This director needs to apologize

Chapter 5 Sweeping Monk’s Makeup Photo

“That is to say, you need a naturalistic style base, but at the same time you want to bring a bit of a black and white film quality.”

"Can I understand that you want a touch of the era style without being immersed in it?"

Chen Yiming was stunned. Is this the sweeping monk?

At this time, no one had watched "Roman Holiday". They only relied on a vague description to grasp the key points that even Chen Yiming had trouble anchoring.

A perfect master in reading comprehension!

Touch, no immersion, age, look at this summary.

Isn't it like this? Fairy tale-like love is destined to end with separation. If you want to please the viewer, it must have the tone of being distant and distant.

The few machine operators around had questions on their faces. These technical geeks heard every word of the master's words clearly, but no one understood the meaning.

This great master's name is Lin Xiao. Just by looking at his name, he is a master.

He is an artist at the Magic Film Studio. His job is to draw 2D animations. He works as an art director for the crew as a part-time job.

He is a tall man with a flat head and a height of 1.9 meters. His sports vest is so stretched out by tendons that it looks like it is going to explode. His lower body is in beach shorts and flip-flops.

Only the neatly combed beard on his face added a touch of artistic flavor to him.

Lin Xiao glanced at the camera crew without saying a word, arranged for Chen Yiming to stand as a model, walked to the camera and took the photo himself.

After studying the samples, he asked a few coolies to move the machine out of the porch and filmed a section in the sun opposite the building.

After some comparisons, he told his first assistant (actually the camera operator) to select filter No. [-], underexpose one stop and two stops, and take two sets of shots in the sun and in the shadow of the porch.

After the shooting, the master patted his butt and left, telling the coolies to do post-production tonight and overexpose one and two stops respectively.

In short, it means underexposure and light reduction in real shots, overexposure and light chasing in the later stage, and relying on technical means to increase the upper limit of the machine.

The next day was a cloudy day. Lin Xiao called Chen Yiming early in the morning and asked everyone to go to Wukang Road again.

When Chen Yiming got there, he found that Lin Xiao had also called Master Deng and his two apprentices.

"Come on, I've called the old lamp. Let's try to fill in the light on cloudy days to see if it can be better."

Chen Yiming hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to say hello to Mr. Deng. The old man’s surname was Wang Liying. He had retired two years ago. The factory specially hired him back because he wanted to pass on his skills and experience.

Ma Yunteng was able to invite him out because of his father's reputation.

Lin Xiao looked very excited and ordered the arriving camera crew to start setting up tracks. He would try to follow the camera today.

Obviously, Lin Xiao was very interested in this big toy, and the pretentious era style described by Chen Yiming also successfully inspired his creative impulse.

Before the test shooting, everyone gathered in front of the monitor to check yesterday's footage again.

After post-processing, the sharpness of the picture has been adjusted a lot, giving it a somewhat hazy feel.

However, the overall details are still a little too bright, and the texture of the shadows is still not as good as film.

In any case, debugging progress has been greatly advanced.

At this point in the work, Chen Yiming and the photography team had completely switched to lecture mode. They were busy following the instructions of Lin Xiao and Mr. Wang, and shot a large amount of experimental material.

The two great masters did not hide their secrets, and explained to everyone the purpose and rationale of every minor change.

Time was limited, so Chen Yiming could only swallow it in one gulp and remember it in his mind first. As for digestion and absorption, he could only leave it to later.

Sunny days, cloudy days, overcast days, and nights. We took photos in all weather conditions except rainy days.

Of course, there are no rainy scenes in this movie, so the experience of shooting in rainy days is temporarily useless.

After a week of shooting, a complete set of shooting plans was finalized, and the camera positions for several important scenes were fully prepared. The preliminary preparations for the photography were basically completed.

The only drawback is that there are two cameras in the whole set, but one of them can only be abandoned.

The first-generation digital cameras generally have a problem. For the same scene and the same set of parameters, the material captured is always somewhat different.

This is an inherent shortcoming of the hardware. No matter how much post-processing is done, there is nothing we can do about it. The TV screen can just deal with it and put it on the movie screen to break through in minutes.

Who told Chen Yiming to save money on film, he could only work hard for the actors and act the same scene several times.

While Lin Xiao was still interested, Chen Yiming took the next step and asked the master to study the costumes of the male and female protagonists.

The time span of the movie is one day and two nights. During the difficult location shooting, the male and female protagonists both wore the same clothes to the end.

