This director needs to apologize

Chapter 335: He is not in my eyes
After the wrap-up party for "The Usual Suspects", Chen Yiming temporarily ended his production work, took back the guide tube, and went to Chongqing to shoot his fourth film as a director.

This is thanks to Da Zhuang's "effective" public relations in Chongqing. Knowing that the double-gold director Chen Yiming was coming to Chongqing to shoot a movie, the relevant parties in Chongqing quickly formed a unified opinion. This city business card project must be carried out quickly. good.

The several filming locations requested by Chen Yiming, the preliminary communication and various permissions were all solved by all parties in Chongqing City. Da Zhuang said with a smile, "I wish you could just go there and shoot for the last six months and a year. There are news broadcasts on local TV stations every day." ”

Chen Yiming laughed it off. What's there to gain from the studio? What the media can capture may not be as much as what the owners of the community can record on their cellphones.

The smooth and exciting scenes in the movie are all edited and polished in the post-production process. There are many frustrations on the set, and science fiction movies are even more frustrating.

The process of the movie "The Thirteenth Floor" is similar to that of "The Usual Suspects". First, we go out on location to complete the outdoor shots, and then go into the studio to shoot the indoor parts.

It's just that "The Thirteenth Floor" involves a lot of special effects, so the part in Chongqing City not only includes exterior scenes, but also some interior scenes.

The scenes involved mainly include the hero's home and office and the heroine's husband's big house.

The male protagonist’s home and office were constructed because they involved post-production special effects outside the window. The female protagonist’s husband’s mansion was constructed because it was inconvenient to build it in a shed. There happened to be ready-made scenery available in Chongqing.

Whether it is Pan Yueming or Song Jia, or Liu Yijun or Chen Kun, they are all mature actors with good acting skills, and it is natural to deal with jumps. Therefore, with sufficient preparations for external filming in the early stage, the crew made quite fast progress in Chongqing.

The daily rhythm is pretty much the same: behind the scenes, we work on location for three or four hours, the actors go up and shoot for three or four minutes, and then the cycle starts over again.

On this day, the crew went on location at Chaotianmen Pier. It was rare for the main actors to have a shot here. When they were putting on makeup and waiting for the scene in the rest area, Song Jia, who had little communication with Chen Yiming before joining the crew, said bluntly, "You guys I was so unsure whether we were rehearsing or filming."

Chen Yiming saw it, but he was too lazy to pay attention. After filming the fourth film, he became more and more sympathetic to the saying that directors are all paranoid and dictators. If a director is not, it means he has not filmed enough. .

He knew that Song Jia was becoming less and less excited as she acted, because she was a recognition-based actor, and the director's positive or negative feedback could stimulate her, but no feedback would make her lose her sense of direction.

Liu Yijun replied, "That's right, I wonder before I go to bed every day. Isn't it possible that all the various analyzes and interpretations I have done based on the script are just over-imagining? Looking at Director Chen's way of filming, what is so difficult about this film? "

The other three people were silent when they heard this, and Song Yi, the new girl who played the female gamer, huddled in the corner like a quail.

Chen Yiming was very sure that he was not kidnapped by his past performance and status. Bo Jue, Da Zhuang and even the investors did not put any pressure on him. Even if "The Thirteenth Floor" was messed up, he would not be out of luck. Even if he is not a director, he can still live comfortably by selling stories and working as a producer.

The girl was very honest and followed the various groups behind the scenes every day. No matter whether there was an announcement from her or not, she would be there every day.

The waiting time for a play is several times that of acting. It's not just one or two actors, but everyone is like this. How can such an experience not make several leading actors murmur.

Pan Yueming laughed and said, "Now I just feel that the heart-to-heart talk with Director Chen was all fake. The so-called multiple meanings in the script are simply a deception. No matter how we act, Director Chen will always find a way to come back."

Because no matter how they acted, Chen Yiming almost never expressed his opinion. When he stood up and called NG, it was mostly because of props, lighting or camera movement, and rarely to adjust the actor's performance.

But as soon as he sat in the director's chair, he could really feel the complete change in his mentality. This was his territory, everything here was an extension of his will, and he did not need pity, sympathy, or care for anyone's feelings.

He also knew that Chen Kun had been competing with himself. He was wavering between two ideas, intermittent madness or progressive madness. Chen Yiming's delay in expressing his attitude made Chen Kun frustrated and even angry.

She is the most tearful person. The first movie she made after graduation was Chen Yiming's project, and she was the second female lead. Maybe it was for this reason that she couldn't hide her fear after joining the group.

He also knew that Liu Yijun was also not in the best condition. His performance was similar to that in the audition room, showing off his acting skills to clock in at work and completing the work on the assembly line.

It would be easy to say that she came to the crew to observe and learn, but after she arrived, she stayed in the actors' lounge area and never left or left. Why should she come to the set instead of staying in the hotel? Cleaner?

Chen Yiming progressed the filming at a speed of almost two to three days per scene, which was so fast that several of the main actors doubted their lives.

Naturally, he would not ignore the embarrassment and entanglement of the transparent Song Yi. This crew was completely different from the Chen Yiming crew she imagined. She could not find her place here. After completing a small number of scenes, she had no sense of accomplishment, which made her feel uncomfortable. She was at a loss.

