"Wreaths Under the Mountain" officially started filming in November.
Xiang Nan's performance amazed everyone.
Originally, Tang Guoqiang and others thought that Xiang Nan, a writer, must not have enough acting skills. There may be another reason why he can be the leading actor.
But as soon as they turned it on, they discovered that Xiang Nan's acting skills were really good, even better than their professional actors.
This makes them a little depressed.
They are not as talented as Xiang Nan. People can earn hundreds or thousands of royalties by just writing something, which is more than they have earned in ten years.
Now, even my own ability to eat is not as good as others. This is really shocking.
"Liu Feng, have you studied drama before?" Tang Guoqiang asked curiously.
"I've learned it before. I learned somersaults at the Bangzi Theater Company when I was a kid." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
"No, I mean drama, drama, performance." Tang Guoqiang waved his hand.
"I rehearsed plays in the art troupe, does this count?" Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Tang Guoqiang smiled bitterly.
Although drama can hone your acting skills, the requirements for a dialogue drama in an art troupe should not be too high. Besides, acting in a play and acting in a movie are still very different.
When acting in a movie, a very important point is the camera sense. Actors must pay attention to the position of the camera, otherwise it is easy to walk outside the camera. But in drama, this problem does not exist.
Xiang Nan made almost no mistakes. Either he had filmed a movie before and deliberately lied to everyone. Either Xiang Nan is a self-taught person and is born to eat this kind of food.
Considering Xiang Nan's identity, status, reputation, and his style of doing things, the second reason is more reliable. After thinking about this, Tang Guoqiang and others naturally became even more depressed.
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Filmmaking is just like any other job. It can be boring and fun, relaxing and hard. Because it was Xiang Nan's first time filming in person, it felt novel and interesting.
In January, after Xiaoping took her winter vacation, she came to the crew to visit and stay with him.
Seeing Xiang Nan's daughter-in-law so beautiful, many men on the crew were envious.
Then I learned that Xiaoping’s top students in military arts are “The Song of Peony”, “Camel Bell”, “Ding Dong of Spring Water”, “I Love You, China”, “Our Life is Full of Sunshine”, “Songs and Smiles” etc. After the author of the song, they sighed even more.
Why did Xiang Nan get all the good things?
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Xiaoping stayed with Xiang Nan on the set for half a month and brought him the latest information.
Xiao Suizi's debut novel "Seven Soldiers and One Zero" has been published by "Youth Literature" magazine. According to her own words, she received many letters from readers from magazines. Many readers praised her for her good writing, which gave her confidence in her creation.
Xiang Nan's "Latent" began to be serialized in "Monthly News". Because of the compact plot and repeated suspense, readers responded very well and sent letters asking about the following plot. Because there were so many letters, Xiaoping didn’t know how to deal with them.
Xiaoping herself also wrote "In the Field of Hope", "Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom" and "A Cut of Plum Blossoms" in 1980. After these three songs were released, they were all well-known in the streets.
However, although the song is very popular, Xiaoping's income is not high. Her current salary is 50 yuan per month. At most, the subsidy is only a few dozen yuan.
Compared to American songwriters who can earn a lifetime of one hit song, her income is really too little. Xiang Nan also knows that you can’t make money just by writing songs.
For example, Mr. Chen Xiaoqi, who wrote songs such as "The Sound of the Waves Still Sound", "How Are You, Brother", "Nine-Nine Girls Red", "Cheer for Our Today", etc., earns less than 10,000 yuan in song royalties a year. . This was still the situation in 2010.
Mr. Xu Jingqing, who composed the music for the TV series "Journey to the West", had a lifelong dream of holding a concert, but he had no money to hold it until he was old. It was only through crowdfunding from netizens that the money was finally raised.
Therefore, Xiang Nan told Xiaoping that in the future, she could write fewer songs and write more songs, which would be better.
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In February, after the winter vacation ended and Xiaoping went back, Xiang Nan and others continued filming.
During the break from filming, Xiang Nan wrote the novella "Red Sorghum" and the novel "Detective Di Renjie".
"Red Sorghum" is the masterpiece of the famous Nobel Prize-winning writer Mo Yan. After its release, it was adapted into a movie by director Zhang Yimou, starring Jiang Wen and Gong Li, and became an immortal masterpiece in the Chinese film industry.
"Detective Di Renjie" is adapted from the TV series of the same name written and directed by Qian Yanqiu. This TV series was quite popular at the time, and even had a famous line "Yuanfang, what do you think?"
Xiang Nan is also a loyal viewer of this TV series and is very impressed by it, so now he is ready to write about it.
Just writing and filming at the same time. I thought that the movie would be finished by March.
However, Director Xie had very high demands on the film, and multiple scenes were shot repeatedly, so it was delayed until May before the filming was finally completed.
After the filming was completed, Xiang Nan and others returned to Yanjing and said goodbye in tears.
The filming of "Wreaths Under the Mountains" took a total of seven months. It was not a short time, nor was it not easy. The wind and sun were blowing every day. To be honest, Xiang Nan was tanned several times. However, he does appear to be much stronger.
In addition, filming with a director like Xie Jin, to be honest, you can really learn a lot. Camera movement, composition, coordination, direction... Director Xie is definitely a master in this aspect.
Picking up some superficial lessons from others will be enough for Xiang Nan to use him for a long time.
Sure enough, all this knowledge came in handy when he was making movies in the future. Of course, this is all a story for later.
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After returning to Beijing, Xiang Nan rested for two days and made an appointment to have a meal with Xiaoping and Suizi.
"Hey, Liu Feng, why have you become so black? You're like a piece of black coal." Xiao Suizi couldn't help laughing when she saw Xiang Nan.
"Dark is good, it looks healthy." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Look, do I look like a tough guy now?" He then struck a few toned poses.
These days, I live with a bunch of rough guys every day. I have nothing to do but play with them. If nothing else, at least the muscles are really much stronger.
When Xiao Suizi saw the bulging muscles on his dark arms, she suddenly felt a little thirsty.
"It's indeed much harder." Xiaoping stretched out her hand and pressed it, "Suizi, come and try it."
"No, no need." Xiao Suizi blushed and waved her hands quickly, "By the way, Liu Feng, when will your movie be released?"
"It will probably take a few more months. Editing, dubbing, and scoring will take a lot of time." Xiang Nan thought for a moment.
Suiko nodded, "After it is released, you must take us to see it."
"Definitely, definitely." Xiang Nan smiled.
