The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 414
Before the sun rose this morning, and before the smell of meat wafted from the breakfast shops on the street, there was a special sound in Istanbul, a bit like chanting.

It was time for Muslin's morning ceremony.

Amanda was still sleeping on the bed, she was not awakened by such a sound.

Li Shengyao woke up, turned over and went downstairs for a run.

In the morning, the temperature was a little low, about three or four degrees. When I left the hotel, I felt a gust of cold wind blowing.

However, it is good to exercise.

After sweating a little, I feel that my body is much lighter and my whole body is more energetic.

Lee Sheng Yew likes this feeling, it makes him more confident in himself and in the filming of "Taken 23".

The crew officially started work at nine o'clock in the morning.

The shooting team, as well as the martial artists in the family-making class, all arrived at the set at 08:30.

Li Shengyao also came here at this time, and there were some local people, who were considered field workers, doing some relatively simple jobs.

After all, when shooting in Tuji, it is impossible not to hire local people, otherwise people will say that you discriminate.

The English of the native chicken is actually very average, not comparable to that of the European side.

Many domestic media publicize that native English, French, and German are good, but that's bragging.

Many local chickens have been to Dekueh for many years, but their German is still very bad. The government had to set up language tutoring classes to help them integrate into the local society faster. These are all news.

As an international tourist city, Istanbul has more people who can speak English, but the general level is poor.

In order to communicate more effectively and smoothly, Li Shengyao hired four translators.

In terms of field work, there is no need for so many translators, but when the work starts, there are still many group performers of native chickens, and these people also need translators.

Not long after, four translators came over, and all four of them were good at English.

The filming team brought by Li Shengyao, as well as the martial arts masters in the family class, can speak English well, so they can communicate directly with them.

Today's shooting is relatively troublesome.

The plot is that the hero takes his ex-wife to go shopping, while the daughter makes a video call with her boyfriend in the hotel.

At this time, Albania's gang members came after them, and they chased after the actor and his ex-wife.

The male protagonist and the others drove into a local small commodity market, where a tracking and fighting scene unfolded.

This small commodity market is a very traditional kind of small market, somewhat like the old vegetable market in China, with storefronts on both sides of the street and stalls at the entrance of the storefronts, which seems relatively crowded.

Some people set up stalls directly on the roadside, plus there are canopies.

Visually, the space is relatively small.

The reason why this scene seems troublesome is naturally because the small commodity market has a large flow of people, and the crew needs a lot of group performances to create this effect.

If you need to use a wide-angle lens, such as setting the camera on a high place, and then shooting down to capture the entire small commodity market, the scene will appear very large.

It is estimated that thousands of people can be photographed.

This shooting should look more shocking, but the cost is undoubtedly greater.

In Li Shengyao’s previous life, the clip of "Taken 2" followed the male protagonist’s line of sight and followed him to shoot, and it was a medium shot. In this way, if the camera is gathered around the male protagonist, there will be fewer people appearing. Naturally, there will be much less.

Li Shengyao intends to learn this kind of shooting, the main camera is placed on the male lead, and he follows the male lead.

But even so, they still found 120 group performers.

Fortunately, the salary here is relatively low, and there are many extras, but it doesn't need to spend too much money.

But these are trivial matters, the real trouble is getting the more than 100 extras to cooperate with the filming according to the needs of the plot.

Last night, Li Shengyao discussed with the assistant director, cameraman, and the martial artists of the family class for about an hour. Everyone made suggestions, clarified requirements, and arranged work.

identified their respective tasks.

At this time, the translator came over, and Li Shengyao immediately called the four translators over, and then seriously described the next shooting requirements, telling them the details of the next shooting, what the extras need to do, and how they need to coordinate.

About 10 minutes later, the extras and the main actors came over.

This scene doesn't need Amanda to act, she just came over.

Cheng Long and Elizabeth Hao Li have heavier tasks.

However, both of them are professional actors, and there is no problem with their acting skills and attitude. In fact, Li Shengyao is not very worried about these two people.

The make-up artist put on makeup for Cheng Long and Elizabeth Hurley, the stylist sculpted for the extras, and Li Shengyao took the scene script and started walking alone.

