Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 89 Perception
In the original time and space, An Xiaoqian suffered from severe altitude sickness in Jiuzhaigou, so the long-distance horseback riding scene was completed by a stunt double.

Interestingly, the stand-in was a man. The then-chief director, Yu Minjie, even said, "Because An Xiaoqian can't ride a horse at all. But fortunately, the stand-in looks very similar to An Xiaoqian. With long hair and a white gauze dress, he shouldn't be recognized unless he turns his head."

In fact, An Xiaoqian also talked about how to better tame horses when she was interviewed by reporters.

After all, when filming Tianlong, she rode a horse for the first time and dared to ride it and run fast with the team, which shows that she has some basic skills.

And there are indeed many clips of her riding skills in The Return of the Condor Heroes, so maybe her riding skills were not good in the early days, but to say that she couldn't ride a horse at all, or didn't dare to ride a horse, that's definitely...

There was a beautiful horse riding scene in the rain, but it was cut because the rider's back was soaked.

It was not until more than ten years later that the world knew about this drama.

But it will not be cut off this time, because Xiaolongnu's inner and outer costumes were specially made waterproof and anti-transmittance when they were produced.

While filming the exit scene of the ancient tomb at the Pearl Beach Waterfall, An Xiaoqian experienced the greatest danger she had ever experienced in filming and was almost washed away by the flood.

However, this scene only has a brief long shot in the main film.

Looking at the video at that time, the first time she hadn't reached the bottom of the waterfall, it was probably the assistant director Gao Mingku who helped her up.

The second time was under the waterfall. It was confirmed that it was Assistant Director Gao Mingku, who happened to be at the back and grabbed her.

Although Huang Xiaoming also rushed forward, he was not the one who saved the person.

All I can say is that if you want to help, then you are helping!
There were just too many press releases expressing gratitude for saving lives.

This deputy director Gao Mingku should be the actor who played Liu Chuxuan in the original TV series The Return of the Condor Heroes.

An Xiaoqian also specifically talked about this incident when she was interviewed afterwards.

She clearly explained that the person who saved her was Deputy Director Gao Mingku, but she did not mention that Huang Xiaoming saved her.

Instead, when the reporter asked her this question specifically, she could only say that in a water scene they were performing, Huang Xiaoming was very good and although he was very cold, he also helped her.

The so-called falling into the water scene she mentioned actually refers to the scene where she fell into the water backwards in Yandang Mountain.

However, An Xiaoqian said the truth.

But no one cares, they only report what they want to report.

Those who understand will understand what is going on here.

An Xiaoqian didn't want to say more at the time, because this assistant director must have reached an agreement with the crew and a certain company to maximize their profits.
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On the first day of official filming, the crew's filming was not smooth, which was within Hu Xiaobei's expectations.

But it's difficult for him to change anything because he was not present when the decision was made.

Fortunately, all the crew members knew that they did not get soaked on the first day because Hu Xiaobei had prepared rain gear in advance.

The Pearl Beach Waterfall was mainly used for filming scenes featuring Yang Guo, Xiaolongnu, and Li Mochou, their master and apprentice.

Oh, by the way, there is also a protagonist, the Divine Eagle.

The scenes of The Return of the Condor Heroes and Yang Guo were all filmed by Yu Minjie's Group A. Hu Xiaobei would not participate. He only needed to be responsible for Group B's scenes of Little Dragon Girl.

There are three relatively important scenes of Xiaolongnu at Pearl Beach. The first is the scene where Xiaolongnu misses Yang Guo after leaving the ancient tomb.

The second scene is where Xiaolongnu crosses the waterfall to chase her senior sister Li Mochou.

The last scene shows Yang Guo, Xiaolongnu, Li Mochou and Hong Lingbo diving out from under the ancient tomb and leaving the tomb.

He was responsible for the first two scenes alone, while the last scene needed to be shot together with Yu Minjie.

Seeing that the mission was not going well and the rain was getting heavier, the bearded man could only hastily shoot the scene of Yang Guo riding a horse and returned home disappointed.

