I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 254 252. Men's lighters

  December 23rd.

  Christmas in the West is approaching.

  In Hengdian Town, you can vaguely see some garland ribbons, Santa Claus decals and the like.

   But in the film and television city, there is no Christmas atmosphere at all.

   After all, we can’t be filming a costume drama here. It would be really frustrating to suddenly see the head of Santa Claus from someone’s window.

  The sun is still shining today, which is a good weather for outdoor shooting.

  At the City God Temple, early in the morning, there were already one or two hundred group performers waiting to be present.

  The actors have already gone to make up, and the crew is setting up camera positions and setting up the scene, very busy.

  Last night, all the actors met again under the organization of the director, and talked about today's shooting plan and time. No, everyone has already arrived at the film and television city under the freezing weather before 8 o'clock. In the rented room next to it, the make-up should be done, and the fire should be warmed up.

  Xu Xin was wearing a down jacket, and just stood aside, watching Li Pingdong adjust the crane camera there.

   To be honest, it was quite cold.

  There is still a gap between the coldness in the south and the north.

  Compared with the crisp dry cold, this wet cold is like a ghost, burrowing in through the seams of clothes.

  In a moment, we will film the story of a **** played by Ni Dahong who came to Chenghuang Temple to post a notice.

  The story is actually very simple, but because there are many extras, it is difficult to shoot here.

   And there will be multiple perspective changes in a while, so it is really troublesome to shoot this scene.

  But it’s okay for Xu Xin... After all, it came out of the Olympics, and the first movie he participated in in his life was "Golden Armor".

   Xu Xin also has some experience in dealing with this kind of crowd.

  Last night, through the "thirty-person division method", the shooting situation on the entire street was divided into areas. He has already explained quite clearly how the cameras are routed and how the group performances come about.

  No, the drama managers, including the action directors, are pulling the extras to explain.

  Everyone only needs to move back and forth point to point within their own specified area, as long as they don't move around, it will be orderly and orderly in chaos.

   At this time, a voice sounded:

   "Director Xu, put it on."

  Xu Xin turned his head and saw that Zhang Jiao was holding a military coat in his hand, so he put it on without refusing.

   At the same time, he asked:

   "Where's Zhao Liying? Are you here?"

   "It's already here... It's in Miss Mi's room."

  Zhang Jiao nodded.

   There are two characters in Baozi's play, one is the operator of the Military Aircraft Department, that is, Gu Xiaomeng's colleague.

   After a while, there will be a profile shot.

  Then followed to Xi’an, to the factory, where, like Jing Tian, ​​she acted as a waitress in a kimono in an interior scene.

   Don't be afraid of being recognized by others, because the plot follows the protagonist group, and no one will stare at a trick.

  Although there are no lines, it is already a very good opportunity for Zhao Liying to be a role player in such a big-name crew.

   Not to mention... Baozi was called out by himself from the "group performer" just now.

  The original words are:

   "Zhao Liying, Sister Yang Mi calls you."

  The voice is not small, and the fox is pretending to be the tiger.

   And at this moment, Baozi was really called by Sister Mi to warm up in the dressing room... This face is already very big.

Although she is also a signed artist of Huayi, her treatment is quite different from that of the Huayi gang in the crew, but with this qualification, although she can't talk about walking sideways in Hengdian in the future, when the crew heard that Yang Mi knew each other She also took care of her in the film crew for a while, so Baozi will have enough capital to stand upright in the future.

  It is so realistic.

   After Xu Xin heard this, he nodded:

   "Well, let her behave."

   "OK ok!"

  Zhang Jiao agreed, and then saw that Xu Xin didn't have any thermos in his hand, so she hurried back to get the thermos.

  It's too cold today, drink some hot tea to keep you warm.

   And Xu Xin turned his head to look at the corner of the street.

   On the prop car at the corner of the street, Wang Zhiwen, who plays Wang Tianxiang, has been in the car for nearly half an hour.

  Don't talk to anyone, don't bother anyone.

   Didn't even read the script.

   Just sitting in the car, occasionally smoking, but mostly alone.

  Xu Xin knew that he was adjusting his state.

  I can't help feeling a little bit emotional.

   As far as professionalism is concerned, there is really nothing to say.

   Waited for a while, and soon, the lame cleaner who played an extremely important role in the play played by Ni Dahong also did not have a single line.

