Chapter 1410: Rising Step by Step

The shooting entered a very efficient stage. Chen Hao, as a director, began his "slacking off" journey and put some energy into other work. He also admitted that as a director, it was indeed not professional enough to arrange the time for filming the movie as it is now.

"Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2" can be said to have been shot for almost half a year. If it were those directors who were slow in filming, this would not be a big deal. A film could be shot for a year or even more.

But what about you, Director Chen?

You stopped filming, went to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony and returned to your hometown to visit relatives, delayed for a while and then filmed a little more. Then it was the Chinese New Year and the Oscars. These were all fine. There were activities to participate in, but what about after that?

You first went to shoot "Time Rescue 2", and then shot "Wu" from scratch. After finishing it, did you have to finish shooting "Three Body" before coming back?

Isn't it too much for you to go through all these circles? If there was no definite news, we would have thought you had finished shooting "Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2", but it was not released until the summer vacation. It turned out that it was not completed at all.

When it comes to willfulness in the circle, Mr. Chen is definitely a leader, and it is hard not to admire him.

Chen Hao did not think about explaining this to anyone. He did not even explain it to Leo. Does he need to explain the purpose of his actions to others? One of the two main actors is willing to wait and adjust the schedule unconditionally. Someone has reported the exact news. These cast and crew members have been promised when the filming was suspended. Even if the filming is temporarily started, they will be notified at least ten days in advance to assemble.

After the crew of "Three Body" entered the efficient filming, Chen Hao also finally locked the filming date of "Galaxy 2", giving everyone a vague interval and more than a month of advance preparation time.

In addition to the filming here, the behind-the-scenes production teams of the two dramas are always in a busy working state. Chen Hao has always been shooting in this style, shooting and doing post-production at the same time. He, the helmsman, also has to watch the final effect at any time. In this way, if there is a mistake on either side, he can complete the reshoot at the fastest speed.

As for the financial resources required for reshooting, it has never been a problem he considered.

In order to get the best effect, he should go through any hardships in the middle. If it is possible to shoot a scene five times to achieve the best effect, he is willing to shoot each scene more than five times.

"Brother Hua, let's take a look at these scenes..."

Chen Hao found Andy Lau in the conference room and played him the state of 'Wang Miao' entering the game. The scenes in the game are imaginary. In the middle, there will be some scenes where he wears VR game equipment, although only half of his face is exposed. In Chen Hao's composition, even if it is only half of the face, I gave the character the option of half of his face in the camera, then such a shot must reflect its value.

There is no problem with Andy Lau's performance. Chen Hao sat with him to talk about these scenes. What he wanted was another state. He felt that he had to reshoot these scenes. Almost every time 'Wang Miao' entered the game, his emotions were different, and the mental state and thoughts he showed were also different. The previous shooting was qualified, but it was still a little far from excellent.

Li Bingbing nowadays demands perfection in every scene, and Li Youbin and Tong Dawei are both unable to resist. Every scene between them is now a pressure for both of them. Whenever the camera is turned on, Li Bingbing enters a state of being completely possessed by Ye Wenjie, forcing the two to maintain 100% concentration at all times and not dare to relax at all. If it is really a literary scene, and the feeling of being completely suppressed by the other party is there, then I really dare not show such a picture to the audience all over the world.

After watching for a while, Andy Lau nodded solemnly: "I know, give me... one day."

"Okay."

Time is tight and the task is urgent. The problem must be solved in the shortest time. With Andy Lau's qualifications and acting experience, he can't stand the problem. If he can't solve the problem in a short time, he will not have the face to continue to stay in this crew.

The curiosity of entering the game for the first time, the confusion of entering the game for the second time, the disbelief of entering the game for the third time, and the expectation, despair, and rekindling that followed... These emotions, a close-up pushes over, in the seemingly same picture, in just three or five seconds, it presents many completely different feelings. This is Wang Miao entering the game.

When shooting before, such a close-up of only two or three seconds, with only the lower half of the face in the camera, not to mention Andy Lau ignored it, the crew felt that this was a scene that could be shot in advance, and there was no need to wait for the director to come to shoot, it was nothing more than a change of costumes to indicate the different time periods of each landing.

