Different from general domestic TV series and movies, sitcoms originated in the United States, and the structural form of domestic sitcoms often copies many American structural types.

In 1991, Yingda's "I Love My Home" created a pioneer of sitcoms in the mainland, and then "Sister Idler" and "A Family in the Northeast".

"I Love My Home" is a peak, and the next two can only be regarded as passing works, coupled with the popularity of Qing court dramas in those years, the sitcom section rarely produces high-quality products...

"Wulin Gaiden" has set off a sitcom ratings frenzy, and "Love Apartment"...

But to be honest, "Love Apartment" is too 'borrowing' from American dramas, which has weakened its coherence and intention more than a notch...

In recent years, there have been few eye-catching sitcoms, except that the actors have not worked as hard as before, and the main jokes have replaced many of the effects of sitcoms!

It's as if we think that the current sketches and comedies are not as funny as before, mainly because of the advent of the Internet era, we have read a lot of jokes in advance, no matter how awesome the screenwriter is, it is impossible to do so much of the wisdom of netizens!

"In the past, Feng's comedy created popular words, and now it is plagiarized from popular words..."

The advent of the Internet era is a very painful thing for creators.

There are a lot of people who simply go down the road of plagiarizing online jokes...

Strictly speaking, "Waste Wood Brothers" does not have any plot coherence, and it is normal for the last episode not to pick up the next episode!

According to the words of netizens, "Waste Wood Brothers" is a typical serial drama composed of jokes, so its audience can only be netizens.

Although Bai Xiaofei had considered going on the stars before, it is not easy for such a TV series with a narrow audience to be on the stars, not to mention that the average length of an episode of "Waste Wood Brothers" is about 20 minutes - excluding the opening paragraph and end credits, it is estimated that there is only a fifteen-minute plot...

Such a work is clearly more suitable for the tastes of young people!

If you want to be broadcast on the stars, Bai Xiaofei must at least stuff a bunch of ingredients into it to ensure that the length of each episode can reach 40 minutes...

It's too difficult to consider!

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The most common sitcoms are the two-person dialogue scenes.

This kind of scene is especially common in film and television dramas, especially TV series, which are full of such dialogue scenes.

The TV series is fast-paced, and the plot can be quickly advanced through dialogue.

Generally, two-person dialogue is the best shot!

There are three kinds of shots, panoramas, close-ups of actors, and over-the-shoulder shots.

An over-the-shoulder shot is a close-up or close-up shot of another actor through the shoulders of another actor.

The so-called over-the-shoulder shot is to determine the relationship between the characters, including the positional relationship, and who dominates the scene.

The filming method of dialogue scenes is generally to give panoramic shots first, explain the scene, then give over-the-shoulder shots to determine the relationship between the characters, and finally give close-up shots, gradually progressive;

For example, now, Bai Xiaofei and Zhang Shan are huddled in the toilet, which is a typical panorama plus close-up.

"What are you bringing me to the public restroom?"

"Hidden!"

"Public restrooms can also be hidden?"

“… I put a note on the door when I came in, and it's under repair..."

"You're wise."

Bai Xiaofei and Zhang Shan have cooperated countless times.

When he was in school, every time he rehearsed a sketch, he would be divided into a group, sometimes Dong Jian would be added, and if he needed the heroine, he would find the most mysterious Li Tiantian in the class...

The morning shoot went well.

This is a TV series, and it is Bai Xiaofei's first time in charge, and the whole crew is also running in for the first time, so Bai Xiaofei will not arrange any difficult scenes, from simple to complex.

The grass stage team is just starting out, and if you start NG constantly, it is easy to hit the actors and the on-site staff!

Unless it is a big director who already has a reputation and a good actor with superb acting skills, they will challenge the most difficult scene in the first wave for the purpose of running in the camera, such as "Mei Lanfang", the first shot is the plot of Qiu Rubai played by Sun Honglei who decides to be Mei Lanfang's assistant.

That one shot took four hours!

changed to other directors, do you dare to let Sun Honglei grind for four hours in one shot?

"The lens is brighter, with a little warmer, and cleaner!"

Bai Xiaofei returned to the back of the monitor, looked at the picture he had just taken, and shook his head.

A little too realistic...

The so-called overly realistic is worth not having the dreamy feeling that TV creates.

In the past few years, compared with those TV dramas in Hong Kong, the difference in domestic film and television dramas is the lighting effect!

Our costumes are in place, and the actors' performances are no worse than theirs, but it's uncomfortable to look at, why?

The light is too dark, the lens is not polished, and it always feels like our actors are ugly...

Take a look at the youth idol dramas "It's All Angels" and "Carry on Love to the End" in those years, the actors obviously acted very well, but they were so ugly!

Film and television dramas without whitening effect are not considered film and television dramas, at most they can only be regarded as documentaries!

We are filming a TV series, not a documentary!

Even if it's a documentary, the difference in the brightness of the high-definition camera and the feeling of presenting it is very different!

"However, director, the light is a little dim now, and if you force the tone up, it may cause the lens to look bad."

A young man in the photography team seemed to be a little unaware of Bai Xiaofei's meaning, and asked questions...

“… Dim light? What does the lighting team eat? Hurry up, give me the 4K headlights now! ”

Bai Xiaofei immediately found the lighting group in charge of the light: "Hurry up!" The shooting time was delayed, but you are the only one who asks! ”

Treat the crew of the crew, you must not get used to it, you must make them aware of the seriousness of the problem, otherwise these old fritters can surprise you!

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During the lunch break, Bai Xiaofei led several main staff members of the crew to discuss the precautions for filming in the afternoon.

The daily shooting tasks have been planned, and they are in the scene notebook...

The afternoon shooting basically continued the process of the morning, in fact, in the first three days, Bai Xiaofei did not arrange any difficult shooting tasks.

"Director, you've worked hard, can you drink a glass of water?"

Just finished the conversation, Bai Xiaofei was about to find someone to moisten his throat, Ye Siqi didn't know where to come out, and respectfully handed over a glass of mineral water.

“… Thank you. ”

Although he said thank you, his body was very honest and indifferent, and the whole thing was written 'I'm a scholar, don't mess around'...

is like this, during normal filming, Bai Xiaofei will keep a certain distance from the actors.

This is the principle of being a director, and it is also the bottom line!

If you have a relationship with an actor in the show that shouldn't be happening, it's bad...

If she begs you to add drama to her, will you add it or not?