When the group performer's make-up was almost done, he immediately called for an interpreter, and then asked the translator to lead the group performer, follow him around, and do different things for different roles.

For example, the shop owner is sitting in front of the shop holding a book and will smile when he sees someone coming.

For example, the owner of the fruit shop is washing the fruit, and if he sees a fly, he will go over and drive it away.

All these need to be told to these group performers one by one.

The actors are generally quite obedient.

After all, "Taken 1" is very popular, everyone knows that this is a blockbuster movie, and they all want to perform well.

However, obedience does not mean strong ability. These actors belong to the relatively weak group of local actors' associations, and many of them are newly registered extras.

Local chicken movies are actually very good in the world. They are a bit like Ah San's movies, and the box office rankings of local movies are very high.

Moreover, local chicken movies are very popular in the Zhongdong area. They own the third largest film studio in the world - Bozdag Film Studio.

On the side of Zhongdong Xiya, it can be said that it is the status of Hollywood movies, and it is a bit of an enclosure.

Under such circumstances, there are actually many films produced in Istanbul every year, and there are many related practitioners.

Most of the better actors registered with the local actor's guild were selected early by other native chicken crews.

The group performances reserved for the crew of "Taken 23" are relatively inferior, and they belong to the leftovers from other crews.

But there is no way, Lee Shengyao has neither the time nor the privilege to find another actor here.

Only use those actors who stayed.

At this time, the actors were more serious, and their attitude was very good, but Li Shengyao was not sure whether these people would mess up after the official acting later.

Just as he was leading the translators and performers away from one place to another, there was a sudden noise in the distance.

"Jackie, jackie, jackie."

The crew has already applied to the local government for the right to use this area, and now this area is full of people from the crew, either group performers or field workers.

People outside the crew are prohibited from entering this film.

Istanbul is a tourist city, and the local government was very happy to promote it, giving them great preferential treatment, and even arranged for the police to help maintain order outside the crew.

But Cheng Long is too famous, not only local fans, but also some fans from other countries came to find Cheng Long.

Cheng Long had already put on his makeup and was reading the script.

Hearing the shouts outside, he didn't get up and go over.

This is the right choice. If Cheng Long goes out, there will be more fans shouting, which will affect the filming of the crew even more.

Li Shengyao paused for a moment, he noticed that several group performers were affected by the yelling just now.

He slowed down, and waited for the shouting outside to stop, then patted the arms of the group performers around him, signaling them to continue.

The walk-through explanation lasted about two hours.

Li Shengyao went through all the group performances, whether it was the actor who played the street vendor, the actor who played the passerby, or the actor who played the Albanian gang, and explained clearly all the scenes they were going to perform.

He then called Cheng Long and Elizabeth Hurley to take these two relatively important characters to their positions.

These two are professional actors with higher comprehension ability, and Li Shengyao completed it much faster.

Soon after, I explained all the things that the actors need to pay attention to before performing.

Lee Sung Yew asked the actors to rehearse.

There were so many people in this scene, and Li Shengyao felt good that it could be filmed in three days. The actors were rehearsing, and he took two assistant directors to stand and watch.

At the same time, the photographer is considering the best shooting angle.

After the first rehearsal, Li Shengyao and the two assistant directors explained the problems they had just discovered one by one.

Li Shengyao's attitude is very gentle. He didn't hold a loudspeaker, but just trained one-on-one.

After all, it's not in the mainland, so it's best to keep a low profile when filming here.

This took a lot of time. After Li Shengyao pointed out one by one, it was twelve o'clock.

The crew of "Taken 23" is now three hours in the morning and five hours in the afternoon, and it's time for lunch after get off work.

That is twelve o'clock.

Most of the actors left without Li Shengyao's order, and then took out the cushions that had been prepared earlier, or a piece of coarse cloth one meter long and wide, and spread them on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of chanting in the morning resounded throughout Istanbul.

This is the second prayer/prayer time, which is Muslin's salute.

Li Shengyao, a group of non-locals, quietly watched the local actors and field workers pray/pray, and everyone stood up.

