Makeup
There were four people in the box. The assistant busily took out the script from her bag. Lin Wu handed it to Yu Shu, "Take a look at Empress Yuande's scenes first. If you feel anything is unreasonable, tell me. We can still make changes now..."
"Are you taking the high school entrance exam this year? You don't have many scenes, so they can be finished a few days before filming begins. There might be some reshoots during the summer vacation, so I'll definitely let you know in advance..."
Yu Hua came to his senses and read the script with his daughter.
Empress Wondeok’s character is quiet, so the script is quite thin, but these scenes all appear with different protagonists.
It can be said that a big star appears in every page of the play.
Yu Shu originally liked watching this TV series, and after reading the script given by Lin Wu, she was even more satisfied.
With the addition of these scenes where Empress Wondeok appears, the rhythm of this Biography of Empress Dowager Li will be more compact.
The story opens with the death of the founding emperor and the secret departure of the kings from the capital. Queen Wang and the prime minister conspire to first execute the most powerful king, the King of Wu. This brave general, who accompanied the founding emperor in his conquest of the empire, met his end at the hands of an unfavored bastard.
Then he defeated the other five kings of different surnames one by one.
In the Li Dynasty, the emperor and six kings of different surnames originally had the upper hand, while the aristocratic families represented by the prime minister were at a disadvantage.
Queen Wang came from a branch of a third-rate family and had sided with Emperor Li during the turbulent times.
The couple naturally had true feelings for each other, and Queen Wang wandered among the struggles among various aristocratic families to preserve her son's throne.
The second episode is about Emperor Wen ascending the throne and then his wedding.
This was the first time Empress Yuande appeared at the emperor's wedding, and there were thousands of extras, making the scene extremely grand.
It was also the only time that the empress wore red, worshipped her ancestors, and reported to heaven and earth. Emperor Wen fell in love with Empress Yuande at first sight, but because of her family, he had to restrain himself and treat her coldly.
Emperor Wen gradually gained his own power, and Empress Yuande lived a happy life in the palace as if she had never been married.
She loved cleanliness, and her Changle Palace was always clean. When the emperor came, he had to change out of his dirty clothes and old shoes before entering the palace.
In the third episode, she rescued the heroine, and the heroine entered her Changle Palace and became the lowest-level cleaning maid. In the first half of the episode, the heroine spent the happiest days of the whole drama. Everyone here is kind, palace maids are not allowed to quarrel with each other, and they have to change clothes three times when they go on duty every day.
In the second half of the episode, the Queen Mother died of poisoning, and the whole palace was in a panic, and Changle Palace was also unusually quiet.
When Emperor Wen came to Changle Palace, he ran in anger, disregarding the emperor's dress and etiquette. Empress Yuande just sat quietly beside the lace and said, "You are here."
Her expression was very calm. Emperor Wen was deflated. He tore off the jade pendant tied around his waist and wanted to throw it to the ground, but he held himself back.
A person turned around dejectedly.
In the following days, Emperor Wen continued to win over his ministers and often came to Changle Palace like a tortured child.
On the day Empress Yuande was born, a nine-day phoenix hovered outside the house. As she cried, the heavy rain stopped and a rainbow appeared.
The Taoist said, "This girl has the destiny of a phoenix. She cannot be spoken to by ordinary people. She cannot see strangers before she is ten years old."
Because of this remark, Empress Yuande was ordered by the head of the household to be locked up in the yard. It was not until she was ten years old that she saw someone other than her wet nurse for the first time.
He was sent up the mountain again.
She is noble, yet vulnerable, and everyone wants her to shoulder the so-called family glory.
If the founding emperor had not died early, she might have been sent to the palace one day.
The prime minister's younger brother was her father, the second master who drank all day and had no status in the family. Her mother was a commoner woman her father met when he was fleeing from the chaos.
The noble families even look down on the poor, let alone the hunter girl.
The noble families intermarried with each other, but they kept their factions in mind. However, they wanted to replace the emperor, so some of the noble families rebelled.
In the sixth episode, uprisings broke out everywhere, the rebels entered the city, and Empress Yuande died.
Almost all the scenes with rivalry are in these episodes, and the rest are a few flashbacks.
Lin Wu said, "I need to think about these next few shots again, so there might be some changes. Anyway, these are the ones we need to shoot for now. Keep your expression like this, there's no need for too many changes..."
Lin Wu subconsciously started telling Yu Shu about the play, and only after she finished did she realize that Yu Shu had not signed the contract yet.
"Then, shall we sign the contract first?"
Yu Shu smiled when she heard that.
"Your appearance is really suitable for filming."
Just like Lin Wu said, the filming was really just waiting for her.
After Yu Shu signed the contract, she was taken to take makeup photos in the afternoon.
The filming location is a film and television base in the suburbs of the imperial capital, which was built in the 1990s. Many major dramas on satellite TV were originally filmed here.
This makeup photo is also quite simple. Yu Shu originally thought that she would have to change into many sets of clothes, but unexpectedly there were only three sets of clothes, one set of wedding dress, matched with a coral headdress.
The photographer asked her not to look at the camera and to hold a jade ruyi.
"Don't laugh."
Yu Hua asked, "Why?"
You are not allowed to laugh even after getting married.
"Yuan De, you are very cold now."
Oh, it’s time to get into the role, Yu Hua put his mind at ease.
