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Chapter 353 When Shooting Is In Progress (Part [-])
"How are the preparations?"

Su Zhao put the phone away, and asked the executive director beside him.

The executive director is a middle-aged man in his 40s, named Ning Hangyi, who is very famous in the film and television city. This time, he was specially invited by the bald sixth man.

"Well, it's almost done, and the sixth one is ready!"

Ning Hang looked at the script, nodded, and told Su Zhao the progress of the preparation.

"Okay, let's get started!"

Su Zhao stood up energetically, looked at the preparations of various departments around him, picked up the loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Attention all departments, count down in 3 minutes, and then prepare to withdraw."

With an order, the staff of various departments got busy more quickly.

Shooting has been going on for almost a week, and it's going really well.

Today we are going to shoot the scene where Alice meets the AI ​​Flame Queen.

There is such a scene in the TV series, but there are no flame queen props in the filming.

Xie Fang had to complete a series of actions and kill a zombie before she could stand across the table and talk to the Flame Queen.

The whole process of the dialogue is performed by Xie Fang herself in front of the camera, performing, which is quite a test of her acting skills.

When Su Zhao called out the 1-minute countdown, all the staff evacuated from the shooting site one after another.

With pressure hanging from her back, Xie Fang concentrated on waiting for Su Zhao to call out the word "start".

"Okay, Xie Fang is ready, all departments pay attention, get ready, start!"

Su Zhao yelled, and the field manager next to him immediately took out the slate and slapped it in front of the camera.

Throughout the shooting location, there is only the rustling sound of the camera turning.

After Su Zhao yelled "start", Xie Fang's expression changed, and he became ruthless.

In the camera, Xie Fang suddenly rushed out from behind, a serious-looking zombie with blood on his face, howling and rushing towards her.

I saw Xie Fang turned sideways, took a step back, accurately let the zombies go into the air, took out a pistol, and fired at the zombies.

After shooting, Xie Fang inserted the pistol obliquely into the gun pocket on her thigh, walked forward a few steps, and came to a pre-made center console.

After pressing the center console with both hands a few times, Xie Fang suddenly raised her head, her eyes showing a frightened expression.

"stop!"

Before Xie Fang could continue, Su Zhao stopped directly.

Standing up, Su Zhao came to Xie Fang's side, and the two stood side by side.

"Xiaofang, you have to consider that Alice is also a staff member, but she doesn't know the existence of the Flame Queen, and the image of the Flame Queen is based on your childhood, so you should be surprised, confused, puzzled, Doubt, and so on, all kinds of expressions, combined together, should be complicated, with disbelief!"

Standing in front of the center console, Su Zhao made a few expressions, his eyes looked surprised, confused and so on.

"Here, you have to fully figure out the character's mind, make sure that you are this person, it will be better, and then react according to normal psychological performance, try to use expressions and movements to express the character's heart, that's right."

Su Zhao talked a lot, and Xie Fang nodded repeatedly.

Turning his head, Su Zhao looked at the photographer behind the camera, and said, "You just entered the camera a little bit, try to control the bottom part above the shoulders, capture a close-up of his face, and when there are expressions, try to give one or two shots." A close-up shot."

"There is also that zombie, the action you just rushed out was not fierce, you hesitated for a while, the zombie is unconscious, so after you came out, you quickly rushed over, since you are playing the role of an evolved virus carrier, the movement will be faster."

After talking to the photographer, Su Zhao didn't forget to tell the zombies just now.

For the first time in Passi, director Su Zhao needs to do a lot of things, especially since most of the crew are newcomers, and many things have to be done by himself.

As for performance, this kind of thing can only be felt, not expressed in words.

A lot of things are just plain, and it’s useless without performance or experience.

Su Zhao arranged for a make-up artist to touch up the makeup of the zombies, while Xie Fang had another problem there.

"Su Zhao, come here."

Xie Fang waved, Su Zhao stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look, can I do a few actions according to the character's heart?"

As she said that, Xie Fang opened her eyes slightly in front of the center console, and then expressed her confusion and other complex emotions. She took a step back and put her hand on the handle of the gun.

"No, no, you can't have this kind of subconsciousness, because the other party is an artificial intelligence. On the body, it is harmless. If you do this, you will materialize the other party. It looks too fake. Maybe, you can do this? !"

Su Zhao kept telling Xie Fang about plays like this.

Generally speaking, the director cannot do this, as it will affect the actor's understanding of the role.

As for the occurrence of NG during filming, it requires actors to better understand the characters.

But Xie Fang is a newcomer, and she doesn't understand many things, so Su Zhao can only talk a little bit and bring her in.

The only fortunate thing is that the "Resident Evil" they shot is a sci-fi theme, and many things need post-synthesis.

In the early stage, make expressions on one or two props or curtains.

If it was changed to a war theme, or other large-scale scenes, the NG cost alone would be enough for Su Zhao to have a headache.

And these are the things that Su Zhao, who is a director for the first time, needs to face.

