Chapter 279 Classic Lenses and Differences in Concepts

Dunhuang, the filming location of "The Martian".

It was lunchtime and Liu Zhou and Qin Hao were eating boxed lunches in the restaurant at the Mars base.

"Old Liu, you didn't spread the news that Golden Harvest will no longer participate in the Golden Horse Awards yourself, did you?"

"How is that possible? Someone in Jiahe was gossipy and accidentally leaked the information."

"I don't believe you. I know you must have done this."

"Damn it, we've been classmates and friends for more than ten years and you think of me like this. This is so sad."

"Can your expression be a little more fake?" Qin Hao rolled his eyes.

"Haha."

"But to be honest, what you did this time was really satisfying. The Golden Horse Awards always have these weird things going on, which is really disgusting."

"If someone above hadn't tipped me off, I would have kept this matter a secret for a month to severely undermine the authority and fairness of the Golden Horse Awards."

"The Golden Horse Awards organizing committee will go crazy, and if you do this, you will most likely lose the Taiwanese market."

“No matter if it’s crazy or not, as for the Taiwanese market, what do you think it is compared to the mainland market?
We are not the Hong Kong of the past. At that time, Hong Kong films needed the Taiwanese market, so they could control Hong Kong filmmakers.

But now the Taiwanese market is not even comparable to Hong Kong, so who would care about him?"

"Don't forget, Jiahe has a lot of businesses in Taiwan."

Hearing Qin Hao's words, Liu Zhou smiled and said:
"Don't worry, they won't dare to move. The only industry Golden Harvest has left in Taiwan is the cinema chain, but the cinema chain is not solely owned by Golden Harvest. Warner also has shares, so they won't dare to act rashly."

Although it is a bit sad to use foreigners to oppress others, there is no other way. Once we truly become a family, the situation will be reversed.

Then, Liu Zhou put away his smile and said to Qin Hao:
"But after this incident, it may be difficult for you to win an award at the Golden Horse Awards."

Qin Hao smiled calmly and said:

"Winning the Golden Horse Award doesn't prove anything. If they keep messing around, it's better not to win the award.

Besides, the most important thing in the industry right now is the Hong Kong Film Awards, and everyone is eager to win one."

Hearing Qin Hao's words, Liu Zhou couldn't help but smile.

It now seems that it has only been a year since the Academy Awards were restructured, but it is clear that the impact of the Academy Awards ceremony earlier this year has begun to ferment.

This proves that what I did before did achieve some results.

"Okay, stop being addicted to chatting, eat quickly, and start working early after eating, so as to make up for the time you needed to take leave."

With the arrival of the Lunar New Year holiday, "Assembly" produced by Golden Harvest and starring Qin Hao is about to be released.

As the leading actor of the movie, he definitely needs to rush back to promote it.

Although Liu Zhou was reluctant, he had to let it go. After all, this was a legitimate reason, not to mention that "Assembly" was produced by his own company.

And by then Liu Zhou will also need to go back to attend the premiere of "Assembly".

Fortunately, during this period, Liu Zhou and Qin Hao cooperated well with each other, and the shooting progress was faster than planned, so even if he took a few days off, it would not have any impact.

Afterwards, the two of them quickened their eating pace, and after preparing for the meal, they returned to filming.

The scene that is about to start filming is one of the more popular scenes in "The Martian", in which the male protagonist uses a stapler to suture his own wound.

This scene is not easy to perform and requires relatively high acting skills from the actors, but for Qin Hao, it should not be a big problem.

Seeing that everything was ready, Liu Zhou took the intercom and shouted loudly:
"start!"

Qin Hao, with an antenna inserted in his abdomen, calmly and quickly took off his helmet, gloves, and undressed.

Although he was seriously injured, Qin Hao remained calm.

Astronauts have willpower that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

Then, taking a deep breath, Qin Hao gritted his teeth and decisively pulled out the antenna that had pierced his abdomen and threw it aside.

After taking two breaths, Qin Hao relaxed for a while, then took off his space suit, used scissors to cut open his underwear, and prepared to perform surgery on himself.

Liu Zhou used a long shot here to capture the entire set of actions in a continuous manner.

For this shot, Liu Zhou felt that Qin Hao’s acting was quite good, but to be on the safe side or to see if Qin Hao could give a better performance, he kept two more shots.

"Ok, we're done. Let's take a break for ten minutes."

Although only this one shot was taken, more than two hours had already passed.

"Haozi, the next part is the highlight. Keep up your current form and don't let down your guard. Let's see if we can finish filming this scene today."

"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine."

"Okay, I'll trust you!"

Half an hour later, filming resumed.

Liu Zhou looked at the monitor and saw Qin Hao sitting down half-lying down, moving a small mirror so that it was facing the wound on his abdomen.

I saw him take several deep breaths and slowly expand the wound with the expander, and his breathing became louder and louder.

