The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 123 Wan Qian's Brain Supplement
"Source Code" is Chen Jingxing's first script that has undergone drastic changes.

Although "Fatal Identity" has also made a lot of magical changes, most of them are just background changes, far less complicated than "Source Code".

However, during the magic reform process of this project, Chen Jingxing was greatly surprised by the perfection of the script details and settings by the screenwriting team, which means that DreamWorks has the ability to create itself.

At the same time, it also made Chen Jingxing once again firmly believe that there are no good screenwriters or creative talents in China. As long as he protects and treats such creative talents with care, one day DreamWorks will no longer be his own DreamWorks. It can also provide enough excellent works.

Of course, the drastic changes in "Source Code" also caused Chen Jingxing to lose his greatest reliance - the imitation and reference of the sub-shots in the film memory in his mind.

This slowed down the shooting of the film again and again, because the director was also fumbling while shooting.

"I heard that the shooting progress seems to be lagging behind?" Wan Qian asked Hu Ge who was sitting across the table while taking a bite of an apple.

It’s lunch time now. In order to make it easier for the two to get into the film as soon as possible, Hu Ge and Wan Qian try to stay together when they are not filming. This is commonly known as "cultivating relationship". method.

Hu Ge stuffed a mouthful of rice: "I heard from the producer that the progress is a little behind, but I think the filming process is quite enjoyable, and it's good to just shoot slowly."

Wan Qian said jokingly: "I remember when you first filmed, you were still frowning."

Hu Ge glanced to both sides, and said in a low voice: "Didn't I think the director had a problem with me at first?" One shot can make him NG more than a dozen, can you blame him for thinking too much?
"However, I later found out that the director has this style of shooting, and he is very kind. He has never lost his temper, but loves to talk about dramas and communicate with actors. I think Director Chen is the best director I have ever met. No wonder he can shoot With films like Comet and Identity, and coming up with scripts like Source Code, it seems that talented people are usually also humble people.”

Wan Qian burst into a smile: "I'm disgusted to hear what you said. Isn't it because the director adopted a few of your opinions? Looks like you're amused."

Hu Ge smiled and did not refute.

It was the director's work attitude that made him get rid of his initial worries. He had the most ng times. As a famous first-line actor, he naturally felt embarrassed in his heart, but after a few days of filming, he found that Chen Jingxing did not actually target him. .

Although I am often dissatisfied with his performance, his attitude is not angry and never harsh. Instead, he keeps discussing the performance of the role with him. It is not like condescending to an actor, but discussing the script and role together like a screenwriter or an assistant director. The problem.

Moreover, Chen Jingxing often adopted Hu Ge's opinions, which was the best encouragement for actors.

In fact, for Chen Jingxing, there is no psychological burden to adopt the opinions put forward by actors. Even if he opposes his opinions, as long as he can persuade him, he can accept them, and he doesn't think it will reduce his authority as a director. result.

Wan Qian grabbed a photographer who had just finished eating, and asked curiously: "Master Liu, is Director Chen also like this when making movies before? He likes to talk about dramas, and the shooting progress is also slow, so he still doesn't rush work?"

To be honest, it’s not like she’s never stayed in a production crew whose shooting progress is lagging behind. Once such a situation occurs, everyone from the producer to the director will become impatient, and the entire crew will work hard like clockwork, and those who work until the early hours of the morning will not be there. In a few cases, she has also heard of the situation of staying up all night to catch up with the progress.

After all, lagging behind the shooting schedule is likely to lead to overruns in production costs.

The filming progress of "Source Code" is lagging behind, the director is not in a hurry, and the whole crew is still leisurely, at the latest at 8 o'clock to finish work on time, although the shooting time of a day is more than [-] hours, but this kind of crew is absolutely in China. It is a wonderful flower.

Although she felt strange in her heart, she actually liked this kind of crew very much, and became even more curious about the director Chen Jingxing.

The photographer was stunned when he heard this question. He is an old man from DreamWorks, and he was already on the crew when filming "Fatal Identity".

Thinking back for a while: "It didn't seem like this before. Director Xiao Chen used to like to talk about dramas, but most of the normal shots were shot in one or two steps. For example, the camera position, lighting and camera shots were all done in one step. I feel that the director It seems that the final film has been imagined in my mind."

When this photographer first joined Chen Jingxing's crew, he was astonished to see Chen Jingxing directing the play. In the end, he could only attribute the reason to Chen Jingxing's amazing bones and extraordinary talent. It's completely like a cat and a tiger, most of which even the sub-cameras remain unchanged.

However, when Chen Jingxing was filming "Source Code", he was indeed different from his previous command.

"Maybe Director Chen really pays more attention to this movie, anyway, it's enough to shoot comfortably." The cameraman shook his head and said nonchalantly.

Anyway, I'm not rushing to work, isn't it good to shoot so slowly?And the wages are still settled on a daily basis. Master Liu has been working in photography for half his life, and he still feels that the DreamWorks scenes are the most comfortable to shoot.

The corners of Wan Qian's mouth twitched, looking at Hu Ge who was still having a happy face, she felt uneasy and muttered to herself: "The directors of the previous films were so smooth, but this film is suddenly so difficult. Is it really an actor's problem? Sigh... If that's the case, Director Chen is too kind, and he kept reassuring that the delay in progress has nothing to do with us."

……

The time came to the end of July, and the filming of "Source Code" was also on the right track under Chen Jingxing's groping. Although it was still behind the original schedule, Xu Wenshen, the producer, was still relieved.

It’s not wrong to say that no one in the crew is anxious because of the slow shooting, Xu Wenshen is the one who is anxious, but as the director and boss, Chen Jingxing “checks out” every day, so he is embarrassed to mention, “Why don’t we work overtime to catch up? "In this case.

At the same time, Guo Fan finally passed the double test of the Ministry of Public Security and the National Film Festival, and officially became the director of the Mekong Film Project.

In order to thank Chen Jingxing for his recommendation and support, Guo Fan invited Chen Jingxing to a high-end restaurant for dinner.

The restaurant is called He's Private Kitchen. Although it is in the center of the capital city, the environment is extremely quiet. Chen Jingxing couldn't help but be speechless when he came in. It seems that Guo Fan is also bleeding a lot this time.

Guo Fan was a little emotional. After all, his ambition was to make industrial films, even heavy industrial films in Huaguo. After the release of "You at the Same Table", he overfulfilled the task and terminated the contract with Tianrun, and set up a company by himself. Shop around for the right script and get ready to go big.

But he didn't expect that a gift from heaven would allow him to get such a big project as the Mekong River.

When Chen Jingxing told him about this matter at first, although he looked confident, Guo Fan was actually not optimistic about it. He did not expect that this "little classmate" who was ten years younger than him would actually make it happen. up.

(End of this chapter)