my time as a director

Li Qian picked up the walkie-talkie, "Let's get started."

Before shooting, technical tests and effect tests should be carried out.

The technical test is the stage where the photography, lighting, recording and other departments conduct a comprehensive inspection of the equipment, and the relevant departments of the design need to conduct a comprehensive inspection of their own equipment.

Effect test, as the name suggests, whether the photographer’s effect can really reach the level imagined by the director during the shooting process, it needs to use different lenses, focal lengths, and angles according to the real shooting method in the real scene after the actors put on makeup to choose the best presentation method.

The experiment did not officially start shooting, it started directly.

The equipment is fine and has been checked repeatedly before.

However, the effect test was not smooth.

Looking at Lei Jiayin on the monitor in front of him, Li Qian always felt a little awkward.

In front of the shooting scene, director of photography Zhang Zhonghua and another photographer in charge of the camera were discussing something, and tried it again, but they were still not satisfied.

Li Qian picked up the walkie-talkie, "Come here."

"Look, where is the problem?"

Qi Yukun, Zhang Zhonghua, Guo Fan, and Lei Jiayin came to the monitor and repeatedly watched several shots of the experiment just now.

After a while, Qi Yukun shook his head, "I can't tell. We have studied this storyboard several times before, and Lao Guo also drew a picture. The effect is very good. Why does it feel wrong after shooting it?"

Guo Fan nodded and echoed, "I also feel something is wrong."

Zhang Zhonghua looked closer and looked again, as if he remembered something, turned his head to look carefully at Lei Jiayin, he felt a little panicked.

I should be fine.

Lei Jiayin hurriedly looked carefully at himself in front of the monitor, and didn't feel that something was wrong.

It didn't take long for Zhang Zhonghua to say two words with a clear look.

"Big face."

"Lei Jiayin has a square face and a big head. The front profile is round, and the profile is better, but a little close-up of the front is very inconsistent, especially in a small semi-enclosed space like a telephone booth, where all the close-up shots will highlight the defects. .

Unlike Zhang Ziyi, who has high cheekbones and well-defined mandibles, the side face will form a natural shadow. His cheekbones are full but not prominent enough, and his mandibles are not clear enough. "

Li Qian couldn't help looking at Lei Jiayin's big face twice, he hadn't considered this issue before.

Although the face is a bit bigger, it is not too serious for other films.

However, almost 80% of the scenes of sniping the phone booth are close-up facial close-ups, and in such a small space, the combination of various factors makes it not so good-looking.

Qi Yukun suggested, "Why don't we reduce the frontal close-ups, and we are an online university, so we won't show it on the big screen, so the impact should be less."

Li Qian shook his head, "Let me think about it, there is no problem that cannot be solved."

Lei Jiayin on the side was really screwed up right now.

My face has provoked someone, I was born like this, I can't cut my bones!

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Chapter 8 Booting up smoothly (please recommend tickets!)

Before the film was launched, the effect test went wrong, and everyone was not very interested.

In addition to Zhang Zhonghua and another cameraman with experience, Qi Yukun is the first executive, Guo Fan is the first art director, and Lei Jiayin is also the first time to play the leading role.

Usually, people are always ambitious when they first start doing something. Once they encounter difficulties and get hit, most people are easily influenced.

But they are okay, Lei Jiayin, the youngest, has also experienced severe beatings from the society, and Qi Yukun failed to apply for the Beijing Film Academy twice in three years, so he was not so hit.

Li Qian and Zhang Zhonghua were still discussing how to deal with some frontal close-up shots, while Guo Fan kept drawing on the side.

However, there is still no good solution, so we can only think of a way in lighting.

"How about trying Butterfly Light?" Guo Fan suggested.

Li Qian shook his head, "It's useless."

Butterfly light is a lighting method that emerged in Hollywood in the 30s. It is commonly known as beauty light. The light source is set directly above the back of the camera, which will create shadows on the cheeks and chin, and make the face look thinner and the chin sharper. The most commonly used lighting for female stars.

However, this inspired Li Qian, thinking of the two movies The Great Master and Lust, Caution.

In Lust, Caution, Li An took Tang Wei's big round face very well. In almost all the shots, even if Tang Wei's frontal shots are taken, there is always a small half of Tang Wei's face covered by shadows, which is just right.

This lighting method is called Rembrandt light, and it has been brought to the extreme by a generation of masters. Even if it is included in the teaching materials of photography classes, it is enough.

"Try Rembrandt, work!"

Li Qian got up from the monitor and came to the front of the shooting scene.

Lei Jiayin held up the phone there, looking at himself on the screen, with his left hand still touching both sides of his face.

Such a man's face, why can't it work!

"Big head!"

Suddenly, Li Qian approached, opened his mouth to startle him, and looked around blankly.

Peng Yuchang who followed him kindly reminded, "Mr. Lei, I'm calling you."

Lei Jiayin's head was full of black lines, and he activated his death gaze, looking at Peng Yuchang affectionately.

"Who's the teacher? I'm two years older than you, brother!"

"Okay, stop making trouble, go get ready, let's try again."

Li Qian patted Lei Jiayin's arm and arranged the lights himself.

First use a 650-watt quartz main lamp, adjust the angle, and light it at a 45-degree angle from top to bottom.

Then turn on the soft light on the front, facing the bright side of the face, to illuminate the face and add depth, and add another light to adjust the contrast.

...

After metering, Li Qian went back to the monitor to check the effect. On the screen, Lei Jiayin's face formed an inverted triangle bright area due to the strong metering lighting. The face was divided into two, each of which was different. The face is hidden in the shadows and cannot be seen clearly.

The importance of lighting to film and television dramas is unquestionable, which is why there is sometimes a big gap between the same actor's images in different movies.

Most of the time, it has nothing to do with acting skills. An actor's acting skills are only one aspect of a shot.

Li Qian has also watched a lot of movies and TV dramas in his memory, some of which are really horrible.