It’s a small-budget movie, not fake.
During the opening ceremony, other crews burned incense and worshiped Buddha as offerings of pig heads. The crew bought a big, majestic rooster from a fellow villager. They used the blood from the comb to dot the red cloth covering the outside of the camera. After saying a few words of good luck, they put the rooster away. I gave it to the cook and asked her to stew an extra dish for lunch.
Uncover the red cloth and start shooting directly without any extra steps.
Laoyu'ao is located halfway up the mountain. The only accessible trail is to the bottom of the mountain. It takes half an hour to walk on the mountain road to enter the village.
The village is not big, with about fifty households in total, less than half of which are still occupied. Those that are empty are either the whole family has gone out to work and have not returned, or the children and grandchildren have settled abroad and the old people have gone to take care of their children. Some old people have died, and young people are no longer there. When I came back, it was completely deserted.
The scenes in the village took at least half a month to film. There were dozens of people on the crew and there were so many machines. It was inconvenient to go up and down the mountain every day, so we rented a house in the village.
Cars and temporarily unused props and costumes were left in the camp at the foot of the mountain, under the care of behind-the-scenes staff.
On the day when everyone carried their things into the village, the depressed village once again welcomed a rare liveliness.
To live in the village for such a long time, in addition to a change of clothes, there are also a lot of small things that are needed. Ni Bingyan was carrying a backpack and a big suitcase. Even if someone helped him from time to time, he was still panting from exhaustion when he arrived in the village. .
After putting the luggage in the room, I stretched out my hands and shook uncontrollably. It was a terrible sin.
My T-shirt was wet with sweat, and my hair was sticky on my face and neck, making me feel so embarrassed.
Fortunately, the co-ordinator this time was very reliable, and he deserved the name of the chief manager of the crew. After putting away his luggage and coming out, he saw that a large tank of water had been filled in the yard, and it was already warm in the sun.
Ni Bingyan took out a towel, scooped water from a gourd and used a gourd to wet it. Without any pretense, he stood under the eaves and started washing his face.
After scrubbing and going back to the house, I changed into some clothes. I rolled out my sweaty T-shirt and put it on to dry. I had just dug out the moisturizing cream, but before I could even apply it, the loudspeaker was telling me that the power-on ceremony was about to begin.
I wiped my face and came to the shooting location. The old people and children who were watching made way for me, and I saw Director Deng catching the chicken and bleeding it.
The ceremony was carried out for a moment, the red cloth was pulled, and before anyone could recover, the first scene started to be filmed in a hurry.
"We are tight on time and have heavy tasks, so all departments should be more proactive and finish their work early and have dinner early! I wonder if you are hungry after climbing the mountain for so long? Anyway, I am! Let's shoot something simple in the first scene. Let's do it. A good start, okay?"
Director Deng seldom talked much, so he even reported the lunch menu to everyone.
After all, on the first day, the conscience of the life producer was still there. In addition to roasted chicken with potatoes, there were also roasted mutton with radish, shredded pork with green pepper, and shredded hot and sour potatoes.
Before others noticed anything was wrong, Ni Bingyan had already keenly noticed that the potato content in this meal was a bit too high.
"Girl, girl, hurry up and put on your makeup!"
Hearing the assistant director's request for makeup, Ni Bingyan hurriedly ran over.
The dressing room is in an adobe room. The floor is made of rammed earth. It has been sprinkled with water to prevent dust from rising. However, it is too hot today and it will dry out again soon.
As soon as people walked around, a cloud of dust would rise from the soles of their shoes. The black cloth pants that Ni Bingyan had just changed into became dirty immediately.
At this moment, the girl in charge of clothing was still pushing up her square-rimmed glasses and looking at her up and down with a serious look.
After a long while, he knelt down, grabbed soil and wiped it on her body: "The first scene later will be when I come back from the fields with potatoes on my back. It's too clean to look like."
Ni Bingyan looked at the full-length mirror and nodded in agreement: "This is indeed much better."
The costume designer immediately had a smile on his face and clapped his hands to indicate that she could go out.
