my movie years

Chapter 50: Wild Goose Plucking

After the actors were determined, under the arrangement of the assistant director Dong Chunzhi, a script reading was carried out.

This is also the first time that Li Xian, Tan Songyun and Bai Yu have seen the full version of the script besides Da Mi Mi.

The three young people were very excited, especially Bai Yu, who is from the Central Academy of Drama. He knew how difficult it was for him to get this role, so he worked very hard.

Zhang Hao got in touch with a local school on Hong Kong Island. After returning from Hong Kong Island, he stuffed the four protagonists into this school where rich kids from Hong Kong Island go to experience life.

With the preparatory work in progress, a number of preliminary work is progressing smoothly.Costumes, props, and art scenes are all finalized.

The production team consists of Liu Hao as the first producer and Chen Bowen as the second producer.The director is of course Zhang Hao, Dong Chunzhi of China Film Group is the deputy, and there are three executive directors recruited by the crew, including Guo Fan.

Lv Jianqiu, who had a good cooperation last time, served as the director of photography for the photography team, and led the photography team to cooperate with the director team to complete the filming work.

Generally speaking, when the crew determines the above three functional departments, it can announce the establishment of the crew.Other persuasive ways are determined by the art director according to the needs of the director.

Smaller crews will outsource these tasks to some crew service companies.In Hengdian, there are many large and small companies responsible for Fuhuadao.

For a more ambitious crew, simply find someone to customize, design props and costumes according to the requirements, and ask top makeup artists to determine the makeup of the actors.

"Genius Gunner" is a fashion film with a modern style, and the costumes do not need to be specially designed. The art director Su Tong has done these tasks very well.

He held several meetings with the main creator of the crew, and determined the shot and production schedule.

Finally, at the end of September, when the National Day was approaching, Zhang Hao flew to Hong Kong Island with the crew, ready to start filming.

A crew from the Mainland came to Hong Kong Island to film a movie. The leading actors were all young actors from the Mainland, and there were no local actors from Hong Kong Island. This crew has aroused heated discussions in the entertainment circle of Hong Kong Island.

"Have you heard? A mainland crew has come to Hong Kong Island to film."

"What's so strange about this is that "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" is not also a film invested by a mainland company, it is also being filmed."

"Oh, you don't understand. It was filmed by Mr. Xu and his team. The leading actors are actors from Hong Kong Island. I heard that there is not a single actor from Hong Kong Island in that crew."

Another person said it was wrong: "Isn't Qin Pei in this crew? I know the director, the director of "Manslaughter", I went to the cinema and watched his movie."

As I said before, a veteran actor from Hong Kong Island can save the crew a lot of trouble.

Qin Pei's two younger brothers are both well-known filmmakers in Hong Kong Island. He himself is also a golden supporting role. He has appeared in many film and television dramas and has deep connections.As for Zhang Hao looking for group performers, he tried his best to find local group performers from Hong Kong Island.

This avoids a situation, that is, being protested.In the Hong Kong Island movie circle, except for some sober people, many people are very exclusive, which will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

On the day of the start-up, it happened that Qin Pei's younger brother Er Dongsheng came to visit the class.

After walking around the set with Zhang Hao, Er Dongsheng chatted with Zhang Hao: "I watched your "Manslaughter", and I really like that style."

Crime suspense movies are still very popular in Hong Kong Island. "Manslaughter" is still showing in theaters on Hong Kong Island. As of September No. 30, it has won a box office of 337 million Hong Kong dollars.

Because there are no Hong Kong Island stars, it can achieve this box office result, which is entirely due to the excellent quality of the film.

Zhang Hao said: "Thank you, I also like your "Shinjuku Incident". I also said that film is the most profound film since Cheng Long's film career."

"Really? Cheng Long must be very happy to hear you praise him. He mentioned you when he met me a few days ago, saying that you are a leader of the new generation of young directors in the Mainland."

The two started a wave of business exchanges, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After the set was ready, Guo Fan hurriedly notified Zhang Hao through the walkie-talkie: "Director, the set is ready."

"OK, notify the actors to enter the venue." Zhang Hao ordered into the walkie-talkie, and then invited Er Dongsheng: "Let's go and have a look together, and give me pointers."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, communicate with each other." Er Dongsheng is very polite, and he doesn't have the arrogance that Hong Kong island filmmakers face mainland filmmakers.

The opening scene is not difficult. It is a scene in which the father played by Qin Pei sends Xiaolin played by Da Mimi to school.

The heroine in the original version, how can I put it, looks very special, with tough bones, and if she cut her hair short, she might be a tomboy.

In contrast, although Da Mi Mi also appeared in the camera without makeup according to Zhang Hao's request, she couldn't stand the young face at this time and the conditions were good.

