Chapter 16: Filming Begins
"All departments are ready to clean up the scene, and unrelated personnel are temporarily backing down."
It took two hours, the incense and the interview were done, and the rest was the time that belonged to their efforts.
Chu Xuan sat on the rear monitor with a big horn and an ordinary cap and shouted.
Ning Hao, Du Jie and Li Peng are all in place, and the coordination of photography and lighting, as well as the positioning of the actors, have been demonstrated in advance.
And the role of the hat is very simple, to prevent reflection, as well as to pretend to be forced.
"Photography preparation."
"Lights ready."
"Prepare for the radio."
"Actor Preparation."
After Chu Xuan saw that everything was fine, he nodded to the surroundings, and then the scene reporter on the side took a small acrylic sign that had already written the scene in front of the camera, and shouted:
"Twelfth game, one shot, action!"
At this point, the scene reporter quickly took the small sign away, and the actor began to perform.
This is also convenient to know which part of the material is when editing and other processing in post-editing, otherwise it will be a waste of effort to pick it up after integration.
The first scene of filming was not difficult, mainly because the owner of the wedding shop next door had been thinking about Mo Sanmei's store for a long time, so he took the initiative to talk to him about the two stores joining together and the two doing business together.
I saw Ning Hao's camera slanting in front of Deng Chao's face, Deng Chao now has some scum, his face is also more sad, and there are acne marks that have not been covered, the overall feeling is a little decadent, I heard that he deliberately stayed up for a few days and nights before coming out.
Deng Chao frowned, took out a cigarette and put it on his mouth, and then he was thinking about looking for a lighter, when he suddenly heard the sound of ignition, and a small flame came out.
Deng Chao looked in the direction in surprise, and the camera also moved, naturally revealing the second actor, and then began a close-up of the two in the same frame.
Playing the owner of the wedding shop is a director of the Seoul Media College, he originally heard that there was a local crew coming, so he thought about bringing a few students to try, after all, their school said that it was a professional class, and the resources were very small.
After Zhou Lin received him, he fell in love with him at a glance, this image is very consistent, with a gold-wire glasses, a round face, and some fat gurgling, and add a gold chain to him, it doesn't look like a profit-seeking businessman!
The main thing is the locals, alright!
The director looked unhappy when he saw Deng Chao, but he came, so he said cautiously: "The house book is here, right?" ”
Deng Chao ignored it, turned around and reached the steps, he hurriedly followed, and began to persuade: "You give me the house book, our two families will have a wedding, you still be your boss, and give you 15 points of shares..."
Deng Chao spit out a cigarette and became impatient: "Don't you bother Lao Tzu, okay?" ”
The director was anxious and wanted to go all out, looking full of thought for him, "Your family has to change the door style, always do this funeral industry, feng shui is not good!" ”
Seeing that Deng Chao was still smoking by himself, he continued to bewitch: "You old man, middle-aged and widowed, your sister, who has been widowed for half her life, look at you again, you are in your thirties, find a girlfriend, and you may not marry into the family..."
Deng Chao endured it all the time, and finally couldn't help it, because he was really green in front of him!
Immediately got up, and then was about to kick over, the director hurriedly retreated, and scolded and said, "You are sick, you!" ”
Deng Chao kicked and told him to get out, and his expression became more and more unbearable excitement.
"Okay, Ka, wait a minute."
Chu Xuan stood up, and then communicated with Ning Hao and the others, just now he had been paying attention to the details and writing down several problematic places.
"The lighting is not needed for now, the natural light is fine, it is a little redundant just now, and it will be enough to make up for it when it comes to the indoor scene."
Li Peng nodded, and Ning Hao continued:
"In the end, when the camera comes over, it will be out of focus, let's shoot this section separately, and make up for it from behind the backs of the two people."
Chu Xuan nodded, the filming of film and television dramas is fragmented, many times it is just a short paragraph, some are long, maybe a minute or two, and some are short with an expression and an action, unless it is used for some important protruding points, it will be displayed with a long lens, for example, there is a master-level long shot at the beginning of "Kung Fu": Feng Pants's sentence, is there still Wang Fa!
After the discussion was finished here, Chu Xuan said to the actor: "Chao, at the beginning, your actions were looking at the direction in front of you where Wu Xiaowen was taken away by his uncle, plus you were just green... Well, the character is green. ”
Deng Chao smiled, "It's okay, director, continue, I understand, and I'm psychologically strong, I won't be sad if I really want to be green, which shows that I still need to work hard, woman, it's okay!" ”
Chu Xuan looked at him suspiciously, is this true? He didn't believe it!
