In a drama, the big scene of No. 180 cannot be shot on the fly.
The preparation work required is particularly complex.
This is especially true for a big drama like "Dragon".
In the play "Gathering at Shaolin", there are so many characters that there may be no film or television drama that can compare with it at the moment.
Forces such as Shaolin, Xingxiu Sect, Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry and the Xiaoyao Sect that appeared later, as well as heroes from all walks of life, may not have many forces in total, but they all have families and families.
Just like a group of monks in Shaolin.
Just like the group of Xingxiu sect who beat gongs, drums and suonas.
Just like the heroes from all walks of life in Juxian Village.
Another example is a group of female disciples of the Xiaoyao sect.
At a glance, there were suddenly more people.
When there are too many people, there will naturally be problems.
Where should the people of Shaolin stand? Where should the people of Juxian Village stand? Where should the people of Xiaoyao Sect stand?
There are no such details in the original work, and the screenwriter would not write such descriptions that are irrelevant to the plot.
This depends on the director's performance, combining the location and plot, and arranging the actors in place like a formation.
This arrangement is complex.
It is impossible for important characters like Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to stand still in the same position in the camera. These important characters need to move.
But how to move, which direction to walk in, how many steps to take, whether you step out of the camera, all these are considered and paid attention to.
This depends on whether the director has a deep understanding of the script and whether his directing skills are strong.
the following few days.
Under the control of the director team, Chu Xuan discovered that the number of actors was not only 180 as Zhang Jizhong said at the beginning. As the extras came on stage one after another, Chu Xuan estimated that there were 120 or 30 people.
Counted.
The weather has been a bit hot these days, and everyone was sweating on the set from about 8 a.m. to about 6 p.m. in the past few days, following the schedule.
From positioning, to walking, to rehearsing the show again and again, to getting all the props ready, it took a full seven days.
At noon that day, all the actors were ready to take their seats and prepare to open the curtain of this great drama together.
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The sun is shining brightly.
As mid-April approaches, the weather in Zhejiang Province is getting hotter and hotter.
The crew was packed with people, with more than a hundred actors and hundreds of staff busy working from miles and miles away, the scene looked quite spectacular.
"Wang Yuyan."
On the set, Chu Xuan looked at Liu Yifei who was looking around in the crowd and shouted with a smile.
Liu Yifei turned her head when she heard the sound, and her eyes lit up when she saw it was Chu Xuan.
Liu Yifei lifted up her white skirt and trotted away, as if she was wearing white clothes, passing through the crowd and came to Chu Xuan's side.
Liu Yifei smoothed her hair beside her ears and raised a smile as if she had found some organization: "There are so many people."
Chu Xuan smiled and said: "Follow your cousin closely and don't run away blindly."
Liu Yifei blinked at him: "Okay, cousin."
After a while.
Lin Zhiying, Zhao Yong and Xiu Ge also came over, and everyone stood in the designated positions arranged a few days ago.
At this time, Lin Zhiying said to Liu Yifei: "Yifei, I thought about the script and reviewed the scene with Director Yu. I came up with an idea that I need your cooperation with."
"What's the idea?" Liu Yifei tilted her head and asked Lin Zhiying curiously.
Lin Zhiying smiled and said: "Duan Yu and Murong Fu got separated, and when Duan Yu went to Shaolin alone and found them, Duan Yu would walk towards their location, right?"
"Then what?" Liu Yifei nodded.
Lin Zhiying stretched out her hand and gestured: "I will come over here, and I will look at you when I come over. Just look back at me."
Liu Yifei glanced at the route drawn by Lin Zhiying, and suddenly wondered: "Come as you please, why should I look at you?"
Lin Zhiying explained with a smile: "I am Duan Yu and you are Wang Yuyan. Look at me. This can also add some drama."
Hearing this, Liu Yifei thought for a moment and raised her innocent face: "But I don't think I should look at you."
"Why?" Lin Zhiying's smiling eyes revealed some doubts.
Liu Yifei pointed at Chu Xuan and said: "My cousin is more handsome than you. I don't go to see him to come to see you. This does not comply with the most basic aesthetic logic."
"Haha~" Zhao Yong and Xiu Ge, who were standing behind Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, laughed instantly when they heard Liu Yifei's words.
Chu Xuan also raised a smile: "Brother Zhiying, I really want to comfort you, but I think my cousin is right."
Liu Yifei smiled sweetly and winked at Lin Zhiying.
Lin Zhiying raised her hand to her forehead and waved her hand with a wry smile: "Let me be quiet."
After ten days of getting along and acting together, these actors have become increasingly familiar with each other.
