Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 187 Foodie
Some actors, after filming movies by Wong Kar-wai or Stephen Chow, experience a significant improvement in their acting skills, and can even continue acting, with their skills getting better and better.

This is how actors are honed through experience.

Some actors, when working with a director like Li Boda who knows how to direct, deliver amazing performances in this film, making viewers feel that their acting skills are exceptional.

However, this is only limited to this particular drama. Perhaps when filming another drama, his performance will be very poor, and his acting skills will be criticized.

This is roughly the impact of two different directors on actors.

It seems that directors who don't know how to direct scenes are more helpful to actors.

But that's not actually the case.

Because directors like Wong Kar-wai and Stephen Chow, when casting actors, they select specific actors who they believe have talent and potential. These actors then hone their acting skills through repeated takes and extensive practice.

However, a film that could have been made for ten million yuan might end up costing thirty to forty million or even over a hundred million yuan after repeated takes and extensive rehearsals. This is why some investors have been bankrupted by a single film directed by a particular director.

Directors like Li Boda, who can explain a play in detail and break it down for the actors, can ensure the quality of their work without exceeding the budget. This prevents situations where a play originally budgeted at ten million yuan runs out of money during filming.

As for actors, their acting skills may not improve that much, but if an actor has potential and talent, they can find a suitable path through this method of explaining scenes, thereby improving their acting skills.

Ultimately, acting skills depend on the actor's talent and potential, as well as their willingness to work hard.

However, regardless of the circumstances, under the direction of Li Boda, a director skilled at instructing actors, the filming of "Night Shop" progressed very quickly, and the shooting of various shots went quite smoothly.

Although most of the actors in the "Night Shop" crew, apart from Xu Shanzheng and Zhao Liying, are not particularly professional or have little acting experience.

However, with Li Boda constantly explaining the scenes to the actors, the filming went exceptionally smoothly. Although there were still frequent takes, the number of takes was generally low. Sometimes, a scene could be completed after two or three takes. Even in cases with serious problems, it would only take a maximum of ten or so takes before it was passable.

In addition, the filming location and plot were simple, so the filming progress was really fast.

After only one week of filming, about one-fifth of the movie's scenes have already been shot.

This even includes the initial coordination and collaboration between the director, the crew, and the actors.

After a week, they've gotten to know each other pretty well, and the filming pace will likely be even faster from now on.

Within the production crew, both the actors and the behind-the-scenes staff have come to fully acknowledge and respect director Li Boda's abilities.

"Tire! When you're eating ice cream, snacks, and cold drinks later, you need to eat them with gusto. You need to give people the feeling that these things are incredibly delicious, so delicious that they just can't stop eating them," Li Boda said to Tire.

Not only is the tire tall and large, but it's also quite fat, so you can tell at a glance that it has a good appetite.

After hearing Li Boda's words, he patted his belly and assured him, "Don't worry, director. I can't guarantee anything else, but when it comes to eating, I absolutely have no problem."

"Haha, that's right. Just look at Tire's physique, you can tell he enjoys everything he eats." Xu Shanzheng said with a hearty laugh.

Meanwhile, Zhao Liying, who was sitting to the side, quietly took a bag of snacks from the supermarket shelf and carefully ate them.

Li Boda couldn't help but glance at Zhao Liying, who was secretly eating snacks: "Liying, stop eating! How many snacks have you eaten today?"

When the rest of the crew heard what Li Boda said, and then looked at Zhao Liying, who was sneaking snacks like a little hamster, they couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Liying is very serious and hardworking when filming. She puts in a lot of effort and hard work in order to film well.

But she just loves to eat!

She was fine while filming, focusing on her role under the camera. But in her spare time, she would often sneakily eat.

She tried almost every kind of snack in the supermarket in just a few days.

It's thanks to Li Boda's frequent help with exercise that she's managed to gain weight during filming; otherwise, with her eating habits, who knows how much weight she would have gained.

Otherwise, if she started filming as a well-proportioned young beauty, but after filming ended, she transformed into a plump actress, any director would probably go crazy.

Upon hearing Li Boda's words, Zhao Liying scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly, then poured all the snacks into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and quickly threw the snack wrappers into the trash can.

Seeing Zhao Liying like this, the crew laughed even harder.

Seeing Zhao Liying's actions, Li Boda shook his head helplessly and then arranged for the crew to start filming.

The camera was right up to Tire's face, filming him directly. Tire, with his two chubby hands, was holding a small tub of ice cream, using a little spoon to shovel the ice cream into his mouth.

