Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Seduction
During the afternoon shoot, Director Zhao saw Jiang Yuxia and teased, "My script was pretty good, wasn't it?"
Jiang Yuxia didn't say anything, just gave Director Zhao a look.
Director Zhao laughed heartily. "Your expression is so resentful. Come on, let me explain the scene to you."
He waved at Jiang Yuxia mysteriously, and Jiang Yuxia actually leaned over. Unexpectedly, he said, "What I want is a feeling. I don't want a particularly concrete cat. Cats are cute, but people mixed with cats aren't cute anymore. It's easy to have that uncanny valley effect."
Jiang Yuxia nodded. He agreed. It would be a bit strange to over-anthropomorphize animals. "Well, what then?"
"And then... nothing happened."
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
What happened to the drama?
Director Zhao: "You figure it out on your own. I'll go check on the equipment setup. Don't feel overwhelmed. This shoot was quite difficult. You were the first to shoot, and I was just pushing it. It was difficult for us all, so I left the five-minute shot for two days."
Jiang Yuxia: "..." Is this crew and this director really reliable?
As time went on, more and more people gathered at the shooting site. After the makeup artists and costume designers arrived, Jiang Yuxia also started to move.
I thought it would be a complicated makeup look, but the result was simple enough to be a bit ordinary. Leather jacket and jeans, the style of the leather jacket was punk, the hair was slightly long and slightly curled by the hairstylist, the skin was darkened two degrees to make the edges of the face more obvious, and there was a dagger on the waist. The overall style was tough and even a bit sloppy.
The director originally wanted to give him a buzz cut, but the makeup artist felt that a buzz cut didn't necessarily convey a tough look. Jiang Yuxia's cat-like eyes are very delicate, and a buzz cut would have sharpened them. However, since this was a cat-themed shoot, they wanted to highlight the cat's eyes, so they kept the hair.
Jiang Yuxia looked at herself in the mirror with her eyes flashing slightly. Director Zhao's requirement was not animal simulation at all. What he wanted was a human stray cat, that is, to put the "stray cat" into a human shell.
The groups that come to mind most easily are orphans and homeless people.
They and they, walking alone, have a lot in common. Apart from basic needs, what they may lack in common spiritually is a sense of belonging.
Some lifelong obsessions are a sense of belonging. Qin Zhixing powerfully pinned all of this sense of belonging on his own name. The orange cat's sense of belonging was given by the rescue center, while the abandoned pet cat had lost its sense of belonging...
Could this seemingly true feeling be a sense of belonging? This was what he thought when he received Zhou Boye's text message yesterday.
But this public service announcement is about animal protection, so how does it connect to a sense of belonging? Even if it conveys a sense of belonging, can it truly resonate with people and achieve the desired effect of promoting animal protection?
Jiang Yuxia's mind was a little confused. She felt that she had deviated from the main point, but also felt that she had touched upon something she wanted.
The studio had a green cloth background to facilitate special effects in post-production. Director Zhao pointed to a green stool and said, "This is your house. The two stools over there are interstellar animals that share this planet with you and are also your competitors for food resources. This one is an oversized steam engine."
Then he pointed to an empty green area and said, "This is a grassland, where you hunt. There is a chemical river over there, and the water is seriously polluted, but it is the water source you rely on for survival."
Director Zhao introduced the past one place at a time. The background was set in the interstellar era and mixed with some doomsday elements. All supplies were in short supply.
Jiang Yuxia wrote down everything and asked, "...isn't there a script?"
Director Zhao shook his head. "This isn't a script, this is the setting. All you have to do is survive this apocalypse."
Jiang Yuxia: "..." So why didn't you tell him in advance?
Even after the equipment was set up, he and the director were still staring at each other. He had no choice but to go into the studio. Lu Fangbao also stood in the corner holding a cat and watched.
The lights on the machine were turned on, the script supervisor clapped his hands, and the first shot of the first scene began.
Jiang Yuxia could only immerse himself in it. All that came to his mind were grabbing resources, fighting, and survival, so he put on some of the masks he had worn in the orphanage.
The camera is his opponent. His eyes staring at the camera change instantly, his pupils shift with the changes in light and shadow, his body is covered with "spikes", and he begins to look differently in the camera.
There was not a single line of dialogue, and the entire greenhouse was completely silent.
Lu Fangbao got goose bumps all over his body and his hair stood on end because of this sudden change. He rubbed his arms and unconsciously tightened his grip on the cat.
He got into the role quickly. Director Zhao stared at the monitor. He didn't tell him the shooting background before because he was afraid that Jiang Yuxia would focus too much on the character traits of the characters in the historical context, which would go astray.
For him, the background is just a background and its role is limited. The main thing is the core. He has to "nail" himself into the role so that the play can be filmed. The green tent relies on the actor's sense of belief.
Jiang Yuxia had never attended a professional school and had never learned formal acting skills. All he had to use was himself. He began to sort out the shooting timeline based on his life experience.
He hunts to fill his stomach and looks for clean water sources. The slightly cleaner water sources are occupied by the more advanced creatures on the planet. He has to avoid monsters to prevent being hurt, but the huge mechanical monsters are difficult to avoid and will inevitably leave some scars. In fact, the whole line is just a day of life in that world, and the rhythm is relatively quiet and peaceful.
