Entertaining Children

"Eat slowly, I'll go back to my room to take a shower, see you later!" Xiao Yao wiped out the omelet in his hand in two or three bites, got up and took his helmet and sunglasses, and said to the three of them.

Now that he has agreed, Xiao Yao will not delay. The three of them could set off after eating, but Xiao Yao sweated a little when he went out to ride the car in the morning, and had to go back to his room to take a shower and change clothes.

After saying goodbye to the three of them, Xiao Yao went back to his room to take a shower, changed his clothes, and tidied up a little. By the time he was ready to stop, it was almost eight o'clock. The shooting scene was some distance away from the hotel. At this time, it was about time for Chen Jun and the others to leave, so Xiao Yao went downstairs to meet Chen Jun and the others.

When Xiao Yao went downstairs, almost all the people who left the hotel for the set had arrived. After Xiao Yao went downstairs, he got into the crew's car and waited for a short time before the team set off.

This is a modern urban drama, there are no scenes that require special effects, all are shot on location, and there is no part shot in the studio. The two scenes to be filmed this morning are scenes in a coffee shop, and the crew rented a real coffee shop for shooting. This coffee shop is not located in any bustling area, so even though it is the morning rush hour after 8 o'clock in the morning and there is a lot of traffic on the road, the crew did not encounter traffic jams along the way. Twenty minutes later, the group arrived at the shooting location.

After Chen Jun and his group arrived, Yin Xi did not immediately enter the coffee shop where the filming took place, but took the script to the crew's make-up van to change costumes and make-up. Xiao Yao didn't have a part in these two scenes in the morning. Xiao Yao didn't need to make up. After getting off the car, he followed Chen Jun to the coffee shop where the filming was done.

The notice from the crew stated that filming would start at nine o'clock, but it didn't mean that everyone in the crew started working at nine o'clock. The shooting start time is written for the actors. Before the actors arrive, part of the crew needs to arrive at the shooting location earlier to prepare for the shooting in advance.

When Chen Jun and Xiao Yao entered the coffee shop, the shop was busy. People from the lighting, photography, props, recording and other departments of the crew are arranging machinery and equipment and preparing for the short-term shooting.

Every director has his own style, and no matter how general it is, directors with different backgrounds will have different characteristics when filming.

The director is a director with a professional background, and basically does not interfere with the work of the photography team before and during filming. Generally, you explain your requirements clearly to the photography team, and then the photography team arranges the camera position by themselves. When shooting, you just communicate with the head of the photography team whether the lens is enough, and the aperture, focal length, and even lighting are not used for the specific shooting. It's all under the command of the head of the photography team.

And some directors with photography background will personally participate in the arrangement of camera positions and lighting before shooting, and will also directly give instructions to photographers and lighting engineers during shooting. In this case, the photographer is basically reduced to a handheld camera.

Chen Jun is a director with a professional background. Xiao Yao said that young people's film and television-led projects want to make TV series as movies, and he did the same. The head of the photography team of this crew is a photographer who has made movies. Chen Jun quite recognized the photographer's ability, let alone pointing fingers at some specific arrangements and operations.

Chen Jun had discussed with the photography team and props team about the on-site scenery and the like. He didn't care about the camera placement and lighting of the photography team, so he was able to arrive later than the people in these departments. , together with actress Yin Xi. Now after entering the coffee shop, Chen Jun does not participate in the arrangement of the on-site staff, but sits in the director's seat behind the placed monitor, and asks the assistant director about the progress of on-site preparations and the situation of other actors.

In this crew, Xiao Yao is not a director, nor does he need to be a director, but this does not change the fact that Xiao Yao is also a director. Xiao Yao came to the shooting site this morning to check on Yin Xi's performance. The shooting has not started yet, and Xiao Yao has nothing to do, so he ran to chat with the staff who arranged the scene.

Since he decided not to be a director before, when discussing the shooting plan in the early stage, Xiao Yao only participated in the discussion of the shooting plan with his own role.

There was no him in the two scenes this morning, only Yin Xi, so Xiao Yao didn't know what the whole shooting plan was like, so he took the opportunity to find out.

Xiao Yao is different from Chen Jun. Although he is currently studying for a master's degree in directing and acting at Yandian, he had already been a director and made short and feature films before entering Yandian. Therefore, Xiao Yao is not a typical professional director. At the same time, although Xiao Yao can take pictures, he is not considered a director with a background in photography.

