China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 204 Family Utopia

The voice of the industry has completely failed to shake the minds of the crew of "Shoplifters".

Guan Ling led a group of actors to join the cast and start shooting, and the chosen one was an urban village in the capital, which had already been rented by Guan Ling.

The selected extras were also hired from urban villages, and Guan Ling asked the executive director to provide basic training to them.

Speaking of which, Wen Muye was also present this time and acted as a stage manager for Guan Ling.

Yang Qing has not prepared any new dramas since "Nightclub", so he took the initiative to ask Ying to direct Guan Ling.

Everyone in the industry knows that this drama is for the Palme d'Or.

Lingyun Media knows better.

So for this filming, not only Yang Qing and Wen Muye, but also Ning Hao were ready to learn.

Everyone is mainly curious.

"Everyone, for at least the next month or so, we will be completely together day and night. I will be very strict in this drama, so I have to say something up front to avoid anyone complaining."

Guan Ling told everyone, "If the camera doesn't meet my requirements, I will let you act until you do."

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, after nearly four or five days of script reading and drama talks, the final filming instructions were finally issued to every actor.

The first act officially started filming.

Huang Bo has returned to the state he was in during the filming of "Migrant Workers of Survival". His slightly flowing hair and his unpretentious face made Ning Hao dream back to his dark skin. I also dreamed back to the image of migrant workers in this banned TV series.

But this time, although Huang Bo made it a bit messy, it was actually not dirty.

It's just that he looks a little less energetic.

When Huang Bo entered the state, he was really no different from a thief. Acting a little older, the smell is suddenly perfect.

I have to say that some actors in the industry have indeed saved society and the times.

For example, if Sun Honglei had not entered this industry, he would have made a name for himself with Xie Wendong in Jiamusi.

"You must be skilled in filming scenes of stealing things."

Guan Ling made his final request to the two of them, "Be skilled, but not fast. You must be in the state of mind of stealing, so that the shots you shoot will not feel false."

For this drama, Wu Lei grew his hair long and his eyes widened.

Huang Bo pondered the situation.

Huang Bo really worked hard for this drama.

After returning to his hometown of Qingdao last year, Huang Bo wore a mask and stole all the canteens in his hometown. Of course, he would return it afterwards.

And as a well-known actor, as long as he puts down the mask.

No one would choose to call the police.

Huang Bo is very knowledgeable about this situation. Before the shooting, he even communicated with Wu Lei.

The shot in the small shop was NGed several times. Guan Ling tried his best to stay close to the original version, and even made clear requirements for the posture and positioning of the extras in the shot.

In fact, for Guan Ling, the difference between shooting commercial films and artistic films is not only the type, but also the look and aesthetics when using the camera.

and structure.

Literary films sometimes don’t need too many people in the picture.

Otherwise it will look cramped.

Then there is the actor's acting level, which needs to be delicate and microscopic.

At this point, it would be too difficult to rely solely on the director's guidance.

This requires continuous debugging of the actors themselves, the environment, lighting and costumes to find the best state.

But the most important thing is definitely people.

When chatting with Tian Zhuangzhuang before, Guan Ling also remembered a movie that Senior Lu had shot before.

"Grown Up".

This is one of Tian Zhuangzhuang's apprentices, and this film is Mr. Lu's directorial debut.

At that time, in order to ensure the authenticity of people's acting skills during the filming process, the crew helped a character with a history of drug addiction in the film, who was also the heroine, Zhu Jie, a classmate of Xu Fan and others in the drama, to obtain drugs.

But it made the actor addicted to drugs.

The movie was censored for two years, but before the movie was released, the actor overdosed and died.

Guan Ling admired the artistry of these people's previous films. Although he didn't advocate it, he had to say that it was precisely because of the unreliable things the crew did that his acting skills improved rapidly.

That’s really what I said.

——It doesn’t look like an act.

Guan Ling's request for "Shoplifters" was to film the lives of a group of people in the capital from certain angles. He needed to make the audience think that everyone in the "Shoplifters" really existed.

Therefore, people’s acting skills play a huge role.

Although the first scene had nothing to do with Zhou Xun, Liu Yifei, Wu Yanshu and others, everyone did not rest, but watched how Guan Ling would shoot.

Everyone knows very well that Director Guan’s first shot means the standard requirements for what they will shoot in the future.

With an order, the crew started working.

The two men started stealing.

