Apart from creating storyboards, Li Shi hasn't done any good painting for a while.
As the saying goes, success cannot be achieved without practice for a day.
After not painting for such a long time, if it were anyone else, their hands would inevitably be rusty.
However, Li Shiyi's study of panels has proved that his painting skills have not regressed. On the contrary, due to further study of calligraphy, his comprehensive aesthetic quality has been improved, which has actually enhanced his painting level!
When I started writing, I felt like a fish in water, without any unfamiliarity or hindrance.
There are only two main characters, the male protagonist and the female protagonist.
Among them, the male protagonist has two age groups due to his rebirth, one is 27 or 28 years old before rebirth, and the other is 17 or 18 years old after rebirth.
The age span spans ten years, but Li Shi easily painted the characters' sense of age, using a hyper-realistic style.
Anyone who watches it at the scene will be shocked and amazed.
No wonder even Zhang Jingyi, who has been praised a lot since childhood, felt a huge impact.
Li Shi waved the brush very quickly, but after all, he painted in a realistic style. This style pays more attention to details and takes more time than other styles. Eighty or ninety minutes have passed since he finished painting the three male protagonists.
The assistant Zhang Huijing had gone back to her room to handle work in order not to disturb Li Shi.
But Zhang Jingyi did not expect that one day, she could actually watch people painting for an hour and a half, and she was still enjoying it. It was like the first time she went to a national key laboratory to watch the seniors doing experiments.
I couldn't bear to blink my eyes.
But that time was to memorize the operating techniques of all advanced equipment, but this time, it was just to appreciate, not just the paintings, but also the people who painted them - Li Shi, who was focusing on painting, had an indifferent expression, and his whole aura It blends with pens, paper, desks, and the surrounding environment to form a peaceful atmosphere. She feels particularly harmonious and beautiful, and even feels that everything in front of her is a pleasing painting in itself.
As the saying goes, a focused man is the most attractive.
"But I have also seen many dedicated men. Why didn't I feel that before?"
"Perhaps it should be changed to: Good-looking and talented men are most attractive when they focus?"
Zhang Jingyi originally stood aside to watch Li Shi paint, but after standing for a long time, her legs inevitably ached, so she walked to the sofa and sat down to watch. Seeing that Li Shi was immersed in painting and not paying attention to her, she became more and more relaxed. In the end, he even took off his shoes and lay on the armrest of the sofa, resting his chin on his hand, watching in a daze.
Li Shi finished drawing the three makeup styles of the male protagonist from different periods, put down the pencil, and planned to take a break before drawing the female protagonist's makeup. He looked at Zhang Jingyi on the other side of the sofa and saw her looking at him in a daze, thinking that It was too boring, so he said: "Senior sister, if you are bored, you can turn on the TV and watch it. It won't affect me."
As long as he enters the state of study and creation, it is normal for him to read and paint in the busy city.
Zhang Jingyi's face turned red and she quickly said: "Forget watching TV, it's getting late. I'm going to wash up."
After saying that, she was about to stand up while holding on to the armrest of the sofa. She didn't want to keep her position for too long. Only then did she realize that her arms were numb and weak, and her body threw herself onto the sofa. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and sat up again.
Li Shi saw it clearly. The girl on the sofa was rising and falling, and inadvertently showed a very perfect waist and hip curve. Her concave and convex figure had a primitive temptation for men.
Even though he didn't have any dirty thoughts about Zhang Jingyi, his eyes couldn't help but linger on the curve for a while, and then he reacted and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Zhang Jingyi never thought that she would have a day when her hands and feet would go numb and her face would turn red because she watched a boy hold his position for too long. At this time, her acting skills, which have skyrocketed in the past six months, came into full play and she pretended to be fine. Same, he smiled and said: "It's okay, senior, you can continue your work, I'm going to wash up."
After saying that, he turned around and went to the room where she slept to get toiletries.
Li Shi didn't think much and continued to draw the modeling drawings.
The male protagonist has three looks, and the female protagonist has more looks, but he only plans to design two sets.
This is her appearance, capturing the male protagonist with her youthful and pure image, and also leaving a deep impression on the male audiences in front of the screen in the future. This makeup look includes long hair and a traditional blue and white school uniform.
The other scene is about the two finally getting together, and the male protagonist is in a trance, dreaming back to the scene of their breakup on a rainy night in the previous life.
Forty minutes later, Zhang Jingyi finished taking a shower and changed into a pair of loose yellow printed pajamas. She saw the first set of looks that Li Shi had drawn and asked again in surprise: "Is this Zhang Feng?"
Zhang Feng has good facial features. If she had no make-up, she would be considered an ordinary and pretty girl. However, the Zhang Feng in this painting is wearing a school uniform and a ponytail. She has delicate facial features and a pure and pleasant temperament. She would be worried about being placed in any middle school. I can afford the term "campus beauty".
