I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 86 084. Master Yi Tianxia

   "Director Zhang."

  At 2 pm, when Zhang Yimou appeared in the crew, it meant that the lunch break was over and it was time to shoot.

  Xu Xin hurriedly said hello, Zhang Yimou nodded:

"Follow me from now on, watch first, think first, ask questions if you don't understand. Don't try to imitate me, you have to have your own shooting concept and style... Also, remember to buy a camera. I want to be a good director , you can’t figure out your own color, understand?”

   As he spoke, he put on his peaked cap.

  Xu Xin also nodded, but just asked:

   "So... that scene in the morning, I feel right, right? Are you really showing that feeling of depression?"

"Um."

   Expanded the shooting plan in his hand and looked at it, Zhang Yimou nodded:

   "But I don't recommend you get in touch with these too early. First, understand the story. Whether it's the camera or the color, we are serving the story itself... You can't talk too much with you, you tend to lose sight of the basics."

   "Hey~ Got it."

  Looking at Xu Xin's doggy smile, Zhang Yimou also put on a smile on his face, then turned his head forward:

"Walk."

   "Eh, good."

  Although he didn't know what to do, Xu Xin took over the shooting plan in his hand and followed him out of the palace.

  Go down the steps all the way, and move to several RVs beside the palace wall.

   Before reaching the place, the door of one of the hanging boxes was opened.

  A woman who was estimated to be in her thirties greeted respectfully:

"elder brother."

  Zhang Yimou nodded:

   "Where's your sister?"

   "There's makeup inside."

   "Okay... this is Xiao Xu, Xu Xin, Xiao Xu, this is Teacher Gong's assistant, your name is Sister Ding."

   "Hello, Sister Ding, I'm Xu Xin, please take care of me."

  Following Xu Xin's greeting, this sister Ding looked at the big boy in front of her who was personally introduced by Zhang Yimou. She was a little surprised, but she still nodded very politely:

   "Hi Xiaoxu, please take care of me."

   "Well... let's go, Xiao Xu, let's go in."

   With that said, he got into the RV directly.

  Xu Xin also followed.

  Just stepped on the steps, a refreshing coolness mixed with some fragrance hits the face.

   Then, Gong Li's voice sounded:

   "What? You brought Xiao Xu here because you are afraid of rumors about me?"

  In the spacious hanging box, Zhang Yimou heard Gong Li's joking words sitting in front of the dressing table, and shook his head amusedly:

   "In front of children, don't talk nonsense as an elder."

  Xu Xin didn't think there was anything wrong either.

  Zhang Yimou was born in 50 years, ten years older than his father.

   It is normal to say that it is the elders.

  He wasn't crazy enough to feel that he and Dao Zhang were brothers...

   Unrealistic.

  So hurriedly greeted:

   "Hello, Mr. Gong, I'm Xu Xin, please give me your advice."

   "I know you, Xiao Xu. Where's your beautiful girlfriend?"

"Well…"

  Xu Xin smiled and waved his hand:

   "Not a girlfriend yet, she is from the crew of "Sculpture of God", and there is a play this afternoon."

"Um."

  Gong Li, whose head was fixed by a hairpin, nodded:

   "Sit wherever you want, don't be restrained."

   "Thank you, Mr. Gong."

  Xu Xin obediently sat on the side.

  Sitting on the row sofa next to the dressing table, Zhang Yimou said directly:

   "Afternoon...you put it down, I'm afraid Jay Chou won't be able to handle your scenes."

   "OK~"

  Gong Li readily agreed:

   "To save face."

   "...If you really want to show me face, why did you say this in front of the child?"

  Zhang Yimou rolled his eyes, but the smile on Gong Li's face was even more interesting:

   "Isn't this holding you here?"

  Listening to what the two said, Xu Xinxin said...

   The two of you really let the past go with the wind?

   While thinking about it, Gong Li suddenly said:

   "You came to me just for this?"

   "..."

  At this moment, a trace of unnaturalness appeared on Zhang Yimou's face, but it was fleeting, and he said in a flat voice:

"There is still a filming plan. Today is your scene with Jay Chou and Liu Ye. Zhou Renfa also has... the first scene will be you two in a while. His acting skills are not good. Don't beat others to pieces on the first day. It's not easy to shoot from behind..."

