Light and shadow player

On the 11th, "Wolf Warrior 2" was released for 16 days, and the box office exceeded 40 billion, breaking the box office record of 33.92 billion set by Zhou Xingxing's "Mermaid".

As early as five days ago, when "Wolf Warrior 2" reached 30 billion, no one doubted whether it could break the record of "Mermaid". What everyone wants to see is whether "Wolf Warrior 2" can bring the mainland market to What a height.

16 days, 40 billion, obviously not the ceiling.

Therefore, China Film Digital released an announcement in time, announcing that "Wolf Warrior 2" has obtained an extension key, and all versions of the film will be extended for one month, until September 9.

And Cheng Yu'an led the crew of "Mulan" has already settled in the Western Studios, making final preparations for the launch in three days.

It's the peak tourist season for Western Studios now, and the news cannot be concealed. Many tourists know that Cheng Yu'an and Liu Yifei's new play will start here in a few days.

However, since the film and television base used by the crew is in a closed state, tourists can only see the truth when the crew opens on the day of the opening.

In fact, everything was ready for the crew, and they were just waiting for Cheng Yu'an to call for the start.

But after Cheng Yu'an arrived at the film and television base, he first summoned the actors to try out the scene on the spot to get familiar with the positions.

No matter how good it is to read around on the table, if you don’t walk around the scene, you will never know what it will be like.

Sure enough, there were problems in the trial play.

The leading role is fine, but the problem lies with the group actors, who move slowly or quickly. The on-site executive and assistant director can only grind and teach over and over again.

It took two days to finally explain the drama of the group performance.

"Remember? I'll leave like this tomorrow, don't make any mistakes."

On the morning of the 15th, Western Studios welcomed its most important guest this year.

The crew of "Mulan" held the opening ceremony at the newly built film and television base.

On the tent set up outdoors, there was a banner saying "I wish the crew of "Mulan" a good start".

The opening ceremony is open to tourists, but it is also isolated not far away by guardrails and security guards, so you can watch it.

After the Chinese and American producers finished their opening speeches, Cheng Yuan made his final appearance:

"Long time no see, everyone." Cheng Yu'an greeted first, "We are old friends. Lao Li and Lao Zhang have been on the set of "Sniper Phone Booth" for more than ten years in a blink of an eye. I really thank you very much Support. Today we start "Mulan", which is an ancient costume action movie that I have never made. To be honest, I am very excited and nervous. However, I saw Teacher Zhao Xiaoding, Teacher Cao Jiuping, and everyone here are familiar with Face, I suddenly relaxed, with your assistance, with such a lineup, even a dog on a leash in the director's chair can shoot this scene."

Cheng Yu'an's self-mockery made everyone laugh.

Cheng Yu'an continued: "I won't say anything superfluous, in short, I believe in everyone, and please believe in me, let's make this movie well together, let's make the best "Mulan" ever! "

There was thunderous applause.

After Cheng Yu'an finished speaking, he personally distributed red envelopes to the main creators who participated in the opening ceremony. Each red envelope contained 66 yuan, which means six or six smooth.

After receiving the red envelopes, Cheng Yu'an led everyone to offer incense, and then held a group photo with a banner saying "Wish the crew of "Mulan" have a good start". The simple start-up ceremony ended like this.

After the ceremony was over, the security guards at the scene began to evacuate the onlookers.

"Sorry, the opening ceremony is over, we will be filming later, please leave in an orderly manner, thank you for your cooperation."

"Thank you all for watching us launch."

While the crew was making final preparations, they were also waiting for the tourists to evacuate.

Cheng Yuan also communicated with the camera position and lighting in the field.

"Go behind the big brother, give an over-the-shoulder shot, and use a wide lens."

The first shot of the shooting is the first scene that will appear on the screen at that time: Hua Hu, who was injured in the war and returned to the field after disarming, teaches the villagers how to practice martial arts.

"Wouldn't it be a good idea to suppress the first shot like this?"

"It's okay, what I want is to push the audience on the chairs to watch the show as soon as possible." Cheng Yu'an also decided to use this lens after careful consideration.

Shooting with an over-the-shoulder and wide lens will enlarge the protagonist in the picture, thereby highlighting the protagonist's height and dominant position, forming a certain sense of oppression, and achieving a strong dramatic effect.

The character design of Huahu is a seasoned veteran and the undisputed patriarch of the Hua family. In this scene, he is also an instructor, so it is very suitable to use this kind of lens to highlight his majesty.

"Okay." After hearing Cheng Yu'an's words, the camera began to adjust the equipment, and found a good location with Jackie Chan.

"Okay." Seeing that the film and television base was closed again and the venue was ready, Cheng Yu'an sat back in the tent again and shouted, "All departments are ready, start up."

The crew will film some guest roles this month.

It is mainly about the two scenes of Hua Mulan's childhood and returning from joining the army.

Liu Yifei won't be on the show for the next week. She stood behind Cheng Yu'an for a while, then left to go to training by herself—there are a few very beautiful martial arts moves in the play that she can't perform smoothly now. She needs to find a coach again practice.

Song Zuer was not happy. She thought that she could travel at public expense this time and would not have to go back to class, but Cheng Yuan told her: "You have a good idea. I will wrap up your play before the school starts. When the time comes, obediently let me go back to class."

This year, the Academy of Film put forward clear requirements for acting students. After enrolling, they are not allowed to sign a contract with a brokerage company, and (acting) students are "in principle" not allowed to take plays during their school days.

"Students mainly focus on learning during the school period. As for acting in film and television works, the school requires good scripts, excellent directors and teams, and confirms that the works are good works that can be picked up. It must be discussed by the academic committee at the departmental level. If it is only General practical activities will not be allowed. We know that students will go to these practical positions after graduating from the film school. If you really encounter a golden opportunity during school, this opportunity has indeed been evaluated by our academic committee. It is excellent, we will discuss each case, but the premise is that it must not affect your study."

Cheng Yu'an, as a member of the academy, of course supports this decision.

Because Liu Yifei was absent from school when she was a child, her foundation was shaken, and it took her a lot of effort to make it up for her.

Therefore, whether it is "Shadow" or "Mulan", Song Zuer was filmed on holidays, and Cheng Yu'an forbade her from class.

The same is true for Cheng Xiao at the Dance Academy. The online drama "Alliance of Thieves" started this year, and her scenes were all filmed during the two months of summer vacation.

I am most afraid of running into children when filming, so in order to save time, this school practice scene, regardless of adults or children, is recruited by students from martial arts schools to act.

Three siblings, Song Zuer, Zhang Zifeng, and Han Haolin, were mixed in, and a machine followed the three of them.

For this simple school field drill scene, there is only one sentence in the script: "Huahu school field trains villagers."

After half a month of preparation, I have not finished shooting until the sun goes down.

"Cut!" Cheng Yu'an knew that he should not be in a hurry on the first day, "Let's do this today and call it a day."

One was not shot.

After work was over, Cheng Yuan organized a summary meeting for the creators and did not return to the room until after ten o'clock.

"I don't eat this." Looking at the meals his wife prepared for him, Cheng Yu'an had no appetite, "Order some porridge and side dishes, it's too hot, I don't have any appetite."

Liu Yifei called again to rearrange the meals for him.

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