This director needs to apologize

Chapter 213 Wu Jun’s Act

Chen Yiming was helpless by Mao Weiping, so he had no choice but to explain, "The first close-up of the protagonist in the movie, let me be strict, that is what he deserves, okay?

I chose Zhang Zifeng to play Mulan for my own reasons. The character is within her performance comfort zone, but she has not yet fully entered the role.

This thing can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. It would be nice to take more photos of it.

As a director, I'm not in a hurry. Why are you so anxious? "

Mao Weiping still wanted to speak, but Wang Wei ran over and said to Chen Yiming, "Director Chen, Teacher Wu Jun and Wu are here."

Chen Yiming stood up after hearing this, "Brother Mao, keep eating, I'll go meet someone."

After saying that, he walked out of the cafeteria without looking back, suppressing all Mao Weiping's subsequent complaints.

The two returned to the conference room. When they entered the door, they saw a sturdy middle-aged actor sitting against the wall. It was Wu Jun.

Wu Jun is 43 years old and is considered a first-line goalkeeper among Chinese actors.

His main job is actually a drama actor. He has been in the industry for [-] years. He has not shot many movies and TV series, and even fewer starring roles. However, he is good at selecting scripts and there are basically no bad movies.

Chen Yiming first knew him from the movie "Three Kingdoms - Guandu" directed by Wu Kesen, in which he played Lu Bu.

In that movie, Wu Jun wore a mask for most of his scenes. Despite this, he still performed admirably in the few close-ups of his face in the early cutscenes, and established the character of Lu Bu as a hero in his twilight years.

Therefore, through Jindun's relationship, Chen Yiming sent a targeted invitation to Wu Jun, asking him to play Mulan's father.

Although he was the leading male supporting actor in "The Legend of Mulan", in the remake of "Mulan", Mulan's father had very few scenes, and most of them were martial arts scenes that were very troublesome to shoot. They could only be regarded as special performances at best.

Chen Yiming had already made preparations in his mind. If Wu Jun was unwilling to come, he would pick a "middle-aged actor" from the Phantom Factory to take over.

The role itself is not heavy, nor does it require high acting skills. In fact, inviting Wu Jun is more to create an "all-star lineup" gimmick.

Unexpectedly, after the script was handed over, Wu Jun readily agreed and asked specifically if he needed to join the group to practice in advance.

This is really a windfall!

However, the accident Wu Jun brought to Chen Yiming was not over yet. No, Chen Yiming just sent a notice to Wu Jun yesterday, and Wu Jun rushed to the set today, three days ahead of the scheduled date in the notice.

"Teacher Wu, it's disrespectful to greet you from afar and disrespectful."

Chen Yiming still respects Wu Jun very much. He is good at business and has high quality. Wang Wei said that he came all the way here alone without even an assistant.

With his qualifications and status, it's called pretending to support him, but three or five followers are standard. If nothing else, even if the agent doesn't follow him, assistants, makeup artists, and publicists are always required.

Speaking of which, no one in Chen Yiming's crew has ever played a big role. The heroine Yu Nan only brought one assistant. However, whether she went to training or entered the set, she was alone, and the assistant always stayed in the rest area.

Going down from Yunan, Guyuehe and Hang Xiaoming had a relatively short training time, and they had already left the imperial town.

As for the other eleven Taibao, they are basically all above thirty and below the third level. There are no stupid people at this age and in this position. The female lead at the top only has one assistant, but which male co-star has the confidence to perform?

As a result, "Mulan" has none of the usual gimmicks that other crews are used to, highlighting a quiet and peaceful one.

Wu Jun, who was playing with his cell phone, stood up when he heard the words and came up to shake hands with Chen Yiming with a smile.

"Hello, Director Chen. I have admired your name for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you now."

With a loud voice and a friendly smile, he is worthy of the nickname given to him by fans, the hero.

"Teacher Wu, you're welcome. What time did you arrive? Have you eaten?"

Wu Jun let go of his hand and sat down at the table with Chen Yiming, "I arrived at 9 a.m., and I had already slept through the meal that the producer took me to."

