Chapter 275: Let Cantonese Opera Come to Life
The director of the documentary was specially invited by the Nanzhou Penguin Film and Television Branch from the headquarters.
In the case of Penguin Films' Nanzhou Branch, it is impossible to have the scale and energy to involve documentaries.
Documentaries are also far from making money from shooting variety shows.
In the past, in order to survive, the Penguin Film and Television Nanzhou Branch specialized in exporting variety shows.
Many people think that as long as it is a program related to the entertainment industry, that program will make a lot of money and invest a lot, which is actually wrong.
Nanzhou Penguin Film and Television invests in dozens of variety shows every year, cutting more than a dozen variety shows that look at risk of loss, and the rest is profitable.
But making money is not as profitable as imagined, not much.
However, those variety shows hire stars to participate, and they don't pay a lot of publicity fees, so it is the most cost-effective to produce variety shows.
It can not only maintain a certain amount of heat, but also have the possibility of a fire.
As long as a cross-continent variety show can be released, the performance of that year will definitely be there.
Because of the importance attached to Gu Che, Xiong Bingdong applied to the headquarters to transfer a director who specializes in shooting documentaries.
The headquarters passed it very happily.
Generally, the headquarters will only provide technical assistance, and if you want to borrow technical talents, you will basically only lend them for a week to a month, and no more.
But what Xiong Bingdong wants is for the director to finish filming a whole documentary, so it can't be done in just a month.
This is nominally a secondment, but in fact, they are all sending someone to help them do it, and after they get it, the performance is Xiong Bingdong's Nanzhou Penguin Film and Television Division.
If it weren't for Gu Che's fame at this time, the Penguin Film and Television Headquarters would not be so generous.
What's more, this is a shooting documentary.
Documentary, as we all know, is unlikely to explode, but it is very rigorous to shoot, and it is easy to lose more than it gains.
This is also the reason why the headquarters released people so quickly.
The entire Feiyue Studio was invited to participate in the filming of this documentary, and later director Liu Xun, who came to shoot it, felt that there were not enough people, so he asked the staff of Feiyue Studio to merge into the Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe.
The scene of the entire Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe getting busy was also filmed.
The process of filming is very simple, and there is a faint sense of returning to the basics.
Many Cantonese opera actors thought that they were going to shoot some shots, but as soon as Director Liu Xun came over, he said that everything was as usual, and that they only needed to be busy with their own affairs.
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"You just think of it as if there is a silent camera here, I will find the material myself, this is a documentary, not a TV series, there are not many scripts, what I want is a real reflection of you, a real life!"
Director Liu Xun said this to everyone, but they are not good and really don't do anything.
So at the beginning of filming, the actors were a little restrained.
Later, after two or three days, I found that Director Liu Xun really didn't do anything, just walking around with a camera all day long, and didn't communicate much with the actors, so these actors put their minds at ease.
Whatever you have to do, you can do it, and you won't be so noisy and impetuous.
When Director Liu Xun shuttled through the major crews looking for materials, Gu Che and Luo Mingli also connected and discussed the adaptation of the TV series version of "The Legend of the White Snake".
The script, as always, was written by Gu Che, and then handed over to the master for review.
Gu Che specially told Luo Mingli: "You look at the master more, I've been very busy lately, and I don't have time to say hello to the master, and the senior brother is busy filming documentaries, and the senior sister is also busy communicating with overseas business, so you are quite idle." β
"I'm afraid that the master will take up the rest time in order to adapt the TV series as soon as possible."
Luo Mingli raised his eyebrows, patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will look at the master a lot and don't let him work too hard!" β
Luo Mingli assured here: "Don't worry, I live near the master, I watch him every day, eat with him, and I will persuade him." β
Suddenly, he was stunned, "Wait, what did you just say?" β
Gu Che: ?
Luo Mingli: "What do you say are you worried about Master?" β
Gu Che: "Worried...... Hurry up and get the adaptation of the TV series right? β
Luo Mingli: "! β
Gu Che: ??
He grabbed Gu Che's hand excitedly, "You have already written the adaptation of the TV series?" β
Gu Che: "...... Otherwise, why should I let you watch the master more and not let him work too hard? β
The master's love for Cantonese opera is no worse than that of any of them.
Looking at how many "The Legend of the White Snake" Gu Che has filmed, each of which has the assistance of the master, you know that he has been paying attention to Cantonese opera, and hopes that Cantonese opera can also produce a few classic works that will be famous for generations.
But the master is old after all, and the script of the TV series is much longer than the movie script.
