Chapter 718 Pretend to be pure (two in one chapter!)
On Tuesday, February 18th, in the central part of northern Hebei, Zhuozhou City, not far from the capital and Tianjing, at the urban train station square, the crew of "Mysterious Superstar" was preparing for a day of filming.
Tang An hasn't been here these days. Assistant director Zhang Yiping has been taking them to shoot, but they are all less important scenes.
The entire crew and actors are here today.
Although not everyone has a role, Tang An is coming to the crew today, and no one dares not to come.
All departments were preparing for the filming later. The assistant director and some security guards sent by the train station maintained order. The passengers passing by in a hurry didn't point any fingers. Most of them took a quick look and left.
Lei Jiayin, who was bored next to him, poked Peng Yichang next to him, "Hey, Peng Peng, Director Tang is here today."
Lei Jiayin can barely get involved with Hantang. His agency, Shangshi Pictures, has invested in Tang Yan's company, and is a shareholder of Hantang Media, so they are more or less related to each other.
However, Peng Yichang is from Deng Chao's company and is a fellow villager of Deng Chao, so he is a direct descendant.
"Maybe so, I don't know for sure."
Peng Yichang, who was holding the script and memorizing his lines, spoke without looking back, still staring at his script intently.
Today is Tang An's first scene back on the set. I don't know how he is feeling. No one wants to get in trouble.
After filming for more than a month, everyone understood Tang An's temper.
The scolding is not a big deal, the key is that Peng Yichang has taken on "Operation Red Sea" again. If he doesn't perform well this time, makes Tang An unhappy, and the role in "Operation Red Sea" is gone, then it will be over.
Seeing how nervous he was, Lei Jiayin shook her head in amusement and pulled the script over.
"Okay, don't watch anymore. The two movies "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Beijing Love Story" are huge box office hits. Director Tang must be in a good mood, don't worry."
"Lei Datou, please return the script to me!"
Already nervous, he couldn't remember his lines clearly, and the script was taken away from him. Peng Yichang was so excited that he even called out his nickname.
Ahem
When he was filming in Beijing, Tang An casually said "Lei Datou" and became Lei Jiayin's official nickname, which made him extremely depressed.
He angrily returned the script to Peng Yichang, and Lei Jiayin did not correct the nickname.
It's a good thing to be remembered by Tang An. In all these years, Tang An has never given anyone a nickname.
Even Liu Ye's head was not smaller than his own, and Tang An didn't give him the nickname Liu Datou.
What does this mean? It means that he left an impression on Tang An, which is a good thing.
However, Lei Jiayin didn't want to get entangled in this topic, so he changed the topic and pointed out to him seriously, "It's useless if you memorize it. It's been half an hour. I haven't memorized such a few lines, the character's psychology, and the expression."
Come down, let me tell you, the more nervous you are, the less likely you are to memorize it by rote. Even if you memorize it, you will have to forget it later when filming."
As an actor who has been filming for ten years, Lei Jiayin speaks clearly and logically.
Only then did Peng Yichang remember that there was an actor sitting next to him.
Although he is only the best actor at the Changchun Film Festival, he is still the best actor. He himself estimates that it will be more than ten years before he can be nominated for the best actor.
Peng Yichang said quickly, "Brother Lei, how should I carry it?"
Just now it was Lei Datou, and in the next moment it was Lei Ge.
Lei Jiayin looked at not far away with a smile, where deputy director Zhang Yiping was narrating a play to Jiang Xiaodi.
"It's no use memorizing it by rote. You have to immerse yourself in it. You know, immerse yourself in the role."
Peng Yichang followed his gaze and asked doubtfully, "You want me to go and play with Sister Xiaodi?"
"That's right."
"But I'm a little nervous."
"What's so stressful about this?"
"The director didn't ask me to act in the scene, so I was a little nervous." Peng Yichang said with some embarrassment.
Lei Jiayin looked at his coquettish look, as if he had come from before, and said clearly, "Similar to me, when I was at the Shanghai Theater Academy, there were often beautiful seniors who took the initiative to talk to me, but I didn't even think about it.
Sorry."
""
Peng Yichang said nothing, his squinting eyes said everything.