  Looking at his attire, Xu Xin nodded in satisfaction first, and walked up to say hello:

"elder brother."

   Anyway, this seniority can't be counted.

  Everyone has their own opinions.

   Ni Dahong also nodded with a smile, and took out a box of Prop Camel Cigarettes.

  These cigarettes are provided by local prop companies in Hengdian, and most of the tobacco is grown locally. For smokers, it is a rather novel experience.

   Especially since it doesn't have a filter.

  There are many scenes in the play where the characters "peh peh peh" spit out smoke after they light up their cigarettes.

  Xu Xin took it and lit it for him.

  As a tacit understanding who has already cooperated in "Golden Armor", he has no nonsense, holding the sub-camera of the mobile phone rolled into a tube, and pointed to the black tape on the ground in front of Ni Dahong.

"Brother, your position will be on this line in a while. Walk to the bulletin board, paint the paste, and post lottery advertisements. I won't talk about performances. You are free to play. In a while, you will have close-ups of the front, close-ups of the back, And the close-up of the side while swiping the lottery ticket. Adding this shot of walking..."

  After Xu Xin explained what he wanted to shoot, Ni Dahong nodded:

   "Okay, I see."

   After speaking, he walked to the starting point of the tape.

  This tape is actually on the one hand to show Ni Dahong’s route, and on the other hand, it is afraid that some of the extras will walk around and block the camera.

   As a group performer, seeing this line, obediently stay a step or two away, it must be right.

  Xu Xin just watched him imitate the **** walking, walked back and forth for a few sections, and then a few people who arranged the extra work over there came back.

  Everyone communicated once more, and the voice of Huang Dongcheng as the "spokesperson" sounded from the speaker:

"All the extras are in place, let's go through the camera positions first! Remember, avoid the black tape on the ground! Don't block the camera, everyone moves on their own point-to-point route, don't make strange movements! It's cold, the director tells everyone I have prepared barley tea, and I can drink it after the filming! Everyone cheer up! Come, come, stand in your respective positions..."

  As soon as the voice came out, group performers who were either sitting or standing appeared on the street of Chenghuang Temple.

  Including those "Japanese soldiers" who also wore their own down jackets, but inside were white shirts and yellow pants.

  Xu Xin was sitting at the table at the entrance of the alley, with several LCD monitors in front of him, and a tent above his head, blocking all sunlight.

  After hearing the movement, Yang Mi, Yu Yu, Su Youpeng, Liang Bingning, and Zhang Hanyu, who were going to appear on the military plane in a while, also came out.

   came to the side of the tent.

  Xu Xin didn't stop him, and after the group performers were in place, he took the walkie-talkie and said:

   "Every department is ready, count down for one minute."

   One minute later:

   "One test shoot, three, two, one, let's go."

  The sound of hitting the board sounded, and the frozen actors began to move.

  A market scene appeared on the screen.

  The crowds are varied and varied.

  There are people in tattered clothes walking aimlessly, and there are also soldiers who wear white shirts in cold weather and shout slogans to line up and run past.

   After these "Japanese soldiers" ran past the camera, Huang Dongcheng's voice sounded:

"stop."

   Then there was no sound.

   After a while, the voice of the intercom sounded:

   "Director Li, the angle is fine. All actors are ready to start shooting."

   After saying this, a few more microphones were placed in the venue.

   The "first scene" in the strict sense of "The Wind" officially began.

  As a director, after all the preparatory work is completed, all he needs to do is to control the overall situation. So, at this moment, he was just staring at the monitor, looking at the screen transmitted in real time.

  In the screen, first is the prosperity of the Town God’s Temple, followed by a close-up of the front of Ni Dahong smoking a cigarette in the second act, and a close-up of the back of Ni Dahong limping in the third act.

  The whole scene was shot in one, multiple times from different angles.

  Different camera cuts are done by editing later.

   After Ni Dahong finished filming, he stood aside.

   Then there are shots of several secret agents hiding in the crowd.

  As far as the difficulty is concerned, they are all staged shots. As long as the crowd does not enter indiscriminately, or there are any mistakes, there is basically no problem.

   Sure enough, because the preparations were sufficient, from the start of filming, everything was a one-off.

  At this time, the camera came to the front of the car, and the spy said that sentence to Wang Tianxiang who was smoking in the car:

   "Director, I know that cripple, he is the cleaner of our headquarters."

   and Wang Tianxiangna made a decision after hasty thinking:

   "Withdraw!"

