I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

After the crew started filming, Xu Xin discovered that the movie went much smoother than he imagined.

First of all, these people are all friends, and they are not separated from each other. Secondly, the acting skills of these actors ensure the performance of every scene.

Xu Xin was originally worried that he would not be able to keep up. After all, it was difficult for him to read these Italian words... not to mention that they spoke very quickly during their daily communication. Philip also designed many unique Italian talents in the script. Know the kind of small movements, or gestures of speaking...

But after actually filming, he realized that the chemistry between these people was quite good.

Even if you don't understand it, you can really feel the resonance generated purely by your acting skills.

Just like this first scene.

Marco and Jasmine were just chatting about their daughter in the kitchen, but the disharmony between husband and wife hidden under the harmony was reflected through several expressions of Jasmine staring at Marco.

This scene is just like what Xu Xin said to the two of them before.

There is a gap between the couple Locke and Eva.

The way to express the estrangement is in front of the traditional Italian dining table, Locke stood in the direction of the gas stove, while Eva, uncharacteristically, did not put the cutting board next to her husband to cut vegetables, so that they could hand-to-hand at any time when cooking. status. Instead, zoom out as far as possible.

At the rectangular dining table, the two of them were exactly opposite each other.

furthest distance.

Their daughter Sophia is going to meet her boyfriend tonight. As someone who has been there, Eva knows exactly what might happen tonight. But her strong control over her daughter makes the mother and daughter incompetent every time they get along.

At the same time, as her daughter grew older, her control became weaker and weaker.

Seeing her daughter not listening to her advice, she felt angry when she returned to the kitchen.

And her anger was expressed by staring at her husband and asking him "Why didn't you stop it?"

Seeing her expressing her anger and patience just by switching between a few expressions, Xu Xin immediately felt the caliber of this new-generation Italian actress.

But what surprised him even more was Marco.

In the combination of old husband and young wife, his soft voice with a bit of hoarseness comes out as soon as he opens his mouth.

It was like the sea surrounding my wife, the flame that was about to erupt.

He kept using sea water to cool down his wife.

Eva has fire and can't let it out.

It can only be lost in the gentle voice of her husband.

It couldn't be more perfect.

In the end, one scene and two shots were shot all at once.

After the filming was completed, after Xu Xin shouted "CUT", the two people immediately came over to see how the first scene went.

Xu Xin also let these two people watch.

In the scene just now, in addition to their lines and acting skills, the two of them were all Xu Xin's job, from positioning to lighting arrangements, etc.

The two of them wore headphones and watched the scene they just performed.

After watching it for a while, Marco pointed at the monitor and said to Jasmine:

"There's always something between us. Whether it's the cracks in the cupboards or the dining table and the door to the balcony, it all looks like a rift between us."

Jasmine nodded.

She was too familiar with this scene.

The same was true for "The Secret" which left a deep impression on her.

The actor's superficial acting skills completed a performance.

The director's arrangement in the scene completes the inner analysis through the lens language composed of scenery, lighting, props, etc.

A very standard "Xu".

Only...it's softer this time.

Put the scene in the open kitchen.

The lights in the kitchen, the tomatoes in the pot, the blue flames on the stove, and even various decorations all form a scene in the fixed shot... a picture with a warm and beautiful feel to the dinner.

Just like...an oil painting.

The atmosphere has an indescribable sense of comfort.

Just like Marco's Locke.

Gentle and elegant.

"Xu, is the light over there a little dark?"

she asked.

Then Xu Xin nodded:

"Of course, because in this scene, Locke defeated you. His handling of the situation as a father is better than yours as a mother."

Hearing this, Jasmine subconsciously looked at the friends waiting to enter the room.

Everyone showed expressions of approval.

She chuckled lightly:

"Ha~ okay."

"Locke VS Eva, 1:0, GOAL!!!"

Listening to Eduardo's wise words, everyone burst into laughter.

"Okay, everyone, get ready for the next scene, close-up. You have made a good start, come on."

