SEC Chapter 142 The Crew
Chapter 142 The Crew
Fortunately, the injured assistant is fine, but he won't be able to leave the hospital for a while. The most important thing in the entertainment circle is people. No matter what the gap is, there are always people scrambling to fill it. Therefore, the crew It's not that he was bothered by his absence, but the assistant wondered about losing such a good learning opportunity and this job.
It's just that in addition to losing the job, the injured assistant is also responsible for compensating for the high equipment costs. The crew covered his medical expenses, but the difference in prices before and after is simply huge. It can be said that not only the lost Work, but also bear a heavy debt.
The media is as pervasive as Smith. I don’t know which actor sold the news to the media. The reporters who heard the news obviously came prepared, and the angle was quite tricky. In addition, Smith’s previous film "The Pianist's Skylight" failed It is obvious to all that the new commercial film has "opened the door" again. For a while, it was almost all bad news. The Entertainment Star also claimed that Smith's new film "The End Is Coming" encountered this kind of thing when it first started filming. Being favored by the goddess of fortune, this film may also follow in the footsteps of the front seat, making Smith never turn over.
For both parties, this trivial incident brought about a situation that they were extremely unwilling to see, and it could be said that it caused trouble for both parties.
But no matter what, life still has to go on. There are always various accidents in filming. If the reporter sang a few bad words and then stopped filming, then Smith would not have come all the way to his current position. He would have retired in anger. circle, bombarded the reporters, and honestly indulged his grandson to live the life of an ordinary old man.
Anyway, he is not short of money now.
In addition to being a gold medal producer, Sang Li is also a super-strong face of the crew who specializes in dealing with the media. He and Smith perform their own duties, one is in charge of external public relations, and the other is dedicated to filming.Regardless of the bad news from the media, the official attitude is very correct and the reply is very timely, so the shooting was back on track the next day.After all, this kind of thing can be big or small. Fortunately, there are no serious injuries. If someone is killed, the propaganda during this period is basically over.
In the entertainment industry, although there are not many incidents of people being killed due to filming, there have been some incidents, and the impact is relatively bad, and such incidents can easily break the actor's mentality, after all, everyone cherishes their lives.At this moment, "The End Is Coming" happened on the first day of filming, just as the Golden Raspberry Award was approaching, and the craze for "The Pianist's Skylight" did not disappear, which attracted the media to buzz around like flies smelling carrion come over.
This is also the cruelty of the entertainment industry. If you can't adapt, then change someone else to adapt. Many times, you can't tolerate any mistakes. This is true for camera assistants, and so are actors. Like zombies and other group performances, a few seconds of footage They are all rare and precious. It can be said that a word from Smith can determine their life and death-this is one of the reasons why Han Mengmeng wanted to hug Gu Yun to open his thigh. He was suddenly pushed down by other people for some reason.
Of course, everything will be different after becoming famous.
These two days are basically filmed in the studio of the studio, there are no outdoor scenes of big scenes, not because of the influence of the injured assistant, but most of the big scenes are arranged a bit later , because some equipment has not yet arrived, so the itinerary has already been determined at the beginning, and the group performances required for interior scenes are much less than before, which is undoubtedly a kind of elimination and screening.
The whole movie is a two-line narrative. In addition to the mysterious and agile Lan who is the absolute protagonist, the team leader played by Norwich is the most important supporting actor besides the protagonist. A large team led by him It is responsible for showing how normal mortals will struggle with humanity and survival when Lan plays cool, pretends to be handsome and kills the Quartet, and also expresses the fear that the doomsday really brings to people-basically collectively referred to as horror movies. The inevitable pig teammate.
The team is full of all kinds of people. In this movie, they are basically either supporting roles or doubles. They are used to fill up the thinner plot. The roles of these people are the most important part of zombie movies—humanity on the verge of extinction, trying to survive, and helplessly facing the choice when relatives become zombies.
After all, in this doomsday world that has been reduced to hell on earth, there are only a few people who are as strong and fearless as Lan, and all people have weaknesses. The reason why legends are called legends is that he is not common That's why it's popular.And the vast majority of people are just like the various life styles presented in this small team. They are ordinary and ordinary. They don't know if they can survive tomorrow, and they try their best to seek a little hope for themselves.
