Chapter 19: Shooting
“CUT!”
In the big villa, the crew is busy.
With Li Xianyun's shout, the shooting was suspended.
Li Xianyun walked over, came to Jiang Mei'er and Yang Enjun's side, and said to Jiang Mei'er: "Mei'er, it's a little too hard. Tighten it a little, a really strong woman doesn't need to be too hysterical, on the contrary, she will restrain her emotions and suppress all her strength in her heart......"
Jiang Meier is not a professional actor in the end, and she has always been a little inadequate in terms of emotional performance, so Li Xianyun can only try to tell her the play.
Fortunately, when Li Xianyun revised the book, he also deliberately redid the character design according to Jiang Meier's temperament, so after repeated NG a few times, Jiang Meier gradually found some feelings.
“CUT! Yes, there is nothing wrong with this one, keep it safe, let's have another one. Li Xianyun said to the field, and the field notes were quickly written.
The so-called guarantee of one article means that this one can be roughly passed, but for better results, shoot a few more, and it is easy to screen it when editing in the later stage.
Looking at the script at this moment, Li Xianyun opened another video and said to the crew: "The next group will press this." ”
The video shows clips from other movies.
Compared with the storyboard, this method of copying other people's shots is easier for the crew to understand - after all, the storyboard is sometimes sloppy and the content is not specific, and the staff may not be able to understand it.
In the past, there were directors who liked to do this, never did storyboards, and every time they wanted to shoot, they would point to the cut video and shout "the next group will press this".
Li Xianyun once thought that this was a very unprofessional performance.
But when it came time to actually practice, the rookie director discovered:! This is indeed much more convenient than the mirror.
Those who do it save trouble, and those who watch it save worry.
Therefore, being able to carry is an important magic weapon for novices to start - especially the handling of lens language and scene layout, which is completely indistinguishable to layman audiences, and is not even plagiarized in the industry.
That's called a tribute!!
I took a few more shots that were okay, and then the ghost appeared.
Li Xianyun waved his hand: "Except for the staff who have been arranged, all other unrelated people have left." ”
In order to avoid exposure, Li Xianyun tried not to let other personnel intervene as much as possible, so after completing the arrangement, most of the people withdrew from the house, Ren Zhi also wanted to come over to join in the fun, but was stared at by Li Xianyun.
Despite this, there are still a lot of people left on the scene, including photographers, pickers, sound recorders, plus actors, etc., these must be on the scene, and Li Xianyun can't help it.
The lights dimmed, and with the director's order, Jiang Meier walked out of the kitchen with a knife.
Normally, the special effect would be someone wrapped in a green cloth and even come out with a bunch of sensors, but this shot was noticeably different.
At the same time as Jiang Mei'er walked out, a white female ghost appeared behind her, levitating behind her.
Everyone was shocked by this scene, and the photographers of the two cameras shook their hands at the same time, and the picture shook.
“CUT! What for? Li Xianyun said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't I tell you before? It's holographic projections, all the fuss. ”
Both photographers were a little embarrassed, and one photographer said, "Director Li, where is your projection equipment?" How can we not see? Who operates it? ”
Li Xianyun snorted: "The equipment is hidden, this is a trade secret." Mei'er, come and take a look at the shot just now, and be mentally prepared, so as not to be startled and NG. ”
Jiang Mei'er ran over and saw a female ghost coming out behind her, she was not afraid, but became excited: "This is too real, right?" Director, let me see it again. ”
Li Xianyun bared his teeth and pointed to the door: "Go over there." ”
Jiang Mei'er ran to the door, the female ghost reappeared, Jiang Mei'er looked at Zhang Yan curiously, poked with her finger, and when her finger fell, a cloud of smoke arose, and she said excitedly: "It's amazing, it's really virtual." ”
Zhang Yan looked at her coldly.
You actually poked me?
Believe it or not, I'm going to materialize and beat you up right now?
She bared her teeth at Jiang Mei'er and said, "Come on, be happy!" ”
Li Xianyun glared: You say this to women?
Jiang Mei'er became excited: "Director, can she speak?" ”
"Uh, there's a playback device." Li Xianyun had a headache.
"But it's not a designed line."
