Director’s Legend

() In-studio photography is very simple, just a few people in the headquarters reading lines back and forth. Almost a week later, the filming of Fan Bingbing and Chen Zhenghua was over, and a meal was ordered in a big hotel in the evening, which was regarded as a wrap-up banquet to celebrate Fan Bingbing. Fan Bingbing puts his heart into filming, and Shao Shuaijun admires such actors.

"Come on, Fan Bingbing, let me offer you a toast, thank you for your dedication this week."

"Director, you are too kind. My role is very easy to perform. I hope to have the opportunity to work together in the future."

"Will do."

After seeing off the two, the crew finished shooting indoors, and then they need to go to the train station to shoot. There is an abandoned train station platform outside the Fourth Ring Road of Haijin City, which is a platform left over from the diversion of the Beijing-Tianjin Line. The track of the train was not dismantled, and the Railway Bureau specially opened a line to pull the train GK201 over.

During the indoor shooting, the decoration started here. After a week, the platform no longer looks so dilapidated, but full of vitality. The train has also been repainted and repaired, and the interior has been decorated, which is no worse than the current high-speed railway. When the crew arrived here, all the actors except Liu Yifei and Huang Bo were already in place.

On the platform, Shao Shuaijun held a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Attention all units, determine your seat according to the number plate, and the process of getting on and off the bus. Now, start rehearsing from the reserve group first. Wang Yixue, you grasp the time and remind the actors Actions."

"clear."

"Okay, now everyone get into the train, listen to my slogan, and start taking action."

In the movie "Source Code", because the time is repeated, many scenes on the train are repeated, including passengers getting on and off the train. But these repetitions, with the entry of the protagonist, produce different changes. In order to shoot this kind of repeated but not repeated pictures, the work of rehearsal is particularly important.

Especially the supporting roles in the important scenes, such as the lady with coffee, the man with motion sickness, the software engineer, the student who needs to review the exam, the comedian who needs to go to court, the conductor who checks the ticket, the chattering business people, the woman who only listens to music and reads books , as well as the heroine and actor, as well as the big villain bomber and so on.

Every subtle change needs to be photographed, and the grasp of the details needs to be honed.

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On November 20th, Liu Yifei, who is the heroine, came to the crew to report, accompanied by her mother Liu Xiaoli. Many journalists who had already received the news rushed over to interview Liu Yifei, but they were all rejected by the crew on the pretext of filming. The Propaganda Department of Huayi knows very well that publicity needs to be relaxed one by one, and it should not be exposed too much, so as not to cause aesthetic fatigue.

"Welcome." Shao Shuaijun smiled when he saw Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei, "Liu Yifei, have you figured out the script thoroughly? If it's good, let's rehearse the play now."

"Okay." Liu Yifei nodded quietly, completely different from the last time Tsundere.

"Okay, go get ready." Shao Shuaijun nodded and said to Sloppy, "Huang Bo didn't come, so you take his place. Let's join forces and have a rehearsal. Wang Yixue, you are in charge of the commander-in-chief."

"OK."

In the train, everyone got ready, and Shao Shuaijun sat on a chair with his head down. Liu Yifei was on the opposite side, looking out the window with his chin resting on his hands.

"The rehearsal begins! Li Xu and Feifei, perform!"

Shao Shuaijun took a deep breath and began to devote himself to the performance. The protagonist he plays, named Li Xu, is a member of the PLA peacekeeping force stationed in Libya. In the source code mission, he entered the memory of the history teacher Xiao En. Fei Fei, played by Liu Yifei, is Xiao En's student in college and likes Xiao En.

During a period of drowsy coma, Li Xu suddenly woke up and looked around.

At this time Feifei said: "I listened to your suggestion, that suggestion is very good, thank you."

"What?" Shao Shuaijun was puzzled.

"Your face looks pale, are you okay?"

According to the script in advance, the two started a conversation, and after a while, Wang Yixue shouted: "The coffee girl is on stage!"

Holding an empty cup, the coffee girl played by a cameo actor came on stage...

The first full rehearsal came to an end very soon, everything still looked unfamiliar and artificial, the actors didn't show their acting skills, they just memorized their actions and sequences. As long as you line up a few more times, this scene can be completed very well, but there is a problem that makes Shao Shuaijun frown.

"Liu Yifei, although we are rehearsing a play, you still need facial expressions and acting skills, instead of reading lines according to the script. There is a rivalry between us. I hope you can get involved as soon as possible and interact with me." Shao Shuaijun said bluntly.

"Understood, director."

Liu Yifei raised his head and nodded seriously. It was very quiet, even a little mature, and it seemed to be two people from the last time I saw it at Nortel.

"Well, rest for ten minutes and rehearse again."

Ten minutes later, the rehearsal began.

After a whole day, the rehearsal effect was obviously much better. The actors did not need Wang Yixue to direct, but they could take the initiative to do their work well. Up and down on the train, everyone is familiar with the scene, acting out a normal ride scene.

"Okay, that's the end of today's filming. Let's go back to rest early." Shao Shuaijun said that it was six o'clock, and it was almost winter.

For the next three days, everyone was busy with the issue of positioning. It was almost the end of the fire, and Shao Shuaijun announced that he would enter the filming stage.

"Today's scene is mainly a rival scene between the two of us. Let's shoot a group without makeup to see the situation."

The cameraman pointed the camera at the two, and after a conversation, Shao Shuaijun directly called out: "Liu Yifei, your expression is wrong. In this scene, there is an ambiguous relationship between Feifei and Li Xu, or between Feifei and Xiao En." It's related. You don't have the taste of acting, so you can enrich your feelings and start over."

For the second time, Liu Yifei read his lines again in a different tone.

"No, the feelings are too weak, don't be so serious, just smile first to drive your emotions."

"But I can't laugh now."

"Uh... Then think about the funny things that happened in the past, and the things that made you feel happy."

Third time.

Fourth time.

As the number of calling cards increased, Liu Yifei's performance became more and more impetuous, and he seemed to be getting nervous. Shao Shuaijun didn't stop, and directly said to Wang Yixue: "One more time, you hold the phone."

Then the camera was pushed, Liu Yifei finished reading his lines, Shao Shuaijun stared, and did not speak for a long time. Just when everyone was wondering what the situation was, Liu Yifei was already feeling uneasy. Shao Shuaijun suddenly sighed: "Well, uh, just now... I accidentally forgot the words, can you show me the script?"

"Huh." Liu Yifei let out a long breath of relief, and then burst out laughing. Feeling that she shouldn't laugh, she raised her face and looked out the window.

Wang Yixue secretly gave Shao Shuaijun a thumbs up. As an assistant director, how could he not know that Shao Shuaijun never forgot his words. This is just a small means, a small means to adjust the atmosphere. The purpose is to relax Liu Yifei's tense mood. Now look at the effect, it has been achieved.

Sure enough, starting again, Liu Yifei's performance was much more vivid.

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