After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 40: Bouquet Turns On, Rhythm Talent
It was even harder for Li Mingyang, who already had difficulty getting into the role, to shoot and watch each scene.

It was just a walking scene, and no one noticed the problem except Zhang Ruoyun.

But the scene in the restaurant in the afternoon was not so good.

For interior scenes, we shoot close to the face and the emotions must be written on the face.

Li Mingyang performed scene after scene, but he just couldn't get into the role.

The actors were stunned.

“Let’s just shoot this for today.”

Li Mingyang was a little discouraged, so he finished work early and didn't want to hold any movie viewing party.

"Director Li, come on!" Liu Yifei clenched her fists and encouraged.

Li Mingyang smiled bitterly and waved goodbye to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mingyang's haggard back, tilted her head, eyes full of confusion.

I really don't understand why Li Mingyang's acting is so bad. He can't even mobilize the most basic emotions.

The lines are not good either...the body language is a bit stiff.

This level is not enough for a TV series, let alone a movie, the shortcomings will be infinitely magnified...

……

On the way back to the company.

Just when Li Mingyang was worried about acting, Zeng Jia called him and told him that the filming license for Love Like a Bouquet had been obtained.

A film production permit is important.

Shooting without a permit will result in heavy fines.

Not only will the business license be revoked, but the special tools and equipment used for illegal business activities will also be confiscated;
Even if there is no criminal liability and no illegal income, one will still be heavily fined, ranging from 200,000 to 500,000.

With a film production license, you can choose a date to start filming.

In the next two days, Li Mingyang first communicated with Cai Yinong and called back the three people who were working on the Chinese Paladin 3 crew.

Then, we will discuss the rental contract for the shooting location according to the list.

If you want to save money, he has to do the negotiating, because he has peach blossom eyes.

In one day, Li Mingyang rode an electric bike to more than a dozen places and found a shooting location at half the price of Qiao Shan and Xiao Yang.

Parks, streets, restaurants, bus stations, houses...

Of course, Shanghai and Shanghai are the best for outdoor scenes, but there is no money.

Moreover, with the presence of the goddess, filming in Shanghai requires advance notification and communication of time and location, which is very troublesome.

I could only go back and shoot some exterior scenes.

On October 10, the filming of "A Bouquet of Love" officially started.

There was no grand opening ceremony. The location was just on a remote road. There was a table with some fruits and a banner.

There wasn't a huge group of people, only a dozen or so people behind the scenes, and a dozen or so leading actors and extras.

There were no media interviews. After burning incense and taking a group photo, Li Mingyang divided the offerings and officially started filming.

Everything was so simple that Mother Liu shook her head as she watched. If Li Mingyang wasn't so outstanding, she would never have agreed to her daughter shooting such a small production.

Liu Yifei entered the entertainment industry at the age of fifteen, and Liu Xiaoli has always followed her and taken care of her daily life and diet.

I have been in the crews of many big-budget productions, including The Story of a Noble Family, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Forbidden Kingdom.

I have met many great directors.

In her mind, the better the director, the more versatile he is.

Li Mingyang is very versatile and can really do everything.

The director is the soul of the crew. Other people behind the scenes can make do, but the director must be excellent.

After watching for several days, Liu Xiaoli was very impressed with Li Mingyang's directing ability.

However, as an actor, Li Mingyang's acting skills are another matter. It's so embarrassing.

Before filming started, Liu Xiaoli came behind Li Mingyang and asked, "Are you really going to play the male lead?"

Li Mingyang looked at the monitor and said without turning his head: "Aunt Liu, please don't stand behind me."

During filming, the monitor will be placed in front of the director. Without permission, no one can stand behind the director and look at the monitor. You want to watch, I want to watch, there are no rules, a bunch of people crowded behind the director, how can the director concentrate?

Liu Xiaoli naturally knew the rule, but she didn't expect Li Mingyang to be so serious about it.

She came up to Li Mingyang and repeated what she had just said.

"This is not your concern. I will be responsible for the movie." Li Mingyang glanced at the camera, picked up the loudspeaker, and asked two stand-ins, Zhong Xiaoyu and Zhang Ruoyun, to walk into the picture from outside the camera.

All great domestic directors have their own unique skills.

The national teacher is a master of color.

Feng Kuazi can tell stories.

Jiang Wen is good at writing scripts and his lines are insightful.

Ning Hao is good at multi-line narrative.

Maybe it's because he has filmed too many short dramas, or maybe he is just naturally talented.

Li Mingyang is best at the rhythm of film plots.

After watching a movie, the plot rhythm of the movie will be imprinted in Li Mingyang's mind.

Movies generally follow a three-act structure, with the setup in Act I, the confrontation in Act II, and the climactic finale in Act III.

The plot structure of the movie is varied, including loop-type nested structure, interweaving contrast structure, time-space interlaced structure, etc.

Li Mingyang has watched countless movies and summed up a simple routine.

Beginning, foreshadowing, advancement, turning point, foreshadowing, advancement, climax, and ending.

When writing the script, I fill in the story at each beat based on the story outline to enrich the whole story and make the story more flesh and blood.

When writing the love script for Bouquet of Flowers, Li Mingyang watched the original movie many times.

Although it was impossible to restore the film's visual details, Li Mingyang had all the plot rhythm imprinted in his mind.

Seeing that the set was almost ready and the crew were all in place, Li Mingyang did not call for action, but stood up and said through a megaphone: "When the filming officially starts, I will raise the bar. Those who cannot keep up with my pace will either be transferred to another position or leave. We have all worked together for so long, and I hope that no one will be left behind when the film is finished."

After saying that, Li Mingyang slowly sat down, took a deep breath, and looked at Xiao Yang beside him.

Assistant Director Xiao Yanghui held a megaphone and shouted, "All departments, get ready, first scene, first shoot!"

"Lights in place!"

"Camera ready!"

"Recording in place!"

"The actors are in place!"

"action!"

……

In early November, the Bouquet crew stopped working.

Tianxian is going to Hong Kong, stay there for a while, and then return to America.

I will return to China in mid-January next year to continue filming.

Early in the morning, Li Mingyang drove Tianxian and her daughter to Yiwu Airport.

When getting off the car, Liu Yifei leaned on the car window, distressed and speechless, saying: "Director Li, if it really doesn't work, let Zhang Ruoyun play it! I see you acting so hard..."

This sentence made Li Mingyang quite upset.

Since the start of more than half a month, the crew's filming work has mainly revolved around Liu Yifei.

Except for Li Mingyang and Liu Yifei, everyone else has no experience in filming a movie and are all complete newcomers.

The filming was not smooth at the beginning, and Li Mingyang had to spend a lot of time adjusting and teaching step by step.

In the process of constant error correction, Li Mingyang demoted several people with extremely poor comprehension to stagehands and let Wu Zhikui and Xiao Yang take on more tasks. Only then did the crew begin to run smoothly.

Tianxian is talented in acting, but no one teaches her.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry treats mainland actresses as vases, as long as they are pretty.

Gong Huang’s acting skills are good enough, but in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, she turned into a silly girl with no acting skills at all.

There's no way her acting skills would improve if she filmed in that kind of atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)