director of the millennium

Chapter 58
Anshan, Xiuyan County, Chaoyang Town beside the Shaozi River.

The crew of "The Embalmer" has been filming here for more than half a month.

Today we have to shoot a rather special scene, where the male protagonist participates in the burial of the deceased's body for the first time.

The deceased was an old woman who lived alone. She was found dead by her neighbors for more than two weeks because of the foul smell.

In the small old-fashioned apartment building, all the camera positions have been prepared. The extra actors playing the corpses have also put on "death makeup" and are lying on the small wooden bed.

And in the room next to the apartment where the scene was set up, behind the monitors that had been set up, Wu Yuan was also chatting with the two actors.

"This scene was actually not difficult to film. Zhang Sheng, you have to portray the hero's feeling of discomfort, fear, and fear but having to hold on when he sees a corpse for the first time."

"Teacher Li Xuejian is as plain as possible. It's not the plainness of life and death, but the kind of plainness that I've seen a lot and got used to."

"It's like a worker who has worked on the assembly line for 20 years, a fitter who has twisted screws all his life, his job has become the instinct of the body, and there is no extra emotion at all."

Zhang Guorong and Li Xuejian nodded frequently while listening to Wu Yuan's narration.

To be honest, Zhang Guorong is very satisfied with the cooperation with Wu Yuan.

Compared with the literary film directors he had contacted before, it was much better!
Yes, it is the King of Sunglasses.

The film aesthetics of King Sunglasses is really good, and he belongs to the top group of directors in the world.

But being an actor in Sunglass King's crew is definitely a torture.

He never tells the actors about the play, and when the actors are NG, they don't say what's wrong, it just feels wrong to ask.

The actor wanted to know what kind of feeling it was, but Sunglasses King didn't say anything, just kept shaking his head, and asked the actor to do it again.

Zhang Guorong once NGed several times, but he really didn't know how to act, so he questioned the King of Sunglasses.

As a result, King Sunglasses played a piece of music for him, and he listened to it for half an hour. After listening to it, he asked quietly: "Do you understand this emotion? This is what I want."

You know shit!

We filmed all afternoon that day, but the Sunglasses King was not satisfied either. In the end, he simply said that the mood of today's scene was not up to par, so we stopped filming and called it a day!
Zhang Guorong is pretty good.

Zhang Manyu used to be autistic by Sunglass King's filming method. She couldn't pass a scene for a week, and she didn't ask why, so Zhang Manyu would go back to the hotel and cry every day after work, wondering if she was right. Not fit to be an actor.

In comparison, Wu Yuan is an easy director to deal with.

Before each filming, he will talk about the scene, clearly explaining the emotions, actions, and state he needs. After that, if the actor is NG, he will directly say what is wrong.

And he was not so strict as Master Xing, he had to demonstrate every movement by himself, but if the movements and expressions performed by the actors were different from what he demonstrated, he had to do it all over again.

As long as the actors can give the right emotions, even if there is a temporary performance or a change of play, a suitable Wu Yuan will accept it, and will praise the actors for their performances, giving outstanding actors a certain amount of freedom to express themselves!

It is very comfortable to film with such a director.

Zhang Guorong, who has been tortured many times by the King of Sunglasses, wishes he had not met Wu Yuan earlier. This is what he thinks a truly good director looks like!
Without even noticing it, Zhang Guorong subconsciously regarded Wu Yuan as his benchmark as a director, and he wanted to become such a director.

"Okay, this scene is like this, if there is no problem, let's start filming."

Wu Yuan's words brought Zhang Guorong back to his senses, he nodded, looked around again, and asked curiously:

"Director Wu, is that ghost guy who follows you every day gone?"

"Let's go." Wu Yuan cast a sidelong glance at Zhang Guorong, "What's wrong?"

"Director Wu, are you going to Hollywood to shoot a movie again?" Zhang Guorong asked with some envy.

When Wu Yuan and Jerry were chatting on the set, they didn't shy away from other staff members. Anyone who listened carefully could tell that Wu Yuan had taken on another Hollywood movie, and it seemed to be a movie from a big company, because they chatted Disney is mentioned frequently.

It would be a lie to say that Zhang Guorong is not envious. When he was an actor, he also hoped that he could break into Hollywood, but he never succeeded.

Now that I want to transform into a director, my desire to pursue Hollywood has faded a lot, but I still can't help being envious when I see Wu Yuan going to Hollywood to make a movie.

"This time it's not my own filming, it's just working for others." Wu Yuan shook his head and said in a flat tone.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's start shooting!"

Wu Yuan waved his hand, indicating that Zhang Guorong and Li Xuejian could go to the next room to start filming.

Seeing this, Zhang Guorong, who originally wanted to say something, had no choice but to hold back the conversation, and followed Li Xuejian to leave the surveillance room.

He didn't understand Wu Yuan's calmness.

That's Hollywood. It's a great thing to be invited by the top six in Hollywood to direct a play. Why is Wu Yuan so calm?

