This director needs to apologize

Chapter 19 The Dance of Love and the Rain of Parting
Whether a person loves you or not, you will know right away if you dance with him or her.

Whether two people are in love or not, everyone will know by watching them dance.

Tuesday, September 9st, 1pm.

The crew came to the Bund and filmed the final highlight of the movie on a cruise ship on the Pujiang River.

The cruise ship was rented for three days on a short-term basis, with one day on Monday to decorate it and one day on Wednesday to restore it. The actual shooting time was actually only one night.

The time was tight and the task was heavy. There were four difficult scenes on and off the ship.

In order to make the emotional transformation of the male and female protagonists more realistic, Chen Yiming did not even arrange rehearsals in advance.

As soon as the last showdown scene was finished, he sent Lily directly back to Nuts to isolate the two protagonists.

What is important is that there is a real sense of separation between the two at this moment.

Otherwise, how could he be so kind as to give the heroine a holiday during half the filming of the movie?
After getting off the bus, getting on the boat, and taking a seat, several shots explaining the scene were quickly finished.

The first scene is the three of them sitting together and chatting awkwardly.

Because they had just leaked the truth between each other, the tacit understanding between the princess and the reporter was broken, and they were hesitant to speak for a while.

"Can you tell me your address again?" Lily suddenly said during the introduction of the attraction when the photographer had nothing to say.

Lei Jiasheng obediently shut up. Guyuehe faced Lily, lowered his eyes, and answered word for word.

"You don't have to pay me back, I've got enough."

"If I come to Shanghai again next time, maybe I will go there to see it."

"Really? That's fine."

After a moment of silence, Lily kept smiling and turned to look at Lei Jiasheng.

"Dancing?"

Lei Datou looked stunned. He glanced at Gu Yuehe and received no response, then nodded and shook his head hurriedly.

"I'm not very good at dancing."

Lily stood up and stretched out her hand in front of Lei Jiasheng.

“My father told me that people are born to dance and you should believe what a king says.”

"Crack, pass!"

Chen Yiming suppressed his excitement and sat behind the monitor without standing up or speaking.

Lily and Gu Yuehe were obviously trying their best to control themselves and keep their emotions at the critical point about to explode.

He felt that what he should do at this moment was not to interfere at all and leave the scene to the actors.

Xiangrui also felt the subtle atmosphere on the set. She methodically directed the scenes behind the scenes and prepared the next shot smoothly and silently.

The beat started, and the music came from the clear jazz band that Da Zhuang had hired.

In the soft music, Lily skillfully led the clumsy Lei Jiasheng to dance slowly on the small dance floor.

Lily said casually as the camera focused on the upper bodies of the two of them.

"I allow you to take pictures, and no one will hinder you."

As the tempo of the music gradually increases, the group performers come into view, and the dancing people begin to exchange dance partners.

The cantilever of the pan/tilt pulls the camera, telescopic and rotating with Lily as the core.

This section was filmed a total of 7 times.

Dancing scenes are inherently difficult to shoot, and Lily’s movement trajectory is complicated. For the sake of visual effect, the camera cannot just circle around the periphery, but the track must be laid directly into the dance floor.

The people are moving, the camera is moving, and the three assistants and four assistants who are following the track are also moving. If the extras and camera operators make a slight mistake, it will be easy for them to cheat.

There is no problem with Lily's performance. After all, she is a singer and dancing is her special skill.

The excited princess completed her first emotional change tonight. She temporarily put aside her entanglement with this hazy emotion and devoted herself to enjoying the freedom before midnight.

After the group dance, Lily had to dance again, this time as a backdrop, because the reaction on Guyuehe's side hadn't been filmed yet.

Changing the camera position to focus on the male protagonist, Lao Gu sat at the table and stared at the princess on the dance floor.

The princess in his eyes became more and more lively, and the reporter's eyes became brighter and brighter. He also made his first change, temporarily putting aside his guilt and worries and facing his heart.

……

Guyuehe stood up and faced the happy Lily.

"is it okay?"

"Of course!"

The music begins again, a soft saxophone solo.

The theme song chosen by Chen Yiming for the movie, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love (Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You)," was played for the first time in this time and space.

On the dance floor, Lily and Gu Yuehe danced slowly to the beat.

"You spent the whole day with me completing my wish list, why?" Lily raised her head and looked directly into Guyuehe's eyes.

"I don't know, maybe I can't help myself." Lao Gu looked away uncomfortably.

"Ha! You can't help yourself?" Lily couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, you may not believe it, but since I picked you up in the park, there has been a voice nagging in my ears." Guyuehe turned on the nonsense mode and turned his eyes back naturally.

"Nagging?" Lily looked sideways at him mischievously.

"It's just the mosquitoes buzzing." Lao Gu nodded seriously.

"What did the mosquito say?" Lily's smile deepened.

"It said, you have to listen to her, you must listen to her. It kept saying it over and over again. It was like a demonic sound filling your ears." The more Gu Yuehe spoke, the lower his voice became, until he was whispering.

"Haha, I've never heard of such a thing." Lily straightened her head.

"Really, now it's here again, do you hear it?" Gu Yuehe's eyes were silky.

"What did you hear? Great saxophone." Lily lowered her head, breaking away from Gu Yuehe's sight and staring at his Adam's apple.

