The character of Yan Li is difficult to play, and she has a readership base online. When casting, the crew focused on selecting actresses in the circle who were suitable for the role.
"Meng Fu is a little bit lacking in fighting scenes," Director Gao had seen Meng Fu's acting skills, and it was too difficult for him to give up Meng Fu, "Okay, if you don't want to change, then don't change."
Director Gao estimated that when filming the fight scenes, the camera should be focused more on the supporting actors around him, Meng Fu should be given more close-ups of expressions and perform more fixed movements, and the rest should be left to the stuntman.
The two talked in the studio.
Outside the crew, Qin Hao, who played the male lead, also arrived. He got out of the nanny car. Originally, the crew only needed two assistants to accompany him.
After all, Qin Hao's scenes will all be scheduled for a week later. Before that, he came here today to shoot a start-up scene for Director Gao.
But the agent still followed him down, and before Qin Hao joined the group, he carefully reminded him, "Remember what I told you. This time the heroine Meng Fu is joining the group with money. I know you know Jiang Li, so you should pay attention to this matter."
"I just don't understand why Director Gao compromised." Qin Hao turned his gaze indifferently to his agent, his eyebrows slightly raised.
He had been in the film and television industry for five or six years. When he was eighteen, a drama he starred in became famous, so he had some foundation in the circle.
"It's useless to talk about this matter anymore, but fortunately Jiang Li has replaced the second female lead. With the two of you supporting the crew, it's not a ruined show, but it's impossible for it to become popular." The agent looked at Qin Hao, feeling regretful, but didn't say anything more. "There's one more thing you must pay attention to. Stay away from Meng Fu and don't get involved in scandals. But you only have one opening scene today."
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Meng Fu has indeed been very popular on the Internet recently, but that is only temporary.
She is a typical phenomenon-level celebrity nowadays, but she has not produced many works. In a year, when the hype is gone, who will still remember her?
Only people like Qin Hao and Jiang Li who have representative works and won newcomer awards will leave a mark in the circle.
Seeing Meng Fu's potential to be on the hot searches all day, Qin Hao's agent was worried about Qin Hao's joining the crew this time, and repeatedly reminded him not to be alone with Meng Fu except when filming on the crew.
Qin Hao knew about this without his agent telling him.
"Don't worry, I'll go into the group first." Qin Hao waved to his agent, then joined the group with two assistants.
The agent stood at the door and watched for a while, thinking that the problem should not be serious, so he left.
Here, Qin Hao and his assistant arrived at the crew. He and the second female lead Jiang Li are the most famous people in the entire crew.
Upon hearing the news that he had arrived, Director Gao and the producer came out to greet Qin Hao.
The two had worked together in the industry before, and had invited each other to dinner before filming.
"You came just in time. Meng Fu and Jiang Li have just arrived. They both went to the dressing room to put on makeup," Director Gao looked at Qin Hao, "Go change your clothes quickly. The first scene at 8 o'clock will be yours and Jiang Li's. I'm sorry to bother you today."
As we all know, the first scene of a film is very important and cannot be stuck, because it affects the luck of subsequent filming, so the first scene of each crew will be given to experienced old actors.
Although Director Gao has seen Meng Fu's personal stage performance, he is still unclear about her performance during the filming process. After all, the personal stage performance is different from the overall filming process. Many newcomers don't know how to find the angle or the camera during their first filming.
Not to mention that Zhao Fan had just told her about Meng Fu's fighting scenes. Director Gao was glad that he had given the first scene to Qin Hao and Jiang Li early on.
These two people cooperated well.
After Qin Hao greeted Director Gao, he went to the dressing room to put on makeup.
This dressing room is very small, with only four makeup positions. It is the protagonist's dressing room, and currently only Jiang Li is there.
Jiang Li and Qin Hao are also old acquaintances. They have collaborated on a drama and have appeared on the same stage at various major events in the entertainment industry.
Qin Hao sat at the dressing table next to Jiang Li. His assistant handed Qin Hao the script for the scene he was going to shoot today, then glanced at the entire makeup artist, "Didn't Director Gao just say that the leading actress is here too? Where is she?"
