An incense table was set up in front of an old apartment building. The staff carried roasted suckling pigs and placed them on the offering table. They also piled two plates of fruit on the table. Kang Jianfei led the entire crew to worship the gods of the four directions.
After procrastinating for more than a month, "The Sixth Sense" has finally started shooting. Given the current average production cycle of Hong Kong films, if it were shot by another director, it would probably be released.
After the main actors of the crew confirmed that they would be filming Kang Jianfei's new film, they all turned down other film appointments, adjusted themselves at home and waited hard. As a result, they had to wait for nearly two months.
If it were another director, those actors would have been unable to bear it and would have gone to take other films. For example, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Maggie Cheung, etc., during the filming of Wong Kar-Wai's "Ashes of Time", because the director was too ink, they
Each of them went to take on four or five other films. After those other films were completed, "Ashes of Time" was finally completed.
But this time, no one messed around. Whether it was Huang Qiusheng or Liu Jialing, they were all obediently waiting at home for Kang Jianfei to start filming. They silently suffered the loss of not receiving movies for several months. When they were bored, they studied "The Sixth Sense" more.
》script.
Carina Lau is now scheduled to film "Ashes of Time", and she even directly sent a message to Wong Kar-Wai, saying that she would not join any filming crew again until Kang Jianfei's "The Sixth Sense" is finished.
Why is this happening?
Just look at the liveliness of the power-on ceremony. Reporters from three floors inside and three outside blocked the road outside the apartment building, and the local police station had to send traffic police to divert traffic.
Now that "Jurassic Park" has begun to be released in France and Germany, the box office in both places has shown explosive growth. I believe that adding up the box office in Europe, the global box office of "Jurassic Park" is likely to exceed 600 million.
US dollars, even US$700 million.
700 million U.S. dollars. That is a new box office record in world film history. Hong Kong’s total box office in one year is only over 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. This gap is really big.
How can a director who has created a record in film history not attract the attention of reporters when he launches a new film? How can the actors in the new film not take this opportunity seriously?
After worshiping God, Kang Jianfei was just about to pick up the red cloth on the camera and announce the start of the camera, when the reporters from the periphery came over like a tide.
"Mr. Kang, does your new film hope to break the box office record of "Jurassic Park"?"
"Director Kang, is "The Sixth Sense" a ghost movie?"
"Director Kang, why did you choose to make a niche movie?"
"Mr. Kang..."
Kang Jianfei didn't hold any new film press conference this time. All the reporters at the scene came uninvited. One by one, they had the extraordinary ability to find out his release date, and the filming site was jammed like a market.
Kang Jianfei grabbed the red cloth on the camera, opened it with force, and shouted: "Clear the scene and prepare to start the camera!"
The crew acted as security guards, and several of Kang Jianfei's bodyguards also joined in, chasing dozens of reporters away.
Kang Jianfei walked over and squatted in front of Cai Zhuoyan, saying, "Asa, when we shoot later, you walked out of the apartment, stood on the steps, took out your glasses from your schoolbag, and then put them on again. Do you understand?"
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Asa is the nickname given to Cai Zhuoyan by Kang Jianfei.: "Well, I know, I came out. I stood at the door and put on my glasses."
"Very good, really smart. Let's rehearse it first." Kang Jianfei praised.
Cai Zhuoyan's father, Cai Weicheng, patted his daughter on the shoulder and said, "Xiaoyan, be good, don't be nervous. Let's take our time."
"I know," Cai Zhuoyan winked at Kang Jianfei and said, "Brother director, I'm ready."
When filming, you are most afraid of meeting children and animals, because you cannot control these two kinds of "actors".
Kang Jianfei has also filmed children's films before, and that was the first part of "Home Alone". The film was successfully completed in less than two weeks. But it was a comedy film, and it only required children to act naughty and amusing.
As Kang Jianfei was muddling along in a hurry, the film had very few NGs.
This time it was different. Choi Jo-yeon had to play a withdrawn, dull but precocious 9-year-old girl. This kind of drama was difficult even for an adult actor to film, let alone a child.
During the rehearsal, Cai Zhuoyan opened the door of the apartment and came out. She took out a pair of large black-rimmed glasses and placed them on the bridge of her nose. Then she asked Kang Jianfei with a smile: "Brother, director, how did my performance go?"
Of course the performance is useless!
"Asa, you performed very well," Kang Jianfei could only praise her. It's useless for you to scold her, "but there are still some areas where you need to perform better. All your movements must be slowed down, slow down."
Don't be so cheerful, don't have a smile on your face, as if you have done something wrong, such as tearing your father's favorite clothes, do you understand?"
"Yeah, I understand!" Cai Zhuoyan nodded affirmatively.
You know what the hell!
"Click!" This time Kang Jianfei had already called to turn on the phone, but when Cai Zhuoyan had just taken out his glasses, Kang Jianfei called to stop. He walked over and said patiently, "Asa, don't move your eyes so fast. You go out and walk around."
When looking, your eyes should be focused. Do you understand what gazing is?"
"Yes, I understand." Cai Zhuoyan nodded affirmatively again.
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click..."
Kang Jianfei was about to cry but had no tears. The shot of just over ten seconds took more than an hour to shoot, and it took countless times to finally pass it.
The opening scene of the film was supposed to be a scene between a psychiatrist and his wife, but that scene was at night, so Kang Jianfei filmed the minor protagonist's scene in advance.
