This director needs to apologize

Chapter 210 Makeup Production Team

The camera resets, the artificial light resets, the fog turns back on, and the second shot begins.

This time Chen Yiming discovered another flaw. The artificial light source that moved remotely was a bit too fast and the time did not match.

Chen Yiming called Lu Ping over and asked him to test whether he could change the movement of artificial light sources from manual to automatic.

Naturally, I couldn't make it in time today, so for the time being, the lighting assistant still controlled the lights manually.

Zhang Zifeng's performance in this shot was very difficult. He just had to keep his emotions and poke his head out from behind the tree.

Relatively speaking, the technical level of difficulty is relatively more prominent.

Like Tao Yixi's shot just now, the effects shown on the monitor are relatively close in several shots. Which one is better can only be determined through post-production color grading.

As for Zhang Zifeng's shot, several sets of parameters show obvious flaws on the monitor, making it a potentially useless film that does not need to waste post-production work.

Cui Fang also joined in, the two photographers and Wang Lizing, and later Lin Xiao, the four of them surrounded the camera and kept experimenting.

Inside the airtight curtain, high-heat lamps kept the temperature rising, and the lighting assistants who climbed up and down were sweating profusely.

Chen Yiming also had to call Mao Weiping to touch up Zhang Zifeng's makeup on the spot.

This shot was shot 15 times in total, and there were 8 sets of samples worth post-color grading. It was almost 11 o'clock when Chen Yiming called to stop.

The original plan was to test-shoot Tao Yixi's second makeup look before noon, but now the schedule was seriously behind schedule, and Chen Yiming could only call it a day.

In fact, the natural light on the exterior is not ideal after 10 o'clock. The angle of the sun is too high, and the shielding effect of the overhead curtains has been greatly reduced.

Back at the station, Wang Wei transferred the samples to Magic Film Studio, the others dispersed, and Chen Yiming adjusted the next day's test shooting plan based on the morning's shooting experience.

Work resumed the next day, still starting from Xiaotao.

Her second look was a light yellow dress, her hair was changed to a short bun, and her graceful Tingting appeared again.

This time she went through it 7 times and completed 4 sets of samples.

Next, we filmed Zhang Zifeng’s second set of makeup, designed by Lin Xiao and Wang Wei, which belongs to the fresh, white and refined tomboy style.

Under the camera, Zhang Zifeng's little face has red lips and white teeth, and his hair is neatly covered with a bun. He looks like a young man with a rigorous upbringing.

This set of makeup is actually more in line with Zhang Zifeng's own temperament. Compared with the first set of photography and lighting, it is also easier to coordinate. With a few adjustments, it can be batch-produced, and the starting score is not low.

But from the bottom of Chen Yiming's heart, this makeup was out of order, and the contrast between Mulan and Xiao Wu was not outstanding enough.

Next, she changed back to Tao Yixi, this time wearing a bold and gorgeous bright red dress, and her hairstyle was a high bun for adult women.

This was Wang Wei's idea, and he was trying to achieve a head start. Although Chen Yiming disagreed, he still respected the democratic voting results and felt that there was no harm in giving it a try.

In fact, Chen Yiming's prediction was correct. The girl in red who appeared in the mist was indeed stunning. However, when the camera zoomed in to a close-up of her body, Tao Yixi's little face obviously couldn't stand the color.

As Mao Weiping said, there are no permanent drama stars, only suitable actors. Although Tao Yixi is a leader among small drama stars, given his age and stature, it is still a bit reluctant to control the big red.

After shooting the four sets of parameters according to the original plan, I switched to Zhang Zifeng.

This time, he is dressed in the traditional style of a farm boy, with dark brown linen clothes and light brown wooden hairpin. The dress is clean and neat, highlighting a return to nature.

This was Chen Yiming's original character design, but from the actual effect, Chen Yiming also went wrong. Zhang Zifeng was not suitable for this kind of general male style.

After shooting the same scene for two consecutive days, Chen Yiming gained more understanding and extension of the scene.

In the original script, the main function of this scene was to explain the background and past events, and to establish a bond between Mulan and Xiao Wu.

Therefore, this scene actually carries two unrelated tasks.

