This director needs to apologize

Chapter 209 Trial Shooting Beauty

After Mao Weiping described his makeup plan, everyone naturally started to argue with each other.

This gave Mao Weiping some novel feelings. After leaving the crew of "The Palace of the Tang Dynasty", he did not leave the entertainment industry completely. He was introduced to the crew in Hengcheng several times by an acquaintance.

The composition of the crew is different, and the distribution of the main creator's voice is also different, but the most basic thing is that the director always has the heaviest weight.

Especially for TV drama crews, the screenwriter or producer can still say a few words, but the photography and costumes are all laborers. The director rarely expresses different opinions.

The only ones who can possibly overpower the director are big-name actors.

The crew of "Mulan" is quite new. He, a makeup artist who has just arrived, can talk freely. Other behind-the-scenes staff are also very active when speaking. Even the assistant who picked him up in the car can come to the table to participate in creative discussions.

This made Mao Weiping's work enthusiasm, which had been suppressed for more than ten years, get ready to take action again.

As usual, Chen Yiming sat and waited without saying a word. He waited until others had finished explaining their opinions before he spoke.

"Have you finished talking? Then let's start drawing. If you have similar ideas, we will work together to draw them. If you have unique ideas, we will draw them by ourselves, including me.

After finishing the painting, I selected 3 sets of clothing and makeup plans, wore them on site for trial shooting, and finally decided on the plan to use during the shooting based on the post-color grading samples. "

After that, everyone stayed in the studio for three days, dressing up the two little girls in different ways.

The tailors who followed the team worked overtime and sewed a total of fifteen sets of costumes, while the prop master made a batch of new accessories at short notice.

During this period, Lu Ping completed the hanging test of the "mosquito net", and Wang Lizing also adjusted the artificial light source and lighting scheme in the shed.

Early in the morning on October 10, the crew came to Populus euphratica again to prepare for the second trial shooting.

The weather conditions are good today, the wind is not strong, the fog can stay longer, and the shooting time can be longer.

Mao Weiping raced against time to touch up the makeup of the two young actors in the nanny car. Cui Fang directed the camera assistants to lay out a short track in the Populus euphratica forest, while Qi Yu and Wang Lizing cooperated in adjusting the camera.

Chen Yiming stood in the open space, raising his head and observing the surrounding environment.

The originally quiet Populus euphratica forest has changed its appearance. Dark blue curtains hang down in the east, north and south directions, blocking the slanting rays of the morning sun.

The open west side can still let in a certain amount of light, keeping the shed from being too dark.

Inside the curtain on the east side, two steel cables were pulled out from a poplar tree 3 meters above the ground and connected in parallel to the crown of the tree above Chen Yiming's head.

A short steel cable is stretched out every 2 meters, tied to the branches of trees along the way, and the steel cable is tightened and straightened.

At this time, a high-wattage headlight is suspended from one end of the steel cable as a light source to simulate the movement of the sun.

Small light stands are scattered around the open space, which can be disassembled or assembled. After the shooting starts, reflectors are used to fill in the light for the actors.

Everyone was busy working on their own. Chen Yiming walked to the south corner of the venue, dragged the director's chair and sat behind the monitor with his eyes closed to relax.

At 8:15, Wang Wei came over to wake up Chen Yiming and told him that the preparations were completed.

Chen Yiming took the electric horn, stood up and said, "Attention all units, make one last inspection before the test shooting, and then clear the place."

Five minutes later, Qi Yu, who was in charge of the camera, gestured OK. Mr. Wang returned to Chen Yiming and shook the remote control in his hand.

Luo Baohe's voice came from the intercom, "Director, the fireworks are OK, waiting for instructions."

At the edge of the woods on the west side of the venue, Tao Yixi, who had put on his first costume, was already in place.

Chen Yiming picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Brother Luo, Feng Yan."

Luo Baohe pressed the button, and a faint white mist rose and dispersed at five locations in the shed. After rising, it began to gradually gather toward the center due to the obstruction of the curtain.

Chen Yiming waited until the fog was more even and gave the order, "Wang Wei, hit the board."

Wang Wei held up the clapperboard and stretched it out in front of the camera, "The first shot of the fourth scene of "Mulan", a test shoot, the first time."

