The movie "Before Dawn" is a literary film. Since it is a literary film, it will naturally not have any plot that is too sci-fi or magical.
The whole movie revolves around the story of a pair of strange men and women who met on a train and then traveled a city together, so the plot on the train is the beginning.
However, making a movie does not mean that you have to shoot from the beginning to the end. Many directors even like to shoot from the end. In fact, this kind of situation usually depends on the director's own thoughts about the movie.
But it would be best if we could start from scratch, because this would help the actors better integrate into the entire story and perform better.
Of course, Jiang Bei definitely didn't want this movie to be successful, but "Before Dawn" was a movie with a very simple plot. He couldn't find a suitable reason to skip the first part and shoot the second half first.
So we can only proceed step by step, starting from driving the train.
"In the first scene, a foreign couple was quarreling on the train. The heroine sitting next to her couldn't bear the quarrel and walked to the back of the carriage with her bag and sat down. The hero should pay attention to your eyes at this time, and the photography should capture the details of the expression."
In the abandoned carriage, Jiang Bei looked at the scene on the monitor and shouted to the actors in front of him with a loudspeaker in his hand.
The new actors at the front of the carriage listened carefully. The older extras were fine, and their emotions didn't have much ups and downs. After all, they were just temporary extras.
However, Zhang Ye and Yang Fenghuang were particularly nervous because they were not only the male and female protagonists of the film, but also newcomers to film and television dramas who had never starred in a starring role before.
"Zhang Ye, come on!" Yang Fenghuang, who was sitting in his seat preparing, secretly glanced behind him, clenched his fists and whispered encouragement.
Zhang Ye's seemingly unconcerned face was full of nervousness, and he hesitated before responding with a gesture.
This is the first time they have taken the leading role, and it is extremely important to overcome their inner nervousness.
But how can tension be overcome so easily?
And this emotion can be reflected on the face.
But who would be nervous when taking a train?
"start!"
The moment the recorder announced the start of filming, the entire filming began quietly.
A foreign couple quarreled on the train in a foreign language that neither the hero nor the heroine understood. As the quarrel became louder and louder, it seriously affected the heroine who was sitting next to her reading a book, so that the heroine had no choice but to get up and pick up the book.
Pick up your bag and choose to change seats.
"Yang Fenghuang is a little nervous." In front of the monitor, Li Youqing and Jiang Bei paid attention to the picture on the monitor. As an experienced actor, she saw the problem at the first sight.
"I'm a little nervous, but it's pretty good for a newcomer to be able to do this." Jiang Bei nodded, and his response was a bit off-topic.
Of course he knew the meaning of Li Youqing's words, but he must have made this movie with the mentality of fooling him if he could.
Hmm...just like the king of bad movies, Hai Da Chuang, filming is always a one-step process.
Seeing that Jiang Bei had no intention of reshooting, Li Youqing said nothing after hesitating and continued to watch silently.
As the camera slowly zooms in from the heroine's perspective, the male and female protagonists are officially in the same row of seats. They are attracted to each other because of their good looks, and begin to look at each other furtively.
Perhaps because of a bit of nervousness, both parties behaved as if they were "peeping", but when the actor needed to tell the first line, Zhang Ye got stuck because of his nervousness.
"I'm sorry, director, I got stuck." Zhang Ye quickly stood up and bowed to Jiangbei to apologize.
During the filming, the most taboo thing is for the actors to forget their lines during the dialogue, because this will cause the filming to be interrupted and affect the filming process. If it was in the film era, it would also bring a certain degree of loss to the entire crew.
Especially since this is the first time filming a movie, generally speaking, it is best to go straight through the first filming, which also means smooth sailing.
Obviously, Zhang Ye didn't work hard enough to complete the first shooting.
The atmosphere inside the carriage was a bit solemn. The staff and actors subconsciously looked at director Jiang Bei in front of the monitor, waiting for the director's statement.
"It's okay, let's do it again." Jiang Bei smiled and motioned to the crew to get back into position and prepare for the second shooting.
Seeing that the director had no intention of blaming him, Zhang Ye's tense expression instantly relaxed. He took a breath, and the tension in his heart gradually dissipated.
"It seems that our director is quite easy to talk to." Zhang Ye sat down again and whispered to Yang Fenghuang who was standing in the aisle.
