The dog is the other protagonist of "Woof Woof Woof".

The original work is about a golden retriever.

But Liu Wei felt that it was unnecessary to bring back a golden retriever. Animal actors have uncertainties about their performances, and whether they are familiar with the actors is still a troublesome matter. She happened to have a dog herself. After mentioning it to the author of the original work, she decided to let this one

A local dog is here.

The native dog is the one that appeared in "The Legend of King Wu". It once served as the emotional link between Lu Beijing and Liu Wei. Now it is getting more and more sloppy. The hair on its mouth and head grows in all directions, and the color is mottled.

Very.

How should I put it, it means that the master doesn’t dislike it.

When Director Liang agreed to let the dog take the photo, he had never seen it grow up. He still remembered it as a plump puppy. When Liu Wei brought it over, Director Liang said eo...

Director Liang: "This looks too unphotogenic."

Director Liang pays great attention to the beauty of the picture. The golden retriever in the original work is so beautiful. He is big, has golden back hair, has a gentle and enthusiastic personality, and has a good reputation outside. He is also very photogenic next to the heroine.

This dog can't survive.

He was determined to return the product, but considering that this was the heroine’s domestic dog, he had to pay attention to the art of speaking, so he personally took a camera to take a video of the dog, and wanted to speak with facts: This dog is not photogenic, so why don’t we change it?

Alright.

But this dog doesn't play by the rules!

Unlike other animal actors who need orders from their trainers or owners, it has never been to dog school. But it has filmed a movie. For three months, it has been listening to the orders of the camera and the staff.

Big.

So as soon as Director Liang picked up the camera and pointed the lens at it, it calmed down and looked straight at the camera.

Small animals come with their own beauty filters.

Even with such a scrawled dog face, in the camera lens, its long and messy hair has a soft light, its bright black eyes are extremely gentle, and its serious expression is more realistic than some inferior actors.

Director Liang: "..."

You can't speak out of conscience.

Still quite photogenic.

Dog actors have two problems that are difficult to overcome. One is not listening to the actor's orders, and the other is being overly excited.

Dogs are animals that have been domesticated for a long time. They are born to love humans - all humans.

When a dog is in the focus of a person's sight, if it is used to being domesticated, it will approach the person.

If dozens of people are surrounding it and paying attention to it, it will be difficult for the dog to stay calm for a long time and it will be difficult for the dog to obey commands.

Director Liang quickly discovered the advantages of this dog.

First, its owner is Liu Wei, so there is no problem that it doesn’t listen to Liu Wei or refuses to stay by Liu Wei’s side.

Second, it may still remember filming movies when it was a child, so even if it is surrounded by a group of staff, it is not overly excited or overly panicked.

These two advantages are decisive - they will reduce the difficulty of shooting.

Director Liang gave up the idea of ​​"not wanting this dog", but he didn't give it up completely, because he did make two preparations, that is, he prepared another pair of animal actors in advance: two dogs, Gary's golden retriever.

Golden Retrievers are not hard to find dogs. The appearance of breed dogs is almost fixed. It is not difficult to find two identical Golden Retrievers. Dogs in dog cafes are used to people, so they are less likely to be stressed, and the rent is easier to negotiate.

It's just a matter of more money and less money.

The dog has been rented and will be picked up in the afternoon.

Director Liang felt that in the morning he would just take pictures of the interior of the villa, the garden, and look for angles. After all, he couldn't do much since he came here at ten o'clock. After the equipment was set up, it was almost time to have lunch.

It was impossible to shoot the scene in this villa in one day.

No matter how good the idea is, you can't resist this local dog's love for the camera.

Lens edge is a very bully thing. When people and animals are in the same shot, the animals attract more attention than the people. When a group of animals are in the same shot, the competition is dynamics and appearance.

Dynamics trump appearance here.

Although the golden retriever looks better than the native dog, Director Liang can definitely say based on his own lens aesthetics that the golden retriever should not be as camera-friendly as the native dog.

It is also very simple to verify.

It was almost eleven o'clock at this time, and Director Liang said very kindly: "It's time to call it a day. Let's take a break and have lunch."

The staff were all very happy, but they didn't wander around. This was not a villa rented by the show manager, but Liu Wei's villa. Everyone was a little reserved. At most, they queued up to go to the toilet downstairs, and then on the first floor.

I randomly found a place to nest, and those who wanted to smoke voluntarily went outside the yard. Then I met a domestic peacock, and a row of staff began to take photos with the domestic peacock excitedly.

At 11:15, lunch is delivered and the meal is served.