Chen Yiming silently gave Xiaomei a thumbs up for a job well done.

"My conditions here are limited. Please bear with me, Teacher Wu. You should set off as soon as you receive the notice. There is nothing to say about your professionalism."

"I can't afford it. There are a lot of martial arts roles in the script, so it would be better to join the cast early. It's true that I have acted in martial arts films, but I really don't know how to act. It would be bad if I cause trouble to the crew. ”

"Teacher Wu, please be humble. It's not difficult to act in our film. You will definitely be able to handle it."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Wu Jun suggested that if it was convenient, he could go to the set and take a walk around the show.

Chen Yiming couldn't say no to such an actor. He asked Wang Wei to notify Cui Fang and summon the extras to gather in the camp area. Then he took Wu Jun and went straight to the location of the grassland opera.

After leaving the imperial town, walk two kilometers northeast and climb over a small hill to see a large yurt.

There are a total of 16 tents, large and small, forming a fan shape. In the center is a large tent with a radius of 5 meters. It is decorated with tassels, canopies, flag poles, silver threads, and colorful flags. It is naturally the handsome tent of a Turkic Khan in the Middle East. .

Chen Yiming walked into the big tent, and Lu Ping stood aside, watching several assistants assembling a desk.

Noticing Chen Yiming coming in, Lu Ping came up to him and said, "Director Chen is here. I just have something to tell you."

Chen Yiming walked around and looked at the layout of the big tent, saying hello, "Brother Lu, come see Teacher Wu."

Lu Ping greeted Wu Jun and followed Chen Yiming and said, "There have been a lot of new people in the town these days. The security team is concentrated on the Poplar euphratica forest, and there are some that cannot be taken care of here. I will come over at noon. I found that someone had entered the tent."

Chen Yiming turned around when he heard this, "Did you lose something?"

Choosing Imperial Town as the filming location naturally meant that the locals in the town had to be well prepared. Therefore, before the crew moved in, both the official and private staff of Imperial Town had to take care of themselves.

The local customs are quite good, and the crew gets along very well with the locals. There have only been a few minor frictions here and there in the past half month, but there have never been major conflicts.

And here on the grassland location, there are just some empty tents, what can be thrown away?

Lu Ping shook his head and nodded again, "I didn't lose anything, but I gained a little more."

He spread out his hands, and in his palm was a recording device the size of a button.

Chen Yiming took it and played with it twice before throwing it back to Lu Ping. "this one?"

"I just checked and found only this one. Director Chen, I guess it's the paparazzi. We're keeping a close eye on the Poplar euphratica forest so we can't sneak in, so we set up a nest here in advance."

This is indeed a problem. Chen Yiming's celebrity position is here, and the outside world is full of curiosity about his new film "Mulan", which will naturally attract paparazzi to come over.

The previous "1951" was under special circumstances. Chen Yiming was filming in a military restricted area. Which paparazzi would dare to break in there?

Chen Yiming nodded and said, "I understand, it's not a big problem. Brothers, please work hard and check it carefully before officially starting filming.

Brother Lu, the scenery here has been finished, right? "

Lu Ping readily agreed, and then replied, "Just a few scraps, we can finish it today. The antlers, obstacles, and camp gates outside the camp have been made. Come and install them the night before the shooting starts. It will definitely not delay the shooting."

Chen Yiming smiled and said, "Don't worry, we still have to grind out the previous scene, so you guys still have some time."

While the two were talking, Cui Fang's loud voice came from outside the tent, "Director Chen, the extras are here."

Chen Yiming turned around and walked out of the tent, and saw Cui Zang running over screaming. In the distance, outside the tent area, dozens of extras were standing sparsely, standing or squatting in different postures.

These are the local residents of the imperial town, whether they are herding or working, they all know how to ride horses. Originally, Chen Yiming planned to continue to contact the soldiers of the army through the General Political Department to do group performances, but after asking around, he learned that the cavalry units in the Western Military Region have been abolished to almost none, and the remaining sporadic units are basically in the border defense department, and it is impossible to bring them over for filming.