They gestured to each other, said hello, and then, under the cover of their movements, they threw the snacks into their backpacks.

Huang Bo covers.

Wu Lei takes action.

I quickly picked up a lot of things.

"Click."

Huang Bo and Wu Lei both looked at Guan Ling cautiously and found that there was no smile on Guan Ling's face.

"Director Guan, how are you?"

"The re-shooting is not natural enough. Xiao Wu Lei, you don't have to be timid in your eyes, but you can't be vigilant. You are stealing, so you have to look at the surrounding environment at all times. Huang Bo, you don't have a big problem there, but You didn't look at Wu Lei. Since you want to cover, you have to observe the child's movements at all times, are you right?"

Wen Muye looked at Guan Ling's seriousness.

I was very impressed.

"No wonder Director Guan is able to achieve such a high level, it's all because of Director Guan's ability to control details!"

The plot of this movie is not complicated, it is essentially a process of aggregation and dispersion.

Post-editing doesn’t take much time either.

Therefore, Guan Ling needs to take the best shots within sufficient shooting time.

Three more guarantees were made.

This shot was completely completed.

The crew members all now understood how serious Guan Ling was about this drama.

Even Liu Yifei was a little surprised by Guan Ling's actions.

When filming "Hurricane Rescue", Guan Ling was also very serious, but the requirements were not so strict.

The filming of "Hearing Girl" was also very strict, but when filming in English, the level of detail in expressions, etc. was not so serious.

So Liu Yifei herself is a little bit awkward. "Later, I don't know how to be a teacher, can I?" That's really embarrassing.

Today's announcement contains shots of Liu Yifei, and the whole family will be filming together. If something goes wrong, everyone will be filming together.

After taking a long breath, Liu Yifei took the script and began to rehearse in her mind how she should act later to make the performance more natural.

During the day, Guan Ling shot a few more shots.

The requirements are still very strict, and each scene must have at least three guarantees. There are even some scenes that Guan Ling was not satisfied with and asked Huang Bo and Wu Lei to perform them over and over again.

Not to mention children, even Huang Bo was almost ruined by Guan Ling.

But Huang Bo has no complaints. He knows that if this drama can really do what Director Guan said, it will win the Palme d'Or.

Not to mention filming it three times or ten times, Huang Bo was allowed to appear naked, and he didn't complain at all!

If Guan Ling knew what he was thinking, he would definitely be angry to death, and he would be completely naked. Huang Bo wouldn't think that if you actually acted like this, it would be a reward, right?

Guan Ling shot the family scenes that day eleven times.

A panoramic shot shows the home of the thief family in front of the audience. The cramped house is filled with daily necessities. Under the dim light, the little girl quietly watches the people in front of her wolfing down their food.

Guan Ling checked every scene in the house and the placement of every piece of furniture, including the positions of several people, the things on the table, and the brightness of the light and shadow in the picture. Guan Ling met all the requirements.

In the family atmosphere and dialogue, this so-called 'family' will show everyone warm images in the final edited film.

Although Zhao Jinmai is only a six-year-old girl, she is very talented in acting. Her expressions of ignorance and expectation, yearning and timidity, loneliness and companionship make Guan Ling feel heartbroken.

She still doesn't understand what happened, she just entered a relatively unfamiliar environment.

There was something strange about her.

In the shooting scene, Huang Bo was eating noodles, Wu Lei was rummaging around behind, Wu Yanshu was picking at her feet and clipping her nails with nail scissors, and Liu Yifei was looking down with her head down.

And Zhou Xun sitting on the other side.

Her love for this little girl made her very curious about this little girl who was 'stolen' by Huang Bo and Wu Lei, and asked her for the child's name.

At this time, Wu Lei was already familiar with the child and rushed to tell his mother that the little girl's name was Xiao Lin.

In the movie, Zhao Jinmai plays a five-year-old girl.

After trimming her toenails, 'grandma' Chen Huazhi did not eat, but walked to the little girl's side and sat down. She thought that the child was too thin, and it must be because the previous parents did not supplement the child's nutrition.

Only then did grandma realize that the little girl's body was covered in scars.

The little girl told her grandma that the wounds on her body were all caused by herself.

At the same time, a profile shot was read. When Zhou Xun heard the word 'wound', she raised her head with an inexplicable look in her eyes, which seemed to have touched some wounds in her heart.

