On the 24th, the filming of "The Undertaker" officially came to an end.

Today is only the last scene, and it is also the most difficult scene in the past two months of filming!

"The male protagonist participated in the burial of the deceased's body for the first time."

The reason why this scene was put to the end was because Chen Fei and Ning Hao discussed for a long time, and then the specific shooting content was decided.

In order to present the expression and state of the male protagonist when he participated in the funeral for the first time in the camera, the two discussed it many times and finally set up an extremely "shocking" scene!

The deceased was a homeless man who lived alone, and he died for nearly two months, and was finally discovered by a neighbor because of the pervasive stench.

In the messy rental house, all the camera positions have been arranged, and the group performance playing the homeless man has been successfully put in place at this time.

Behind the monitor, Chen Fei was chatting with Ning Hao and Li Xuejian about the next shooting status and the picture he wanted to present.

Ning Hao held the script in his hand and chattered, "Since it is the first time to participate in the funeral, expressions such as discomfort, fear, and shock must be presented, and strive for the most real feelings."

And then Mr. Li Xuejian, because you are already an experienced mortuary, your state must be bland, it is a sparse and ordinary state that is used to death......"

In fact, Chen Fei and Li Xuejian both understand this, but telling the drama is a process that every director must go through before starting filming.

Ning Hao was used to doing this, and Chen Fei would respect his habits, and every time he listened to it, he would nod lightly and respond, "Understood." ”

Li Xuejian was even more happy.

Although this was the first time he had cooperated with Chen Fei and Ning Hao, the three of them had a very harmonious run-in.

Compared with the literary film directors he had contacted before, Ning Hao and Chen Fei presented a completely different state!

He had previously worked with Wong Ka Wai for a while.

It's a pity that he didn't learn the other party's experience and skills in film aesthetics during the filming process, but felt a strong torture!

Wong Jiawei never tells the actors about the act, and if the shot does not satisfy him, then he will repeat the shooting endlessly.

He won't say anything wrong, and when he asks, it doesn't feel right.

Once Li Xuejian was really depressed and asked him what he wanted?

But he didn't answer, just shook his head vigorously, and then kept consuming time to reshoot until he was satisfied.

What's even more excessive is that when the shooting of a certain scene was constantly NG, that guy actually took out his mobile phone and played a piece of Peking Opera to the whole crew!

After listening for half an hour, just when everyone was even more confused, Wang Jiawei turned off his mobile phone with great satisfaction, and then asked, "How is it?" You know what I need to feel now, right? ”

Rao is Li Xuejian's temper is good, and he was almost scolded by anger at that time!

If it weren't for the fact that his documents were withheld by the other party, and because he was bound by the contract, he would definitely turn around and leave without hesitation.

Since then, he has silently sworn that he will never cooperate with Wang Jiawei again in the future, and cooperating with him to shoot a scene is not only time-consuming, but also very energy-consuming!

It was a memorable past!

In terms of mentality, Wang Jiawei has simply reached the pinnacle, and actresses such as Zhang Manyu and Li Jiaxin were almost withdrawn from the circle by him.

The "Grandmaster" he is filming now is even more exaggerated, he has been preparing since 1997, and it was only in 2008 this year that the news of preparing to start filming has just come out.

The actors were almost killed by him!

After such a comparison, the crew of "The Undertaker" is like heaven!

…

After the play, it's time to officially start filming.

The camera is in place, the lights are in place, the radio is in place...

“Action！”

With Ning Hao's order, the door of the rental house was slowly pushed open.

Li Xuejian walked ahead, sniffing the foul smell in the air, he frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Because he's used to the taste!

Behind him, Chen Fei was pinching his nose, his face was full of disgust, and he had already raised his hand and waved it in front of his nose before he entered the door.

In order to present the most authentic state, this stench is real!

The house was littered with all kinds of household garbage, beer bottles and cigarette butts were thrown everywhere, and there were many moldy dishes and chopsticks that had been soaked in the sink.

The guys in the props team can be said to be extremely versatile, and the pile of garbage in the house was turned out of the nearby trash can and spilled directly into the house.

Walking in the door, Chen Fei subconsciously looked at the furnishings in the room.

He noticed a tattered garbage bag at the kitchen door, containing moldy food and even several fleshy maggots lying on it.

Li Xuejian just frowned and didn't say a word.

And Chen Fei couldn't hold back at all at this moment, he turned around suddenly, his hands propped up on the wall, and his mouth kept retching.

"Just get used to it."

Li Xuejian's voice came slowly, he skillfully took out the rubber gloves from his bag, and then walked to the corpse lying on the bed.

After relieving for a while, Chen Fei followed behind him with a pale face.

How can a homeless man who has no relatives be able to take care of his funeral?

On the oily bed, the deceased was bloated, pale and bloodless?

"Camera, give Chen Fei a close-up of his face!" Ning Hao used the walkie-talkie to constantly arrange the details of the on-site shooting.

After the focus was completed, I saw that Chen Fei's eyes were filled with fear at this time, his body was still shaking slightly irregularly, and his lips were closed without a trace of blood...

