Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 412 After all, that was his elementary school idol in his previous life!
Although Cao Zhiqiang was a little anxious about filming, he always wanted to finish filming early this month, so that he could go to Japan to make money next month, but he also knew that some things should not be rushed, especially at the beginning. Can't rush.

In particular, Cao Zhiqiang has to be the director and actor himself, so there is no rush.

In fact, since the script that Cao Zhiqiang wanted to shoot was originally born out of "The Garden of Words and Leaves", and he rewrote it himself, so it can be said that no one knows the plot and characters better than him.

In terms of filming, this is indeed an advantage, because Cao Zhiqiang knows what he wants and what he wants to shoot.

But this can only be in the general direction, or in terms of strategy, he is far behind in the specific shooting process, or in terms of tactics.

First of all, as a director, it is not enough to just know what you want to shoot, nor is it enough to have a picture in your heart, but you must have the basic shooting quality of the script, for example, you must first understand the limitations of shooting equipment.

Different from digital cameras, the current film shooting is basically a film camera, and film is needed in the shooting process.

Take the most common 35mm color film in the world as an example, this film generally has two length specifications.

One is a 400-foot length, and the other is a 1000-foot length.

If converted into meters, it is divided into two types: 122 meters and 305 meters.

Since movie films are sold on one reel, the 122-meter film and the 305-meter film are generally called small reels and large reels.

Among them, the small disk can shoot more than 4 minutes of content at a time, while the large disk can shoot more than 10 minutes of content at a time.

A typical film movie camera can only hold one reel of film at a time.

That is to say, even with a large camera with a 305-meter large film, it can only shoot a little more than 10 minutes at a time, usually no more than 1 minutes.

Once you shoot for 10 minutes, you have to stop shooting and change the film.

This is why it is necessary to have scene notes in the process of filming, and use a slate board to record the first scene of the filming.

In other words, although in the movie theater, the movies everyone sees are coherent, usually about nine to ten minutes at a time.

But in the actual shooting process, the actual duration of a scene usually does not exceed 10 minutes, and the short one is only 4 minutes or even 2 minutes.

Therefore, as a director in charge of shooting, he must be aware of the limitations of the camera and film, and control the shooting rhythm well.

Once the rhythm is not well controlled, the movie is not shot well.

Of course, now there are also cameras that can hold two reels of movie film at once, and change the film while shooting. This kind of camera can play continuous shooting with one shot to the end. It happens that the Panavision camera that the system gave Cao Zhiqiang has.

At the same time, if there are two cameras, it is also possible to put the two cameras together and take turns to shoot continuously, but this shooting method pays more attention to technique and timing, and at least two cameras are required.

But unless there are special circumstances, we generally don’t shoot in one shot, because the actors’ performances can’t stand it.

This involves the second, which is the issue of actors.

Filming as an actor is different from everyday life. You need to devote yourself wholeheartedly. The purpose is to convey your expressions and emotions, so that the audience can feel what you want to express and resonate with the character.

Therefore, in the process of acting, actors are actually very exhausted, because they have to try their best to substitute into it.

Whether it is experience school, expression school, or method school, in fact, the ultimate goal is to be able to replace the role as much as possible, to better interpret the role you want to play, and to let the audience recognize it.

To put it bluntly, different acting genres lead to the same goal by different routes, all for better role substitution.

If you assume the role for too long at one time, you will be easily affected, and it will be difficult to leave afterwards.

There are many people who can't get out after filming, are tired of the role, and even commit suicide due to depression, because they are too deeply involved in the film and can't get out.

Therefore, in the process of filming, especially romantic dramas and other emotional dramas, we generally do not shoot for too long at one time, because we are afraid that the actors will be too deep into the drama at one time, and they will not be able to come out in the end.

In short, making a movie is not as simple as Cao Zhiqiang thought, it involves many complicated things, and not just anyone can act.

Of course, if you have a plan in mind and know the plot of the story and the role you want to play, then you can get twice the result with half the effort, and Cao Zhiqiang happens to be such a person.

Therefore, after Cao Zhiqiang took Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin to live in the hotel, he did not seek to enjoy himself, but immediately got the three of them together to study filming and acting humbly.

When learning director skills from Xu Qingdong, you have to pay attention to a lens language, which mainly refers to being familiar with photographic equipment, controlling the rhythm of shooting, and shooting the content you want to shoot under the existing conditions.

And learning acting skills from Zhu Lin is to learn how to quickly substitute emotions, if you get rid of emotions.

For example, when filming a crying scene, if you can’t cry for a while, you should think more about your sad things in the past, brew your emotions, and then hold them back first, and then release them all at once when the filming starts, so that you can enter the scene quickly. crying state.

Another example is that if you want to get rid of your emotions after shooting, you can go shopping more, buy something to relax, or even eat more.

