"New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has a total of six units.
In order to shorten the shooting cycle and save costs, Sugar Man adopted a multi-director team model.
In addition to Wu Jingyuan, the director of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", there are also two directors Huang Weimin and Wei Hantao, each responsible for a group of filming.
Wu Jingyuan is naturally the chief director, and the other two will meet with him every day to summarize and arrange work.
According to the general work flow, he had to go and greet his unit director first.
But on this day, as soon as he brought his assistant Zhao Xuan to the set, he saw Liu Shishi, wearing a white satin dress with colorful butterfly patterns embroidered on it, squatting in front of the camera and crying.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
It is like a clear drizzle, a low and long sad sob.
"Brother Zhang Yuan, this girl is so beautiful." Zhao Xunjie, who was right next to him, said softly after seeing her.
"Especially when she's crying, she looks even better."
She thought to herself, no wonder she was the school beauty in the martial arts school, but after she came to the crew, she could only play small roles and be a stand-in.
There is no way, most of those who can become leading actors are far superior to ordinary people in terms of image and temperament.
Even those actresses whose appearance is not their selling point are mostly better than ordinary people.
For example, Jiang Xin participated in the "Xiao Cui" unit.
Among the actresses, this one is by no means known for her looks.
I have even been criticized for being wide and fat.
But if you really find an ordinary girl standing next to her, you will find that Jiang Xin's face is two times smaller than that of ordinary girls.
And he is not fat at all, with a thin neck and long legs.
It is only because the strongest has its own strong hand that it seems that she cannot rely on her face to make a living.
For example, in the "Xiao Cui" unit, she could only play the female villain.
Because the leading female lead in this unit is Li Bingbing!
Standing next to Li Bingbing, Jiang Xin's round face immediately looked fatter and rounder next to the other person's awl face. She was obviously ten years younger than the other person, but she looked like an "aunt" Such temperament comes.
The little lion is very girly, because she is a girl, and she is only eighteen years old now.
The girl sheds tears, just as the wind beats the lotus leaves, and the rain moistens the banana trees. Not only does Zhao Xunjie like to see it, Zhang Yuan also likes to see it.
He still wants to.
“Hey!”
“My little senior sister’s acting skills are good!”
“The crying scene is so natural.”
But the next second When he looked around, he knew he was overthinking.
"Don't cry, don't cry?" Director Wu Jingyuan came to her side and asked, squatting down.
Hu Ge, who was playing opposite her, had a helpless face, and even a look of collapse in his eyes.
"His ha, ha ha..." Liu Shishi was sobbing when she caught sight of a familiar figure from the corner of her eye.
"Junior brother!"
After seeing Zhang Yuan, this man stood up suddenly, ran a few steps, and fell into his arms.
Zhang Yuan: ...
How should the crew view me if you are so mean?
Zhang Yuan turned around and saw his assistant looking at him with squinted eyes.
"Brother Zhang Yuan is so good with women..." Zhao Xunxuan was still muttering.
"Ahem, the crew's affairs stay with the crew." He reminded quickly.
"What's the matter?" Then he lowered his head and asked.
"Junior brother, I don't want to act anymore?" After saying that, she buried her head on his chest and continued to cry.
Afraid that she would be bullied, Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows and came to Wu Jingyuan.
"What's going on?"
"Zhang Yuan, I haven't seen you for a while." Director Wu scratched the top of his head with sparse hair: "What, it's nothing serious."
"Mr. Cai took care of me. This is your senior sister, so everyone takes good care of me."
Director Wu was helpless.
Now Liu Shishi's acting skills cannot be said to be professional and exquisite, but it can only be said that there is a lot of room for improvement.
Roughly equivalent to the level of Liu Qianqian during the "Golden Fen Family" period... but not very good.
I have played supporting roles in two TV series, but I was taught step by step by the director.
It's not impossible at all. At least I know how to operate the shooting scene and what things need to be paid attention to.
But the understanding of the characters, the expression of emotions, and the interpretation of the script are still at a very early stage.
This time, it was Zhang Yuan who forced Miao to encourage her and arranged for her to be the heroine of the unit.
In fact, based on her current fame and strength, she is not worthy of this role.
Director Wu has been working very hard on the filming these days, and the male lead Hu Ge is also almost exhausted, just to cooperate with her.
