Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 289
The opening scene is over, and it deserves a little celebration, but once the crew starts work, time is money.

Not long after the applause fell, Zhao Jian's commanding voice came from the walkie-talkie, and the crew immediately took action to prepare for the next scene.

The original story of "Zhu Xian" has a fast pace at the beginning. Xiao Lin Jingyu and Xiao Zhang Xiaofan ran at the beginning, and when they arrived at a ruined temple, they met Pu Zhi, and then the climax of the first act came.

Novels belong to novels. If TV dramas are filmed like this, the audience will not understand. After all, the time, place, characters, and background are not clearly explained.

Even if there is a plot with great special effects, most of the audience will be more puzzled than shocked.

In this case, the plot will naturally have to be changed.

In the script, some life scenes of the villagers of Caomiao Village were added, and the characters of Xiao Zhang Xiaofan and Xiao Lin Jingyu were told from the mouths of the villagers, as well as the background of Caomiao Village, and a few words were briefly exchanged about the sect of Qingyunmen.

At least, let the audience know immediately that this is a world of self-cultivation.

Moreover, the peaceful atmosphere of Caomiao Village is reflected through the scenes of villagers going back and forth to farm with smiles on their faces.

The peace during the day, and the destruction of Caomiao Village at night, a dramatic contrast between the front and rear structure, perhaps this will bring the audience more shock, surprise and expectations for the follow-up plot.

As the saying goes, there must be a foreshadowing before the climax, so that the plot can have ups and downs and be worth watching. This is the truth.

There are many ensemble performers pretending to be villagers, and there are dozens of them at a glance, and many of them are local villagers.

Let these villagers have no prospect of lines, just walk around daily, in a completely natural state, the life will be full and more realistic.

However, the villagers have never acted before, and they don't understand the scope of the camera and the range of positions, and it will take some time to schedule.

The on-site assistant director Wu Qingyuan is in charge of scheduling, and the producer and performance director Huang Lei is in charge of arranging the location and giving lectures.

They are all experienced teachers. People come and go on the set, and the staff, extra performers, and villagers are mixed together. The scene looks like a market, but in fact everything is in order.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi didn't interfere, and let professional people do professional things.

"Look here and learn more, don't run around, don't get in the way, let's look elsewhere and call if we have something to do," Chu Xuan said.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying each said "hmm", and their eyes never left the set. The crew of "Zhu Xian" is much bigger than the crew of "Crazy Stone". While they have an attitude of learning, they also feel very novel.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi came to the location of the director team. Liu Xiaoli did not know when she would arrive, and she was sitting on a chair having breakfast.

"Mother."

"Auntie."

The two greeted each other, and Liu Xiaoli nodded slightly.

The set was being prepared, Zhao Jian had nothing to do for a while, and was flipping through the director's book, that is, the shot script.

Seeing Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi come and sit down, he raised his eyebrows to look at them, and said, "How do you feel?"

"A little excited." Chu Xuan said.

Zhao Jian looked at him and said: "I can tell, the smile on his face has never disappeared."

"Normal." Teacher Qi, the art director, said, "It's the first time to be a big devil in a crew, and it's still such a big crew. Brother Zhang has said before that he was excited every day at that time."

Hearing this, the teachers in the director's group smiled.

"Before when I was an actor on the set, I only cared about filming, but now as a producer, I cared about everything." Concubine Liu Yi said.

Hearing what her daughter said, Liu Xiaoli, who was eating steamed stuffed buns, showed her face happily, and looked at her daughter who was looking at her. The daughter mischievously blinked her right eye at her.

"The position of the station is different, the vision is widened, and the pattern becomes larger." Zhao Jian said.

"The rank has become higher." Wen Muye summed up Zhao Jian's words.

The corners of everyone's mouths raised slightly.

"Director Zhao, you are ready, let's go." The camera team leader came over and said.

"Go." Zhao Jian nodded.

"Where are you going?" Chu Xuan asked, Concubine Liu Yi also had doubts.

