I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 86 084. Mother's world

"Director Zhang."

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when Zhang Yimou appeared in the crew, it meant that the lunch break was over and it was time to shoot.

Xu Xin quickly said hello, and Zhang Yimou nodded:

"From now on, you should follow me, see and think for yourself first, and ask if you don't understand anything. Don't try to imitate me. You must have your own shooting concept and style... Also, remember to buy a camera. Want to be a good person Director, it’s not okay to play with your own colors unclearly, do you understand?”

As he spoke, he put on his peaked cap.

Xu Xin also nodded and just asked:

"So... I felt right about that scene in the morning, right? You were really showing that sense of depression?"

"Um."

After unfolding the shooting plan in his hand and looking at it, Zhang Yimou nodded:

"But I don't recommend that you get into this too early. Shoot the story clearly first. Whether it's the lens or the color, we are all serving the story itself... You can't tell you too much, because you will easily ignore the good and the bad."

"Hey~ Got it."

Seeing Xu Xin's doggy smile, Zhang Yimou also had a smile on his face, and then tilted his head forward:

"Walk."

"Hey, okay."

Although he didn't know what he was going for, Xu Xin still took over the shooting plan from his hand and followed him out of the palace.

All the way down the steps, we moved towards several RVs beside the palace wall.

Before they reached the place, the door of one of the hanging boxes was opened.

A woman who was estimated to be in her thirties greeted respectfully:

"elder brother."

Zhang Yimou nodded:

"Where's your sister?"

"I'm putting on makeup inside."

"Okay...this is Xiao Xu, Xu Xin, Xiao Xu, this is Teacher Gong's assistant, please call me Sister Ding."

"Hello, Sister Ding, I am Xu Xin, please take care of me."

Following Xu Xin's greeting, Sister Ding looked at the big boy in front of her who was introduced by Zhang Yimou personally, and was slightly surprised, but she still nodded politely:

"Hello, Xiao Xu, please take care of me."

"Well... let's go, Xiao Xu, let's go in."

With that said, he got directly into the RV.

Xu Xin also followed.

As soon as I stepped onto the steps, a refreshing coolness mixed with some fragrance hit my face.

Then, Gong Li's voice sounded:

"What? You brought this kid Xiao Xu here, are you afraid of spreading scandals with me?"

In the spacious hanging box, Zhang Yimou heard Gong Li's joking words sitting in front of the dressing table and shook his head in a funny way:

"In front of the children, as an elder, don't talk nonsense."

Xu Xin didn't think it was anything.

Zhang Yimou was born in 1950 and is more than ten years older than his father.

It’s normal to say it’s an elder.

He is not crazy enough to think that he and Director Zhang are brothers...

Not realistic.

So he quickly said hello:

"Hello, Teacher Gong, I am Xu Xin, please give me your advice."

"I know you, Xiao Xu. Where is your beautiful girlfriend?"

"Well……"

Xu Xin smiled and waved his hand:

"Not my girlfriend yet, she is from the crew of "The Condor" and has a show this afternoon."

"Um."

Gong Li, who had a hairpin fixed on her head, nodded:

"Sit wherever you want, don't be constrained."

"Thank you, Teacher Gong."

Xu Xin sat aside obediently.

Sitting on the sofa next to the dressing table, Zhang Yimou said directly:

"Afternoon... please hold back, I'm afraid Jay Chou won't be able to catch your scene."

"Okay~"

Gong Li agreed happily:

"Give you face."

"...If you really want to give me face, why do you say this in front of the child?"

Zhang Yimou rolled his eyes, but the smile on Gong Li's face was even more interesting:

"Don't I have to support you here?"

Listening to what the two said, Xu Xinxin said...

Do you two really just let the past pass?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Gong Li suddenly say:

"You came to me just for this?"

"..."

At this time, Zhang Yimou showed a trace of unnaturalness on his face, but it passed quickly and he said calmly:

"There are still shooting plans. Today is a scene between you and Jay Chou and Liu Ye. There is also Chou Renfa... The first scene will be you two in a while. His acting skills are not good. Don't beat others to pieces on the first day. , it’s not easy to take pictures from behind..."

