Chapter 27: The First Scene
Although Zhou Yan is following the crowd, he also has to do it.
He was very serious when he offered incense, not only bowed three times, but also chanted words in his mouth, looking at the appearance.
But if you get closer, you will know that he is purely a fake monk chanting scriptures, and all he is chanting in his mouth is "almost over" and "almost over".
When the incense ceremony ended, Zhou Yan rubbed into the main creative staff and took a group photo, because the coffee position was too low, he was arranged in the most marginal position, but he was very happy to participate in the start-up ceremony for the first time, and compared it to the camera with vitality.
After the group photo was over, the start-up ceremony was basically over, and then it was time to enter the reporter's interview session, and twenty or thirty reporters at the scene flocked to Zhang Yimou and a few of them.
Zhou Yan was still wondering if someone would come to interview him at first, so he waited by the side for a while, but no reporter noticed him at all.
Seeing that no one interviewed him, Zhou Yan was also happy to be quiet and went back to the courtyard.
About 40 minutes later, the interview session ended, and the staff of Era International Company led the reporters to the county for dinner, after all, these reporters came from all afar, so they naturally wanted to entertain, and they were counting on these reporters to help say good things and do publicity.
After the reporters left, the big courtyard was a lot quieter, the table for Jingxiang was quickly removed, and the fruits on it were also divided by the people on the set, and Zhou Yan also got two oranges, but the oranges were too sour, he only ate one, and the other one was given to He Wuming.
Normally, on the day of the start-up ceremony, there will be no filming, but Zhang Yimou is an impatient, as soon as the reporter leaves, he beckons the crew to go to dinner, and starts filming after eating.
When those reporters learned that Zhang Yimou was going to start filming today, they all said that they wanted to stay and have a look, but their request was ruthlessly rejected by Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou didn't want these reporters to cause chaos next to him.
Of course, the first scene is not a big drama, it is an indoor scene, and there are only three characters involved, Yan'er, Song Ma and Song Lian, Song Ma brought Yan'er over, and said that she would let Yan'er be Song Lian's personal maid in the future.
This scene is not simple, because Yan'er is loved by the master, so she wants to be the fourth wife, but Song Lian came, in Yan'er's opinion, Song Lian robbed her position, so she had a grudge against Song Lian in her heart.
It's just that Yan'er is just a maid after all, even if she has resentment in her heart, there is nothing she can do.
Here, Songlian has a bad attitude and has opinions about Yan'er when they met for the first time before, so they have to make it difficult for Yan'er to meet this time.
Because of the live recording, there can't be too many people around, and unrelated people from other groups didn't come, Zhou Yan took up a place in the corner of the house to watch Gong Li and them act up close.
Before the filming started, Song Ma and Yan'er stood at the door waiting, looking ready to be on call at any time.
"Power on."
"Hit the board."
"Once."
"Let's go."
When Zhang Yimou finished speaking, Song Ma began to say the lines, and then took Yan'er inside, and the scene officially began.
The actress who plays Yan'er is Kong Ling, who is in her early twenties, but her acting skills are very solid, and she is not inferior to Gong Li at all.
The scene was even more exciting than Zhou Yan imagined, and he felt a lot of pressure as a bystander, for fear that any of the three people would make a mistake, and at the same time, he was afraid that he would accidentally make a sound and affect the radio.
The others are not much better, they are all cautious, if anyone makes a little noise, Zhang Yimou's sharp eyes will immediately be projected.
Mistakes always happen, even if the three actors are very good, there will always be a little mistake, lines, positioning, expressions, there is no mistake at all.
Even if the three actors don't make mistakes, it's not so easy.
Zhang Yimou's requirements are very strict, and many times Zhou Yan feels very good, but he still hasn't had it.
Sometimes Zhang Yimou picks the problems of the actors, and sometimes picks other problems, such as the lighting, sound, and props of the scene......
