Chapter 760 The first experience of directing and acting
March 15th is a very ordinary day, but it is an extraordinary day for the crew of "My Star" because "My Star" will start filming today.
In the morning, Shenzhen International Film and Television Industrial Park.
In a medium-sized studio with an area of 3,000 square meters, a scene similar to a shanty town was set up for the start of filming and the filming studio to be shot in the near future.
The male protagonist Jock played by Chu Xuan, his "real world" scenes are the only parts in the entire drama that need to be shot in a studio.
The background of the world Jock lives in is the high-tech era. Some high-tech elements and some special effects such as game travel require the use of green cloth and equipment from the studio.
There are not many plots in Jock's "real world". The "main world" where the heroine is at ease is where the whole story unfolds. The production team used the guideline of "from easy to difficult" to arrange the plot of Jock's "real world".
The plot is scheduled to be shot at the very beginning, so this part should be shot and completed early.
Currently, staff from various departments are busy going back and forth. The actors who have not been filming yet are acting as a crowd to watch the show, while Chu Xuan is exchanging scenes with the teachers in the director's group where the monitor is located about ten meters east of the central studio.
In this busy atmosphere where everyone was doing their own thing, Liu Yifei made a phone call outside the studio door and walked in with Liang Datong, the director of the production team.
"Have all the crew members' contracts been received?"
"They're all back."
Liu Yifei wore a black women's casual suit with a white women's shirt underneath, a silver watch on her right wrist, and a ruby engagement ring from Chu Xuan on her left ring finger. The five-centimeter black high-heeled shoes were not too high, but they still made her look taller.
A small section of the back of her fair feet was exposed from under her trouser legs, and her long, shiny black hair no longer fell down smoothly, but was simply tied into a straight ponytail that looked very smart.
With this makeup and look, whether he is called "Producer Liu" or "Mr. Liu", they all match perfectly.
"The sponsorship contract must be processed as soon as possible. I just called a few bosses. They will mail the sponsored milk tea, cakes, bread, mineral water, instant noodles and other items today. If the contract is not received, the sponsorship will also be sent to us.
It saves the company’s face, but we can’t delay and mail the contract to them as soon as possible.”
"It's being arranged. There are a lot of sponsorships and it always takes time. Some sponsors have branches in Shenzhen. I also sent people to deliver the contracts to my door in person. There are only so many people in the production team. No matter how fast it is, it will take two people.
It will take three days to completely finish it.”
"Well, let's do that."
Liu Yifei nodded and spent a whole day handling affairs in the hotel from the night before to yesterday.
The labor contract for the crew is simple, just sign and seal it and distribute the receipt, but the sponsors are located all over the country, and the signed contracts have to be mailed separately, and they have to be mailed again after waiting for the signatures and seals of the major sponsors.
Coming back, there will be some trouble.
Fortunately, Glorious Times has a great reputation. When the major sponsors heard that the film was launched, they were willing to ship sponsorships first without waiting for the contracts to be in place. The contract process will be carried out step by step in the follow-up.
This is quite comfortable. With all kinds of daily necessities and food distributed to the crew in a timely manner, it can also save some funds to a certain extent. It is her responsibility as a producer to control the funds, and the support of major sponsors can't help but
Let her successfully complete one of her duties when the crew started filming.
"Also, Brother Liang, every time our crew goes to transition, if there are landmark buildings or any good scenery nearby, remember to remind me and Director Chu to take a photo, and bring local stills, videos or pictures to match Shenzhen
Cultural tourism promotion.”
"Don't worry, I know this well. Shenzhen Culture and Tourism will also provide publicity resources to local news channels of local TV stations, and the "Entertainment Pioneer" column of Mango Channel will conduct periodic publicity for us during our filming. Producer Liu
, to be honest, I have been working as a producer for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen a crew so popular. It would be difficult for "Star You" not to become a hit."
