Shabby, too shabby.

There was no jib, no railcars, not even a tripod, and the only camera was 16mm.

Li Tang, who had just finished filming "Shanghai Chronicle" and had seen the big formation of Shanghai Film Studio, came to the crew on the first day, and his mood was really mixed.

He leaned on the flood control wall on the edge of the Suzhou Creek, looking at the former mother river of Shanghai, dark green and black, with all kinds of rotten and strange garbage floating on the water, and the transport boats on the river were still flowing.

Why is it the mother river?

The Suzhou Creek, which runs through the entire city, has long been known as the Mother River of Shanghai, but since it became black and smelly, the Mother River of Shanghai has naturally become the Huangpu River outside.

Looking to the east, under the Waibaidu Bridge in the distance, at the confluence of the Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River, the black and yellow water is distinct.

After years of shouting the slogan of cleaning up the Suzhou Creek, it seems that it has had little effect, but some polluting enterprises along the river have begun to shut down and relocate in recent years.

For example, today's shooting site, next to it is a demolition site, and the houses on the shore are almost demolished, leaving the skeleton of a lonely steel structure building.

He didn't get the two-page script from Lou Ye until yesterday, and then he knew that the character he was going to play was called Mada, a young man who dropped out of middle school, and he fooled around by the Suzhou Creek with a few friends every day, doing nothing.

Cantonese people call these people rotten boys, northerners call them gangsters, and Shanghainese people call them Xiaoqisan.

One day, one of the little deflated three rode a stolen motorcycle, the motor liked it at a glance, he rode the motorcycle to the wind, and at this moment he finally showed a long-lost unrestrained smile.

The population of the crew is very simple, and all of them add up to about 20 people. Lou Ye didn't know where to hide, Zhou Xun didn't come, the artist was graffiti on a half-dismantled wall, the props were tinkering with a tricycle, and the photographer named Wang Yu was carrying the 16-millimeter camera to sweep the river, probably shooting some materials.

Not far away, there were seven or eight young performers with messy hair, all of whom were going to play the role of motors, and at this time, as the producer, Ney was personally giving them a lecture.

Li Tang felt amazing watching this scene, although it was only a grass stage team, everyone knew what they had to do, and they were working in an orderly manner.

"Sudden ......"

With the sound of a motor, I saw a motorcycle coming from a distance and stopping in front of Li Tang.

"Oh, Harley, the popular car of the seventies! Director Yao, where did you get it? ”

This motorcycle is old, but with a domineering and retro shape, it's cool!

Yao Anlian heard Li Tang call him "Director Yao", and he was so happy that he came out, and said with a smile: "This is a friend of mine, and Yi's relatives brought it from the United States more than ten years ago. ”

Yao Anlian is a well-known non-famous actor in Shanghai, because he looks like an old artist in the studio, and often appears as a villain and a small citizen in some film and television dramas and TV shows.

However, he was not born in a professional class, he was originally an amateur drama actor, and now he is a self-employed actor and does some work as an assistant director and producer.

He is an authentic Shanghai head snake, familiar with people, and he is exquisite, Nai An only asked him to be the external producer and assistant director of the crew at first, but he insisted on pestering Lou Ye to get a role.

In his words: it doesn't matter what you play, what matters is that you have the opportunity to perform.

Li Tang likes motorcycles very much, he circled around the car, and said in his mouth: "Even now it is also an old Zatai type, how is it to drive?" ”

"It's good, the engine sound is smooth, but Chenguang is long, and it looks a little older."

"Then I'll try to ride it?"

"This is a prop in itself, you ride, familiar with it."

Li Tang rode this old retro Harley for two turns, the power was much stronger than his own Happiness 90, and with a slight turn of the accelerator, the car jumped forward, and the operation was also very flexible.

"Li Tang, don't be too skilled, the motor is a beginner."

Lou Ye didn't know where to come from, stood by and watched for a while, and then beckoned Li Tang to take care of him.

"Director, what about the lines?"

