Two days before the filming of "A Good Show" begins, Huang Bo took the crew on a two-day vacation on Yakushima. The props team worked on the sets for almost a week, so they had to give everyone some time to rest.
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But it was said to be a vacation, so in the end we invited several media over.
Bringing the media here is nothing more than holding a launch conference, asking a few questions, and taking a few photos to facilitate the promotion of the movie.
After all, the popularity of "The Secret of the Dragon" is now at its peak. The three leading actors collaborated on the same stage again to shoot the new film "A Good Show", which naturally attracted the attention of many netizens.
Just before the launch conference, basically all the actors of "A Good Show" arrived.
At the same time, the box office of "The Secret of the Dragon" has also exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, and it is still some way away from the 2 billion box office mark. No one can predict whether "The Secret of the Dragon" will be a hit in the remaining ten days.
Unable to capture the final 500 million box office.
However, this box office performance is already explosive. It is just one step away from the box office record set by "Charlotte". If nothing goes wrong, in two days, the holder of the highest box office record for domestic films will be replaced by "Searching".
This is the name of the movie "Dragon Secret".
As the leading actors in the movie, Lin Yuan, Huang Bo, Shu Qi and others are naturally in the spotlight of netizens.
Lin Yuan, in particular, has not only become the subject of recent discussion among netizens, but in the face of such impressive achievements, he has also suddenly become a piece of cake in the eyes of capital from all parties.
Whether it is an online drama, a TV series or a movie, Lin Yuan's achievements can be described as "proud".
She starred in the first domestic phenomenon-level online drama "Remaining Sin", and "Flower Bones" won the weekly TV series ratings championship and is expected to become the annual ratings champion.
And his achievements in movies are even more impressive. Although "Tang Detective" failed to break the box office record of "Charlotte", it also made Lin Yuan the first domestic actor to have three starring movies all take over one billion box office.
, of course, if "The Secret of the Dragon" can break the box office record of domestic movies, Lin Yuan's achievements will probably go even further.
Under this circumstance, even if Lin Yuan only won one Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor, which is far less valuable than those who have already been famous for a long time, in terms of performance alone, Lin Yuan can now be ranked among the top ten domestic actors.
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Even if the management looked down on Lin Yuan at first, they now have to admit that Lin Yuan is undoubtedly their first choice for film investment.
What makes netizens curious is that the three people who were supposed to appear in major media suddenly disappeared. Instead, Angela, Xia Yu and other leading actors, who had less roles, frequently appeared with the crew, bringing together major popular variety shows.
I almost went there all over the place.
It wasn't until the film launch conference of "A Good Show" was held that netizens learned that these three popular leading actors had begun to collaborate on stage and sing together.
After learning the news, netizens couldn't help but express their emotions.
"Good guy, is Lin Yuan so dedicated? I remember that he just finished filming "Kung Fu Yoga" with his eldest brother not long ago. Why did he start taking roles again?"
"Now I know why Lin Yuan's movies are released every few months. There are 365 days in this year, and 300 of them are filming. Can there not be too many movies released?"
"What's the point? If I could make so much money from filming, I would film every day."
"Some people are starting to get upset upstairs. Don't other actors make money from filming? At the end of the year, there are only one or two movies released at most. Look at Lin Yuan, he is just risking his life filming."
"But Lin Yuan is also unlucky. There are so many successful films, but only "The Sun" won the award."
"Not bad, I won the Best Actor within two years of my debut. I don't know how many actors will never win the Best Actor in their lifetime!"
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At a time when netizens were arguing, on Lin Yuan's side, on the first day the crew assembled, Huang Bo put on the director's "air" and started directing.
Compared with the opening ceremonies of directors such as Chen Sichen, Wu Ershan, and Tang Jili, the opening ceremony of a good show seems much simpler. Of course, this has a certain relationship with the surrounding environment.
Yakushima is a tourist attraction after all, and the environment has always remained relatively pristine.
You don’t have to think about things like setting off firecrackers. Therefore, the opening ceremony of "A Good Show" ended in a very hurried and simple manner. The whole process was that all the actors stood together and hung a red banner with a sentence on it.
I wish it a big hit at the box office, and then the director took the lead in inserting incense, and the other leading actors followed suit by inserting a small incense stick in the incense burner.
However, no matter how simple the opening ceremony was, the crew did not skip the red envelope. All the crew members received a red envelope, one price for the leading role, one price for the supporting roles, and another price for the crew members. When Lin Yuan took the red envelope,
You can tell by touching him that Huang Bo is not stingy with the crew at all. It contains at least 10,000 red envelopes, which is more than the red envelopes that many crews give away during their celebration banquets.
But for leading actors like Lin Yuan, 20,000 yuan is nothing at all. If it weren't for the idea of seeking a good omen, Lin Yuan wouldn't want to accept this money.
And after these processes are over, the next step is the filming process.
After finalizing the cast, Huang Bo never worried about filming matters.
In the starring cast, he plus Lin Yuan, Shu Qi, Wang Baoqiang, Yu Hewei, their acting skills have been verified by their works. The only one with slightly worse acting skills, Wang Xun, is also at the level of a first-line actor, so in addition to
Apart from the time required to narrate scenes to a few special actors, Huang Bo basically didn't have to worry much about filming.
