Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 9 Storyboard Modification
This is a close-up shot, so there's no need to film the person playing the piano.

So Gu Bei asked an actor to play on his behalf.

"Cut!"

Gu Bei said to the lighting technician, "Make it a little softer. It should have a certain gradual distinction from my shots later."

The lighting technician nodded, readjusted the lighting, and the shot was passed.

The next shot is more important.

It is also a close-up shot, which is a close-up of Gu Bei.

The murderer old woman actor was standing behind him as a background board and was blurred by the camera.

The entire shot is only a few seconds long, with only Gu Bei's facial details and slight ups and downs in his piano playing movements, but it has to reflect the male protagonist's emotions.

This shot and the piano hammer shot just now are both part of the beginning of the short film.

The main purpose of Gu Bei shooting this short film was to show his directing style to the producers and production company, so it was naturally impossible for him to use the storyboards of the original film.

Only four shots were left at the beginning of his short film.

The first close-up shot is the piano hammer that was just photographed.

The second one is also a close-up shot, which is a close-up of Gu Bei’s face.

The third one is also a close-up shot, this time of the old man's body.

Last shot, jump to medium shot.

At this time, the murderer old woman is no longer a background board, but a clear figure.

Of course, the composition still needs to hide the nail gun in the murderer old woman's hand.

This suspense will not be revealed until the end of the short film through the wall-mounted mirror.

The main subject of the camera is still Gu Bei. As the camera moves forward and the piano plays, it suddenly stops, leading the audience to jump to the title of "The Tuner".

By the way, the sound of the nail gun was hidden, which was a major highlight of the original film.

The overall style will be more sharp, which is also his directing style.

Gu Bei was not afraid that this style was not suitable for the sound engineer's script, because feature film sound engineers did not use the gentle style of short film sound engineers, and they tended to be more sharp.

This shouldn't be considered breastfeeding, right?
The overall shooting progress was very fast.

During the two days of snow and work suspension, Gu Bei was idle at home and almost finished drawing all the storyboards for the apartment scenes.

These crew members had already spent a day working with Gu Bei, so they got into the groove quickly and naturally started filming quickly as well.

The only thing that got stuck was the last medium shot at the beginning of the short film.

Gu Bei was not satisfied with the composition.

Medium shots have a much smaller impact on the actors' performances than close shots.

The composition also had a great influence. The living room of the apartment was too small to form the composition that Gu Bei needed.

This is also the reason why workers in domestic dramas also live in such big houses. The bigger the house, the easier it is to shoot. Otherwise, your brain will be burned just thinking about the composition.

Those who are richer use studio photography.

Just tear down the wall, break through the limitations of space, and shoot however you want.

"What do you think is missing?"

Eric took the camera from the assistant photographer and took a test shot himself to show Gu Bei.

"Feeling of oppression!"

Gu Bei thought for a moment, "The appearance of the corpse has already led the audience to guess that the murderer is the old woman who opened the door.

But the main subject of this shot is still the tuner, and the push-in shot also emphasizes the tuner's nervousness and fear, but lacks the sense of oppression that the murderer old woman exerts on the tuner. "

"Adjust the camera's speed?" Eric asked.

"No! I'm thinking of adding some details to make the murderous old woman more oppressive."

Gu Bei walked around the piano twice.

He returned to the camera and said to Eric, "What do you think of this? The lamp, the wall mirror, and the murderous old woman form a triangle. When you push forward, the triangle will squeeze, which will create a sense of oppression, right?"

Eric held up the camera and did it several times according to Gu Bei's idea.

His face lit up with excitement. "What a genius idea! But be careful not to reveal the nail gun by the wall-mounted mirror, and the sofa has to be moved to the side."

Gu Bei also nodded in agreement, then looked at Antonio beside him.

"I'm writing it down! I'm writing it down!" Antonio was writing it down frantically in his notebook.

At the same time, I also have to direct the photographer assistants to move around the room.

So busy.

This shot was repeated, and Eric gave Gu Bei a thumbs up, indicating that the effect was good.

After breaking through this shot, the shooting progress accelerated again.

All the shots of the apartment scene were completed before four o'clock the next afternoon.

"We have to have a good party tonight!"

Antonio put the filming materials in the car and prepared to send them to the post-production company.

"Be careful." Gu Bei patted the bottom edge of the driver's window.

“Thanks, but that’s my way of life.

Bruce, you need to let loose too!"

Antonio took two caffeine lozenges and felt visibly more alert.

"No need to thank me, I'm just worried about my film." Gu Bei replied indifferently.

"Go hang up the streetlights!"

Antonio started the car and extended an international friendly gesture, keeping it up until Gu Bei couldn't see him.

Such a cold day...

Gu Bei couldn't help laughing when he thought of Antonio who was frozen but still holding on.

He took out his cell phone and confirmed the appointment for tomorrow's film room with the post-production company again.

This morning, he had already done a brief review of what he had filmed yesterday, but the truly detailed review would have to wait until tomorrow.

After the inspection is completed, the film footage of the apartment scenes shot over the past two days will be sealed.

Wait until the entire short film is shot before starting post-production.

The film era was so troublesome!

Of course, the digital age is not much better.

The content shot during the day still needs to be checked at night. The capitalists save money by eliminating the developing process, but it does not mean that the workload is reduced.

Afterwards, Gu Bei sent another text message to Zhou Qianqian.

[Investor, the film room appointment time is 7:00 tomorrow morning.]

【okk】

……

Sunday.

Gu Bei arrived at the door of the post-production company.

To his surprise, there was a small figure squatting at the door of the post-production company, wrapped up like a ball of black fur.

"You're here so early?" Gu Bei looked down at Liu Yifei in surprise.

"Ok?"

Liu Yifei raised her head in a daze.

She yawned. "Didn't you say seven o'clock? Then I must be here a little earlier!"

Then, she took out a bag from her pocket. Inside was slightly squeezed and deformed bread slices. There were slight traces of white moisture on the bag, which seemed to have been heated in a bread maker.

"Here, breakfast!"

"Yeah, breakfast!"

Gu Bei raised his hand, and in his bag was a golden fried dough stick.

Liu Yifei came back to her senses.
He looked at his own slice of bread, then at Gu Bei's fried dough sticks.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

"You only brought your own?"

(End of this chapter)