Chapter 8: Smooth Startup (Ask for Recommendation Votes!)

Before the movie was started, there was a problem with the effect test, and everyone's interest was not very high.

And in addition to Zhang Zhonghua and another photographer who have experience, Qi Yukun is the first time to do execution, Guo Fan is the first time to be an art director, and Lei Jiayin is also the first time to play the leading role.

Usually when you first start doing something, people are always ambitious, and once they start to encounter difficulties and are hit, most people are easily influenced.

But they are okay, the youngest Lei Jiayin has also experienced the beating of society, Qi Yukun failed to apply for the Beijing Film Academy twice in three years, and he was not so hit.

Li Qian and Zhang Zhonghua were still discussing how to deal with some frontal close-ups, and Guo Fan kept drawing on the side.

However, there is still no good solution, so I can only think of a way to light.

"Why don't you try Butterfly Light?" Guo Fan suggested.

Li Qian shook his head, "It's useless." ”

Butterfly light is a lighting method that emerged in Hollywood in the thirties, commonly known as beauty light, the light source is set directly above the back of the camera, which will create a shadow on the cheeks and chin, and make the face look thinner and the chin more pointed, which is the most commonly used lighting for female stars in that era.

However, this inspired Li Qian, and he remembered the two movies "The Grandmaster" and "Lust and Caution".

In "Lust and Caution", Li An took Tang Wei's big round face very well, and in almost all shots, even if Tang Wei is a frontal shot, there is always a small half of his face covered by shadows, which is just right.

This lighting method is called Rembrandt light, and it is even more extreme in "The Grandmaster", even if it is put into the textbook of the photography class.

"Try Rembrandt's light, work!"

Li Qian got up from the monitor and came to the front shooting scene.

Lei Jiayin held up the mobile phone there, looking at himself on the screen, his left hand still touching both sides of his face.

With such a gentleman's face, why can't it!

"Big head!"

Suddenly, Li Qian approached, opened his mouth and startled him, looking left and right with a blank expression.

Peng Yuchang, who came over with him, kindly reminded, "Teacher Lei, call you." ”

Lei Jiayin's head was full of black lines, launched a death gaze, and looked at Peng Yuchang affectionately.

"Who is the teacher, I am two years older than you, brother!"

"Alright, don't make a fuss, go get ready, let's try again. ”

Li Qian patted Lei Jiayin's arm and arranged the lights with his own hands.

First, use a 650-watt quartz main lamp, adjust the angle, and hit it from top to bottom at a 45-degree angle.

Then turn on the soft light on the front and light the bright side of the face to illuminate the face and add depth, adding another light to adjust the contrast.

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After metering, Li Qian returned to the monitor to check the effect, one side of Lei Jiayin's face on the screen formed an inverted triangle bright area due to strong metering lighting, and the face was divided into two, each different, and the small half of the face was hidden in the shadows and could not be seen.

There is no doubt about the importance of lighting in film and television dramas, which is why there is sometimes a big difference between the images shown by the same actor in different movies.

Most of the time it has nothing to do with acting, the actor's acting skills are just one aspect of a shot.

Li Qian has also watched a lot of film and television dramas in his memory, and some of them are really miserable.

There is a TV series starring Zhang Zhen, and the effect is simply blind to Li Qian's eyes.

The lighting engineer is at most a photo studio level, Li Qian can't stand watching a few episodes, he has good bones, and Zhang Zhen, who is very photogenic, was photographed by Da Pingguang into a big pie face.

Even if it's a TV series, it's not so amateurish, and there are not a few films with such rubbish technology, all kinds of big flat light and dermabrasion filters.

When the light is used well, the effect is more than ten times stronger than that of filter dermabrasion, and it is more natural.

I don't know when those films will be filmed or whether they will appear in reality, Li Qian wants to see what causes the technological regression of the entire industry.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the problem was successfully solved, and if there was a problem on the first day, it would not be a good omen.

At the scene, Qi Yukun commanded the crew to prepare for the filming of the first scene, and the palms holding the big horn began to sweat, obviously starting to get excited.