Qin Hao didn't hesitate at all. He reached into the expanded wound with tweezers in his other hand and found the remaining foreign objects and pebbles inside.

Lu Le also gave a close-up of Qin Hao's wound, the image reflected in the mirror, and Qin Hao's facial expression at the right time.

Under the live recording, the only sound was Qin Hao's constantly changing breathing.

Coupled with this picture, it gives people a creepy feeling. After cleaning the wound, the next step is to sew it up, which is also an impressive shot in the movie.

Qin Hao picked up something that looked like a stapler and applied it to his wound.

Click!

A subtle sound, seemingly nothing special.

But at this time, Qin Hao's body and face were covered in sweat, even his hair was wet.

Add to that the trembling body, the constantly slightly twitching face, and the fluttering eyelids, and it was enough to explain the pain of the stitches.

a bit,
Two times,

Three times.

There was only this slight clicking sound at the scene. No one else dared to make any sound. They all looked at Qin Hao intently as he sutured the wound.

Qin Hao’s acting was very good. Not only did he thoroughly show the state of enduring great pain, he even gave people a feeling of madness, which was really painful to watch.

but.

"Crack!"

Liu Zhou called a halt immediately.

When they heard Liu Zhou shout "cut", the people around him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then looked at Liu Zhou with confusion.

They thought Qin Hao's performance was too good and didn't know why Liu Zhou called for a stop.

Liu Zhou walked closer to Qin Hao, met his equally puzzled look and said:

"Haozi, you need to hold back a little on your performance. Don't make too many movements or reactions, otherwise your somewhat crazy state will destroy the impact of this silent picture."

Qin Hao had his own thoughts on Liu Zhou's statement and said:
“Director Liu, I think the hero is left alone on Mars, seriously injured, and his teammates are gone. In this mental state, the character is already at his limit.

So in this desperate situation, the character needs to vent his emotions, not just limited to facial expressions, but also actions that are not controlled by the brain. "

"I understand what you mean. If I put myself in your shoes, any normal person would be on the verge of collapse if faced with such a situation.

But if it were to act a little crazier, the whole scene would be out of harmony.

And more importantly, we need to consider the issue from the audience's perspective. After all, it is the audience who watch the movie.

This is a shot without any unnecessary sounds, movements or expressions.

There is no one on Mars, it is completely silent, and the place where the male protagonist is is also a silent environment, so this scene has to be quiet to create an extremely helpless feeling for the audience. "

"But I still think that since all the scenes are on the male lead, we should let him fully show his state."

“The characters are only part of the whole picture. The male protagonist’s emotions cannot be too relaxed throughout the entire play of The Martian.

If you follow your idea, the male protagonist will not give people the image of a person who combines wisdom, courage, bravery and strategy, but will be a little paranoid, even a little neurotic in extreme situations. "

Seeing that Qin Hao wanted to continue speaking, Liu Zhou quickly interrupted:
"Haozi, listen to me this time."

Seeing Liu Zhou's expression that would not tolerate rejection, Qin Hao held back what he was about to say, took a deep breath, and then said:
"Ok."

Seeing that Qin Hao was willing to listen to advice, Liu Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was actually a little afraid that Qin Hao was too stubborn.

In fact, Liu Zhou is not a dictatorial person who refuses to listen to opinions. He is even willing to discuss roles and performance methods with actors.

But now the argument between Qin Hao and Liu Zhou has involved differences in ideas.

Qin Hao obviously still has a literary and artistic mindset and wants to deeply explore the character's deep and rich emotions.

But in Liu Zhou's opinion, this is a commercial film, and the most important thing is to make the audience resonate and enjoy the film. As for other things, they need to give way to this.

Therefore, it would not be easy to explain the truth to Qin Hao, and it might not even be possible.

Qin Hao is still a very professional actor. Although he had his own ideas, he still performed the scene excellently according to Liu Zhou's requirements.

Especially when the last stitch was completed, the two notes of Qin Hao's "Uh ah." coming out of his mouth gave people a very strong feeling.

Combined with the fact that he had just performed surgery with a "stapler", it was even more shocking.

Then Qin Hao leaned back, closed his eyes, still breathing deeply, his chest heaving violently.

His entire face changed color, his lips turned purple, and there were slight twitches.

"Pass! Call it a day!"

When everyone heard that it was time to call it a day, they immediately started packing up.

Liu Zhou found the producer of the crew and made some arrangements.

Tomorrow, he will have to leave the crew with Qin Hao.

Originally, Liu Zhou didn't have to go back so soon as there were still a few days before the premiere. Qin Hao rushed back so early because he had a promotional mission.

But this was Qin Hao's one-man show after all. Now that he had left, there was nothing good for Liu Zhou to film, so it was better for them to go back together.

The next day, Liu Zhou and Qin Hao flew back to the capital from the Northwest.

Compared to the tranquility of Dunhuang, the capital is much more noisy.

Not only that, the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry is also overwhelming.

(End of this chapter)