Chapter 32 32. Makeup photos
The main purpose of the actors' makeup photos is to directly show the director's intention for the actors' images, so as to facilitate the art, costume, and makeup staff to make the styling. Of course, this has always been one of the means of promoting TV series. After all, many viewers pursue visual effects. Good-looking makeup photos can also attract the attention of many viewers.
When Li Dawei finished his work and rushed back to the set, the photographer who had been waiting for a long time immediately handed him some of the actors' makeup photos.
"Who has finished the photo shoot?" Li Dawei asked the photographer while taking the makeup photos.
"Cheng Kun, Qiao Zhenyu, Zhu Tie, and Shu Chang and Nie Wei." The photographer replied.
"Who do you think feels the best when taking photos?"
"Nie Wei!" The photographer almost blurted out, but then seemed to think of something and quickly added: "And Cheng Kun, they both feel good about the camera."
"Really? Then find their photos first, let me see."
After returning the photos to the photographer, Li Dawei waited aside with a little expectation.
Li Dawei was not surprised to hear Cheng Kun, but it was really unexpected to hear Nie Wei's name. After all, no one knew Nie Wei's background better than him. He was a rookie who had never filmed a play. Although the makeup photos were just photos, the sensitivity of the lens was also not low. How to meet the photographer's feeling was not easy for some old actors to grasp. He was very curious about how Nie Wei was praised by the photographer.
Soon the photographer picked out the photos of Cheng Kun and Nie Wei, and Li Dawei took them impatiently.
He first saw a few photos of Cheng Kun. The white suit matched Cheng Kun's wheat-colored skin, which looked very sunny and his smile was very contagious. The only shortcoming was that he was a little short, but his body proportions were very good, so as long as the camera was careful, there would not be too much problem.
After looking at Cheng Kun's makeup photos, it was Nie Wei's photos.
Li Dawei almost couldn't help but applaud Nie Wei's photos in his heart as soon as he took a look. No wonder he was favored by the photographer. This makeup photo really felt very good.
In the photo, Nie Wei was wearing a black dark-striped suit, with a white shirt and a black vest underneath. His hair was parted in a 3:7 ratio, combed meticulously with hair oil, and he wore round-framed glasses. He had a faint smile on his lips, and stood there straight, looking very handsome.
However, if it was just like this, he would not deserve Li Dawei's praise. The key was Nie Wei's eyes, which were full of affection, and the charm of the infatuated seed of 'Liu Chunjiang' was revealed at once. To put it in one sentence, his eyes were full of drama.
"Nie Wei's photo is good, really good." Thinking of this, Li Dawei couldn't help but exclaimed.
It took twice as slow a speed as when he looked at Cheng Kun's photo before to finish looking at Nie Wei's photo. Li Dawei's face was already full of smiles. You know, if a person can feel good when facing the camera, then he will not be too bad when facing the camera. From the photo, it can be seen that Nie Wei has a talent for acting, which relieved his boss's worry.
After all, the use of new actors puts Li Dawei, as a director, under great pressure.
After looking at the individual photos of Nie Wei and Cheng Kun, Li Dawei found that there were actually group photos of the two of them together. The photographer explained that the two came to the studio one after the other, so the photographer took the opportunity to take some group photos of them.
After flipping through a few photos, Li Dawei's brows couldn't help but frown. It was not a problem of the image of the two people. In fact, in Li Dawei's mind, the image of these two people is also one of the best in the entertainment industry, but for some reason, the two people together always feel a little bit out of place, but he couldn't tell what the problem was for a while.
Li Dawei looked at two more photos, and couldn't help wondering in his heart, so he asked the photographer beside him.
"Director Li, look at their suits, don't you find any difference?" The photographer pointed to Nie Wei in the photo, and then pointed to Cheng Kun, and said.
"What's the difference, aren't they all suits?" Li Dawei didn't understand what the photographer was up to for a while.
"No, didn't you notice that Nie Wei's suit is more fitted? The waistline and trouser line have been processed, so it looks more neat." The photographer explained.
Reminded of this, Li Dawei looked at the photo again, and immediately showed a look of understanding on his face.
The suit Nie Wei wore in the photo is indeed more fitted than Cheng Kun's suit, especially the waistline and trouser line, which highlight the lines, have been gathered. The overall image is more in line with the popular European-style suits in later generations, with wide shoulders and narrow waist, which matches the wearer's own body shape. The overall feeling is more neat, and the person wearing it also looks more slender and straight, and more energetic.
Speaking of this suit, it was actually Nie Wei who turned back and asked the costume designer to modify it.
Fortunately, it seemed that it was because of the joke just now, or Nie Wei's request was not difficult. Anyway, the costume designer was easy to talk to. He helped Nie Wei without saying anything. What's more, the effect after this change was good. Nie Wei's excellent figure was fully displayed, and this change was also unanimously praised by Liu Jie and other costume designers.
The difference in the costume seemed to help Li Dawei find a way of thinking, and soon he found another awkward place.
That is, in all the photos of Nie Wei and Cheng Kun, there is not a full-body photo, all of them are half-body photos. After discovering this problem, he immediately asked the photographer next to him, but the latter looked embarrassed and hesitated for a long time before telling the reason.
"You mean you took full-body photos, but because the height difference between the two was too big, Cheng Kun found out and deleted the full-body photos, and then added half-body photos?" After listening, Li Dawei summarized it and asked.
"That's right, Nie Wei's height is actually 1.86 meters, and this is his barefoot height. After putting on shoes, he is almost 1.88 meters tall. Cheng Kun's height is just over 1.7 meters tall. The difference between the two is nearly 20 centimeters, which is a difference of half a head. I don't think any male star can stand this kind of photo, it's simply an insult." The photographer explained.
Hearing the photographer's words, Li Dawei couldn't help but be silent, especially thinking about the many rival scenes between Nie Wei and Cheng Kun in the play, he was afraid that he could only use dislocation or medium close-up shots to shoot, but it was a pity for Nie Wei's long legs...
At this time, Nie Wei, who was sitting in the corner of the studio, seemed to be reading the script, but in fact, he was still thinking about the brief exchange with Cheng Kun just now, and his brows were unconsciously slightly wrinkled.