Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 28 A repairman appeared in the crew
"Ah, taking pictures?"

"Yeah, take pictures."

"Director Yu, I'm a behind-the-scenes worker, so I shouldn't be involved in the photo shoot."

"Stop talking nonsense, just come and take pictures when I ask you to."

"Yes, yes, I'll be right there."

Although I don’t know how Director Yu pulled me in for the photo.

But Chen Cheng, as a young assistant, jogged to the photo position.

Without caring where others were standing, Chen Cheng automatically stood at the back.

Unexpectedly, just as he stood up, the head of the makeup team Huang Chengxiang gave Chen Cheng a thumbs up.

Chen Cheng was a little embarrassed and said, "Brother Xiang, your thumbs-up makes me embarrassed."

"What are you sorry for? This time, it's all thanks to you for your help. Otherwise, our makeup team would be so embarrassed."

"Brother Xiang, you are too polite. Don't blame me for always going to the dressing room to learn from you."

"Strange, why would it be strange? We can't wait to welcome you."

Huang Chengxiang, the head of the makeup team, was very enthusiastic about Chen Cheng.

On the one hand, Chen Cheng helped him with this enthusiasm.

On the other hand, he also saw Director Yu’s emphasis on Chen Cheng.

Don’t think that Chen Cheng is an assistant now.

Who knows if he will become the person in charge behind the scenes in a few years.

It is better to establish good relations so that the future road will be easier.

Just chatting.

The photographer asked everyone to pose.

Chen Cheng didn't care.

Anyway, he was standing at the back and no one knew who he was, so it didn't matter whether he posed or not.

"321... OK..."

Because that day was the opening ceremony.

In addition, the funds were sufficient, so after the opening ceremony that day, Director Yu only shot a few shots symbolically.

Afterwards, all the crew members had a start-up banquet.

The next day, The Return of the Condor Heroes officially began filming.

Producer Zhang did not interfere too much with Director Yu. He just stayed on the crew for three days and left the set on the grounds of not interfering with Director Yu's thinking.

As Director Yu's assistant, Chen Cheng threw himself into the busy filming.

As for how busy.

Chen Cheng would say.

It's even busier than when he was working on the spot and taking notes on the spot.

As Director Yu jokingly said to Chen Cheng, what do you think an assistant does? Just do odd jobs.

Ok.

Chen Cheng's current job is to do odd jobs.

On this side, Chen Cheng needs to record all kinds of shooting information on the set, just like the script supervisor.

the other side.

Chen Cheng had to run to the set from time to time to pass messages to Director Yu.

As you said.

Why doesn’t Director Yu go there in person?

He is a director.

Where would they have the time to run to the set and give instructions to the actors one by one?

Generally speaking.

As a director, he always stares at the monitor.

When there is something wrong with the shot, he will shout "Cut"...

After calling the card, he will tell you where the problem is.

Then, as the assistant director, Chen Cheng had to feedback these issues to the actors.

of course.

The director himself also said so.

That depends on how big a celebrity you are and how complex the content you want to convey is.

Although filming is somewhat complicated, it does not necessarily mean that all scenes have problems.

Many clips are actually very simple and only require a few more takes to pass.

So Chen Cheng always brought a loudspeaker with him when he started working.

As soon as he had something to say, he would hold up a small megaphone and yell at all the actors: "Hey so-and-so, don't steal the spotlight."

"And that guy, you think you are the protagonist. What's that expression? Take it back and stop making faces."

"Say this again..."

After shouting like this for a whole day, sometimes my voice becomes hoarse.

Do you think there is nothing else besides these?

No.

The assistant director also has to troubleshoot a host of problems that arise on the set.

For example, they have to arrange some props on the set, fix the equipment, maintain the order of on-site shooting, manage the extras... and so on.

I even have to do the work of a field worker.

This is not.

Because one of the actors was not tall enough, Chen Cheng acted as a stagehand and moved apple boxes over so that the actor could use them to increase his height.

This apple box is a prop of the crew. It is generally used to store and retrieve props. It can also be used as a stool or footstool.

