Chapter 735 Sharpening the Knife

It was very hot, Zhong Yuanfu sat on a chair with his shirt on, and said nonchalantly, "Strange? What's so strange?"

Zhou Baoshan heard the words and said: "We have seen many film crews shoot martial arts scenes before, how could they shoot like this, such a long shot, who didn't shoot segment by segment? But why did the leader want to shoot together like this?"

Zhong Yuanfu raised his head and glanced at him, "You ask me, who should I ask?"

After a pause, he said again: "If I knew, I would still play tricks? I'll be a director soon!"

Zhou Baoshan heard the meaning of his senior brother's words, smiled embarrassingly, touched his head, and said: "I don't mean anything else, I mainly think that many times the director's filming is caused by me, I don't know How much film is wasted, I think... I think..."

"Excuse me?" Zhong Yuanfu asked.

Zhou Baoshan nodded in embarrassment when he heard the words.

Although this is the first time that Zhong Yuanfu and Zhou Baoshan have seriously participated in the filming of a film, they have been in Jinhua Film and Television City for more than two years before, whether it is movies or TV dramas, one year. Afterwards, various studios came and went, at least dozens of times.

So, don't look at it as just playing an important role for the first time, but they do not lack experience on the set.

Generally speaking, let’s not talk about movies, even if it’s a TV drama crew, as long as too many shots are wasted, whether it’s because the actors’ performances are not good enough, or because of other factors, as long as the shooting process is not smooth , For example, several consecutive shots of NG and the like, those producers and production directors often show expressions of scratching the soles of their feet in distress!

And if what is being wasted at this time is the movie film, that's even more... Or it can be said that making a movie is simply a money-burning sport! Those expensive films are said to be only enough to shoot for two or four minutes, but the price is tens of thousands of yuan! Once they heard a production assistant bragging after drinking too much, saying that all the film used by their crew was imported, and the film cost more than 40,000 per minute!

They don't even know what kind of film the crew used for the filming of "Once Upon a Time", but they can figure it out with a rough estimate. They wasted at least one and a half to two hours of film just today. Yes, and, this is still six cameras shooting at the same time!

So, the director didn't say anything, and the production director wasn't dissatisfied at all, but Zhou Baoshan felt distressed first.

Ordinarily, actors shouldn't worry about this kind of thing, but when Zhou Baoshan raised this question, Zhong Yuanfu really felt that he had to take it seriously—their brothers and sisters had been playing tricks before, and somehow they were selected to act in the movie , among which Zhou Baoshan is still the leading actor! And it's Li Qian's hero!

Not to mention that the salary is hundreds of thousands, which was not earned for many years before. The key point is that this is the leading actor in the leader's new movie. If this becomes popular in the future... that would be really cool to think about!

And even for Zhurou Rong played by Zhong Yuanfu, after getting the script, he also found that this is by no means a passerby role as he had guessed before. In fact, this supporting role still has quite a lot of roles!

Moreover, Zhou Baoshan received 300,000 as the leading actor, and 180,000 as an important supporting actor!

This price may not be comparable to others, but compared to myself, it is really high enough!

Therefore, both of them were very afraid that if they did not do well, if they were fired, they would all be blind!

After thinking for a while, Zhong Yuanfu said: "Tomorrow, you will concentrate on taking this long shot as quickly as possible?"

Zhou Baoshan scratched his head, "I think so too, but I don't know why, when nothing happens to others, I'm always nervous, and I'm always afraid that something will happen to me, when I get nervous, or my movements are out of shape , or the rhythm is out of order! I finally made no mistakes, but I made mistakes in other places, and my acting was for nothing!"

When he said that, Zhong Yuanfu also scratched his head!

I shot for almost a whole day today, all of which were scenes of Huang Feihong. He had no role to play, so he just stood by and watched. Of course, what Zhou Baoshan said was what he saw with his own eyes.

After thinking about it, his face became more and more serious, and he suddenly said: "Or, while it's still early to go to bed, I will go out with you to rehearse again?"

