I'm not just a director

Chapter 252 Shooting in the Snow Mountain...Finished!
Jiang Wen choked on Jiang Pei'an's words.

Compete with Li Lianjie for a role?
Old Jiang scratched his head, smiled and said:
"I said you kid, isn't it a bit too harsh to speak, this kind of thing... let's talk in private."

"Hahaha, you two are really plotting loudly in front of me."

Li Lianjie said with a smile.

Jiang Wen and Li Lianjie are the same age, but Jiang Wen is a month older than him.

But at this time, Jiang Wen was still honestly calling Brother Sheng in front of him.

Hearing Li Lianjie's words, Jiang Wen blinked and said:

"Brother Jie, I didn't say that. This kid has no good intentions. You have to be careful when working under him, and don't be tricked by him."

"Thank you for your entrustment, I will write it down."

Li Lianjie nodded seriously.

Seeing Li Lianjie's stern answer, Lao Jiang was making fun of himself.

He looked at the set, suddenly his eyes lit up, and said:
"That boy is the tall boy with big eyes. We both look similar, why don't you let me play his role?"

Following the direction of Old Jiang's finger, Jiang Pei was relieved:
"Are you sure you two are similar? He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and you... have thick eyebrows and big eyes too, but it's not 01:30 that makes you two different in shape."

The person Lao Jiang was talking about was the "Little Shou" Liu Ye with big eyes and a high nose bridge, with a harmless face.

Liu Ye joined the team one month earlier than Jet Li. He played the role of Fisher, the second-generation rich man who was the "target" in the original film "Inception".

This can be regarded as one of the protagonist groups. When casting the cast, Jiang Pei'an felt that Liu Ye was particularly suitable for this indecisive role.

Old Jiang is domineering, which can be seen from his eyes and the movements of opening and closing, which doesn't fit the character at all.

Although he didn't know the reason for Lao Jiang's nonsense here, Jiang Pei'an still explained:
"The filming of Liu Ye's part is almost done, and I can't change it."

Lao Jiang probably just had fun chatting. Hearing what Jiang Pei'an said, he was not disappointed. He waved his hand and said:
"Alright, you guys go on, I'll take a stroll."

Seeing Lao Jiang dangling in the crew with his hands behind his back, Jiang Pei'an smiled helplessly:
"Brother Jie, get ready first, I'm going to direct the play."

"Well, you are busy first."

Lao Jiang, who stayed on the set for a day, then left in a thief.

When asked why, he didn't say anything, but said mysteriously:
"It's okay, I'm here to learn.

I heard that you paid a lot of money to invite Industrial Light and Magic from Hollywood to produce special effects. This is a rare pioneering work in China. Of course I have to come and see it. "

As for Lao Jiang, if he didn't know that his next movie is a stream of consciousness, Jiang Pei'an might really be fooled by him.

"Director Jiang, do you really not consider letting me participate?"

"Don't mind, I'm a carrot and a hole, they're all full, I'll find you next time I have a role."

"Tch, let's talk about it next time... I really haven't tried to give orders in such a large crew."

Old Jiang said to himself.

Well, this sentence completely exposed his intentions.

No, Jiang Pei'an, the crew of "Inception", is both the director and the leading actor.

As long as he participates in the play, the power of director will fall into the hands of Zhu Decheng.

Lao Jiang wanted to perform the "coercion of the director to order the crew" in the crew of "Looking for the Gun" in the crew of "Inception".

But Jiang Pei'an didn't give him a chance.

……

In the next two months, the crew of "Inception" frantically filmed at home and abroad.

These two months are gradually entering summer, and the weather is extremely hot.

At the beginning of August, the crew finally finished filming at home and abroad, and came to the snow area to shoot the last bunker scene.

The crew chose a high-altitude area surrounded by heavy snow and snow all year round.

The cold wind howled, and it hurt like a knife cutting flesh on a person's face.

Here, the cold is not the hardest thing to endure, the most troublesome problem is to take a few steps to breathe, and to have an oxygen tank ready at any time.

"Oxygen cylinders and down jackets are all ready, and we can start shooting when everyone arrives."

Standing on the side of the snow mountain, Gao Chengsheng said out of breath.

Although Jiang Pei'an usually exercised, his body was a little overwhelmed when he suddenly went to a high altitude area.

Surrounded by a vast expanse of whiteness, Jiang Pei'an tightened his down jacket and said:
"Old Gao, can you believe it? We just wore short-sleeved clothes from the 35-degree Beijing area two days ago, and we came here all of a sudden and put on down jackets. It's so amazing."

