After staring at Xu Qiao for a long while, Jiang Wen let out a long sigh, and the anxiety caused by the filming not going smoothly just now dissipated a lot.
The crew of "Liao Jiang" was short of investment, and they were unable to provide costumes and props. Except for the costumes of the male and female protagonists, the costumes of others inevitably looked cheap.
Xu Qiao's outfit was the same, just made of several thin pieces of fabric cut and pieced together.
But on him, it looks elegant and gorgeous.
Zhang Yinghui's face was full of envy. She bumped Si Cheng's shoulder and whispered jokingly, "If I were Chun Yu Yuan, I would definitely abandon Guan Nianyan and live together with Jin'er." Guan Nianyan is the character she played, the heroine of "Liao Jiang".
Si Cheng came back to his senses, unable to understand Zhang Yinghui's words. He rubbed the footer of the script with his fingers: "Jin'er is not a girl..."
Zhang Yinghui laughed out loud and said cryptically, "You don't understand this."
Si Cheng was puzzled and was about to ask what Zhang Yinghui meant, but when he saw Xu Qiao coming over, he quickly shut his mouth.
Xu Qiao nodded to the two of them in a friendly manner and looked at Jiang Wen with an inquiring look.
Jiang Wen was not dissatisfied at all. His stern face that rarely smiled was now covered with deep smile lines: "The look is good. Let's go take the final makeup photos."
Li Feifei knew very well that Xu Qiao's camera performance was not good, and she couldn't help but feel worried when she heard it.
When Xu Qiao was taking promotional photos earlier, he became very stiff when standing in front of the camera. No matter how the photographer guided him, he couldn't relax. You can imagine the result of the photos.
However, this time it went unexpectedly smoothly.
In the studio, Xu Qiao stretched freely in front of the camera. The photographer directed him in an exaggerated tone to make the desired movements and expressions, and was so excited that he saliva flew when Xu Qiao presented it perfectly.
The red dress fluttered, and her every frown and smile, every glance down and up, was filled with an attraction that made people unable to take their eyes away.
Compared to before, Xu Qiao now has a completely different charm under the camera.
"Honey, you have a camera face! You are so expressive in front of the camera!" After the shooting was completed, the photographer winked at Xu Qiao, connected the camera to the computer screen, and showed the results to Xu Qiao and Li Feifei.
When Li Feifei saw the original pictures that had not been refined, she was completely relieved.
He can take such beautiful makeup photos with a plain white background, he is worthy of being a brother.
At night, Xu Qiao's first scene finally started filming.
This scene is about Jin'er stealing information from the male and female protagonists, and being discovered by them in the process, which leads to a chase.
To shoot action scenes with greater precision, not only does one need a good martial arts instructor, but the actors also have to undergo specialized martial arts training for half a month to two or three months.
As the protagonists, Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui had a lot of action scenes, so they followed the martial arts director for a while.
It was Xu Qiao's turn. Since Jin'er didn't have many fighting scenes in the whole film and he had no acting experience, Jiang Wen had very low expectations of him.
Just strike a few poses, twist the sword a few times, use a wire to do some slow motion shots, and add a few close-ups from time to time. This is what Jiang Wen planned in his mind.
There are fewer and fewer excellent martial arts actors, and young people are afraid of hardship, so many action scenes of young actors are shot in this way nowadays.
"Xu Qiao, it will be your turn in a moment, just strike a couple of nice poses and—"
Before Jiang Wen could finish his words, he was choked by the scene in front of him.
Xu Qiao was seen wrapped in black clothes. He picked up the prop sword on the ground with his toes, caught it steadily with his palm, made a sword flower neatly, and put the sword back into the sheath.
The movements are smooth and pleasing to the eye.
Hearing Jiang Wen calling her, Xu Qiao turned around to look at him, her hairband sweeping across her cheek, drawing a tender arc: "Hmm? Director, what did you just say?"
Jiang Wen's eyes unconsciously fell on his sword-holding hand, and he stopped talking silently: "Nothing."