In such an extreme environment like the end of the world, the selfishness and ugliness of human nature are undoubtedly exposed, and Norwich plays a well-trained policeman. He has amazing physical fitness, a kind and upright heart, and obeys the law. , Even in such an apocalypse, he still has his own moral bottom line, but as the environment and the situation become more severe, many people in the team appear selfish and hide dangerous news, so he has to change his mind cruelly and establish a completely new one. system.
In fact, the stalking is almost the same old tune. There are inevitably several types of existence in a group. One is the pig teammates who steal, rape and play tricks. They live the longest and are the most annoying. The reason why you die is to push others as a shield. Basically, you will end up miserable. The ending will be used by the director to vent your anger on the audience, so your death will be ugly. The safe and selfish way that puts most people in danger, no matter the ending is good or bad, will make the audience sigh for it.
Basically, these kinds of situations cannot be escaped. It is precisely because Lan's setting is too close to perfection, so the fullness of the rich plot depends on these people, let them severely suppress the bottom line of the audience's irritability, Then let Lan Lai slap her in the face. Although the plot is thin, the coolness has nothing to say.
Commercial popcorn movies basically have such routines. Whether it is the director or the screenwriter, they will not be so stupid as to make the protagonist become a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Basically, they will report their revenge on the spot. It just exploded.
In the morning, there was no work for Gu Yunkai, but there was a rival scene between Wen Jingan and Norwich, but he was very clear about Wen Jingan's level, and Norwich was just an action actor after all, and the director obviously wouldn't ask him to act in any rich and delicate roles. The role of the two of them is not worth watching, so Gu Yunkai rarely goes to bed late. After the morning run, he rests for a while before having breakfast, and then regains his sleep.
It wasn't until noon when work was about to start that Gu Yunkai came to the crew in advance to prepare for makeup and change of costumes. At this moment, most of the actors were eating boxed lunches on their lunch break. Seeing Gu Yunkai walking in, no matter whether they knew each other or not Those who knew each other greeted Gu Yunkai enthusiastically with smiling faces, "Brother Gu/Teacher Gu, good afternoon."
There are a lot of people in the crew, and with the large number of extras that the zombies need, those who can enter the shed are already considered to be newcomers with some potential or signing contracts, so everyone knows the rules and will not rush forward excitedly to ask for autographs.But even so, Gu Yunkai was unlikely to get to know each of them, so everyone just nodded and smiled in response, without saying anything.
As soon as I passed the corner, I heard a young boy's sour voice: "He is Gu Yunkai, he doesn't look very good, and his attitude is so bad. When I worked with Mr. Shi before, Mr. Shi was still National-level actors and veteran artists are all very enthusiastic. There is a difference between an actor and a star. Now that stars are in power, stars who calm down and don’t hype are not so famous.”
There were quite a few actors in the corridor, but most of them spoke softly, so it wasn't too noisy. In addition, the boy's voice was clear and bright, so Gu Yunkai could hear it clearly.
Gu Yun paused for a moment, then suddenly withdrew, exposing most of his body from behind the wall and looked at the group of actors. The number of actors relaxing in the corridor outside the lounge was quite large and chaotic. Gu Yunkai is very strange, so it is impossible to recognize people immediately based on unfamiliar voices, so he just looked at all the extras with a half-smile, said nothing, and quietly straightened his body to go went forward.
Suddenly there was a dead silence in the corridor, until Gu Yunkai walked out the door, there was no more sound.
It is not difficult to catch that boy in the crowd and let him get out of the crew. It can be said that once Gu Yun opens his mouth, everyone will immediately point out the culprit, but once this matter is over, the other party will probably only curse in his heart .Gu Yunkai smiled and looked at Wen Jing'an who was greeting him just after the play, and thought casually of the incident just now: Let him be so anxious and flustered.
Misfortune came out of his mouth, he still didn't reflect on himself, and sooner or later he would not be able to get along in this circle.Not to mention those extras who are worried that they will be implicated. Gu Yunkai rarely bullies children, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know about it. Bullying is not worth advocating, but it's not something difficult to control s method.
Of course, Gu Yunkai has more ways to give him a long memory, even expelling the other party from the crew. It is not impossible for this bad guy to do it, but this matter is so small that Gu Yunkai feels that there is no need to move With such a big anger, there is no need to waste his influence on Smith on this kind of thing.
