Chapter 391 "A Chinese Ghost Story" Boot

The crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" held the opening ceremony in a very low-key way. It was said in the legend that they would choose an auspicious day and hold a launching ceremony.

At the opening ceremony, the desks used for worship are covered with red velvet cloth, on which the patriarch is enshrined, and on both sides are incense burners, offerings and fresh fruits.

Usually the camera is covered with a red cloth, and then the main creators of the crew offer incense and worship gods one by one, and finally lift the red cloth of the machine to announce the start-up.

But you have to ask who are they worshiping? Liang Wen himself couldn't answer, since everyone was praying anyway.

According to Lin Fan's own understanding, there is actually no unified request that everyone come to worship which great god, Buddha, Bodhisattva, various gods or Master Guan, the father-in-law, God... probably just worship whoever is in your heart .

The more important thing is to respect the sky and respect my profession, to have a sense of awe for the things I shoot, and to pray that the shooting will go well and nothing will happen.

Anyway, Lin Fan didn't understand how Blue Star and Earth formed such a highly unified "start-up ceremony" culture without any communication, but everyone did it, and Lin Fan was embarrassed not to do it. It's An's peace of mind.

But according to Liang Wen, this procedure first came from the fear of "scribing".

The so-called "scribing" refers to the early film era, when the film in the camera was accidentally scratched by the parts inside during shooting. If "scribing" occurs, it will cause immeasurable losses to the crew, but machine scribing is unpredictable and difficult to prevent - the only thing that can be done is to cover the camera with a red cloth to "suppress evil".

It's just that the "mystery" of the current opening ceremony is not so strong, but more like a mobilization meeting for the crew, intending to use this "sense of ritual" to tell everyone: It's time to start working seriously, and everyone should cheer up Come!

Of course, there are also some crews who are very particular, especially some supernatural movies. It just so happens that the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" can barely be classified into the supernatural genre, so not only the opening ceremony, but also a lot of attention during the shooting process. .

For example, give out red envelopes.

Generally, in addition to preparing red envelopes for actors who receive lunch boxes in the play, other special characters, such as people with disabilities, or "photos" on tombstones when they appear, will receive a red envelope. "Different from the funds of the crew, the amount of red envelopes varies, just for auspiciousness.

The first and second red envelopes that Lin Fan sent out were for Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang.

Yes,

Lin Fan finally decided to use his two good brothers as cannon fodder, the kind of character who was killed by Xiaoqian at the beginning.

At first, Lin Fan was afraid that they would not like it. After all, these two characters really don't have any sense of existence, and they are not even as good as the three-second shot of Lu Bingyang in the drama that was filmed by Shanghai Magic City.

It's just that when Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang knew that the heroine was Xia Yan, and that their character was "dead" under Xiaoqian's temptation, they both cried and shouted, hugging Lin Fan's thigh, begging Lin Fan He must give himself a chance, so Lin Fan had no choice but to agree to them.

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Of course, Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang, the two cameo players in friendship, also shoulder another very important task, which is to help Lin Fan sharpen the camera.

The first scene of the boot requires the word "Shun". Usually, the actors with the best acting skills in the crew are invited to start the boot, so that they can get a "good start" in one go. This is also a good expectation. I hope the crew all the best.

Even many directors will deliberately shoot an empty shot to achieve the goal of "good start".

But Lin Fan has an old actor Cheng Guohua here, so there is no need to waste the first shot of the camera. But when it comes to the second shot, someone needs to grind the lens.

After all, the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a new crew, a new team that has just been formed, and it definitely needs to be adjusted during filming. Not only are the actors running in, but the crew is also running in.

After the break-in, the whole crew can enter a real cooperative state, and Lin Fan can make the whole crew and everyone serve him for this project, establish his own director's authority, and achieve the effect of being in command.

It's just that people who are grinded can easily collapse.

However, in the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story", there are relatively few protagonists. Lin Fan and Xia Yan, as male and female protagonists, naturally cannot be used to grind the shots; Cheng Guohua, who plays Yan Chixia, has already contributed to the first shot; The other actor who plays the dryad's grandmother is also an acting school, and he also failed to achieve the purpose of running in.

Lin Fan could only choose from other actors.

The only ones left with more roles were the actress who played another female ghost, and the actor who played another knight who was going to compete with Yan Chixia but was killed by Xiaoqian. These two made it difficult for Lin Fan to choose. In the end, Lin Fan didn't choose anyone, but chose Li Xiaodong.

Of course, Lin Fan had communicated with Li Xiaodong about this in advance, and Li Xiaodong readily agreed. At the same time, Lu Bingyang, who heard the news, also took the initiative to ask for a shot, mainly to hone his acting skills.

So, the second shot started, and Li Xiaodong went first.

It's just that the scene that Li Xiaodong imagined, where he could have a little intimate contact with Xia Yan, didn't exist at all. How could Lin Fan let Xia Yan accompany Li Xiaodong to constantly NG to grind the camera? Of course it was Li Xiaodong who acted in front of the props himself!

Although I was a little bit disappointed that I couldn't play directly with my goddess, Li Xiaodong, who was acting for the first time, still contributed a lot of enthusiasm. He never tired of Lin Fan's "stuck, start again".

Cheng Guohua and other actors were watching, and someone couldn't help muttering: "It's really unheard of to use a trick to polish the camera."

Cheng Guohua did not speak.

Yes, the actors who are used to polish the shots are relatively poor, but this is a process that must be followed. It's better not to be a dead fellow Taoist than to be a poor daoist, anyway, the old drama bone can't stand this kind of torture. If you escaped a catastrophe, don't make sarcastic remarks here. If you have the ability, go up and replace others by yourself?

You can't let the director save this process, and you don't want to do it yourself, and you feel sorry for the other actors who are "dedicated", so you come up with a solution?

There is nothing, and you are still muttering, isn't this annoying?

Moreover, Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang were obviously very happy, these three obviously had a great time playing, and the effect was achieved, so what else is there to care about?