"Mr. Jiang has always had a good temper, but Zhang Ye, you have to work hard and don't make any mistakes again." Yang Fenghuang warned seriously.
"Don't worry, I'm definitely better than you." Zhang Ye couldn't bear to listen to others' preaching, so he waved his hand impatiently.
The crew was quickly ready again and started filming the second time with an order.
This time, Zhang Ye spoke his lines without any hindrance and began to communicate with Yang Fenghuang. However, after all, it was the first time that he took the lead alone, so his tone and expression were somewhat unnatural.
But the director didn't call for a jam, and the shot went by naturally and smoothly.
Slowly, as the shooting progressed smoothly, the condition of the male and female protagonist gradually improved, at least they no longer looked so nervous. Until the male protagonist invited the female protagonist to go to the restaurant to have dinner together, the first shooting came to an end.
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"Very good, everyone's performance is not very good. Let's take a break and prepare to shoot the restaurant view." Jiang Bei stood up and took the lead in applauding and encouraging, and motioned to the crew to take a break.
The cast and crew were delighted.
Only Li Youqing felt a little strange and asked in a low voice: "Beibei, don't you need to retake the scene just now?"
"Why did it need to be re-filmed?" Jiang Bei asked doubtfully.
"I feel like the photo could be better." Li Youqing suggested.
Although she is not a director, she can clearly tell that the acting skills of the male and female protagonists were a bit unnatural at the beginning, and it was only in the middle of the filming that they gradually overcame it and got into the groove. If she could do it all over again now, the effect would definitely be better.
"I think it's great!" When two people first get to know each other, there will definitely be awkward moments. Although the movie needs some artistic processing, I think retaining these embarrassments can make the movie more real, just like when we first got to know each other.
When I talk to you, you always ignore me." This is how Jiang Bei explained his wife's suggestions.
"It's like this..."
After all, Li Youqing is not a director, so he understands that he lacks self-confidence. After hearing what Jiang Bei said, he began to examine himself.
"Don't worry, I know it well." Jiang Bei shook Li Youqing's hand and smiled.
"Okay."
Li Youqing was finally convinced and chose to believe in her husband.
The subsequent filming also went very smoothly. Jiang Bei secretly controlled the filming rhythm of the entire film through inadvertent and superb methods. When the actors were in average or extremely poor condition, they would start filming as much as possible. When the actors were in good condition, they would stop filming at the right time.
To prevent actors from stimulating their acting skills through substitution.
As a result, although the film produced may not be extremely bad, it is definitely not a high-quality film.
Especially when new actors sometimes paused during dialogue, forgot their lines, etc., Jiangbei did not call for a stop, but continued to let the actors continue to perform.
As a result, the whole movie seems to be filled with a vague sense of embarrassment, and even the actors themselves can feel this feeling.
"Zhang Ye, have you noticed that our shooting went too smoothly?" One day during lunch, Yang Fenghuang walked to Zhang Ye and sat down next to Zhang Ye with a lunch box, and asked doubtfully.
Zhang Ye sat on the bench, poking at the lunch boxes on the plate, and replied one after another: "Isn't it good that the filming went smoothly? This proves that we have talent."
"But sometimes I clearly feel that I have made a mistake, but the director still lets us continue filming..." Yang Fenghuang glanced at Jiang Bei, who was eating not far away, and said in a low voice.
"I don't think you made any mistakes, it's pretty good." Zhang Ye's tone was full of confidence. The smooth shooting in the past two days gave him great confidence in his acting skills. He is no longer the one who can't say his lines.
He is a newbie. Sometimes he would even have a flash of inspiration and say some lines that were not in the original script. Director Jiang Bei didn't say anything because of this. In Zhang Ye's view, this was recognition of his on-the-spot performance.
What else can increase your confidence than the director’s approval?
Of course not.
So after a few days, Zhang Ye's mentality has changed greatly. He thinks that making movies is very simple and can be done casually.
Seeing Zhang Ye's attitude, Yang Fenghuang knew that this topic could not be continued. After a moment of hesitation, she stood up and left, walked to sit down next to the sisters Ruyu and Ruji, and asked in a low voice: "Ruyu, Ruji, what do you think?"
