Fang Xing's online drama this time is "The Beginning".

This drama is adapted from the same name of Prayer Jun, which tells the story of the male and female protagonists who come back from the dead after being bombed by a bus, and loop endlessly on the bus to find the cause of the explosion.

After the director was decided, the crew was basically completed.

The actors have been finalized one after another, and the filming location has been chosen.

However, the framing locations are not coherent.

Since there are a lot of bus shots in "The Beginning", it needs to be shot on the road.

Therefore, the crew communicated with the transportation department and set the filming location on a newly built secondary road.

Since this secondary road is newly built, the traffic volume is not large.

The crew communicated with the traffic department that one lane was closed for two hours during off-peak hours every day for filming.

Therefore, the footage on the highway needs to be shot intensively to reduce the impact on traffic.

The filming location of the bridge was chosen separately, and it is not in the same place as the highway filming location.

Therefore, road shots and bridge shots need to be shot separately.

Of course, after cutting out the pieces, the bus travels down the highway to the intersection and then turns onto the bridge, which looks coherent.

These shots that affect traffic are all gathered together and shot in the shortest possible time.

In addition, multi-camera shooting at the same time, plus aerial photography and post-production special effects, can be re-edited and used for shots shot once.

After that, the shot inside the bus is much easier to shoot, and it can be shot on any similar road.

You can even shoot in a studio without worrying about affecting traffic.

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Fang Xing has already discussed with Zhang Yigao about the filming scenes and storyboard scripts, and only after all the scenes have been formulated will the filming officially start.

March 21, the vernal equinox.

Ark Culture's new drama "The Beginning" was officially launched.

The first scene was filmed in the scene where Tao Yinghong, who lost her beloved daughter, carried a pressure cooker on the bus.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the actor began to put on makeup.

Fang Xing and Zhang Yigao sat under the sun umbrella and discussed how to shoot this scene.

Since they are two directors, how to cooperate with each other needs to be run-in.

In this regard, Fang Xing is relatively experienced.

I have worked with He Rongchang before, so I know which part of the work they should be responsible for.

"You don't have to worry, the division of labor between the two of us doesn't overlap much. I'm mainly in charge of talking to the actors, and you're in charge of the camera and storyboards. In terms of drama, I'm in charge, no problem, right? Fang Xing took the initiative to divide the scope of work.

When Zhang Yigao heard this proposal, his eyes gradually began to show confidence.

In fact, what he was most afraid of was being treated as a puppet by Fang Xing and pressed into a chair.

Of course, what he is more afraid of is that he will be used as a puppet, and the bad movie he will make in the end will make him take the blame.

Now, Fang Xing is mainly responsible for the work of giving drama to the actors, and Zhang Yigao agrees.

Because Zhang Yigao carefully studied Fang Xing's performance in "Wulin Gaiden".

He admires Fang Xing's acting skills very much.

Therefore, in terms of telling actors and actresses, Zhang Yigao feels that Fang Xing is competent.

At nine o'clock.

The actor finished making up and dressed up as Tao Yinghong, an actor of the National Theatre Liu Lanying, walked to the bus stop to look at the surrounding environment and familiarize herself with the filming venue.

In "The Beginning".

The character of "Tao Yinghong" was originally a chemistry teacher, but later moved to the city where her daughter had an accident and worked as a quality inspector in a chemical factory.

The role of Tao Yinghong is undoubtedly a tragic character, a beloved daughter who died in a bus accident.

Since then, she has embarked on the road of searching for the truth, and in the process, she has become more and more desperate and crazy.

However, her madness is hidden under the calm appearance, forming a strong contrast.

Fang Xing saw that Liu Lanying was already in place, and stepped forward and asked, "Teacher Liu, we're ready to start, is it okay?" ”

Liu Lanying nodded and replied, "No problem." ”

As an actor of the National Theatre, she has memorized the script as soon as she gets it, and she is definitely an exemplary person in terms of professionalism.

Fang Xing beckoned to the props group and shouted, "Bring the pressure cooker." ”

The props team took a pressure cooker packed with a red plastic island and put it at Liu Lanying's feet.

Fang Xing bent down and raised the pressure cooker, and said, "Teacher Liu, you can try this weight first."

"When the filming starts, you need to show that the pressure cooker is a bit heavy, and you need to use two hands to lift the bus.

"If the props are too heavy, you can reduce the weight of the props crew a little."

When an actor performs lifting heavy objects, he does not need to really lift a heavy object, and he can perform an overwhelmed appearance when lifting a foam box.