When Xiao Yao was a child with Xiao Chengru in the film crew, he asked about everything in the film crew. In the eyes of others, this is just a child's curiosity, but in fact, Xiao Yao, who is extremely mature in mental age and has a very good brain, has learned a lot in a down-to-earth manner. Later, when Xiao Yao grew up, except for the "crazy" filming of "Ling Yunzhi", whether it was filming MVs, guest appearances in TV dramas, or acting in movies, he also learned everything in the crew.

In fact, Xiao Yao should be similar to the kind of director who climbed up step by step from the bottom, and has a good understanding of various techniques of film. He can describe the work of each department in detail.

Therefore, Xiao Yao went to chat with the on-site staff to understand the shooting plan, not to interfere with other people's work or make trouble for them. Give some advice. Although Xiao Yao didn't do anything, he just moved his mouth, which can be regarded as giving some help to those staff.

When Xiao Yao was filming "The Tuner", on the one hand, the staff of the crew went for the salary, and on the other hand, they went for the luxurious cast. In their view, the short film was actually a way for Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying to support their son.

There are many so-called directors who are good at acting and directing. There are even writers and other cross-border directors. Some of them have seen many directors who don’t understand anything. When filming, the entire crew surrounds the photographer or As for the producer, the so-called director just sits in front of the monitor and pretends to call "ka" when media reporters come to interview, and then calls the actors to say a few words to make a show.

There are so many geniuses touted in media reports, for some people, seeing is believing. As for Xiao Yao specifically, the media mostly praised Xiao Yao for his music and acting, but never mentioned that he is still a talented director. When they thought about it, this short film was just another show to flatter people. Before the filming started, no one believed that the 18-year-old boy was really the "director" of the crew.

But after the filming started, the crew members were all dumbfounded.

Xiao Yao was really the director of the short film. From the set before shooting, camera angles and positions, lighting arrangement, review after shooting, and deciding whether to reshoot, Xiao Yao personally participated and made decisions. Except for Xiao Yao who asked Xiao Chengru to call "start" and "cut" when Xiao Yao was in the scene, the crew did not have a supervisor, and no media reporters visited the set during the entire filming period, and there were no reports.

Apart from the fact that Xiao Yao is really the director, the crew were also quite surprised by Xiao Yao's directing level. Xiao Yao not only knows how to make movies, but also knows a lot and is very professional. Xiao Yao can find out any mistakes in any department. Although Xiao Yao's temper is definitely rare among directors, he often has a smile on his face and rarely curses, but such a young but professional director still brings a lot of pressure to the crew.

After the filming of the short film was finished, the staff of the crew were completely convinced of Xiao Yao. After the news that the short film won the award at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival spread, the people who were the happiest and least surprised were the crew members.

However, compared to the star actors in front of the scene, the staff behind the scenes are much more low-key, and they don't have much chance to accept media reports and interviews. After the news that the short film won the award spread, although the people in front of and behind the scenes of the short film had received interviews and reports from some media and praised Xiao Yao's ability as a director, the star actors in front of the stage were all Xiao Yao's close relatives and friends are basically regarded as "friendship boasting" and "family affection blowing" by the outside world, while those behind the scenes are not known to anyone at all, and they don't have much influence.

"Parkour Boy" was filmed in the United States, and the behind-the-scenes staff are mostly Americans. There are basically no interviews and reports about such people. The Chinese actors in front of the scene are all close friends with Xiao Yao, and the film There is another older director in the film, and Xiao Yao's performance as a director is still not convincing. Later, when Xiao Yao was filming "Donkey Gets Water", many crew members also experienced a similar mental journey in their perception of Xiao Yao.

Now that "Donkey Gets Water" has been released, the word-of-mouth and box office are good, and many people are also full of surprise and curiosity about the director Xiao Yao. However, during the filming of this film, there were no reporters visiting the set, no reports, and no tidbits were released after the film came out. Many people also have certain doubts about whether such a film was really made by director Xiao Yao.

The Young People Film and Television Company only signs directors, screenwriters and producers, not actors and entertainers, and also does not sign behind-the-scenes staff such as props, lighting and photography. There are doubts about how much role it played in the movie "Donkey Gets Water".

Xiao Yao is not the director of this show. Those crew members originally thought that they couldn’t see Xiao Yao’s ability as a director, but they didn’t expect Xiao Yao to come to the set without a role and discuss with them about the set, Things like lighting and camera positions. Through this communication with Xiao Yao, many crew members actually recognized Xiao Yao's ability as a director in their hearts.

It was an unintentional act in a state of boredom, but it made many people in the crew recognize their ability as a director in their hearts, which Xiao Yao himself did not expect.

