Leisure was leisure, and work was work. Lu Chen clearly distinguished the two.
No matter how beautiful the scenery of Jinling was, and how moving the wind and moon of the Qinhuai River was, it couldn't make him forget to go home and neglect his work.
On the second day in Jinling, Lu Chen got up early.
Li Feiyu was still sleeping soundly. He quietly left the hotel and ran outside to exercise.
After returning, Lu Chen woke up Li Feiyu, and the two went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.
After breakfast, Lu Ze came just in time.
Today was the day of shooting the commercial. According to the arrangement of Silver Horse, if the shooting could be completed smoothly in the morning, then he would go to Senqi's headquarters in the afternoon to take promotional poster photos, and then he would be able to return to Beijing in the evening.
Of course, this was the ideal situation.
The shooting work of film and television has never been simple. Even the simplest commercial, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be any accidents and twists and turns, such as the wrong costumes and props, the poor state of the actors, etc., which will affect the shooting process.
Under the leadership of Lu Ze, Lu Chen first met with the shooting team of Silver Horse Advertising.
Although it was only shooting a commercial, there were many members of the shooting team. The director, photographer, photography assistant, field clerk, art, lighting engineer, lighting assistant, prop master, makeup artist … Plus the field workers who were responsible for odd jobs, pushing the track, and transporting, there were more than a dozen of them.
This also showed the strength of Silver Horse Advertising. If it was the kind of amateur team, maybe the director and a few photographers could handle it, and they wouldn't be able to arrange such a big lineup.
In addition, it could also be seen that Senqi attached great importance and investment to this commercial.
The shooting location was Xiangjiang Road in Jinling Film and Television City.
Jinling Film and Television City was built in cooperation between the government and enterprises. It has invested tens of billions of yuan, and has long become one of the famous tourist attractions in Jinling City.
This Xiangjiang Road, which was built in imitation of Jiulong Commercial Street in Xiangjiang, was surrounded by high-rise shops, commuter trams and real subway stations. It was not much different from the real scene.
Many domestic movies and TV shows were shot here. Interestingly, it was said that even Xiangjiang's film and television companies had shot films full of Hong Kong flavor on Xiangjiang Road.
When Lu Chen arrived, the shooting team had just been in place.
According to the plan, the outdoor part of the commercial would be shot first, and then the indoor part would be shot after that. The plot was not complicated.
The plot of the commercial was about the male lead, played by Lu Chen, and the female lead, who overslept with him. The latter was in a hurry to attend an important meeting at the company and accidentally left a document at home.
After the male protagonist found out, he immediately put on Senqi sportswear and Senqi sneakers and ran out to chase after her, only to find that the female protagonist had already left in a taxi.
Therefore, the male protagonist ran all the way down the street, crossing many obstacles in the process. When the female protagonist arrived at the conference room and realized that she didn't bring any documents with her, the male protagonist, who was sweating profusely, descended from the heavens!
The female lead was so touched that she gave him a kiss on the spot, causing everyone in the company to applaud.
Finally, the camera focused on Senqi's logo.
Lu Chen had already read the script for the advertisement, so he had already memorized a few lines.
The role he was playing didn't require a lot of acting skills. The only difficulty was that during the running process, in order to show the brand's sports characteristics, there were a few scenes that involved parkour.
Silver Horse Advertising was going to use a stunt double, that is, a professional parkour enthusiast.
Lu Chen came a little early. Under the introduction of Lu Ze, he chatted with the director of the shooting team and listened to the latter explain the key points of the shooting. After all, the main shots of this commercial were all on Lu Chen.
The director also introduced Lu Chen's stunt double.
The stunt double was a professional fitness coach, surnamed Wang, who was nearly 30 years old.
He was slightly shorter than Lu Chen, but the muscles all over his body were very strong. He was a little shy when he spoke. Obviously, he was the type with a straightforward personality.
The director told Lu Chen that the fitness coach was a soldier and usually liked parkour. He once won the fifth place in the national parkour competition.
After understanding the director's intentions, Lu Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Director, can you not use a stunt double? Let Coach Wang demonstrate those parkour moves to me first, and then I'll do it myself?"
"You don't need a stunt double?"
The director was shocked and looked at Lu Chen with incredible eyes: "Are you going to do it yourself?"
The cameraman, lighting technician, makeup artist next to him … Including Coach Wang, their expressions were a little strange.
Professional things, of course, needed professional personnel to do it. Although it was more troublesome to use a stunt double, it required post-editing and modification to avoid being exposed, and Big increase the difficulty of shooting.
But it was better than Lu Chen taking risks!
One of the scenes in the commercial required the male lead to flexibly climb over the railing and then jump over a 3-meter-wide flowerbed. It was impossible to complete it without enough jumping ability. If he didn't know the skills, he might even get injured.
