At the Huairou Film and Television Base, Li Qian and the production crew, photographers, art, lighting, and actors gathered together early in the morning to watch the film that had been developed and sent in the early morning.
The filming has lasted for a week and everything went smoothly.
The whole movie is just a performance by the two father and son, and the other killers and the mother are just embellishments.
The current scenes are not very difficult, they are all character dialogues, chases, fights, and explosion scenes are still to come. It is simple to shoot, but it is just time-consuming.
I have meetings every morning and evening, watch movies, act during the day, and still get six hours of sleep.
After watching the movie, there were no problems, except that one lens was a little out of focus.
The most stressful time every time is watching a movie with me. If there is any problem, the hard work of the day will be in vain.
The rest was handed over to the editor for rough cutting, and Li Qian took everyone to have breakfast.
At the dinner table, Li Qian took a big bite of the big meat bun and said to everyone, "Old Zhang, Brother Chao, please eat quickly. Let's fix the out-of-focus lens first."
"Um".
Zhang Zhonghua responded without raising his head, speeding up the movements of his mouth.
The lighting engineer at the next table also finished off a big bun with two mouthfuls and took the time to have breakfast.
Deng Chao didn't have time to eat, so he stuffed the buns into his mouth in a few mouthfuls, took another bun and milk, ate them while walking, and then went to put on makeup.
Zhang Zhonghua and the lighting engineer also finished their breakfast quickly and shouted to the operator on the other table to follow the focus and several lighting assistants.
"start work!"
The master shouted that it was time to work, and several assistants quickly picked it up and ate while walking quickly towards the studio.
The work of the crew is just like this, busy, annoying and tiring.
But this is still good. It is an indoor scene after all. It is not very hot in Beijing in September, and the ventilation in the studio is okay. It is much better than outdoors.
While eating, Li Qian said again, "Lao Guo, why are you ten hours late today if you go to the printing and printing factory again?"
There is a China Film Development and Printing Branch in Huairou, which is not far from the base. After shooting every night, they send people to send dozens of kilograms of film to be developed and printed.
They stayed at the lab and came back with the developed films the next night. After Li Qian and the crew finished filming, he could check out the results and solve any problems in a timely manner the next day.
But the film that was originally developed last night was not brought back until half past five this morning.
Guo Fandao, "I asked, but the printing factory is too busy now, and their workers can't even work three shifts."
"Now is the Lunar New Year season again, and there are a lot of films waiting to be copied. Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" was transferred to Northern Hebei to shoot the big scene of burning Red Cliff, so it was also washed here. China Film Group issued an order to give priority to temporary
Rush out quickly."
"Yishui Lake in Y County, northern Hebei Province? It only takes more than two hours to drive from there to the China Photo Printing Plant, and it takes an extra hour to drive to Huairou!"
"China Film Development and Printing Factory was too busy, so we sent it to the branch factory." Guo Fan explained.
"Grass!"
"'Red Cliff' won't be released until next summer, so I have a lot of time to rush to reincarnation!"
Cursing secretly, it doesn't make any sense, blockbusters are treated like blockbusters, and the first-come-first-served rule is all false.
Film-based movies are still the absolute mainstream. Only digital machines are used when film is unaffordable and there is no other choice. For example, the photofinishing and printing plants owned by two major companies, China Film and Magic Film, have no holidays and work three shifts a day when they are busy.
Take the time to finish your meal and then continue shooting.
At this moment, the crew was already preparing to reshoot the out-of-focus shot, and the focus puller and camera assistant were repeatedly pulling up the measuring tape to measure the focus.
Film cameras are so troublesome. You need to measure the distance between the lens and the real object many times before moving, rehearsing, and shooting.
Then the lighting engineer used a light meter to measure the light, but there was no light and shadow effect visible on site. This could only rely on the lighting engineer's instinct, consciousness, and experience.
I touched up the retaken footage and then continued today’s shooting mission.
