I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

   Bend.

   "OK, not bad, Shishi has worked hard."

   Jay Chou looked at the footage in front of the monitor, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he said to everyone:

"That's it for today, it's okay. There are still the last two days, everyone work hard, and finally we have a perfect curtain call. Alright, others call it a day. Those who filmed today have dinner quickly, and go to the recording studio after dinner .”

  Hearing this, Liu Zhishi breathed a sigh of relief. After handing over the water cup to the assistant, she began to walk towards the dressing room, ready to remove her makeup.

   Pandaren is almost finished.

  Her scene is finally almost finished.

   But this time she came to Wanwan to shoot, in all honesty, she has really gained knowledge.

   It turns out that TV dramas can still be shot like this.

  First of all, Jay will find someone to prepare several BGMs for different scenes in advance, such as sad, happy, emotional and so on.

   Then shoot according to the number of episodes.

  After shooting one episode, continue to shoot the next episode.

  The finished clips are directly sent to the editing company for editing. After the editing, the soundtrack and dubbing are then sent to the TV station for broadcast.

  4 episodes a week.

  This is the first time Liu Zhishi has seen such efficiency.

   At the beginning, I couldn't help but worry about the quality of the finished film.

   But after the screening, I found that the ratings of "Pandaren" were not bad, so I didn't worry about it.

  In all honesty, Jay is quite childlike.

  This drama is also directed by Zigong...but wouldn’t it be inappropriate for Zigong to add some love elements to it?

  She asked the crew about this question.

   In exchange for it, the response from the crew was "the children are very mature now".

All right.

  Magic curved scale standard.

  However...if this show is sold in the mainland...what should I do?

  As she became familiar with the role of Jiang Xiaoyu, some things that she didn't have began to think about in her mind.

   As far as the plot is concerned, it is actually quite naive.

  After all, she followed up the dubbing episode by episode, so she naturally watched all the TV series currently filmed.

  I found that the plot of this drama is the kind of very young story that faces children. A good person is a good person, and a bad person is a bad person.

   As far as the plot is concerned, this drama is at most PG13.

  Youth audience.

   But if it is put in China, there are many adults in the domestic fans.

  Can adults accept this kind of plot?

   This is the doubt that has been brewing in her heart these days.

  But she couldn't say it, because she heard from Jay Chou that the show's broadcasting rights in mainland China had already been sold.

  Then it's useless for her to talk.

  Sitting in front of the makeup mirror, she closed her eyes and felt the makeup artist applying cleansing oil on her face, and began to count the days in her heart.

  Mimi is going on the 4th.

  I am also No. 4 finished.

  Then, so to speak... It seems that He Mimi will miss it again.

   Tut.

   He also said that they would secretly have a drink together.

  The kind that doesn’t care about the baby.

  What about Xu Xin? ...The hawthorn tree should have started filming, right?

   How is Liu Yifei's preparations going?

  I heard Mimi say that her acting skills are a bit reborn... Strange, how did she do it?

   Just because of those few months of losing contact?

  Experience, observe, imitate... I always feel that the method school seems to be difficult.

   Just as he was thinking, a voice sounded beside him:

   "Shishi, what do you want to eat tonight?"

  She didn't open her eyes, but she knew it was Li Minnian, so she said:

   "It's good to just eat some. Brother Li."

  Because she is a Muslim, she never gets to eat with the crew. Not even some roasted duck rice.

  So Li Minnian and his assistant are responsible for her diet.

  After speaking, she thought Li Minnian had already left. But after waiting for a while, I heard the other party continue to say:

   "After No. 4 is finished, we have to go to Shanghai."

"…ah?"

  Liu Zhishi, who didn't even open her eyes, said doubtfully:

   "Is it "Weird Man Yizhimei"? Isn't it in Hengdian?"

   "It's not this script, it's another one. Mr. Cai found another script for you, and it's also the protagonist. So this time we're going to read the script!"

   Li Minnian's voice sounded quite excited.

   But Liu Zhishi was a little speechless...

  The filming date of "Weird Hero Iljimae" has been set.

   April 12th.

  The leading actors are myself and Huo Jianhua.

  How Huo Jianhua came back, Liu Zhishi doesn't know... After all, according to her understanding, it's all like this, Huo Jianhua can still come back...

