Entertaining Children

   Chapter 1232 What the **** is coming

   "You eat slowly, I'll go back to the room and take a shower, see you later!" Xiao Yao wiped out the omelette in his hand in couples, got up, took the helmet and sunglasses, and said to the three of them.

  Since he has agreed, Xiao Yao will not delay. The three of them could set off after eating, but Xiao Yao got a little sweat on the bike when he went out in the morning, and had to go back to the room to take a shower and change clothes.

  After bidding farewell to the three of them, Xiao Yao went back to the room to take a shower and changed his clothes, and then tidied up a bit. When he was ready to stop, it was almost eight o'clock. The shooting scene was some distance away from the hotel. At this time, Chen Jun and the others were about to leave, and Xiao Yao went downstairs to meet Chen Jun and the others.

  When Xiao Yao went downstairs, the people who left the hotel to go to the studio were almost there. After Xiao Yao went downstairs, he got into the crew's car and waited not long before the team set off.

  This is a modern urban drama. There are no scenes that need special effects. It is all shot in real scene, and there is no part shot in the studio. The two scenes to be filmed this morning were both in the coffee shop, and the crew rented a real coffee shop for shooting. This coffee shop is not in a prosperous area, so even though it is the morning peak at 8 o'clock in the morning and there is a lot of traffic on the road, the crew did not encounter traffic jams along the way. After more than twenty minutes, the group arrived at the shooting location.

  After Chen Jun and his party arrived, Yin Xi did not immediately enter the coffee shop where he was filming, but took the script to the crew’s van to change clothes and make-up. The two scenes in the morning did not have Xiao Yao's role. Xiao Yao didn't need to put on makeup. After getting off the car, he went to the coffee shop where he was filming with Chen Jun.

  The announcement of the crew says that filming will start at nine o'clock, which does not mean that everyone in the crew starts working at nine o'clock. The shooting time is written for the actors. Before the actors arrive, part of the crew needs to arrive at the shooting venue earlier to prepare for the shooting.

  When Chen Jun and Xiao Yao entered the coffee shop, the shop was busy. People in the lighting, photography, props, and recording departments of the crew are arranging machinery and equipment to prepare for the shooting for a while.

  Each director has his own style, no matter how big it is, directors of different backgrounds will have different characteristics when filming.

  Directors who come from the department of directors, basically do not interfere with the work of the camera crew before and during shooting. Generally speaking, the camera crew should clarify their own requirements, and then the camera crew will arrange the camera position by themselves. During shooting, they only communicate with the head of the camera crew whether the lens is sufficient or not. The specific aperture, focal length, and even the lights are not used during shooting. In charge, all will be directed by the head of the photography team.

  Some directors with a background in photography will personally participate in the arrangement of the camera position and lighting before shooting, and will directly give instructions to the photographer and lighting engineer during shooting. In this case, the photographer is basically reduced to a handheld.

  Chen Jun is a director from a professional class. Xiao Yao said that for projects led by young people in film and television, TV dramas should be filmed as movies, and he did the same. The head of the camera crew of this crew is a photographer who has made movies. Chen Jun approves of the photographer's abilities, so he won't be bludgeoning about some specific arrangements and operations.

The scene setting and the like were discussed by Chen Jun with the photography team and the props team before. He didn't care about the camera placement and lighting of the photography team, so he was able to arrive later than the people in these departments. , Come with the heroine actor Yin Xi. Now after entering the coffee shop, Chen Jun does not participate in the arrangement of the on-site staff. He sits at the director's position behind the placed monitor and asks the assistant director about the progress of the preparations on site and the situation of other actors.

  In this crew, Xiao Yao is not a director, nor does he need to be a director, but this will not change the fact that Xiao Yao is also a director. Xiao Yao came to the shooting venue this morning to check Yin Xi's performance. Now that the shooting has not started, Xiao Yao has nothing to do, so he ran to chat with the staff who arranged the scene.

  Because he decided not to be a director before, when discussing the shooting plan in the early stage, Xiao Yao only participated in the discussion of the shooting plan with his own part. There was no him in the two scenes this morning, only Yin Xi, so Xiao Yao didn't know what the whole shooting plan was, so he took the opportunity to find out.

  Xiao Yao is different from Chen Jun. Although he is currently studying for a dual-degree master's degree in directing and acting in Yandian, before entering Yandian, he had already been a director and made short films and feature films. Therefore, Xiao Yao is not a typical professional director. At the same time, although Xiao Yao knows how to take pictures, he is not a director with a background in photography.