   "Then why can't you choose someone with good acting skills to play?...Don't blame me for speaking directly in front of Xiao Xu, you should understand what I mean."

   "..."

   "..."

  Zhang Yimou was taken aback, but Xu Xin suddenly felt a little pain under his buttocks.

Then…

   Before Zhang Yimou could speak, Gong Li turned around first instead.

  She originally painted the empress's special and solemn makeup, but at this moment, she stared at Zhang Yimou with her eyes like this... It's really a bit self-indulgent.

  Xu Xin didn't dare to breathe anymore.

  Because he felt the sudden and sharp change in the atmosphere in the room.

   But Gong Li's eyes were full of curiosity:

   "Your shooting habit is that you like to shoot step by step. Even if it's different things in the same scene, you like to shoot according to the story line. So... Yimou, I'm very curious about one thing."

   "..."

  Zhang Yimou's eyes changed slightly.

  The queen who is the mother of the world asked in a flat voice:

   "Where did Jiang Chan's daughter, Jiang Chan's actor... go?"

   "..."

  Xu Xin's **** hurts even more.

   In Zhang Yimou's silence, the Queen's tone still showed no signs of anger, as if asking some questions to a friend:

"I asked Dahong specifically at noon, and he said he hadn't seen it either...Chen Jin didn't either. I thought it was strange...Why is this girl so old? This movie has already started shooting, and she hasn't appeared yet? Isn't she Was it discovered by Zhang Weiping? She's not a professional actor, and she doesn't have a film contract... Where is she? Why didn't I see it?"

   "Jiang Chan's actors have something to do temporarily, so they will arrive later. Besides, you don't have many scenes, so I will definitely pick up the main ones first."

  Following Gong Li's question, Zhang Yimou answered in a normal tone.

   And Gong Li's strangest point also appeared.

  After hearing this, she nodded naturally as if the person who asked the question just now was not her:

   "Is that so...then she has to hurry up, or there won't be a group of people waiting for her?"

   "Sure."

  Zhang Yimou responded with his usual expression.

   "Anyway, remember to put it away in the afternoon, understand?"

   "Got it...Xiao Xu."

  Suddenly, Gong Li changed the topic, Xu Xin nodded quickly:

   "Mr. Gong, tell me."

   "It's okay, you don't have to be so polite. Lili, get a bottle of ice water for Xiao Xu, it's so hot today. You too... don't take Xiao Xu, who is as big as the sun, out next time."

  Turning her head again, looking at Xu Xin in the mirror, Gong Li smiled kindly.

  After taking the water from Miss Ding, Xu Xin thanked him politely, and at the same time gave a wry smile in his heart.

   Just talk, why did Director Zhang drag him here.

   After a long time...

   Is it to block the knife?

  Gong Li's makeup was coming to an end, Zhang Yimou got up and left the carriage with Xu Xin.

  After he came out, he didn't say anything, but just patted Xu Xin on the shoulder.

  Xu Xin didn't say anything.

  Even if he could tell...if he wasn't here today, maybe the two of them would have to quarrel...

   But that's no credit.

   There is no meaning of asking for credit.

  He just followed Zhang Yimou into the hall.

  …

  Jiang Quan, the landscape designer, nodded:

   "Understood, Director Lin, then I'll go and give instructions."

   "Well, go ahead...let the makeup artist do that little girl's makeup."

   "Don't worry, I'll talk about it right away."

   After bidding farewell to Assistant Lin, Jiang Quan walked to a place a few meters away from the entrance of the big tent on one side of the square.

  To tell the truth, it is said that one woman is equal to five hundred ducks...

  The tent at this moment is like a large breeding farm.

  It was noisy inside, and there were too many voices from various girls.

   Hearing the noisy movement, he didn't continue to move forward, but waved to the group leaders next to him.

   There are male and female group leaders, a total of ten or twenty.

   Hurry up and surround them.

  These group leaders who rely on group performances are inextricably linked with the director team. As a setting, Jiang Quan's ability is not only to arrange all the backgrounds properly.

