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Chapter 90 Stretch your feet over!

In the huge photography workshop, many people surrounded the simple wooden house.

The structure inside the wooden room is exactly the interior of the Longmen Inn. Chen Shiping is standing on the wooden table of the inn, directing the crew to prepare.

From the lighting and setting to the positions and postures of the extras, Chen Shiping had to pay attention to almost all the work one by one.

After everything was arranged, Chen Shiping started walking in from the door of the inn with the viewfinder in his hand.

All the extras sat in their seats and did not dare to move, for fear of being scolded by Chen Shiping if they did not perform well.

From the perspective of the viewfinder, the entire inn was dilapidated and dirty, and everything that caught the eye was the color of yellow sand.

The inn was filled with ferocious guests, the tables were covered with swords, and a chilling atmosphere filled the air.

Chen Shiping held the viewfinder in his hand and walked through the messy tables and chairs, looking around at everyone in the inn.

Finally, the perspective stays on the stairs leading to the second floor.

Lin Qingxia was standing at the corner of the stairs looking down at Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping held up the viewfinder and followed Lin Qingxia's feet upwards, finally stopping on her face.

This set of shots looked good. Chen Shiping put down the viewfinder in his hand with satisfaction, then turned around to discuss the details with the photographer.

Standing on the second floor, Lin Qingxia looked at Chen Shiping's leaving figure, leaning on the railing in boredom, with a lazy and charming look on her face, and she already felt like gold inlaid with jade.

Chen Shiping and the photographer stood in front of the camera, pointed at the paved track and said: "The camera must be steady. I want a long shot from a subjective perspective to show the cautious and nervous atmosphere of entering the inn for the first time."

"Okay, no problem." The photographer agreed immediately.

After Chen Shiping finished speaking, he turned to the light and shouted: "Reduce the brightness and remove all other light sources except the ceiling lamp and the candles on the table!

The light source of the candle needs to shake when it is pushed in front of the camera, and when the gold inlaid jade appears, the characters are added with reflections. "

After explaining the photography and lighting, Chen Shiping went to the sound effects side and explained that they wanted the sound of chopping meat to come from the kitchen. The sound should be deep and dull, and the rhythm should be at the same frequency as the heartbeat.

After explaining everything, Chen Shiping stood at the door of the inn and looked through the viewfinder for a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Shiping was still a little nervous when he went into battle for the first time, but the crew were all veterans and gave him a lot of help.

"Let's try walking around first!" Chen Shiping asked everyone to walk around.

Soon all the actors were ready and went through the script.

Chen Shiping was very satisfied overall, but felt that Jin Xiangyu's appearance was not stunning enough. He stood downstairs and stared at Lin Qingxia for a long time.

Lin Qingxia felt a little awkward when Chen Shiping looked at her. She leaned on the railing and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Chen Shiping shook his head and suddenly asked the costume designer to bring a red rope.

After bringing the red rope, Chen Shiping pulled off a piece and made a sign on Lin Qingxia's ankle, and then he laughed.

Let’s just say it’s almost something. Just now, the whole picture was yellow, which was quite dark and depressing.

Even if the gold and jade are used to fill in the light, it is still not stunning enough and the color is too monotonous.

The characters are both aggressive and charming, but they lack a touch of femininity.

Chen Shiping said to Lin Qingxia: "Stretch your feet over."

"I tie it myself!"

"I didn't say I'd tie it for you, I'll measure it."

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Lin Qingxia stood on the stairs, reaching out to pick up the red rope through the railing. When she leaned down, the scenery on her chest was all displayed in Chen Shiping's sight.

Chen Shiping glanced at it and then looked away. He didn't want Lin Qingxia to point his nose at him and call him a pervert.

Lin Qingxia was not on guard against Chen Shiping, so she took the red rope and tied it lightly around her ankle.

The white ankles were embellished with red ropes and immediately gave a sense of femininity.

The bold and coquettish appearance of the gold inlaid jade has now become a disguise for the softness of the heart, and the character's image has become more three-dimensional.

Lin Qingxia looked at the red rope on her ankle and understood Chen Shiping's intention.

She admired Chen Shiping's delicacy and ability to grasp women's psychology very accurately.

What's more, I admire Chen Shiping's directorial skills. Directors in Xiangjiang don't think about so many details, and the images of characters are often labeled.

Either let the actor be more coquettish, or simply take off more clothes and reveal more flesh.

As long as the audience can form a fixed impression, it will not be idle to explore the character's heart and make the character more delicate and three-dimensional.

This may be the difference between a director and a director. Good works are often determined by these details.

Soon all the work was done. After Chen Shiping shouted to start, the quiet inn instantly became noisy.

squeak~

The door of the inn was pushed open, and Qiu Moyan and several martyrs stepped into the inn.