"The drama in Caomiao Village doesn't need so many camera crews. I'll send two groups of people up the mountain to take pictures. Don't be idle," Zhao Jian said.

Chu Xuan raised his head and looked at the vast Laojun Mountain. There was a little cloud and mist on the mountain peak in the early morning, as if the spirit was floating in the air.

"Go up the mountain with them?" Zhao Jian asked, seeing Chu Xuan's agitated expression.

"Go?" Chu Xuan looked at Concubine Liu Yi.

"Let's go." Concubine Liu Yi nodded repeatedly. She had never been to Laojun Mountain Scenic Area, and she was also yearning for the scenery on the mountain.

"Is mom going?" she asked again.

"Let's go." Liu Xiaoli got up and threw the plastic bag into the trash can, put her backpack on her back, and prepared to go up the mountain with her two children.

When Chu Xuan walked past Wen Muye, he patted Wen Muye on the shoulder and said, "Go up together, get the video camera, and learn to take pictures."

Wen Muye was overjoyed, and quickly picked up the camera to keep up. It is a rare opportunity to learn from a professional camera crew.

"By the way, teach us to take pictures." Chu Xuan said with a smile.

Wen Muye was startled, and said, "Brother, I don't have much experience either."

"At least better than the two of us who have zero experience." Concubine Liu Yi had a smile in her eyes.

Wen Muye scratched his head and said, "Don't scold me for being poor at teaching."

"How could it be?" Concubine Liu Yi shook her head.

Two groups of camera crews, together with art teacher Qi, as well as Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli and Wen Muye, and the team, nearly 20 people got into four cars and headed for the entrance of the scenic spot.

It was already eight in the morning when we arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot, and the sun was rising in the east. Although it was a bit cold, the sky was clear and the weather was fine.

After showing the certificate of the scenic spot, seeing that it was a film crew cooperating with the scenic spot, the conductor let it go, but his eyes kept staring at Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi.

"Can I sign it?" The conductor girl was faintly excited.

In this off-season of travel, she originally thought it would be boring.

Unexpectedly, a crew from the sky came to film the movie.

She has never seen filming before, so she is very excited and looking forward to the arrival of the crew.

Later, she heard that it was the crew of "Zhu Xian", the crew of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, and she looked forward to it even more.

This young star couple is different in the entertainment industry, people always pay more attention to different things and people.

And Chu Xuan's path to prosperity has also attracted young people like her to admire and inspire them.

Thinking of seeing Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, she was looking forward to it every day these days.

Looking left and right, finally the wait came.

Chu Xuan smiled and stretched out a hand.

The conductor's eyes lit up, and she immediately took out her notebook and pen and handed them out to the window.

Chu Xuan took it, and took turns to sign the book with Concubine Liu Yi. Under the excited eyes of the conductor girl, they waved their hands and walked away gradually.

The higher you climb, the lower the temperature.

The increasingly cold wind blew on her face, Concubine Liu Yi's complexion was slightly rosy, but she didn't care.

Staying in the capital with Chu Xuan, because of the production, either at home or in the company, now finally came out, changed to a brand new environment, the mood is naturally very good.

"Come, come, Teacher Wen, let's start the lecture." Chu Xuan said beside Wen Muye, he was very interested in the camera that he had never touched before.

There are at most three people walking side by side on the mountain road in the scenic area. Concubine Liu Yi walked on the innermost side of the mountain wall, protected by Chu Xuan. Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Concubine Liu Yi turned her head to look at Wen Muye with great interest.

Liu Xiaoli walked behind them with her bodyguard team. She walked with her arms folded, looking at the two children with peaceful eyes.

Hearing Chu Xuan calling himself Teacher Wen, Wen Muye couldn't help laughing.

He also expected that the pair of senior brothers and sisters wanted to learn photography and become directors.

Relying on the resources of a big company and not learning much while you are young is a waste of time.

Since he joined the crew of "Zhu Xian", he has studied with the senior brothers and sisters for several months. He has seen and admired the hard work and enthusiasm of the senior brothers and sisters.