"Don't believe it, my brother was very good-looking when he was in our drama club." Lei Jiayin said.
"I'm telling you"
It suddenly got too far away, and Lei Jiayin began to brag about his great achievements.
Peng Yichang heard halfway and suddenly said, "Brother Lei, aren't you afraid that I will tell your wife?"
"My wife has absolute trust in me, just say it." Lei Jiayin said indifferently.
Just kidding, his wife was his classmate back then, so she didn’t know how much he weighed.
Suddenly going too far, Peng Yichang finally remembered what he had just asked, and quickly stopped and asked, "Brother Lei, is this what I'm going to say about playing with Sister Xiao Di?"
"Then what do you want to say? If you want to have a scene, just go ahead. She can still eat you."
Lei Jiayin said, thought for a while and then said, "Your current state is just right. If you look at the script, this character has a crush on the heroine and makes excuses to talk to her in the car."
As soon as he said this, Peng Yichang quickly shook his head and said, "No, I'm not, I don't have a crush on Sister Xiao Di."
Lei Jiayin was speechless and patted Peng Yichang on the head.
"I didn't say that you have a crush on Xiao Di. What I said is that you and the character are in the same state. You are too embarrassed to strike up a conversation. Do you understand?"
"Oh, I understand." Peng Yichang nodded belatedly.
Lei Jiayin gave him a cheering look, "Let's go."
"What are you going for?"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, startling the two of them.
A team of bodyguards came over surrounded by Tang An. He smiled and said, "I can see you two muttering from afar, what are you talking about?"
When they heard that Tang An was coming, the two of them stood up quickly.
"Hello, Director Tang."
"Director Tang, we didn't say anything, it's just that Peng Peng wants to go to the toilet."
"We discussed going to the toilet for a long time. If you want to go, just go. Is it possible that you two have to go together?"
Tang An shook his head, ignored them both, and walked inside.
When they walked away, Peng Yichang took a breath and said, "I'm scared to death. Why did Director Tang come suddenly?"
Lei Jiayin said, "Look at you, it takes a long time to write down the whole scene. If you are confessing your love to the girl you like, by the time you think about it, someone else will beat you to the cup size."
Peng Yichang hesitated and said, "Then should I go and play the opposite role?"
Lei Jiayin looked at Tang An and Zhang Yiping over there and said a few words. The crew was almost ready and said, "Director Tang is here and filming will start soon. Forget it, let me help you."
"But I don't feel that nervous anymore when I play with you."
Acting with a pretty girl is completely different from acting with a grown man. You can't find the feeling.
"Then you can think about it slowly yourself." Lei Jiayin said angrily.
Tang An asked Assistant Director Xiang, "Lao Zhang, how are the preparations going?"
Zhang Yiping replied, "It's almost done, we can start filming soon."
"Well, you have worked hard during this time, Lao Zhang."
Tang An nodded and turned to look at Jiang Xiaodi and Qin Hairu.
"Are you all ready?"
"Ready, Director Tang."
They have all changed their clothes, and the scars on Qin Hairu's arms and corners of her eyes have been healed, and they are waiting for Tang An to take pictures.
"Okay, let's get ready and try out the camera position. We'll start shooting in five minutes."
Tang An didn't talk nonsense. Although he had just joined the cast, the crew had been filming for more than a week since the new year, so there were no problems in terms of running-in.
As for the things I shot over the past week or so, after every day, they were sent to Tang An’s mailbox and I have read them all.
After trying the camera position and lighting for five minutes, we started shooting directly.
Although he hasn't filmed for more than half a month, Tang An didn't feel unfamiliar at all and got into the mood right away.
"The third scene, one shot at a time!"
"start!"
This is the scene where the heroine is picked up by her mother after she returns from playing with her classmates on the weekend. It was not shot on the platform like the original version.
At the beginning of 2012, when the real-name system for train tickets was implemented, platform tickets were canceled in China, which means that you can no longer go to the platform for pick-up and drop-off.
This is approaching the end of the winter vacation, which is the peak period. It would be good if everything goes well, otherwise it would be impossible for the train to wait for the crew.
It's not impossible to make the train wait, but there will be a price to pay.
