After Zhou Wen and Zhong Chuhong attended Zhou Runfa's wedding as best man and bridesmaid respectively, they rushed to Lantau Island with the crew almost non-stop for filming.
It was originally planned to take two days off and shoot immediately after attending the Academy Awards. Unexpectedly, a lot of things happened in the middle, which led to a delay of two days. It was very shameful for Zhou Wen to waste time, not to mention that he had to spend a lot of time. And energy is spent on post-production special effects production.
The filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is basically done at night, and taking advantage of everyone's free schedule, Zhou Wen had to shoot the group scenes in advance. The main thing to shoot tonight is how Ning Caichen is a simple young man, with a pure heart that can be used in the world. Biao, the doubts about Xiaoqian did not last long, and she immediately disappeared after a few words of explanation, so the dryad firmly began to show its power, and its long tongue rolled around the room like a python
It was night, Zhou Wen held his waist with his left hand and held the shooting plan in his right hand. After checking that the wires were debugged, he walked on the set and asked everyone to prepare.
"Sir Ming, hurry up and put on your makeup. Hey, brother, please stop smoking with Mr. Ma. Go change your pajamas! And who else is there? Xiaoxian, why are you eating randomly after you've already put on your makeup? Put on your makeup." What should I do? I still have to waste half an hour on makeup!"
Wang Zuxian said playfully: "I've been putting on my pajamas for a long time, and I haven't seen you shouting to bury me. I'm hungry. You're not considerate of me, but you're so fierce. Huh, fortunately, Sister Hua was prepared in advance, otherwise I'd wait for you to send me." If I don¡¯t have enough food, I will starve to death.¡±
"That's right. Look, my brother and Master Ma haven't changed into their pajamas yet. Why are you always targeting Xiaoxian? Do you think girls are easy to bully?" Shao Hua helped: "Be careful if I break the news on the show and describe you as Tyrant, let¡¯s see who dares to borrow your show in the future!¡±
"I'm Ciao, what's going on with you guys, are you guys uniting to run against me, right?" Zhou Wen was very depressed when he heard this. Wang Zuxian originally obeyed his words, but since he asked Shao Hua to shoot with the group, Xiaoxian began to change his mind because of the help of his best friend. Have to be obedient.
"Very good, very good!" Zhou Wen said, looking down at the shooting plan. Suddenly he said: "Ahua, I suddenly have a good idea, do you want to hear it?"
Shao Huazheng and Wang Zuxian were fighting for supper. He said with something in his mouth: "You tell me."
Zhou Wen rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "That's it. Just now, the show manager told me that an actor had diarrhea and collapsed. But there is a scene with her tonight and I can't find a suitable person. How about you make a guest appearance?"
"What role?"
"One of Xiaoxian's female companions, you and Ayu made a guest appearance together. There aren't many scenes, just a few scenes. It's just to help with emergencies, what do you think?"
"Okay, okay!" Without waiting for Shao Hua to agree, Wang Zuxian clapped his little hands and said, "Sister Hua, you are here to make a guest appearance. I will perform better if you make a guest appearance."
¡°But I¡¯ve never acted before.¡± Shao Hua blinked and said with some uncertainty.
"It doesn't matter, I don't need your lines, just stand behind Ayu and do a few simple poses, like this." Zhou Wen said as he spoke. He gestured a few times and then said with a smile: "Look, it's very simple. It's not difficult at all."
"Okay, I'll give it a try, but don't blame me if it doesn't work!" Shao Hua seemed to be a little moved, since he was idle anyway. Quan made a cameo appearance to give Xiaoxian face.
"Okay, then you can follow Ayu to change into pajamas later." Seeing that the plot had succeeded, Zhou Wen rubbed his hands and left excitedly.
"Xiaoxian, Iwhy do I feel weird?" Shao Hua curled his lips and said, "He doesn't have some hidden agenda to trick me, right?"
Wang Zuxian tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "Probably not. Brother Wen is not that kind of person."
Who knows that Zhou Wen is thinking in his heart: Huh, let you instigate Xiaoxian to go against me. Huh, I will let you play a small role. After you finish the small role today, you will be the next one tomorrow, and I will put on the Wia suit for you the day after tomorrow. After a long time, let¡¯s see if you still have the desire to instigate me!
"Awen, the steel wires, hamsters, plastics, and branches are all ready, but the tongue is still a bit stiff, looks lifeless, and not flexible at all."
When he walked to Yuan Bochu to inspect his work, Zhou Wen encountered a new problem.
There are a lot of stunt scenes in "A Chinese Ghost Story". If Zhou Wen has the photography skills of Hollywood cash, no matter how complicated the scene is, it is no problem. However, the equipment Zhou purchased are all retired products and are not as advanced as those of Xu Ke. For a few years, some special effects scenes had to be produced using local methods. For example, one of grandma's attack weapons, the tongue, was made of steel wire, dry ice, plastic and other things borrowed from Yuan Bochu's mouth.