After coughing, Jiang Wen picked up the small speaker and shouted, "Come on, the lights and props are all in place, the set is silent, let's try out the scene first, and then we'll shoot it when it's almost done!"
The three leading actors confirmed their camera positions, and Jiang Wen talked for a while about the movement of everyone before filming. After confirming that there were no problems, the filming officially began.
With the help of a stylist, Xu Qiao covered the lower half of his face with a black scarf, leaving only his eyes exposed.
He walked to the set and raised a finger to show that he was ready.
"Eighteen scenes, three takes, one shot, a-ction!" As the script supervisor's voice fell, the characters in the set began to move.
In the camera, Xu Qiao, dressed in black, jumped into the room through the window under the cover of night, and the hazy moonlight behind him highlighted his slender figure.
Jiang Wen stared at the monitor, tapped his thigh twice with his fingers habitually, and showed a satisfied look.
Xu Qiao was wrapped up so tightly that his face couldn't be seen, but he could still attract everyone's attention when he appeared in front of the camera.
Not everyone has this kind of charm and temperament, and the outside world's simple evaluation of him as a "vase" is biased.
Looking at the movements again, they are very smooth and the acting gives people a feeling of... comfort.
Yes, comfortable. Jiang Wen found a suitable adjective and continued to stare at the monitor with his heart set.
Soon, Chunyu Yuan and Guan Nianyan discovered the man in black, and the three of them started fighting. The collision of their swords made a clear sword chanting sound.
Xu Qiao's sword movements were extremely smooth, his clothes rustled as he swung the sword, and his momentum was astonishing.
In the close-up shot, there was a cold light in those eyes.
Jiang Wen's tapping fingers paused for a moment, and he leaned forward to stare at Xu Qiao's moves in the camera.
The martial arts instructor at the side widened his eyes, somewhat unable to believe what he was seeing.
Others might not be able to see the trick, but he had been in a martial arts school since he was a child, and he knew at a glance that Xu Qiao was definitely not just a show-off, and every move he made had a deadly deterrent effect.
In comparison, the movements of Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui seemed soft and cumbersome. Xu Qiao would not believe that he had never practiced this before.
Fortunately, Xu Qiao remembered the script's requirements and pretended to stagger as if he was being besieged by two people and was defeated.
Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui cooperated with each other and pressed forward step by step. After a fight, Zhang Yinghui swung a sword.
Xu Qiao demonstrated great flexibility, leaning back to avoid the sword, and when he reached an incredible angle, he thrust his sword upward to force her back.
"Okay!" Jiang Wen said in his heart and nodded continuously.
This is a panoramic shot.
On the roof, the man in black had an extremely flexible waist in the night. In the moonlight, his waist leaned back, and his silhouette looked like a mermaid emerging from the water and singing.
The androgynous slender body, the long sword reflecting the cold light, the soft hairband dangling in the wind... This scene gave me a sense of déjà vu from a CG movie.
If you take a single screenshot, it becomes a poster that was created by chance.
It was so beautiful that Jiang Wen was filled with surprise and decided to put this scene in the promotional video.
Immediately afterwards, Si Cheng caught Zhang Yinghui who was retreating, and Xu Qiao took the opportunity to turn around and climb into the window of Zuihuan Pavilion.
The veil shook and the figure disappeared.
"Click!" Jiang Wen took off his headphones and watched the playback. "This one passed. Sicheng and Yinghui, you two, add a close-up shot of the fight scene."
Everyone understood what Jiang Wen meant.
What this means is that there was no problem with Xu Qiao's part just now, but the fighting scenes between Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui were a little bit lacking, and it was only when they did that they used close-ups and slow motion to make up for it and cover it up.
I thought Xu Qiao's first scene would fail, but who would have thought that he got it right in one take, while Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui, the two leading actors who had already cooperated well with each other, needed to reshoot.
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Si Cheng took a breath and looked at Xu Qiao, who looked normal after taking off his veil. He said sincerely, "Brother Xu Qiao, you are awesome!"
