Zhou Yan originally thought that the scene where Chen Feipu and Song Lian met for the first time was very simple, including what he thought when he was rehearsing, but when it came to the actual shooting, the situation on the scene was far more complicated than he imagined.

In Zhou Yan's eyes, this scene is just one scene, but when I was filming, I realized that there are many scenes and angles in this scene, which requires very complex scheduling and choreography.

First of all, there is a long view, Song Lian walked from the corridor on one side to the door of the room where Chen Feipu was, this short section has to set up a long view camera, and there is more than one.

At this time, because it was a long shot, Zhou Yan's task was very simple, just sit on the windowsill and play the flute, and only Song Lian was moving in the picture.

But just this one shot, Zhou Yan shot it three times, and he also blew the song "Song Lian" three times.

Wait until this set of shots is over, and then set up the camera again in the room.

Why not set it up in advance? On the one hand, there are not so many machines, and on the other hand, setting up a machine position in advance will involve the problem of goofs.

When the two were talking later, Zhou Yan did not say his lines to Gong Li, but to the camera.

This made him very uncomfortable, because it was so intermittent that his state could be easily lost. But this can't be helped, when shooting different shots such as panoramas, medium shots, and close-ups, the gaffer has to redo the lighting, and it also involves the problem of goofs.

In order to get as close to the source as possible, artificial light will be used as little as possible, but it will be used no matter how little.

In this way, such a simple scene was filmed for two and a half days, filming in the afternoon of the first day until it was almost dark, and then filming started again in the afternoon of the next day.

During the filming process, it took a long time to wait for Zhou Yan to enter the state, and in order to allow the post-editor to have more pictures to cut, the shooting of each shot would be extended a little further to increase the material.

"Keep one and do it again."

"This time, Zhou Yan moved five or six centimeters to the position of the door, and his face was a little sideways to the position of the window, so that the light outside was on your face."

"Take advantage of the good light to make up for Chen Feipu's back."

"Smiley faces are too much, take a little and do it again."

"This smile is a little late, do it again."

Zhang Yimou was very strict on the spot, and asked Zhou Yan to come again over and over again.

On the other hand, Gong Li's performance was very good from beginning to end, even if it was re-shot, most of it was for better results, or there were other problems, and Gong Li's own problems were very few.

In this comparison, Zhou Yan saw how big the gap between himself and professional actors was.

Before the start of filming, although Zhou Yan was a little nervous, he still had confidence, but during the filming process, he was constantly found fault by the director, and his confidence in acting was hit little by little.

When this scene ended, Zhou Yan finally had the heart to ponder the filming process in the past two days, but he was not mainly thinking about his acting skills, but the filming process of the movie.

There is a big difference between the presentation of the movie and the shooting, which is vividly expressed in this scene, Zhou Yan is thinking, if he can study and understand the director's sub-shots in advance, maybe he will be better when acting.

Zhang Yimou has a storyboard, there are sub-shots on it, but it was not sent to the actors, this storyboard is used by Zhang Yimou when communicating with other behind-the-scenes groups, mainly for the camera crew.

Zhou Yan is also thinking about whether he can go to Zhang Yimou in advance to study his storyboard when he is filming, so that he can know it in his heart and feel more comfortable when acting.

Just as Zhou Yan was pondering this, Gong Li ran over and said with a smile, "It's a good performance." ”

"Hey, Sister Li, don't laugh at me, basically the problem is here, and you haven't made a few mistakes."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Gong Li sneered and laughed, "You kid, compared to me, how many years have I studied and acted?" If you can be like me, then I haven't been fooling around all these years. As a newcomer, your performance has been very good, you see that Director Zhang has not scolded much in the past two days, which proves that he is still satisfied with the progress. ”

In fact, the reason why Gong Li came over was to comfort Zhou Yan, she saw that Zhou Yan had been frowning and not speaking after finishing work, looking preoccupied, so she thought that he was hit, so she was in a bad mood.

She didn't know that although Zhou Yan's confidence was hit a little, his mood was not bad, today's experience gave him more understanding of the behind-the-scenes production of the movie, the scene he walked in the previous half a month was not as complicated as today's scene, and he was in the play himself today, so he learned and felt more things.