Seeing this, Deng Chao wanted to explain, but Chu Xuan simply chose not to listen and said directly:
"At this time, Mo Sanmei was already suppressing her anger, so the director gave you a cigarette, your surprised expression is not needed, you are irritable and just want to be quiet for a while, and the venting of your emotions in the back is a little dull, after all, the director said that you have a lot of pain points."
Deng Chao sighed, then thought carefully, "Well, I'll pay attention." ”
Chu Xuan nodded, just grind a little detail twice, especially when filming just started, sometimes even if the actor plays very well, the director will still shoot twice, not because of anything else, but also grind the rest of the crew, a tacit team is very important.
"The director did a good job, add chicken thighs at noon."
Seeing that it was almost over, Chu Xuan and the director joked by the way to relax the atmosphere.
He is not a director who likes to scold people, as long as the actor's basic lines and actions are okay, and if the performance is not good, he can come again, if this is not enough, he will not choose to cooperate at all, saving trouble.
"You don't have to add chicken legs, just give my two students two more shots, or practice more."
The director is very interesting, he has a very good level of handling this role, Chu Xuan feels very natural after reading it, it seems that life experience is really helpful for actors.
"Don't worry, there will be chicken leg shots."
Chu Xuan returned to the monitor, and then said loudly:
"Let's go ahead and try to do it all over again!"
Subsequently, the shooting continued, and it was very smooth after doing it again, but Chu Xuan still chose to keep another one, it doesn't matter if there is more material, what I am afraid of is the post-recording, which is really troublesome.
"Click, this is over, transition, ten minutes of rest, the other actors are ready."
There are not many filming locations in "The Man Who Planted the Stars", basically only a few places, and the alley occupies a lot of plots, so the actors who usually have a scene simply stay next to them.
"Tongtong, you're going to play later, do you have any confidence?"
Chu Xuan looked at Guan Xiaotong, who was wearing makeup, and habitually picked her up.
"A little, but not much."
When she arrived at the scene, the little girl was finally a little nervous.
Chu Xuan smiled warmly, "Don't worry, my brother doesn't scold, and you are a stubborn little Nezha, how can you retreat in the face of problems?" We all believe in you! ”
Guan Xiaotong nodded heavily after hearing this:
"Okay, then look at me."
Chu Xuan finally rubbed her head and gave a cheering expression.
So, the camera continues.
Next is the plot of filming Huang Bo, Deng Chao and Wu Xiaowen.
Chu Xuan didn't worry about anything else, but he was a little worried about Huang Bo, although he knew that his acting skills would be very good in the future, especially playing ordinary people, but now he is not easy to say, people always need an adaptation process.
In the shot, Deng Chao looked at the old man curled up on the bed, knowing that she had passed away, but his expression did not change much, he just said, "Towel." ”
Then he walked over, closed his eyes and rubbed his hands together as if praying, while Huang Bo on the side honestly wrung the towel, and then handed it to Deng Chao, looking at the old man with a little pity.
"Click."
"Hiroko, that's not right."
Huang Bo was stunned for a moment, and then thought of it: "Director, is it too tidy, I should face it with a normal expression." ”
Chu Xuan nodded, and then explained in detail:
"It is commonplace for the undertaker to face this kind of thing, which is simply a job, not to mention that the old woman is still dying, so you can be natural, if you want to go deeper, at most with a subtle dignification, and this dignification is not for the elderly, but for life itself."
Huang Bo suddenly realized, in fact, the people present have more or less seen death, most of them are the families around them, but they don't understand when they are younger, and it is none of their business to be older, only when they are older or see their gray-haired parents will have pity or even panic.
"I'll take notice."
The shooting continued, and it would be much better to do it again, and then Deng Chao carefully wiped the old man's face, neck, arms and other places, and then began to loosen the old man's palms, legs and feet, etc., Deng Chao's expression did not change much, but the gentle and powerful presentation of the movements was the best.
Chu Xuan couldn't help but nod, it seemed that he had indeed spent a lot of effort where he couldn't see.
"Okay, it's good, the awe of life is not in the expression, you can see it clearly through your movements, let's just add some close-ups."
Soon, this one went very well, Huang Bo looked at Deng Chao's face with admiration, he was still thinking about what would happen if it was Gao Hu, after all, he won the role of his fellow countryman, of course he would not question Chu Xuan's decision, but if Deng Chao didn't act well, he would definitely despise it in his heart.
