Chapter 436: An old dramatist, an incompetent elegance

Author: Jianzoufeng

Chapter 436: An old dramatist, an incompetent elegance

"Be elegant, stand aloof from the world, and be independent from the world."

The crew started filming the scene of Concubine Jing, and Liu Minxiu's performance actually reached the average standard of a TV series.

However, Fang Xing's requirements were higher. He wanted the audience to be attracted by Jing Fei's image and temperament at first sight: "Let's do another one. It's best to have the feeling of a lotus growing every step of the way."

Liu Minxiu covered her mouth with the big sleeves of her palace dress and said with a smile: "The requirements are really high. Lotus flowers grow every step of the way. Am I going to become an immortal?"

"This is the feeling I want." Fang Xing nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Let's do it again." Liu Minxiu stepped back into the mirror.

Today's scene is about Concubine Jing walking through the imperial garden. The purpose is to reflect Concubine Jing's character.

Fang Xing waved to the crew and asked the crew to go up and straighten Liu Minxiu's skirt.

"Everyone has it, the recorder will make a note of it."

"25 scenes, 3 shots and 5 shots."

Snapped!

Liu Minxiu wore plain palace clothes and walked through the garden and corridor in an elegant manner.

The camera moved with her position and captured the entire scene walking down the corridor.

There was no "Mei Changsu" scene in today's filming, so Fang Xing didn't even put on makeup. He just sat in the director's seat and looked at the monitor.

"Ka! This is over. Transition." Fang Xing finished watching the footage on the monitor and announced that the scene was finished.

The next scene will be shot in the harem.

It is a rival play between "Concubine Jing" and "Emperor Liang".

The actor who plays "Liang Di" is an old artist specially hired by Fang Xing from the Provincial Theater.

The role of "Liang Di" is also very difficult to perform, especially the scenes near the finale. The requirements for acting skills can be said to be one of the most difficult scenes in the whole play.

Fortunately, Fang Xing had a target for the actor who would play "Liang Di" from the beginning, so the casting process went smoothly.

Fang Xing saw Ding Hongshan's play on TV and felt that he was very suitable to play the role of Liang Di, so he went directly to the Provincial Theater to hire him.

Ark Culture is already well-known in the TV drama circle, so it is much easier to invite actors.

After all, actors don’t want to miss out on a good script.

Therefore, it only took two hours to cast the role of "Emperor Liang" by veteran actor Ding Hongshan of the Provincial Theater.

The "Liang Emperor" played by Ding Hongshan is a bit rich, but his character is suspicious and a bit moody.

In "Nirvana in Fire", accompanying such an emperor is like walking on thin ice.

Concubine Jing can be a transparent person in the harem without fighting against the world, and she can also raise her unpopular son "Prince Jing". If she didn't have some skills, she really wouldn't be able to do it.

The scene transitioned to Concubine Jing’s Zhiluo Palace.

The scenery of Zhiluo Palace has been decorated.

Ding Hongshan, who plays the role of "Emperor Liang", has also put on makeup and is walking around with the assistant director in Zhiluo Palace.

Now Ark Culture’s crew team is getting better and better, and the shooting plan is well coordinated.

Fang Xing and Zhang Yigao were filming the scene of Concubine Jing in the Royal Garden, and the assistant director was already in charge of setting the scenery for the next scene and scheduling the actors.

After finishing the previous shooting, you can switch scenes and start shooting directly.

Fang Xing walked into Zhiluo Palace, took a look at the scenery, and said, "Remove the incense and add a pot of flowers here. Have you gone to see Concubine Jing in person?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Minxiu's voice came from outside the palace: "Okay, okay, I'm so urgent."

Fang Xing looked at Ding Hongshan and asked, "Do the two teachers want to check their lines first?"

"I don't think it's necessary, just go for it."

Ding Hongshan said, stood up and walked to the palace door, saying: "I will come in from here after the palace maid informs you."

"Yes, this shot is relatively simple. After one pass, we will move on to the literary drama." Fang Xing motioned to the camera to prepare.

"Okay." Ding Hongshan nodded.