There is a film and television base in Zhuozhou, so finding some extras won't be a problem.
An exit of the station was bustling with people. Qin Hairu was behind the crowd, waiting for her daughter to come out.
Not long after, Xiao Di, carrying a violin on his back, walked through the crowd and came out.
Camera No. 1 has been following her back and has not taken any pictures from the front in these few seconds.
Qin Hairu opened her arms to hug Xiaodi and asked her how she was playing.
Hugging her mother's shoulders, Xiao Di has a warm smile on her face. The first frontal shot of this scene is very heartwarming.
But after letting go, Xiao Di's face was filled with sadness again.
There are many times throughout the film that the heroine has such an expression on her face. After these two months of filming, Xiaodi has become very skilled at it.
After letting go of Xiao Di, Qin Hairu still told interesting things about the family and the latest variety show "The King of Masked Singer". A little boy was scolded by his tutor and cried, saying that everything was fine at home.
Xiao Di just watched quietly. Even if he caught a glimpse of a small scar in the corner of Qin Hairu's eye that was not covered by his sunglasses, he was not too excited. He was used to it.
"Mom, what's wrong with your eyes?"
"It's okay, I accidentally hit it. You're right, I'm always clumsy."
Qin Hairu stopped Xiao Di as if nothing had happened and walked outside. While walking, she changed the topic and started talking about "The King of Masked Singer".
Approaching the exit, Xiaodi suddenly stopped and shook his head slightly, "I'm right, Mom, you are really stupid."
This shot is not too short, but it is relatively smooth.
but.
"Click."
Tang An still shouted stop.
"Xiao Di, your expression changed too much when you said the last line, just like seeing the scars on the corners of your eyes. It's become commonplace, so there shouldn't be any obvious changes in your mood."
A protagonist with a distinct personality, not too complicated, and relatively easy to interpret.
Many directors don't look at acting skills at all when hiring newcomers. When Zhang Yimou chose Zhou Dongyu, Ni Ni, and Li Bian chose Tang Wei, their first consideration was never acting skills.
If it fits the role and follows the director's requirements, shot after shot, it will be considered a success.
After filming a scene, I waited for a while and then started the scene in the carriage.
A few boys were playing the card game "Three Kingdoms" there, and there were other actors of all ages and professional actors in the carriage.
The song that several girls sang was "Su Yan", which is considered a popular song by the three giants of QQ Music and is more in line with the preferences of girls of this period and age.
Basically, I know how to sing, and I don’t need to ask how well I sing or how neatly I sing.
I took some pictures of the impatient expressions of the surrounding audience: the old man who was sleeping in his seat when he was woken up and felt hopeless, the young man who was watching a movie with a frown on his face.
And the heroine, who was incompatible with several girls, kept looking out the window.
"Okay, pass!"
"Next item, Xiaodi is ready."
In this scene, she had to play and sing by herself, so Tang An chose a song called "The Sunshine Always Comes After the Storm," which was the team song of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Inspirational songs, with soft tones and will not disturb people, are more suitable.
"First scene, three shots, once!"
"start!"
After several months of training, Xiaodi has become proficient in using the violin. At least he can perform the movements in a decent manner.
In the monitor, the camera showed a close-up of the hand, slowly moving to the left.
Before the song started, the students next to her had already stopped quietly. Apparently they already knew that the heroine sang very well and were looking forward to it.
Turning to Xiao Di's face, her expression completely changed at this time. She no longer had a frown on her face. The sadness slowly faded away, and an innocent smile appeared for a girl of this age.
The joys and sorrows of life
willing to share everything with you
It is inevitable that I have fallen and waited
Be brave and raise your head
Who wants to hide in a sheltered harbor?
I would rather have the freedom of waves
May I be the lighthouse in your heart waiting for you
Let you see through the fog
The camera turned to other passengers again, the same people, but this time, no matter who were watching videos, sleeping, making phone calls, or chatting, no matter what they were doing, no matter what their mood was just now, they all smiled.
The classmates next to me were also intoxicated by the singing, swaying slightly to the rhythm.
"Okay, next one."
Everything went well, I passed it in three attempts.
Without stopping, Peng Yichang appeared immediately.