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"Is the props team's water hose ready? The actors quickly go to make-up, and other departments also hurry up and start shooting in half an hour! Hurry up! Everyone get moving!"
As Huang Bo became serious, everyone in the crew trotted all the way to complete the arrangements. The leading actors such as Lin Yuan, Shu Qi, Wang Baoqiang and others also walked to the dressing room aside to prepare for filming.
Fortunately, the first scene was a scene where everyone in the company was stranded on a desert island, so there were basically no requirements for makeup and clothing.
After all, there will be people from the props team responsible for "artificial rain" later. Instead of applying makeup for half an hour, it is better to put more effort into the performance of this scene.
Lin Yuan changed his clothes and followed Wang Baoqiang to do warm-up exercises.
Although this is not an action scene, this scene takes at least ten minutes to shoot, which means that they have to be soaked in the rain under the water pipes of the props team for ten minutes. If they do not warm up and prepare in advance, this scene will
After the filming is over, there is a high probability that someone will catch a cold.
The other actors saw this and followed suit.
No one wants to have a runny nose on the first day of filming.
Huang Bo was also very considerate and asked the set staff to prepare ginger soup and towels in advance. The most difficult scene in the early stage was this one. If this scene was solved on the first day of filming, the rest of the scene would go much smoother.
After everyone was ready, Huang Bo also picked up the walkie-talkie when he saw this.
"Get ready! The scorer's call!"
"A good show, the first scene, the first shot! Start!"
As Huang Bo's voice fell, the camera moved at a constant speed with the crane arm, giving close-ups of everyone's faces from the panoramic view.
Everyone woke up from the rocks and found that the land and sea boat was stuck among the boulders. They were trapped on a desert island, their mobile phone signals were lost, and they couldn't help but have panic expressions on their faces.
The heavy rain kept falling, swallowing up the cries and shouts. People instinctively divided into two groups and hid under the narrow rocks to take shelter from the rain. When counting the number of people, they realized that the driver was missing, and the invisible fear began.
spread around everyone.
There was no food or water, and everyone relied on each other to survive the night without eating or drinking.
This scene mainly allows the actors to express the panic of being stranded on a desert island.
There are less than five lines in total. If you want to create an atmosphere of panic among everyone, you can only work hard on expressions and movements. In other words, the effect of this scene on the big screen depends purely on the actors.
their acting skills.
Fortunately, the crew of "A Good Show" has a total of more than 200 crew members, and the camera crew alone has 60 people, with a total of five camera positions, recording the actors' performances in almost all directions without blind spots.
Whose acting skills are good and the performance is on point, whose lens will be used when the time comes.
Under this situation, if Lin Yuan wanted to appear in the scene, basically no one else could steal the scene from him except Huang Bo. However, Lin Yuan did not show off his acting skills in this scene.
One scene was shot for less than eight minutes.
When Huang Bo returned to the monitor to watch the replay, he sat down for an hour.
There were five camera positions, which meant that he had to watch the eight-minute scene five times, and he had to select the best parts from these five times, edit the shots, and finally put them together into a scene.
Lin Yuan and Wang Baoqiang also came together to watch the effect of the scene in front of the monitor.
Needless to say, Wang Baoqiang, of course, has directed and starred in "Havoc in Tianzhu", which is already in preparation and will start filming soon. Now that he has the opportunity to watch and learn, he will naturally not let it go.
Lin Yuan and Wang Baoqiang's plans were not much different. They also wanted to come over in advance to learn from experience and discuss the plot with Huang Bo.
The three of them were wrapped in blankets, drinking ginger soup in their hands, and looking at the monitor intently.
After watching four scenes in a row, Huang Bo shook his head a total of 11 times and nodded only 4 times, which shows that he was not very satisfied with the effect of this scene.
It wasn't until he saw the scene captured by the last camera that Huang Bo finally realized: "Lin Yuan, you are a young man, you are a yellow flower girl, and you are still hiding from the camera."
After watching the play five times, it was only his and Yu and Wei's acting that could pass the test.
Although the other actors have a good foundation, without lines, it is still difficult to perform this kind of fearful tension just by relying on the micro-expressions and movements on their faces.
It stands to reason that Lin Yuan's acting skills are no worse than his. He was able to become a god with the final battle in "Scorching Sun", and his ability to control the character's demeanor can be imagined.
However, after watching the scene five times, Huang Bo realized that Lin Yuan's camera sense in this scene was simply ridiculously weak.
If he hadn't known about Lin Yuan's acting skills, he would have thought that he just hired a random extra from Hengdian, and it was the kind of extra that couldn't even be found on camera!
Wang Baoqiang also turned his attention to Lin Yuan curiously, wanting to see what explanation Lin Yuan had.
"Brother Bo, I think it's better for me to show less face in the first few scenes." Lin Yuan said what he was thinking, and after looking at the surprised expressions of the two people, he explained: "There is no one else in this script except you.