After the filming of the scene was completed, Cai Weicheng said to Kang Jianfei: "Mr. Kang, the company still has something to do, and I have to go there. Ayan will let you worry about it."
"No problem, I will take care of her." Kang Jianfei said.
In the next scene, opposite the door of the apartment building, the psychiatrist played by Huang Qiusheng is sitting on a bench on the street, observing the little girl opposite and checking the medical records on the notebook.
Huang Qiusheng has also done well in recent years, but due to his mixed-race appearance, it has been difficult to reach the popularity of a first-line actor - now is not the era when mixed-race handsome boys are popular.
"Director, I'm OK!" Huang Qiusheng made an OK gesture. Since getting the script, Huang Qiusheng not only rehearsed every scene countless times. He also went to work as an assistant to a real psychiatrist and experienced a
In addition to the life of a doctor, he also specially grew a mustache for this scene to look more calm.
"The third scene of "The Sixth Sense" has 2 shots and 1 shot, Aikesh!"
After laying down the slate, Huang Qiusheng flipped through the notebook in his hand, looked up to the opposite side, then slowly lowered his head and scratched on the notebook.
Three cameras were shooting at the same time, one facing Huang Qiusheng's front, and two cameras roving back and forth beside him. From time to time, he would get a close-up of his face.
Both Chung Chu-hong and Liu Jialing had no scenes today. When Cai Zhuoyan finished filming the opening scene, the two women became overflowing with maternal instincts. They gathered around Cai Zhuoyan and said, "Wow, whose little baby is so cute."
Cai Zhuoyan is like: "Honggu, you are more beautiful than in the movie."
"You're so good." Zhong Chuhong happily kissed the little girl's face.
Liu Jialing was dissatisfied and asked: "What about me?"
Cai Zhuoyan had never seen the movie starring Liu Jialing, but she said timidly: "Sister, you are also very beautiful."
At this time, Liu Jialing finally regained her mental balance and hugged the little girl and kissed her.
Zhong Chuhong deliberately teased her and asked: "Why do you call me Hong Gu, but you call her sister? Do you think I am very old?"
"Aunt Hong is not old. Sister Hong is the most beautiful." Cai Zhuoyan said innocently.
"Hahaha..." The two women burst into laughter and regarded this little girl as a treasure.
Cai Zhuoyan is about to turn 11 years old. But because she is small and develops late, she looks like a **-year-old girl. Her cute and coquettish look can fool many people.
It was only the first day of filming. Cai Zhuoyan has become the pistachio of the entire crew. This girl is more lovable than Yang Caini back then, and her mouth is too sweet.
When it came time to shoot in the afternoon, Cai Zhuoyan finally got into the zone a little bit. The most successful scene was shot only three times, and Kang Jianfei was so happy that she almost fainted.
After filming a few scenes in the church, it was almost dark. Cai Zhuoyan's father finally came to pick him up, and Zhong Chuhong also left the crew.
Kang Jianfei made do with a box lunch with the crew, and then moved to a villa in Waterloo Road to shoot a night scene. This time it was Huang Qiusheng and Liu Jialing.
"Da da da……"
In the underground storage room of the villa, Liu Jialing wore a purple dress and walked down the stairs step by step on high heels. She slowly walked to the wine rack, took down a bottle of wine, looked at the label on it in the dim light, and then
Put it back and take out another bottle.
Suddenly, Liu Jialing turned around abruptly, crossed her arms over her chest and shuddered, then she ran out of the basement quickly with a bottle of wine in her arms with a slightly frightened expression.
The one-minute long one-man show without dialogue is a great test of an actor's skills. It must be said that Carina Lau is one of the better acting Hong Kong actresses, at least better than Kwan Chi-lin and Wong Cho-hyun. She actually did this long shot once
That's it.
After finishing filming the intimate scene between Huang Qiusheng and Liu Jialing, it was almost 10 o'clock. Kang Jianfei immediately called it a day and left the rest of the night scene for tomorrow.
Kang Jianfei directed the crew to pack up the filming equipment, and when he came back from going to the bathroom, he found Liu Jialing still standing in the room. He asked, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Liu Jialing approached Kang Jianfei and said, "Wei Zai is not at home tonight. I am a little scared to go back alone. Where are you going, Mr. Kang? Why don't you give me a ride."
Kang Jianfei glanced at her and said, "This villa belongs to me. It is usually empty. I will sleep here tonight."
Liu Jialing leaned over and smiled flatteringly: "That's just right. I don't have to go back alone. Mr. Kang, you have to protect me. I'm very afraid of the dark."
At this time, Liu Jialing was in bloom, and no one had grown old yet. However, Kang Jianfei was really not interested in her, so he sat on the sofa and said, "Kneel down."
Liu Jialing didn't understand what he meant and was stunned for a moment before still kneeling on the ground.
Kang Jianfei pointed to his crotch and shouted: "Climb over here."
Liu Jialing didn't expect Kang Jianfei to be so perverted, and she immediately felt humiliated. However, in order to get along better in the entertainment industry with her boyfriend in the future, she obediently crawled over, unzipped Kang Jianfei's pants, and laid her head on the man's crotch to serve him.
After a long time, Kang Jianfei shook his head and stood up, saying without looking back: "You can find your own room to rest. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Liu Jialing spit out the turbid liquid on the ground, tears falling from her eyes uncontrollably. Kang Jianfei's attitude was so disrespectful. Ignoring a woman was more hateful than raping her. She really regretted why she stayed tonight. (Unfinished)
