1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Although Zhou Yan is following the crowd, he still has to behave.

He was very serious when offering incense. He not only bowed three times, but also muttered something in his mouth, which looked impressive.

But if you get close, you will know that he is purely a fake monk chanting sutras, and all he says is It will be over soon and It will be over soon.

After the incense ceremony was over, Zhou Yan went inside to take a group photo with the main creative staff. Because his status was too low, he was placed at the very edge. However, he was very happy to participate in the opening ceremony for the first time and looked full of energy to the camera. Comparisons were made all over the floor.

After the group photo was taken, the start-up ceremony was basically over. At this time, it was time to interview reporters. Twenty or thirty reporters at the scene all flocked to Zhang Yimou and several other big names.

Zhou Yan was wondering if anyone would come to interview him at first, so he waited for a while, but no reporter noticed him at all.

Seeing that no one was interviewing him, Zhou Yan was happy to be quiet and returned to the yard.

About forty minutes later, the interview session ended. The staff of Era International took the reporters to the county for dinner. After all, these reporters came all the way, so they naturally had to entertain them, and they were expected to help later. Nice words, just for publicity.

After the reporters left, the courtyard suddenly became quieter. The table where the incense was placed was quickly removed, and the fruits on it were shared among the people on the set. Zhou Yan also received two oranges, but the oranges were too sour. , he only ate one and gave the other to He Wuming.

Normally, there will be no filming on the day of the opening ceremony, but Zhang Yimou is impatient. As soon as the reporters left, he invited the crew to have dinner and started filming after dinner.

When those reporters learned that Zhang Yimou would start filming today, they all expressed their desire to stay and take a look, but their requests were ruthlessly rejected by Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou did not want these reporters to cause trouble.

The first scene is of course not a big one, it is an indoor play, involving only three characters, Yan'er, Song's mother and Songlian. Song's mother brought Yan'er over and said that Yan'er would be Songlian's personal bodyguard in the future. Maid.

This scene is not simple at all. Because Yan'er is loved by her master, she wants to be the fourth wife, but Songlian comes. In Yan'er's view, Songlian has taken her position, so she faces Songlian in her heart. Lian has a grudge.

It's just that Yan'er is just a maid after all, so even if she has resentment in her heart, there's nothing she can do about it.

Songlian here wanted to make things difficult for Yan'er during this meeting because Yan'er had a bad attitude when they met for the first time and had a problem with Yan'er.

Because the recording was to be recorded live, not too many people could gather around, and no unrelated people from other groups came over. Since he was the protagonist, Zhou Yan took up a place in the corner of the room to watch Gong Li and the others act up close.

Before the filming started, Song's mother and Yan'er were standing at the door waiting, as if they were ready at any time.

Turn on.

Play the board.

once.

start.

After Zhang Yimou finished speaking, Song's mother began to say the lines, and then led Yan'er inside, and the scene officially began.

The actress who plays Yan'er is Kong Ling. She is in her early twenties, but her acting skills are very solid, and she does not fall behind at all opposite Gong Li.

The scene was more exciting than Zhou Yan imagined. As a bystander, he felt a lot of pressure. He was afraid that one of the three people would make a mistake. He was also afraid that he would accidentally make a sound and affect the radio.

The others were not much better, they all looked cautious. If anyone made any noise, Zhang Yimou's sharp eyes would immediately be directed towards them.

Mistakes will always happen. Even if the three actors are very good, there will always be a little mistake. There will always be a little mistake in the lines, the movements, the expressions.

Even if the three actors make no mistakes, it won't be that easy.

Zhang Yimou's requirements are very strict. Many times Zhou Yan feels that he is already very good, but he still fails.

Sometimes Zhang Yimou picks issues with the actors, and sometimes he picks other issues, such as the lighting, sound, props on the scene...

For example, there was a problem at the beginning. Song Ma and Yan'er were standing at the door waiting to enter the house, but because they were too close to the door, their shadows entered the house early, and Zhang Yimou immediately stopped.

For another example, Songlian asked Yan'er to wash her hair. When Yan'er suddenly stood up, the bangs on her forehead moved up. This was not enough and she had to start over.

There are still many detailed issues like this. Even if Zhang Yimou doesn't notice it, Zhao Fei or other staff who are in charge of the camera will find it. Of course, they will not call it stop directly, but they will tell Zhang Yimou, and then Zhang Yimou will call it stop again.

Zhou Yan felt very tired just watching the actors perform, but Zhang Yimou and the others had to take care of so many things, which made Zhou Yan feel that the director was not something ordinary people could do.

There are a total of two cameras in this scene, one is fixed and always faces Songlian, and the other is mobile, mainly filming Yan'er and Song Ma.

In fact, just by watching them shoot like this on set, it is not easy to construct the picture that will be shown in the later film, but Zhou Yan believes that Zhang Yimou should already have a rough picture of the finished film in his mind.

By the time this scene was finished, it was already almost dinner time. Not to mention the actors and other staff, even the audience Zhou Yan felt very tired from watching it from beginning to end.

Although Zhou Yan didn't know how much space this scene would eventually take up in the movie, it would definitely not be long, probably no more than two minutes at most. And this less than two-minute scene took half a day to shoot, which is not even Including the preparation time in the front and the finishing time in the later stage.

This first scene made Zhou Yan change his understanding of filmmaking.

…

After observing the first scene, Zhou Yan returned to his dormitory and first wrote the Music Diary, and then began to write his own summary, writing down everything he saw and learned in the scene.

Stimulated by this scene, Zhou Yan thought that his previous practice was not enough. According to Zhang Yimou's request, he would definitely be called click many times by then, so he would have to practice harder.

It is unrealistic to look for Gong Li again. Now that the movie has officially started filming, Gong Li, the heroine, must be very busy. Besides, it is not good to bother others all the time.

It’s also harder to find other people.

Now not only the protagonist Gong Li is busy, but everyone else is also busy.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan only thought of He Wuming, an idler. Now he no longer had to rehearse with He Saifei. He just read a book in the dormitory every day, or went out for a walk. Anyway, he had nothing serious to do.

Among the entire crew, Zhou Yan was the most idle before, but now He Wuming is the most idle.

…

After dinner, Zhou Yan approached He Wuming with a smile.

He Wuming was reading a book when he felt someone approaching. When he looked up, he saw Zhou Yan looking at him with his big teeth bared, which startled him.

What are you doing? He Wuming even covered his chest with a book.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, Teacher He, please help me.

Just help, don't get so close.

Zhou Yan took another step back with a smile, I understand, I understand, distance brings beauty, is that okay?

He Wuming nodded, What help do you want from me?

Just a small favor. Zhou Yan rubbed his hands, I'm in need of a partner for rehearsal right now. After much thought, Teacher He has the most experience in acting among the entire crew.

He Wuming exposed him directly, I should be the only one who has time.

It's all, it's all.

He Wuming lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then said, It's not impossible...

Thank you, Teacher He! Zhou Yan rushed to thank him, fearing that He Wuming wouldn't agree.

But there are conditions. He Wuming said the second half of the sentence.

What conditions?

Change the flute.

Ah? Zhou Yan was stunned, Teacher He, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly.

In fact, it wasn't that he didn't hear it clearly, but that he didn't understand what it meant. What does it mean to change the flute?

I asked you to change to a flute. The flute the crew gave you was too bad, and the music you played was flawed. If you don't want my flute, go buy a good one yourself.

Zhou Yan understood now that He Wuming thought his flute was not good and would affect the performance of the music. He really didn't expect He Wuming to make such a condition.

Sure enough, Master He's brain circuit is different from ordinary people. Is this a condition?