Although people kept coming to visit the crew, which affected the crew's early shooting plan in Hong Kong, the filming of the middle and later stages of the film went very smoothly and progressed faster than expected.
Mainly because the filming of the scenes in the subway went faster than Zhou Yan and the others planned.
When the film was just being prepared, Tomson submitted an application to the relevant departments in Xiangjiang, hoping to shoot in the subway. The relevant departments did not set any obstacles and directly approved it, but the freedom of shooting was not high. high.
After all, the four existing subway lines in Xiangjiang are very busy. If the crew of "Space Traveler" wants to shoot here, it will affect the normal operation of the subway station, so the relevant departments only allow them to shoot for one hour a day. time.
There are not many scenes in the subway in the movie, but it was quite troublesome to shoot because the men and women had to change many sets of clothes, and street performers had to be arranged to sing.
In order to ensure the shooting effect, a large number of supporting actors must be used, and scheduling is not an easy task.
If you can only shoot for one hour a day, the shooting cycle will be greatly increased.
However, things took a turn for the better after the filming of the movie officially started.
There is a subway line under construction here in Xiangjiang. It was originally the Airport Railway, but now it has been changed to the Airport Express and the Tung Chung Line.
The airport railway plan was very early. In 1989, Xiangjiang implemented the plan to connect the international airport located on the Kowloon Peninsula to Chek Lap Kok, far away from the urban area, and proposed an airport core plan to build an airport railway connection.
When this line first started, there was only one main line. Later, due to development needs, it was divided into two parts, one was the Airport Express and the other was the Tung Chung Line.
In 1994, the construction of the Airport Railway began. After two years, the line construction has been completed. It is planned to conduct trial operation next year and officially operate the year after that.
The Kowloon Station on the Tung Chung Line has been completely completed. Except that it is not open to traffic, it is basically the same as a normal MTR station.
Such a subway station that has just been built but has not yet been officially put into use is simply tailor-made for the crew.
The crew temporarily submitted a filming plan for Kowloon Station on the Tung Chung Line, and it was quickly approved.
This time, the Heung Kong Railway Co., Ltd. was very generous and directly "packaged" the Kowloon Station for the crew to use for a week, which brought great convenience to the crew's filming.
Of course, Zhou Yan and the others couldn't use up the one week given by the railway company. Including the time for arrangement and preparation, it only took two days in total.
By the time the scenes in the subway are finished, there will not be many shots left for the entire movie, and they are basically indoor shots, so it is not difficult to shoot.
Zhou Yan and the others completed all the filming in less than twenty days in Xiangjiang, and there were still two days left before the time they originally planned.
The shooting plan was completed ahead of schedule again, and Zhou Yan still gave the crew a holiday.
He originally planned to give the crew a holiday, but it was only one day off. Now because he completed the plan ahead of time, he increased the holiday by one day and turned it into two days.
After finishing work that day, Zhou Yan announced the arrangements for the holiday. Naturally, everyone was very happy. Many people had never been to Xiangjiang and took advantage of this holiday to go shopping in Xiangjiang.
Compared to Pengcheng, Xiangjiang has more places to play and more things to buy. Of course, you will definitely spend more money.
Here Zhou Yan had just finished talking to Li Hong and was about to go find Wang Zuxian when Li Xiaoran suddenly came over and stood in front of him, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Yan probably knew what she wanted to do, and said directly, "When you go to Jiang Mengfei to ask for the game console later, tell me that I approve it."
The smile on Li Xiaoran's face suddenly fainted. This was why she came to Zhou Yan.
Actually, she has been thinking about this for several days.
Her character roles are not many to begin with. There are only two scenes in Xiangjiang, and they were filmed a few days ago.
Theoretically, she has actually finished filming for several days and can go home directly.
But she didn't leave in a hurry. On the one hand, it was inconvenient for her to go home alone, and on the other hand, her game console was still kept in the crew.
Now that the crew is on vacation, everyone else is thinking about strolling around Xiangjiang, but she is the only one who is thinking about her game console.
For her, no matter where she goes to play, she is not as happy as playing the game console in the house for two days.
In the past few days, she has been thinking about how to open this conversation with Zhou Yan, but she has never found a good opportunity, because Zhou Yan is busy every day, and she is too embarrassed to disturb Zhou Yan about the game console.
