Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine: Seeing Chinese Opera Students Again
That night, after listening to Fang Jing's words, Xu Shi invited several screenwriters and photographers to have dinner and chat after the crew finished work.
Let’s not say that wine is a friendship enhancer between men. No matter how unfamiliar the person is, they can easily blend into each other after a dozen bottles of wine.
Xu Shi was familiar with this group of people, but a few of them were a little drunk and almost couldn't start work the next day, and were scolded half to death by the director.
If it weren't for the reputation of being an investor's father, Xu Shi would probably have been punished.
At six o'clock in the morning, Wu Jiajia woke up Fang Jing and informed him to go to the set to put on makeup. Today he had two scenes, one at night and one during the day.
Wu Xie was robbed at night, and Zhang Qiling bought ancient weapons from his third uncle's shop and passed by to rescue him. Everyone went to the tomb of King Lu Shang and took a shortcut by ferry to cross the corpse cave.
Due to time constraints, we filmed the corpse cave scene first during the day and the Wu Xie rescue scene at night.
After washing up and having breakfast, Fang Jing arrived at the set in a nanny car at 6:30.
He had a lot of scenes and couldn't finish filming them in ten and a half days, so Yang Ning simply asked the driver to bring the car, which would make it easier to get in and out.
"Teacher Xiao, do you think this is okay?"
"The left side of your hair is a little yellower, and the temples should be dyed white. The beard should be half white to highlight the layering. The eyebrows can be shaved appropriately."
The light was on in the ordinary dressing room. Fang Jing saw someone putting on makeup. When he walked in, he saw a middle-aged actor in his forties with pale skin and thin cheeks, who played the role of Zao Wou-Ki in The Third Sword!
"Hello, Teacher Xiao, my name is Fang Jing, and Yang Ning is my manager. Yesterday, Sister Ning told me on the phone that I should learn more from you when I get here."
Zao Wou-Ki's real name is Xiao Bing. He is in his early forties. Although he is not an acting major, he has acted in many movies, although they are all supporting roles.
In the early days, he did photography and dubbing. Over the years, he has moved behind the scenes and served as executive director of many dramas, including The Beautiful Era.
Chen Haibo played the male lead in that drama, and Yang Ning had several contacts with Xiao Bing. Before coming here, Fang Jing was indeed asked to learn more from his predecessors.
"So you're Xiao Yang's artist, hello!" Xiao Bing obviously didn't recognize Fang Jing, but he still greeted him with a polite smile.
Even though he is a year older, he still says "you". This has become a habit among Yanjing people. It is rude to talk to people without talking about you.
"Teacher Xiao, you are busy, so I won't disturb you."
After exiting the ordinary dressing room, Fang Jing came to the dressing room belonging to the leading actor. The other actors had not arrived yet.
Makeup for urban TV series is relatively simple, as there is no need to make wigs or armor.
The long hair that had been growing for a while finally came into use. The makeup artist took a pair of scissors and brushed it a few times, and a young man with thin and broken hair just enough to cover his eyes appeared.
This was specially requested by Fang Jing. In the previous life, Yang Yang's Zhang Qiling's hair style was too thick, which made people feel the urge to cut it for him.
I trimmed the left and right sideburns and the back of my neck to make it clean and tidy, and then started applying makeup and shaping my eyebrows.
In the original work, Zhang Qiling's eyes were indifferent, his pupils were deep, his skin was white and dark, and it took him half an hour to put on makeup.
Put on black clothes, black trousers and mountain boots, and everything is done. He is 1.8 meters tall, has a well-proportioned figure, a delicate face, and a cool image.
After thinking about it, Fang Jing picked up the long knife case on the table and carried it on his back. He was staring at the mirror to see if there was any improvement that needed to be made. Xu Shi walked in and looked him up and down.
"Damn! So handsome!"
"Really?" Fang Jing squinted his eyes and grinned, his temperament completely gone, and his power was instantly broken.