  Finally, a few secret agents who wanted to arrest people received the order and retreated in time, while the **** played by Ni Dahong finished brushing the bulletin board of the City God Temple and posted the digital information of the white pigeon ticket.

   The entire shot ends.

time cost…

  48 minutes.

   Then, 12 minutes later, Xu Xin, who checked all the shots, took the walkie-talkie and said:

   "Okay, everyone starts transitioning."

   Exactly one hour.

  He was wearing a military overcoat, and nodded to the actors next to him who had kept quiet for an hour:

   "There will be a few people in the next game, come on. Let's get ready!"

  Following his words, everyone nodded subconsciously and watched him take Li Haiping, Li Pingdong and others to the next shooting location of the military plane.

   While the rest of the crew started packing up.

  At this time, Zhang Jiao heard Zhao Liying next to her say:

   "Director Xu... so amazing."

   "...?"

  Zhang Jiao turned her head in doubt:

"What?"

  Zhao Liying's voice was not too loud, so she could hear it clearly if she wanted to.

  However, these people are all wrists anyway, so naturally they won't make any moves to listen to the corner. So after hearing the little girl's words, they just unanimously showed their approval, and then followed the team to the next shooting location one after another.

  Zhang Jiao took a look at Miss Mi, who had been talking very little since this morning, and dragged Zhao Liying to queue up to take the transition bus with the staff, and asked in a low voice:

"what does it mean?"

"Well…"

  Zhao Liying glanced left and right before whispering:

   "Jiaojiao, turn around and look at everyone's expressions."

   "?"

   Zhang Jiao, who had only taken two steps away from the shooting area, turned her head subconsciously, and saw the staff who were dismantling the rocker arm, as well as those group performers who seemed somewhat puzzled, and even discussed something in twos and threes.

   "What's wrong? What do you mean?"

   Seeing that her friend didn't understand, Zhao Liying said in a low voice:

   "You don't have much filming, and after the end of "Golden Armor", you have acted at high prices, so it's normal not to know... The filming of this scene went so smoothly, you know?"

   "...Shun is not good?"

  Zhang Jiao was a little puzzled.

  Zhao Liying also knew that Jiaojiao had basically never experienced this kind of group performance.

  Before she fell out with the group leader, she always relied on Sister Gong Li's replacement to play the kind of role that got a lot of money.

  Like today’s scene, it belongs to the group performances and is only performed by the bottom-level existence.

  So explained:

   "It's definitely good, but the problem is... Didn't you find out, except that Mr. Wang Zhiwen's soot accidentally fell on the coat just now, and I took a repeated photo when cleaning up, and the others are all over again. Do you understand the meaning?"

"…not understand."

   In this kind of filming, she really doesn't have as many friends as her experience.

   And Zhao Liying, who has already dispatched filming experience, said in a low voice:

"This shows that the overall planning is good and the preparation is sufficient... that is, the work done in advance is enough, and the group performers know what they should do, and there will be no random running around. Remember "Golden Armor"? Let's be group performers From time to time, three or four executive directors gave us training, various movements, details of wearing each other's clothes, court steps, and cutscenes..."

"Well…"

  Zhang Jiao's memories began to surge.

   After thinking about it, he asked suspiciously:

   "You mean Director Xu did a good job in advance?"

"That's right. Because the work was done well in advance, there was no scene where the extras were on camera today, and there were no extras who bumped into something while walking, or people on both sides accidentally bumped into each other, or accidentally bumped into each other. The common situation of the camera. You look at the time..."

  Zhao Liying revealed the watch on her wrist:

"It's only an hour. If I were acting in it, I would definitely rush to this scene all morning... Do you still remember what I told you, that Director Xu and I met again on the set of "Love Killing Jiuhetang" Bar?"

"Um."

  Zhang Jiao naturally knew.

  Because of this reunion of friends, I have what I am today.

"That scene is similar to this one. Do you know how long it took to finish filming? One afternoon! There are not as many people here, so I said that Director Xu is amazing...I might not be able to see anything else, but I have acted in a lot of group plays, and I have seen a lot.

  Some directors don't know how to do this kind of scene, just one or two shots can be turned over and over all morning, and they can't wait to shout... But if you look at Director Xu, he didn't say anything at all, and he didn't bother.

