Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, the Diary of a 95 Flower

Chapter 138 Finishing

After the opening ceremony, the crew began to focus on the filming schedule.

Due to the different roles and the different schedules of the actors, the filming period for each actor will also vary.

Huang Lei and Hai Qing have the most screen time, and their scenes are mostly family dramas.

The key scenes are the arguments about education and the divorce crisis, which need to be filmed intensively in the set that has been built.

Secondly, there's Zhang Zifeng, who plays Fang Duoduo. She has the most screen time among the teenage leads, carrying all the middle school entrance exam storylines.

Then came Jiang Yang and Zhao Jinmai.

Due to her studies, Zhao Jinmai had to return to Shenyang for a period of time to take her final exams, which extended the filming period. The screenwriter added a family storyline for her at the last minute, and her salary was increased accordingly.

Jiang Yang had the same reason: because his final exams were approaching, he asked the film crew for leave in advance. He needed to go back to Chongqing for a while to take exams and other art exam arrangements.

of course.

Yang Chaoyue and Zhao Jinmai both knew very well that this was a complete lie made up by Jiang Yang. This guy didn't care about the school's final exams at all, unless it was the college entrance exam in the middle of the year.

Zhao Jinmai had discussed this matter with Yang Chaoyue in private. In her words, "That old rascal Jiang Yang must have seen that I had a reason to ask for leave, so he copied me and wanted to slack off. I looked at his navigation route, and it's not going to Wudu at all, but to Linchuan for fun."

Yang Chaoyue has the fewest scenes, so filming will be concentrated in one session. If the pace is fast, filming can be completed in a week.

The final scene is Jiang Yang, who plays Zhang Xiaoyu, being reprimanded by his homeroom teacher in the classroom, while Yang Chaoyue sits in the back row making faces.

Jiang Yang got out of the costume van, wearing a school uniform, and arrived at the film set to find the track car already set up.

The supporting actors who would be in the shot all remembered their positions so they could move around more easily later.

Jiang Yang walked up to the podium through the front door, glanced at the supporting actors, and then his gaze fell on Yang Chaoyue in the corner. He smiled at Yang Chaoyue.

Wearing his school uniform, Yang Chaoyue pursed his lips into a thin line and nodded.

The two had no time for idle chatter.

Time was tight and the task was heavy; this scene had to be filmed within an hour.

Before filming began, the script supervisor, holding a bold pen, hurriedly wrote a few lines on the clapperboard.

[A Little Reunion, Scene 21, 3 shots, 1 take.]
[Date: January 19, 2016.]
[Scene: Classroom - Rose makes a face.]
[Character: Rose (Yang Chaoyue)]
"Action!" With the clapperboard clapping down, filming officially began.

Yang Chaoyue immediately got into the zone.

Pretending to be doing homework with her head down, she tilted her textbook to reveal half of her face, and her toes unconsciously turned towards the classmate who was being scolded.

"Crack! This one won't pass!"

The assistant director, his eyes glued to the monitor, called out, "Yang Chaoyue, your facial expressions and movements are too stiff. Adjust them."

Slight adjustments were made.

The clapperboard rang out: "A Little Reunion, Scene 21, 3 shots, 2 takes, Action!"

This time, when Yang Chaoyue heard the teacher scolding someone, his eyebrows twitched twice, and he suddenly stretched his neck, stuck out his tongue at Jiang Yang, and rolled his eyes.

He swung his elbow and knocked over the books on the desk, making a 'thud' sound.

"Cut! Yang Chaoyue, what did you do! You've messed up! The book can't be moved! You were acting really well the other day, but you're not in the right frame of mind today. Get back into character quickly." The assistant director lit a cigarette, his neck was thick, and his voice was very loud, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Yang Chaoyue's expression froze instantly.

His neck stiffened instantly, and he slowly turned his head to look at the monitor, repeatedly apologizing.

I watched Jiang Yang film for four days and then filmed for a week myself. I had many scenes with Jiang Yang, so I had a general understanding of the crew's situation.

The assistant director was harsh with her, but it wasn't specifically targeting her.

That's just how things are on set; if you're not a bit stern, most of the actors won't take it seriously.

Especially the extras, most of them won't listen to reason, they just coast along for the money, and they'll slack off whenever they can.

In other words, when filming first starts, everyone just pretends.

As filming went on for a while, everyone's true colors came out. Location fees, equipment fees, actor salaries, production assistants, script supervisors, camera crew, props crew—everyone was paid by the hour.

Let alone a supporting actor like Yang Chaoyue.

Even for lead actors like Jiang Yang, Zhao Jinmai, and Zhang Zifeng, the staff would still yell at them if they had to do too many takes.

They dare not curse openly, so they curse in private.

If this happens too often, it will damage your reputation.

“Um, Jiang…” The assistant director looked at Jiang Yang, intending to have Jiang Yang give Yang Chaoyue some acting advice as usual.

