The days of filming in Azure Star

Chapter 149 Shooting
The movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" tells the story of a man and a child after experiencing many hardships and tribulations.

This is the story of a man who, because he did not give up, worked hard and finally found the hope of his own life.

What this movie wants to express is very obvious, that is, as long as you keep working hard, you will see the direction of success.

It's simple and inspiring.

In the first scene of the movie, Tang Bao chose to shoot the scene where the protagonist, father and son, are inside the train station.

At this time, the protagonist has been kicked out by the landlord because he has no money. He is homeless and has to take his son to the train station to spend a difficult night.

For choosing this scene as the beginning.

Of course there is no particular reason.

It's just that it's night now.

Not long after arriving in San Francisco, many scenes were too late to set up. Tang Bao could only choose some scenes that did not require particularly complicated set-ups to shoot first.

In the next 20 days, only actors will make time, such as early morning, such as evening.

In each time period, as long as the scene is arranged, it is possible to improvise the next shot at any time.

Whichever part of the play on the script is suitable, that part should be filmed first.

There will be no chance of taking a bad shot and repeating it until the perfect shot.

Because the above conditions do not allow.

Time is like a carving knife.Tick ​​tock engraved in everyone's heart.The hearts of every crew member are heavy.

This scene is very difficult, and it is also a huge challenge for a veteran actor like Dong Hao.

Because this scene is the eruption of the protagonist after all the repression after experiencing hardships.

After experiencing a series of setbacks, the hero finally couldn't bear it and collapsed here.

And this is only the first scene, Dong Hao had never filmed the leading role before this.

It was a climax as soon as it came up, which undoubtedly raised the performance requirements of Dong Hao by more than one level.

But at this point, everyone knows that there is no other way but to do it, and the filming must be finished even if they have to bite the bullet!

The indicator lights come on and the camera begins to record the performance.

The son raised his cute little head and asked his father innocently: "Why do we come to the train station? Why don't we go home?"

But the father told his son: "This is not a train station. We have traveled through time and space and arrived at the age of dinosaurs."

"Look at that Tyrannosaurus rex, his head is so big!" Father made a big gesture.

The son was immediately attracted by the environment created by his father.

Followed my father, ran east and west.

After running for a while, the father and son said, "Look over there, a large group of dinosaurs are coming! We must find a cave to hide!"

So he took his son to the bathroom at the train station.

He told his son that we are safe now.

We need to hide in the cave until tomorrow.

The son believed it, and soon fell asleep due to fatigue.

Newspapers covered the bathroom floor.

The father and son spent the night in this small and dirty environment.

Someone tried to enter the bathroom and found that the door was locked.

So he kicked the door violently.

This incomparably strong man finally couldn't hold back his tears at this moment.

He pressed his foot firmly against the door to prevent it from being kicked.

On the one hand, tears streamed down his face again, sobbing choked up.

The helplessness of a middle-aged man is perfectly reflected at this moment.

From the beginning to now.

I am obviously working very hard to live, but now, I can't even take care of my own son.

Can only spend the day curled up here.

His father's tears filled his cheeks.

He tried his best to endure himself, but his emotions were out of his control at all.

He could only tightly cover his son's ears.

Hopefully my son won't be woken by the noise of kicking the door.

Seeing myself in a state of embarrassment.

I don't know if my son really didn't wake up, or if he woke up and didn't want to open his eyes.

They just spent the night in the bathroom of this train station.

"Card!"

Tang Bao, the great director of this play, called out this word.

It means that this shot passed perfectly.

Tang Bao was very happy that the first scene was so successful.

The shooting was smooth.

There is almost no place for NG.

Many places are one-offs.

Whether it is Dong Hao or the young actor, they are all unexpectedly dedicated.

The state is also unprecedented.

This scene took about two hours.

Little guy, he was really tired and fell asleep.

Because I am still young, I really need sleep.

Tang Bao called Qi Dongqiu and asked her to take the child from Dong Hao.

Take him to the hotel to sleep.

The scene was shot by Xin Shuang himself.

This is also a chance for other cameras to get acquainted with his rhythm.

I haven't shot for a long time, and it needs a familiar process.Moreover, Xin Shuang's requirements for the lens are not generally high.

He has his own system.

Photography will work under his hands in the future, so Xin Shuang also hopes that they can understand their thoughts and intentions as much as possible.

Tang Bao had already planned to waste a night on this shot.

Unexpectedly, from a young actor to a big actor.

Including other staff on the field.

All surprisingly powerful.

This gave the scene a perfect start.

At this moment, everyone is full of confidence in completing the goal.

Tang Bao took the towel and handed it to Teacher Dong Hao. After all, he is an old drama player. This level really makes Tang Bao feel sincere admiration.

"Teacher Dong Hao, are you okay?"

Tang Bao was concerned.