  When I got here, I saw a few directors talking to the group, and it turned out that within an hour, this kind of long shot, including the small shot among the crowd, was all shot...

  Believe it or not, there are countless people here who haven’t eaten in the morning, and are just waiting for the crew’s lunch box at noon. Now it's good... I don't even have food to eat. "

  After hearing Zhao Liying's explanation, Zhang Jiao nodded:

   "So that's how it is... However, this crew is all elites from Xiying Studio, and they are also very powerful."

   "Doesn't that mean Director Xu is better?"

"Well…"

   Not to mention, what my friend said is really reasonable.

   And other people's ideas are actually similar to hers.

   They are all old fritters who have filmed many works. They have been in and seen all kinds of crews. We all know that group performances are difficult to film because of the large number of people and are prone to mistakes.

   Experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a move.

  Counting the adjustment of the camera position together, it is conservatively estimated that it took about 12 to 13 close-ups and seven or eight character features, including follow-up shots, fixation, etc., to be able to take an hour...

   In fact, there are two situations.

   At first, the director was fooling around.

   But this is basically impossible in the face of the fact that it won the Golden Camera Award for its debut work and bought more than 400 million yuan for a movie.

  The second point is what Zhao Liying said.

  He has rich experience in mobilizing this kind of scene, and the preparation work before shooting has been done to the extreme.

  The difficulty of today's play is not acting, but scheduling.

   And from the current point of view...

   Director Xu deserves to be the Ouchi manager of the Olympic Games.

  The well-organized scene only shows a temperament.

   Really neat.

  …

   Xu Xin didn't know what other people thought of him, and he didn't have time to worry about it.

  His mind is completely immersed in shooting now.

  When the other transitioning actors arrived, he was leading Lin Li to walk the route.

  In this scene, he had to take one shot to the end, but this Alai is really a bit heavy.

  Li Pingdong is also getting older, so in the first shot this time, the apprentice carried the camera to walk, and he watched from the back with a split screen.

  Lin Li has already put on a vest to stabilize the equipment at this moment, and is following Xu Xin on the route.

   After the actors arrived, he didn't say anything. Instead, Li Haiping came to communicate and asked everyone to put on makeup and take their seats.

  After the route was finished, Yang Mi, Liang Bingning, Zhang Hanyu, Yu Yu, and finally Su Youpeng were all waiting in their own rooms to take their seats.

  Among them, including Zhao Liying, several good-looking extras.

  At this time, Xu Xin walked into Yang Mi's room.

  Holding the screenplay script in his hand, he said:

   "For a while, after you take the notebook and write down these numbers, get up and go to Li Ningyu's room. Don't care about the camera position, I will let him cooperate with you. There will be three intersections between you two..."

  He broke it apart bit by bit, crushed it, and patiently finished connecting with Yang Mi.

  Looking at...the fiancée who seemed to have changed from her hairstyle to her temperament, after explaining everything that should be explained, she said:

"any questions?"

  Yang Mi shook her head:

   "No... but I think it would be better to add a small detail to the shot for a while, such as this..."

  Listening to her words, Xu Xin thought for a while and nodded:

   "Well. Then you decide the scale yourself, and I'll tell her."

   As he spoke, he suddenly unfolded the draft of the storyboard in his hand.

   "And here..."

   Spread the draft on Yang Mi's desk.

  As soon as the girl lowered her head, she saw a sentence:

   "Gu Xiaomeng, come on."

   There is also a "heart" next to it.

   "..."

   His eyes moved.

  She suddenly smiled.

  He looked up with a smile and looked at Xu Xin:

   "Director, don't worry."

"Um."

After talking to her, Xu Xin went to Liang Bingning's room again, and finished talking about everything from the position to the extreme, and like a pattern, he finished all the interactions between "Wu Jianguo", "Jin Shenghuo", and "Bai Xiaonian" After that, the person returned to an office next to him.

   Sitting in front of the monitor again.

   Shooting enters the preparation process.

  For no reason, he was a little nervous...

  Although he trusts his fiancée very much, this is the first collision between her and Liang Bingning after all.

  The uneasiness and apprehension mixed with anticipation turned into a long breath:

   "Hoo..."

  This time, he held the walkie-talkie himself:

   "Cast ready."

   A moment:

   "Three, two, one, go!"

