The director and the creative team gathered around. Director Song Ang, the two screenwriters, and the cameraman were discussing——
Dai Chengbi was also in the team, but he was sitting behind the monitor, drinking tea and scrolling through his mobile phone like an "idler", looking like he had nothing to do with me, and his whole state was out of place.
Zhao Jinhong originally wanted to give him a hand, but unfortunately, Song Ang acted like you can say whatever you want, and if I can take care of him, I will lose if he can listen to his opinions. After two days of cooperation, it didn't work, so Zhao Jinhong temporarily
Never mind.
Because it was the middle of filming, most of the actors had roles, it was just a matter of more or less, so basically all the leading actors were there.
Nothing could be seen from the scene just now, but after reading around, everyone was very familiar with the script. The next scene was the highlight, and it was the rival scene between the two golden statues of the best-selling actress, so they gathered around unconsciously.
Because Teacher Ning Lifen had a higher status, she sat in the director's room and drank health tea with a thermos cup. Now, Dai Chengbi finally had someone to chat with.
The appearances of Xia Yu and Yu Junhao are definitely the focus - due to their roles, neither of them are wearing high-end goods. One is in sportswear and the other is in rustic workplace attire. The two of them are almost without makeup. Even if they are wearing makeup, they are not looking good
Although they have makeup, their temperament and facial features are there, even if they are made to look ugly, they are still better than many celebrities who wear full makeup.
Seeing Xia Yu come back, Song Ang quickly said hello and glanced at the two of them, "Are you ready? Do you want to give you two more time? The next scene will be shot to the end, which is a bit difficult.
, let’s try our best to pass within three weeks.”
"No problem." The two of them looked at each other, and only the two of them could feel the excitement in their eyes - they had been waiting for a long time.
"Sure!" He nodded, and then said to the other side: "The extras return to their positions quickly, and the score will be recorded in one minute!"
The play continues with the previous scene, where the two return to the front of the truck and Chen Zimo helps Bai Xiaofei up -
"The Eighth Act of "The Cure", the first scene, action!"
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"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, she is not feeling well and has caused trouble to everyone!"
While apologizing to the truck driver and the traffic police, he helped Bai Xiaofei to the side of the road.
Chen Zimo looked at the slowly starting truck and left quickly. Traffic order slowly returned to the entire road. There was still fear in his eyes. After a long while, he let out a big breath and then turned his attention to Bai Xiaofei.
Looking at Bai Xiaofei's blood-stained hands, Chen Zimo took out a tissue from his bag. He was so tall that even if the two of them were sitting on a stone pier, they would have to lower their heads, so he simply knelt down to help deal with it.
He looked at the wound, his eyes flashed with distress, and he seemed to be thinking of things at school, and he let out a long sigh——
"Are you crazy? You don't want your life? You are not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of living?"
He talked to himself for a long time, then realized that Bai Xiaofei didn't respond even a word, so he raised his eyes to look at her.
It was okay not to look at it, but when I looked at it, I was suddenly stunned - stunned, panicked, and suddenly a chill ran down my back. A heavy and low pressure came from Bai Xiaofei's eyes and pressed on him. Thinking back to what he witnessed in school today
The scene suddenly became heavy.
These are the emotions of the two protagonists being filmed.
On the set, in just a short moment, almost everyone was brought into the "world" of the two people, "Is this Yu Junhao's acting skills?" Young people like Ding Ye were all impressed by his rich and layered performance.
Surprised.
But just like "Chen Zimo" didn't notice "Bai Xiaofei"'s state at first, the moment he raised his eyes, the scene was stunned.
In fact, when most people focus on Yu Junhao,
Yu Guang, the older generation of the creative team, was quickly attracted to Xia Yu.
Just when the recorder called action, her eyes suddenly lost focus. She was supported by Chen Zimo and followed him like a zombie. Even when the wound was being treated, the corners of her eyes twitched slightly because of the pain, but they did not wake her up.
Everyone could feel the aura of numbness and despair exuding from her whole body - like a sparrow that should have been under the sky, locked in a cage, on a hunger strike, self-abuse, and unable to wish for death.
"Hey! This is just the beginning, are you already working so hard?"