The next scene is a scene between Zhang Hanyu and Yuan Quan. The father who comes back from get off work and the mother who is cooking are spreading dog food in the kitchen.
Deng Chao, who had been busy for several days, could hardly take a breath, so he found a chair nearby and lay down.
It is better to measure the focus multiple times first, measure the exposure with a light meter, and then repeatedly move and rehearse.
Under the intensity of this high-speed rotation, everyone is holding a string tightly. As long as the string is not broken, everyone is in a very good condition.
Immediately after the actual shooting started, Li Qian returned to the monitor and looked at the images uploaded back from the focus operator's 2-inch small screen.
When the picture on the 2-inch screen is enlarged to a 17-inch monitor, you can only see the rough composition and the actors' performances.
In the kitchen, Yuan Quan, who was dressed in a homely style from the 1980s, was cooking vegetables. Zhang Hanyu, who came back from get off work, hugged her gently from behind.
"What kind of food is so fragrant?"
The two of them were touching each other, not knowing whether they were talking about the smell of food or the smell of people.
In the original version, the two even danced and kissed, but if it were translated into Chinese, it would be a bit inappropriate.
On the radio in the living room outside, the song "A Fire in Winter" sung by Fei Xiang on the spring evening of 1987 was still playing.
At the beginning of the movie, the audience doesn't know the plot yet, so they have to use these details to show the differences between the two time and space.
There was another song "About Winter" in 1987 that was also popular, but the atmosphere of this song was not cheerful enough, and it did not fit in well with the happy family life of my father 20 years ago.
Zhang Hanyu just hugged Yuan Quan from behind, and Yuan Quan was still cooking with a spatula in his hand, accompanied by cheerful singing, everything was so warm.
It can be seen at a glance that the lives of father and son are two extremes.
One is extremely depressed, the other is extremely happy.
Even this shot does not require a close-up, a long shot from the side is enough.
But then, two little kids rushed into the kitchen. The one in front was dirty, holding an equally dirty football in his hand, shouting "Mom, I'm hungry."
Zhang Hanyu smiled and picked up his son, "Captain, you didn't break the glass today. Dad will test your football skills."
After a shot was shot, there was no problem with the general composition on the monitor, and the actors' performance was on point.
However, it is not up to Li Qian whether he can pass it or not.
In the entire scene, only the photographer could see the more intuitive effect through the viewfinder. Only when the photographer said there was no problem was there no problem.
The viewfinder is clearer than what's seen on the monitor, and Yuan Quan's body looks a little unnatural.
Let Yuan Quan rest for two minutes, adjust and relax a little, and then continue for the second time.
The drama queen was very good at handling such a simple scene, and she passed it the second time.
Then prepare for the next shot.
"Sister Yuan Quan has a good temperament and is so gentle."
Tong Liya watched the performance on the monitor from beginning to end and couldn't help but sigh.
But he said angrily, "Sister Yuan Quan is so nice, but Xia Yu cheated on her!"
Why did it go so far?
"Scumbag!"
Li Qian echoed, not daring to say anything else. This is a topic of death.
He quickly stood up, picked up the walkie-talkie, and shouted, "Hurry up and wake up Deng Chao. He will be the one to take the next two shots!"
Guo Fan immediately woke up Deng Chao, who was lying on a chair next to him to catch up on his sleep.
"Is it my turn?"
Deng Chao rubbed his eyes, looked around, and asked Guo Fan.
"The next shot will be your turn."
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Deng Chao stared sadly at Guo Fan, who had woken him up, but the latter looked innocent.
I won’t be there until the next scene. Why do you want me to get up so early to fly!!!
I scolded Guo Fan silently in my heart. It was hard to say anything, and it was hard to sleep anymore. I just watched Zhang Hanyu filming his scenes.
Li Qian's nagging voice could still be heard in his ears.
"Wang Qianyuan also went to paint the 20-year-old costume first and play against Deng Chao."