  …

  The lens in the monitor began to move.

  Lin Li is young and full of strength.

  With the function of the stabilizer, the whole lens has a flowing texture.

  Skipping over Zhao Liying, who was sitting sideways and sending information, she came to Gu Xiaomeng's desk step by step.

  Gu Xiaomeng, played by Yang Mi, showed a side face, holding the earphone with one hand to listen to the rhythm of the intelligence signal, and quickly wrote down one number after another in the notebook.

  At this moment, Gu Xiaomeng has a very formulaic look on his face.

   She couldn't decipher this string of information, so she had to hand it over to her superior, that is, Li Ningyu, the head of the Translating and Electronics Section.

  So, after writing the signal numbers, she picked up the folder next to her, put the translation in the folder, and stood up.

  She walked casually, as if it didn't matter what the secret message was.

  But when she walked out of the office door and turned into the next office under the lens of the camera, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

  This smile is the joy and joy from the heart.

   But people don't know why.

  The sound of high-heeled shoes made Li Ningyu, whose back was facing her, turn around.

   After seeing her smile, Li Ningyu let her put this document on her desk.

  Then the camera was about to leave, but Gu Xiaomeng's hand suddenly scratched Li Ningyu's cheek...

  Li Ningyu seemed a little stunned, but this stunned didn't stay on his face for long, and he said in a coquettish way:

   "Ghost girl~"

   “…click.”

  Suddenly, Xu Xin's voice came from Lin Li's walkie-talkie.

  The shooting progress paused.

  Footsteps sounded, and Xu Xin, who came out of the next office, walked into Liang Bingning's office.

   took the small monitor in Li Pingdong's hand, and came to Liang Bingning's side:

"Sister Bingbing, the expression here is wrong. Li Ningyu is pampering Gu Xiaomeng, instead of showing such a touching smile. You can be beautiful, but you can't be charming here, and the expression should be like that of your own sister. , with a doting smile to embody..."

   This scene, temporarily added by Yang Mi, appeared on the screen.

  Xu Xin pointed at her expression and began to correct it.

  Liang Bingning nodded knowingly.

  Xu Xin looked at her carefully for a while, and said:

   "Makeup artist, come touch up."

  The two makeup artists hurried over to touch up the makeup and smooth out the foundation that was scratched just now.

  Xu Xin thought for a while, holding the walkie-talkie and said:

   "Props, bring a lighter."

   Soon, Liang Bingning finished her makeup, and the props also brought over two props' Zippo lighters.

  Xu Xin chose a brass lighter and said to Yang Mi:

   "Don't shave Miss Bingbing's cheeks for a while, just take the lighter from her table."

   "...?"

  Yang Mi is a little puzzled:

   "Take a lighter...what?"

   "It reflects the relationship between the two of you. Sister Bingbing, she took the lighter away, so you say something in a doting tone."

"good."

   Liang Bingning responded, but Yang Mi was even more puzzled:

   "Why... can you prove that you have a good relationship with a lighter?"

  But all the men present, including Li Pingdong, all showed a kind of... a tacit smile.

  I heard Xu Xin say:

   "You are not a smoker, so you don't know. Smoke, sometimes everyone's. But the lighter can only be your own."

   After the words fell, Li Pingdong beside him said with a smile:

   "More important than a wife."

   "It's... alright."

  Although she couldn't figure out what the strange reason was, Yang Mi still nodded.

  Everyone returned to their positions and continued shooting.

  Familiar position, familiar sound of high heels.

And when Gu Xiaomeng sent the information to Li Ningyu, grabbed the lighter on the table, shook it at her, and turned to leave, a "ghost girl" was said from Liang Bingning's mouth with a doting tone. .

  In another room, Xu Xin who was sitting in front of the monitor also nodded in satisfaction.

very satisfied.

   Really satisfied.

   On the one hand, she is satisfied with the generosity of Li Ningyu, a sister, and she is not annoyed when someone takes away her lighter, but expresses her eyes full of doting.

   On the other hand.

  He has to admit, even if it's just the first shot...

  But judging from Yang Mi's playful shaking of the lighter at Li Ningyu and the series of previous actions.

  Her performance here is really more adequate than that of Liang Bingning.

   It's not in vain for her preparation time this year...

   performed very well.

  His heart is temporarily...has let go of more than half.

  (end of this chapter)