Gu Che was worried that the master would be in a hurry to change the script of the TV series and stay up late overtime.
For an elderly person, once the schedule is irregular, it hurts too much.
Luo Mingli gasped, looking at Gu Che as if he was looking at a monster.
"How long did you say you were going to make a TV series, and you took out the script of the TV series in a few days, and you're too human, aren't you?"
In this regard, Gu Che was very determined: "No, I started writing it a few months in advance, which is called taking precautions." β
He would never admit that it only took him three days to knock out the TV script of "The Legend of the White Snake".
Luo Mingli: I ......
I believe you're a ghost!
However, if he didn't believe it, he couldn't accept it even more because Gu Che just spent a few days writing a TV series with dozens of episodes.
The reason given by Gu Che can also be said to have been slowly figured out by relying on the accumulated time.
But in the latter, it will be knocked out in a few days, which is too abnormal.
Even if it's a talented screenwriter, you can't do it.
That's dozens of feature-length TV series!
Only by copying the script can you copy it in such a short time, right?
I have to say that at a certain moment, Luo Mingli magically touched the truth, but he was quickly closed by himself and vetoed.
When Luo Mingli was talking to Gu Che, they didn't know that Director Liu Xun had slowly moved the camera to them and filmed this scene.
After director Liu Xun got the script of the documentary, he had already sketched a picture in his mind.
How to make this Cantonese opera documentary and how to express it in a form that he has a good idea of.
What he wants to shoot is to pull down the high level of Cantonese opera, so that the seemingly distant intangible cultural heritage culture can be connected to the ground and become an ordinary and ordinary daily life.
Therefore, in this documentary, he will not say too much about how gorgeous the costumes of Cantonese opera are, how thick the history of Cantonese opera is, and how glorious Cantonese opera is.
Sometimes, there are too many words of praise, and it can also create a sense of distance among the public.
"It doesn't feel like it's a culture I can afford to play!"
"I'm sorry, I'm just an ordinary person, I can't afford to play Cantonese opera!"
"It's too old, I'm a modern person, I want to see something modern!"
ββMany viewers who are new to intangible cultural heritage have this idea in their minds.
Therefore, director Liu Xun wants to break this innate barrier and make Cantonese opera ordinary and ordinary.
So he decisively chose to start with the daily life of Cantonese opera actors to record the lives of the actors.
In the unpretentious life, slowly expounding Cantonese opera will give people a sense of intimacy.
"Ah, it turns out that Cantonese opera actors are just like us, worrying about work!"
"Tsk, it's very difficult to be a Cantonese opera actor, I can't rest in normal times, and I have to practice my voice every day!"
"One minute on stage, ten years off stage, even if it is just an unknown supporting role, his skills have been carefully polished."
What Liu Xun wants is such an effect.
At the same time, he also knows what the audience likes to watch.
Handsome men and beautiful women!
Even if it's a serious documentary, it doesn't mean that you can't let beautiful women and handsome guys appear.
Gu Che is the second card prepared by director Liu Xun.
He didn't give Gu Che a lot of clips that were very obvious when he looked at them, and started shooting in Gu Che's daily life, tearing off his altar and adding a bit of ordinariness.
Liu Xun told Gu Che his thoughts, afraid that Gu Che would not agree to shoot like this.
But Gu Che was even more indifferent than he imagined, and said, "It's okay, you can shoot as you like." I don't care about shooting, as long as you follow the script. If there's anything in the script that you'd like to change, just let me know. β
If it weren't for Liu Xun knowing that in the next filming, Gu Che would have to cooperate and use Gu Che, Gu Che's words alone would be like those screenwriters who don't do the burden.
For example, I only care about the script, no matter the shooting, I need to change the script and then tell me.
Ah, you're going to change the script? I'm sorry, the script is already set, no more, if you want to change the script, then you will fire me.
I don't work actively, I run faster than anyone else when I encounter trouble, and I don't do the first place when I pick up the burden.
Liu Xun's assistant looked at the footage filmed by the director and couldn't help but be a little worried.
He looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Liu Xun: "Director Liu, you didn't take a picture of Gu Che's makeup, aren't you afraid that Gu Che will come to you for trouble?" β
It's not surprising that the assistant would ask that.
Because of Liu Xun's last documentary, he just happened to cooperate with a traffic niche.
The traffic boy was very respectful to them in front of people, saying that he could shoot whatever he wanted.
But once he entered the filming state, he was pretentious, and a large number of assistants circled around him, either to help him take care of his hair or to help him get dressed.