After a pause, he said, "We can't control others from making mistakes, so we can make sure we don't make mistakes! As long as you don't make mistakes once, it will be perfect once in a while!"

Zhou Baoshan's eyes lit up at this time, "Let's go to rehearse by ourselves?...Okay!"

As soon as they said it, they went back to their rooms, put on their vests, and then went up to the roof of the hotel.

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The next day, it was still yesterday's scene, "Ka!" "Ka!" "Ka!" all the way.

When lunch was served, Lu Lingxi, who had been watching quietly all this time, finally couldn't help but found a chance when there was no one around, and asked Li Qian, "What is the purpose of doing this?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Grinding."

"Grinding?" Lu Lingxi was puzzled when he heard this.

Although she has a professional background and has taught at a top school like Suncheon Film Academy for many years, she is no stranger to film, but when it comes to professional issues, you can talk about scripts, photography, art, etc., she can speak clearly , but only one piece of homework was missing, and that was set experience!

Don't mention that she once served as the assistant director of "My Sassy Girlfriend", and she also served as the director assistant of "Princess Returning the Pearl". Those experiences can only be regarded as laying the groundwork at best!

However, Li Qian is also willing to pass on the experience he has learned from the studio in his previous life to her, "If a group of veterans get together, of course it doesn't have to be so troublesome. Otherwise, you can shoot TV dramas one by one. The camera moves slowly, teaching and learning while filming, at worst, I just need to make up some more shots later, just like Lao Han and you guys filmed "Princess Returning the Pearl" before, but this one can't be done like that!"

Seeing Lu Lingxi listening patiently, Li Qian smiled and said: "So, my solution is to throw them on the set, shoot and grind them over and over again, until I understand them as newcomers. The nervousness is almost worn out, and I am more relaxed about the shooting, it's almost done!"

Hearing this, Lu Lingxi showed a look of surprise, "You want to shoot this shot first because of this? Do you want to shoot long shots on purpose?"

Li Qian smiled, looking like he deserved a beating, "That's right!"

"Let the whole crew just grind like this?"

Li Qian nodded and said nothing.

Lu Lingxi frowned, as if thinking about whether it was really feasible for Li Qian to do so.

At this time, Li Qiancai smiled again: "Sharpening a knife is not a mistake to chop firewood, Mr. Lu!"

Lu Lingxi didn't seem to have figured it out yet, when she heard Li Qian teasing herself with a smile and calling her teacher again, she couldn't help but glance at him, and rolled her eyes at him.

But immediately, she suddenly remembered an extremely important question, "How much film is wasted these days! You shoot over and over again, but six cameras are turned on at the same time!"

Li Qian smiled and said: "It seems that you didn't observe carefully enough! Think about it carefully, did you really hear the sound of the film spinning?"

Lu Lingxi was stunned when he heard the words, and opened his mouth in surprise.

Not to mention, since yesterday, the production crew has officially turned on, and the camera must have been turned on, so she subconsciously thought that the camera must be turning film, and in fact, those photographers were indeed shooting every time. , they will ask to change the film almost at the same time, and everything will look real!

So, she has never thought about anything else!

In the end, who would have expected that Li Qian had actually instructed the photographers in advance that the camera was capturing the shots, but in fact they were not filming at all, and they actually acted so similarly!

After a long time, she couldn't help pointing at Li Qian, "So...so you..."

Li Qian smiled and walked away.

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The second day of filming was announced to end before it got dark again.

In the afternoon, Lu Lingxi paid special attention and found out that these guys asked to change the film over and over again. In fact, they changed back and forth, and they still didn't change the film at all!

After learning the truth, Lu Lingxi was quite speechless.

But apart from her, the atmosphere of the entire crew became more and more depressed and tense!

