Chapter 97 Shooting officially begins

"let's start."

A clear command came from the intercom. Executive Director Zhang Jinzhan picked up the speaker and put it to his mouth, shouting:

"Nonessential personnel, evacuate, keep quiet!"

The sound is recorded on site, the pole is in place, and the lights and photography are in place.

Zhang Jinzhan: “Turn on the phone!”

The script supervisor rushed to the camera with a clapperboard, and the focus puller focused on the board.

The script supervisor called out the shot information: "Six scenes, one take, one take!"

"Crack!"

The script supervisor quickly hit the clapboard and immediately evacuated the performance area, and the focus puller immediately changed the zoom to the rising and falling focus position.

Zhang Jinzhan yelled into the loudspeaker again: "Start!"

The whole process was standard and smooth. It was obvious that it had been rehearsed several times in advance, and everyone was very professional.

After hearing the start, Xu Zheng in front of the camera counted to three seconds in his heart, and then began his performance.

The first scene they filmed today was the one where the male lead Ma Chenggong was talking on the phone with his lover on the street after leaving the company.

Several cameras focus on Xu Zheng from different angles, moving slowly along with his steps.

As for Xu Zheng, he was talking into the phone to his ear.

Of course, this mobile phone is definitely just a prop, but with Xu Zheng's acting skills, it is not difficult to read lines to the air.

At least in the surveillance camera, he was walking while flirting with his lover on the phone, and he subconsciously looked around and glanced around from time to time. He portrayed the image of a cheating scumbag just right, very naturally and not at all deliberate.

"Okay, pass!"

Wang Hao waited until Xu Zheng finished reciting his lines and confirmed that his performance was fine, then he immediately shouted into the intercom.

The on-site staff quickly took action again, touching up makeup as needed and setting up the venue as needed, preparing for the next scene.

The sky was already bright at this time. It was the time to go to work in the morning, so the financial center was naturally very busy with people coming and going.

Wang Hao and his crew occupied a large area of the street, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Fortunately, there were special personnel setting up cordons on both sides of the street to maintain order at the scene, so no congestion occurred.

However, a reporter from a financial daily noticed this scene, raised his camera curiously, and took pictures of the situation at the scene.

Wang Hao didn't see this, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.

At this time, one shot was finished, and after a little tidying up, they started shooting the next shot.

Xu Zheng's performance was very good, he was in great shape, his emotions were on point, and his lines were impeccable.

He performed almost every scene in one take, and even if there were one or two mistakes, he was able to correct them quickly, fully demonstrating his ability to survive in the drama circle over the years.

After taking several shots, Wang Hao couldn't help but exclaimed loudly:
"Yes, Lao Xu is in very good shape. He has the potential to be a scumbag. Keep up the good work."

Xu Zheng had just finished filming a scene and was taking a break to drink some water. When he heard Wang Hao praising him, before he could even smile, he heard the other party's next sentence, and his face immediately fell again.

Although this is the truth, should the truth be spoken out? Wang Hao certainly couldn't hear the other party's complaints. At this moment, he had transformed into the landlord's supervisor, waving the whip in his hand and whipping the servants, urging them to go faster and faster.

The crew members were extremely busy and the actors, under the influence of this tense atmosphere, were also extremely alert, fearing that a small mistake on their part would disrupt everyone's rhythm.

So the filming of "Fatal Call" proceeded in an orderly manner in this tense atmosphere, and the two days passed by in the blink of an eye.

Almost all the shots related to the financial center have been taken.

On this last day, Wang Hao and his team staged a big scene. They got several police cars through their connections with the municipal government and filmed the scene in which the protagonist returns to the financial center and is surrounded by police and reporters on the street.

The photo was taken at the south gate of Jinmao Tower, which later became a famous check-in spot in Lujiazui.

Just put your phone on the ground and use time-delay photography to capture the three tallest skyscrapers in China in one photo.

Unfortunately, the Shanghai World Financial Center next door has not yet been completed, and the Shanghai Center Building has not even started its foundation.

Fortunately, Wang Hao and his team have the help of special effects, and after some post-production, the three skyscrapers can also appear in the camera with the protagonist.

As for the fact that the newly added building has a different appearance from the future Magic City Center Building, what does it matter?

Anyway, they are making a science fiction movie, so some differences are normal.

Moreover, if their movies become popular in the future, maybe when the Magic City government builds a central building, they may refer to their design plans. That would be a good story.

After finishing the filming of this final big scene, Wang Hao and his team's location shooting mission was successfully completed.

Even if there are problems afterwards, whether it is editing or special effects, they can always be dealt with.

After finishing the street location shooting mission, Wang Hao and his team temporarily rented a floor of the World Financial Center as the male protagonist's office, and filmed some scenes of the protagonist at work.

Including entering and exiting the elevator, walking out of the lobby, and standing on high floors overlooking the entire Magic City.

After taking these photos, Wang Hao and his team moved to the unique alleys in Shanghai.

Here, the movie's hero has some chase and escape action scenes.

"Ka, Lao Xu, come here for a moment."

After the scene where a male protagonist escaped from pursuit and stopped to catch his breath was filmed, Wang Hao shouted "Stop" and called Xu Zheng over.

"Your old habit of acting in dramas and TV series has come back again. I've told you before that you shouldn't use unnecessary body language."

Although Xu Zheng nodded and humbly accepted the criticism, he still couldn't help but express his views on this plot.

"Director Wang, I think it's normal for a person to take some extreme actions when his life is in danger."

Wang Hao glanced at him when he heard this. Xu Zheng felt a little uneasy and started to lose confidence. Then he shook his head and said:
“No matter what a person does, he or she will first follow his or her inner instinctive reaction, which is the so-called personality.

Think about what kind of person Ma Chenggong is and what kind of background does he have?
A returnee from overseas, an elite in the financial world, working in a large investment bank, a successful person, greedy, scheming and cautious.

Such a person will certainly panic when he knows that there is a sniper staring at him, but this kind of panic is not the kind of panic that occurs when a person is like a headless fly.

At the same time as he was feeling fear, Ma Chenggong's clever mind was also conceiving of a counterattack and conducting certain tests.

So apart from the final breakdown scene, you have to be more restrained at other times."

(End of this chapter)

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