To put it simply, the threshold for acting is relatively low, but it takes a lot of skill to perform well, especially emotional dramas. Without rich experience and experience, it is often difficult to perform well. At this time, some small skills are needed.

Zhu Lin was already in his 30s at this time, and had rich experience, and had learned acting skills in Nortel's amateur training class, so he was quite sure about roles like female teachers.

Let Zhu Lin, who is in his early thirties, and the 27-year-old young female teacher in the middle of the night, have no sense of disobedience at all.

As for Cao Zhiqiang, his true inner age has already passed 30 years old, and he has a lot of experience. In addition, he has watched "The Garden of Words and Leaves" and read many comments. Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it.

What's more, Cao Zhiqiang's current physical age is very young, he is only 19 years old, and it is not against him to play a 16-year-old boy.

Yes, Cao Zhiqiang is very serious in learning how to film and act with Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin. After all, before filming, it is a little bit to learn more.

Anyway, the other members of the photography team are still on the road. After all, they are taking the train. At this time, it will take at least one day, or more than 23 hours, to travel from Beijing to Jinling.

In other words, the others had to arrive at Jinling City tomorrow.

So before the others arrived in Jinling City, Cao Zhiqiang had less than a day to learn filming.

In fact, with the director Xu Qingdong and the two heroines Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin, it is already possible to carry out some actual simulation shooting.

For example, now, Xu Qingdong has always been holding a camera as a camera, plus a stopwatch, simulating shooting at the normal shooting time by the side.

And Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin performed real performances in the simulated shooting.

A session lasts 10 minutes, and if you play a few more sessions, you will quickly find the feeling.

As for why each scene takes 10 minutes, of course it is because Cao Zhiqiang prepared the film for this shooting.

And the films Cao Zhiqiang prepared were high-end products provided by the system.

These film films are all of the same specification, that is, 305mm color film with a reel of 35 meters, which is 10 minutes to 1 minutes, and there is no small reel.

Therefore, when everyone is performing, they have to set the shooting time of each scene according to the length of the film, which means that people have to follow the equipment.

Of course, although there are two people acting and one person doing the simulation shooting, in fact, there is a fourth person on the scene of the simulation shooting, and this person is Qiao Simei.

Unlike Cao Lili who is not interested in filming, Qiao Simei seems to be very interested in acting by nature, and also has a talent for acting, at least not stage fright.

Therefore, after arriving in Jinling City, Qiao Simi did not go home with Cao Lili to visit her brother and biological father, but first learned acting from Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin.

Although Qiao Simei is only a supporting role with very few roles, and Cao Zhiqiang is in a hurry, there is no chance for her to perform during the simulated filming process, but she is also very happy to be able to watch from the side.

At the very least, she is always by her side, and she can also learn a lot of knowledge related to acting, which will be of great benefit to her as an actress in the future.

Yes, Qiao Simei has changed her dream again. She no longer wants to be a singer, but an actress again.

After all, Qiao Simi is just a child now, and it's normal for dreams to change.

In this way, Cao Zhiqiang just came to Jinling City, and before he had a chance to show people around Jinling City, he plunged into the process of learning and filming.

At this time, Cao Zhiqiang was full of excitement about learning to film, and he was full of energy.

On the contrary, Zhu Lin and Xu Qingdong were both a little older, but their energy was a little low, and they couldn't keep up with Cao Zhiqiang's high-intensity study rhythm. They were fine at first, but after a long time, they soon became exhausted.

At six o'clock in the evening, Xu Qingdong couldn't bear it anymore and asked to go back to rest.

Seeing Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin's exhaustion, Cao Zhiqiang agreed to suspend the simulated filming and let everyone go back to their rooms to rest. After nine o'clock tomorrow morning, we will discuss filming together.

After bidding farewell to Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin, Cao Zhiqiang originally wanted to take Qiao Simei to Qiao's house for a family dinner, but the phone rang as soon as he returned to his room.

When he answered the phone, it was actually Li Youfu calling, and the reason was that a young actor named Yu Feihong had arrived at the train station and wanted to ask Cao Zhiqiang how to arrange it.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang remember that there was still this problem.

It turned out that when choosing young actors, Cao Lili was not suitable for acting and could not be qualified for the role of the leading actor's sister. So after knowing this, a supporting actress in the cast, a teacher from Beidian named Cui Xinqin, recommended A young actress she had worked with in a movie together, that is, Yu Feihong.

Yu Feihong is only 12 years old now. She is currently attending junior high school in her hometown of Hangzhou. She is still on summer vacation, so she is fine.

And this movie was mainly filmed in Jinling, and Hangzhou is not far from Jinling, so Yu Feihong was asked to come over to make a movie during the summer vacation, and everyone liked it.