"Then why can't you choose someone with good acting skills? ...Don't blame me for saying it directly in front of Xiao Xu, you should understand what I mean."

"..."

"..."

Zhang Yimou was startled, but Xu Xin suddenly felt some pain under his buttocks.

Then……

Before Zhang Yimou could speak, Gong Li turned around first.

She was originally wearing a particularly solemn makeup like a queen, and at this moment, she was staring at Zhang Yimou with her eyes... She really seemed to be calm and confident.

Xu Xin was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe.

Because he felt the sudden change in the atmosphere in the room.

But there was a curious doubt in Gong Li's eyes:

"Your shooting habit is that you like to shoot step by step. Even if it is different things in the same scene, you also like to shoot according to the story line. So... Yimou, there is something I am particularly curious about."

"..."

Zhang Yimou's eyes changed slightly.

The empress of Muyi Tianxia asked calmly:

"Where did the daughter of Imperial Physician Jiang and the actor Jiang Chan in the story go?"

"..."

Xu Xin’s butt hurt even more.

In Zhang Yimou's silence, the queen still showed no sign of anger in her tone, as if she was asking a friend some questions:

"I specifically asked Dahong at noon, and he said that he had never seen it... nor Chen Jin. I felt strange... Why is this girl so famous? The movie has started filming, and she hasn't appeared yet? Wasn't she discovered by Zhang Weiping? She's not a professional actor, and she doesn't have any film offers... Where is she? Why didn't you see her? "

"Jiang Chan's actor is temporarily unavailable and will have to arrive later. Besides, you don't have many scenes, so I will definitely take the main ones first."

Following Gong Li's question, Zhang Yimou answered in a normal tone.

And the strangest thing about Gong Li also appeared.

After hearing this, she nodded naturally as if she was not the one who asked the question just now:

"That's it... Then she has to hurry up, otherwise there won't be a group of people waiting for her, right?"

"That's for sure."

Zhang Yimou responded with a normal expression.

"Anyway, remember to keep it tight this afternoon, understand?"

"I know...Xiao Xu."

Suddenly, Gong Li changed the topic, and Xu Xin nodded quickly:

"Teacher Gong, please tell me."

"It's okay, you don't have to be so polite. Lili, get a bottle of ice water for Xiao Xu. It's so hot today. You too... don't take Xiao Xu out with such a big sun next time."

Gong Li turned her head again and looked at Xu Xin in the mirror. Gong Li smiled very kindly.

After taking the water from Sister Ding, Xu Xin politely thanked her and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Just tell me, why did Director Zhang drag him over?

It took me a long time...

Are you here to block the knife?

Gong Li's makeup was coming to an end, and Zhang Yimou got up and left the carriage with Xu Xin.

After coming out, he didn't say anything, just patted Xu Xin on the shoulder.

Xu Xin didn't say anything.

Even if he could tell...if he wasn't here today, the two of them might have had a quarrel...

But this is no credit.

There is no point in claiming credit.

He just followed Zhang Yimou into the main hall.

…

Landscape artist Jiang Quan nodded:

"I understand, Director Lin, then I'll give you the order."

"Well, go ahead...let the makeup artist do a good job on that little girl's makeup."

"Don't worry, I'll tell you right away."

After bidding farewell to Assistant Lin, Jiang Quan walked a few meters away from the door of the large tent placed on one side of the square.

To be honest, they say one woman is equal to five hundred ducks...

The tent at this moment was like a large breeding farm.

It was noisy inside, and there were so many voices from various girls.

Hearing this noisy movement, he did not move forward, but waved to the group leaders next to him.

There are men and women at the head of the group, a total of ten or twenty.

Everyone gathered around quickly.

These group leaders, who rely on taking commissions from extra performers, are inextricably linked to the people on the directing team. As for setting the scene, Jiang Quan's ability is not only to arrange the scenery properly.

He and the behind-the-scenes team are also responsible for the arrangement of actors.

