Director, please respect yourself

On March 3, 2013, when Kuan Jingjing and the crew of "Super Body" gathered together in Taipei, Liu Yifei, who was on vacation, finally reluctantly said goodbye to Yang Hao and Ni Ni, and met with director Lin Yibin Together they flew to Spain, where "Fast and Furious Six" was filmed.

Lin Yibin left.

James Wan also left.

This guy brought a horror movie script called "Train to Busan" and returned to the United States happily.

According to James Wan, he will assemble the crew in the United States, recruit important actors, and then fly to South Korea, China's neighbor, to film the film on site.

Originally, Ni Ni liked the pregnant woman character in "Train to Busan", but later, she thought about it carefully and called Gao Yuanyuan directly.

Sister Yuanyuan, the famous Chinese director James Wan in Hollywood is going to shoot a horror movie. The script is co-written by James Wan and Yang Hao. I suggest you try one of the roles of a pregnant woman.

Yes, I think you are very suitable for this role, because when you look at the child, your eyes exude the brilliance of motherhood.

After making the call, Ni Ni followed Yang Hao to Taipei Songshan Airport. The first scene in the movie "Super Body" will be shot in the medical room of Taipei Songshan Airport.

The first scene was the filming of Lucy, a Chinese-American played by Ni Ni.

Although this is the second time Ni Ni has played the leading role in Yang Hao's film after the movie "Detective Chinatown", she is still very nervous.

Because in a strict sense, "Detective Chinatown" is a men's movie. The male lead Wang Baoqiang, the second male lead Huang Jingyu, the third male lead Xiao Yang, the fourth male lead Zhang Songwen, the fifth male lead Liao Fan and others have roles. Everyone has more roles than their own.

The movie "Super Body" is different. It is a proper heroine movie, and all the stories revolve around herself.

Thinking of this, Ni Ni took a deep breath, waved her arms vigorously, and then said to Yang Hao, who was standing in front of her: "Director, will you start telling the story?"

"okay!"

After looking at Ni Ni, Yang Hao nodded and said:

"Nini, I will take a close-up of your eyes first. You have to blink, but there should be confusion in your eyes."

"Confused, Ni Ni, you know confusion, right?"

Hearing this, Ni Ni said nothing, but nodded heavily.

"Okay, give it a try."

Seeing this, Yang Hao raised his arm and motioned to photographer Zhang Jiarui to open the camera lens.

Facing the camera lens, Ni Ni began to relax, and then her eyes showed confusion.

"Well, that's right. You sleep on this hospital bed, lying on your side, showing confusion in your eyes again."

Lying down in confusion, Ni Ni tried twice before she got into the mood.

Sometimes, the feeling of standing or sitting is different from that of lying down. There seems to be a switch in the human brain. When the person lies down, the switch will automatically turn on and the brain will enter the lying down mode.

This mode is different from lying on the table.

In the previous life, after a close-up of Lucy's eyes in the original movie "Superbody", a 50% black screen display was immediately inserted. The movie audience learned from the black screen display that at this moment, Lucy's brain development had reached 50%.

But Yang Hao didn't intend to do this. He thought, after taking a close-up of Ni Ni's eyes, he pulled the camera away and included her upper body lying on her side on the hospital bed.

This kind of lens language can give the audience a sense of first-person immersion.

Of course, shooting like this will test the actor's acting skills. If the acting skills are not good, shooting such continuous shots will make the audience uncomfortable.

"Do you know why you are confused?" Yang Hao asked her.

Ni Ni nodded, knowing that this lady had already read the script of this movie thoroughly a year ago.

"On the plane, Lucy's body decomposed and reorganized. After waking up, she was unfamiliar with her body and everything around her, so she was confused. However, because her brain development reached 50%, she quickly understood that she what happened."

Yang Hao nodded.

"Yes, so after Lucy sat up and figured out what happened to her, her mouth would have an 'Oh', I understand" mouth shape. You also need to add a small action detail, tilting her head. This can be understood as If you have a sore neck after lying on your side for a long time, it can also be understood that I understand it, and then do such an action to express a special emotion."

When Yang Hao was lecturing Ni Ni, local actors from Baodao Province, led by Peng Yuyan, Qiu Ze, and Zhao Youting, were listening carefully.

Because this is a very good learning opportunity for them.

Why is it acted like this, what do these details represent, do these details fit the character setting, etc.

After Yang Hao finished talking about the scene, he took the camera from photographer Zhang Jiarui, then filmed Ni Ni while giving a demonstration.

"Nini, you lie here, the camera takes a close-up of your eyes like this, and then pulls away to capture your upper body. You sit up and make the facial expressions I just mentioned, the camera will move around you, starting from the right Go around behind you and shoot from behind you, so that you can see the scene outside."

When editing later, when the camera is moving, a black screen with white words "50%" will be displayed.

"The camera continues to move around you. When it moves to your left, you will look to the left. When the camera moves back to the front of you, you look at your clothes on the table, your shoes under the table, and the clothes on your hands. Hand shackles. The camera will not stop and will continue to revolve around you and return to your right rear side."

"At this time, from this angle, the right side of the back of your head is on the left side of the frame, the middle and the right side of the frame. It shows that the nurse opened the door and came in when she heard the noise. When she saw you waking up, she immediately closed the door and went out to report."

"Director, I understand, are you planning to shoot a long shot?" Ni Ni was a little worried. She had made several movies before, including the film "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" directed by Zhang Yimou. However, That long shot showed the back, but now it focuses on the front. I wonder if I can’t grasp it? !

"It's not a long shot. To be precise, it's a shot of about fifty seconds. This is a test of your acting skills. As long as you act according to my instructions, you will be absolutely fine." Yang Hao encouraged Ni Ni.

The actors standing at the shooting scene were basically from Baodao Province. They heard Yang Hao tell Ni Ni that it was okay, but that was not what they thought in their hearts.

Yang Hao's request is actually difficult. Even if he has been an actor in many movies and TV series before, he cannot guarantee that there will be no problem.

If these shots are just a few seconds or ten seconds of footage edited together, that's fine. But it’s not easy to shoot them together and only have one shot.

This is not just a matter of actors, but also of the cameraman's skills and timing. Wherever the camera is pointed, what expression should be shown. In a fifty-second shot, the various expressions and details must be coordinated well.

It would be much easier if you shoot separately and only ask for the details and expressions of the current shot.

While everyone was thinking, they saw Yang Hao raising the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Action!"