  He and the behind-the-scenes team also shoulder the right to arrange actors.

  For these group leaders, they are like the God of Wealth.

  Several group heads gathered around, Jiang Quan didn't talk nonsense, and said directly:

   "There is an actor named Zhao Liying, who is under you?"

  A female group leader quickly raised her hand:

   "Director Jiang, I, I brought her here."

  There was an unconcealable excitement in her voice, while the regret and loss on the faces of other group leaders were fleeting.

  Jiang Quan nodded:

   "Well... you will bring her to me later."

   "Good Director Jiang! I understand!"

  The head of the female group quickly responded.

  Jiang Quan stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left.

  The head of the female group walked directly into the big tent...

  Looking at the scene in front of her like a women's bathhouse, she looked left and right, and then saw the girl who was changing clothes, with excitement in her eyes, and walked up quickly.

   A moment.

  Jiang Quan stood in front of several rows of court ladies facing the scorching sun, and his eyes probably swept away...

   "You...you...and you, you, you..."

  After pointing to the five maids, finally, his eyes fell on the girl standing next to the head of the group of women.

  Seeing the female group nodding their heads slightly, they pointed:

   "The last one, you."

   After finishing speaking, he waved his hand:

   "You six, come with me."

   As he spoke, he led the person directly to the make-up tent.

   Walked in front of several makeup artists, he said:

   "These are the maids who will follow Mr. Gong. Sister Xue, please bring someone to do the makeup."

  The makeup artist named Sister Xue nodded and pointed to the chairs:

   "Sit there."

  After the words fell, she was pulled aside by Jiang Quan:

   "Sister Xue, that girl with big eyes was taken care of by Director Lin, so please take care of her."

   "Which one?"

  Sister Xue glanced back and heard Jiang Quan say:

   "The one in the first chair on the left."

  After her gaze was fixed on the girl, Sister Xue nodded:

   "Okay, got it."

   "Well, then I'll go in first."

   After Jiang Quan finished speaking, he walked directly into the hall, and the female group leader hurriedly followed.

  He didn't say anything, just ordered:

   "Remember to give this number to Sister Xue later."

   He holds up a finger.

  The female group nodded:

   "Hey, Director Jiang, don't worry."

"Um."

  Jiang Quan left straight away, and after the female group leader thanked her farewell, she turned her head and looked at the girl who had been put on by Xue Jie herself, her eyes were full of excitement.

  One finger is worth one thousand yuan.

  Is it worth it?

   Logically speaking, it is worthless.

  Don’t care what the scene is, even if it’s the palace maid following Gong Li, as long as the role is not decided before coming in, then Uni-President will give it at the price of the group performer, after all, it was already decided beforehand.

   The group leader must have lost money if he gave this money.

  It doesn't matter.

   This money will definitely be earned back in the future.

  They are group leaders, but they are no different from small managers.

  It is to introduce actors to each crew.

  There are so many crews in Hengdian, as long as this girl can follow Gong Li for a few scenes, then she can introduce to other crews in the future:

   "Director, when we Baozi was on the set of "Golden Armor", we followed Mrs. Gong Li, stood in the front row, and even had a line. She is absolutely fine!"

   Just like "Zhang Yimou's "Golden Armor", "Gong Li", and "lines", the price of the buns is at least five hundred to one thousand!

  No one would really go to "Golden Armor" to cut scenes one by one, to find out whether the girl said her lines or not.

   It doesn't matter if you really look for it.

  The director must have cut it.

   But the acting skills are definitely "no problem".

   Otherwise, why didn't Director Zhang let other people speak the lines?

Right?

  For actors, there is a price for having lines and not having lines. And there are lines in the small crew, and there are lines in the big crew, which is another price.

  Although I don't know what kind of **** luck this girl has...

  But as long as today's scene is filmed smoothly... then for her, it will be like having a cash cow in the future!

  The red envelope of 1,000 yuan is just a drizzle.

  Thinking of this, her gaze slowly became hot.

  Looking at Zhao Liying who is sitting on a chair and being put on makeup...

   Well, it's decided.

   I have to talk to this girl later and do some ideological work.

  In case tonight's performance is over, if the young director she spoke to today asks her...you can't refuse!

