Chapter 1 Join Huaxi
"Han Shuai, come here, eat something to replenish your strength!"
While this scene was being filmed, Fang Qiaorui hurried over with a large bag of snacks and fed Han Lan very skillfully.
Han Lan was still sitting next to the pool in a coarse preaching robe. Following the fall and various struggles, the sequence of shots was temporarily stopped.
The prop team came over to help him fasten wires and protective gear, and the makeup artist also came over to help him touch up his makeup.
This is the kind of treatment you get from a low-traffic guy, everyone is surrounding him.
But there was nothing we could do. We were racing against time. We had to finish taking these shots before dark, otherwise we would have to make another trip tomorrow evening, and the weather tomorrow might not be as suitable as today.
After all, this is not a real valley and Bitan. It is still very bright on a clear day. Only in cloudy weather like today can the ideal effect be achieved.
Sometimes, when filming, you also have to look at God’s face.
"Come on, Han Shuai, drink some water." Fang Qiaorui put the water cup with a straw close to her, and Han Lan took a deep sip from the straw in her mouth, feeling much better.
The makeup artist waited for Fang Qiaorui to take the things away, then seamlessly came in, wiped Han Lan's mouth, and then touched up the remaining makeup on him. He looked even paler than before, with almost no blood on his face.
After finishing the makeup, the wires and protective gear on the other side were fixed and inspected. All personnel evacuated immediately, and the camera readjusted its angle, waiting for the director's instructions.
Zhao Chengwen looked at Han Lan and saw him gesturing to indicate that he was ready, so he called on all units to continue filming.
Continuing the plot of the previous set of scenes, Zhang Xiaofan was sucked by the blood-devouring bead and came to the edge of the water pool by accident. As a result, he triggered a black stick inserted diagonally on the rocks in the center of the pool. The black stick emerged from the rocks.
He broke free from the pile, stirred up a whirlpool and shot towards Zhang Xiaofan with evil energy and water waves. Han Lan was so frightened that he fell down, and then the black short stick hit the blood-devouring bead. The force generated by the collision of the two evil creatures directly hit Zhang Xiaofan.
It shook more than ten feet high.
In real-life shooting, Wia comes in handy at this time.
As for the blood-devouring beads and black stick inside, the main thing was to add special effects in post-production. During the filming, I shot the scene where Han Lan was knocked away.
Of course, there still have to be water waves. We can't just rely on post-production. The pre-production work must also be done well to make it look real.
The staff from the props team are already on standby with two buckets of water.
Following the director's order, Wia lifted up, hanging Han Lan and flew up. At the same time, two buckets of water were poured up.
Although the water splash is small, it already has some effect. At least Han Lan is already soaked. After adding the special effects of huge waves in the later stage, it looks very impressive.
This footage only lasts a few seconds after the final cut, but in the early stages of filming, several minutes of footage from different angles were shot for later use.
Under the command of director Zhao Chengwen, Wia began to move down, and the "unconscious" Han Lan fell to the ground and lay down limply.
"Okay! Do it again!" Zhao Chengwen shouted excitedly.
It's best to do this kind of scene in one take, otherwise it won't just be the actors who will be affected by repeated reshoots, but the entire crew will also be affected.
After hearing Zhao Chengwen's words and seeing the camera withdrawn, Fang Qiaorui also quickly came up with the bath towel prepared in advance to wrap Han Lan in it.
The sun is almost setting now, and it's still very cool in the valley at this point.
While Han Lan was changing clothes, the rest of the crew packed up and re-shot the scene of the explosion in the pile of rocks, and then edited it back together.
In fact, there is a plot later on, which was shot after Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Linger woke up. However, this group of scenes had been re-shot earlier. According to the plot, the water vapor on Zhang Xiaofan's body had already dried by the time they woke up.
Only some traces are left. Therefore, the shooting sequence does not need to be based on the development of the plot. It is convenient and trouble-free.
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When we returned to the B&B where the crew stayed, it was already dark.
After dinner, the crew went back to their rooms to rest. Tomorrow morning they will leave for the airport to fly to Ludi for filming.
A large part of the movie is set inside the Qingyun Gate. Various halls, squares and buildings need to be shot back to Lin'an Film and Television City, and some of them have to be shot in a studio for post-production synthesis.
Therefore, the crew directly skipped this large part of the plot and filmed the subsequent part of Kongsang Mountain first.
In order to film this drama well, the crew actually studied the geographical location of Kongsang Mountain.
According to the "Dongshan Jing" in the fourth volume of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": "The first of the two eastern classics is called Kongmulzhi Mountain, bordering on Shishui in the north, Juwu in the east, Shaling in the south, and Mingze in the west."
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient and strange book. It is very old, and the content recorded in it must be very different from reality. However, many scholars also study it with reference to other ancient books.
There are currently two mainstream views. One is that it records a map of the world; the other is that it records a map of ancient China.
If we follow the former point of view, Sorayama-san's final location can be determined to be in Siberia. Whether true or false, this is obviously not what the crew wants.
Not only because of the trouble of going abroad, but mainly because the current Siberian environment does not fit the setting of Sorayama-san in the movie.
And if the map is drawn according to the second point of view, it will be roughly located on an unnamed hill in Lu Di.
The crew checked the information on that small mountain, but it still didn't meet the shooting requirements. Instead, they found another larger mountain in the city next door, which the locals call Phoenix Mountain.
The mountains are rugged with strange rocks, which is in line with the setting in the movie that Kongsang Mountain has many rocks and little vegetation.
And there is also a grotto above that barely meets the requirements, which can be used to capture the exterior scenery of the "Wanbat Ancient Cave".
As for the ancient caves, the Abyss of Death, and the Merciless Sea, they can only be photographed in a studio against a green screen. It is difficult to find such weird places in reality.
Just when Han Lan was about to take a hot bath and rest before getting up to catch a flight tomorrow morning, she heard someone knocking quietly outside the room door: "Han Lan, Han Lan, are you asleep?"
"Teacher Zou?" Han Lan recognized the voice of the person knocking on the door. She went over to open the door in confusion and saw the two people standing at the door.
In addition to Zou Chuanren, there is also Ye Xinya.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Han Lan asked.
Zou Chuanren glanced at the left and right aisles warily, and whispered: "Is it convenient to go in and talk?"
Han Lan smiled and made way for them to enter the house.
Both of them are teachers of Chinese opera, so Han Lan naturally doesn't have to worry about them hurting her.
I'm just a little curious as to why these two people came to see him this late at night?
The room of the famous hotel is definitely not as big as the hotel suite. The three of them entered the room. Han Lan asked them to sit down on the chairs, while she sat on the bed and looked at them curiously: "Teacher Zou, Teacher Ye, why are you so late?
Is there anything wrong?"
Chapter completed!