Entertaining Children

"Action guidance, I've never done it before!" Xiao Yao smiled and scratched his head.

"It's okay, it's not that you are responsible alone." Steve McGrove said, "Our crew has experienced action directors, and you worked together to complete it. I think your actions are very beautiful, and you can indeed see Huaxia. The shadow of Kung Fu, but it is different from the Huaxia Kung Fu in the Peter Wang movies I have seen before. It seems to lack some routines, but it feels more, how should I say, real? Not so fancy, but it is also very good-looking, very cool!"

"Okay, then I'll try." Xiao Yao nodded and agreed.

Although Xiao Yao has already been a director himself, the short film "Tuner" basically has no action scenes, and the actions in the two MVs "Faded" and "SingMeToSleep" are also relatively simple. He really hasn't tried the real meaning. It is also a good time to learn and feel what it is like to be an action guide.

"Okay," Steve McGrove nodded happily, "Our action director is called Jon West, and he hasn't arrived yet. When he comes, I will introduce you, trust him After watching the video of your fight just now, I won’t have any objections to it. Now I’m going to revise the script and shooting plan, and design characters for you, so I won’t be with you anymore. Taking advantage of the time before he comes, You can think of some ideas first."

"Okay!" Xiao Yao continued to nod.

"I still have a job, so I won't be with you anymore." Producer Glass Stim said, "If you want to visit our studio, you can ask Jin to take you there, she is very familiar with us .”

"Thank you." Xiao Yao nodded his thanks.

"Bayi, it seems that the producer is going to fire you and Jin's scandal." Seeing Glass Steam's leaving back, Ye Jiaying pulled Xiao Yao aside, and whispered in Chinese.

Although the actor's achievements are much higher than Xiao Yao's, and she is Xiao Yao's mother, Ye Jiaying knows that they can come to this crew today because of Xiao Yao. How to speak out. Even when the crew asked Xiao Yao to play a guest role, she, the Chinese actress, didn't say anything, so everyone's attention was always on her son. But Ye Jiaying is also a producer now, and she is very clear about some of the propaganda methods and tricks of the producer. Seeing Glass Steam's demeanor and performance, she had already guessed what he was going to do, and couldn't help reminding Xiao Yaodao at this time.

"I know, let's fire it." Xiao Yao, who also had a premonition, nodded, and whispered, "They are an American crew, and I can't control them. I have agreed to play guest roles, do soundtracks and action directors, You can't just turn around and leave, right? Jin and Gong Chen are different."

When AMG fired up the scandal between Xiao Yao and Gong Chen,

Xiao Yao and Gong Chen have only collaborated on a few songs. They belong to a relatively simple relationship between producer and singer, and their relationship is still very ordinary. And Zhou Jingyi and Xiao Yao have known each other for several years, from colleagues to friends, and later worked together in the "Torrent" dance troupe for the "National Street Dance Competition". Of course, their relationship cannot be the same as that of Gong Chen at that time.

Although Xiao Yao was also a little upset, it was impossible to poach people directly as simple and rude as he did with AMG, and then hold a press conference to quell the scandal, and at the same time put AMG on the media for a while. Xiao Yao is not afraid of the crew, he can do whatever he wants, even pat his ass and leave. But he was found by Zhou Jingyi, if the incident was too unpleasant, the crew would inevitably blame Zhou Jingyi. Zhou Jingyi is an American, her career is based in the United States, and she has to work in the American film and television industry.

"Of course Jin and Gong Chen are different," Ye Jiaying said with a smile, "I felt that she looked at you very differently in the hotel that day, as if she looked at you very similarly to that Sammy. I only stayed in the United States for a while. I hooked up two American girls in 1999, if I stay for two more years, will you really be able to bring me an American daughter-in-law back?"

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Xiao Yao looked at Ye Jiaying seriously and said, "Duo'er grew up under your watch! Shouldn't you say now that I don't recognize any other wives except Duo'er, and other girls don't even want to join Xiao Xiao?" Is it the door of the house?"

"Hehe," Ye Jiaying laughed amused by Xiao Yao's serious look, "Friendship is friendship, and feelings are feelings. It's hard for outsiders to say such things! You are my son, and I will stand by your side unconditionally. What kind of girlfriend, as long as you like it yourself."

"By the way, speaking of Duo'er," Ye Jiaying continued, "Do you want to say hello to Duo'er in advance? In case she has any thoughts? I think she seemed a little unhappy in the hotel that day." After all, Ye Jiaying still prefers Sun Tingting, not to mention that Sun Tingting is Xiao Yao's girlfriend now.