The main problem is that Teacher Cui Xinqin likes Yu Feihong very much, so she wants to cooperate with her again.

So, after Cao Zhiqiang agreed, Teacher Cui Xinqin called Yu Feihong's parents and got in touch with Yu Feihong.

As soon as she heard that a movie was going to be made, Yu Feihong was very interested. In addition to the general plot, she also told Yu Feihong's father, who was also very interested, so the matter was settled.

After the deal is made, Yu Feihong must not be allowed to come to the capital first, so the person who was appointed at the time was Li Youfu, who had been working in Jinling Chengyuhong Machinery Factory for a long time recently.

Li Youfu is a serious publishing house manager, and Yuhong Machinery Factory is also a regular old factory, so Yu Feihong's parents are quite at ease.

This time, Yu Feihong's father personally brought his daughter over.

In fact, Yu Feihong's father is also great. He is currently a teacher at Hangzhou University, which is the predecessor of Zhejiang University.

Usually Yu Feihong's father is also very busy, but now it is summer vacation, and Yu Feihong's father is also on summer vacation, so he can bring his daughter to Jinling.

Originally, Yu Feihong's mother also wanted to come, but Yu Feihong's mother is not a teacher and has no summer vacation, so she can't get away, so the father can only bring the children.

And it's safer for fathers to bring their children here.

Although Hangzhou is not far from Jinling City, it took some time to get here by train. After all, the speed of trains during this period was generally not fast.

By the time Yu Feihong and her father got off the train at Jinling Railway Station, it was already past six in the afternoon.

Then, as soon as he arrived at the train station, Yu Feihong's father dialed the phone number given earlier from a nearby phone booth. The phone number was the duty room number of Yuhong Machinery Factory.

The person in the duty room of Yuhong Machinery Factory answered the phone, asked about the situation, and called Li Youfu who lived in the local guest house. After all, the factory director had already explained these things.

Li Youfu came to the duty room and called back the telephone booth at the railway station. Then he finally got in touch with Yu Feihong's father who was waiting there, and promised that he would send a car to pick up their father and daughter soon, and let them stay there for a while. wait a minute.

After Li Youfu finished talking with Yu Feihong's father on the phone, after thinking about it, he called Cao Zhiqiang directly, with the intention of just informing him of the matter.

In fact, even if Cao Zhiqiang was not notified, or if Cao Zhiqiang could not be found, Li Youfu would send a car to pick him up, but Cao Zhiqiang came early after all, so it would not be appropriate not to tell Cao Zhiqiang about this.

Coincidentally, when Li Youfu called to notify, Cao Zhiqiang was in the room and was about to take Qiao Simei away.

It can be said that if the call came 3 minutes late, Cao Zhiqiang would not be found.

After all, there are basically fixed landlines in China now, and there are not many mobile phones, and there are not even many pagers. It is difficult to contact people.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang didn't think much about it, but when he heard that Yu Feihong and her father were here, his heart suddenly moved.

Yu Feihong is different from Zhu Lin.

Although Cao Zhiqiang also knew about Zhu Lin, after all, his impression of Zhu Lin in his previous life was that of the king of the Daughter Kingdom in the [-]th edition of Journey to the West, and nothing else.

But Yu Feihong is different.

Because when Yu Feihong became famous, Cao Zhiqiang in his previous life was already in elementary school, and he was shocked by the fairy Jinghong played by Yu Feihong.

It can be said that Yu Feihong's impact on Cao Zhiqiang was far greater than that of Zhu Lin, and his memory was deeper.

After all, that was his elementary school idol in his previous life!
Even, Cao Zhiqiang still remembered that when he was in primary school in his previous life, he had made up his mind that when he grew up, he must marry a woman like Fairy Jinghong.

Although this wish was not realized in the end, it was a dream after all.

Now, that Yu Feihong has arrived, even though she is only a junior high school student, she still touched a certain chord in Cao Zhiqiang's heart.

Well, it's not that he wants to do something to a child, Cao Zhiqiang is not that beastly yet.

Purely out of curiosity, I want to see Yu Feihong himself as a child sooner.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang directly gave instructions to Li Youfu on the phone:

"Old Li, this little actress is very important, we can't neglect her.

How about this, you come to my place first, and I will pick you up with you. "

"Ah?" Li Youfu was taken aback, "You want to go in person? Is it necessary?"

Indeed, Li Youfu just came here to report habitually, he really didn't think that little child star named Yu Feihong was so important.

"Of course it is necessary." Cao Zhiqiang said seriously.

"No matter how you say it, she is going to play my sister, so getting in touch with her in advance and having more pairs is good for filming.

Forget it, you don't understand these things, anyway, come to me first, that's the deal! "

(End of this chapter)