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Chapter 59 Grand Scene Scheduling (22)

The scenes in the morning were all four people talking or two being alone. In fact, it was relatively simple. From the afternoon to the evening, the scene of celebrating the full moon of Xu Jing’s cousin’s son in the “hotel” had a large number of people. It also includes a lot of extras, which is the real test for Yang Yi as a director.

"After the shooting starts, I will enter the picture from the left. Brother in gray and sister in white, you are in front of me. Cut to the first table and join the crowd who are standing up to toast at this time."

"Brother in white, you came back from the tables on the left, so you will walk in front of me and go back to the third table."

"The eldest sister in the long dress at the second table, you also stand up and take the wine glass as a toast, but the others haven't responded yet, so you have to stand awkwardly for a while."

"Then there are two elder sisters who are serving as waiters. You just poured tea for the guests, so you can just walk back with the empty teapot and don't look at me."

"And you are pushing a trolley and delivering steamer snacks, so when I pass by, you will look at me sideways and remember not to look at the camera. When the photographer and the camera don't exist, I am just an ordinary person. Guest, the purpose of looking at me is to confirm whether I have the intention of getting snacks, so after taking a look, you can look away and walk straight forward, past the camera."

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The first scene to be filmed was a ten-second long shot, and the photographer had to hold the camera and follow the back of "Zhang Dongsheng" all the way. The camera smoothly swept to the left, from the three tables on the right, Photographed the four tables on the left.

Not only does the whole shot take a long time to shoot, but it is also more complicated to face the problem of scheduling actors with as many as eight or 90 people.

Even group performances will be clearly recorded by the camera in their every move in this medium-panoramic scene. If the performance is not good enough or the positioning is wrong, it will affect the overall visual effect. There are even scenes of cheating!

Therefore, before the official shooting started, Yang Yi assigned them to different positions, and then told them one by one how to shoot next and what kind of performance he needed them to achieve.

This scene all fell into the eyes of Shi Jianqin and Lu Zhongze who were sitting together waiting to film.

"Your student has a level. In a play with nearly a hundred people, he can speak clearly and clearly, and his thinking is not chaotic at all."

Lu Zhongze turned to Shi Jianqin and smiled.

This is really not a compliment meant for Shi Jianqin’s sake!

Lu Zhongze has acted in hundreds if not thousands of plays. The directors he has come into contact with include some of the top famous directors in the country, as well as mediocre directors who are nothing.

Therefore, the old man is very clear about the effect of directors of different levels in such a play with many extras.

Needless to say, the top famous directors, they don't even need to appear on the stage by themselves, and the assistant directors under them can arrange people properly.

Among the ordinary directors, there are those who can manage people smoothly, and there are also tricks. They either use small depth-of-field shots to highlight the theme of the picture to cover up the chaotic crowd in the background, or they don’t shoot long shots directly. Splitting, various switching, anyway, the surrounding group performers are not filmed, only their voices are left, and no faces or figures are left.

The worst ones are of course mediocre directors. They have ideas, but not many. They shoot big scenes in a mess, but they still have the courage to edit them into the final work.

Yang Yi's performance, even if the filming has not started yet, and his final product has not yet been seen, but as far as the part where he is lecturing to the group performers, in the eyes of Mr. Lu Zhongze, it is already above the pass line.

His thinking was clear and he spoke clearly and logically. Lu Zhongze sat and listened on the table next to him, and felt that an ordinary group performer who had never acted before could well complete the small tasks assigned by the director.

Moreover, he was relatively calm when dealing with complex scenes, and he sorted out nearly a hundred people in an orderly manner. Lu Zhongze even felt that what he was seeing was not a new director, but a director who had filmed many movies and already had a lot of experience. Excellent directors accumulated!

"Xiao Yang is quite attentive in his work. You can see that he didn't forget to remind the extras not to look at the camera while acting. He must have simulated the filming process in his head before filming started and already had a plan in mind."

Shi Jianqin smiled and looked at his well-accumulated student with admiration.

Actually, how could Yang Yi think so far?

The reason why he can cope with it so easily is because of his directorial experience. What he is doing now is what director Xin Shuang has done before.

Even Yang Yi did a better job than director Xin Shuang at the beginning.

Because the experience that director Xin Shuang gave him was accumulated after countless trials and errors. After Yang Yi summed up these experiences, he understood how to communicate with the group performers, and he had to explain the key points to them in order to Make them perform better, and reduce the number of times you need to rework a bad shot.

This includes what Teacher Shi Jianqin said about reminding the extras not to look at the camera!

