Chapter 68 Reshoot: Jiangbei Acting for the First Time
In any case, this nearly month-long "you come and I steal the male lead" incident can be regarded as coming to an end. One day at the end of May, both parties chose to restart filming with a very tacit understanding.
Early in the morning, the crew of "Before Dawn" returned to this abandoned train station after nearly a month, preparing to reshoot this romantic literary work from a previous life.
He is familiar with the job, whether he is a member of the crew, a supporting role, a special actor, or even a supporting actor returning to his old career, there is no sense of unfamiliarity. He is very skillful in cooperating and quickly completes the preliminary preparations.
"I'm really looking forward to the director's acting skills." Xiao Yu'er squatted among the crowd and looked at Director Jiang Bei who was preparing in the center of the set, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.
"I think it's better not to have too high hopes. I heard that our director has never acted before. Maybe the filming progress this time will be slower than last time." Ruyu on the side expressed her dissatisfaction with Jiangbei's acting skills.
He believed it, and after speaking, he asked his sister Ruji: "Hasn't the company arranged any activities for us recently?"
Ru Ji shook his head when he heard this and replied: "Manager Li asked us to stay on the set and learn from experience, so the company will cancel all activities for us before the filming of this movie is completed."
"That's it. I'm afraid I won't be able to make any money this year. I'm still planning to work hard to buy a sports car this year!" Ruyu was instantly discouraged and looked hopeless.
The two sisters have been debuting for a year now. Because they debuted on the variety show "Building 101", their group is still very popular. In just one year, they have created a lot of benefits for the company. However,
Most of the money was collected by the company, and the remaining members of the group only had a limited amount of money each could get.
So even though Ruyu Ruji's current group is very popular, in the past year they only saved a little money and bought two apartments outside the suburbs of Azure City to live in temporarily. After buying them, they didn't have much savings left.
I originally thought that this year I could use the movie "Before Dawn" to enter the film and television industry and expand my ways of making money, but I never thought that I would directly trap people here, and at first glance, it was the kind that started at least half a year ago.
Naturally, Ruyu couldn't help but complain.
"You must have confidence in the director, and you must know that he is Jiangbei!" Sisters Xiao Yu'er and Ruyu Ruji had different ideas. In her opinion, since Jiangbei dared to stand up and bet on his entertainment career, he must be
There are some secret preparations.
And to take a step back, Jiang Bei is an excellent screenwriter and director. With dual experience, starring in a play he wrote and directed has certain attribute bonuses.
This is just like playing a game. If a warrior holds a magic wand used by a mage, he will definitely not take advantage of it, but if he holds a broadsword that a warrior is good at using, it will be equivalent to adding more power to a tiger and can greatly improve his combat effectiveness.
"Isn't it just luck that I have made a successful movie? I am not the best director at the Star Awards. How can I have so much confidence?" Ruyu curled her lips and muttered. Anyway, she didn't believe that her cousin-in-law could play this well.
Role.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu'er knew that everyone had different understandings and was too lazy to argue with the two sisters. At this time, the preparations had been completed. At Jiang Bei's signal, the temporary assistant director temporarily took over the command and announced the start of filming.
"The actors are all in their place...the first shot of the first scene of "Before Dawn"...A!"
The first scene is the scene when the male and female protagonists meet on the train. There is no part of Xiao Yu'er in it, but this does not prevent her from watching the scene seriously and watching the acting of Jiang Bei, who is not favored by the outside world.
In fact, it wasn't just Xiao Yu'er, the entire cast and crew came out of the lounge or dressing room as long as they were free, and stood on the stage looking in through the laborious old train glass.
Full of curiosity and expectation.
Both sides of the camera on the strenuous train were crowded with people. Faced with this situation, the first thing to feel the pressure was the actors on the train. Some of the extras may not be used to being watched by so many people, and their expressions were a little unnatural, and their eyes sometimes looked awkward.
Floating outward involuntarily.
But after all, he is a supporting actor, so it is not a big problem if this happens. At most, the photographer can control the shooting angle and remove some expressions of the supporting actor that may not perform well. The main focus must still be on the male and female protagonists and the elderly couple in the early stage.