The director's word is authoritative.

The people around him immediately nodded and returned to their respective positions.

Shooting continues.

…

Because I insisted on using a fixed lens, the shooting task this time was destined to be more complicated than usual.

A scene usually needs to be shot two to three times if it doesn't go NG.

After the overall shot is completed, close-ups of the actors are added.

It’s a very old-school method of filming, but it’s great for getting the most out of a small space.

But this kind of shooting technique puts a lot of stress on the actors.

Fortunately, on the first day, from about 8 pm to when the work was finished at nearly 12 midnight, everyone was in top-notch condition.

Including Liu Yifei.

As the only foreigner in the group, she played her role perfectly.

A foreigner who lives in Italy but also has slightly different habits.

From the kind of "not very familiar with these friends" smile, to the active intimacy trying to blend in, she performed perfectly.

Not to mention... Xu Xin was a little impressed by this huge improvement in acting skills.

Especially that authentic Italian.

These sisters really worked hard behind the scenes.

The only pity is that the shooting time was a bit short.

It only takes about four hours before and after.

But... I can understand it.

On the first day, everyone was able to contribute such a first-class level during the running-in period. The shooting state will definitely get better and better when the shooting starts tomorrow afternoon.

However, for Xu Xin, to be honest, he is more tired than filming in China.

The main reason is that everyone has different habits. After getting used to the meticulous work arrangements of the assistant director at the West Film Studio, my assistant director this time seemed a bit lazy.

It can’t be said that the work is not meticulous, it’s just that everyone is not in sync.

After the actors left, he and the assistant director Paul determined the shooting plan for tomorrow, from the crew's work schedule to some areas that needed to be adjusted. After everything was discussed, it was almost 1 o'clock.

He walked out of the studio carrying the film box containing the master disc.

He originally thought that everyone else had almost left, but he saw Wu Qiqi and Liu Yifei waiting for him in a nanny car at the door.

Only then did he remember that the two of them were traveling together.

He quickened his pace and got into the car, saying:

"Sorry, I kind of forgot the time."

Liu Yifei, who had a facial mask on her face, waved her hands and hummed because her lips were not easy to move:

"Are you hungry? I'm looking for a place to have a late night snack."

"Go back to the hotel to eat. It's late at night and it's not safe."

"Okay... By the way, I saw that you were busy this afternoon, so I didn't tell you. The people from "Four Famous Catchers" have contacted me. I will join the group on July 15th. Is it too late?"

"no problem."

Xu Xin answered simply and took the mobile phone handed over by Su Meng.

When he was at work, in order to prevent others from disturbing him and ensure that others could find him, Su Meng kept his mobile phone.

"Everyone's shooting status is fine. As long as we can keep it up, I estimate...it will only take half a month at most to finish filming."

"Well...how did I do today?"

After hearing this, Xu Xin thought for a while and said:

"Your acting skills will evolve again."

"!"

Liu Yifei's eyes are shining even through the mask:

"real?"

"Yeah, really."

Xu Xin nodded sincerely:

"It's definitely true to follow this path. Especially in this film, I believe you can also see that Marco's and their acting skills are actually at the stage of picking out details. Compared with them, you are a little immature. , but I’m getting started. Especially the way you looked at Eduardo during today’s shooting. It’s quite amazing. If you continue like this... you may really become a god.”

As he spoke, he turned on his phone.

But Liu Yifei said nothing.

I just closed my eyes and didn't know what I was thinking.

But...judging from the way she subconsciously clenched her fists, she was obviously much more excited than the pale face.

As for Xu Xin... he didn't say anything more, but looked at the messages on WeChat.

There are several messages in WeChat, some from Yang Mi and some from Wang Sicong.

Where is Lao Wang... stand back a little.

He first clicked on the WeChat message sent by his wife.

"Haha, look at my circle of friends."

"Too cute."

"By the way, remember to leave me a like and leave a message."

He was a little confused.

Replied one:

"What is the circle of friends?"