Xu Qiao curled his eyes at him. Tonight was the first time they had worked together, and Si Cheng's performance surprised him a little.
Si Cheng looked young, with round, light honey-colored eyes that were moist and slightly droopy at the corners, making him look very obedient.
But in the fighting scene just now, he looked very fierce and ferocious, and really had a bit of the vibe of a young knight.
After Sicheng and Zhang Yinghui finished their scenes, it was time for the highlight of the night - Jin'er's first appearance. In the original novel, the author spent a lot of time on this scene when Jin'er appeared:
The hall, which was once a scene of drunkenness and revelry, was now in chaos and chaos.
Amid the flashing of swords and sabers, the guests and prostitutes fled with their heads in their arms, and a young man in red was knocked to the ground.
The prostitutes who were running back and forth had their heads covered with pearls and jade, and were dressed in silk and satin, while the young man had only a red silk hair tie and a red dress as light as cloud gauze wrapped loosely on his body.
Chun Yu Yuan saw the young man slowly raise his head and smile at him with his peach petal-like lips.
At that moment, the noise and chaos around seemed to retreat and then retreat again.
Jiang Wen kept checking the lighting and scenery, holding the script and explaining the play to Xu Qiao over and over again, and finally shouted to the people around him:
"Even if you only shoot this one tonight, and don't shoot anything else, you must make sure it's a stunning shot. Do you understand?"
As the most hated villain in the original work, the better his appearance, the more impressive the subsequent contrast will be.
When everything was ready, Xu Qiao stood on the set.
The light was dim, and the layers of gauze curtains were blown up by the blower, so only Xu Qiao's vague figure could be seen in it.
All the shots of Jiang Wen later are close-ups.
Slender white fingers slowly pulled the hairband, and the black hair cascaded down, and the hair was entangled in the air. The black scarf fell off, and the delicate chin and two bright red lips were very clear in the dark night.
Jiang Wen knew how to create a suspenseful atmosphere, and he gave plenty of close-up shots, but he never gave a shot of Xu Qiao's full face.
Finally, Xu Qiao took off her black clothes. As soon as half of her shoulders were exposed, layers of gauze blew in front of the camera, blocking the figure.
When the gauze curtain fell, Xu Qiao had already changed into red clothes.
On the other side, Si Cheng and Zhang Yinghui led their men into Zuihuan Pavilion, surrounded the place with weapons, and searched for the men in black.
The prostitutes, women and their clients screamed and scattered.
At this time, Xu Qiao walked down the stairs and was knocked to the ground by people who were running away and screaming.
In the camera, Xu Qiao was sitting on the ground, his black hair was loosely tied up with red silk, and his clothes seemed like they would slip off his shoulders at any time.
He lowered his head so his face couldn't be seen clearly, and he could only vaguely see his fair skin through the gaps in his hair.
Si Cheng stepped forward and bowed to him: "Excuse me, young lady, have you seen a man in black come in?"
The hall was filled with noise, but there seemed to be some natural barrier around Xu Qiao, and everything was silent.
After a while, he moved his body, and a faint arc appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Girl...?"
In Jiang Wen's monitor, Xu Qiaowu opened her red lips slightly, and her voice sounded like she was slightly drunk, with a hint of coquettishness:
"Now that you have entered Zui Huan Pavilion, why should you care about the men in black? Why not spend a good night with Jin Er..."
The last four words were low and lazy, flowing with a vague ambiguity.
He slowly raised his head, and his face was finally completely exposed to the camera.
His eyes turned to Si Cheng, and Xu Qiao revealed an innocent smile. This smile and the Meng Lang words he uttered formed an extremely strange and unusually harmonious feeling.
The overhead shooting angle, the gorgeous face looking up, the flowing black hair, the dazzling red dress, inexplicably aroused the most hidden sadistic desire in people's hearts.
Si Cheng stood there in a daze, his fingers flexing and stretching unconsciously, and a stream of heat rushed uncontrollably to his face, burning him from his neck to his ears.
“Crack!”