"Then what's going on?" Zhang Yuan pointed at the girl lying on his chest.
"Hi...according to the script, there is a kiss scene."
"She and Hu Ge had to kiss."
"But as soon as the other party came closer, she Crying, she started crying as soon as he got close to me. This happened several times.”
Hu Ge’s appearance of collapse was precisely because of this.
Made it look like I was going to rape her.
Hu Gexin said that her first kiss on screen was with Sugar Man’s ex-girlfriend Sun Li.
After the kiss scene was filmed, Sun Li was quite happy and felt that she had taken advantage.
It’s easy for me to compliment him on how handsome he is.
Why did Liu Shishi make me cry when I came here?
He didn't even think about it. Sun Li was pregnant at the moment. Not to mention the kissing scene, Zhang Yuan couldn't even imagine what good things she had eaten in her mouth.
Liu Shishi is only so old now. Not only has he eaten, but he has never seen him.
After Zhang Yuan roughly understood, he grabbed his shoulders and helped Liu Shishi to the rest area aside, and then said to her with a solemn expression.
“You are very unprofessional!”
“You cry during a kissing scene and delay the filming of the crew.”
"Then you are not afraid of kissing scenes in your life?"
"I finally found this role for you, but you didn't take it seriously. I'm very disappointed."
Liu Shi Shi opened her mouth, but she didn't expect that the other party not only failed to comfort her, but also blamed her.
“But...”
“Have you read the script?”
"I saw it."
"Did you know there was this kiss scene?"
"Yes..." the little lion replied timidly.
"If you can't accept it, you should communicate with the director before shooting."
"I don't dare..." she murmured.
"Besides, this is just your first kiss on screen, not really." Zhang Yuan whispered.
After many "teachings" by himself, Liu Shishi is actually quite familiar with kissing now, and is even getting better at it.
Significant growth in skills and experience.
"But he is not you..." the little senior sister replied with red cheeks.
She said so, what else could Zhang Yuan do.
You can't force her to kiss someone.
This is too cheap.
"Follow me." He had no choice but to pull Liu Shishi to the director's side.
"Director Wu, can the kiss scene be deleted?"
"If it is deleted, the impact of the plot will be weakened. The climax of the emotional scene between the two protagonists falls entirely on the kiss. On the show." Wu Jingyuan had a very good impression of him.
After all, when filming "Sword of Immortal", Zhang Yuan not only put forward many reasonable suggestions for modifying the plot, but also always focused on filming and never changed the scene casually because of his own needs.
"Well... why don't you borrow your seat."
"Okay, I'll let the camera crew adjust the angle." Wu Jingyuan nodded helplessly.
Hu Ge on the side breathed a sigh of relief and was able to continue shooting.
But I thought.
"With his words, the director has to change the play."
"Even if the person he arranges does not perform well, the director has to support him."
"The relationship between actors Why is the gap so big?"
"When can I become like him?"
"Okay, everything has been arranged for you." Zhang Yuan turned around and pulled gently. Liu Shishi said: "Borrowing for filming is a common kissing technique."
"We won't really come into contact, so don't worry."
"Well, junior brother is the best to me." The little lion finally burst into laughter.
Zhang Yuan shook his head helplessly.
“In acting, you have to try your best, just as hard as when you dance.”
“It’s okay to cry, act like a baby, or get out of the scene, but during the filming process, as long as you can still move , it cannot affect the work of the crew.”
"I don't want to see what happened just now a second time."
"Junior brother, you are so cruel." Liu Shishi lowered her head and only dared to quietly raise her eyes to look at him.
“But he is also handsome when he looks fierce.”
Zhang Yuanxin said that she had better leave quickly, otherwise her mind would not be on acting.
"Ge, do me a favor." He came to the depressed Hu Ge.
"You are a professional and have the performance system to perform in the theater. Help me teach her more."
"Brother Yuan, I am not a very good actor myself. If I teach her..."
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Hu Ge is from Modu, and the habit of Modu people is to be conservative and restrained in speaking, and not to pat their chests when doing things that are not 100% sure.
"I'll treat you to seafood once a week. You can choose lobster, king crab or whatever." Zhang Yuan answered immediately.
“We must go all out!” Hu Ge immediately changed his attitude.