Then he turned to Su Meng and asked:

"Mengmeng, what is the circle of friends?"

Before Su Meng could answer, she had already taken off the mask, revealing a moist and smooth Liu Yifei and said:

"A new feature was just launched on WeChat today. It's just like QQ Zone... Didn't you turn on automatic updates on your phone?"

"without."

"You can update WeChat and you can see the updates posted by other people."

Hearing this, Xu Xin nodded, opened Apple's software market directly, and said at the same time:

"Yang Mi said that her WeChat Moments asked me to like it...can you see it?"

"Well……"

Liu Yifei then took out her mobile phone, and after playing with it for a while, she first heard a burst of crying, and then a "pop" sound, and the fairy sister burst into laughter:

"Pfft...hahahaha..."

With doubts, Xu Xinxin asked what was going on?

I took the phone and looked at it, and found that it was actually a video.

He clicked the play button and saw his precious daughter jumping up and down in a mud puddle... with a snap, she fell face down to the ground.

Then he immediately raised his head and started crying with a "wow" sound.

The mud all over his face fell down from his grinning mouth.

Especially the little white teeth of my daughter, all turned into a gray and embarrassed color.

what happened?

He exited the video speechlessly, and then he saw his wife's name and a row of words "JAY, Shishi, BABY and others think it's great" below the video.

Under the text, there are conversations between Yang Mi and others.

Shishi: "Hahahaha, I'm laughing so hard, hahahaha~"

JAY: "Where is this?"

baby: "Oh, Nuan Nuan cried so sadly, so cute~"

Yang Mi: "Reply, I was taking my children to play in a hot spring resort and threw a mouthful of volcanic mud, hahaha~"

"..."

After roughly understanding how to use this circle of friends, Xu Xin returned the phone speechlessly and muttered:

"It's been three days without a fight, and she went to the house and demolished the roof. When I was out of the country, look at it, she almost demolished the house!"

"..."

The corners of Liu Yifei's mouth twitched.

"Brother, let's just say... is there a possibility that if Mimi was abroad and you were in China, your home might be bombed?"

"Nonsense! Don't spit on me!"

"I'm slanderous?...How come I heard that the death of the koi in your pond is worse than going to the 18th level of hell?"

"..."

What a great Liu Feifei with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

You're exposing my shortcomings, right?

Wait, I will put on some shoes for you tomorrow!

After glaring at the fairy sister, his WeChat account was also updated.

After opening it directly, I didn't bother with the circle of friends, but clicked on Wang Sicong's dialog box.

"Old Xu! What a fool! I guessed it right! Divorced!!!!"

"Hahahaha! Bro prophet!"

"Check and kill!"

"Nicholas Tse has contacted me. I will discuss the acquisition tomorrow. Just wait and see the news!"

Seeing these messages, Xu Xin instantly realized what was going on and quickly asked Liu Yifei:

"Nicholas Tse is divorced?"

"...?"

Liu Yifei was stunned:

"What?"

Not knowing what she was doing, Xu Xin directly logged out of WeChat and opened Weibo.

Take a look at the hot search list... Hey!

Guess what?

No. 1 hot search!

# Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung divorced #

Xu Xin casually clicked on the topic and saw a piece of news from the media:

"Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse are finally divorced! Today, Hong Kong media revealed that the two have been separated for a year. The Hong Kong court issued a divorce agreement today, declaring the official end of their six-year marriage. New Asia Entertainment, to which Cecilia Cheung belongs, stated that it would temporarily suspend the matter. No response.”

"..."

Seeing a lightning-shaped crack appearing in the middle of the wedding photos of Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung, Xu Xin's first reaction was...

This person Lao Wang...

Can't stay.

The prophet has been cut off.

And Liu Yifei next to her finally saw the news on Weibo.

"Ah...they are divorced!?"

As she said that, she turned to Xu Xin and asked:

"Because of……"

Xu Xin shook his head slightly.

Switched back to WeChat and replied to Wang Sicong:

"I just finished work and saw your message."