On the side, Guo Fan looked at the big horn in his hand and said curiously, "Lao Qi, just such a small scene, more than a dozen people, is it necessary to use a loudspeaker, it's not that you can't hear it." ”

Qi Yukun shook his head with a straight face, "This is the equipment for execution, if you don't hold it in your hand, it doesn't feel right." ”

Equip?

Guo Fan was a little speechless, but he glanced down at the horn, and there was a wave of envy in his heart, which should have been his equipment.

Looking at the equipment, clapperboard and pen in his hand, he walked up to the photographer with some excitement and waited for the shooting to begin.

After the preparations were completed, Li Qian couldn't help but sit up straight, put on headphones, stared at the monitor in front of him, and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Let's get started. ”

After receiving the order, Qi Yukun picked up the horn and put it to his mouth, and shouted loudly, "Irrelevant personnel withdraw, the scene is quiet!"

Live radio, the pole is in place.

Qi Yukun: "Turn on!"

Zhang Zhonghua confirmed that the camera was in place, and the assistant on the side responded: "Record!"

Guo Fan, who is also a scene reporter, rushed to the camera with a clapperboard and focused on the board.

Guo Fan shouted out the camera information: "One shot in four scenes!"

Quickly play the board and immediately withdraw from the performance area.

The focus puller immediately zooms to the undulating focal point.

Qi Yukun shouted into the horn again: "Begin!"

Although the crew is small, everything is complete, and everything is according to standard procedures.

After Lei Jiayin in the phone booth heard the start, he counted three seconds silently in his heart and began to perform.

The first scene is the scene where the male protagonist starts calling his lover after driving away the delivery man.

Of course, it won't be a synchronous two-shot shot, but Lei Jiayin is not talking to the air, Wang Lu is reading the lines on the other side of the phone, and there is nothing to do with finances, and the crew is just a girl.

Change a man to flirt with Lei Jiayin, afraid that he will make a play.

In the monitor, Lei Jiayin skillfully put in the coin, picked up the microphone and subconsciously glanced left and right before starting to dial.

Lei Jiayin's small movements are just right, and they are very natural, not deliberate at all.

Nearly two seconds later, the call was answered.

"What are you doing, dear? ”

"I'll tell you a funny thing, there was a madman who delivered me food just now, and I don't want to think about who would order food in a phone booth. ”

Another wave of mockery of the delivery man who was scolded by himself just now, and glanced left and right as he spoke, like a thief.

On the phone, Wang Lu continued to read the lines, "Why do you call me at the same time and in the same phone booth every day?"

Lei Jiayin's face froze, "Because you have time." ”

Immediately changed the topic again, "I'll tell you a good news, I was chatting with a few producers just now, there are several movies in the casting, and Ma Xiaogang's new film "Do Not Disturb" also needs a young actress, and I recommended you to them." ”

"Marie Lady magazine is looking for a new model with personality to be the cover of the new supplement, I will meet with one of the editors-in-chief of their magazine in the hotel, do you want to come along?"

This scene fully shows the characteristics of the characters, showing themselves by mocking other people and things around them.

No matter when or what happens, it is inseparable from bragging.

Moreover, the three sentences do not leave the hotel, fooling people over, and the so-called editor-in-chief will not be able to come when the time comes.

A man and a woman are in the hotel, and the purpose is self-evident.

After shooting a shot, Li Qian picked up the walkie-talkie, "Keep one." ”

Lei Jiayin's performance is very good, but the first scene is not in the best state, and there is room for improvement.

After shooting four times in a row, Lei Jiayin's fourth time was not much better than the third time, and Li Qian gave way.

"Yes, the big head is in good condition, and he has the potential to be a scumbag, so keep it up. ”

The first shot was completed after four shots, and Lei Jiayin was also relieved, after all, it was the first time to make a movie, and he was still the male lead.

Hearing Li Qian praise him, before he could smile, he came to such a sentence with the potential of a scumbag, and immediately pulled down his face again.

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