Chapter 253: The First Scene of the New Drama Starts Filming!

At this time, Tan Yue was being taken by the staff to see Director Xiang Tian.

He landed on a red-eye flight in the middle of the night, then was picked up to the town hotel to rest in the middle of the night, and arrived at the village by motorcycle early this morning.

It was called rest, but Tan Yue was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, but held the script and read it all night.

"Hello, Director, I'm Tan Yue."

Coming to Xiang Tian, Tan Yue's nervousness reached its peak, and his hands subconsciously clenched the corners of his jacket.

Xiang Tian was sitting in front of the lens adjusting the machine. Hearing the sound, he raised his head, and his eyes lit up when he saw Tan Yue's constrained yet handsome and simple face: "You're here!"

"I'm here!" Tan Yue responded honestly.

Xiang Tian stood up slowly, sized him up carefully again, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "Conditions are okay, have you read the script?"

"Read it, I kept reading it on the way here, and read it again last night at the hotel," Tan Yue cherished this opportunity very much, so he promised seriously: "Director, rest assured, I think I can act well."

"As long as you have confidence." Xiang Tian greeted a staff member on the side: "This is the actor playing 'Yao Erwa,' take him to try on clothes first."

Seeing this, Tan Yue hurriedly said: "Director, is Teacher Shen Li here?"

"Want to see Shen Li first?"

Tan Yue nodded. It was Teacher Shen Li who introduced him and gave him this opportunity. Since he arrived at the set, he must see Teacher Shen Li first and thank her in person.

Xiang Tian didn't stop him, and turned to instruct the staff member again: "You take her to where Shen Li is putting on makeup first to meet Shen Li, and then take him to try on clothes. By the way, arrange the accommodation as well."

The staff member responded and greeted Tan Yue: "Follow me."

Shen Li's styling for this movie was a very common rural girl's styling, but it was also very time-consuming to put on, because the skin tone had to be adjusted to be dark, and there were many details to pay attention to.

Director Xiang Tian had very strict requirements for the actors' makeup and styling, which must completely fit the character background without a trace of disharmony.

"Teacher Shen Li!"

While putting on makeup, Tan Yue walked in. Although her skin was made dark, Tan Yue recognized her at a glance.

"Tan Yue!" Shen Li also smiled happily when she saw Tan Yue in the mirror: "Just knew you arrived early this morning, I wanted to go see you after finishing makeup. Have you seen Director Xiang Tian?"

"Seen him." Tan Yue stood beside Shen Li and suddenly said seriously: "Teacher Shen Li, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely perform well and won't let you down."

Shen Li was a bit embarrassed by being called "Teacher": "Stop calling me Teacher, what kind of teacher am I. As long as you shape the character well, then this role is what you deserve, don't have psychological burdens, come on!"

Sui Yu on the other side listened to the two talking, her gaze wandered back and forth on Tan Yue, and then looked at Shen Li, raising her eyebrows meaningfully.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the crew was fully prepared, all actors completed their makeup and styling, and the first scene officially started filming.

In the dim main hall of the adobe house, a family sat on low stools around a small wooden table eating breakfast.

There were two boiled eggs in the bowl. "Gezi's Mom" glanced sharply at the girl sitting opposite, her expression mean: "Peel the eggs for your dad and brother."

The girl's eyes darted around timidly, and she reached out to take the eggs in the bowl. "Gezi" took the opportunity to reach out and touch the back of her hand, startling the girl into hurriedly picking up the eggs and retracting her hand.

This scene fell into the eyes of "Gezi's Dad" and "Gezi's Mom," but the two had no reaction at all, clearly accustomed to it.

"Gezi" showed a lewd smile and raised his eyebrows at the girl, his gaze fixed on the small floral shirt on the girl and refusing to move away.

The girl lowered her head, not daring to look at him, and quickly peeled the eggs and placed them in front of the two men.

Just at this moment, a lean young man suddenly rushed into the house, shouting nervously: "Second Uncle, our Lingzi ran away!"

"What? Ran away?" The man sprang up and rushed out without a word: "Hurry up and chase, it was hit too lightly, catch her back and tie her for another two months and she'll be obedient!"

"Gezi's Dad's" words fell into the girl's ears, making her body tremble slightly. "Gezi's Mom" saw it and said with disgust: "What are you afraid of? Have you ever been tied up all these years?"

"Gezi" shook his legs and laughed: "Yan'er is timid, she doesn't dare to run."

"If she dares to run, break her legs!"

The girl shrank her neck in fear, her fingers digging hard into her calves.

"Cut!"

As the director's voice fell, the actors quickly detached from their roles. Han Qidong, who played "Gezi," said apologetically to the prop teacher: "Sorry, teacher, I was too involved just now and ate the eggs. If we have to do it again, please prepare two more eggs."

Shen Li, who played "Yan'er," slowly raised her head and breathed a sigh of relief. I don't know if it was because of the theme, but filming this movie was more stressful than filming "Destiny for Phoenix" for the first time.

However, she was quite immersed in the role just now, but she didn't know how the effect was.

Xiang Tian was watching the playback in the lens, and Sui Yu was also following behind, and heard her say: "Director, Shen Li's state doesn't seem right. The degree of nervousness and trembling is a bit too large, making it look a bit fake. The eyes too, I look at it and won't believe the character."

Xiang Tian watched the key shots several times repeatedly. Sui Yu's words didn't hit the point at all. Xiang Tian discovered the most critical loophole.

"A-Li, come here."

Shen Li ran to the director quickly, and saw Xiang Tian signaling her to look at the screen. What was playing back on the screen was the scene where the young man ran to their house and said our Lingzi ran away.

"Did you see the problem?" Xiang Tian didn't rush to point it out himself, but asked Shen Li first.

She thought Shen Li would think for a while, but she didn't expect her to nod directly: "I saw it, Director. My reaction wasn't enough when I heard 'Lingzi ran away'."

Xiang Tian smiled with satisfaction and began to explain the play to her: "That's right, Lingzi was trafficked just like you, so when you heard she escaped, there must be emotions in your eyes. It could be surprise at the matter itself, or expectation that she could escape smoothly, or it could be admiration for her courage to do so. It could even be all of them. The second camera will give you a close-up here, do you know?"

"Okay, I know, Director. Are there any other wrong places?"

"No, everything else is very good. This type of character needs you to find it slowly yourself. If you find the right one, everything you act will be right, do you know?"

Sui Yu sat on the side and originally wanted to hear the director relay her opinion just now to Shen Li, but the director didn't recognize her words at all and didn't mention a word.

At this moment, she couldn't help but turn her head away with a dodging expression.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 254 =====