  Little girl...Although you can't talk about being successful, you are considered lucky!

  …

  The crew is ready.

  Xu Xin sat behind Zhang Yimou, holding Huang Jinjia's overall script in his hand.

This scene is about the queen finding her son Yuan Jie, took out the grass aconitum, and told Yuan Jie that his father had changed the prescription and wanted to poison himself to death, and then she would act first and kill his father. Emperor. Ask Yuan Jie to help her.

  Yuan Jie disagreed at first, but it happened to be Shen Shi at this time, and it was time for the queen to take medicine.

   Seeing that his mother knew it was poison but still wanted to drink it, Yuan Jie couldn't hold back anymore and changed his mind to help his mother.

  At this moment, Jay Chou and Gong Li are already in place.

  The crew can start filming at any time.

  But Xu Xin found that... Jay Chou seemed to be quite nervous, and kept taking deep breaths. But Gong Li who was sitting at the table seemed a little careless and casual.

  He didn't say anything, just watched.

  Zhang Yimou sat in front of the monitor, and after several monitors were seated, he took the walkie-talkie and said:

   "It's time to start."

   In the morning, there is no leading role, so he doesn't need to direct.

   But now he has to come in person.

   After Zhang Yimou finished speaking, he put on the earphones and handed Xu Xin a pair at the same time.

  Xu Xin took a look...

   Sennheiser monitor headphones.

  …

   "3, 2, 1, go!"

   "His Royal Highness Prince Jie is here~"

  The summons at the door rang through the earphones, and Xu Xin immediately noticed Gong Li's expression on the main camera.

   At some point, she has completed the transition from being casual to a... very interesting expression.

  I said it was interesting because Xu Xin saw surprise, panic, and apprehension on her face at the same time.

  Three kinds of emotions are mixed together, matched with the book pressed in her hand, and the eyes looking around, forming this taste.

   "...tsk."

  He let out a sigh.

   Then, in the lens of the camera, Jay Chou, who had been standing in the corner just now, stepped forward step by step.

   "Everyone back down."

   Following Gong Li's words, the beautiful girls on both sides pulled down the bead curtains.

   The first act ends.

  Gong Li's acting skills are naturally outstanding, and the expression in this scene is natural and smooth.

  After the bead curtain falls, the shot of this scene ends.

   A few seconds of effort.

   And Zhang Yimou did not speak, just continued to stare at the camera.

   It was Liu Guonan who was next to him who spoke:

   "Okay, get ready for the next round."

  Following his words, Gong Li didn't move, neither did Jay Chou.

  Three photographers entered the bead curtain at the same time, stood up according to the original allocation of camera positions, and adjusted the focus.

  A close-up of Jay Chou's hands, a close-up of his face, and a close-up of Gong Li's face.

  Three cameras, three screens.

   After adjusting, start shooting again.

  After hearing the beginning, Xu Xin saw Jay Chou's face close-up on the monitor. He made a wide-eyed expression to express surprise, looked in Gong Li's direction and said:

   "Mother queen?"

  In this appellation, "Mother" has three tones, and "Hou" has four tones.

   There is nothing wrong with the pronunciation, but the tone...

  Xu Xin frowned, and subconsciously wanted to stop.

  But as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately realized... I am not a director.

   But his second reaction was to look at Zhang Yimou.

  Director Zhang...

  This...doesn't it stop?

   Who knew he really didn't shout.

Then…

  Gong Li's voice came from the earphone, and he quickly fixed his eyes on Gong Li's close-up.

  Gong Li made a micro-expression.

   She pursed her lips.

  The lower teeth and the upper teeth are aligned.

For normal people, the upper and lower rows of teeth are not aligned in a natural state, but when she pushed her teeth and lower jaw forward to align the two rows of teeth, her expression suddenly appeared because of her pursed mouth. It's obviously not emotional, but it's more like a state of gnashing teeth.

  Combined with the tone of "so you are this kind of person", it instantly conveyed the embarrassment and accusation mixed with hatred in the queen's heart.

   "I have taken your father's medicine for more than ten years..."

  Her body began to tremble slightly, but it wasn't her body that trembled, but the gold decorations on her head.