"Of course, you can't hear it. Do you have any other wishes? I have to help you fulfill it, otherwise it won't let me go." Guyuehe turned his head sideways and followed Lily's gaze.

"People always have to accept some imperfections." Lily lowered her eyelids to avoid eye contact, and her normal smile returned to her face.

"Tell me, what else."

Lily didn't answer, she just tightened her arms and pressed her face against Gu Yuehe's shoulder.

Five seconds after the music ended, a hand came into the mirror, patted Lily's shoulder, and the two separated as if they were just waking up from a dream. "Click! Pass!"

What I thought was the most difficult scene was unexpectedly passed in one go.

Chen Yiming stood up and applauded, unable to help but praise the two for their wonderful performance.

The studio instantly burst into applause.

Just like a tango, the same rhythm pulls two people. Every advance must be followed by a retreat, and every advance must be followed by a retreat.

The princess took the lead to hit a straight shot to confirm her inner guess, and the reporter instinctively avoided talking about it.

Then the reporter went round and round, making insinuations and pulling the innocent girl into the rhythm of the mature man.

Faced with the reporter's glare, the princess suddenly realized and drew a line with a pun.

The reporter stopped understandingly and tacitly, while the princess expressed her reluctance with a hug.

Touching with restraint, expressing implicitly, and using a dance as a medium, the male and female protagonists are convinced of themselves and each other.

……

The barber who met the princess again appeared on the scene, and he extended an invitation to Lily with a look of surprise on his face.

Guyuehe let go of Lily's hand and turned towards Lei Datou.

The music switched, and Lily happily took the barber's hand and started the third dance tonight.

In the distant view, you can see Guyuehe and Lei Jiasheng biting their ears and saying something.

The two people who had determined their feelings temporarily put aside the destined separation at midnight and devoted themselves to the last carnival.

The cruise ship got really exciting, and Lily, who blended in with the crowd, let herself go, smoking, drinking, spitting out straws, shaking drink cans and spraying people with no scruples.

Xiangrui directed the photography team and captured a large amount of footage, which can be edited together later depending on the situation.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, we finally came to the last scene of "Holiday in the Magic City".

The cruise ship docked, the lights went out and everyone was silent.

Guyuehe held Lily's hand and walked across the steps back to the shore.

Lily turned around and stared at the cruise ship.

Guyuehe's voice came from behind, "Do you still remember your wish list?"

Lily shook her head cutely, "I am very satisfied today, more satisfied than ever before. Thank you and your friends."

The camera that shakes at the right time follows Lily as she jumps and jumps, bringing Guyue River into the frame.

Guyuehe raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "There is one more thing left, I remember it very clearly."

He raised his voice and shouted in the distance, "Old Lei, let's get to work!"

At the transfer station, a group of people dressed in black in the distance began to light fireworks.

On the embankment above the pier, Lei Jiasheng directed the man in black on the sprinkler truck to start spraying water into the sky.

He himself turned on the blower placed high on the steps to blow the rain into fine mist.

There are continuous short cuts here, and the probability of breaking through at night is not high, so Chen Yiming used a second digital camera.

Close-ups, close-ups, long shots, panoramas, all taken from every angle.

During this period, Lily and Gu Yuehe had to stand far away as a backdrop, so naturally they were soaked in the rain.

After putting on dry costumes again, the two returned to their original positions and put on a sprinkler truck filled with water. This time the filming of the final scene actually started.

Fireworks fill the sky, rain and mist are like smoke.

Lily jumped in the rain in surprise, and after circling the Guyue River several times, she stopped in front of him and said.

"I have always dreamed of being able to walk freely in the rain on a rainy day without anyone holding an umbrella for me. I can walk and stand wherever I want."

Guyuehe smiled slightly, "Your Highness, do you need me to avoid it?"

Lily took Gu Yuehe's hand and said, "Of course not, I want you to come with me."

Guyuehe opened his other arm and said, "Is that okay?"

Lily snuggled up for a hug.

"How do you know? I probably haven't told you."

"As the mosquito said, it knows everything and everything. It knows every wish you have."

"It's so good for you."

"Yeah, it's been really good for me."

"Thank you, the omnipotent mosquito, for me. I'm very happy."

"I have thanked it for you a long time ago. It said it is an honor to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The fireworks dispersed and the rain and fog stopped.

Lily broke away from Gu Yuehe's arms, raised her head and stared into his eyes.

"I'm leaving you now."

“I would go up the steps, across the embankment, down the steps at the other end, and get in the car.”

"Promise me, don't look back, don't watch me leave, just stay here, okay?"

Guyuehe responded to Lily's gaze, the muscles on his face tensed up and twitched reflexively, and finally he formed a short answer.

"I promise you."

The camera zooms in, focusing on the two people's joined hands.

Little by little, the thin white fingers were withdrawn from the broad palm.

Lily turned around neatly and ran towards the steps.

The crane arm of the pan/tilt was raised, raising the camera higher and higher.

The panorama is included, and the white stone embankment divides the picture into two.

Below is the motionless Guyue River, and above is Lily running across the embankment.

The camera panned again, turning 180 degrees from the pier towards the Pujiang River.

The Bund on the opposite bank is ablaze with lights.

(End of this chapter)