The short film Qin Xiaobao is going to shoot is called "The Tuner". It tells the story of a young pianist who failed in an international competition, fell to the bottom of his life, and became a blind piano tuner.
The time he gave himself was three days. In fact, the scenes were very simple, there were only four. The photographers, lighting, assistants, and actors were all professional, except for him to find a director.
The shooting time is sufficient, mainly for special scenes, makeup, etc.
At eight o'clock in the morning, a dozen or so people arrived at a theater in Shanghai. Xiao Zheng contacted them and offered to book the theater for two hours for a thousand dollars.
The price for normal people to rent is more than this, because it is not a weekend and it is early morning, so it is much cheaper.
Qin Xiaobao said during the live broadcast that he would take three days off. The filming of the micro-film requires full concentration and he cannot take care of the live broadcast at night. Besides, it would be troublesome to go back and forth.
He found several rooms in a small hotel and put the entire crew in them.
It all seems like a small amount of money, but the door-to-door rent, meals, and car rentals are all added up. Nearly 10,000 yuan is gone before it even begins.
The money from Yaya has been pushed back again, the total is less than 50,000, so we have to plan carefully.
I joked with the young lady and asked her if she wanted to become a shareholder, but she actually agreed.
Xiaobao has already thought about it. There are three prizes in this competition, 300,000, 100,000, and 40,000. If you win, the prize will be divided according to the proportion. If you lose it accidentally, you will use your salary to pay it back. In short, you can't let it go.
Yaya loses money.
It's easier to make money on your own.
The scene I want to shoot today is very simple. It is a one-man show of the protagonist, showing his performance in the game.
Because it is a theater, there is a piano inside, which saves the cost of renting it from outside.
"You are in a dream, returning to the competition scene ten years ago," Xiaobao said while sitting in the front row with the leading actor Zhou Xiao.
The husky's hood is not suitable for wearing. Instead, he wears a hat, sunglasses, and two fake beards. Even if you look carefully, it is difficult to connect him with Qin Xiaobao.
"The first shot is when you are preparing on the sidelines, imagining that the auditorium is full of spectators, and there are international masters serving as judges. You don't need too many expressions, just tidy up your clothes and take a deep breath."
"I understand." Zhou Xiao nodded.
"After you come out, smile, bend your luggage toward the audience, and then sit in front of the piano. Watch the performance video I asked you to watch."
"Don't worry, director, what you're seeing is either a good performance or an ordinary performance."
"That's good. Just have a professional expression and professional fingers. I'll dub it later."
"receive."
In the entire micro-movie, the protagonist's dream of returning to the competition lasts less than a minute, and it is only used as a background. The reason why it takes three hours to prepare is mainly for running-in.
Shooting in a relatively sealed environment without outside interference, everyone...
Well, the main thing is that he will be more relaxed and not so nervous.
This is my first time being a director, so I am very nervous.
Xiaobao didn't know that the professional director said this about the scene. He just described the shots directly based on his memory, and even had corresponding requirements for expressions and movements.
So much so that Xiao Zheng quietly approached him before filming started: "Are you a graduate of the directing department?"
"No, what's wrong?"
"Zhou Xiao told me that you were very professional when it came to acting. You didn't have any fluff. You just stated the desired effect directly. It was concise and easy to understand."
"Hahaha," Xiaobao laughed: "That's good, I was worried that they would dislike me for being verbose."
It was just a one-person scene, not many things needed to be prepared, and the theater itself had perfect lighting. Fifteen minutes later, Qin Xiaobao stood under the stage, holding a small speaker in his hand.
"Attention all units, "The Tuner", scene 1, act 1, A!"
Two cameras, one on the stage and one off the stage, were respectively aimed at the male protagonist Liu Minghua on the left.
I saw him rolling his eyes and taking two deep breaths. After waiting for a few seconds, he walked out, his expression became clear, stood in the middle of the stage, bowed to the empty audience, and turned around gracefully.
, sitting in front of the piano.
Ding dong ding dong.
"OK, cut!"
Qin Xiaobao shouted, "There is no such thing as a monitor in the Caotai team. The way he thought was to go into battle himself, stand behind the photographer, and look at it from the same angle."
"Zhou Xiao, your performance in the back is good. It's just that before you go on stage, your movements seem a bit dry. You can swallow your saliva and straighten the collar of your suit." Xiaobao turned around and said, "Master Wang, I'll give you a close-up from bottom to top later."
, come and walk around first."
"Good director."
Although Sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Although it is a micro-movie, during the filming, Qin Xiaobao, as the director, was still the same, and everyone focused on him.
The footage of just tens of seconds was shot over and over again.
It’s not that it’s not a good idea. If you take more shots and have more choices, you won’t be short of materials when editing later. Especially now that you can only view them on the camera, some things are easy to overlook, so be prepared.
But even so, time is still left.
Qin Xiaobao will not leave early, so he paid the price.
He generously asked his assistant to buy more than a dozen cups of hot milk tea, and each person took one cup. Speaking of which, this was Xiaobao's first cup of milk tea in winter, and it tasted good.
"Thank you for your hard work for the morning shooting, the effect is very good, I am very satisfied." He praised the staff of each department. They all work for money. Qin Xiaobao has no sense of superiority as a director, but is very grateful.
Also learning.
"According to the current progress, we can basically complete the filming in three days without any problem. The scene in the restaurant is also very short. Do you want to eat after filming, or vice versa?"
The filming went smoothly and the crew was relaxed.
"Let's take pictures first. It will make you feel at ease and the food will taste delicious."
"Yes, if you don't think about working all the time, your digestion will be bad."
"Hahaha, okay!" Qin Xiaobao waved his hand and agreed directly. He took the script and told the actor and another supporting actor who had followed him about the scene before they swayed together in the rented minibus.
, go to another scene.
However, the shooting in the afternoon did not go so smoothly.
He chose a Sichuan restaurant, which was doing pretty well and didn't require rent. The only condition was that the crew spent one meal here.
In daily life, people will take a curious look when they see the anchor live broadcasting on the street with his mobile phone, not to mention the formal shooting, with lights, microphones and cameras all available, and what Xiaobao wants is a natural scene, without
Clear the place.
It didn't matter that people who didn't know the truth often stepped into the camera. The key point was that he made a scissor hand gesture, which made Ren dumbfounded.
I went back and forth, tried NG again and again, and finally, it took more than two hours to get it done.