Chapter 498: You can't be left behind
Yinghuang is not the only company that wants to praise its own actors, in the next few days, many companies found Li Shengyao, some hope to arrange an additional role, some hope to replace Zhang Yi, and some hope to expand the role of the heroine and let their own actresses play.
It's basically about money, and then there are some other benefits.
Li Shengyao refused them all, and Yinghuang's conditions were not agreed, let alone other companies.
Seeing Lee's attitude, these nimble companies had to press the pause button and abandon these unrealistic fantasies.
But it didn't stop completely.
After all, "1937" not only has a male lead, a male lead, and a female lead, but also many other characters.
Like an officer, a farmer, a businessman, and a doctor, although these characters have few lines and a short time in the camera, they are still in demand.
This time, it's not artists like Nicholas Tse who want these roles, but those powerful people in the Chinese film and television industry.
For example, Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang and so on.
They all saw that once "1937" was made, then the film could go down in film history, it was a movie with little money but high quality.
If you can participate in it, then there are many benefits for these powerful factions.
Therefore, in the following time, many powerful actors contacted Li Shengyao one after another, wanting to play a role in "1937".
As long as it is not to replace important actors and other small roles, Li Shengyao would like to have a powerful artist to interpret it.
For these powerful people who want to make a cameo in "1937", Lee Shengyao warmly welcomes them.
He even had some sweet troubles, and he and the assistant directors had to discuss which powerful person was more suitable for the role.
Time passed quickly, and "1937" can be said to be in the limelight in June.
However, in July, "1937" is no longer the hottest topic in the mainland film and television industry.
At this time, "Sugar Mountain Earthquake" was released, this Feng Xiaogang's ambitious work, although there are some minor problems, I have to say that the emotions are in place and the story is touching, which has triggered a movie-watching boom.
All the records of the previous domestic films belong to "The Great Cause of Jianguo".
At this time, it became "Sugar Mountain Earthquake", a movie that reflected the earthquake, and it was overwhelming at the box office and out of control.
Soon some people predicted that this movie might break 500 million.
When the "Sugar Mountain Earthquake" was on fire outside, the crew of "1937" was arranging the set in Ningbo Xiangshan Film and Television City, and the busiest at this time were the prop masters and set designers of the crew.
According to Lee Shengyao's requirements, when they are rehearsing, they can fish in lighting, photography, or radio, but the set designer must be serious and focused, and create a real shooting environment for the actors.
In order to help the actor get into the state faster.
In the rehearsal, the two most important people are undoubtedly Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi.
At this time, the two people still have to put on makeup, and the two of them have to change their makeup according to the needs of the plot.
On this morning, it was not half past nine, but the sun was hot, as if it were hanging overhead.
Zhang Yi and Brother Xiao Ming put on makeup.
Both of them were wearing costumes, and before they could rehearse, they stood under the sun umbrella, the big fan was blowing, and they listened to Li Shengyao talk about yesterday's key points, and the two of them sweated.
After Li Shengyao finished speaking, the two of them officially began today's rehearsal.
Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi walked and said their lines without any interruption at all, and the two of them were like people in the real world.
Next to the two of them, a muscular photographer with a Steadicam stabilizer followed in small steps.
The photographer's machine was not turned on, and the reason why he followed was just to adapt to Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi in advance.
It's a process of getting to know each other.
For most of the shots in this film, Steadicam cinematographers were used.
The actors can't run that fast and have to wait for the photographer.
In the same way, the cinematographer has to adjust his speed to keep up with the actors as much as possible.
At this time, the Steadicam photographer was sweating profusely, and the sweat fell down drop by drop, which was very obvious.
Zhang Yi was also sweating, but he and Brother Xiao Ming didn't care, and they were performing wholeheartedly.
About ten minutes later, Lee Shengyao waved his hand, the assistant director shouted, and the Steadicam photographer breathed a sigh of relief, then carried the machine back, carefully untied the stabilizer, and then took the towel handed by the field worker to wipe his sweat.
He could rest for a while, and then the other five Steadicam photographers followed Xiao Mingge and Zhang Yi, and the six of them took turns working like this.
Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi immediately went to the big fan, and then wiped their sweat with a towel.
When it was a little cooler, Zhang Yi immediately picked up the script, and then read it while thinking about the details of the performance.
Because to simulate a long shot, they not only need to memorize a large number of lines, but also perform more complex movements.
This requires a high level of concentration and a good memory.
At first, Zhang Yi was a little worried, afraid that he would not be able to keep up with Brother Xiao Ming and would drag his feet in rehearsals.
He later discovered that although rehearsals for long takes were relatively complicated, there were ways to do it.
The main point is to memorize the lines through the scene, as well as the details of the movement.
This is Zhang Yi's method, he walked through all the filming locations of the whole movie several times.
He memorized the scenes first, and then remembered what lines to say in those scenes, and what moves to pay attention to.
There is one thing that he is very glad about about this, and that is that the plot is very distinct from place to place, and it is different from place to place, so there is no need to worry about confusion.
When Zhang Yi was reading the script, Brother Xiao Ming walked over and patted Zhang Yi's arm gently, "Lao Zhang, why are you memorizing lines so fast?" ”
Brother Xiao Ming thinks that he has made sufficient preparations before starting the machine, and he will have no problem.
However, after the film was turned on, according to Li Shengyao's requirements, he often performed for seven or eight minutes in a row, and it was difficult for him to memorize the lines skillfully.
Zhang Yi whispered his own way.
When Brother Xiao Ming heard this, his eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up, "Amazing, this method is really good." ”
Zhang Yi thought about it and glanced at Li Shengyao not far away, "In fact, the director is really powerful, different emotions in the movie correspond to different environments, the scenes are distinct, and there are almost no similarities." ”
Brother Xiao Ming paused slightly, "Yes, I didn't notice it." ”
"Really, you can just walk through the script a few times."
Zhang Yi's words fell, and then read the script.
Brother Xiao Ming looked at Zhang Yi stupidly, he could see that Zhang Yi was very involved in the play now and enjoyed such a challenge.
Brother Xiao Ming was shocked in his heart, and at the same time gave birth to a feeling of encouragement.
The movie is so good, Li Shengyao has already set up the stage, he can't hold back, he must show his best state.
(End of chapter)