The wind and sand behind them whistled, causing the oil lamps in the inn to sway.

The inn instantly became quiet again, and everyone's eyes were focused on them.

As the two move forward, the camera has replaced them, turning the lens into a subjective perspective.

The camera advances slowly, and the lens is slow but very smooth, just like Zhou Huaian and Qiu Moyan are cautious but not afraid at all.

When the main camera is pushed all the way forward, several other camera positions also shoot other perspectives from the side.

As Qiu Moyan advanced, the cold swords and flickering candles on the table, as well as the dull chopping of meat from the kitchen, made the atmosphere extremely tense, as if a war was about to break out.

Suddenly, a shrill voice sounded from the second floor of the inn, and the proprietress Jin Xiangyu suddenly appeared.

Looking up from downstairs, the golden and jade-inlaid hair is casually tied back with only a wooden hairpin, and there are a few strands of hair scattered around the white cheeks, which looks particularly wanton and charming.

Jin Xiangyu twisted her waist and walked down the creaking stairs step by step. Finally, she stopped at the corner of the stairs and looked down at the smelly men below who were attracted to her.

Jin Xiangyu smiled and turned over to sit on the railing, her slender calves hidden under her skirt resting on the railing.

A red rope swayed slowly around her ankle, seeming to stir everyone's heartbeat.

Jin Xiangyu raised his hand and grabbed a strand of hair, like a kitten playing with its tail.

She looked at Qiu Moyan with a smile, and asked with a hoarse but charming voice: "Do you want to be a guest or stay in a hotel?"

The flickering oil lamp reflected the dim light on the gold-inlaid jade face, and it was impossible to tell her true inner thoughts at this time. It was just a flash of brightness in her eyes when she looked at Qiu Moyan that could not be hidden.

"Crack!"

Chen Shiping's sudden voice brought everyone's thoughts back to reality, and the staff on the set broke away from Lin Qingxia's charming aura.

Lin Qingxia also jumped down from the railing and looked at Chen Shiping eagerly, as if waiting for his evaluation.

Liang Jiahui joked: "When you first appeared, I felt my heart beat faster."

"I don't believe you." Lin Qingxia couldn't help but give him a look.

Chen Shiping also smiled and gave her a thumbs up and said: "Very good, this will definitely be a classic shot!"

Hearing Chen Shiping's affirmation, Lin Qingxia breathed a sigh of relief and smiled on her face.

She has always been worried that she would not be able to play Jin Xiangyu well, but now she can finally feel relieved.

"You believe what Director Chen said, but you don't believe what I say?" Liang Jiahui said pretending to be hurt. If he hadn't known that Chen Shiping had a girlfriend, he would have made some ambiguous jokes.

Lin Qingxia smiled and said: "You are not a director, yours will definitely be useless."

Liang Jiahui: "." It makes sense and cannot be refuted.

After a short break, the shooting continued. Chen Shiping did not dare to shoot too fast now. Each set of shots took a long time to prepare before starting.

Not even a few shots were taken in one day, which fully demonstrates the slowness of mainland directors.

After finishing work in the evening, Lin Qingxia changed her clothes and came out of the dressing room. She was about to talk to Chen Shiping about the character, but she couldn't find where the other person was.

So I grabbed the associate producer and asked where Chen Shiping was.

"The director has gone to the photofinishing workshop, and we have to watch a film tonight."

After Xiao Li finished speaking, he was busy finishing up. Lin Qingxia stood there helplessly and sighed.

Why is this director not talking about the play with the actors?

I don’t know how to ask an actor to come with me when watching a movie, so go find him!

The workers in the developing and printing workshop were just getting ready to get off work, but unfortunately they were blocked by Chen Shiping, so they had to work overtime for Chen Shiping to develop and print today's shots.

The current shooting conditions are poor. Chen Shiping can only finish shooting and then develop and print it to see the finished film, or he can only watch it with his eyes on set.

But after the filming is completed, whether the film is good or not still needs to be developed and printed to check.

This is in the factory. If it were outside, it would be difficult for Chen Shiping to watch the movie that day.

While Chen Shiping was waiting, Lin Qingxia and Liang Jiahui came over and wanted to watch the movie together.

"You are more proactive than me as a director and are worried about my skills." Chen Shiping joked.

Liu Xiaoqing laughed and said, "I want to go to your house to have dinner, and they both want to watch a movie."

"Sister Qing still believes in me, I'll treat you to this meal tonight!" Chen Shiping replied with a smile.

Lin Qingxia immediately answered: "Count me in! I am also a freeloader!"

"Me too!" Liang Jiahui also raised his hand silently.

Chen Shiping: "." Each and every one of them takes food subsidy and comes to eat for free. It's too much!