To these group leaders, they are like the God of Wealth.

Several group leaders gathered around, and Jiang Quan didn't waste any time and said directly:

"There is an actor named Zhao Liying, who is your subordinate?"

A female group leader quickly raised her hand:

"Director Jiang, I, I brought her here."

There was a kind of excitement that could not be hidden in her voice, while the regret and loss on the faces of the other group leaders flashed away.

Jiang Quan nodded:

"Well...bring her over to me later."

"Okay Director Jiang! I understand!"

The female group leader responded quickly.

Jiang Quan didn't continue talking nonsense, turned around and left.

The female group leader walked directly into the big tent...

Looking at the scene in front of her that looked like a women's bathhouse, she looked left and right, and then she saw the girl who was changing clothes. There was a touch of excitement in her eyes, and she walked up quickly.

moment.

Jiang Quan stood in front of the palace ladies who were lined up in several rows, facing the scorching sun, and glanced at...

"You...you...and you, you, you..."

After naming five palace maids, his eyes finally fell on the girl standing next to the head of the female group.

After seeing the head of the female group nodding slightly, she pointed:

"The last one, you."

After speaking, he waved his hand:

"You six, come with me."

With that said, he led the person directly to the makeup tent.

Walking in front of several makeup artists, he said:

"These are the maids following behind Teacher Gong. Sister Xue, please bring someone to do the makeup."

The makeup artist named Sister Xue nodded and pointed to the chairs:

"Everyone sit there."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was pulled aside by Jiang Quan:

"Sister Xue, that girl with big eyes was given to me by Director Lin. Please take care of her."

"Which one?"

Sister Xue looked back and heard Jiang Quan say:

"Take the first chair on the left."

After locking her eyes on the girl, Sister Xue nodded:

"Okay, got it."

"Well, I'll go in first."

After Jiang Quan finished speaking, he walked directly into the main hall, and the female group leader quickly followed.

He didn't say anything, just gave an order:

"Remember to give Sister Xue this number later."

He held out a finger.

The female group leader nodded:

"Hey, Director Jiang, don't worry."

"Um."

Jiang Quan left straight away, and after the female group leader said goodbye with a lot of gratitude, she turned to look at the girl who had already been put on makeup by Sister Xue herself, with excitement in her eyes.

One finger is a thousand dollars.

Is it worth it?

Logically speaking, it's not worth it.

No matter what the scene is, even if it is the palace maid following Gong Li, as long as the role has not been decided before coming in, then Uni-President will pay the price of the extras. After all, it has been decided before.

The group leader must have made a loss if he gave this money.

But it doesn't matter.

This money will definitely be earned back in the future.

Group leaders like them are actually no different from small agents.

They are all about introducing actors to various crews.

There are so many crews in Hengdian. As long as this girl can follow Gong Li for a few scenes, she can introduce to other crews in the future:

"Director, when our Baozi was on the set of "Golden Armor", she was the character who followed Teacher Gong Li and stood in the front row. She even had one line. She is absolutely fine!"

Just talking about "Zhang Yimou's "Golden Armor"", "Gong Li", and "Line", the price of steamed buns ranges from at least 500 to 1,000!

No one would actually go through the scenes in "The Golden Jacket" to find out whether the girl said her lines or not.

It doesn't matter if you actually go looking for it.

It must have been edited by the director.

But the acting skills are definitely "flawless".

Otherwise, why didn’t Director Zhang let anyone else say the lines?

Right?

For actors, the price is the same whether they have lines or not. And having lines in a small crew is a different price than having lines in a large crew.

Although I don’t know what kind of bad luck this girl got...

But as long as today's scene is filmed smoothly... then for her, it will be a cash cow in the future!

A thousand yuan red envelope is just a drop in the bucket.

Thinking of this, her eyes slowly became hot.

Looking at Zhao Liying who was being put on makeup while sitting on a chair...

Well, it’s decided.

I need to talk to this girl later and do some ideological work.

If tonight's performance is over, if the young director she talked to today comes to her... she can't refuse!

