Chapter 33 is more complicated than expected (please give me monthly tickets and follow up)
Zhou Yan originally thought that the scene where Chen Feipu and Song Lian first met was very simple, including when he was rehearsing, but he thought so during the actual filming. When he arrived, the situation at the scene was much more complicated than he imagined.
In Zhou Yan's eyes, this scene was just one scene, but when filming, he realized that this scene had many different scenes and angles, requiring very complex scheduling and choreography.
The first is a long shot. Songlian walks from the corridor on one side to the door of Chen Feipu's room. This short section needs to be set up with far-view camera positions, and there are more than one.
Because it was a long shot at this time, Zhou Yan's task was very simple, just sit on the windowsill and play the flute. Only Songlian was moving in the picture.
But Zhou Yan shot this one scene three times, and he also played the song "Ode to the Lotus" three times.
Wait until this group of shots is over, and then set up the camera indoors again.
Why not set it up in advance? On the one hand, there are not so many machines, and on the other hand, setting up machine positions in advance will involve the problem of ganging.
When the two of them talked later, Zhou Yan did not say his lines to Gong Li, but to the camera.
This made him uncomfortable, because it was so intermittent that it was easy for him to lose his status. But there is nothing we can do about it. When shooting different shots such as panoramic shots, medium shots, and close-ups, the lighting engineer has to re-do the lighting, and it also involves the issue of penetration.
The light on the scene is not all natural light. In order to be very close to the source, artificial light will be used as little as possible on the scene, but no matter how little it is, it will be used.
Just like this, such a simple scene was filmed for two and a half days. The filming was completed in the afternoon of the first day when it was almost dark, and then the filming started again in the afternoon of the next day.
During the filming process, it took a long time to wait for Zhou Yan to get into the mood. In order to allow the post-editor to have more scenes to cut, the shooting of each shot would be extended a little further to add more material.
“Leave one and do it again.”
“This time Zhou Yan moved a little five or six centimeters toward the door, facing a little sideways toward the window, so that the light outside could shine on your face. ”
"While the light is good, make up for Chen Feipu's back."
"The smile is too much, so take it back a little bit and try again."
"This time the smile is a little late, let's try it again. ”
Zhang Yimou was very strict at the scene and asked Zhou Yan to come back over and over again.
On the other hand, Gong Li's performance was very good from beginning to end. Even if it was re-filmed, most of it was for better effects or there were other problems. Gong Li had very few problems herself.
From this comparison, Zhou Yan saw how big the gap was between himself and professional actors.
Before the filming started, although Zhou Yan was a little nervous, he still had confidence. However, during the filming process, the director kept finding faults, and his newly built confidence in acting was knocked away bit by bit. .
When the scene ended, Zhou Yan finally had the time to think about the filming process over the past two days, but his main focus was not on acting skills, but on the filming process of the movie.
There is a big difference between the presentation of the movie and the shooting, and it was clearly shown in this scene. Zhou Yan was thinking that if he could study and understand the director's shots in advance, he might be better at acting.
Zhang Yimou had a storyboard with sub-shots, but it was not sent to the actors. This storyboard was used by Zhang Yimou to communicate with other behind-the-scenes teams, and it was mainly for the camera team to see.
Zhou Yan is also thinking about whether he can go to Zhang Yimou in advance and ask for his storyboard to study before the next scene is filmed, so that he can be aware of it and feel more comfortable when acting.
While Zhou Yan was thinking about this, Gong Li ran over and said with a smile, "You performed well."
"Hey, Sister Li, don't laugh at me. Basically, the problem is You haven't made a few mistakes with me."
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Gong Li burst out laughing, "You kid, how many years have I studied compared to me? , how many years have you been acting? If you can be like me, then I have not been in vain all these years. As a newcomer, you have performed very well. You can see that Director Zhang has not cursed much in the past two days, which proves that he is still progressing. "Satisfied."
In fact, the reason why Gong Li came here was to comfort Zhou Yan. When she saw that Zhou Yan had been frowning and saying nothing after finishing work, she thought he was shocked, so she was in a bad mood. good.
She didn't know that although Zhou Yan's confidence had taken a hit, his mood was not that bad. Today's experience gave him a better understanding of the behind-the-scenes production of the movie. None of the scenes he had done in the past half month were as complicated as today's scene. , and today he is in the play himself, so he has learned and realized more.