The studio this time is actually an empty studio building, which has been designed by Meizhi and the set designer into an extremely dilapidated and abandoned office building. Not only the interior of the building, but also the exterior have been treated. Gu Yunkai stood far away in the corridor and looked over, only to see Wen Jing'an and Smith each lighting a cigarette, holding the script and not knowing what they were talking about, while Arnold was standing beside them.
As if aware of Gu Yunkai's gaze, Arnold quickly looked back vigilantly. To be honest, the two should be regarded as acquaintances in a certain sense - after all, Arnold is Jian Yuan's childhood friend, and he also Wen Jing'an, a good friend of Gu Yunkai, once had a relatively in-depth special exchange, and he was not a stranger in terms of emotion and reason; but in fact, it was the first time that Gu Yunkai met Arnold face to face.
The two have their own ghosts, but they just smile kindly and nod to each other face to face. They are more than polite and polite, but not cordial and enthusiastic.
The makeup artist was squatting on the trailer waiting for someone with nothing to do. Seeing Gu Yunkai appear from the end of the corridor, he jumped out of the car and dragged him to the trailer. Smith told him to adjust his makeup a little, He had devised several plans, but it was useless if he didn't cooperate with him; the costume artist was also squeezed in, and he was much calmer than the makeup artist. It doesn't matter what was changed in the previous scene, but it will be changed to a new one in the next shot.
The so-called replacement is actually adding a black leather jacket. The real trouble is that the costumer has to ensure that the corresponding props and weapons are still placed in the leather jacket after he puts it on, so he needs to adjust it by himself-this is not the case under normal circumstances. It is required, even if you need a weapon, you can switch the camera, so netizens often joke that things are taken from different-dimensional chrysanthemums.
In order to make the effect more realistic and reasonable, Smith simply asked Gu Yunkai to look heroic after all the props and weapons were placed on Gu Yunkai's body. There are at least a dozen kinds of weapons designed on Lan's body, ranging from large to small, and in different colors. When drawing and designing, you can also modify the body shape, but actors are people, not lines, and they can't be done casually.
The make-up artist and the costume artist almost got blisters on their mouths in a hurry.
Gu Yunkai is also very dedicated. After learning about the specific situation, he honestly followed the costume artist to put on the costume first, and then entrusted his face to the makeup artist.Usually Gu Yunkai lay down and let the make-up artist move, but this time, because he got used to the changed costume first, the weapon was too awkward, so he just sat down and finished the whole process, the props on his body fell so that his waist was sore and his back hurt. .
And after Gu Yunkai had almost finished preparing for the role of Lan, Wen Jingan also came back to take off her make-up and play.During the recent period of time, the work of the two people is almost not at the same time, and the time that is most likely to overlap, such as noon, is also extremely rare. The special coincidence inevitably made Gu Yunkai somewhat suspicious of Arnold's manipulation.
It's just that the schedule is flawless, at least it looks impeccable on the bright side. Of course, Gu Yunkai would not be so stupid as to ask Arnold himself, but he was just skeptical and quickly put this matter behind him .
Wen Jing'an looked obviously in love, Gu Yun started to moisten his throat with a glass of water, but he didn't bother to say anything, he was sure that even if Wen Jing'an became a marriage maniac, he would still retain his rationality, and even more so Not to mention that the two elders behind him are still active in various fields, even if the object is Arnold, if one is not good, I am afraid it will be a big fall.
"I have received a new job." Wen Jing'an's face was beaming, if he hadn't said the word "job" in a correct manner, Gu Yunkai almost thought that he was going to send himself a wedding invitation and was planning to have a baby early.Wen Jing'an held her face and said with a dreamy face, "Although he is a new director, I like the script of the work he wants to shoot. We have talked about it. I like the leading actor, and he also appreciates my role in "" The interpretation of Bian Yang in Fengyue Farewell."
Is this a timely awakening or a sudden empathy? Gu Yunkai looked at Wen Jingan suspiciously, remembering how many times he had seen the interaction between Wen Jingan and Arnold on the set, but he didn't realize that Wen Jingan had the potential to be a prodigal son , he was silent for a moment, and asked politely, "Is that director handsome?"
