Chapter 416: Change
Duane is a willful director...
Very willful.
So he changed the production plan and did not explain the reason at all. Of course, as a director, he was also a producer and there was no other supervisor pressing him above his head, so he didn't need to explain anything to others. Especially after Zhou Xingchi, another giant in the crew, hasn't been too much to blame him recently, others dared not complain, so they could only use the newly revised work schedule and throw the old one aside.
"Have the extras ship arrived?...Not yet? Where are they now?...Please hurry up and urge me, we are busy starting work here..."
"What, I'm missing three pieces of clothing? What's the matter... OK OK, OK, I know, you guys are really good, you can't even get the mouth, you have to check it out, now the schedule has changed, right?... I'm right, just do it like that. I'll talk to Director Du later to see if I can reduce the extra three..."
"Where is that Wang Tong?... haven't come yet? Call!... Then when will her plane land?... Make another phone call and urge, contact there, rent another boat, and pick her up immediately as soon as she arrives..."
Because of the change in the production plan, the scene was busy, and everyone was busy like an ant on a hot pan. Everyone was in a hurry and had no time to rest.
Not only the staff, but also the actors: from the protagonist to the extra, everyone was temporarily notified to change the production plan, and they were not ready for the new drama, and the time was too short. Now everyone is watching their own scripts.
Irritability, laziness! If they hadn't had long-term plans, how could it be so urgent when things were about to come?...
Duan looked at the scene and sighed while walking leisurely on the grass, enjoying the brilliant sunshine of the island - if he came to a beach chair and let him lie down and sunbathe, it would probably be even better.
He is probably the most leisurely person in the busy crew.
What they were going to shoot today was originally a scene in Truman's life, but the shooting plan changed temporarily, and a series of scenes that were originally placed in the final shot have been adjusted to the present, which is why the on-site staff are so busy. As for the busiest people, they probably belong to several subordinate producers.
In order to modify the shooting plan according to Duane's intention, the production and producer did not sleep all night. The life producer contacted the actors according to the temporary changed production plan, arranged air tickets, shipping, etc., and held a phone call from early morning to now, and he was about to say it out loud. Perhaps only the external producers are the easiest of these.
Corresponding to this busy scene is the crew's expenses - Duane doesn't need to watch it, and the shooting cost will definitely increase due to changes in his temporary plan, but this is not a big deal, so it's the main thing to ask the gold.
At this point, he perfectly set an example for all directors - many directors in the circle are like this, following their inspiration, shooting wherever they think of, and increasing expenses for a scene that suddenly emerges. This is an important factor that makes many movies overspending while filming, and there are even people who directly drag down the crew and lead to miscarriage of the movie.
Movies are really not as simple as building a computer, and they can strictly control the cost.
The busy scene lasted for more than an hour, and finally everything was arranged, and the staff was finally here and we could start the final preparations for the shooting.
Duane no longer wandered around the venue, and returned to his director's chair to sit and look at the whole story.
In front of him was a grass field. The deputy director Xiao Dai took the extras who had just arrived on the island to move on the grass, guiding them where to stand, how to move, what should each person do, etc.; on the right side of the grass field, the scene room of the crew was temporarily requisitioned into a dressing room, and the makeup artists were busy inside. The extras went in several orders, and came out one batch after another, just like batches of products produced on the industrial production assembly line; the closest of those dressing rooms, Duane's room was a dressing room dedicated to several main actors. Their makeup was much more detailed than these extras and took more time. They couldn't see someone coming out for half a day. After waiting for a long time, someone finally came out.
This is a girl with a ponytail tied her hair behind her head. As she walked, her ponytail was swinging behind her head. The makeup on her face was not very thick, she looked very young and beautiful, and her clothes were full of vitality, with a sailor suit style inside, a thin sweater and short skirt, which was youthful and beautiful, and very eye-catching.
It was Song Zhen, whose makeup artist walked up to Du An with her and asked, "Director Du, is this OK?"
Du An looked at Song Zhen and didn't say anything for a long time.
The next scene to be filmed is Truman's memory plot, the main plot is as follows: When Truman was in school, he met the girl he liked on the school anniversary, but his future wife played by Song Zhen forcibly intervened.
The scenes that came into the temporary extra game in the past two days were also mainly hit in this aspect. They were all about Truman’s memories when he was in school, describing how Truman passed by a girl he liked and got married with a girl he didn’t like.
He will temporarily move this series of scenes that were originally intended to be filmed in the final stage of the film to the front, and Du An took into account Song Zhen's factors.