"Should we delay the acquisition for a while?"

“I always feel like this is on the cusp of a storm and somewhat inappropriate.”

According to the time of the Celestial Dynasty, it is around 7 o'clock in the morning.

He thought Lao Wang might not be up yet.

Who knows the result and the other party will reply instantly:

"It's okay. I just started the acquisition process. It will take at least ten days to complete it. Besides, this is his personal life. We are a business merger and acquisition, and we are not close to each other."

"You didn't sleep all night?"

"No, I'm walking to the airport. I'll leave for Xiangjiang in a moment."

"Okay. Anyway, my opinion is to handle this matter in a low-key manner. Don't be too high-profile. If it doesn't work, you can just use a shell company to acquire it. They are still on the top of the hot search list. I guess this is a wave of memories. , many people have been implicated before, so we’d better keep a low profile.”

After sending this message, Xu Xin paused and added another one:

"I also have a bad reputation lately."

Wang Sicong’s reply was very simple:

"You also know? I don't even bother to talk about you. It was you who told me not to be so high-profile on the Internet. But now it's better. When the Er Zhang incident came out, you got yourself involved, right? / Picking your nose."

Xu Xin's response was just a row of dots:

"..."

"Okay, let me take care of this. You can make your movie in peace and wait until you return to China."

After taking Laowang's reassurance, Xu Xin replied with an OK gesture and turned off the phone.

He didn’t even think about returning to Yang Mi’s Moments.

Liu Yifei on the side asked Xu Xin after eating the melon with relish for a while:

"Then what do you think...what should we do with their children?"

"I don't know. No matter what, the child must be a victim."

"……well."

The fairy sister sighed.

…

Xu Xin didn't delve into why Liu Yifei sighed.

After returning to the hotel and saying good night to each other, he rechecked what he had shot today and thought about some things about the movie.

When she was about to go to bed, Yang Mi also got up.

Seeing that her husband was still awake, she originally wanted to chat for a few words. When she saw Xu Xin's tired look, she hung up the video in a few words.

The two actually also talked about Nicholas Tse's divorce.

However, compared to Liu Yifei's sigh, his wife's reaction was very dull.

"Just leave. I'm not the one leaving. You need to rest quickly and stay up late to work hard. You have to take care of yourself when I'm not with you."

Take a look, how warm it is.

And Xu Xin was also obedient.

I slept until dawn.

When I woke up again, it was around ten o'clock in the morning.

On WeChat:

"Lao Xu, 150 million, my brother gave it to me."

"Give me the advance payment first."

"There's nothing wrong with the contract. Don't worry. I've sent the electronic version to your email. You can also take a look."

"Going to get notarized."

"Accounting firms are getting involved these days."

"All the procedures that took ten and a half months have been completed."

"Acquiring 85% of the shares."

"I told Xu Jian about the matter and invited them to visit Xiangjiang. They have agreed."

"Don't worry about this. Just sign it when you get back."

Feeling Lao Wang's reassuring efficiency, Xu Xin replied:

"OK, let's talk about it after we return home."

Then the curtains were opened.

The Roman sun shines on the earth.

He stretched greatly.

It’s a new day, time to work!

…

In fact, if you ask Xu Xin who his favorite character is in the story "The Ringing Ring", he will answer without hesitation: Leler.

In fact, in his original design, because he referred to Jasmine's husband's profession as a psychiatrist, he felt that it was most appropriate to make things revolve around the big brother Locke.

But Philip wanted to give each character his or her own shining point.

So, he recast the role of "Leler".

And the Leler he created has become Xu Xin's favorite person in the entire story.

Although he was mistaken for a gay, it originated from some of his own mistakes... but it was just like what Pep said at the end of the story.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with being gay. The real problem is with you."

No one is innocent in this parallel lunar eclipse.

Among these people, when Lehrer found out that his friend was a "gay", his first reaction was surprise, but his second reaction was to help Pep hide it.

