Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 340 Another One

Zhao Luoyao came here very early, probably to wake Li Tang up, but she came a little late. Li Tang had already gotten up and went out for a run.When he came back, he found Xiao Zhao waiting at the door.

Although she had the room card in her hand, she did not go in by herself.Or maybe you opened the door and went in, found no one in the room, and came out again, deliberately waiting outside to give the boss a good impression.

But no matter what, it at least shows that Xiao Zhao is still very measured.

As for my ex-girlfriend, she went back to her room after having fun last night.Some things should not be too obvious. Even if everyone knows it, they must know how to restrain themselves.

How do you say something?It roughly means "show affection and die quickly!"

Just like this morning, it would always be a bit embarrassing if Li Tang's new assistant Zhao Luoyao broke through.

Xiao Zhao was quite competent as an assistant. He didn't need Li Tang's orders at all. While he was taking a shower, he had already gone downstairs and brought breakfast to him. They were all his usual favorites. No need to ask, Zeng Jia must have had breakfast with Xiao before. Zhao explained his life, work and eating habits.

When he saw Li Tang coming back sweating in sports shorts and a hurdle vest, Xiao Zhao was even thinking about whether he should go for a morning jog with his boss every morning from now on.

After just a little measure of her own strength and perseverance, she immediately gave up the idea.

After breakfast and getting ready to go out, Xiao Zhao, like other assistants, carried a big bag, which contained dry paper towels, wet wipes, alcohol pads, sticky notes, markers, dental floss, mouthwash, mosquito repellent, and a small fan. Huoxiang Zhengqi water, a small desk lamp, sunscreen spray, iodophor cotton swabs, lip balm, makeup remover and a lot of other things. There is even a first aid kit containing stomach medicine, pharyngitis tablets, analgesic tablets, bruise medicine and other commonly used medicines.

What is professional? This is called professional!Everything you need is ready to go.

Li Tang usually carries a bag when he goes to a scene, which contains scripts, water cups, etc. When the weather is cold, he will soak some cordyceps or wolfberry in the cups. After all, if you are young and don’t take supplements, you will be miserable when you are old.

It’s never too late to take care of your health.It's just that it's too hot here in Lanjing now, and it will go rancid if soaked and covered for a day, so I just brought two bottles of water.

When it comes to drinking water, Li Tang is not particular about water. Nongfu Spring, Robust, and Wahaha are all fine. As long as the hotel or the crew has it, he can just grab two bottles.However, he has also seen some pretentious people who only use domestic mineral water and specialize in drinking the imported French Evian water, which costs more than 20 yuan a bottle. It is really a waste of money.

If you can, just stop eating. Even the meals prepared in five-star hotels are made with tap water.

"Teacher Li, do you think I need to bring something else?" Xiao Zhao asked again before going out.

"Gone."

In fact, when Li Tang didn't have an assistant by his side in the past, he would just pack these things by himself. Even if he didn't bring anything, he had to overcome it.So sometimes he also thinks that a large part of the reason for the so-called celebrities playing big names and having all kinds of bad tastes is exposed by the people around them.

He went out very early today, and he was the only main actor, including classmate Xiao Zhang, his ex-girlfriend, Xiao Benzi, including teacher Feng Yuanzheng who just arrived last night. Some of their plays were scheduled for the afternoon, and some were for tomorrow.

The main actor in the scene at the station is Li Tang. The main actors are Zhang Ziyi and his ex-girlfriend. Xiao Benzi and teacher Feng Yuanzheng are more of a background.

At 07:30, Li Tang arrived at Pukou Railway Station half an hour earlier than expected at eight o'clock.It is his habit to arrive at the shooting scene 10 minutes or half an hour early. This is not to highlight how dedicated he is, but to have more time to make himself more relaxed.

The on-site staff and about a hundred extras had arrived early, put on makeup and changed clothes, and rehearsed under the command of the assistant director to familiarize themselves with their respective moves.After all, it's still relatively cool in the morning.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Wang, morning!"

Li Tang got into the temporary dressing room at the station, where two people were putting on makeup.

These two actors from Jiangsu People's Art Theater play the roles of a killer and a member of the resistance organization who interact with Situ respectively. They are both supporting roles.

Both of them are young, about 30 years old. One is from a serious major in Chinese opera, and the other is from a student class in Jiangsu People's Art.

Let me add one more thing here: In fact, at the earliest, every province had a People's Art Theater, referred to as "So-and-Sand Art".For example, Mr. Ge Zhijun, who worked with Li Tang in "The Story of Escort", is from Shaanxi People's Art Theatre. For example, the Shanghai Drama Center where Li Tang currently works was formerly formed by the merger of Shanghai People's Art Theater and Shanghai Youth Repertory Theater.

