China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 183

He Hua only stayed with his girlfriend for one night, and left early the next day, rushing to catch a plane.

And when Liu Yifei reappeared on the crew, she received more greetings than before. Her assistant Xin Xin felt more intuitive about the crew's attitude change.

Even though she was the heroine's assistant before, some Xiangjiang staff still ignored her. Now, at least they would give her a response and a smile.

All this comes from the rumors of the crew, there are noses and eyes:
Liu Yifei's boyfriend is very energetic, the director specially postponed the scene in order to make time for him and Liu Yifei.

These Xiangjiang people don't care if your mainland star is big or not, anyway, it doesn't affect their employment;

However, he cared about power and status, and when he heard that He Huaneng was wrestling with Xiang's brothers in the mainland, and he was also highly valued by the General Administration, he immediately lowered his face.

Listening to Xinxin's twittering, Liu Xiaoli kept her face calm, but in her heart she recognized her daughter's picky eyes:
Xiao He is indeed reliable!
Here, after He Hua arrived in Wuyishan, Fujian, the slightly tense and chaotic work of the crew immediately became orderly. After all, the boss is here.

In the general production crew, the assistant director is the most unlucky guy. He has the name of the director but is not in charge of filming. He is only responsible for handling all chores related to filming.

For chores, you should do them well. You don’t deserve any credit, but if you don’t do them well, you’ll be sprayed. It’s definitely a crime!
It's a very hard job, but sometimes it's nice to have the title of executive director. When the director has no other skills, he can still have fun taking charge of the camera, and finally he doesn't have to do odd jobs in vain. If he doesn't get the title, he is the eunuch next to the director, basically a eunuch. Serving tea and pouring water to wipe your butt.

Su Lun is such an unlucky person now. As the assistant director of the crew of "The Lost Orphan", she first brought her people to the filming location of Wuyishan in Fujian Province early and stayed there for several days to prepare the crew for the start of filming. Waiting for He Hua to come to the scene to receive the fruits of victory.

This is not over yet. After the director confirms that there are no problems and starts shooting, she will have to get the remaining staff to prepare for the next scene, such as setting, props, directing the group to perform the scene again, practicing walking, etc. Wait until you actually shoot it before wasting film and time.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, He Hua walked to the set with a big bun in one hand and soy milk in the other. He looked around, communicated some minor issues with Su Lun, and sat in front of the monitor to wait. Su Lun trotted to solve problems.

Zhang Guoli, who had finished his make-up, stood and waited, watching Su Lun run to the cameraman next to him, pointing back and forth with his hand while holding a notebook.

Zhang Guoli leaned over to take a look, it was a movie storyboard script.

Seeing that Su Lun was about to leave, he hurriedly stopped him, expressing that he wanted to see the storyboard script.

"I'll have someone send you a copy later."

As for whether Zhang Guoli can understand it, it’s a joke. He participated in the behind-the-scenes production of movies and TV dramas as early as when he first started his profession as an actor. Those who specialize in a single job can be actors, field managers, or assistant directors. Wherever the crew needs it, you can do it.

This is also one of the important factors why he was able to transform into a director in 96-97, invest in the production of "Private Interviews with Kangxi Microservices", and gradually become one of the important factors in domestic entertainment.

Zhang Guoli got the script of "The Lost Orphan" and started reading it. He compared it with the crew's position in front of him, and he couldn't help but be surprised:
Are young people so powerful now?This storyboard is so old and mature, it doesn't look like a rookie director at all.

Zhang Guoli's surprise was not without reason. Although he admitted that He Hua is indeed a rare and good screenwriter, he also knew that he had already filmed a youth love movie and was waiting for it to be released, but screenwriting and directing are two different things, and he is a novice.

It is difficult for screenwriters to create scripts. There is a saying in the industry called "picking cakes from the road". The difficulty of cakes is basically the same, and they are all made out of nothing.

But it is also difficult for the director to draw the storyboard script, and the directions of difficulty are completely different.

The director needs to process and create on the basis of this script, and transform each text into tangible pictures and sounds. He must have a wide range of knowledge, including but not limited to crew planning, scene scheduling, artistry, audio-visual language, art design, action Professional knowledge in acting, photography, post-editing, etc.

For example, when a director writes a line of words on a script, when drawing the screenplay, many things need to be considered for the relevant shots of this line of words:

Do you use a panoramic shot, a medium shot, a close shot, or a close-up?
Does photography push, pull, shake, move or follow?
Does the linked shot fade, cut, or dissolve?
Should the tone be warmer or cooler? Do you want to use different tones to distinguish different characters and different scenes?

