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There are not many shots of the heroine being abandoned in the Song Mansion, and they were shot quickly. When Ye Weilin was sorting out some reshoots, there was a drizzle, and Xue Wen's figure appeared in the dark alley with lights. Desolate and beautiful, like a colorful flower, swaying in the wind and rain that made it dilapidated.

Ye Weilin stared blankly at the sight, and felt a little moved. Although he couldn't think of the function of this lens for the time being, in order to retain the charm and beauty, he immediately gestured for Ai Yusen to take a picture of this scene.

Xue Wen was wearing a knee-length purple jacket with a slightly narrowed waist, with a circle of white plush dotted around the button of the lapel. Under the straight and narrow trousers, two pink embroidered shoes were like lotuses. She walked with a reserved and affectionate step by step. Looking at the sudden light rain, she also seemed caught off guard, looking up at the strands of rain, as if she remembered something, but she didn't seem to.

The costume team of "Song Manting" is the top costume creation team in China, and has participated in many movie giant productions. The main creative designer hired Ms. Li Man, a famous cheongsam master, and has preliminarily designed more than 20 sets of costumes for the movie. Hundreds of design drafts, almost all of them are in line with Ye Weilin's philosophy, each set is beautiful and expensive.

The costumes in the Song Dynasty are mostly jackets, skirts and foreign clothes from the late Qing and early Ming Dynasties, and the cheongsam is only worn once. When she arrived in Shanghai, the heroine began to wear cheongsam daily.

After shooting this flash of inspiration, all the scenes in the Song Mansion were over, and the shooting schedule also started to the content of the interaction between the heroine and the man. The scenes in the capital included Qinshe stage and other places, and "Lu Wu" The cast will also meet tomorrow.

When work was over, Ye Weilin even talked to Xue Wen: "Tomorrow is your first emotional rivalry scene, are you nervous?"

"I'll know if I'm nervous or not, but I'm looking forward to it now." Xue Wen said, looking at him nervously as if she suddenly remembered something, and said, "Is there a passionate scene tomorrow?"

According to the script arrangement, during the filming of the relationship between "Song Manting" and "Lu Wu", there were indeed a few more nude/exposed scenes. After reading the script, Xue Wen of course knew that these were inevitable, but she and the other party's opponents were separated. In addition, there are many more. Generally, this kind of more sensitive shots are not started until the two actors are familiar with each other, but shooting as soon as the other party arrives will obviously bring pressure to the two people who do not know each other.

"Guess?" Ye Weilin was not so serious outside of work, and would even joke with everyone when he was in a good mood.

As soon as Xue Wen heard that the other party was joking, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and changed the subject: "I heard that Mr. Lu Qi came from a family in the Liyuan family. Some of the TV dramas he has acted in before have guest roles in operas. Playing a martial arts student this time can be regarded as acting in his true colors."

The actor who plays the role of "Lu Wu" is called Lu Qi. He does have a background in Liyuan and has a good understanding of traditional culture. When he debuted, he played a number of roles in theatrical troupes, but most of them played Huadan in TV dramas, and Wu Sheng was rare. Ye Weilin has watched some of his film and television works, and found that the other party's performance outside of the role of the troupe is also remarkable, and the expression of eyes is particularly delicate. Ye Weilin still looks forward to him.

"Not really, he plays Hua Dan more." Ye Weilin shook his head, thinking of tomorrow's highlight, he was still a little worried, and explained to Xue Wen all the way: "Tomorrow we are going to Yangdaokou Cultural Station to shoot. After setting up the scene, As soon as you enter the door, you have to show a special sense of futility, and put on an air of looking for entertainment, but don’t be too obvious, and you must be fundamentally different from other lonely ladies looking for fun, because your husband died at that time... ..."

Early the next morning, the crew bid farewell to the "Song Mansion" location where the shooting lasted for more than half a month, and rushed to the Yangdaokou Cultural Station more than ten kilometers away to shoot the next scene.

Yangdaokou Cultural Station is a well-known folk traditional cultural base in the capital. It is funded by the government and managed by the local community. There are theaters, piano clubs, painting houses, poetry clubs, and chess rooms. In recent years, it has developed into attracting foreign tourists and renting it as a film and television shooting location, so as to drive the development of the surrounding economy, and gradually has the shadow of a small-scale film and television city.

The venue that Ye Weilin rented is the longest surviving stage. According to the people at the cultural station, this stage can be traced back to the early Qing Dynasty. Several famous opera troupes have performed here. place.

But no matter how beautiful it is, after hundreds of years of wind and rain, it has long been turned into an old wall and a broken scull. It was pushed back during the Cultural Revolution and was rebuilt according to its original appearance in the past eight years. Due to special historical reasons, it has not been refreshed so far. Whitewashing, of course, this kind of old stage is exactly what Ye Weilin wants.