But later on, as the humanities and arts in various provinces gradually declined, some merged, and some disappeared, while the humanities and arts in the capital continued to flourish, in the end "renyi" almost became the exclusive title of their family.

There is no way, who calls the capital of others!The capital was originally positioned as a political and cultural center. After entering the new century, it gradually developed into a political, cultural and economic center. The word culture is always there, and people have policies, which has a siphon effect.Unlike Shanghai, which used to be called an economic and cultural center, but is now an economic and financial center, the word culture is missing.

In comparison, Jiangsu's people and arts are quite good. After all, it is located in Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and has a rich cultural heritage.Their current situation is similar to that of the Shanghai Drama Center. Most of the actors receive dead wages, and when the unit has performance tasks, they are provided with rehearsal and performance subsidies. When they have nothing to do, they can go out to film movies, shoot commercials, do dubbing, or perform in sketches. Yeah, make some extra money.

This is the norm for most actors. After all, very few can become stars.

"Mr. Li, morning!"

These two are also very polite. Everyone met them yesterday.

People like them are called "big special" in the jargon, which are special actors who have relatively important roles. They shoot for a day or two and are paid about 2000 yuan or [-].Before Li Tang traveled through time, his original body often did this kind of work.

Makeup is also simple, because the makeup is set beforehand, including the costumes. The main thing is to apply some oil paint on the face to prevent reflection.In addition, after a winter of maintenance, and the fact that most of the previous filming of "Subway to Spring" were indoor scenes, Li Tang became relatively white. The makeup artist also specially applied some paint on his face, making him darker than before. It seems to be more in line with the characteristics of the characters of that era.

The soft white shirt made of cotton is not the pure white now, but more like the kind that has been slightly yellowed after being worn for a long time. A black and slender tie hangs loosely around the neck.

The weather was hot and I couldn't wear my coat at all, so I just held a light gray suit in my hand.

When we arrived at the scene, under the command of the executive director, Li Tang and two actors from Jiangsu People's Art Theater walked through the play.Lou Ye also rarely appeared on the scene to watch from beginning to end.

After all the fussing, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.Filming is like this. There is not much time left for actors to actually film. Most of the time is spent doing various preparations. Especially for a big scene like today with a crowd of people, more than 100 extras, and the scene is chaotic, it is especially easy. Something went wrong.

"OK, that's fine."

Having been busy since early in the morning, the executive director was already sweating profusely, and the dirty white T-shirt on his body was soaked through.Lou Ye, who always wore a black round-neck T-shirt, nodded calmly, then smiled and thanked Li Tang and the two Jiangsu People's Art actors for their hard work, then turned and returned to a small temporary tent set up in the corner of the station. With monitors and fans, this is his command center.

"All departments are preparing..."

This preparation alone took about 10 minutes. There were dozens of extras who needed to be shot. Some were pretending to be passengers in the carriage, carrying large and small bags, and some were pedestrians passing by outside the carriage.

There are two camera positions at the scene, one is set up outside the carriage with a fixed lens, and the other is inside the carriage. It is the most commonly used handheld lens in Lou Ye's movies, and the camera is controlled by the director of photography Wang Yu himself.

Then the lighting, radio, etc. are all in place.

At this time, Li Tang also got into the car with one of the actors from Jiangsu People's Art who played the killer. They were face to face. The killer was facing the handheld camera. Although Li Tang's back was to him, he had to stick his head out of the car window. It just faces the fixed machine position outside.In this way, the two people have front-facing shots and back-facing shots in their respective positions. This is also the most basic shooting method in film and television shooting.

In fact, shooting sounds simple, but it is very complicated when actually shooting. Maybe 20 years later, those veterans who often engage in short video shooting will have a deep understanding.

The actors are in place and everything is ready.

With a "pop" sound, the recorder hit the board, and the executive director stood on a high place, holding a loudspeaker and shouted: "Start!"

The extra performers, who had just been holding their breath and standing in place, were like a flock of sheep that opened the gate, and instantly filled the entire platform with all kinds of noisy sounds.A few specially selected extras walked in twos and threes in front of the fixed camera outside the carriage.

There are workers under the carriage releasing dry ice, and there is an industrial electric fan blowing hard in front, creating the scene of the train just entering the station and releasing steam.

Li Tang looked out of the car window and put his hands on the window frame.His hands and neck were all painted with the same color as his face.Although his hands are slightly dark in the camera, they look good in the camera because his fingers are long and thin and the joints are well defined.

Moreover, his hair style was the typical Shanghai style of that era, with a [-]-[-] haircut and straight lines. In Shanghai dialect, it means "the head is strong and clear."