When he was working seriously, he was no longer called Brother Ye, but the two scripts he gave yesterday didn't even have a single line.

"There are no lines, you can play on your own."

"Uh...... All right. ”

The first day of filming was not smooth, first because the group actors were inexperienced and always made mistakes, which kept the assistant director Yao Anlian busy.

finally trained the group performance, and Lou Ye began to toss.

His way of shooting is very strange, and most people will not be on the scene, but will hide in the corner and stare at a small monitor. He doesn't call stop, he doesn't give any guidance to the actors, and he always says, "Good, very good" after every shot. Then he would politely say, "Can you do it again?" ”

What he wants to do it again is not to let Li Tang repeat it, but to see if there are other possibilities.

It stands to reason that acting like this will be very enjoyable for actors, once or twice, or even six or seven times, but when a scene is often shot ten or twenty times, no one can stand it, and there will even be self-doubt.

And during the filming process, he will constantly adjust the camera position, shoot on the spot, shoot on the bridge, and even set up the camera position on the other side to shoot.

After two days of filming, I finally finished filming this scene.

The next few days were all Li Tang's one-man scenes, with no lines and no script, just let him ride a motorcycle on the road, and photographer Wang Yu either followed all the way in the car, or hid in the house on the side of the road and lay down in the window to shoot.

Then he was sent to walk around a messy room with curtains drawn, lights dim, and a perpetual Hong Kong shootout movie on the TV.

Although there is no script, after this period of filming, Li Tang roughly figured out the character of Mada, which is a young man with a low level of education and struggling at the bottom of society, selfish, confused, and indifferent.

Especially confused, unable to see a glimmer of hope, in order to make a living, he can only drive this motorcycle that he spent all his money to buy, and run around this city without dreams all day long.

On this day, I had to shoot a shot of the motor getting up and washing, because the venue was small and several people were crowded in a cramped space, Lou Ye rarely stood on the scene to watch.

Before the start of filming, Li Tang couldn't help but ask: "Director, do you have any requirements?" ”

The preparation for "Shanghai Chronicle" was always tedious, there were rules for lighting, there were rules for all links, but there was nothing here.

Lou Ye shook his head and said, "No, you can act ...... casually"

said, pointed to the camera and said, "He will always follow you." ”

Sure enough, Li Tang glanced at Wang Yu who was carrying the camera with sympathetic eyes.

This kind of shooting method without positioning, so that the actor does not need to think about the camera, is very difficult and very difficult for the photographer.

Li Tang once asked Wang Yu in private, but this thing said with a sincere smile: "Lou Ye is this style, I am used to it." ”

……

"The sixteenth scene of "Suzhou Creek" is the first time, pop!"

"Let's go!"

Li Tang wore a white undershirt, stretched his waist, got up from the sofa, and walked to the bathroom with his slippers.

Wang Yu followed behind with the machine, the camera swayed, patting his back all the way.

Walking in front of the mirror, Li Tang in the mirror appeared in the lens, with a clean face and rustic short hair.

The whole person is a paralyzed face, there is no expression in the eyes, even if he is looking in the mirror, he seems to be unable to see himself inside.

That's it, wash your face, brush your teeth, and dry your face again.

"Stop! Good, very good! ”

Lou Ye shouted to stop.

Li Tang and Wang Yu both stood still, but they didn't hear him shouting "do it again".

When I looked back, I saw him sitting in front of the monitor, staring at the screen thoughtfully.

Li Tang was surprised, walked over and said, "Director, let me see." ”

The monitor is very small, Li Tang usually doesn't take the initiative to come over, today is really too unexpected, is it too one?

It is said that people are cheap, and after being trained by Lou Ye for so long, he can't believe that he can pass it alone.

Lou Ye blocked in front of the monitor: "Don't look at it." ”

"Why?"

He was stunned, and he didn't show the replay to the actors.

Lou Ye smiled: "Don't be stressed, keep it fresh." ”

After a slight pause, he said, "Let's have another one." ”

Hehe, sure enough.