Chapter 701: Self-Contained Aura
With unity, we can accomplish great things.
Chen Kexin was most worried about the filming of large-scale war scenes. The filming of the scene where Jiang Wuyang and Pang Qingyun first met went smoothly, which gave him hope. The scene of robbing the grain cart, which was also the first large-scale war scene of the three brothers, really put a lot of pressure on Chen Kexin. The consecutive filming failed. If it weren't for the suggestion of people around him to shoot a slightly more literary group scene first, and then switch to the scene of killing prisoners, it is not certain when Chen Kexin will find the confidence to shoot this drama well and make it a historic drama.
Every profession has its own specialty. In terms of action scenes, Chen Kexin is not a strong point, and Andy Lau can only barely cope with various action scenes. Before, it was Cheng Xiaodong and Jet Li who discussed it, and now there is another Chen Hao. He has added a lot of spirit to the role of Jiang Wuyang in action scenes. Since the role is not positioned as brave, he will try to take a different route from the two elder brothers to avoid causing visual fatigue to the audience.
How to dispatch hundreds of people to shoot a war drama, every link can't go wrong, Cheng Xiaodong and his team explained to the extras one by one how to act in some scenes. The most difficult part is not the protagonist's battle, but the cooperation of the people around him when the protagonist fights. The pictures of the various fighting groups in the big scene cannot have any mistakes. If there is a mistake in one place, the obvious mistakes can be seen on the monitor, and the whole scene must be re-shot.
One or two hundred people have to move in a scene. Reshooting once means that everything from the machine to the cast and crew has to be done again. It may take one or two hours just to position the position. It's hard to prepare and start shooting, but a shot didn't come down. No, it has to be re-shot.
Half a day has passed, and there is no material that can be left. It has a great destruction of self-confidence for the director and the entire crew. After a few times, it is difficult to keep patience at a good level.
Everyone in the crew heard about Chen Hao's two performances, one bright and one dark, on the same day. Since the crew of "The Warlords" did not open any information to the outside world, the main cast and crew signed a confidentiality agreement when signing the contract. They knew that Chen Hao had two wonderful performances, but the outside world did not know. But even so, Chen Hao's popularity has always remained. The final battle of Running Man, his relationship with Dilraba Dilmurat, the upcoming Academy Awards, and even which party Haozi will go to for the New Year's Eve party at the end of this year have all become hot topics on the Internet.
Other actors who have been in the crew for a long time will disappear for a while. You have never seen any artist who can land in the entertainment news for a long time. Previously, there was a group of young actors like Lu Han, who always dominated the entertainment news. Now it is Chen Hao's turn. He single-handedly competed with the popularity of that group of people and invested in the filming of "Descendants of the Sun" and "The Warlords". He was dedicated to not having any contact with the media. In addition, he has always been in this style. He rarely participates in commercial activities and rarely attends various occasions. Even commercial performances are rare. He can still maintain the most vigorous popularity in such an environment. In terms of popularity, the largest army of Lu fans outside must admit that the strength of Haomen fans is rare in the entire entertainment industry. All the news about him can be complementary, even if it is in the future, it can be brought to the present to make a fuss.
One crew is his own, and the other is "The Warlords". How many external film companies and film and television investment companies are watching. If you find Haozi to film, he has a publicity halo in addition to his own box office halo.
Several dramas are shining examples.
"The Warlords" was filmed in a closed-door manner. The main actors have strong appeal, and Chen Kexin also has this confidence. No matter when he wants to promote, there is no doubt that he can become the darling of the film and television industry at that time.
With Chen Hao, what he needs to pay attention to is not when there will be promotion, but how to make the promotion less fierce. Look outside the filming site. Now the number of security personnel and staff of the crew is increasing every day. The attention is too high, and the crew is too hot. The daily expenditure alone is a considerable amount. Fortunately, the investment company understands what is going on and runs over happily to add investment, telling Chen Kexin to shoot boldly. We support you behind the scenes. It doesn’t matter if the shooting cost increases. We have confidence in you.
Now Chen Kexin himself sometimes asks himself, do you have confidence in me? Or do you have confidence in the two halos that Chen Hao brings with him? The value of his two halos is far greater than the possible increase in shooting costs.
He now believes why so many people envy and hate Chen Hao. Even a successful director like him sometimes can’t help but have similar thoughts, let alone those actors.
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Early in the morning, at six o'clock, the crew members were already busy. Today they were going to shoot the scene of returning from robbing the grain truck, that is, to finish all the scenes inside the mountain village, and then pull the horses outside to finish the battle of robbing the grain truck. Next, they would go into the studio and the real scene that had been built before to shoot.
