A different director [entertainment circle]

All the preparations for "Born in the Mud" were ready, and on an ordinary day, the opening ceremony was held.

It stands to reason that after two full months of preparation, with countless twists and turns, the filming finally started. This should be a day worth celebrating.No matter what, we have to hold a worship event, and pray for the success of the next filming.

However, the atmosphere of the opening ceremony of "Born in Silt" was not easy at all, and it was even different from Qin Yan's opening ceremony every time he filmed a movie before.

Every crew member was silent, just waiting for Qin Yan to announce the start of filming.

Of course, there are still many media who have been paying attention to "Born in Silt", so naturally they did not miss this weird opening ceremony.

Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian are two popular young actors in China. Even if they appeared in such a small county, news spread quickly.

Some media even came to this county town earlier than Xi Qianqian and the others to get first-hand news.

But this time Qin Yan personally ordered not to accept any interviews, and the content of the shooting was not allowed to be leaked.

Most of the media did not dare to oppose Qin Yan, and did not report on Xie Beiyang's life experience, and did not even mention the start of filming of "Born in the Silt". .

Of course, Qin Yan is not inhumane, he agreed that after the movie is released, these original interview materials can be used and promoted.

This kind of treatment is enough to satisfy these media, although it is very painful for them to have materials in their hands and not be able to report.

But at least their current materials will surely become the headlines one day in the future, and they are already very satisfied with this.

At the same time, these media people felt that Qin Yan was going to play big this time.

At the opening ceremony, they took countless photos of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian.

If they weren't worried that there would be more explosive news, they would be able to take pictures of Xie Beiyang now until the memory card was full.

At the same time, because many of them had seen Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian in private, they probably couldn't believe that these two actors were really Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian.

Or you may think that the two who are praised by no fans for their appearance are actually an illusion created by makeup techniques.

Especially Xie Beiyang, where did this messy country boy come from?

Isn't it really a young guy who was randomly caught in the local countryside?How can there be fans touting his aristocratic temperament? Shen Chunan in "Earth Fortress" is really him?Or is it that Western special effects technology has advanced to such a point that it is enough to confuse the fake with the real?

But after being taught by their peers or seniors, they realized how serious and serious Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang were when they made a movie this time.

How could it not be admirable to achieve this level with only the transformation of the previous form?

Before the start of the first act, the atmosphere of the crew was very solemn, and Qin Yan did not deliberately adjust this atmosphere.

Because of the life experience during this period, most of the actors in the crew were immersed in the script of "Born in Silt".

Qin Yan felt that this state was very good. "Born in the Silt" was originally a movie with a heavy theme. If the actors were laughing and laughing during the filming process, how could the actors really participate in the play?

Of course, relatively speaking, the first half of the movie is still easy.

This time in the filming of "Born in the Silt", Qin Yan generally adopted the order of time.

Because the mood of the protagonist of the movie changes completely with the passage of time.

Fortunately, the location of "Born in the Mud" didn't change too much, otherwise Qin Yan's shooting method with this kind of excellence would be the saddest part of Ding Chang.

The footage shot today is actually the earliest story in the timeline.This part will actually be briefly described in the movie through interludes.

""Born in Mud", scene one, scene one, ah!"

The first scene is a clip of the protagonist Liu Dali going to school. Qin Yan chose a moving long shot as soon as he came up.The camera shot the entire classroom environment from top to bottom.

The whole classroom is very dilapidated, with pure wooden tables and chairs painted with green paint, and each table is different.

These are all made by the carpenters in the village with scrap materials, and they have been used for more than ten years without being replaced.

There are no fans or lights on the ceilings of the classrooms. The village was just connected to electricity last year, and the school is not yet available.

In front of it is a blackboard made of black cement. After using this kind of blackboard for a long time, chalk dust will remain in the gaps, and it will be a gray piece, which cannot be cleaned no matter how you wash it.

This is Hongshan Town Primary School, where children from several nearby villages will come to study.

