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Chapter 223 Opening the Tomb

Xiangshan film and television base, 3 square meters studio.

Fang Ziheng wore a thick camouflage jacket and walked around a built ancient tomb, touching here and there, making the last inspection before shooting.

This ancient tomb is not the tomb of Genghis Khan, but the sleeping place of a certain prince of the Tang Dynasty.

In the original movie, there was also a tomb robbery scene at the beginning of the Mojin trio. The scene was very short, and only briefly introduced the reason for Mojin Xiaowei.

To be honest, the beginning of this is very ordinary, and it is okay to put it in the mainland market. The audience is all Chinese, so they can understand it at a glance.

But if you want to release the movie in overseas markets, it is not enough, you must add some setting descriptions.

For example, the equipment of the Mojin Trio, Mojin Talisman, Dragon-seeking Ruler, Hundred Alchemy Vajra Umbrella, Soaring Tiger Claw, Candles and so on.

Yes, it is the opening throw setting!
Opening the tomb is risky, so be well equipped!

It is necessary to fill the mystery and suspense at the beginning of the movie, so that the audience can immediately enter the reverie and anticipation.

Whether it is a mainland audience or an overseas audience, after understanding the usefulness of these equipment, they will fully look forward to the next plot.

Fang Ziheng came to the center of the ancient tomb, touched the coffin made of imitation jade, and asked the deputy director Guo Fan behind him: "Are the props ready?"

"It's all done, and multiple backups have been made for each prop."

"How many powerful blowers have you prepared?"

"Four sets, two sets up and down, and two sets before and after. I took people to simulate six times without any problems."

Guo Fan pointed to the top of the tomb wall and said with certainty.

This guy is 31 years old this year. He joined Hengyu Media in October last year and became Fang Ziheng's new deputy.

In the last life, Guo Fan became famous quite early. In 11 years, he wrote, directed and acted in "The Adventures of Li Xian", which won the Best Asian Film Award at the Smecta Bucheon International Film Festival.

He directed "You at the Same Table" in 14 years, "The Wandering Earth" in 19 years, and "King Kong River" in 20 years.

It can be called a low-yield and high-quality young director!
Fang Ziheng had chatted with him several times, and he was very supportive of some of his ideas, and planned to train him to be Hengyu's sixth contracted director.

After carefully checking the preparations, Fang Ziheng came outside the tomb, and Mojin's trio changed into costumes, and were stepping up to rehearse the movements of going down to the tomb.

Liu Ye and Huang Bo were both wearing old-style light green military uniforms, wearing yellow leather high-top shoes, and each carrying a pig liver-colored small backpack.

Liu Qianqian's attire was brighter, with khaki custom-made mountaineering suit, dark yellow leather jacket, a waterproof bag one size smaller, a King Kong as black as ink, and a pair of dazzling flying tiger claws.

Seeing Fang Ziheng approaching, Liu Ye stopped practicing and said, "Director, we are almost ready."

"How about you two?"

Fang Ziheng looked at Liu Qianqian, worried that the young lady was not ready.

"No problem, I'm proficient in all the movements." Liu Qianqian narrowed her eyes slightly, and patted the diamond umbrella on her shoulder, full of confidence.

"After you enter the tomb later, your performance should have a sense of hierarchy, from the ease when you just go down to the tomb, to the rigor in front of the coffin, and then to the preparation when you open the coffin, and gradually promote the psychological construction of the character."

"Don't worry, director!"

"OK, it will start up soon."

Fang Ziheng sized up the three of them, and finally returned to the monitor.

He gave an order to let the assistant director Guo Fan and the action director Yuan Baye lead the Mojin trio to go twice first.

The rehearsal also needs to be filmed, photography, lighting, props, field affairs, and the executive director are all in motion.

An hour later, the rehearsal was complete.

Fang Ziheng waved his hand, and the filming officially started.

"Everyone is in your place!"

"Every department is ready, this is the first scene of our movie, I hope we can get off to a good start and strive for a pass!

"Actor is ready!"

"The tenth game, the first level, once!"

"start!"

As his words fell, the studio fell silent for an instant.

The Mojin trio entered the mirror and appeared above the tomb wall from three different directions.

Looking down from a high altitude, a huge group of tombs appeared, with a three-meter-long and one-meter-high white jade coffin hanging in the center.

Liu Ye turned on the searchlight on his head, looked down, and gestured to Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo.

Do it!

Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo, with smiles on their faces, took out the downhill rope from their backpacks and buckled it around their waists, and volleyed down neatly.

The camera zoomed in on Huang Bo's face, the corner of the guy's mouth was raised, he was chanting while climbing.

"Fat, this white jade coffin alone is enough to buy ten big gold teeth antique shops, Lao Hu, we really came to the right place this time."