Chen Hao did not arrive at the scene early, Kang Yan kept time and arrived about ten minutes earlier than several predecessors. There were some things he didn't care about, and some things he had to force himself to adapt to instead of changing or standing out.
He gives enough respect to his seniors, but does not insist on showing himself off. Outside of performances and filming, he completely follows everyone's rhythm without showing off himself at all. He does not treat himself differently from ordinary people. I didn’t deliberately force myself to appear close to the people, it was just a normal state. At most, I would buy some late-night snacks and fruits for everyone on weekdays, and others would buy them too. Jet Li and Andy Lau were very active in this kind of thing, with a big brother demeanor. Full.
When he arrived at the scene, Chen Hao got out of the car and stretched out his body. In this November weather, he started to breathe out when he talked. Hong Kong people like Chen Kexin and Andy Lau wear large cotton-padded coats or long down jackets every day when they are not filming. On the body, if the costumes don’t highlight the body shape, they should be worn as much as possible underneath.
No, Andy Lau's car arrived a few minutes later. After getting out of the car, wrapped in a down jacket, he continued to admire Chen Hao: "It's good to be young."
"Brother Hua, come on, let's run for a while. I just asked, and the director said it will take 20 minutes for us to put on makeup." Chen Hao issued an invitation and ran around thirty or forty meters near the parking lot of the crew.
"Okay, let's run around for a while. This is the first time I'm envious of an actress. Watching someone like Lao Xu, she can just put on a costume and don't even need to style it."
"Brother Hua, how many actresses dare to go into battle like this?"
"Well." Andy Lau took off his down jacket and started to warm up by running and jumping. He has been working out all year round in order to stay in shape. He is no stranger to running. He seemed to remember something and turned around and asked, "Director Chen is preparing to finish here. Go to the Golden Horse Awards again. If you can't finish it in two days, Director Chen will scold you. By the way, what about you? I've heard that you are the favorite for Best Supporting Actor and your voice is very high. I'm still looking for someone. After asking around, many Baodao filmmakers in the organizing committee rated your role as Men San'er very highly. I think you should prepare a treat in advance. "
"Who's treating you, Haozi? Don't worry, there will be many opportunities for him to treat you in the future." Jet Li ran over. He liked the atmosphere in the crew now. It was much better than when he first joined the crew. He could feel the youthful vitality and enthusiasm. The positive state is brought about by the young man in front of us. He drives everyone in a positive way and is very good at being a good person.
There are connections and backgrounds, and most of the respect others show you is superficial.
Being truly capable and respecting others in the professional field is the true respect that can be combined internally and externally.
I got close to Andy Lau after "Charlotte", and I got close to Jet Li after two of my one-man shows.
The three main protagonists were jogging in the field. Although they did not do any work and only exercised themselves, they brought endless energy to the entire crew in the early morning. All the cast and crew saw them jogging and laughing there to warm up. Why, you will feel that working in this crew will not feel lifeless, and you can feel the vitality within the crew.
Staying by themselves in a closed space and running outside to warm up. This is actually their own business and has nothing to do with the staff. But this feeling is different. You can't explain why. They Talking and laughing like this outside can stimulate everyone's enthusiasm for work to a certain extent. When you get up early in the morning to work, there are no complaints. What is there to complain about? Haven't you seen that people who earn tens of millions of dollars get up so early?
"Seeing you running, I feel that no matter how thick you are, it's better to warm up your body." Chen Kexin also came over to join in the fun. He was really joining in the fun. The three people who were jogging slowed down again. Even so, the four of them After five laps, Director Chen also waved his hand and stepped aside. He took a sip from the water glass handed over by his assistant, put on his coat, and signaled that he would not run away.
A large number of extras came in and started changing clothes and doing makeup. When they arrived, Chen Hao and the other three had already changed into costumes and started practicing in the open space. Now that Chen Hao was so good at action scenes, Cheng Xiaodong also got up. The three brothers have completely different styles of fighting action design. Jet Li is a general who is strong and powerful on the battlefield, Chen Hao is light and elegant yet ruthless, and Andy Lau, with his bearded look, is fierce and sweeping in all directions.
I had this idea for the previous action scenes, and today I will start shooting the large-scale battle scenes. If it can be finalized, everyone knows that the visual and distinctive fighting methods will definitely leave a deeper impression on the audience.
These three people, plus Cheng Xiaodong and his team, were practicing in the open space. After the group of performers arrived, they unconsciously put away the laziness that had not disappeared since they woke up early in the morning.
Chen Kexin was very pleased to see from the sidelines. He had selected a few good actors. The sense of urgency caused by his status and fame would remind every cast member that none of you have the right to be lazy.