"Bang bang bang!"
"Bah bang bang!"
A scene was set up in the studio, with earthen walls on both sides and several wooden shelves. The aisle was only two or three meters narrow. Li Lianjie used a wooden stick to block, while Zhen Zidan swung wildly with a cloth stick.
The cloth stick was soaked in water and twisted into a stick, which could be soft or hard.
The soft one is simple and can be used like a nine-section whip, while the hard one goes against the common sense of the human body. Unless you really know your internal strength, you can shake a cloth stick until it becomes hard.
So when shooting, the soft ones were shot directly, while the hard ones were actually props - a real stick wrapped in cloth.
At this moment, Zhen Zidan was playing with the nine-section whip, twirling it around his neck twice, dancing like a tiger, and then whipped it suddenly, breaking through the earth wall with a snap, and debris of earth flew out, which shows how powerful it is.
The two passed a few more moves, and Yuan Heping shouted: "Ka, that's it!"
"Next group!"
The next group is not next to each other at all. It is the Madonna of Huanglian played by Ge Chunyan, flying up and down with wires hanging, pretending to be a ghost.
After a break at noon, I went out to the ancient street in the afternoon to take pictures of the double-faced Bodhisattva.
He Qing and Tao Huimin were wearing bright red robes, standing on the lotus seat. The red cloth on their heads looked like gauze curtains or red hijabs. Their beautiful faces were obscured by shadows, giving them a beauty that blended temptation and holiness.
A few women in red clothes and trousers in front were scattering flowers, holding lanterns, and some were playing and playing, which added a bit of spookiness, as if a ghost king was marrying his daughter, and the atmosphere was full...
After "Tai Chi 2" was started, it was not shot as everyone expected. Instead, it was shot here and there with a hammer and a stick, without any logic. After shooting like this for several days, Chen Qi felt that the material was enough, so he stopped and asked Li Wenhua to follow the instructions.
Follow the normal process.
And he took these about 5 minutes of material and went directly to post-production. He said he wanted to cut out a copy first and then take it to Hong Kong.
No one understood what he wanted to do, only the Yuan brothers understood.
Today, the crew is filming.
Chen Qi gradually began to delegate power, only watching without speaking. Li Wenhua and Yuan Heping could understand his intentions. When the three of them reached an agreement on the film style, he could let go.
"Xiao Chen!"
Suddenly, someone came in from outside, walked up to him, and greeted him in a low voice. He turned his head, somewhat surprised: "Old Tian, ​​why did you come back to the factory?"
"It's summer vacation."
"Oh, I forgot. It's been a long time since I saw you. I'm going drinking tonight."
The visitor was none other than Tian Zhuangzhuang. He could only come back during the winter and summer vacations. He had interacted with Chen Qi a few times and the relationship was okay. He still looked unshaven and slovenly, and said, "Shall I bring a classmate and let him come in and see what he has to say?"
"Okay, where is it?"
"Old Zhang!"
Tian Zhuangzhuang waved, and a man in his early 30s walked in. He had thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, dark skin and a simple face. His attitude was relatively humble. When shaking hands with Chen Qi, he even nodded and bowed: "I heard about your name earlier. I hope I didn't bother you."
"Hello, you also majored in directing?"
"I study photography, my name is Zhang Yimou."
"Oh, feel free to take a look. Don't be restrained. Just don't disturb the filming."
"Hey!"
Zhang Yimou came here today with Tian Zhuangzhuang. He didn't expect to be able to sneak into the "Tai Chi 2" live viewing. There are not many opportunities like this. He stood on the outside watching a little nervously. After a while, he squatted down again, watching with gusto.
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Behind him, Tian Zhuangzhuang yawned and muttered: "We have no classes in Grade 78 and are all doing internships. I don't need to do an internship. I will stay in school to make a short film and treat it as my graduation work."
"What short film?"
"It's called "Small Courtyard" and tells the trivial affairs of several families in a large courtyard.
Eight photographers, eight sound recorders, one artist... Anyway, almost all the 78-level technical positions have been filled in."
