Chapter 392: "A Chinese Ghost Story" starts filming (asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets~~~)
The crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" held a very low-key opening ceremony, just as the legend goes, they chose an auspicious day to hold the opening ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, the tables used for worship were covered with red velvet cloth. The ancestors were enshrined on the table, and on both sides were incense burners, offerings and delicious fruits.
Usually the camera is covered with a red cloth, and then the main creators of the crew will burn incense and worship the gods in turn, and finally lift the red cloth on the machine and announce the start of filming.
But if you ask who they are worshipping, Liang Wen himself can't answer it, anyway, everyone is worshipping.
According to Lin Fan's own understanding, there is actually no unified requirement for everyone to worship a certain great god together, such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, various gods, or Lord Guan, God of the Land, God... It's probably just whoever you worship in your heart.
What is more important is to respect heaven, earth and your own profession, have a sense of awe for what you shoot, and pray that the shoot goes smoothly and nothing goes wrong.
Lin Fan didn't understand how Blue Star and Earth had formed such a highly unified "start-up ceremony" culture without any communication, but since everyone was doing it, Lin Fan felt embarrassed not to do it, so he just thought of it as reassuring everyone.
But according to Liang Wen, this procedure originated from the fear of "dividing the area".
The so-called "scratch" refers to the accidental scratching of the film in the camera by the parts inside during shooting in the early film era. If a "scratch" occurs, it will cause immeasurable losses to the crew, but the scratching of the machine is unpredictable and difficult to prevent - the only thing that can be done is to cover the camera with a red cloth to "suppress the evil."
However, the current opening ceremony is not so mysterious anymore, and is more like a crew mobilization meeting, which is intended to tell everyone with this sense of ritual: it’s time to start working, so get ready! Of course, some crews are very particular, especially for some supernatural movies. As it happens, "A Chinese Ghost Story" can barely be classified as a supernatural movie, so there are many things to pay attention to during the filming process, not just the opening ceremony.
For example, sending red envelopes.
In addition to preparing red envelopes for the actors who die in the play, other special characters, such as disabled people or those who appear as "photos" on tombstones, will also receive a red envelope. The amount of the red envelope varies according to the "degree of redness" and the funds of the crew, just for good luck.
The first and second red envelopes Lin Fan sent out were to Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang.
Yes, Lin Fan finally decided to drag his two good brothers to be cannon fodder, the kind of minor roles that were killed by Xiao Qian at the beginning.
Lin Fan was afraid that they would not be happy at first. After all, these two minor roles really had no presence, and were even worse than the three-second shot of Lu Bingyang in the drama produced by Magic City Film Studio.
However, when Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang found out that the heroine was Xia Yan, and that their characters "died" under the temptation of Xiaoqian, they cried and shouted, hugged Lin Fan's thighs, and begged Lin Fan to give them a chance, so Lin Fan had no choice but to agree to them.
Never heard of such a request.JPG.
Of course, Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang, the two guest actors, also had another very important task, which was to help Lin Fan polish the shots.
The first shot before filming requires a smooth process. Usually the actor with the best acting skills in the crew is invited to start filming, so that it can be done in one go and get a "good start". This can be regarded as a beautiful expectation, and we hope that everything goes well for the crew.
Many directors will even deliberately shoot an empty shot to achieve the goal of a "good start".
However, Lin Fan had an old actor named Cheng Guohua on his side, so the first shot didn't have to be wasted. But when it came to the second shot, someone was needed to polish the lens.
After all, the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a new crew, a newly formed team, and it definitely needs to run in during filming. Not only the actors, but also the crew members.
Only after the running-in, the entire crew can enter a true state of cooperation. Only then can Lin Fan make the entire crew and everyone serve his project, establish his own authority as a director, and achieve the effect of being able to command everyone with ease.
It’s just that people who are worn out can easily break down.
In the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story", there are relatively few protagonists. Lin Fan and Xia Yan, as the male and female protagonists, naturally cannot be used to polish the shots; Cheng Guohua, the veteran actor who plays Yan Chixia, has already contributed to the first shot; another actor who plays the tree demon grandma is also an acting school, but he also cannot achieve the purpose of polishing.
Lin Fan could only choose candidates from other actors.
The only remaining actors with more roles were the actress who played another female ghost and the actor who played another knight who was going to compete with Yan Chixia but was killed by Xiaoqian. Both of them made Lin Fan feel difficult to choose, and in the end, Lin Fan did not choose either of them, but chose Lai Xiaodong.
Of course, Lin Fan had discussed this matter with Li Xiaodong in advance, and Li Xiaodong agreed immediately. At the same time, Lu Bingyang, who heard the news, also took the initiative to ask for lens polishing, mainly to hone his acting skills.
So, when the second shot started, Lai Siu-tung went on stage first.
However, the scene that Li Xiaodong imagined, where he could have some intimate contact with Xia Yan, did not exist at all. How could Lin Fan let Xia Yan accompany Li Xiaodong to constantly NG to polish the camera? Of course, Li Xiaodong acted by himself facing the props!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Although he was a little disappointed that he couldn't act directly opposite his goddess, Lai Siu-tung, who was acting for the first time, still contributed a lot of enthusiasm and never got tired of Lin Fan's repeated "cut, start over".
Cheng Guohua and other actors were watching nearby, and some couldn't help but whisper, "Using extras to polish the camera, this is unheard of."
Cheng Guohua didn't say anything.
Yes, the actors who are used to polish the scenes are pitiful, but this is a necessary process. It is better to let my friend die than to let me die. Anyway, it is good that it is not me. Old actors cannot stand this kind of torture. You who have escaped the disaster, don't talk nonsense here. If you have the ability, why don't you go up and replace them?
You can't ask the director to skip this process, you don't want to be on the show yourself, and you feel sorry for the other actors who are "dedicating themselves". So why don't you come up with a solution?
There's nothing going on, yet you're still mumbling nonsense. Isn't this annoying?
Moreover, Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang were obviously very happy. The three of them were obviously having a lot of fun and the effect was achieved. What else is there to worry about? Xiaoqian passed by~Excuse me, where can I get the tickets?
(End of this chapter)