Chapter 75: The Art of Deception
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The timeline of the movie "The Birth of a Prefix" is summer. In order to shoot a summer effect, the actors need to dress very cool.
Off-season shooting is basically the norm for film shooting. The crew of "The Birth of a Prefix" was pretty good.
Later, when Jiang Wen, the great master, filmed "Sunny Days", he shot summer scenes in winter. But neither the pictures nor the actors had a hint of winter.
The whole film has a strong summer style, combined with the impulse of teenage male hormones.
For many scenes, Wu Xiaozu not only shot them out of season, but also reversed black and white. During the day, he shot the scenes at night.
During the movie shooting process, the sensitivity of film and CCD sensors is actually not comparable to that of the human eye.
Dim street lights, swaying candlelight, and the cold moon are actually the effects of lighting. Otherwise, the effect of the film camera lens will only be pitch black and you can't see your fingers.
Even if it is a daytime scene, it still needs lighting and scenery. Because the natural light changes at any time during the day, and the direction, intensity, and hardness may not meet the requirements.
The day or night experience presented on the screen does not come from different light intensities, but is accomplished through different light ratios, color temperatures, ratios of black and white to gray areas, that is, tone and color saturation.
The reason why a lighting engineer is expensive is that it is complicated and requires real effort. Good lighting engineers are rarer than good cameramen. Fortunately, Zou Lin, the lighting master, is of very high standard.
Therefore, when you watch a movie, it is really the director who is creating a dream for you. The story, characters, scenery, and even the day and night that you think are correct may all be presented through technical means.
Movies are an art of deception. This is very true.
Therefore, it is understandable that Wu Xiaozu felt that he was a bastard.
If a director can't lie or be a scumbag, then he must be a bad film director, or on the way to being a bad director.
In order to ensure the quality of his works, Wu Xiaozu was willing to be affectionately called: Bastard!
The director won't lie, what's the difference between him and a salted fish?
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The next day, the shooting scene.
Wu Zhenyu and Liu Qingyun accidentally killed "Da Fei" and had no choice but to turn his head and build it into the wall. Here, Wu Xiaozu and Huang Yuetai communicated for a long time, and finally chose a long shot to express everyone's mood.
"OK!"
Wu Xiaozu nodded towards Huang Yuetai, indicating that there was no problem with the camera, and entered the next scene.
The sound engineer holds a sound-recording microphone covered with a noise-proof cover at a reasonable position of half a meter to one meter above the actor's head. It can not only stay out of the camera, but also accurately record the sound.
The lighting assistant put on the shading cloth and visor. In order to create a dim and cold light and shadow effect, he would inevitably add a lot of blue cold light lamps.
If there is no visor, then this movie can be declared a "ghost movie". Of course, the actors themselves also need to be lit by a lighting engineer, otherwise the effect presented in the lens will be ugly.
When filming, techniques such as fill light and dimming can highlight the actor's clear and soft facial features. By using strong light or even retouching to cover skin flaws, it is absolutely a live version of the beautiful picture.
The actress's beautiful skin is actually the work of the lighting engineer. Therefore, the lighting team has always been the busiest department of the crew.
If a female star really wants to be photographed beautifully, she must say hello to the lighting engineer. The older she gets, the more careful she becomes——
If there is really an actress who wants to sleep with a normal big crew.
Then the scientific order suggested for her is: Producer-Producer (or Producer)-Director-Cameraman-Gaming Engineer-Executive Director-Assistant Director...and finally the male actor in the opposite order.
Yes, tea and drivers also come before actors. Therefore, if the parents-in-law are actors, it will be easier for the actor to become a "brother-in-law".
Ever since a certain Yue Ming found out that he had many brothers-in-law, he went from being an idol to acting.
Good!
After he stopped wearing his hat, the young man became more dramatic.
If you want to wear a crown, you must receive its weight. This saying is quite popular in the entertainment industry, and it basically means this.
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At night, Wu Xiaozu was hiding in his room alone, revising the script and shooting plan. Just now Jiang Zhiqiang called to inform Wanwan that the arrangements had been made and they were just waiting for him to go to Taiwan for filming.
This drama made Wu Xiaozu feel exhausted.
Unlike "The Butcher on a Rainy Night", which is a one-man show by Leung Gai-fai, the characters drive the development of the plot.
The characters, scenes, props, even a beam of light in "The Birth of a Prefix" all serve the rhythm and story of the entire play.
In other words, the star of this drama is not the actors, but the director. The actor's performance is not of decisive importance to the entire drama. What this drama tests is the director's use of the camera, lighting and the story.
Completion is the most basic basic skill of a director.
The actors only need to follow the plot development step by step. This will cause Wu Xiaozu a great sense of fatigue. He is not a god. In his previous life, theory was better than practice.
This mental drain made him lose weight day by day. In fact, this is called "new director syndrome" in the director industry.
There is a term in the basketball world that describes this situation very accurately - the rookie wall! In other words, Director Wu has hit a wall!
A director will always make a dazzling summary of his directing skills in the second or third film. This is caused by the changing laws of things.
Wu Xiaozu did not open the perspective of God, so naturally he could not avoid such bad habits.
This kind of dazzling skill is rare in a director's career. It usually only appears in the early works of many directors.
In fact, Wu Xiaozu should be lucky that he chose "The Birth of a Prefix" for his second play, which gave him enough room to express himself. He could freely apply his own style to this work.
Fortunately, Jiang Zhiqiang was confident enough in him and did not send a supervisor or producer to restrict him.
A director will always make several unintentional explorations. Such unintentional explorations are often rough but sharp. At the same time, they will sharpen the edge of Wu Xiaozu.
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On the third day of filming "The Birth of a Prefix", the crew was basically on track, the staff cooperated tacitly, and the actors were in the zone.
Wu Xiaozu simply chose a group scene in "Massage Parlor" to film.
The light was very dim, Wu Zhenyu stretched his neck to look at Liu Qingyun, but Liu Qingyun raised his arm with a straight face and held his head back.
Don't look, I'm shy.
Standing in front of the monitor, Wu Xiaozu had a straight face and a serious expression.
"Director, do you want to shoot? It's almost nine o'clock..."
Uncle Li looked at Wu Xiaozu knowingly, with a sanctimonious look on his face, "The actors and staff are ready to continue."
"cough!"
Wu Xiaozu glanced at him and thought, I don't know if the actors are ready yet? How can I hesitate if I'm not ready? That's why I hesitate!
"Clearance?"
Uncle Li tried to suggest, "I can ask the on-site staff to go out temporarily and leave only the staff."
Wu Xiaozu glanced at the surrounding crew members who looked eager, then turned to look at the actors in front of him, and said righteously, "Forget it, the actors have no special requirements, let's film as usual."
"howl--"
The on-site staff immediately...
——Listless, corpses everywhere, bursts of crying, all with a sense of dark despair.
Chapter completed!