Li Shi did not look up and continued to draw the second set of looks while explaining: "What I drew is a rendering. You can think of it as how it will look after putting on makeup and using photography technology."
After hearing this, Zhang Jingyi looked at it carefully again and couldn't help but said: "Senior, Zhang Feng is no longer a middle school student after all. Her personal temperament is a bit far from the pure and lovely one in this painting. This is not easy to photograph. Not to mention makeup, are Wang Zhi’s photography skills good?”
After she became the assistant director, she made a point of getting to know the professional skills of several key members of the team. Wang Zhi, who was in charge of photography, seemed to her to be nothing special.
Li Shi naturally knew the level of Wang Zhi, a part-time photographer.
He temporarily put down his pen, raised his head and smiled at her: "It's okay, I will personally take the shots for such important scenes."
Zhang Jingyi:? ?
She blinked, wondering in her heart, you personally took the photo, what does this mean?
Two days later, Zhang Jingyi finally understood that Li Shi's words were literal.
This morning, the sky was clear and clear, and a small film crew was busy on the playground of Zhenhua Middle School.
Li Shi didn't care about anything else. He concentrated on talking about the scene with Zhang Feng, who played Zhou Yan. At the same time, he held a handheld camera and constantly observed the changes in light in the environment, composed the picture and found the angle, and was ready to seize the opportunity to start shooting at any time:
"This is Zhou Yan's appearance. It's very simple. Just sit there holding the book you just received. You are waiting for someone in this scene. There are no lines. Just pay attention to your expression."
"At this time, don't think about anything else. Put aside all distracting thoughts. You are Zhou Yan at this time, a freshman in high school who simply enjoys the good time in the morning."
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"Lift your chin a little, and look up a little, okay, that's it, imagine yourself bathing in the morning sun."
"Don't keep your eyes closed. Open them. That's right - Wang Zhi, please make the fan a little quieter!"
"Zhou Yan, there should be a slight smile in your eyes and corners of your mouth."
"It's over, don't be so obvious. You are just enjoying the beautiful morning. You are not encountering anything good... Yes, just stay like this."
Within fifteen minutes, Li Shi put down the camera and said, "Okay, let's take a rest for a few minutes."
He and Zhang Jingyi came to the equipment to watch the replay.
When Zhang Jingyi saw the footage taken by Li Shi's handheld camera, she didn't know what to say.
Li Shi's handheld shot of Zhou Yan's appearance is not only stunningly stable, but the key is that in the shot, the girl bathing in the sun has bright eyes and white teeth, pure and youthful. She is so beautiful that even a girl can't see her. I think it's really lovely.
What's more important is that Zhou Yan in the video looks exactly the same as the picture he drew that night!
After a long time, Zhang Jingyi couldn't help turning her head and whispered to Li Shi next to her: "Senior, you are so amazing."
What's more important is that Zhou Yan in the video looks exactly the same as the picture he drew that night!
After a long time, Zhang Jingyi couldn't help turning her head and whispered to Li Shi next to her: "Senior, you are so amazing."
The two of them were right next to each other, and her breath hit the side of Li Shi's face.
In the next few days, as the filming progressed, Li Shi felt more and more that he had done the right thing by inviting Zhang Jingyi to be the assistant acting director.
Although he can also train actors, even without Zhang Jingyi, he will definitely be able to complete this film in the end, but his ability to train actors is rough and direct, and is far less detailed and professional than Zhang Jingyi.
In particular, she has a strong ability to mobilize emotions and can always help actors find alternative emotions from their own memories for acting.
Li Shi felt that this was her unique skill.
Of course, it’s not like Assistant Director Zhang has never encountered a waterloo.
For example, in a scene where the male protagonist comes home from his previous life and encounters his ex-wife and her lover having sex in the bedroom, she cannot instruct Wang Yao's aunt on how to act. Especially when the male protagonist passes through the crack in the door and witnesses his ex-wife wearing a cheongsam and twisting her fat butt towards her lover. Li Shi's request was to perform the erotic energy and seductive sense of dissoluteness.
Although all the other men except Li Shi and Peng Chang, who plays the opposite role, have left the scene, Wang Yao's aunt is still not acted correctly. Zhang Jingyi tried her best but failed to direct it well.
In the end, Li Shi saw that the time was dragging on for too long, so he had no choice but to go up by himself.
He showed a professional attitude and took Wang Yao's mature aunt aside alone and talked about the scene for seven or eight minutes.
After coming back, the red-faced Aunt Wang Yao miraculously finished two scenes, especially the one she passed, which was so good that Peng Chang, who acted opposite her on the scene, was breathing heavily.
Li Shi, who personally directed this scene, was very calm and breathed evenly - at his current level, his breath would only be thick when it should be thick.
