This director needs to apologize

Chapter 396 How dare you talk about me?
Shen Ming's mistakes seemed so natural. Yes, movie stars are also human beings and making mistakes is inevitable.

But Chen Yiming knew that his NG just now was most likely intentional.

A person who never makes mistakes on the set will bring great pressure to others.

Especially Liu Haoran, who served as his acting partner.

So, Shen Ming made a mistake at the right time when he should have made a mistake.

Chen Yiming certainly had to cooperate with Master Shen's painstaking efforts, so he gave another short pause to let everyone laugh to their heart's content.

Shen Ming used this time to break down the next turning point same-frame shot to his apprentice again, and then rehearsed it twice on the spot.

Chen Yiming guessed that Shen Ming had probably never been as patient as he was today since he started his artistic career.

Before this, if anyone broke the news that Actor Shen not only did not get angry because of his partner's NG on the set, but also calmly led the other party in rehearsing the scene, it would be absolutely fake news that could not be more fake.

In the seventh take, Shen Ming still completed his long monologue steadily. The camera assistant accurately followed Shen Ming's line of sight and turned the camera to Liu Haoran. The latter's performance was much better this time, at least the corresponding emotions came out.

But anyway, according to Chen Yiming's standards, it still fails.

Chen Yiming shouted "cut" again and called Shen Ming and Liu Haoran to come to the studio together. He didn't say much, but just played the previous material in slow motion.

Although Liu Haoran had little experience in filming, his freshman year of study and practice had given him a certain sense of the camera and appreciation. He didn't notice it when he was on the scene, but when he stepped out to re-examine it, he immediately discovered the problem.

He was trying too hard.

It is not only reflected in the deliberateness in finding the camera, but more importantly, the logic of the performance became chaotic due to the rush.

There is a fleeting interval rhythm in Shen Ming's pauses and turns of head, which on the one hand is a natural continuation of emotions, and on the other hand provides a buffer for the camera shaking.

Although Liu Haoran was out of the camera at first, he had to act accordingly when he entered the camera. He drew Shen Ming's attention the moment he paused, and when he turned his head, he should have looked up.

During the previous shoot, Liu Haoran was a little slow in processing the scene, and the two people's eyes were not able to meet at first sight.

This caused the emotions of the camera to be misaligned, giving people the impression that while the psychological counselor was speaking passionately, Xunxin was absent-minded.

Liu Haoran obviously realized his mistake, and his subsequent expression changes seemed a little hasty, which broke the principle of natural transition, and the rhythm of the whole scene was messed up.

A typical example of one wrong step leading to more wrong steps.

However, compared with the previous NGs, this time can only be regarded as a technical error, which is a qualitative improvement.

Chen Yiming looked at his watch and saw that it was almost 11 o'clock, so he simply announced that he would call it a day and have lunch, and continue in the afternoon.

The stage manager quickly brought lunch boxes from the university town cafeteria. Chen Yiming and Shen Ming started eating directly in the prison shed. Liu Haoran slipped out of the prison shed with the lunch box. Shen Ming glanced at him and ignored him.

Chen Yiming picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork with chopsticks and said with a smile, "Professor Shen, your cheap apprentice is still very afraid of you. It's hard for you to pretend to be so kind this time."

Shen Ming was not angry at being mocked, but directly retorted, "You are exactly like the rumors. If I hadn't intervened, would you really dare to let Xiao Liu shoot hundreds of times? It turns out that every director is not a human being!"

Chen Yiming laughed, "There's nothing I can do. I can neither act nor teach others how to act. You are the only one who can do more."

Shen Ming pointed at Chen Yiming with the tip of his chopsticks, and everything was said without words.

After lunch, Chen Yiming did not rush to work, but gave everyone a one-hour lunch break and resumed filming at 1: pm.

A morning of “warm-up” is the right way. From now on, as long as you repeat it over and over again, you will always “hit” the right one.

Therefore, Chen Yiming was not in a hurry. Under his leadership, the entire crew also took a leisurely approach, which made Liu Haoran, the focus of the scene, less impetuous.

After filming the twelfth take at a leisurely pace, Liu Haoran finally "contributed" a perfect performance, with his posture, expression, and emotions all just right.

With the camera facing his face and adding BUFF, he ended up tied with Shen Ming, who was in the same frame with his profile.

Shen Ming was also able to continue his performance after a long absence. He leaned forward and got closer to Liu Haoran. The latter lowered his head slightly uncomfortably and looked forward, avoiding Shen Ming's burning gaze.

The camera zooms in at the right moment, and the picture switches to a close-up of the head.

Liu Haoran, who is in real focus in the background, has a frozen posture and wandering eyes, which well presents his inner instability. Shen Ming, who is in the out-of-focus foreground, only shows his side face, but combined with his sharp lines, it is enough for him to pierce through Xunxin's seemingly solid psychological defenses and point directly to his fragile inner world.

"Look at yourself. Smart? Confident? What a joke! What you see in front of me is nothing but a shameless, arrogant, and fearful child.

There is no doubt that you are a genius with an amazing IQ. You are studious and good at learning. The depth of your thinking far exceeds that of your peers.

But so what? I have lived twenty years longer than you. You just glanced at the paintings I drew and you think you can see through my heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys?

Your irresponsible comment ruined my wonderful memories!"

