Chapter 1614: Chapter 1471: Dog Mischief
Although you can’t bla the actors, you also can’t bla the dogs.
They’re just simple, rustic dogs who haven’t seen much of the world! The most of their kind they’ve ever seen was in the dog base, and the most people they’ve ever seen are the villagers.
If you count in Princess Handso and the others, it was during a mission.
But, like this, the crew brought strange equipnt, wore strange clothes, and a big group of people ca rushing over to film... It’s the first ti they’ve ever seen this in their dog lives!
Moreover, this riverside beach is under strict watch, and the owners have repeatedly emphasized that they should patrol well... Don’t even ntion the other dogs, the two Border Collies with peak intelligence can’t tolerate it one bit.
This riverside beach is their turf, besides Big Brother Da Wang, when newcors arrive, shouldn’t they herd them a bit?
Ask anyone on this riverside beach, Chen Xi, Chen Chi, or Yang Zhengxi, who hasn’t been herded before?
But the two of them are sly, if only the two of them went over, they’d definitely get a lesson from Big Brother. Among dogs, there’s no such thing as "the law doesn’t punish the masses," but if a group of dogs goes over, Big Brother’s attention won’t be as focused, right?
Since that’s the case...
Anyway!
The director turned his head, and there were a dozen dog heads, big and small, stacked several layers high, seriously watching them through the fence!
Director: ...
You really can’t bla the actors for this!
Wait! Why can’t you bla them!
He turned his face, held up his gaphone, and continued scolding: "It’s such an important scene, where are you looking? Focus, don’t you know?! Focus!"
With that said, everyone reluctantly pulled themselves together. At this mont, the staff reluctantly pulled back their gaze and refocused on the scene in front of them.
"You killed hundreds of my Demon City citizens—"
Missed the line again.
The director got exasperated: "Zhan Xin! Can you shoot or not? If not, get lost!"
Zhan Xin felt aggrieved: "Director, the dogs... the dogs..."
He couldn’t describe it, but when he was filming, this scene required him to look blankly past the character—behind him was that group of dogs!
A dozen of them lined up, to the left and right were all of them, especially those two sneaky Border Collies. For so reason, watching their expression felt like they were being mocked, and he couldn’t get into it at all.
Zhan Xin, feeling both pained and wronged: "Director, let
get into the mood again... or maybe, maybe could we change the angle."
What nonsense is this, they had already sorted out the framing angle early on!
But this well-shot scene, the actors just couldn’t get into the zone, what a lousy start!
The director, with a stern face, still waved his hand: "Change the angle, giving you one more chance."
The tracking cara quickly spun in a circle, and Zhan Xin successfully turned his back to the group of dogs, his blank gaze fixed on the distant lotus pond.
Unexpectedly, just as he got into the zone this ti, before the shoot could start, the actor opposite laughed: "Pfft!"
Zhan Xin was taken aback, but saw that the director wasn’t scolding, just coughed into the gaphone: "Hey, props team! Don’t just stand there, get a few people to block these dogs."
After changing direction, the director noticed that when they clapped the board, the group of dogs tilted their heads and widened their eyes. Honestly, it was actually kind of... ahem, pretty amusing.
A bunch of staff had been holding back laughter earlier, and now, seeing this scene, they bustlingly ca over, using people to block the dogs’ line of sight—gotta say, this trick worked.
The commotion was blocked, and when the two Border Collies ran from one end of the fence to the other, unable to see, they finally whimpered and gave up.
And when the cara angle shifted again, the director silently glanced at the previous direction, feeling relieved at heart. Just like that, the half-day’s shooting finally proceeded as planned.
Chen Xi didn’t notice the dogs causing trouble at all.
He’s busy nowadays, he has to check on the lotus pond every day, it’s late spring, the ducks are laying more eggs, and he has to quickly gather them. Otherwise, if they accidentally get soaked in the reeds, they’ll easily lose freshness, affecting the taste.
Moreover, there’s still the plan to hatch ducklings this year, their own ducks are well-raised, and the hatched ducklings are robust... He’s busy spinning around in circles!
Song Tan said he wanted to hire people, but at this ti of year, many people have already secured employnt, unlike before the New Year when one shout could bring ten or eight people.
anwhile, Chen Chi occasionally glanced over, but with the fertilizing machine still running, he had to keep an eye on it. The dogs were just having fun; in his little mind, it’s not a big deal!
The morning passed confusingly like that.
By noon, the entire crew arranged for people to go up the mountain and bring everyone lunch, handing it out individually, just to catch the best midday sunlight, which backlit faces, making them indistinct but leaving them shining gloriously. It would be such a waste to miss it!
So everyone gathered again, quickly doing makeup, changing clothes, checking the wires—
Begin! Ascend! Upwards—
This action may look simple, but it really tests core strength; without the core, you’d be unstable on your feet, and being overly panicked would cause the posture to look awkward and too stiff. Fortunately, in this movie, they’ve often been flying around, so there’s no problem filming like this...
"Awoooo———"
The actor flew diagonally down from mid-air, gliding gracefully like Lingbo Weibu, his black cloth shoes skimming the dust, exhibiting an ethereal elegance, a true immortal cultivation vibe. However, just as he landed, a chorus of dog barks suddenly erupted by his ears!
He stumbled in his steps, almost falling over!
This ti, the director couldn’t manage to scold, because the dog barking was truly unexpected. With a dozen dogs howling together now, even if he scolded with a gaphone, would the dogs understand?
It can’t continue like this!
The director took a deep breath and hurriedly arranged for soone to go over: "Go and have a word with the owners, we promise not to enter their pasture area, can we lead the dogs to the other side first?"
Chen Xi had already rushed out!
A dozen dogs barking together is rare at the riverside beach!
As the film crew was starting up today, lots of new faces, so busy and chaotic, he deliberately didn’t let the dogs patrol together; instead, they were all on guard here.
Now, as soon as he rushed out, he saw staff standing by the fence, looking cautiously at the dozen dogs and helplessly waving at him:
"Hey, we can’t shoot this movie if these dogs keep acting up."
Although they would later dub the protagonist’s voice, they also needed to capture sound on-site. With the dogs barking, the actors would lose focus, not to ntion the additional post-production work.
Chen Xi: ...
He glanced at the group of dogs, first focusing on the two Border Collies. Their distinct black and white eyes rolled innocently as they tilted their heads.
Then they jumped up and barked again, aiming right at the actor being lifted by the wires again.
Chen Xi understood—seeing people suddenly fly aroused their sense of imbalance!
If anyone’s going to fly, shouldn’t it be the dogs first?
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