When faced with Cassimo's question, "We bathed and slept together. We grew up together, you should have told us these things earlier!" Pep obviously wanted to help Leler get away with it and said so. "Can I say something?", but before he finished speaking, Lehrer said without hesitation:

"NO!"

His first reaction in this situation where he was misunderstood by his wife and his childhood friends, and his marriage might even be in crisis, was to instinctively choose to protect his friends.

At the same time, this kind of protection does not require any compensation.

If Pep hadn't taken the initiative to tell everyone that he was the gay in the end, then Lehrer would have carried it to the end.

Xu Xin also put the most thought into the role of Lele.

He gave Lehrer a complete mental activity curve.

From being calm at the beginning, chatting and laughing with friends, eating and drinking, to starting to play games, his mouth is always full of food to express the need to relieve the pressure in his heart, to after exchanging mobile phones with Pep , after Pep received the text message of the nude photo at 10 o'clock on time, he stopped eating and drank instead.

His psychological pressure curve is the most complete.

Even at the end of his line, when Pep admits he's gay, his reaction isn't relief, but leaning back on the couch and covering his face.

The character of "Leler" is actually the most complete one in the whole story.

At the beginning, Xu Xin was worried that Valino was too handsome and could not play the "greasy" role of a middle-aged man like a "legal worker".

As it turns out, none of the actors Jasmine found was a jobber.

When he heard Xu Xin's request for Laile, the middle-aged handsome guy immediately cut off his free and elegant hair and made it stand up into a neat buzz cut.

He also asked the stylist to thin his hair so that his scalp could easily reveal the feeling of "sparse hair and baldness" under the light.

At the same time, he shaved off his sexy beard and put thick wigs on both sides of his temples.

All of a sudden... the smell of an Italian civil servant came out.

He is simply a completely different person.

At the same time, after Xu Xin communicated with him about the character curve of "Lele", he also perfectly controlled this role.

Of course, other people's performances were equally impressive.

This is the first time Xu Xin has experienced the charm of an outstanding actor in a foreign country.

Each of these people mastered their own roles.

Even sometimes when filming on the set, they didn't need Xu Xin to shout CUT.

Everyone just sat together, around the dining table, drinking and chatting.

In the most relaxed way, he said the lines in the script through his own tone.

Even eating is done at this dining table.

The food at that meal every night was also real. Everyone chatted while eating, and even offered to let the camera continue to work. So that everyone can be in a state of being half in and half out of the play at any time.

If Xu Xin has content that he thinks can be edited, keep it.

Not to mention...

Xu Xin started with "Secret". So far, no drama has been as worry-free as this one.

Very few NGs, very few jams.

Sometimes the scene of laughter can even be used as a joke at a gathering between a few friends.

The atmosphere cannot be better than good.

Those who have peace of mind can no longer afford peace of mind.

So much so that sometimes he was thinking... maybe they could make it without a director.

Maybe... this was also the case when my wife was filming "Wulin Gaiden"?

With emotion, the progress of "Telephone Ringing" is making rapid progress.

8 days.

In just eight days, all the scenes that took place in Locke and Eva's home were filmed.

Then, on the ninth day, the plot in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lele Carlotta and Mr. and Mrs. Casimo Bianca was completed.

On the tenth day, all location shooting was completed.

On the evening of June 27th.

Atop a bridge on the outskirts of Rome.

As Pep got off the SMART car and began to exercise according to the instructions of the software on the bridge, the footage gradually moved away and darkened under Lin Li's control.

Finally, I captured the bright, round moon on the 16th day of the lunar calendar.

"Telephone Ringing" is finished.

This is the fastest movie to end so far. In fact, in my original design, there were quite a few areas that highlighted the acting skills and the director's mobilization of techniques.

But...again, the plot will be very complicated. 2012 is not a year where plot structure is important. In 2013, capital will enter the market. So after careful consideration, I chose to make a quick transition in 2012.

Moreover, the structure of the film "Perfect Strangers" is really complete, and there are really not many places that Xu Xin can change. It can be said that it is all about the small details of acting. Please understand.