Generally speaking, in the eyes of everyone, the director seems to be a very easy job, just sitting behind the monitor, watching the actors perform, if there is a scene that is not satisfactory, he will drop the script in his hand, and then scold the actors, and then reshoot until he is satisfied, this is the impression brought to everyone by various media, as if as long as it is a person, he can sit behind the monitor and point fingers.

Isn't there a joke that goes like this:

A person wants to apply for a crew, and the director asks him what would you do? This person doesn't squeak, and the director asks if he knows how to shoot? He said no, and the director asked if you would wear makeup? He also said no, will you be able to light? He said no, the director said oh!! Then you should be a director!!! (Just sit behind the monitor and watch it)

Of course, this is just a joke, a bit exaggerated, but it also represents everyone's attitude, in fact, Luo Yang has studied for so long, knowing that the director is not such an easy job at all, a director's job is very heavy, the director's responsibility is how to shoot every shot, this is the focus of the director's work, in order to achieve the perfection of each shot, in the early stage of shooting, the director must explain to the actors or extras participating in the performance to shoot today's sub-shots, what effect do I need, and what effect you must make, These must be explained clearly to the actors in advance, this is not the end, and then communicate with various departments, such as: props group, fireworks group, etc., generally speaking, a haode director must have an understanding of these jobs, not to mention proficient, at least be able to be confident, know what is going on, and after all this is done, the director can sit behind the monitor, watch everyone's performance through the monitor, and change or reshoot each video in time.

Although Luo Yang didn't expect Chen Yimou to give him this opportunity in advance today, and he was not prepared, but after studying seriously some time ago, coupled with so much knowledge instilled in his mental system, Luo Yang is still very confident that he will complete today's shooting.

After breakfast, when I came to the filming venue, all the actors and extras were already in place, and at this time, all departments and actors of the crew already knew that Luo Yang had replaced Chen Yimou in today's shooting, so they all turned their eyes to Luo Yang.

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Luo Yang was also a little nervous, after all, this was the first time he really directed the shot, although Luo Yang kept cheering himself up at the beginning, hinting that he could complete this test, but he was still a little nervous at this time, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Chen Yimou followed behind Luo Yang, seeing Luo Yang's somewhat dazed eyes, he also knew that Luo Yang was nervous at this time, but Chen Yimou didn't have any other ideas, he was also very nervous when he encountered this scene for the first time, this is all human nature, so Chen Yimou patted Luo Yang on the shoulder and said to Luo Yang with a smile: "Start your work quickly, don't you see that everyone is waiting for your command"?

Luo Yang looked back and saw Chen Yimou's slightly encouraging eyes, and his mood was a little relaxed, anyway, this is his first time directing, as long as it is not too big a mistake, I believe that Chen Yimou will give him guidance, with this confidence, Luo Yang's mood is a lot more relaxed, nodded to Chen Yimou, and then stepped forward to take the script and began to talk to the actors, and repeated the effects he needed to shoot to them.

The main content of the scenes to be filmed today is that the alien prawns do not know the rules of the earth, in order to get food, they escape from the demarcated ninth district, and then attack humans, rob banks, burn buildings, and create chaos, of course, the effect of alien prawns will be added later, and now the special effects company has not yet completed the production, so the main thing that needs to be filmed is the panicked appearance of the extras in the face of aliens.

Fortunately, these extras are all professional, most of them have learned how to act, and many of them are even undergraduates from film schools, so they are naturally more proficient in how to act, but there is no suitable opportunity, there is no way to enter the showbiz, after all, there are so many people who graduate from film schools every year, it doesn't matter at all, don't want to enter this circle directly, so many people choose to be an extra, so that they can not only earn some money to fill their stomachs, but also exercise their acting skills, Maybe one day luck comes, and a certain director will take a fancy to it, become famous in one fell swoop, and officially enter the showbiz.

To be honest, this situation is not nothing, and there are many of them, many well-known actors and stars have broken through step by step like this, but these people are really not worth mentioning compared to the increasingly large dragon collective.

But no matter what, these people have acting qualities and know how to perform, which saves Luo Yang a lot of effort, and explains his intentions a little, and these people understand what they want to express, which makes Luo Yang also breathe a sigh of relief.

