Back to this familiar environment.
Jian Hua sat in the corner, watching the busy crew.
No matter how lavish the crew was, the shooting scene was a scene of chaos, with wires being pulled everywhere, and it would be nice for ordinary people to have a box to sit on.
Assistant Director Luo was not wearing a suit today. He had an electric horn in his hand, a mobile phone around his neck, a vest with N pockets, and a radio intercom hanging in his ear.
"Props team! What are you doing, move this pillar to the left!"
Taking a look at the scene in the camera, Assistant Director Luo was satisfied, and asked the director to inform the director that the scene was ready.
Jian Hua lowered his head and flipped through the script to find the paragraph corresponding to the scene. Then he stood up. Sure enough, the radio said the next second that the director hadn't finished filming that scene, and the supporting role was filmed for this scene first.
The stuntman does not only have to shoot dangerous scenes, but also for some background scenes, group portrait scenes, and when the big-name actor is not present, as long as there is a stuntman who can still shoot, it doesn't matter if the long-range scene is swaying, and the close-up of the leading actor can be supplemented separately.
For example, Li Fei is speaking to the camera in front of the green screen on the other side of the studio. In this scene, the two supporting characters are arguing. Jian Hua needs to jump on four boxes disguised as stairs and stand there quietly watching. .
It is not easy to be the background of wooden stakes.
"you… "
"Hello, Director Liu, I'm Li Fei's stand-in actor Joe." Jian Hua always said this simple sentence when he met anyone. He was never enthusiastic or rude. There would be a "following" depending on the situation. Assistant Director Liu just needed it. deal with it seriously.
There are several assistant directors in the crew, who are in charge of different jobs. Assistant Director Luo is roughly equivalent to on-site scheduling. If there is any matter, he will find him, and he will take care of all the blame. As for the assistant director in charge of filming, his status will be higher.
The assistant director Liu looked at Jian Hua for a few seconds, and felt his eyes widen. He tilted his head and asked in dialect, "How did you find such a person? Star Entertainment's new method allows newcomers to be brought to the actor, starting from a stand-in?"
"No, it seems to have been done for several years, a little familiar." The crew explained.
As a stand-in actor, Jian Hua is considered a success, but he is successful, that is, this kind of treatment.
Most of his work is in TV dramas. It is very difficult to get into a famous director and crew with big production and big screen in front of him. Nowadays, most commercial films like to use special effects, and the demand for stand-ins and stunt performers is not high.
It's not worth hugging your thighs, and she doesn't like to socialize. No one really pays attention to what Jian Hua's name is.
That's the way it is in the circle, it's very easy to block small people. There is no sense of existence in the first place, even if you work hard for many years, as long as someone gets stuck in the way of the relevant personnel at the bottom, they can easily achieve their goals, and not many people even know about it.
Jian Hua was banned for half a year, and when he came out again, he became the exclusive stuntman of the best actor. The staff of the crew did not know about this news that would explode in the stuntman circle.
"How many years have you been a stand-in actor?" Deputy Director Liu glanced at Jian Hua and found that the other party didn't come to chat with him. He felt relieved, but also felt that the other party was a little ignorant, so he waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, take a picture. Play the script."
Deputy Director Liu turned around and started talking to the two supporting characters.
This is a relatively conflicting scene, and it is placed in the front of the daily shooting table, which helps the actors understand the role.
Of course, Li Fei's book is not bad, but the film's positioning is to make money as a commercial film, not to win awards, but to bet on the box office appeal of big-name actors. There were bright stars in the studio, and there were three actors wearing the titles of Best Actor and Queen Actor.
Acting well, does not mean that the actor's performance is what the director wants.
Li Fei was stuck there five or six times. The director first kept talking, and then frowned at the camera. Li Fei calmly watched the director change lighting and camera angles. I finally got to the director's point on the eighth time, and the next thing was a smooth journey.
After the scene was over, Assistant Lin gave Li Fei a hot towel.
The actor found that Jian Hua was not there, and went to the scene to watch the shooting without hesitation.
At this time, Jian Hua had been standing on the four wooden boxes for 20 minutes—yes, the two supporting characters on his side were also stuck, and he, who was in charge of the background, climbed down over and over again and was so tired that he might as well continue to stand. .
"puff."
Assistant Lin looked up, he seemed to hear Li Fei smiling.
But it was so noisy in the studio that Li Fei didn't look like he had ever smiled, which made Assistant Lin particularly confused.
A new round of filming just started, and the two supporting actors immediately had a fierce dispute as soon as the scene board hit.
The camera couldn't capture Jian Hua's face. He stood there and stretched out his hands to help the stairs. This movement was very slow, and from Li Fei's point of view, it was ordinary, but Jian Hua's whole person looked a little different with this movement.
—He's trying to fit the guy in the script, though there's a limit to what he can do.
Li Fei's mood is a little subtle.
He has seen a lot of people like Jian Hua. The special thing about Jian Hua is that in the movie "The Crow", he really performed part of the charm of the hero Li Fei.
