Chapter 236 Shooting a set of shots with the traversing machine
Today’s noon is everyone’s first meal after arriving in Africa. Director Nobel insisted that everyone eat the daily ‘delicious food’ of African brothers first. After that, they can eat the food they brought from tomorrow.
Even though everyone had no expectations for African food, when they gathered together and saw the black things on the table, the atmosphere was still silent.
Bread is not like bread, cake is not like cake, what the hell is this?
Chen Xing had already been mentally prepared. Looking at this black steamed bun, although he didn't have much appetite, he still wanted to know what it tasted like.
It’s ugly, it’s a bit ugly, please understand.
At least he knew that it was made from whole grains mixed with water and was edible. No matter how dark the cooking was, how could it be as dark as fried moss?
If Song Shulan knew that Chen Xing was so obsessed with the food from their hometown, she wouldn't know how she would feel.
This is not the first time Professor Nobel has come to Africa. Just pick it up and eat it.
When Chen Xing saw this, he also picked up a piece.
It feels a little hard, but that’s okay, just take a bite and try it.
Pasta always tastes best when it's hot, and you can taste the flavor of whole grains... what a taste!
Chen Xing suddenly stopped chewing.
At this time, almost everyone looked at Chen Xing and wanted to know what Chen Xing thought of this African bread.
They have given up on getting answers from Professor Nobel. As a well-known documentary director, Nobel has been to Africa countless times over the years. Whether it is his body or taste, he has probably adapted to African specialties.
Like them, Chen Xing came here for the first time.
Chen Xing glanced at all of their faces, and suddenly said with a smile: "They may look a bit ugly, but the taste, uh, tastes okay. You guys eat quickly, it won't taste good when it gets cold."
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Laifu Bode looked unconvinced, half-convicted and half-questioned: "You're not lying to me, are you?"
Chen Xing swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth.
"Look, I ate them all!"
The translator and guide looked at Chen Xing with strange expressions, but everyone else seemed to believe what Chen Xing said and started eating. They drank a cup of coffee when they got up this morning. They were thirsty and hungry, so they had already wanted to eat.
Something.
As soon as Laifu Bode took a bite, he spat it out.
"What does this smell like? Why does it taste like mud?"
Yeast powder is needed to make steamed buns in China, but they don't use it here, and there are no other condiments. Of course, the products have no taste. If I really want to describe it, it is a dry baguette that tastes like mud.
No, the texture is much denser than that of a baguette.
It is estimated that if you leave it for a day, it will be able to kill people after it dries.
The sound engineer of the film crew also said: "Why can you eat it?"
He also spat out the black buns he had eaten and looked at the Nobel director, translator, guide... and Chen Xing in disbelief.
Forget about the other three people, can you still eat it?
Chen Xing shook his head indifferently.
It tastes bad, but I just eat it and leave the rest to my stomach.
Nobel said:
"This stuff is called mud biscuits in Africa. Normally, they bake it in a stove after making it. The material is soil made from special stones and filtered into mud. But the kind we eat just adds a
A little bit of mud for seasoning, more of it is flour, so it tastes like mud."
Are you really eating dirt?
No wonder it smells like earth...
It's okay if he doesn't say it, but after he does, there will be fewer people eating.
The translator said: "Just eat it as African specialties. Anyway, we have a day off so you can get used to it."
Being acclimatized is mainly reflected in eating habits.
The sooner you get used to the local food, the sooner you can get into shooting mode.
There is still dissatisfaction, but no one says they are quitting.
After all, this time the TV station paid a lot of money.
Then eat it.
Two hours later, several people were rushing to grab the only toilet in the hotel. Lavbode felt his stomach and was glad that he didn't eat those earthy biscuits... but he was hungry.
He found Chen Xing who was reading a book and said, "Chen, let's go outside to find something to eat?"
"Are you sure?"
When eating here, at least what you eat is strictly controlled by Nobel. Even this so-called clay food has a lot of flour added to it. What if you eat something even unclean outside? Laif Bode thought for a while, sighed and said: "This is your first time in Africa. Why do I feel that you are more adaptable here than the rest of us?"
Chen Xing continued to read on the balcony and said, "That's because you don't have a good body. If you were as strong as me, you wouldn't worry about this kind of thing."