   Decoration shakes, her tone is calm:

   "A few days ago, he suddenly changed the prescription. And in the new prescription, this thing was added..."

   As she spoke, she pushed the aconitum head and the book under her hands forward.

   Jay Chou picked it up and unfolded it.

  The camera, which had been aiming at his chest, adjusted its angle and brought it into focus.

   After shooting for about five or six seconds, Liu Guonan shouted:

   "OK, stop. Jay doesn't move when the camera goes behind the curtain."

  As Zhang Yimou's shooting assistant, after Zhang Yimou has completed all the work, he is responsible for shooting according to the shots arranged by the director.

  So as long as Zhang Yimou doesn't speak, he can handle all shooting problems.

   When the camera started looking for a position, Zhang Yimou suddenly turned his head and looked at Xu Xin:

"what do you think?"

  Xu Xin thought for a while, with some hesitation in his tone:

"I think…"

  Under Zhang Yimou's eyes, Xu Xin still didn't have the courage to lie.

   shook his head:

   "Not so good."

  Hearing this, Zhang Yimou didn't say a word, but Liu Guonan next to him glanced at Xu Xin...

   Then, after finding the position of the camera through the bead curtain, and matching the focal length, I gave a close-up of a "mother and son" sitting one by one and holding a book while the other was standing, and this one was over.

  But after the filming was over, Liu Guonan still asked:

   "Director Zhang, do you want to take a new one?"

"Need not."

  Unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou waved his hand:

   "Gong Li is in the right mood at the moment, let her come first, you tell them to get close-ups more accurately, and continue shooting."

"good."

  Liu Guonan nodded, and the filming continued.

  …

   Next, it's Jay Chou's turn.

He is holding the book, his arms seem to be trembling with excitement, but in the close-up shot, his eyes move first, looking left and then right, as if expressing his surprise in this way, waiting to look to the right At this time, he has to close his eyes. And when he closed his eyes and looked at Gong Li again, a line came out:

   "Why did the emperor do this!"

   After watching the screen, Xu Xin silently turned to look at Gong Li.

   Sideways face, bowed head.

  When Gong Li looked up, there was already a touch of moisture in the eye sockets that was between tears and no tears.

  At the same time, it was still the pursed lips that moved first, involving the muscles at the corners of the mouth and cheeks, the irregular blinking of the eyelids, and finally a sigh...

  Looking at Jay Chou, wanting to say, not wanting to say, struggling, and hating... In a close-up shot of a collection of various complex emotions, she stood up directly.

  The moment she stood up, she smiled.

   It's like I can't control it.

  Xu Xin thought she was going to laugh, but she didn't.

  That kind of smile is a proper etiquette smile, as if she is subconsciously performing her duties as a queen.

  She laughed, barely.

   But after laughing, his eyes became calm and firm:

   "Yuan Jie, after the Double Ninth Festival, I will tell you everything."

Then what…

   Jay Chou squinted his eyes.

  Squint your eyes and raise your head slightly.

   Like sniffing something.

   According to the expression language, he is expressing "thinking, contemplation" through this kind of action, and this method is not a problem, because it has a very funny name in the name, called "who is farting".

   is mainly to express the meaning that the character itself is thinking.

  belongs to entry-level acting skills.

   can pass.

But…

   Compete with Gong Li, and the judgment will be judged.

   directly made this qualification into an affectation.

  Seeing this, Zhang Yimou knew he couldn't go on like this.

   In this way...

   Jay Chou really became a kid who didn't understand anything.

   A trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

   Let you put it away...

  But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt someone pull him. Turning around, I saw Xu Xin who had taken off his earphones:

   "Director, please stop..."

   "..."

  Zhang Yimou didn't say a word. After looking away, he shouted:

"stop."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and left the monitor, and was about to walk in front of the camera. After Gong Li and Jay Chou were interrupted by this sound, Xu Xin, who just stood up behind, saw the trace of the "sister" face. Some mischievous smiles are fleeting.

  He was startled...

   "Jay Lun, let's talk about your question later, Gong Li, come here."