The meal ordered from a hotel at last minute will definitely not be perfect. Liang Tiannan has experience and knows how to order a halal meal - but there is no halal restaurant nearby, and this halal meal is only made of beef.

Liu Wei must still eat the love meal from the housekeeping aunt. Of course, Director Liang, Tang Xi and Liang Tiannan were dining at the same table. The four of them sat at the same table and ate.

Director Liang was not slow to eat. After finishing his meal, he went to make arrangements for work. After Liu Wei finished eating, he came over and told her that the crew had rented two more golden retrievers and asked her to try them out.

Liu Wei is not too particular about whether to use his own dog, he just thinks it is better to use it, but if it is for movie effects or something, a golden retriever is fine.

She said: "Are you still planning to use golden retrievers?"

Director Liang: "I'm not sure, let's try it out first and see which dog cooperates well with you. The most troublesome thing for animal actors is cooperation. Our animal actors have appeared many times this time. If they can't perform that kind of

The feeling of rapport between people and pets is ruined."

Liu Wei agreed and asked what aspect to audition for in the afternoon.

Director Liang has never raised a dog, and the spiders and cockroaches raised by his children at home are not of much reference value. He asked: "I want to take some pictures of you playing with the dog, but it is best to be static. This will reduce the pressure of shooting."

Take pictures of still dogs and play with them.

As soon as I heard it, I knew it was my old Party A.

Liu Wei has worked with Director Liang many times and has heard many small complaints from the makeup team and props team, but she did not expect to experience it for herself today.

Director Liang’s main themes are still twofold: easy to shoot and good-looking pictures.

It's best to balance both.

If we can't take care of both, I hope the other party can overcome it.

Of course, if it really couldn't be overcome, Director Liang was willing to give in.

However, he still hopes that the other party will overcome it first.

Liu Wei has not yet become a big shot like Lu Beijing, and Brother Lu has also personally taught her to respect the director's first authority on the set. She must work hard to complete the director's requirements first, and if she really can't complete it, she will postpone the filming.

She said, "Okay, let me try it."

How to play with a dog statically?

Liu Wei couldn't figure it out, but she was very familiar with playing with dogs. When Director Liang set up the camera, she brought the dog to her side with a smile, took out the grooming brush, and pushed the dog down.

Start brushing.

The dog loves its owner and is very cooperative at first. But since the shooting usually takes two to three shots, one shot takes about fifteen minutes, for a twenty-pound dog, fifteen minutes is enough to show the front and back.

After brushing it twice, the dog no longer wants to cooperate and wants to run.

Liu Wei started to perform the trick of catching the dog. First she hugged the head and brushed, and the dog shrank its neck and ran away. Then she hugged the waist and brushed. When the dog circled around her, she could brush wherever it grabbed it.

During this period, there was no expression management, and there was no such thing as a good-looking smile.

After she finished brushing the dog, she saw several people surrounding Director Liang watching the surveillance footage.

A layer of flying dog hair fell on Liu Wei's body. She stood up, and the dog ran away like an arrow. He didn't run far, went around behind the sofa and lay on the floor, panting, while looking at his owner, his eyes sparkling.

Obviously, the dog is not angry and is very happy.

A camera guy approached from the side, lying on the ground, holding up a camera to take pictures of the dog.

Liu Wei discovered that at some point, Director Liang had arranged for Gouzi to have a camera specifically designed to take pictures of his big head, and it was a movable camera.

This is very useless to the cameraman.

Director Liang took a look at the final result. He especially liked the scene where the dog ran away and hid behind the sofa to look at its owner. It was very clever.

This is the love between animals and humans.

Director Liang clapped his hands and said, "Take a break for fifteen minutes and then take one shot. Clean up the place. Sisi, come here and take a look at what you just took."

Liu Wei hurried over. She was also curious about how her photo had attracted so many people to see.

——Based on experience, she suspected it was a scene where she made a fool of herself.

The most eye-catching thing on the set is definitely not the stunning shot, because most people can't tell whether the shot is good or bad without looking at the camera's angle. In some cases, only the director can tell whether the shot is good or not, and even the cameraman may not be able to tell.

Separate it - his words have no effect on the director.

However, as long as someone makes a fool of himself while being photographed, no matter what kind of ugliness it is, it will definitely attract the attention of a large number of people.

Therefore, it is unlikely that she just took a shockingly good shot, but there is a high possibility that she shot a bad shot.

She stood in front of the monitor, which was the prime position given by Director Liang.

Director Liang rewound the tape and played it back without any sound, just letting her watch it.
To be continued...