Chapter 3: First experience shooting"Zombies? Infection? What is this?" Boss Lin asked with a confused look on his face. He looked at Chen An standing next to him with serious suspicion, thinking that he was fooling him. "Boss Lin, you don't understand. This is a new type of movie from abroad. It's the new favorite of modern horror movies." "It has socially critical significance and satirizes foreign countries' violent machinery and racism. It is a subject matter that foreign audiences like. The first zombie movie was made in 1932." "If you don't believe me, I can recommend three movies to help you better understand this subject. The core of this movie is also about great fatherly love. I believe you can see that." Chen An tried his best to explain the film to Boss Lin, and also mentioned George A. Romero's trilogy. Boss Lin didn't quite understand but nodded. Although he didn't know what zombies were, the script was not long and easy for him to understand. It was mainly about a dying father who tried his best to entrust his son to a safe place. Having attended high school, he has a fairly good level of education and can probably understand the script, which is at least better than what previous directors wrote. Finally, he nodded. There was no other way. "I will go back and watch the three films you mentioned. You can find a way to add my clothing brand to them. After that, you will be the director. I will send people to keep an eye on you. No one else can mess around." After saying that, he left a security guard here and got into the car and left while talking on the phone.
Then everyone gathered around. They chattered and expressed their gratitude to each other. "Ahem~ First of all, everyone please listen to me. I will print out the script and send it to everyone. Then I also have a few things to say." Chen An suppressed everyone's voices first, then said, "This is the current situation. I also have a few things I would like to ask for your help." "Because of the script, I would like to ask who here has a one-year-old child at home. I can hire him for 50 yuan a day, and I will pay for it out of my own pocket." As soon as he finished speaking, the thin stagehand standing next to Chen An said, "I, my sister just gave birth to a baby not long ago, I can come over." After hearing the answer, Chen An immediately patted the stagehand's shoulder happily and said, "Okay, the biggest problem has been solved. Then who will be the makeup artist? Is there a makeup artist?" A baby-faced woman standing in the crowd also raised her hand: “Here.” "Hello, do you know any zombie movies?" "I have. I have seen the three movies you mentioned before. I also like to watch horror movies on disc by myself." Chen An was ecstatic to hear the makeup artist's answer. He didn't expect to meet someone who likes zombie movies at this time: "That's great, can you do that makeup? I can give you money to buy props. You don't need too much, just enough for one or two people." “I haven’t tried it, but I can give it a try.” "Okay then. I'll give you a hundred first. Go and buy some. It doesn't need to be too much. One or two people will be enough." "it is good." Chen An looked around again and asked, "Where are the original actors?" Now only two people stood up, a middle-aged man and a woman, who played the heroine's parents in the original drama and were picked out from the extras on the set by the runaway director. Chen An looked around again but didn't see any familiar figures, so he had to give up. He couldn't let all the good things happen to him. "Do you have children?" Chen An said to the middle-aged man. The man nodded and said, "I have two children. The younger one is a daughter. I work so hard to take on jobs for them. Usually I can only play minor roles with the group leaders. This is my first time taking on a big job."
"Okay, what's your name?" "My name is Wang Jianguo." "Okay, Brother Wang, come with me later. I'll go print out the script. You can take a copy home and have a look. Okay, everyone, it's getting late today. Let's get ready and start filming tomorrow." Although there is no choice but to play Chen An, Wang Jianguo has a child, so it will be easier to explain the plot when the time comes. As for the male protagonist's wife, she only needs to put on makeup, so another woman can be used. Before leaving, Chen An gave some instructions to the stagehands and makeup artist, then took Wang Jianguo to print out the script and gave him a copy. The next day, Chen An got up early and went to the crew. Soon everyone was there, even Boss Lin came over. Chen An was planning to look for him, after all, after changing the script, the filming location also had to be changed. "Boss Lin, you've read the script, so we can change the filming location as well. We need to find a large forest. What do you think?" "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll let Xiao Zhao go with you." Boss Lin pointed at the bodyguard left behind yesterday and said to Chen An. "No problem. I feel more at ease knowing that Brother Zhao is with me in the wilderness." Chen An replied with a smile, and handed cigarettes to the two of them, but they both waved their hands to refuse. The last person to come was the field attendant. He was not only alone, but he also brought his sister and child with him. "Director, my sister was worried so I called her over as well." "It's okay. I wouldn't feel at ease if your sister didn't come. After all, this is the flower of the future of the motherland. I can't bear it if she gets hurt." Chen An smiled and waved his hand, not caring about it. He has been in a very good mood since yesterday, and he walks with a breeze. "Thank you, director." After everyone arrived, Chen An distributed the scripts, then arranged for the makeup artist to try out the makeup first, and then took the stage manager and his car to start looking for a shooting location. He didn't come back until around three in the afternoon. Seeing that the filming could not be completed, we disbanded and asked everyone to come early tomorrow, as they would have to be taken to the filming location in batches. They drove to the shooting location for the opening episode early in the morning. While everyone was not there yet, Chen An helped to set up the equipment and chatted with the lighting technician. After chatting, I found out that he was also from Beijing Film Academy, but he was too embarrassed to speak up before. He was two years older than Chen An, so he also knew that director who ran away and was tricked into this. Chen An was also happy about it. At least he was a professional, easy to communicate with, and his business ability was guaranteed, because you could trust the professional ability of Beijing Film Academy beyond the acting department! After everyone arrived, the makeup artist began to apply makeup. Chen An planned to use the stage manager's car in the first scene. He just needed to shoot a shot and then open the hood of the car to indicate that the car had crashed into a tree. Finally, when everyone was ready, Chen An also planned to take the photos himself, after all, there were no other photographers. But thanks to the picture in my mind, everything was ready before I started shooting. Although he needed to operate the camera, Chen An couldn't help but shout, "Hey, wake up!" The shooting of Yi Mu went smoothly at first. It was blurred and focused at first, which showed that the protagonist was gradually waking up from a coma, and the picture gradually became clear. Thanks to Wang Jianguo's acting skills, Chen An decided to reduce his facial features in this scene and allow him to use more body movements. As for the other actress, it was much easier, thanks to the level of the makeup artist. Although it was not as good as the original, the species could still be clearly distinguished. Especially with the white contact lenses he specifically requested, his entire eyeballs looked gray, and the more intense blue veins on his face and the turned-up skin still looked presentable. I also let him watch three zombie movies, so he had some understanding of the zombies and was able to act quite well.
It didn't take long for her to finish filming smoothly. After filming the first part of the scene, things slowed down. Now Wang Jianguo needed to be completely in the frame, and the previous method of covering his face with his body was no longer possible. However, the child in his arms behaved very well. He didn't cry or make a fuss, and occasionally even smiled at Wang Jianguo. "Brother Wang, you need to take it in. You find yourself injured and you don't know when you will turn into a zombie." "That is, you are about to die, but your child is still a baby, and you will hurt him yourself. You need to put yourself in your shoes." "Think about what you would do if you were in this situation. Imagine that this child is your lovely daughter." Chen An tried his best to explain, but he didn't tell him some performance methods because he was unskilled and wouldn't know how to perform even if he was told. Chen An could only let him put himself in the situation and try the experiential approach. Chen An suddenly began to envy those who could recruit some young actors with good acting skills to make movies. This scene didn't pass until it was almost dark, but Chen An's only advantage at this time was that he had a lot of film and could grind it. However, Chen An felt that he had some inexplicable inspiration while filming. The original film was like a movie that suddenly flashed in his mind, a feeling that came out of nowhere. Did I cheat? If you see any typos, please let me know. Thank you.
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