1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Looking at the banner in Liu Qing's hand, Zhou Yan blinked a few times and said, Brother Liu, are we a bit...

Liu Qing nodded, Well, it's a bit crude, but it can only be like this for the time being. We must be well prepared next time.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to say that it was a bit too showy, with a three-minute short film and a launching ceremony.

But Liu Qing didn't listen to him at all, and took out the incense burner, plates and fruits from the prop box.

Seeing Liu Qing's series of actions, Zhou Yan was stunned, what a guy! When did Liu Qing bring these things?

Liu Qing then asked others to help set up the incense table, Let's set it up quickly.

Zhao Fei and the others were quite enthusiastic, and went to help Liu Qing with a smile. After all, they had never participated in such a unique startup ceremony.

Although Zhou Yan felt that the power-on ceremony was a bit fussy, seeing Liu Qing and the others busy at work made him feel satisfied.

At the same time, he began to understand why making a movie requires such a ritual.

The filming of the movie has not yet started, but everyone participated in such a ceremony. It seems that from now on, we are truly a team, and we will work side by side to complete the work in the future.

The incense offering table was quickly set up, and Liu Qing got a red cloth to cover the camera.

Because they would be filming soon, there shouldn't be too much smoke in the room, so they didn't light the incense. Everyone just took the incense and walked to the stage to bow a few times, and then put the incense into the incense burner.

Starting from Zhou Yan, then to Zhao Fei...the last one is Lin Juan from makeup, and all seven members of the Antfly crew paid tribute to each other.

Finally, when Lin Juan was offering incense, two tenants who lived in other rooms passed by their room in the corridor outside. They saw someone holding incense and worshiping inside. They took a quick look and ran away in a hurry.

After a while, the hotel owner ran over and shouted:

What are you doing?

Seeing the boss approaching in a menacing manner, Zhou Yan walked up with a smile and handed over the cigarette, Boss, what's the matter?

The boss was a heavy smoker, so when he opened the room, Zhou Yan let him smoke.

Before opening the room, Zhou Yan told the boss that they were going to shoot a short video in the room, and the boss said it was no problem.

So seeing the boss like this, Zhou Yan was also confused.

The boss didn't take the cigarette this time. He looked at the incense stand and said, Didn't you say you were going to make a movie? What's going on? A tenant reported that you are performing a cult ritual.

These words amused Zhou Yan and the others.

Liu Qing smiled and said, Boss, you are so funny. Who is holding a cult ceremony and leaving the door open? We are the crew starting the filming. Look at this.

He pointed at the banner.

The boss looked up. After reading the words above, he immediately knew that there was a misunderstanding. Then he took Zhou Yan's cigarette with a smile and said, We small-town people are ignorant and don't know how to start a movie. You are busy, I I'm leaving.

After that, the boss left without looking back. He came and left in a hurry.

When the boss disappeared, lighting engineer Yuan Yu was still happy about what had just happened, Director Zhou, our start-up ceremony was very memorable.

Liu Qing agreed, Yes, I will never forget it in my life.

Zhou Yan smiled, even without these episodes, he would never forget today in his life.

The first time is always special and unforgettable.

Okay, let's pack our things and start shooting. We don't have much time, so we have to hurry up.

At the opening ceremony, don't you say something to cheer up the troops?

Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, Everyone, take good pictures. If we can finish the filming tomorrow, I will treat you to roast whole lamb.

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Before coming, Zhou Yan had already roughly communicated with Zhao Fei and the others about today's shooting. On the way here today, Zhou Yan also discussed the scene arrangement with them.

So before the shooting started, Zhou Yan simply discussed the shooting arrangements with Zhao Fei based on the movement of the room, and then started to lead Liu Qing and the others to set up the scene.

After setting up the scene, Zhou Yan asked Lin Juan to give him a look that looked gaunt, and then changed into a cool outfit, even with bare feet.

It was winter, and there was no air conditioning in the hotel. Zhou Yan, who was wearing a vest and bare feet, was shivering from the cold.

Lin Juan looked a little distressed and couldn't help but said, Brother Zhou Yan, why don't you put on thick clothes, you will freeze.

Zhou Yan shook his head. He did consider letting the protagonist wear winter clothes because of the cold weather, but after changing it, it always felt wrong.

Wearing thick clothes makes it difficult to express many emotions and details.

On one side are people wearing thick clothes, and on the other side are people wearing tattered vests. From a perspective perspective, the latter gives people a more decadent and uneasy feeling, which is more consistent with the theme of Antfly.

Zhou Yan was beating, trying to warm up his body, and said, Lin Juan, go get some warm water.

Lin Juan thought Zhou Yan wanted to use warm water to keep warm, so she waved her hands repeatedly, It won't work to warm him up with water. It will get even colder after a while.

Zhao Fei understood what Zhou Yan meant. He said to Lin Juan, Zhou Yan wants to sprinkle water on his body to show the feeling of being sweating profusely.

Zhao Fei had thought about this when they were communicating about the script before. In the middle of winter, it was impossible for Zhou Yan to break a sweat while wearing a vest, no matter how much he danced, so he could only use water splashing to achieve the effect.

After getting the warm water, Zhou Yan asked Lin Juan to splash it, but Lin Juan frowned and didn't dare to do anything.

In desperation, Zhou Yan could only take the basin and start pouring water on himself.

Because it is warm water, it feels quite comfortable when it is first applied to the body, but it is only comfortable for a while, and the water will soon cool down, making the body even colder.

Lin Juan had covered her eyes and did not dare to look, but Zhao Fei and the others sincerely admired Zhou Yan for being so cruel to her.

Seeing Zhou Yan like this, they all became serious. If the shots were wasted because of their mistakes, they would be really sorry for Zhou Yan.

Get ready to start.

Zhou Yan rubbed his teeth and said something, then squatted in the corner.

It was not time to start up the camera yet. He had to rehearse several times with the pre-designed wiring and wait until he felt that there was no problem before starting the camera. After all, the cost was not high and they could not afford to waste film.

After rehearsing several times, Zhou Yan felt that there was no problem, and Zhou Yan decided to start filming.

Turn on.

Play the board.

once.

start.

Zhou Yan had rehearsed this part in his mind many times. He thought he would be nervous when he actually started, but in fact he was not. He couldn't think of anything else in his mind right now. It was all about how to shoot the next scene.

Because the preparations in the early stage were relatively sufficient and the scene had been rehearsed several times, the filming went relatively smoothly with no stumblings. In many cases, Zhao Fei said it was OK after taking one or two shots.

This is the bad thing about the film era. When shooting, there was no monitor to see the actual footage. The director could only rely on his feelings and refer to the photographer's opinions.

If it's the digital age, you don't need to rehearse, you can shoot it directly, watch it while shooting, and delete it if it doesn't work. Anyway, you can start over without thinking about the waste of film. You don’t even need to delete it, just keep it. As long as you have enough memory, you can keep as many files as you want.

Therefore, unless Zhou Yan feels that the problem is particularly big, he will listen to Zhao Fei's opinion, and the shots that have no problems will be passed directly without reshooting. Zhou Yan still attaches great importance to Zhao Fei's opinion. Zhao Fei has been in this business for a long time and has a lot of experience. Although he has always been a photographer, he has seen a lot of director stuff.

After the first day of filming, the film was only halfway through, but Zhou Yan was already quite satisfied.

Today is just the beginning. There were still some problems during the filming process, such as the staff being unfamiliar with the set and not understanding the script, which delayed the filming progress. But after the first day, such problems will be much less.

I believe that if we start shooting tomorrow, the progress will be faster. If there are no accidents, the drama will be over after one more day of shooting.