frightfiction Chapter 380: Filming the First Scene
Chapter 380: Filming the First Scene
"You're here so early. Just call me Jian Xia outside." Jian Xia greeted him with a smile.
"Okay, Jian Xia, I must come early. You have tried the makeup and styling, but I haven't, so I came early." Xu Wei was very happy and his tone was much lighter.
When he signed the contract, he and his agent worried for a long time. Now, after so much time has passed, not only have his troubles been solved, but no messy things have happened again, except for the incident on Longyang Island. Fortunately, Gu Xuyang saved him later.
Moreover, Gu Xuyang also got himself two big high-end luxury endorsements, which can be considered as compensation!
Now his commercial value is second only to that guy Wei Zihao!
Now Jian Xia has accepted him, is willing to take him with her, and her attitude towards him has become better and better. For him, there is hope!
"You have fun, I'll go do my hair." Jian Xia said goodbye to Xu Wei with a smile and walked into the dressing room.
At this moment in the dressing room, two costume stylists were adjusting the hairstyle of the actor who played Ji Ji.
After Jian Xia entered, everyone turned around and greeted her: "Hello, Teacher Jian!"
"Hello, Teacher Jian, I'm Ke Yumin, and I play Ji Ji."
Ke Yumin stood up with a humble and ingratiating smile on his face, bent down, and stretched out his hand to greet.
Jian Xia politely shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Ke Yumin, I am Jian Xia, and I look forward to your guidance."
Faced with Jian Xia's easy-going attitude, Ke Yumin was a little flattered.
He has been in the industry for four or five years but has never been popular and has never played any important roles. His agency does not value him and has given him very few resources. For this drama, he knew the assistant director and saw the recruitment information on the assistant director's WeChat Moments. He then submitted his video and personal information and was lucky enough to be invited by the director for an audition.
Even more fortunately, he was chosen by the director out of nearly twenty people!
Jiji is the third male lead! He has a lot of scenes in the early stage, and is comparable to the villain male lead!
This is also the most important role he has ever played, and the one with the most lines!
"Teacher Jian, you are too polite. I should learn from you!"
Jian Xia smiled and said: "No need to be so modest, I'll go get my hair done first."
At this time, the styling director, Mr. Tongxun, came over and greeted Jian Xia: "Hello, Jian Xia, I'm Tongxun, responsible for your styling. Come on, come over here."
"Hello." Jian Xia greeted with a smile, and then followed Tongxun inside.
He Xin knew Tongxun, who was a very good styling director in the circle and had designed styling for many popular TV series.
So she whispered to Jian Xia: "Teacher Tongxun is the styling director of this drama, the overall director of styling."
Jian Xia nodded in understanding.
The stylist and makeup artist immediately took Jian Xia to sit down, put on the wig first, and after the hairstyle was done, the makeup artist came up and started to put on makeup! Finally, she put on her clothes.
It took three or four hours to get everything ready and start taking pictures. Tongxun watched the whole process and personally corrected and instructed from time to time. Finally, he took Jian Xia to meet the screenwriter and director.
Her hair was tied into a bun with a small goose yellow flower and a wooden hairpin. It was simple but not rough. Her outfit was a water blue dress with a light grey skirt and an embroidered cloth bag slung across her body. Her image as a country peasant girl was firmly established!
The overall makeup is also light, with stunning facial features, coupled with Jian Xia's noble temperament, she is completely unique, a true descendant of the Phoenix clan!
The props team leader brought over a small backpack at the right time: "This is Feng Lingyao's herbal basket."
"Thank you. With this medicine basket, I have a soul." Jian Xia took it with a smile and wanted to carry it directly on her back.
"Hahaha, not bad, not bad, very good, let's go with this look. The main thing is that it forms a sharp contrast with the look after awakening. After becoming a phoenix, it must be enough to amaze everyone!" The director clapped his hands happily and stated his requirements and ideas.
Tongxun nodded: "No problem, there are three or four pieces of peasant girl's outer shorts, yellow, green, blue... You can change them according to the plot."
After the look was finalized, the director called all the actors in the group and briefly talked about the next key scene, mainly asking everyone to get familiar with each other:
"When we act, we must be familiar with each other, natural and simple, especially Jiji and Jianxia. You two are playmates who grew up together. One loves fighting, and the other loves picking herbs and acupuncture. Jiji is fearless, but he is only afraid of Feng Lingyao and listens to her very much. Next, you two must get to know each other better."
"Okay, Director." Jian Xia and Ke Yumin nodded in unison.
The two old actors who played the grandpa and grandma next to them were already familiar with the other supporting roles, and were standing by and listening with a smile on their faces.
The opening ceremony was held when the sun set that evening.
The first scene after filming was a harmonious scene where Feng Lingying was sorting herbs, her grandfather was weaving bamboo baskets, and her grandmother was cooking.
The family was having a great time together, chatting to each other from time to time.
The actors who play the two elderly people are both veteran and powerful actors, so there is no need to worry. The director has never worked with Jian Xia before and is a little worried about her situation.
However, when filming started for the first time, the director was stunned.
Feng Lingyao was seen carrying a basket full of herbs back home: "Grandpa and grandma, I'm back!"
Grandma poked her head out of the kitchen and glanced at her with a smile: "Hey, Yaoyao is back?"
"Wow, it smells so good, grandma. What delicious food are you making? Are you stewing chicken?"
Her face was full of surprise, and she swallowed subconsciously, her eyes sparkling, and her cute and greedy look came out all at once!
Then grandpa came out with bamboo strips, walked to the yard, sat down, and wove a basket: "Are you back? Did you pick ginseng today?"
As soon as these words came out, Feng Linghuai, who was originally happy, suddenly became deflated. Her face fell, and she sighed and said, "No!"
But it was only a short moment, and she cheered up again, and said confidently: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely be able to pick ginseng that is more than 50 years old, and maybe even 100 years old?"
At the end of her speech, she raised her white jade chin and quickly took out the herbs from the basket, arranging them skillfully. She was proud, lively, and enthusiastic, full of the flavor of life.
"Card!"
Jian Xia smiled and raised her head, looking at Director Zhang: "Did you have any questions just now?"
Director Zhang waved to him and said, "Very good, let me take a look."
When Jian Xia heard Director Zhang say this, she was ready to do it again. She was now very familiar with the directors' habits.
No matter which director it is, they will try to save as many takes as possible. Sure enough, after checking all the shooting positions from three angles, there were no problems, but Director Zhang still asked for another take.
"Keep a good mood!"
Jian Xia raised her hand and made an OK gesture. On the other side, the props team had already restored the herbs and the scene.
And handed the basket full of herbs to Jian Xia!
The light in the whole forest was dim, so three or four light boards were used. Wherever Jian Xia went, the light boards would illuminate her. Fortunately, she had already adapted to this shooting environment and was able to get into the mood.
The first scene went very smoothly!
Everyone was very happy. After work in the evening, we all took a bus down the mountain and back to the hotel.
The two sides were far apart, so when everyone got the notice for the next day, they all wailed and went to bed early!
We were required to set off at five in the morning and rush to the shooting location.
Jian Xia was even more disappointed: "At least I have to get up this early for the next week!"