Chapter 69 Filming
Chapter 69 Filming
At about nine o'clock in the morning, everyone finished breakfast and the crew officially started work.
Zhang Chen sat in the director's chair, and other positions took place one after another.
"Chen Xi, adjust the shooting order. Shoot the surfing scene last and shoot the other scenes first today. Also, arrange for someone who is good at surfing to tutor Teacher Binbin in the next two days to help her get familiar with the game as soon as possible."
"Okay, Director. I'll arrange it right away."
There is no need for a reason at all. Zhang Chen is both the producer and the director. He is the biggest person in the crew and he can change the shooting plan however he wants.
The staff sent by China Film Group and Shanghai United Film Group did not raise any objections. How to shoot the film was up to the director, and they only had to supervise the use of the budget.
When Chen Xi ran to notify the various departments, Fan Binbin had also changed into new costumes.
The previous one was torn by Zhang Chen last night.
Zhang Chen was sighing at the time, thinking that these businessmen were really heartless. Such an expensive item was broken with just a slight pull.
Fan Binbin next to him was more clear than him: "If you tear it apart, does that make you look more manly?"
Zhang Chen suddenly woke up as if from a dream. He realized that he was too superficial. The other party was indeed professional and had figured out the user's mentality.
Users will only buy again if the product can be torn apart, and merchants will also increase sales. Buyers are happy and sellers are happy too. This is a true win-win situation!
On the contrary, if it can't be torn apart, you will probably get a lot of bad reviews.
The more Zhang Chen thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, but he immediately reacted and pointed at himself in disbelief and asked back: "Do you think I need to use this to show my masculinity?"
Fan Binbin smiled and said nothing.
Zhang Chen was even more angry: "Sure enough, a demon is a demon, you don't repent, don't run, eat me, no, eat me again~"
"Great Sage, spare my life."
……
The first scene we filmed today was the scene with the little boy.
The little boy has very few scenes. He picks up a helmet DV while playing on the beach, checks the contents inside, and then runs back to the village to call adults.
This kind of scene is not difficult to perform and basically any child can do it.
But in order to establish good relations with the locals, they finally chose the grandson of the chief of their small fishing village to play the role.
He was also given a reward of one thousand yuan.
Sure enough, no matter what you do, you have to rely on relationships.
When the filming was going on, many people from the village were watching nearby. It was incredible that someone from the village could star in a movie. If you couldn’t witness such a grand scene with your own eyes, no one would believe your bragging for the rest of your life.
Many people think that filming a movie is a very simple thing. Isn’t it just acting in front of the camera? I can do it too.
But that’s not actually the case.
The camera lens is like a magical realm. Anyone who is placed in it will unconsciously take on the attributes of a performer.
The only difference is that some people have good acting skills, and others can't see any traces of their performance.
But those non-professional actors are not like that. They will be nervous, and even doing a simple task will seem awkward. Even in a shot of entering a door, they will be confused about whether to step forward with their left foot or their right foot first.
Just like the little boy nowadays, he is affected.
Playing on the beach and picking up shells is something he does every day, but under the gaze of the camera, it looks very awkward and out of place.
And he always subconsciously looks at the camera. Even if you tell him not to look at the camera and pretend that the camera does not exist, he will still look at it subconsciously.
After failing several times in a row, everyone felt helpless.
After another failure, Ning Hao found Zhang Chen.
"What should I do? This won't work."
Zhang Chen is also worried about this.
It is generally recognized in the industry that the two most difficult types of actors are child actors and animal actors.
The latter cannot understand human language and cannot communicate, while the former can understand but cannot express himself accurately.
The crew of "The Shallows" was assembled all at once.
When dealing with such a situation, you cannot hit or scold the child, you can only coax him or her.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen was an online movie director in his previous life. The biggest advantage of an online movie director is his good temper.
There's no other way. For online movies, the actors are most likely stuffed in by investors, and they all have backgrounds. If you want these big guys to achieve the effect you want, you can only coax them.
In the online movie circle, "coaxing" is equivalent to "training".
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen already had an idea in mind, "Watch my expression later~"
After telling his good friend, Zhang Chen clapped his hands and deliberately said loudly, "Okay, let's not shoot this scene yet. Cameraman, turn off the camera. Come here, kid. I need you to do me a favor."
The little boy was not afraid of strangers. When he heard that he was not to be filmed anymore, he became much more natural and quickly came to Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen took out a piece of chocolate: "Do you like this?"
The little boy looked at the chocolate and nodded.
"I lost a helmet on that beach. You are familiar with this area. Can you help me find it? There is a camera on the helmet. If you find it, please help me check if the camera still has power. I will give you this chocolate."
After taking the chocolate, the little boy happily went to look for his helmet.
What Zhang Chen said was right. He was very familiar with this beach. He came here to play almost every day and knew every tree and blade of grass here very well.