After two days of temporary training, he found that Song Zhen was making great progress. If he continued at this speed, he might be able to perform the feeling he wanted! So he temporarily suppressed his idea of changing the heroine and planned to give her another chance, so he moved these scenes to the front for filming. After all, this series of scenes is the least difficult for Song Zhen in all the clips of the entire film, and he planned to give her a gradual process.
However, the makeup in front of me doesn't meet his requirements...
Du An shook his head, stood up and walked to Song Zhen, lifted the ponytail behind her head, and said to the makeup artist, "What is this?" Then he pointed to Song Zhen's face and continued to ask the makeup artist, "What is this?"
The makeup artist was confused, not knowing where he was wearing this makeup well.
Du An saw her expression that she didn't understand, and did not go around the circle with her, and said directly and clearly: "Didn't Lao Li tell you? What I want is ugly, ugly!" Seeing the makeup artist's fear of being scared by him, Du An slowed down his tone.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not blaming you. Everyone has a tight time, so they will inevitably misunderstand it all at once. I understand, just re-enact."
In fact, he was not going to be angry with the makeup artist. The person he was angry with was Lao Li, his deputy director. As his deputy director, he couldn't understand what he meant. He asked the makeup artist to put such a beautiful makeup on Song Zhen, which was where he was angry.
But perhaps his temporary intention made everyone fussed, perhaps the most fundamental reason. When Du An thought of this possibility, he did not intend to get angry with anyone anymore - blame him.
“You can’t do this with your hairstyle.”
Du An said, and directly started to use it, loosening the rubber band with the ponytail behind Song Zhen's head, letting her hair hang down. After looking left and right, he clenched his fists with both hands and gestured to the makeup artist on both sides of her head, "Two ponytails, give her a double ponytail, which is very rustic, and it needs more soil and more soil."
Then he pointed to Song Zhen's clothes, "This outfit is not good either. Change it. You need to have a top that doesn't fit on the top or the top that doesn't fit on the face. You are professional, know better than me, you can do it yourself. In the end, you have to change the makeup, it's too delicate and ugly, but don't deliberately, you need to use the effect of forceful makeup, you can grasp this level yourself, after all, you are professional."
After Du An explained this, the makeup artist understood and immediately said, "Okay, Director Du, I understand!" Then he pulled Song Zhen back to put on makeup again.
After a while, when the late female supporting actor who arrived temporarily put on makeup, Song Zhen's second set of makeup was finally completed. The two of them came to Du An to pass his last level.
Du An looked at Song Zhen's new makeup quietly: the rustic double ponytails that he improved according to his requirements were hung on both sides of his head, and the rest of his hair was placed on his head, which was very similar to the new peasant women in the 1960s and 1970s. It was very good; the makeup on his face was also modified, no longer the exquisite style of the previous one, but a strong rural style. The two slightly overdone blush on his cheeks were a highlight, which gave Du An's requirements; as for the clothes, it also met Du An's requirements, the old lady's short skirt with an old earth-colored thin-line sweater, it was really not the top with the top, and the top was not the same as the face shape. Song Zhen's appearance was suddenly lowered by two levels.
Duane nodded, very satisfied, especially after comparing with the girl next to her, he was even more satisfied.
The girl next to Song Zhen is the female supporting role in this scene, playing Truman's dream lover. She is pretty good in the play, and there are many lines in the past and afterwards, and she is also a key figure, which is quite important.
Du An remembered that her name was Wang Tong, she was pretty good and walked according to her normal makeup. She was even more beautiful compared to Song Zhen next to her.
Right, that's just right.
Duane pointed, "Okay, let's set this makeup."
The more beautiful the makeup, the better, and the more beautiful the heroine is, the better. Most of the time, I have to follow the script.
In the script, Truman falls in love with Wang Tong at first sight rather than Song Zhen. If Song Zhen is more beautiful than Wang Tong, then what is the persuasion? The audience doesn't believe it directly and cannot be substituted into the movie, so Song Zhen must be ugly - she may not be ugly for the rest of her time, but she must be ugly in these dramas, so that the film can naturally be persuasive and not make people feel stiff.
The movie is composed of these inconspicuous details that the audience sees.
After the makeup was settled here, the preparations on the spot were ready for a while, and the filming of the scene was finally started.
This scene is very simple, but Du An was a little excited.
The actors he has met in the past are all finished works, and it is the first time he has tried this kind of teaching and shooting mode. I don’t know if it will be successful.
But if the filming starts, you will know...
"start!"
Chapter completed!