In addition to this indoor scene, Guan Ling was fully prepared for the outdoor scene, including but not limited to the mottled light and shadow.

The back views of both parties during filming.

During the filming process, Zhou Xun's performance was very delicate. Even if there were NGs, none of them were caused by Zhou Xun.

From this point on, Guan Ling finally understood.

Why do everyone like to use well-known and mature actors when shooting literary films? Because they are very accessible and the filming is not only effective but also very smooth.

Even if the effect is not good the first time, with a little explanation, she can perform brilliantly in an instant.

That's the level.

Liu Yifei's appearance was obviously suppressed in terms of acting skills.

But as Guan Ling's own person, Guan Ling is still very tolerant of Liu Yifei.

Moreover, in this movie, Chen Yanan, played by Liu Yifei, is originally a character that has nothing to do with anyone else. Except for the scenes with Guan Ling, the "Mr. No. 4", other acting requirements are not as stringent as those of Huang. Bo and Zhou Xun.

Guan Ling sat in front of the monitor, watching everyone's photos gradually converge into materials that would be used in the future.

The crew kept filming like this, and ten days passed in a flash.

The shooting went relatively smoothly.

Grandma Wu Yanshu suffered a lot from the cold during the filming process. In the middle of winter, the old lady's clothes had to be filmed according to the director's requirements. After each filming, the old lady put on a down jacket when she was freezing to keep warm.

Ning Hao has been filming with Guan Ling for ten days.

In the past ten days, he has seen Guan Ling's shooting method in this movie, which is completely different from other movies.

Otherwise, both in terms of fun and pace, it's very fast.

But in this movie, Guan Ling's method is no longer just that of a literary film, it's even a bit like a documentary, with a rational and restrained shooting technique.

He also understood a little bit that although this movie was about daily life and fragmentation, and the shooting method was simple and calm lens language, in essence, this movie was about a "family utopia".

But Ning Hao did learn a lot about the shooting methods inside.

For example, a few days ago, while filming the night scene, we filmed a scene where Huang Bo and Wu Lei stole a child.

At that time, the father and son met a little girl hiding in a box on the way home. The camera focused from the girl's perspective, looking out from the slit of the box. The other party's kind inquiry and the temptation of the chive cake made the girl swallow her saliva subconsciously. .

The lens is simple and has a strong resonance with life-like scenes.

Under the traditional narrative structure, Director Guan used the process of introducing the internal members of the family, and by the way showed the current living situation of the thief family.

A cramped, messy, crowded residence and a life with irregular meals.

A picture scroll slowly opened.

The family went out to work, and the camera began to introduce the members at this time.

Introduce members’ work.

Let this family have a sense of happiness.

Ning Hao felt that the word "happiness" was very appropriate, because during the filming process, he was even paralyzed by the camera at one point, thinking that although this family was poor, it was indeed a warm and happy family.

This illusion, eloquently told, penetrated deeply into Ning Hao's head.

This even made Ning Hao himself feel a little confused. Did they violate morality? Why don't I feel any moral condemnation of their behavior?

Furthermore, Guan Ling used too many fixed long lenses during the filming process.

For example, when Wu Lei and Xiao Lin went to the canteen to steal snacks together, the relationship between the two children changed.

First of all, Wu Lei was in front, and he often looked back to see his sister's footsteps, fearing that his sister would not be able to keep up.

There were two other people stealing snacks. The shop owner's grandfather stopped Wu Lei who was stealing and gave Wu Lei some snacks. He told Wu Lei not to let his sister do this stealing thing and that he would have a long life in the future. , never form a habit.

At that time, even this grandpa's extra performer's eyes were full of care, as if there was warmth and touching among strangers.

There is also the use of viewing effects during the shooting process.

It not only shapes people's character traits, but also sets the tone of the film and the characters' psychological activities.

For example, warm colors mean warmth and warm yellow light.

However, combined with the messy furnishings and crowded space in the house, it will give people a depressing feeling.

Outside, the bright light indicates the family's current situation at the bottom and the plight of not being able to see the light.

When it comes to Liu Yifei's working environment, Guan Ling's light design for Liu Yifei is pink and purple, and the environment is full of ambiguity.

At that time, the gap in Liu Yifei's chest and her slender thighs had already made her identity very obvious even before she went into battle.

"Director Guan's level is really enough for me to learn from."

Guan Ling didn't know that after ten days of filming, Ning Hao treated him for autism.

(End of this chapter)