"Cut!" Li Boda called out helplessly.

Tire looked up at Li Boda with a somewhat blank expression, thinking that he had just eaten quite delicious food!
“Your hand, your hand is blocking the ice cream box. I told you, this ice cream was paid for advertising. When you eat it, you have to make sure the name on the ice cream box is visible,” Li Boda explained.

The tire nodded in sudden realization.

Holding a new box of ice cream, this time Tire was careful, deliberately pointing the ice cream brand name towards the camera. "Exxon!"

The tire started munching away again, making a loud clanging sound, and seemed to be enjoying it immensely.

As instructed by Li Boda, the camera, while shooting directly at the tire, also captured the name of the ice cream, and even deliberately pulled the lens down a bit to make the name of the ice cream more prominent.

"Cut! That's a wrap! Tire, for the next scene, you eat potato chips."

"No problem, director!"

"Tire, have some shrimp crackers!"

"Okay, director!"

"Tire, drink some Coke!"

"No problem, director!"

In the blink of an eye, Tire ate almost two pounds of all sorts of snacks—sweet, salty, fragrant, spicy, potato chips, cookies, and chocolate.

The tire looked blissfully happy as it ate.

Zhao Liying looked at the tires being openly and lavishly eaten under the camera lens, her eyes filled with undisguised envy.

……

"Ouch! It hurts so much! You shady merchant, you're such a shady merchant! The stuff in your supermarket isn't clean, it gave me diarrhea—" Tire pointed at the shop owner and cursed.

"Bullshit! Everyone knows that the products in my supermarket are clean and hygienic!"

"Then why do I have diarrhea?"

"You eat everything, hot or cold, sweet or spicy, and no one's stomach can handle it!"

"Tire!!! How much food have you stolen? Boss lady, don't worry, I'm a man of principle. I'll keep track of everything Tire eats and deduct it from the money you owe me. I won't ask for a single extra penny from you."

"Bullshit! He Sanshui, I'll say it again, I don't owe you any money, not a single penny!"

Looking at Xu Shanzheng, a bald, middle-aged man with a poor and shabby appearance, and the landlady with a shrewish look, Li Boda nodded in satisfaction.

Their acting skills are all outstanding; they don't even need him to give them instructions, and they are able to bring out the characteristics of their respective characters.

"Cut! Good job, that scene is done!"

……

The makeup artist, holding cosmetics, surrounded Li Boda and began to apply makeup to him.

Because next, Li Boda will be making his appearance.

While Li Boda is the director of the film "Night Shop," he still decided to make a cameo appearance in it.

According to the original script, in this movie, a record company boss will appear in a supermarket and discover the singing talent of Zhu Liao, played by Ying Jun. He will give Zhu Liao a business card, and Zhu Liao will become a very popular singer because of it.

This is the role that Li Boda played in a cameo!
However, Li Boda made a small change to this character.

Originally a record company owner, Li Boda changed the role to a young and talented director, whose work is "One Cut of the Dead!" Although the real director of this film is Ye Weimin, Li Boda played the role of the director in this film, so it is very appropriate to bring the identity of the director to the film "Night Shop".

It can even serve as a fun little Easter egg, creating a small interactive element.

After the makeup was done, Li Boda's scenes began to be filmed.

Wearing a director's vest, Li Boda was walking in the supermarket when a song suddenly reached his ears. Following the sound, Li Boda rushed into the supermarket's rest area.

Then, ignoring the people who were tied up and Xu Shanzheng and his group, he went straight to Zhu Liao.

“You sang well, you’d be perfect for the theme song in my new play. Here’s my business card. If you’re interested in singing the theme song for my new play, you can call me.” Li Boda said, shoving the business card into the bound Zhu Liao’s hand. Ignoring the reactions of the others, he pushed open the door and left, pausing briefly before departing: “Remember, if you’re willing to sing the theme song for my new play, give me a call—hmm, you guys really know how to play games. If I didn’t know the situation in our country, I would have thought you were really kidnapped.”

After saying that, Li Boda closed the door.

Seeing the door close, Zhu Liao realized what was happening and let out a heart-wrenching scream: "Wait, wait! This is a kidnapping! This is a kidnapping! This isn't a game! This isn't a game! Call the police! Call the police for us!"

Unfortunately, the soundproofing in this room, which has been converted into a karaoke room, is exceptionally good. Once the door is closed, no matter how loud the noise is inside, you can't hear a thing outside.

(End of this chapter)