For example, there was a problem at the beginning, Song Ma stood at the door with Yan'er and waited to enter the house, but because it was too close to the door, the shadows of the two of them entered the house in advance, and Zhang Yimou stopped directly.
For another example, Song Lian asked Yan'er to wash her hair, and when Yan'er stood up suddenly, the bangs on her forehead rose a little, and she had to start again.
There are many details like this, even if Zhang Yimou doesn't find it, Zhao Fei or other staff members who are in charge of the camera will also find it, of course they won't stop directly, but they will go to tell Zhang Yimou, and then Zhang Yimou will stop again.
Zhou Yan felt very tired just watching the actors' performances, but Zhang Yimou and them had to take care of so many things, which made Zhou Yan feel that the director was really not something that ordinary people could do.
There are a total of two cameras in this scene, one is fixed, always facing Song Lian's position, and the other is mobile, mainly filming Yan'er and Song Ma.
In fact, it is not easy to construct the picture presented by the later film just by watching them shoot like this on the scene, but Zhou Yan believes that Zhang Yimou should already have a rough picture of the finished film in his mind now.
By the time this scene was filmed, it was almost time for dinner in the evening, not to mention the actors and other staff, even Zhou Yan, the audience, who felt very tired from beginning to end.
Although Zhou Yan doesn't know how much space this scene can occupy in the movie, it will definitely not be long, at most it may not be more than two minutes, and this less than two minute scene took half a day to shoot, not including the preparation time in front and the finishing time in the later stage.
This first scene made Zhou Yan change his perception of making movies.
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After watching the first scene, Zhou Yan returned to the dormitory, first wrote the "soundtrack log", and then began to write his own summary, writing everything he saw and learned in this scene.
Stimulated by this scene, Zhou Yan thought that his previous practice was not enough, according to Zhang Yimou's request, he would definitely be called many times by then, so he had to practice harder.
It's unrealistic to find Gong Li again, now that the movie has officially started filming, Gong Li, the big heroine, must be very busy, besides, it's not good to always trouble people.
It's also harder to find others.
Now it's not just Gong Li, the protagonist, who is busy, but everyone else is also busy.
Thinking about it, Zhou Yan only thought of He Wuming, an idler, this guy doesn't need to take He Saifei to rehearse now, he reads a book in the dormitory every day, or goes out for a walk, anyway, it's not a serious matter.
In the entire crew, Zhou Yan was the most idle before, and now the most idle has become He Wuming.
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After dinner, Zhou Yan came to He Wuming's side with a smile.
He Wuming was looking at the book, and felt that someone was approaching, and when he looked up, he saw Zhou Yan looking at him with big teeth, which startled him.
"What are you doing?" He Wuming even took a book to protect his chest.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Teacher He, do me a favor." ”
"Just help, don't get so close."
Zhou Yan took a step back with a smile again, "Understand, understand, distance produces beauty, is this okay?" ”
He Wuming nodded, "What do you want me to help with?" ”
"A small favor." Zhou Yan rubbed his hands, "I lack a partner in rehearsals now, think about it, the whole crew will congratulate you, Mr. He, you have the most experience in acting." ”
He Wuming directly debunked him, "I should have time." ”
"It's all, it's all there."
He Wuming lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and then said, "It's not impossible......
"Thank you, Mr. He!" Zhou Yan rushed to thank him, for fear that He Wuming would not agree.
"But there are conditions." He Wuming said the second half of the sentence.
"On what terms?"
"Change the flute."
"Huh?" Zhou Yan was stunned, "What did you say, Teacher He?" I didn't hear you. ”
It's not that he didn't hear clearly, but he didn't understand what it meant, what does it mean to change the flute?
"I said let you change the flute, the flute given to you by the crew is too bad, and the song you played is flawed. If you don't want my flute, go buy a good one yourself. ”
Zhou Yan understood now, He Wuming thought that his flute was not good and affected the performance of the song, he really didn't expect He Wuming to mention this condition.
Sure enough, Master He's brain circuit is different from ordinary people, this thing is also a condition?