  Although the real reason is not clear, she prefers to trust her intuition.

  That is... Huo Jianhua's company is not very strong. After leaving Tangren, he has no other ability to expand business.

  In Mimi’s words:

   "It's normal, no one will have trouble with money. After all, what everyone is looking for is development..."

Huh?

  Why do I keep thinking about things of this level recently?

   Sure enough... that woman Yang Mi is too scary.

   took me astray.

  Temporarily put Huo Jianhua's matter behind her, she realized that after "Pandaren" was finished, she only had a week's rest except the day when she left the crew, and she sighed helplessly:

   "It's short...uh..."

   After realizing it, she realized that Brother Li said just now that she had to go to the company.

  The 7-day period has been reduced by one day.

ah!

what! !

  What are you doing~~~Well~~~~~~

  Speechless, she tried her best to twist and twist her strike emotions on the stool, and said helplessly:

   "What drama? How long will it take?"

  The shooting time of "Weird Man Yizhimei" is about 45 to 50 days.

   It will probably be June when I finish my work.

   What kind of fairy script is this?

  I want to rest...I want to drink...I want to take a vacation! !

  Mimi also said that she invited me to go there this year... Long Langri?

   Seems like such a holiday, right?

   It is said that I am going to Miami, where I can enjoy the sun, the beach... and the shameless vacation life in the dark!

  I really want to go out and play! !

  Li Minnian's voice sounded:

   "I don't know about this either. The company didn't elaborate. Anyway, there are still two days left. I'll know when I get there."

   "This... okay."

  In order to get rid of the title of "Liu Yifei's cousin" as soon as possible.

Um!

Fight!

   After completing the psychological training for herself, she became full of vitality again.

but…

  A sentence flowed silently from the bottom of her heart:

   "Hope it's a good story."

  Let me experience...like Mimi or Liu Yifei, concentrating on preparing for a role for several months...even a year or two.

I have experienced Mimi’s seriousness in her work, and the transformation of Liu Yifei that she learned from Xu Xin during these few phone calls... She has never been so eager for a work that can make her give her all. Efforts to climb the peak.

  Even if he sinks in this way, if he burns himself out, he can bring an impressive character to the audience...

  She will do anything!

  …

  During the whole day, if you use one sentence to describe Liu Yifei's performance, then Xu Xin's evaluation is:

   "Superb class."

  Jingqiu's role, she really got it right.

  She is Jingqiu.

  Every move is Jing Qiu's appearance.

  As long as she appears in the camera, it gives people a feeling that they can't move their eyes.

  Not to mention Xu Xin, even the old man kept nodding.

  During the day, he watched all the relevant scenes on the spot.

  Even he felt qualified.

  No, what I'm shooting now is the scene of the movie showing at night.

   Originally, the original book here was about watching a play, but Xu Xin felt that the plot tension of watching a play was not as strong as watching a movie, so he changed it.

  And the movie he chose was "The Guest on the Iceberg", a story about the warrior Amir and the real and fake Gulandam.

  The movie of 1964, just in line with the times.

  At the same time, the love story between Amir and Gulandam is also touching enough.

  It is used as the tone of the somewhat ambiguous relationship between Jing Qiu and the third child, which is more suitable than opera.

  In order to make this scene less abrupt, he also asked brother Qianer specifically.

   I learned that at that time, many things in the quyi industry were also regarded as the "four olds". Everyone dared not sing the classic passages of the past, but they were all singing "new Peking opera".

  So if you really follow the original book, it is really not suitable.

   But there is a difficulty in this play, and that is the Tajik folk song "Why Are Flowers So Red".

  Xu Xin's plan is to take some innocent faces and hum along.

  Captain Zhang beat people with a stick because a few young people in the village were so excited about singing that they stood up and directed everyone to sing along.

  Captain Zhang hit the young people and told them to sit down so that they would not block the villagers behind them from watching the movie.

   Moreover, the song "Why Are Flowers So Red" has a bright red color, which echoes the scene in the original book where Jing Qiu participated in the school's "Literary Thought Reporting Performance" in order to stay in school.

  The two young people sang red songs, and there was a little ambiguity between them.

  The dark square gave the two the greatest cover. At the same time, although they were singing a popular song, the opening sentences of "Why Are Flowers So Red" can change the psychology of the little daughter naturally and vividly.