"stop!"

Shen Ming's performance was stable and amazing. He did not waste Liu Haoran's valuable performance. The long monologue was flawless and progressed smoothly to the second editing point.

Chen Yiming clapped his hands and walked forward, passing Shen Ming as if no one was around, and placed his right hand heavily on Liu Haoran's shoulder.

"Haoran has made rapid progress. He is not inferior to your master in acting. Keep up the good work and try to defeat him!" Xiao Liu was so excited that he was speechless. His face turned red. He was filled with surprise and fear, so he could only nod and bow continuously.

Shen Ming glanced at Chen Yiming without saying anything, expressing his inner contempt for the latter's CPU comrade's actions.

In fact, in the previous scene, the focus was on Shen Ming, whose foreground was half blurred. Liu Haoran only had to be in the right mood at the moment the camera cuts and maintain that state afterwards. It was not difficult at all.

Chen Yiming's words "not leaving behind the wind and clouds" are nothing but chicken soup for the soul.

But for Liu Haoran, who was nervous, this first praise from Chen Yiming since the start of filming was obviously of great significance. The exhaustion from filming for most of the day seemed to disappear in the next moment, and he was visibly energetic when filming started again.

It’s great to be young!

After a short break, the actors took their positions and the camera flipped. This time, the foreground was out of focus and became Liu Haoran, who was leaning forward with his chin supported, while the background was in real focus and was given to Shen Ming, who had straightened his body again.

The back of the bench forms a large diagonal cross line in the frame, perfectly dividing the two large heads in the foreground and background.

Shen Ming continued his monologue, "I know you are an orphan, and you have your own reasons to be cynical. You think that since I have not experienced your miserable life, I naturally don't know all about you.

But I don't care about the things you think are important. You can't think I can understand everything about you just because Dickens wrote Oliver Twist.

You know, that crappy book can’t represent your life at all, Oliver Twist can’t do it, and the same goes for Sanmao’s Wanderings.”

He turned around and looked at the stunned young man next to him, "You have to open up and tell me about yourself, tell me who you are, and say something that will interest me, make me curious, fascinated, and willing to get close to you.

Unfortunately, that’s not the feeling I get from you. You’re unwilling to do this, and you’re even a little scared, as if you would be scared if you did that.

I'm done, it's your turn."

Shen Ming paused for a moment, giving the operator time to switch the real and virtual focus, then stood up and left the bench.

Chen Yiming stood next to the operator, staring at the viewfinder. The left half of the screen clearly and accurately captured the right half of Liu Haoran's profile.

He wanted to speak but stopped, stopped and wanted to speak again, and finally fell silent.

The operator pushed the track car silently, turning the camera from the side to the front. Chen Yiming did not move but turned his eyes to Liu Haoran on the bench, whispering silently in his heart.

Hold.

After sighing slightly, Chen Yiming still didn't say anything until the assistant director shouted "Stop".

Liu Haoran then relaxed as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, slumping down in the chair like mud. Maintaining a seemingly relaxed state for a long time was a heavy burden for him.

The next moment he jumped up again as if he had been electrocuted, took a few quick steps and followed Shen Ming towards the prison shed.

Chen Yiming replayed the video silently. Shen Ming supported his right arm with his left hand and his chin with his right hand, staring at the screen thoughtfully.

Liu Haoran's eyes moved back and forth between the screen and his master, holding his breath and not daring to breathe.

The scene froze for a long time before Shen Ming said to Chen Yiming, "Can you do that part again?"

Chen Yiming smiled and nodded.

Liu Haoran looked terrified. He didn't know who the problem was. The key was, he didn't know where he went wrong.

This time, Shen Ming did not give his apprentice any instructions, but walked out of the studio first. Chen Yiming did not care about the kid and went to find the assistant director on his own.

After resetting and touching up makeup, Liu Haoran began the thirteenth shoot with trepidation.

Shen Ming completed his monologue with robot-like precision, and Liu Haoran tried his best to complete the last few seconds of facial freeze.

This time, Chen Yiming did not follow him into the studio. Since Shen Ming also knew how to operate the playback, he simply gave him the authority.

Five minutes later, seeing Shen Ming returning to the field with an expressionless face, Chen Yiming made a gesture and continued for the fourteenth time.

At this point, Liu Haoran could no longer suppress his inner panic. Although he tried his best to tell himself to control, control, and control again, when it was his turn after the virtual and real transition, his facial expression still showed it to some extent.

What he didn't expect was that just when he was feeling hopeless and thought he had messed up another shoot, he heard Chen Yiming's "Stop".

"Haoran's acting is great, hold on and don't move, change the camera!"

The photographers deftly dismantled the machines and tracks and cleaned up the equipment around the bench. The camera position at the far end behind the bench had already been set up.

After the script supervisor checked the details of the scene one by one against the scene photos, the assistant director gave the order and the last shot began shooting.

The still medium to long shot frames the wandering figure on the bench. At the end of the picture is an artificial lake that seems endless. The shimmering and slightly floating surface of the lake is just like the boy’s mood at the moment.

Chen Yiming and Shen Ming stood shoulder to shoulder and watched from afar.

"I never thought that the movie star would take shortcuts and act cunningly."

"You still have the nerve to tell me?"

(End of this chapter)