Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 18 Not Completely Lustful

The first day of busy and chaotic shooting is gradually coming to an end.

It is said to be messy because although each episode only has three to five minutes of scenes, there are frequent problems such as mixed up lines, NGs, expressions, and misrepresentation of the voice.

Because it was Bai Ke's first time filming and he was nervous, he forgot many of the lines he had memorized, and he was not very accurate in finding the acting style that the director required.

On the contrary, the filming of Yi Xiaoxing's scenes went very smoothly. Maybe he has already become accustomed to the camera in his short videos.

Finally, everyone waited together to shoot the final sunset scene, which is the classic scene "Thinking of running under the sunset that day, that was my lost youth."

But neither the director nor Cheng Xi was satisfied with the filming.

The setting sun is quite far away, and because the area is open, the portrait appears very small when photographed, and there is no sense of desolate beauty of the person blending with the setting sun.

Moreover, there are too many white scenes around the lens, which makes the picture look rather ugly.

This may be the most beautiful scene in this episode, which, combined with the strange running posture, creates a strong contrast.

In the end, it achieved an effect that was consistent with the lines, which is also the core expression under the funny appearance of this episode.

There's no way to make do.

In the end, the sun was setting and this very important scene was not filmed.

"Director, why don't we reshoot this scene tomorrow?" said photographer Zhang Deyuan.

Seeing that everyone looked exhausted after a long day, and the sun was setting, Yi Xiaoxing could only clap his hands and say:

"That's all for today's filming. Everyone did a great job. So, I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight!"

"knock off!"

When everyone heard that it was time to call it a day and the director even offered to treat them to a meal, their previously ugly expressions instantly improved a lot, and there were even occasional laughs on the way back to the hotel.

Cheng Xi only chartered a van, which was mainly used to carry equipment and props. As for the others, they had to walk back to the hotel.

Considering that we would be concentrating on filming here for a few days, we simply booked a hotel nearby for everyone, which was only a ten-minute walk away.

Of course, the quality of this hotel is very average.

There is no other way. The crew is too poor and can only save as much as possible.

On the way, Cheng Xi, Yi Xiaoxing and Bai Ke were discussing today's filming, and Reba also followed Cheng Xi.

Although she didn't have any scenes today, she still took a leave like Cheng Xi and came here to study. After all, she is the heroine of this drama.

When we discussed the last scene, everyone looked gloomy.

It wasn’t a question of changing the day to shoot, but rather not getting the sunset I wanted.

“It’s best to get the sun right in the middle of the shot, so the yellow glow of the sunset fills the entire frame.”

Cheng Xi and Bai Ke both agreed with this view.

"I'll discuss with the cameraman tonight and see how to arrange this scene." Director Yi Xiaoxing could only say.

Reba took out her phone, swiped it to find a photo, and then said to Cheng Xi and the others:
"Director, is this what you mean when the yellow halo fills the entire shot?"

When Cheng Xi and the other two heard Reba's words, they all came closer to take a closer look.

It was a photo of Reba and her sisters. They were smiling happily, and the sunset behind them filled the entire lens. The sun was just in the middle, achieving the unity of people and scenery.

Yi Xiaoxing patted his shiny forehead and said:

"That's the feeling, Reba. Where did you take this sunset photo?"

"Director, this is not sunset, it's sunrise." I didn't expect Reba to answer like this.

"Sunrise. Sunrise. Yes, we can shoot sunrise! Even with the montage editing, no one can tell whether it's sunset or sunrise, but we can achieve the effect we want!"

Yi Xiaoxing was very excited and said:

"Bai Ke, let's get up early tomorrow morning and go to the mountains together to take pictures of the sunrise!"

During dinner in the evening, Yi Xiaoxing told the photographer Zhang Deyuan about this idea. Zhang Deyuan also thought it was a very good idea and suggested that if it still didn't work, they could only use a green screen.

Yi Xiaoxing also came to thank Reba specially. Sometimes girls really know how to take pictures better than us, especially when it comes to taking some beautiful shots. We really need to ask girls for their advice.

I didn't drink that night because I had to get up early to work with everyone else the next day. At around 3:00 a.m. the next day, Cheng Xi knocked on everyone's door to wake them up.

In line with the principle of saving as much as possible, Cheng Xi temporarily played many guest roles, including being the producer of food, drink and sleep, contacting the vehicle management, purchasing things for the crew, and even the stage management.

Simply put, Cheng Xi is a brick that can be moved wherever needed.

Who says we are poor?

Originally, a financial officer should be asked to check the crew's financial expenditure, but in order to save money, Yi Xiaoxing also understood the actual situation of the crew, so he let Cheng Xi do it.

After all, "Wanwan" is a project he has accumulated, so he won't do anything wrong.

Cheng Xi also asked his brother Gao Chunyang and some of his roommates to come and help when they had no classes.

The sunset scene was changed to sunrise, and the effect was surprisingly good. Apart from the unbearable waiting time, the actual shooting was completed in just one hour.

As soon as the filming was finished, Cheng Xi immediately arranged breakfast for everyone.

The director also announced a two-hour break for everyone to catch up on some sleep.

After the rest, it was time for the busy second day of shooting. Since we had wasted some time in the morning, we had to catch up on the progress.

Today's main shooting is the episode of Attacking Liu Bei. The characters are relatively simple, namely Adou played by Bai Ke and Liu Bei played by Zhang Benyu.

During the break in filming, everyone was discussing the recent hit-and-run accident at the new campus of Jibei University, in which a man hit two female students and fled, resulting in one death and one injury.

This caused a huge sensation at the time.

"Cheng Xi, Ben Yu, Bai Ke, all of you come here. I want to temporarily change a few lines. Let's see if we can incorporate this into Attack of Liu Bei."

Director Yi Zhenxing called everyone together to discuss changing the script.

"Adou and Liu Bei are also father and son, which is a kind of reflection."

"Giving our drama a heightened sense of social concern will definitely help with click-through rates when it airs. What do you think?"

Yi Xiaoxing likes to pay attention to hot social issues and often makes jokes about them in his videos.

"But this guy must have some background. Will it affect the broadcast of the film? What if..."

As a professional screenwriter, Zhang Benyu first thought of the issue of standardization.

"It's okay if the number of views is low, but if it's high, I'm afraid it will trigger public opinion."

Bai Ke had previously dubbed the comedy comic "Rihe", which was criticized for being too explicit in several episodes, and he was obviously still feeling resentful.

Seeing that everyone said so, Yi Zhenxing hesitated, but judging from his expression, he still seemed unwilling.

To be fair, this is a good idea.

"Cheng Xi, what do you think?" Yi Zhenxing turned to Cheng Xi and asked.

"Director, I think your suggestion is very good. It would be a shame to throw it away. Can you guys compromise and not use words like 'my dad is xx' or other direct translations?"

"We can use the phrase 'My dad is Liu Bei'. What do you think, Director?"

Cheng Xi thought for a moment and gave his opinion.

"That's great. This way, no one can catch us off guard, and everyone will know what we're talking about right away. My dad is Liu Bei, so quick!"

"Just use this one." Yi Xiaoxing seemed very happy.

"My dad is Liu Bei! It can even be used as the title of this episode, which is more relevant to the theme than the original Liu Bei who attacked."

"Seeing this name, the click rate will double! Hahaha."

Bai Ke and Zhang Benyu also happily agreed with the director.

Cheng Xi felt a great sense of accomplishment when he saw his ideas being adopted.

Reba, who was standing by, saw that everyone agreed with Cheng Xi's suggestion and smiled happily.

"This guy isn't just lustful."

(End of this chapter)