"Are you talking about Meng Fu?" Jiang Li didn't say anything. Her agent looked outside the door and smiled, "We didn't see her either. I just heard the staff say that she has a separate dressing room."
Separate powder room?
Hearing this, Qin Hao frowned subconsciously, and did not mention Meng Fu again. Instead, he followed Jiang Li to discuss the script.
**
Adjoining powder room.
Zhao Fan watched the makeup artist putting makeup on Meng Fu and couldn't help but tell her some things to pay attention to, "You have to come with me to visit Brother Hao and Sister Jiang Li later. They are both your seniors."
Zhao Fan has always been good at handling these things. When he first joined the crew, he asked someone to buy a few boxes of water and distributed them to the staff and extras.
"Okay." Meng Fu lowered his head and flipped through his phone.
On the phone, Teacher Zhou was sending her a message:
How did you calculate this step? 】
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Meng Fu took a look and saw the makeup artist straightening her hair. She spoke to Zhao Fan, "Sister Fan, get me a pen and paper."
"Okay." Zhao Fan looked at Meng Fu and knew that she must be doing math problems again, so he went outside to get paper and pen.
"Brother Cheng prepared a notebook and a black pen for you in advance." Zhao Fan came back in less than two minutes, holding a gold-stamped notebook and a black ink pen. He brought back not only these, but also today's script. "This is today's script. Your part is all in today. There are fifteen scenes in total. Take a look first."
A big production like "The Bourne Legacy" has forty episodes, and the entire shooting time takes more than two months.
With such a long schedule, it is impossible for someone in the crew to have time every day, so when the director arranges the scenes, he will try his best to concentrate the roles of several main characters.
Meng Fu has no time on weekends, as her scenes are mainly from Monday to Friday.
Zhou Hao will go abroad this week to attend an award ceremony and watch a fashion show, so his role will be mainly concentrated next week. He came here today specifically to give face to Director Gao and to attend the first scene of the start of filming.
So Meng Fu's solo scenes will basically be finished this week. Director Gao made such an arrangement to give Meng Fu time to adjust. After all, she will be acting opposite award-winning actors like Qin Hao and Jiang Li right from the start, and Director Gao also feels that it will delay the progress, so he lets Meng Fu start with the solo scenes that she is good at. He hopes that when she meets Qin Hao and Jiang Li next week, she won't make too many mistakes.
Meng Fu took both notebooks.
Instead of giving the questions to Teacher Zhou first, I took the scenes to be filmed today.
She reached out and flipped through the script, which had a lot of her lines.
Meng Fu patiently flipped through it bit by bit.
She can turn pages three times faster than the average person.
Behind her, the makeup artist who was doing her hair was a little surprised to see Meng Fu flipping through the pages so quickly. She hadn't even finished reading a single page. Was Meng Fu checking how long the script was?
The makeup artist thought calmly, but she didn't dare to make any mistakes with her hands.
**
Outside.
Qin Hao and Jiang Li also changed into their costumes and put on their makeup, and came out to prepare for filming the first scene.
Jiang Li plays a female officer who is in opposition to Qin Hao.
She was wearing a dark military uniform, holding a gun in her hand, and her hair was all tied up in a military cap. She looked very imposing indeed.
Over there, Director Gao is already arranging today's shots.
Jiang Li and Qin Hao are both veteran actors. They only have one scene today and they had already mastered their roles while putting on makeup. Now they are standing in front of the camera, waiting for Director Gao to plan all the camera positions.
"This is our first act today, and there will be 16 acts in total?" Jiang Li crossed her arms and looked at the plan the director had placed on the table.
The production of TV series is not as meticulous as that of movies. Under normal circumstances, the minimum number of scenes that can be shot every day is 25. Fifteen scenes is also the time Director Gao set for Meng Fu. There will always be some problems when playing the leading role for the first time, and Director Gao also wanted to give Meng Fu time to adapt to the camera.
Qin Hao also saw the fifteen scenes on the table, all of which were Meng Fu’s personal scenes.
He glanced at it indifferently and turned his eyes away.