Peng Yichang walked over from behind a little awkwardly, holding several pieces of leaflet-like paper in his hand.
He showed an honest smile and said, "You sing so beautifully."
Xiao Di stopped and said helplessly, "Is something wrong?"
"Well, let me send you a flyer. Our city will hold a competition for the top ten singers on campus this year. You can register at school first, and then participate in the city-wide competition after being promoted from school. The prize for the first place is a laptop computer."
"Give me."
Xiao Di's eyes lit up when she heard that there was a laptop prize in the singing competition, and she immediately stood up and reached out to take a flyer.
"Click!"
Tang An sat at the monitor and shook his head and shouted stop.
He stood up and moved around, walked over and said to the two of them, "Peng Peng, when you first heard the singing, why did the expression on your face that was intoxicated by the singing suddenly disappear?"
Peng Yichang said quickly, "Director Tang, I'm sorry, I forgot about it all of a sudden."
Tang An continued, "Also, when I came over and looked at Xiaodi for the first time, I lost a little bit of shyness, and when I took out the leaflet to explain my intention, I also lost a little bit of flattery."
"I'm sorry, Director Tang."
"I'm sorry at all times. I hear this word at least hundreds of times a day on the set."
"sorry"
here we go again.
Tang An waved his hand and said, "Think back to the time you chatted with your first girlfriend and the time you gave her a gift for the first time."
Peng Yichang said calmly, "I haven't had a girlfriend yet."
Tang An looked at him and smiled, "Even if you have never had a girlfriend, then there was no girl you liked in school before. Think about it, every time you get along with her and look at each other, Christmas will always give you
Let’s send greeting cards to classmates, what was it like at that time?”
"Neither"
Okay, pretending to be innocent, what age has it been?
No matter what age you are, it is normal to never have a girlfriend in your 20s, but it is absolutely impossible to never have a girl you like.
Unless none of the girls I have been around since childhood are beautiful, but even so, among the short ones, there is always one who is slightly prettier.
At this age, everyone is pretending to be innocent, but in a few years, they will all be pretending to be veterans. They have clearly never had a few girlfriends, but they pretend to be countless ladies, proficient in 81 postures, and rich in experience.
, just unwilling to expose the fact that he can't find a girlfriend.
Hey, who are you talking about?
The young man is thin-skinned, and Tang An is not easy to bully.
After thinking about it, I called Lei Jiayin, who was watching the fun next to me.
"Da Tou, come here and teach your junior apprentice a lesson."
Lei Jiayin was just watching the fun, but he didn't dare not agree when he was called. He came over and said, "Director Tang, I"
Before he finished speaking, Tang An joked, "Why, you haven't had your first love yet?"
I already have a wife!
Lei Jiayin choked back after saying something, smiled, and began to teach Peng Yichang the teacher's lesson.
A green, embarrassed smile appeared at the right time, followed immediately by a slightly flattering smile.
Tang An nodded, "It's not bad, just a little greasy."
Lei Jiayin suddenly felt embarrassed, "I'm three years younger than you, okay? Even if I'm not as well maintained as your big boss, I can't be called greasy!"
Besides, it is not appropriate to ask a 31-year-old man to make such a young expression.
However, I only dared to complain in my heart and did not dare to say anything more.
The demonstration was unsuccessful, but Tang An was not in a hurry, there was still time.
"Peng Peng, then you now regard Xiaodi as the girl you have a crush on, just like the character in the movie, and hint in your heart that you like her."
After saying that, Tang An asked again, "Do you think Xiaodi is beautiful?"
Peng Yichang didn't know why, so he could only nod, "Beautiful."
"Okay, come here, sit next to her and look into her eyes."
"Xiao Di, look at Peng Peng and make eye contact with him."
Peng Yichang sat a little awkwardly next to Xiao Di. There were many beauties at the Shanghai Theater Academy, and close contact was not uncommon.
However, it is the first time that you have to stare at such a beautiful woman staring at you.
Xiao Di didn't think it was anything. Girls of this age group are much more mature than boys, and they have filmed so many movies. She didn't think it was anything, so she just followed Tang An's wishes and stared at Peng Yichang.