   It was fitting for him.

   The requirements are relatively high.

  First of all, it is the song, and the villagers must be able to sing.

  And sing naturally in front of the camera.

   Then there is the capture of on-site light, and how to arrange these fellow villagers who have not participated in the film.

  It is not an easy task for amateurs to cooperate with the film crew.

   But...

  In the hands of the chief executive, mobilizing everyone's emotions is a matter of hand.

  In the working state, there is basically no such thing as social fear in him.

  At this very moment, he was standing in front of the curtain, next to the village head of Qinglong Village.

"Everyone can sing normally for a while, and the voice doesn't need to be shouted. Just sing along with the movie... Don't worry about the camera, you just watch the movie. This scene is shot by everyone's profile. I will ask for a little later... the camera At this."

  He pointed to the side of the curtain:

   "When we are filming everyone later, the movie will be shown simultaneously. Don't look at the camera, okay? Just watch the movie. You don't have to be too nervous. When the music starts, you just sing along."

   After he finished speaking, the village chief next to him said in half-familiar Mandarin:

   "Listen to the director, don't look at the camera, cooperate with the crew! Don't look at the camera! No one is allowed to look at the camera! Do you know?"

  The three old and four young people who were selected in the whole village nodded to express their understanding.

   But the nervous look can already be seen on his face.

   While he was speaking, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Mo, including a few students in the training class who unconsciously surrounded Zhang Yimou, heard Zhang Yimou's words:

   "When he finishes speaking, you all go over and see how he handles this kind of amateur scene. It will help you."

  Including Zhang Mo, several people were a little stunned.

this…

   Didn’t you say how to deal with it?

  It is to let the villagers not look at the camera, and express themselves more naturally in front of the camera.

   Is there anything else?

  As for Zhang Mo, although he was muttering in his heart, he still nodded and walked directly to Xu Xin who was about to end.

  She moved, and the others quickly followed.

   When following, Xu Xin was already talking with Wang Lei and a few crew members.

  They heard Xu Xin say:

   "Is the black box ready?"

  One of the directors nodded:

"Ready."

"Okay, let's install it. Director Wang will go in and shoot directly. After this scene is finished, everyone's close-ups will be easy to talk about in the next scene. Let's do it once, as long as we finish filming the most difficult scene, tonight It's almost over."

   As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Mo, and then at the other people who followed him. He didn't say a word, but directly took the walkie-talkie to the back of the crowd, where the third child and Jing Qiu were.

   Several people quickly followed.

   Then I saw Xu Xin standing at the place where the cross was drawn under his feet, looked in the direction of the curtain, and said to the staff who controlled the projector:

   "The light of the spotlight is being adjusted to be brighter."

  Hearing this, the staff quickly turned up the brightness.

  The picture of "Guest on the Iceberg" appeared, and it was shot on the curtain composed of white sheets. As the light strengthened, the black and white lens began to blur and become somewhat distorted.

  But Xu Xin squinted and stared at the side.

   Waiting until Wang Lei entered a small space covered by a black gauze curtain, Xu Xin held up the walkie-talkie and continued:

   "Okay, lighting group, turn on the lights."

  Following his order, several film shooting lights that had already been set up were turned on, and the dim and soft light shone on the auditorium area where these seats were seated with their own small horses.

  The people next to him suddenly had an illusion...

  Because the light was too concentrated, they gradually couldn't see the position of the camera clearly.

  Then Xu Xin himself walked into the auditorium, and after looking at the camera, he seemed to be sure of something, and instead of talking on the walkie-talkie, he walked directly to the side of the curtain again.

  So, a group of people cheered to keep up.

   After arriving at the place, they heard Xu Xin say:

   "Director Wang, are you ready?"

  With the cover of the night, Wang Lei, who looked like a sniper in an auspicious suit, said nothing, but stretched out a hand gesturing "OK" from under the black gauze curtain.

   "Okay. Go clear the scene and make sure that no one of our staff can be seen in Director Wang's camera."

   After he finished speaking to the drama managers next to him, several drama managers ran out quickly.

  Everyone is getting more and more confused...

   This seems normal.

  It is nothing more than the preparations before shooting.

   And the lighting is good, and the light of the movie screen is brightened, just to hide the camera of director Wang Lei.