She finally got the chance when the crew was on vacation.
"Thank you, Director Zhou." Li Xiaoran thanked him hurriedly.
"It's yours, you're welcome." Zhou Yan looked at Li Xiaoran with a smile. After being trained by him last time, this girl was not as undisciplined as before. He was also very active in observing when the crew was filming. study.
In fact, at this stage, Li Xiaoran should spend more time in the crew.
Although she doesn't have many roles, she can learn a lot of things in the crew. The most important thing is to have a professional guide like Gao Jinwen to teach for free, which is an opportunity that no one else can ask for.
Since she wants to develop in the film and television industry, she should not miss this opportunity.
Originally Zhou Yan wanted to ask Li Xiaoran what his plans were later, but seeing Li Xiaoran's eager look, he didn't say anything and asked her to go find Jiang Mengfei.
After Li Xiaoran left, Wang Zuxian and Chen Derong came over.
"Brother, what are your plans for tomorrow?"
Zhou Yan glanced at Chen Derong, "You have finished the project, are you in no hurry to return to Taiwan?"
Go to Taiwan later. The drama about Island is only related to Joey Wong and the actors who play her family members. The others have all been completed by today.
Logically speaking, Chen Derong no longer has any shooting duties, so he can go back first.
What Zhou Yan meant by saying this was to tell Chen Derong not to be a light bulb. He also wanted to enjoy the world of two people with Wang Zuxian.
However, Chen Derong acted as if he didn’t understand, and said with a smile, “Why am I in a hurry? The crew is going to Beijing City in two days anyway, so I’ll go back with you. I’m so tired from filming during this period. , I’m just having fun in Xiangjiang, relaxing, where are you going?”
Zhou Yan didn’t say anything, and turned to look at Wang Zuxian.
Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "Why don't you go and watch a movie? My brother's movie is about to be released. Before it is released, let's go and support it."
The movie she was talking about was "Golden Leaves 2" which was just released last month. Speaking of which, this movie has something to do with Zhou Yan, because the soundtrack of the movie was made by Zhou Yan's studio.
"Golden Leaves 2" is the sequel to "Golden Leaves", directed by Chen Kexin. The production cycle of this film basically overlaps with "Sweet Honey".
It is said that while filming "Sweet Honey", Peter Chan took time to shoot "Golden Leaves 2".
It was easy for Zhou Yan’s studio to make the soundtrack for this movie.
This movie has a gathering of big names, including Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Anita Mui, Carina Lau, and Eric Tsang. Leslie Cheung and the others mentioned this movie before when they visited the class.
Now when they go to the movies, it can be considered as a way to support Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui.
As soon as Wang Zuxian finished speaking, Chen Derong said with a smile, "Okay, let's go together."
Zhou Yan was quite willing to go to the movies, but he was not willing to be surrounded by such a big lightbulb like Chen Derong. This girl I was already a little confused, but after filming "Time Traveler", I became even more confused. "How about you go out and play by yourself?" Zhou Yan suggested.
Chen Derong pouted Lao Gao, "What, you think I'm getting in the way of you two? Do you have a wife and don't want a sister anymore? Do you think of me as an older brother?"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, acting in a show and relying on this girl.
Wang Zuxian said with a smile, "It's okay, let's go together tomorrow."
"Then it's settled." After saying that, Chen Derong jumped away.
Zhou Yan touched his forehead and sighed, "Why are you taking her?"
"Do you really want Xiao Rong to go out alone?"
"It doesn't matter, she knows Xiangjiang better than me. If that doesn't work, let Mengfei and the others play with her."
"Why don't we just watch a movie together? It's okay. Just think of us as taking our sisters out to play."
Zhou Yan curled his lips, he had no shortage of sisters.
Speaking of his sisters, he hasn't seen his sisters at home for some time, and he doesn't know how Qing'er and the others are doing lately.
In the past few years, Xiaojiu has changed the most. Every time Zhou Yan goes back, Xiaojiu has changed a lot and has gradually grown into a young girl.
As the third brother, he really doesn’t care enough about his younger brothers and sisters.
He used to find it annoying when his younger brothers and sisters went to play with him during the holidays. But now that he thinks about it, he may never have such an opportunity again.
