The bard joins the entertainment industry

On May 10, the more than 200 crew members of "Swordsman", led by Zhang Yimou, held a start-up ceremony in Hengdian and officially started filming.

There are many scenic spots near Hengdian that are suitable for filming. In addition, it is also close to Liangxi, Xiangshan, Songjiang and other film and television cities, making it easy to transition between scenes. It is the best filming location for many film and television companies.

Zhou Yi established another branch in Suzhou, specifically responsible for the shooting business, just for this purpose.

This time he became a full-time action director, and Chen Shuo was able to devote himself more to it.

Every day I have meetings with Zhang Yimou to finalize the shooting content for the next few days, then find out the martial arts part, and discuss the specific shooting plan with Cheng Xiaodong.

Cheng Xiaodong, the action director, is just like the chief director. He is mainly responsible for the assignment of tasks, the communication of requirements, and the acceptance of the final effect.

Chen Shuo is more like an executive director. After receiving the task, he will make specific shooting plans according to Cheng Xiaodong's requirements, guide the actors, and then produce a finished product that satisfies him and show it to Cheng Xiaodong.

Once he has seen it and it meets the requirements of the chief director, then the scene will be considered passed.

If you are not satisfied, or if his shooting style is completely different from the overall style of the film, then you will have to reshoot it.

This kind of job seems to be busy every day and does dirty work, but it is also the most training one.

When he was filming "The Condor" before, because he still had his own tasks, he did not go so deep behind the scenes of the crew.

Now is the time to experience it, so that he can understand every detail in detail, so that if he wants to direct a play later, he will not be led by others.

On this day, Ye Chanqing, who was working overtime at night, was sentenced to death for killing Xinglang and his parents. She was dressed in red and bloody in the lobby, but she carelessly touched the blood on her hands.

When Fan Bingbing played this role, he performed the innocent and nonchalant look very well.

Especially against the blood on the face, it looks strangely beautiful.

"Okay, click!" Liang Guoguang shouted with the walkie-talkie, and the scene was finished.

However, no one had any intention of leaving, but looked at Zhang Yimou who was sitting in front of the monitor.

Although this drama is said to be directed by Liang Guoguang and Liu Guonan, and they basically filmed the scenes, in the end it was Zhang Yimou who had the final say.

At the beginning, the two always failed to meet his requirements, so they had to reshoot over and over again.

Not only do the actors need to improve, he will also teach the two of them how to better present the meaning of a shot.

How to compose the picture can make the picture more beautiful.

After this period of teaching and training, the two have gained experience.

In the scene just now, Liang Guoguang believed that it had met Zhang Yimou's minimum requirements.

But he still looked at Zhang Yimou out of habit, waiting for his comments.

Zhang Yimou read the content, nodded and said, "Okay."

"Huh~" Not only Liang Guoguang breathed a sigh of relief, but all the people present felt relieved inexplicably.

As a producer, Zhang Yimou does not have to participate in the actual operation and only needs to give opinions and see the results, which allows him to have more energy to focus on other things.

It feels scarier than when I was directing.

"Okay, let's call it a day!" the assistant director shouted, and everyone packed their things and prepared to go back to the hotel.

Zhang Yimou didn't care about those chores. He still sat in front of the monitor and said to Chen Shuo and others: "Chen Shuo, you will shoot the fighting scene here tomorrow. I won't be there to watch. When you finish shooting, show it to me." Into pieces.

But for the scene tomorrow night, you have to prepare carefully and be sure to shoot it well. "

Chen Shuo responded: "I understand, Director Zhang."

Zhang Yimou nodded and said: "You can clearly explain what you need to explain tonight, so as not to be in a hurry tomorrow.

Guoguang. "

"Director Zhang." Liang Guoguang responded.

"Tomorrow we will shoot scenes in the city. These two days coincide with the rainy season. There is a lot of rain. It comes and goes quickly. We will shoot the scene where Jiang Asheng and Zeng Jing meet in the rain."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

After explaining everyone's tasks, Zhang Yimou got up and followed everyone back to the hotel.

On the way back, I was still discussing other matters with the production director, on-site producer, art director and others.

It can be said that apart from sleeping, there is no idle time.

After returning to the hotel, it was not too late, so Chen Shuo had someone notify Fan Bingbing, Zhang Jin and Wang Xueqi to hold a meeting.

After a while, the three of them arrived in his room.

"Teacher Wang, Sister Bingbing, Brother Jin, come and sit down." After asking the three of them to sit down, Chen Shuo said: "Tomorrow, after Ye Chanqing returns from studying, we will bring the county magistrate, policemen, etc. A plot in which a person is killed for revenge.

This scene mainly depends on the performance of Sister Bingbing and Teacher Wang. You can first look at the storyboards I drew to get a feel for it. "

Fan Bingbing took the script, and Wang Xueqi and Zhang Jin sat beside her and watched it with her.

"Tomorrow's scene will focus on Ye Chanqing, not much of Jin Ge, as long as he is on the edge of the camera and restrains people.

As for Sister Bingbing and Teacher Wang, you two took action and spoke, treating this killing as a lesson.

Brother Jin's movements don't have many requirements. When you get to the scene tomorrow, you can even do whatever you want after discussing it with Tianle.

