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Chapter 58
"Pay attention to the lights, start over!"

Everyone has not yet entered the shooting state, and did not expect the first NG to come so soon.

The lighting engineer Zhou Ren was stunned for a second, and immediately raised his hand to signal, "I'm sorry, Director Tang!"

Tang An nodded and said nothing.

"No. 19 scenes, one shot, two shots!"

"start!"

The second shooting continued, Tang An stared at the monitor closely, Xu Jinglei and Lu Yi reappeared from the corner twice!

"Crack! What's the matter with the lights!"

"The closed space in the cabin has no windows. Why are the lights so bright? How did you write the storyboard script I gave you!" Tang An shouted at the lighting team.

"Director Tang." Zhou Ren opened his mouth, wanting to explain.

Tang An didn't wait for him to speak, and continued to reprimand, "The position of the main light is 45 degrees from the front of the main body, and the auxiliary light is 75 degrees. Look where it is!"

A man in his 30s was pointed at his nose by Tang An, a 24-year-old young man, and said that he was still good at his major. Zhou Ren's face was a little ugly.

He argued, "Today is the first day to start the machine, and the people under him have not yet fully entered the state."

Tang An didn't intend to find trouble, as long as these people were not stupid, Sun Ming's removal was enough to make them afraid to do anything again.

But he didn't expect these people to be so perfunctory to him, as if he didn't understand anything?

"Not in the state? It's quite fast to enter the state after lunch!"

"Everyone had some wine at noon, maybe."

"How much alcohol did Team Leader Zhou drink?" Tang An said angrily.

Seeing that everyone in the crew was staring at him, Zhou Ren bit the bullet and said, "Director Tang, you told me this morning. Of course I didn't drink much, but it's rare for everyone to have a good meal."

"Since Team Leader Zhou is not drunk, why didn't he check it before shooting, and why didn't he check it during the first NG?" Tang An stared straight at Zhou Ren and said word by word.

Before he could answer, Tang An instructed a few lighting assistants who bowed their heads and dared not make a sound, "The position of the main light is about 15 degrees downward, the side light of the auxiliary light is 25 degrees to the left, and the outline light moves back two degrees. One step, aim the camera, dim the light a little, and let the photographer see the effect!"

"Turn off the side backlight, turn off the top light, don't make the lights too close together, spread them out!"

"Old Xu, Lu Yi reset!"

After the instruction was over, Tang An asked Xu Jinglei and Lu Yi to stand back to their original positions, and then made some minor adjustments. The photographer also looked at the effect through the lens.

These few adjustments were not taken down, after all, every shot is a waste of film, so save as much as you can.

"Open up the aperture!"

"Scatter the hair lights a little more!"

After repeated adjustments, Tang An looked at the photographer Zhou Jixun.

"How is old Zhou?"

Zhou Jixun put his head in front of the camera, observed it several times, and then nodded. He looked at Tang An with admiration, "No problem, Director Tang!"

"Okay, keep shooting!"

"No. 19 games, one shot, three times!"

"start!"

After nearly an hour, the first shot was not finished yet, and Tang An directly embarrassed Zhou Ren, the lighting team leader, in front of everyone just now.

In the first shot of the first scene, the head of the lighting team couldn't even do his own job well, so he had to be directed by the director himself.

Under the strange eyes of everyone, Zhou Ren felt ashamed, but he couldn't refute.

Although the others were having fun, they were also terrified in their hearts. They took down the production director before the filming started, and now they directly slapped the lighting team leader in the face.

Everyone was afraid that they would become Tang An's next target.

That's right, everyone thought that Tang An was the new official's third choice to establish his authority.

It's only the second fire now, and no one can be caught by the third fire.

The third round of shooting started immediately, and Tang An called to stop again.

Zhou Ren was overjoyed when he heard the "click".

This is the lighting you arranged yourself, but it has nothing to do with me.

But Tang An's words disappointed him again.

"Stop for a moment, Lu Yi pays attention to your performance, you just treat this as an ordinary place, such as a park you have never been to, just glance around casually!"

"And Lao Xu, your expression should be a little confused, thinking and recalling, because at this time you subconsciously feel that this place seems familiar!"

"Also, when looking around, slow down a little, and every time you look in a direction, you will have a thinking look!"

"Good director!" The two nodded and thought for a while to continue shooting!
"No. 19 games, one shot, four times!"

"start!"

The actors reset and did it all over again, this time almost meeting Tang An's requirements.

Immediately afterwards, Deng Chao, Sun Li and another actor followed from behind.

When selecting actors, Tang An picked four of them, and asked Wang Zhongjun to send someone over for the remaining one who was younger.

Tang An didn't remember this person, he came from a third-rate acting school, and he had never even heard of his name.

"Crack!"

After one shot, Tang An watched it several times in front of the monitor.

He frowned and shouted to the photographer Zhou Jixun, "Old Zhou!"

"Hey, director!" Zhou Jixun, who was instructing his camera assistants to change the film, raised his head and responded.

"Restart from the one just now, Lao Zhou, pay attention to capture Lao Xu's facial expressions and her eyes!"

"Good Director Tang!"

With Zhou Ren's lessons learned, Zhou Jixun did not dare to talk back. If he was caught as a model and provoked a third fire, he would be embarrassed.

In the fifth shooting, Zhou Jixun stared at the camera intently, and accurately grasped every look and facial micro-expression of Xu Jinglei.

The camera follows Xu Jinglei every time she turns her head, without any mistakes.

"Good! Over!"

At 3:[-] in the afternoon, after nearly two hours, the first shot was finally completed.

Then the next shot was continued non-stop, a panoramic view of the entire banquet hall.

It's not difficult, the main thing is Xu Jinglei's performance, but there is a shot behind to create a peeping effect from the corridor on the side.

This is not the kind of peeping through the door, and it is still a bit difficult to shoot.

After trying twice, I adjusted the camera position and lighting repeatedly, and finally found a suitable angle, which can take a panoramic view of most of the banquet hall, and also center on Xu Jinglei's position.

Through the slight shaking of the camera, Xu Jinglei and Xu Jinglei acted out the uneasiness of being watched, and this shot was completed.

Later, Tang An did not interfere with Zhou Ren's work, and he seemed to "know his shame and then be brave", which was considered a good job.

One afternoon, one scene, four shots, within Tang An's expectation, after all, it was only the first day.

"It's getting late, everyone has worked hard today, pack up and keep the equipment, and go back to rest!" Tang An looked at the time and told everyone.

"Good director!"

"Director, go slowly!"

"Thank you Director!"

After Tang An left, the tense nerves of the crew could finally relax a little.

"Phew, I'm so nervous, I've been in so many crews, this is the first time I've been so nervous!"

"Our director Tang is not simple, he is better at lighting than Lao Zhou!" art director Chen Jinhe teased.

"Made, I'm unlucky, those brats under my command made me look ugly, I have to educate them when I go back!" Zhou Ren said angrily.

"Don't think so much now, I thought the new director's film could be a little more sloppy, but now I can't see it being less demanding than Director Huo!"

"Not only is it not low, it is even stricter than Director Huo's film!"

Nearly half of the crew was transferred from Huo Jianqi. Last month, his "Lover's Knot" won nearly [-] million box office. There was a vacuum period of several months, so he arranged his team to Tang An Here it comes.

"Be more careful in the future. I think it's best to spit out the money we took before, and he will turn it out whenever it is not guaranteed!"

"That's right, be careful!"

Not only the few of them who have the handle in Tang An's hands, but also the rest of the crew, as well as several actors, who originally saw Tang An as young and relaxed, but now they all became frightened birds, for fear of being picked out Swear!
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