Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 212 Use more force
On March 3, at the HR District, China Film Digital Production Base, it is said that the investment here exceeds 20 billion, which is exaggerated in this era.

However, the functions are also comprehensive, from film and television production to sound recording and digital processing, everything can be done here.

In addition, games, advertisements, and animations can also be produced here, as long as they are related to the content.

This place is divided into 12 areas, a large digital studio, and a set workshop. This is the place rented for "Lucy 1".

In front of the gate of a well-arranged research base, all the actors and behind-the-scenes staff of the "Lucy 1" crew gathered.

Fang Hong stood in the middle, Liu Tianxian put her hand on his shoulder, Chen Sicheng, Wen Muye, Liu Yin, Li Anran, Xie Miao, Song Jia, Li Zhuomei and other main actors and behind-the-scenes actors stood in a row, and everyone took a photo as a souvenir.

And just like that, the filming of this drama officially started.

The first shot was of a bus being hijacked by a group of terrorists wearing gas masks, who took a pregnant woman away.

Then the car and the people were pushed off the cliff to create an accident.

Research base, Song Jia, who plays Dr. Bai, has a head full of white hair. This is a deliberate image in order to highlight the externalization of the character's personality and let the audience see at a glance that he is not a good person.

Don't make the audience think, just tell them directly that this is different from the original.

The character played by Song Jia is not only cunning, but also a world-class brain scientist.

The purpose of capturing pregnant women is to use the embryos in their bellies as a basis to cultivate superhuman beings with physical and brain abilities that exceed the limits of ordinary humans.

So they kidnapped a lot of pregnant women, extracted physical genes from humans with well-developed athletic ability, and cultivated these extreme genes into the fetuses of the pregnant women.

Then, violent genes are extracted from the brains of violent death row prisoners and cultivated into embryos.

The original version was a pregnant woman's embryo, which was cloned to produce various different children. It has been changed here by capturing many pregnant women for breeding.

Cloning is a bit far-fetched. The cloned children are boys and girls, and their appearances are very different.

After seven years of training, the research base has nurtured a group of special children.

During these seven years, the top leaders of the base used various inhumane technical means to stimulate the potential of the children, allowing them to surpass the physical functions and brains of ordinary humans.

His body was enhanced to have self-healing ability and he was classified as a third-level superhuman.

On this basis, those who possess mind control are the second-level superhumans.

The best among them is Liu Tianxian, who is played by Zhao Jinmai as a child, and has reached the first level, that is, the S-level super human.

In addition to her even stronger telekinetic control, her body can move instantly and her intelligence has been stimulated to the extreme, making her even more powerful than a computer.

That is Lucy 1!
Zhao Jinmai is just ten years old this year. She is considered sensible at this age, and her baby face looks suitable.

The other children were all around ten years old, and were too young to handle.

They were wearing uniform clothes and walking around the research base with expressionless faces, like puppets.

During a test, Lucy 1, also known as Zhao Jinmai, was extremely calm in the face of a pack of wolves. She was not at all panicked and killed them instantly.

This scene made Song Jia and the top leaders of the base feel uneasy, because this Lucky 1 seemed to be out of their control.

At this stage, they do not have the technical means to control a creature that is so far beyond their capabilities.

So they called in the mutant armed forces to eliminate Lucy 1.

Relying on her super perception, Lucky 1 discovered that the professor in the base, Song Jia, thought her abilities were too strong and uncontrollable, and wanted to get rid of her.

So she planned ahead and escaped with her super high intelligence and mutant abilities, which naturally led to her being killed by mutants.

But she not only has a high IQ, but also super strong fighting skills. She fought her way out of the siege and almost killed a child. This child grew up to be "Master Zhao"!
Young Master Zhao was the nobleman in the original version, but here he was changed to Young Master Zhao, still played by Fang Hong, an S-level villain.

It's just that he was very weak when he was a child, so he was almost killed by Lucy 1.

The fighting scenes in this drama are not as violent and bloody as the original, but have a bit of artistic conception, just like the style of Yuen Woo-ping.

It's too violent to be shown in theaters.

When Lucy 1 escaped, Song Jia in the base didn't take it seriously. She knew that Lucy 1 would come back sooner or later because their research had a fatal flaw.

The brain of the super body is overutilized. Without special medicine, the brain will explode within a month.

But Lucy 1 was also smart. She ran to a farmer's house, who had lost his son in his old age and had no children.

With her superb acting skills, the farmer couple treated her as their own daughter.

So she stopped using her superpowers and reduced her body functions to delay the time of her brain explosion, and she managed to hold on for ten years.

But she often suffers from headaches, which are the sequelae.

This character is very scheming and sinister.

Lucky No. 1 grew up to become Liu Tianxian. In a warm peasant family, she developed humanity, that is, a compassionate spirit.

No longer a cold-blooded killing machine.

Although there are many shots of the beginning, if it is edited later, the cause and effect can be clearly explained in just one minute of footage.

This drama is more compact than the original version, which was 125 minutes long, and this version is compressed to less than 100 minutes.

The original version was too dragged out, resulting in a lack of excitement later on.

And the role of the best friend has also been deleted. This character is useless. The terrorists can just kidnap her adoptive parents to advance the plot.

As for the character's motivation, Liu Tianxian just wants to live, so he takes the initiative to reveal his superpowers to attract the enemy.

The current shooting location is at a suburban farm. It is early April now, the season of spring flowers blooming, and the pictures look very beautiful.

The big scenes took ten days to shoot, and then the literary scenes came next.

Liu Tianxian lives a peaceful life here with her adoptive parents. She seems carefree and relaxed.

"what!"

The good times didn't last long. She suddenly felt a splitting headache and a look of pain appeared on her face.