Liu Yifei showed her face and smiled. Mango Channel provided publicity resources during the filming stage when the drama was still far away from being broadcast. That is because Mango Channel booked the exclusive broadcast rights of "Star You" in advance and has had many years of good cooperation with Bright Times.
Relationship, it is understandable to open the door to "Star You" at this stage.
I just didn’t expect Shenzhen Culture and Tourism to be so enthusiastic, and also gave "Star You" local news channel television promotional resources. Although the local channel is limited to one place in Shenzhen, the media, paparazzi and fans will definitely spread the new news nationwide.
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In this way, with the help of Mango Channel and Shenzhen Cultural Tourism, this popularity may be as Liang Datong said, it is difficult to imagine whether "Star You" will become popular. At least it can be expected that it will become a hit before it is broadcast. The rest
It all depends on the quality of "Star You" directed by Director Chu.
From the directing team, Huang Lei saw Liu Yifei coming and couldn't help but said: "This couple can do it. One is responsible for logistics and takes care of the crew's overall worries, and the other is in charge of controlling the operation of the entire crew."
Huang Lei looked at Ning Hao and the others: "I'm quite envious of this couple model. It's really great. There's nothing like it in the country, right?"
Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and he lowered his head to read the script.
Zhou Jielun, Tang Jili, Ning Hao, Qi Mu and Fang Wenshan laughed. The couple's state of doing their own things in the past two days gave them a new perspective on the two of them, which was quite warm and interesting.
"I don't know if there is one, but I haven't seen it before." Ning Hao said.
"When a husband is a director and his wife is a producer, they usually quarrel. The two powerful people will be strong and neither will obey the other. This is what happened to Sandra Ng and Chen Kexin on the set. The reason why they are so harmonious and friendly now is
I have just experienced this kind of relationship. Let’s get used to it after a while. There will definitely be quarrels.” Tang Jili, who had the experience of someone who had gone through it, ridiculed the couple.
Liu Yifei sat down next to Chu Xuan, crossed her legs, raised her hand to put on Chu Xuan's shoulder, turned her head and pretended to be indignant and said: "Director Tang, you too, don't expect us to have a good order, you expect us to quarrel, really
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Tang Jili crossed his arms and said: "It's not bad to quarrel. If a couple has an artistic argument, the more they quarrel, the more they will reach a consensus, and then the more they quarrel, the more they will fall in love. I believe this is the experience of someone who has been there.
of."
"Really?" Liu Yifei turned her head back, thinking in her heart: There is no way that the more they quarrel, the more affectionate they become. This is definitely the fallacy of Director Tang who wants to see their jokes.
"Director Chu, the arrangements are ready." Assistant director Xiao Zhang is a member of assistant director Lu Chuan's team and is also Lu Chuan's apprentice. He was brought into the group to learn and accumulate experience, such as guiding each group to arrange the set according to the composition.
It's his responsibility.
In a film crew, matters such as setting the scenery are very important and complicated. Generally, the second assistant director and the artistic coordinator are jointly responsible. However, Lu Chuan intends to train apprentices, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have no objections. They will take care of things within the specified time.
As long as it is handled well, Lu Chuan's disciples will be able to tell the truth, and they will only be selling Lu Chuan a favor.
"Teachers, sit down and let's go take a look." Chu Xuan, Lu Chuan, Qi Mu and Fang Wenshan stood up, preparing to go to the set to review and give final guidance before starting filming.
"Go, Director Chu." Liu Yifei felt a strong sense of freshness. Not only was she a producer, but seeing Chu Xuan become a director for the first time also made her very excited.
"If you go, just go directly. Don't be so polite. You are the director. If you are too polite on the set, you will lose your rank." Huang Lei joked.
Chu Xuan was speechless, turned around and said: "Don't insist on smelly feet, I'm drunk too."
The teachers on the directing team laughed, adding to the fun of the scene.
But having said that, Huang Lei's joke is also correct to some extent. If the director is very polite to the crew, the people behind him will easily get a little sunshine and lose their position, and they will be lax in doing things, which will lead to problems.
