I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 255 253. Smooth and silky

   Throughout the whole day, the crew progressed quite smoothly.

   This point, the crew including Li Pingdong felt the deepest.

   I don't know why, Director Xu's work arrangement is quite smooth... No, it's not too much to say silky.

   Except that the state of the actors during shooting is an uncontrollable element, such as a certain expression, or a certain scene needs to be reshot, other times the whole crew is like a brand new engine.

   Just follow the instructions of the assistant director.

  But you need to know... the links arranged by the assistant director are all designed by Director Xu.

  From the Chenghuang Temple in the morning, to the long shot at the Military Aircraft Office, and Li Ningyu was found by Wu Zhiguo when he was working in the textile factory in the afternoon. And in the best light of the afternoon, the shot of Wu Zhiguo and Li Ningyu communicating in the restaurant was shot.

  There is nothing wrong with Zhang Hanyu and Liang Bingning's play, not to mention their well-crafted roles, even Director Xu is very satisfied.

  Besides, because all scenes are filmed in such a stable manner, there are basically no such NG shots as forgetting words or suddenly laughing out loud.

  A scene shot from morning to night, and the filming was unusually smooth.

   Not bumpy at all.

  Actually, from here, one can understand how meticulous Director Xu is in his job.

   Or to put it in Li Haiping’s own words: “It’s really a matter of everything.”

   Very appropriate.

  Many young people in the crew who had been with other crews also showed admiration when they saw this.

   But it's not over yet.

   When the time came to night, the question of how capable Director Xu is was directly handed over to everyone with the most vivid answer sheet.

  …

  Night, Guangzhou Street.

  The entire Guangzhou Street has been arranged in another way.

  You can see Wang Puppet’s Qingri and Japan’s Asahi flags everywhere, street lamps, balconies and other scenes all over the place.

   There are also various Japanese banners such as "Asia Co-Prosperity" and "East Asia Co-Prosperity".

  On the brightly lit street, nearly 500 group performers were waiting at the scene in changed clothes.

  On the float specially built by the crew to express the so-called "Double Ten Festival" celebrated by Wang Puppet in the movie, Xu Xin personally held a loudspeaker and said to the crowded crowd on this street:

   "After a while, when the car starts to move, everyone will wave the flags in their hands to make a gesture of celebration. Come on, those who are distributing these flags now, wave down the flags for me to see."

   Facing the group of performers below, he shouted:

   "Countdown, three, two, one..."

  In an instant, flags began to wave among the crowd.

"Very good, no problem. Come on, everyone in front. Do you see the crossbar under my feet? Now the crossbar is about to move forward slowly. Come on, everyone starts to give way to both sides. Those who were assigned to the edge just now Don't move, and don't rush your steps. The speed of this car is not fast, you just need to be careful not to be stepped on and fall down...Come on, let's start walking...Everyone slowly divide to the two sides...Come on, go...go ...go...ok...go, yes...don't worry..."

  Several crew members walked forward carrying bamboo poles that just fit the length of the float, and under Xu Xin's command, the group performers, although chaotic, at least began to retreat towards the two sides in an orderly manner.

  After the float walked forward for a distance of 20 meters, Xu Xin said:

"Okay, no problem, they all performed very well... The actors who were assigned to the two sides and didn't move just now remember to wave the flags in their hands, did you hear that? You are responsible for waving the flags, and the others are responsible for retreating on both sides. Be sure not to crowd , Both sides are optimistic about the field affairs, you stand tall, and you blow the whistle when you find someone falls, everyone's safety is the first criterion, understand?"

  On the second-floor balconies on both sides of the road, they were also dressed in the clothes of the Republic of China period, holding flags in their hands as guest actors. In fact, they were the field managers who supervised the crowd and nodded in unanimous agreement.

   Then Xu Xin said again:

"The third point, everyone on the left. You must be careful for a while. There will be fireworks on your side. It's okay if you burn your clothes. Don't hurt yourself. It's not worth it. Report the situation as soon as possible. Listen. understand?"

   After a while, the pyrotechnician who was in charge of lighting the fireworks and several extra performers around nodded.

   "Finally, it's you."

  He looked at the group actors and women in Japanese costumes waiting behind him:

   "You are on a high place, be careful when you are waving in all directions for a while. Don't be nervous... the people below..."

  Xu Xin held up the horn again, looking at the **** of the float:

   "You have only one task for a while, which is to follow the car. Be careful not to let the crowd crowd the float, especially the personal safety on the front of the car is the absolute first."

