To Lin Xiwen's surprise, Pei Yi did not comment on Lin Xiwen's action of shouting "Cut".
Jiang Se took the script without saying a word and read it several times. Then she listened to Hou Xiling coming to explain it to her in the rain. She then put on her makeup and got back into the carriage.
The scenes of Fan Zhiyun and Xiao Zi were postponed for the time being. The coachman drove the carriage so that the two cars passed each other.
Jiang Se remembered what Lin Xiwen said before, "There is drama in her eyes." Before filming began, she was already prepared.
As the sound of horse hooves and wheels rang out outside, the camera zoomed in. Doukou had been in a tense state for two days. Ever since she was caught and put on the carriage, she had refused to eat or drink, and insisted on dying, resisting silently.
But she was not really waiting to die in this state, but was deliberately showing weakness, waiting for an opportunity to lower other people's vigilance and then take the chance to escape.
However, Hongdou's escape made her original plan go awry. Because of the loss of Hongdou, ** was furious and ordered people to seal the carriage that Doukou was riding in. He was afraid that this rare beauty would slip away, so he watched her more closely.
At this time, Doukou must have been under tremendous pressure. When Jiang Se opened her eyes, her eyes were a little dazed. She looked a little dazed at first, and then she seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves. She struggled to grab the wooden board nailed in the car and knelt up, slapping the board and shouting:
"Help… "
Lin Xiwen frowned, hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand:
"Card."
Pei Yi didn't say anything, but Mo Anqi beside him clearly saw that he spread his palms, pressed tightly on his thighs, and pursed his lips as if he was forcing himself to endure it.
"Again."
Lin Xiwen didn't mention what went wrong, but just asked Jiang Se to come again.
The atmosphere in the crew suddenly became a little solemn. Song Xian and Fan Zhiyun sat behind an umbrella, glancing at Pei Yi from time to time. Jiang Se filmed the same scene over and over again, and had already filmed it more than a dozen times.
This short struggle scene was filmed from before ten o'clock to after one o'clock in the morning, but it still failed.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and shallow puddles formed on the antique stone bricks. Lin Xiwen wiped his face and told the stage manager:
"Go find someone to make a few holes in the roof of the carriage."
The people in the crew left in response. Pei Yi sat aside without moving. Mo Anqi wanted to pass him some warm water, but he didn't take it. He just stared at Jiang Se in the camera.
In fact, Jiang Se was really tired after so many 'NGs', but Lin Xiwen didn't call for a stop, so she just re-shot it over and over again. She even lost her voice after speaking just two simple lines.
"Again."
The prop master in the crew made a few inconspicuous holes in the roof of the carriage to ensure that rainwater could leak in without appearing too deliberate. Only after it met Lin Xiwen's standards did Lin Xiwen nod.
Jiang Se took a deep breath, thought for a while, then reached out and rubbed her eyes vigorously. Her hands were not clean, and the rubbing caused her eyes to become red and swollen due to the irritation. It was probably because sand had entered her eye sockets, and her eyes suddenly felt a little sore.
She suppressed her discomfort and fell back into the carriage.
After the filming started again this time, the sound of horse hooves mixed with the sound of wheels, and the sound of raindrops hitting the roof and the ground, seemed to wake up the sleeping Doukou. Her brows were tightly knitted and her face was sallow. The rain leaked into the carriage through the gaps in the roof and fell on her.
It was not known whether it was sweat or rain on her face, but a few strands of messy hair were firmly stuck to her face. She slowly opened her eyes, with bloodshot eyes. When the camera captured this scene, Lin Xiwen couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"Help… "
She desperately banged on the carriage and the nailed wooden boards. Her movements seemed a little slow and tired. After taking so many shots, Jiang Se had consumed a lot of her physical strength. At this moment, her movements seemed a little slow.
"Close-up."
Lin Xiwen gave an order, and the executive director responded, directing the camera to move to Jiang Se's face. She was undoubtedly embarrassed at this moment, but for some reason, she exuded a strange beauty at this moment.
There seemed to be a gleam of water in her eyes, and her eyes were red, but she held back her tears, not letting them fall. She looked weak, yet stubborn, and one could tell at a glance that this woman had a strong character hidden beneath her beautiful appearance.
"Save me..." Jiang Se gritted her teeth, her cheeks trembling slightly because she was exerting too much force. Her shoulders were shaking as she tried desperately to escape from the carriage.
Lin Xiwen did not call for a stop this time, and the extra actor finally spoke his lines:
"What are you arguing about?"
Doukou listened to the sound of horse hooves outside gradually fading away, and the sound of mud and water caused by the rolling wheels seemed to be far away. She kept on taking pictures in despair, but she felt a little desperate, as if she had used up all her strength. She leaned limply against the carriage and trembled.
The tears that had been suppressed in her eyes for a long time rolled down, but she widened her eyes even wider, and suddenly she couldn't help but laugh softly.
In the script, Hou Xiling wrote: Her laughter was more ironic than crying. She laughed at the cold fate, and at her own insignificance and weakness, as if she had seen an absurd scene in the world, and as if she felt teased by the naughty child of fate.
At this moment, Jiang Se's eyes were filled with sorrow, but she was laughing with tears streaming down her face. She laughed so hard that she even choked herself. She coughed so hard that her nose and tears came out, but she was still laughing softly. Compared with the current scene, in the dark carriage, there was no moonlight tonight, and it was raining all night. She looked embarrassed, but her beauty could not be concealed when she laughed. It was really an ironic scene.
She brought this moment of Doukou described by Hou Xiling to life.
Behind the camera, Hou Xiling danced and nodded excitedly.
"OK." Lin Xiwen was obviously very satisfied with this shoot. He shouted loudly, and Mo Anqi breathed a sigh of relief. She was about to get up to take care of Jiang Se, but someone moved faster than her.
Pei Yi, who had been sitting steadily before, suddenly jumped up from his chair, strode through the rain and rushed towards the carriage without even opening an umbrella, while taking off his clothes.
"Thunder."
He took off his thick down jacket and leaned his upper body into the carriage, which was still leaking rain. She had been soaked in the rain for three or four hours in order to shoot this scene.
The temperature was already low at night. Pei Yi saw it clearly in the camera earlier. Her fatigue and discomfort were four parts fake and six parts real. She was just holding on with gritted teeth.
When Lin Xiwen showed his dissatisfaction with her again and again, Pei Yi noticed her red palms from slapping and her hoarse voice.
He wrapped Jiang Se tightly in his down jacket and carried her out of the carriage.
The person who had been sitting behind the camera without saying a word before, now moved very gently, reaching out to wipe her cold face that was stained with rain and mud, and put his hands on her cheeks, trying to give her some warmth. (To be continued)