Mesozoic actors such as Lei Qianyuan and Zhang Yunlan couldn't help but hold their breath and took a long time to exhale - it's not that they don't have experienced actors who can instantly enter the scene. If they want to reach this point, they also need to
Judging from one's own condition, among young actors, they have never met one before. Now they meet two of them, and they are so dramatic that they are even more reluctant to blink!
Cars were passing by on the road, and horns were honking from time to time. However, this did not break the atmosphere created by the two of them, but instead highlighted the "silence", or "dead silence" would be more accurate.
A few people couldn't help but look at each other. This was still a live scene. It had to wait for post-processing. Add some sad or "underworld" soundtrack, and the sense of darkness, numbness, and suffocation could immediately fill the audience.
Can't breathe.
Filming continues.
Why did Song Ang just remind the two of them that this scene might be difficult?
Because this scene is not an ordinary one-shot scene, it is different from the previous seven minutes shot by Wen Sui in "Drawing Ground as a Prison".
This scene needs to be photographed until the sun sets.
The post-processing of a movie may take just a few seconds or more than ten seconds to complete the timeline.
An ordinary production team might shoot in several times, but Song Ang couldn't do that.
This was his problem after filming "Prisoner". During the filming, he asked Junhao Yu to shoot a large number of scenes that lasted for more than ten minutes, one or two hours, or even three or four hours. He just wanted to do it.
Captured some very subtle but very real emotional changes - in the end, he succeeded. Through these large numbers of one-shot shots, he created a "real" Li Xu. With these infectious shots, he could not only
It just impressed the audience and also impressed a kind of judge!
He has continued this "one shot to the end" shooting technique to this day, and it is also considered a personal shooting style - of course this is not a real one shot to the end, but a pseudo one shot to the end, through dozens of shots.
It is stitched together from hundreds of shooting segments ranging from tens of seconds to eight to nine minutes, and more than ten minutes. After all, in this kind of feature film, it is difficult to truly shoot the entire film in one shot.
However, this shooting mode has obvious advantages that cannot be achieved through post-production lens cutting and editing under ordinary shooting. As Song Ang said in an interview, "When people shoot in such a long lens and panoramic shooting state, the overall feeling is complete.
It also makes people’s visual and mental senses more comfortable, and they can interpret more information in the film!”
The shortcomings are even more obvious. This is too "actor-consuming". If you are not professionally qualified, even a professional actor recognized by the public will have a hard time completing it once, let alone a large number of fake one-shot shooting techniques.
This is also why the film "Prisoner" was able to break out of the industry and put Yu Junhao on the altar in one fell swoop. Because after a lot of one-shot shooting, Yu Junhao's acting skills improved by leaps and bounds after this movie.
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According to statistics, the filming of "The Prisoner" did not include the post-production period. The filming alone took seven and a half months.
But when it came to the period of "The Guards of the Ming Dynasty", Song Ang gave up. In addition to the reason that this was a commercial movie, it was more about the actors in this movie. Except for Yu Junhao, even Cheng Yun and several veteran actors were all
There is no way to fulfill Song Ang’s shooting requirements in large quantities!
As a result, although this movie is said to be full of visual effects, its "storytelling" ability has dropped significantly.
That's why I asked that question and also said, "It will be completed within three or four items."
Even though he was ready, "The Cure" still uses this shooting technique.
Of course, he also plans to add some commercial film shooting techniques and visual aspects.
The bonus from "The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty" gave him a taste of the sweetness!
Although the previous scene was moved to the afternoon, there were still at least two hours before the sun set.
Song Ang was very demanding, but he also planned every time period, roughly where to go, and what requirements the actors had to meet. He had already detailed it all. What he wanted to control was the overall shooting effect.
But Yu Junhao doesn't have to worry about whether the filming can be completed until the end. It mainly depends on Xia Yu.
Filming continues.
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After Chen Zimo treated Bai Xiaofei's wound, he was shocked by the numbness and despair in her eyes. He hesitated to speak many times, and looked at the cheap watch on his hand many times - here, it showed that Chen Zimo should have other things.