  After the group performers below nodded in agreement, finally, Xu Xin said to everyone with a loudspeaker:

"This scene doesn't require any acting skills, and the weather is getting late, so everyone cheers up. Let's go through together, and then go home and rest after receiving the money. It's freezing, and we don't have ink marks, okay? ?”

   "..."

   "..."

   "..."

   "I didn't hear anyone answer? Answer me, okay?"

   "Good~~~~"

  The extras responded.

"Well, okay. First, get out of the way in an orderly manner. Second, wave the flag more happily. Third, pay attention to the firework. Fourth, everyone should not squeeze towards the float. The most important thing to pay attention to is The safety of the actors on the float. Let's start filming immediately, everyone!"

  As the director, he went to the battle in person, made all the arrangements and explanations, and before going down, he didn’t forget to explain to the actors who were going to beat the gongs and drums for a while:

   "Be careful, safety is the most important thing."

   "Well, don't worry, director!"

  After getting their guarantee, Xu Xin nodded.

  After getting off the float, at this moment, the second half of Guangzhou Street, that is, the shooting area behind the float is basically empty, while the front is crowded.

   It looks really amazing.

  But Xu Xin didn't pay attention to so much, but walked up to Li Pingdong who had already sat on the rocker.

  Looked at the safety rope on Li Pingdong's body, and after confirming that all the buckles were **** according to the standard, he said:

   "Director Li, be careful."

  Li Pingdong smiled and nodded:

"Um."

   "Okay, everyone, get ready. Put all the fire extinguishers at hand..."

  Following the clear thinking in every aspect of his words, Li Pingdong sat on the swing arm and had already arrived at the head of the **** team on the right side of the float, while Xu Xin sat in front of the monitor and shouted again with a loudspeaker:

   "Departments in place. Actors in place! Everyone can start waving the flag!"

  As soon as he said this, the group performers holding the flags began to wave the flags in the dark night but brightly lit streets according to Director Xu's request just now.

   "Three, two, one...float, let's go!"

   The recorder hit the board, and after issuing the order, the driver in front started the motor of the car.

  Tricycles pulled paper lanterns full of "Zhu", and the bright and beautiful floats began to move forward slowly.

  The picture in front of Xu Xin began to rise a little bit with the adjustment of the angle of the rocker that Li Pingdong was riding on.

  At the same time, the fireworks on the left side of the screen and in the distance started to ignite at the same time.

  After traveling for a certain distance, the fireworks with exact seconds suddenly lifted into the sky, illuminating the buildings here with colorful lights, making them look very beautiful.

  The feeling of the lively festival celebration was conveyed through the screen at once.

  With Xu Xin's explanation, the crowd began to retreat from both sides in an orderly manner.

  People waving flags had happy smiles on their faces.

  Many people surrounded by Xu Xin, who watched the screen through the monitor, had a feeling...

  Why... I don't seem to be making a movie.

   It's like watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics...

  And...with Director Xu's advance communication, arrangement of location, and various tasks.

   As far as the celebration scene of this bone joint is concerned, it seems that the filming is quite simple.

  The noise of the lively crowd and the fireworks formed a thriving scene in the whole picture.

  But as the camera rises to a high place...

  They found that only this street seemed to be bright, and in the distance at a high place, the whole picture exploded with fireworks, although the outline of the building could be seen.

  But none of the lights were lit...

  In an instant, the lively scene suddenly became unreal.

  The noisy festival has become the glitz of "false appearance".

   Complete darkness.

  It will only appear when the fireworks bloom.

  But after the rapidly disappearing light passed by, it had already reflected the concept of "a dead city" into everyone's hearts.

   "Hiss~~"

  Shooting for a whole day, whether it is the ready-made set in Hengdian, or some pictures taken.

Just when these veterans were still wondering why they couldn't see... the same sensitivity to camera aesthetics as Director Xu and Director Zhang, the scene at this moment gave everyone a very vivid scene. a lesson.

   Not necessarily the colors of all pictures are so gorgeous, and it is not necessary for every scene to be rich in color.

  The color is dragon.

   Hide into the clouds.

   You don't need to see the whole thing, just show the tip of the iceberg, but it is even more fascinating.

  Looking at this scene... the one who touched me the most was Yang Mi who was about to shoot a ballroom scene.

  As a personal participant of "The Secret", her feelings are more intuitive.

  Brother’s control over the camera seems to have evolved.

  If it is said that during the filming of "Secret", he was omniscient, with a wide range of moves.

  So today's whole day of shooting...is like a deep, calm lake.

  The surface of the lake is clear and clean, and the water waves are calm.

