Entertaining Children

Guo Qi, Ding Chengyu and Wang Dong are the three shortest in the national men's basketball team, only a little over 1.9 meters. Because the height of these three is the closest to the height of ordinary people, their clothing does not need to be completely customized, but only a small modification on the original shape according to the figure. Therefore, the costumes of the three of them were prepared first, and Xiao Yao also arranged for the three of them to shoot on the first day.

When the three of them walked into the studio, the shooting scene was not fully prepared, and it was still a busy scene. Music was playing on the stereo in the studio, while Xiao Yao was directing the lighting engineer and set designer to arrange the lighting and background accompanied by the music.

"Are you here so early? Are you here together?" Seeing the three of them coming in, Xiao Yao greeted them.

The shooting time that Xiao Yao notified started at 8:00 p.m., and it was only 7:30 p.m., and the three of them had arrived half an hour early. And in order to minimize the time occupied by the team members, although the three of them are all arranged to shoot tonight, according to the sequence of shooting, Xiao Yao asked the three to arrive half an hour apart. Among the three, only Ding Chengyu needed to arrive at 8 o'clock, and Guo Qi and Wang Dong were notified to arrive at 8:30 and 9 o'clock respectively.

"I didn't have anything to do after dinner, so I came here directly." Ding Chengyu replied with a smile, "Guo Zi and Wang Dong didn't have anything to do tonight, so they just came over by my car."

"Okay, it's better to arrive earlier." Xiao Yao nodded, "I haven't finished it yet, so I won't accompany you. Brother Ding, you can go change your clothes, make up and make up your style first. Brother Guo and Brother Wang, you can do whatever you want. "

With that said, Xiao Yao called a costumer and a stylist to take Ding Chengyu to change clothes, make up and do styling, and then went back to the lighting stand and background board to watch the lighting engineer and set designer work.

"This place is pretty good." Guo Qi said to Wang Dong after looking around the studio, "The space is big enough, and the decoration is also very special. I think it is more tasteful than the studios where I used to shoot commercials."

"This place should be converted from an old factory building." The older Wang Dong smiled and said to Guo Qi, "When I was a teenager, I loved visiting this kind of old factory building with my friends in the alley. The whole park used to be It’s just a factory, and the buildings here are basically old factory buildings.”

"Speaking of teenagers," Guo Qi pointed to Xiao Yao who was directing the lighting and setting, "Brother Wang, this guy is also in his teens, and he is also in the factory. But what do you think he is playing now? What did you do back then? What are you playing?"

"Yo, you're making fun of Big Brother." Wang Dong patted Guo Qi on the back of the head, watched him fight back, and said, "This teenage guy beat the national team player single-handedly." Do you compare me when I was young with him now?"

Hearing Wang Dong mentioning that he lost to Xiao Yao in the duel, Guo Qi's momentum immediately weakened.

Although six points were conceded,

However, losing to Xiao Yao in the heads-up still had a considerable impact on Guo Qi's psychology. Facing an amateur basketball boy who was not even seventeen years old, as a member of the national team, he couldn't even win by six points, allowing Xiao Yao to score four points to win the game. So when he comes to the World Championships in the future and faces national team players from other countries, how will Guo Qi let the opponents play against him?

Therefore, Guo Qi subconsciously wants to see that others are not as good as Xiao Yao, so that his heart can be more or less balanced, so he unconsciously said those words to Wang Dong. It's a pity that Wang Dong directly brought up his heads-up loss to Xiao Yao to explain the matter, which made him even more frustrated.

But after Wang Dong followed the direction of Guo Qi's finger and looked at Xiao Yao for a while, what he said made Guo Qi feel a lot better.

"Don't tell me, this Xiao Yao is only in his teens, but he doesn't show timidity at all when he directs these people who are in their twenties and thirties, much older than him. They are indeed not ordinary people." Wang Dong looked at Xiao Yao confidently. Directing those lighting engineers and set designers said.

Xiao Yao's shooting plan was very detailed, and the implementation went smoothly. Before eight o'clock in the evening, the shooting scene was completely ready.

Now that the three team members have arrived ahead of time, and Ding Chengyu has changed his clothes, put on makeup and made up his style, Xiao Yao started shooting ahead of time.

When Ding Chengyu changed his clothes and came out of the dressing room, Wang Dong and Guo Qi's eyes lit up when they saw him.

It’s not that Wang Dong and Guo Qi haven’t seen Ding Chengyu wearing formal clothes before, but after the suit Xiao Yao chose for him was put on Ding Chengyu’s body, both Wang Dong and Guo Qi felt that Ding Chengyu’s feeling seemed a little different. . Black suit, black vest, black shirt, black tie, even the pocket square on the left chest is black. This all-black color choice looks overwhelming at first glance. However, in an environment with sufficient lighting like a studio, suits, vests, shirts and ties have different reflection effects on light due to different fabrics, but instead show a good sense of hierarchy.

When Ding Chengyu stood in front of the background board and entered under the lights with pre-designed positions and angles all around, this sense of layering became more clear. Paired with the more stern face line after makeup and styling, it magnifies Ding Chengyu's calm and steady personality.