During the shooting in the afternoon, because I was stuck with such a scene for two consecutive days, and because such a scene required the cooperation of nearly 20 people including actors, photographers, and prop masters, as long as one person had a small problem, he could only be rejected. The filming was forced to stop, but in fact, the atmosphere was so oppressive and the shots were so long, it was almost impossible for everyone to not have any problems at all!

Therefore, on the set, Li Qian was furious and lost his temper at many people!

Among them, the photographer Song Yupin was pointed at his nose and scolded. Many staff members on the set were terrified, but Lu Lingxi sighed helplessly: They really look alike!

But fortunately, as soon as the filming ended, Li Qian immediately returned to his amiable appearance, talking and laughing with everyone—of course, a group of new actors, especially Zhou Baoshan and others, almost all Don't dare to get close to him!

And just after dinner that night, this time, seven or eight actors had a discussion, and everyone went to the rooftop of the hotel together to start practicing coordination.

After getting the news, Li Qian just smiled, so that people don't have to worry about it.

The next morning, before the filming started, Li Qian solemnly praised Zhou Baoshan, Zhong Yuanfu and others for their extra practice, and encouraged them to film well and relax.

And when the filming started, many people noticed that Li Qian's attitude seemed to have slowed down a lot!

At least, it took a long morning to shoot. Although everyone still made a lot of mistakes, he rarely got angry. He just stood up from time to time to point out individual actors or photographers.

Then, until the third day of shooting, another big morning went on. After lunch at noon, everyone rested for about half an hour. Find Fu Xuelong and ask him to inform the other people that the real shot will be made in the afternoon!

Then, at the beginning of the afternoon, Lu Lingxi, who was paying more attention to this, keenly captured the sound of the camera film suddenly turning.

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To be honest, the job of filming and filming TV series is really boring for actors, or for behind-the-scenes staff.

And if the same shot has been shot for three days in a row, the pressure and the boring feeling can make people collapse—just like yesterday afternoon, many people were on the verge of collapse, and the overall shooting quality was declining. Gradually getting better, everyone's chances of making mistakes are decreasing, but yesterday afternoon, everyone's chances of making mistakes suddenly became extremely high!

If the entire team were not staff members of Minghu Culture, and everyone had worked together for several years, and the director on the scene was Li Qian himself, someone might have rebelled!

However, once the strength was overcome, especially this morning, Li Qian's attitude suddenly became much more relaxed, and everyone's state suddenly relaxed unconsciously!

And in the afternoon, Li Qian changed his attitude again, he didn't even have a word of criticism, even if someone made a very low-level mistake, he smiled and encouraged everyone to do it again!

Then, during the fifth round of filming, except for the two assistant directors, six photographers and Lu Lingxi who knew the inside story, all the other actors and staff, almost completely unaware, Unknowingly, this scene was successfully shot!

"Crack! It's over!"

Li Qian's voice sounded, "Perfect!"

Many people at the scene, including Zhou Baoshan and other actors, were all stunned for a moment—even though it had only been two or three days, they were filming and filming over and over again. To be honest, They are almost numb to this action and shooting!

Anyway, it's a cycle of "Get ready! Start!" - "Crack!"

So much so that, obviously this shot has been completely shot, and the director didn't shout "click" from the beginning to the end for the first time, but after finishing this shot, the first thought in everyone's mind was, "I have to do it again !" "I have to hurry back to my original position!" and so on, but I didn't expect that this shot had already been shot!

Then, when everyone suddenly heard the word "passed", it was quite uncomfortable!

After being stunned, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, "Passed?"

Li Qian laughed and said loudly: "Pay attention, rest for five minutes, and then prepare for the next scene!"

On the third day since "Once Upon a Time" started filming, it's finally time to start shooting the third scene!

The first shot is extremely simple, the second shot is extremely complicated, and the third shot is neither complicated nor simple, but unfortunately, after the crew relaxed, this time they only NGed twice , The third time passed smoothly!

For the fourth shot, pass it twice!

Lu Lingxi, who had learned all this from beginning to end, was stunned this afternoon!

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