Tong Yali wears a head of messy ion perm curls, wearing a high-waisted down sweater with black fur lapels, tight light brown pants, orange leather boots, a small bag slung across her body, and heavy makeup on her face. She looks like a nightclub girl.
Girl's dress.
At this moment, she was seen crouching at the entrance of the stairs, facing the camera in the open door, looking around furtively, and then tiptoeing towards the camera step by step.
Fan Wei followed closely behind her, wearing a white hurdle vest and gray long johns. Because of the year of his birth year, he wore a red belt around his waist, a pair of white sneakers on his feet, and the red socks on the outside of the trousers were particularly conspicuous.
In Beijing at the end of February, the temperature might only be 5 or 6 degrees Celsius. Teacher Fan folded his cold hands across his chest and couldn't help but tremble. He followed Tong Yali in front of him, with a look of horror on his face, especially the scene he had deliberately designed.
The small steps of the pigeon-toed figure with her legs tightly held together are so ecstatic to watch.
Staring at the surveillance footage, Liu Jiang couldn't help but marvel. Fan Wei was the right choice for the role of Lao Cui. Of course, Tong Yali was not bad either. Originally, he was a little worried when he saw that she looked gentle, quiet and even delicate, but the filming started.
Later, he was surprised to find that this little girl's explosive power was so strong, that her fierce, tough, and mischievous character had no trace of acting at all.
"Stuck! Okay, passed!" Liu Jiang shouted.
At the same time, he raised his thumbs and praised it profusely: "Teacher Fan, Xiao Tong, this one is particularly good! Teacher Fan, your design is so vivid."
"Thank you, thank you." Fan Wei, who had just put on his coat, showed his iconic honest smile and said modestly.
In fact, he put a little thought into this scene. When he heard the director's praise, he felt a little proud.
At this moment, the assistant director came over and shouted loudly with a loudspeaker: "It's time to serve dinner. Everyone, please put it away first. Let's take a break for an hour at noon!"
The shooting scene was at the former site of Duan Qirui's executive government at No. 3 Zhangzizhong Road, Ping'an Street. This is a cultural relic protection unit in the capital and is not usually open to the public.
The Baroque-style European classical architecture here attracts many film crews to shoot here. At the same time, the closed environment also allows the crew to avoid interference from the external environment.
Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days" and "Yun Shui Yao" starring He Xin were all filmed here.
The lunch boxes ordered by the crew were quite good, with one big meat, one small meat and two vegetables, and they were all treated equally. Tong Yali’s little assistant and the director’s assistant brought the lunch boxes for several people, and they were placed in the wide corridor.
A folding table was set up, a few small mats were set up, and several main creators gathered around a table to eat.
"So much food?"
The amount of rice in the rice box is a bit large.
"Come on, come on, share some with me, don't waste food." Fan Wei said cheerfully.
Tong Yali gave Fan Wei almost two-thirds of the white rice in the lunch box.
"Well, that's what I admire most about you actresses. You are very disciplined in maintaining your figure."
"Teacher Fan, don't say that. I really don't mean to lose weight. I don't eat much. In fact, I often can't control my mouth." Tong Yali said with a smile.
After more than ten days of filming, she and Fan Wei had already become familiar with each other.
Fan Wei glanced at her thin figure and still said cheerfully: "Well, let's eat."
"Teacher Fan, I have to ask you to help me correct the words later, and you can give me some guidance." Tong Yali asked humbly for advice while eating her rice.
In the afternoon, I will shoot a highlight scene between the two of them. It is about the shrewd Xiao Xia played by her, who has spotted the cowardly and honest character played by Fan Wei, deliberately hides Lao Cui's passport, and uses this as a condition to ask Lao Cui to help her.
Get the stolen money back and deliver it to Dabao who is hiding.
The two of them had a lot of lines in this scene. Tong Yali knew that lines had always been her shortcoming, so she took the initiative to ask Fan Wei for advice.
"See what you said, we are learning from each other."
Fan Wei attaches great importance to the role of Lao Cui, and he is very happy to see Tong Yali working hard. If you want to create a character well, it is often the actors who achieve each other.
Just after dinner, Tong Yali couldn't wait to pick up the script and prepare to familiarize herself with the lines. At this time, she heard the sound of a car horn downstairs, followed by a commotion.
"Director, Teacher He is here." The director's assistant hurried upstairs to inform.
Before Liu Jiang responded, he heard Tong Yali exclaim: "The new brother is here?"
Without even having time to put down the script in his hand, he jumped up from the pony and ran downstairs happily.
When Liu Jiang, Fan Wei, and the director's assistant saw this, they glanced at each other subconsciously. They were surprised and understood each other tacitly.
"Come on, let's go down and greet you." Liu Jiang greeted.
He Xin didn't come empty-handed. He bought dozens of cups of Starbucks coffee on the way and was greeting the production director from China Film and asked him to share them with everyone.
"Thank you, Teacher He!" the production director of China Film Group said cheerfully.
It's freezing cold today, and everyone wants to have a cup of hot coffee to refresh themselves after a meal.
