Two days was obviously not enough time to read the script. Dai Sijie seemed to be confident enough in his script and omitted this preparatory step before filming, which made He Xin slightly disappointed.
After experiencing a script reading while filming "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle", he felt that this was very important. It not only allowed the actors to quickly become familiar with each other, but also solved the problem of mutual cooperation and tacit understanding.
Later it turned out that Dai Sijie and Guan Jinpeng were actually on the same path. Since Lao Guan was a senior gay himself, he kept chatting with him and Hu Jun during the filming to enhance their understanding of the characters' psychology and physiology.
Similarly, Dai Sijie was once an educated youth, and "Balzac and the Little Dressmaker" is more like a painful memory of his life as an educated youth. He joked that he also fell in love with a beautiful girl in the village, but he did not dare to confess her love.
, silently fell in love with her, and later the girl married the village chief's son, for which he was still sad for a long time.
The last time he returned to his hometown, he was still looking forward to seeing the girl he once loved. He never thought that the beautiful and gentle girl had now turned into a fat aunt with a bloated body and rude behavior. The beautiful image in his heart collapsed instantly.
, and then he felt relieved.
In two days, Dai Sijie took them around the designated scenic spots, telling everyone the story of when he once jumped in line.
For example, the story about the alarm clock in the script is true. Because he could tell the time, he and another educated youth were able to command the entire village.
He Xin has never been to Zhangjiajie. He has seen photos of this place on the Internet before. There are many traces of artificial carvings, such as cableways, cliff elevators, glass overpasses, etc. But today's Zhangjiajie is more of the original ecological beauty.
But what surprised everyone even more was the cabin where Luo Ming and Ma Jianling lived in the script. Many scenes took place in this cabin.
Now this hut is actually built on the dam of a reservoir, because only there can you clearly see the Tianmen Cave in the distance.
The dam is tens of meters high and very wide, with steep slopes on both sides. Cars cannot drive up it. All materials were carried up manually. It is said that it took more than a month to build this house.
"Card!"
Dai Sijie shouted stop again.
Today is the first scene after the launch. It tells about a little tailor leaving the mountains for a big city. Luo Ming and Ma Jianling chase after her. Luo Ming chases the little tailor and Ma Jianling stands on the side of the mountain looking at her, just like when the three of them met for the first time.
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The shooting spots were far away from the road, and all the equipment was carried here by local villagers in baskets. It must be said here that the equipment used by the crew was very impressive, and was specially shipped from France. Both cameras were
It has a big cannon barrel, exquisite rails, and a big swing arm.
There is also a monitor dedicated to the director. It is not the common kind that is placed on the table like a small TV. Dai Sijie's one is actually portable and packed in a box. It is like a laptop. Once the cover is opened,
, which is the monitor screen.
These devices are extremely rare in China. Even Zhou Xun, a "veteran actor", saw it for the first time. He was very curious. During the shooting break, he often walked next to the photographer and looked at the super wide angle in the lens through the viewfinder.
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At this time, we are filming the farewell scene between Luo Ming, played by Chen Kun, and the little tailor, played by Zhou Xun. We have already shot several scenes. Dai Sijie likes long lenses. One camera is set up on the other side of the mountain to capture the long shot, and then another camera is shot.
Take another close-up shot of Taiwan.
This scene was not smooth from the beginning. First of all, as soon as one shot was taken, Dai Sijie was dissatisfied with the previously surveyed scenery and asked to change the location between two hillside. He said that the scenery seen in such a long lens was
It is even more empty, symbolizing that the little tailor is about to leave the mountains.
This is a U-shaped mountain road, with stone steps connecting two adjacent hillsides. Although they are adjacent, they are mountains after all. They say that looking at the mountains will kill you, even if they are two adjacent hills.
The hillsides and the connecting mountain roads are also very long.
After the director gave the order, the two tall French photographers had to hold the machine and change the camera position. The camera, which weighed several dozen kilograms, was carefully held in their arms and went up and down the steep steps. One of them reached the designated position.
After that, I sat down on the steps, panting heavily, and didn't get up for a long time.
Then there was the grinding of actors. Zhou Xun was a little better, but He Xin and Chen Kun were tired because Luo Ming and Ma Jianling came from a small road in order to catch up with the little tailor. The two of them ran over and over again on the bushy hillside.
Just like a dog.
At this moment, everyone understood that the director was sharpening the lens, but when he came up and used the three leading actors to sharpen the lens together, everyone had to admire Dai Sijie's courage.
Although this is Dai Sijie's fourth film, he is not well-known in China. Facing a Parisian best actress, a best newcomer in Berlin, and a popular domestic niche, Director Dai probably wants to show off his power right from the start.
It was definitely not as warm as the chatting and laughing in the previous two days. As expected, none of the directors were easy to get along with.
But then again, it would be difficult for an honest person to direct the huge Chinese-French crew in front of him.
Seven or eight shots were taken of Luo Ming and the little tailor saying goodbye before Dai Sijie called out. He Xin stayed close to the director, watching the picture on the portable monitor.
It is said that Chen Kun and Zhou Xun were originally from the same company and had the same agent. They were very familiar with each other. When they stood together, they had a "CP sense" to use a later fashionable saying. They also had a tacit understanding when filming.
Especially when Chen Kun said to Zhou Xun affectionately: "I love you so much, but you left without saying a word." His red eyes and choked tone looked particularly vivid.
When the close-up of the camera showed Zhou Xun, although she didn't say a word and looked calm, her eyes showed helplessness and determination.
It is helpless to lose the love with Luo Ming, but the determination to walk out of the mountains is firm.
The two emotions are very restrained and can be expressed clearly and layeredly through the eyes, which is simply amazing!
If it were an actress with poor acting skills, she might only express her inner turmoil by frowning and staring or pouting in grievance.
The little tailor left, and she cut her hair short and neat, as if she was saying goodbye to her past self, to the mountains that raised her, and to the youth where the three of them met.
The last scene is a scene between He Xin and Chen Kun.
He Xin's current image has undergone earth-shaking changes from when he first arrived two days ago. His long black and smooth hair was cut into what is commonly known as a "toilet seat" hairstyle, with the sides and back completely shaved off, leaving only the top of his head.
A piece, like a toilet seat covering the scalp.
He was wearing a washed-out red basketball vest, baggy black pants, and a pair of ripped shoes on his feet. He was sitting on the steps of a hillside.
The photographer carrying the machine and the sound recordist holding the microphone were close behind him, and he could even clearly smell the strong smell of sweat from the hairy foreign photographer.
"action!"
There was only the back of He Xin sitting in the camera. Chen Kun walked up the steps slowly and dejectedly. When he was about to arrive, He Xingang wanted to follow the lines and ask: "Is she gone?"
I heard Dai Sijie holding a loudspeaker and shouting: "Card!"
"Chen Kun, you'd better add a little movement when you come up, otherwise it will be too plain."
Chen Kun lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Okay, let's do it again."
With that said, he walked down the steps again.
"Article 2!"
"action!"
This time Chen Kun added a gesture of picking his fingernails and walked up slowly with his head lowered.
"She's gone?" He Xin asked while sitting.
Chen Kun stood silent for a while, then stepped up the steps again and said, "Yes, it's all Balzac's fault."
"Balzac?" He Xin was puzzled.
"She said that Balzac taught her one thing: the beauty of a woman is a priceless treasure!"
Chen Kun said, stepped over him, and walked out of the camera.
The camera moved slowly, showing He Xin's profile, leaving only him looking lonely into the distance...
"Card!"
Dai Sijie hesitated for a moment, and finally shouted: "Pass!"