, I’ve probably seen it the most. Judging from the reversal you designed in the end, you obviously wanted to mold the two characters, Ma Jin and Xiao Yuan, so that the audience can discuss these two characters.
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When he said this, Huang Bo nodded in agreement.
He had already thought clearly before making this movie. The most designed plot in this movie is the reversal. Through the continuous reversal of the plot, characters, and personalities, the audience can understand the entire movie story.
Finally I understood what he wanted to express in the movie "A Good Show".
But does this have anything to do with what Lin Yuan said at the beginning about showing up less?
Lin Yuan continued to explain: "Brother Bo, if you think about it carefully, if Xiao Yuan and Ma Jin had the same number of scenes at the beginning, would the audience know the importance of Xiao Yuan's character at a glance? Then the design would be reversed later.
When the time comes, can it still bring surprises to the audience?"
Hearing this, Huang Bo was thoughtful.
If the character Xiao Yuan is given so many scenes from the beginning, it will indeed reduce the audience's expectations for the final twist.
"What do you mean?" Huang Bo looked at Lin Yuan, wanting to see what kind of answer he would give.
Lin Yuan added with a smile: "I think the character Xiao Yuan should be de-emphasized at the beginning of the movie. It would be best for the audience to take their attention away from him and think that he is just an insignificant supporting character."
, wait until the middle stage, and then start to intensify the portrayal of this character, so that the final reversal moment can give the audience enough shock."
"Hiss..." Huang Bo narrowed his small eyes after hearing Lin Yuan's answer: "That makes sense, this head is quite flexible!"
Huang Bo said this, which meant that he had adopted Lin Yuan's suggestion.
Lin Yuan quickly said politely: "Brother Bo is so polite, but it's not because you wrote the script well."
Wang Baoqiang, who was on the side, laughed out loud and started joking happily: "Huang Bo, I see, Lin Yuan just wants to have more scenes later, so don't let the spotlight take over the show!"
The three of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.
When the rest of the crew saw this, Monk Zhang Er was confused. The first scene was so serious, why were the three leading actors laughing?
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Today's opening ceremony was delayed a bit. The crew went home directly after filming such a scene.
Back at the hotel, Huang Bo directly pulled Lin Yuan into his room and asked Lin Yuan to explain his thoughts in more detail. While Lin Yuan was talking, he took the script and revised it.
It wasn't until the producer informed everyone in the WeChat group that it was time for dinner that Huang Bo finished revising the plot with Lin Yuan.
The two of them got off the elevator together and were about to go to the third floor for dinner.
Huang Bo suddenly brought up a topic: "Lin Yuan, the Golden Horse Awards will be presented almost next month. Have you received any news?"
Golden Horse Awards Ceremony?
After hearing this, Lin Yuan estimated the time in his mind.
The Golden Horse Awards ceremony is usually held from November to December. It is already mid-October. If nothing else happens, this Golden Horse Awards will indeed be held next month.
However, the nomination list has not yet come out, and the crew has not informed him. Whether he will go to the Golden Horse Awards or not is still a question.
Lin Yuan pursed his lips and said casually: "Most of the films I make are commercial films. Even if I go to the Golden Horse Awards, I will still be nominated. I might as well focus on filming."
As early as 2009, Huang Bo won the 46th Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his movie "Bullfighting".
He also knows that the Golden Rooster Award, the Golden Image Award and the Golden Horse Award are known as the three gold medals for Chinese films. Generally, the films that can win these three awards are mostly feature films and literary films. Commercial films have basically not won awards in the past.
possible things.
Until now, the possibility of commercial films winning awards is far lower than that of nominated literary and artistic films.
It is really difficult for Lin Yuan to win these three gold medals in other movies he starred in except "The Heart of the Sun".
Huang Bo patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, it's just about winning awards. When our movie is finished, we will win all the major domestic awards!"
It can be seen that Huang Bo is still a little confident about his first self-directed and self-acted movie.
However, Lin Yuan was still a little curious about Huang Bo's sudden talk about the Golden Horse Awards, so he asked: "Brother Bo, have you received any news?"
"What news can I have? Didn't I shoot a movie called "Dear" before? I heard from Director Chen that this movie was nominated for Best Actress, so I have to make time to go there."
At this point, Huang Bo sighed and complained: "The Best Actress has nothing to do with me. Isn't it just a formality for me to go there?"
Generally for awards like this, as long as the crew is nominated, basically the entire crew will be present.
After all, being nominated is not only recognition of the actors' acting skills, but also recognition of the efforts of the entire crew.
Even though Huang Bo sounded like he was complaining, he was actually quite happy that the movie "Dear" was nominated.
As soon as he got out of the elevator, as the signal was restored, Lin Yuan received a text message from director Cao Baoping.
Lin Yuan stopped, clicked on the text message and read it.
When Huang Bo saw this, he stopped where he was and asked curiously: "What's wrong? Who sent you a message?"
"Cao Baoping, Director Cao." Lin Yuan looked away from the mobile phone screen, then slowly looked at Huang Bo, his expression suddenly became serious: "I seem to have to go to Taipei City next month."
"Um?"
"I'm sorry, Brother Bo, our "Heart of the Sun" crew is nominated for Best Actor..."