Chapter 146: Changes in Fortune

Li Shen was even more annoyed, but he could only hold it in. He said, "Murong Qianluo's scenes were even longer than yours, and almost all of them were shot in one take. Now, many of your scenes will have to be cut into segments and spliced ​​together. The effect will inevitably be greatly reduced."

Hu Xiaoxiao's scenes are almost all wire-axe scenes. From the start of filming to the end, he's always hanging on the camera, and he never complains about the hardship or pain. Sometimes, when a scene is clearly passable, he feels it's not perfect enough and requests a few more takes, which is how he finally polishes it into such beautiful wire-axe scenes.

"Who said that? Hu Xiaoxiao wasn't hanging for that long." Hong Qiuyan came over and said to Wang Shasha, "I've been on the same crew with Hu Xiaoxiao, and her wire-aerial scenes were only suspended for a few days."

Wang Shasha suddenly felt confident. "Hu Xiaoxiao didn't have to hang for so long, why are you forcing me to hang? I suspect you are targeting me on purpose."

Li Shen glanced at Hong Qiuyan unhappily, "You were filming with her on the set of The Grandmaster, not The Legend of Long Yijiang."

"Aren't they all the same?" Although Hong Qiuyan wasn't convinced by Hu Xiaoxiao, she had to admit, "Whether it's Zhou Bijun or Murong Qianluo, their fighting scenes are equally impressive. Clearly, a good fighting scene doesn't depend on how long the wires are suspended."

Wang Shasha thought about it and realized it made sense. Zhou Bijun's martial arts scenes in The Grandmaster were also very popular. Hu Xiaoxiao became famous because of this role. Zhou Bijun's martial arts scenes in Fan Lihua would also be acceptable. So she lowered her expectations and told Li Shen that he just needed to film the role like Zhou Bijun.

Li Shen was completely speechless: Just? Like that? It's as easy as drinking water. If you have the guts, just film it!

But Wang Shasha was in charge of the crew. What power did Li Shen, a mere action director, have? Even if he complained to director Zheng Yonghong, he wouldn't understand martial arts! He'd never filmed a martial arts scene before! Even if he told the director, he wouldn't know how to film it!

After a few times, Li Shen lost his temper. He just let the young lady take pictures however she wanted.

As a result, the wire-actuating scenes were deleted again and again.

However, the script contained a lot of martial arts scenes, and since Wang Shuangshuang requested a fairy-like look, the screenwriter added a large number of wire-operated scenes. After deleting these scenes, her role was suddenly reduced by many episodes.

"Fan Lihua" was to compete with "Mu Guiying". "Mu Guiying" had 30 episodes, so "Fan Lihua" was scheduled to have 35 episodes. After this cut, even 30 episodes were not enough.

In order to make the series up to 35 episodes, Wang Shasha had an idea to change the wire-fighting scenes to ground-based fighting scenes. This way, the series would remain the same, but without the wire-fighting scenes, the fighting scenes would still be there.

Li Shen is the eldest daughter now and you are the boss, so whatever you say goes.

Although director Zheng Yonghong is very professional, his expertise is not suitable for the role and he has never filmed a martial arts scene. He tried very hard to shoot, even holding the camera himself, but the result was very poor and he could only shout "Cut" again and again.

"Cut!" Zheng Yonghong called for a stop again and said, "Shasha, repeat the fight scene you and Xinghe just did. There are a few angles that weren't filmed well, so do it again!"

Wang Shasha was so tired that she was sweating and her clothes were soaked. She changed out of her costume to blow dry her hair, then put on her wig and started filming again.

But after seeing it, Zheng Yonghong was still not satisfied, as it did not achieve the expected effect.

“Again!”

"Still coming?" Wang Shasha was so exhausted that she sat in her chair, not wanting to get up. "Director, do you know how to shoot? We've been shooting all day and not a single take has passed? Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not mistaken, you're the one who's mistaken!" Zheng Yihong's anger flared up, and he said, "I'm not a director who specializes in martial arts dramas. If you want good martial arts scenes, why don't you find a director who specializes in martial arts dramas? Why bring me in?"

If it weren't for Mr. Qiu's face, he really didn't want to serve this young lady.

The crew of "Fan Lihua" became very tense again.

The director was not good at shooting fighting scenes, and Wang Shuangshuang and Lu Xinghe were not good at martial arts either. After coordination, most of the fighting scenes were deleted and replaced with emotional scenes.

Romantic scenes are what Wang Shuangshuang is best at. Lu Xinghe has also filmed many romantic scenes and directed many of them. They hit it off immediately and asked the screenwriter to revise the script.

After all, this drama is based on the gimmick of martial arts. When Wang Shuangshuang turned to the back of the script, she found many scenes of casting spells.

To cast a spell, one only needs to make hand seals and wave their hands, and the rest will be left to the post-production. It just so happened that the crew had sufficient funds, and the post-production costs were enough.

Talking about love and casting spells, the crew of "Fan Lihua" is progressing at a rapid pace.

This makes the crew of "Mu Guiying" seem as slow as a turtle.

The Yang Family Generals are inseparable from the Yang Family Spear Skills. The famous Overlord Spear is the Yang Family’s invincible skill on the battlefield, so the actors who play the Yang Family Generals must learn the spear skills.

Hu Xiaoxiao specially found a master with Mingxu to practice real marksmanship.

Other generals and widows of the Yang family also had to practice a few moves for filming.

Not only do you have to practice, you have to practice it like it's the real thing.

To practice martial arts seriously, one must be very hardworking, especially for actors without any foundation, who have to endure a lot of hardships.

This is the advantage of selecting artists who are not famous and have no resources. They will practice whatever the martial arts director tells them to, and they are very hardworking and obedient. As long as there are shots for them, they are willing to work twice as hard.

In the crew, Nie Jinlong introduced several actors who came from the martial arts industry and were good at martial arts. With their encouragement, everyone practiced more enthusiastically.

At this time, the costumes had already been designed by the costume team.

Hu Xiaoxiao tried on her costumes. Her costumes were mostly dark in color, with a few sets in bright red, which was very eye-catching.

In contrast, Mingxu's costumes are mostly white and feature flowing colors.

Director Ge said to Hu Xiaoxiao, "You are the main character, and the show is centered around you, so the costumes should be eye-catching and recognizable. Mingxu, although the male lead, is just a supporting role, so his main purpose is to look good."

In other words, Hu Xiaoxiao is responsible for being cool and showing off the absolute charm of the main character, while Mingxu is just a vase, just good-looking enough to match Hu Xiaoxiao, and the main purpose is to be pleasing to the eye.

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at Mingxu, who was dressed in white and looked very handsome, and said jokingly, "Things have changed. You have come to this day."

Mingxu turned around in front of the full-length mirror and was very happy. "Not bad, very good. I didn't expect that I would be a vase one day. It seems that my acting range is really wide."

"How's your muscle development?"

"It's almost there! I'll put my muscle-flexing scene at the end, and it's going to amaze everyone."

Mingxu comes from a martial arts background and specializes in filming martial arts dramas, so his muscles are naturally firm and his foundation is very strong. With targeted training, the effect will be easily achieved.

"Okay, the locations are ready, the costumes are ready, and we can start filming."

For this drama, Hu Xiaoxiao didn't want to shoot solely in a studio; he wanted to include more outdoor locations for a more realistic feel. Shooting outdoors allows for larger scenes and gives the actors more room to shine.

However, filming on location is more tiring and more stressful. Fortunately, everyone in the crew is not afraid of being tired, but they are afraid of not achieving results.