"Come over here and get a hand." Li Xuejian's voice suddenly sounded.

In an instant, Chen Fei's body shook even more, he wanted to turn around and leave, but the reality did not allow him to do so, he could only grit his teeth, keep cheering himself up, do psychological construction, and hope to overcome the fear in his heart!

He stretched out tremblingly, his eyes wide and his face full of struggle.

However, the moment his rubber-gloved hands touched the deceased, feeling the coldness from his fingertips, the struggle on his face suddenly began to dissipate, and his decisive gaze began to emerge...

It's a job that he relies on to support his family, and he has to work hard to overcome his fears and get a good paycheck!

"Click! It's over! The performance just now was great! ”

Behind the monitor, Ning Hao picked up the megaphone and shouted, his expression quite satisfied.

From the time he filmed "Buried Alive", he knew that Chen Fei's acting skills were very good, and after several years of growth and precipitation, his acting skills have become more and more exquisite!

"Yifei?"

"Huh?"

Liu Yifei, who was staring at the monitor in a daze, raised her head blankly, and after meeting Ning Hao's gaze, a trace of doubt appeared in her eyes.

Why are you calling me?

"Remember Chen Fei's eyes and those subtle micro-expressions and micro-movements just now, when will you reach this state, you can go sideways in these domestic award ceremonies, and it will not be a problem to become the next Gong Li."

“……”

Liu Yifei suddenly fell silent.

Reaching this state? How easy it is to say that!

When she attended the finale banquet in the evening, she found Chen Fei and asked curiously: "Obviously, you haven't taken regular acting classes at school, have you?" Why do you have so much acting skills over me? ”

"Maybe it's because I'm more talented."

Chen Fei was bragging very seriously, after all, he couldn't say that it was because he was hanging, right?

Liu Yifei was silent again.

She also has talent, otherwise she would not have been selected to star in "The Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu".

Compared with Chen Fei's talent, her achievements are simply insignificant!

"I'll definitely try to catch up with you!"

The girl gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, and swore secretly.

…

The completion of "The Undertaker" did not cause much movement in the circle, after all, the focus of media attention is basically on the affected area.

After the finale banquet, the crew announced its disbandment on the spot.

Ning Hao ran to Shangying with the filmed materials, and Ren Zhonglun invited him to experience the editing room of Shangying many times, but it was really difficult to shirk, so he agreed.

Chen Fei originally wanted to tell him to be careful of Ren Zhonglun's "club offensive", but after thinking about it, he forgot it.

He felt that Ning Hao was not that kind of person.

He definitely can't appreciate the boring thing of "hooking the column and listening to the music", and the orange water can't hide from Aina's nose, so it's more appropriate to leave this kind of vulgar thing to himself.

That night, Chen Fei took the last flight and embarked on the journey to the Cannes Film Festival.

Tomorrow is the award ceremony, and he, the special guest presenter, should also be there, and it will be embarrassing to delay the award ceremony.

…

Huang Bo has recently been focusing on the later stage of "Bullfighting", and with him is Tang Honglei, and the TV series "Life and Death" has also been completed.

On the Hollywood side, Wen Ziren has also finished the filming of "Latent 2", and he is also doing post-production non-stop.

At the same time, the filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2" has also been completed by two-thirds, and it is expected to be officially completed in early July.

For Kathleen Bigkun, this kind of 3D film shooting is actually very simple, as long as you can understand the trick inside, the shooting speed will naturally get faster and faster.

What's more, Cameron is still her ex-husband.

Although the two divorced because of emotional disagreement, it does not mean that they have completely cut off contact, and Catherine will still call to ask for advice when she encounters some problems.

Cameron, of course, knows everything and says everything.

After Chen Fei received the news, he couldn't close his mouth even more happily, inviting Catherine is equivalent to inviting Cameron, one money can be used for two, not to mention how great it feels!

That's how tool people should use it!

Because the work at hand is coming to an end in another month, Catherine has been looking for a new script lately, and she doesn't want to let the second half of her life be idle again.

The brokerage crisis has caused her life to be very poor, and if it weren't for the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2", she would probably have to borrow loan sharks.

And after her efforts, she did get a good script recently.

It was brought back to her by her good friend Mark Bauer.

Mark is a war correspondent who has been deeply involved in Eagle Sauce's bomb disposal team in a certain country, and because he can observe the daily work of the bomb disposal team up close, he has a lot of first-hand material, which became the inspiration for his first film script.

After countless discussions, the two managed to compile the final version of the script and named it "Bomb Disposal Unit"!

In Catherine's opinion, Mark's observation and understanding of the bomb disposal team can be used to conceive a perfect story that explores the hidden character of people in extreme circumstances.

She had always had a soft spot for the genre, so the pair decided to make a suspenseful, character-driven independent film based on it, and began selling the script for "Bomb Disposal Unit" to independent filmmakers and independent film studios.

However, unfortunately, when entering the sales pitch, the expectations of the two instantly turned into disappointment.

