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Chapter 32 Short Film "This Summer"

In the second semester of the second year of high school, Li Jingkun still has new tasks to complete.

"Maybe my band's practice time will be reduced in the future." Li Jingkun said.

Everyone in the "Aurora Band" was a little surprised.

"Because I want to apply for the directing department of Kyoto Film Academy, so I have to spend time practicing shooting skills later."

Yes, he still decided to take the art test and take the route of culture and entertainment.It's just that this time I'm going to apply for the director department, not the music department.

So start practicing filming early on.

It's not surprising that people who play bands take part in the art test, but it's more surprising that Li Jingkun wants to be a director.

But remembering that he had said before that he wanted to be a director, so he quickly understood his choice; he also suggested that he could make a MV,

It's just that the original MV of "Ten Thousand Times of Sadness" is nothing to shoot.Moreover, the technology and shooting techniques used in the MV are relatively simple.

If you really want to take pictures, you can usually take more pictures of their band's practice, or a scene during a party, and edit it into a MV.

The most important thing is to start with making short films.

When making a short film, you generally have to have a script first, and then consider actors and the like.But it is difficult for them to find actors, and for the time being, they can only give priority to friends around them.Therefore, the script must also give priority to campus themes.

In the end, he decided on an eight-nine-minute short film called "This Summer".

The original version actually lasted more than ten minutes, but he only decided to shoot the part from the perspective of the boy in front.

Because now it is mainly for training and familiarizing myself with my shooting skills, not really for making a complete movie or something, so I will continue to make this kind of short films in the future.

The story is very simple. It tells the story of a boy who has a crush on a girl. Almost most boys have the experience.

For example, Song Hairong now.

So this time the protagonist also intends to let him play.

"Huh? I don't know how to act?" Song Hairong said.

The preparatory work in the early stage, the rental of equipment, etc., are actually not the most difficult. The most difficult thing now is to find actors who dare to act.

Yes, we are not looking for those who can act, but those who dare to act.

Acting is a very difficult thing for many people, at least his shyness cannot be overcome.Therefore, the first class of many film schools is to "liberate nature".

"It's okay, it's simple, you're running most of the time, and there's not much facial expression."

Yes, there are a lot of running scenes in it, and it really doesn't require good acting skills, even a blank expression most of the time.

After the actor is determined, it is natural to choose the heroine.

In a short film of only five or six minutes, there are not many leading actors and even fewer leading actresses.And simpler, not many shots.

Li Jingkun chose Wang Yajing to play the role, because she is very beautiful, belongs to Bai Fumei, and is the crush object of many boys, so she is very suitable.

"What? Acting? I can't."

After finding a time, Li Jingkun sent a message to Wang Yajing.

"It's okay, I don't need to perform much, and I don't have a few lines, just show a face."

"I don't want it, don't lie to me, I dare not!"

"It's really simple to lie to you. If you don't believe me, I'll show you the script and the storyboard."

"No way? I'm very introverted—how about letting Jiani play the role? She's more like a goddess than me, right? She's also very popular."

"Jianni and I don't know each other very well. I'm sure I have a better relationship with you."

"Hehe." Wang Yajing sent a smiley message to express "thank you", and then said: "Your dream is to be a director. I thought it was a singer or something."

"I have many dreams, and the director is one of them." Li Jingkun said, "It's just starting now, and you don't support it."

"I really don't know how to act. It's so embarrassing to perform in front of others..." Wang Yajing said.

"Try it, it's not difficult, basically you don't need to read lines, just make a vase."

"..."

After reluctantly convincing her, Li Jingkun continued the preparations.

The first is to write out the script and the shot script. Although there is not much content, they need to be clarified, so that it will be easier to execute later.

The second is to make a list, write down the equipment that needs to be used, which ones need to be rented, and which ones need to be bought.

Finally, calculate the cost.

In fact, the cost is really not much. The actors can eat a few meals at most, and buy some water when filming.The rest is equipment and so on.

But everything needs to be clearly written, and all of them should be clearly listed.

Now he is a producer, director, photographer, etc., an all-round talent, referred to as "independent director".

At that time, there will still be two or three odd jobs and supporting roles, all of which need to be found and communicated with in advance.But it's just a few pictures, and many of them don't even need to show their faces.

Zhu Miaotong will also come to help.And she will help to play a supporting role, just a few shots.

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Although it is a very simple short film, but because I still have to go to school, it took about a month of preparation before I had time to officially shoot.

In terms of equipment, except for the camera that is rented, other smaller items are bought, such as tripods and recording sticks.However, there are not many places where this short film requires live recording, and most of it is narration.

That is to say, the protagonist's narration will be recorded separately in the later stage.

"This Summer" is set in schools, on the runway, in classrooms and auditoriums.In some places, it is also possible to edit and use the scenes recorded at the New Year's Day party before.

On the first day, I took pictures of the runway part. In fact, it doesn’t need too many people.
But no one has been exposed to this, so Wang Yajing, Zhu Miaotong, Huang Sisi and the "Aurora Band" are all there.

There are also some unknown people watching from a distance. After all, they are here with the machine, which is quite conspicuous.

The scene at the beginning was very simple, that is, to take pictures of running.

Li Jingkun set up the machine and let Song Hairong run on the track.

After taking two or three angles, ask him to change a suit of clothes, change the camera position and take a few more shots.

"OK, that's fine, it's all over."

After shooting some shots in a row, Li Jingkun announced that the scene was over and that the next scene could be changed.

"Is the filming finished?" Song Hairong, who was a little out of breath, ran back and was a little stunned when he learned that it was over.

"Yeah, the running part is fine. We have to switch to another scene."

"So simple?" Song Hairong said.

"Yeah, it's not difficult at all."

Of course Li Jingkun has to let his actors have confidence.In this way, the following scenes can be smoother.

Then I took a few pictures at home, and let Li Jingkun's mother make a cameo appearance.But no face, just a line and an action.

However, Li's mother's Mandarin is relatively poor, and she has a serious accent.Therefore, after two attempts, I did not continue, and considered post-recording or canceling this line.Just use Song Hairong's narration.

And the classroom part couldn’t be photographed today.I need to take pictures in the classroom, and I have to trouble the head teacher and a few students in the class to cooperate.

(End of this chapter)