China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 70

All the preparations before the filming start are going on in an orderly manner, including making shooting plans and schedules, applying for US visas, obtaining filming permits from the local city hall, contacting local labor unions in the US to apply for a letter of no objection, hiring local actors, etc., in October On the 10th, Li Mu led the crew to fly to New York, and part of the filming cycle in the United States is planned to be 25 days.

The next day, New York, the streets.

In the first scene, the supporting actor hands Lucy the suitcase and sends her into the building.

All departments are busy, and the field manager shouted through the walkie-talkie:
"Get out of the way, we are ready to shoot."

In front of the monitor, Li Mu picked up the walkie-talkie and asked:

"Ok?"

The two photographers replied respectively: "All are open."

"Okay, get ready..."

Field record board.

"Start!" Li Mu shouted.

Following Li Mu's order, the pictures taken by No. [-] and No. [-] units appeared on two side-by-side monitors in front of Li Mu respectively. No. [-] was the main position, and No. [-] Steadicam was responsible for capturing close-ups of the characters.

Lucy, played by Li Lianhua, is drinking milk tea. She looks a little dazed at the moment, as if she hasn't had a good rest for several days.

The supporting actor is a foreign actor randomly found through the trade union here. He snapped his fingers to get Lucy's attention.

"Lucy, it's nothing, it's just a gift."

"Why don't you go by yourself." Li Lianhua spoke good English.

"That person never expected that the beauty would come to deliver the goods, he would be surprised, please."

"What's in there?"

"Don't be so nervous, baby? Don't you believe me?" The male partner stroked Li Lianhua's chin, making an intimate gesture.

"Richard, I really like you, but I have my own things to take care of now, and I have to be busy with a lot of things." After Li Lianhua finished speaking and turned to leave, Richard reached out and grabbed her arm:
"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Li Lianhua: "I'm going home. I have an exam on Monday. I have to take a shower and study, okay?"

"You know what? I went to a museum one day and you know what I found?"

"what?"

"The earliest humans were also called Lucy."

……

The two got entangled in front of the building, and the supporting actor Richard tried every means to coax Lucy into taking the briefcase to the reception and handing it to Mr. Zhang.

Lucy was very vigilant, and kept asking what was in the briefcase. The supporting actor said that he didn’t know very well, and said that it was probably just some documents. Lucy guessed that the male delivery of the briefcase made money, and the male supporting role was generous. Admitting that there was a thousand dollars to take, Lucy became more vigilant. The male partner saw that Lucy was about to leave, and without a word, handcuffed Lucy and the briefcase together.

Lucy panicked:

"what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, I need your help very much." The supporting actor backed away while talking, and Lucy hurried to catch up.

When the two of them moved, the entire production crew followed suit.

Unit [-] moved horizontally along the track to the right, and the photographer of Unit [-] backed away slowly with the Steadicam equipment on his shoulders.

The microphone in the hand of the picker is always kept parallel to the No. [-] machine.

The pole picker is very important. For a good sound, the premise is to put the microphone in the best position, and at the same time ensure that the recording microphone cannot appear in the picture. The pole picker must not only pay attention to the position of the microphone at all times, but also pay attention to the microphone at all times. The position of the shadow.

At the same time, it must be as close to the sound source as possible. If the microphone is misplaced, the sound engineer will have nothing to do but stare blankly.

"You can't do this, quickly open the handcuffs." Li Lianhua had been in a drowsy state before, but at this moment her hands were handcuffed on the mysterious briefcase, Li Lianhua's mood immediately became flustered, unlike the previous laziness. The state of affairs is in stark contrast.

"I can't do it."

"Open it immediately." All the actors and crew members around could clearly feel Li Lianhua's anger, panic, and pleading at this moment. Li Lianhua's performance in the first scene was very exciting.

"please."

"I can't do it. Mr. Zhang has the key. You just need to go into the restaurant and ask Mr. Zhang to come to the counter."

"No, turn it on."

"Sorry, I have no choice."

……

"You bastard," the supporting actor shoves $500 into Lucy's bra as Lucy clutches the money.However, she also knew that she would give it away today, or she would give it away if she didn't, so she could only choose to compromise in the end.

"You are so kind." The supporting actor smiled and comforted Lucy after achieving his goal.

Lucy sneered and walked into the hotel.

"Crack."

The first shot is done.

Various departments have reported the shooting status, the shooting is normal, the recording is normal, and there is no error.

"Okay, that's enough." Li Mu said after watching the replay carefully.

The surrounding crew applauded happily.

At this time, Li Lianhua also came to the monitor, and the assistant director hurriedly stepped aside:

"Come, come, sit here."

Li Lianhua sat down on the chair next to Li Mu.

"The filming is very good, and the emotions are well controlled." Li Mu boasted.

Sun Honglei next to him also gave Li Lianhua a thumbs up: "Very good, great acting."

"Thank you." Li Lianhua smiled at Sun Honglei, then turned to look at Li Mu:

"Wouldn't it look bad if Lucy was handcuffed all of a sudden? I didn't feel too flustered when I got there." Li Lianhua pulled her skirt down and said.

She is now wearing a very short dark red skirt, which is very sexy.Originally, Li Mu didn't pay much attention to her not pulling down her skirt, but she pulled Li Mu's gaze away, and Li Mu almost instinctively glanced twice.

"Ah? No, no, Lucy just vaguely felt that the things in the box might violate the law, but she didn't think the consequences were as serious as she thought. Besides, she still had 500 dollars to take, so she would definitely be nervous, but I have to say at the beginning Not to mention the fear."

Li Lianhua nodded, then sneered.

The crew thought she was laughing because of the director's affirmation, but only she knew that she was laughing because of Li Mu's peeping eyes just now.

"It turned out to be a normal man."

In the next shot, Li Lianhua enters the hotel to ask the front desk for consultation, and then a group of ferocious Asians come out of the elevator. Lucy instinctively turns her head to look at Richard outside the door, but she happens to see the scene of Richard being shot dead.

Li Lianhua didn't need to touch up her makeup. The supporting actor Richard was shot with blood splattered all over the scene. The scene manager directed the make-up artist to make up the supporting actor Richard.

The chief and deputy photographers of the crew also came to the monitor, and Li Mu pointed to the playback screen on the monitor and said:

"This kind of feeling is very good. We always use this ring light on the camera to shoot the shots of Sister Lianhua. After using this ring light, the light in Sister Lianhua's eyes is very beautiful. I hope our shots can show the lotus as much as possible. My sister is beautiful."

Tong Yu, a famous photographer from Xiying Studio, said: "This ring light is very useful. It can be adjusted wirelessly with a dimmer, and the brightness can also be adjusted through the ring light when the camera is moving."

The deputy photographer said: "It's a pity that when I customized the ring light for the Steadicam, I customized a daylight one. Some pictures may need to be warmer, and the light of the tungsten lamp is better, but now I am customizing one. Time It must be too late."

Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "Add a layer of filter paper to the daylight ring light, so that the effect of the daylight light will become warmer, and there will be a feeling of tungsten light. I must order two before filming next time. There are two kinds of ring lights—tungsten and fluorescent—so we can mix them later and choose the color of light we need most at any time.”

(End of this chapter)