The stage and stands constitute a typical back-shaped building. The area is small, but it is enough for the crew to shoot. During the one-hour set time, the actor Lu Qi of "Lu Wu" arrived, and Ye Weilin greeted the other party after a few words. , went directly to the topic, moved three small benches, and began to communicate with him and Xue Wen.

"Mr. Lu, have you finished reading the script?" Ye Weilin asked straight to the point.

Originally, according to the schedule, the actors should arrive at the crew one or two days before they have roles to familiarize themselves with all aspects, especially the preparation of the script and lines, so that they can get into the mood quickly, but Lu Qi came so late, if he didn't even read the script, It's too much to say.

"I watched the play when I received it." Lu Qi replied apologetically.

"This is your script book." After Ye Weilin handed the other party's script book, he pointed to the content on it and said, "Later, the action guide will tell you which actions to perform. When she walks over, your actions should be changed a little." , showing your attention to her."

"And you," Ye Weilin turned his eyes to Xue Wen and said, "Your lines are written in the book, as soon as you sit down, your eyes will be attracted by the martial artist on the stage, and you will look at him without blinking, but in fact, you can try More physical movements, for example, your hand just picked up the handkerchief, but when your eyes saw it, the movement stopped immediately..."

"Is that so?" Xue Wen started to move as she spoke.

"Director Ye, do I need to pause when I see her?" Lu Qi asked.

After Ye Weilin affirmed Xue Wen, he said to Lu Qi: "No need, not only can't stop, but also your movements should be more beautiful, oh, by the way, don't you have experience in stage performances, the action guide is here Then, go over and discuss with him, what kind of moves look good."

Because Lu Qi's performances in this scene are all on the stage, with heavy makeup on, and no interaction with the heroine, so the focus is still on Xue Wen, and Ye Weilin keeps telling her about the play, answering questions by the way , Xue Wen also continued to simulate some details and actions according to Ye Weilin's suggestion.

It took nearly an hour for the venue to be set up. The benches and chairs filled the first and second floors of the stands, and the temporarily recruited extras were starting to change their clothes.

"Okay, after all, I still have to go to the battle in person, you go get ready." Ye Weilin turned to look at Lu Qi after talking to Xue Wen, and beckoned him to go backstage for makeup. After all, stage makeup is a bit more than ordinary makeup. Doubling the time, you have to prepare first.

Several cameras were squatted near the stage and the seat of "Song Manting" to take pictures from multiple angles. Of course, the shots taken by Ai Yusen must be the main shots in the end, after all, his techniques and framing are more professional.

Soon, the actors were all ready, just waiting for his order.

"Action!"

With the slapping of the slate, the performance of the classic "War in Jizhou" began on the stage. "Lu Wu" played the protagonist Ma Chao. After the defeat of Weishui, he wanted to gather other forces to attack Youji City. Stories that lead to failure.

Before Ye Weilin shouted to start, Lu Qi tried several times. Originally, Ye Weilin didn't hold the psychological expectation that the opponent would be able to learn martial arts skills as soon as he came, but after looking at it, he found that this posture was really good. A person who has been a martial arts student for many years, he approached Ye Weilin and said, "I think he should have practiced too, once taught, he will be able to walk very steadily, and his movements will be smooth."

After all, Ye Weilin was an outsider, and he only saw that his posture was good, and the rhythm of walking seemed to have no pause or error, so he asked him, "Then do you think his movements are beautiful?"

"It's not so much, it's better than not making mistakes," he said.

Ye Weilin bowed his head and thought for a while, and after discussing with the storyboarder for a while, he decided to make use of his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and focus on the continuity of the action. As for the details, he did not shoot, and the framing was mainly the middle shot of the upper body, and the close-up of the face.

Sure enough, the effect was much better. After Ye Weilin yelled "start", he stood behind Ai Yusen's camera and watched "Lu Wu" every move.

Lu Wu turned around a few times, and the flag planted behind him whirled and turned, drawing a particularly crisp and beautiful arc. His footsteps and gestures were as smooth as the action director said. You can feel his unwillingness to face failure and his heroic eagerness to make progress.

Ye Weilin frowned and folded his arms and looked at it for a while, then yelled "Ka" and told Lu Qi to do it again.

This shot lasts about 20 to [-] seconds. It is necessary to show the wonderful performance of the stage and the excitement of the audience. If you are lazy, you can take a medium shot or even a medium long shot. The performance on the stage is not high. , but in Ye Weilin's conception, if this scene is replaced by a montage technique of one second on stage and one second off stage, it will be more rendering and artistic.

In this case, Luqi's performance is not perfect.

It took several times for this scene to finally satisfy Ye Weilin. He waved his hand and instructed Ai Yusen to focus the camera on Xue Wen who had just entered the stands.

Xue Wen was wearing a bright jacket and skirt, her hair was tied up like a woman's, and there was a plain flower on her temples.

Her face was very indifferent, sitting in the first row of the stands, her eyes did not look at the stage, but turned around casually, which was very different from the women next to them who were whispering and laughing at each other in the stands .