He is obviously already very good, and his motivation to make progress is not weaker than anyone else's. This ambition has also driven his enthusiasm, and his mentality has become more and more vigorous.

Anyway, he has a feeling that if you stay with senior brothers and sisters for a long time, you will be ashamed if you don't work hard.

Shige's company will set up another subsidiary next year, which is also a film and television company. Some time ago, he was invited to join the director department. While he was pleasantly surprised, he also looked forward to it.

"Brother, you don't know anything about cameras, or do you know something?" He picked up the camera and turned it on.

"I know a little about the shutter speed and frame rate, but I don't understand the specific situation." Chu Xuan said.

Concubine Liu Yi took Chu Xuan's hand, leaned against his arm and listened.

Wen Muye looked down at the camera that was turned on, and said, "Brother, let's take a look."

Chu Xuan leaned his head, Concubine Liu Yi also approached, Wen Muye stopped, and Liu Xiaoli behind her also stopped.

"Press the button next to the display screen and click on the parameters."

Wen Muye was operating, while Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi were watching carefully.

"There is a frame rate here, which is the frame rate you just mentioned, Senior Brother."

Chu Xuan nodded.

"The parameters of the frame rate can be selected. At present, the setting value of my camera is 25fps, which means 1 frames per second. That is to say, 25 second of video recording takes 1 photos."

"25 photos?" Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows, slightly puzzled.

Wen Muye raised the camera and pointed the lens forward, "Ms. Qi and the others are walking ahead, right?"

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded.

"I set it as a timer camera, and the camera will be recorded for 1 second." Wen Muye was operating.

After one second, the display screen freezes and records for one second.

Wen Kino played the video, "Have you seen this 1-second video, this 1-second video is operated by 25 photos."

"Why?" Concubine Liu Yi hesitated.

"Do you understand?" She turned her head to look at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan looked at her.

Concubine Liu Yi saw that he didn't seem to understand for a while, so she couldn't help laughing.

Wen Muye raised his foot, "Brother and sister, the way I lift my foot is the first picture."

Wen Muye put his feet down, "The way I put my feet down is the second picture."

He said: "These two pictures are both static pictures, but when the two static pictures are switched at an extremely fast speed, the two pictures of lifting the foot and putting the foot down are a dynamic picture with the naked eye."

Chu Xuan thought for a while, then raised his eyebrows and said, "So, the 1-second video you just mentioned is actually a rapid switching of 25 pictures, and the speed of switching cannot be captured by the human eye, so the video looks dynamic, but in fact it is completely It's made of still pictures."

"Yes!" Wen Muye said.

Concubine Liu Yi thought for a while, then suddenly said: "I understand!"

She stretched out a finger a little excitedly, pointed to the front, and then pointed to the camera's display screen.

"In reality, people are moving, but the camera records static pictures, which are quickly switched from one picture to another, so the recordings and videos we see, including film and television dramas, seem to be dynamic, but in fact they are The static photos are switching, but the switching speed is too fast for the audience to feel." She completely understood.

Wen Muye nodded, "Senior Sister is right."

"Really?" Liu Xiaoli became interested, "The TV series on TV and the movies in the cinema are all composed of static pictures?"

"Yes, auntie." Wen Muye replied.

"Tsk tsk, I've gained knowledge." Liu Xiaoli shook her head happily. She didn't understand these things, but when they suddenly heard them talk about this, she felt very strange that all the movies and TV dramas she had seen before were all static pictures.

Seeing her like this, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi looked at each other, feeling amused.

“1秒25帧，代表1秒25张图，那和导演组老师们说的1秒25个拍摄动作是一个概念吧？”楚轩问。

"It's a concept." Wen Muye nodded.

"What's the principle? Why did you set the frame rate to 25?" Concubine Liu Yi was full of curiosity, and new things made her excited.

