Chapter 428: Practice More
She answered her own question. “There are experintal fields in the elite class. Everyone can understand the characteristics of each dicinal herb during each period and conduct research. The data is detailed. As for us, we don’t have anything. At most, we can go to the pharmacy to buy so Chinese dicine. It’s not beneficial for our studies and research. However, didn’t Zhaodi find a good part-ti job? Soone promised to give her so Chinese dicine to let her bring it back for us to study.”
“Really?” Shi Jin reached out to take a look.
“Be gentler.” Li Yuanyuan could not treat it any more preciously. “We only have this little bit. If it’s broken, we won’t be able to do any research. Just now, a few seniors asked us to let them use it when we’re done.”
Shi Jin smiled and was about to say that she would bring so over for everyone to study.
Su Sitian chewed on the candy and said, “Even though Xu Zhaodi gave us these, it won’t help much. Do you know how these herbs are cultivated; what kind of environnt they are grown in; what the various stages of growth are like; which stage of growth is the most effective?”
Li Yuanyuan: “…”
She said, “It’s still better than nothing.”
Li Liangjing heard this from the side and said, “The school said that they will give us another dicinal herb test field. They promised us before.”
“Really?” Li Yuanyuan was very excited.
“Yes.” Li Liangjing nodded.
“When the ti cos, we can also observe and do better research.” Li Yuanyuan was rather excited.
Ever since she was young, she had only seen the finished products that her grandfather had made. She had never seen the herbs growing in the ground before.
Since the school wanted to distribute the experintal fields to everyone, Shi Jin did not say anything.
Su Sitian asked, “Senior Li, when can we go to the experintal plot?”
“Probably within the next two days.”
Li Yuanyuan shook Shi Jin’s arm. “Shi Jin, you must co when the ti cos. We’ll celebrate then.”
“Okay. I’ll be there on ti.” Shi Jin nodded.
***
“Glory of the Song Dynasty” officially began filming.
Director Cao was in high spirits.
They lined up Shi Jin’s horse scenes at the front for filming. These were all Shi Jin’s solo scenes. He really wanted to feast his eyes on them.
“Shi Jin, the caras are ready. Let’s begin.”
“Everyone, get ready. Action!”
Shi Jin rode her horse and rushed over from afar. She raised her sword and shouted, “Charge!”
Her voice was filled with killing intent. One person was like an army of thousands.
The stage supervisor who was waiting at the side could not help muttering softly, “Director Cao, do we still need to find a voice actor for Shi Jin?”
“No need, no need.” Director Cao smiled like a flower. There was no need to use a stunt double for Shi Jin’s horsemanship. There was no need to use a voice-over for her lines.
Not only did he save money, he also saved a lot of trouble.
“Okay, this one is over! Continue with the other solo scenes!” Director Cao shouted.
Shi Jin started filming the other horse riding scenes.
Everyone was prepared for how good her riding skills were, but in the end, she still surprised everyone during the shoot. All the scenes were cleared in one go.
The originally planned four-day solo horse riding scenes were completed in half a day.
Shi Jin got off the horse and asked, “You’re not filming anymore?”
“Everything has been fild.” Director Cao threw up his hands. “There’s really nothing else to prepare for today.”
He should have arranged more scenes.
“Director Cao, you can take so close-up shots,” the stage supervisor reminded him softly.
“Shi Jin, get ready to film the scene of the sword being drawn.”
The sword Shi Jin used was a high-quality replica. It was made of slightly hard plastic and its exterior was polished to look like tal.
On the side, the actress who was playing the second female lead did not get into character today, so she gave the venue to Shi Jin.
She didn’t look too happy. “Then when will I be filming my scenes?”
The assistant hurriedly covered her mouth. “Ma’am, be quiet!”
“I’ve been trying for so long. Do you think I’ll give it up to Shi Jin?”
“Alright, Chu Jia, let’s practice a little more.” Her manager suppressed her complaints.
Chu Jia could only continue practicing.
Although she was the second female lead in this movie, she didn’t have many scenes. Chu Jia used her family’s relationship with Chu Ling to get a chance to be a supporting character.
She had taken the entrance exam to a performing arts school in university and claid that she was a professional. During this period of ti, she had also fild a few television dramas as the fourth or fifth female leads. Although they had yet to be screened or broadcasted, her confidence had increased trendously. She looked down on people like Shi Jin who did not co from a specialized school.
Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that she would one day be a supporting actress for Shi Jin.
Not only was she a supporting actress, after filming a few takes, Director Cao told her to practice on the side. Only after she was done practicing was she allowed to co over.
Why was it that Shi Jin, who was not a professional, could do it directly, but she had to stand to the side and practice?
“Martial arts director, co over and show Shi Jin the moves. Chu Jia, co over and take a look too. We’ll take a close-up of you later.”
The action they were going to film was to sheathe their swords.
This action was very difficult, so during filming, they would film the action of drawing the sword. Then, they would play it backwards to give the audience the feeling that the sword was sheathed.
The martial arts director ca forward to demonstrate. “By drawing the sword like this, it will look strong while still appearing within the cara. Do you understand?”
“I got it, I’ll go first!” Chu Jia said imdiately.
When she was filming previously, she had played the role of a swordsman. This action had even been praised by the previous director.
Since Chu Jia took the initiative, the martial arts director and Director Cao both nodded.
Chu Jia said, “Then let perform first.”
Director Cao looked at Shi Jin.
Shi Jin did not object.
“Okay. All units get ready. Give hand and sword close-ups. Watch your positions.”
Chu Jia drew her sword.
“Increase your strength. Again.”
Chu Jia drew her sword again.
“The sleeves are tied up. Assistant, tidy up her clothes.”
Chu Jia, who had rearranged her clothes, drew her sword again.
After repeating it ten tis, Director Cao said, “OK, good.”
Chu Jia raised her head. Being able to successfully complete this action was finally an encouragent for her, who had suffered a great blow today.
Although this action was simple, she knew that it wasn’t easy to do it well. Not to ntion her, in the previous movie she acted in, the actor who played the male lead didn’t even succeed in twenty tries.
She wanted to see how many tis it took for Shi Jin to pass.
“Shi Jin, you do it.” Director Cao’s attitude was much gentler when he spoke to Shi Jin.
Chu Jia pouted disapprovingly.
Shi Jin tried to pull out her sword, but failed.
Chu Jia covered her mouth in amusent..
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