Qin Yan will be personally responsible for part of the photography work, and all the shots have been previewed countless times in his mind.

As early as when filming "Laughing Jianghu", Qin Yan handed over most of the photography work. From "The Gatekeeper", he was only in charge of directing.

The director and the photographer shoulder the shoulders, which is really exhausting.

This time, for "Born in the Silt" and for Xie Beiyang, Qin Yan picked up the camera again, of course not for the whole process, he and his energy did not allow him to do so.

Only old partners like Qin Yan and Liu Zhengwen could cooperate with each other to complete the main photography work.

Liu Zhengwen didn't complain, because he knew that Xie Beiyang under his lens was definitely not as attractive as Xie Beiyang in Qin Yan's lens.

Not referring to the handsome appearance, but the display of spirit.

After looking around, Xie Beiyang's face appeared directly on the screen.At this time, Xie Beiyang has changed significantly from a month ago.

The biggest change is Xie Beiyang's hair.Xie Beiyang's hairstyle has always been in charge of the designer. In order to cater to the mainstream aesthetics of the market, Xie Beiyang has always had a more handsome hairstyle in the past two years.

But now the trendy bangs have all disappeared, leaving only the cropped cutout that has been bitten by a dog, stuck on Xie Beiyang's head.

Xie Beiyang is now completely the protagonist "Liu Dali".

Rural children don't love beauty, they love beauty.

But Liu Dali did not have this condition at all.Because he has to get up after 5 o'clock every morning to feed the chickens, clean the pigsty, and carry water and fertilize.

After finishing all this work, Liu Dali had to walk for nearly an hour to come to the town for class.

Liu Dali also wanted to sleep more every day, so he chose to cut his hair short.

In this way, washing his hair can save 2 minutes. All he does is to keep his life going, so that he can go to school.

As for why Liu Dali's hair looked like a dog gnawed it, it was because Liu Dali cut it himself.

These plot explanations will not be mentioned in the movie, because the main part of "Born in Silt" is all after dropping out of school.

Now the shots are only a few minutes at most, and they are still presented in interludes and flashbacks. I am afraid that not many viewers will find these details when the movie is released.

But the crew still did a perfect job, making everything stand up to scrutiny.

Poor children in rural areas still have the most popular bangs?Apply hairspray?Will it be messy when doing farm work?

Isn't this fooling the audience?

Although it was the first scene of "Born in Silt", Xie Beiyang was already asked to show his acting skills.

According to the plot, Liu Dali should have done a lot of physical labor and only ate half a corn bun, so he should be tired and hungry.

On the other hand, Liu Dali wanted to show his yearning for knowledge, so he should be quite excited.

This is a very conflicting feeling, and it is not easy to act out.

Looking at Liu Dali in the camera, Qin Yan showed a satisfied expression. He can only say that Xie Beiyang's eyes are really good at talking.

He could feel the seriousness of "Liu Dali" just by blinking his eyes.

People might even interpret Xie Beiyang's quick blinking behavior as Liu Dali didn't want to miss a minute of the class, so he blinked so quickly.

"Card!"

Because Qin Yan was holding the main camera, he was sure that Xie Beiyang's performance was quite good just now, so he directly announced the approval of the first act.

The other crew members also saw Xie Beiyang's outstanding performance, and gave their own applause one after another, which made the crew's depression a little bit dissipated.

The next two days will be Xie Beiyang's solo show.The old actors of the crew were surprised that Xie Beiyang's acting skills were so good.

On the one hand, Xie Beiyang's acting skills have improved in each play, and on the other hand, it is also because the role of "Liu Dali" is the most difficult role Xie Beiyang has encountered.

"Liu Dali" has too many possible emotions and stories, allowing Xie Beiyang to dig and play.

This is a character with a full score of 1000, and Xie Beiyang can finally show his accumulation over the years.