"The acting is so good, it deserves to be a graduate of Chinese opera."
Deng Chao took the tissue he handed over and wiped the sweat on his forehead, "You are also very good, I heard that you are from Nortel, but you don't see many traces of acting in your body, you are an experiential party?" ”
Huang Bo opened his mouth and laughed at himself:
"I don't learn as much as you, how do you know what kind of school, I finished the teacher's class and then pondered it myself, and I don't know if it's right, just like I didn't understand it just now?"
Deng Chao understood very well after hearing this, so he joked: "Then you are very talented, you are naturally suitable for this business, we have a saying that God appreciates food, I think you are." ”
Huang Bo also responded happily: "No, why else would the director take a fancy to me at a glance?" ”
"Hey, don't be noisy with your two babies, the old woman can't sleep well."
The sudden sentence startled the two of them, and they almost forgot that there was an actor!
The old man is the resident here, Zhou Lin has found many people, but he heard that he is unwilling to play the corpse, and there are even those who scold, saying that he is cursing himself and almost not being kicked out!
After that, he said that he would give money, and finally a cheerful old man said that he was willing, saying that it was to support the dreams of young descendants.
"Who massaged the old woman just now, I'm quite comfortable, it's better to wait for my arm here and use a little force!"
Deng Chao looked at me and I looked at you, and everyone next to them laughed.
Chu Xuan came over and said, "Old man, please lie down again, wait a minute, I'll ask Deng Chao to press you for a while." ”
"Well, you will make trouble in the next life."
The old man happily continued to lie down.
"Okay, there are two more shots, Tongtong is watching you."
Next is the first scene of the opening chapter, Wu Xiaowen was woken up by the phone and called her grandmother but found that she had not woken up, but she didn't know what was going on, so she could only shout and be bored.
"Tongtong, you can wake up as usual later, don't have any sad, sad, happy expressions, you can be bland at first, and you can also play a scoundrel after shouting a few words to grandma, or through some actions, such as pinching her nose, pulling her hand, and finally leaning against the window to be depressed."
Chu Xuan pulled Guan Xiaotong over to his side, and then analyzed it little by little, he tried his best to recall what he looked like when he was a child, and then went to explain the matter.
You must not use the thinking of adults to understand children, this is not right, they are still young, they will not understand what death is, this is why Wu Xiaowen has been chasing Mo Sanmei, in her understanding is that this group of people took their grandmother away, so she has to protect her grandmother!
Guan Xiaotong was still very spiritual when he was a child, much better than when he grew up.
"Brother, don't worry, I'll just think it's my mother lying in bed, and then I tell her that she won't wake up, I will!"
Guan Xiaotong patted his chest like an adult and said, lest others not believe him, he continued:
"My mom sometimes lies in bed, and I ignore me no matter how I pull her clothes, except for sometimes talking in my dreams, such as 'I'm not coming' or 'let's rest for a while', I asked her if she still wanted to spank me!"
Li Jun on the side heard that he wanted to stop talking, and wanted to explain something, in short, his face was a little embarrassed and wanted to turn his head, but in the end he just glanced at his daughter in a complicated way, and said silently: Tong Yan Wuji, Tong Yan Wu Ji.
Chu Xuan coughed twice, and then quickly diverted the topic, can this be said in public?!
"That Tongtong, let's try it first, you're ready."
"Haozi, just follow the previous demonstration, within three minutes."
This is the only long shot in the whole film designed by Chu Xuan, and it will appear at the beginning, so it is very important.
"Here, light photography preparation, 1st scene, 1 shot, 1 shot, action!"
So the camera took the lead from bottom to top is a pattern depicted on the door, as the camera moves up, you can see that this is Nezha, and then slowly poke inside, colored pens, watches, mahjong, a row of anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medicines, and then a group photo, only grandma and the little girl on it, and then the phone rings...
The old man fell into a deep sleep motionlessly, Guan Xiaotong on the side turned around and squinted, then stretched his waist and woke up, and then murmured: "Grandma"...
Chu Xuan looked at this scene and wanted to recall his childhood, but found that there was not even a single relative, only a small wall, where more than a dozen children lived at the beginning, and slowly there were only two or three left, and then the dean was also an aunt.
"It's been a long time since I've been to the orphanage, and I don't know how Aunt Jiang is doing now..."