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Chapter 69 How to Shoot Comedy

7 month 8 number.

Bangkok, southern Thailand, outside a public hospital.

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng was sitting on the director's chair, wearing an army green trench coat, dressed as a genius 'Qin Feng'.

Beside him, Wen Muye and Liu Liang sat on the left and the right, and they exchanged messages with the other two assistant directors who entered the hospital in advance through the walkie-talkie from time to time.

After 10 minutes, Fang Ziheng checked all the shots, stood up and waved his hand: "OK, go to the hospital and go upstairs!"

"Turn around!"

"Everyone move, pack up equipment, don't leave things behind."

"The actors go up first, Deputy Director Hao and the others are getting ready upstairs, and when they are in place, quickly rehearse the positions,"

With an order, a large group of people packed up the equipment and walked into the hospital gate noisily.

The hospital sent a special person to contact the film crew, and welcomes international friends to come and shoot the film.

Upstairs in the hospital, there were many heads crouching in front of the windows, and they looked at the group of uninvited guests downstairs with great interest.

Southern Thailand is a tourist attraction. I don’t know how many foreign tourists it receives every year. Several public hospitals often rent out venues for filming crews from various countries. I am not too surprised by the arrival of the crew of "Tang Detective".

These days, Fang Ziheng paid attention to domestic news while filming.

With the release of "Transformers 2", this year's summer vacation has officially kicked off.

Since June 6th, "Transformers 24" has been promoted all the way, killing several low-budget movies, and there is no scum left.

3400 million on the first day, 5 million in 1.6 days in the first week, and another 1.4 million in the second week.

Within 12 days of its release, the total box office of "Transformers 2" reached [-] million, creating the fastest domestic box office record to break [-] million.

12 days!
Three hundred million!
The extremely dazzling data completely shocked the entertainment industry.

Throughout the summer, no movie can stop the strong pace of "Transformers 2".

The media clamored that the wolf is coming, and led by those who cared, they were divided into two camps to lead the heat and topics on the Internet.

A part of the media slandered the domestic films, followed a group of experts and professors to talk about it, pointing fingers at the domestic films, what to do!

Some of the media that ended up here were written by several major Chinese-language film companies. They were more rational, analyzing the gap between domestic films and Hollywood from multiple perspectives, and calling on higher authorities to strengthen protection and support for domestic films.

And Fang Ziheng's conversation with Chen Yu and Zhao Chang'an on the plane became the weapon and reliance of several major film giants.

Start with co-productions, stand on the commanding heights of justice, first put shackles on imported Hollywood movies, limit their number, and release time.

The summer file must enter the domestic film protection month!
Huayi Wang Zhongjun danced the most. While praising Fang Ziheng's views and opinions on the co-production, this guy proudly said that "The King of Kung Fu" made by his company is one of the benchmarks.

Wang Zhongjun called on his colleagues in the industry to take the investment and cast of "The King of Kung Fu" as the shooting criteria, otherwise it would not be considered a co-production.

Not to mention, Wang Zhongjun's move was in the hands of the superiors. In the literature and art symposium a few days ago, the leaders praised Huayi by name.

Wang Zhongjun smiled happily, and called Fang Ziheng himself to ask him when he would return to China and whether he needed financial help.

The listing of Huayi is imminent. After the box office bombing of "Transformers 2" and being seized by Wang Zhongjun to promote a wave of publicity, the secondary market has increased instead of falling, and the momentum is very good.

In addition, Wang Changtian and Yu Dong also began to prepare for the listing. While secretly watching Wang Zhongjun's performance, they waited for Huayi's results after listing.

A "Transformers" stirs up an undercurrent in the entire entertainment industry!

The seventh floor of the hospital.

Fang Ziheng held a small speaker in his hand and carefully inspected the entire set area,
"Are the group performers in place?"

"It's in place, all the group performances have been rehearsed several times in advance."

"Lightings, circuits, and elevators must be set up on time, and the props department and actors should audition several times."

"Understood, director!"

One of the assistant directors who went upstairs in advance, Hao Yi looked serious, and was behind Fang Ziheng while reporting.

In addition to being the assistant director of "Tang Detective", he is also a film art designer. According to the request of director Fang Ziheng, he strives to create a sudden and absurd scene under the rigorous plot logic.

The scene in the hospital today is the core and soul of the whole movie "Detective Chinatown", and it is also the biggest comedy point in the movie.

Several of their assistant directors had to be cautious, had to be careful.

After checking all the details, Fang Ziheng patted Hao Yi on the shoulder, expressing his satisfaction.

After taking a few more glances, he turned on the small speaker and said loudly, "All departments report the situation!"

"The props are in place!"

"Photography in place!"

"The cast is in place!"

"Report, the actors are still previewing, and it will take time."

"The last 10 minutes to prepare!"

Fang Ziheng instructed to come to the makeup artist and let her see if she needs to touch up the makeup.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Hao Yi frowned behind the mirror, looking at the lights on the hospital ceiling from time to time.

"Old Hao, what's wrong with you?"

"Director Fang, the circuit and the elevator are easy to handle. As long as the leading actor appears at the right time, the three-party lens can be perfectly differentiated. I'm just a little worried about the lighting!"

"What happened to the lights?"

Fang Ziheng waved his hand to make the makeup artist stop, twisted the stool and turned to look at Hao Yi.

"Director Fang, take a look."

Hao Yi pointed to the chandelier on the outside of the elevator, and said hesitantly: "According to the plot design, in the sight of the Tang detective duo, the police passed by the elevator, the elevator door opened, and the three robbers got out of the elevator on time and reached the seventh floor.

The police noticed something strange and came back to question the three robbers, which triggered a fight between the police and the robbers.

The problem now is that after the Detective Tang duo blocks the circuit, the scene will be completely dark. Not only will it be more difficult to shoot and light, but the sight of the leading actors and group performers will also be affected.

In this way, the rush and panic caused will be infinitely magnified, and from the perspective of visual effects, the comedy color will be greatly reduced! "

After finishing speaking, Hao Yi fixedly looked at Fang Ziheng, expecting him to have a solution.

He has thought of several methods these days, but with little success, none of which can perfectly reflect the comedy effect required by the plot.

Fang Ziheng looked calm, and smiled faintly: "Old Hao, you can think of this question, which shows that you have deeply studied the art picture."

Hao Yi is right to be worried. In the dark scene, the police and the robbers are fighting each other, bullets are flying, and the flames are hesitating. No matter how you look at this scene, it will not be comical.

Even if the three parties appear on the scene together under the coincidence of the plot, the contrast between cuteness and comedy will be eliminated in the dark night and the gun battle, and the comedy effect will disappear immediately.

"Then Director Fang, what can you do?" Hao Yi asked softly with expectant eyes.

Fang Ziheng turned around, raised his hand and drew two circles above his head, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, these sets of shots will be post-processed, and they will all be set as slow-motion shots!"

"Slow motion?"

Hao Yi muttered to himself, thoughtfully.

Thinking about it, his eyes lit up, and his whole body was beaming.

Yup!

As long as the camera is slowed down, the excitement and panic of the police and robbers can be reduced.

Not only that, the slow motion of the camera can also retain the comedy color that was triggered before, and even make the picture even more absurd.

shit
Why didn't I think of using this method.

The more he thought about it, the more Hao Yi felt that this method was feasible!
Fang Ziheng looked at Senior Brother Hao who was looking excited behind the mirror, and couldn't help laughing to himself.

Where is this going!

When he released the song "The Past Can Only Be Reminisced" on the spot, the actors performed along with the music in the dark.

That's true comedy!

(End of this chapter)