However, even though the crew recognized his ability to be a director, Xiao Yao didn't intend to grab Chen Jun's director. After the preparations before the shooting were completed, Xiao Yao withdrew from the shooting area and stood behind Chen Jun.

The scenes and machines were all ready, and the actors had arrived, so Chen Jun arranged for the assistant director to give a lecture to the actors, and then let the actors go.

Considering the performance of the actors, it is better for the crew to shoot according to the order of the plot of the script when filming, so that the actors' experience during filming is the same as that of the characters in the play, which is more conducive to the performance of the actors. However, from the perspective of saving costs, the crew will try their best to shoot the same scenes together. In many cases, the two are contradictory, so the crew generally considers the two comprehensively.

The arrangement of these two scenes this morning is the result of this comprehensive consideration. The two scenes this morning are both scenes in which the heroine in the play visits the store in Shengxia. Judging from the script, the two scenes are not side by side. In terms of time, there are several days between the two scenes, and there are other plots in the middle of the scene. However, the content of these two scenes is somewhat similar, and they are both relatively early scenes. The edited ones should be in the first episode, so the crew arranged to shoot these two scenes together.

Today's first scene is the first scene in the script, and it's about the heroine's daily shop visits.

In addition to Xiao Yao, Yin Xi was the first actor to get the script and the actor who had the longest preparation time for the play. Since the heroine in the play is an employee of the headquarters of a chain coffee brand, Yin Xi even experienced life for this play, patrolling the store with real employees of the coffee brand headquarters, and learning how those people behaved when patrolling the store .

The first store tour scene is the appearance of the heroine, which is used to explain the heroine's career and daily work. There is no fierce conflict in the middle, so it is relatively not difficult.

Yin Xi has experienced life and learned from real shop patrol staff, and there is nothing wrong with language, attitude, or movement. This scene is all about the dialogue between the hostess, the shopkeeper and the shop assistants. Some of the lines were edited by Yin Xi after experiencing the life of the characters and looking for Xiao Yao and the screenwriter team to modify them based on the real situation of visiting the shop. She is already very familiar with them. I also recited it again while putting on makeup, so there was no such thing as forgetting words.

After finishing the play smoothly, the filming started, and Yin Xi's performance was also good.

This scene was a long shot of more than one minute, and it was over after a total of three shots. In the first two times, the photographer made a mistake when moving the camera, and the camera shook violently for a short time, which was directly shouted out by the head of the photography team. Another time, there was a problem with the positioning of a group performer who played the role of a shop assistant. He accidentally walked out of the camera and was called "blocked" by Chen Jun. The two failed shoots had nothing to do with Yin Xi, and Xiao Yao, who was present, had no chance to speak up and give instructions.

After filming the first scene, Yin Xi went to change clothes and take a break, while the props, lighting, and photography departments began to get busy.

These two scenes are both scenes where the heroine is visiting the store, but in the play, the heroine is not visiting the same store in these two scenes. The crew all shot in real locations. They rented a real coffee shop for the shop tour, but they didn’t rent two different coffee shops for the two scenes. Both scenes were filmed in this coffee shop.

These two scenes took place in different stores, so the crew needed to change the furnishings in the store after the first scene was filmed, turning it into another store.

Changing the layout of a store's furnishings takes time. In terms of time, Yin Xi can rest for a while after changing his clothes. However, after Yin Xi changed his clothes and touched up his makeup, he didn't stay in the makeup car to rest or memorize his lines. He waited for the crew to call him when he was done. Instead, he went into the coffee shop where he was filming with the script.

Compared to the first scene, the second scene is a little more difficult. Yin Xi wanted to ask Xiao Yao to talk to him about the play in advance, but after entering the coffee shop, Yin Xi did not see Xiao Yao beside the director Chen Jun.

"Director Chen, where's Xiao Yao?" Yin Xi asked Xiao Yao strangely, "You won't run away?"

"No," Chen Jun smiled and pointed to the middle of the coffee shop, "There! I'm working as a porter in the props team!"

When Xiao Yao first arrived in the morning, the preparations for the crew were almost done, so Xiao Yao only talked and didn't do anything. Now it is necessary to change the overall layout of the store, such as tables, chairs, counters and so on. Not only is the workload heavy, but there is also a lot of physical work.

Xiao Yao was alone, seeing the hard work of the props crew moving, so he rolled up his sleeves and joined them, helping them move together.

Yin Xi looked in the direction of Chen Jun's finger, and found Xiao Yao, and immediately shouted to Xiao Yao: "Xiao Yao! Come here! Why are you carrying things here? Why are you here?"

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