Little girl... Although you can't say that you are a successful person, you are still lucky!

…

The crew is all ready.

Xu Xin sat behind Zhang Yimou, holding the overall script of Golden Armor in his hand.

What this scene is about is that the queen found her son Yuan Jie, took out Aconitum, and told Yuan Jie that his father had changed the prescription and wanted to poison him, and then she would kill his father first. Emperor. Ask Yuanjie to help her.

Yuan Jie disagreed at first, but it happened to be Shenshi at this time, and it was time for the queen to take medicine.

Seeing that his mother wanted to drink the poison even though she knew it was poison, Yuan Jie couldn't stand it any longer and changed his mind to help his mother.

At this moment, Jay Chou and Gong Li were already in place.

The crew is ready to start filming at any time.

But Xu Xin found that... Jay Chou seemed very nervous and kept taking deep breaths. Gong Li, who was sitting at the table, looked a little casual.

He didn't say anything, just looked at it.

Zhang Yimou sat in front of the monitor. After all the monitors were in place, he personally took the walkie-talkie and said:

"It's time to start."

In the morning, there was no protagonist role, so he didn't have to direct.

But now he had to come in person.

After Zhang Yimou finished speaking, he put on the headphones directly and handed a pair to Xu Xin.

Xu Xin took a look...

Sennheiser monitoring headphones.

…

"3, 2, 1, start!"

"His Royal Highness Prince Jie is here~"

The summons at the door sounded in the headphones, and Xu Xin immediately noticed Gong Li's expression on the main camera.

At some point, she had completed the transformation from carelessness to a... very interesting expression.

It was interesting because Xu Xin saw three emotions of surprise, panic, and anxiety on her face at the same time.

The three emotions were mixed together, combined with the book in her hand and the eyes looking around to form this taste.

"...Tsk."

He let out a sigh.

Then, in the camera lens, Jay Chou, who had been standing in the corner just now, walked forward step by step.

"Everyone, stand down."

Following Gong Li's words, the beautiful ladies on both sides pulled down the bead curtains.

End of act one.

Gong Li's acting skills are beyond praise, and her expressions in this scene are natural and smooth.

After the bead curtain falls, the scene ends.

A matter of seconds.

Zhang Yimou said nothing and just continued to stare at the camera.

But Liu Guonan next to him spoke:

"Okay, get ready for the next game."

Following his words, Gong Li didn't move, and neither did Jay Chou.

The three photographers entered the bead curtain at the same time, stood up according to the original camera position allocation, and adjusted the focus.

A close-up of Jay Chou's hands, a close-up of his face, and a close-up of Gong Li's face.

Three cameras, three frames.

After making adjustments, start shooting again.

After hearing the beginning, Xu Xin saw a close-up of Jay Chou's face on the monitor. He made a wide-eyed expression to express surprise, looked in the direction of Gong Li and said:

"Queen mother?"

This title has three tones for "mother" and four tones for "hou".

There is nothing wrong with the pronunciation, but the tone is...

Xu Xin frowned and subconsciously wanted to shout stop.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately realized... He was not the director.

But his second reaction was to look at Zhang Yimou.

Director Zhang...

This... didn't you say stop?

Who knows he really didn't shout.

Then……

Gong Li's voice came from the earphones, and he quickly locked his eyes on Gong Li's close-up.

Gong Li made a slight expression.

She pursed her lips.

The lower teeth are aligned with the upper teeth.

For normal people, the upper and lower rows of teeth would not be aligned naturally. However, after she moved her teeth and lower jaw forward to align the two rows of teeth, her expression suddenly appeared because of her pursed mouth. There was clearly no emotion, but it was more like gnashing one's teeth.

Paired with the tone of "So you are this kind of person", it instantly conveyed the emotion of reprimand and accusation mixed with hatred in the queen's heart.

"I have been taking your father's medicine for more than ten years..."

Her body began to tremble slightly, but it was not her body that was trembling, but the golden decorations on her head.