The director felt that Lu Chen didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Of course, he concealed his disdain very well.
The director of a commercial was not a film and TV director. The difference in status was too big, and star artists couldn't afford to offend him.
So he could only explain in kind words: "That's too dangerous. We can't take such risks. Please understand."
Lu Chen smiled and did not insist on his own idea. He chose to respect the director's arrangement: "Well then …"
The director secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had shot a lot of commercials and knew how difficult it was to deal with some star artists!
Lu Chen was obviously not that kind of person, and he was very easy to talk to.
After appeasing Lu Chen, the director raised his wrist and looked at his watch, frowning.
He turned around, pointed to his watch and asked his assistant, "Look at what time it is now. Why hasn't Miss Sun Shan come yet? Call and urge her again. What are you doing here?! "
The assistant shrank his head after being scolded and quickly took out his mobile phone to contact.
The director said to Lu Chen again, "Mr. Lu Chen, I'm really sorry. Please wait a little longer. Miss Sun Shan may have encountered something. Would you like to sit here first?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll wait a little longer."
Sun Shan was the female protagonist of Lu Chen's commercial, a third or fourth-tier film and television star.
Lu Chen searched the other party's information on the Internet and knew that the other party had appeared in several films and TV series. Although they were all supporting roles, she was quite popular on the Internet. It was said that she was very good at hype and had won one or two unknown awards.
Sun Shan was very beautiful, but her reputation was not very good.
Of course, Lu Chen didn't care about the other party's character. Anyway, it was just cooperation in an advertisement.
But he soon knew that he thought too simple!
After the phone call, the assistant came over and said, "Director, Miss Sun Shan is still in the hotel. She said that she will arrive in about an hour. What do you think?"
"Another hour?"
The director was so angry that his eyes widened: "So many people are waiting for her …"
He suppressed his temper and waved his hand hard and said, "Forget it, then don't wait. Let's shoot the male lead part first. Everyone, hurry up and get ready!"
As soon as the director gave the order, the shooting team immediately got busy.
The cameraman set up the camera, the makeup artist rushed over to put on makeup for Lu Chen, and the lighting assistant ran around with the reflector in his arms.
The field clerk led the field workers to isolate the curious tourists who gathered around to watch the fun, so as not to interfere with the shooting work.
The first to start shooting was not Lu Chen, but his double.
Coach Wang changed into a full set of sportswear and sneakers. After warming up, he began the first round of shooting, which was mainly an action of climbing over obstacles.
This professional coach was very strong. He ran for a dozen steps and suddenly jumped up. He easily jumped over several boxes stacked on the side of the road. His movements were very vigorous and smooth.
The camera installed on the guide track followed his footsteps and filmed the whole process completely.
The first take went very smoothly.
The director was very satisfied. After watching the replay, he passed it directly.
The next second parkour scene was a lot more difficult. It required the double to climb over the railing and then jump over the flower bed and land on the grass. Because the distance of the jump was relatively long, there was a certain degree of danger.
While the double was trying, Lu Chen received a phone call.
A phone call that he didn't expect.
"Sister Fei?"
The person who called him was actually Chen Fei 'er: "Lu Chen, where are you?"
Lu Chen wondered: "I'm shooting a commercial in Jinling now. Sister Fei, what can I do for you?"
Chen Fei 'er chuckled and said, "Can't I call you if I have nothing to do?"
Lu Chen: "Uh …"
Chen Fei 'er said with a smile, "I'm not joking with you. Are you shooting in Jinling Film and Television City?"
Lu Chen said, "Yes, I'm on Hong Kong Road now."
Chen Fei 'er said, "I've shot there before. I'm more familiar with the place than you. I'll hang up first."
Lu Chen was stunned: "Oh, goodbye, Sister Fei."
After ending the call with Chen Fei 'er, Lu Chen felt a little inexplicable.
"Ah!"
As he was thinking, suddenly there was a scream of pain in front of him.
Lu Chen was taken aback and rushed over with several staff on the scene.
Then he found out that his double, that is, Coach Wang, had an accident!
It turned out that when shooting the scene of jumping over the flower bed, Coach Wang did not handle it well when he landed. As a result, he twisted his foot and couldn't stand up in pain.
Everyone helped him up and moved a stool to sit down.
When he took off his sneakers, Coach Wang's ankle had begun to swell!
Although it was not known whether Bonehead was okay or not, it was definitely impossible to continue shooting with him like this.
And the previous scenes were equivalent to shooting in vain.
Because it was necessary to replace him.
The problem was where to find a replacement now. It should be known that these movements were a bit difficult, and not just anyone could do it.
The director's sadness was almost like a river!
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