Chapter 340: Chapter 283: The One I Want to Film Is You_2 Chapter 340: Chapter 283: The One I Want to Film Is You_2 Is Director Lin deliberately making things hard for ?
Why would she do that?
Liu Miao looked bewildered and took a mont to react.
Once she reacted, her face flushed imdiately, “I—I didn’t. I just don’t quite understand sothing and wanted to ask Brother Wumu.”
After she stuttered through her explanation, she couldn’t help but ask, “Are Brother Wumu and Director Lin in a relationship?”
Lou Ziwen spread his hands, “How would I know? I wouldn’t dare to pry into that. Otherwise, who knows? I might get fired one day just because the cara was moved five milliters to the left.”
With a mischievous grin, he added, “If you’re planning to make a move on Brother Wumu, you’d better watch out for Director Lin. She’s a formidable opponent. Don’t be fooled by her smiling face; she’s really cunning and full of tricks.”
“I truly didn’t,” Liu Miao’s face turned even redder.
Right, she hadn’t dared to harbor any serious thoughts. Although she was quite smitten, she wasn’t foolish enough to fantasize about actually being with Brother Wumu.
Even if there were no Director Lin, there were already known rivals like Mo Mo and Sun Yueqing.
And if just three days of chatting got her this smitten, who knows how many others there might be behind the scenes.
After three days of preparation, the fourth day finally arrived, and the crew was ready to officially start shooting.
The filming ceremony prepared by Lin Qingyue was very simple, and she didn’t invite the dia for interviews.
She chose her forr school, Yanshan Middle School, as the location and planned to start shooting there right after the ceremony.
The school had allocated them half of an old academic building to use.
It was a bit away from the main building, so it wouldn’t disrupt the students’ classes.
However, although she didn’t invite the dia, they couldn’t be kept away.
Brother Wumu was still trending online at his peak.
Upon hearing the news, about twenty dia outlets gathered at the school gate, only to be stopped by the security guard.
Lin Qingyue decided it’d be better to let the reporters in to cover the filming ceremony given the circumstance.
Seeing the constant flashing caras and the daunting caras, Liu Miao, who had begun to adjust in the past two days, visibly stiffened.
Seeing her beside him, Brother Wumu chuckled, “Co on, you’re a top student from the Capital’s University. Aren’t you embarrassed to be more nervous than , a middle school dropout?”
This is a totally different situation.
And you’re not just so middle school dropout!
Liu Miao tried hard not to embarrass her university.
But during the dia presence, not many paid attention to her.
All questions were directed at Brother Wumu.
“Brother Wumu, what do you think about your return to the top stream?”
“Brother Wumu, your new album has sold 8.2 million copies across platforms. Do you think it will hit ten million?”
“Brother Wumu, what do you think about your coback after going through those setbacks?”
It was still about his previous top stream status and album sales.
His new album had indeed reached 8.2 million in sales, but the increase had significantly slowed down. The system had not managed to fully redeem the complete Profit Card for him and left so loose ends.
Wumu didn’t answer any of these questions. “Today is for Director Lin’s film comncent, so let’s not discuss anything beyond her movie today.”
With no other choice, the dia turned to ask about the movie instead.
Once the ceremony was over, the film crew imdiately moved to the set, which had been prepared earlier, ready to shoot the first scene.
The group usually picked sothing simple for the first scene.
The male lead, Xiaoshu, was sitting in class. On his desk, under the textbooks and notebook, there was a letter spread open—this was the first letter he had received from the female lead, Xiaoli, half a year after she transferred schools.
For this shot, Brother Wumu didn’t really have to do much. He didn’t need any specific expression on his face, so it was not challenging.
“Everyone just look at the blackboard like you would in a normal class and don’t turn around,” Lin Qingyue reminded the other extras in the classroom.
The extras were experienced professionals, but the teacher was Lin Qingyue’s forr teacher, Teacher Qiu.
She also appeared as an extra in the scene.