How can the composition make the audience feel comfortable?
How can dubbing effects enhance the audience's immersive feeling?

Do you want to add background music to enhance the atmosphere? If so, what type?Where to cut in?Where does it fade out?
How many seconds does this shot length take? Is 1 second too long? Is 0.5 seconds too short again?

Or maybe you can consider taking a closer look.
How do actors need to perform here to fit the overall tone?

Even if the script just says that the actors are eating, the director has to think about what they are eating—whether it is rice or steamed buns, whether it can be served with vegetables, whether the dishes are vegetarian or meat, whether there is oil or water on the actors’ mouths, etc. Can the scene be more in line with the overall tone of the script?

In short, the screenwriter imagined the story out of thin air, which can be regarded as ingredients, and the director's secondary processing is regarded as a chef.

If a director is incapable, no matter how good the ingredients are, it will not help.

So in this industry, young talented screenwriters are rare, and young talented directors are even rarer, because directors need to have a lot of accumulation and knowledge reserves, young people often do not have that kind of experience accumulation, and a flash of inspiration is not enough.

The storyboard script is the thing that best reflects whether a director has solid basic skills and abilities.

It's just that he doesn't know that He Hua has a finished product in his mind, he only needs to describe those movie scenes, and these things will be filled.

After confirming He Hua's ability, Zhang Guoli corrected his attitude again, did not dare to relax, and devoted himself more seriously to the interpretation of the role. He didn't want to fall into the old age and be looked down upon by young people.

On the first day today, the shooting task was relatively simple, that is, Zhang Guoli saw a missing person notice while resting and eating by the side of the road.

Before the filming started, Zhang Guoli was handed a white jar with instant noodles inside as props.

After Zhang Guoli took it, he squatted down on the spot, waiting for the director to call to start.

"Come on, get ready, the first scene of the third scene"

He Hua picked up the loudspeaker: "action!"

Zhang Guoli, with a black sweater on his upper body and an old cotton-padded jacket, and a pair of bloated black trousers covered with mud spots on his lower body, held a white jar in one hand, picked up instant noodles with the other hand, blew on the instant noodles twice, and then ate it stand up.

But he seemed to be eating in a hurry and choked. He put down his chopsticks, beat his chest hard twice, then picked up the vat and drank the noodle soup.
"Crack, it's over." He Hua then gave Zhang Guoli a thumbs up: "Uncle Zhang, amazing!"

There is no need for special acting skills in this section, what is needed is a naturalness. Obviously, Zhang Guoli understands He Hua's thoughts very well, and there is no abruptness in his performance, which is called smoothness.

Then Zhang Guoli finished eating and was about to set off again. Passing by the signboard at the entrance of the village, he saw a missing person notice on it, carefully tore it off, put it away, and started on the road again.

I stopped when I passed a street printing shop. After going in, I came out with a new flagpole after a while, inserted it into the back of my motorcycle, and continued on the road.

Of course, these scenes were all done nearby.

A few days before the start of filming, He Hua did not arrange too many shooting tasks. They were basically simple shots to allow the actors to get into the right shape as soon as possible.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner
After deleting the plots of traffickers abducting children and mothers looking for their lost daughters, the plot progresses quickly:
Lei Zekuan, played by Zhang Guoli, distributes leaflets in crowded places during the day, constantly looking for people to find out if there are families adopting children nearby, how old are the children, and where did they come from;

When it gets a little dark, I hurry up and hurry up. Sometimes it's too late and I can't find a place to stay in the dark, so I just find a bridge or hang out by the roadside for a while.

As a result, I was not energetic when riding on the road the next day, and directly scraped against an oncoming tractor on the mountain road.

After apologizing many times, Zhang Guoli limped and pushed his damaged motorcycle to a nearby village. The tractor master said that there was a repair shop at the entrance of the village.

"Come, come, lights, cameras, and props are ready."

"Action!"

Yu Liwei fiddled with the camera, the camera gradually shifted from the maintenance man who was squatting beside the motorcycle to Zhang Guoli who was getting closer and closer, and at the same time stayed for a second on his bloody and tired face.

"Handsome, don't play around, someone is here, go and help." The middle-aged master at the door shouted.

The camera switched to a panoramic view, and turned to the interior of the repair shop. A boy with long hair and bangs was working seriously behind the computer. After hearing the cry, he raised his head and replied irritably:

"Know it."

"Crack!"