Without much time for him to ponder, the two walked to the door of the shooting room, and the assistant director's voice rang from the walkie-talkie on the staff next to him.

"The actors are in place!"

"Start shooting!"

As the camera was started, pieces of film were swallowed and moved. Teacher Li Xuejian immediately entered the state, frowning slightly and bent down through the door curtain and entered the room.

Frown, because the room is full of stench at this time.

In order to simulate reality and help the actors give better feedback, the set design team actually placed a large number of items that could emit stench in the room.

Meals that have been left unattended for several days, rotten food covered with maggots, and rotten fruits.

Even a certain prop master wiped a little dog poop on the ground in order to smell strong enough.

Teacher Li Xuejian's frown was a real reaction, and he even tried his best to restrain himself.

Zhang Guorong, who entered the door behind him, didn't need any restraint. When he took the first breath of air, his face immediately wrinkled into a ball, as if he was about to vomit.

Hastily stretched out his hands to cover his nose and mouth, Zhang Guorong subconsciously said, "It stinks."

Teacher Li Xuejian ignored him, but continued to walk in slowly, taking out a pair of medical rubber gloves and putting them on while walking.

After walking a few steps forward, they saw the pale and swollen feet of the deceased who were exposed outside the quilt.

Just after getting used to the air, Zhang Guorong put down his hand covering his mouth, and immediately covered his mouth again, fear spreading in his eyes.

This is the first time Lin Wu sees a real dead person, not the one he played.

Teacher Li Xuejian's expression didn't change at all, he stuffed Zhang Guorong with a pair of rubber gloves in his hand, took two white sheets from him, and walked steadily to the bedside.

"come here."

Zhang Guorong had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk inside. He stepped on a rotten banana before taking two steps. He almost slipped and his stomach started to churn again.

"Come here and help." Teacher Li Xuejian urged again.

He had no choice but to endure the discomfort and continue walking inside.

In the monitoring room next door, Wu Yuan looked at the close-up of Zhang Guorong's face and nodded in satisfaction.

His eyes widened, his lips were tightly closed, trying to resist the feeling of wanting to vomit, the corners of his mouth were constantly twitching, and he could even vaguely see the masseter muscles under his cheeks clenching tightly.

This series of facial micro-movements well performed the character's discomfort and fear at this time.

"Crack!"

"Excellent performance by the actors!"

"Add a few more facial close-ups!"

"Prepare for the next shot!"

Whether it is Zhang Guorong or Li Xuejian, they have definitely refined their acting skills to their respective peaks.

It is also a very comfortable thing for the director to cooperate with such actors.

The whole day's filming went very smoothly, and both actors were able to give Wu Yuan the emotion he wanted.

The filming, which was originally expected to be completed in one afternoon, took less than two hours, and it was all finished at a little after three o'clock in the afternoon.

After giving 50 yuan in red envelopes to the extras who played the role of the old woman's corpse, the crew called it a day.

In fact, this extravaganza only showed a pair of feet from beginning to end, but as a rule in Jianghu, if you play a corpse, you have to give an extra red envelope to get rid of bad luck.

The filming for the next period of time was still very smooth.

The actors of "The Night the Comet Came" also arrived in Anshan one after another to make guest appearances as several important family members of the deceased in the movie, and then left after successfully filming their scenes.

Everything went perfectly.

It went so smoothly that all the progress that was originally delayed by Jerry was made up, and the crew even finished three days earlier than expected.

Wu Yuan was even in a daze, feeling unreal.

This is his first literary film!

Logically speaking, artistic films are more difficult and time-consuming to shoot than commercial films.

But this movie was the smoothest one shot by Wu Yuan!
Both the actors and the crew were all in control, and a lot of shots were taken in one go.

Zhang Guorong, Li Xuejian, Chen Hong, Wu Yanshu and other actors have good acting skills and dedication, and they are so comfortable to use!

We still need to cooperate more with excellent actors!

At the finale banquet, Wu Yuan held his wine glass high and thanked them sincerely: "It is really a very enjoyable thing to be able to cooperate with everyone in this movie!"

"I believe that "The Embalmer" will become a masterpiece that will still be frequently mentioned ten or 20 years from now!"

After a heart-warming wrap-up banquet, on December 2001, 12, the crew of "The Undertaker" officially announced the wrap-up in Anshan.

　The pace is going to be a little faster. I feel like it would be a bit monotonous to keep writing and making movies, and I have to get into the emotional line.

　　In fact, I really prepared the emotional line of this novel carefully.

　　The heroines in many entertainment novels have no sense of existence, they are all the same, without the slightest color.

　　I want to write a heroine who is flesh and blood, has a distinctive personality, and can be remembered, so this book is a single heroine.

　　I hope that the written performance can be recognized by readers.

　　Let me tell you, this is a woman chasing a man, because I have no experience in chasing girls, I was always chased backwards~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)