Upon noticing that Jiang Yang had already walked towards Yang Chaoyue, he fell silent.

He had a very good impression of Jiang Yang.

It wasn't just because Jiang Yang would buy milk tea for the crew members during every scene; the most important reason was that Jiang Yang's acting skills were superb. Putting aside prop mistakes, lighting problems, camera misfocus, and other miscellaneous reasons, Jiang Yang's shots were basically perfect in one take.

Excellent business skills.

The clapperboard is saved a lot, and post-production editors especially like this kind of actor.

"Chaoyue, you're definitely not right today. What's wrong?" Jiang Yang came up to Yang Chaoyue and said softly.

Take a look at Yang Chaoyue.

Her long, smooth hair had been cut into a neat, short style. It was a student's hairstyle.

It makes her face appear even smaller.

When the makeup artist cut his hair short in the dressing room, Yang Chaoyue smiled and told him it was okay, it would grow back soon.

While the makeup artist was trimming her hair, Yang Chaoyue smiled for a moment, then burst into tears with reddened eyes.

He's clearly gotten used to short hair now.

Yang Chaoyue's eyelashes trembled slightly as tiny teardrops clung to them: "Brother Yang, I'll get back to normal soon."

Is there anything I can do to help you?

Jiang Yang gently held Yang Chaoyue's hand.

This scene isn't difficult; there's no need to teach Yang Chaoyue acting skills step by step. Yang Chaoyue can perform it well.

Therefore, it must be for some other reason.

Seeing that Yang Chaoyue's gaze was fixed on the clapperboard, Jiang Yang suddenly realized the problem: "It's the last scene, are you reluctant to let it go?"

"Ah."

Yang Chaoyue bit her lip: "I'm fine. I just have a poor mental capacity and am too sentimental. I can adapt."

"After we finish filming today, my leave from the crew will be over. I'll take you to the university. Do you want to come?"

"go with!"

Yang Chaoyue's pupils dilated instantly when the topic of university came up.

I've been clumsily and diligently studying high school courses, hoping that one day I can become a college student: "A college in Linchuan?"

"how do you know?"

"Zhao Jinmai was playing with your phone and looked at your navigation history. She navigated to a university in Linchuan, called... called..."

Yang Chaoyue couldn't recall the name of that university.

It's a bit long; I didn't remember it at first glance.

"Call it, Linchuan University of Electronic Science and Technology Continuing Education College." Jiang Yang took out his phone and looked at his navigation history.

"Yes, that's the name."

There was one spot left unused.

I originally wanted to use it on Zhang Zifeng, but Zhang Zifeng is too introverted. Every time filming is over, I can't even see anyone. She has severe social anxiety.

The chances of getting any attributes from Zhang Zifeng are slim.

The only solution is to change our approach.

We've reached a cooperation agreement with the career guidance department of the school there, so we can recruit on campus.

"Filming is finished, but you still need to maintain your figure." Jiang Yang reminded him, "The cheese in the fridge, did you sneak some while I was sleeping last night? How many times have I told you, eating late-night snacks will make you fat."

"Brother Yang, what I ate wasn't a midnight snack, it was dinner, it's just that I ate dinner a little late."

"From now on, dinner will be at 6 o'clock sharp."

"If you eat dinner at 6 pm, it's normal to be hungry at midnight."

Jiang Yang's head was numb.

Yang Chaoyue used to never talk back to me.

What happened to Yang Chaoyue, who was obedient and sensible?
After spending some time on set, my tongue has become increasingly eloquent.

He emphasized, "Anyway, we can't eat anything at night anymore."

Yang Chaoyue suddenly raised his eyebrows: "If you can't eat at night, then why is there a light in the refrigerator?"

"Who taught you to say these things?"

“MaiMai.” Yang Chaoyue smiled with his eyes narrowed: “MaiMai is so cute. She took good care of me on set. In her words, she was… protective of her own. I am the one she protects.”

"She treats you like a baby, but bullies your boss like a grandson. How come she has so many ideas in such a small head?" Jiang Yang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his lips twitched. "I'm going to tell Teacher Hu!"

"It's no use, it seems Teacher Hu can't control Mai Mai anymore," Yang Chaoyue said with a squinty smile.

The assistant director finished his cigarette and reminded him, "Chaoyue, are you ready? Everyone's waiting for you."

"Okay, I'm all set, director."

Wipe away the tears from the corners of my eyes.

Yang Chaoyue got back into the zone.

The script supervisor restarted the script: "A Little Reunion, Scene 21, 3 shots, 3 takes..."

Before the "Action" call could be made, Jiang Yang suddenly interrupted, "Wait a minute, it's not clearly written on the clapperboard."

Jiang Yang took the clapperboard, held the bold pen, and added a dash after Yang Chaoyue's name on the last line.

Add two words: filming wrapped.

(End of this chapter)