Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 77 Happy Tang Ying
In everyone's eyes, Xia Yuan, who was wearing black clothes and looking like Zhang Mazi, was standing next to the horse, exuding an aura.

All the staff were shocked.

"Director Xia has changed."

"Yes, it's completely different from yesterday. What can I say about Director Xia now? He gives people a very special feeling at first glance."

"Such a strong aura, such a strong pressure. Even standing next to Director Xia, I felt my legs go weak. Could this be the living Zhang Mazi?"

"Mom, I saw a living Zhang Mazi."

Ge Fu and several veteran actors nearby nodded after watching it, "It seems that a night's rest is effective. I've found the feeling now."

"It's normal. People, actors, acting is different from machines. Machines can move just by winding up the spring, but actors can't move well if they push too hard. The harder they push, the more problems they are likely to encounter and the harder it is to find the right state."

Zhang Jiahui, the actress who plays the wife of the county magistrate, said: "Director Xia, this is due to excessive psychological pressure. Once you relieve it and find the feeling, it will be fine."

"It's also a good thing."

Now that Xia Yuan has found the feeling, the next step will be easy.

After the preparations, the filming was about to resume, the train was in place, the actors were in place, and the horses were in place.

Enter shooting mode.

This time, it was the ninth time this shot was taken!
Eight NGs is already considered a major mistake. This is fortunately the case today. If it had happened decades ago when people were burning film, it would have cost a lot of money.

After the script writer made the decision, everything went according to yesterday's trajectory, with the same shooting process.

The only difference this time was that no one laughed.

And there is one more character.

That is the shot of the six people lying on the track. Originally, that shot only had the track, and there was no one else. It was just an empty shot.

The role that Xia Yuan assigned to Mr. Yuan appeared here.

It's not a complicated role, it's just a shot added, a very simple shot, the old man disguised as a farmer, holding a hoe, passing by the railroad track, and randomly discovered Xiao Liuzi, a "suspicious element".

Then Xiao Liuzi waved his hand and drove him away.

The whole shot is only two or three seconds long, very simple, and has no lines.

There is nothing that can be done about it. The old man wants to play a role, but there are no vacant roles available in "Let the Bullets Fly".

Secondly, it was the old man himself who requested this.

In the old man's words, no matter what role Xia Yuan assigns him, it would be best to put him in the beginning.

He must be there at the beginning of the movie!

And it is a shot that can clearly see the front face.

As for the rest, whether the role is important or not, whether there are lines or not, it doesn’t matter.

Regarding this request, Xia Yuan didn't know why the old man did this, but he knew without thinking that the old man just wanted to have some fun and try something new, and then appear at the beginning of the movie so that people could find him conspicuously.

In that case, he arranged the role of an old farmer passing by.

Anyway, that shot was nothing special, and inserting an old farmer was insignificant and would not affect the plot.

So, the old man also stood in a specific position.

As soon as Xia Yuan told Chu Zhongtian about the changes, filming began.

The camera moved on track, and the old man, wearing a costume and carrying a hoe, walked through the camera with a hunched back and glanced at Xiao Liuzi.

"Go away! Go to the government office to do business!" Chu Zhongtian took the box gun, waved his hand, and drove the old man away.

There was a brief interlude. After the old man left the camera, everything went as planned. Chu Zhongtian put his head on the railroad tracks.

Then, there was a scene of a train passing by. This time, Xia Yuan was still holding a gun and aiming at the train.

Arriving at the familiar position again, Xia Yuan's expression suddenly changed.

He pulled the bolt and fired, seven shots in a row, all in one go.

"Missed?" the actor continued to ask according to the script.

Xia Yuan folded his arms and uttered the classic line: "Let the bullets fly for a while."

The lines spoken this time were obviously different from yesterday. The tone was solid, the eyes were confident, and the aura was strong.

There is a feeling of certainty.

After Xia Yuan finished speaking, the assistant director was shocked and picked up the intercom according to the original procedure: "The actors in the car fought back, let go of the horse rope."

The next moment, the actors who were already ready in the car started shooting with their prop guns, and the props team master also pressed the switch of the device controlling the horse reins.

In an instant, there was a burst of gunfire in the carriage, the horse reins were loosened, and the horses fled in all directions.

But even if it was running away, it was actually running along a trajectory, after all, it was a trained horse.

"Wuhu!"

Xia Yuan, the actors began to cheer, Xia Yuan also smiled, waving the gun in his hand: "Second brother, third brother, follow me, the rest of you, bring back the white horse!"

After saying that, he pulled down the mask on his face, revealing a mahjong nine-tube pattern, and pulled the reins.

Suddenly, horses were galloping, and multiple cameras were following and filming. The horses were wading through water, chasing trains, and firing guns.

Bang! Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, gunshots rang out.

The shot duration is very long.

This is also the flaw of this shot. This is a series of long shots with multiple cameras. The central control is integrated for shooting, and then the monitor switches to the lens, so it is actually integrated. If there is a mistake in one place, there is no way to start from that position and only shoot the part with the mistake.

Either you shoot it in one go, or you make a mistake and have to start over and shoot it again.

That's why Xia Yuan was under a lot of pressure, because if he failed so many NGs, it would mean an accident.

Fortunately, everything went well this time and the shooting went exceptionally smoothly. Only after the train arrived at the designated location did the assistant director shout "cut".

This time, the whole audience really burst into cheers.

"Wuhu!"

"Director Xia is awesome!"

Everyone's joy was evident on their faces, including Xia Yuan, who felt comforted.

Finally, I got my status back.

He was always afraid that he would delay the entire crew because of his own reasons.

All we can say is that everything is a matter of fate. In the end, he finally found the state that Zhang Mazi should be in.

He talked a lot with the old man last night, and the more he talked, the more frightened he became.

He was certain that this old man must have experienced a lot when he was young.

From his mouth, Xia Yuan learned about a difficult period and the struggle of competition.

That period of time can be regarded as a bloody history of Hanxia, ​​but there was still a group of people who were struggling and resisting, wanting to free this land from suffering and welcome a new life.

These people are all respectable.

Xia Yuan also successfully used this old man as a model and, through experiential techniques, he separated out the Zhang Mazi personality he wanted.

This is a more abstract statement. To be more specific, he knows how Zhang Mazi should be played, knows what Zhang Mazi represents, and knows how this character should react under different circumstances.

After Xia Yuan found his feeling, the filming naturally went more smoothly. Soon, the shots were completed one by one, and time passed day by day. In a blink of an eye, it was the third day.

Today, after the old man had stayed in the crew for a few days, and coincidentally, after all the scenes in this scene were filmed, he was finally leaving.

Xia Yuan was also reluctant to part with this old man whom he had never met before and whose acquaintance was only by coincidence.

Because in these few days, he chatted with the old man every day, talking about past events, and the old man taught him how to act in certain situations.

When he was reborn and his performance was going better and better, he had already become familiar with the old man and had a certain kind of affection for him, which was of course the affection for an elder.

But it's impossible to let people follow him all the time. The old man is just a villager nearby and has his own life.

But in the end, the old man didn't leave a single letter.

After this departure, I don’t know if I will be able to see it again in the future.

When the old man left, Xia Yuan said: "Old man, I will come back to see you often in the future."

The old man waved his hand and said, "Don't come here. You won't see me here. As for the opportunity..."

The old man looked at him and gave him a mysterious smile: "It will happen in the future."

Finally, he left a message: "Little kid, I hope to see you make more anti-Japanese war films in the future, but I don't know if it will work."

On the other side, the headquarters of Heye Film and Television.

Tang Ying was very happy. She walked with a breeze and a smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)