In the Muslin area, it is best not to lie down when others are praying/praying, otherwise people will feel that you are disrespecting them.

You can sit, stand, squat, just don't lie down.

Soon after, the prayers were over and the crew had dinner.

Li Shengyao naturally sat at the table with Cheng Long, Elizabeth Hurley, and Amanda.

There is pork for sale here, but in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, when the crew eats, Li Shengyao arranges to eat beef and mutton.

He didn't have high requirements for food. He finished his meal in a hurry, and then walked slowly while holding a thermos, thinking about the morning shift and rehearsal.

There was only one hour for lunch. After eating, I took a short rest and continued shooting at [-]:[-] pm.

So the afternoon just started, and the actors continued to rehearse.

At 58:[-] in the afternoon, the sun fluttered down, and the whole of Istanbul suddenly became much quieter.

But Li Shengyao and Cheng Long were already prepared, they smiled and stepped aside.

The local actors and field workers quickly took out the cushions or coarse cloth, and then the sound of chanting resounded in Istanbul again.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and when it was time for the Asr ceremony, the local actors prayed/prayed again.

At 23 pm, and at [-] pm, there were two more prayers/prayers. Fortunately, the crew of "Taken [-]" was off work at that time.

It is not easy for Lee Shengyao to comment on whether this method is good or not, let's respect the customs.

After the Asr ceremony, the actors continued to rehearse. At about six o'clock, the rehearsal finally got a good look and met Lee Sheng Yew's filming requirements.

After resting for almost a day, the camera was officially turned on, and I shot it again. The effect is not bad, and there are still many areas for improvement.

Li Shengyao found the actors to talk about the play, and then it was time to get off work, and at the same time, it was time for the local people's evening ceremony.

This time, Li Shengyao and the others didn't stand aside to watch. The big guys packed up their things and prepared to go back to the hotel.

The crew did not have dinner, only lunch was provided, and Li Shengyao and his "inners" all went back to the hotel for dinner.

It was almost 06:30 in the afternoon, everything was packed, and Li Shengyao boarded the bus with the filming crew.

"Close the window, it's so cold."

A photographer's assistant shrank his neck and complained to his colleague sitting by the window.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah."

The photographer assistant then sneezed several times.

Although the native chicken is said to have a Mediterranean climate, the altitude here is relatively high, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large. Now it is three or four degrees at night, and twelve or three degrees during the day.

At night, you must wear thick clothes to keep warm outside the hotel.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly.

He realized that this time the shooting would not be so easy.

He himself wants to complete the shooting of "Taken 23" as soon as possible, and wants to make other movies, and he doesn't want to be bound with Cheng Long.

But it is really not easy to complete the filming of the two films before September.

Especially since he and Cheng Long are busy next time.

Both of them will return to China at the end of March. Both of them are representatives of Renda in the entertainment industry. There will be a conference at the end of March.

And when the Olympics start, he must go back to China, and he will have to show up at that time, Cheng Long may say that he will stay for a while.

That way, they spend less time shooting.

What's more, the local chickens have a special situation. The shooting is not as casual as in China. Next, the shooting efficiency must be improved, otherwise it will be difficult to finish before September.

He then closed his eyes and thought about the next shooting. He planned to gather everyone after dinner, and everyone said that they would offer advice and suggestions to improve the shooting efficiency.

"Li, what are your plans tonight?"

Amanda had been waiting for Li Shengyao, and she was sitting next to him at this moment.

She was probably wearing a down jacket, and her body was warm.

The straight right leg was attached to Li Shengyao, which was elastic and very warm.

Li Shengyao was a little moved for a while, but thinking of his plan just now, "Do you have any plans?"

"I want to go to the movies."

Li Shengyao shook his head, and said in a low voice: "You can ask Elizabeth to accompany you. I will study tomorrow's shooting plan tonight, and it will probably be a little later before I can finish my work."

Amanda didn't really want to watch a movie, she just wanted Li Shengyao to accompany her to do some happy things.

"Oh, that's fine."

She lifted the bangs on her forehead with her fingers, and said, "Then I'll wait for you later."

(End of this chapter)