Xiangshan Film and Television Base, 30,000 square meters studio.

Wearing a thick camouflage denim coat, Fang Ziheng walked around a built ancient tomb, touching here and there for a final inspection before starting filming.

This ancient tomb is not the tomb of Genghis Khan, but the resting place of a certain king of the Tang Dynasty.

In the original movie, the trio also had a tomb robbing scene at the beginning. The scene was very short and only briefly introduced the origin of the gold captain.

To be honest, this opening is very ordinary. It is okay for the mainland market. The audience is all Chinese and can understand it at a glance.

But if you want to put the movie into overseas markets, it is not enough. You must add some setting descriptions.

For example, the equipment of the Gold Touching Trio, Gold Touching Talisman, Dragon Seeking Ruler, Hundred Refining Diamond Umbrella, Soaring Flying Tiger Claw, Candle, etc.

Yes, it’s the opening throw setting!

Opening a tomb is risky, so be well equipped!

The film must be full of mystery and suspense from the very beginning, so that the audience can immediately enter into reverie and anticipation.

Whether it is mainland audiences or overseas audiences, after understanding the use of these equipment, they will fully look forward to the next plot.

Fang Ziheng came to the center of the ancient tomb, reached out and touched the imitation jade coffin, and asked the assistant director Guo Fan behind him: "Are all the props ready?"

"It's all done. I've made multiple spares of each prop."

"How many powerful blowers are prepared?"

"There are four machines, two up and down, and two front and back. I took people to simulate it six times, and there were no problems."

Guo Fan pointed to the top of the tomb wall and said affirmatively.

This guy is 31 years old. He joined Hengyu Media in October last year and became Fang Zihengxin’s deputy.

In his previous life, Guo Fan became famous very early. In 2011, he wrote, directed, and starred in "The Adventures of Li Xian," which won the Best Asian Film Award at the Smecta Bucheon International Film Festival.

He directed "My Deskmate" in 2014, "The Wandering Earth" in 2019, and "King Kong River" in 20 years.

He can be called a young director with low output and high quality!

Fang Ziheng had chatted with him several times and was very supportive of some of his ideas, and planned to train him to become Hengyu's sixth contracted director.

After carefully checking the preparations, Fang Ziheng came outside the tomb. The gold-touching trio changed into costumes and were rehearsing the movements of going down to the tomb.

Liu Ye and Huang Bo were dressed in old-style light green military uniforms, wearing yellow leather high-top shoes, and each was carrying a small pig liver-colored backpack.

Liu Qianqian's outfit is more eye-catching, with a khaki custom-made mountaineering suit, a dark yellow leather jacket, a smaller waterproof bag, a diamond as black as ink, and a pair of blinding flying tiger claws.

Seeing Fang Ziheng coming over, Liu Ye stopped the rehearsal and said: "Director, we are almost ready."

"Where are you two?"

Fang Ziheng looked at Liu Qianqian, worried that the young lady was not ready.

"No problem, I'm proficient in all the movements." Liu Qianqian narrowed her eyes slightly and patted the diamond umbrella on her shoulder, full of confidence.

"After you enter the tomb later, your performance should have a sense of hierarchy, from the relaxation when you first get down to the tomb, to the rigor when you arrive in front of the coffin, to the preparedness when opening the coffin, and gradually advance the psychological construction of the character."

"Don't worry, director!"

"OK, it will start up soon."

Fang Ziheng looked at the three of them for a few times, and finally returned to the monitor.

He gave the order and asked the assistant director Guo Fan and the action director Yuan Baye to lead the Golden Trio through the process twice first.

The pre-show also needs to be followed by filming, photography, lighting, props, set management, and the executive director are all in action.

An hour later, the rehearsal was completed.

Fang Ziheng waved his hand and the shooting officially started.

"Everyone in your place!"

"Every department is ready. This is the first scene of our movie. We hope it will get off to a good start and try to get through!

"Actors prepare!"

"The tenth scene, the first realm, once!"

"start!"

As he finished speaking, the studio instantly became quiet.

The gold-touching trio entered the mirror and appeared above the tomb wall from three different directions.

Looking down from a high altitude, a huge group of tombs appeared, with a three-meter-long and one-meter-high white jade coffin hanging in the center.

Liu Ye turned on the searchlight above his head, lowered his head and looked down, then made a gesture to Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo.

Take action!

With smiles on their faces, Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo took out the rappelling rope from their backpacks and buckled it around their waists, then glided down in the air neatly.

The camera moves forward to Huang Bo's face. The corner of this guy's mouth is raised, and he is mumbling something while climbing.

"It's so exciting. This white jade coffin alone is enough to buy an antique shop with ten large gold teeth. Lao Hu, we really came to the right place this time."

"Fat man, be careful, there are traps!"

Liu Qianqian came down from the zipline in a flash, glanced at Huang Bo who was chattering in the air, and carefully took out the diamond umbrella to defend herself.

Liu Ye landed immediately and immediately lit a candle in the southeast of the tomb. Then he stood up and said, "Fat man, we forgot what we came for. Please clean your hands and feet later and don't take things randomly."

boom.

There was a slight sound of landing, Huang Bo's chubby body came down, and a swallow turned over and landed firmly on the ground.

"Don't worry, don't worry, fat brother, I'm the most disciplined!"

The three of them looked at each other and walked towards the white jade coffin.

"Click!"

"Very good, I'm keeping one!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng shouted loudly, very satisfied with the performance of the three people.

The golden trio have not been practicing in vain during this time. Whether it is the zipline descent or the tacit understanding of the bickering, they have mastered the details of the expressions quite well.

Rested for a few minutes.

Shooting continues.

A wide angle of view captured the trio from top to bottom.

The camera slowly zoomed in, and the trio used steel cable barbs to hook the four corners of the white jade coffin, preparing to use the power of the zipline to open the coffin.

At this time, Huang Bo's teasing voice sounded.

"Hey, Lao Hu, Staff Yang, tell me how much money can we make from this trip?"

"I don't know, I only took one thing anyway."

Liu Qianqian spoke lightly, still cautious and staring at the white jade coffin.

Liu Ye took three steps back, jumped up to the coffin lid, and leaned over to listen to the movement inside the coffin.

While listening, he said: "I don't know if there are any clues about Muchen Bead in this coffin, but don't make us Sanbai come here."

"Don't worry, Lao Hu, we will definitely not come in vain."

Huang Bo made a sound and took a step to look at the situation around the coffin.

Click!

Huang Bo was cunning and accidentally touched the mechanism of the tomb.

The mechanism is definitely fake, these belong to the category of post-production special effects.

"Ka, wait a minute!"

Fang Ziheng shouted stop in time, sat back on the director's chair, and lost in thought while watching the pictures sent back by the producer.

Not quite right!

The expressions of the trio in the picture and the atmosphere in the tomb did not achieve the suspense effect he expected.

Originally, according to the plot in the script, when the coffin was about to be opened, the ten seconds before and after Huang Bo touched the mechanism should be the most exciting time.

Moreover, in an ancient royal tomb that has been sealed for thousands of years, it should naturally have a sense of mystery and gloom.

Why are there none?

Fang Ziheng frowned and looked at it for a while but didn't find any problem.

After thinking about it, he called over two female crew members and asked them to watch the shot.

Girls have more delicate minds, are not as nervous as boys, and are more able to respond to scary emotions.

Sure enough, as soon as a woman makes a move, she will know if there is any.

"Director, the lights are too bright."

The two female employees from the props team looked at it for a while and pointed out the problems in the picture in unison.
To be continued...