Chapter 582 The staggering Feng Yuxiu
The atmosphere of the crew in the past two days has been relatively depressing and heavy.
Some people who are more sensitive may even find it difficult to breathe.
Everyone knows that the situation facing the crew is very serious.
First of all, the film's investors have changed.
As we all know, the film has now become a single person funded by Hemingway.
People who appreciate Hemingway will sigh because of this: Director Du really loves movies.
Hemingway is not pleasing to the eye, and he may say something sour in private: rich and self-willed.
The good thing is that the crew doesn't need to be responsible for any management now, it just needs to satisfy Director Du.
A high degree of unity of thought.
The downside is that without the management to correct the deviation, everyone is not sure whether Director Du will let himself go.
After all, if the director goes crazy, no one else has anything to do with it.
Making a movie that no one can understand except himself is the director's basic exercise.
As an artist, what kind of artist is he who doesn't make something that others can't understand?
But neither the crew nor the cast wanted things to come this far.
If Director Du makes a movie that no one cares about, although their remuneration and salary will not be less than half, but adding this to their resumes will have a more or less impact on their future development.
Then almost all of the film's creative team changed.
Take the actors as an example, the four most important actors, Liu Chi was the first to leave, and Qu Hong also bid farewell to the crew in October.
And who was the one who came in? Liu Pengfei, Xu Qingya, Xu Zhaoyang, Liu Yuxi... One or two, they are all newcomers with little reputation.
This left the staff in awe.
Everyone came to participate in this movie, of course, for the sake of eating.
But while filling the stomach, there is not necessarily no spiritual pursuit.
"I was involved in making XX movies.
"
Then others looked at him with admiration, "Damn it, Niubi!"
This is the spiritual reward that many film practitioners want.
Many low-level film practitioners have low and unstable incomes, poor working conditions, and very hard work.
996? For film practitioners, there is only 007.
Therefore, some spiritual rewards are particularly important, which is the driving force for them to persevere in this industry.
Looking at the situation of the crew at this time, everyone couldn't help but feel anxious, which made the atmosphere even more dignified.
As a somewhat experienced director, Du Caige naturally noticed this situation.
He's not a psychologist, but he's also figured out a way to manage the set.
Therefore, when shooting today, he deliberately chose some less important or relatively simple shots to shoot.
Try to pass a few quickly.
This will help the staff and actors to build confidence and adjust the atmosphere.
And after all, a part of this crew has just joined, and everyone still needs to run in.
The tyrant on the set can't just be reckless.
Looking at the time, Du Caige announced: "Everyone has a 20-minute break. Makeup artist, do makeup for the actors; props group, check the props again. Scene group, go to venue 3 to check again. After 10 minutes, we will prepare the following sets of shots. shoot."
He also drank some water himself, rested for a while, and then exchanged a few words with several assistant directors.
Although he looked calm, he was still very restless in his heart and couldn't sit still.
I simply walked to the next shooting location and went to check all the scenes and props in person.
A can of coffee was passed from behind him.
Du Caige turned around, took the coffee, and smiled at Xu Qingya: "Is this a bribe to the director?"
"Yeah," Xu Qingya squinted her eyes slightly slyly, and the corner of her mouth ticked, "Yeah, seeing you teach Brother Liu and the others these two days, I was so frightened that my heart trembled. When it was my turn, Uncle, you have to be merciful!"
Du Caige shook his head and laughed.
The crew restarted yesterday. From yesterday to today, he arranged the simplest scenes, but Liu Pengfei was still unable to enter the state.
Of course, Du Caige also understood that Liu Pengfei could not be blamed for this.
To blame, but also to blame Qu Hong.
It was only temporarily informed a few days before the crew restarted that he was unwilling to play Feng Yuxiu, and because of schedule reasons, he had to withdraw from the crew.
Of course, in order to retire, he voluntarily returned all his salary.
Because in order to secure the hearts of the actors, Du Caige has already distributed part of the remuneration.
On the bright side, Qu Hong left, leaving more than 30 million yuan for the crew. Because Qu Hong's remuneration is 22 million after tax, this tax has to be paid by the crew for him.
On the bad side, Qu Hong went too suddenly and caught Du Caige by surprise.
I searched for a suitable actor temporarily, but I couldn't find it at all.
So the solution Du Caige could think of was to let Liu Pengfei play Feng Yuxiu, then adjust and reduce the appearance of Tan Wendong, and find a vase, such as Hu Qifeng, to play Tan Wendong.
However, Liu Pengfei rushed the ducks to the shelves, and did not enter the state at all, and his lines were all stumbling, and he could not grasp Feng Yuxiu's temperament at all.
Du Caige looked at Liu Pengfei's version of Feng Yuxiu from the monitor and just wanted to laugh.
This guy is so funny.
Even if he is serious and looks like he is bitter and resentful, it will be a gimmick to look at.
It doesn't have the creepy feeling of Wang Baoqi's version at all.
It's too dramatic, it's definitely not going to work like this.
For this, Du Caige is worried.
I can't make an unorthodox version of "One Man's Martial Arts".
Just as "This is not Sparta" is to "Spartan 300", and "Scream" is to "Scream".
Du Caige didn't plan to let go of himself yet.
But the problem now is that Liu Pengfei's acting skills are still a little off.
As the biggest villain, the de facto male protagonist, the role of "Feng Yuxiu" must be portrayed in great detail, and some tricks by directing and editing skills cannot be used.
It is necessary to rely on the excellent performance of the actors to interpret this role.
After the shooting of this day, although Du Caige said "guarantee one" many times, he knew in his heart that the material that was shot today, as long as Liu Pengfei was in it, could not be used.
Time was running out, and it was impossible for him to accompany Liu Pengfei to grind slowly.
Du Caige decided to give Liu Peng two more days to fly.
If this guy hasn't made any progress, he'll have to go find other actors to put out the fire.
It can be seen that Liu Pengfei is also working hard and really wants to play this role well.
But either the strength is insufficient, or the force is too strong, and the heat is not well controlled.
Maybe this guy only has the talent for comedy, and he doesn't adapt to multiple roles like Wang Baoqi.
After the second day's shooting, Du Caige could only think regretfully.
In the evening, Xu Qingya went to Du Cai's singing room to chat for a while, watching him write the second volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire" for a while.
When Duan Xiaochen called, she shook her head and left with a smile, not wanting to hear Du Caige talk to other women.
Du Caige had just ended the call with Duan Xiaochen when there was a knock on the door.