Zhou Yan also knew that Gong Li was comforting him, so he smiled, "I know the reason for the gap, and I will definitely perform better in the next scene." ”

"Okay, look forward to your performance."

Seeing that Zhou Yan was in good shape, Gong Li didn't say anything more and left with a smile.

……

After dinner, Zhou Yan ran to Zhang Yimou's dormitory, where Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian were there.

"Director Zhang, you're busy."

Zhang Yimou saw Zhou Yan coming, and said with a smile: "It's okay, what are you looking for me?" ”

Zhou Yan rubbed his hands and said, "Director Zhang, I want to ask, can you show me your storyboard, I was thinking when I was filming in the past two days, if I can see the storyboard in advance, I can perform better, and I can also drag a little less." ”

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, "You didn't hold back, you performed well in this scene, I was not as good as you when I started filming." Storyboard words...... I haven't written about your other two scenes yet, but I can show you a rough storyboard. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yimou rummaged through the drawer.

Zhou Yan was quite surprised, he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and Zhang Yimou seemed to be very happy to show people his storyboard.

Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile next to him, "Zhou Yan, are you interested in these?" ”

"I just want to know by heart, I feel that the storyboard and storyboard are like manuals, and after reading them, I can also understand the director's ideas in advance."

"You're right." Hou Xiaoxian nodded and said.

At this time, Zhang Yimou also found out the storyboard script of the scene behind Zhou Yan, "Na, take a look." ”

Zhou Yan took the manuscript, there were several, and it was divided into small pieces, just like a comic book, but the drawings on it were very rough, and the words on the notes next to it were also very sloppy, which was probably the reason why Zhang Yimou said that it was a rough draft.

Although the manuscript is very simple, the content performance is sufficient, looking at the sub-shots above, Zhou Yan quickly understood what pictures he needed to shoot and what shots he was facing at that time.

Seeing half of it, he couldn't help but ask, "Director Zhang, here, and here, is there a camera used in these two places, and here, is it necessary to use a mobile camera?" ”

The questions in front are quite normal, but in the back, Zhou Yan pointed to one of the shots and said, "Director Zhang, here I want to use a telephoto to take a close-up of Song Lian's face from a distance to show her expectation...... Is this easy to achieve, the room area of the fourth courtyard is not large. ”

When they heard this, Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian were a little surprised.

It's not that Zhou Yan's question is sharp, it's just that this question is beyond the scope that Zhou Yan needs to understand as an actor, which shows that Zhou Yan has understood this thing before.

Hou Xiaoxian smiled, "Zhou Yan, you usually pay attention to the details of movie shooting." ”

"I just like to be foolish, mainly because I don't understand a lot of things, and I mumble in my heart."

"I have deliberately measured the distance of this room, and I have also asked Zhao Fei to see it, no problem, I can realize this shot." Zhang Yimou first answered Zhou Yan's question, and then said, "If you are interested in these things, you can come and discuss more with us in your spare time." ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Then I will definitely have to bother more in the future." ”

……

After Zhou Yan left, Zhang Yimou put away the script of the sub-shot, and Hou Xiaoxian next to him joked: "Zhou Yan, the soundtrack, not only wants to steal the actor's job, but now he also grabs the job of our director." ”

"The enthusiasm is very good, but I'm afraid it's a momentary heat. He is from the composition department, and his talent in music is also obvious to all, and he will definitely take the road of composition in the future. ”

Zhang Yimou said it more tactfully, if it is more straightforward, that is, whether you are an actor or a director, your social status is different from that of a composer, at least in China.

Zhou Yan learned from Shi Wanchun, and won the favor of Zhao Jiping, and his future development in music will definitely not be bad, that is the existence of writing symphonies.

Movies, it's okay to have a play, if you want to say that Zhou Yan will do this business in the future, Zhang Yimou will definitely not believe it.

Hou Xiaoxian knew what Zhang Yimou meant, and he said with a smile, "The times are developing, doesn't Chaplin make a soundtrack for his own plays?" Maybe Zhou Yan can really do it, you see that he is also very quick to act. ”

Zhang Yimou smiled, if Chaplin was from a music class, there is a high probability that there would be no classic movies in the future.

Of course, although Zhang Yimou doesn't think Zhou Yan's enthusiasm will last long, he will not deliberately discourage Zhou Yan's enthusiasm, he is still willing to see young people learn things.