Chen Shiping asked them to wait here for printing, and he ran home first.

When you go out to eat at night, you can't treat guests at home every time. The bok choy is so juicy and juicy that you need to take good care of it.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Shiping took them to watch a movie.

There weren't many shots taken during the day, and it took more than ten minutes to watch them all, but Chen Shiping checked them over and over seven or eight times before he felt at ease.

It’s my first time as a director, so there’s nothing wrong with being rigorous.

"How do you feel?" Lin Qingxia asked with concern. She was very satisfied with today's performance, but she was unsure.

Chen Shiping was tightening his belt and said, "It's very good. Keep it up from now on."

For actors like Lin Qingxia who have been in the industry for many years, it is not difficult to find the right state and then maintain it. It is not like a newcomer who has to think about everything for a long time.

The most important thing is that New Dragon Gate Inn is, to put it bluntly, a commercial film. The characters are not that complex and it is not difficult to act.

Chen Shiping and the crew got along very quickly, almost shooting wherever he wanted. After a few days, his confidence increased greatly and the shooting speed became much faster.

The interior scenes were all shot in less than half a month, and the scenes shot in the capital didn't take much time to complete.

The last scene of dividing the sheep is left today, and it is also the scene where the butcher shows off his skills.

In the close-up shot, the butcher's chest is open, and a butcher knife is rolling up and down and left and right in his hand. There is no trace of the knife's light under the firelight.

Chen Shiping deliberately suppressed the suspense of bloodshed here. If the butcher is shown to be very powerful now, the subsequent twists will not surprise the audience.

Soon the butcher finished performing a set of fancy moves, and the scene was completed.

It's just that movies are movies and reality is reality.

The fancy knife skills in the close-up shot did not cut the sheep into pieces.

The props have to be cut slowly with a knife.

And the sheep are not real sheep. How can a real sheep be separated from its flesh and bones by a butcher's knife?

However, looking at the attractively colored roasted lamb, Chen Shiping was a little greedy, and he planned to eat roasted whole lamb more times after going to Gansu.

The guy who played the role of the butcher ran up to Chen Shiping and said with a smile: "Director, the action you just performed was okay. You have been practicing for a long time."

"Very good. Are you interested in becoming a professional actor in the future?" Chen Shiping asked with a smile.

He really felt that this little brother was a talent. He found him from the martial arts school.

The original butcher boy was an outsider and completely disappeared from the scene after filming New Dragon Gate Inn.

Chen Shiping didn't know his information and couldn't find that guy, so he had to find someone similar from the martial arts school.

The boy from the martial arts school scratched his head and said, "I haven't thought about it. Let's discuss it with my family later."

Chen Shiping smiled and said: "Sure, if you have this plan, come to the factory and find me. I might be like your senior brother in the future."

After chatting with the little brother for a while, the props were ready. After reshooting the remaining scenes, the scenes in Beijing were completely completed.

The crew packed up and prepared to go to Gansu. There were hundreds of people in the crew, and they also had to pick up the equestrian team. There was a lot of preparation work.

After Chen Shiping finished his work, he went to the set of Once Upon a Time in China.

As a producer, he would come over from time to time to check on the work, mainly because Guan Zhilin came over from Xiangjiang these days.

The previous scenes of Wong Fei Hung were all filming Li Lianjie, and Guan Zhilin was busy with film company matters in Hong Kong and did not come over immediately.

In the rest area of ​​the studio, Chen Shiping and Guan Zhilin were chatting quietly about the film company. They made an appointment to go to Chen Shiping's house to have dinner together in the evening and complete the follow-up procedures.

There are a lot of documents that need to be signed by the leather bag company, and Tao Huimin also has to interview to sign the contract.

When Tao Huimin returned home in the evening, he saw Chen Shiping returning with Guan Zhilin. He was still puzzled and somehow remembered the last time Guan Zhilin stayed at home.

But seeing that Guan Zhilin deliberately kept a distance from Chen Shiping, she didn't think much about it.

Mainly because Tao Huimin later took the initiative to get to know Guan Zhilin and learned that her previous boyfriends were all rich men.

Coupled with the reputation of Guan Zhilin in Xiangjiang, Tao Huimin felt that Guan Zhilin must look down on Chen Shiping, a small director.

How can a woman who wants to be a phoenix accompany a man to endure hardships?

When Chen Shiping handed those documents to Tao Huimin, she signed her name without even looking at them.

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "You're not afraid that I'll sell you."

"Are you willing to give it up?" Tao Huimin said a little arrogantly.

Chen Shiping laughed, hugged Tao Huimin, kissed her and said, "I'm sure I won't let him go."

Guan Zhilin watched with amazement, feeling that Chen Shiping did it deliberately for him to see.

My heart suddenly felt so sour

(End of this chapter)