  And this one, it's like superficially.

  Finally, the tranquility was broken.

   Ripples gradually spread and turned into waves.

  Suddenly...she froze.

yes.

   Today's play seems to be the beginning.

this…

   Before he had time to think about it, Xu Xin's voice sounded:

   "Very good, very good, this one is over. Cameras No. 2 and No. 3 are ready, and the float stops..."

   There is no need for anyone to replace it. Under his personal control, this big scene began to turn in an orderly manner.

  The actors and staff present did not say a word, and performed their duties according to the director's instructions.

  From these works and observations, I continued to appraise the work ability of this director who seemed to be specially born for such a large number of "big scenes" far beyond his peers.

   After a moment, they nodded in unison.

  Well, they really have something.

  …

  The shot of Guangzhou Street is over.

  Four groups of shots were rotated, and after shooting different groups of people, the role of these hundreds of group actors was basically completed.

   Settling wages is other people's business, and Xu Xin has nothing to do with it.

  He led people directly to the dance hall in Guangzhou Street.

   There is also a group of recruited dance troupe personnel waiting in the ballroom.

  Yang Mi and Liang Bingning have already finished their makeup and are ready to go.

   Today's progress is very fast.

   This is the truth.

   At this rate, the crew might not even be able to stay here for a week.

  Because as long as the filming of this scene goes well tonight, then in the location shooting plan of the crew, the "City God's Temple" CUT, the "Wang Puppet Celebration" CUT, and the "Military Aircraft Department Plot" CUT.

   And all of this took a total of one day.

   is outrageous.

  Not to mention anything else, just a scene with hundreds of people like Wang Puppet Celebration, the crew is already planning to stay up all night.

  The more people there are, the easier it is to make mistakes.

  Because of Hengdian’s winter fire prevention regulations, the crew’s fireworks can only be set off twice a day.

   But... one set is a success.

  The crowd gathered for two hours, and the shooting took less than 30 minutes.

   No matter how you look at this kind of overall planning ability, it is outrageous.

   You know, they are group performers, not junior soldiers...

  Why is it so easy to arrange?

   Is it really that outrageous?

   Is it possible that everyone is enlightened?

  As long as the filming of the ballroom goes well, then tomorrow we can film the scene of "Takeda attacks his colleagues in the Japanese officer's meeting room and has to go back to China for trial".

  After the filming of this scene, the scene of going to Qiu Shenghuai's other business will be filmed tomorrow night.

   As soon as these two shots are finished...

  The scene in Hengdian can end immediately.

  Furthermore, at this speed, as soon as the port scene in Lushun is finished...the picnic scene of the group of five in Dalian will end, and the entire location of "The Wind" seems to be completed within a week.

   This speed makes people feel unreal.

but…

  Ballroom scenes should be a little more difficult, right?

  This kind of dance scene is not well coordinated, and it will appear very chaotic... Director Xu is not a background in arranging stage plays, in this regard... huh?

   It seems that there is also a ballroom scene in "Secret"?

  They seem to have handled it perfectly...

  Huang Junlang's Elvis Presley look is so ugly that many people who have watched the movie can't forget it.

   And the filming of that scene seems to be... very powerful!

this…

  Looking at Xu Xin, who was chatting with Li Pingdong about the shooting route planning in a relaxed tone, some people began to mutter in their stomachs.

   Is it possible that it is really the blessing of the City God?

   This is so smooth...

  …

   Did it go well? It did go well.

  Xu Xin obviously knows how to shoot this kind of stage play-style ballroom scene.

  He didn't go with that colorful mottledness, and even made the lights really bright.

  Bright enough that Liang Bingning, who played Li Ningyu, was leaning against the bar counter, smoking in one hand and drinking in the other, aroused many men's urge to strike up a conversation.

   This woman is glowing.

  Illuminated by the light above the head, the whole face reflected by the glass reflection of the bar seems to be attached with a hazy and melancholy beauty...

  No need to do anything, just sit there, and the picture will be beautiful enough to be a screensaver.

  The eyes of the men present were shining brightly, while the eyes of the women were full of jealousy.

   This scene should have been action-packed.

  But at this moment, her only "tranquility" took all the limelight.

   This was actually what Xu Xin did on purpose.

  Because in this scene, what he wants is for Gu Xiaomeng to show her girly side, the crazier the play, the better.

   But it’s true, no matter how crazy she plays, from a psychological point of view, from a lens perspective, the dynamics in this atmosphere must not be able to beat the "static".

  In Sophie Marceau's "First Kiss", the reason why the scene in the ballroom is called a film and television classic is here.