But he was still worried that Bai Xiaofei would do something stupid, because of the scene he saw just now at the adult education school, he also knew that there was no way to inform her family about such a thing...
The two of them sat on the stone pier next to the overpass.
The director team also arranged extra performances early, and from time to time they would perform on the streets and overpasses. Most of them were in a hurry. No one was willing to take the time to pay attention or even glance at the two of them. This scene was so depressing.
pole.
Generally, not many people on set can endure this kind of long-term emotional filming, but more than half of the crew of "The Cure" slowly put down their mobile phones, and the small movements in their hands were gradually brought into the scene.
inside.
In half an hour, Chen Zimo answered four calls, probably from important customers. He apologized, laughed and apologized to each one.
While he was answering the fourth call, Bai Xiaofei's eyes finally came back to reality slowly, and he stood up numbly, staggering slightly in the process. Although he didn't die from the fall, it was still a heavy fall.
She stood up suddenly. The pain and the numbness in her eyes also dissipated slightly, but without saying a word, she raised her hands to avoid touching the wound. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and
Go forward slowly.
It's just that she didn't fall very lightly. She almost tripped again after walking a few steps.
Fortunately, Chen Zimo helped her in time. He hung up the phone with a smile, looked at Bai Xiaofei and took his hand away in refusal, and asked her, "Should I send you to the hospital to check, maybe you broke a bone."
Bai Xiaofei did not shake his head, but there was a sarcastic wry smile on the corner of his mouth that the camera could catch, but Chen Zimo couldn't see - "How much does it cost to go to the hospital? She only has five hundred yuan left in her body."
I don't know if I can make it through this month.'
The two walked for nearly ten minutes. During the process, Bai Xiaofei looked at the cars passing by on the road many times. His gaze made Chen Zimo frightened. He felt that Chen Zimo was about to come up and stop him many times, and he followed slowly along the way.
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She raised her eyes, looked at him seriously, her eyes flickered a few times, and then she quickly lowered her head. Now her somewhat messy hair fell down, which just blocked her expression. She only heard her say,
"Thanks--"
This section was filmed for a full hour and a half, and we stopped several times at several locations, but we never called "cut".
There are no real lines in this section, and the script does not explain how the two of them should get along. The script only briefly mentions it, but when it came to Song Ang, they were required to fully interpret what happened after "Bai Xiaofei attempted suicide."
Bai Xiaofei, Chen Zimo's most realistic performance during this period of time.
But if you want to show the emotions that a character should have, the action design is not simple. For example, Chen Zimo keeps looking at the time and sets the time for himself on the "alarm clock phone". All the details add soul to this character.
For example, Bai Xiaofei looked at the cars passing by on the road again and again, and had several conversations with Chen Zimo about his body, eyes, and lines, and his observation of Chen Zimo, especially Chen Zimo's smiles and apology to his customers every time - that kind of attitude towards life.
Hard work, persistence...
The numbness and despair of "life" in her eyes are also being "healed" bit by bit. If the character of Chen Zimo increases the three-dimensionality through a large number of action details, then Bai Xiaofei, except for the "pain" action, uses a lot of eyes through
conveying information.
This scene, this nearly two-hour shooting, is definitely not "wonderful". There are no big breaking points, it is very calm and depressing. In fact, more than half of the "audience" at the scene gave up halfway and started playing again.
After taking off the mobile phone, only less than one tenth of the small movements were left, but without exception, the emotions were infected and indulged in it!
Until dusk, when the afterglow hit the gloomy sky, the two finally arrived at the nearest bus stop.
In the picture, Xia Yu is sitting in one corner of the bus stop, and Yu Junhao is sitting in the other corner. Many staff members and extras don't know what acting is, but at this moment, looking at the two people sitting there, two different emotions are felt.
During the collision, there were no big movements, no roars, no shouts, just sitting quietly, as if they saw the real Bai Xiaofei and Chen Zimo!
This wasn't the first time they met, but it was the first time they intersected. It was like two parallel lines that had never intersected before suddenly turning a corner and knocking them over!
"Cut!" Song Ang said.
Everyone was waking up from a dream. It was not a mesmerizing plot, and it was not tear-jerking, but everyone present let out a deep breath and felt depressed!