"No need," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Duo'er is very smart, and her family is in the entertainment industry, so she can understand what's going on at a glance. As for the things that you could see in the hotel that day, Duo'er can't see it." Come out? But Calabasas and Los Angeles are both you want to come, she can't say anything, a little emotional is normal."

"Ah? Then did we do something wrong?" Ye Jiaying was a little surprised, "Duo'er, just tell me if you don't want us to come!"

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Duo'er knows Jin and Sami. They seem to be friends, and the relationship is very complicated. Don't look at Duo'er as gentle and gentle, but in fact she has a strong personality. Don't let us It will appear that she is afraid of them, so she will not show weakness."

"The three girls who like you are still friends?" Ye Jiaying asked in surprise, "It can't be that you did something in the middle, right? Don't play around?"

"What did I do?" Xiao Yao smiled wryly, "Jin and Sami both took the initiative to get to know Duo'er, and I didn't introduce them to each other. I am also very helpless about this kind of thing! I met Duo'er before we established a relationship. I can't find that people like me, so I should break up with them? Could it be that Fan Fan or Gong Chen or Cheng Xi said they like me, so our studio has to open them? I am the only one All I can do is to maintain a good relationship with Duo'er until they give up on their own."

"Okay, let's not talk about it. Leave the emotional matters to yourself." Ye Jiaying waved her hand, turned to Zhou Jingyi and said loudly, "Jin, please take us for a stroll."

Just now Xiao Yao and Ye Jiaying had been talking quietly in the corner, obviously talking about some private matters, and the others were very sensible and didn't come to the side. At this time, upon hearing Ye Jiaying's greeting, Zhou Jingyi immediately walked over and said with a smile, "Okay, let me show you the command room in our play first."

Zhou Jingyi took Xiao Yao and others around the set, during which Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao asked a lot of questions curiously, Zhou Jingyi answered in detail what she knew, and took them to ask relevant questions about what she didn't know. staff member. The staff of the crew seemed to have received instructions from the producer, and they were very warm and friendly to Xiao Yao and others, and answered the questions of Xiao Yao and others more carefully.

Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao didn't just come to the set to watch the excitement. Ye Jiaying is the producer and Xiao Yao is the director. They are both very interested in the advanced equipment, special shooting techniques and special props and setting methods of the American crew, and they also want to "steal the teacher" when they come here. After going around in this way, those interested questions were answered, which can be regarded as achieving their original purpose of coming to this crew.

After Xiao Yao and others visited the set, the director Steve McGrove had revised the script and designed the characters for Xiao Yao, and the action director Jon West of the crew also arrived. After watching the video of Xiao Yao and Vince Ward fighting, Jon West had no objection to the director's proposal to add Xiao Yao to the action director of this episode, and the three of them designed the fighting action of this episode together.

Xiao Yao's agile and sharp action style is not the same as in the general Chinese Kung Fu movies in this world, nor is it the same as the more vigorous and open-ended action style in American action movies and dramas. This series is already on the air, and it is impossible for a series to suddenly change the action style in the middle of the series, not to mention that Xiao Yao only appeared in one episode, so he will not change the overall action style because of him.

The director designed the role of an instructor for Xiao Yao, showing his action style as a feature. The scene was only in the training room, and besides Xiao Yao, the only other actors involved were Vince Ward and Zhou Jingyi, two actors who played field roles in the play. Therefore, Xiao Yao's action director only participated in the design of two fight scenes. Action, workload is not particularly large.

Vince Ward is a strong Caucasian man with well-developed muscles and good strength, but his agility and flexibility are not as good. Xiao Yao's style of movement is more difficult to do, but he has dancing skills. Zhou Jingyi, who is also of Chinese descent, completed Xiao Yao's style of movements relatively smoothly, so the director and action director naturally focused on the teaching fight scene between Xiao Yao and Zhou Jingyi.

I don't know whether it was inspired by the producer or his own ideas. Director Steve McGrove also deliberately explained that the action director Jon West added several physical contact comparisons in this fight scene. The tight locking technique, and Xiao Yao's Bajiquan was originally a close-up movement, so after the whole fight scene was designed, Xiao Yao and Zhou Jingyi's physical contact was frequent and intimate, and they could be watched from the sidelines Vince Ward laughed strangely. Fortunately, Xiao Yao, who was devoting himself to designing movements and rehearsing, didn't notice, otherwise he would have to give him a few slaps during rehearsals.

The content to be filmed today was planned before, only the scene of the role of Xiao Yao is newly added, so after the action design is completed, the filming can officially begin. In order to strike while the iron is hot, the director also decided to shoot Xiao Yao's scenes first.