The decorations trembled, and her tone was calm:

"A few days ago, he suddenly changed the prescription. And in the new prescription, this thing was added..."

As she spoke, she pushed forward the aconite and the book she was pressing.

Jay Chou picked it up and unfolded it.

The camera that had been aiming at his chest adjusted its angle and focused on it.

After filming for about five or six seconds, Liu Guonan shouted:

"OK, stop. The camera goes behind the curtain, and Jaylen doesn't move."

As Zhang Yimou's shooting assistant, after Zhang Yimou has completed all the work, he is responsible for shooting according to the shots arranged by the director.

So as long as Zhang Yimou didn't speak, he could handle all the shooting issues.

When the camera started to find its position, Zhang Yimou suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Xin:

"what do you think?"

Xu Xin thought for a while and hesitated in his tone:

"I think……"

Under Zhang Yimou's eyes, Xu Xin finally didn't have the courage to lie.

Shaked his head:

"Not good."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou didn't say a word, but Liu Guonan next to him glanced at Xu Xin...

Then, after finding the position of the camera across the bead curtain, adjusting the focus, and once again giving a close-up of a "mother and son" with one sitting and the other standing holding a book, this was considered passed.

But after the filming was over, Liu Guonan still asked:

"Director Zhang, do you want to take another shot?"

"Need not."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou waved his hand:

"Gong Li is in a good mood right now. Let's get her here first. You tell them to capture the close-up more accurately and continue shooting."

"good."

Liu Guonan nodded and the filming continued.

…

Next, it's Jay Chou's turn.

He was holding the book, and his arms seemed to be shaking with excitement, but in the close-up shot, his eyes moved first, first to the left, then to the right, as if to express his surprise in this way, and then looked to the right. When the time comes, he has to close his eyes. When he closed his eyes and looked at Gong Li again, a line came out:

"Why would my father do this?"

After Xu Xin read the picture, he silently turned his head to look at Gong Li.

Look sideways and lower your head.

When Gong Li raised her head, there was already a touch of moisture in her eyes that was between tears and no tears.

At the same time, the pursed lips started to move first, involving the muscles of the corners of the mouth and cheeks, the eyelids blinked irregularly, and finally a sigh...

Looking at Jay Chou, she stood up directly in a close-up shot of a complex collection of emotions that she wanted to say, didn't want to say, struggled, and hated...

The moment she stood up, she smiled.

It's like I can't control it.

Xu Xin thought she was going to laugh, but she didn't.

That smile was a proper ceremonial smile, as if she was subconsciously fulfilling her duties as a queen.

She smiled, reluctantly.

But after laughing, his eyes became calm and firm:

"Yuanjie, I will tell you everything after the Double Ninth Festival."

Then what……

Jay Chou made a squinting gesture.

Squint your eyes and raise your head slightly.

It's like smelling something.

According to the expression language, he is expressing "thinking and contemplation" through this kind of action, and there is nothing wrong with this method, because it has a very funny name called "Who is farting".

The main thing is to express what the character is thinking.

Belongs to entry-level performance skills.

Can pass.

But……

Compare with Gong Li and judge the difference.

This directly makes this kind of qualification become artificial.

When Zhang Yimou saw this, he knew he couldn't go on like this.

If this continues...

Jay Chou has really turned into a kid who doesn't understand anything.

A trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

I asked you to keep it in check...

But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt someone pulling him. When I turned around, I saw Xu Xin who had taken off his headphones:

"Director, please stop..."

"..."

Zhang Yimou didn't say anything. After retracting his gaze, he shouted:

"stop."

After saying that, he stood up and left the monitor, and was about to walk in front of the camera. After Gong Li and Jay Chou were interrupted by this sound, Xu Xin, who stood up behind him, saw the trace of "sister" on her face. Some mischievous smiles flashed away.

He was startled...

"Jielun, I'll tell you your question later. Gong Li, come on."

Obviously, because of his understanding of his ex-girlfriend, his ex-boyfriend could understand what was going on even if he didn't see the mischievous smile.

Then the two of them opened the curtain and walked aside.