Chen Kun, who had been silent all the time, snorted, obviously not agreeing with Pan Yueming's statement, and even more dissatisfied with the attitude of a self-proclaimed tool, "Today I will act according to the overturned acting method, let's see if Director Chen is Really sitting on the Diaoyutai.”

Only Pan Yueming is mature enough to maintain a steady performance no matter what the atmosphere of the crew is.

Chen Yiming knows that not only the actors, but also behind the scenes and the crew are inseparable from instability. The same is true for "The Thirteenth Floor".

Most of the production team is made up of newcomers. The experienced producers from Bojue are either working on "The Usual Suspects" in Shanghai or going to Qindao to assist on "500 Days of Summer Solstice". Xiaomei asked Chen Yiming to lead another team. The producer came out and she actually did it. The three main executive producers of the current crew are the same three interns who assisted Chen Yiming in setting up the team.

Therefore, it is inevitable that all kinds of things will be lost, such as those who go out to play and come back late, those who fall asleep on the set, and those who are careless and waste props, just to name a few.

He doesn't speak because these situations, both as actors and behind the scenes, are within his tolerance range and above the benchmark level of the movie.

As long as the movie is not out of his control, then all problems are not a problem.

The plot of the scene at Chaotianmen Pier is very simple. It can even be called a friendly appearance of the scenery of Chongqing, just to promote the landmark attractions specially selected by Chongqing.

But this scene was very complicated to shoot, with a large scene and many extras. The three lines in the movie intersect for the first time, and they intersect across time and space.

The three groups of leading actors are in three different positions and are connected together with the help of camera movements.

Chen Kun's private luxury yacht on the Yangtze River slowly docked at Chaotianmen Pier. Under the crowds of people watching, a few lucky people were invited to board the yacht and became the lucky ones that everyone envied.

This scene symbolizes the status and power of the heroine’s husband.

It stands to reason that if you want to set up a sign, the scene should be filmed in a closed river. However, no matter how much Chongqing supports Chen Yiming, it is impossible to agree to such an outrageous request. Therefore, with the busy ships coming and going at Chaotianmen Pier, we can only use post-production technology. Erase one by one.

The extras are all real people. They are all enthusiastic people recruited by the production team from the local area. The rewards are boxed lunches and photos. Not to mention that the registration is very enthusiastic, and the spots have to be competed for.

In accordance with Chen Yiming's request, the production team selected young men and women who were handsome and beautiful, and specially told them to come over wearing their coolest clothes.

Anyway, there were students from the local art college in the first three rows filling in the gaps, so Chen Yiming was fearless.

Lao Pan and Song Jia were in the cable car across the Yangtze River, overlooking the yacht at Chaotianmen Pier and Chen Kun sitting leisurely on the top of the yacht.

Photographed from top to bottom, Chen Kun is naturally at a lower position, but in terms of momentum, Chen Kun is at the upper hand.

Photographed from the bottom up, Chen Kun is looking straight at the cable car in mid-air. From the first angle of view, the yacht looks even bigger, but the cable car is a bit indistinct.

Chen Yiming hopes that through this confrontation, the audience will strengthen their understanding of the relative relationship between the two leading actors and increase their sense of empathy with the male protagonist.

Because the whole scene is essentially a confrontation and confrontation between the heroine and her husband, and the hero is still an outsider who is not aware of being in the situation.

The third group, Liu Yijun and Song Yi, are located on the west side of the Dongshuimen Bridge where they can look directly at the cableway.

On the way to investigate the case, the two drove across the bridge. The female player, who thought she was traveling, stopped the police and got out of the car to look at the river and cable car on the bridge. They unexpectedly saw the yacht at the pier below.

Therefore, the coordinator and narrator of the whole scene is the policeman who seems to be a "tour guide" for the female player. He knows that the man on the yacht is not simple, and through his words, Chen Yiming gives the big boss a boost. It provides guidance to the audience and at the same time hints at the identity of the police.

What might only be a few minutes of footage in a movie can take days to shoot, or if you're unlucky, weeks.

Chen Yiming hoped to capture the magnificent scenery of the setting sun at dusk, so preparations for this scene began at 2 p.m., with three photography teams in three different locations.

There are two camera positions in the cable car. One camera position is controlled by a remote control mechanical arm, and the car is extended to take pictures of the yacht and dock below from the perspective of the heroine. The other camera was a Steadicam, filming Pan Yueming and Song Jia directly in the face.

There are three camera positions on the Dongshuimen Bridge. The same camera is stretched out to take pictures of yachts, but this time it is naturally replaced by the police's perspective. In addition, there is a fixed camera position to film Song Yi, and a Steadicam to film Liu Jun.

There are even more camera positions on yachts and piers. This is the main scene, with up to 5 fixed camera positions and 4 swimming groups inside and outside. There are not so many Steadicams, so tracks can only be laid on the pier.

You can't blame the leading actors for feeling that their presence is low. Just counting the camera positions shows that there are only a few of them actually filming the leading actors. Even in terms of today's shooting alone, the five of them are no more than props.

Because their close-up was not shot today, it was after the scene was shot.

Chen Kun also insisted that he would "embarrass" Chen Yiming in his performance, but he didn't know that in Chen Yiming's eyes at this time, he didn't exist at all.

(End of this chapter)