Xie Beiyang just finished filming another scene, and the plot of this scene is also very simple, that is, Liu Dali is doing farm work while reciting ancient poems.

"Although the tortoise lives long, it still has its time; the snake rides the mist, and it turns into ashes in the end."

Obviously Liu Dali pronounced "ash" as "fly".

Xie Beiyang grew up in Pingcheng since he was a child. Coupled with the training at home and school, Xie Beiyang's Mandarin is quite standard. Before he had nothing to do, he even took the first-class certificate.

And Liu Dali tried his best to recite the text in Mandarin, but he couldn't distinguish the pronunciation of "f" and "h".

This is the speaking habit of people in Hongshan Town. When Xie Beiyang was experiencing life before, he worked hard to master the local dialect.

When Xie Beiyang first came to the village before, he ran to chat with the villagers when he had nothing to do.

At the beginning, when the villagers were chatting, he was completely dazed. He just nodded and smiled at the side. Now he can finally have a few words with everyone. Several aunts want to match Xie Beiyang.

Qin Yan really wanted Qin Yan to take a look at Xie Beiyang, who was working hard to learn the dialect, he would be very cute.

However, when he started filming, Xie Beiyang was already able to speak the local dialect fluently and chat with the villagers.

It only took 2 days to film all of Liu Dali's experiences in school.

These experiences are Liu Dali's fondest memories.

Every time Liu Dali fell into the abyss, Qin Yan prepared to use some memories for comparison.

Why do people recall the past, because it used to be beautiful, but now it is miserable.

What follows is the first scene of Qin Yan's planned movie - the reason why Liu Dali dropped out of school.

Liu Dali and his family are very poor, and his father has been working in the city.

The money his father got from working part-time was not much, so he could afford the basic life of their family. If he worked harder, Liu Dali could continue to study.

Why does Liu Dali love studying so much?There will be another shot in the future. His father once took Liu Dali to the big city where he worked. Liu Dali has seen the tall buildings covered by clouds and the sun. He has never imagined that human beings can live in such high places.

For Liu Dali who had never been out of the county, this was a complete shock to his soul.

Liu Dali made up his mind that he must live in such a city no matter what.

But because of working so hard, Liu Dali's father was injured, and he was no longer needed at the construction site, and he returned to the village without losing money.

In an instant, families who were not well-to-do had no source of income.

As the head of the family, Liu Dali must support the whole family.

After struggling with his family several times and seeing the helpless eyes of his younger siblings, Liu Dali still chose to give up his studies and go home to farm.

For this reason, Qin Yan arranged a crying scene, which was the first breaking point in the movie.

Liu Dali was feeling pain for his father when Yu was crying, and at the same time, he also had a premonition that his life might never fly again.

"Born in the Mud" was not completely written according to the experience of the prototype in those years. Wang Changyong has already given a story with a completely different appearance.

In order to make the final dramatic conflict more intense, the script has been laying the groundwork in the early stage.

So when Liu Dali left the school, he was very silent. He just bid farewell to all the teachers and classmates quietly.

His eyes were red, but he didn't cry.

Liu Dali shouldered his due responsibilities.

Similarly, Qin Yan changed the plot slightly, and at the same time planted a small easter egg.

In the script, a teacher expressed his blessings to Liu Dali, those words that Wang Changyong said back then, those sincere and cruel blessings.

This teacher only appeared once in the whole process, and Qin Yan actually chose to let the screenwriter Wang Changyong play this role!

Many directors will leave the country in the film, but it is very rare for the screenwriter to appear.

After all, easter eggs are meant to surprise the audience, and most of the audience are not interested in who the screenwriter is at all.

Even if they heard that there are Easter eggs written by the screenwriter in this movie, how many people are willing to know about it?

But Qin Yan still chose to let Wang Changyong play the role, because in his opinion, Wang Changyong is indispensable for "Born in Silt".

Even Wang Changyong is more important than Qin Yan himself and Xie Beiyang.

