In the second semester of the second semester of high school, Li Jingkun still has new tasks to complete.

"Maybe my band's practice time will be reduced later." Li Jingkun said.

The people of the "Aurora Band" were a little surprised.

"Because I was going to apply for the directing department at the Kyoto Film Academy, I had to spend time practicing my shooting skills."

Yes, he still decided to take the art exam and take the route of culture and entertainment. It's just that this time I'm going to apply for the directing department, not the music department.

So you have to start practicing filming early.

It is not surprising that those who play in the band participate in the art examination, but it is more surprising that Li Jingkun wants to be a director.

But remembering that he had also said that he wanted to be a director before, he quickly understood his choice; and also suggested that he could shoot a MV,

It's just that the original MV of "10,000 Sorrows" is nothing to shoot. In addition, the techniques and shooting techniques used in the MV are relatively simple.

If you really want to shoot it, you can usually shoot more pictures of their band's practice, or a moment of party scenes, and edit them into MVs.

The most important thing is to start with a short film.

To make a short film, you generally have to have a script first, and then consider the actors and the like. But it is difficult for them to find actors here, and they can only give priority to their friends for the time being. Therefore, the script must also give priority to campus themes.

In the end, he settled on an eight- or nine-minute short film called "This Summer."

The original version actually lasted more than ten minutes, but he only decided to shoot the part of the boy's perspective in front of him.

Because now it's mainly to exercise and familiarize myself with my shooting skills, not really to make a complete movie or anything, so I will continue to make this kind of short film in the future.

The story is very simple, it tells the story of a boy who has a crush on a girl, and almost most boys have an experience.

For example, the current Song Hairong.

So this time the protagonist is also going to let him play.

"Huh? I don't know how to act, huh? Song Hairong said.

The preparatory work in the early stage, the rental of equipment, etc., are not the most difficult, but now the difficulty is to find actors who dare to act.

Yes, it's not looking for someone who can act, it's looking for someone who dares to act.

Acting is a very difficult thing for many people, at least his shyness can't be overcome. Therefore, the first class of many film schools is "liberating nature".

"It's okay, it's simple, most of the time you're running, and you don't have much change in expression."

Yes, there are a lot of running scenes in it, and it really doesn't require much good acting skills, and even most of the time it's just expressionless.

After the male protagonist is determined, it is natural to choose the female protagonist.

is only five or six minutes long, and there are not many roles for the male lead, and even fewer for the female lead. And it's simpler, not many shots.

Li Jingkun is played by Wang Yajing, because she is very beautiful, belongs to Bai Fumei, and is the crush of many boys, so it is very suitable.

"What? Acting? I won't. ”

After finding a time, Li Jingkun sent a message to Wang Yajing.

"It's okay, you don't need to perform much, and you don't have a few lines, just make a face."

"I don't want it, don't lie to me, I don't dare!"

"It's really simple to lie to you about what to do, don't believe me I'll show you the script and storyboard when I arrive."

"Don't, right? I'm very introverted - why don't you let Jane star it? She's more like a goddess than me, right? The popularity is also high. ”

"Jiannie and I don't know each other very well, I'm sure I'm still on a better relationship with you."

"Huh." Wang Yajing sent a smile to express "thanks", and then said: "Your dream turned out to be a director, I thought it was a singer or something." ”

"I have a lot of dreams, and the director is one of them." Li Jingkun said, "Now that it's just starting, you don't support it." ”

"I really don't know how to act, I have to perform in front of others...... It's embarrassing......," Wang Yajing said.

"Try it, it's not difficult, you don't need to read the lines, just make a vase."

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After barely convincing her, Li Jingkun continued his preparations.

The first thing is to write the script and the storyboard script, although the content is not much, but it needs to be clarified, and it will be easier to execute it later.

The second is to make a list and write down the equipment that needs to be used, which needs to be rented and which needs to be bought.

Finally, there is the calculation of the cost.

In fact, there is really not much cost, the actor is invited to eat a few meals at most, and buy some water during filming. The rest is equipment and so on.

But it needs to be written clearly, and all of them are listed clearly.

Now he is an all-round talent who combines producers, directors, and cinematographers, referred to as "independent directors".

At that time, you will need to do two or three miscellaneous jobs, and you will also need supporting roles, which will have to be communicated with people in advance. It's just a few pictures, and many of them don't even have to show their faces.

Zhu Miaotong will also come to help. And she will help with a cameo in a supporting role, just a few shots.

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Although it is a very simple short film, because I still have to go to school, it took more than a month to prepare for the official shooting.

In terms of equipment, except for the camera, which is rented, other smaller items are bought, such as tripods and recording sticks. However, there are not many places where this short film needs to be recorded live, and most of it is narration.

That is, the narration of the protagonist, and then another recording will be made later.

The scenes of "This Summer" are all in schools, on the running track, in classrooms, and in auditoriums. In some places, you can also edit the footage recorded at the previous New Year's Day party for use.

On the first day, I photographed the part of the runway, but it didn't take too many people.

However, no one has ever been exposed to this, so Wang Yajing, Zhu Miaotong, Huang Sisi and the "Aurora Band" are all there.

There are some unknown people watching from afar, after all, they are still quite conspicuous here.

The scene at the beginning is very simple, it is a picture of running.

Li Jingkun set up the machine and let Song Hairong run on the runway.

After shooting two or three angles, ask him to change his clothes, change the camera position again, and shoot a few more shots.

"OK, it's okay, it's all over."

After taking some shots in a row, Li Jingkun announced that this scene was over and the next scene could be replaced.

"That's it?" Song Hairong, who was a little out of breath, ran back and was a little stunned for a moment when he learned that it was over.

"yes, the running part is fine. We've got to change the next scene. ”

"It's that simple?" Song Hairong said.

"yes, it's not difficult at all."

Of course, Li Jingkun has to let his actors have confidence. This way, the later scenes can be a little smoother.

then filmed a few pictures at home, and let Li Jingkun's mother make a cameo. But he didn't show his face, just a line and an action.

However, Li's mother's Mandarin is relatively poor, and she has a serious accent. Therefore, after trying twice, I didn't continue, and I considered post-recording or canceling the line. Just use Song Hairong's narration.

And the classroom part can't be filmed today. I need to shoot in the classroom, and I have to trouble the head teacher and a few classmates in the class to cooperate.