The main body of the tongue is made of plastic. In order to show the strong power of the tongue, steel wires must be used to support the hole through the wall. When the time comes, it will be used with auxiliary materials such as dry ice to show the aggressiveness of the tongue.It was extremely lifelike, but after experimenting a few times, Yuan Echu found that although the attack power was there, it looked stiff, his tongue was not flexible at all, and he had no vitality at all.
Zhou Wen frowned and thought for a while and said, "If that doesn't work, just put something on the surface. It's best if the surface is smoother, that way the tongue will come alive in the camera."
"Condensed milk?" Yuan Echu said with a bitter smile: "If you want to use condensed milk, I'm afraid it will take tons."
Condensed milk is a milk product, a drink made from sterilized and concentrated fresh cow's milk or goat's milk. It is characterized by being able to be stored for a long time, but it is a bit sticky, and the tongue smeared with condensed milk will wrap around your body. , Yuan Bochu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"You don't have to use so many, only use a small part, and use copying technology for other scenes." Zhou Wen held his chin and said: "Let's play with these special effects shots first. Tonight, we will shoot some scenes that can be completed with local methods. Later in the night Mainly focusing on shooting the dragon crossing the river."
"Awen, it's too slow to shoot in one group. We can't divide it into two or three groups. Anyway, Brother Ren is pretty good at taking pictures now." Yuan Bochu suggested.
"Yeah that's okay!" The second and third group shooting systems are now very popular in Hong Kong, which has greatly accelerated the shooting progress, but the premise is that the person in charge of each group must have excellent camera skills. At present, Yuan Xiangren He already has the ability to take pictures alone, so Zhou Wen can rest assured to let him complete it.
Zhou Wen called Yuan Xiangren over and asked him to take charge of the scenes that were about to be filmed. He ran to the temporary tents set up by the crew, and after a little identification, he got into one of the tents.
"Zhou Qian, I've been looking for you for a long time, and you're hiding here to sleep. Damn it, get up quickly!" Zhou Wen was furious.
Zhou Qian got up in a daze and complained: "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
"I want to discuss a few things with you." Zhou Wen turned on the lights inside the tent, took out the script and said, "Can these places be completed with computer-generated special effects? It would be very difficult to shoot if we just rely on local methods."
Zhou Qian just glanced at it and nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
Zhou Wen patted him on the back of the head and said, "If you can, then don't sleep tonight, go find Brother Ren and see if there's anything you can do to help."
"Hey, my life is really miserable. I thought I would be prosperous and prosperous after following you, but I didn't expect to suffer in this place where no one can shit, hey!"
"Stop blabbering! Wait, there are a few other places. Grandma's attack method is too simple. I want her hair to turn into small objects such as branches and twigs Also, besides being able to use lasers and Wia synchronizes"
Piles of questions were thrown out of Zhou Wen's mouth. Zhou Qian's head was as big as a bell. There was no way. The ideal was full and the reality was backbone. Zhou Wen had never done special effects before, so it was inevitable to encounter problems during the actual shooting. , although there are special effects in "The Legend of Wesley", they are all operated by the film studio. Now that Zhou Wen wants to train his own special effects team, he must start from scratch. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but after the difficulty is over, everything goes smoothly.
"This can be solved I have to go back and discuss this with them This is fine in Industrial Light & Magic, but it can't be done with our equipment Let me think about this"
The two Zhou brothers worked in the tent for a full two hours. Zhou Wen immediately took out a pen to mark some of the problems that needed to be solved on the spot. Some of the issues that needed to be discussed again, he would clearly write down and discuss later in the meeting. As for those current technical issues If it cannot be achieved, he can only consider purchasing new equipment after sufficient funds are available.
"Okay, hurry up and help!" After all the problems were solved, Zhou Wen patted Zhou Qian on the shoulder and said, "I guess it's already busy over there."
"What about you? What are you doing?" Zhou Qian asked after getting up.
"I'm preparing for the second set of filming!" Zhou Wen kicked the other party angrily and said, "Grandma, remember, my company doesn't support idle people, you'd better be smarter in the future!"
Zhou Qian cringed and ran away. Every person in this shabby company is more violent than the other. I really can¡¯t stay here any longer. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that there are so many beauties in the company, I wouldn¡¯t wait even if I gave him ten times the salary!
When Zhou Wen returned to the set, filming was in full swing. He quietly woke up Wu Ma, who was napping outside the shooting area, "Master Ma, come with me to shoot the next set."
¡°Well, what about that scene?¡± Wu Ma opened his eyes in a daze and asked.
"I filmed the scene where you made a big fuss at the county government, haha!" Zhou Wen laughed and said, "That damn fat guy Wang Jing is probably impatient for the next scene, so let's leave as soon as possible."
Wang Jing was tricked by Zhou Wen into appearing on the set as a corrupt official because his acting and directorial style were equally exaggerated, making people feel like he was being ignored.I felt like I couldn't laugh. In exchange, Zhou Wen also had to play a cameo role in "The Best Girl in Hardcover". It was said that he was acting as a fake Ponyboy. There were only a few scenes, and he still didn't show his face.
Zhou Wen has no objection to this. Anyway, he is very optimistic about Wang Jing and is preparing to recruit him to the Zhou family. He might as well take this opportunity to drink some confused soup.