Sister Bingbing, I still hope that you can complete the shooting by yourself as much as possible. If it is really impossible, try not to use a stand-in. "

Fan Bingbing listened to Chen Shuo's words and looked at the storyboards on the script.

The story is also very simple. After Ye Chanqing was rescued, he learned the water-bending sword technique from King Chakravartin.

After she finished her studies, she wanted to try the sword, and she had no enemies before. The county magistrate who sentenced her to death and the policeman from the first class were the best candidates for her to try the sword.

So, accompanied by the Wheel King and the Color Operator, Ye Chanqing sounded the grievance drum, gathered the county magistrate and the police together, mocked them for a while, and then started killing.

The purpose of this killing was to teach, so her movements were mainly focused on showing off the water-bending swordsmanship.

In this drama, there are a total of four people who know the water-bending swordsmanship, Wheel King, Xiao Yu, Zeng Jing and Ye Chanqing.

They all need a chance to show off their water-bending sword skills.

Although Xiaoyu and Zeng Jing are the same person, when Zeng Jing, who has changed her face, picks up the water-proof sword again, it will definitely be a small climax of the whole drama, so it must be filmed well.

After Ye Chanqing succeeds in his studies, it will also be a good opportunity to demonstrate his water-bending swordsmanship.

According to Chen Shuo's explanation, Fan Bingbing understood that she basically needed to show the most representative moves of the water-bending sword technique she had learned before.

This will test the results of her previous training.

"Okay, Director Chen." Fan Bingbing read the script carefully twice and handed it back to Chen Shuo.

Chen Shuo took it and explained: "Everyone, get up early tomorrow, especially Sister Bingbing, and practice after putting on your makeup.

Teacher Wang and Brother Jin can come later, as long as they start at the normal time.

There are only so many things to do, think about it after you go back and go to bed early at night. "

After the three people left, Chen Shuo took out the schedule again and figured out the next shooting plan.

Then Shen Pingchuan and Yang Tianle were called over to start arranging tasks for tomorrow.

Now the crew is basically divided into four groups for filming. Liang Guoguang and Liu Guonan each lead a group to shoot literary dramas.

Chen Shuo and Cheng Xiaodong also led a team to film martial arts scenes.

Of course, Chen Shuo's team does not always exist. He is usually responsible for traveling among three groups, doing miscellaneous tasks for the three groups, and filming some martial arts scenes.

Only when the other three groups all had tasks and some martial arts parts were not finished, he formed a separate group to shoot.

It's like tomorrow's scene. Liang Guoguang led people to film the encounter between Jiang Asheng and Zeng Jing, and Liu Guonan led people to film the daily life of Lei Bin and Tian Qingtong.

Cheng Xiaodong, on the other hand, wanted to take a photo of Xiao Yu and was ambushed by a charlatan dressed as a family.

Chen Shuo will be responsible for the remaining unfinished scenes today.

Of course, there are also some martial arts parts, because he is both the original screenwriter and the action director, and they must be filmed by him in order to better present the effect.

Just as Zhang Yimou explained, there will be an important scene tomorrow night.

The next day, Chen Shuo got up at around three o'clock. Because it was too early, he did not do morning exercises, but planned to practice later while on the set.

He first went over the content to be shot today with Yang Tianle and asked him to focus on the preparations.

Immediately afterwards, I planned to go to the dressing room to discuss today's makeup and hair style with the makeup artist, especially Fan Bingbing's.

Before entering the door, I heard Fan Bingbing discussing with the makeup artist inside.

When he opened the door, he saw that it was indeed the case. On the dressing table closest to the door, the two of them were having a serious discussion.

"Sister Bingbing, are you getting up so early? It's only around four o'clock now. I want you to get up early, an hour earlier. You can get up at five o'clock."

"Director Chen?" Fan Bingbing looked at him in surprise and asked, "Why did you get up so early?"

Chen Shuo explained: "I started work early this morning and finished shooting the part where you started killing people early. I will go to shoot other parts in the afternoon.

That scene is more important and requires a long time to prepare, so we need to hurry up. "

This was a done deal. From afternoon to evening, he needed to film the scene where Lu Zhu directed Xiao Yu.

This scene is the turning point from Xiaoyu to Zeng Jing, and also the turning point of the entire movie.

If it weren't for the fact that he choreographed the Water-Bearing Sword Technique and thought about it for a long time, it wouldn't have been his turn to film this scene.

At that time, Zhang Yimou will also come to the scene in person to check for him.

He didn't say anything more specific to Fan Bingbing, but instead asked, "How was your discussion going?"

“It’s been roughly decided that the character should be pure and pure.” The makeup artist explained: “Director Zhang required that this character should have a pure sense of fatal temptation.

When Ye Chanqing appeared on the stage yesterday, she was already wearing the most gorgeous bridal makeup.

This scene is her first battle after becoming a killer. I wanted her to look very innocent on the outside, but kill people without blinking an eye, which is just in line with the character's personality. "

Chen Shuo nodded when he heard this and said: "Let's put on makeup first and see the effect. Sister Bingbing got up early today and we have time."

"Okay." With that, the makeup artist began to apply makeup to Fan Bingbing.

Chen Shuo watched it for a while and felt that the foundation was very good, so he stopped paying attention and went to see other preparations.