So the makeup artist deliberately made Da Mimi's face darker, and through comparison, it showed that she was out of tune with this noble school.

The school scenes were filmed on the old campus of Hongli College, a famous private school on Hong Kong Island. Hongli College is a famous aristocratic school. In the 80s and [-]s, only white students were admitted here.

After the 90s, local Chinese students gradually began to enroll.

After the reunification, as the conditions of some people in the mainland got better and better, many wealthy families in the mainland also sent their children to this school and the surrounding aristocratic schools.

Hong Kong Island itself has an international education diploma. Middle school students can directly take the STIC exam, and then apply for admission opportunities to well-known foreign universities. This is why Zhang Hao set his background on Hong Kong Island.

In a room that was designed as an office, the actors were all ready to go.

Zhang Hao looked at the scene and felt that there were not enough books, so he shouted: "There are too few books, is this a school? Hurry up and get some books and put them here."

"Good director..." Several scene directors hurried to find books, and then filled the room with books as required.

Zhang Hao glanced at the scene and waved: "Camera over here to take a look, how's the effect?"

Lu Jianqiu took charge of the camera himself and made an OK gesture: "Yes, director..."

"Okay, let's officially start filming. Unrelated personnel evacuated the scene." Following Zhang Hao's shout, the makeup girl who had finished applying makeup to the actors hurried away, leaving space for the three actors.

A bird's-eye view opened up Xiaolin's academic qualifications.In order to conform to the educational background, it is all in English.

At the same time, the father played by Qin Pei began to speak: "Since the first grade, her grades have always been excellent. In the past three years, she has been a model student. Not long ago, she participated in the math competition in the district and won the first prize."

The camera showed Xiaolin, played by Da Mi Mi, wearing glasses, she heard her father talking about her achievements, and smiled unconsciously, a little happy and proud.

Er Dongsheng watched the performances on the set. Although he didn't see the effect of the picture through the camera, he felt that the girl named Da Mimi was good at acting.

Playing with his brother Qin Pei, he was not overshadowed by the light.

Of course, Qin Pei is a seasoned actor, and he knows how to act the best without overwhelming the audience.

Because Xiaolin's grades are very good, the school decided to admit Xiaolin and asked her if she would like to come to school.But Xiaolin said that the tuition fee is very expensive and needs to be considered.

The school leader expressed surprise: "Our school only needs [-] Hong Kong dollars for a semester, and only [-] Hong Kong dollars for a year!"

So Xiaolin showed her ability to be a top student for the first time, not only the tuition fee, but also the commuting fee, lunch fee, and the cost of new school uniforms and new textbooks.

Calculated in one pass, it will cost 12 Hong Kong dollars, which Xiaolin thinks is not worth it.

Here Qin Pei handled the movements very naturally, patted Xiaolin's hand under the table, and motioned her to stop talking.But Xiaolin had her own ideas, and she got it right, which confused the school leaders who were interviewing.

Thanks to the excellent performance of the actors, Zhang Hao successfully passed the scene after only two shots.

It is also because the difficulty is not too great. Generally, there is a step-by-step process when starting to shoot a movie. First shoot the simple ones, adjust the crew, and improve the status of the actors.

After that, it became more and more difficult to shoot, gradually increasing the difficulty of the scenes.

"It's a good shot, let's take a break, let's continue." Zhang Hao clapped his hands to encourage the actors.

As soon as Da Mi Mi came down, he held the script and pestered Zhang Hao to ask various questions.She didn't understand a lot of things in the script, and she pestered the director openly.

Er Dongsheng greeted Qin Pei: "Brother, you are in good condition. The first day of filming turned out really well."

Qin Pei is very modest: "It's all because the director said it well, I just performed normally."

In line with the principle of plucking wild goose, Zhang Hao asked Er Dongsheng: "Director Er, are you interested in making a cameo?"

Er Dongsheng was taken aback for a moment, and then agreed: "Yes, what role should I play?"

"a teacher……"

Therefore, Er Dongsheng, who came to visit the set, was detained by Zhang Hao for three days in a daze, and played a cameo role in several scenes.

After returning, Er Dongsheng was full of praise for Zhang Hao, and said in front of the Hong Kong media: "Director Zhang is the most talented young director I have ever seen. Given time, he will definitely become a film master."

Movie master?The media reporters didn't believe it. Not everyone is qualified to be called a film master. The media just regarded Er Dongsheng's words as flattery.

Even after returning home, the media reports on Hong Kong Island mainly ridiculed Zhang Hao, and also ridiculed Er Dongsheng by the way, saying that he is too old to speak out of his head.

There are also reporters who want to interview Zhang Hao and the crew of "Genius Gunner", but the entire crew adopts closed shooting and keeps news silent to the outside world.

(End of this chapter)