Facts have proved that Jian Hua is not a buried acting genius, other than General Wu, Jian Hua's performance can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.
No problem, no good.
This scene got stuck again and again, and it had nothing to do with Jian Hua. He was very qualified for the background.
The two supporting roles were sweating profusely, and Jian Hua finally noticed Li Fei who was not far away. At this time, they were both wearing the same clothes and hairstyle. Because of the lighting, he couldn't see Li Fei's face. .
"Change to the ninth act, third scene!" The director shouted, and the supporting role of the card scene silently gave way, and Jian Hua finally didn't have to stand there in a daze.
Walking back to the corner and picking up the script, Jian Hua silently observed the busy crowd.
This was the first day of the official shooting. He didn't find any strange people in the crew, from makeup artists to assistants to actors.
Jian Hua's eyes finally returned to Li Fei.
The man under the mercury lamp, with his cuffs rolled up, the top button of his shirt unbuttoned, his hands in the pockets of his slacks, and his high-top leather boots stepping on the wooden box disguising the stairs, Li Fei turned around, and he stopped. It's Li Fei.
The smile is frivolous, the behavior is casual, and the demeanor is uninhibited.
Jian Hua has read the script more than a dozen times, and the image of the hero He Ning in his mind has always been a vague silhouette of a few words: a playboy with a good family background who seems to be an ignorant playboy, but actually knows a lot partial knowledge.
However, after seeing Li Fei up close, those words disappeared like balloons, and the blurred shadow of the male protagonist quickly refreshed into the person in front of him.
Jian Hua also saw something in Li Fei that was not in the script.
Hypocrisy, arrogance, distrustful eyes when looking at others.
The male protagonist in the script is perfect, except for his bad reputation, the male protagonist is always very powerful at critical moments, with all the skills being full, and the two betrayals of the plot characters are all expected by him in advance. It is also online with emotional intelligence. After euphemistically rejecting the female partner's embrace, she also makes the female partner realize what is more suitable for her. It can be said that the male protagonist is too good to be true.
But what to do, the current market proves that the audience likes such male protagonists, and all the books written by the screenwriters of commercial films are the perfect combination of hot elements.
The consequence is that in Jian Hua's eyes, the male protagonist's image is fake, big, and empty, which is a bit inconsistent.
However, after seeing Li Fei, the illusory castle in the sky seemed to emerge from the ground floor, and it also showed the huge and solid foundation. This kind of building has more room for expansion, allowing people to interpret.
The male protagonist is not perfect, and some of the things he does beautifully are still arrogant in nature.
He is smart and wise, predictable, and in the final analysis it is because of doubts.
And these are not discovered by the plot characters, because the male protagonist is very concerned about maintaining his own image.
- Audiences who eat popcorn and watch movies can be satisfied, and audiences who have to compete with the logic of the movie can also dig Easter eggs. The actor He Ning is excellent and realistic. Whether he is hypocritical and arrogant or suspicious, he has solved the trouble perfectly. No one was hurt.
Jian Hua took a deep breath.
It's something you don't feel when you watch a finished movie.
From a paper man in a script to a living image.
He Ning is different from General Wu. In the crew of "The Crow", Jian Hua did not see the complete script at all. It was Li Fei's performance that allowed him to slowly get to know this person, and the impression was unforgettable.
Jian Hua believed that if he read the script at first, he would also be attracted to General Wu, but he would not be so fascinated.
As for the role of He Ning, it is not the type that Jian Hua appreciates.
If it weren't for Li Fei's stand-in actor, Jian Hua would not even want to read this kind of male lead. He just read it a dozen times because of his professional ethics and trying to make himself better.
The barrier in Jian Hua's heart that was very uncertain about the male protagonist, those with prejudice disapproved, and instantly shattered.
And Li Fei, just entered the play in front of his eyes.
The studio lights suddenly flickered.
"Huh?" Everyone looked up in surprise.
The director could only call the card and ask Li Fei to do it again after the staff check.
This is a phenomenon caused by the excessive fluctuation of supernatural powers. Li Fei didn't know what Jian Hua found, so he glanced here suspiciously.
Jian Hua's face was expressionless. He calmed down his emotions and stared at the person in front of the camera, as if he wanted to reflect the other person's every move and every expression in his heart.
In the afternoon, when the director personally directed the two supporting actors to shoot the dispute scene, he looked at the camera and let out a light hum.
"This stuntman brought by Li Fei... not bad."
The camera that is responsible for standing as the background board does not need acting skills, but the standing posture, the vague feeling is very in line with the image of the male lead, there is no need to deliberately blur the perspective, as long as it is not zoomed in close-up, there is basically no sense of disobedience.
Once or twice the director thought it was a coincidence, and a week later, even the assistant director found out.
"This Shen Yun is well captured. Li Fei's stand-in actor specially trained for himself? It really fits his style."
"No, I heard that I found it casually."
"Tsk, this luck!"
"It seems that the work of making up the protagonist can be reduced." The director said to himself.
Less expense, less workload, that's something anyone would love.