After filming the scene, that night when they returned to Tianjiao's Washington mansion, Zhang Jingyi asked Li Shi how he talked to Aunt Wang Yao about the scene during the day.
Li Shi smiled and said nothing.
Time passed day by day, because all the necessary shots were already in Li Shi's mind, and Peng Chang, who played the male lead, was getting more and more into the role. The further he shot, the faster the progress progressed.
On the morning of July 15th, on the streets of Shao City, Peng Chang walked into a rice noodle shop, drank a bowl of rice noodle, then took his bag and walked into the bus station with a look of relief, and embarked on the journey away from his hometown again.
The sun shines on this old station, as if time is still stuck in the past.
In this way, the last page of the script was shot.
Li Shi was in a hurry to go to Shanghai, and at noon that day after the shooting, he led the team back to Tanzhou, the provincial capital.
On the way, assistant Zhang Huijing was still driving. Just like when she arrived half a month ago, he and Zhang Jingyi were sitting in the back.
Zhang Jingyi leisurely turned over the script that Li Shi gave her as a reward, and said with some emotion: "This period of time is more like a dream than me changing my career to an actor. I didn't expect that I actually became an assistant director again."
Li Shi was buying a high-speed rail ticket to Shanghai in the afternoon. Hearing this, he looked up and looked at her: "You helped me a lot this time."
"Why should we be polite between us? Besides, I have also gained a lot."
Zhang Jingyi waved her hand, looking like a heroic lady.
In the past half month, they have worked together, gotten along day and night, and even lived under the same roof. Their friendship has rapidly increased and they can be considered very good friends.
And Zhang Jingyi did not hide her admiration for Li Shi at all.
The two chatted casually for a few words. When Li Shi bought a ticket to Shanghai in the evening and exited 12306, Zhang Jingyi pointed to the words on the cover of the storyboard script and said: "Senior, what is the final name of our film?" Have you considered?"
"not yet."
When he mentioned the title of the film, Li Shi couldn't help but touch his chin.
When he was writing the script before, he temporarily named it "Calligraphy: Rebirth of a Boy", and then the crew kept complaining, saying that the name looked like a slap in the face, and they suggested to him that he should change it. .
Li Shi was actually not satisfied with this name, but he could never think of a better one to change it to.
"Let's talk about it then."
Zhang Jingyi took a plane to Beijing at noon, and arrived in Tanzhou two hours later. Li Shi asked Zhang Huijing to go directly to Huanghua Airport first, and then return to the studio.
Wang Zhi and Zhao Lingfang, who arrived first, were waiting for them.
After a brief meeting, Li Shi explained the next work arrangement: "Everyone has worked hard during this period. Let's take two days off to recover. We will start post-production after two days. Wang Zhi, you have to choose for post-production." Take up the load.”
Wang Zhi immediately said: "Understood."
Li Shi looked at the screenwriter Zhao Lingfang again: "Lingfang, you are the most familiar with the script. When the time comes, you can help Wang Zhi provide support."
Zhao Lingfang also nodded.
After the meeting, get off work on the spot.
Zhang Huijing drove Li Shi to Phoenix Bay: "Boss, do you need me to come again in the evening?"
Li Shi shook his head, smiled and patted her shoulder: "No, you are busy during this period, which is the hardest. Go back and have a good rest. I will just call a special car to go to the high-speed rail station. By the way, after the holiday Come up here, watch Wang Zhi and the others and cut out the first draft of the video as soon as possible."
Go upstairs and return to your home after a long absence. First, open the window for ventilation, then go to the bathroom and take a shower.
Ten minutes later, Li Shi changed his clothes and came to the living room, sat comfortably on the sofa, turned on the TV and watched casually. After a while, he remembered the title of the film, picked up his phone again, opened WeChat, and found a message called " WeChat group of "Our Big Crew Family".
This time, all the main creative staff are in the group. In addition to the studio people and Zhang Jingyi, there are also Wang Yao, Peng Chang, and Zhang Feng.
He first sent out five red envelopes worth 1,000 yuan, and then typed alone: "Thank you everyone for your hard work during this period. Also, please help me think about the title of the film. If it is finally adopted, there will be a separate Big red envelope! (Raises eyebrows)”
After the message was sent, he grabbed the red envelope himself and clicked on the collection records to see who had the best luck.
"Hey, why did Zhang Jingyi also steal it?"
He suddenly discovered that Zhang Jingyi, who was supposed to be on the plane, was also grabbing red envelopes. He was about to send a message alone to ask about the situation, but her message was sent first:
"Senior, what exactly did you say to Wang Yao's aunt that day?"
Li Shi blinked and understood instantly.
I knew that what she was asking about must be the scene where the male protagonist was having sex with his ex-wife. (End of chapter)