"Whether it's photography or video, it can only take pictures. To make the pictures move to form a video, the camera can only take N pictures in 1 second, and let the pictures switch automatically." Wen Muye said.

"As for why the frame rate is set to 25, this is globally recognized as the most comfortable rate for human eyes to watch pictures. If the frame rate exceeds 25 too much, the image will become clearer and clearer, but the eyes will take a long time to see it. It will be uncomfortable, if the frame rate is too much lower than 25, the imaging will freeze and not be smooth." Wen Muye explained.

"The last reason is that the TV coding system used in our country is the PL system, which scans at 25 frames per second and finally presents it on the TV screen. Therefore, if a TV series wants to be played on the TV, the captured pictures must have the same frequency. The core reason why TV series use 25 frame rate." Wen Muye finally said.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded, and they understood.

Wen Muye's easy-to-understand explanation also gave Liu Xiaoli a lot of knowledge.

"The number of frames per second mentioned in the special effects is the same, right?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Yes." Wen Muye nodded, "A few frames per second means how many pictures per second, and in special effects it also means how many changes there are in one second of special effects. Theoretically speaking, special effects with less than 1 frames per second, It is also a special effect with less than 1 changes, and it is likely to become the five-cent special effect that netizens say. Because the special effect will freeze during the application process, and then it will look like a sticker, and the play will appear in seconds."

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded, feeling very interesting.

"So, the higher the frame rate, the smoother the special effects." Chu Xuan said.

"That's what I said, but special effects with too high a frame rate may not be practical." Wen Muye said.

Chu Xuan turned his head to look at him, waiting for him to finish.

"It depends on the image quality of the film and television drama and the quality of post-processing and production. If the quality of special effects exceeds the picture quality of the film and television drama, then the cart before the horse is not worth the candle. The special effects are just embellishments, serving the plot and the scene, at least I think so. "Wen Muye said.

Chu Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes, I think the same as you in this regard. Thank you, Teacher Wen, for your explanation. The special effects team invited by the film crew is coming this afternoon. Your senior sister and I are just going to meet them. Let's talk, now that I understand something, I won't be embarrassed when I get there."

"Where's the shutter?" He asked the next knowledge point.

Wen Muye picked up the camera, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi looked down closely.

"Under normal circumstances, the frame rate is 25, and the shutter parameter is set to 50. The number 50 means that the shutter opens and closes 1 times within 50 second, 25 times when it is opened, and 25 times when it is closed."

"I understand!" Concubine Liu Yi raised her hand like a primary school student, and said, "Turn it on 25 times, that means you took 25 photos."

Wen Muye shook his head: "Wrong."

Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows in doubt.

"Turn it on 25 times, it can only mean 25 shots, but not necessarily imaging, it depends on the frame rate." Wen Muye said.

"The frame rate is 25, and the shutter speed is 50 for 25 shots. This should be 25 photos?" Chu Xuan said.

"That's right." Wen Muye nodded, looked at them and said, "If the frame rate remains the same, increase the shutter. If the frame rate is 25 and the shutter speed is 100, then the camera will take 1 shots in 50 second, but in the end Only imaged 25 pictures."

"Then what will happen here?" Concubine Liu Yi asked curiously.

"Taking 50 times, but only 25 pictures, then there will be 25 blank pictures. The technical term is called blank frame. The blank frame also needs to run under the action of electronic components."

Wen Muye smiled, and he lifted one leg, "The image runs until I lift one leg, but when I continue to run it is a blank frame, then the movement of my leg will be temporarily frozen until it runs to the imaged image after a while." , my leg will continue to the next movement, which is the slow motion in film and television dramas."

Concubine Liu Yi was startled, her eyes sparkled and she said: "Wow! Is this how the slow motion was shot?"

There were waves in her heart, not only the joy of having a new understanding of new knowledge, but also the joy of getting new interpretations and new answers to things she often sees.

This feeling, as if she had discovered a new world, made her very happy.

"Is the fast motion the shutter down?" She blinked.