However, when Luo Yang was talking, he could fully feel the envy, jealousy and hatred in the eyes of these extras looking at him, and Luo Yang also understood their feelings, after all, he was about the same age as them, and he could be in charge of the camera alone, or in the crew of the famous Chinese director Chen Yimou, but these people were just extras, and if Luo Yang was one of them, he would also have such a mood.

After explaining the scenes to the extras, Luo Yang re-contacted various departments, the shots to be shot today, there are the most explosive and burning scenes in them, so the pyrotechnician has a heavy task, and it involves explosion and burning scenes, safety is also very important, in case of carelessness there, it will be very troublesome to blow up or burn the actors, this is not an uncommon thing, but something that often happens, and it must be paid attention to, so Luo Yang communicated with the pyrotechnic engineer and determined that the safety precautions were done very well, and then ordered to start shooting.

After all these preparations were completed, Luo Yang breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the monitor, and wanted to sit down and start asking for the filming to start, but seeing Chen Yimou standing on the side, Luo Yang was a little embarrassed, after all, he was a student, Chen Yimou was a teacher, how could there be a reason for himself to sit and the teacher to stand, so Luo Yang smiled dryly: "Teacher Chen, you sit"?

Chen Yimou also knew Luo Yang's psychological thoughts, so he said: "Are you a director or am I a director, I told you that today's shooting is handed over to you, what does it look like for me to sit here"?

After listening to Chen Yimou's words, Luo Yang touched his head and knew that this was not the time for courtesy, so he was not polite, sat on the director's chair, and began to prepare for today's shooting task.

With Luo Yang's command, after the scene note rang the clapperboard, these extras instantly began their own performances, with the explosions made by the pyrotechnics everywhere, and the burning fires, these extras fled in confusion, shouting, as if something terrifying was chasing after them, and several photographers also began to work busily, and the camera kept moving on the moving rail, recording the performance of the extras.

It stands to reason that the quality of these extras is still very good, and the performance is also very good, but Luo Yang looked at the monitor for a while, his brows furrowed a little, and he always felt as if something was wrong, what was wrong, Luo Yang couldn't say, in the face of this situation, Luo Yang unconsciously turned his head to look at Chen Yimou, and saw that Chen Yimou was also staring at the monitor, but there was no expression on his face, and he couldn't see the evaluation of this shot from Chen Yimou's expression.

Unable to get an answer from Chen Yimou, Luo Yang decided to be true to his feelings, after all, if he shot for one second more, he would waste a lot of film, which is not a small amount of money.

shouted "cut", and with Luo Yang's instructions, everyone's performance immediately stopped, staring at Luo Yang, wondering what was wrong with the performance.

In the face of these inquiries, Luo Yang was also a little anxious, just now he just had a strong intuition, which made Luo Yang very dissatisfied with this shot, but in fact, where was the problem, Luo Yang couldn't say it for a while, how could he explain it to these extras, so Luo Yang frowned and thought for a while, and then decisively ordered: "The pyrotechnic master re-embeds the explosion point, everyone does it again."

I didn't expect that there was a problem there just now, Luo Yang didn't hesitate, and immediately asked to come again, thinking that if I came one more time, I should be able to find out where the problem was.

But in fact, Luo Yang overestimated himself, and when everyone re-performed again, Luo Yang still felt that something was wrong with the lens, and after stopping the crew, Luo Yang watched the video he had just recorded several times, but still didn't find where the problem was, in the face of everyone's inquiries, Luo Yang began to feel a lot of pressure, zuihou Luo Yang had to be cheeky to find Chen Yimou, and said embarrassedly: "Teacher Chen, I always feel that the shot just shot is wrong, and I can't say it, I don't know where the problem is, Please give me some advice."

Although Chen Yimou said at the beginning that this is an assessment of Luo Yang, Luo Yang can't care so much at the moment, after all, he can't find a problem with this lens, and if he repeats the shooting a few times, he doesn't know how much to spend on film and fireworks Although Chen Yimou didn't react, but thinking that every waste was thousands of yuan, Luo Yang felt a pain in his flesh, in this case, Luo Yang decisively gave up his face and chose to humbly seek advice.