Chapter 253 The first scene of the new drama begins filming!
At this time, Tan Yue was being taken by staff to meet Director Xiang Tian.
He landed on a red-eye flight in the early morning, and was then picked up and taken to a hotel in town to rest in the middle of the night. He took a motorcycle into the village early this morning.
Although he said he was resting, Tan Yue was actually so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. Instead, he read the script all night.
"Hello, Director. I'm Tan Yue."
When he came to Xiangtian, Tan Yue's nervousness reached its peak, and his hands unconsciously clenched the corners of his coat.
Xiang Tian was sitting in front of the camera, adjusting the equipment. He looked up at the sound and his eyes lit up when he saw Tan Yue's nervous but handsome and simple face: "Here he comes!"
"Coming!" Tan Yue responded naively.
Xiang Tian slowly stood up, looked it over carefully again, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "The conditions are good. Have you read the script?"
"I've seen it. I watched it all the way here, and I watched it again at the hotel last night." Tan Yue cherished this opportunity very much, so he assured him seriously, "Don't worry, Director. I think I can act well."
"Just be confident," Xiang Tian said, calling out to the staff nearby: "This is the actor who plays Yao Erwa. Let's take him to try on the clothes first."
Seeing this, Tan Yue hurriedly asked, "Is the director, Teacher Shen Li, here?"
"Want to see Chen Li first?"
Tan Yue nodded. It was Teacher Shen Li who introduced him to this opportunity. When he arrived at the set, he would definitely meet with Teacher Shen Li first and thank her in person.
Xiang Tian didn't stop her, and turned to the staff and instructed: "First, take her to the place where Chen Li is putting on makeup to meet Chen Li, and then take her to try on clothes. Oh, and arrange a place for her to stay as well."
The staff member responded and called out to Tan Yue: "Follow me."
Chen Li's look in this movie is a very common rural girl's look, but it is also very time-consuming to put on makeup because her skin color needs to be darkened and there are many details to pay attention to.
Director Xiang Tian has very strict requirements for the actors' makeup, which must be completely consistent with the character's background without any dissonance.
"Teacher Shen Li!"
While she was putting on makeup, Tan Yue walked in. Although her skin was made up darker, Tan Yue recognized her at a glance.
"Tan Yue!" Chen Li saw Tan Yue in the mirror and smiled happily: "I just found out that you arrived early this morning. I was thinking of going to see you after I finished putting on my makeup. Have you met Director Xiang Tian?"
"I have met her." Tan Yue walked to stand beside Chen Li and suddenly said seriously: "Teacher Chen Li, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely perform well and will not let you down."
Chen Li was a little embarrassed by being called: "Stop calling me teacher, I'm not a teacher at all. As long as you portray the role well, then this role is what you deserve. Don't feel any psychological burden, come on!"
Sui Yu on the other side listened to the two people talking, his eyes fell on Tan Yue and looked him up and down, then looked at Chen Li and raised his eyebrows meaningfully.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the crew was ready, all the actors had completed their makeup, and the first scene officially began shooting.
In the dim main hall of the adobe house, the family sat on low stools around a small wooden table and ate breakfast.
There were two boiled eggs in the bowl. Ge Zi's mother glanced sharply at the girl sitting opposite her and said sarcastically, "Peel the eggs for your father and brother."
The girl glanced around timidly and reached out to take the egg in the bowl. However, "Ge Zi" beside her took the opportunity to reach out and touch the back of her hand. The frightened girl quickly picked up the egg and retracted her hand.
This scene fell into the eyes of "Ge Zi's father" and "Ge Zi's mother", but the two did not react at all, obviously they were used to it.
"Ge Zi" raised his eyebrows at the girl with a lewd smile on his face, staring at the girl's floral blouse and refusing to move his eyes away.
The girl lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him. She quickly peeled the eggs and placed them in front of the two men.
At this moment, a sturdy young man suddenly rushed into the house, shouting nervously, "Uncle, our Lingzi ran away!"
"What? She ran away?" The man jumped up and rushed out without saying a word. "Go after her! She didn't hit me hard enough. Catch her and tie her up for two months, and she'll be quiet!"
The girl couldn't help but tremble slightly when Ge Zi's father's words fell into her ears. Ge Zi's mother saw this and said with disgust, "What are you afraid of? Have you been tied up for all these years?"
Ge Zi swung his legs and laughed, "Yan'er is timid and doesn't dare to run."
"If you dare to run, I'll break her legs!"
The girl shrank her neck in fear and dug her calves hard with her fingers.
“Crack!”
As the director finished speaking, the actors quickly stepped out of their roles. Han Qidong, who played Ge Zi, said to the prop teacher with embarrassment, "Sorry, teacher, I was so engrossed in the performance that I ate the egg. If I have to do it again later, please prepare two more eggs."
Chen Li plays the role of "Yan'er". She slowly raised her head and breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps it was because of the subject matter, but filming this movie was more stressful than the first time she filmed "The Phoenix".
But I was quite immersed in the role just now, I just don’t know how the effect will be.
Xiang Tian was watching the replay on camera, and Sui Yu was sitting in the back, following along. She said, "Director, I feel like Chen Li's condition isn't right. She's trembling a bit too nervously, and it seems a bit fake. The look in her eyes is the same. I don't believe in the character."
Xiang Tian watched the key shots over and over again. Sui Yu's words didn't hit the point at all. Xiang Tian discovered the most critical loophole.
"Ali, come here."
Chen Li quickly ran to the director and saw Xiang Tian motioning her to look at the screen. The screen was replaying the scene where the young man ran to their house and said that Lingzi had run away.
"Did you see the problem?" Xiang Tian didn't rush to correct himself, but asked Chen Li first.
I thought Chen Li would think for a moment, but unexpectedly she nodded directly: "I can see, Director, I didn't react well enough when I heard the words "Lingzi ran away"."
Xiang Tian smiled with satisfaction and began to explain the scene to her: "That's right, Lingzi was abducted just like you, so when you heard that she had escaped, there was definitely emotion in your eyes. It might be surprise at the fact itself, or the hope that she could escape successfully, or it might be admiration for her courage to do so. It could even be all of these. Camera No. 2 will give you a close-up here, understand?"
"Okay, I understand, Director. Is there anything else wrong?"
"No, the others are all good. You need to slowly find this type of role yourself. Once you find the right one, any way you play it will be right, okay?"
Sui Yu was sitting aside and wanted to listen to the director relay her opinion to Chen Li, but the director did not agree with her at all and did not mention a word.
He couldn't help but turn his head away with an evasive look.
(End of this chapter)
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