The fixed camera position outside the carriage gives a close-up shot, that is, the entire train window fills the entire frame.I saw him first sticking his head out, looking around, and then simply leaning his entire upper body out of the car window.

As the camera moves forward and gets a close-up of his face, you can clearly see the eagerness and desire in his eyes.Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he obviously found the target, and saw him hurriedly retracting his body.

This scene describes Situ, played by Li Tang, who has just returned from a business trip and his girlfriend Yi Ling comes to pick him up at the train station.

The reason why Li Tang handles it with such urgency and desire is that on the one hand, it shows the love between the two through this lens, highlighting the characters' anger and panic that will run through the entire movie because of Yi Ling's murder.

On the other hand, it is actually easy to understand. In the plot, on the eve of Situ's business trip, something indescribable happened between him and Yi Ling on that rainy night.Then he hurriedly embarked on a business trip early the next morning. At that time, the business trip was definitely not a day or two, it could be as short as a week, or as long as ten days and a half.

Think about it, for a young man and woman, especially for the man, having a first taste of the forbidden fruit with the one he loves is very addictive.As a result, we have just been on a business trip for such a long time. Anyone who has personally experienced the urgency will feel the same way.Especially when I saw my girlfriend coming to pick me up, my eagerness could be described as desperate.

At the same time, handheld shots inside the carriage were also shot simultaneously.Wang Yu's hand was very steady, and the camera didn't shake at all. In the medium shot, only one part of Li Tang's back could be seen, and the person who appeared in the camera was the killer played by the Jiangsu People's Art actor sitting opposite Li Tang. .

Compared to Li Tang's eagerness, the killer seemed very calm, holding a book in his hand and reading.The killer's reading can be understood as a disguise of his identity. At the same time, killing and reading are connected, forming a sense of contrast in film and television creation.

It wasn't until the train stopped that he calmly rolled up the book, stood up and put it into his pocket hanging behind the seat.The camera then focused on two identical light gray suits hanging on the wall of the car behind the seat.

Immediately afterwards, Li Tang shrank back, and the killer stood up and looked out of the car window.The killer, on the one hand, is looking for a connector, and at the same time, he must also observe whether there is any danger outside.

At this time, Li Tang's eyes were always staring out of the car window. As the target moved outside the car window, his eyes also moved. His face showed a sense of joy and a hint of pride.Probably he found his girlfriend, but his girlfriend didn't find him and was eagerly looking for him in the crowd.

Love is mutual and feelings are mutual.But when he saw his girlfriend's eagerness, he quite empathized with her, and he was secretly happy to see his girlfriend's real reaction behind her reserve.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up the gray suit from the wall of the carriage opposite his seat and put it on. Because his attention was always outside the carriage, he didn't even notice that the clothes were not his.

There is a detail here, it is the same gray suit. Li Tang mistakenly took the killer's suit, but did not notice that there was a black top hat on the hook of the suit.

A killer needs to cover his eyes and ears, and a top hat that can cover his face is a standard accessory.

Although the camera only flashes by, it shows the care taken in detailing.

Li Tang put on his clothes in a hurry, then took a heavy box from the luggage rack and quickly walked out of the carriage door.

At this time, the killer observed the situation outside the car through the car window. He felt that there was no danger, and turned around with a relaxed expression. Just when he was about to get his clothes, he found that his clothes had disappeared from the hook. , only the top hat was left, his face suddenly became solemn and flustered, and he quickly looked around, but found nothing.

At the same time, Wang Yu held the camera using a subjective perspective. The camera moved to the side, and an identical light gray suit was hanging.

At this point, there was no need for the director to shout to stop, Wang Yu directly shouted: "Okay, stop!"

Because this is a section, you need to adjust the camera position after shooting.

In the tent in the corner of the station, an electric fan was blowing. The air circulation in the tent was not good, and the heat emitted by the machine made the temperature very high.

And Lou Ye fully explained what it means to be calm and naturally cool, with no sweat on his face, wearing headphones and staring at the monitor.

Because it was a dual-camera shoot, he simultaneously watched the contents shot by fixed cameras outside the carriage, and then again watched the contents shot by handheld cameras inside the carriage.

To be honest, in the scene just taken, Li Tang's performance was almost impeccable in terms of his eyes, expressions, and body movements.In addition, the performance of the special actor sitting opposite him was very good and very solid.In addition, the extras who appeared in the shot made no mistakes. It should be said that this was a perfect shot.

But Lou Ye seemed a little unwilling to give up. He pondered for a moment, picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Very good, please work hard, let's do another one!"

(End of this chapter)