Laifu Bode looked down at his strong figure, and Chen Xing looked neither fat nor thin. It was obvious that his physique was better than yours! But think about it, Chen Xing could put a picture together
It’s not surprising that people can lift the bed like a dumbbell.
"Then what should I do? I really can't eat shitty mud biscuits. How come people still eat dirt in this era?"
Before he finished speaking, his stomach rumbled.
Chen Xing thought for a while and said: "Go right when you go out of the hotel. There is a snack shop at the end. I thought I saw bread selling there when I passed by it before."
Laifu Bode rushed out like the wind.
"Thanks, good brother!"
This sentence came from deep in the corridor.
Chen Xing continued to read.
He has been walking around this town for two hours in the morning. He knows that there is no entertainment here, so looking at the books he brought here is the only way he can think of to kill time.
When it was time to eat in the evening, the hotel proprietress Aili actually made polenta, which surprised Chen Xing.
You can actually eat porridge in Africa, which Chen Xing never thought before coming here.
Nobel also bought a local sesame nut, which tastes sweet and tastes really good.
Chen Xing finished his meal and was playing with nuts while chewing nuts. Only then did he see that Lav Bode was not on the table, so he asked: "Where is Lav Bode? Where has he gone?"
"He has been occupying the bathroom alone for a long time."
Chen Xing showed a disgusted expression.
Sure enough, eating food from outside is probably not as clean as the food prepared in the hotel.
The next day, the shooting finally started.
Chen Xing and the other two participated in this shooting as photography interns, but on the second day they discovered that they were just handymen on the crew, occasionally helping to carry things, and if they were lucky, they could touch the camera.
The cameras they brought were all camcorders of the same model, and the brand was Panasonic.
They were taught how to operate it in school, so when the photographer was temporarily busy, Chen Xing and the others would control the camera and take some shots.
Giota, a 15-year-old black man, is the protagonist of this documentary.
To be precise, the documentary shot by Nobel did not have a protagonist. He just wanted to introduce the life of the local Sudanese people from Giota.
And Giota is more typical among these people.
He lives in a motherless family, and his father and he both work in a mine next to the town. This is the only mine around them, and the man Chen Xing met was also burned here.
On this day, they followed Giota to the mine for filming. Chen Xing had a boring experience yesterday and brought his own time-travel machine over.
While the film crew was filming, Chen Xing was flying a drone in the distance.
The sound of the drone was so loud that people in half of the mining area could vaguely hear the sound of the rapidly rotating wings. The sound became louder the closer you got to the drone. Almost every place it flew over, the black people on the ground jumped.
Get up and wave to the drone.
They were a bit far away, and Chen Xing couldn't see their appearance clearly. He only saw a mass of black, and then they were jumping and jumping...
Everyone knows what the environment is like in the mining area. Even if a white person goes in and comes out, he is an authentic black person. What's more, they are black to begin with, so Chen Xing can't see clearly.
No wonder black women like to wear colorful clothes.
Frilo, who was in charge of radio, was very annoyed by the sound made by Chen Xing. He took the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Take your little plane and go to other places to play, and now all I hear is the sound of your plane!"<
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Laifu Bode laughed next to Chen Xing. Who told Chen Xing not to play with him? He must have been scolded.
Chen Xing scratched his head, took off his flying glasses, and prepared to let the drone automatically navigate back, but then the director suddenly said on the intercom: "Chen, is your drone flying stable? I have an idea..." <
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"Well, tell me." Chen Xing said.
"Come down and let's talk."
Chen Xing put all the drones back into his bag and walked towards the recording team.
I didn’t feel anything when watching the documentary. I just felt that the pictures were exquisite and the sound was magnetic and attractive. However, the shooting scene was actually very boring. I often squatted in the same place for several hours just to get a picture.
The two photographers also followed Giotta in shifts, and sometimes had to risk their lives in the mines.
At first, one of the photographers was unwilling to go, but Ford went down with the equipment. The director didn't say anything that day. He went back to the hotel in the evening and scolded the two photographers. The next day, the workload of Chen Xing and the others plummeted.<
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Nobel really treated the three of them as disciples.
Ford is mature and steady. He took the exam for many years before entering Paris Haute Couture. This perseverance is very important to Nobel. And Chen Xing is the genius he found. When taking photos, he has a very special sense of story. That shooting
Is the documentary still worth it?
