Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 202 Entering the group to shoot
Before the filming of "The Last Emperor" officially entered the group and started shooting, the actors of each role kept secrets from each other.

Therefore, they do not know who plays each character in the movie.

Li Xiqiao and Zhou Hechun were surprised when they heard that Shen Yuelou said that he played the leading actor in the movie Chai Yuan, and they all congratulated him.

Being able to serve as the male lead in such a huge blockbuster movie requires strength, luck, and background.

Boss Shen deserves congratulations for being able to stand out from so many strong competitors.

After exchanging a few polite words, Shen Yuelou couldn't help but chuckle and said: "In the movie, Yuelou has many scenes opposite the two teachers. This is also an opportunity for me to learn acting from you two. When the time comes, I will also invite the two teachers. Feel free to teach me."

"Where is it? Your acting skills are no worse than our two old guys."

After talking for a while, Zhou Hechun and Li Xiqiao were about to introduce Shen Yuelou to the familiar actors next to them, when they suddenly saw everyone standing up and looking towards the door, it turned out that the director Zhang Cheng came in with the brains of the crew.

"Hi, Director Zhang."

"Hello, Mr. Han."

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Seeing a group of actors swarming over, Zhang Cheng quickly waved his hands and said with a smile: "You don't need to be polite, it's the first day of work for the crew, so it's not a big deal, let's get to know each other before starting the production.

This is Teacher Du Xinzhi, who plays the role of Mr. Wen, the teacher of young Chai Yuan,..."

After introducing several well-known actors present, he finally introduced Shen Yuelou: "This is Boss Shen of Shen Yuelou, and his role is the young Chai Yuan."

Everyone was chatting and laughing before, but after Director Zhang finished introducing the lead actor in the movie, there were only two or three people applauding sparsely.

The film kings and queens looked at each other in astonishment, and looked up and down Shen Yuelou carefully, their expressions were a little cold.

Their expressions could not be called contempt, there is always neglect and indifference.

After all, Shen Yuelou has no qualifications in the film and television industry, nor does he have a successful work, so it's okay to say that he is a nobody.

Their negligent attitude was expected by Shen Yuelou.

In fact, think about it, it's normal for them to be alienated like this. If they come here to curry favor as soon as Director Zhang says that he is the number one male, they should be vigilant instead.

Most of these actors who can win the title of actor and actress in the film industry have their own arrogance. Before you show your extraordinary acting skills, why do you get others' attention.

Shen Yuelou is very open to all of this, and in the subsequent filming process, he will naturally have the opportunity to prove himself.

In terms of acting skills, I may not lose to these queens and best actors, Shen Yuelou also has her own arrogance in her heart.

Zhang Cheng had a panoramic view of the expressions of Shen Yuelou and the other actors, but he didn't care much.

Just now, he did it on purpose, just to give Boss Shen a little excitement, just like when he randomly threw a script to Boss Shen during the audition.

He also saw that Boss Shen was modest on the outside, but he was extremely proud in his heart.

After chatting a few words, after everyone got to know each other, the crew immediately started working.

Filming in the inner court of the imperial palace is not only difficult to apply for permission, but also costs a lot, and the crew dare not delay for a moment.

There has been no scene with Shen Yuelou before, and it will be at least a week or two before he is filmed.

He plays the young Chai Yuan, and the movie starts with Chai Yuan's enthronement ceremony at the age of three, with the young Chai Yuan in the middle.

The reason why he came to watch even though he didn't have a role was because he had to witness Chai Yuan's growth at every stage, which was crucial for him to play the young Chai Yuan well.

"Every department is ready, start."

Director Zhang Cheng shouted to start, and the extras and leading actors took their places and entered the performance state.

The first scene was the enthronement ceremony. Magnificent music played and the camera captured the grand scene. A three-year-old child ascended the throne in ignorance.

At that time, he didn't see the world in his eyes, and what caught his attention was the crickets and cricket pots on the ministers.

Shen Yuelou was standing on a tower that could not be captured by the camera, watching the actors' performance. Suddenly he felt someone coming towards him from behind. When he turned around, he saw that it was Zhu Guoping and Ichiro Sakamoto.

"Mr. Zhu, why are you here?"

Seeing the two of them, Shen Yuelou immediately turned around and walked towards them.

Seeing Shen Yuelou, Zhu Guoping also showed a smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to be the leading actor of this movie. Mr. Sakamoto and I are the soundtrack composers of this movie. Oh, by the way, Mr. Sakamoto and you Same, also one of the leading actors."

Nodding towards Ichiro Sakamoto, Shen Yuelou smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Sakamoto and I met before."

Ichiro Sakamoto's personality is relatively straightforward. When he found Shen Yuelou, he directly sent an invitation to Shen Yuelou: "I heard from Mr. Zhu that you are very knowledgeable in music. We would like to invite you to complete the soundtrack of the movie with us."

"Okay, it's an honor for Shen to be able to help these two teachers."

Shen Yuelou thought for a while and nodded directly in agreement.

The work of the soundtrack artist usually starts when the film is finished and edited in the later stage.

However, Director Zhang Cheng wanted to make "The Last Emperor" perfect, so naturally he would not follow the routine and let the soundtrack artist participate in the filming stage.

Zhu Guoping, a famous Chinese composer, has scored music for many historical dramas before and is good at writing magnificent music.

Ichiro Sakamoto's music style is more popular, and he is good at writing some relatively lyrical and melodic movements, which are suitable for expressing personal destiny.

Shen Yuelou is not very good at soundtrack.

Even though he is known as a musical genius and has learned a lot of music theory knowledge, in terms of scoring, he is still unable to compare with real masters such as Zhu Guoping and Ichiro Sakamoto.

Joining their soundtrack team, Shen Yuelou's role is more like a catalyst.

He has studied the script of "The Last Emperor" deeply, and has his own unique understanding of the fate of the characters in the story and the classical Chinese history and culture.

In later contacts, Shen Yuelou's words often inspired Zhu Guoping and Sakamoto Ichiro, making the music they wrote more integrated with the movie scenes, more in line with the characters' current emotions and future destiny, and adding a touch of unique Chineseness to their music. Classical aesthetics.

On the third day of joining the group, on the second day of joining the film soundtrack team, Shen Yuelou, Zhu Guoping, Sakamoto Ichiro and more than a dozen other auxiliary musicians were watching the footage taken by director Zhang yesterday in a certain hall in the imperial city.

It started from the coronation ceremony until Prince Yong sent his youngest daughter Princess Defang to the palace.

Because the emperor was too young and too lonely in the palace, the regent Chai Feng sent his two-year-old daughter Chai Yuchuan to the palace as Chai Yuan's playmate.

After watching these shooting materials, Zhu Guoping said to the two: "Let's start with the opening song, which is the theme song of this movie.

After the opening, we must first set a tone. The movie "The Last Emperor" has an epic and grand narrative, and the first scene of the opening scene is set in the Great Zhou Imperial City.

Therefore, I suggest that the soundtrack should be based on a grand and tragic style. "

After hearing Zhu Guoping's words, Sakamoto Ichiro pondered for a moment, and then said: "In my opinion, although "The Last Emperor" is an epic, it is still a personal biography in essence, and it tells more about personal destiny. Things should be dominated by bleakness and sadness."

There is a difference between tragic and desolate, but the style of music is very different. The two stalemate for a while, and neither can convince the other.

(End of this chapter)