Although it is a metaphor, his character still has to have cat elements, so in some actions he consciously leaned towards the hunting movements of a cat, which resulted in many climbing movements.
The director called cut twice and repeated it several times before completing the action.
Jiang Yuxia wiped the sweat from his forehead. Sun Quan handed him a glass of water and asked, "Can you handle it?"
Jiang Yuxia took the water, drank a sip and nodded. These movements could not be called action scenes. He could complete them easily before, but he was much weaker after the injury.
I don't notice this much in my daily life, but when it comes to exercising, I can clearly see that my former energy is gone. My body feels limp, I can't muster any strength, and I feel a bit powerless.
Zhou Boye asked a private doctor to accompany the team. Although Jiang Yuxia thought it was a bit exaggerated, peace of mind is priceless. Zhou Boye insisted, so he let him go.
He consulted with his doctor before doing any of the exercises, and they had no effect on him.
After drinking the water, he continued to shoot. Although this was only a minute-long shot, Jiang Yuxia spent an entire afternoon shooting it.
Acting is not the most difficult thing. The difficult part is how to express it within a one and a half minute shot, and make it coherent. It is the job of both the actors and the post-production editors.
It took an entire afternoon to shoot a one-and-a-half-minute shot, which barely reflected the timeline. The most crucial emotional scenes were all left for tomorrow.
Around five in the evening, Director Zhao decided to call it a day. Jiang Yuxia looked up at the sun. It was early. He gave Director Zhao a questioning look. Director Zhao didn't know what he wanted to say, so he asked in Cantonese, "How was the show? Did you feel uncomfortable?"
As he spoke, he glanced up at him, a flicker of apology in his eyes. Jiang Yuxia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that the two-day delay wasn't because the scenes were difficult to film, but because Director Zhao was worried he wouldn't be able to handle it. He had been injured on Director Zhao's set, and he had thought the wire incident was long over, but he hadn't expected him to still be concerned about it.
"I'm not uncomfortable, I feel great." Jiang Yuxia wasn't very good at expressing himself, and he didn't know where to begin, so he could only follow his lead and say, "I'm not tired at all, I can still shoot a few more scenes."
The blunt words made Director Zhao laugh, "Haha, young people are indeed strong and healthy. You have to be considerate of people of our age. That's it for today, but tomorrow's scene will be difficult to shoot. Think about it tonight and don't think too much about it."
I don't know if Jiang Yuxia himself has noticed that he films for the experience, and he can immerse himself in the role, which is rare. If he thinks too much, the effect may not be that good.
Jiang Yuxia didn't say anything else. He packed up his things and returned to the hotel. As soon as he arrived, his phone rang. Jiang Yuxia answered, "How did you know I was at the hotel?"
Zhou Boye chuckled from the other end of the phone. "No way, I can tell the future."
Jiang Yuxia snorted softly, the corners of his lips curling up slightly, "Brother Sun told you?"
Zhou Boye: "Well, are you tired from filming today?"
Jiang Yuxia sat on the sofa and said, "I'm not tired. You're the third person to ask me this."
He paused and said, "Aye..."
It felt good to be remembered by others, but it felt a bit hypocritical to say it out loud, so he stopped talking.
Zhou Boye seemed to be able to predict the future. He seemed to understand what he was thinking. He laughed and said with a sigh, "Too easy to satisfy."
Jiang Yuxia is like a completely ungreedy kid. He can hold a little bit of sweetness in his arms and savor it for a long time. Although his face looks cold and unkind, his heart is actually warmer than anyone else's and as delicate as a hair. He will not miss any small details.
Such people are destined to live a more tiring life than others.
Zhou Boye didn't continue talking, but just watched the boy who participated in the manufacturing process in the video. Suddenly, the image of the child who was like a thorn in the beginning, dirty and kept a layer of distance between him and everyone appeared in his mind.
Jiang Yuxia put his things away, sat on the sofa, and took off his T-shirt. When the clothes were on the set, a cat dragged them to the ground and bit them for a while. There were claw marks and saliva all over them.
Suddenly, a large area of snow was exposed to Zhou Boye's sight. Jiang Yuxia's other hand was still reaching for the clothes for changing placed on the other end of the sofa. As he moved, his body moved closer to the mobile phone on his knees. The sound of her slender neck and subtle breathing seemed to be right next to his ear, accompanied by the slightly rising and falling chest.
Zhou Boye was stunned. There was a red mole on his chest, where he had kissed it yesterday. His Adam's apple moved slightly, and he chuckled softly, his voice even deeper than usual. "Mr. Jiang Yuxia, I have reason to believe you are seducing me."
When Jiang Yuxia heard his words, she paused and glanced at her phone. The picture on the phone was indeed a bit ambiguous.
His fingertips trembled slightly, and he loosened his fingers that were hooked on his clothes and slowly withdrew them. His eyes were quietly looking at the person on the phone. His cat-like eyes slowly narrowed, and the corners of his lips also raised a little arc. Without any coquettish gestures or affectations, he looked at Zhou Boye openly, "Then may I ask, Mr. Zhou Boye, have I succeeded in seducing you?"
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