At the beginning, Chen Yiming paid more attention to the former. Whether it was the script or the storyboard, many paragraphs were arranged to explain the previous situation through dialogue. Now after several rounds of cuts, Chen Yiming attaches more importance to the latter, and the transmission of information is left to lens language and montage editing.

In this way, the image and performance of the two actors are very important. Their first meeting must be portrayed with great emphasis. The basic character of the character is established in the audience's heart, especially Mulan's character.

From the perspective of initial impressions, the last two sets of makeup, that is, the images of the young master and the peasant boy, are obviously not distinctive enough and not as high-quality as the naughty elder sister that Mao Weiping strongly recommends.

As for Xiao Wu's image, the bright red is too bright, the light yellow is too wooden, and the sky blue has the greatest contrast.

In other words, after trying it again and again, the first version is still the best.

By the evening of the third day, Magic Shadow Factory completed the color grading of the samples and sent them over as soon as possible.

Chen Yiming summoned the creative team to the conference room, turned on the monitor and started going through each set.

The passages of the two young actors are connected, and after continuous viewing, the overall effect is more obvious.

After several comparisons and contacting the follow-up characters of Mulan and Dawu, Chen Yiming decided on a 1+1 makeup plan.

This plan not only directly determines the costumes and makeup of the two young actors, but is also related to a series of proven shooting techniques on location.

Lenses, filters, lights, various parameters and combinations have all been adjusted very skillfully.

This also means that the real-shooting phase is about to make more progress.

On October 10, the wind was level 16 and the crew had a day off.

The weather returned to sunny and sunny conditions again the next day, and the team set out one after another before dawn. Lu Ping's scenery team and Wang Lizing's lighting team had already set off early in the morning.

The production team led by Xiaomei has been working well together, and Chen Yiming no longer has to worry about the management of the crew.

Each executive producer corresponds to a behind-the-scenes department, and Xiaomei directly interfaces with Chen Yiming, reviewing the day's production schedule before departure, and reviewing the execution progress after finishing work, so that the dedicated person can be seen clearly at a glance.

Chen Yiming's reminder paid off, and at the beginning of the year Da Zhuang began to form a professional production team.

After forming the group, Da Zhuang took over the production of a Republic of China TV series in Chedun through the relationship with Moying Factory, polishing the team and accumulating experience.

Now, Xiaomei has brought this team to the imperial town intact.

You know, before this team served a large crew of nearly 200 people, not including extras. During production, they were divided into groups A and B to work together.

And now the production of "Mulan" has not really started. The shooting has only started with a drizzle of two small scenes. The production team is actually in a state of super-standard service, and it is not surprising that the crew is taken care of in every possible way.

This time, Chen Yiming showed off the style of a great director. The whole studio was noisy and noisy like a vegetable market, but he didn't pay attention to it at all. He just slumped in the director's chair and closed his eyes and waited.

While he was wandering, he suddenly felt someone touching his shoulder. He opened his eyes and turned around to see that it was Yu Nan.

He pulled up a chair and motioned for Yu Nan to sit down, "Hey, why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be at the racecourse right now?"

Yu Nan sat down and exhaled comfortably, "Yesterday I practiced Lajin with Master Wu. After a whole day of doing it, I always felt that the axis of my hip bones had shifted."

Chen Yiming chuckled, "What did Master Wu say? How long does it take for you to leave the army?"

Yu Nan had a bitter look on his face when he heard this, "Shishi? Come on, pull me down. The martial arts master said that I have no hope of becoming a slut. I can just go to sleep with my dream of being a heroine. As for Mulan's martial arts, I'm afraid I have to practice more." Last month."

Chen Yiming nodded, "Well, the progress is not slow.

The more you practice, the less pain you will suffer when shooting in real life.

I have something to say first, you have to really ride the horse, fight really hard in the fight, and you have a lot of close-ups, so you have to be mentally prepared to fall off the horse. "

Yu Nan waved his hands nonchalantly, "What does it matter? This movie doesn't have any explosion scenes. It was really bad when we were filming the anti-Japanese drama in Hengcheng. I had explosives tied to my body and it was really explosive."

(End of this chapter)