Goddess Hepburn’s white long-sleeved dress, paired with a high-waisted pleated skirt, and a plaid silk scarf, are classics that never go out of style. Naturally, Chen Yiming borrowed (CHAO) them all (XI).The male protagonist's outfit also doesn't need to be changed too much, just a shirt and suit. Even if the story background jumps significantly from Rome in the 1950s to the Magic City in the 1990s, there is no violation.

What Lin Xiao needs to provide opinions on is mainly the color matching of the male and female protagonists' outerwear. In addition, the means of transportation the two take must also be modified, and the tone of the set needs to be determined in advance.

Chen Yiming insisted on the tone of contrasting colors and required the characters to blend into the scene but be independent of the scene.

The characters, scenes, and props all use similar colors, and the overall coordination must be eye-catching.

This goes against the current principle of obedience, but Lin Xiao respects the director's intention, and he himself finds it quite interesting, so he tries it out one by one very patiently.

The two spent two more days running through the location again, and basically had a good idea of ​​what was going on.

At this point, the bulk of the early preparations have finally come to an end.

……

On the penultimate weekend of July, Lily Colin, the heroine of "Holiday in the Magic City", accompanied by Fu Ruixiang, came to Bojue Media and met the hero Gu Yuehe for the first time.

Everyone came to the studio on the third floor. The "new couple" put on the costumes that Da Zhuang had ordered in advance from the Magic Film Factory. Today's task was to take makeup photos.

Lily-Collin was born in 1987 and is 22 years old this year. Because she has a tender face that is rare for Westerners, she had no difficulty playing the 18-year-old princess in the script.

Although she is an American girl, Lily’s grandfather is Angsaan, her grandmother is Chinese, her father is German, and her mother is Latina. Her multiple mixed ancestry makes her look extremely attractive, and has a long shelf life, so she will not look like hers. Middle school students also suffer from premature aging after 16.

With a tall figure of 1 meters, a slender waist and a soft face that combines Chinese and Western styles, except for the slightly pointed lower jaw and flatter chest, she looks like the second Hepburn.

She used her self-taught crotch to talk to everyone with great confidence. Her cuteness was perfect and her approachability was off the charts.

The sparkling cute girl speaks Chinese with a cool accent, which is the most attractive to otakus.

As for attracting female viewers, it depends on Gu Yuehe, who has been upgraded from a handsome brother to a handsome uncle.

Messy broken hair, sad stubble, and scars on the corners of the eyebrows, when combined together, there is only one word, absolutely.

The appearance of someone in his 20s and the temperament of someone in his 30s coexist harmoniously in Gu Yuehe.

It is said that there is great terror between life and death. Guyuehe's ability to exude such a unique temperament is really due to his narrow escape from death.

Thinking about it this way, just as far as the career of an actor is concerned, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

If "Holiday" wants to replicate the success of "Roman Holiday", the key lies in choosing the right protagonist.

An elf princess from the West and a down-and-out middle-aged man from the East.

How can two people with such distinct differences across ages, classes, and races stage a convincing love affair in just one day?

You can only rely on your face!

Only a fairy-tale heroine can conquer the audience regardless of gender and make them throw away their brains and seamlessly integrate into the rhythm of the movie.

We also need a charismatic male protagonist who can carry this dreamlike relationship and keep the interaction between the two from floating in the sky.

Only a handsome uncle with complicated experiences can give the audience enough space to make up for the situation and make the princess' love not appear obtrusive.

You can see Gu Yuehe before the car accident at a glance, and he will definitely not be able to control this character.

After encountering a big change, I lost my deep-rooted sense of youth, my mentality became more than ten years older, and I finally looked like a middle-aged man.

After joining the frame, the two were in perfect harmony, and Chen Yiming gained a little more confidence in "Holiday in the Magic City".

Live Call came to Lin Xiao and made some fine adjustments to the costumes of the two. At 7 o'clock in the evening, the makeup photos were officially completed.

Before today, Ma Yunteng and Fu Ruixiang had already selected several supporting actors.

The first male supporting actor, Princess Chamberlain Huck, was hired by Greenwood, a foreign lecturer at the Shanghai Theater Academy.

In fact, he teaches appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. He only has experience in stage plays and has never made a movie.

But considering that this character is a bit contrasting and cute, the dramatic tone is not out of place here.

The second male supporting actor, the male protagonist’s photographer friend, was chosen as Lei Jiasheng, a newcomer from the Shanghai Theater Company.

Even though he is only 24 years old, he has a big, wrinkled head and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes that can trap mosquitoes. He definitely looks older than Guyuehe at a glance, and there is no incompatibility between the two of them standing together.

The other characters only have one or two scenes, and they will be handled directly by extras when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)