"Stop, stop, stop laughing, you look like Zhang Qiling if you don't speak. I just came over to see how you were doing with your makeup. It's okay. I'm not disappointed."
"If you have a pure temperament, try to be as cool as possible, but don't be so stern that your face becomes paralyzed. Your eyes should be emotional."
"Yeah!" Fang Jing frowned slightly, nodded slightly, and returned to his previous state.
“Keep it up!”
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One after another, all the actors were in place before eight o'clock, some were busy putting on makeup, and some were busy memorizing lyrics.
Fang Jing returned to the nanny car and took the teaching materials given by Xu Zheng and looked at them carefully.
He always carries these books with him and takes them out to read when he has time. The reason why he didn't read them on the set was because he was afraid that others would say he was pretending.
Secondly, I am a little embarrassed. A person who has read the freshman textbook of an acting academy is actually one of the leading actors. If you tell me, it will make people laugh.
Not long after, the assistant director Luo Yong came over and knocked on the car window. There are six assistant directors for this show, including those for casting, props, and on-site organization and shooting. They all have different divisions of labor.
Luo Yongchang is responsible for on-site shooting and group performances.
"Brother Luo, are you leaving?" Fang Jing opened the car door and asked.
The scene in the corpse cave was an outdoor scene and there was no way to set up a tent. They had to shoot at an artificial lake a few kilometers away.
Luo Yongchang smiled sheepishly and said, "Yes! But the crew bus is full. Can you bring a few people over in your car?"
"No problem, just ask them to come over!"
Luo Yongchang breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you!"
The crew's accompanying car was not fully prepared, which was their mistake. Xin Hao Fang Jing was willing to help.
Li Yifeng, Tang Yan and Fang Jing were the only three people in the entire crew who brought their own RVs. He didn't dare to go to Li Yifeng's place. Tang Yan was a woman and was afraid of inconvenience, so he had no choice but to come to Fang Jing.
A few minutes later, three crew members and two actors came over.
"Ouch! Teacher Fang Jing, I'm so sorry to trouble you."
"Brother Liu, you are really good at joking. How dare I call you teacher in front of you? Brother Wei, sit down, what do you want to drink?"
The actors who got on the bus were Liu Tianzuo who played Fatty Wang and Wei Wei who played Pan Zi. Both of them debuted more than ten years ago, but their appearance was not good and they could only be reduced to supporting roles like Xiao Bing.
"Fat man, push forward, there are people behind you." Wei Wei pushed Liu Tian to the left.
They have known each other for many years and are not polite when talking to each other.
"Okay!"
Let the crew sit in the front, and Fang Jing and the two of them simply sit in the back. Fortunately, the RV has a lot of space, otherwise it would be really hard to squeeze in.
"Eh!"
Picking up the book on the seat, Liu Tian smiled happily and sat down immediately.
Fang Jing blushed. He just threw it into the back row, but he didn't expect to be caught.
"Performance theory, study of body language in film performance, isn't this from China Theater Arts? There is also the story of Ben Carnegie." Wei Wei stretched his head and looked at it.
Each acting school has different courses and different teaching materials. The only one who can have the first two books is Shangxi.
As for the story, this was a personal gift from Xu Zheng, and it is very useful for understanding and analyzing the script.
Fang Jing smiled awkwardly, "I'm not a singer. Acting is not my strong point. I just improvise."
Putting the book aside, Liu Tianzuo smiled and said: "It's a very good textbook, more complete than what we used to learn."
"Did you graduate from theater?" Fang Jing said unexpectedly.
"I am level 98, and Wei Wei is level 01. We are both on stage."
"Nice to meet you!" Fang Jing smiled dryly.
Looking at the story, the book was a bit old. Wei Wei flipped through it casually and was surprised when he saw the name on the first page, "Is this book by Xu Zheng?"
Fang nodded, "Last time I was lucky enough to film with Brother Xu. He gave it to me. Speaking of which, he also graduated from theater, so he should be your senior brother."