1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 34 Is He Really a Genius?
After Zhou Yan's first scene was filmed, there was a long gap between the filming of the second scene.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Zhou Yan still followed Zhang Yimou and the others to observe the filming every day. However, the difference from before was that whenever there was free time during filming, Zhou Yan would run to Zhang Yimou and the others for advice.

Zhou Yan has a lot of questions, from actor positioning to camera design to lighting layout. As long as he doesn't understand, he will ask.

Fortunately, the targets he asked were relatively scattered, so they would not be bored. In addition to Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian, the assistant director Gao Jinwen, chief photographer Zhao Fei and others were all his targets.

The most outrageous thing is that he didn't even let Hu Zhong, the carpenter on the set production team, go.

At the beginning, everyone thought Zhou Yan was a temporary novelty, but as time went by, they discovered that Zhou Yan really had a tenacity, and they gradually got used to Zhou Yan wearing it back and forth on the scene.

Sometimes Zhao Fei explains some technical issues in photography to his own photography assistant. After finishing speaking, when he sees Zhou Yan next to him, he will ask, "Does Zhou Yan understand?"

Later, Zhang Yimou saw that Zhou Yan was familiar with the entire process of the crew, and occasionally asked Zhou Yan to help with some things.

When Zhang Yimou discovered that Zhou Yan could complete the tasks he had asked him to do well, he "expanded" and began to give Zhou Yan some more difficult tasks.

There was even a scene where Zhang Yimou asked Zhou Yan to use the storyboard he wrote to communicate specific shooting details with the production, photography and makeup teams. This was already the job of the assistant director.

The strangest thing is that when Zhou Yan went to communicate, no one in the group felt strange. They all thought it was natural for Zhou Yan to communicate.

Zhang Yimou even felt that Zhou Yan was more useful than Li Jiehan in some aspects, because compared to Li Jiehan, Zhou Yan was much more popular in the crew, and most people were willing to cooperate with Zhou Yan.

Especially the production team, as long as it's Zhou Yan's affairs, they are very active.

Sometimes the crew is not just about filming, there are people who have connections, and being able to coordinate all parties well is also a skill.

More than a month has passed, and the weather has gotten a lot colder. Some groups have even set up braziers.

At this time, it was finally Zhou Yan's turn to shoot the second scene, which was the drinking scene of Songlian that Zhou Yan had practiced for two months.

This scene may be more demanding in terms of acting skills, but the shooting difficulty is actually a little lower because the scenery and angles are far less complicated than the previous scene.

Two fixed cameras were first set up on the scene, and one mobile camera was added. According to the director's requirements, Zhou Yan and Gong Li walked through it from beginning to end without breaking in the middle.

After all the preparations were done, Zhou Yan stood outside waiting for the director to say "start".

All the staff on the scene held their breath. Everyone knew that this scene was difficult to perform, so they were worried that Zhou Yan would make mistakes. Many people were ready to fight a tough battle.

Zhang Yimou's expression is also very serious. He attaches great importance to this scene. At the same time, he also knows how difficult this scene is for a newcomer.

"start."

After a start, Zhou Yan walked into the room.

At this time, Gong Li had already entered the state. She looked at Zhou Yan, smiled drunkenly, and said, "Young master, you are back."

Zhou Yan leaned forward slightly and said with concern, "Why are you drinking?"

When he got here, Zhang Yimou leaned back slightly. Zhou Yan's performance was not bad, but the highlight was yet to come.

"Heh, sit down."

Zhou Yan first looked inside the room, then walked to sit opposite Gong Li.

Gong Li picked up the wine glass: "I am congratulating myself on my birthday... Do you want to have a drink and wish me a birthday."

With that said, Gong Li started pouring wine.

Hou Xiaoxian looked at the two of them nervously. The next scene was the first small peak in this scene. It depends on whether Zhou Yan can continue.

Gong Li poured the wine and stretched the cup in front of Zhou Yan, but it spilled all over Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan yawned slightly, then looked at his clothes and the table.

Zhao Fei, who was in charge of the camera, couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Zhou Yan firmly grasped Chen Feipu's conditioned reflexes and psychological state.

Normal people would definitely be shocked when encountering this kind of situation, but it shouldn't be too exaggerated. Zhou Yan's body was really just right. He didn't wipe his clothes first, but took Gong Li's wine. Showed a trace of hesitation.

