Chapter 420: Long take

At this moment, the crew's floor manager knocked on the dressing room door: "Teacher Shen Li, we're ready to start shooting."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Having just finished her makeup and styling, Shen Li stood up from the makeup mirror and looked at Qi Jingnian: "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you in the future."

"Not at all, I'm especially happy that you're willing to trust me."

Qi Jingnian's heart was full at this moment because he felt he had moved one step closer to Ah Li.

The first scene of this play was filmed on location, in a busy and messy alley. The crew spent money to rent the entire alley just to pursue the most realistic story background.

The first scene of this play for Shen Li was a long take, starting from waking up, washing, eating, and a series of life shots, ending with leaving the house to go to school and walking out of the alley.

This set of shots recorded the normal life state of the protagonist's family in the morning. Ji Chuhe, who played the sister, and Hu Ye, who played the father, were both in the same scene.

When Shen Li arrived at the set, basically everyone had arrived. The director was making the final adjustments to the camera in the shed, and the extras playing the neighbors in the alley were also ready in their respective positions.

Passing by the shade outside the set, Lu Qiang was sitting there. The actress named Liu Hao seemed to have become completely familiar with this senior with a high status, and was actually kneading his shoulders at this moment.

The two were chatting about something, occasionally bursting into laughter.

"Hello, Teacher Lu."

Shen Li greeted him out of politeness.

Lu Qiang saw Shen Li with a smiling look: "Ah Li is here. Don't be nervous about the first scene!"

Shen Li nodded slightly and didn't talk to him much, because she had been keeping Chuhe's reminder in mind.

Walking into the set, Ji Chuhe came up to greet Shen Li: "Why did you just arrive?"

"What's wrong?"

Ji Chuhe whispered: "Forgot to tell you, Teacher Hu doesn't like his acting partners to arrive right on the dot, especially since the first scene is a long take. Everyone has to set the structure in advance and find the rhythm. And since it's your first time working with him, it's inevitable that your chemistry will be rusty."

Hearing this, Shen Li nodded hurriedly. As long as it was a rule related to the play, she was willing to cooperate with the other party.

"Then hurry up. I see the director is still adjusting the main camera, so there should still be some time."

Ji Chuhe didn't say much more and pulled Shen Li into the house for the first scene.

Inside the house, Hu Ye's expression wasn't good when he saw Shen Li arrive, but in his heart, "the play is bigger than the sky." There wasn't much time, so he wouldn't use it to lose his temper with Shen Li. He just said faintly: "First, look at the structure of this house. You must know every room and every scene by heart."

Because this was their home, this homework had to be done.

But in fact, Shen Li had already come to see it yesterday, but she didn't explain much at the moment, just treating it as familiarizing herself with it again, and walked through the whole house again according to Teacher Hu Ye's wishes.

After that, it was Teacher Hu Ye guiding Shen Li through the blocking and scene changes—at what time point to open the door and come out of the room, where the lines between each other should be spoken, and reminding Shen Li to pay attention to the character positioning.

She wasn't playing some obedient girl, but a rebellious girl with a lot of character!

Seeing Shen Li's high level of cooperation and good work attitude, Hu Ye's expression slowly eased a little.

Soon, the first set of shots officially started filming under the director's orders.

The camera moved steadily forward, and the director watched intently behind the screen. Because Hu Ye and Ji Chuhe were very experienced actors, he subconsciously focused more attention on Shen Li. Including the assistant director and other main creative team members behind him, what they cared about most in their hearts was the performance of Shen Li, the newcomer.

And most people had no bottom line in their hearts, because Shen Li debuted in ancient idol dramas, and the first scene was a long take that tested rhythm and chemistry. Everyone felt she would definitely need to NG a few times before it could pass.

It might even be necessary to cut the shots and piece them together into a long take to complete it.

However, when the camera cut to Shen Li's room, after she pushed the door open and walked out, the whole rhythm was brisk and natural, and it was actually very accurate.

It wasn't limited to actions and positioning; her state when speaking lines was also very good. Although the character positioning was a rebellious girl, it wasn't the kind of rebellion that was superficially fighting with her family everywhere.

But rather a state of decadence with a "faint sense of death" about everything in her bones.

"Cut!"

After the shot ended, the director stood up after a "Cut" and took the lead in applauding: "One take!"

"Not bad, Ah Li. Is the rhythm so good? I thought our bodies would fight in the shot where we both entered the kitchen at the same time!" Ji Chuhe hugged Ah Li's shoulders excitedly and praised her sincerely.

Shen Li smiled embarrassedly and said: "Because I have experience."

"Oh?" Ji Chuhe raised an eyebrow: "Have you filmed such a play before? Kuan Jie didn't tell me!"

Shen Li shook her head and explained softly: "Because I grew up in such an environment since I was a child. Our family was also one parent and three children squeezed into a 70-square-meter house. Every morning was such a scene, and even the house structure was particularly similar to my home, so in fact, this scene was just what I remembered every morning after waking up."

"Is that so?" Ji Chuhe looked at her curiously, but felt a little puzzled in her heart.

Ah Li's family background should be very outstanding!

At this time, Hu Ye also walked over. Seeing this, Shen Li hurriedly apologized: "Teacher Hu, I'm sorry for today. I will arrive early in the future."

Hu Ye looked at her deeply, and heard Ji Chuhe laugh on the side: "Teacher Hu, how is it? I said Ah Li is a particularly clever girl, right?"

"Hmm." Hu Ye responded lightly, looked at Shen Li and said: "The acting is good, the rhythm is good, keep it up."

Being praised by Teacher Hu Ye in person, Shen Li's face was happy: "Thank you, Teacher. I will work hard. If there is anything wrong, I hope you can give me more guidance."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't be soft-spoken!"

After finishing, he turned and ran towards the director. Ji Chuhe looked at Shen Li and whispered: "Don't be afraid, Teacher Hu Ye is just very serious about the play."

Shen Li nodded in understanding, with only respect for Teacher Hu Ye in her heart, because she was also such a person.

In the evening, Shen Li notified Qi Jingnian to gather the fans who hadn't left yet in the hotel's underground garage again. She chatted, took photos, and signed autographs with the fans, and didn't finish until nearly one o'clock in the morning.

Taking the elevator upstairs, she didn't want to pass by room "2805" in the corridor back to her room, but the door suddenly opened, and then she saw Liu Hao walk out from inside.

The two met face to face, both startled.

Shen Li subconsciously glanced at the room number on the wall, "2805"!

That's right.

But this was Teacher Lu Qiang's room!

Sometimes when writing the amount, the brain doesn't keep up in time, and the currency unit will occasionally be wrong. I can see the corrections you make in the background, and I will change them in time.

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