"No, the shutter can't be lower than the frame rate, and the frame rate can't be adjusted too low, otherwise it's not called fast motion, it's called freezing." Wen Muye shook his head.

He picked up the camera and pointed the camera at Teacher Qi and his party in front of him.

"Look, there is a shooting mode called interval shooting. I set the shooting to take every 5 seconds." Wen Muye was operating.

"Wait and see." He took a video camera to take pictures of the people in front of him, while Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi watched.

After 15 seconds, Wen Muye turned off the camera and played the video.

According to Wen Muye's settings, 15 seconds equals to only three shots.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi watched the video, and in just a second, Concubine Liu Yi said pleasantly, "Teleportation!"

In the image, Mr. Qi and the others on the road ahead were walking normally one second, raised or stepped on the next step, appeared five meters away from the road, and stepped forward another five meters in the next second.

"This is called fast motion. Do you know the scene of "Sadako" crawling out of the well in the island country? Sadako crawled on the ground and moved forward for many meters. It should be shot in time-lapse shooting mode." Wen Muye said .

"It's so fun." Concubine Liu Yi said charmingly, "Give me a machine, and I think I can be a videographer!"

Seeing her in high spirits, Chu Xuan, Wen Muye and Liu Xiaoli were slightly amused.

Teacher Qi and the others at the front also turned their heads to take a look.

"Interval shooting is difficult to control the camera. If one is wrong, the front and rear scenery changes too much, and the audience will be out of the scene, and they can't even react. It feels inexplicable, so ordinary cameramen seldom use this mode for filming." Wen Muye said.

Chu Xuan nodded, and said: "The production team of "Zhu Xian" depends on you. Before the finale, teach me and your senior sister the basic operation of the camera."

"Yeah." Concubine Liu Yi nodded repeatedly, looking at Wen Muye.

Wen Muye couldn't help laughing, and said: "Brother and sister, the cameraman must not only master the various parameters and shooting techniques of the camera, but also master the lighting. Knowing how to light can make the camera more perfect. It is the cameraman and the director's job." It's a compulsory course, but I don't know much about lighting either."

"Learn." Concubine Liu Yi said in a charming voice, "There are so many top lighting engineers in the crew, so if you don't learn, you won't learn."

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth slightly raised, and he said, "The crew of "Zhu Xian" should understand the basic operations of camera and lighting. The next producer will join the crew to learn advanced operations, and the next producer will join the crew to personally work as a cameraman. The next producer will join the group as a director, this is my small goal."

"What about me?" Concubine Liu Yi blinked.

Chu Xuan glanced at her and said, "It's our little goal."

"That's about the same." Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows.

Seeing that the two were joking, Liu Xiaoli and Wen Muye laughed.

"It's here." Suddenly, Teacher Qi's voice came from the front.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked forward and kept chatting about the camera, but they didn't pay attention to the scenery among the mountains.

At first glance, I don't know how high a mountain they have reached. Beyond the edge of the cliff, surrounded by peaks, a sea of ​​clouds emerges.

"It's so beautiful!" Ripples appeared in Concubine Liu Yi's eyes.

"Take a photo and take a photo!" She tugged at Chu Xuan.

"Kino, can you please take a photo for us?" She said to Fukino.

"Senior sister, it's a small matter." Wen Muye made an "OK" gesture.

Concubine Liu Yi turned around and grabbed her mother's hand, "Mom, come quickly, let's take a picture with our backs to the sea of ​​clouds."

Hearing what she said, Wen Muye switched directions with Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli.

Wen Muye picked up the camera and pointed the lens at the three of them.

On the display screen, Liu Xiaoli stood in the middle, half a position behind Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, holding Chu Xuan's and Concubine Liu Yi's shoulders with both hands, and smiles appeared on the faces of the three of them.

Behind them, there are mountains, a sea of ​​clouds, and a blue sky.

The scenery is picturesque, the smile is like spring, and the warmth is as usual.

Wen Muye pressed the shutter, and the beautiful picture was frozen.

(End of this chapter)