Lin Wu stood nearby, watching Yu Shu on the monitor constantly changing her movements under the cameraman's guidance. She felt a raw gem, uncut, and she longed to add more scenes for her.
"Makeup artist, draw a red mole between Yuande's eyebrows."
Yuande was a girl from an aristocratic family who did not care about worldly matters. Even after becoming the queen, she never descended to earth. She was a goddess, like the moon hanging high in the sky, with a red mole between her eyebrows replacing the rouge.
With the red mole on, Yu Shu looked even more taciturn and frail. Beneath the vivid color, there was only distant compassion in her indifferent eyes.
There was an emperor in the previous dynasty who loved to worship Buddha and even gave his children Buddhist names. Yuande had no name. Lin Wu looked at her face and wanted to give her a name.
"Lingyuejia, Lingyuejia, how about calling it this?"
My surname is not Xie, nor is it Li, I just believe in myself.
The young assistant covered his mouth. This was too much favoritism towards Yuande.
It is said that women are more sensitive and suitable for filming.
All the TV series Lin Wu filmed later were excellent. Even when she faced great pressure from capital, she still would not let an ugly person play a beautiful woman.
While taking pictures, Lin Wu called the photographer next door.
"Team up, let's take a poster together."
Now the studio is really star-studded.
All the main characters are here today, and everyone is wearing costumes. The staff look like they have accidentally entered the Ly Dynasty palace.
The young leading actors exchanged glances with each other.
Yu Shu stopped filming when they came over and was now hesitating about how to greet them.
Lin Wu took her hand and said, "I've found Yuan De. Let's all work together and try to pass it on our first try!"
Everyone said, good!
A group of enthusiastic young people performed a wonderful drama.
There are double posters for the heroines Suna and Yushu.
She stood behind Yu Shu, fiddling with the tassels at the end of her hair, and whispered, "I know you. Sister Lin was very happy yesterday. I asked my assistant to buy your comics."
"You and the role of Yuan De are destined to be together. If you were a step later, I would be acting to the air."
Yu Shu didn't know whether she was really happy or unhappy. Anyway, Suna spoke very seriously, so she kept listening.
Adjusting the lighting and positioning took more than an hour to shoot these group official posters.
The actor who played the former emperor, Emperor Wen, was a teenager about her age, the son of Sister Lin's good friend.
"You two can add each other's contact information and get to know each other better."
After Sister Lin said that, Yu Shu didn't give Pei Guan Yuhua's contact information.
Otherwise, if I want to rehearse lines with her, I have to transfer her.
The last two people were going to shoot a poster of the emperor and empress. When it was Pei Guan's turn, the two finally started talking to each other officially.
Pei Guan is a clear-looking, handsome man, with a hint of the frailty of a boy who hasn't fully grown up.
It fits his character very well, an emperor who is in danger of losing his throne because of his dealings with the aristocratic families.
Pei Guan looked at the mole between Yu Shu's eyebrows and said, "Aunt Lin's ideas are always sudden. You have never acted in a play, right? Neither have I."
The staff member who was fixing his hair and makeup smiled and agreed with what he said.
The producers have so many ideas that they have specially designed everything from props, costumes, to the way of greeting.
"No, but I only have a few scenes."
She had some impression of the actor Xian Di. Although he played a very important role in the drama and attracted many fans, he was not a professional actor.
He is the only son of a domestic jewelry tycoon, whose family has been rich for many generations. After filming this movie, he returned home to inherit the family business.
He is called the national husband by his fans.
It’s probably because there is only one person like him who has a family background, is good-looking, and has acted in movies. There are only a few of them.
The people in the crew didn't seem to know his identity yet, and just thought he was a relative of Lin Wu.
"Okay, late emperor, you can mobilize your emotions and imagine that your beloved is related to your mother's death. You look for her, but you know that she is innocent too. Eyes, yes, just like that, eyes are red and tears cannot flow out." The photographer was there directing the two people.
"Restraint, restraint, eh!"
The shooting environment was originally very noisy, but it became quiet after the photographer began to train the emperor and empress.
Under the guidance of the photographer, the real young couple seemed to recreate the scene in Changle Palace.
It is precisely because they are all young people who have not yet grown up that they feel more adrift in troubled times.
Both of them were wearing red dresses, and at first glance, it looked like a wedding today.
Yu Hua looked at the two exquisite costumes and recalled his wedding with Qin Wan. They had worn a white wedding dress back then, and now they were getting married on their golden wedding anniversary, so they would change into a red dress like this one.
The filming is finally finished. We will be staying in a hotel near the film and television city for the next few days.
Lin Wu didn't have to worry about these little things, but she still specifically asked her assistant to take good care of Yu Shu and the others these days. After all, they were outsiders and didn't understand many of the rules in the circle.
"Go back and have a good rest. We'll start filming tomorrow. By the way, Yushu's father, you have to be prepared for the possibility that we'll be shooting for a whole day."
The assistant listed some precautions and handed them to Yu Hua.
There are several crews that have already started filming at the film and television city, with people coming and going, and a unique kind of liveliness.
It is not uncommon to see luxury cars and RVs parked here.
The driver took the young master here and waited for an entire afternoon. Finally, he saw someone coming out and asked, "Young master, can we leave now? The housekeeper has already made two calls."
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