This guy is also a seafood lover. I also said hello to the chief director Wu Jinyuan.
Seeing how strictly he took care of Liu Shishi, Director Wu admired his determination to handle official matters.
Come to your sub-crew to report.
I first met Huang Weimin, the director of the "Xiao Qian" unit.
"Hello, Director Huang."
"Hello, hello, it's our first time meeting you. You are more energetic than on the screen."
This man looks a bit honest and energetic, with a half-length hair. With long hair, he still looks a bit nerdy.
"This time for the "Xiao Qian" unit, I need you to take more care of me."
This was what Director Huang and Zhang Yuan said.
It sounds like it should be the actor and director who said this.
"Both Mr. Cai and Director Wu said that you have your own understanding of the script and the lens. If you have any ideas, you can tell me."
"We will create together."
Zhang Yuanzi took a careful look and made sure that the other party was not flattering him or flattering him, but that he really meant it.
"Are you...responsible for our unit?"
"I am mainly responsible for the guidance of post-production and animation special effects. This is not enough. Mr. Cai and Director Wu gave me another opportunity to practice."
This very sincere person revealed his feelings about the life of a drama director. Not a lot of confidence.
"Have you ever directed a film or television drama before?" Zhang Yuan asked worriedly.
"As for TV series, no." Huang Weimin smiled: "As for movies...no."
Zhang Yuan:...
So what are you going to do?
After learning more about it, Zhang Yuan realized that Director Huang was just like him.
I came out to work to earn money to support my subordinates.
This is a serious comic fan, and his favorite is "Havoc in Heaven".
When I grew up, I went to study at the University of Massachusetts, majoring in art. I just wanted to be able to make my own animation one day.
But in his youth, that is, in the 1990s, it was the world of Japanese animation.
"Slam Dunk", "Detective Conan", "Pokémon", "Eva"... The island culture crazily "invaded" the Chinese cultural industry at this time, which became the collective memory of teenagers of that era.
However, domestic animation is declining day by day. Even Shangmei Factory, which inspired Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki and other Japanese masters, has become dilapidated.
Huang Weimin can hardly see the hope of China Animation, leaving nothing to be desired.
But in 1999, the Shangmei Factory, which was about to enter the new century, made another wave of efforts. With the investment of Shanghai TV Station and the support of well-known actors across the country, it spent a huge sum of 12 million to produce "Baolian Lantern", the continuation of Chinese animation.
Ning Jing, Xu Fan, Jiang Wen, Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao, and many stars gathered to dub him, and Zhang Xinzhe, Liu Huan, and Coco Li sang the soundtrack.
Shangmei Factory is old, but it still has great reputation.
And there are two other people dubbing Agarwood in the animation. The main dubbing is Yang Shuo, who later worked as a news broadcaster for Imperial TV Station.
The other person is Hu Ge!
The "Ah!" that Chen Xiang yelled when he grew up was the match for him, and he was rewarded 50 yuan.
It was precisely because he saw the emergence of "Lotus Lantern" that Huang Weimin felt that there was hope for China Animation, so he decided to return to China.
Soon, he found a job as an animation director in an animation company.
It’s pretty respectable to be able to become a director as soon as you return to China.
However, after joining the job, this person became stupid.
There are six people in the company, one boss and five directors...
Huang Weimin experienced the dangers of the domestic workplace for the first time.
The job of the "director" is to produce an animation episode for each person every month, from scripting, storyboarding, production, and editing, all by himself.
After a year of busy work and dozens of animation episodes together, the boss finally... ran away.
Now, there are five people in the company, all of whom are directors.
Huang Weimin is the oldest. With his love and passion for the animation industry, he gritted his teeth and was promoted from director to boss.
Then, I got this job now.
He is good at drawing storyboards, making scripts, and doing post-production. Wu Jingyuan will study the key points of specific shots and positioning with him before shooting every day.
After work, I would take him with me to watch the shots taken every day.
I will come to take care of you from time to time when I have time.
I took him with me the whole time.
Zhang Yuan understood this.
He deliberately arranged for him to be with himself because Boss Cai knew that he was very capable and not prone to mistakes, and could make up for some of the director's lack of experience.
“Okay, let’s study it together.”
“Okay, let’s study it together.”
“By the way, this is the episode script for the first day. You first Take a look.”