Xu Xin thought for a while and suddenly walked to Jay Chou:

"Eh."

"Huh?...What's wrong?"

After seeing Xu Xin, he nodded.

And Dani appeared out of nowhere and gave him the script.

Xu Xin knew that he might not have much time, so he chose to tell the truth:

"I'll give you two suggestions, look here."

He pointed at the script in Jay Chou's hand:

"Here, Yuan Jie heard the Queen Mother retreating to the left and right, and looked curious: Queen Mother?"

"Well……"

Jay Chou was obviously a little surprised, but Xu Xin pointed at the script again:

"Pay attention and listen to me. Please pay attention here. He first saw the queen retreating to the left and right, and then showed a curious look. It is a step-by-step process, do you understand? You can't just look at the queen directly when you come up. . You came here to visit the Queen Mother, and when you heard the screen retreating to the left and right, there was a noise on the bamboo curtains on both sides. Human instinct will force us to look at the source of the sound. So, it is wrong for you to keep staring at the Queen Mother, it is too abrupt. .You need to go step by step and look to the right first, because from the camera angle, you don’t need to turn your head to the right side, you just need to raise your eyes to see it.”

As he spoke, he pointed at the curtain where Gong Li and Zhang Yimou were standing.

Jay Chou just raised his head and pointed right to the left:

"On the left is the lens of Unit 1, which is also your main lens. As you look from right to left, a look of curiosity appears on your face. This is the transformation of a character's mental journey. Do you understand? Through sound , the conversation with the Queen Mother aroused your curiosity, and the curiosity turned into a question. And when you say "Queen Mother", you should use a question instead of an affirmative tone. Because you are curious, do you understand? ?"

"Well……"

Obviously, Jay Chou was a little confused.

Xu Xin didn't know if he understood or not, so he simply said:

"Come and see me."

He first turned his head to the right, then looked to the left. Finally, he stared at Dani in front of him:

"Queen mother?"

He used a question.

"That's it, do you understand?... You have to remember that only when the character's mental journey is complete, the audience will subconsciously accept it. This is called nature, and in books it is also called shaping the character's mentality. And this kind of nature Even if your acting skills are not good, at least they are not bad. Just like the teacher Gong Li who acted opposite you just now. You have to imitate her, and use expressions, body movements, and even language to build your own character for the audience. Image. Do you understand?"

"mean……"

Jay Chou pursed his lips instinctively, not sure if he was imitating Gong Li just now.

But the voice became lower:

"Did I perform poorly just now?"

Xu Xin nodded very sincerely:

"From the first scene of yours, I wanted to kill you. You are about to be blown away by Teacher Gong Li... So, listen to me, you give it a try, okay?"

"...Well, I'll think about it myself...Thanks."

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded.

After leaving his side, Zhang Yimou seemed to have finished communicating with Gong Li.

He walked in again and said to Jay Chou:

"In the scene just now, your acting was a little flashy, and you should be more natural. Imagine yourself as Prince Yuanjie, and you should show curiosity. From this curious mentality, push down little by little, and the Queen Mother's lines are yours When going down the steps, you can't just act yourself. You have to learn to listen to a story and listen to her tell you what happened. It's like someone telling you a secret. You go from being curious at the beginning to being surprised later. kind……"

"..."

Jay Chou's eyes immediately became a little strange, and he instinctively glanced at Xu Xin who was sitting behind the plane...

Then nodded:

"...Okay, director, then I'll start over."

"Well, you really have to start over, and Gong Li will cooperate with you this time. Remember, you are here to listen to the story. Because before this, you didn't know about the queen mother, do you understand? Her story is A guide to guide your emotions, let your emotions drive your expressions..."

"OK."

"Um……"

Zhang Yimou nodded and waved his hand:

“Raise the curtain and do it all over again.”

Following his words, everyone began to get busy, and Gong Li sat at the table again.

Then what……

The sister suddenly yawned a little, and Xu Xin, who had been paying attention to her, caught an emotion.

This emotion is called:

"boring."