In this scene, "Emperor Liang" heard that the queen insulted Concubine Jing and was mean, so he came to Zhiluo Palace to take a look.

Concubine Jing was originally a medical girl in the Lin Mansion, and was sent to the palace by "Lin Xie" to take care of Concubine Chen.

She was born as a medical girl, and in the eyes of the eminent queen, her status was indeed low.

In this scene, we first filmed the palace maid's announcement, and then "Emperor Liang" walked into Zhiluo Palace.

This shot is very simple. Based on the experience of an experienced actor like Ding Hongshan, it is basically done once.

"Everyone has it, the recorder will make a note of it."

Snapped!

Ding Hongshan, wearing a dragon robe, walked in from outside the palace.

"Click!"

It was really a one-shot process, because there were no lines, just a few steps, so there was no need to reshoot the material.

"Get ready for the second shot."

Fang Xing waved the script rolled into a tube in his hand, and then walked up to play with Liu Minxiu and Ding Hongshan.

Ding Hongshan is an actor who has his own ideas. He took the initiative and said: "I will lean on the couch later. Is that okay?"

"Okay, wait until Concubine Jing and the maids undress you before you get on the bed." Fang Xing added.

"Okay." Ding Hongshan nodded.

After chatting with Ding Hongshan, Fang Xing turned to Liu Minxiu and said: "Today's scene is very important. In this scene, Prince Jing expressed that he has participated in the seizure of the legitimate son. Concubine Jing knew that she could no longer be a transparent person and had to block those in the harem from her son.

The roads were cleared of all people.

"So, starting from this scene, Concubine Jing officially started a bloodless fight.

"Emperor Liang was already old, and naturally he had many old ailments in his body.

"Concubine Jing was a medical woman and had good massage skills. In this scene, she relied on her massage skills to win Emperor Liang's favor.

"It can be seen from this scene that Concubine Jing has been in the harem for twenty years. She has such a massage skill, but she never used it to compete for favor. It was not until her son was competing for the throne that she started to take action.

"It can be seen that Concubine Jing's character is not fighting for herself, but fighting for her son."

Liu Minxiu listened carefully, nodded and replied: "Understood."

Fang Xing arranged the positions and angles of Liu Minxiu and Ding Hongshan, and then prepared to start shooting: "If there is no problem, we will start."

"No problem." Ding Hongshan raised his hand and made an OK gesture.

Recording board.

"26 scenes, 2 shots and 1 shot."

Snapped!

The two began to perform. Liu Minxiu's character "Jing Fei" said she wanted to give "Liang Di" a massage.

The "Liang Emperor" played by Ding Hongshan undressed and lay on the couch.

Liu Minxiu stepped forward and gently rubbed his shoulders.

The two began to speak their lines, and Ding Hongshan looked like an old father and sighed: "I have neglected you, mother and son, in these years."

Concubine Jing and Prince Jing have indeed not been favored over the years, and it can indeed be said that they have been left out in the cold.

However, the reason for this is not that Concubine Jing is incapable of competing for favor, but simply has no interest in competing for favor.

Now that her son "Prince Jing" was involved in the fight for the throne, she had to use her massage skills to gain the emperor's attention.

The acting skills of both actors are very good, and the first performance was very good.

However, Fang Xing still stepped forward and made some adjustments before starting to take the second shot.

…

After Liu Minxiu joined the crew, the filming scenes focused on "Concubine Jing".

Wang Kai's shooting sessions have been reduced a bit.

Because when Wang Kai was at Huahuo Media, his daily work schedule was very full, and sometimes he only had one day off every month.

After Ark Culture acquired Huahuo Media, many jobs were turned down, but there were still some jobs that had already been signed and could not be turned down.

Therefore, when the crew was focusing on filming Liu Minxiu's scenes, Wang Kai came over with his agent to discuss asking for leave.

"Director Fang, Ah Kai has taken on a lot of work before, and there are some that he really can't turn down, so he needs to take two days off to finish the work that he can't turn away, and then he can concentrate on filming." Wang Kai's agent said.

Explain the situation.
To be continued...