   When Xiao Yao mixed with Xiao Chengru when he was a child, he asked everything in the crew. In the eyes of others, this is just a child's curiosity, but in fact, Xiao Yao, who has an unusually mature mental age and a very good brain, has learned a lot in a solid manner. Later, when Xiao Yao grew up, he learned everything in the crew, whether it was making MVs, making guest appearances in TV series, and acting in movies, except for the "Ling Yun Zhi" filming.

   Really count, Xiao Yao should be similar to the kind of director who climbs up from the bottom step by step, and has a better understanding of various film techniques. For the work of each department, he was able to name a ugly man in detail.

Therefore, Xiao Yao ran to chat with those on-site staff to understand the shooting plan, not to interfere with others' work, to make troubles for others, and to communicate with them about the shooting plan. Xiao Yao was also able to deal with the setting, camera position, and lighting. Give some suggestions. Although Xiao Yao didn't do anything, but just moved his mouth, it can be considered as able to give some help to the staff.

   When Xiao Yao filmed "Tuner", the crew of that crew went for remuneration on the one hand, and on the other hand for the luxurious cast. In their eyes, the short film was actually a means for Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying to hold their sons.

The so-called acting and excellent directors guide many directors, even writers and other cross-border directors. Some of them have met many directors who don’t know anything. When shooting, the entire crew surrounded the photographer or Producer transfer, the so-called director just sits in front of the monitor and pretends to "card" when media reporters come to interview, and then call the actor to say a few words to behave.

  There are more geniuses touted in media reports. For some people, seeing is believing. Specifically for Xiao Yao, the media said that Xiao Yao is also mostly in music and acting, and it has not been said that he is still a talented director. Before they thought about it, this short movie was just another pretending one. Before filming started, no one believed that the 18-year-old was really the "director" of the crew.

  After filming started, all the crew members were dumbfounded.

  Xiao Yao is really the director of that short film. From the scene before shooting, the angle and position of the camera, the lighting arrangement, and the review at the end of the shooting, the decision whether to reshoot is all made by Xiao Yao himself. Apart from asking Xiao Chengru to call out "start" and "card" when there were Xiao Yao's scenes, the crew did not produce, and no media reporters visited the class during the entire filming period, and there was no report.

  In addition to Xiao Yao is really the director, the crew is also quite surprised by Xiao Yao's level of directing. Xiao Yao not only knows how to make movies, but also knows a lot and is very professional. Xiao Yao can pinpoint any mistakes in any department. Although Xiao Yao's temperament is definitely rare among directors, he often has a smile on his face and rarely swears, but such a young but professional director still brings a lot of pressure to the crew.

  After the filming of the short film, the crew of that crew was completely convinced by Xiao Yao. After the news that the short film won an award at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival spread, the happiest and least surprised people were those of the original crew.

   However, compared with the star actors in front of the scene, the staff behind the scenes are much lower-key, and there are no opportunities for media reports and interviews. After the news that the short film won the award, although the people behind the scenes of the short film have accepted interviews and reports from some media, they have praised Xiao Yao’s ability as a director, but the star actors in front of the stage are all Xiao Yao's close relatives and friends are basically regarded as "friendship blowing" and "family blowing" by the outside world, and the people behind the scenes are not known or have much influence at all.

"Parkour Boys" was filmed in the United States. The staff behind the scenes are mainly Americans. There are basically no reports about such people. The Chinese actors in front of the scenes are all close friends with Xiao Yao, and the movie There is another older director in the movie, and Xiao Yao's performance in the direction of directors is still unconvincing. Later when Xiao Yao was filming "The Donkey Gets Water", many crew members experienced similar mental journeys in their perception of Xiao Yao.

  Now "Donkey Deshui" has been released, and its reputation and box office are good. Many people are also surprised and curious about the director Xiao Yao. However, during the filming of this film, there were no reporter visits, no reports, and no tidbits after the film came out. Many people have certain doubts about whether such a film was actually made by Director Xiao Yao.

Young People's Film and Television Company only signs directors, scriptwriters and producers, not actors and artists, nor does it sign behind-the-scenes staff such as props, lighting, photography, etc. Therefore, many people in this crew also have an opinion on Xiao Yao, the nominal director It is doubtful how much the movie "Donkey Gets Water" has played a role.

Xiao Yao is not the director of this play. The crew originally thought that they could not see how Xiao Yao’s ability as a director was. However, he did not expect Xiao Yao to come down on the set without a role and discuss the set and the scene with them. Lighting, camera position, these shooting things. Through this exchange with Xiao Yao, many crew members actually recognized Xiao Yao's ability as a director in their hearts.

   was originally an unintentional act in a boring state, but many people in this crew recognized their ability as a director in their hearts, which was something Xiao Yao didn't think of.

