Whose Little Eyes Haven’t Seen the Actor Yet

In order to ensure progress, whether it is for TV series or movie shooting, two or more teams are basically equipped. Directors, photographers, lighting, recording, etc. must prepare two teams. The main director is Group A, who is responsible for shooting the highlight, while the other group is called Group B, who is responsible for shooting some less important scenes and plots.

On the third day of Jiang Zicheng's entry into the group, he and Zhou Manyu were assigned to Group B to shoot a "rivalry scene" between the two.

It is not accurate to say that it is an "opposing scene". There is no conversation between the two characters, and they don't even know each other's existence. They just appear together in some scenes to compare the class differences between the two characters.

Jiang Zicheng is an elite male boss. He goes out to drive luxury cars, go to high-end clubs to discuss business, and his clothes are all famous brands. And the actor played by Zhou Manyu has just graduated and has nothing but a sincere heart.

In this scene, the protagonist went out early and squeezed the bus to work, but when several cars came, he couldn't squeeze it in. Twenty minutes later, he finally squeezed into the carriage sweating profusely. At the same time, a pure white BMW X6 drove by the bus, and the man sitting in the driver's seat was the male boss.

Don't watch this scene in the movie is a small scene of less than a minute, but it is very difficult to shoot.

Real shots of road closures, mobilization of group performances, camera squeezing into the car following the protagonist, camera shifting from the bus to the passing car... all of them are difficult problems.

There are only two lines of words in the script. Group B was filmed from 7 am to 12 noon. It took five hours of continuous filming and was finally completed.

During the lunch break, Zhou Manyu asked to see a sample film.

Jiang Zicheng also wanted to see the effect of the shot, so he leaned to the monitor.

The director of Group B selected the best one out of a dozen shots taken in the morning and showed it to them both.

The director of the B group is in his early thirties and has rich experience. His overall mobilization ability is very good, and he cooperates with the photographer very tacitly, the lens language is very simple, and all the content required on the script is expressed in a proper manner.

Jiang Zicheng watched it intently, and sincerely thanked you: "Director and photography teacher, you two have worked hard."

The photographer said hurriedly, "Mr. Jiang, you are polite."

The three of them were talking, and the actor next to him suddenly hummed, shaking his face unceremoniously.

"Photographer, what's going on here?" Zhou Manyu poked his finger directly on the monitor, "Didn't I tell you this morning, my skin condition is not good today, my face is swollen, don't shoot me from this angle! This shot It’s too ugly for me, right?"

He was obviously picking up the photographer's sting, but in fact, every sentence was aimed at the director of Group B. After all, how to use the lens and from which angle to shoot, the director must first determine the storyboard before the filming can be officially started.

"..." The director of Group B was embarrassed, but he couldn't offend this first-line niche, so he could not help but give him a little explanation: "Mr. Zhou, there is a reason for this filming."

The photographer immediately added: "At that time, the ambient light was... the light position was... the lens cut direction was..."

"I don't listen to some of these." Zhou Manyu turned around and left, "I will respond to this matter with my brokerage company. The contract before joining the group was not signed like this!"

When Zhou Manyu cursed, he didn't deliberately lower his voice. The surrounding crew members all bowed their heads to eat, pretending to be wooden people, as if no one had heard the dispute.

Looking at the actor's back, and then looking at the faces of the directors of Group B and the cameras of Group B who dared not speak, Jiang Zicheng was stunned, only thinking that all this was too illusory.

He, he read it right, right? The director-even the director of Group B-is the soul of the whole play. He is responsible for controlling the rhythm of the whole play and coordinating the entire crew. As an actor, Zhou Manyu dared to insult the director in person like this? ! Even if he is a popular traffic, such a reputation will definitely be resisted by insiders.

How can I think that more mysterious things are still behind—

-In the afternoon, Zhou Manyu's agent visited the shooting site and brought a well-dressed middle-aged man.

Zhou Manyu’s agent pointed to the person behind him, and said to the director of Group B: “Director, please take your hard work to re-shoot the morning scene. This is Lao Liu, a senior photographer of our company, who has followed many groups. Now, let him take the shot in the afternoon. He knows how to take Man Yu better."

Director of Group B: "..."

Photographers of Group B: "..."

Jiangzicheng who eats melon: "..."

Damn, this traffic niche is too arrogant, right?

Jiang Zicheng has filmed six or seven dramas, but the crews he has been with before are either newcomers, small and transparent, or diligent and low-key talented actors to take the lead. No one in the crew dares to throw big names, and all of them are very responsible.

How can I think that Jiang Zicheng encountered such a ridiculous thing for the first time he joined this kind of commercial film crew and played against a traffic actor for the first time.

However, the director of Group B actually agreed to such an absurd condition.

Jiang Zicheng, who can't eat melons: "..."

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After returning to the hotel that night, Jiang Zicheng couldn't help calling Hu Ge and vomiting bitterness.

