Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 11 Entering the Play (asking for monthly tickets)

Qin Chuan is a newcomer in the acting industry. Although he has some skills and can understand the roles to the fullest, he does not understand the crew's shooting rules and techniques.

He had never been exposed to light blocking, positioning, and camera before.

Fortunately, it wasn't a big role, with few lines and short scenes. According to the director of photography, Qin Chuan memorized it after just one take.

Tried it once and it was fine.

After a while, Qiao Feng, played by Hu Jun, came in. Qin Chuan cooperated with him in rehearsal and had to walk again.

The only difference is that this time I have to serve dishes and have lines to speak, so it’s really no different from the formal filming.

Qin Chuan rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, put a white rag on his shoulders, walked up quickly and said with a smile: "Sir, do you want to have dinner or stay at the hotel?"

"One pound of beef, one pound of chicken, and two pounds of wine."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Qin Chuan quickly wiped the table and bench with a towel, put on a smile, and turned around to serve the dishes.

A minute later, the man came back: "Sir, the food is here!"

"A pound of beef!"

“A pound of chicken!”

"Two pounds of wine!"

"Use it slowly."

He would read out the name of each dish and stand by for two seconds after serving the dish. Seeing that the customers had no requests, he would step back and leave.

The whole process was no different from the previous rehearsal.

It's just that the tone is different, a little more refined, and anyone with ears can hear it.

Even Hu Jun looked at him with higher regard.

A good actor can act with his facial features: trembling eyelashes, furrowed brows, lively eyes, trembling mouth.

There is another type of actor who has a expressionless face throughout the entire performance, and it is difficult to tell whether they are sad or happy, but their acting is listenable.

With your eyes closed, you can imagine the character's emotions just by listening to the lines.

During the performance just now, he and the waiter rarely looked at each other, but he could actually hear the waiter's emotions from the lines: happiness, caution, hesitation, and inquiry.

This young actor is good. He speaks clearly, his lines are pronounced correctly, and his intonation is on point.

I don’t know which film school he graduated from.

"Teacher Hu, please raise your head higher when you drink. OK, that's it. No problem."

"Is there any problem with the radio?"

"No."

"Photography team?"

"Very good, no problem here."

"OK, let's do this later."

After the rehearsal, the extras outside started to sit on the ground and look for a place to rest. Even though they didn't have many lines, they were clearly exhausted.

The whole process was just like a primary school sports rehearsal. We walked here and there, and we couldn’t sit down. Our feet were numb.

Qin Chuan was in a daze in the corner, trying to think about whether there was anything wrong with the performance just now.

Have.

It was my first time acting opposite Hu Jun and having to speak so many lines, I was a little nervous.

His pace was also a bit slow. The role of a waiter is not a catwalk. Serving food quickly is a basic skill.

Another thing is that the character is not tired enough. The character should look a little tired. How to make him look tired? Bend his waist? Wipe the sweat?

……

"Scene 52, third shot, first take, begin!"

The stage manager clapped the clapboard and the crew officially started filming.

The scene and shot numbers were written in chalk on the small board of the production staff to facilitate post-production editing.

After Qiao Feng entered the inn, Qin Chuan immediately greeted him with a smile: "Sir, would you like to have dinner or stay overnight?"

Hu Jun looked around and walked towards an empty table: "One pound of beef, one pound of chicken, and two pounds of wine."

"Okay, wait a moment."

After wiping the table symbolically, Qin Chuan took two steps back to serve the dishes.

When he appeared again, he met Ping Qi holding a tray, and he was a little out of breath while serving the dishes: "One pound of beef, one pound of chicken, and two pounds of wine!"

"Enjoy your meal, sir~"

After finishing the work, he raised his hand and gently wiped the sweat off his forehead as he walked away. An expert can tell the difference with just one move.

After Qin Chuan's performance of several dozen seconds, the assistant director was somewhat impressed by him. He originally thought he was just a relative of his, but unexpectedly he had some talent.

