Sword from Mount Hua, the first film of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer, had officially started shooting in Ningshan Studio. It had been nearly a month, but the shooting was not going well.
At least it did not reach the planned progress. It was almost certain that it would not be able to enter the domestic cinemas during the summer vacation.
This made the morale of the crew a little low.
For this blockbuster movie, Chenfei Media had prepared for nearly a year. It could be said that they were quite well-prepared in all aspects. However, during the actual shooting process, they still encountered a lot of problems.
These problems were mainly focused on the martial arts scenes.
"Cut!"
Chen Guozhi put down the microphone in his hand, shook his numb legs, stood up, clapped his hands and said, "That's all for today. We'll continue tomorrow."
On the set, both the actors and the crew members breathed a big sigh of relief at the same time.
Today's shooting was particularly tiring. There were both literary and martial arts scenes. The two directors, Chen Guozhi and Lu Chen, were personally in charge. They attached great importance to it. Naturally, everyone was conscientious and did not dare to slack off.
The shooting started at 7 o 'clock in the morning, and now it was 9 o' clock in the evening. Everyone's nerves were tense, and they were very tired both physically and mentally. Now it was finally over.
However, after so much effort and sweat, there were not many qualified scenes. They had to reshoot tomorrow. It would be a new round of torture.
Lu Chen also stood up and said, "Everyone, go to bed early. Don't stay up late …"
Of course, he could see that everyone was in low spirits. But that was the way of making a movie. It was not easy to make a real masterpiece.
Behind the success, there were often too many unknown hardships. The wonderful things that the audience saw and enjoyed in the cinema needed them to work hard in silence.
Lu Chen could only find a way to make up for it. He would not relax his requirements because of this. In fact, many of the scenes shot today were already very good in the eyes of an expert, but they did not achieve the effect that he wanted 100%.
It was naturally reasonable that the crew members were under a lot of pressure.
At this time, Chen Guozhi said to him, "Xiao Lu, let's go back to the hotel and talk for a while?"
Lu Chen was slightly stunned and quickly replied, "Okay."
When he returned to the hotel, it was already 10 pm.
Chen Guozhi and Lu Chen did not talk in the room, but in the small dining room. Chen Fei'er, the producer, the cameraman, the stage manager, and Chen Guozhi's assistant were also present. The latter could be considered the director's true confidant.
In fact, similar small meetings had been held several times during the filming process.
It was so late, and the restaurant of the hotel must have been closed. However, the crew of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer who was stationed here were not ordinary guests. The service provided by the hotel was very good. No matter how late it was, it was not a problem for them to order a meal. Supper was no exception.
Chen Guozhi was getting on in years. He paid attention to his health and did not have a good appetite. He was full after eating a bowl of mushroom noodle soup. Then, he poured himself a cup of Longjing tea and slowly tasted it.
Lu Chen and the others knew that he had something to say, so they ate casually to fill their stomachs, asked the waiter to take away the plates, and accompanied him to drink tea.
After drinking a cup of tea, Chen Guozhi said in a measured tone, "Xiao Lu, we are a lot behind in the filming process. Do you have any thoughts of speeding up?"
The filming process was behind mainly because of the part that Lu Chen was responsible for.
In addition to acting as the male lead, Lu Chen was also the action director of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The action director had appeared in the domestic and foreign film industry for a long time. He was mainly responsible for the design and direction of the fighting scenes in the film. He was the leader in charge of the shooting, scheduling, and editing of all the action scenes.
But Lu Chen's action director is different from other peers. According to his definition, the action director of a martial arts film is the person in charge of the design, training, arrangement, scheduling, shooting, editing and other artistic creative activities of martial arts and action scenes in the creation of martial arts action films, starting from the script, director, actors, scene environment and other subjective and objective conditions. The importance is no less than that of the director.
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was essentially different from other action films, including ghost and supernatural films. In order to deepen this difference, Lu Chen was very strict in the shooting of the action scenes.
As a real martial arts film, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer had a lot of fighting scenes. Lu Chen pursued the authenticity of the action scenes. His goal was to achieve an artistic sense of reality through the processing of art and technology.
Therefore, he had to balance the relationship between truth and falsehood, and strive to "embed" the martial arts movements in the logical relationship between the characters and the plot, so as to make all the martial arts movements in the film as natural and exciting as possible.
To achieve his goal and meet his requirements, it was undoubtedly a lot of pressure for the actors!
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was not A Chinese Ghost Story. The background of the film was grand, involving Shaolin, Wudang, Wuyue Sword Sect, Sun Moon Sect, and many other sects. There were a lot of actors in the film, but most of them lacked experience in this aspect.
Undoubtedly, the use of stunt doubles could solve a lot of problems, but stunt doubles could not be used from start to finish. They also needed corresponding training and cooperation. In addition, many extras also had to learn the basic routines.
In this way, there were really not enough people in the Lu family team. Many times, Lu Chen had to personally demonstrate and help the actors repeatedly correct them. It would be strange if the shooting did not fall behind!
Fortunately, the film was fully digital now, and there was no need for film. In the past, who knew how many discs would have been squandered, and the cost would have been unbearable.
Slowing down the progress was a problem, but the bigger problem was the psychological pressure of the actors and the crew.
Chen Guozhi's tone was not heavy, but there was still a hint of questioning in it, which made the atmosphere in the small restaurant become solemn. Was he expressing his dissatisfaction?
Lu Chen felt the pressure from this famous director. He thought for a while and replied in a deep voice, "Director Chen, according to the current situation, it is difficult for us to speed up the progress. I think the first thing we need to do is to ensure the quality and effect …"
"We are not rushing the schedule!"
Lu Chen had said similar words to the reporters before, but now he was answering Chen Guozhi.
Chen Guozhi was the director of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and Lu Chen's words inevitably had the suspicion of challenging his authority.
Several important members of the crew couldn't help but panic. If the two of them had a conflict over work, could the film continue like this?
Lu Chen's answer was too direct. Couldn't he be more tactful? Or compromise a little?
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