Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 403: Pretty Country Girl, Main Theme

Chen Linfeng deliberately reduced external publicity and did not invite any reporters to the opening ceremony.

For him now, there is no need to worry about promoting his new film.

With most media outlets focusing on his new movie, keeping it a little secret may actually arouse the curiosity of fans.

"Your Name" has many outdoor scenes, in addition to places like Swan Lake and Yubeng Lake, there are also mountain villages and metropolitan scenes.

The latter is easier to say, but although the former is set in the mountains, the filming location will not be chosen in a very remote place.

After all, there are quite a few people in the crew, and with the equipment, it has to be convenient for getting in and out.

Chen Linfeng found a mountainous area in the western part of Zhongyuan Province. It seemed to be surrounded by mountains, but the transportation was actually quite good.

In fact, this is more in line with the original film setting.

Although it is a mountainous area, judging from the process of the male protagonist in the animation searching for the place of his dreams, transportation is quite convenient.

This is itself a cultural strategy of Neon. Even if it describes a mountain village, people will feel that such a place is warm and simple, yet not backward.

Invisibly, it makes the audience feel good about it.

Chen Linfeng naturally had to study hard.

Therefore, even the mountain villages where the filming was done have hardened roads, and although the villagers maintain a simple ecology, their living standards are neither good nor bad.

Focus on depicting the original ecological environment here and the simple friendliness between people.

This location scene was chosen from several alternatives.

Their first stop now is here.

Corresponding to the filming location, Liu Qianqian's outfit can no longer have an immortal feel, but has to look like a girl from a mountain village.

Referred to as village girl.

Although she is a beautiful country girl.

She has a single ponytail, wears a classic Chinese blue and white school uniform, has no makeup on, and has a face full of collagen.

(The younger sister's school uniform will look like this, the older sister's will be a little different)

She looks like a pretty country girl.

The makeup artist put a lot of thought into this.

It looks like she has no make-up and is just naturally beautiful, but in fact it took a long time.

The effect is simpler than regular bare-face makeup, but it looks good.

"How is it? Does it look good?" Liu Qianqian started to show off and turned around towards Chen Linfeng.

"Yeah, it looks good." Chen Linfeng answered habitually.

Liu Qianqian pouted, feeling that she was being treated perfunctorily.

She was about to say something when Chen Linfeng asked first, "Your next role will not be easy, are you ready?"

This mainly refers to the scenes where the male protagonist possesses the female protagonist. The difficulty lies mainly in the female protagonist acting masculine.

Liu Qianqian became more and more dissatisfied. Even now, she is still looking down on me.

She pounded her chest, and her whole posture suddenly changed, making it look like a boy's movement.

It really looks like one.

Liu Xixi has experienced so much, and in terms of acting, she has indeed reached the level of a mature actor a long time ago.

only……

Chen Linfeng said strangely, "Even if you want to perform, don't do it this way. It's not big to begin with, don't make it smaller by hammering it."

"Is this a big or small matter?!" Liu Qianqian was so angry that she rushed over to hit him with a hammer.

"I'll beat you down first."

"I said it wrong, I said it wrong, no matter how hard I try, the punishment won't be any smaller."

"Speak later!"

While the two were fighting, Guo Fan walked out of the room.

He seemed to have seen nothing, "Director, the set is ready, do you want to go and take a look?"

Liu Qianqian is always considerate in front of outsiders and stopped immediately.

Chen Linfeng coughed and said, "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

The place where they were was a regular farmyard.

However, because the heroine's father is a village leader, the house is relatively better than ordinary houses. It is a typical two-story self-built house of a farmer.

The heroine's room is in the east room, where she lives with her sister.

Every morning the younger sister gets up early and calls her elder sister at dinner time.

So there is the scene where the story begins.

Chen Linfeng walked into the room. Two beds had already been set up, and various other daily necessities were also in place.

These people in the team have been following him for a long time and know his requirements very well.

Many times, the set must have a sense of life and cannot appear empty. It must make the audience feel at a glance that there are real people living here.