Because most of the war films that had been released at the time had failed, and because Catherine's 2002 "K-19: The Widowmaker" had failed at the box office, and had not been involved in a major studio film since, many studios and producers turned it down.

She and her script could not be trusted by the producers......

"Dear Catherine, Warners declined to invest in our film, and the Lions replied with an email saying no..."

Listening to the voice of her friend on the other end of the phone, Catherine's heart full of anticipation suddenly sank to the bottom.

"Isn't there anyone who wants to invest in our script?" She has a strong unwillingness in her heart, but she is helpless.

On the other end of the phone, Mark's voice suddenly rang: "Why don't you try to find that genius director?" Maybe he'll look the other way at you. ”

“Fei？”

Catherine's face was slightly stunned, thinking back to Chen Fei's "achievements", she suddenly showed a little timidity.

The young Chinese director is so strong, every time she faces him, although her face is calm, she is very nervous in her heart.

She couldn't say why, and in the end she simply classified it as the cowardice of the weak in the face of the strong.

But now, it seems that he has no choice but him!

"I'll go find him." Catherine responded and hung up.

She knew that Chen Fei would arrive in Hollywood in June, and she could go to see him with the script at that time, and she only hoped that she could gain something!

…

On the morning of the 26th, Chen Fei came to the Palais du Cinema in Cannes, France, very punctually at the beginning of the red carpet ceremony.

When I met Sean Penn, the chairman of the jury, he was amazed!

“Fei！ You're a time management guru! ”

“？？？”

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, with a slight doubt in his heart, this guy wouldn't be scolding himself, right?

After a brief chat, he was pretty sure that this guy was complimenting him on punctuality.

"When do I need to play?"

"I'll call you out on stage when the time comes."

"Okay."

As the chairman of the jury, Sean Penn was very busy today, so I didn't talk to him for too long.

With nothing to do, Chen Fei simply began to wander around the venue.

As before, all the shortlisted films were printed in giant posters, pasted in the lobby of the venue for people to see, and waiting for buyers to appear.

To Chen Fei's surprise, he actually saw the works of old man Woody Allen!

Midnight in Barcelona

There were several faces printed on the huge poster, but Chen Fei was only interested in Scarlett's face.

The most beautiful female superhero in Marvel, how can she be famous?

“Fei？！”

A shout suddenly rang out from behind him.

Chen Fei subconsciously turned his head, and when he saw a few people in front of him, he was immediately happy.

It's really said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, and it was Woody Allen who appeared behind him, as well as the three leading actors of "Midnight in Barcelona": Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, and Javier Bardem.

"Oh my God! It's been a long time since we've seen each other, how did you end up here? ”

From the start of Twilight 2 to the completion of the film, Chen Fei, the screenwriter, has never been to the scene, although the two often talk on the phone, but they have never had the opportunity to meet.

"I'll be the presenter." Chen Fei responded to him with a smile, and looked at Scarlett unconsciously.

That long golden hair, combined with that proud figure and deep eyes, is full of temptation!

It's no wonder that she has twice been voted the sexiest woman of the year by Esquire magazine.

As if noticing Chen Fei's gaze, Scarlett chuckled: "I took a leave of absence from "Iron Man 2", but I didn't skip work. ”

"Haha, even if it's absenteeism, it's not my turn, I'm just a screenwriter."

"You're not your average screenwriter..."

The two chatted for a few words, and Scarlett suddenly changed her conversation and opened a new topic, "Fei? I heard there's a disaster over there? ”

"Oh?" Chen Fei frowned slightly, "Where did you hear that?" ”

"Don't you know? Director Jia Zhangke and director John Woo are raising money for the Cannes Film Festival, and after 10 days, they have now raised $2 million. ”

Fundraising?

Ten days? $2 million?

"Two embarrassing things!" Chen Fei's face suddenly sank.

I didn't even want to give out 100,000 yuan when these two goods donated money, but now it's good that I actually ran to the Cannes Film Festival to "beg"!

And it took ten days to raise 2 million?

The face is thrown abroad!

When he walked the red carpet later, Chen Fei's face was still a little unpleasant, even if Scarlett held his arm, he was still not in the mood to experience the full touch on his arm.

He really "admires" those two goods, it's just weird!

The country can't wait to cover this matter, and the two of them are good now, and they actually went abroad to promote it at the film festival!

This horse riding is a two-nerve disease, right?

…

There were many acquaintances in the venue, Chen Fei saw Wang Jiawei, Zhong Menghong, Liu Zhan and other directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and most of their works were shortlisted for a kind of attention unit.

The highest voice is still Jia Zhangke, who directed and filmed "A Tale of Twenty-four Cities" and won the shortlist of the main competition.

Wu Yu was sitting with him, and the two of them were laughing when they faced the camera, and they didn't notice the discipline that fell to the ground under their feet!

Chen Fei sent messages to Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun respectively to inform them of the incident.

"Red Cliff" is invested by China Film, and "Tale of Twenty-Four Cities" is responsible for Shangying, so they should both come to take a look, these two guys have lost their faces abroad!

(End of chapter)