Zhu Yilong felt a little flustered when he heard the director yell, this is his first scene, if the director is not satisfied, will he be replaced?
He Hua was not that strict, he didn't allow any mistakes, he just expressed his opinion with a loudspeaker:

"Yilong, don't look up when you answer. You are addicted to computer games. How can you be willing to take your eyes off the screen? So you can let your body react, for example, raise your face slightly, but not your face. Change"

"Okay, I understand the director, I'll try again." Zhu Yilong nodded quickly.

He Hua looked at the appearance of Zhu Yilong, a non-mainstream boy, and suddenly wanted to laugh. He quickly lowered his head and held back. This image is to highlight the character's somewhat rebellious character. Isn't this popular among young people now?
When it's time to get married, find a barber shop and give it a push, turning into a small crew cut, the rebellious boy is sunny, and his personality is fuller.

He Hua sat back in his seat, looked at the monitor, and waited for the groups to reset.

"Come on, all units are ready to take action."

On January 1, several guest actors came to the crew one after another.

Some of these people looked familiar to He Hua, but he didn't know their names. Su Lun quickly introduced them:

"Wang Yanhui, who has acted in "Glorious Fury" and "Li Mi's Conjecture" before, this time he is here to help out as a high-speed traffic policeman."

"Oh, I just said why it looks so familiar. I have seen your movie, and the acting is very good. Sit down." There is also "I'm Not the God of Medicine", He Hua murmured in his heart.

"Thank you Director."

Then He Hua was a little surprised when he saw the second person: "Isn't this Aunt Guo? Where did Su Lun dig her out?"

"This is Teacher Liu Dan, a Mandarin actor"

Liu Dan is going to play the fisherwoman who slaps Liu Tianwang: she first arranges and dries the fishing nets on the coast, and hears the conversation between Lei Zekuan and the kind-hearted person who provided clues, and Lei Zekuan asks to take her child for a DNA test. At that time, he rushed forward to fight and block him, and finally pushed him into the water.

After the introduction, Su Lun leaned into He Hua's ear and whispered, "Teacher Huang Lei introduced them. They are classmates."

No wonder, He Hua expressed his sincere gratitude to these people for coming to help.

To be honest, for this trip, the money given by the crew is only enough for transportation, mainly because I came to know He Hua, so many friends and many paths.

Apart from the two of them, there is Zhang Jianing. He Hua was very embarrassed that there was no little girl in the first film "Those Years", so he simply asked her to make a cameo in this film, which can be regarded as helping her.

There is no way, celebrities are also divided into three or six grades, and those who act in movies with the same status are better than those who act in TV dramas, because watching movies is charged, and watching TV dramas is not charged.

It's just that He Hua can't figure it out. Now that the TV set-top box has started to charge, why should the film actor be superior to others.

Zhang Jianing plays the role of the girl who provides clues to Lei Zekuan. She is originally a chubby girl. He Hua simply designed Zhang Jianing to provide clues, and then brought his friend (little chubby girl) to the appointment. Everyone can understand the meaning at a glance.

Protect yourself first when you go out, so that this little character can also stand up, smart and caring.

When the people arrived, He Hua made arrangements to adjust the filming plan, filming the scenes of these people first, so as not to waste their time.

Wang Yanhui's role in the role is very simple, he puts on a serious face, speaks words critical of education, and does heart-warming things.

Zhang Jianing's side was also fine. After the two held a sign and met Zhang Guoli, the motorcycle carried the three of them to the beach.

The hardest part is Aunt Guo.

"Don't worry, it's okay, I have a thick old face." Zhang Guoli was afraid that Liu Dan would be nervous, so he joked with a smile.

But he really thought too much, Liu Dan has honed on the stage for more than ten years, and a sentence has long been engraved in his bones, that is: the theater is bigger than the sky.

As soon as He Hua started shouting, Liu Dan grabbed Zhang Guoli's hair and slapped him fiercely.

Zhang Guoli may have been beaten, and he didn't speak his lines immediately, so he had to start all over again.

"Mr. Zhang, are you okay?" Liu Dan hurriedly apologized and greeted after clicking.

Not only was Zhang Guoli not angry, but he also praised: "That's it, keep this state for a while, let's fight for it once"

Two good actors collided, and the quality of the play went up.

Zhang Guoli allowed Liu Dan to tear and beat him, but he kept begging:
"Just let me take him once, please, just once, just once."

The voice was so sad that it made people feel sad, and even the aunt who was an extra performer couldn't help but come up to dissuade him; the little fat girl next to Zhang Jianing also wanted to step forward, but she stopped her.

In the end, Zhang Guoli was pushed into the sea by Liu Dan.

"Crack, it's over."

The staff hurried over to find people.

(End of this chapter)