It doesn't matter whether this hesitation is because wine was spilled on his clothes or because he and Songlian used the same cup. Anyway, as long as there is this hesitation, the scene will be fine.

"Okay, I'll have a drink and wish you live to be 99." Zhou Yan took a sip.

"Nonsense." Gong Li snatched the cup back and said, "I don't want to live so long. Say these nice things to your father."

"I've heard everything..."

In this short section in the middle, there was little test for Zhou Yan. The main thing was the performance of the heroine Gong Li. Both of them completed it smoothly.

Later, Zhou Yan took out a gift from his waist and gave it to Song Lian, and the scene between the two reached a climax.When the performance reached this point, everyone on the scene did not dare to breathe. It was not easy for this scene to go smoothly. Everyone was afraid that they would accidentally interrupt the rhythm of the two.

Up until this point, Zhou Yan's performance had been absolutely flawless and had already exceeded Zhang Yimou's expectations.

At this time, Zhang Yimou has been waiting for Zhou Yan's penultimate line.

When Gong Li said harshly, "I took it, didn't it dirty my hands?" Zhou Yan's face showed a trace of embarrassment and a look of trying to hide it, "I didn't plan to give it to you, I'm just lying to you."

In a short period of time, extremely rich expressions flashed across Zhou Yan's face.

Whether Chen Feipu deceived Song Lian and what kind of feelings he had for Song Lian were not explained in the play, so Zhou Yan's last expression was very important.

When the movie is released in the future, the audience will also interpret Chen Feipu's psychology from Zhou Yan's expression, and Zhou Yan's performance is just right.

Become!

Zhang Yimou clenched his fist fiercely. He knew that by now, the scene was over.

But now is not the time to celebrate, the drama is not over yet.

"Lie to me? I'm used to being lied to. Everyone lies to me, and you lied to me too."

"get out."

"go out!"

"Feipu!"

The last scene was of the two people looking at each other, and finally Chen Feipu bowed his head and said goodbye.

"I take my leave."

After Zhou Yan said the last line, he started to walk out.

When he walked out the door, the scene was supposedly over, but Zhou Yan kept waiting for the director to stop. If the director didn't stop, he wouldn't dare to stop.

After Zhou Yan walked a long way out, Zhang Yimou quickly shouted, "Stop, stop, stop, okay, it's over."

When Zhang Yimou announced the end, there was a burst of cheers. No one expected that this time it would go so smoothly.

Zhou Yan is a newcomer, how can he perform so well? Is he really a genius?
But Zhou Yan knew that he was not a genius, he was just well prepared. He had prepared for this scene for more than two months.

He is the only one who has this condition. If others had to prepare for this scene for more than two months, the movie would not be filmed in a few years.

Zhang Yimou was very happy to finish most of the scene between the two scenes in one go. In the remaining time, they only needed to shoot a few more relatively simple shots and the scene would be over.

During the break, Zhou Yan was surrounded by the staff on site and enjoyed everyone's praise.

"Zhou Yan, you must have studied acting before."

"Hey, don't be like our Director Zhang in the future and win the Best Actor Award across majors."

"You're amazing too."

"You must not be from Yangyin, but from Zhongxi."

Facing everyone's praise, Zhou Yan said modestly, "I'm just working hard to make up for my shortcomings. I've been practicing during this period. It's not that you don't know that the key is Sister Li's leadership. The scene just now mainly depends on Sister Li's performance." Expressiveness.”

Gong Li listened to Zhou Yan's words and said with a smile, "I really want to thank you. If you hadn't pulled me to rehearse before, I wouldn't be so familiar with this scene. And you performed very well today. I also I got into a good state by you."

This is not a lie, she did do it because of Zhou Yanqi's state. If it was normal, this scene would not go so smoothly.

After resting, Gong Li took some close-up shots in the room, while Zhou Yan shot Chen Feipu talking to Song Ma outside.

……

This scene made Zhou Yan feel very relaxed, but there are also sequelae to a good performance.

Liu Qing, Zhou Yan's biggest fan, now has new material. When he meets everyone, he tells everyone that although Zhou Yan is a newcomer, his acting skills are good and he has played opposite Mr. Gong Li over and over again.

In Liu Qing's words, Zhou Yan has become a genius born for movies.

Zhou Yan was a little worried about being praised at first, but he gradually got used to it, and everyone seemed to like hearing it.

Especially the little girls on the crew, they even treat Zhou Yan like a fan. When it comes to Zhou Yan, he is good at everything.

(End of this chapter)