Of course, there is still a difference between lifting heavy objects and lifting foam.

Liu Lanying stretched out her hand to lift the pressure cooker, shook her head and said, "It's too light, you can add a little more weight." ”

The person in charge of the props team ran up and asked, "Mr. Liu, now this pot is six catties, do you really need to add it?" Too heavy will be tiring. ”

Liu Lanying smiled and said, "If I buy a watermelon for more than ten catties, I can carry it upstairs." It's not about walking 10 kilometers, how tiring can you get on the bus? Add it to twenty pounds first. ”

The props team leader gave a thumbs up and said, "Teacher Liu is too dedicated, I'll add it." ”

Adding weight to a pressure cooker is as simple as putting a few bricks in it.

After adding weight, Liu Lanying lifted her hands and nodded, "Let's do it first." ”

Fang Xing continued to talk about the play: "In the first scene, I hope to show the cold and calm side of Tao Yinghong's character, the kind of cold heart like ashes, hiding all emotions under the expressionless face. ”

Liu Lanying nodded while listening, and finally replied, "Okay, you can." ”

"If that's all right, let's go." Fang Xing confirmed again.

Liu Lanying lowered her head expressionlessly, didn't look at Fang Xing, raised her hand and made an OK gesture.

Fang Xing knew that she was starting to enter the play, stopped talking, took a few steps back, and then motioned to the scene reporter to prepare to play the board.

"The Beginning" is the first scene, one shot, the first time, start!"

The other side.

Zhang Yigao has already arranged it, communicated with the cameraman, and how to push the camera later.

After the plate is set, the camera starts shooting.

Tao Yinghong, played by Liu Lanying, was waiting for the bus at the bus stop, always expressionless.

Fang Xing looked at the picture in the monitor, looked at Liu Lanying's micro-expression, and was very satisfied.

This kind of heart is like ashes, and the eyes are cold and resolute, which is very expressive.

After this part of the footage was full, Fang Xing picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The bus is in." ”

It didn't take long.

A bus with the words No. 45 printed on it drove into the camera and stopped in front of the bus stop.

After a sound of valves, the front door of the bus opened.

Liu Lanying held the pressure cooker in both hands and boarded the bus with a little difficulty.

"Cards! Great, let's do one more. ”

Fang Xing walked up quickly, planning to take another one, looking for subtle changes: "Teacher Liu, when you get in the car, we will take one, you and the driver have eye contact, very subtle eye interaction." ”

In "The Beginning", the driver of bus No. 45 is actually Tao Yinghong's husband, that is, the father of the dead girl.

However, at the beginning, the two did not interact at all, as if they didn't know each other at all.

Liu Lanying thought for a while and said, "Do you want that feeling of knowing each other but pretending not to know." ”

Fang Xing nodded: "Yes, I want this feeling." Be subtle, though. This part has to leave suspense, and in the first few episodes, the audience doesn't know that the two are related. ”

Liu Lanying nodded: "I'll try it." ”

Actually, this article was added by Fang Xing.

If it is just to conceal the relationship between the two audiences, in fact, it can be filmed as if the two have no interaction, and it is treated as if there is no relationship.

However, Fang Xing felt that the two were husband and wife after all, and they were still going to die together, so it was more or less appropriate to have some emotional ups and downs.

Of course, this interaction of eyes needs to be very subtle, so obscure that the audience can't see it at first glance.

Especially Tao Yinghong, played by Liu Lanying, must be absolutely cold and desperate.

Her husband "Wang Xingde" can have a little more emotional ups and downs.

After all, in "The Beginning", the role of the driver "Wang Xingde" is not as crazy as "Tao Yinghong", it is relatively rational and a little more humane.

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On the first day, after filming the footage of Liu Lanying getting on the bus.

Due to the whole play of "The Beginning", the entire time loop is looped 25 times.

Therefore, many shots are repeated, but 25 times, the repetition is not exactly the same, and each time there will be a little difference, and finally form a complete story line.

The next day, I started shooting the shots of the male and female protagonists on the bus.

For the camera on the bus, the camera position needs to be arranged on the bus.

First of all, the first scene on the bus is that the male protagonist "Xiao Heyun" and the female protagonist "Li Shiqing" woke up on the bus.

In order to perform this scene well, Fang Xing had tried with Lu Xiang'er many times at home.

No matter how stupid a bird is, if you teach it a few times, you can learn to count, even if you don't understand the principles.