"Uh... The most important thing for human beings is spiritual beauty and talent." Wen Jing'an said awkwardly, retreating steadily under Gu Yunkai's sincere eyes, coughing twice, "I'm not interested in him, I still cheat You?"
If he doesn't look handsome, then the script really attracted Wen Jing'an.
Gu Yunkai nodded subconsciously in his heart, and made a final decision, so he breathed a sigh of relief, although he himself didn't know why he was so relieved, it was probably Wen Jing'an's destruction of the character design all the way until now, and the infatuation has remained unmoved It moved him very much.
"Will the new director be unsafe?"
It’s still time for lunch break, Gu Yunkai leaned back on the chair, the prop pistol on his back was firmly pressed against his skin, he might not be able to touch the pistol when he went back to take a shower at night Yin Zi, he adjusted his posture slightly to make sure that he could lean on enough comfortably before he listened carefully to Wen Jingan's words.
"Who doesn't start from scratch." Wen Jingan shook her head slightly, and smiled, "You must give newcomers some opportunities to display their talents. I am willing to give it a try."
The characteristics of the two people are different in this aspect. Gu Yunkai's choice of work and even partners is more utilitarian and prudent. See the advantages of job opportunities, and when you have an advantage, you will use your advantages to the extreme.
In this regard, Wen Jing'an is on a par with Smith, who is keen on making literary and artistic films. She is willing to give many newcomers a chance, and she is more inclined to Buddhist actors: whatever, whatever.
This is caused by two people with completely opposite personalities. Gu Yunkai just nodded his head to show his understanding. Originally, the sentence that it is not safe is just a polite way of saying. Of course, there will be more capsizes. This is Wen Jingan's job, and he doesn't plan to ask too much.
"I think the subject matter is quite novel, and the hero is a bad guy." Wen Jingan pinched her chin, "I want to challenge myself."
Gu Yunkai silently sized up Wen Jing'an, looked at it from head to toe, and politely agreed: "Judging from your appearance, you can only act as a hypocrite with a human face, a beastly heart, a gentle scum, and a beast in clothes. You don't have the temperament you should have, so act well, I believe you have the same acting skills as reincarnated."
"That's why it's a challenge." Wen Jingan was annoyed and funny, "It will be different with makeup on."
Gu Yunkai nodded, looked down at his watch for a while, and said casually: "By the way, it should be the end of the show for you right now? Is there anything important to do later? If not, stay here for a while, wait a while Judy, you can leave after she comes."
"Do you have something for me?" Wen Jingan lay on the dressing table with great interest, and looked sideways at Gu Yunkai.
"Well, I met a lady before, and she recommended Glendorby's Erka bread to me. I think it's delicious. Aren't you not used to the taste of Glendorby's bento? I just want to recommend it Give it a try, you might like it, and besides, it happens to be lunch, so it’s okay to pad your stomach.” Gu Yunkai thought for a while, and then emphasized, “Erka is quite big, so it doesn’t matter if you want two people to eat it .”
"That's nothing important..."
Wen Jing'an, who had just heard that there was a gift, was quiet for two seconds before she was happy, and asked cautiously and full of inquiry: "Yunkai, were you implying something just now?"
"Well...you are overthinking." Gu Yunkai was very sincere, "I have to go down, otherwise Smith might complain later, you wait here, Judy said that she knew there was a shop in Erka Very good, now this point should be back soon.”
Wen Jing'an replied honestly, and asked again: "Is it really delicious? Then I will bring some special products back to Apu and Henry?"
"Okay, but Erka seems to taste better when it's hot."
Gu Yunkai didn't chat with him too much, just nodded and left. As for Wen Jingan, he even bought the store and chef of the family together as special products and packed them back to the capital. After all, Sharp and Henry still ate hot fresh Erka.
After the chats and jokes among friends were over, Gu Yunkai focused all his energy on work in the afternoon. This afternoon's scene was written according to the script. It was the first meeting between the whole big team and Lan, and it was also a two-line A turning point in the unity of narrative. Although the scene is not big, there are many important actors. In a small confined space, the tension of each person's personality must be performed.
The scene in the afternoon can be said to be very important, and the role of Lan not only has a literary scene, but also a martial scene with Norwich.
Gu Yun drove to the set, ready for this tough battle.