Various problems.
The director is the soul of the crew. It’s okay to be polite in private. You still have to put on airs at work. Human nature is unpredictable. Some people will accept your politeness and work hard, but more people will behave badly when they see you with a low attitude.
Will forget about it.
It's just that Chu Xuan is a new director, leading a crew on the spot for the first time, and he still needs to slowly experience and adjust to his experience in the director's position.
"Move this cabinet a little further to the right, and move this teapot out a little, otherwise it will be difficult to get into the camera..." As soon as the experienced teacher Qi Mu arrived at the set, he guided the staff to fine-tune the scenery, and Fang Wenshan also occasionally added a few words of his own.
idea.
"It's almost done. I'm going to explain the scene to the extras and special guests." Lu Chuan looked around and found that the setting and composition were quite different, so he was about to go talk to the actors about the scene. He said with a smile on his face: "Your
Do you handle the shots yourself?”
The opening scene is by Chu Xuan, the male protagonist. The first scene after the opening scene where the male protagonist appears and sets the tone is also by Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan is the director, but he is also a new director who has never directed a film or used a camera before, so
Should Chu Xuan arrange this scene himself, or should he help? This is an interesting question for him.
"You tell the play, and I'll do it myself." Although Chu Xuan is directing and filming for the first time, this is their own original story, and he is very familiar with the understanding of the characters and the entire story, so he played a role in "Star You"
In this drama, I have great confidence in how to direct the drama to make the characters stand out and the story to stand out, so I can direct it well.
Because it is my own story, even though I have never directed a play, I know very well in my mind how to film and tell the story.
If you are directing an adaptation of another work, the director's thinking will definitely conflict with the original work, which will cause confusion and entanglement in thinking, and as a new director, you will be unable to make up your mind.
Therefore, he believes that using his own story as the beginning of his director's career will make his ideas clear from beginning to end, and he will not need to follow the teachers' advice too much. This will be a great way to hone his director's career to the greatest extent.
The beginning of technology.
Seeing that Chu Xuan was going to arrange the shots himself, Lu Chuan was looking forward to it, so he turned around and took his apprentice Xiao Zhang to explain the scene to the actors.
Chu Xuan waved to Teacher Wang, the screenwriter of the directing team, and then waved to Long Fei.
The camera team of "Star You" borrowed Wen Muye's team. Long Fei is the chief cameraman of this team. This team once participated in the filming of Chu Xuan's proposal documentary. Based on the understanding of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's emotional experience, this team was
Chu Xuan joined the crew on loan from Wen Muye.
Chu Xuan lowered his head to read the script and walked towards Long Fei's position.
[Shot 1: Orientation: the end of the corridor; scene: large panorama; movement: pushing the camera forward toward Jock; angle: long lens, frontal shot; content: the male protagonist walks up the stairs to enter the scene; scene sound: the noise of neighbors.
Shot 2: Orientation: end of the entrance to the corridor; scene: close-up; movement: pushing the camera forward towards Jock; angle: flat shot from behind...
Lens 3: Orientation: Jock is in front; scene: close-up; movement: push the lens back in sync with Jock; angle: frontal flat shot...]
Chu Xuan met Long Fei who was coming. He raised his head and said: "Change the No. 1 mirror and readjust it."
Long Fei raised his eyebrows in confusion, only to hear Chu Xuan say: "The original intention of what we discussed before about the long lens of No. 1 is to reflect Jiao Ke's loneliness. As for the long lens, let's use a wide angle to depict a scene from far to near in a large panorama.
The character does have this sense of loneliness, but after thinking about it, this kind of scene is a bit exaggerated in an urban drama."
"Then how should we adjust it?" Long Fei had no other ideas. He would just do whatever the director said.
Chu Xuan handed the script to the screenwriter, gestured with the scene with his hands, and explained his adjusted concept: "Our plan for the opening of "Star You" is to start with a high-tech city overlooking the sky, and then slowly descend into the high-tech city.
