Chapter 55 Officially Launched!

In a studio of Beijing Film Studio, Beijing.

The crew of "Departures" is filming the first scene.

The small studio is arranged like a "picture within a picture".

In layman's terms, the next scene is a scene where people in the movie are filming a movie.

To be precise, it is a "teaching video of a undertaker". This is the plot that the male protagonist in the movie encounters when he accidentally joins a coffin company after losing his job. It is also a bit funny.

The plot here is different from the real situation.

In reality, there is no such company specializing in the coffin industry in China, at least in 2000. This kind of work is all done by funeral homes.

But the male protagonist can't go to the funeral home for an interview to find a job inexplicably.

So Wu Yuan retained the setting of this coffin company. The male protagonist saw the advertisement on the small advertisement on the telephone pole that said "No age limit, high salary guarantee, and extremely short actual working hours. We are looking for travel assistants." and joined the company by accident.

Unexpectedly, this company was looking for assistants for the deceased.

"Are you all ready?"

The executive assistant director took the intercom and urged all the staff to prepare for lighting, filming and sound recording. Then he ran to Wu Yuan and said, "Director, we can start shooting."

"Yes." Wu Yuan nodded calmly.

Unlike the filming of "The Night the Comet Came", the crew of "Departures" had more than 60 staff members, including coordinators and assistant directors, so Wu Yuan didn't have to do everything himself.

With just a glance, the assistant director picked up the loudspeaker and said, "First scene, first shot!"

"Action!"

The camera started slowly on the slide rails, and the picture focused on the small stage in the studio.

On the stage, several staff members were busy arranging the stage to look like a funeral hall. Teacher Li Xuejian was sitting next to him, holding the script in one hand and glasses in the other, and was thinking about the script carefully.

"Dong, dong, dong."

The perspective changed, and Zhang Guorong, who was dressed in a suit but looked a little timid, carefully opened the door and walked in.

Seeing the busy staff in the studio, he was a little at a loss and stood at the door.

"New employee?" A staff member took the initiative to ask.

"Uh, yes!" Zhang Guorong smiled shyly.

"Okay, cut!" Wu Yuan shouted steadily: "Passed, no need to guarantee one take."

It is a common practice in the industry that the first scene of a new movie is shot as simple as possible, and it is best to pass it in one take, just for good luck, hoping that the following shooting will be so smooth.

Teacher Li Xuejian and Zhang Guorong can do it naturally, and the first scene was shot with ease.

Wu Yuan started shooting the next shot without any fluctuations in his heart.

"Action!"

The camera started again. Teacher Li Xuejian, who was sitting on the small stage, took off his glasses and stood up to greet Zhang Guorong who came in. He patted his shoulder and introduced to other staff members with a smile:

"He is the new employee today."

Zhang Guorong also immediately introduced himself: "Hello everyone, my surname is Lin, and my given name is Wu. You can call me Xiao Lin or Xiao Wu."

Behind the monitor, Wu Yuan nodded slightly, very satisfied with Zhang Guorong's performance. [6][9][s][h][u][x][.][c][o][m]

The ordinary is precisely the most challenging for the actor's acting skills.

This scene requires Zhang Guorong to use a few seemingly ordinary self-introductions to show the character's nervousness, crampedness, and the panic of starting over in his thirties.

The name of the male protagonist was finally decided to be "Lin Wu", because the word "Wu" is too suitable for the male protagonist.

Throughout the movie, the male protagonist is actually constantly comprehending, comprehending the meaning of the profession of undertaker, and comprehending the relationship between life and death.

The name "Wu" is the most appropriate.

On the stage, the filming is still going on.

After Zhang Guorong introduced himself, teacher Li Xuejian patted him on the shoulder again and said to other staff members with a smile: "Xiao Lin is our model today."

"Model?" Zhang Guorong was surprised. Didn't he mention this during the interview?

The confusion on his face was just right.

Before he could react, an extra who played a staff member came forward and took the initiative to pull him backstage, saying as he walked: "Change your clothes and you can start."

"Come, follow me, I'll take you to put on makeup and change clothes."

These extras who played staff members were all introduced by Beijing Film Studio, and they were considered role actors who had long-term cooperation with Beijing Film Studio.

In fact, before Hengdian was established, the street outside Beijing Film Studio was the largest gathering place for extras.

People like Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, and Zhang Yi all made their way out of the Beijing drifting actors.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan has never met any of them, and he has no luck to recognize the top of these Beijing drifting actors.

The extras introduced by Beijing Film Studio have been cooperating with the studio for a long time. They are well-known and have good acting skills. Wu Yuan is quite comfortable using them.

After two more takes, this scene was filmed smoothly.

Zhang Guorong also changed clothes and did makeup again.

Taking advantage of this time, Wu Yuan continued to film Li Xuejian's solo show.

Li Xuejian's acting skills are naturally needless to say. If he needs to show a steady and mature temperament, he can do it immediately.

Two cameras kept switching between the script in Li Xuejian's hand and his face.

"When holding the coffin ceremony, the body of the deceased needs to be wiped with cotton cloth first..."

"This is to wash away the suffering of the world and return to the original state..."

It was obviously a very plain line, but when it was read out by Li Xuejian, it had an inexplicable charm that made people feel relaxed physically and mentally.

"The Undertaker" was the first play that Li Xuejian made after his comeback from nasopharyngeal cancer.

Although his vocal cords were damaged due to nasopharyngeal cancer, his vocal cords are not as severely damaged as they were 20 years later.

Wu Yuan was very lucky to be able to feel the almost complete body of Li Xuejian's line skills!

This kind of performance that only the top actors of the older generation can give is an audio-visual feast!

While staring at the monitor carefully, Wu Yuan couldn't help but slack off.

If there is a chance, should I shoot a high-quality movie that only this old actor can perform the essence?

For example, the film "Love" that won the Golden Palm, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, the European Film Award for Best Film, and the French Cesar Award for Best Film?

If you miss this era, and wait for another five or eight years, the first batch of film actors born around 1940-1950 in New China will have retired from the film industry.

If you don't work with this group of old artists who grew up with the Chinese film industry on a film, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life!

"Director, the actors are ready!"

The staff's reminder woke up Wu Yuan who was absent from work.

He raised his head and saw Zhang Guorong coming out of the dressing room, and then he smiled.

At this time, Zhang Guorong had taken off all his clothes and was only wearing a large adult diaper. From his chest to his face, he also painted a pale dead makeup.

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang, with this look, the audience won't scold me for selling my body when the movie is released, right?"

"Asian superstar Rong Zhang sacrifices his looks to appear naked in the new movie. What do you think of this title?"

Rong Zhang, who had already stripped down to his underwear in "Happy Together", was not afraid of Wu Yuan's ridicule. His level of ridicule was not even comparable to that of the Hong Kong media.

Rong Zhang was not shy at all, and a very kind smile appeared on his face, "Director Wu, can we start?"

"Tsk, boring." Wu Yuan muttered, and waved his hand: "Go lie on the stretcher!"

"Today's scene is the easiest, just play the role of a corpse throughout the whole process!"

"Okay, all units get ready!"

"Action!"

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