Chen Minhao finally nodded and agreed to shoot on the bus.
After all, judging from the final presentation effect, a performance with physical objects is definitely better than a performance without physical objects.
After seeing Chen Minhao nodding, Wang Ziqiu immediately smiled and said: "I just told my mother on WeChat, and she replied that she will take care of the bus matter tonight."
That night, Chen Minhao did another immortality party and stayed up late to finish the script.
Early the next morning, Chen Minhao checked the script. After finding no problems, he printed the script into three copies and handed them to his three roommates to see if they had any suggestions.
Luo Jing read it the fastest and praised: "This is so well written! My character is written so cheaply that I want to slap myself twice."
Wang Ziqiu frowned, flipping through the simple six-page script, and said, "Your dialogues are really tense!"
The look of shock on Xia Ang's face became more and more intense, with some jealousy mixed in it. Chaon was not particularly satisfied with the assignment of roles. He would have preferred to play a role with more drama: a driver or an quarreling passenger, rather than a passerby.
But when Chen Minhao was assigning roles yesterday, Chen Minhao assigned himself to the role of a passerby, which made Xia Ang embarrassed to talk about changing roles.
Therefore, Xia Ang originally planned to write the script seriously and gain a sense of presence, but he never expected that Chen Minhao's script was much better than his.
Xia Ang now felt that he was humiliating himself by taking out his script.
Chen Minhao covered his mouth, yawned, and asked: "Do you have any other suggestions or ideas about the script? Everyone can speak freely."
After seeing the three of them shaking their heads, Chen Minhao said with a smile: "Okay, let's basically confirm it. The script for our comprehensive semester assessment is roughly like this. Of course, during the filming process, we encountered something unreasonable, or you We have some better ideas and we will make minor changes when the time comes.”
Wang Ziqiu nodded and said, "Okay, my mother has taken care of the bus. We can go take pictures today."
Luo Jing said with a smile: "No problem, hold on to Brother Hao's thighs. Brother Hao is so good at acting, and he is so good at writing scripts."
Xia Ang asked: "What about the photography equipment? Should we rent it? Or buy it?"
Wang Ziqiu said: "Of course I will buy it."
Chen Minhao shook his head and said: "Although this short film is very short, the four of us are actors who are leaving the country, so it will definitely not be possible for just the four of us. At least we need lighting and photography. I called several directors. Freshmen come to be our volunteers.”
Just as Wang Ziqiu was about to speak, Chen Minhao added slowly: "So don't worry about the equipment. Directors will definitely have equipment on hand."
Luo Jing sighed and thought: Those students from the directing department must be very happy now, but they have no idea that they have been clearly arranged.
Zhang Xiaolong, class president of the freshman directing department, is one of the "volunteers" hand-picked by Chen Minhao.
Chen Minhao handed the script to several people to read, and after explaining the general idea and plot of the short film to several students from the directing department, they all thought the idea was great.
But Zhang Xiaolong asked with a slight hesitation: "Isn't this filming a bit difficult? The prince asked to drive a bus, and there was a scene of a car crash."
Zhang Xiaolong looked at Wang Ziqiu and asked, "Can you drive a bus?"
Wang Ziqiu immediately shook his head.
Zhang Xiaolong added: "In this case, it will be very difficult. Such a short film is so short that we can't find a substitute. After all, when the driver character is arguing with the passengers, the driver is driving the whole time."
Wang Ziqiu, Luo Jing, and Xia Ang looked at each other, dumbfounded. They only considered the acting process, but they didn't consider the filming process at all.
Chen Minhao smiled and said: "Actually, there is no way to solve it, it's just a bit troublesome. We can use the keying method. The vehicle itself does not move, but we can make the scenery outside the window into a "reverse" form. This It makes it appear that the car is moving forward.
As for Wang Ziqiu, he just needs to pretend.
The specific operation is to use a green background cloth on the bus window when shooting, and then place the camera on the front cover, the main driver's seat, and the additional driver's seat to shoot respectively.
When compositing and editing later, we will deduct the green part and replace it with a "reverse scene", so that the shooting effect can show that the bus is moving forward. "
Zhang Xiaolong asked in surprise: "Why do you have such a long brain? You can think of such a method."
Xia Ang said sourly: "He should have filmed similar scenes."
Chen Minhao shook his head and said, "No, I saw this shooting method in the "Modern Film and Television" magazine in the library a few days ago. I didn't expect to get it today."
Zhang Xiaolong frowned and said, "But we don't know about cutout and post-production. We won't learn this until the second semester of our sophomore year."
Chen Minhao smiled and said: "Just think of it as previewing in advance. I will find someone to complete it with you. You don't have to worry too much. He will mainly complete some of the car crash scenes."
Chen Minhao has never been a director, but he has made several movies and has a general understanding of the director's work. The director's role is not just to shout "stuck" and "pass", the director's role is more like the brain of the crew, coordinating the work of the crew.
So although Wang Ziqiu borrowed the bus, Chen Minhao had no intention of filming directly on the bus.
Chen Minhao planned to practice the trick in the room several times, and then go to the bus to shoot it after they became proficient. In this case, the efficiency would be higher.
Facts have proved that it is very important for Chen Minhao to lead a group of new recruits to audition in advance.
"Wang Ziqiu, your expression is wrong. You can't put all your attention on Luo Jing from the beginning. You have to watch the road!"
"Knock, try again. Luo Jing, you weren't hysterical enough."
"Ka, Wang Ziqiu, and Luo Jing, I think you don't understand the script well. It's wrong for you two to be in an explosive state from the first sentence. Although you had an argument at the beginning, you are still in a relative relationship. A state of restraint.
Wang Ziqiu, let me talk about your role first. You have to think about it this way. You are a bus driver. In many years of your career, you will meet many idiots. There are many idiots who curse like this. At first, they treat you To me, it's just an ordinary day and you meet another idiot.
Your initial attitude should be to deal with it, rather than showing that you want to blow Luo Jing's head off from the beginning. "
(End of chapter)