Chapter 96 Unspeakable Pain
Chapter 96 Unspeakable Pain
After reaching a friendly exchange with the relevant departments in Shanghai, the crew of "Fatal Call" immediately began to work busily.
Of course, they would not use up those two days of precious shooting opportunities right at the beginning.
Like the entire street panorama at the beginning of the movie, some shots of pedestrians, and various landscape scenes showing the appearance of the city, these do not require personnel to be arranged on the scene to maintain order. It is enough to let an assistant director take a photographer to the streets to collect materials.
Anyway, China has no concept of portrait rights. Unlike Hollywood, there are restrictions on passers-by leaving the country and they have to get authorization. Here, you can just shoot boldly.
After arranging the shooting of these empty shots, Wang Hao brought the main force to the streets of Lujiazui to conduct effect experiments in advance and arranged for the actors to rehearse on the spot.
The so-called effects test, as the name suggests, is to arrange in advance during the filming process, in order to see whether the effects produced by the photographer can meet the director's requirements, to have actors with makeup in real scenes, according to the real shooting method, using different lenses, focal lengths, and angles to choose the best presentation method.
This was not the official start of filming, but just a rehearsal, so there were not many staff members involved, and there was no need to block the streets and ask people to help maintain order.
However, the results of this first field test were not ideal.
"Crack!"
Wang Hao shouted into the intercom and looked at Xu Zheng on the monitor in front of him. He always felt that something was a little weird.
At the shooting site in front, the director of photography Zhou Xuguang and the photographer Li Kui, who were specially invited by Wang Hao from Qingying Studio, discussed for a while after listening to Wang Hao's feedback, and tried again. The result was still not satisfactory.
"Come over here first," Wang Hao waved his hand and called everyone over, "Take a look, what do you think is the problem?"
Zhou Xuguang, Li Kui, executive director Zhang Jinzhan and assistant director Li Qian gathered in front of the monitor and repeatedly watched the shots that had just been tested.
After a long while, Zhou Xuguang shook his head.
"I can't really explain it. We've worked on this storyboard together before, and the effect should be very good. Why does it feel wrong when it's filmed?"
Li Kui echoed, “I also felt something was wrong when I was filming.”
The other people also nodded repeatedly, and Xu Zheng also came over.
Wang Hao seemed to have thought of something. He stared at him for a long time. Seeing that the other party was a little nervous, he slapped his thigh and uttered two words.
"Bald!"
"Xu Zheng's head is too shiny, and his rounded front features make him look younger, and his bald head makes him look particularly funny. A close-up of him from the front would be inconsistent with his identity as a successful person and overseas returnee elite."
After Wang Hao's analysis, the others suddenly understood.
They had never really thought about this issue before. After all, Xu Zheng had been suffering from severe hair loss since he was in college, so after graduation, baldness became his normal state, and everyone was used to it.
It was only after Wang Hao said this that everyone realized where the problem lay.
Indeed, a legendary Lujiazui returnee elite, a big shot in financial capital, dressed in a suit and tie, but with such a bright and shiny bald head, it looks awkward no matter how you look at it.
Facing everyone's gazes, Xu Zheng felt really screwed at this moment.
You know, baldness has always been a pain in his heart.
Most people start to lose their hair when they reach middle age, but Xu Zheng started losing a lot of hair when he was 20 years old.
Although he is still young and handsome, he has entered the mid-life crisis early.
No one can understand that feeling.
So much so that he even started to laugh at himself later:
“There is a world of difference between being bald at 20 and being bald at 45. A bald man after 45 is still an elegant man, and it is justified and reasonable to be bald.
I started going bald at the age of 20, and I was a sneaky little guy.”
For this reason, he even began to frantically look for a way to treat hair loss. He rubbed ginger on his head every day and treated it secretly, fearing that he would see strange looks from his classmates.
It’s a pity that once you rub ginger on your forehead, the smell will spread out.
Then someone in the dormitory corridor started banging on washbasins and running around to tell others: "Xu Zheng is treating his baldness again!"
At this time, everyone will gather around as if they were looking at a monster.
Once, Xu Zhengyi got so nervous that he accidentally spilled the hair growth water.
At that time, some classmates laughed at him, "Do you think hair will grow on this table?"
Another classmate said, "Just look at his head and you'll see, the effect isn't that great."
It’s a pity that no one in a place like the crew would care about the other party’s unspeakable secret.
Moreover, Xu Zheng was just a newcomer in the film industry at that time, not yet a future capital tycoon, so who would care about his feelings?
"Put on some makeup, go get a wig for Xu Zheng to wear, and give him a hairstyle!"
Wang Hao greeted him directly.
I have to say, it is convenient for a bald head to wear a wig.
Soon, Xu Zheng, with beautiful hair and wearing a high-end custom-made suit, was walking on the spacious streets of Lujiazui. The towering Jinmao Tower behind him was shining in the sun. The grandeur, composition and style were seamless and full of modern atmosphere.
"Okay, that's it!"
Wang Hao immediately decided on Xu Zheng's makeup, and everyone except him was very satisfied.
In the next two days, the actors of the crew took turns on the street to rehearse the contents of the script, striving to avoid any mistakes during the formal filming so as not to delay the filming progress.
In this regard, the actors selected by Wang Hao are indeed excellent.
Whether it was Xu Zheng, Wang Jingchun, Yu Feihong, or even the second female lead Fan Binbin, they all memorized their lines completely.
Not only did they memorize their own lines, they also memorized the lines of their co-stars.
This level of professionalism far surpasses those young handsome guys of later generations.
After everything was ready, they finally started the street shooting.
The personnel arrived, the equipment was in place, the instruments were checked, the venue was arranged, the actors put on makeup, the assistant director arranged the movements of the extras, and the streets were blocked...
Early in the morning, just as the sky brightens, on the streets of Lujiazui in Shanghai, walking straight along the main road, there is the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower in front of you and the Jinmao Tower behind you.
Behind the Jinmao Tower, the half-finished World Financial Center is only half completed.
Xu Zheng was standing on the street between the two skyscrapers, holding a mobile phone case sponsored by OPPO, patiently waiting for the director's orders.
(End of this chapter)