The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 498: Don’t fall behind

Yinghuang is not the only company that wants to promote its own actors. In the next few days, many companies approached Li Shengyao. Some hoped to arrange an additional role, some hoped to replace Zhang Yi, and others hoped to expand the female cast. Let your own actress play the role of the protagonist.

Basically it's money that clears the way, and there are some other benefits.

Li Shengyao rejected all of them and did not agree to Yinghuang's conditions, let alone other companies.

Seeing Li Shengyao's attitude, these flexible companies had to press the pause button and abandon these unrealistic fantasies.

But the matter didn't stop completely.

After all, "1937" not only has the male lead, the second male lead, and the female lead, but also many other characters.

Such characters as officers, farmers, businessmen, and doctors, although these roles have few lines and short time in the camera, they are still in demand.

This time it's not artists like Nicholas Tse who want these roles, but the powerful people in the Chinese film and television industry.

For example, Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli, Wang Gang and so on.

They all saw that once "1937" is successfully produced, the film will leave its name in film history. This is a film with low money but high quality.

If you can participate in it, there will be many benefits for these powerful factions.

Therefore, in the following time, many powerful actors contacted Lee Sheng Yew one after another, wanting to play a role in "1937".

As long as important actors are not replaced, Lee Sheng Yew would like to have talented artists to perform other small roles.

Lee Sheng Yew warmly welcomed these talented actors who wanted to make guest appearances in "1937".

He even had some sweet worries. He and the assistant directors had to discuss which talented person was more suitable for the role.

Time flies by like this, and "1937" can be said to be a big hit in June.

However, entering July, "1937" is no longer the hottest topic in the mainland film and television circles.

At this time, "Sugar Mountain Earthquake" was released. This ambitious film by Feng Xiaogang, although it had some minor flaws, it has to be said that the emotions were on point and the story was touching, triggering a movie-watching craze.

All previous records of domestic films belong to "The Great Cause of Strengthening the Country".

At this time, it became "Sugar Mountain Earthquake", a movie that reflected the earthquake, and it was unstoppable at the box office.

Someone soon predicted that the movie might break [-] million.

When "Sugar Mountain Earthquake" was a big hit outside, at Ningbo Xiangshan Film and Television City, the crew of "1937" was setting up the set. The busiest people at this time were the props and set designers of the crew.

According to Li Shengyao's request, they can fish in lighting, photography, or sound recording during rehearsals, but the set designers must be serious and focused to create a real shooting environment for the actors.

This helps actors get into the mood faster.

In the rehearsal, the two most important people were undoubtedly Xiao Mingge and Zhang Yi.

At this time, the two of them still have to put on makeup, and they have to change their makeup according to the needs of the plot.

This morning, before 09:30, the sun was scorching hot, as if it was hanging overhead.

Zhang Yi and Brother Xiao Ming put on their makeup.

Both of them were wearing costumes, and before they even started rehearsing, standing under a sun umbrella with a big fan blowing, and listening to Li Shengyao talk about the key points of yesterday, both of them were covered in sweat.

After Li Shengyao finished speaking, the two people officially started today's rehearsal.

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi walked and said their lines without any interruption at all. The two of them were just like people in the real world.

Next to the two of them, a strong photographer carrying a Steadicam stabilizer followed in small steps.

The photographer's machine was not turned on. The reason why he followed was just to adapt to Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi in advance.This is a process of getting to know each other.

This movie required the use of Steadicam photographers for most of the shots.

The actors couldn't run that fast and had to wait for the cameraman.

Likewise, the photographer needs to adjust his speed to keep up with the actors as much as possible.

At this time, the Steadicam photographer was sweating profusely, and the sweat was falling drop by drop, which was very obvious.

Zhang Yi was also sweating, but he and Xiao Ming didn't care and focused on performing.

About 10 minutes later, Li Shengyao waved his hand and the assistant director shouted. The Steadicam cameraman breathed a sigh of relief. Then he moved the machine back, carefully unhooked the stabilizer, and then took the towel handed by the field worker to wipe his sweat.

He could rest for a while, and then five other Steadicam photographers would follow Xiao Mingge and Zhang Yi, and the six of them would work in rotation in this way.

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi immediately went to the big fan and wiped their sweat with a towel.

After it cooled down a bit, Zhang Yi immediately picked up the script and then read it while thinking about the details of the performance.

Because they wanted to simulate long-shot shooting, they not only needed to memorize a large section of lines, but also had to perform relatively complex moves.

This requires a high degree of concentration on the part of the actor, as well as a good memory.

Zhang Yi was a little worried at first, fearing that she could not keep up with Brother Xiao Ming and would be held back in rehearsals.

He later discovered that although long-shot rehearsals are relatively complicated, there are actually some tricks.

The most important thing is to memorize lines and movement details through scenes.

This was Zhang Yi's method. He visited all the shooting locations of the entire movie several times.

He first memorizes the scenes, and then writes down the lines to be said in these scenes and any movements that need attention.

Regarding this, one thing that made him very fortunate was that the various locations in the plot were very distinct and different from each other, so there was no need to worry about confusion.

When Zhang Yi was reading the script, Brother Xiao Ming walked over and patted Zhang Yi's arm gently, "Old Zhang, why do you remember your lines so fast?"

Brother Xiao Ming thought that he had made sufficient preparations before starting the machine, and he would have no problems.

However, after turning on the film, according to Li Shengyao's request, he often performed for seven to eight minutes in a row, and it was difficult for him to memorize his lines skillfully.

Zhang Yi whispered his method.

When Brother Xiao Ming heard this, his eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up, "Awesome, this method is really good."

Zhang Yi thought for a while and glanced at Li Shengyao, who was not far away. "Actually, the director is really good. Different emotions in the movie correspond to different environments. The scenes are clear and there are almost no similarities."

Brother Xiao Ming paused slightly, "Really? I didn't notice it."

"Really, you'll know after you go through the script a few times."

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he continued to read the script.

Brother Xiao Ming looked at Zhang Yi stupidly. He could see that Zhang Yi was very into the show and enjoyed this challenge.

Brother Xiao Ming was shocked and at the same time felt inspired.

The movie is so good. Lee Sung-yew has already set the stage. He cannot hold back and must show his best.

(End of this chapter)