She was seen squatting in the corner with her head in her hands. In order not to worry her adoptive parents, she tried her best to endure it, and sweat oozed from her forehead.

"Click!" Chen Sicheng shouted behind the monitor.

Fang Hong was not at the monitor, but was watching Liu Tianxian perform with his arms folded.

Although he is a director, he seldom controls the camera and only controls the artistry. His art is only one: cool!
Hearing the shout, the staff relaxed. "What's wrong, director?" Liu Tianxian wiped her face with a tissue, her face was covered with sweat.

"Your expression isn't rich enough. When you're in pain, your facial features should be wrinkled."

Chen Sicheng stretched out his five claws and scratched his face: "That feeling of being squeezed together."

"This, this is too superficial!" said Liu Tianxian.

"That's how you want people to see your pain."

Chen Sicheng said, and returned to his seat again, picking up the intercom: "All departments, take your positions, and do it again."

Liu Tianxian looked at Fang Hong, and the two looked at each other.

Fang Hong didn't say anything. He didn't think Chen Sicheng had said anything wrong.

Liu Tianxian withdrew her gaze and had to try again, following Chen Sicheng's instructions and began to act.

She was seen holding her head, with her facial features wrinkled, squatting on the ground with an exaggerated expression.

"Tianxian, don't raise your head. Just face the camera normally. Do it again." Chen Sicheng instructed again.

"Okay!" said Liu Tianxian.

After taking two shots, Chen Sicheng yelled "Cut" again and said, "Not hard enough, push harder."

"Okay!" Liu Tianxian obeyed.

After filming several more times, Chen Sicheng patted his forehead and said patiently: "Don't cry, it hurts, it hurts a lot, wipe away your tears."

"This is not a crying scene, it's just pain. A person with a very high IQ won't cry, it's not like his parents have died." Fang Hong also added.

Everyone around was watching. Liu Tianxian was also in a difficult situation. She just had a painful expression on her face and couldn't pass it after taking more than ten shots.

Is the acting that bad? They look pretty good!

"it is good!"

Liu Tianxian was very obedient and started filming again.

This time it’s a little more interesting, but it still doesn’t meet the “painful” requirement.

"Everyone take a break first."

Chen Sicheng held his forehead and shouted into the intercom, then walked up to Liu Tianxian and said emotionally: "I don't know what you are thinking."

"You go ahead and do your thing. I'll talk to her." Fang Hong interrupted in a stiff tone.

Chen Sicheng paused, his momentum weakened a bit: "Okay."

After saying that, he quietly stepped away.

He had just arrived and didn't know much about the special relationship between Liu Tianxian and Fang Hong, so he couldn't say anything too hurtful.

Chen Sicheng sat next to Wen Muye: "Did I do anything wrong?"

"I didn't do anything wrong, I just said something wrong." Wen Muye said.

"I have already controlled my temper." Chen Sicheng complained.

"You just got here and don't know, but our director doesn't like to insult people, and he especially doesn't like to insult Liu Tianxian." Wen Muye said.

"What do you mean? Even if you are a couple, you don't have to protect each other so much. You should still say what needs to be said." Chen Sicheng turned his head.

"I don't know either. You will understand after staying for a while." Wen Muye said.

Anyway, he has followed the principal for so long and has never seen the principal criticize Liu Tianxian. Even if she acted badly, the principal would still teach her patiently.

Always kind words!
He had suffered losses at the beginning, but he had not yet followed Fang Hong at that time.

Later, Fang Hong developed a good impression of Liu Tianxian, so he did not lose heart. He kept giving her confidence and slowly told her about it.

This time too.

The assistant found two chairs, and Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian sat together, while the staff in front of them walked back and forth.

"Chen Sicheng is right. This performance is actually very simple. Don't think about anything. Just feel the pain. It's either heartache or physical pain." Fang Hong said.

"I know, I just want to be more reserved. My expressions are too exaggerated and lack of layers."

Liu Tianxian picked up the water cup and took a sip of water.

She only told Fang Hong that if it was another director, she would try her best to act in any way she was asked to, whether it was good or not, and she would act it several times.

Of course, other directors don’t have such high requirements. This is Fang Hong’s direct team, and the requirements are definitely different from those outside.

"Acting is like painting. You must first learn realism, which is expression, and then develop abstract freehand painting, which is experience. For example, Picasso reached the pinnacle of realism in the early days of painting, and only started freehand painting after he realized that realism had reached its end." Fang Hong explained it thoroughly.

These words made Liu Tianxian silent, and he couldn't help but think.

We wanted her to go for an expressionist style, with exaggerated facial features and movements, just like the style of a drama, but it doesn't need to be too exaggerated like a drama.

"I find that what you said is quite cultured. You even know Picasso's painting experience." Liu Tianxian took a sip of water.

"I just wrote down what I felt. You know I can also draw." Fang Hong said.

"Oh, yes!"

Liu Tianxian had read Fang Hong’s copyright book before. It was a very thick book with many pictures in it.

Those are Fang Hong’s accumulation.

She put a hand on Fang Hong's leg: "Then tell me how I can act in this scene."

"You forgot. Two years ago, when you were acting in A Chinese Ghost Story, your hair got caught in the fan. You felt very painful at that time. Think about it and put yourself in her shoes." Fang Hong helped her recall.

If he hadn't said it, Liu Tianxian would have forgotten that it was indeed very painful at that time, and it was also a headache.

After listening to Wen Muye's words, Chen Sicheng watched the two of them from afar. They got along so naturally, just like two familiar lovers.

But he still couldn't figure out why he couldn't say it?
You have to say something if the acting is not good during filming!

(End of this chapter)