Xiao Yao had no objection to this, so he took a short break, wiped off the sweat on his body, changed his clothes and started working. If he finishes filming his own scenes earlier, he can also stay at the side of Steve McGrove and continue to steal.

Both Vince Ward and Zhou Jingyi have been filming for half a season, and they cooperated very well with the crew of the crew, so whether the two scenes can be filmed smoothly depends mainly on Xiao Yao's performance.

He acted in a drama when he was eight years old, in a TV series when he was fourteen or five years old, and made a short film when he was eighteen. Xiao Yao still has a lot of experience in acting. The study of acting courses has not been relaxed, and the test scores have been kept at the forefront. There is no lack of theory and practice, the acting skills are naturally excellent, and there are no barriers to language communication, so the filming of these two scenes went smoother than the director expected.

Director Steve McGrove even gave Xiao Yao a special compliment. He said that if it wasn't for Xiao Yao's return to China soon, he intended to let the producer sign a contract with Xiao Yao and make him a resident actor of the series.

After his role was finished, Xiao Yao didn't leave, and offered to be the director's assistant, but the director didn't refuse. Xiao Yao went through the whole day of filming with the crew, and he also got a feel for the shooting style of an American drama director.

After the shooting task for this day is over, Xiao Yao's task is not over yet. Next, is the soundtrack work he promised.

Leaving the staff to pack up the shooting equipment and clean up the venue, director Steve McGrove took Xiao Yao to the post-production soundtrack workshop to participate in the soundtrack work of the previous episode.

Entering the studio, I introduced Dawson Grew and Xiao Yao, the soundtrack composers of the crew, to each other, and explained the purpose of bringing Xiao Yao here. Director Steve McGrove asked Dawson Grew to edit the Show the completed material to Xiao Yao for a review.

The post-production soundtrack for this episode is already in production, so the material that Dawson Grue released is not just the video material, even part of the soundtrack that has been completed is also released together.

"Any thoughts?" After watching the footage, director Steve McGrove looked at Xiao Yao and asked.

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded, and pulled the material to a place by himself, "I think I can try this part of the tracking scene."

"This part?" Both Steve McGrove and Dawson Grue were surprised, "This part is not suitable for a song." Dawson Grue had obviously been notified by the producer, but this A plot is a tense, suspenseful scene with a bit of horror, and neither of them thinks this part is suitable for singing.

"It's not a song, it's a piece of pure music." Xiao Yao said.

In the eyes of producer Glass Steam, Xiao Yao is a singer-songwriter, but not a professional soundtrack engineer or musician. He asked Xiao Yao to participate in the post-production soundtrack. In fact, he didn't want Xiao Yao to do the pure music soundtrack of the series, but wanted him to write a suitable episode and put it in this episode. But after reading the material of this episode, Xiao Yao had no idea about writing an interlude, instead he wanted to make a piece of pure music.

"Are you sure?" Both of them looked at Xiao Yao and said, "What do you want to do?"

This part is the biggest highlight of this episode. The reason why they haven't had time to make the soundtrack is because they don't want to be hasty, so when they heard that Xiao Yao was going to make the soundtrack for this part, both of them were a little nervous.

"It's mainly to highlight the tension, suspense and even a little bit of horror," Xiao Yao said, "I already have an idea, and I can make it when I go back tonight, and you can hear it tomorrow."

"May I ask what musical instrument you plan to use first? Waterphone?" Hearing Xiao Yao's accurate description of the characteristics of this passage, the two relaxed a bit, but Dawson Grew couldn't help asking.

"This is not a horror movie, there is no need to use a water piano." Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I plan to use a handpan and a violin string."

"Hand plate? What is that?" Dawson Grew was stunned.

"That's a musical instrument I invented myself!" Xiao Yao took out his mobile phone, called up a picture of a hand-dish and handed it to Dawson Grudeau, "I have a real instrument in my hand. If you are interested, today At night, you can go to the recording studio of "Daydream" and watch me play this instrument and make this soundtrack."

The timbre of an instrument like a handpan is relatively ethereal, but it is not an ethereal sound that cannot express a tense and suspenseful atmosphere. Xiao Yao remembered that in the fifth season of the American TV series "Prison Break", there was an exciting plot with a soundtrack made of hand discs and strings. It is also very appropriate to bring that piece of soundtrack here.

When he was in Nashville, Ake Robinson wanted to hold a small concert for Xiao Yao to promote hand discs. Although the concert failed to be completed, Xiao Yao also paid attention to the publicity of his opponent Dish in the United States. Xiao Yao felt that taking out the disc to make a soundtrack would let people know that this instrument can not only be used for playing and playing, but also has a good effect as a soundtrack. This can increase a professional group interested in opponents, and it is also a good advertisement.