"Eight photographers? How do you divide them?" Chen Qi asked in horror.
"Two minutes for each person. The school gave us 20 minutes of footage. I took Lao Zhang here today to choose a location. I want to go to Haizi to find a suitable yard, eh?"
Tian Zhuangzhuang raised his head and asked, "I heard that you bought a house over there?"
"That's not suitable for me."
"Why isn't it suitable?"
"My yard is too beautiful for you to ruin."
Tian Zhuangzhuang raised his eyebrows and said, "I have to take a look at what you said!"
"You can take a look, but you can't take pictures... Hey, why didn't my eldest nephew participate?"
"He, he went to a children's film studio for an internship."
The Children's Film Studio was just established this year, and the director is Tian Zhuangzhuang's mother, Yu Lan, who plays Sister Jiang.
Chen Qi was amused. He thought for a moment about the compatibility between Chen Kaige's image and that of a children's film studio, and said with a smile, "Why didn't he come to Beijing Film Studio?"
"Which factory you want to intern at will basically be sorted out after graduation. Kaige wants to get into Beijing Film Studio. To be honest, it's a bit difficult..."
Tian Zhuangzhuang shook his head. There were too many directors at Beijing Film Studio, which was already a surplus. There were still so many seniors waiting for opportunities, so it was difficult to recruit new ones. But to put it bluntly, Chen Kaige didn't come from a good family background, so he couldn't get in.
And Zhang Yimou was even worse. He was from a grassroots background. Not to mention entering the Beijing Film Studio, he couldn't even stay in Kyoto, so he was assigned to the distant Guangxi.
Tian Zhuangzhuang was a very loyal person. At that time, he also begged Yu Lan and wanted Zhang Yimou to join the Children's Film Studio, but unfortunately he failed. Then he often went to Guangxi to see Zhang Yimou, who was much better than Chen Kaige.
The great leader did not look down upon Lao Mouzi at all.
It is said, it is said that when the news that "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear came back to China, the director was so angry and sour that he could even dip his dumplings in it, and cursed: "Fuck! I'm the only photographer!"
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Over there, Zhang Yimou watched for a long time. It wasn't until the crew took a break that he came over with unfulfilled interest.
Tian Zhuangzhuang put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Xiao Chen has a yard in Shichahai. If he doesn't lend it to us, we will pester him today. We must go and see what kind of yard it is, but it can't be used for filming?"
"Are you sure? I'm going to look at the furniture later. I don't know when the shopping will last?" Chen Qi said.
"Let's go shopping. Anyway, we have plenty of time. We can go shopping and drink in the evening."
"Okay, then come with me...Hey, why don't you call my eldest nephew?"
"He won't participate, so why do you ask him to do it?"
So, Chen Qi told Li Wenhua and left the studio.
Zhang Yimou had been silent all this time, but now he asked in a low voice: "Who is his eldest nephew?"
"Kaige!"
"ah?"
Zhang Yi was frightened, and then he thought again, that's right, they both have the surname Chen, they may be from the same family, Chen Qi is of higher rank, so they are uncle-nephew relationship.
When Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at him, he lost his mind and said with a smile: "When Xiao Chen came here, he had a good relationship with Kai Ge's father. They were friends with each other, so they nicknamed him..."
"Oh, you scared me!"
The three of them went out, Chen Qi rode his bicycle, and Tian Zhuangzhuang took Zhang Yimou on his bicycle.
After riding a long way, we arrived at a hardwood furniture factory.
Brick walls surrounded a large yard filled with lumber and rows of bungalows serving as workshops and warehouses.
During the flood period, a large number of cultural relics and antiques were confiscated in the capital. Furniture took up space and was generally stored in various furniture factories. After the reform, there was a policy to return these cultural relics, but many people could not find them and became ownerless items.
So some people with connections often come over to buy things.
When Li Hanxiang was in Beijing filming "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Government Behind the Curtain", he spent 120,000 to buy out a furniture factory in the name of filming and setting up scenes.
It looked like a mistake, but who could afford 120,000 at that time??
Chapter completed!