Although he understands many things, he is still a new director, and many things need to be experienced by himself, such as the placement of props, details, actors' expressions, cameras, lighting and so on.

He is needed almost everywhere, and this is also a compulsory course for every director.

These are the obstacles for Su Zhao as a director, and he needs to overcome them bit by bit.

"Okay, okay, everyone, get ready, the filming will start in half an hour."

Su Zhao's reminder made everyone applaud immediately.

This is the principle of being a human being. Although filming is very tiring, practical issues must be considered.

As a director, he is not only the brain of the crew, but also the leader, who always considers everyone.

Taking a deep breath, Su Zhao was finally able to rest for a while, and sat down next to the small TV dedicated to watching the camera.

Comparing what he said just now with what Bu Quan taught him before, Su Zhao found many shortcomings.

It seems that we still need to work hard, the road of being a director is very difficult.

Moreover, Su Zhao also realized that the two tasks of script and director are too much burden on him.

He often changes the script directly on the spot. When he sees the inspiration of some actors' performances, even if the shot is finished, he may reshoot it. This will greatly increase the shooting time and increase the cost.

After half an hour.

"Three, two, one, start!"

Su Zhao yelled, and the field manager slapped the slate again.

Not far from the center console, Xie Fang suddenly became energetic.

She took two steps forward, then stopped suddenly, her body jerked to one side, and she fell backward slightly.

I saw a figure flying directly from the side.

Lifting his foot and kicking the zombie's back, Xie Fang took the opportunity to pull out his pistol and shoot directly.

The zombie fell to the ground, and the bright red blood flowed everywhere.

Glancing sideways at the zombie, Xie Fang was sure that he was really dead, so she inserted the pistol and walked towards the center console.

In front of the center console.

Xie Fang pressed both hands a few times, then suddenly took a step back, her eyes were fixed on the front, complicated, confused, suspicious...

The complex emotions intertwined with several emotions made her express vividly.

"Good! Perfect!"

Su Zhao shouted and stood up with a smile, "It's over, this one's over! Ready for dinner!"

The crew cheered.

Only when they have lunch every day is their most relaxed moment.

After taking the lunch box handed to him by the executive director, Su Zhao just took a few bites when the cell phone beside him rang.

Look at the caller ID above, it's Tan Youyou.

"Hey, Yoyo, what are you busy with?"

"I didn't do anything. It's not that I just learned how to make pastry. I made a little plan for you to try."

Tan Youyou's voice came from the phone, which made Su Zhao feel very sweet in his heart.

"Hehe, I'm eating. If you're busy, don't come here."

Afraid that something would happen to Tan Youyou, Su Zhao told her to rest as much as possible.

"It's okay, I'm almost there, just wait for me."

While talking to Tan Youyou, Su Zhao found that Xie Fang came to her side, and asked silently, is it Tan Youyou?

Su Zhao nodded and said to the phone: "Then you pay attention to safety and drive carefully."

"OK."

On the phone, Tan Youyou agreed before hanging up.

"Yuyou phone??" Xie Fang asked with a smile.

Su Zhao nodded, "Well, you will have a good time later, and Youyou made some pastries, so you can try it too."

"What pastry??"

Wu Bin, who had just put on his makeup and was eating a boxed lunch next to him, raised his head and asked innocently, "Is there any for me? I'm not full!"

"You have eaten three boxes of lunch, are you still full?"

Someone next to him immediately started complaining.

There was a burst of laughter in the crew.

During the few days we were together, everyone got to know each other well and knew that Wu Bin was a real person.

Wu Bin scratched his head without any embarrassment, "I'm not full, so I can't say that."

Looking at the confused Wu Bin, Xie Fang and Su Zhao looked at each other and smiled.

About ten minutes later, Tan Youyou appeared at the gate of the shooting location, holding a stack of large packing boxes in his hand.

"Su Zhao, eat some pastries first, and then start shooting."

As Tan Youyou said, he put the stack of boxes in his hand on a nearby cabinet.

Wu Bin walked forward with a smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law, let me see what's delicious!"

"Take a look, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Tan Youyou put the box away, and walked towards Su Zhao with her handbag.

"How is it? Today went well??"

"Well, it's okay."

Su Zhao saw Tan Youyou take out a pair of delicate transparent glass bottles from her backpack.

"Here, you and Xiaofang each have one, it's delicious, try my cooking."

"what is this??"

Xie Fang was very knowledgeable, but she didn't recognize what kind of food Tan Youyou was holding.

"Tiramisu, I made it myself. I put it in this transparent bottle, which is convenient for refrigeration. It can be stored for three months, and it looks very beautiful."

After returning from recuperation in the United States, Tan Youyou began to learn how to cook, and soon mastered a lot of cooking skills.

As for West Point, she only learned it when she came to Songhai. After all, she is only in charge of financial matters, so it is relatively easy.

"Well, let's try it out."

(End of this chapter)