MV directors who are not very good, but let them surrender their identity to be your assistant director, I'm afraid few people are willing, and now I'm afraid I can only ask an assistant director to help you."
"Assistant director?" Nanfeng frowned, Song Jiajia said that he can understand, other directors may not surrender their identities to help, but is the level of the assistant director okay?
"You don't have to worry about the level, the level of some assistant directors is not below those directors, it's just that there has been no chance, although you are still in the name of the assistant director, but the exercise is equivalent to the power of the director, there should be many people rushing to come." Song Jiajia said with a smile.
"Then you must choose an assistant director with a better level, rich shooting experience is the most important, as for how to shoot or listen to me, he is responsible for shooting the effect I want, you have to make this clear to them!" Song Jiajia laughed at him in front of him that the director was a puppet, how could he bear it, and immediately emphasized his importance.
(It rained so heavily, and it seemed to be because of the rain at night, and the entire surrounding area was out of power, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to call late, but fortunately it was still called!) )