Here comes the footage of the couple arguing.
The actors who play the quarreling couple are all relatively old. They are veteran actors selected by Li Youqing from Weilan Film and Television Base. Because the background of the story was moved to China from Jiangbei, it is not appropriate to use a foreign language here. Therefore, I am writing this
During the story, Jiangbei deliberately changed the couple to ethnic minorities and quarreled in the minority language, so that the quarrels of the German couple in the original work could be perfectly restored.
Li Youqing naturally followed the script when selecting actors. The veteran actors he found were all from ethnic minorities, so the two of them could freely communicate seamlessly in the language of their ethnic groups, and it also allowed everyone to
No one understands it.
Since they are veteran actors, they must be very experienced in acting and on-the-spot handling. Even in the face of so many onlookers, they completed their roles very well without making any mistakes.
But compared to them, Yang Fenghuang, the heroine on the other side, was sitting on pins and needles, her peripheral vision constantly drifting in all directions.
Logically speaking, this was her second time filming this scene, and this shouldn't have happened. But at this moment, she felt that she was even more nervous than the first time she filmed this scene.
An invisible pressure pressed against her and her whole heart began to beat rapidly.
Especially the gazes from outside made her subconsciously want to dodge.
Sudden.
The whole world fell silent.
Yang Fenghuang raised her head blankly and found that everyone was looking at her.
"Yang Fenghuang, what are you doing?" Assistant Director Wan Xian came over and asked with a dissatisfied look on his face.
According to the plot, Yang Fenghuang, who was sitting next to the couple, felt a little impatient because of the quarrel between them. After several times, he finally chose to change seats, and then he met and communicated with the male protagonist.
But just now, when the camera panned to Yang Fenghuang, she was distracted!
This is something that almost never happens on set.
"I'm sorry, director, I'm sorry." Yang Fenghuang stood up in a panic and bowed his head to apologize. At the same time, he looked towards the back of the carriage out of the corner of his eye. Sitting there was the person in charge of the film - Jiang Bei.
"Be careful not to get distracted. Try it again." Wan Xian also took a look at the end and found that the director didn't say anything, so he reminded Yang Fenghuang and ordered the entire crew to start shooting again.
Fortunately, the shooting had just begun, so it was not difficult to start over again. After all departments returned to their original positions, the shooting started again.
This time Yang Fenghuang was not distracted. She reacted immediately when the camera shot on her, but her expression was still a bit reluctant due to nervousness, so that Wan Xian couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene in front of the monitor.
Wrinkled.
But he did not call to stop, but chose to let the filming continue, because this was the order of Director Jiangbei before the filming started, requiring that no matter what problems the actors had, as long as there was no jamming, the filming should continue and come back after the final filming.
Watch the replay and look for problems one by one.
The scene in the monitor continued. As the couple's quarrel became louder and louder, the heroine's patience reached the limit. In the end, she was forced to stand up, pick up her backpack, and walk toward the back of the car to proceed.
Seat replacement.
The photographer also followed Yang Fenghuang and pushed the camera forward. At this time, Jiang Bei, the leading actor, finally appeared in the camera.
He was flipping through a book casually with an idle look on his face. When the heroine came over, he raised his head and glanced, then lowered his head and continued reading.
I can't say how amazing it is.
But it can be considered quite satisfactory. Li Youqing, who had been sitting silently in front of the monitor and watching, couldn't help but his eyes lit up and the corner of his mouth showed a bit of joy.
At least for a person who has never acted before, being able to achieve this level is considered very good, and you can't ask for more.
The filming was still going on. After sitting down, Yang Fenghuang also glanced at Jiangbei, and then took out the book and continued reading. The male protagonist Jiang Bei also took the initiative to talk to the heroine Yang Fenghuang because of his "appearance."
Ask her if she can understand what the couple is arguing about, and use this to open up a conversation and get to know each other.
Unfortunately, Yang Fenghuang, who was still a little nervous at this time, began to have frequent problems again. For example, he stuttered during conversations, and his expression was very unnatural when facing the male protagonist, and he looked timid.
