Xiamen Experimental Middle School is the filming location of "The Secret That Cannot Be Told." The school has already started in September, so the presence of the crew still attracted many students to watch.
Especially Li Hyuk, he is not inferior to the so-called brothers among the young female students. And not only the female students, but also the boys like to listen to Li Hyuk's music and appreciate his cool attitude.
There is a saying on the Internet that girls like Lee Hyuk's slow songs, while boys are used to Lee Hyuk's fast songs. Although it is not accurate, it also describes Lee Hyuk's fan base.
"Wow, is that brother Li He? So handsome, so handsome..."
"Who's that next to him?"
"I don't know her. She seems to be the heroine of a movie."
"I know, her name is Zhou Yutong, and she appeared in "Youth Chronicles of the Song Dynasty"."
Many students came to the filming location to watch. Fortunately, with the restraints of the venue management and school teachers, these students did not act like crazy star-chasers.
Under the watchful eyes of a group of students, the shooting of Lee Hyuk's first self-directed and starred film "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" officially started.
Li Hyuk is the leading actor, so the person filming the scene is assistant director Liu Hao. Every time he takes a shot, Li Hyuk will check the effect on the monitor screen. If he is satisfied, he will pass it, and if he is not satisfied, he will shoot again.
Li He did not pursue something as advanced as film photography. Nowadays, digital photography technology is good enough. He also consulted Guo Fan and Wu Jing before coming here. Most of the shots in "The Wandering Earth" were completed with digital cameras.
And for a film layman like him, no matter how good the quality of the film is, he can't see any difference.
Besides, no matter what kind of camera it is, as long as the story is told well, the audience will like and support it.
"This shot is not bad, what do you think?" Li He looked at the picture and asked the assistant director Liu Hao.
Liu Hao said: "I think we can add another one and add some fallen leaves to give it a beautiful feeling."
"OK, let's do one more..." Li He nodded and agreed.
For many of the shots he was shooting, he would also seek the advice of assistant director Liu Hao to balance the ideas in his mind.
Although the original version of the movie exists, Li Hyuk felt that since he had the original version as a reference, Li Hyuk wanted to correct some of the flaws in the original version.
The old campus of Experimental Middle School has a very beautiful scenery. Most of the students have transferred to the new campus. There are only a few students in the senior class of the old campus.
After the initial excitement, although students would still come over to watch the crew filming after class, it was much quieter than before.
Another advantage of shooting at a school is that extras are easy to find and don’t cost money. Perhaps the most expensive thing is Li Hyuk’s autographed photo, which satisfies the wishes of Ying’s fans who love students.
On the first weekend of September, the crew communicated with the school and organized many student group performances. On this day, Lu Xiaohan also came to the crew to play the role of Xiao Han and play the piano with Ye Xianglun, played by Li He.
Lu Xiaohan also has many fans, so many students have signed up.
The only thing that makes fans feel pity is why the two male idols have officially announced their relationship, without leaving fans even a chance to fantasize.
"Okay, classmates, you will act according to what I told you in a moment. Once you have acted, we will make sure it goes smoothly." The executive director and the student group actors explained the drama.
A bold female classmate asked: "Director, after the moment is over, can we take a photo with Brother Li Hyuk?"
"Yes, I want to take a photo with brother Lu Xiaohan."
The executive director had already received the instructions and promised at this time: "It's OK, it's OK, as long as everyone makes a good film."
"good……"
"We must cooperate well."
The assistant director's plan succeeded and he smiled slightly. These students were so easy to fool. If the extras from Hengdian were replaced, it wouldn't be so easy to fool!
The executive director wants to do more of this kind of extravaganza that requires no money and is cooperative. It's just a group photo of Li He and Lu Xiaohan, and it's not paid, so why not.
After assigning the task of group acting to the students and arranging for a few special guests to join in, the filming of the piano battle scene started.
Before filming started, Li He and Lu Xiaohan practiced together for a long time and only came to shoot this scene after they were satisfied with the results.
It just so happened that Lu Xiaohan's girlfriend Guan Xiaotong came to visit the class and watched the scene from the sidelines.
The ice cream senior in this scene is Maomao making a cameo appearance. Not to mention, he’s pretty decent.
"OK, the first shot of the twenty-sixth scene of "The Untold Secret", preparation, start..." With Liu Hao's voice, the shooting of this shot officially started.
The camera moved horizontally, focusing on the face of the ice cream senior played by Maomao.
Senior Ice Cream stood in front of the two pianos, with a disdainful expression on his face, and said to all the students: "Today, our new classmates are challenging Xiaohan. It is really courageous. Can we all give him a little applause?"
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Following the words of Senior Ice Cream, the camera slowly moved to the face of Ye Xianglun, played by Li Hyuk, sitting in front of the piano. Then the student extras applauded in cooperation, and Ye Xianglun nodded politely.
This shot was not difficult, but because Maomao had never acted before, it still took about four or five takes.
Then we filmed the second scene, the dialogue between Lu Xiaoyu, played by Zhou Yutong, and Qingyi, played by Reba. The movie is like this, a scene is spliced together from shot to shot.
"What are they doing?" Lu Xiaoyu asked.
"Douqin, don't you know?" Qingyi replied.
Compared with the extras present, Zhou Yutong and Reba are both professionals. This simple shot captures the mood and is easy to pass.
After the simple drama, it was time to play the piano. Li He discussed with the assistant director Liu Hao and decided to use a long shot to show the scene of the piano fight, and then shoot some detailed shots to be edited in later.
For the part about playing the piano, there was no need for the director to tell the scene. The student actors reacted very naturally. Even Li Hyuk felt that everyone was a little too enthusiastic after looking at the monitor screen.
It was also because of the cooperation of the student cast that this very difficult piano-playing scene was filmed for two days, and it was considered to have achieved the effect Li Hyuk wanted.
There were no problems with the extras and other actors. The main problem was with Lu Xiaohan and Li He, especially Lu Xiaohan. After all, Lu Xiaohan was not a professional piano player, so the filming process was very painful.
After filming this scene, Lu Xiaohan said to Li He: "No wonder people say you are a music lunatic. I was afraid of being scolded by you when I was filming this scene."
"Haha, I'm sorry, that's what happens when I work seriously." Li He laughed.
Lu Xiaohan didn't care, and said: "After filming this movie, I feel like I can play the piano and show off."
"Okay, I think your level is pretty good among amateurs." Li He nodded.
"Is it possible to take the grade exam?" Lu Xiaohan asked.
Li He shrugged and said, "There's no use in taking exams or anything like that. I haven't passed the exams either, but my piano level is pretty high."
This is true. Although Li Hyuk has been learning piano since he was four years old, he has never passed a grade. Even Heizi would not say that his piano skills are low.
But what Li Hyuk is best at is the guitar and other musical instruments. Although his talent is not as good as Jay Chou's, he is still useful in the pop music circle.
Jay Chou could become a world-class composer and musician if he made music, but he just chose pop music.
In other words, Li Hyuk can reach the ceiling level of pop music. And Jay Chou's achievements are not only in pop music, but also in the broader music world.
This means that even if he can no longer sing in the future, he can continue to produce music for the public to enjoy.
However, before Li Hyuk traveled through time, Jay Chou seemed too happy, having milk tea with his wife, children, and music every day? What was that? Jay Chou said he didn't love it...