It's pitiful to say that the original character setting of the male protagonist He Wei as an insurance company's accident assessor in the script was the best advertising placement.
Insurance companies have always been rich, and they spend heavily on advertising. In addition, Li Tang, the actor who plays He Wei, has become popular with the popularity of "The Swordsman", so he originally planned to sell it at a good price. As a result, in the script, He Wei, an insurance company employee, tampered with the policy and defrauded the insurance company, which was unacceptable to the insurance company.
It is impossible to change the script, and you can only watch the best advertising placement go to waste.
The crew worked on the scene for almost an hour, and lunch was delivered. When the lunch box was opened, many people actually exclaimed. On weekdays, the lunch box usually consists of one large meat, one small meat, and two cooked vegetables with little oil or water. Today, Lao Li's arrangement was quite generous (generous), including a piece of straw-stuffed meat with thick oily red sauce, six salt-water-based shrimps, and Fried shredded pork with green peppers and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. In addition to the lunch box, I also brought a big pot with steaming bone and kelp soup.
"Boss, let's eat."
Zeng Jia didn't come today, so the driver Shen Lin acted as a temporary assistant. He took down a small folding table from the car, brought the lunch box, and made a bowl of soup.
"Master Shen, come over and eat together."
The table is not big but enough for two people to eat.
"It's okay, boss, you can eat it, I'll just leave it over there and eat it."
Shen Lin was always very reserved and pointed to the place where the field workers gathered.
"Oh, thank you!"
Li Tang was not reluctant.
Everyone has their own comfort zone. You may think that you are trying to be submissive to give people face, but in fact, others may not be willing to accept it. On the contrary, they will feel uncomfortable being with you. At this time, you don't have to force yourself, and don't think that others don't appreciate you. You need to understand how to put yourself in someone else's shoes. This is how people should get along with each other.
Cheng Er came over with a lunch box. Although he had experience in filming "Criminals" before, Cheng Er was a little nervous on the first day of filming today. When he was preparing, he checked everything carefully.
"Brother Li, is it almost done?"
Li Tang glanced at the scene. In fact, the auto repair shop where Sun Li had led people had already been laid out. The preparation work just now was just to adjust the lights and adjust the camera position, and then add a few props.
"Well, that's almost it. Oh, don't forget to include the entrance of the factory when filming later. This can be regarded as the first product placement in our drama."
"ah?"
Cheng Er was puzzled.
Li Tang smiled and told Cheng Er what the boss Qian of the auto repair shop had just said.
Cheng Er immediately said excitedly: "This is no problem at all, and you can also add a close-up."
Hey, Li Tang was quite surprised. He didn't expect Cheng Er to be so talkative today.
"Aren't you forced?"
"It's not forced at all."
Cheng Er shook his head and said: "He Wei is an accident assessor for an insurance company. He originally dealt with the auto repair shop. There is no conflict with the plot at all."
"That's good, I was worried that you wouldn't agree."
Cheng Er sighed and said nothing.
The movie has just started shooting, but the money spent has already exceeded 7 to 8 million, which puts a lot of pressure on him.
Li Tang glanced at him and could only comfort him: "It's okay, just make the movie."
Cheng Er nodded, but suddenly thought of something while eating. He took the lunch box and sat down with artist Sun Li and photographer Wang Yu to discuss.
Li Tang was picking up the lunch box. He had to say that the lunch box arranged by Lao Li today gave him a lot of face. On the one hand, the food is great, but on the other hand, the rice is also delicious. As soon as you eat it, you can tell that it is freshly milled rice produced locally. It tastes particularly fragrant and glutinous. Unlike the box lunches outside, in order to reduce costs, all old rice is used.
After eating, tidying up, and seizing the time, we were ready to start shooting.
In order to achieve a realistic effect, Cheng Er required the actors to be bare-faced throughout the whole process. At most, they would absorb the oil on their faces to prevent reflection.
"Okay, everyone is ready...3, 2, 1, let's start!"
Li Tang stood in front of the camera, playing a harmonica in his hand. Parked behind him was his second-hand Ford Taurus with a bright appearance but an old interior. Because the windshield was broken when he accidentally hit a little girl last time, he drove to the auto repair shop to repair the car.
The background image shows a car mechanic holding a vacuum cleaner to carefully suck up the glass residue that fell on the hood after the broken windshield was removed.
Li Tang turned his head and glanced casually, and saw a tattered pickup truck parked next to it. Out of professional habit, he walked over and took a look.
The pickup truck had putty in several places. It was obviously an accident vehicle. The hood was open. The most conspicuous thing was that one of the lights fell out. There was only one wire connected to it, hanging dangling from the front of the car.
Li Tang knelt down and looked at it with interest. Perhaps he thought the car was worthless, so he stood up without interest.
At this time, two mechanics passed by him carrying a new windshield. His eyes followed the two mechanics and turned to look at his car.
"stop!"
"Master on the left, please don't look at the camera!"