Seeing how rainy it is, we won’t be able to shoot any scenes this afternoon.

Hu Xiaobei was naturally happy to have some free time, so he went back to the hotel with everyone else.

Fortunately, the weather was clear the next day, so groups A and B started shooting their own photos.

Yu Minjie from Group A was responsible for filming the scene where Yang Guo practiced swordplay and martial arts in the water with the Divine Condor after he lost his arm.

Zhou Xiaowen from Group B was responsible for filming the chase between Xiaolongnu and Li Mochou at the waterfall, as well as the solo scene where Xiaolongnu missed Yang Guo.

(PS: I looked up many locations for this scene. Some said it was Yandang Mountain, while others said it was Xiangshan Mountain. I’m basing my judgment on my own experience in the book. At least part of the scene was probably filmed at the Pearl Beach Waterfall.)
The fight scenes, which required wirework and prop setup, were scheduled for the afternoon or tomorrow, when we had more time. This morning, we filmed some solo scenes for Little Dragon Girl. This scene was quite delicate to film, but it was easy because the camera only needed to focus on Little Dragon Girl's face; the rest depended entirely on the actress's expressiveness.

The difficulty lies in how to capture it with the lens, present it with the picture, set off with the scenery, blend it with light and shadow, and express the subtle feelings of longing with the background music.

This requires the delicate coordination of many elements.

Zhou Xiaowen carefully prepared several plans and directed the crew to shoot them one by one.

He stared at the monitor, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, but the results were just so-so, without the kind of amazing feeling that made his heart beat and inspiration burst forth instantly.

He took a deep breath, calmed his somewhat impetuous emotions, and with an idea in mind, he turned his gaze to Hu Xiaobei who was quietly observing and learning on the side.

Zhou Xiaowen stretched out his finger and gently tapped the camera screen, then asked with a hint of testing, "Xiaobei, what do you think of these images?

Hu Xiaobei raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and nodded gently to express his approval: "In this picture, the scenery is as beautiful as a painting, the composition is exquisite, and the light and shadow are just right.

An Xiaoqian's expressions are exquisitely detailed, and every micro-expression hides longing. From a professional perspective, there's nothing wrong with her."

Zhou Xiaowen naturally understood that he had a hidden meaning in his words and was trying to save face for himself.

He nodded as well, and said with a smile, like a teacher assigning an important assignment to a student, "Okay, I'll stop shooting the material I prepared for you.

Next, you need to work on this foundation and refine it to achieve even better results." He raised his chin slightly, his eyes filled with seriousness and anticipation.

Seeing this, Lao Chen from the photography crew was slightly startled, and then an expression of awe appeared on his face.

He was also an old acquaintance who had worked with Zhou Xiaowen in filming many film and television works, and originally thought that the content he had just filmed was good enough.

Unexpectedly, in Zhou Xiaowen's eyes, this was just a random assignment material.

He marveled inwardly: I never thought... Director Zhou's requirements for his work have reached such a strict level now? Or have I been stuck in my ways and not making any progress?
During the earlier filming process, Hu Xiaobei had always activated his spiritual perception ability, and the entire filming range was within his perception radius.

He can better perceive the shortcomings of the shooting content, as well as the incoordination between the picture and the light and shadow, and knows how to combine people and scenery to perfection.

The most important point is that he can sense An Xiaoqian's emotions.

Yes, in the past he could not perceive the emotions of ordinary people very well, because human emotions are too complicated, and emotions often contain many thoughts, making it difficult to perceive them correctly.

It’s different with animals. Hu Xiaobei had found it easy to sense the horse before because animals’ emotions are simpler and more intuitive.

Happy is happy, fear is fear, hunger is hunger, and close is close.

Under this premise, Hu Xiaobei never thought much about it.

It wasn't until today's shoot that he noticed the difference.

An Xiaoqian is a very pure girl.

Even without spiritual perception, ordinary people can intuitively feel the sincerity from her eyes and emotional expressions.

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