"Fatty, be careful, there are traps!"

Liu Qianqian came down from the zipline in a flash, glanced at Huang Bo who was nagging in the air, and carefully took out the diamond umbrella for self-defense.

Liu Ye landed right after him, and immediately lit a candle in the southeast of the tomb, then got up and said, "Fatty, I forgot what we're here for, keep your hands and feet clean later, and don't mess around with things."

boom.

There was a slight landing sound, Huang Bo's chubby body got down, and a swallow turned over and landed firmly.

"Don't worry, fat brother, I'm the most disciplined!"

The three of them looked at each other and walked towards the white jade coffin.

"Crack!"

"Very good, I'm keeping one!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng shouted, very satisfied with the performance of the three.

The Mojin trio hadn't practiced in vain during this period, whether it was the descent of the zipline or the details of the tacit bickering expressions, they were all in place.

Rest for a few minutes.

Shooting continues.

A wide range of angles of view, from top to bottom, has captured the figures of the trio.

The camera slowly zoomed in, and the trio used steel barbs to hook the four corners of the white jade coffin, preparing to use the power of the zipline to open the coffin.

At this time, Huang Bo's teasing voice sounded.

"Hey, Old Hu, Staff Officer Yang, tell me how much money we can make this trip?"

"I don't know, I only take one thing anyway."

Liu Qianqian said lightly, still cautious, staring at the white jade coffin.

Liu Ye took three steps back, jumped up to the top of the coffin with a run-up, and leaned over to listen to the movement inside the coffin.

While listening, he said, "I don't know if there are any clues about Muchen Zhu in this coffin, but don't make us come here in Sanbai."

"Don't worry, Lao Hu, we will definitely not come in vain."

With a groan, Huang Bo took steps to look around the coffin.

Click!

Huang Bo was so cheap that he accidentally touched the mechanism of the tomb.

The organs must be fake, and these belong to the category of post-production special effects.

"Kah, wait a minute!"

Fang Ziheng yelled to stop in time, leaned back on the director's chair, and fell into thought while watching the screen sent back by the producer.

Not quite right!

The expressions of the trio in the picture and the atmosphere in the tomb did not achieve the suspenseful effect he expected.

Originally, according to the plot in the script, when the coffin was about to be opened, the ten or so seconds before and after Huang Bo touched the mechanism should be the most exciting time.

Moreover, in an ancient royal tomb that has been sealed for thousands of years, there should naturally be a sense of mystery and gloom.

Why are there none?
Fang Ziheng frowned and looked at it for a while but found nothing wrong.

After thinking about it, he called two female crew members and asked them to watch the shot.

Girls are more delicate in their minds, less nervous than boys, and are more able to feed back scary psychology.

Sure enough, as soon as a woman makes a move, she will know if there is one.

"Director, the lights are too bright."

The two female employees of the props team looked at it for a while, and pointed out the problems in the picture with one voice.

"Thank you, I will give you extra meals today!"

Fang Ziheng smiled, and he said that there must be a problem, and it turned out to be the reason for the lighting.

Immediately, he recruited lighting engineer Zhang Fu.

"Old Zhang, dim the light in the tomb, and try using two shades of dark and cool."

"Director, will this affect the shooting?"

"It's okay, I'll just look at the overall effect. If it affects the shooting progress and turn on the lights, then I will fill in the light through post-production."

"Understood, director, I'll do it now!"

After a while, the lights in the tomb dimmed.

The atmosphere in the screen suddenly changed, and the atmosphere of suspense rose slowly.

After the light dimmed, Fang Ziheng could clearly see on the monitor that the expressions of the trio became more tense when they opened the coffin, showing an expression of being ready for battle.

"Crack, it's over!"

After shooting three times in a row, the scene passed.

The time came to noon unknowingly. After lunch, the crew rested for a while, and then filmed the scene of avoiding the agency.

This scene is even more difficult, because there is no real mechanism as a reference, and the trio has to perform without physical objects.

It is not only necessary to show unruffledness in the face of danger, avoiding the mechanism dangerously and dangerously, but also need to show a sense of urgency and tension of sweating profusely and walking on the wire rope of life and death.

According to the usual practice, Baye Yuan will lead them to preview first, and then the filming will start officially.

"OK, all departments are ready!"

"The actors are in place!"

"No. 14 scenes, one shot, one shot!
"start!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng gave an order.

The lights in the entire tomb dimmed again, and the four blowers started at the same time, sending streams of cool wind swishing in.

In an instant, Mojin's trio was in danger.

"Ka, Liu Qianqian, what are you sneering at when an arrow flies in the back? You think it's a hard steel bullet!"