Dong Hao is also calming down his mood.

The ebb and flow of the tide also takes a certain amount of time to buffer.

Dong Hao took the towel and expressed to Tang Bao that he was okay.

Small children can rest.

The adults' work tonight has just begun.

Soon, they packed up their things and made the transition.

Shoot the next scene.

The time lasted until two o'clock in the morning before the shooting team ended today's task.

Everyone dragged their tired and tired bodies back to the hotel for a short rest.

Xin Shuang and Tang Bao got up after resting for less than 3 hours.

Especially Tang Bao, since he received the mission, he hasn't had a good rest.

But he has to persevere, there are still many things, the crew can't leave him.

Tang Bao needs to interview a candidate for the protagonist's wife.

Xin Shuang needs to continue to coordinate with the government on the scene building.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the shooting team started shooting normally.

With Zuo Mo's assistance, Tang Bao has successfully finalized the candidate for the role of wife.

Zuo Mo is the third person in charge under Tang Bao and Xin Shuang.

It is also too busy to touch the ground.

It is necessary to coordinate matters related to the crew, and consider the layout of the scene and the arrangement of personnel.

I have to find time to do some tasks that neither Tang Bao nor Xin Shuang have time to complete.

Fortunately, Lu Yue is already heading here, and is expected to arrive in San Francisco today.

After Lu Yue came, he should be able to share part of the work.

The time turned to the afternoon, and Lu Yue arrived at the hotel where the film crew lived in San Francisco as scheduled.

There are not too many pleasantries, as soon as we arrive here.

Lu Yue started busy work.

Xin Shuang handed over the matter of connecting with all parties to Lu Yue.

I went to take makeup photos and make posters by myself.

This is also Tang Bao's request.

Making posters as soon as possible and sending them to China is an important means of warming up the publicity.

Time passed day by day.

The whole crew is like clockwork on a screw.

Non-stop operation.

Sometimes shooting tasks are tight.

Tang Bao and Xin Shuang split into two shifts to shoot.

A shot without Teacher Dong Hao.

A shot with teacher Dong Hao.

Because of the blessing of director skills, Tang Bao, who originally knew nothing about the camera.

After touching the lens, I also had a certain feeling.

The overall level has improved by leaps and bounds.

The crew also worked in two shifts, and there must be insufficient manpower.

Zuo Mo recruited many local people who could help.

Lots of small supporting roles that the movie needs.

Those who live on the streets are very poor.

Zuo Mo hired them as group performers in the crew at an hourly wage of 8 American dollars.

It perfectly restores the scenes of poor places and the appearance of poor people in the movie.

Don't even bother with a makeup teacher.

It just needs a little retouching to make it look better in front of the camera, and that's it.

This group of homeless or poor people is also very happy.

You can get money by standing and patting people.

Perhaps for them, this is the first time in their many years that they have been formally hired, have their own job, and received their first remuneration in life.

Many homeless people who had nothing to do actively followed the crew to help.

Because whether it is Xin Shuang or Tang Bao, after the content shooting of the day is over.

Some red envelopes and bonuses will be distributed to the staff present.

Those homeless people don't need to do heavy work, they just need to help move things and arrange scenes.

You can receive the day's food and a lot of rewards for free.

The coordination between Lu Yue and the government is basically over.

The government saw the performance of Tang Bao's crew, and they found a job for the homeless.

Although it's only temporary, it's inevitable that the government will take a high look at this crew.

Therefore, under the condition that the conditional rent was sufficient, the approval procedures were accelerated for the crew.

Tang Bao is also very face-saving.Minimize the impact of filming on the city as much as possible.

When there is a scene that requires road closures.

In order to be able to shoot successfully, try not to let passing pedestrians disturb the shooting.

Zuo Mo brought a group of people and prepared all kinds of small gifts.

Sorry to those who were stopped while trying to pass.

And sincerely sent a small gift to express my apology.

Although the residents were unhappy with the crew's behavior, most of them could understand after hearing the crew's explanation.

The crew is still very sincere.

There are many types of gifts, and although the prices are not expensive, they are definitely not cheap.

There are also many unique and fun little things.

Children, couples, and aunts can all get something they like.

For the vast majority of people, the quality is not bad.

After the communication, similar things did not cause too much trouble.

On the 16th day of filming, with the joint efforts of the crew and actors.

Finally got most of the shots done.

Because Tang Bao knew it well, he deleted many scenes in the original script that were not used in the end.

Just take pictures of what you want.

Many directors shoot a few more shots when they make a movie.

Regardless of whether it is finally used or not.

Anyway, if you save it, at least in the later stage, it can play a greater role.There are more options to choose from.

But here in Tang Bao.

The finished film has been firmly engraved in his mind.

So he doesn't need to be like other directors.

Take a lot of shots that you don't end up using.

(End of this chapter)