Without Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang, there would be other directors interested in this script, but without Wang Changyong's "Born in the Silt", it would always be muddy, and no one would lower their heads to take another look.

Wang Changyong is the creator of this script, and he is also a person who experienced it back then, and Wang Changyong's words were originally what he said to the prototype character of the story.

No matter from what point of view, Qin Yan hoped that this scene would be performed by Wang Changyong.

Of course, Qin Yan would not joke about the quality of the movie just for the sake of feelings.

The role of the teacher only appears this time, and there is only this line.

Wang Changyong was originally a teacher by profession, he didn't need to perform at all, he only needed to express his state in his daily life.

In addition, the filming location was originally the abandoned school where Wang Changyong worked before. He is too familiar with this environment and the local dialect.

It is very simple for Wang Changyong to "play" the teacher in such a familiar environment.

After Wang Changyong successfully filmed this scene, he left the classroom quickly without greeting anyone.

Because knowing the story behind the script can help them understand the script better, Qin Yan told everyone about the background and significance of the script creation.

Everyone was very clear about what happened that year, and no one bothered Wang Changyong.

Wang Changyong stood in the open space outside the classroom for a while before walking back.

His eyes were still bloodshot, and everyone knew that this nearly 50-year-old teacher and screenwriter must have failed to control his emotions just now.

Everyone pretended nothing happened and greeted Wang Changyong as usual.

Wang Changyong walked up to Qin Yan, who was talking to Xie Beiyang.

Just now Xie Beiyang was more excited than Wang Changyong.After all, "Liu Dali" at this time still has hope for the future. After hearing the teacher's blessing to him, he is full of cleanliness.

Wang Changyong didn't look for Qin Yan, he said to Xie Beiyang:

"Mr. Xie, what you did just now was really good. At that moment, I seemed to really see that child standing in front of me. Thank you so much."

Xie Beiyang grabbed his trousers in embarrassment. He has been very worried about his performance in the past few days. Of course he will be happy to be recognized by the screenwriter.

To be honest, letting Xie Beiyang play the role of a middle school student really made him feel a little bit embarrassed.

Qin Yan found the most powerful makeup artist he knew, and helped Xie Beiyang make adjustments from various angles.

In addition, during this period of time, Xie Beiyang mixed with the students every day, so he finally acted out the vigor and innocence of that kind of child.

And this was Xie Beiyang's limit.

In order to avoid making the audience feel disobedient, Qin Yan will not use too many school scenes.But for the scene just now, Qin Yan would cut it into the movie no matter what.

This is the best blessing for Liu Dali's miserable life.

With the advancement of the plot, Xie Beiyang's role in the role became more and more difficult, and he became more and more involved in the role.

Then it was my turn to shoot "Liu Dali" who dropped out of school and went home to start farming.

His father can no longer do physical work, his mother is in poor health, and his brother and sister are still young. Liu Dali can only bear the burden of life.

For the next few days, I will be filming scenes of Xie Beiyang doing farm work.

Although Xie Beiyang is already proficient in farm work, this part was not easy to shoot.

In the script, Liu Dali worked in the fields for more than half a year, and when the harvest was harvested in autumn, he sold all the agricultural products and found that there was not enough money for his younger siblings' school fees, and then he had his first blow.

In order to reflect the blow that Liu Dali suffered, it is necessary to photograph all the hard work of the farm work, which took more than half a year.

It is impossible for Qin Yan to spend so much time taking pictures of the countryside in four seasons.As for the plot of the last harvest in autumn, we can wait for the reshoots in July and August, and it will only be a few reshoots.

Most of the "farm work" plots have to be filmed now.

Therefore, it is only possible to express the change of time in other ways, such as light, scenery, and Xie Beiyang's clothes and work status.

It’s only April now, no matter how cold and steep the spring breeze is, Xie Beiyang has to capture the state of the four seasons of the year.

Xie Beiyang was still wearing long clothes and trousers to cut grass yesterday, and today he has to shoot the scene of working in summer in June.