"OK."
After asking the assistant to take his luggage to the hotel, and help prepare the rest chair and thermos cup, he went to the dressing room, planning to put on makeup while reading the script.
As soon as he entered the house, he found that Yang Mi, whom he had not seen for a few days, was wearing a white gauze dress dotted with many sequins.
Also wearing white clothes, the costumes of this crew are obviously not as good as those of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and Yang Mi's dress is also much worse than Liu Qianqian's.
Her hairstyle is the type where it is all combed back, leaving two long strands of hair behind the ears, and a waterfall shawl behind her. It is actually a bit similar to Xiao Longnu.
But Yang Mi's hairline... is very smart.
Unlike Sissi, who has a lot of hair, there is a pile of fine, downy hair on her forehead, which makes her hair fuller.
Zhang Yuan glanced at him for a few times. After Yang Mi noticed his gaze, he pouted and asked.
“What are you looking at?”
“It’s quite beautiful and suits you very well.” He could only praise.
"Yeah." This made her smile.
But his face soon became sad again.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuanxin said that this girl can make expressions normally. She always smiles cheerfully in front of people, just to please people.
But his expression today is a little abnormal.
"I... have you read today's script?"
"Not yet, I just planned to watch it."
"There is a kiss scene in it..." Yang Mi said with a frown on her face.
Zhang Yuanyi frowned.
Another kissing scene!
You sugar people all have asthma and always need artificial respiration.
He quickly turned over the script.
Oh, it’s really artificial respiration!
Since Leslie Cheung filmed "A Chinese Ghost Story", all similar stories will imitate classic plots.
Water air!
“Tsk.” Zhang Yuan curled his lips coldly. This Huang Weimin is really a new director. How could he arrange a kissing scene for the male and female protagonists on the first day.
You have to cultivate a relationship for a while first.
He and Yang Mi knew each other. It would be more embarrassing if they were strangers... Of course, it would be awkward to shoot a kissing scene if they were too familiar.
"What do you think?" He turned to Yang Mi and asked.
“I have never filmed a kissing scene.” Yang Mi was a little confused.
Zhang Yuan shook his head very dissatisfied.
Both of them!
How come these young girls in their late teens are so unprofessional.
Kissing scenes are just kissing scenes. I’m not Zhang Tielin, so I won’t deliberately take advantage of you.
And it’s different from Liu Shishi’s scene.
He was traveling underwater for this scene, so he couldn’t borrow his position, so he had to take real shots.
And this paragraph cannot be deleted because it is a tribute to a classic.
"Are you a professional actor?"
"I...right." Yang Mi was startled when she saw his sudden seriousness.
“As a professional actor, you have to follow the script. Kissing scenes, fighting scenes, literary scenes, and eating scenes are all the same.”
“If you want to be a professional actor , you have to show a professional attitude." Zhang Yuangang was troubled by Liu Shishi, and he was not happy at all.
But the little lion is one of his own and can only be pampered.
I inserted Yang Mi into the crew. If she didn’t do well, it was my person who lost her job.
When the time comes, he will have to be stabbed in the spine by Cai Yinong, so he will naturally have to treat her harshly.
"Dandan, go prepare two sets of toothbrushes and toothpaste."
The assistant brought the toothbrushes and Zhang Yuan handed one set to Yang Mi.
"Come on, be prepared. At least there should be no bad smell in your mouth, and you must respect the actors."
"Yes, I understand..." Yang Mi nodded reluctantly.
Shortly later, on the set.
The crew prepared an inflatable swimming pool.
"After a while, Xiaoqian takes the initiative to help Ning Caichen. You have to pull Zhang Yuan's neck and kiss him hard, do you understand?"
Yang Mi nodded slightly, still a little confused.
Zhang Yuanxin said that she can’t see the unrestrained appearance of future generations at all.
What exactly will time bring to people?
Wow!
He and Yang Mi stepped into the pool together.
Cameras with waterproof protection are already in place.
“Come, let’s go!”
Director Huang gave the order, and the two of them sank into the water together.
After pulling hard a few times, Zhang Yuan made a move to float up, then kicked Yang Mi outside the camera to signal her to come to life.
Yang Mi gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, then stretched out his hand to pull his neck and kissed him fiercely...(End of Chapter)