If possible, Qin Xiaobao would like to have the actors get up at five o'clock in the morning to put on makeup.
It's so time consuming.
The previous filming was all about fashion scenes, so I didn’t have this feeling, but the Republic of China drama was completely different.
Clothes, hair, makeup...all take time.
Relatively speaking, Zhang Muzhi's brothers were okay, but the makeup of Song Jia, Ge You, and the extras was more troublesome, and it took at least more than an hour to complete.
It will take more time to go to Kaiping.
This is one of the reasons why, even though a movie is only ninety minutes long, it takes half a year, or even a year, to shoot.
If he forces the actors to get up an hour early, I believe they will accept it. Let’s not talk about whether there will be any resistance, many people will still be angry about getting up.
When an actor performs, he pays great attention to his condition.
If you don't sleep well for a day or two, it will definitely have an impact.
He actually disagrees with the fact that some crews shoot for more than ten hours every day from morning to night for more than ten days or even a month.
Movies are not something that happens on an assembly line. If you rush the work just for the sake of progress, the quality of the resulting work will not be much better.
Actors are living people, not machines.
Sleep is not guaranteed every day, let alone anything else.
After a few days of filming, the crew began to adapt to Qin Xiaobao's rhythm.
Huairou only shoots scenes during the day, and they are all in the wild. There are many things to pay attention to, such as the angle of the sunlight.
Shooting has also become more flexible.
The plan on the blackboard is no longer a single shot, there are alternatives.
If the shot that was rescheduled to be completed in the morning is not completed, put it aside temporarily and use other shots to make up for it. This way, time will not be wasted.
Normally, the actors need to put on makeup and change clothes before nine o'clock and be on the bus. They don't come back at noon. They send lunch directly to the studio. They shoot in the afternoon until about six o'clock, depending on the specific situation, and study in the evening.
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In order to make everyone abide by the rules, Qin Xiaobao went to the two teachers' rooms respectively the next night and chatted alone for a while.
For Lao Jianghu, there is no need to hide it. He directly explained his intention and hoped that everyone can cooperate and go to work on time as required every day.
The two agreed happily and did so.
For old artists, they will still fulfill this requirement even if it is not mentioned, and they understand Qin Xiaobao's meaning even more clearly.
With such a large crew, as a young man in his early twenties, even if two films become hits, there is no guarantee that everyone will cooperate.
Now that I have joined, I definitely hope that the movie can be shot smoothly, which requires everyone to work in the same direction.
The effect is quite good.
When working on the set, everyone knows how to watch what is happening. At 6:30, you can see Uncle Ge sitting in the yard doing morning exercises. At 8:00, the main actors are already wearing makeup and eating breakfast, and get on the bus on time for departure...
Others naturally follow suit and don't dare to be lazy.
The shooting time was saved in all aspects. Especially, Qin Xiaobao took the actors who needed to be shot the next day to preview in advance every night, and the effect was very good.
Some people were not comfortable with it at first.
It wasn't like this before. Everyone would memorize the script and then work together on set.
Why do I come to your place, it's like going to school, and I still have to prepare lessons?
But after filming for a while, everyone's enthusiasm increased, because the efficiency has really improved a lot.
The actors sat together, not just reading the script dryly, but more like a tea party, with various snacks and drinks on the table.
Whoever arrives will go down and perform.
The other actors are both spectators and judges, which is a bit of a brainstorming exercise.
Everyone has their own understanding of the script and their own acting methods. Qin Xiaobao's intention is very clear, to eliminate the inappropriate ones in advance and then choose from the remaining methods.
Ge You and Jiang Wen agreed very much with this.
The older generation's filming is actually very similar to the method used by Qin Xiaobao.
In the past, when reading scripts, all the actors were put in one place. Memorization was only the basics, and they had to be thoroughly understood.
But with the development of the times, it has become extremely difficult.
Because the actors don't have time, the schedule is only for filming, and the actors can't be seen at all during the preparation period, especially for some popular idol dramas.
The three-month contract means three months, which refers to the shooting time. Do you want him to do relevant research and experience for the work in advance?
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Naturally, this problem is caused by many reasons.
The company arranges too many schedules, the actors don't pay attention, everyone is the same, etc.
Therefore, it is not surprising that numbers are used instead of lines.
Existence has meaning.
Idol dramas are still watched by people, and even the ratings and box office are higher than the works that other people have worked hard to produce.
You can't explain it.
As for how far those actors can go and how high they can go, they may not even care.
As long as you can be popular for a few years, you can make a lot of money. No matter if you become popular, you won't have to worry about it for half your life.
Everyone has a different attitude towards life, and there is no absolute right or wrong.
Qin Xiaobao never thought about changing anything. He didn't have the ability. All he could do was to prevent such a situation from happening in his own crew.
When filming such a large-scale production, he also felt unprecedented pressure.
On the seventh day, something unexpected happened.
In one scene, Zhang Muzhi stood on the mountainside, shot and broke the reins of the white horse, and then galloped the horse into a gallop. Seven brothers rushed down the mountain to block the train.
The crew made full preparations for this shooting.
There was no road in the mountain stream originally. After obtaining approval from the scenic spot, we hired workers to open a path and paved it with gravel. The vegetation on the roadside was more than half a meter high. The camera was placed at a specific angle so it could not be seen from the picture.
Lao Zhou was originally opposed to it, because there is a big road nearby, and it is enough to just use it, so why spend more money.
Qin Xiaobao’s answer is that the work must be rigorous.
The place where the robbery took place must be in the mountains and countryside. In the era of the work, it is unreasonable from any aspect to suddenly have two lanes of traffic in a place with no village or shop.
So, hurrying slowly, people opened two small roads.
Several horses are close together, going downhill, on a small road, and still have some speed...
Before the filming started, Qin Xiaobao asked the stuntmen to practice for a whole day to familiarize the horses and riders with the road conditions to avoid danger. When it happened, they all hid protective gear in their clothes.
What can I say, sometimes the more you are afraid of something, the more you will become afraid of it.
When the actual shooting started, seven cameras took up their positions, an A was heard, and the actors rode horses and rushed down the mountain.
Everything seemed to be going very smoothly.
But when we reached the pond at the foot of the mountain, an accident happened.
For some reason, a horse suddenly stumbled and fell straight into the pond. The rider was thrown away.
Qin Xiaobao broke into a cold sweat at that time, and CUT didn't even have time to shout, so he went straight to the scene.