In the end, Chen Yiming negotiated for a group of 2000 extras to be used for filming the foot battle scene in the final battle.

As for the horse battle scenes, we simply went directly to the local herdsmen. It was not difficult to gather several hundred people who could ride horses at the Shandan Military Horse Farm in an area of ​​[-] to [-] oceans a day.

The scene with Mulan's father took place on the grassland, and it was supposed to be shot together with other grassland battle scenes.

However, because Mulan's scene could only be filmed in the morning, the afternoon was free, and this scene also required smoke sealing to simulate fog, so Xiaomei arranged the two scenes together.

Chen Yiming introduced Cui Fang to Wu Jun, and then said, "Teacher Wu, come and meet your subordinates. Getting familiar with them will also facilitate the subsequent filming."

Wu Jun readily agreed, and the two of them came to the group performers side by side. Before Chen Yiming could speak, the group performers were already in a commotion.

"Master Qiao!", "Wu Jun!", "Master Wu!"

Wu Jun took a step forward, clasped his hands and let go of his voice, "Hello everyone, I'm Wu Jun. It's fate that we film together. I hope our next cooperation will go smoothly."

This attitude obviously suited the temperament of the extras. Responses such as "What a motor" and "Don't worry, Wu Daxia" came one after another, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became lively.

Chen Yiming gave up the idea of ​​stepping forward to speak, went back and pulled Cui Fang and said, "For the grouping of extra performers before, listen to Teacher Wu's opinions, especially those big ones around Teacher Wu."

After giving orders to Cui Fang, Chen Yiming turned to Lu Ping and asked, "Has the location map of the camp been released? Has it been checked on the spot?"

Lu Ping replied, "It's been done a long time ago. If we can catch up on work tonight, we can start shooting tomorrow."

Chen Yiming said, "Your manpower should be focused on Populus euphratica first. It will take at least three days of rehearsal here to familiarize all aspects before considering actual shooting.

When the time comes, it’s both blood and fire. Restoring the scene is too much work, so it would be great if it can be done in one go. "

Cui Fang led the group performers who served as background to familiarize themselves with the venue. Lu Ping led Chen Yiming and Wu Jun from the outside of the camp to explain the specific moves, while Wang Wei followed behind with a miniature camera to record.

"Teacher Wu, at the beginning you were holding the horse, which is what the storytelling says about people holding a horse and binding its hooves.

It was a foggy day when the actual shooting was taken, and the visibility was about five meters. Our current location is 50 meters northeast of the camp. "

Wu Jun nodded while observing.

The script he read only had a simple description of the scene, and only one or two adjectives were used to indicate the actors' actions. Now combined with the real scene, he could start to construct a complete shot.

Lu Ping pointed to the layout map and said, "Director Chen designed a special operation. There are three layers of defense facilities outside the camp. The first layer is the horse-rejection facility. The front and rear rows are staggered, with mobile sentries in between."

Chen Yiming added, "Teacher Wu, from the moment you issue the command to touch the whistle, to the top soldiers touching the whistle, and then to the subsequent influx of large troops, this process is carried out coherently and synchronously. In other words, there is no mirror cutting prompt in the middle."

Wu Jun closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then ran back and forth several times between the starting point and the Juma area pointed out by Lu Ping.

"So, when the camera starts, ignore the action plan and go directly to the execution phase?"

Chen Yiming gave a thumbs up, "Teacher Wu is right, this is the opening scene, and I hope that the audience can feel the harsh style of the film from the beginning.

Familiar yet unfamiliar, yet unfamiliar yet completely unconventional. "

Wu Jun returned to the starting point, walked forward quickly, squatted down on one knee, leaned his left hand on his waist to imitate the posture of holding a knife, and swung his right hand forward neatly.

After half a moment, he stood up, raised the sword with his right hand and swung it forward again.

Chen Yiming clapped his hands and cheered loudly, "Teacher Wu is so powerful, this is how it feels!"