Gao Chengsheng bent down and picked up the snow ball from the ground, and said with a smile:
"Follow Director Jiang, not to mention coming from the stove to the snow-capped mountains, even if I ran from the earth to space, I would not be surprised, there is just one thing...

Space is not a good spot. I don’t know if the aliens will give me face as a producer of China Film Group and let us shoot on their planet. "

Hearing this, Jiang Pei'an laughed and said:
"Don't worry, sooner or later there will be a day when the earth is tired of shooting, let's go for a walk in outer space."

"No, that's what I said, don't mess with my old bones."

That's what he said, but Gao Chengsheng's tone was full of joy.

Looking at Director Jiang's meaning, is the next movie going to be a space sci-fi?
Just thinking about it made Lao Gao feel very exciting.

Thanks to Jiang Pei'an, he was the production director of three films, "Taken", "Source Code" and "Inception".

Gao Chengsheng became famous in the film industry, and many well-known directors planned to find him to cooperate.

It can be predicted that such a big production scene of "Inception" will definitely set off a frenzy once it is released.

At that time, Gao Shengsheng's worth will definitely skyrocket again.

Even the crew members under him will become the targets of competition for major crews across the country.

This is what it means for one person to attain Taoism and ascend to heaven.

Jiang Pei'an didn't know what Gao Chengsheng was thinking. After looking around with the binoculars, he said:
"Go back first and tell the cast and crew that they must pay attention to keeping warm and cold. This is no joke."

"Understood. Before I came here, I have already issued repeated orders to let them take care of themselves. Don't worry."

After coming down from the snow mountain, Jiang Pei'an returned to the tent set up by the herdsmen at the foot of the mountain.

This is the place where they are temporarily stationed. Some of the electric equipment in the crew has to go back to the town which is [-] kilometers away to recharge, and they spend a lot of time on the road every day.

“We are here to inspect the site first this time, and other staff members are expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon.

Lao Gao, keep in touch with them all the time, Lao Zhu, Dean and Wuershan, we will live here for the next two days, this is the snow mountain..."

In the tent, Jiang Pei'an had a small meeting with the main creative team. There were some things that he couldn't do by himself, especially when he was the leading actor.

Therefore, he has to convey his intentions, and the three assistant directors are his right-hand men to complete the shooting.

The three of them listened very seriously, this scene was the most extreme and severe weather they encountered.

Just walking on an oxygen-deficient snow-capped mountain can take a lot of energy, let alone completing a series of shots on the mountain.

This is undoubtedly a challenge to the entire crew.

"Guys, after the filming of this scene, we're basically done with it, everyone will work hard for the last time."

After the meeting, Jiang Pei'an looked at them and said seriously.

After hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, everyone reacted.

It's over.

Among them, Gao Chengsheng felt the deepest. After all, it took almost a year for "Inception" from the preliminary preparation to the finalization now.

He participated in the film before and after, and now that it is about to wrap up, he is really reluctant.

The same is true for the other three. Needless to say, Wu Ershan has gone from an advertising director to the top crew in the country, and even in the world.

Although he didn't perform as well as Zhu Decheng and Lin Di'an, after all, he had never participated in the complete shooting of a movie in a serious way before.

What he has to do is to absorb knowledge and sum up experience like a sponge, which is also the task Jiang Pei'an gave him.

Zhu Decheng and Lin Di'an, one is an old-fashioned director who has worked in various domestic film crews.

But obviously the crew of "Inception" has never been encountered before, whether it is in terms of technical equipment or the grandeur of the scene.

This is especially true for Lin Di'an. Although he also worked in Hollywood before, this is the first time he has come into contact with such a formal and professional crew.

"Hong Kong films are still thinking about how to restore their glory, but mainland films have begun to catch up with international standards..."

Lin Di'an thought secretly.

"Okay, don't be sentimental about your age there, hurry up and communicate with the rest of the crew, let's try to complete the filming within a week!"

Jiang Pei'an clapped his hands and smiled.

"Roger that!"

……

The next day, all the crew members arrived.

Jiang Pei'an spotted the tall Zuo Xiaoqing from the crowd at a glance.

The girl has a scene of a chase in the snow.

"Welcome to join the group, our conditions are a bit rough, can we adapt to the climate?"

"Thank you Director Jiang for your concern, I'm fine."

Zuo Xiaoqing said with a smile.