And all jokes aside, we can’t turn a blind eye to the performance that needs to be coordinated.
Although Liu Yifei is young, she is still very cooperative in this regard.
While Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were chatting and laughing, the drama was about to begin.
"Hu Jun, should you start now or go through it again?"
At the position where the main camera is pointed, Zhang Jizhong asked Hu Jun.
Hu Jun thought for a moment: "I will go through it again. If there are no mistakes in the route, then we will start shooting."
Zhang Jizhong complied with Hu Jun's request and asked the recorder to shout with a loudspeaker: "Qiao Feng goes through every scene one scene at a time!"
A scene refers to the first scene to be shot in the entire scene.
One shot refers to the scene that an actor needs to shoot for his first shot.
A walk-through refers to the actor walking through the cutscene by himself in a given position and route.
The scene record said this to tell all the actors that Hu Jun would go through the first shot of the first scene by himself, and all actors were asked to cooperate and be quiet.
The core attraction of the drama "Gathering in Shaolin" in "Dragon" was officially launched after Qiao Feng's appearance.
Teacher Shen Junyi, a veteran actor who plays Ding Chunqiu, and Cheng Hao, who plays Azi, also cooperated very well with Hu Jun's performance. The two acted as if Ding Chunqiu had kidnapped Azi.
"Brother-in-law - is that you? Save me!!"
To be honest, looking at so many TV series versions of "Dragon", Chu Xuan thinks that only Cheng Hao's "brother-in-law" shouts of "brother-in-law" by Ah Zi convey the essence.
In his previous life, Chu Xuan's memories of Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" included Ah Zi's "brother-in-law", and they were still fresh in his memory.
In this scene, Hu Jun's Qiao Feng is also the most domineering in the whole scene. As soon as he entered the scene, he waved his hand and swatted away a group of actors who were being hung up and coerced.
Then, Hu Jun looked directly at Shen Junyi, with a domineering attitude, and walked towards him at a striding pace. Teacher Shen Junyi also trembled in cooperation.
"Who are you?" Hu Jun walked up to Cheng Hao and suddenly his skin trembled.
Cheng Hao was confused.
"Hahaha--"
All the actors burst into laughter.
"You are so annoying! I am full of emotions to cooperate with you, why do you do this to me?" Cheng Hao reacted and laughed angrily, raised his leg and kicked Hu Jun.
"I'm just trying to liven up the atmosphere." Hu Jun smiled and hid for a moment, then turned and walked towards Zhang Jizhong.
"Brother Jun is so funny." Liu Yifei in the crowd covered her mouth and kept laughing.
"Generally, the more serious an actor is in his acting, the funnier he is in private." Chu Xuan said with a smile.
Lin Zhiying and others were also very happy and nodded in agreement with Chu Xuan's point of view.
After going through the scene, Hu Jun had no problem, and Zhang Jizhong decided to officially start filming.
"[Qiao Feng appears to save Azi], one scene at a time!"
No matter what film or television drama it is, in a big drama like "Shaolin Gathering", it is basically composed of many scenes edited behind the scenes, and there is rarely one shot to the end.
In order for the extras and staff to quickly understand the current scene and what situation is about to be filmed, the more professional the crew is, the more particular they are about this. They will name each scene and have the scene recorder yell it out to let the actors know.
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As soon as the scene notes were announced, the hundreds of actors on the scene, whether they were minor players or actors with important roles, immediately got into high spirits, including Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
However, the protagonist of this scene is Hu Jun, and the fight scene between Hu Jun and Shen Junyi. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei don't have many scenes, but in order to match the atmosphere of the scene, they also performed expressions that fit their respective characters.
Hu Jun is the best actor, and Shen Junyi is an experienced actor.
The rivalry between these two people was very exciting and was shot with ease.
By dinner time in the afternoon, the fight scene in which Qiao Feng rescued Azi and Ding Chunqiu had passed smoothly.
After work was over, the actors dispersed.
"Chu Xuan, it's your turn tomorrow as Murong Fu. Act more handsome! Show off your momentum when you play against Brother Jun and defeat him!" Cheng Haoxiao said with a smile.
"Good sister, what you said puts me under a lot of pressure." Chu Xuan smiled.
"I don't believe it." Hu Jun grabbed Chu Xuan's shoulders and smiled as he walked: "Other people don't know your level, but I have witnessed it with my own eyes. Show me your best condition to Brother Jun."
Chu Xuan said with a smile in his eyes: "I will try my best."
As the sun set, a group of actors walked down the mountain talking and laughing.