   However, even if the crew recognized his ability to be a director, Xiao Yao did not intend to **** Chen Jun’s director to do it. After preparing for the shooting, Xiao Yao exited the shooting area and stood behind Chen Jun.

  The scene and the machine are all ready, and the actors have arrived. Chen Jun arranged for the deputy director to talk to the actors, and then let the actors take their place.

  Considering from the actors’ performance, the crew must be better to shoot according to the sequence of the storyline of the script when shooting, so that the actor’s experience during shooting is the same as the characters in the play, which is more conducive to the actor’s performance. However, in terms of cost savings, the crew will try to put the same scenes together to shoot. In many cases, the two are contradictory, so the crew generally considers both.

  The arrangement of these two scenes this morning is the result of this comprehensive consideration. The two scenes this morning are both of the heroine's midsummer tour. Judging from the script, the two scenes are not side by side. In terms of time, the two scenes were separated by several days, and there were other plots in the middle of the scenes. However, the content of the two scenes is somewhat similar, and they are both relatively advanced scenes. The editing should be in the first episode, and the crew arranged the two scenes to be filmed together.

  Today’s first scene is the first scene in the script, which is about the situation of the female protagonist's daily tour of the shop.

  In addition to Xiao Yao, Yin Xi was the first actor to get the script and the actor who took the longest time to prepare for this drama. Since the heroine in the play is a staff member of the headquarters of a chain coffee brand, Yin Xi even experienced life for this play. He patrolled the shop with real coffee brand headquarters employees and learned how those people behaved when they visited the shop. .

  The first scene of the shop tour was the appearance of the heroine, to explain the heroine's career and daily work. There was no fierce conflict in the middle, so it was relatively easy.

  Yin Xi has experienced life and learned from real shop patrol staff. There is no problem with language, attitude, and actions. This scene is all a dialogue between the hostess and the shopkeeper and shop assistants. Some of the lines are still modified by Yin Xi based on the real shop tour situation after experiencing the life of the character. She is familiar with Xiao Yao and the screenwriter. I memorized it again while I was putting on makeup, so there was no such thing as forgetting words.

  After going through the scene very smoothly, I then proceeded to the official shooting, and Yin Xi's performance was also good.

  This scene is a long shot for more than a minute, and it took a total of three shots. In the first two times, once the photographer made a mistake when moving the lens. The lens shook briefly and violently, which was directly called out by the boss of the camera crew. On another occasion, a group performer who played a clerk had a problem with the positioning. He accidentally walked out of the camera and was called "card" by Chen Jun. The two failed shootings had nothing to do with Yin Xi, and Xiao Yao who was present had no chance to speak for guidance.

  After filming the first scene, Yin Xi went to change clothes and take a break, while the props, lighting, and photography departments began to get busy.

  The two scenes are both of the heroine's tour of the store, but in the play, the heroine's tour of the two scenes is not the same store. The crew were all real shots. They rented a real coffee shop for the filming of the patrol shop, but did not rent two different coffee shops for the two scenes. After shooting one scene, they moved to another scene. Both scenes were shot in this coffee shop.

  The two scenes took place in different stores, so the crew needed to change the furnishings of the store after filming the first scene to turn it into another store.

  It takes time to change the layout of the furnishings in the store. In terms of time, after Yin Xi changed his clothes, he could take a break by the way. However, Yin Xi changed his clothes and patched up his makeup. He did not stay in the vanity to rest or recite his lines. He waited for the crew to call him when he was ready. Instead, he took the script and went into the coffee shop where he was filming.

  Compared to the first scene, the second scene is slightly more difficult. Yin Xi wanted to find Xiao Yao to tell him about the drama in advance, but after entering the coffee shop, Yin Xi did not see Xiao Yao beside the director Chen Jun.

   "Director Chen, where is Xiao Yao?" Yin Xi asked Xiao Yao strangely, "You can't run away, right?"

   "No," Chen Jun smiled and pointed to the middle of the coffee shop. "There! Work as a porter in the props group!"

   When Xiao Yao first came in the morning, the preparations of the crew were almost done, so Xiao Yao just spoke, not hands. Now we need to change the overall layout and furnishings of the store. Tables, chairs, counters and the like have to be changed. Not only is the workload heavy, but there is also a lot of effort to move and lift.

  Xiao Yao was an idler. Watching the hard work of the props group, he rolled up his sleeves and joined them, helping to move them together.

  Yin Xi looked in the direction of Chen Jun’s fingers, and she found Xiao Yao, and immediately shouted to Xiao Yao: "Xiao Yao! Come here! How did you lift things? Why are you here?"

  (End of this chapter)