However, as she looked at it, she couldn't help but laugh.
It wasn't because he was embarrassed, but after looking at each other for more than ten seconds, Peng Yichang couldn't bear it anymore. His eyes kept blinking and his face turned a little red.
"alright."
After staring at each other for more than ten seconds, Tang An asked them to stop after they felt that they were almost done.
Hearing Tang An's words, Peng Yichang quickly turned his head to the side.
"Puff"
Seeing his appearance, Xiao Di finally couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, stop laughing, get ready, continue, Peng Peng, keep this state."
The filming continued. This time Peng Yichang was a little shy and met the requirements.
However, when Xiaodi got the flyer and read it, his expression did not change suddenly enough, and he lacked the sense of surprise.
There were all kinds of problems, but I managed to finish it on time.
The crew returned to the hotel, and Tang An also had a meal with the local government.
The deputy mayor in charge of culture, education and health attended, and was accompanied by a deputy minister of the Xuanxuan Department, the director of Zhuozhou Optoelectronics, the person in charge of Zhuozhou Film and Television Base, and the director of the railway station.
Tang An has the least contact with Tie Boss, but Tie Boss is also awesome. Although it is a county-level city, the deputy mayor is at the department level, and the third-class station chief should be at the department level, but when he was talking to the deputy mayor
They seem to be equal, at least there is no obvious low profile.
Although Tie Boss is not as awesome as he used to be, he is still quite powerful. A few years ago, a feudal official went to Beijing to file a complaint against the imperial government. The person he sued was Tie Boss, and he was raped as a result.
The dinner table is nothing more than attracting investment. A county-level city finally has a big boss, and he must want to get some benefits.
Tang An always behaves like this wherever he goes, so it's no surprise.
It didn't give them any benefits, but Tang An also negotiated the acquisition of two local media and portal websites in Zhuozhou.
Although a small city is nothing, when the number is large enough, it can have a considerable impact.
The host and guest had a great time, and it ended happily.
After finishing an exterior scene, move indoors.
The filming of the exterior scenes in the capital has been completed, and there are not many exterior scenes in the small county here. Moreover, some scenes have been filmed before, leaving most of the indoor scenes.
Although the indoor drama scene at home is not complicated, it is not easy.
We started filming the night scene on the first night, which is the scene where the heroine comes home and wants to tell her father that she wants to participate in a singing competition.
The scene where you take off your socks and grab food with your hands like the original version is impossible, and you can feel the smell through the screen.
Night scenes are difficult to shoot because people's physiological and physiological conditions are not good enough.
Fu Dalong's performance is outstanding. For him, this kind of role is just a matter of leisurely play.
There is nothing wrong with Qin Hairu, but Jiang Xiaodi's performance is still lacking.
Facing a father with violent tendencies, that feeling of trepidation has never been fully grasped.
I could only grind it out, stay up for five nights in a row, my body and mind were extremely exhausted, but I was able to perform well in that state.
Everything went according to plan, nothing went particularly smoothly, but nothing particularly stuck.
The heroine's character and temperament are capricious and change frequently, and Tang An has to give some advice in this regard every time.
"Click!"
"The action of closing the door and the words he said to his brother were too gentle. There should be an obvious action of slamming the door, and the tone should also be obviously impatient."
In this scene, when I came home from school, my brother didn't open the door in time because he was not in a good mood, so he started to lose his temper.
Those who are close to vermillion are red, those who are close to ink are black. If you are often in such an environment and have a father like this, under the influence of your ears and eyes, you will easily become irritable whenever something goes wrong.
Although every scene needs to be explained very thoroughly, it is just a matter of spending more time talking.
ps: I still haven’t regained my composure, and the 6,000 words have reached three o’clock again.
I have been coding and not writing separately, mainly because I have a habit of taking a five-minute break to relax after coding a chapter.
I just watch videos and stuff. Sometimes I watch movies or TV series, and an hour passes by, forgetting to code.
Once I was playing Douyin for more than half an hour without noticing it. I looked down one by one and realized that time passed too fast, so I uninstalled it.
I don’t have time, so I won’t divide it into chapters. There are only two chapters of 6,000 words and 3,000 words.