   A group of people were dancing DISCO there, and she and the leading actor were dancing a romantic waltz with earphones.

   When the music played, all the other young men and women became the background board as it should be.

   This is not a partiality, or it is to let the role of Gu Xiaomeng be suppressed first and then promoted.

   It's just that the focus of filming is different.

   Just like the scene at the Military Aircraft Department in the morning, Yang Mi took two-thirds of the scene as the C.

  In fact, it’s all for the role.

   At this time, I will immediately enter Qiu Shenghuai's other career, in order to make Li Ningyu's role not obtrusive.

  So, in this scene, she is the queen.

  But after the filming started... Xu Xin realized that he was wrong.

   It's so wrong.

   Suppression is difficult to suppress, restlessness is not restlessness.

   This is Xu Xin's best description of his fiancée in front of the camera.

   He hasn't seen his fiancée dance for a long, long time.

   I even forgot that I was in that dark nightclub back then, watching her dancing on the table, and imprinted her seductive dance like a ghost in my heart.

  She was born in jazz.

   But not just jazz.

  Even when chatting, she said it herself:

   "If it weren't for the fear that my leg muscles would become thicker if I developed them too much, I might be an internationally renowned jazz dance expert."

   "I'm pretty good."

  "Every teacher who met me said I was a good seed."

   These words are all said by her.

  But Xu Xin just listened to it and got excited.

   After all, he doesn't know how to dance, and he can't professionally evaluate how well his girlfriend dances from the perspective of a dancer.

   But it does look good.

   After this ballroom scene was needed this time, after watching some dance videos and listening to her opinion, he chose ballroom dancing as the dance style.

  But he is not responsible for the specific movements, but the choreography from Xiying Studio.

  The choreographer designed the movements, performed a dance, recorded a video and sent it over.

As for Xu Xin, Chen Weiya, who is now the head of the Oriental Dance Troupe, helped to change a few moves. In the end, the people from the dance troupe recorded the video and handed it over to Xiying Studio, which contacted Hengdian. Dance troupe here.

   Didn't spend a penny, buddies help.

   But the people in the dance troupe that Xiying Studio was looking for were not particularly professional.

  Because Xu Xin wanted to record the dances of ordinary people, he specifically asked for an amateur dance troupe.

  It doesn't matter whether you are tall, short, fat or thin.

  As long as you can jump, there is no mandatory requirement.

  Because if the dancers under the camera are too professional, it will appear very formal, and it is not like entertainment in a ballroom, but a performance.

  Li Haiping and the others did find a dance troupe that met Xu Xin's requirements. A group of song and dance troupes composed of Hengdian group performers were drawn in after a week of training.

   But Yang Mi's backup dancer is a special case.

  It is a dancer from a professional dance troupe. The most important thing is that the other party is of mixed race. The face is full of European and American mixed race. At first glance, it looks like a foreigner.

   is a very handsome guy.

   Tonight is him and Yang Mi acting together.

  As the filming started, the group performers in the back began to pretend to play musical instruments without sound components. After the jazz sounded in the speakers provided by the crew, everyone began to dance.

  And under Xu Xin's advance command, everyone has already bypassed the marked shooting route area on the floor.

  When the camera came to Yang Mi, the professionalism of the two came out immediately...

  Compared to those ensemble performers who came out to dance after practice, the two danced from the beginning, and every movement was standard.

   The pas de deux ballroom dance that Chen Weiya polished up personally seems to be the best step for the two to achieve much-anticipated achievements.

  Not to mention the crew, even the surrounding extras unconsciously turned to look at Yang Mi.

until…

  Xu Xin shouted to stop.

   "Crack."

   After shaking his hand to signal the music to stop, Xu Xin thought for a while and walked to Yang Mi:

   "Don't be too professional, both of you."

  Looking at his fiancée who was still panting, he said:

"The effect of the two of you jumping out is a bit different from what I thought before. It was originally intended to set off you... But Gu Xiaomeng in front of the camera also doesn't look like he is out to play, but is performing a show. It feels very abrupt. So no, I want you two to dance more casually, don't do those standard movements...be more casual. Just keep a few basic movements...Let's do another one, Sister Bingbing, I was in a good mood just now, keep your eyes. Be empty, by the way, put a drink lip print on the glass."

  Yang Mi opened her mouth...

   Finally said nothing.

  Actually, she didn't want to show weakness.

  Although she also knows that this scene is to explain the state of mind of the characters of "Li Ningyu", she also wants to show her brilliance.

   That is to say, "steal the show" a little bit.