Cheng Er's classmate and the executive director of the crew who was responsible for directing the scene was a little angry, but he had to shout politely.
If there is no way, the extra performers are the employees of the auto repair shop, and they are helping out on a voluntary basis. But they were all facing the camera for the first time. They had just rehearsed fine, but as soon as the camera started, their movements were inevitably deformed due to nervousness, and they couldn't control their eyes to look in the direction of the camera.
From this look, there is no doubt that this one will be scrapped. Not counting other items, the film alone costs a few hundred yuan.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The guy bowed and apologized.
Although this guy is a foreigner, he is still a fellow villager here. Li Tang saw that he was too nervous, so he turned around and smiled at him: "I will block your way in a while. When you come over, give way a little, and then pass by like this."
Tension comes from lack of change and caring too much. If Li Tang blocked it, they would move around in front of the camera, distracting their attention and leaving them too nervous to look at the camera.
"Okay, thank you, little boss!" The guy nodded gratefully to Li Tang.
Although he still helped out voluntarily, Boss Qian said he would be rewarded if he performed well. Moreover, I am still filming a movie with Li Tang, who plays Linghu Chong. If I really see myself in a movie in the future, I will definitely be able to brag for a lifetime.
"Okay, come again...3, 2, 1, start!"
There was no problem with this one, and the shooting was completed smoothly.
But Cheng Er looked at the monitor screen and never shouted.
Li Tang was a little impatient and kept whining. If it didn't work, he would try another one. Of course, the director's authority must be respected on set, so he remained silent.
After a while, Cheng Er raised his head and said with a tangled look on his face: "Brother Li, please save one more thing."
Bao Yi said it politely, but in fact it means if this one doesn't work, then there will be another one.
Cheng Er was hesitating just now, and Li Tang was also thinking about it. This scene is not a highlight. There is not a single line. To put it bluntly, it is just a passing scene. The car broke down and went to the auto parts factory for repair, and then accidentally saw Lin Mo's broken pickup truck. It was destined to be.
There’s just one simple sentence in the script. What is needed now is the second creation of actors.
Although Cheng Er admires Lou Ye very much, his style is fundamentally different from Lou Ye. Lou Ye is used to holding the camera in hand, giving the actors full freedom to express themselves to their full potential. However, the final film may not use it at all, or only cut out a small section or even a few seconds of the footage.
Cheng Er is accustomed to fixing the camera, and the actors' movements must be strictly limited before filming begins. This gives us control over the camera, but it also limits the performance of the actors.
Li Tang was thinking about how to reflect the professional characteristics of the characters within a limited range. Because there is a narration accompanying this shot that introduces the profession of the protagonist He Wei.
In fact, Li Tang had already made preparations for this scene, including the harmonica he was playing, which was a specially prepared prop to prevent the scene from being too monotonous.
"Everyone, get ready...start!"
Li Tang was playing the harmonica in the camera. When he turned around and saw the pickup truck, he put away the harmonica and walked over. The camera moved with him and gave a close-up of the pickup truck.
Previously, Li Tang's role was to squat down and look carefully at the pickup truck's territory and the fallen headlights, but this time he changed his acting method. Instead of squatting down, he first looked at the engine at the front of the car. Then he bent down and picked up the fallen car light and tried to install it. After installing it several times, it seemed to be stuck, but as soon as he let go, the car light fell off again, with only one wire connected to the side of the front of the car. rock.
Li Tang dusted off his hands and took out the harmonica from his trouser pocket to play with it. At this time, the two brothers came over carrying the windshield. He turned to the side to get out of the way, and then followed them towards his car with his eyes.
"Stop, it's over!"
This time Cheng Er shouted cheerfully, raised his head and gave Li Tang a thumbs up.
On the surface, this scene is an unintentional move by Li Tang while waiting for his car to be repaired at the auto repair shop. It is used to reflect the character's professional characteristics and to connect with Lin Mo's pickup truck.
But on a deeper level, he didn't know what Cheng Er wanted. As an actor, all he can do is give the director a variety of options to find the picture the director wants.
"Brother Li, do you want to take a rest?" the executive director asked.
Although this guy is a classmate of Cheng Er, the ages of classmates from the directing department are sometimes very different. For example, Cheng Er was born in 1976, and this guy was born in 1972, which is two years older than Li Tang. But that's the way it is in the entertainment industry. Those who are successful come first, so he had to call Li Tang "Brother Li".
Li Tang waved his hand and said, "Let's continue shooting."
After the intense training in "The Swordsman", I can't stand this.
Next is a scene of a car wash. Li Tang fell asleep while sitting in the car. The car came out of the automatic car wash. He didn't wake up until the car behind honked its horn, quickly started the car and drove out.
It is also a cut scene shot, which reflects from the side that He Wei, played by Li Tang, is under great pressure at work, and it is this kind of pressure that caused him to be distracted while driving and bump into a little girl who had just finished school.
"Stop, okay, passed."
Although the lens is simple, it still took five or six steps to polish before Cheng Er shouted.
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(End of chapter)