  Prevent everyone from glancing at the camera unconsciously for a while...

   Quite normal.

  Director Zhang wants us to see what?

   While thinking about it, Xu Xin’s voice sounded again:

   "Come on, let's play the movie first, so that everyone can get a feel for it... Folks, let's follow the movie clips to familiarize yourself with the melody of this song. If you can sing, just sing along!"

   "Listen to the director, sing along with those who can sing!"

  The village chief started shouting again.

   But before he could yell a few words, he was pulled away from the venue by the two field managers.

  The village chief himself wondered...what is this for?

   But with the projector playing, the old movie had already started, and the melody of "Why Are Flowers So Red" came from the stereo.

  At this time, people including Zhang Mo heard Xu Xin whisper:

   "Three, two, one, shoot."

   "...???"

   "?????"

  What the hell?

   This is where it starts?

  A group of people stood behind the camera, instinctively looking towards the auditorium.

as expected…

  Under the premise of abnormal shooting, these villagers were watching the somewhat distorted movie, and then began to hum along with the music.

  The singing of "Hua~er~why~this~like~red..." was floating in the square.

   And some of these people were still talking and laughing.

  From the director's point of view...

  Natural mess!

   There is no trace of performance, even if it is requested by the director and the village chief... But from their point of view, the filming did not start at this moment, and the director just let everyone get familiar with the rhythm of the song.

  So, their truest side was revealed instead.

   "Hey~~~It looks red~"

   "It's as red as a burning fire~~~"

   "Hey~~~~~Red! It's~ good! Like~"

   "It symbolizes pure friendship and love~~~~情~~~~"

   Someone can't remember the lyrics, that's okay.

   Someone forgot the tune, and that's okay.

  Anyway, there are subtitles on the curtain, and everyone can lip-sync.

  The most natural expression, the most natural expression of emotion, in this song that can be said to be familiar to almost everyone in the entire celestial dynasty, was completely recorded by Wang Lei in the camera.

   In total, I sang twice.

   After singing twice, Xu Xin walked directly into the tent with the monitor next to it.

  As soon as he walked to the tent, he saw Zhang Yimou sitting in front of the monitor.

  Everyone saw that Xu Xin hadn't opened his mouth yet, and Director Zhang spoke:

  “The second pass is much better than the first pass. If you want to edit, the emotion is the most sincere at the beginning of the first pass, and then it can be mixed.”

  Everyone understands now...

  Director Zhang knew what Director Xu was going to do from the very beginning.

   Then Director Xu grinned happily:

   "Oh, I see."

   After the voice fell, he raised the walkie-talkie:

   "This is over, let the actors prepare to appear on stage."

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

  Let’s not talk about Zhang Mo, Guo Fan and others who follow Xu Xin.

  Others also suddenly reacted...

What?

  Finished filming already?

  No...it hasn't started yet!

  …

  Looking back at the students of the training institute, Zhang Yimou thought for a while, and then simply spoke louder, and said to Zhang Mo and these graduate students:

   "His idea is actually a kind of idea of ​​being lively. Most people can't think of such a trick to hide the sky. But when we make movies, what we often want to capture most is actually the expression of true feelings at that moment.

  This was what he had in mind from the beginning.

  Amateurs will feel nervous no matter what when facing the camera. In order to eliminate these tensions, many directors, some will invite group actors, and some will force these untrained people to shoot over and over again like a mock exam, and edit the clips they want through the accumulation of the number .

  But for me, I always feel that this is inherently full of craftsmanship.

  The method he is using now is the accumulation of experience... After all, in the Olympic Games, he did a lot of psychological construction for the fighters who participated in our opening ceremony performance. But more, I think it's a talent.

  In a flash of inspiration, a series of careful operations of the plan from the thought to the implementation.

  He is a talent, let alone ten people, there may not be one person with his talent in a hundred people.

  If you want to learn, I don't recommend you to learn this way, because it might just be a mess.

   But it is possible to record the handling of this group portrait scene. If you encounter this situation in the future, you may wish to set it out and try to see if it can be used. But don't imitate the gourd painting..."

  Speaking of this, the old man paused, looking at Xu Xin who was communicating with Liu Yifei and Lin Xunxin who had just finished a scene, his eyes were full of relief, and he uttered an extremely cruel sentence:

   "Because you may not be able to learn it."