"Huang Bo, your speed is too slow, you have already been pierced by random arrows at your speed!"

"Liu Ye, you danced with that rubber band, jump higher!"

For a whole afternoon, Fang Ziheng couldn't help laughing and crying, and Mojin's trio finally completed the filming of avoiding backstabs.

The tomb of King Jue of the Tang Dynasty is unusual. In addition to back arrows, there are two dangers of rolling stones and kerosene.

The trio had to pass two levels before they could escape from Shengtian and get out of the tomb safely.

This is the first 10 minutes of the plot, which mainly reflects the strength of the Mojin trio and the danger of the thousand-year-old tomb. At the same time, it introduces some settings of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Since "Looking for the Dragon" is going to be released globally and focuses on exporting culture from overseas, Radio and Television deliberately let it go when reviewing the script.

Coupled with Fang Ziheng's current fame, many scenes and settings that cannot appear can appear in the movie.

All in all, this "Looking for the Dragon" is closer to the original novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" than the original version.

Of course, the plot of the story has been greatly adapted.

The trio opened the tomb of Duke Tang, with the purpose of looking for clues to Muchen Bead, but they couldn't find any clues, causing a commotion.

"Everyone pack your things, there will be no night shift tonight!"

After checking the shot, Fang Ziheng waved his hand and called it a day.

night.

Liu Qianqian and Fang Rou lay on the sofa in the living room, and licked their ears together.

"Sister Sissy, why did you fall in love with my brother?"

Fang Rou turned her head and glanced at the bedroom, and said in a noisy voice, "Look, you are a big star, you are so beautiful, you have many fans, and you are famous."

"My brother was very naughty when he was young, and he used to bully his peers in the village."

"How did you bully, tell me."

When talking about Fang Ziheng's childhood, Liu Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she instantly became much more energetic.

The younger sister knew very little about Fang Ziheng, only that he grew up with his uncle when he was ten years old, and then his uncle died of illness and became an orphan.

As for what happened to Fang Ziheng in his hometown before he was ten years old, he rarely mentioned it, and she never asked about it.

"Hee hee, Sister Qianqian, let me tell you, my brother had a childhood sweetheart when he was a child, and the two of them will be together forever."

in the bedroom.

Fang Ziheng was wearing a bathrobe, sitting at the computer desk sorting out the schedule form of "Looking for the Dragon", unaware that Fang Rou had sold his childhood chicken and dog jump to the young lady.

"Looking for the Dragon" has two large-scale shooting scenes, and the Xiangshan side belongs to the first half of the film, and it is expected to take one and a half months to complete the filming.

The production department has made a phased shooting plan, and strives to complete all the shooting in Xiangshan regularly and quantitatively.

Fang Ziheng browsed the schedule while drawing with a pen, adding a scene here, subtracting two scenes there, and changing the difficulty of the scenes.

He was busy until nearly ten o'clock in the evening, before he stretched himself, put on his coat and walked out of the bedroom.

Liu Qianqian and Fang Rou were lying on the sofa, looking at him with their heads tilted.

"What's the matter with you two, stupid?"

Fang Ziheng looked confused, not knowing what the two girls were doing.

"Heck, Ziheng, I find you so cute!"

Liu Qianqian burst out laughing, shaking her feet, in a very happy mood.

Just now Fang Rou told her all about Fang Ziheng's childhood, with all the details, which really caught her by surprise.

"Humph!"

Fang Ziheng rolled his eyes, dragged the two of them up from the sofa, and said, "Let's go, you two, I'll treat you to supper."

"Let's go, I want to eat crayfish."

"I want to eat a big crab."

When the three of them came downstairs to the hotel, they happened to meet Liu Ye, Huang Bo, and Liu Jialing.

Everyone ordered a large table of seafood supper, Xiangshan may not be rich in other things, but seafood is definitely enough.

At the dining table, everyone was talking and laughing, chatting and turning to the Imperial College Student Film Festival.

On the 28th of this month, the 18th Imperial City College Student Film Festival was held in Imperial City.

Known as the "most youthful film festival", it will select and award the top films released last year.

Fang Ziheng was nominated for Best Director, Liu Ye and Liu Qianqian were nominated for Best Actor and Actor, "The Four" were nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art, and "Edge of Tomorrow" was nominated for Best Film and Best Story.

Hengyu Media, the crew of "Four Famous Catchers", the crew of "Edge of Tomorrow", Fang Ziheng, Liu Ye, and Liu Qianqian all received the official invitation letter from the Imperial Film Festival.

"This film festival is really a fight between gods and gods. There are seven nominations for the best picture award alone. The competition is fierce."

Huang Bo tore off a crab's leg and let out an inexplicable emotion while sucking.

(End of this chapter)