What's more, Lu Xiang'er is not stupid, and she is a little bit smart.

What's more, the heroine "Li Shiqing", the character in the play, is a 20-year-old junior student.

Lu Xianger doesn't need to act much, she is now a junior student, as long as she plays herself.

I don't even need makeup, I just want a clean and delicate look.

Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er sat in the seats next to the back door of the bus.

Like the previous shooting, Fang Xing first talked about the play: "Later, you sleep on my shoulder, and after the start, you slowly wake up, and then show a surprised expression."

"Remember, this scene, we don't know yet, but you've been through six loops and you know the bus is going to explode.

"So, in order to save me, you slandered me as a pervert, forced the bus to stop, and then pulled me off......

"The most important thing in this scene is the feeling that the performance doesn't know me."

Lu Xiang'er nodded vigorously: "Okay, good ......"

"Okay, you're big, don't look at me with such affectionate eyes, we don't know each other." Fang Xing scolded her with a straight face.

Lu Xiang'er's expression collapsed instantly.

Although she knew that this was deliberately for the sake of playing, she still felt a little uncomfortable, pouted and hummed: "Who is looking at you with affection?" ”

The surrounding crew members were caught off guard and ate a mouthful of dog food, and they were all choked.

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Although she has played many times at home, Lu Xianger is the first time to play the heroine, and her performance at the beginning is still a bit bad.

Zhang Yigao, as a director, was dissatisfied with all the dissatisfaction written on his face.

There is no need for Zhang Yigao to speak, Fang Xing can also see that Lu Xiang'er is too nervous, her performance in front of the camera, and her performance in the game at home, are completely in the sky and underground.

Fang Xing could only try his best to calm her emotions: "Don't be nervous, when we play alone, you are really good." Just come over again like before, don't be nervous. ”

Lu Xiang'er took a deep breath and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay......"

It's just that five or six times in a row.

Fang Xing is not in a hurry, anyway, it is not a film burner now, so NG will come again.

If it doesn't work out of 10 times, it's 20 times.

Of course, if you keep NG, it will definitely slow down the filming progress.

"I'm sorry, I look at the camera, it really feels different."

After more than a dozen times, Lu Xiang'er was about to cry.

Fang Xing didn't lower his requirements because of her expression.

Seeing that she began to apologize, Fang Xing leaned back in his chair, leaned his hands on the back of his head, and said with a relaxed face: "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry anyway." slows down the filming progress and burns the investors' money. ”

When Lu Xiang'er heard this, her eyes widened, and she immediately became a little angry.

Because she is an investor, she invested 10 million in this drama.

Moreover, the purpose of filming this drama is to save my father's company.

slowed down the filming progress, and in the end it was Dachuan Audio that collapsed.

The anger in Lu Xiang'er's heart rose up, and she said to herself in her heart: Dad's company is about to go bankrupt, what else is there to be afraid of? If you don't act well, it's just a big shame, if you can save the company by being embarrassed, it's not impossible.

After she figured it out, she took a deep breath, clenched her fists and said, "Do it again!" ”

After passing the level in her heart, Lu Xiang'er's performance was 180 degrees overturned, and her performance was much more natural.

Zhang Yigao was originally a little impatient, and after today's filming is over, he will discuss with Fang Xing to change the female lead.

He has already studied the entire script, and the requirements for the female lead actor in this script are not so high, with a salary of two or three million, graduates of Eastern Opera and Beiying who are willing to appear can be arranged in the suburbs.

Unexpectedly, after ng more than a dozen times, Lu Xianger's lens sense suddenly improved.

This surprised Zhang Yigao very much.

Fang Xing didn't feel surprised.

Because when playing at home, Lu Xianger's performance is very good, and she belongs to the type that as long as she is not nervous, even her eyes are very camera-sensitive.

To say that she is good at acting, it is not.

If she wants to play some difficult roles, she definitely can't.

But this time, the character is a third-year female student.

She doesn't need to act much, as long as she integrates herself into the plot as usual, and the effect shown is enough.

After Lu Xiang'er passed the level in her heart, her performance became better and better.

Moreover, when playing against her, Fang Xing deliberately took her and constantly stimulated her in terms of expressiveness, but did not deliberately press her and give her room to perform.

made today's scenes more and more smoothly filmed, and finally worked an hour of overtime to finish all the scenes today.

Zhang Yigao looked at the picture on the monitor, and finally let go of the idea of asking for a change of female lead.