Because the weather was too "hot", Xie Beiyang took off his shirt directly, and the next scene surprised everyone.

The ribs on Xie Beiyang's body are really clearly visible. There is no beauty of a young body, only poverty and hunger.

Xie Beiyang also specially tanned his skin color some time ago, not the wheat color that Western stars worship.It is the brownish yellow color formed by working in the field for a long time, which looks reminiscent of the land and sweat.

Now Xie Beiyang is holding a hoe and digging in the ground with his upper body bare.

In order to reflect the heat of summer, Xie Beiyang also went for a long-distance run before filming, so that his body was soaked in sweat, and at the same time, his skin simulated the crimson color of being exposed to the sun.

Qin Yan took the camera and gave Xie Beiyang a few close-ups. Although his movements were still steady and his expression didn't change in any way, his mood was not as calm as he appeared.

Some time ago, after Qin Yan came to the crew, although the two reunited, they hardly had any contact in private.

One is that the two of them agreed long ago not to have any intimate behavior during filming, which is something they would agree on every time they make a film.

In fact, when they were filming "Earth Fortress" before, the two still occasionally had some intimate contact in private.

But this time, Xie Beiyang took strict precautions against Qin Yan, not to mention some intimate behaviors, even hugging was not allowed.

According to Xie Beiyang, the mood of "Born in the Silt" was very low, and he couldn't let himself have any excitement and joy.

This is indeed the main reason, but now Qin Yan is sure that there is another reason that Xie Beiyang is hiding the truth about his body.

He knew very well that as long as Qin Yan gave him a hug, Qin Yan would know the changes in his body immediately.

Even if Qin Yan had to know about this matter in the end, even if it was a result that both of them knew well, Xie Beiyang still subconsciously concealed it.

Because he was afraid of making Qin Yan worry too much, this was the first time that Xie Beiyang regretted that Qin Yan directed "Born in the Silt".

Of course Qin Yan knew the results of Xie Beiyang's weight loss during this period, but he only knew the statistics.Xie Beiyang has been hiding under long-sleeved trousers. Although his face is obviously thin, the impact brought by the full body visual effect makes Qin Yan a little dazed.

Xie Beiyang's current figure can really be described as skinny.

In less than two months of training, Xie Beiyang lost 15 catties, which is already more than 10% of his body weight. What an exaggeration.

Moreover, Xie Beiyang has been deliberately controlling his diet recently. You must know that there is also a clear difference between morbid thinness and healthy thinness.

Xie Beiyang's skin was obviously yellowish. This yellowishness was not caused by the sun, but because the body lacked the necessary nutrients.

The image of a rural child appeared vividly in front of his eyes, and Qin Yan didn't know how to express his heartache.

What Qin Yan can do at this moment is to record all the shocks with the camera.

He knew why Xie Beiyang worked so hard, because Xie Beiyang hoped that his current image could impress every audience and make them feel real.

Since this is his boyfriend's wish, Qin Yan must achieve this goal for him.

After the filming of this scene, Qin Yan suppressed his emotions and turned sideways, asking the assistant at the side to quickly put on the clothes for Xie Beiyang.

It was still a bit chilly in April, and here is a mountainous area, and the mountain wind is even harsher.Coupled with Xie Beiyang's strenuous exercise just now, his body is covered with sweat, and he may catch a cold if he is not careful.

As for turning sideways, Qin Yan was actually avoiding his emotions.

He knew that if he took another look, he might really not be able to resist hugging Xie Beiyang.

After Xie Beiyang put on his clothes, Qin Yan and Xie Beiyang looked at each other, and there was a private agreement between the two in their eyes:

In any case, "Born in Silt" must be shot well.

In half a month, the filming of the rural and school scenes was officially completed.

Next, the entire crew will go to the second location, the coastal city that once created countless job opportunities and financial legends, and it is also the city that completely plunged the fate of "Liu Dali" into darkness.