What did Laif Bode say?
He is a well-connected person and was put into the team by his colleagues.
Nobel was sitting at the door of a large mine. Not only could he avoid the sun, it was also inexplicably very cool, with the temperature much lower than other places.
Seeing Chen Xing coming, he waved to Chen Xing and said: "Come on, come on."
"Can your drone complete such an operation?"
Nobel opened his notebook and drew a simple picture of a mountain with a pencil. The mine where Giota was located was replaced by several circles. On the other side of the mountain was a desert, an uninhabited land...
"Let the photographer take your drone to shoot Giota first, and then you suddenly take off, circle around the mountain, and then take a close-up shot of the wolves in this wilderness."
The lens of Chen Xing’s time-travel machine is an add-on, but no matter how good the lens of the time-travel machine is, it is just a time-travel machine.
The camera cannot be rotated greatly.
"It can be done, but there are two problems..."
"You said."
"First, is there really a wolf behind here? Second, what about the sound of the time-travel machine?"
Noble said: "The problem of wolves is easy to solve. I used a few sheep as bait, so I am not afraid that the wolves will not take the bait. It would be better if I could photograph the wolves eating the bodies of the sheep. Then as soon as the time-travel machine passes by, the sound will be heard
It will make the wolves flee, and you will chase them behind... Do you understand, this kind of picture."
When Chen Xing said it, he was already simulating the effect in his mind.
Just one click and you’re done.
"Got it!"
Nobel smiled and patted Chen Xing on the shoulder. This student could always surprise him.
Moreover, the lens effect he asked Chen Xing to do is actually just his attempt. If Chen Xing completes it well, he will have a bigger task for Chen Xing to do. By then, Chen Xing will also be able to join in the main creation
Here comes the team.
The shooting plan is tentatively scheduled in the evening, and the guide will go to the locals to fulfill the director's arrangement.
Are there wolves in Africa?
Of course there are wolves. Africa has the most wild animals in the world, more than Australia. It is normal to have wolves.
It's just that Chen Xing didn't expect that the place where wolves live is so close to the human living area.
There is only a mountain that is not very high.
In the evening, when the sun was setting in the west and some sunset scenes had already appeared at the setting point, a photographer held a stabilizer and slowly aimed at Giotta, who was about to get off work.
Although this group of shots was Nobel's temporary idea, it is very important in the entire documentary.
The photographer didn't dare to make any mistakes. If the time-travel machine fell down, he would be scolded to death by the tyrant Nobel when he went back.
Nobel was very kind to a few students, but not to them. If the scene he took was not right, he wouldn't say anything to you at the time, but when he returned to the accommodation, he would definitely be sprayed with blood.
Chen Xing watched with the camera. After Nobel said something from the side, he immediately double-clicked the start button of the traversing machine and flew towards the predetermined route without any stagnation.
The speed of the shuttle is very fast, but this is the speed they want.
The drone shuttled through the mountain forest, and some birds in the forest were so frightened that they spread their wings and flew away, until the drone broke through a gap in the forest and came to the other side of the mountain... Here is an endless wilderness.
There is not a single mountain visible at the deepest point of the horizon. The ground is so barren that only weeds sprout out. When the wind blows, it feels like the whole world has a bit of wind and sand.
There are more than a dozen wolves on the ground, standing or standing guarding one of them, who is eating meat.
There really are wolves!
Chen Xing's heart was beating so nervously that he was extremely excited.
Before the filming, no one knew whether there would be wolves on the other side of the mountain, and it was not that no one dared to go and observe. The main reason is that wolves are too smart creatures. If they smell a little bit of human smell, they might not
Will come.
So everyone is betting.
Nobel also pinched his hands. The moment he saw the wolves, he also waved his arms: "Beautiful! Rush down! Just chase this wolf king!"
Buzz!
The wolf on the ground looked up and saw a strange-looking big bird flying towards him.
Run!
Facing the unknown, any creature is afraid, not to mention that this strange bird can make such a loud sound. The wolves instantly ran towards the depths of the wasteland, no longer needing any meat, and their movements were neat as if they had been specially trained.
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Chen Xing controlled the drone and arrived behind them very quickly.
In his lens.
It’s a pack of wolves running wildly across the screen.