It's a documentary, and it's more decent than a big-budget idol drama.
He and Director Liu were dumbfounded.
But these are not the pictures that Director Liu wants, so while the actors are resting and leisure, Director Liu finally shot a few satisfactory shots and edited them into the feature film.
After it was sent out, because they had not communicated with the traffic boy's team, people saw the "ugly photos" of the traffic boy in the documentary, which was a lot of ridicule.
For this reason, in those few days, Director Liu was scolded by the team of traffic Xiaosheng very miserably, the kind of dog bloody.
Obviously there is no breach of contract, but he is criticized like a grandson.
Traffic Xiaosheng's team not only took turns calling to serve him, but also reported the matter to the headquarters of Penguin Films, and the senior management immediately cut Liu Xun's next several documentaries.
Why did he send him over to shoot the Nanzhou branch this time, it was not because others calculated and found that this Liu Xun was the worst in the headquarters, and he would not offend people if he was sent to work as a day worker.
Liu Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll communicate with Gu Che later." β
He originally wanted to say that Gu Che had promised him that he would shoot whatever he wanted.
But with the experience of that traffic student, Liu Xun felt that it was better to let Gu Che see the effect.
lest you turn your face and deny people when you get it.
Gu Che is more famous than the previous traffic student, and his energy in the circle is also greater.
He can offend some little fresh meat, but he can't offend Gu Che.
Here, Gu Che finished a day's work and just wanted to return to the apartment, but was stopped by Director Liu's assistant.
The assistant said cautiously: "Brother Che, the director told you to go over and watch the film." β
Gu Che was puzzled for a while, but he was fine, so he went to see it.
Liu Xun didn't say anything, but said: "In the afternoon, I filmed some discussion clips between you and your senior brother, and I think it is quite consistent with some of the content in the documentary, and I plan to use it, you can see if it's okay." β
Gu Che raised his eyebrows slightly, "No problem, you can shoot as much as you want." β
Liu Xun's attitude was very resolute: "You better go and see if it's okay." β
Gu Che read the content and pondered for a while, but he still couldn't understand what the director came to him for this time.
Is it just watching the film?
He pondered: "Director Liu, I can only write screenplays, not watch movies, is there something wrong with what you filmed, or do you want me to deliberately adjust my expression next time?" β
He thinks that his expression in the film is quite natural, and his little eyes are quite vivid.
Liu Xun's face was strange for a while, and he looked at Gu Che for a long time, "You really think so?" β
Gu Che nodded: "Yes, I don't understand, why don't you point to me?" β
Liu Xun: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you and take a picture of you without makeup, can it, just like in the camera." β
Gu Che thought it was something, "Of course you can, didn't I tell Director Liu, you can shoot how you want, if you think that my disheveled lens can also appear, I can't sacrifice it." β
Liu Xun: ......
They don't have to be so dedicated, they don't shoot small yellow.
Liu Xun's assistant couldn't help but ask: "Brother Che, aren't you afraid that your lack of makeup will be exposed and it will have an impact on your career?" β
Gu Che smiled: "What's the impact, I don't rely on my face to eat, although I can indeed eat with my face, but I mainly rely on talent." β
"What's more," he said, rather confidently, "is it that I don't look good without makeup, or is my posture wrong?" I think I'm pretty handsome in the camera. β
He also specifically asked: "What do you think?" β
Liu Xun immediately said: "Handsome, very handsome without makeup!" β
The assistant also immediately said: "You are the most handsome person I have ever seen without makeup!" β
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After Gu Che left, Liu Xun and the assistant looked at each other.
The assistant said incredulously, "That's it...... Cleared? β
Liu Xun didn't know what he thought of, and sighed: "Gu Che doesn't care about this, that's right, he has talent, and he doesn't need to rely on his face." β
The assistant looked at the director and asked a little puzzled, "Then why do you still sigh?" β
Liu Xun said leisurely: "I am envious of the people in the Nanzhou branch, I can actually cooperate with such a good-natured star as Gu Che, the traffic is reliable and there is no shelf, if I can, I also want to be transferred to Nanzhou." β
But that's just talk.
Even if he is not valued at the headquarters, the commission he gets from the headquarters is much more than that of the small Nanzhou branch.
Unless......
He shook his head and didn't think much about it, knowing it couldn't be.
Unless, Gu Che really reached a strategic cooperation with the Nanzhou Penguin Film and Television Branch, then it was worth his investment and bet to come and follow Gu Che.