Chapter 105: Part-time job(1/2)
"You said you were going to watch the performance, but it turned out that you were watching the show..." Holly faced Guan Chen, hesitating to speak.
He never expected that Guan Chen, who looked like he was here to do something important, would have such a low-key purpose, and...
"If you were just a walk-on, the crew would never let me, an outsider, in. Then I wouldn't be able to see anything." Holly almost wanted to take back the feeling of being called a director for the first time in seven years.
Guan Chen was silent for several seconds and nodded: "You are right."
"What should we do?" Holly asked.
Guan Chen ignored him and just looked up at the moon to himself: "A wise man will make a mistake after thinking a lot, and a fool will make a mistake after thinking a lot...%#(indistinct voice)@¥."
"There must be something?"
Guan Chen turned around and patted Holly on the shoulder: "It's okay! You can join me as an extra later and then you can go in."
Holly was confused, why did he have to do a side job even though he was so good?
"Just think of it as making extra money." Guan Chen couldn't help but put his arm around Holly's shoulders, walked up to Xing Yun, and said, "Take him with you. He will join me later."
Xing Yun looked at Holly. Holly felt that his beauty was being looked at, and suddenly panicked. He suspected that the extra money Guan Chen mentioned was not very serious.
"Okay."
Guan Chen asked: "Isn't there some envoy from the Western Regions on Ancient TV?"
Xing Yun said that a role like that would not be suitable for ordinary extras.
Guan Chen asked why.
Xing Yun said: "In our TV series, in addition to getting paid, the actors can also participate in the copyright split. As long as the part they have appeared in is broadcast once, the actors who read the lines will receive part of the money."
Xing Yun gave an example. For example, a certain extra actor appeared in a popular TV series and said a word. In the next ten years, this extra actor continuously received a total of nearly 200,000 Huaxia coins.
"So roles with lines, even if they only have one sentence or one word, are not something ordinary extras can get easily."
Guan Chen clicked his tongue and looked around at the screenwriters and actors who were waiting for opportunities to come. He somewhat understood why the number of actors in this world far exceeded the number of domestic actors in his previous life.
Holly on the side turned off his microphone during this topic and just listened silently.
The three people walked for a while and soon arrived at the south gate of the shooting base.
Xing Yun's group performance contractor friend was already waiting there.
Xing Yun's silver hair stood out very well in the night, and the two quickly recognized each other. Xing Yun walked up and muttered for a while, then came back and said to Guan Chen, "I have made arrangements with my friends, and you guys will be waiting for me later."
Just follow him, join the group directly, and then follow the arrangements of the assistant director or director."
Guan Chen and Holly walked to the contractor, and several people walked into the base.
The base is very large, and the architectural styles in each area are different. There are ancient, modern, and modern. The shooting base in Changping is mainly modern buildings, and there are more historical buildings such as palaces, temples, and ancient cities in Hengzhen in the south.
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"Police Story" was filmed here. Guan Chen was walking on the way to work again after a few months, and he was actually quite happy.
The contractor had the characteristic poverty of Beijing people, and he kept asking about Guan Chen's news. Xing Yun didn't know whether it was to protect Guan Chen or to protect his friends, so he pulled his friend ahead and didn't let him talk to Guan Chen.
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Halfway through, the contractor picked up a few more people, both men and women, who looked ordinary but looked very formal.
They did not join the group immediately, but were taken to a roadside full of people.
A little further ahead is the filming area. When a crew is filming, unrelated personnel are prohibited from approaching.
Guan Chen saw someone leading a group of foreigners into a certain shooting street. He was a little confused. Didn't it mean that the number of foreign extras was rare and they were not welcome? Xing Yun explained to him that it was a paid project.
, allowing foreign tourists from afar to experience the feeling of being a part-time actor in an extra group, and keep it as a souvenir. They may be able to see themselves online in the future. "In fact, you can't see it at all." Xing Yun said, even after the TV series is filmed, can it appear online?
It's all unknown.
A person wearing a peaked cap who looked like a crew member came over and talked with the contractor.
The foreman gathered Guan Chen, Holly and several other people together and assigned them to the man in the cap. The man in the cap looked at everyone's appearance and felt that there was no big problem. He counted the number of people and found that there were still a few less. The man in the cap turned around.
Shouting to people on the roadside, "Two more!"
For a moment, the people who were hovering around suddenly looked like the most enthusiastic children in the kindergarten, desperately raising their hands forward, wishing they could stand in front of the eyes of the man in the peaked hat.
The man in the peaked hat moved the hands in front of him and said, "You, you, and you." He pointed out a few people. The people who were named quickly stood behind the man in the peaked hat, and those who were not named still refused to leave for a long time.
