Entertainment 1998

Chapter 78: Shooting 78
Making movies in the era of film cameras was quite a challenge for directors!
Because there is no director's monitor, there is no way to observe the filmed images in real time. If you want to observe how today's movie is being filmed, you can only wait until the film is developed in the evening and observe it through the sample films.

In this era, it is considered the basic norm to reshoot the scenes shot on the first day on the second day.

Therefore, in this situation, the photographer becomes very important. Before shooting a movie, the director observes the shooting scene through the viewfinder, and then leaves all the work to the photographer.

How was the lighting during filming? What was the depth of field like? How did the actors’ performances look in the camera? And so on.

All the director can do is stand quietly at the shooting scene, watch the actors' performances, and decide to take another take if he finds that the actors make mistakes.

Therefore, in order to ensure the quality of filming, many big directors like to shoot the movies themselves, such as truck driver James Cameron and Michael Bay who shot the "Transformers" series.

In the domestic film industry, Han Shanye is considered to be relatively bold. This year, when he heard that Arri had developed a device called a director's monitor that allowed film directors to monitor the filming of a movie in real time, he took great pains to introduce one.

Today was the first day of trial use at the filming site of "Moon", and the results were not ideal.

This thing is such a rip off.

Not only was the picture in black and white, but it was also flashing all the time.

So, when the second scene was about to start shooting, he stood up from behind the director's monitor to observe Jiang Feng's performance in real time.

"Teacher Xu..."

"Here I am!"

Seeing Jiang Feng calling her in public, Xu Jinglei ran over with a smile, holding a thick movie script handwritten by Jiang Feng in her hand.

"Teacher Xu, your role is a robot. When you talk to me, you need to have texture and rhythm. The rhythm here means that the speaking speed should be the same throughout.

And there must not be any emotion in the words.”

"Well, OK."

After hearing Jiang Feng talk about the content of the play, Xu Jinglei shook the stack of movie scripts in her hand.

Seeing that there was no problem with Xu Jinglei, Jiang Feng immediately turned to look at the photographer Gu Changwei.

"Guide..."

"you say!"

After finishing the cigarette, Gu Changwei took the cigarette that Liu Peng handed to him from his ear, put it to his lips, and took a deep puff.

"Director Gu, the shooting of the second scene is a little troublesome because the camera lens needs to move vertically, that is, to shoot the robot from the first floor, and then move to the second floor to the lunar base operation room to shoot me."

Vertical shift...

Hearing the name, Gu Changwei wanted to laugh. He had heard of horizontal lens shift and circular camera lens shift, but had never heard of vertical lens shift. However, after thinking about it for a while, he understood what Jiang Feng was talking about.

He was probably referring to the camera's unskillful vertical transitions.

After figuring out this key point, Gu Changwei took the cigarette out of his mouth, flicked the ash, and put it back in his mouth.

“Is it fast?

Am I talking about the speed at which the camera moves vertically without any tricks?"

"No, just slow and gentle."

Suddenly, Jiang Feng felt a little ashamed.

I still don't know enough. It's a bit embarrassing to present myself in front of professionals based on the little information I found when I was writing entertainment novels in my previous life.

Of course, nothing.

After all, I am studying acting, and I am only 20 years old this year.

“Very gentle…”

Gu Changwei frowned and thought for a while, then said to Jiang Feng: "How about this, you tie a rope around my waist, and then find a few people to pull me up from the first floor during the filming. In this way, you can basically achieve the effect you want."

"Can't we just use a rope to hang the camera?"

After taking a look at the temporary lunar base built by the crew, Jiang Feng, the director, leading actor and screenwriter, thought that it is better to be safe in everything.

“First, there is not enough stability.

Second, the camera starts shooting the robot on the first floor and then goes to the second floor to shoot you, which means there will be a 1-degree turn. If I don’t carry the camera, the turn will be very shaky and chaotic.”

"Oh, OK, thank you, Coach Gu!" To be honest, Jiang Feng now really feels like he is being taught. Writing novels is really different from reality.

Writing novels can be brainless, as long as it is fun. I have seen this movie, and if I could travel through time, I would be able to film it. However, in reality, even if you have seen the original film, you cannot restore a real movie without certain basic knowledge, certain acting abilities, and certain professional skills.

Beijing Film Studio has a professional team.

When Liu Peng, Liu Liang, Luan Jizhuang and others saw that Jiang Feng and Gu Changwei had discussed the shooting method, they acted quickly. Some of them climbed to the second floor of the lunar base, some of them tied the rope tightly around the waist of photographer Gu Changwei, and some of them quickly laid thick mats on the ground on the first floor. Even if the rope broke, Gu Changwei's absolute safety could be guaranteed.

Seeing that everything was ready, Jiang Feng, who was sitting in the operation room on the second floor, shouted commands at the shooting site.

"Action!"

Moon Base
The lights were dim, and in the small operating room, only a few computer screens were on.

And in this silent environment, a voice suddenly appeared.

"It's time to start work. It's 8:32 Beijing time now."

"All energy harvesters are operating normally."

"The running data is as follows: Qingzhui, 14.6 kilometers; Baitiwu, 17.8 kilometers; Shifachi, 21.5 kilometers..."

As these data were reported one by one, the camera lens moved up, and at this time, we could see a young man with long hair and beard sitting in front of the operating table, constantly reading out various data.

The work was done and the young man turned off his computer.

"Chapter Nine, Chapter Nine..."

"Good morning, Third Brother."

Hearing the young man's call, the robot slowly turned its head. It turned out that the robot's name was Jiuzhang.

"Good morning, Jiuzhang."

Jiang Feng, who was sitting in the operating room, was putting on his shoes while greeting the robot.

"Jiu Zhang, can I ask you a question?"

"explain."

"Why do the company's energy harvesting vehicles have such strange names, like Qingzhui, Baitiwu, Quanmaoqi, Shifachi, Telepiao, and Saluzi?"

"It's very simple. The names of these energy harvesters come from the Six Horses of Zhaoling. The so-called Six Horses of Zhaoling are the six horses that Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty loved the most 2500 years ago..."

"Stop, stop, stop..."

Before the robot could finish speaking, Jiang Feng interrupted it with a smile.

“Let’s not talk about history.

Let's talk about my current mission. The energy tank of the energy harvester Saluzi is full, and I have to drive over to replace his energy tank."

"Okay, Third Brother."

……

"How about it?"

After the second scene was filmed, Cui Xinqin walked up to Han Shanye again, reached out and patted him on the back.

"Xiao Han, how was it? My student Jiang Feng's performance was okay, right?"

"Yeah..., it's good."

Han Shanye hesitated for a moment, then touched his chin and said, "Teacher Cui, I just have a question that I can't figure out. How can Jiang Feng, a 20-year-old boy, have such rich life experience?
If you don’t believe me, just look at him.

Just the movement of him standing up just now made me feel that this guy has something.

For example, young people in their 20s, no matter where they are sitting, when they stand up, they usually support themselves with their legs and then stick their buttocks out to make the chair farther away from the table, and then they can stand up smoothly.

But Jiang Feng is different. He will gently lift his buttocks and then move his body to the right, because doing so has an advantage: the chair will not make any noise and will not affect others.

If you don't believe me, just take a look at those officials in a meeting. They basically do this when they leave.

What surprised me even more was that Jiang Feng's movements were as skillful and natural as if he had practiced them hundreds or thousands of times."

(End of this chapter)