Chapter 7 How hard is a hard photo?
After arriving at the company, Chen Er learned that the interview he received from the company was a magazine.
And it's also a big magazine.
The Chinese edition of "People" magazine.
The magazine is published by a national authoritative publishing house and is currently the highest-level figure magazine in China.
The positioning of the magazine is to identify and depict the most progressive and respectable people of this era, and the field of interviews spans the business, political, cultural, and artistic worlds, and always pursues the meaning of "being a human being" with readers.
Chen Er was taken aback, when did he become a figure of epochal significance. Even though it's only a monthly magazine, I think it's a little incredible.
Zhao Qi took Chen Er to the headquarters of the magazine.
"In the past ten years, only one person in Huaxia has won the championship of the All-Asian Tea Ceremony Competition. That person is you. ”
She said seriously, "The video of your competition has become popular on major websites. The tea ceremony has always been a niche, but it is also one of the core cultures of China. You can raise your eyebrows in this regard, and of course you are qualified to be on the cover. ”
Chen Er nodded.
That seems to make some sense.
This interview is a two-step process, shooting the cover and being interviewed for a column.
After the interview, the magazine will be printed and sold two months later.
The magazine has a special online sales channel, but it is only for pre-sale, and the number is not large.
Most of the sales are concentrated offline, with major boutique bookstores, high-end clubs and large corporate subscriptions.
It was the first time Chen Er had come into contact with these, and he heard it in a fog.
When he arrived at the headquarters of People magazine, he learned that there was another person on the cover this time.
She is one of the most popular biomedical researchers in China recently, and I heard that she has recently developed a new type of anti-cancer drug.
The post-90s young people who are most likely to win the Nobel Prize in Biology by the industry.
Standard strong woman.
Chen Er felt strange that the positioning of him and this strong woman was too different, how could the magazine think of putting the two of them together to shoot the cover of the same issue.
The editor who received him said, "The theme of this time is that we have decided that technology and art are two of the most indispensable and very different fields on the human path. When they collide together, they emit fascinating sparks. ”
Chen Erhu glanced at the cute little editor suspiciously.
The other party shrugged his shoulders, "This is the original words of our editor-in-chief." ”
Chen Er had no choice but to say in his heart, "Okay, I'm really not a literary youth. ”
The scenery in the studio has been set up.
The photographer is adjusting the lens.
The stylist and costumer fiddled back and forth with Chen Er for a long time before finalizing the costume and hairstyle.
The costume given to him was a black and white suit with a very good texture.
The white shirt feels good in the hand and looks like fine silk when it sticks to the skin.
The buttons of the shirt are handmade sterling silver buttons.
After the hairstyle was done, the stylist brought a red velvet box and carefully removed a tie clip inside.
"This thing is expensive, you slow down."
The cute little editor whispered in Chen'er's ear.
"This is Boucheron's tie clip, which costs 2.1 million. The magazine has borrowed it for you to shoot the cover. ”
The stylist clipped the silver tie clip to Chen Er.
Only then did Chen Er see that it was inlaid with a very dazzling diamond, about two centimeters in size.
Chen Er didn't know these luxury brands, except for the fact that the price was really high, he also felt that it was nothing, at most he had to be careful. A tie clip is two million, which is indeed extravagant.
Seeing Chen Er's appearance as a layman.
The editor added, "When magazines shoot covers, the clothing or accessories used by the cover characters are generally sponsored by brands. ”
That makes sense. Otherwise, with the high cost of these brands, the magazine will have to change the cover character once it shoots the cover, and the magazine may have gone bankrupt long ago.
Chen Erda walked generously to the studio.
The background of the studio is white, in order to facilitate the post-cutout.
Chen Er was curious, didn't he say that he thought that a strong woman was going to be on the cover with him, why was he the only one to shoot.
The little editor helped him straighten the hem of his clothes, and then said very quickly, "She took the shot yesterday, don't worry, the photographer will put the two of you together." ”
Then he quit the studio.
The headlights above the head turned on with a "snap".
A dazzling light fell from the top of Chen Er's head.
Chen Er couldn't help but blink.
The photographer hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't blink!" Look at me here, your eyes are focused on the camera......"
Chen Er blinked twice more to adjust to the bright light, and then his gaze fell on the camera.
The photographer continued, "Yes, look a little more focused...... Raise your chin and tuck your abdomen and chest......"
"No, this look is too ruthless, you have to be gentle......"
The photographer chattered and didn't seem to be very satisfied.
Chen Er remembered what the cute little editor had just said.
Fascinating sparks of different fields colliding together.
So he settled down and began to reminisce about how he felt during the game.
So the people at the shooting scene were immediately refreshed.
I saw Chen Er straighten his back, his chin raised slightly, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looked forward with a soft but firm look, falling straight into the camera.
An aura inexplicably rose around his body.
A feeling of being in a noisy crowd but at ease.
The photographer didn't even have time to say yes before he immediately pressed the shutter.
I found several different angles and filmed this scene.
Zhao Qi nodded on the side, "This is the aura that a champion should have." ”
The photographer looked at the captured shots with delight and said, "Good! You're really the best of all the young people I've ever taken!"
When Chen Er saw that the photo had been taken, he immediately relaxed, and all his aura converged in an instant.
He looks like an ordinary young man again.
He smiled and shook his head, then became a little interested in the word the photographer had just said.
"What's a hard photo?"
The photographer was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Chen Er was an amateur who had never been in contact with the entertainment industry and the fashion industry at all, and of course he would not know this word.
"Hardshot is a photographic term that refers to flat photographs taken for advertisements and magazines. A photo like the one we just took for you is a hard photo. ”
Chen Er nodded as if he didn't understand, and then muttered, "What did I think it was, how hard can a hard photo be?" I remember the look in my eyes just now was quite gentle......"
Zhao Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard this.
The photographer looked at Chen Er with an expression that could not be spoken.