   It has nothing to do with who will act, it is purely for the role.

  But now, as soon as the director opens his mouth, he rejects her hard-working dance...I must feel uncomfortable.

  But she has no intention of refusing.

  In this drama, it's not just the fiancé who wants to achieve himself.

   And I have to accomplish him.

  So, as long as he feels good and suitable, then he is absolutely fine.

  Even if it becomes a background board.

  So, the music started again.

  And this time, she abandoned all fancy professional moves, but won purely with emotion.

  Laughing, screaming, and unprofessional at all, but the endless energy of "wanting to dance, want to dance" is fully displayed in front of the camera.

  Xu Xin nodded repeatedly while watching.

   Well, this smells just right.

  Gu Xiaomeng is dancing happily with her dance partner.

   But as the camera rolls around, the melancholy on Li Ningyu, who is alone with a cigarette in a daze, seems to complement each other especially.

  The two seem to be completely opposite.

  Gu Xiaomeng is innocent and innocent, like a child who can't grow up.

  So, Li Ningyu's melancholy is more preoccupied.

  Finally, the phone rang.

   Gu Xiaomeng, who was called over by the bartender, was still panting and flushed after exercising.

   Covering her ears, she nodded repeatedly after connecting the phone, said "Okay, okay" in agreement, hung up the phone, and she came to Li Ningyu.

  Poke Li Ningyu who was still in a daze with his finger, then picked up the wine bottle, and said in Li Ningyu's blank eyes:

"Walk."

   After finishing speaking, he held the wine bottle in one hand, and picked up the empty glass next to him with the other hand, planning to drink up the whiskey (ice tea) in it in one gulp.

   But at this moment, Xu Xin shouted again:

   "Crack."

  The audience fell silent.

   "Change here, Yang Mi, pour out the wine in your glass, pick up the wine bottle, fill Li Ningyu's glass with wine, and drink it all in one go."

"good."

   "Well, Sister Bingbing, I'm printing a lip print, and then pour out some of the wine in the glass, leaving the bottom of the glass."

"OK."

   Following the agreement of the two, Xu Xin said:

   "One more."

  He wants to give the audience the impression that Li Ningyu is drinking.

  And the lip print on the cup at the beginning is a "sexy" label.

   But at this time, due to drinking many times, the lip marks have begun to become blurred.

   Even a little "dirty".

But it is also this kind of "dirtyness" that makes Gu Xiaomeng look like he drank a large glass of wine from Li Ningyu's cup. cups.

   The hint of these details may have seemed unremarkable at the time.

  But as the story of the characters advances layer by layer, it will become evidence of the Jinlan love between the two characters and remain in the hearts of the audience.

   Then, the music started.

  Yang Mi re-entered the bar to answer the phone.

  Hung up the phone, she picked up the wine bottle and poured all the iced tea into Li Ningyu's cup.

  Put down the wine bottle, poked the sister who was still in a daze, and said:

"Walk."

"Now?"

   Li Ningyu's eyes were full of doubts.

  Gu Xiaomeng nodded:

   "Yes, find us."

   After finishing speaking, she held the full glass of whiskey without any scruples, and looked up...

   tons tons tons tons tons...

  …

   "OK, call it a day! You've worked hard, everyone. I won't have your part tomorrow morning. Take a good rest and adjust your status. Let's continue tomorrow night."

  Night, close to 12 o'clock.

  After filming the scene where the two sisters left in front of the bar, finally, the whole day of task shooting ended.

  Xu Xin checked the footage and announced the end of today's work.

  Having been busy since waking up in the morning, the crew members who had been running around the film and television city for a whole day finally let out a long sigh of relief after hearing the news.

   This day can be regarded as the end.

  The strength is really not small.

but…

  Recalling the shots they shot today, compared with the location shooting plan.

  After discovering that they had completed more than 50% of the workload in just one day, they couldn't help expressing sincere emotion from the bottom of their hearts...

  Although it is not clear how the quality of the finished film is.

  You can film with Director Xu...

   It can be described in one sentence:

   "Soft and silky."

  It's silky smooth! ,

   Haha, I only found out the last "?" after reading the comments. I didn't pay attention just now... I definitely didn't write this. If nothing else, it should be my two-year-old son typing on my keyboard while I was away. I wanted to change it at first... But after thinking about it, let's take it as Liu Xiaobao's polite greeting to everyone. After all, there is only "do" and not "de"... Hahahaha, I am so happy that everyone saw the first word written by my son~ Well, Liu Xiaobao sends hello to all the elders~hahaha~

  (end of this chapter)