The actors who push the trolley delivering steamed dim sum are ensemble actors, and they have never acted before. It's just that Liao Chunsheng and others recruited ordinary elder sisters who are eager to act in Zhanjiang.

If Yang Yi didn't remind him, it was obvious that the other party would subconsciously glance at the camera when he walked past Yang Yi and faced the photographer.

This is human nature. Ordinary people don’t know that they can’t look at the camera. They only look at the camera or the direction of the director because they are interested in this big guy, or they are worried that they will not perform well. , it is easy to appear the screen of the gang.

Reshoots are also normal, but for a scene like this that needs a lot of scheduling, it takes a lot of time to get people back to their original positions, and Yang Yi needs to talk to them about the play, emphasize it, and do it over and over again. It takes a lot of time and manpower!

Moreover, group performers are not as patient as professional actors. The first few times are often their best performances. The later, the more impatient they become, the worse they act, the more error-prone they are, and they fall into an endless loop !

These are the "painful" lessons that director Xin Shuang left for Yang Yi.

Yang Yi knew it very well, so he was willing to spend some time and patiently talk to everyone about the drama and sort out their thoughts.

It seems that the workload is huge, but in fact it is assigned to each group performer, and there are only very simple requirements of one or two sentences.

For example, where to go, whether to raise a glass or not, what kind of sound to make - most of them don't need to make a sound.

They just need to remember their own arrangements and follow the process, and they should be fine.

Yang Yi didn't think about everything in advance, he just carefully studied the experience of director Xin Shuang, and pulled the film frame by frame, imprinting everyone's movements in his head.

"Teachers, do you all understand what Xiao Yang said just now? If you are still confused, you can ask now and I will tell you again."

Yang Yi's attitude was very sincere, and he didn't arrogantly complain just because he was a director.

Even the actors who performed in the group, they all saw it in their eyes and warmed it in their hearts.

"Clear!"

The "waiter" sister, who was originally acting for the first time, smiled, and the nervous expression on her face was replaced by relaxation and joy.

"Then let's do it again, shall we? Fight for it!"

Yang Yi clapped his hands and asked them to take their positions, ready to start filming.

Of course, it is impossible to go through it all at once. With such a long shot and complicated personnel scheduling, flaws will inevitably appear.

Yang Yi saw the problem at a glance, and immediately went to communicate with the group performer who had the problem.

"It's okay, don't be nervous. When I was acting for the first time, the director failed me many times, which is understandable. Let's just act with a calm mind and move normally."

Yang Yi also comforted him, and his words were heard by other extras.

The director didn't curse, not only the extra performer who had the problem was relieved, but the others also felt much more relaxed.

When it came to the second time, the overall acting was pretty good, but there was a little mistake in Nie Yuchen's camera!When he followed, he didn't grasp the rhythm well, and the body of "Zhang Dongsheng" covered the figure of "Xu Jing".

Surely not!

"I need to show the posture of Xu Jing talking to her cousin here, and I also need to record their voices talking about 'have a baby', so when your camera follows you, Brother Nie, you must bring them in. "

Yang Yi called Nie Yuchen over and emphasized it in private.

"it is good."

Nie Yuchen nodded quickly. He knew it was his fault, and he missed the complex shot that could have been passed twice.

"Let's do it again. Everyone's movements and expressions were on point just now. Just follow this feeling and just take one more shot. Thank you for your hard work."

When Yang Yi came back from the monitor, he didn't mention Nie Yuchen again, but just greeted the extras with a smile.

The third time the acting was even better, I don't know if Yang Yi's encouragement had an effect, every group performer performed their part well, no one took a step faster, and no one had extra movements.

"OK, it's perfect! Everyone did a great job!"

Yang Yi watched it in front of the monitor, and after confirming that there was no need to retake it, he returned to the stage and applauded the extras.

The extras all laughed with relief and clapped along with Yang Yi.

The acting experience this time is not bad, the director is not as scary as imagined, and even gentle, handsome and gentle!

"Now let's shoot the second scene, Chunsheng, come, make some arrangements."

Yang Yi asked Liao Chunsheng and the others to come and operate the set.

The setting mentioned here is not only the scenery of objects, but also the background of people.

Some extras have to leave and go to the waiting area on another floor to rest.The crew gave them money for a day, and they had to follow the crew on that day. They would still need to be used as the background for the banquet later.

Of course, there are also some group performers who need to stay, such as the group performers at the two tables behind "Zhang Dongsheng".

Because what I want to shoot is the camera facing "Zhang Dongsheng" first.