When Andy Lau re-shot these scenes, those cast and crew members who still had a little pride in their hearts were completely convinced, and it was no wonder that Mr. Chen wanted to start the "brake plan". Some gaps really don't exist just because you think you can do it, and some successes are definitely not the product of fate and luck as you think.

"Okay, this scene is good, Brother Hua, this scene is perfect."

"Brother Hua, let's do another one, to be sure, give me another one with more facial expressions, I'll compare the two and see which one is suitable and use it."

"That was great, give me a more restrained performance, Brother Hua has worked hard, or you can just give me a more intense one."

"Everyone go eat some fruit, cut some watermelon, and take a break, so that Brother Hua can adjust."

"It's perfect, great, that's the feeling."

Chen Hao personally took the lead, almost personally taking the camera, following Andy Lau, reshooting one scene after another. In order to protect Andy Lau's emotions, he used all the tricks of a new director facing a big-name actor, not putting too much pressure on him, not suppressing him, and not scolding him. Even when he was talking to him, he had to pay attention to the way he spoke, so as not to make the other party feel that he was an old actor, didn't he know what you said? And he would develop a rebellious mentality.

After the reshoots were completed, Andy Lau brought red wine to Chen Hao's room that night. They didn't need to say anything more. They just drank. As an actor, especially one of his level, he could understand everything. He could accept Chen Hao's encouragement calmly, which proved that he needed to have such a psychological construction during the filming process. Chen Hao's behavior completely maintained his face as the eldest brother. This bottle of good wine was a "reward" between brothers without much words.

Li Bingbing, Andy Lau, including Jackie Chan, including all the actors, were mentally prepared to start over again even if they felt it was good.

For every scene, Chen Hao didn't need to remind them to keep improving. Every cast and crew member performed their duties. From the moment the camera was turned on, the actors in the world inside the camera were the protagonists, and they could not tolerate any omissions. The staff in the world outside the camera were the protagonists, and they also could not tolerate any slackness.

No matter how busy the filming of "The Three-Body Problem" was, Chen Hao did not have the role of the lead actor. He only needed to focus on his work as the director every day. Only at the end, which was also the beginning of the second part, did the character he was going to play appear and meet Ye Wenjie. That conversation determined the new fate of the character "Luo Ji", making him the sword-bearer and the wall-facer.

Originally, he planned to appear first and perform this scene with Li Bingbing. He wanted to use his performance to tell everyone what the performance standard of this play was. As a result, everyone showed their best, so the arrangement of this scene was put on hold until the end.

The intensive appearance of each character and the intensive shooting of each scene, the entire crew was fully mobilized. When he was shooting a scene, the crew members had already gone to the next location to prepare all the relevant matters, and the company would also cooperate to prepare all the shooting props.

The seamless shooting, the actors were in the best condition, and under the rapid progress, it really took only two months to complete all the shooting.

"Cut!"

"It's over. All scenes have been filmed."

From the perspective of the ants on the ground, the last scene of Luo Ji and Ye Wenjie's meeting unfolded. This is the last scene of the first part, and half of it will be shown; the second part will start from here, making Luo Ji the main perspective of the next scene.

There was no wrap-up party for everyone to enjoy. Chen Hao just opened champagne on the spot and thanked everyone. He rushed to the United States without stopping. There, the crew of "Galaxy 2" had reassembled and waited for him for three days. The finishing work here was handed over to Huya. The company will give everyone who contributed to the filming of "The Three-Body Problem" a real finishing touch. He, as a director, is finally going to start the final challenge. In December this year, at the Oscars next year, people who like and pay attention to movies all over the world, whether it is a surprise or a shock, he told himself that you have to complete this challenge.

In your eyes, Mr. Chen is not content with the status quo after getting the results you think are unattainable. He has his own challenges. He will tell everyone that what you see is unattainable, there are higher challenges.

He didn't know that after he left, several main actors returned to the conference room where the crew was and took out the last scene that had just been filmed. What they wanted to watch was not the scene where Luo Ji met Ye Wenjie, but the scene where Luo Ji faced the ants alone, or in other words, the scene where such a huge person existed from the perspective of the ants.

During the filming process, a camera was buried on the ground to simulate the perspective of the ants, especially when Chen Hao stared at the ground, from the perspective of the ants, this huge monster was looking at him.

After watching this scene, several people were convinced. If the level of the Oscar winner can be touched, then Chen Hao's performance has reached another peak.