Teacher Qiu was nervous, “I’ve never fild a movie before, I don’t know if I can do well.”
Lin Qingyue reassured, “It’s okay, the full shot of everyone will only last a second or two, just as a backdrop. Just behave as you would in a normal class.”
“Everyone, get ready!”
After the set was prepared and Brother Wumu was in makeup and costu, he sat in his seat.
“Cara ready!”
Three caras were positioned at different angles toward Wumu.
“Action!”
The clapperboard snapped.
Everyone on and off the set was curious to see if Wumu’s performance really lived up to the industry hype.
Then he realized, there was indeed sothing to it.
The main cinematographer, Lou Ziwen, watched Wu Mu’s slightly turned face through the lens and secretly praised him.
The part about acting didn’t require specific angles or anything, it just required Wu Mu to look at the letter on the table.
After all, it was just a few seconds shot; they weren’t going to nitpick the details to that extent.
But Wu Mu had taken it upon himself to perform a slight side turn.
This was beneficial for two reasons, first because he sat near the window row, this slight turn towards the blackboard made the scene look more detailed.
Secondly, tilting his face slightly ant that areas not hit by the sunlight showcased more shadows, giving his face a greater sense of quality.
These minor enhancents didn’t necessarily make the shot much better, but they definitely improved it from its original state.
It seed he was quite sensitive to the cara and lighting, almost as if he inherently knew how to present the best effects.
Lou Ziwen thought to himself.
Hmm, how could he not be sensitive? A natural actor!
With his talent and the preparations he had made, plus shooting such a simple scene, wouldn’t it be easy?
Wu Mu, feeling confident, followed the actions he had planned.
He sat on the chair, holding a pen in one hand and resting the other on the desk, expressionless.
Then…
“Cut!”
Lin Qingyue called for a halt.
Huh?
Did it not go well?
Wu Mu paused, puzzled, looking towards Lin Qingyue.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qingyue also wore a perplexed expression, staring at the monitor with a sowhat baffled look.
After pondering with a frown for a few seconds, she turned her head towards Wu Mu, “Wu Mu, could we take another shot?”
“Sure.”
Although it was sowhat inexplicable, Wu Mu didn’t mind and started shooting again.
He repeated the previous actions.
But the result was still…
“Cut.”
Another unsatisfactory take.
Lin Qingyue was still frowning at the monitor, appearing even more puzzled than Wu Mu.
“Let’s go again.”
The scene was reset.
“Cut.”
Director Lin had said there wouldn’t be repeated cuts!
Wu Mu, sowhat amused, looked at Lin Qingyue, It’s fine if you cut, but at least speak up, what’s wrong, what effect are you trying to achieve?
Lin Qingyue likely rembered their previous conversation and couldn’t help but smile.
She gestured for Wu Mu, “Wu Mu, co take a look.”
Lin Qingyue had the monitor play back the recent shots, “Wu Mu, why did you choose to position your hand there, and your gaze seems a bit off too.”
Is there sothing wrong with that?
Wu Mu, not quite understanding, explained, “I placed my hand there to subtly cover the envelope, and I looked up to pretend I was looking at class notes.”
“This character, due to being a frequently transferring student, is much more mature than his peers and doesn’t fit in, but he pretends to blend in, which is evident from the fact he helps absent classmates with duties and walks to and from school with others.”
“So when looking at the letter from Little Li, subconsciously, he wouldn’t want his classmates to know, hence these actions.”
Wu Mu clarified.
This logic should be spot-on, right? His actor’s intuition had been proven—it subtly felt that this would produce a better effect.
Besides, wasn’t he performing well? Very subtle natural movents, it took Lin Qingyue several reviews of the footage to notice.
After hearing his explanation, Lin Qingyue contemplated for a mont, “Your understanding isn’t incorrect, and according to the script, it’s acceptable, but it’s not quite what I want to shoot.”
“What do you want to shoot?”
“I want to shoot ‘you.'”
Huh?
Ah?
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