Wu Jun shook his head, "It's still a little bit tasteless. I need to find a professional master to study combat sign language."

Chen Yiming sighed inwardly. In fact, the scene of this scene is relatively dark. Even if Wu Jun made his gestures come up, the audience may not notice it.

After all, it is the pillar of human art, and there is nothing to say about his enthusiasm for research.

After passing the wooden barrier area, Lu Ping led everyone to continue forward, "The pits, tripping ropes and bells are arranged here to trigger the alarm. At the same time, the Tang army has reduced its numbers.

Which group performer triggered the bell, which group performers were shot down, which group performers fell into the trap, and which group performers fired crossbows to counterattack, are all marked on the movement map. "

Wu Jun looked at the movement map. The yellow circle representing his path was a straight line. He couldn't help but ask, "Don't we need sharp soldiers to explore the path here? Is everyone rushing in in a straight line?"

Chen Yiming nodded, "Yes, although there are only a dozen or so people around you in the camera, but in terms of plot setting, you are leading an elite force of hundreds of people, and they line up to launch a full-scale attack on the Khan's camp."

Wu Jun nodded to indicate that he understood, and Lu Ping continued to move forward, pointing to his feet and saying, "A wooden camp gate will be erected here, with watchtowers on both sides.

When the raiding force rushed here, the archers on the guard towers on both sides had been shot dead. The sentry in front of the camp gate was also shot to death after playing the bone flute. Teacher Wu cut the rope with a knife in front of the gate and opened the camp gate to kill him. Go in. "

Chen Yiming added, "At this time, the enemies in the camp have been alerted, so they can shout loudly."

Lu Ping pointed at the position map and gestured, "From here to the big tent, there are 12 tents on the left and right sides. Teacher Wu needs to rush in while assigning people to set fire to them and block the Turkic soldiers who react and rush out of the tents."

Lu Ping led everyone to the third row of tents from the bottom, "Teacher Wu, there will be a freeze-frame here. The big tent will launch a sneak attack on the Khan's guards. The commando team suffered heavy casualties. You were hit by three arrows, one on the left. Shoulders, right ribs and left leg.

The left shoulder and left leg are light arrows, and the arrow on the right rib is a heavy iron arrow.

Then you lead the remaining troops who are still able to fight forward. "

Lu Ping trotted all the way to the open space in front of the big tent, "This is the section with the most fighting in the whole scene, 8 versus 12.

Teacher Wu, what you have to deal with is the Turkic Khan. You are wearing armor but injured. The Khan is unscathed but has no armor. The specific method of fighting depends on Master Wu's design.

Anyway, the end result is that the remaining 4 people of Khan's guard surrounded Khan and ran away, while you and the remaining 4 subordinates rushed into the tent and continued to chase. "

Lu Ping led everyone into the big tent, "There will be a short conversation here. From the items left in the big tent, you know that the one who ran away just now is the Khan of the East Turks, so you chase him through the big tent."

Everyone walked around the screen at the back half of the tent and saw a small door at the side and back.

Shortly passing through the small door, everyone found that they were outside the camp area. Wu Jun couldn't help but look suspicious.

Chen Yiming explained, "Teacher Wu, you will cut the lens later, go back to the way you came from and shoot again from a different angle, and exit through the complete camp gate.

You can only hear the distant sound of horse hooves in the mist. You pick up the long bow on the ground, pull out the heavy iron arrow from your body and shoot it. The scene ends here. "

Wu Jun nodded to express his understanding, thought for a while and then said, "Is this a foreshadowing for Mulan's father to be seriously injured and difficult to recover later, right?"

Chen Yiming gave a thumbs up again, "Yes, after the Wubao exterior location in Tangcheng is completed, we will have to ask Teacher Wu to come over and reshoot a homecoming scene to lead to the main plot of Mulan joining the army.

There is also a dialogue between Mulan's father and mother, which is included in the script given to you. It is only a first draft and may be subject to change, but the general idea remains the same.

Of course, you don’t need to appear in that part, Mr. Wu, you just need to dub it later. "

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(End of this chapter)