"That's good, how's your skiing going?"

"There should be no problem, director, please rest assured."

Zuo Xiaoqing said slowly.

"Okay, let's take you to the spots first, we will start shooting in the afternoon."

In the first scene, the protagonist team led Zhang Hanyu and Liu Ye to ski on the snowy ground of the third dreamland and approach the snow fortress.

"This scene is very simple, we just need to stop at point A ahead and shoot a conversation.

Afterwards, those cool ski moves will be replaced by professional ski doubles, you just need to memorize the lines. "

Jiang Pei'an asked.

"understood."

"Okay, let's start the show."

By the way, about half an hour into the scene, Jiang Pei'an made a gesture to the film crew in the distance, seeing everyone getting into the mood gradually.

"Attention all units, prepare, start up!"

"Turn on!"

"Turn on!"

The crew turned on, and Jiang Pei'an took Li Lianjie, Liu Ye, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Hanyu and others to slide to point A.

Jiang Pei'an looked at Li Lianjie and said:
"This is your dream, you have to lure away all the guards in the hospital, understand?"

Li Lianjie nodded, moved the goggles to his head, pointed to Liu Ye and asked:

"Who brought him in?"

Jiang Pei'an shook his head and said:
"I can't, if I know the whole route, it will definitely jeopardize the whole mission."

Zhang Ziyi suddenly said:

"This is a dream designed by me. Maybe I..."

Jiang Pei'an shook his head and said:

"No, you must follow me."

Zhang Hanyu interjected at this moment:

"Let me do it."

Jiang Peian thought for a while, nodded and said to Li Lianjie:

"Okay, you tell him how to get in."

Jiang Pei'an patted Liu Ye on the shoulder, pointed at Zhang Hanyu and said:

"You go in with him."

"how about you?"

Jiang Pei'an shook his head and said:
"I have other tasks, don't turn off the radio on your body, I will always monitor..."

These few are all great acting skills, and they have rehearsed many times at the foot of the mountain before, so literary drama is not a problem for them at all.

As soon as the few people here finished their performance, they heard Zhu Decheng yelling Ka.

"Okay, come on, let's save one more, and the props are ready to transition!"

"Roger that!"

The filming of the first literary scene went smoothly, which also gave the rest of the crew a shot in the arm.

"Bring them the oxygen tanks."

Jiang Pei'an walked towards the crew with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and said to Zhu Decheng:

"The next part of the scene is the scene of the stuntmen, let the aerial filming crew prepare, and arrange the ground filming crew.

I want videos from every angle, but one thing, don't shoot their faces. "

"Don't worry, Director Jiang."

After Zhu Decheng finished speaking out of breath, he quickly inhaled oxygen with the oxygen tank.

"Okay, old Zhu?"

Jiang Pei'an asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm old, haha."

"Don't hold on. If it doesn't work, I'll have someone take it down for you. Dean and Urshan are still here. The rest of the show will be a stand-in for big scenes. I'll also be here to check it."

Zhu Decheng raised his hand with difficulty, remained silent for a while, and said:
"Then, I will trouble Director Jiang."

"What's the trouble here? Go ahead. Leave it to me. Two people will help guide Zhu down the mountain."

Jiang Pei'an beckoned.

After Zhu Decheng left, Jiang Pei'an sat behind the monitor.

According to the plot, there should be a castle on the mountainside on the snow, which feels like a military base.

But it is impossible for the crew to build a castle at such a high altitude.

So I still have to let Industrial Light and Magic model a castle on the halfway up the snow mountain.

Then the crew borrowed the scene to shoot in real castles in other places.

Of course, the borrowed castle can only be photographed locally, otherwise a panoramic view will be ruined.

And these scenes have all been filmed in other places before...

Ten days have passed since all the filming of the snow chase, fight, vehicle collision and other scenes were completed.

The setting sun sprinkled on the white snow, forming a huge golden coating.

"Crack, pass!"

After the camera shot, Jiang Pei'an yelled with a loudspeaker.

At this moment, apart from the whistling wind, the production crew was silent. Everyone stood in place, all eyes focused on the monitor...

"I declare..."

Jiang Pei'an stood up from his chair, holding a loudspeaker and solemnly said:

"The last scene of "Inception" Snow Mountain Castle has been filmed, and the film is finished!"

At the moment when Jiang Pei'an announced the finale, everyone cheered in unison.

Busy for half a year, shooting under various extreme conditions...

at last!

It's done!

(End of this chapter)