Just like now, there is a small desk near my sister's bed, on which are neatly placed homework books, textbooks, and pencil cases.

On the chair next to it, there is a schoolbag with a Pleasant Goat pattern on it.

This is also designed. The younger sister is the type of good student, as can be seen from the fact that she often gets up early and calls me sister.

But children of this age don’t need to put away their finished homework books the night before.

Such neatness and orderliness can also reflect her personality.

The same is true for other items, which are either indispensable daily necessities or in line with identity settings.

Chen Linfeng looked around carefully and pointed at his sister's bedside.
"Here, besides the hairband with a meaning, add a few other types. After all, girls love beauty, so they don't need only this one."

He pointed at the wall and said, "Use a ballpoint pen or pencil to draw some patterns or write some words on it. You can think of the specific content yourself. Children always like to scribble when they are young."

Chen Linfeng picked three or four places in total, all of which were used for minor repairs to enhance the atmosphere.

"As I said, focus on daily life," he emphasized.

"Okay, director." The props team employee responded.

Guo Fan watched from the side, thoughtful.

Last time he was on the set of "Infinite World", he mainly learned about crew management and special effects. This time he followed Director Chen closely and felt that he could really learn a lot.

Guo Fan recalled several storyboards he had seen before and was amazed.

Although I heard that Director Chen usually doesn't draw this kind of thing, he drew a few key schematic diagrams this time, which are really beautiful.

Chen Linfeng turned to ask the lighting team, "Is the lighting debugging done?"

Liu Qingshan responded, "Okay."

"Where's the radio?" Chen Linfeng looked at Guo Fan.

Guo Fan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "It's ready."

"Okay then. Once the scenery is re-set, you can notify all departments and confirm again."

"Okay, Director Chen."

Chen Linfeng was very satisfied with Guo Fan's abilities. He was worthy of being the most famous young director in later generations. He was indeed quite capable.

Apart from other things, his meticulousness is beyond words, and his organizational and communication skills are also strong. This time, Guo Fan followed him to coordinate and run errands for the three students he led.

As for the other two, one is still in the location selection team and has not returned yet, and the other is outside with the assistant director, helping to train the villagers. They will appear in the later filming.

Overall, these three people were able to get started right away and did a good job, which made Chen Linfeng's work easier.

It’s really useful. It can not only train tool people, but also reduce my own workload.

Chen Linfeng felt that he had found a shortcut and was delighted.

……

After the morning shoot was over, Chen Linfeng went out and saw the village chief coming towards him.

"Comrade Director, can I discuss something with you?" The village chief said embarrassedly, rubbing his hands.

"Village Chief Yang, if you have something to say, just tell me."

"It's like this, the county knows you're filming here, and they were thinking of coming over to inspect it sometime, but they didn't want to disturb you, so I came over to ask first."

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter whether you disturb me or not. It depends on when the leader is free."

He has encountered this kind of thing many times while filming in the past few years and has long been used to it.

In fact, the village we found this time is quite good. The villagers are indeed simple and honest, and are willing to help with many things.

The village chief would come from time to time to ask if there was anything he could help with, and he would not disturb the crew's operations.

As long as you pay a little money, you can let the villagers cook. The place where the crew lives now was specially vacated by the villagers.

Just like what I said before, we asked the villagers to act out the play because they seemed willing to cooperate.

Chen Linfeng heard that the village chief had held a special meeting before to emphasize the importance of the crew and asked everyone to cooperate.

Judging from his performance, he should know that the crew filming here will be beneficial to their village in the future.

Plus, the pay was sufficient, so everyone cooperated happily.

When Chen Linfeng met such a down-to-earth person, he was willing to interact with him, and after a few interactions, they became quite familiar with each other.

In fact, this situation is relatively rare.

When he was filming in the past, the crew sometimes encountered unpleasant things.

Many times, it is the local people who are not satisfied.

You have to know that Chen Linfeng is not the kind of person who is reluctant to spend money, but he can't resist others wanting more.