"I misplaced the recording." Li Xianyun shouted upstairs: "What is the technical team doing, don't come nonsense, otherwise your salary will be deducted." ”
As soon as she heard that her salary would be deducted, Zhang Yan shrank her neck and said, "Then don't be happy, it's just a woman anyway." ”
Jiang Mei'er was surprised.
Li Xianyun smiled: "There are people dubbing in the back, spoof." ”
Jiang Mei'er looked at Zhang Yan in surprise and reached out to pinch Zhang Yan's face: "It's too real." ”
Zhang Yan shrank her neck to dodge.
Jiang Mei'er was shocked: "She is still hiding?" ”
"It's all done in the background. Alright, Mei'er, do it again. Li Xianyun hurriedly stopped: "Don't mess around in the background, otherwise your salary will be deducted." ”
Zhang Yan was helpless and made a vicious expression.
So the next scene was an eye-opener for them.
In an instant, they seemed to have entered the world of magic, everything in the room seemed to be controlled by a pair of invisible hands, all of them could fly, and even deform, and even directly interacted with the "holographic projection female ghost", and performed a trick of the trap house vs. female ghost.
The outrageous scene shocked all the people present, and everyone exclaimed the development of modern technology, and at the same time wondered why such advanced film and television technology had not spread, and even lamented that it was used in such a bad movie.
Yes, despite the amazing special effects and cool action, the truth is that it's still a bad movie.
As a director, Li Xianyun is immature, and he is a monk halfway, but there are actually too many things he doesn't understand, and he even made some jokes.
This makes the movie have too many problems in terms of non-special effects, whether it is lens language, scene layout, or actors' performances. But on the other hand, the combination of "holographic projection technology" and "trick house magic special effects" has made this film successful in a shot that many big directors can't complete.
For example, there is a scene where a female ghost fights a flying wine bottle, which is a long shot that lasts for more than a minute, in which the wine bottle flies up and down, and even organizes a wine glass array, which feels like watching a cartoon.
In addition, because it is a "special effects real shooting", Li Xianyun is even more multi-angle and multi-camera all-round shooting, 360-degree surrounding, etc.
But at least at the special effects level, the movie is indeed greatly sublimated.
If it weren't for the fact that space conversion is really not nonsense, Li Xianyun would really be able to ask Xu Liangshan to give everyone a big way to move - space transformation is such an awesome thing in reality, and in the movie, it is a matter of lens cutting, which is the most worthless.
Pity!
Anyway, what are you sorry for, even if it's valuable, you really dare to use this?
In short, Li Xianyun's approach makes the film destined to be an extreme movie, with some classic shots mixed with a lot of shoddy shots, which feels like a shell with bluefin tuna sashimi...... The special shell lang is still a staple food.
Because it was a live-action shooting, the actual shooting progress was much faster than with traditional special effects. Jiang Meier's role in the living room was quickly completed, and the next thing was Yang Enjun facing the starving ghost Jin Gui.
Standing in the living room, Yang Enjun looked at Jin Gui, although Li Xianyun had already greeted him in advance, he was still trembling at this moment.
Li Xianyun knew what was going on, and he was prepared: "Eunjun, I know you have bad memories before, but what I want is your mentality." Anyone who sees a ghost will be scared at first, and this fear comes from the heart, so in the face of such a ghost, your emotions in terms of fear will be very real. And what you have to do is try to suppress that fear and then use your courage...... It's going to be your best performance, and you might even become famous and win a prize! ”
Hearing this, Yang Enjun's eyes lit up.
There is nothing more impressive than fame to an actor, and Li Xianyun is right, in the face of the nightmare of the past, the sense of panic is very real, and there is no need to disguise it at all.
It's going to be my best performance!
Thinking of this, Yang Enjun became excited: "Understood, director, come on!" ”
Full of energy.
"Good." Li Xianyun smiled with satisfaction.
Young people are just good fools, and what they want is your drive.
After a day of shooting, the expected progress was finally completed.
Li Xianyun looked at the effect of the finished film, well, although it is still immature, there are indeed a lot of bright glasses.
As a novice, it is relatively easy to be satisfied, Li Xianyun said: "Very good, everyone's performance today is good, add chicken legs at night." ”
The Starving Ghost opened his mouth and smiled, indicating that I was satisfied.