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Chapter 23 Don't Say You're Going Too Early

The next day, five o'clock.

"Ding ding ding," the alarm clock I set yesterday rang.

Huang Ze opened his eyes, and his mental state instantly reached its peak. He jumped to the ground like a zombie out of a coffin.

In order to make use of the magic light in the morning, the crew members needed for that scene were all staying in a guesthouse near the filming location.

The responsibility of calling people fell on the two assistant directors.

"It's time to get started."

Huang Ze wiped his face and slapped Zhang Jianya on the other bed to wake him up, then walked out of the guesthouse and knocked on other people's doors.

"Bang bang bang."

"Wake up, it's five o'clock!"

"If you don't get up, it will be dawn by then."

Just walk and take pictures along the way.

Fortunately, everyone was very conscious. Within ten minutes, everyone simply wiped their faces and opened the door.

Jiao Huang and the child star Fang Chao were the slowest because they all needed to put on makeup.

Half an hour later, everyone arrived at the filming location, which was the gate of a school built on a relatively remote road!

Seeing the two walls next to the gate, Huang Ze couldn't help but smile.

That was built by Director Bai and the workers using blue bricks.

I even built a piece myself.

"Okay, let's start getting ready!"

"Time is limited and the shots are not difficult, let's try to pass it!"

"Jiao Huang, you and Fang Chao should act together."

"Get the camera ready!"

"Yes." The photography assistant did the job that Huang Ze had done before. He put a black cloth bag, known as a "dark bag" in the industry, on the film box, then reached his hands in and installed the film in the dark to prevent the film from being exposed prematurely.

After installation, you need to use black tape to stick to the edge of the film box.

This is a troublesome job. When you change the film, you must first seal the dark bag before you can take the film out of the dark box.

Far more complicated than a digital camera.

But for Huang Ze, all this is a thing of the past.

Now I am no longer a photography assistant, but an assistant director!
Director's assistant!
We are trying to remove the sub-word!

Of course, the assistant director’s task was not easy either. After seeing that everything was ready, he got some firewood, fire starters and water and placed them in the direction of the pretend school.

After making sure everything was ready, everyone calmed down and looked towards the east silently until dawn. Although the sun was not yet visible, the light had already illuminated the entire world.

"Photography!" Bai Cheng shouted with a loudspeaker.

"The light is right and everything is ready."

"Actresses, take your positions."

“First shot, let’s begin!”

Wearing a Zhongshan suit and round glasses that made him look weak, Jiao Huang, carrying a box, turned his back to the camera and walked step by step towards the iron gate.

In the corner of the door, Pi Gang, played by the child star Fang Chao, was standing holding the railing, looking in the direction of the door, as if waiting for something.

Jiao Huang walked closer and asked with concern.

"Child, are you alone?"

"what are you doing here?"

"I'm waiting for Saturday." Pi Gang said, his eyes full of expectation, still looking forward.

"why?"

"Because my dad will come pick me up."

"But today is not Saturday!"

This is actually a foreshadowing.

Pi Gang had been waiting for his father to pick him up on Saturday, but he never waited for him.

Until the end, when Teacher Zhou Shu was expelled from the school, he followed Teacher Zhou Shu and stayed with him like a father and son until his death.

And that day was Saturday!
... "Okay, one more!" After all, this can be said to be the beginning of the film, and Bai Cheng still wants to do better while saving money.

Keep one and leave room for choice.

When he asked everyone to prepare for the second take, he raised his left hand to check his watch, and his eyes fell on Huang Ze, "Go light a cigarette."

"it is good!"

Huang Ze and the script supervisor immediately rushed to the place where the firewood was piled and started to light a fire to make smoke.

As for why we need to use smoke, one reason is that there is no school behind, so we use smoke to cover it up.

Of course, the most important thing is to create an atmosphere. When shooting from the gate towards the school, the school seems to be shrouded in thick fog.

It makes the audience feel at first glance that this school is not simple, and also paves the way for what happens in this school later.

Speaking of which, making smoke is a technical job. It has to be even enough so that it doesn't look like a fire at first glance.

After twenty minutes of work, Huang Ze was finally satisfied, and he and the script supervisor hurried to leave the scene to avoid delaying the filming.

As Bai Cheng made a gesture, the actor who played the school teacher came out of the smoke with the key and ran to the door, calling the little boy's name "Pi Gang" as he ran.

This scene was shot twice, and the task for this morning was completed.

There is also a scene where Zhou Shu, Pi Gang and the school teachers walk into the school together.

But the magic light time is about to pass, so that scene can only be shot during the magic time in the afternoon.

……

After breakfast, I started taking pictures of the classroom.

In the evening, I finished shooting the missing scene of entering the school. It was a busy day and I had completed most of the journey.

Yes, just a majority.

After the shooting materials are moved back to the Shanghai Film Studio, Huang Ze, who loves learning, will go over today's shooting with Bai Cheng to make sure there are no problems with the shooting.

Now there is not even a surveillance camera, so even the director doesn’t know what the film will look like.

The only one who knows is probably the photographer.

Even so, what you see on the small screen is different from what you see on the big screen. Many images that appear OK on the small screen are too blurry to look at on the big screen!
If there is such a scene, we have to arrange for reshoots.

Fortunately, today's shooting materials are pretty good.

Only after confirming that there is no problem can you leave work completely.

In the following days, Huang Ze lived a life even busier than the director, just like an executive deputy director.

With everyone's joint efforts, the filming is proceeding in an orderly manner.

……

half a month later.

It was already half past eight when Huang Ze and Bai Cheng finished watching the day's materials and returned home.

When I opened the door, two familiar faces came into view.

Xie Kun and his assistant from the Chinese singing group.

"Brother Huang! You are quite busy!"

Xie Kun was originally sitting on the sofa, but when he saw Huang Ze coming in, he immediately stood up with a smile on his face that was much more enthusiastic than the first time.

That's the smile of seeing a money tree.

After the Spring Festival Gala, Huang Ze’s music tapes saw a surge in sales, allowing Shanghai Zhongchang to reap a lot of benefits.

That's all thanks to him, and it's the basis for his future promotion and salary increase.

This made him realize how could Huang Ze have a bad attitude?

"Oh, thank you, brother." Huang Ze smiled slightly, "Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, is there anything I can help you with?"

"There are more and more copies, and sales are obviously declining. We want to ask you to make another album."

"Same old story, you write five songs for this album!"

"Together we give you this number!"

Xie Kun held the other fingers, only holding out his thumb and index finger, "Eight thousand yuan!"

"If we add the cost of the previous album..."

"Wow, congratulations, Brother Huang. You have become an enviable millionaire in just a few months."

(End of this chapter)