There is a shooting plan, there are poses and actions designed in advance, and the costumes, modeling, lighting, and set staff on the scene, including the underage photographer Xiao Yao, are all professional, so the biggest difficulty of this shooting is naturally Professional models.

In terms of shooting posture, Xiao Yao can explain and demonstrate to Ding Chengyu. It is not difficult for Ding Chengyu to understand and implement these concrete things. Xiao Yao can guide Ding Chengyu to fine-tune according to the picture in his mind through language, but it is a little difficult for Ding Chengyu and Xiao Yao to communicate with more abstract things such as eyes and expressions. Some. But it was only a little more difficult, and Xiao Yao was not unprepared for this.

"Brother Ding, do you still remember the goal of the third game against Yuncheng Iron and Steel in the semi-finals of the Central and Southern District of the League in 2012?" Xiao Yao guided Ding Chengyu and said, "Recall what happened at that time. Scene, what was your state of mind, what was going through your mind when you made that shot?"

The scene Xiao Yao mentioned was the most famous and proud shot of Ding Chengyu's career. Since that goal, Ding Chengyu has become famous in the league, and titles such as "big heart" and "cold killer" have also been assigned to him.

Following Xiao Yao's voice, Ding Chengyu's thoughts drifted to the scene Xiao Yao said. A calm, even stern expression appeared on his face unconsciously, and his eyes seemed to be as sharp as they were on the field at that time.

"Crack!" A slight shutter sound sounded, Xiao Yao nodded in satisfaction, then changed to a camera with a lens installed in advance, and said to Ding Chengyu: "Brother Ding, the next pose is..."

"This Xiao Yao really has a trick." Wang Dong and Guo Qi looked at each other and said silently in their hearts.

Although they don't know much about photography, both Wang Dong and Guo Qi can clearly see Ding Chengyu's state. As non-professional models, they are not very experienced, but they are actually somewhat nervous when taking pictures. Although Ding Chengyu's previous posture was relatively standard, the expression on his face was not very good. Although he looked quiet and seemed to want to show his composure, Wang Dong and Guo Qi who were on the sidelines felt that he was completely expressionless, even a little dull.

Even if they are not photographers, they know that this expression is wrong. But what they didn't expect was that Xiao Yao's few words guided Ding Chengyu back to the scene on the basketball court back then. Ding Chengyu's expression and eyes immediately became vivid.

Different from the communication method between ordinary photographers and models, Xiao Yao's guidance to models is actually more like the director's guidance to actors on the substitution of roles. This is probably because he had more contact with film and television crews since he was a child, and he unconsciously learned and imitated after watching too many directors' guidance to actors. It's just that the role that Xiao Yao wants the other party to take is just the one he once appeared. Judging from the results, the effect seems to be good.

After ten minutes of shooting Ding Chengyu, Xiao Yao ordered the costumer to take Guo Qi to change clothes.

The entire filming of Ding Chengyu took about half an hour and less than 40 minutes. By the time Ding Chengyu's filming was over, Guo Qi had already done all the costumes, make-up and styling, and was ready.

Guo Qi's clothes are very different from Ding Chengyu's. First of all, the tailoring of the suit is more slim. At the same time, there is no vest, which is not as formal as a three-piece suit. The collar of the white shirt has metal hemming accessories. At the same time, the neckline is not an ordinary tie, but a rope tie called a "bolo tie", which is fastened with a buckle.

This button tie, which originated in the western United States, can also be matched with a shirt and suit. Although it does not look as formal and rigorous as a normal tie, it looks more casual, but it is also very elegant and can also be used as an accessory for a formal dress. And Guo Qi is the youngest player in the team, and he has a somewhat free-spirited and unrestrained temperament. This outfit and this kind of tie fit his personality very well.

Therefore, as soon as Guo Qi came out of the dressing room, she grabbed Xiao Yao who had just finished shooting Ding Chengyu, pointed to the "Poirot tie" on the collar of her shirt and asked Xiao Yao, "Xiao Yao, I have seen this kind of thing before. But I don’t know what it’s called, where did you get it, can you sell this to me?”

"This is called a "Poirot tie". It originated in the western United States. Does it match your cowboy personality?" Xiao Yao smiled and said, "I didn't realize that the pattern on this button is the same as the tattoo on your right neck. Is it? I specially ordered it, and I didn’t intend to sell it, because it was originally intended to be given to you after the shooting.”

"Of course I found out, that's why I like it so much." Guo Qixi said, "It turned out to be custom-made, you really have a heart. But it's too embarrassing to take your stuff for no reason, you should sell it to me."

"Such a small thing, just give it away, and it doesn't cost much. If you feel embarrassed, just cooperate with me in taking pictures and take it as a thank you." Xiao Yao waved his hands.

"Okay then." Guo Qi didn't insist, and said happily, "How do you say what I do, make sure to cooperate well." Said, Guo Qi took the initiative to walk to the background board.

"Okay, then first put away the happy expression on your face, and think about the scene when your coach asked you to wash off the tattoo on your neck when you were in the youth team." Xiao Yao picked up another camera on the workbench and said .

"Huh?" (To be continued.)