However, there is a rule in the crew that actresses cannot use apple boxes. If they do, the crew will be in bad luck.

Chen Cheng didn’t know whether it was true or not.

But on this day, Chen Cheng really encountered a rather strange thing.

Maybe one of the actresses was not clear about the rules, or was just too tired, and ended up sitting on the apple box.

As a result, one of the cameras broke down that day.

Director Yu scolded the actress to death for such a weird incident. But even more unfortunate was that the other spare camera also broke down the next day.

……

"What's going on? Another one broke down?"

"Are there any spares?"

"Have."

"Then bring the backup camera over."

"Can……"

"But what?"

"Didn't they say that this afternoon's scene would require four cameras to shoot?"

"Uh……"

Ok.

Originally the camera was enough.

Even if one or two break down, it’s no problem.

After all, there are spare ones.

But the shots to be taken in the afternoon were more complicated, and Director Yu had to shoot from various angles.

So there were originally 5 cameras, but now two are broken, leaving three.

We need 4 cameras for the afternoon shoot, which is not enough.

"What do you guys in the photography team eat? Didn't you take it for repair?"

Director Yu was a little angry that such things could happen to him.

The photographer replied hesitantly: "I took it, but it hasn't been repaired yet."

“When will it be fixed?”

"This, this..."

The photographer's face turned red after being scolded by Director Yu.

Chen Cheng came out: "Photography teacher, let me take a look."

Yu Ming was a little surprised: "Chen Cheng, what are you doing?"

"Director Yu, I know a little bit about equipment maintenance."

"You can?"

Chen Cheng nodded, took the broken camera, looked at it carefully, and then said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. Give me 15 minutes."

Some operations.

15 minutes later.

This broken camera has come back to life.

"Chen Cheng, sure."

Seeing Chen Cheng repair the camera, Director Yu praised him and asked, "Who taught you how to repair the camera?"

"Well, I taught myself."

"Self-taught?"

"Yes, Director Yu, didn't I work as a stagehand for Director Li last time? When I have nothing to do, I usually look at the maintenance and use guides for these equipment."

“And then you learned how to repair it?”

"Yes."

"real or fake?"

"Director Yu, how about I repair another one for you?"

"We don't have time for that now. Now that it's fixed, let's move on."

Asking everyone to get ready again, the filming on the set continued.

……

"Chen Cheng, can you repair my cell phone?"

"Assistant Chen, my digital camera is broken. Can you help me take a look?"

"Teacher Chen Cheng, my handheld game console is broken."

Very dramatic.

After Chen Cheng repaired the camera, he became the repairman of the crew.

Whenever someone's things broke, they would ask Chen Cheng to fix them.

Don't say it yet.

Although Chen Cheng couldn't fix everything, he could fix most of it.

Ever since.

Director Yu's laptop, which had been broken for some time, was given to Chen Cheng.

Although Chen Cheng said that he was not very good at repairing computers, if he needed to repair them, he would still take them outside.

However, Director Yu insisted that there were important documents and images in the notebook, and if it was taken outside and leaked, the loss would be huge.

Chen Cheng felt that what Director Yu said made sense and that sample films and the like should not be leaked, so he took Director Yu's notebook back.

After some study and various Baidu searches, Chen Cheng finally repaired Director Yu's laptop.

just.

Originally this was just a very small thing, just helping Director Yu repair a computer.

But Chen Cheng didn't expect it.

When he finished repairing the laptop, Director Yu patted Chen Cheng on the shoulder and said excitedly, "Chen Cheng, don't call me Director Yu from now on. Call me Brother Yu."

This made Chen Cheng a little confused.

Director Yu, what happened?
I just fixed your computer for you.

Could it be possible that repairing a computer could make Director Yu so moved that he was beside himself?
But soon.

Chen Cheng understood the crux of the problem.

He suddenly remembered that there was once a big boss with the same surname as him.

Once upon a time.

There was a big guy who couldn't repair computers.

Everyone knows what happened next.

(End of this chapter)