Zhou Yan also knew that Gong Li was comforting him, so he smiled and said, "I know the reason for the gap, and I will definitely perform better in the next scene."
"Okay, I look forward to it. Your performance."
Seeing that Zhou Yan was in good condition, Gong Li didn't say anything more and left with a smile. ……
After dinner, Zhou Yan ran to Zhang Yimou and his dormitory. Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian were both there.
"Director Zhang, you are busy."
Zhang Yimou saw Zhou Yan coming and said with a smile: "It's okay, what do you want from me?"
Zhou Yan rubbed his hands. He held his hand and said, "Director Zhang, I would like to ask if you can show me your storyboard. I was thinking during the past two days of shooting that if I could see the storyboard in advance, I would be able to perform better. , and it can also be less of a hindrance."
Zhang Yimou waved his hand, "You are not holding back. You performed well in this scene. When I first started filming, I was not as good as you in terms of storyboarding...you. I haven’t written the two scenes yet, but I can show you a rough storyboard.”
With that said, Zhang Yimou started rummaging through the drawer.
Zhou Yan was surprised. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Zhang Yimou seemed to be very happy to show his storyboards to others.
Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile beside him, "Zhou Yan, are you interested in these?"
"I just want to be aware of it. I feel that the storyboards and storyboards are like instructions. After watching it, you can also understand the director’s thoughts in advance.”
“You are right,” Hou Xiaoxian nodded.
At this time, Zhang Yimou also found the storyboard script for the scene behind Zhou Yan, "Now, take a look."
Zhou Yan took the script and there were several pieces, divided into small pieces. It's the same as a comic book, but the drawings on it are rough and the annotations next to it are also scrawled. This is probably why Zhang Yimou said it was a rough draft.
Although the manuscript is very simple, the content is sufficient. Looking at the sub-shots above, Zhou Yan quickly understood what scenes he would need to shoot and what lens he would face.
Halfway through, he couldn't help but ask, "Director Zhang, here, and here, these two places should use one camera, and here, should we use a mobile camera? "Camera position?"
The questions at the front were quite normal. When we got to the back, Zhou Yan pointed at one of the lenses and said, "Director Zhang, here we need to use a telephoto lens to capture a close-up of Songlian's face from a distance. She hopes... is this easy to come true? The rooms in the fourth courtyard are not very large.”
When they heard this, both Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian were a little surprised.
It’s not that Zhou Yan’s question is very sharp, but it is beyond the scope of Zhou Yan as an actor. This shows that Zhou Yan has understood this thing before.
Hou Xiaoxian smiled and said, "Zhou Yan, you usually pay attention to the details of film shooting."
"I just like to guess, mainly because I don't understand many things, and I feel guilty. Murmured. "
"I have specifically measured the distance of this room and asked Zhao Fei to check it. It is no problem. This shot can be achieved." Zhang Yimou first answered Zhou Yan's question and then said. , "If you are interested in these things, you can come and discuss more with us in your free time."
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Then I will definitely bother you more in the future."
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After Zhou Yan left, Zhang Yimou put away the script of the scenes, and Hou Xiaoxian joked next to him: " Zhou Yan, the composer, not only wants to steal the jobs of the actors, but also the jobs of our directors.”
“He is very motivated, but it’s just a matter of temporary popularity. He majored in music. His talent is obvious to all, and he will definitely pursue the path of composing in the future."
Zhang Yimou said it more euphemistically. To put it more bluntly, it means that whether you are an actor or a director, your social status is the same as that of a composer. It's different, at least in China.
Zhou Yan studied under Shi Wanchun and won the favor of Zhao Jiping. His future development in music will definitely be good, and he will write symphonies.
As for movies, you can just play it. If you say that Zhou Yan will do this in the future, Zhang Yimou will definitely not believe it.
Hou Xiaoxian knew what Zhang Yimou meant, and he said with a smile, "Times are developing. Didn't Chaplin always make soundtracks for his plays? Maybe Zhou Yan can really do it, don't you see him acting? It’s pretty quick to get started.”
Zhang Yimou smiled, if Chaplin had a musical background, there is a high probability that he would not have those classic movies in the future.
Of course, although Zhang Yimou does not think Zhou Yan's enthusiasm will last long, he will not deliberately discourage Zhou Yan's enthusiasm. He is still willing to see young people learn things.
(End of this chapter)