Director’s Legend

After eating and drinking all day, the gods were sent away. The next day, May 13, the filming officially began. The first scene was at the dock by the Yangtze River. There were a few very simple shots. The first shot was Bao Shihong, played by Guo Tao, who discovered that his attendant Sambo had stolen the jade and ran away, worrying with his wife by the river.

"Brother Guo, Sun Ning, come here a minute."

The river breeze slowly blows on the face, refreshing and cool, with the unique taste of the mountain city, on the gravel by the river, the crew is busy fiddling with cameras and reflectors. Shao Shuaijun saw Guo Tao and Sun Ning finished their makeup and greeted them immediately.

Pointing to the big rock under the dam, Shao Shuaijun made a gesture: "Wait you guys sit here, Sun Ning, you will play with the'watermelon frost lozenges', and talk to Bao Shihong naturally and without a trace. What about you Guo Guo? At this time, my throat is hoarse because of smoking, I have to hold my breath, and make an expression of bitterness and hatred, introverted and intense, can I find the feeling?"

Guo Tao thought for a while and said, "I think it should be fine."

"it is good."

Shao Shuaijun nodded, and shouted to the surroundings with a loudspeaker: "The photographer aligns the camera, adjusts the focus, and lights. The lighting engineer pays attention to the exposure of the backlight. Don't hit the white screen. Bring the microphone over! All units Attention, start the technical rehearsal! Count down to three, three, two, one, start!"

After that, all the cameras were aimed at Guo Tao and Sun Ning, Shao Shuaijun and Li Kai were observing from behind the camera, and the deputy director Wang Yixue directed the steering of the cameras outside. There are three sets of cameras. One set is on the left side, one is on the front, and the other is on the dam.

Guo Tao took a sip, and the brewing emotions flowed out. He squeezed the note in his hand. The note was left by the Sambo, with the words "Brother, I have money, wait for my good news-Sambo". Then discuss what to do with Sun Ning's wife.

Behind the camera, Shao Shuaijun observed Guo Tao's acting skills, and he was indeed very precise and his expression was very good. But I always feel that the picture is a bit lacking.

"Li Kai, do you think something is missing?"

Li Kai stared at the small screen: "Incoordination. You see, Bao's wife is concentrating on fiddling with things. When Bao Shihong is talking, she shouldn't react like this, there should be interaction."

"interactive?"

"Yes, the interaction of the eyes, this is a couple, not a passerby."

"En." Shao Shuaijun also felt it, but didn't call to stop. This was a technical rehearsal, mainly examining the effects of camera positions and lighting. The content of the performance can be discussed later.

The scene was very short. The two had a conversation on the stone, Bao Shihong got up, and his wife followed. Until one minute of walking, the photographer on the dam waved. When Shao Shuaijun saw it, he picked up the loudspeaker and said, "Okay, card, the actor goes to make up! Each unit will report on the effect in turn."

Camera No. 1 is the close-up camera. It was taken by the photographer Shi Sheng himself. Shi Sheng nodded: “Report to the director. Camera No. 1 has a stable lens, normal color and normal frame.”

Camera No. 2 is a side-shooting camera without a fixed frame. It is carried on the shoulder. The assistant photographer Ge Wanhan holds the camera: “Report to the director. Camera No. 2 is normal.”

Camera No. 3 is on the dam. The camera is fixed and the camera assistant Ma Meng takes the camera. He took the walkie-talkie and said: "Report to the director, Camera No. 3 is normal, the picture is clear, and the frame is normal."

Recording engineer Wang Yanwei said: "The live reception is normal, with little noise, and post-production can be completed."

Shao Shuaijun immediately shouted: "Very well, has the makeup artist applied makeup yet?"

"All right."

"Guo Ge, Sun Ning, you sit here, I will tell you something to note. Especially Sun Ning, pay attention to the sense of nature, when Bao Shihong is talking, you are a wife, and your husband is talking. You can't just keep yourself busy. , You have to interact with him, or look up from time to time..."

"Director, I understand."

"Well... the actors are ready, the filming is official!" Shao Shuaijun gave instructions and sat on a small chair beside him, quietly watching the crowd prepare quickly.

Seeing it's almost done, Chang Ji slopped and shouted: "Preparation for photography, preparation for lighting, preparation for recording."

"Unit 1 is ready!"

"The second machine is ready!"

"Recording ready!"

"The lights are ready!"

Sloppy walked to the camera with the clapper, holding the clapper high: "The first scene of the riverside scene, the first scene of a husband and wife conversation, the first shot!"

"Start." Shao Shuaijun shouted with a trumpet.

Pata, the clap is down, and photography officially begins.

The performance was very successful. Needless to say, Guo Tao's acting skills, Sun Ning is also a new actor from time to time, and they are all in place. Shao Shuaijun nodded while watching. The dialogue ended. Li Kai, as the executive director, called out the card.

"Card! The camera crew will come in quickly and move the first and second cameras out of the third camera."

Unit 3 needs to take a panoramic view. Unit 1 and Unit 2 are too close to the actors. The camera crew was very agile, and the scene was cleaned up in one minute. The sloppy shouted: "The No. 3 camera is ready for photography!"

There was no need for recording or lighting for this scene, and Ma Meng used the walkie-talkie to shout: "The third unit is ready!"

Wang Yixue has already ran to the dam, holding a clapper in his hand, and shaking in front of the camera: "The first scene of the riverside scene, the second scene of the husband and wife leaving the scene, the first shot!"

"begin!"

...

It took a day, and the scenes on the riverside were all done, and the crew ended. Shao Shuaijun took a bunch of films and went with Li Kai to the studio set up next to Luohan Temple in Yuzhong County. The job of directing looked very beautiful, but it was actually harder than an actor. Usually, you have to be consistent with the crew, shooting on-site, and you have to take time to rough cut the film to determine the effectiveness of the shot. If you find any shortcomings, you have to arrange tomorrow's make-up and other issues.

Some directors are lazy and will hand over these tasks to the assistant director and editor. In his previous life, Shao Shuaijun was divided into work. Of course, he enjoys this kind of work. The director is the **** of a movie, who has the power of life and death, which is most vividly reflected in the cutting.

Shao Shuaijun enjoys this feeling.

After trimming for an hour, the two really couldn't find anything wrong, so they called Zhang Yu, the production director, and asked Zhang Yu to send the film to the lab for samples. Samples are sent for printing every day. After all, the preservation of the film is very risky. If it is accidentally exposed, the previous work will be ruined.

Moreover, the camera crew had to look at the front lens frequently, and there was no sample, and the film was blurred several times back and forth.

After all this, looking at the time, it is already past twelve o'clock.

"Let's go, Li Kai, let's find a small restaurant to have some food."

"your treat?"

"nonsense."

"What are you waiting for, let's go."

I ordered a few special snacks in the mountain city, and the two of them ate and chatted. They were both workaholics, and the conversation was inseparable from the movie. Shao Shuaijun has worked with many crews in his previous life, but they were all small productions, but Li Kai has actually followed big productions like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Director Li Yu will be the best director of Oscar in the future and can follow him By my side, very lucky.

Therefore, Shao Shuaijun asked Li Kai how to control the big scene with nightmares. He cannot make small productions in his life. As a director, can he be called a director if he doesn't want to make a blockbuster? One asks, the other teaches, chatting happily, until the latter half of the night did not go away, each went back to sleep...