Jiang Zicheng: "Brother Hu, what is Zhou Manyu's background? It's arrogant! Just because the photographer did not look good enough in his photos, he actually brought the photographer into the group and squeezed out the original group B photography??"

Brother Hu quietly listened to him complaining, and when he finished vomiting the black mud, he said, "Zicheng, what do you think is the "standard" in a film and television work?"

Jiang Zicheng didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Foreign countries are'screenwriter-based', domestically, they are'director-based'."

This sentence means that in foreign film and television works, screenwriters have the highest status. Directors, photographers, and actors must closely follow the script and serve the script. The ultimate goal of making a movie is to complete the content of the script. Presented to the audience, guiding everyone to understand, reflect, and prospect.

In China, in most cases, a director has the highest status in a crew. The whole movie is actually the director's own show, showing his purpose, his thoughts, and his pursuits. On the contrary, the screenwriter who writes the script is of secondary importance, and it is often the case that the actor asks the screenwriter to change the script.

"Wrong." Hu Ge said categorically. "It's so wrong."

"what is that?"

"It's'money-based'."

"..."

"Zicheng, Zhou Manyu's company is the biggest investor in this drama, and Zhou Manyu is the one with the best traffic in Xiaosheng today. After the official announcement of his appearance, those advertisers would break their heads for an implant."

"..."

"He is not good at acting and has a bad temper, but he is red, and everyone has to follow him. No way, this is the market." Hu Ge sighed, "I know you are soft-hearted, but we really can't deal with this matter. . If he bullies you, I can justly protect you, but now he is targeting other people, and neither you nor I can do anything."

After Jiang Zicheng hung up the phone, he acquiesced in a wish in his heart.

He must be redder than Zhou Manyu in the future—not the red of "traffic", but the red of "actor". He wants to slap him, despise him, and crush him in all aspects. He will take the actor all over, and then tell all the insiders he knows not to cooperate with scum like Zhou Manyu.

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Jiang Zicheng's impression of Zhou Manyu plummeted. He used to think that Zhou Manyu had no acting skills and would only be handsome in front of the camera. Now he feels that Zhou Manyu not only has no acting skills but only looks handsome, but also a scumbag.

"Looking at the house and black", even with that, his impression of the heroine An Wen is also much worse.

An Wen was very slow, and didn't realize that Jiang Zicheng was trying hard to draw a long distance from her. After she arrives on the set every day, she will take the initiative to greet Jiang Zicheng and ask the assistant to give Jiang Zicheng a portion of the prepared fruits.

Jiang Zicheng thought, "I am not someone who will be bought by mere fruits!" He ate all the fruits in a complicated mood.

At the end of work that night, the director called Jiang Zicheng and An Wen to stay, and said to them: "Xiao Jiang only stayed in the group for ten days. Originally, it was arranged for the last two days to shoot outdoor scenes, but the weather forecast showed that there were Rain. So I thought about it, and I just mention it tomorrow night. Are you okay?"

Night scenes are difficult to shoot, and you have to stay up all night, so night scenes are called "big nights."

Jiang Zicheng is very dedicated and immediately said: "I'm fine."

An Wen did not answer immediately, but turned and ran to find her "fortune telling assistant".

An Wen: "Assistant assistant, the director stated that he will be shooting a big night, is there any problem with this itinerary?"

The fortune-telling assistant immediately took out a set of Tarot cards and laid them on the table to calculate.

Jiang Zicheng: "..."

Just listen to the words of the fortune-telling help concept, mumbling about the sword, the fool, the hanged man, and what upright and inverse... Jiang Zicheng didn't understand this at all, and he didn't understand a word.

At the end of the calculation, the fortune-telling assistant said: "Tarot shows that tomorrow night you will encounter very bad things. You are likely to be sick or injured, and you may be involved in a vortex that is different from your current expectations."

Jiang Zicheng: "..."

Jiang Zicheng thought to himself, I guess this little princess must be like her boyfriend, yelling not to take pictures, right?

After listening, An Wen answered the director: "I can, no problem."

The director also hesitated a little: "... Didn't your assistant just say that the hexagram is not good?"

"It's okay." An Wen blinked, "Anyone who is filming may be injured. You can't delay the crew's progress because of me. Besides, don't the crew have doctors and nurses accompanying the crew? Just bring them tomorrow night. That's it."

Jiang Zicheng: "..."

At that moment, his inner five flavors were complicated, only one thought was very clear-at least in terms of character, Zhou Manyu's scum was not worthy of An Wen.

The director said: "Well, tomorrow night we will go to'Ginza Soho' to shoot the night scene. The official notice will be sent to you this evening."

Jiang Zicheng didn't have many scenes, and he quickly remembered which scene he needed to shoot on location.

Jiang Zicheng: "It was the scene where the heroine confessed to her boss, right?"

—He remembers clearly that in that scene, the heroine offered a kiss to the male boss.