I have been working as a costume designer for several years and have worked with countless female stars. I often encounter those who are too preoccupied and only care about their own beauty and don’t care about the needs of the plot.
A while ago, when a certain little girl played a beggar, she had to secretly put safety pins in her tattered clothes, tightening her waist so thin that she walked like a willow swinging in the wind. This caused the director to yell at her, and she is still a laughing stock in the industry.
Fortunately, this person doesn't seem to be that person, otherwise this job would definitely not be comfortable.
As a result, as soon as she thought this, she saw Ni Bingyan standing hesitantly and refusing to leave.
"Anything else?"
"No need to put on makeup?"
Ni Bingyan pointed at his white face.
"The director wanted the look of pure water and lotus. You happen to have no makeup or dyed hair. You have a simple ponytail. Your eyebrows have also been arranged according to the arrangement. You haven't retouched them recently. You look natural and beautiful. There is no need to paint them again."
The makeup artist thought she was afraid of not looking good on camera and wanted to wear nude makeup, so she refused.
Many times, the so-called bare makeup of female stars in TV series means they wear nude makeup, but this cannot be done on a big screen like a movie.
Looking back, I saw that the little girl in Shangougou had such high-end makeup. How funny is that?
As a makeup artist, if she doesn't know her skills and does something like this, it will definitely affect her reputation, and no good movie crew will hire her.
Seeing that she was still lingering, the makeup artist was a little unhappy.
Her relationship with Ni Bingyan is not so good that she needs to go out of her way to help her. Besides, if you are really capable and bring your own makeup artist into the group, why would you embarrass her?
She also does things according to the requirements of the crew, and no one can say anything about her.
"No, I just think it would be inappropriate for Yingzi to have such a clean face just after she came back from the fields?"
On such a hot day, when I went to dig potatoes in the field, my face was covered with sweat, and even if I wiped it, there would be dirt.
The makeup artist then calmed down, took earth-colored powder, and swiped it a few times on her face.
"You're right, you have to be rigorous in everything you do."
Ni Bingyan turned around with a smile and was about to leave when the costume designer grabbed her again: "Stop!"
The sound was so loud that Ni Bingyan was startled: "What's wrong?"
"I'll go! I almost made a mistake!"
There is definitely a Conan hidden under the costume designer’s square-framed glasses! You can see the problem at a glance!
An inconspicuous black-headed string with a simple big white bead on it, which looked no different from the 50-cent beads on the street stalls. But when Ni Bingyan turned around, two C's with their backs exposed on the beaded ass!
Good guy!
A hair rope, a small five thousand!
Take it off quickly! Take it off quickly!
After figuring out what was going on, Ni Bingyan couldn't laugh or cry.
It seems she is not cautious enough.
She had no money before and had almost never bought luxury goods. In addition, the big brands in the two worlds were different. The original owner was a man who grew up in a honeypot and didn't care about material things at all. There was no place for these things in her memory.
She has a pragmatic character, and she doesn't think the original owner has ever worn it. She just feels uncomfortable using it. In order to save money, she doesn't buy another one.
The big items like clothes and jewelry were okay. She checked the prices one by one and put away the more ostentatious ones, planning to save them for important occasions.
After all, there are not enough celebrity seats. If she attends an event and wears high-end clothing and jewelry, which are more expensive than those of A-list celebrities, the entertainment tabloids will definitely write that she is ambitious and wants to outshine someone.
She has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and she is not a novice who doesn't know anything. It is impossible for her to do such an offending thing.
Unexpectedly, something went wrong, a hair rope is so expensive! Who would have thought?
After tying another five-point black-haired rope, Ni Bingyan stood in the middle of the room. He was checked up and down several times before being allowed to leave the dressing room.
In the first scene, no one wanted to make any mistakes and make the director lose his temper.
"Here we come! Come and listen to the director's talk."
The assistant director dreamed of becoming an assistant director soon and worked very hard. When he saw her coming out, he immediately led her to report to the director.
The first scene was her one-man show, and Ni Bingyan was confident that she was fully prepared. Unexpectedly, when the director saw her, without saying a word, he pointed to the basket full of potatoes in front of him:
"Here, put the backpack on your back."