Unlike this time, when the villagers wanted to come over to take a photo, they had to wait until the crew finished filming. Normally, we never disturb them, which is so worry-free.

In the afternoon, Han Shanping came to the village.

He had already formed a habit of coming to the scene to check out the situation whenever Chen Linfeng was filming.

The two of them just wandered around the village and chatted.

"The scenery of this village is very beautiful." Han Shanping praised casually.

"Of course the places chosen specifically for filming have to be good."

Chen Linfeng said complacently, "In fact, there are many such beautiful scenery in our country, but many crews are unwilling to look for them and stay in the film and television city every day."

"That's true," Han Shanping nodded, "but you can't be too harsh on others for this kind of thing. After all, it can save some costs. Not everyone can make money on every movie like you do."

Speaking of this, Han Shanping recalled the movie "Sunset" which was released in China half a month ago.

Even though this purely literary film does not have a wide audience in China, it has grossed nearly 5 million yuan so far.

Even though the domestic box office market has improved now, it is still amazing that this kind of art film can achieve such results.

Not to mention, the copyright quotations from various places abroad and the box office of more than 4 million in North America can more than cover the money for Oscar public relations.

A film not only wins awards, but also makes a lot of money.

This is Xiao Chen who never loses a game.

He now fully supports Xiao Chen's use of real-life shooting to improve the quality of his works as much as possible.

Otherwise, the early preparations for this film wouldn't have been so fast. Normally, it would take a lot of time just to select the location.

This is the result of the help of all producers.

The two chatted about the situation of the "Your Name" crew.

Han Shanping mentioned another matter.

"Last year, after The Founding of a Republic was released, it was very popular. Now we want to make another one, The Founding of a Party. Xiao Chen, how about you be the director? It would be best if you could also play the leading role."

Chen Linfeng asked, "Will it still be a group of celebrities?"

"What else can we do? We have to continue on the proven path."

"I think there is more to the main theme than just this one. We can try other ones."

Han Shanping's eyes lit up, "Do you have any new ideas?"

"Special effects are combined with past history, such as the Four Crossings of the Chishui River, Taierzhuang, or the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. If these famous and exciting battles are singled out and made into war blockbusters, there will definitely be people who want to watch them."

Han Shanping lowered his head and thought, "I've never tried it before, but it's a possible approach, but it requires a lot from both the director and the special effects."

But now there is a suitable candidate.

He looked at the other person and said, "Why don't you take the photo? I can fully support you."

Chen Linfeng waved his hand, "I don't have any idea about this for now."

The main reason is that the time is not right now. The main theme is almost becoming a negative term. Making movies also depends on social trends.

If it were 16 years later, the situation would be different.

Han Shanping was slightly disappointed, and then brought up what happened just now. "Last time you said you didn't want to play the role of a member of the Guo Party. This time I want you to play someone from our side, Mr. Wu Hao. How about that?"

Chen Linfeng hesitated again and again. He was actually a little interested in this, but when he thought about his current plan, he shook his head.

"My schedule is basically full, I really don't have time. If you want me to play Mr. Desheng, I can really consider it."

"..."

Han Shanping looked him up and down and said, "Don't you even look at your appearance? How do you look like the teacher?"

Chen Linfeng's face immediately turned red. "Similar in spirit, is it not okay to be similar in spirit?"

Han Shanping was speechless. "He is the same as Jiang Wen. He knew that the image did not match his, but he still insisted on doing it."

Although I know who Xiao Chen admires, when it comes to acting, one still has to consider one's own conditions.

Although he was handsome when he was young, he was not like you at all.

When Chen Linfeng heard him comparing himself to Jiang Wen, he immediately became unhappy.

He sneered, "Who is like him? He has already had his fill of Let the Bullets Fly. I am the only one left, unable to get what I want. We are no longer comrades in the same trench."

Well, now the division has begun.

Han Shanping was speechless for a moment.

"Then I'll go find Xixi and your brother. That should be fine."

"That's fine. They should be free. How about I go and talk to them for you?"

"That's a good feeling."

……

(End of this chapter)