How have I been performing these days?"
Ruyu ate the lunch box and replied after hearing this: "It's very good! Last night, my cousin praised you and Zhang Ye in front of us that you and Zhang Ye are good young people who will become great talents in the future."
"That's right, my cousin also asked us sisters to learn more from you and Zhang Ye. By the way, our rivalry will be coming soon. Teacher Yang, can you tell us about the play?" Ru Ji also echoed from the side.
"But I don't think my acting was very good..." Yang Fenghuang explained with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Teacher Yang, when did you become so humble?" Ruyu asked with a smile.
"Why are you so modest? You don't want to tell a story for us, do you? You're afraid that we might steal the limelight soon." Ruji's mouth was more tricky, and she said sarcastically.
The three of them belonged to the same company and group. Yang Fenghuang knew the personalities of the two sisters, so he didn't care too much about it. However, the feeling of being misunderstood was a bit uncomfortable. Feeling aggrieved, she could only silently pick up the plate and walk to the corner to squat, without thinking.
eating lunch.
"Ah, this grass is so cool!"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, and Yang Fenghuang was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
"Cool cool!"
"Ah! It's Teacher Yang, why are you sitting on the ground properly? Get up quickly." Liangliang spat out the dogtail grass in her mouth, jumped up with a vigorous figure, helped Yang Fenghuang and patted it away for her
The dust on your body.
"Liangliang, what are you doing?" Yang Fenghuang casually cleaned the dust on his body and asked curiously.
"There is nothing to do after dinner, just walk around." Seeing that she had nothing to do, Liangliang explained and waved to leave.
"Hey! Liangliang." Yang Fenghuang raised his hand and shouted.
"What's wrong?" Liang Liang turned around and asked.
Yang Fenghuang hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Liangliang, you have made movies before. Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Please teach me?" Liangliang was stunned, tilted his little head and thought: "Have I ever made a movie before?"
"The heroine of "Mood Inn"." Yang Fenghuang reminded.
"Oh..." Liangliang suddenly realized, stepped back and squatted down next to her and asked, "Just ask."
Yang Fenghuang was so happy that he asked a few doubts in his heart one by one:
1: Is Mr. Jiang strict when making movies?
"Of course it's strict. My brother is known as a tyrant on the set. Whenever there is a detail issue, he will jump up and down."
2: Then why doesn’t it appear in this movie?
"Damn! You asked this question. If there is no such situation, it must be that everything was perfect during the shooting!"
Three: But I feel that Zhang Ye and I didn’t take the photos that well, and there were some problems in some places.
"You have newcomer anxiety. You need to have more confidence in yourself. Okay, I'm going to move the props. Let's talk about anything next time."
The gambling king patted his butt and stood up, waving his hand and disappearing from Yang Fenghuang's sight.
"Is this really true?" Yang Fenghuang looked at the disappearing gambling king of Ancheng and fell into deep thought.
And just when she was deep in thought, the gambling king of Ancheng who disappeared on the other side came to Jiangbei unknowingly and whispered: "Brother, Yang Fenghuang is a bit spiritual as an actor. She is already examining her acting skills."
"Compared to the arrogant Zhang Ye, she is more suitable to be an actor." Jiang Bei said while holding a cup of hot tea and squinting his eyes.
"Just like sister-in-law." Liangliang nodded in approval.
When Jiang Bei heard this, he twitched his lips and glanced at the gambling king with murderous eyes.
The latter immediately fell silent.
"How is the situation over there at Mu Feibai?"
Everything is under control when shooting here, and Jiangbei naturally needs to know about the situation on the other side, so that he can prepare for emergencies and deal with emergencies.
Liangliang replied after hearing this: "The situation is not very good. I just got news that the actor Xu Hanzhou and the director Mu Feibai had some unpleasantness on the set, and the filming was forced to be suspended."
Jiang Bei frowned and asked, "How do you say that?"
"Xu Hanzhou thought there was something wrong with the script and asked to change it. But Mu Feibai disagreed and insisted on using the original script. Neither party would give in, so in the end they had to suspend filming." Liang Liang said.
"Xu Hanzhou asked to change the script? Why?" Jiang Bei looked confused.
Liangliang shrugged, spread his hands and replied: "Who knows."