A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 374: Extremely Unsatisfactory Filming

On Sunday, when Chen Jinnian was filming the rivalry between Deng Xiaoqi and Wang Yidi, he suddenly found that Deng Xiaoqi just couldn't get into the mood and no matter how many times he tried, he couldn't achieve the desired effect.

It is normal for an actor's performance to fluctuate, but the huge difference between the two days was beyond Chen Jinnian's expectations, as he was clearly in very good condition yesterday.

After shooting for a whole morning with some difficulty and more than a dozen takes of another scene, he called Deng Xiaoqi aside.

"Xiaoqi, what problem are you having?"

Chen Jinnian was patient and didn't get angry, because he knew that the more harshly he scolded such young actors, the worse their performance would be.

"Director Chen, I'm sorry. Maybe I'm too nervous and can't quite find my groove."

"You are not a new actor, why are you so nervous? Didn't you act very well in the last movie?" Chen Jinnian looked unhappy. He turned to look at the crew members who were rushing to restore the scene. The continuous N cameras had exhausted everyone.

"Rest for half an hour first, and find your form."

After Chen Jinnian finished speaking, he turned and left. It was not that he had not told Deng Xiaoqi about the play, but the problem was not with the play, but with Deng Xiaoqi herself. Even if he talked about it in a flowery way, it would not solve the problem.

After finishing her makeup, Wang Yidi originally wanted to talk to Deng Xiaoqi, but she walked out of the studio directly, so she had to ask Chen Jinnian first.

"You just lost your temper with Xiaoqi."

"No." Chen Jinnian said with a sour face, picking up the script to study at any time, "If I scold him and make him cry, I will have to comfort him myself."

He is a director, but also an investor. Naturally, he cannot be like other directors who scold the actors and then stop filming, or ask the assistant director to replace the actors. He also has to consider funding and cost issues.

"Then you should have a good talk with her." After Wang Yidi finished speaking, she saw that Chen Jinnian ignored her, so she snatched the script from her hand.

"Oh, I can't talk about it. It's obvious that she brings her emotions from real life into the performance. What should I do? The more I talk, the more emotional she becomes."

Chen Jinnian collapsed helplessly in the director's chair. He now wanted to delete Deng Xiaoqi's scenes, leaving only the necessary shots and simply explain the plot.

After all, he is making movies, not coaxing children.

Chen Jinnian took the script back from Wang Yidi, took out the marker from his vest pocket, and quickly crossed out large sections of the script.

Seeing his actions, Wang Yidi said in surprise: "You are going to delete all of Xiaoqi's scenes!"

"Shh, don't say anything, just pretend you don't know."

After marking out the scenes, Chen Jinnian called Zhou Jiahang and director of photography Wang Sheng out of the studio and temporarily informed them to modify the shooting plan.

The two looked at each other in bewilderment. They had not expected that the second day of filming would be so unsuccessful.

"How about giving her some more time? After all, we have already paid her salary." Zhou Jiahang asked tentatively.

"The pay is so low, and the key is that given her current condition, I don't know how many weekends it will take to finish filming, and the wasted time will cost even more."

Chen Jinnian didn't know what had happened to Deng Xiaoqi. If she was breaking up, it would take a long time and she would not be able to recover from the emotional state for a month or two.

"Finish filming the important face-showing scenes today, and use a stand-in for the remaining scenes. Old Zhou, have the casting director keep an eye out and find an actress who's similar to Deng Xiaoqi."

"Okay, I'll go and notify them." Zhou Jiahang nodded.

Wang Sheng took the script from Chen Jinnian and said, "I'll go adjust the filming now."

After arranging the two most important things, Chen Jinnian quickly called the props and stage staff. They had to rush to finish the props for photos and group photos this afternoon. Originally, these things were scheduled for next weekend, but now they had to be brought forward.

While he was busy arranging the work, Deng Xiaoqi was having a quarrel with Li Xizhou a little distance away from the studio.

Chen Jinnian guessed correctly, Deng Xiaoqi was indeed breaking up.

The cause was the conflict between Li Xizhou and Deng Xiaoqi over the contract. Li Xizhou thought this was an excellent opportunity and he could not let his girlfriend act recklessly with her temper.

Because Deng Xiaoqi's acting talent is really not that good, and her state is very emotional. She performed well in the last movie, on the one hand because she played herself, and on the other hand because Lin Miaomiao accompanied her throughout the whole process.

With the novelty of her first time in front of the camera and the company of her friends, Deng Xiaoqi can be said to have performed above and beyond her level and did not hold her back in the crew.

But this kind of luck will not always happen. The best way is to get more performance opportunities, hone yourself through continuous filming, and improve your acting skills. Now that the opportunity is in front of you, how can you give it up?

So last night, he went to the girls' dormitory building to persuade Deng Xiaoqi to change her mind.

Then, as expected, the talks broke down again, which led to a quarrel between the two. As the active pursuer in this relationship, Li Xizhou has always been very caring towards Deng Xiaoqi, and Deng Xiaoqi has also become accustomed to her position in the relationship.

So after the first diametrically opposed opinions emerged, the two quickly escalated the discussion from whether or not to sign the contract to whether you understand me, and finally to the philosophical proposition of whether you love me or not.

Li Xizhou was still explaining when suddenly a voice came from the side.

"Xiaoqi, what are you doing here?" Chen Jinnian asked with a frown. He just saw it from a distance, and when he walked over, he found that it was indeed Deng Xiaoqi.

"Director Chen!"

Deng Xiaoqi, who was just aggressive, suddenly got stuck.

At the critical moment, Li Xizhou took the initiative to step forward and took over the conversation, "Hello Director Chen, I am Xiaoqi's boyfriend. We met last time when you came to the Central Academy of Drama."

Chen Jinnian shifted his gaze to the other person's face. He didn't have much impression of Li Xizhou. To be precise, he had no impression of the group of students at that time. He just remembered that they were all handsome men and beautiful women with similar appearance.

But he still nodded and pretended to know her.

"I can't control you two chatting outside the studio, but you have to hurry up and adjust and get back into character as soon as possible. The crew still has filming tasks waiting for you later." After instructing Deng Xiaoqi, he continued, "You guys chat, I have things to do."

"Director Chen, don't worry, Xiaoqi will definitely adjust well." Li Xizhou quickly assured on behalf of Deng Xiaoqi.

When Chen Jinnian walked back, he always felt that the relationship between the two was weird. He remembered that Deng Xiaoqi liked Qian Sanyi, and she also had a backup plan, Jiang Tianhao, and now she had a college boyfriend. This relationship was really complicated.

After the break, Deng Xiaoqi's performance was slightly better, but not much better, and even Wang Yidi, whose acting skills were not outstanding, ran into the ditch together with her.

Chen Jinnian clenched his fists as he watched. He gave up the idea of ​​letting Deng Xiaoqi return to her acting form and only shot each scene two or three times, as long as it looked acceptable.

After the filming task was completed, Chen Jinnian handed the crew over to Zhou Jiahang and immediately left with Wang Yidi. He needed to go home and give Wang Yidi some special training to correct today's performance.