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The next morning, Zhou Yan, Wang Zuxian and Chen Derong went out fully armed.
They did not go far and found a nearby cinema in Harbor City. However, because "Golden Leaves 2" was about to be released, there were very few shows. This cinema only had one at 11 o'clock in the morning.
It was only nine o'clock when they arrived at the cinema, and there were still two hours before the movie started. Naturally, it was impossible to wait in the cinema.
So they bought the tickets first, then left the cinema and walked around Harbor City.
Harbor City is along the coastline, right next to the Star Ferry Pier. Zhou Yan has been to Xiangjiang several times and lived nearby, but this is his first time here.
When he came here before, he spent most of his time on the east coast.
Compared to the east coast, this place is definitely much busier, and it is also a popular business district now.
There are many luxury stores here, and girls especially like to visit them. Even Wang Zuxian is not immune to the vulgarity, and shopping is particularly exciting.
At this time, Zhou Yan discovered that bringing Chen Derong out was not without benefits. At least she could accompany Wang Zuxian shopping, and Zhou Yan only had to follow him as a stakeholder. The two of them could provide each other with emotional value.
“This dress is beautiful. It will definitely suit you.”
“Wow, this necklace is also beautiful. It goes perfectly with the dress just now.”
“I’m tall. It’s short. It would look better on you.”
“This dress is cuter and suits you better.”
"This is this year's new model. I've never seen it before."
......
The two girls were just like ordinary girls when they went shopping. They mainly focused on looking and walked around. I came down without buying anything.
At the end, Zhou Yan couldn't help but said, "How about you two buy some, and I'll pay for it today."
But Wang Zuxian shook his head and said, "No need to buy it, I have a lot of similar ones. If you buy it home, it will just sit in the cupboard and collect dust, which is a waste of money.”
Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, girls actually know that these things are similar?
Chen Derong smiled and said, "How about I buy one?"
"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded.
“How about that watch just now?”
“What watch?”
"It's just an ordinary watch. It's not expensive, only more than 300,000 yuan."
Hearing that the watch cost more than 300,000 yuan, Zhou Yan curled his lips, "Okay, I'll get it from your remaining salary later. Button."
"Forget it, that watch isn't very good-looking either." Chen Derong pursed his lips and muttered, "If Sister Xiaoxian wants to buy that watch, will you buy it?"
Zhou Yan laughed, "Then I will deduct it from her salary."
"What a stingy person!"
The three of them walked around for a while, and when it was almost time, they rushed to the cinema.
When they arrived at the cinema, the movie ticket checking started.
Because it was mid-week and the show was at 11 o'clock, and the movie was about to finish, the attendance rate was very low.
When they entered, they found that apart from the three of them, there were only two young couples in the entire cinema.
"Golden Leaves 2" tells the story of a gender-displaced love triangle. Lin Ziying, a young fan who disguises herself as a man, sneaks into the music scene. By chance, she meets and falls in love with the gold medal producer Gu Jiaming, and they become a gender-ambiguous couple. couple.
What makes no sense is that Lin Ziying's career is developing very well and she even won the Most Popular Male Singer Award. At this time, she was riding a tiger and didn't know how to announce the truth about her gender.
Anita Mui plays Fang Yanmei, who returns to the world. After traveling around the world, she returns to Hong Kong and meets new singer Lin Ziying, and develops feelings for Lin Ziying and Gu Jiaming at the same time...
says To be honest, Zhou Yan doesn't like this kind of story very much, but he has to admit that there is something special about Chen Kexin's portrayal of this kind of love story.
The two movies that Peter Chan shot at the same time, whether they are "Golden Leaves 2" or "Sweet Honey", are not conventional love stories.
When Zhou Yan was watching the movie, he paid more attention to the movie's soundtrack. This movie didn't have anything outstanding in terms of soundtrack. Because of the subject matter, there were many songs in it.
Most of these songs were not written by Li Tao himself, but were based on songs written by others. Some of the songs were already published and equally famous.
Actually, this is the normal working mode of soundtrack guidance. It is rare for a movie like Zhou Yan to use music written by himself from beginning to end.
The job most soundtrack directors do is not to compose but to select music. All they have to do is put the right music in the right shot. (End of this chapter)