"Brother, when did you come back?" Tong Yali ran over and said in surprise.
"I came back the day before yesterday. Come, have a cup of coffee." He Xin handed her a cup and said with a smile.
"How's it going? Did the filming go well?"
"Well, it went very smoothly. The director, Teacher Fan Wei, and everyone else greeted me very well." Tong Yali took a sip of coffee and nodded.
"As long as it goes well, that means you did a pretty good job too?"
"It's not bad. Anyway, it's not holding back the crew." Tong Yali raised her head slightly and said with a hint of contentment.
It may be that the character of Xiaoxia is more in line with her own personality, and the performance of the character is not difficult, so she is much easier to act than the Caifeng character in "Tale of Two Donkeys".
"Teacher He!"
At this moment, Liu Jiang and Fan Wei also came over.
"Director Liu, hello!"
"Oh, Teacher Fan, thank you for your hard work!"
He and Fan Wei are old acquaintances. When Cheng Hao was filming "Please, Praise Me", we all got to know each other when he went to visit the class.
"Welcome, welcome, oh, welcome, Mr. He, to come and give us guidance!" Fan Wei rarely imitated his usual tone in the play and said hello with a smile.
"Haha, Teacher Fan, you have a sense of humor!" He Xin shook hands with her enthusiastically.
"Teacher He, please sit upstairs and take a look at the results of our morning's work." Liu Jiang greeted.
"OK!"
The former site of Duan Qirui's executive government is also a revisit to an old place for He Xin.
Everyone walked in together, and Liu Jiang also joked: "I think there is a scene here in "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters"."
"Yes, we filmed here for more than a week. It was in the family building at the back."
After going upstairs, I quickly played the footage taken in the morning on the monitor for He Xin.
"Ha, do you see? This is Teacher Fan's skill, the details of the performance. It would be no problem if Teacher Fan walked as lightly as you, but the design of this pigeon-toed movement not only makes the character more alive, but also makes the character more lively.
It can reflect the character's personality and also has comedic effects. So, you must cherish this opportunity to work with Teacher Fan. Our Teacher Fan is a treasure trove in performance!"
"I know, I'm going to ask Teacher Fan to help guide me on my lines while eating!" Tong Yali, who was next to He Xin, pouted.
As one of the investors' bosses, He Xin's visit to the team was more like an inspection.
To be honest, the film "Let's Go" is more like a TV series. There are no dazzling scenes, and the filming is quite satisfactory. It is roughly the same type as the traditional comedy movies on the market, and it relies more on the script to win.
He did not affect Tong Yali and Fan Wei's preparations before filming started. He watched the replay of the footage, gave Tong Yali a few words, and walked outside to smoke with Liu Jiang.
When he originally decided to play "Start Now", he was in a hurry. Yesterday he came back to the company and looked through the actor information that Liu Jiang submitted, and suddenly found that there were many acquaintances in it. For example, a TV series that left a deep impression on him, "
Qi Peilin, Sun Dapu, Zhou Hanting, and Ding San from "Before Dawn" are all in this drama.
In particular, he also noticed that a senior who was one year above him when he was in the Chinese drama actually played a supporting role in this drama. He knew this senior named He Jiang relatively well. He had a lot of energy in his family and was assigned a role after graduation.
He worked as a teacher at the art school of the Coal Mine Art Troupe, and later became the so-called Beijing Film and Television Academy, proclaiming himself the dean. It was similar to the private film and television schools established by many celebrities today.
However, when he inquired about it yesterday, he discovered that his school also has a special business, which is to provide experienced costars and extras for the film crew. In other words, the extras he provides are not the kind of rabble recruited from the street, but are all trained to a certain degree.
The training is experienced, and special training can be carried out in advance according to the plot. In many cases, he, the dean, even personally provides training.
This method is quite popular with the crew. It sounds a bit like a group leader, but He Xin understands it as a prototype of a casting director. He came here today and originally wanted to meet this senior brother, but he didn't see anyone. Liu Jiang said
He won't be able to come over until tomorrow evening.
"No problem, right?"
"No, there is no difficulty for now. Oh, thank you, Teacher He."
Liu Jiang is really grateful to He Xin. Without him, "Let's Go" would not have been able to be launched so smoothly, and it is also a theatrical movie. In a sense, He Xin is his noble man.
Last time, because He Xin's schedule was very tight and he came and went in a hurry, after the project was finalized, he didn't even have time to say thank you to He Xin in person.
However, Liu Jiang was not good at words. He looked very excited, but except for the word "thank you", there was nothing new in his mouth.
"It's okay. If you have any difficulties that can't be solved, just call me directly."
He Xin smiled and patted his shoulder, then suddenly remembered and asked, "Is Sister Tong going to give birth soon?"
"It's coming soon. The due date is in the middle of next month, and it may not take half a month." Liu Jiang scratched his scalp and laughed.
Speaking of which, they have been married for ten years, and the couple is particularly looking forward to the arrival of this child.
"Oh, then I have to congratulate you in advance, Brother Liu!"