"Alright, alright," Director Gao clapped his hands, stood in the middle with a loud speaker and shouted, "All cameras ready, lighting technicians, attention, the first scene of "Bourne" - Duel in the Wind, begins!"
He hit each board, and Jiang Li and Qin Hao stood in the middle and quickly got into the game.
In the huge hall, Jiang Li pointed the gun at Qin Hao.
This is the scene where the male lead breaks up with the second female lead, and it is also a turning point for the entire drama.
Meng Fu's hand slowly moved towards the director, looking at the enlarged expressions of Jiang Li and Qin Hao in the camera.
Their acting skills are indeed considered good in the industry, and Director Gao is very satisfied with them, "Good, not bad! Qin Hao, Jiang Li, you two are in perfect condition!"
The whole process was seamless and was shot in one go.
Qin Hao and Jiang Li were not on the set for the entire week. They changed their clothes right after the filming.
Director Gao saw Meng Fu watching very seriously, so he adjusted the previous shot and showed it to Meng Fu, and pointed out, "Look at their expressions, especially Jiang Li's eyes..."
Meng Fu nodded, listening carefully and watching carefully.
Seeing that she was eager to learn, Director Gao spoke more unconsciously, "And here," he called Jiang Li out, "Look at the way Jiang Li holds the gun. You will have this scene later. Pay attention. Jiang Li has acted in many war films, and her gun-holding posture is very skilled..."
"Yeah." Meng Fu took a look, then stood up. Zhao Fan asked her to meet the two seniors.
**
Qin Hao and Jiang Li had both changed their clothes and were ready to leave after saying hello to Director Gao.
Not far away, the stagehand was holding a walkie-talkie, anxiously saying, "Where's the stand-in? The second act is about to begin. Ask her to change her clothes first. Also, set the table quickly! Director Gao will start scolding us again later!"
"Hand substitute?" Jiang Li couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
The stage manager might ignore other actors, but Jiang Li is the second female lead. The stage manager wiped the sweat off his forehead and explained, "The next scene is the opening scene where Yan Li helps her father write big characters for a group of children. This character is the essence of the opening scene, so it needs a close-up."
So they are looking for a replacement.
"Oh, no wonder." Jiang Li waved her hand, told the crew to go back to work, and then walked out with Qin, laughing as she walked, "We have filmed the opening scene, and I hope everything will go smoothly afterwards."
As they were talking, Zhao Fan had already brought Meng Fu to meet the two seniors.
"Brother Hao, Sister Li," the entertainment industry is all about seniority. Meng Fuhong is famous, but she has no seniority. She also greeted these seniors very respectfully, "I am Meng Fu."
"Hello, Meng Fu." Jiang Li nodded slightly towards Meng Fu.
Beside her, Qin Hao said nothing, but said to Jiang Li: "I'll leave first, meet you."
He hardly looked at Meng Fu directly.
After watching Qin Hao leave, Jiang Li smiled at Meng Fu and Zhao Fan and said, "I'm sorry, Qin Hao has to catch a plane to attend a film festival award ceremony abroad today. I'll excuse myself from joining you. I hope you guys start filming smoothly."
Outside, Jiang Li caught up with Qin Hao and teased, "Why, don't you go and get in touch with your heroine and watch her first scene?"
"There's nothing to see." Qin Hao shook his head.
**
After they both left, Zhao Fan turned to Meng Fu, paused, and said, "The entertainment industry is like this. In fact, there are not many seniors as kind as Teacher Li. When you become a big star, you won't be like that anymore."
Meng Fu walked towards Director Gao and raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "How is that possible? I think Yi Tong is also very polite."
"You mean Yi Tong?" Zhao Fan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Let me tell you this, he is notoriously difficult to approach in the circle. If Yi Tong was here today and he asked the director to shoot his scenes first, no one would dare to say no. You will know when you become famous in the future."
Meng Fu was wearing a well-behaved student outfit today, and Zhao Fan couldn't help but pat her head and smile.
Not far away, Director Gao's roaring voice could be heard, "How are you doing this? The filming is about to start, and we can't find the person?! Huh?!"