Among this group of actors, some are from professional acting schools or have been in the industry for many years. Qin Chuan is the youngest and has the least experience.

But his performance is no worse than those from professional colleges.

"Click, pass."

"Change the camera position and take another shot,"

"Actor touching up makeup."

Unless you shoot the entire scene in one take, there won’t be a perfect take and you have to shoot it several times from different angles.

This requires the actor's makeup to be exactly the same as the previous one, otherwise it will be exposed if it is inconsistent.

The makeup artist rushed to touch up Hu Jun's makeup, wiped off the water stains from drinking, applied foundation on his chin and around his mouth, and restored his previous complexion.

The person who did Hu Jun's makeup was Wang Tingting.

After finishing the work at hand, she came to Qin Chuan and said, "Your makeup is smudged. Fix it."

"Thank you, Sister Tingting."

"You're welcome."

In crowded places, Wang Tingting is still quite serious and doesn't look like an experienced person at all.

Soon, the second shot started.

Qin Chuan's performance was the same as the previous one, and he did not fail.

On the contrary, Hu Jun has to drink and eat meat in every scene, and he will keep eating and drinking unless the director calls for a stop.

He vomited immediately after the director called for cut.

There was no way. He didn't know how many times he had to shoot this scene. If he ate every shot, he might not be able to hold on for long.

A simple eating scene took more than two hours to shoot.

It wasn’t even noon when we finished filming.

The assistant director called the crew to continue filming at the next location.

Qin Chuan is also in the main force.

This time he didn't play a supporting role, but was just one of the Beggars' Sect disciples mixed in the crowd. The assistant director said he would give him an extra job today.

One hundred and thirty yuan for a day's work as an extra and one time as a minor character, that's Qin Chuan's salary.

But the money was not given to him on the same day, because the salary of the actors in the same group is paid monthly.

……

After a tiring day, Qin Chuan went home to take a shower at night, then took out a pen and paper and began to write a short biography, which was mainly from the perspective of a waiter.

Compared with the previous single characters, this time he wrote two more characters in the biography, Qiao Feng, the innkeeper.

Zhou Haopeng has a night shift tonight and it is unknown when he will be back. After Qin Chuan finished writing the biography, he put the Nuo costume on his face, covered himself with a quilt and lay down.

The street in front of the Yanbei Inn is bustling with people hawking goods all over the place. There are vendors setting up stalls, performing magic tricks, selling candied haws, and selling cabbage.

Qiao Feng, a man in his thirties with a sturdy build and a square face, appeared out of nowhere on the street.

He saw Yanbei Inn from a distance and strode over.

Inside the inn, the waiter Qin Chuan had just finished serving a table of guests and was leaning against the counter slacking off.

Seeing Qiao Feng coming in, he cursed inwardly that there were so many people, then trotted forward helplessly, putting on a smiling face halfway.

"Sir, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?"

Qiao Feng looked around, found a table by the window and walked over. Seeing this, Qin Chuan followed him and wiped the table and bench with a clean rag before he sat down.

"One pound of beef, one pound of chicken, and two pounds of wine!" Qiao Feng's voice was loud and heroic, and his temperament was extraordinary.

He sat on the bench very steadily, and his long arms and broad palms were visible in his every move, indicating that he was a well-trained man.

Qin Chuan, the experienced waiter, felt nervous and put away his indifference. He said seriously, "Okay, sir, we'll be there soon. Please wait."

After saying that, he turned around and went to the kitchen to order dishes.

While waiting for the food to be served, he secretly looked at Qiao Feng from a distance, and the more he looked, the more nervous he felt.

This person was dressed in shabby clothes, but he gave off a strong aura. Whenever I got close to him, I felt frightened and inexplicably creepy.

PS: It’s the first of the month, brothers, let’s start voting for the monthly tickets.

Now that it is the new book period, if you climb the charts, monthly tickets still account for a large proportion.

(End of this chapter)