The little boy was wandering around on the beach and soon he found the helmet scattered on the seashore.
He ran over happily and found that there was indeed a camera on it.
By the way, the uncle said he wanted to check whether the camera had battery.
There is a waterproof cover on the camera, but children are very good at hands-on work and they quickly removed it and turned it on to play the video inside.
There was actually nothing in the video, as the scenes in the movie would not be synthesized until later. All Zhang Chen wanted was the action of turning on the camera.
After tinkering with it for a while, the little boy ran towards Zhang Chen with the helmet.
"The helmet was found. I checked the camera and it seemed to be out of battery."
Zhang Chen didn't answer, but looked behind the little boy.
Ning Hao behind him made an 'OK' gesture, indicating that everything was fine.
"Thank you."
Zhang Chen took the helmet and watched the replay, and there was indeed no problem.
"Okay, this scene is over."
……
Under the parasol
When Zhang Chen and others were filming the children's scenes, Fan Binbin had nothing to do so he hid under an umbrella and read the script.
It's not the kind of script we used to have, but a storyboard script.
This was the first time she had seen the storyboard script of "The Shallows". Before that, Zhang Chen had only sent her an ordinary script.
To be honest, she was really shocked.
After so many years of filming, she has met many directors, but there are very few who can draw storyboards. She has never seen anyone with such a complete storyboard script like Zhang Chen.
Fan Binbin flipped through the pages one by one. This thing was very expressive.
Just by reading the script, many scenes that I had no idea about before now become clear.
Fan Binbin has a clear understanding of where to shoot, how to shoot, and how she should behave.
At the same time, I was glad for the decision I made.
I think I made the right bet this time.
I had only read the script before, so I really couldn’t tell whether the play was good or not.
The plot can be summed up in one sentence: a girl goes to the beach where her parents got engaged to surf, is attacked by a shark, is trapped in the sea, and eventually kills the shark using a buoy at sea.
It's so simple that it doesn't arouse any interest.
Shark movies are the most popular monster movies in recent years, and this theme is almost overused.
Moreover, almost all of them are 5-cent special effects, which makes people complain.
But now after reading the storyboards, she was inexplicably full of confidence in this play.
If nothing else, just watching the storyboards can give people a sense of urgency. If the movie were filmed, the effect would definitely be better.
Fan Binbin is full of expectations.
Before coming, she also learned from Mr. Xiao Wang what Zhang Chen said to Han Sanping that day.
Box office over 100 million?
Fan Binbin didn’t dare to think about it at all, but he was actually quite looking forward to it.
At present, it seems that only two films directed by Zhang Yimou have grossed over 100 million yuan in China. If I can also become the heroine of a blockbuster with a box office of over 100 million yuan, or the only heroine, then I will be able to leave the other five of the Four Dan and Two Bing behind.
At that time, I can become an actor of the same level as Zhang Ziyi. At least in terms of commercial performance, they are in the same level.
"Okay, this scene is over, actors, get ready, the next scene will begin soon~"
Zhang Chen's voice spread throughout the beach through the loudspeaker. Fan Binbin stood up and took off her sun protection jacket. It was her turn to wait.
Ten minutes later, the camera lighting was adjusted.
Executive Director: "Everyone be quiet, start the filming."
Cameraman and sound engineer: "rolling."
Script Note: "The Shallows, Scene 31, Shot 1."
Director: “Action!”
Three seconds later, the actors began to perform.
Today's scene is actually a continuation of yesterday's scene. The heroine has just arrived at Shark Beach, changed her clothes, and is preparing for her first surfing trip.
Roll up your wrist and put on a Casio waterproof watch.
Ning Hao gave a close-up of the waterproof watch. After all, it was a sponsor, so he had to give it enough shots.
Zhang Chen is a very professional person. He does his job when he is paid, and he is also thinking about the 2000 million yuan sponsorship fee.
Like the original work, Zhang Chen also described some details of surfing, such as waxing the surfboard.
The surface of an ordinary hard surfboard is smooth and frictionless. In order to increase friction, the surfboard needs to be waxed.
Surfboard wax does the opposite of car wax, creating a rough, friction-rich surface that keeps the surfer's footing steady while in the water.
A waxed surfboard can more effectively increase the friction between the human body and the board, making it non-slip and stable. It is more stable to stand on the board and easier to sit upright on the surfboard.
These things are actually dispensable, but the quality of a movie is often determined by details.
What’s more, the waxing process is a good opportunity to get a close-up of the surfboard, so the advertisement is inserted without being noticed.
The audience will not be bored either, because the person getting waxed is a beauty with a nice body to look at.
In the distant sea, there were already two people playing with the waves. They were Cao Bingkun and another male actor.
Originally, another surfer, Zhang Chen, was going to let Ning Hao go on stage, as a screen debut.
But he gave up after the audition because he had a bad image and a bad body.
(End of this chapter)