The five actors who appeared today all performed well. Qin Xiaobao was most worried that the little actors did not make any mistakes.
Liu Jiarui is nine years old this year. He was found by the fat director through connections. He has never filmed commercials or participated in large-scale performances. He is average-looking and is just an ordinary child.
In fact, for a child at this stage, you can't imagine how good his acting skills are. What Qin Xiaobao wants is not how mature his performance is, as long as it is consistent with his age. If he is particularly mature, he will not be beautiful.
There are definitely advantages.
After watching several children, Liu Jiarui was the most courageous. During the audition, he was able to talk eloquently and answer all the questions asked without trembling, which is very rare.
Before the shooting, Sister Sun Li specially chatted with him for a while and taught him how to do it. The effect seemed to be good.
I failed three times, mainly because I was not used to shooting on location. Twice, my lines were stuck, and once I accidentally looked at the camera.
This is one of the most common mistakes newbies make.
The camera has a shooting range, and the actors have to pay attention to it from the moment they enter the scene. For example, they cannot look into the camera, they cannot block other actors, they must follow the route when they appear on camera, etc. Every shooting situation is different.
As soon as the red light came on and A shouted, he started to get nervous. He forgot all the lines he had memorized, his eyes wandered, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Everything he had learned was returned to the teacher at this moment.
Directors have different reactions to this situation.
If something goes wrong in an ensemble performance, it is usually the assistant director who coordinates the performance and either scolds or says that if it doesn't work, he or she will be replaced. If the supporting actors keep having problems, the chief director will have to step in.
Qin Xiaobao has a good temper among directors. Maybe it has something to do with the movies he shoots. They are all done in a short time, and he doesn't have time to accumulate anger points, so he doesn't need to use big moves.
Moreover, the actors he worked with were all actors with more experience than him, so he didn’t have many opportunities.
Generally speaking, I cherish them very much when I meet them, and I will have a good talk with the actors. Occasionally, I just say a few words loudly, so that I won't blush in a hurry.
As for whether he will be angry when he becomes more senior or encounters particularly speechless things in the future, it is still unclear.
By 12:30, all three expected shots were completed.
"Okay, the morning shooting is over, let's have dinner."
Following Qin Xiaobao's order, everyone began to pack their things.
The scene today is small and it is all indoor play, so not all the crew came over, there are only about forty people, so there is no need to go back to the hotel.
After Xiang Yang received the notice, he immediately called for someone to bring the two box lunches up: "Braised lion's head at noon, that's enough. Let's all eat up. Let's continue to work hard in the afternoon."
"Thank you, Mr. Xiang."
Qin Xiaobao didn't move in 206, still holding the script in his hand, busy with the director, photographer, and screenwriter.
On the set, this kind of small talks, or meetings, are very common.
Everyone's work is coordinated with each other. Qin Xiaobao must convey his requirements as soon as possible and let the people below know the next plan in advance, so that the shooting will be more efficient.
As for the hand-drawn drawings of separate shots, he drew some before shooting, mainly for the props team and the photography team to see, and to prepare in advance for certain shots.
Today's filming didn't require him to do anything, and the actors all understood.
"Guys, why don't you eat first?" Xiang Yang came up with a stack of lunch boxes in his arms.
"Okay, let's eat. I'm really hungry." Qin Xiaobao took the box, which had a mark on it.
The director's food is a little different from that of ordinary crew members. He has a lion's head, so he gets multiple pieces of steak and a fried egg, which is considered a small privilege.
The table was difficult to move, so the fat director took the prop box next to it and threw it across the floor, treating it as a dining table.
The conditions are actually quite good. At least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
The life of the crew is really not as comfortable as imagined. The actors have to memorize scripts and rehearse, the director has to arrange work, and other people have to carry out the work assigned by the director. They are extremely busy, just like normal people going to work.
Happy to meet celebrities?
Most people are used to it. Even if it is new, it will be like that after seeing too much in the first two days.
Some crews shoot in deep mountains and forests, or in the Gobi Desert of the Northwest, which is really hard work.
You can have a meal with the air conditioner blowing in the room. The crew is very happy, and there is laughter from time to time.
The actors eat in the dressing room upstairs. The food is the same as Qin Xiaobao's. If you want to eat anything else, you have to ask your agent to buy it. The crew will not provide it.
Qin Xiaobao was young and had been busy all morning. He finished a box and a half of white rice, and then he patted his belly with satisfaction.
I rinsed my mouth with tea and immediately picked up the script again.
The shooting wouldn't start right away. There was an hour's break, and everyone didn't mind it. They lay on the floor in a mess. After a while, someone started snoring.
If you eat too much, you will feel sleepy, and the shooting efficiency will be low. Besides, you are not in a hurry, so you might as well take a break, there is nothing to lose.
Xiang Yang, the producer, is quite comfortable for the time being.
The cost of filming in the county town was much less than he expected, so let's talk about a hotel. It only cost 80 yuan a day. The local officials directly helped to negotiate the negotiated price. When eating, he bought the food himself and let the chef cook it, which saved a fortune.
The transportation is very convenient. It only takes ten minutes to commute to and from get off work. Even if you don’t need a car to pick you up, you won’t waste much time walking back.
Especially the place Qin Xiaobao chose combines old and new, which saves a lot of modification costs.
There was no explosion scene or anything in the movie, and the funds were quite abundant, so much so that the prop team came to him with a note to approve the payment, and it went smoothly. At the end, they asked him if it was enough, which scared everyone. They thought
Talking about the opposite.
At 2:15 in the afternoon, the shooting continued. Qin Xiaobao's teacup was temporarily replaced with frozen Feizhai Happy Water. After one sip, the pores all over his body opened and his spirit was shaken.
On the first day of filming, he didn't arrange too many scenes, he only asked that the scenes in the hotel be completed.
It's not difficult at all. The hardest part is definitely Chen He.
He was almost stuffed with sugar pills and photographing them all day long, so much so that the skin in his mouth was broken by the time he got there.
There was also a small episode in the middle.
There was a scene where three people were sitting in a corner drinking water. The scene failed three times. On the fourth shot, it was supposed to be a perfect pass. However, because they were really drinking, Lin Xue couldn't hold it back and hit her.
The long burp was slapped by Sun Li, and even the little guy shook his fist angrily.
Lin Xue shrank her neck, looking weak and helpless.
I thought I had to do it again, but Qin Xiaobao shouted with satisfaction.
After several people watched it, they also laughed out loud. The plot, which was originally a bit dull, suddenly had a soul because of this hiccup, and it was very natural and the effect was very good.
After the scene was over, Qin Xiaobao stood up: "Okay, I'm going to change clothes."
"Come on, director!" everyone shouted with a smile.
"come on!"
That's right, he's going to play the guest role of a hotel owner. He doesn't need to put on makeup. He just needs to change the brand clothes he's wearing.
Ten minutes later, when he went downstairs, the fat director took his place and sat on the monitor.
"A!"
Bang, Qin Xiaobao opened the door and saw a man lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, with various medicine bags scattered around him.
He rushed over quickly.
"Oh shit!" Chen He, who should have fainted, suddenly sat up and shouted: "Director Qin, you stepped on my hand."