Chen Yiming said loudly, "Start!"

Tao Yixi maintained a dignified manner and walked step by step towards the open space in the center of the scene.

Chen Yiming saw through the monitor that a graceful girl in palace clothes gradually appeared about 5 meters away from the camera.

The first thing that appeared was the girl's single-ring bun that was close to the back of her head. There was a dark coin-shaped hairpin crossing the back of her head. From the round hole at one end of the coin, a short plain pearl necklace hung. .

His face was calm and unsmiling, and his thin lips were painted with two thin lines of bright red lipstick, which made his small face look even more pale. She walked straight towards the camera until the frame showed a close-up of her chest.

The camera freezes for a second, showing the jade necklace at the neck and the white jade hair comb in the center of the head.

Wang Wei gave a reminder. Zhang Zifeng's voice came from behind the poplar tree in the northeast, "Stop, stop, keep going forward, there are consequences at your own risk."

Tao Yixi stopped reflexively, turned to look in the direction of Zhang Zifeng, and said, "Who is there?"

Chen Yiming picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Ka! Xiaotao is good. You can slow down a little more. Return to the original position and let's do another one."

Mr. Wang, is the fog enough? Do you want to add more? "

Wang Lizing didn't use the walkie-talkie and shouted directly at the top of his voice, "No, hurry up and we can get another one."

"OK. Wang Wei, hit the board."

"The first shot of the fourth scene of "Mulan", test shooting, second time."

"start!"

Tao Yixi dragged her skirt, slowed down and walked out of the fog.

Freeze, dialogue, click.

"Very good, Teacher Qi, change the filter. Xiao Tao returns, let's do another one."

A total of four sets of parameters were tested before and after this shot. Tao Yixi walked back and forth six times before Chen Yiming finally called to stop.

"Xiao Tao changes clothes. Teacher Qi, Mr. Wang, second camera. Xiao Zhang is ready."

With the cooperation of his photography assistant, Qi Yu moved the camera to a position facing Zhang Zifeng, while Wang Lizing directed his assistant to re-light.

There is a Poplar euphratica tree between the camera and Zhang Zifeng, with a trunk diameter of nearly 40 centimeters. It is considered an old-timer in this forest.

The lower part of the trunk is very straight, extending upward to about 3 meters before the branches appear. Simply put, it is smooth and photogenic.

Ten minutes later, Qi and Wang signaled that they were ready.

Chen Yiming instructed Luo Baohe to seal the smoke, wait for a while and then ordered Wang Wei to make a move.

"The third shot of the fourth scene of "Mulan", test shooting, first time."

"start!"

The camera was fixed on the tree trunk and panned out simultaneously with the speed of Zhang Zifeng's probe until most of Zhang Zifeng's face was captured in the viewfinder.

The first set of makeup is from Mao Weiping, which is a relatively complicated style.

Zhang Zifeng's hair was combed into a round bun and pinned with a wooden hairpin. There were two slightly messy strands on his forehead, and there were also unruly blowouts on his temples.

The bun is surrounded by a circle of yellow and green grass, which is buckled diagonally on the top of the head.

The makeup on her face was quite delicate, giving her the appearance of a pretty girl with red lips and white teeth, but the grass juice on her cheeks and the straw stick in her mouth gave her a playful temperament.

Zhang Zifeng held the tree trunk with his left hand and turned his head to look at the camera. He took the straw stick with his right hand and began to speak his lines.

“Stand there and don’t move.

Now answer my question, where are you from and why do you come here so early in the morning? "

"Ka! Teacher Wang, please take a look."

Wang Lizing trotted over, and Chen Yiming pointed at the monitor and said, "Teacher Wang, I think the details of Xiao Zhang's right cheek close to the tree trunk have been lost a bit."

Mr. Wang hunched over and studied the monitor for half a minute, then raised his head and replied, "Give me fifteen minutes."

Wang Lizing directed his assistant to hang a set of lights directly above the tree trunk, and then focused the light source of the lamp on the right side of Zhang Zifeng's head by changing the position of the visor.

After reflection, the light hits the tree trunk diagonally from above, adding a layer of backlight shadow to Zhang Zifeng's face that is not exposed to the tree trunk.

(End of this chapter)