This was obviously inconsistent with the heroine's character at this time. Even the people standing outside the carriage noticed the problem and began to comment in low voices.
"Why do I feel like Yang Fenghuang is out of shape today?"
"Yeah! She looks very nervous. It doesn't look like the director's performance is as good as it was."
"I guess it's because I'm under too much pressure from the director."
These subtle sounds accompanied by the soft wind blew into Yang Fenghuang's ears, making her already nervous even more unable to calm down. Naturally, there were more and more comments about mistakes, and even when the male protagonist Jiang Bei invited her to dine at a restaurant
It took a while to react.
The original shooting plan also ended here.
"Click!"
Jiang Bei took the initiative to shout stop, then stood up and walked towards the monitor.
The atmosphere inside the carriage was not very good. Everyone realized that the shooting just now was not ideal, and some experienced staff and actors were already starting to prepare for re-shooting.
"Yang Fenghuang's condition is not very good, the problem is a bit big." Li Youqing watched Jiang Bei return to the monitor, proactively pressed the playback button to play back, and expressed his opinion at the same time.
"Yeah." Jiang Bei responded softly, stroking his chin and watching the replay.
Watching the replays, we can indeed see a lot of problems, especially Yang Fenghuang himself, who has the most serious problems. Jiangbei can feel the embarrassment and tension coming from this character through the screen.
But for him, Yang Fenghuang's state is the most satisfying.
It's a pity that he can't blatantly announce that he will adopt this shooting method, otherwise it will definitely arouse Li Youqing's suspicion, and then the gain will really outweigh the loss.
"Let's shoot it again and let Yang Fenghuang adjust the situation." Jiang Bei thought for a while and motioned to the assistant director Wan Xian.
"Okay." Wan Xian, who was waiting for instructions, nodded quickly and left to talk to Yang Fenghuang, and told the crew to prepare for filming again.
Soon, the crew made an adjustment and the filming of the first and second scenes of the first act was quickly started.
After the break, Yang Fenghuang's condition was better than before, but it was only a little better. If the whole shooting was only 50 points before, then it is 60 points now, barely reaching the passing line.
Even the "newcomer" Jiang Bei's acting skills are much better than those of Yang Fenghuang in everyone's opinion.
Of course, this is obviously everyone's psychological effect. Because it is Jiang Bei's first time acting, everyone is more tolerant of him. On the other hand, although Yang Fenghuang is also a newcomer, he has been exposed to this industry after all, and these plots have been filmed before.
once, so the requirements are more stringent.
But for Jiangbei, Yang Fenghuang's performance has reached the level of the movie directed by Hai Dapang. He can't go any further, otherwise he will not be able to accept it.
"That's it, shoot down first."
Li Youqing was still very dissatisfied with Yang Fenghuang's performance and proposed to continue filming again, but Jiang Bei rejected it. The reason given was: "Originally, everyone's morale has been relatively low during this period. If we are stuck here, we will not be able to continue filming."
It will easily affect everyone's mentality. I think Yang Fenghuang's current state is also due to this, so we might as well just make do with the filming to give everyone a little confidence, and then shoot some more shots when everyone has recovered.
That’ll be fine.”
Li Youqing thought it made sense when he heard it. After all, this period of time was indeed very demoralizing for the entire crew, so after thinking about it, he nodded in agreement: "Then do what you want."
As a result, Jiangbei's little idea succeeded, and the quality of this movie began to gradually move towards mediocrity.
The filming process for the next three consecutive days went relatively smoothly, with almost no scenes of NG comebacks. The atmosphere of the entire crew did gradually pick up, with everyone smiling more or less, and even joking around in their free time.
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After all, for most people, the quality of the movie has nothing to do with them. Their ultimate goal is to complete the filming as soon as possible and get paid.
But in this warming atmosphere, the heroine of the movie, Yang Fenghuang, fell into isolation. One night, she walked out of the hotel alone to a street barbecue stall and ordered two bottles of beer and fifty skewers of mutton to get drunk.