Movie Emperor: When he debuted, he was surrounded by female stars and capital

Chapter 126

On September 23, Qi Jia followed the crew for another day and finished filming all the scenes of Lin Zhendong in Xijiang. He had dinner with Shen Teng and the others. Before leaving, they agreed to meet again in Shanghai. Because there were still a few shots of Lin Zhendong that needed to be filmed in Shanghai. After bidding farewell to the crew, Qi Jia rushed to the airport with his assistant. In the night, he boarded a flight to Qindao. In the early morning in Shanghai, Xu Zheng and Wen Muye had just communicated with the distributor of Medicine God about the premiere arrangement on the 25th. At this moment, both of them looked a little solemn. This movie was a turning point for them. Since Xu Zheng directed and starred in "Lost in Hong Kong" in 2014, the reputation of his works in the past few years has been terrible.

The same is true for Wen Muye. In 2014, he directed a movie called "City of Love" with several directors.

Although the lineup includes Yang Mi, Huang Xuan, Jiang Shuying and Korean Oppa Li Xian,

but after the release, the reputation is terrible, not even passing.

The successive Waterloos have caused the value of both of them to decline in the eyes of capital.

So both of them have high hopes for "Dying to Survive", hoping to further enhance their weight through it.

"Drink something?"

Xu Zheng touched his bald head, looked at Wen Muye and asked,

"Let's go!"

Wen Muye put out his cigarette, got up without hesitation.

"It was Lang who tempted me, so I sang a love song~"

The two of them hummed a little tune and walked out of the hotel with their arms around each other's shoulders.

They took a taxi to a nearby bar and chose a position where they could see the stage but not be too conspicuous.

"Come on, Lao Wen, let's go first."

Xu Zheng raised his bottle and clinked it with Wen Muye, saying with a little emotion,

"Success or failure depends on this one move"

"Don't worry, the theater chain has already made arrangements, and we will have a golden period on the premiere day."

Wen Muye comforted Xu Zheng with some trepidation,

"Well, the theater, media, community, and film critics have all been arranged, so there shouldn't be anything missing."

Xu Zheng counted them one by one with his fingers,

Wen Muye listened on the side and nodded in agreement.

On the stage, the resident singer sang a song "Chengdu" by Zhao Lei.

Wen Muye listened for a while, and suddenly said,

"It would be best to ask Qi Jia to come over for a few days. He is so popular now. If he can come to cooperate with the promotion, it can boost the box office and save us a lot of trouble."

Hearing this, Xu Zheng smacked his lips, patted his bald head, and said,

"That makes sense. We asked him to help promote the movie online before. He directly brought hundreds of millions of free exposure to the movie promotion, saving us a lot of publicity costs."

Speaking of this, he himself was a little tempted, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said,

"However, he has been flying all over the world recently. He just came out of Han Han's crew and now he is flying to Ning Hao's crew. He is busier than the two of us. Let's do this first. If it doesn't work, ask him to help. A favor."

Wen Muye nodded after hearing this, and said with some emotion,

"But you know what, this kid is really lucky. When he first joined the crew in October last year, he was just a newcomer who had just debuted. It's only been a year, and he has already shown a momentum to advance to the first-line."

"If you say so, our luck doesn't seem to be bad either. He joined our crew right after his debut, and we have a good relationship. You have taught him about his acting skills, and I have introduced him to resources. If we fail in the future, he can still help us."

Xu Zheng chuckled twice, with a face full of cunning smiles,

"Oh, that makes sense, then congratulations to Director Xu~"

"Congratulations, Director Wen is also happy~"

The two of them clinked the wine bottles with tacit understanding. For some reason, when they talked about Qi Jia, their mood became much better.

…

September 24, 7am,

Qi Jia woke up from the hotel arranged by the crew, and stretched himself in bed with great difficulty.

The snapping sound of joints being pulled apart could still be heard in his ears.

He went out at 7:30 and went downstairs with his assistant. He happened to meet Huang Bo downstairs.

"Qi Jia, you got up early enough. Let's go have breakfast together. I tell you, the breakfast in this hotel is really amazing."

Huang Bo came up kindly and took Qi Jia and the others to the hotel restaurant.

While having breakfast, he happened to meet director Ning again. There was a foreigner sitting next to him.

His name was Matthew Morrison, who played the role of foreign agent Zack in the movie.

Although it was the first time he met Ning Hao, they had a pleasant chat with Huang Bo, the warm-up king.

After breakfast, the group separated at the hotel.

Ning Hao and Huang Bo wanted towent to the set to film, while Qi Jia, under the guidance of another staff member, went to a professional green screen room to complete the expression collection of the alien Chica.

At first, Qi Jia thought that motion capture was a very interesting thing, but when he put on the motion capture suit with the help of the staff,

he became honest. First of all, the suit was very tight, and it made his body itchy, and he couldn't scratch it.

Because there were many reflective balls on the motion capture suit to record your body movements,

If you scratch it accidentally, it may cause errors in data transmission.

Then the most uncomfortable thing was that you couldn't go to the toilet after putting it on,

You couldn't play with your mobile phone, and you would feel very hot if you moved a few times!

In addition, in order to capture his facial expressions, he had to wear a helmet.

The helmet would extend a pole with a bright light and a camera facing his face.

Fortunately, Qi Jia had acting skills, and he learned quickly and got started quickly.

After a morning of hard training, he gradually adapted to this way of acting in the afternoon.

If the above points can be overcome, the next point is even more difficult.

Although the crew gave clear expression requirements, because it was in a green screen room,

So, he needed to use his brain to imagine which scene in the movie this expression was for,

and then judge what the alien's expression and action should be at this time?

It can be said that every excellent motion capture actor is a professional "drama master" and his acting skills are no worse than those of first-line actors.

This way of filming is okay for a short time, but in the long run, it is a big challenge to both mental and physical strength!

For example, there is a scene in the movie where the alien Chica uses a banana outside the window to lure a monkey,

and asks the monkey to help him take his superpower headband out of Geng Hao's pants.

In order to play this scene well, Qi Jia not only had to imagine the alien's expression, but also the monkey's reaction,

and then naturally switch the alien's various expressions according to the monkey's reaction.

By the time he successfully finished capturing this scene, Qi Jia had already bitten through 20 or 30 bananas.

When he spoke to people, he could smell the banana flavor.

In order to complete the motion capture as soon as possible and hand it over to post-production, the entire team worked overtime.

It was not until after 8 o'clock in the evening that today's work was finished.

Qi Jia was lying in the car on the way back to the hotel. He was so tired that he just wanted to be quiet and didn't want to talk.

But at this moment, the phone rang again.