  Obviously, because of his ex-boyfriend's understanding of his ex-girlfriend, even if he didn't see that mischievous smile, he could understand what was going on.

  Then the two of them lifted the curtain and walked aside.

  Xu Xin thought for a while, and suddenly walked up to Jay Chou:

"Eh."

   "Huh?...What's wrong?"

  After seeing Xu Xin, he nodded.

  Dani appeared out of nowhere and gave him the script.

  Xu Xin knew that he might not have much time, so he chose to tell the truth:

   "I'll give you two suggestions, look here."

  He pointed to the script in Jay Chou's hand:

   "Here, Yuan Jie heard his mother backing away, showing a curious look: Mother?"

"Well…"

   Jay Chou was obviously a little surprised, but Xu Xin pointed to the script again:

"Concentrate and listen to me. Here you pay attention, he first saw the mother backing away, and then showed curiosity. It is a gradual process, do you understand? If you can't come up, you can directly look at the mother. You are here to visit the queen mother, and when you hear the screen receding left and right, the bamboo curtains on both sides make noise. Human instinct will force us to look at the source of the sound. Therefore, it is wrong for you to keep staring at the queen mother, it is too abrupt You need to go step by step, look to the right first, because in the camera angle, you don't need to turn your head to the right side, you just need to look up to see it."

   As he spoke, he pointed to the curtain where Gong Li and Zhang Yimou were standing.

   And Jay Chou just raised his head, he pointed right to the left:

"On the left is the shot of No. 1 camera, which is also your main shot. You look from right to left, and to the left, there is a curious look on your face. This is the transformation of a character's mental journey. Do you understand? Through the sound , and your mother's words elicited your curiosity, which turned into an inquiry. And, your "mother's queen" should be an interrogative sentence, not an affirmative sentence. Because you are curious, understand? ?”

"Well…"

   Obviously, Jay Chou was at a loss.

  Xu Xin didn't know if he understood, so he simply said:

   "Come and see me."

  He first turned his head to the right, then to the left, and finally, he stared at Dani in front of him:

   "Mother queen?"

  He used interrogative sentences.

"That's it, understand?... You have to remember that the audience will accept it subconsciously only when the character's mental journey is complete. This is called nature, and it is also called shaping the character's mentality in books. And this kind of natural Acting, even if it’s not good, at least it’s not bad. It’s like the teacher Gong Li who played with you just now. You have to learn from her, and build your own image for the audience through expressions, body movements, and even language. .got it?"

"mean…"

   Jay Chou pursed his lips instinctively, wondering if he was imitating Gong Li just now.

   But the voice lowered down:

   "Did I act badly just now?"

  Xu Xin nodded very sincerely:

   "From the first shot of you, I wanted to kill you. You're about to be blown up by Teacher Gong Li, and there's nothing left... So, listen to me, try it, OK?"

   "...well, let me think about it...thanks."

"Um."

  Xu Xin nodded.

  After leaving him, Zhang Yimou seemed to have finished communicating with Gong Li.

   walked in again, and said to Jay Chou:

"In the scene just now, you acted a little superficially, and you should be more natural. Imagine yourself as Prince Yuanjie, and you have to show curiosity. From this curious state of mind, push down a little bit, and the lines of the queen mother are you. Going down the steps, you can't just play yourself, you have to learn to listen to a story like listening to her tell you what happened, it's like someone telling you a secret, you start from curiosity to surprise later. kind…"

   "..."

   Jay Chou's eyes immediately became a little strange, and he instinctively glanced at Xu Xin who was sitting behind the plane...

   then nodded:

   "...Okay, director, then I'll start over."

"Well, you really have to start again, and Gong Li will cooperate with you this time. Remember, you are here to listen to the story. Because before this, you didn't know about the Queen Mother, understand? Her story is The primer that guides your emotions, let your emotions drive your expressions..."

"OK."

"Um…"

  Zhang Yimou nodded and waved:

   "Raise the curtain, do it all over again."

   Following his words, everyone became busy, and Gong Li sat at the table again.

Then what…

  The elder sister suddenly yawned in a moderate way, and Xu Xin, who had been paying attention to her, caught an emotion.

   This emotion is called:

"boring."

  (end of this chapter)