Among them, it is finally located in the shanty towns of the city to create a contrast between prosperity and poverty."
"This is a CG picture, leave it to post-processing."
"For the first shot at the beginning of the story, I thought it would be better to take on the sinking CG shot."
"Think about it, the CG lens invades the shanty town from a high altitude and then disappears. The first shot after the scene is switched is to show the male protagonist going upstairs from the oblique angle of the disappeared CG lens. It is the same angle as the CG lens to show the male protagonist.
An overhead shot, this kind of connection is smoother, better than the predetermined long shot of waiting for the male protagonist to go upstairs and show up."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chu Xuan’s idea of moving the camera is very clear. As a senior cameraman, Long Fei knew the specific picture as soon as he heard it, nodded and said: "I understand, then I will go
Reset the camera positioning and readjust the parameters. That shot of loneliness required in the script...?"
"It's okay, I'll show you later." Chu Xuan waved his hand indifferently.
"Okay, let me adjust it now." Long Fei turned around and hurriedly discussed with the team to rearrange the shots.
"Then I'll change the script." Teacher Wang took the script and turned back to the directing team to work.
If the director says something, all parties will take action.
In the highly industrialized world of Hollywood, this is rarely the case.
No matter how the script is written, the director and actors can only shoot it this way.
But in the domestic film and television market, directors are the biggest, and they can make changes whenever they want.
Chu Xuan is also well aware of the differences between China and foreign countries in this regard. It seems that China is slowing down in efficiency in this regard, but he feels that there is no need to learn from Hollywood in this regard. The creative process can be stylized, but the nodes of art presentation need to be freely used.
of space.
Scripts can be created very efficiently, but the on-the-spot performance of the director and actors needs to be adapted to the scene conditions and different from person to person. This can ensure the vitality of the art and not be a repetitive and lengthy industrial product.
Although industrial products are exquisite, they are just that after seeing them too much. If directors and actors have innovative ideas to perform on the spot, then such industrial products will give the audience more new sensory experiences every time they appear.
The screenwriter brought the news of the shot changes back to the directing team. All the teachers laughed. Our Director Chu used the knife when the camera was turned on. This shows that Chu Xuan has vivid creativity, but it also seems to be declaring the authority of the director and letting them
Feel interesting.
Liu Yifei smiled brightly, after watching the screenwriter redefine the content of shot No. 1 one by one, she said: "Not bad, perfect connection, better than the previous one."
The teachers raised their lips and immediately praised the changes without thinking too much. After all, they were a newly married couple, with one husband singing and one wife following.
Qi Mu and Fang Wenshan were fine-tuning the scenery, Lu Chuan and his apprentice Xiao Zhang were lecturing the actors, and everything was being prepared in an orderly manner for the start of filming.
After Chu Xuan came back from the set, he also hurriedly called the makeup artist Sister Li to touch up his makeup. The clothes and other things had already been changed, but the makeup and hairstyle were a little messed up while waiting for the camera to be turned on. It was about to be turned on.
He needs to prepare again.
"Unit 1 is ready."
"Unit 2 is ready."
"Unit 3 is ready."
"The lighting team is in place."
"..."
Sister Li was helping Chu Xuan fix her hair. Chu Xuan stared at the monitor. The monitor wall consisted of three screens corresponding to the signals of the three lenses, and a screen corresponding to the crane lens used to control the overall situation.
Through the God's perspective of the global main screen, Chu Xuan observed whether the three lenses corresponded to the angles in the screen and whether their positions were in line with his conceptual composition. He also used the three lenses to observe whether the elements, focal length, field of view and other elements that make up the picture were in place.
"As the focal length No. 1 is raised, the field of view becomes wider, and the male protagonist's image appears to be empty. We need to reduce the size of the image and focus more on the male protagonist."
The larger the focal length, the smaller the picture and the more prominent the characters.
