Chapter 17 Filming
It's night.
Since filming will start tomorrow, the actors have already rested. As the director, Wang Meng does not have this treatment. A series of preparations and layouts are still being discussed urgently with Zhang Lantian and Wang Peng.
"That's it. It's getting late. Thank you for your hard work. Let's go and rest."
Seeing that the time was approaching, Wang Meng and the other two ended the meeting after repeated consideration.
"Okay, Director Wang, you should also take a break early. If nothing unexpected happens, you can finish the shooting in one week or ten days. Besides, you are all old actors except a few newcomers, so there is no chance of making a mistake."
"Well, I'm relieved to be a cast..."
The three of them exchanged greetings and went back to their rooms.
Not long after the door was closed, the knock on the door rang again.
Wang Meng thought it was Wang Peng or Zhang Lantian and didn't care, but he was a little surprised after opening the door.
"Shuying, why are you here?" Wang Meng looked at the girl who blushed again and joked: "This lonely man and widow, what do you want to do in the middle of the night? I tell you that I am not that kind of person."
Listening to Wang Meng's nonsense, Jiang Shuying kicked Wang Meng for some reason.
"What are you talking nonsense? What a lonely man and a widow, a stinky bastard, I saw you being embarrassed by the reporter today, you were all over the afternoon. So, if you come to see you with kindness, you actually...humph! If you treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs!" After saying that, Jiang Shuying turned her head and left.
However, a stretch came from his arm and was pulled back and even entered Wang Meng's arms.
"Ah!" Jiang Shuying was 'forced to be hugged' again.
"What are you doing? You~ you can let me go?"
"Shh~ Don't talk." Wang Meng tightened the jade man in his arms, and after a while, he said: "Thank you for your concern. I will not be defeated by those bastards. When my movie is released, I will let those bastards know what it means to suffer."
It seems that he felt Wang Meng's power or was captured by Wang Meng's passion. Jiang Shuying liked this feeling. What about men? When he was full of ambition, women were indeed intoxicated.
After hearing this, Jiang Shuying became much gentler and comforted her: "It's good that you're not angry. Those reporters have indeed passed a little, I~ I thought..."
"Why? I thought I was sighing? No, never, I will see how those bastards regret it."
"That's good, that's good."
There is a lyrics called "When you embrace your taste, the moon is intoxicated by it~". It is about the present.
However, Jiang Shuying suddenly pushed Wang Meng away and said shyly: "You~ Why are you touching my fart..."
Wang Meng was stunned and said, "Oh, sorry, I can't help myself!"
"snort!"
Turning his head and leaving.
Wang Meng was speechless for a moment and stumbled for a long time and wrote two words.
"sleep."
...
The weather is very sunny on September 22, but the weather in Magic City is still very hot at this moment.
However, the actors have to wear thick clothes because the weather in the script is winter and there is a big stove.
Even so, due to the quality of a professional actor, no one complained. In fact, hot topics are nothing, it is winter. Whenever the director needs it, he still hopes to jump in the cold water. Not only that, he also shows that I am very hot.
In the closed shooting, except for a few actors, the rest were the crew members, with about twenty people in total, which was indeed a small crew.
Because the script is simple and there is no need to shoot two or several heads, it is almost done from the beginning to the end. The rest is nothing more than editing a few sponsor advertisements.
"35mm film, 24 frames/seconds, is now the most mainstream film." Wang Peng explained to Wang Meng who was watching on the side, but the photographer was debugging the camera.
"Did you ask if you have 65mm and 70mm?"
Wang Peng was very strange about Wang Meng's request, but fortunately Wang Meng just asked.
"I asked, it's three times the price of 35mm, and such films are not used in China, and they are not used in Hollywood. By the way, why are you asking this?"
"It's nothing, 70mm will be the mainstream in the future. The era of 3d and lmax is coming soon." No one knows what Wang Meng thinks at this moment. The future blockbuster will be the era of 3d and lmax.
"What? What lmax?" Wang Peng was puzzled.
"It's nothing. The makeup of the protagonists has been ready. Let's start the computer."
Wang Meng did not explain, but it was a bit sad. How many Chinese directors have never heard of stunts? This is the gap with Hollywood. I hope I can make up for it.
With the preparations of several starring actors, the first act of director Wang Meng's first director is about to begin.
A little more excited is more about feeling. The dream of a grassroots actor is about to be realized. If you act, you will be good, and if you are good, you will be director. This is the ultimate goal of many actors...
Ren Quan, who had put on makeup, was preparing for the first scene. The hero was about to look at the room where he had lived for ten years with emotion. It was not excessive sadness, but a habitual confusion. After all, he had lived for 14,000 years, and there were too many such experiences.
"Brother Quan, you will show a little confusion and reluctance later, but remember not to pass it. After all, the protagonist has experienced too many such experiences, just the feeling of being confused about how many times will he have in the future. Do you understand?" After looking at Ren Quan, who was about forty years old, Wang Meng said on the side.
"Don't worry, Director Wang, this period has been researched for a long time. I will work hard on the first scene!" Ren Quan said that there is no problem, after all, that crew wants to have a good start.
"Well, just work hard, don't be too stressed." Wang Meng said and walked away.
Ren Quan was stunned. Unexpectedly, Wang Meng would comfort him, and he was really a bit like a director.
"Remember that the lights should be darker." Wang Meng reminded the lighting engineer.
"Don't worry, director, the lighting is fine."
The answer is a teacher who is in the theater. These people all know the rules of the crew. The director is the boss, and even the teacher must obey the director's will. A crew cannot have two voices.
Seeing that everything was ready and taking a few deep breaths, Wang Meng shouted "Preparation."
"Actor OK"
"Light ok"
"Speaker OK"
"Photography ok"
After seeing Wang Meng nodding, Wang Jian saw Wang Meng.
He shouted: "The first scene, the first act, the first, Akesh!"
here we go!!
As Ren Quan's face appeared in front of the monitor, Wang Meng stared at the monitor tightly.
Ren Quan's confused eyes and reluctance in his heart were fully expressed in the monitor, everything was what Wang Meng wanted!
About five or six seconds of the shot passed.
However, the photography and the actors did not stop until Wang Meng nodded.
"Click!"
Looking at the crowd who was looking at him nervously, Wang Mengyi grinned. "It's past~"
"Oh...!!" Chen Chichi, Zheng Kai and a few young men cheered happily.
"Everyone keep working hard, Brother Quan adds one more and prepares it." Wang Meng said, and everyone started to prepare again.
"Young people are really amazing nowadays. The first time the director is so calm and moderate. It seems that we are really old." Zhao Youliang, Pan Hong and others on the side were also paying attention to the first show.
When I saw Wang Meng's performance, I seemed relieved, at least I knew that the director would not mess with this drama.
Next...
Ren Quan performed very well. At the beginning, his own shots performed as well as before. Even though he had clicked a few times, it was not bad. He passed by easily under the command of Wang Meng.
The only troublesome thing is to put on makeup. Due to the hot weather and the need to wear thick clothes, the actors easily sweat, so they put on makeup tossed the crew.
It was not until the afternoon when several leading actors began acting on the same stage, and Wang Meng knew that the difficult part had just begun.
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Chapter completed!