Chapter 8 Walk-in
What wakes Qin Chuan up every morning is not the alarm clock, but poverty.
Being accustomed to getting up early, he woke up before dawn as usual. When he turned on the light, he saw that Zhou Haopeng in the bed next to him was no longer there.
Qin Chuan sighed: "As expected of someone who can buy a house and a car, he is really diligent. I still need to learn more."
Half an hour later, after Qin Chuan finished washing, Zhou Haopeng walked in with a chicken coop on his head, dark circles under his eyes, and wearing large underpants.
"Brother Peng, what are you doing here?"
Qin Chuan was a little confused about his operation. Morning exercise? It doesn’t look like it either.
"I slept in the next room in the middle of last night." Zhou Haopeng was hesitant to speak, but finally couldn't help but said: "Brother, do you have the habit of sleepwalking?"
Qin Chuan scratched his head: "How to say?"
Zhou Haopeng expressed his bitterness: "I was half asleep in the middle of the night and heard you whispering."
"Then I went to turn on the light. Damn it, it almost scared me to death. I had a mask on my face and kept talking in my sleep, crying and laughing. It was so scary."
God knows what he went through last night.
Qin Chuan was like a ghost, with a split personality, which made the hairs crawl on his back.
He couldn't wake up after several calls, so he was so frightened that he went to find someone else sleeping in the next room.
Qin Chuan was a little embarrassed. It had become his habit to write a biography of a character before going to bed, put on a Nuo instrument and experience life for two hours in his dream before falling asleep.
Unexpectedly, my roommate was frightened.
"Brother Peng, I'm sorry, I have this old habit. I'll try to change it."
"Understood, understood." Zhou Haopeng's face looked a little unhappy.
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After washing up, Qin Chuan squatted at the door of the hotel to wait for the bus. After a while, people came out of the hotel one after another to wait with him.
There is a clear hierarchy among the crew.
Big celebrities stay in hotels, and those who stay in hotels are staff members and small actors.
At six o'clock in the morning, the crew's bus arrived on time, and everyone got on the bus. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, the Tianlong Babu Film and Television Base City.
Yes, in order to film a movie, the crew built a city.
Of course, it is said to be a city, but it is actually just a few palaces of different styles and a number of man-made scenic spots.
Even this is very expensive and cannot be done without tens of millions. There are not many directors in the country who dare to do this.
Zhang Jizhong and Zhang Dabeard are one of them.
Although he is not the director of this drama, he has more say than the director, because he is both an investor and the chief producer, and the director and filming team are all his.
A real boss.
"Everyone get off the car and stand in line." The assistant director is preparing to arrange work for the group performers: "The leader of the group maintains order and rolls the roll to see if everyone is present."
When the group leader called their names, Qin Chuan walked out, holding a cigarette in his hand and walked down the runway next to the deputy director: "Director Wang, I'm new here today, please take care of me."
"I know." After putting away the cigarette, the director said calmly.
Seeing him like this, Qin Chuan continued: "My name is Qin Chuan."
"It's you." Xu Zhu just greeted him yesterday, and the assistant director certainly didn't forget it. Then he looked at Qin Chuan: "You are an actor in the team, do you have any experience in filming before?"
"Yes, I have been filming at Beijing Film Studio for two and a half years."
When you come out to hang out, your identity is given by yourself.
Qin Chuan said that he had two and a half years of work experience. There was no need to provide proof of work anyway, so he could just say whatever he wanted.
"Okay, I understand." The assistant director took out a small notebook and wrote Qin Chuan's name on it: "You go back to the team and stand still." Ten minutes later, the team was all lined up, and the assistant director spoke, which was nothing more than precautions and obedience. Commanding and stuff like that.
Finally he said: "Today we need sixty actors for long shots, fifteen for close shots, eleven for special appointments, and six for extras."
"The next person whose name is read will stand up..."
Long shot, close shot, special contract, supporting role, supporting role, protagonist, these are the ranks of the crew.
The long shot is commonly known as the background board. It has no lines and no shots. It may be a beggar, a hawker or a passing scholar in the distance when the protagonist is taking a girl shopping.
Sometimes in post-production, when the background is blurred, everything is gone.
There are no lines in the close-up shots, but faces can be shown, such as the palace maid approaching and the eunuch standing next to the emperor in the hall.
Special guests can show their faces and have lines, but there are only a few words, maybe one or two sentences, and the specifics are divided into small special, medium special, and big special.
The supporting roles are different. The innkeeper who checks out, the brothel hawker, the bandit who blocks the road... basically all can talk and communicate with the protagonist and supporting characters.
The roles played are different, the actors' salaries are different, and the differences between different levels are very big.
"Single-track actors: Chen Jinping, Wang Xiao, Li Lulu, Qin Chuan..."
Qin Chuan's name was added to the list of the first batch of actors whose names were called.
He himself didn't expect that he would be able to play a supporting role on the first day he came here.
It seems that Huang Bo's relationship is quite strong.
Qin Chuan stood aside with a few extras. He was clearly separated from the large number of extras. There was a gap between the extras and the extras.
He could clearly feel that there were many eyes sweeping over him, showing envy and jealousy.
After arranging the work, the assistant director called Qin Chuan and others aside to give them a private talk about the play.
One page per person.
This is the script.
Qin Chuan was assigned a waiter. He was responsible for greeting Qiao Feng and Azi when they came to eat.
There are more than twenty lines before and after.
"Everyone does it again, and I'll see the effect."
The assistant director said he was talking about the drama, but in fact he was just testing the skills of several people. They seemed to be about the same, so it was reasonable, because his own skills were average.
Some of the first few people got the role of a drug store owner, some got the role of a gang leader, and some got a female slave.
Under the scrutiny of the assistant director, all of them performed well. It can be seen that they are all people with certain acting skills, not newcomers.
When it was Qin Chuan's turn, he bent down, showed a bright smile, walked forward quickly, and pretended to serve the food: "Here comes the dish, sir, beef, chicken, wine, sir, please take your time..."
In costume dramas, hooligans, waiters, and street vendors are unavoidable characters. Fortunately, Qin Chuan has practiced them several times in dreams.
The working-class mentality that has long been ingrained into my bones means that I don’t need to think, I just speak out the words when I open my mouth, and the performance is very natural.
A few simple lines involve a lot of knowledge. The expression, posture, tone, and movements should not be too exaggerated or too rigid.
"Yes, it's okay." The assistant director nodded, and this level was passed: "Let's all put on makeup."
"Huh!" Qin Chuan breathed out.
This is the most eloquent time he has ever had since he entered the industry. If he didn't have the Nuo tools, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to perform if he was given the chance.
Even a waiter in a shop is like this, let alone a protagonist with hundreds of pages of lines.
Sure enough, opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared...so don't prepare blindly before you have the chance.
(End of chapter)