In Chu Xuan's concept, if the scene is as small as going up the stairs, if the field of view is too large, the screen will contain more empty elements and it will crowd out the audience's focus on the male protagonist. This is the first time the male protagonist meets the audience when he appears.
It is unfavorable for the play.
"Adjust it a little more...Okay, stop, that's it."
"All departments are preparing for startup!"
Chu Xuan put down the walkie-talkie, and after Sister Li spent about ten seconds to help him put on his makeup again, he stood up and said to Liu Yifei: "Producer Liu is at work."
After saying that, he hurried to the set.
When Liu Yifei saw Chu Xuan looking like this, she smiled slightly. Although she could understand that Chu Xuan was a little anxious and panicked when he was directing and acting for the first time, this was completely different from the calm and relaxed look when Chu Xuan was an actor before, which also made her feel sad.
A lot of fun.
Liu Yifei took the director's seat. It was previously agreed that when Chu Xuan went to film, she would be the director to help give orders. Although it was just a side job, it was still within the scope of the director's responsibilities. It could also be regarded as an experience and experience for her to become a director in the future.
Prepare.
"Jock Jock, are you ready?"
Seeing that director Chu Xuan was preparing rigorously and solemnly, the atmosphere on the set was also serious, but when Liu Yifei's voice came from the intercom, some people on the set didn't hold back and burst into laughter.
stand up.
Chu Xuan was a little confused. This Liu Yifei was just messing with him. Couldn't she just wait for him to signal to turn on the phone? Why did she take the initiative to ask?
It was his first time directing and acting, which made him a little anxious. It was difficult for him to collect himself and find the character's state. This sentence broke his guard.
Joke Joke? I still have Shuke Beta. I really can’t laugh or cry.
Tang Jili, Huang Lei and Ning Hao from the directing team also look like they can't help but laugh, and Sissi is really cute.
"It's really interesting." Song Qian, who was watching the show, said happily.
"These two are quite funny." Huang Bo also found it very interesting.
The actors nearby had different interests and were amused by this scene.
Liu Yifei blinked and saw that Chu Xuan lost his temper because of her words. She apologized and said: "I'm sorry, my fault. You can regain your temper again and I won't talk anymore."
You regain your composure, I won't say anything anymore... Huang Lei patted his forehead and suppressed a smile with joy.
"Star You" already has elements of light comedy, but this scene between the couple just made him feel that "Star You" has become a comedy. This sense of comedy exists in reality. There is no need to act at all, and you can just go on stage and improvise. This
It's really funny.
Liu Yifei became serious and looked at Chu Xuan on the screen. She spent some time regaining her composure. Seeing Chu Xuan give her an "OK" gesture towards the camera, she said seriously: "The recorder is on the board, get ready to start the machine!"
The scene was quiet, and the man who looked like the wind ran to Chu Xuan, shouted ten times and then hit the board: ""My Love from the Star", one shot at a time, let's begin!"
In the lens, the angle of view is 60 degrees.
Long Fei set up a ladder four or five meters above the ground to take over the trajectory of the CG image's descent from high altitude. He carried the camera while filming while slowly walking down the ladder, panning down from high to low.
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Chu Xuan had ordinary broken hair and was dressed in a non-mainstream attire. His shirt had cracks showing the silk threads and his jeans had holes. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and lowered his gaze, walking up the steps at a slow pace of half a second.
He looks like a very decadent but handsome young man.
Chu Xuan remained in this state and walked up the last step.
Long Fei also landed completely from the ladder at the right time, and faced Chu Xuan who had gone up the stairs. The tilted camera angle rhythmically changed to a frontal flat shot of Chu Xuan during the process of descending the ladder, completing Chu Xuan's essentials.
The camera movement concept of smoothly transitioning from CG shots to character shots is unnecessary.
"Click!"
"Perfect!"
Liu Yifei's happy voice came from the intercom.
"Okay!" The whole team clapped and gave a small celebration for the successful start.