Raise your hands, it seems like a miracle will happen.
Unfortunately, no miracle happened. The man in the peaked hat led Guan Chen and the others toward the filming area without stopping.
Xing Yun didn't intend to follow. He told Guan Chen that he would chat with his friends first and call him if something happened or when he was done.
Guan Chen waved his hand and said he understood.
Several other people were surprised to see it, and they didn't expect that the supporting actor also had an agent.
After Guan Chen and others were brought into the set, the stylist came over to check everyone's clothes.
The shooting scene was in a restaurant, and the extras acted as customers and background, so everyone's clothes couldn't look too different.
"Everyone can just pretend to eat and chat later." The man in the peaked hat warned them: "But! You can't really eat! You can't really chat either!"
Guan Chen and Holly did not sit together.
The blond Holly was placed against the wall, eating alone.
Because of his outstanding image, Guan Chen was placed in the middle of the camera, that is, behind the protagonist's seat. Only the side of his face could be shown in the photo.
Seeing the familiar fatigue on the faces of the crew, and listening to the director's familiar orders, Guan Chen felt a sense of nostalgia in his heart, and really wished he could join the crew right away. Guan Chen observed the set with interest, especially the other few
Everyone in the group performance seems to be very experienced. Some are closing their eyes to relax, and some are adjusting their state to warm up. Holly in the corner is staring at a menu and seems to be really hungry.
Recalling Zhou Xingxing in "The King of Comedy", Guan Chen wonders if there would really be an extra in reality who would talk to the director at length about what acting is.
Filming will start soon.
Several protagonists came down from upstairs and sat in front of several cameras.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
After the director shouted "Start!", the scene was settled, and several actors immediately got into the mood with laughter and laughter. Several people who were not familiar with each other suddenly became like friends who had been together for many years, and started talking about a friend's cheating.
Gossip.
Guan Chen nodded secretly after hearing this. It seemed like such a shoddy production, but these actors actually looked like actors.
Opposite Guan Chen was a young man who looked very enthusiastic. His mouth moved but he made no sound, as if he was really saying something to Guan Chen.
Guan Chen knew lip reading and could distinguish what the other party was saying: "You have one eye, two eyes and one nose..."
Guan Chen wanted to reply a few words, but the director suddenly shouted to stop. It turned out that the radio equipment had entered the frame, and he had to start over.
The studio started to clean up again.
Holly ran over to him and told him that he had just thought of something to eat for a while.
It seems that he has really regarded the walk-in job as a way to make extra money.
Guan Chen thought for a while and felt that he had a problem. He didn't act anything just now, which was so inappropriate. According to the acting method he learned from Teacher Xing, he first had to imagine who the character he wanted to play was, and who he was.
What is his goal, and what is his relationship with the person at the table across from him...
The director quickly prepared the scene and started the second shooting.
Guan Chen was sitting in his seat. He had been puzzled for a long time. The protagonist on the TV spoke very loudly, and some of the content was particularly shocking, but the passers-by around him didn't react at all.
So when the filming started for the second time, Guan Chen pretended to taste something until he heard what the protagonists behind him were talking about. Guan Chen was slightly surprised, turned his head and glanced at the speaker, and then smiled and looked at his friends at the same table.
Signaling, come and listen to the gossip.
"Stop!" the director suddenly shouted.
This time the call to stop was earlier than last time.
Everyone on the set suddenly became alert, wondering who was so unlucky and made a mistake.
"You," the director stood up and stared at Guan Chen, "what are you doing?"
"Can't you see?" Guan Chen was a little surprised. He obviously performed well just now.
The director was stunned for a moment, and the curse words he was preparing to say were stagnant. His momentum was gone, and his emotions were gone.
Too lazy to say anything to Guan Chen, the director called the man in the peaked hat and pointed at Guan Chen: "Move him to the side."
Guan Chen was a little disappointed. It was different from the movie... the person was changed without saying a word. Guan Chen had no time to argue about the Goldbach or Nicholas performance system that he had prepared.
The man in the peaked hat watched the director leave, then ran over and moved Guan Chen to the opposite side of Holly, and asked the other extras to sit behind the protagonist.
"It's inexplicable." Under the different looks of everyone, Guan Chen muttered and sat down opposite Holly.
He felt that his performance was quite interesting and the audience would definitely like it.
Holly listened to Guan Chen talking to himself without making a sound.
"Do you know the reason?" Guan Chen asked Holly.
Holly looked away in embarrassment, as if he didn't really want to say it, not that he didn't know.
Guan Chen knew it as soon as he saw Holly.
To be continued...