In the crew, the director would lose his temper and yell from time to time, but everyone else had gotten used to it.
"How is it? Did the other party agree?" Director Gao was holding a loudspeaker and asked the screenwriter anxiously.
The screenwriter put down his phone and said, "He doesn't have time for now. The second act will be moved to the back and we will start shooting from the third act."
Zhao Fan brought Meng Fu over and stopped a few steps away. She lowered her voice and asked, "Director Gao, what happened?"
She is the agent of the leading actress, and all the staff on the set know her.
Especially since Zhao Fan had given everyone water before, and Meng Fu was not as arrogant as other artists, but very humble, the staff whispered to Zhao Fan, "We need a stand-in for the second scene, and it's almost time to start. The stand-in we found left an hour ago because of family matters, and forgot to say hello to us."
"Hand substitute?" Zhao Fan grasped the key point, "What hand substitute?"
"In the second act, the characters 'Guo Tai Min An' need a close-up." The staff member explained to Zhao Fan in detail, "The screenwriter is contacting a stand-in he knows."
Zhao Fan understood it as soon as he heard it, and saw a close-up of the big characters.
She knew that Meng Fu's handwriting was beautiful. Zhao Fan had no knowledge of calligraphy, but in all her years in the entertainment industry, she had never seen anyone whose handwriting was more beautiful than Meng Fu's.
Thinking of this, Zhao Fan looked at Meng Fu.
Meng Fu's hard-pen calligraphy is impeccable, but Zhao Fan doesn't know how her soft-pen calligraphy is.
Because Director Gao was furious, the staff on the scene didn't even dare to drink water loudly. In the silence, Meng Fu raised her hand to break the atmosphere that was almost frozen because of Director Gao: "Director Gao, I have practiced calligraphy for a few years before. If the requirements are not too high, I should be able to do it."
"You?" Director Gao had also seen Meng Fu's signature and knew that his signature was beautiful, but he had previously guessed whether Meng Fu had practiced his name.
Now Meng Fu said that she had practiced calligraphy for several years, and Director Gao had something in his mind.
The table, the brushes and the scene were all set up. If they didn't shoot it this time, they would have to set up the scene again next time. Director Gao glanced at Meng Fu, pondered for a moment, and then said, "You try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll fix it later."
At his command, the people at the scene immediately breathed a sigh of relief and started moving.
The on-site instructor didn't take Meng Fu's words seriously. After all, she was from the entertainment industry and was just an eighteen-year-old girl. How good could her handwriting be?
The on-site instructor told her the things to pay attention to regarding the camera position, but he didn't say how to write these four words.
The screenwriter glanced at Director Gao, frowned, and said nothing.
Meng Fu has already started acting——
In the original novel, Yan Li came back from studying at her uncle's place and happened to see her father writing big characters for someone, so her father asked her to try writing.
Meng Fu was wearing the student uniform of that period.
When the shot started, her laziness disappeared, replaced by a lively student vibe.
Yan Li at this time——
I haven't experienced the destruction of my family yet.
The screenwriter, who was sitting next to Director Gao with a frown on his face, was stunned for a moment. He finally sat up straight and looked at the camera: "Her temperament..."
"Isn't it exactly the same as Yan Li?" Director Gao raised his eyebrows.
Meng Fu's scene was very quick, but she was a little unfamiliar with finding the camera.
In the camera, she was already writing big characters.
The screenwriter's expression had improved a lot, and he was thinking about changing the script for Meng Fu. He watched Meng Fu start to write, and pointed at her as he watched, saying, "She is indeed very talented. Her arrogant temperament is exactly the same as Yan Li in the later stage. However, we need to add more scenes for her handwriting in the later stage."
He didn't care much about the big characters written by Meng Fu, not to mention whether the characters looked good or not. In the four characters of "國泰民安", two of them had to be written in traditional Chinese characters at that time period!
The on-site instructor didn't think Meng Fu could write well, so he didn't specifically mention to her that two of the characters should be written in traditional Chinese. Does Meng Fu know which two characters should be written in traditional Chinese?
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