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Chapter 54: MV shooting and film and television invitations

Cao Jun waved his hand: "Hey, how can this be done? Let's count it by age? I am 82 years old, how old are you?" As he spoke, Cao Jun looked at Ning Hao.

Ning Hao replied: "Then I'm older than you, I was born in 1977."

Cao Jun said: "Since you are older than me, I will call you Brother Hao, and you can just call me Xiao Cao."

Ning Hao also felt that it could be more cordial and smiled shyly: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

After a few pleasantries, Cao Jun briefly mentioned his requirements for the MV of the song "Father" to Ning Hao.

Regarding the content of the script, Cao Jun only had one request, which was to stick closely to the theme of "father" and not to say nothing.

For Ning Hao, who is good at writing and directing himself, writing a MV script is simply child's play, just like eating and drinking.

After just thinking for a moment, Ning Hao took out a pen and paper and wrote a story about the reconciliation between father and son.

After reading the script outline, Cao Jun felt very satisfied and said, "Brother Hao, let's just follow this script outline."

Ning Hao nodded: "Okay, let me improve the script first and polish it. If you think there are no problems, we can start filming tomorrow."

Seeing Ning Hao's efficiency, Cao Jun secretly admired him and replied with a smile: "No problem, I'll do as you say."

It's rare to see a singer who is so cooperative. Ning Haoxin said that this idol singer is too easy to fool, and he can get it done with just a script.

Of course, Ning Hao also likes to collaborate with singers like Cao Jun, mainly because there are less things to do and not so much nonsense.

In fact, the main reason why Cao Jun didn't make too many demands was because it was just a MV for a song, so there was no need to put the cart before the horse.

In Cao Jun's view, the most important thing about a song is the quality of the song itself. No matter how well written or shot the MV plot is, it can only be the icing on the cake.

If the song is not good, even if the song's MV is made into an epic blockbuster, it will be useless.

The next day, morning.

The "Father" MV, written and directed by Ning Hao, officially started shooting in Beijing.

Because both parties are professionals, and Ning Hao leads his own team, they cooperate very well.

It only took less than two days for Ning Hao to lead the team to shoot the MV for the song "Father".

During the filming of the MV for the song "Father", Ning Hao was impressed by Cao Jun's professionalism in front of the camera.

Ning Hao smiled and praised: "Xiao Cao, I didn't expect you, a singer, to have such professional acting skills."

Cao Jun smiled and asked: "Brother Hao, you are such a noble person and forget things. Have you forgotten that I graduated from the acting department of the Film Academy?"

After listening to Cao Jun's words, Ning Hao suddenly came to his senses and smiled sheepishly: "If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that you were an actor. I only remembered that you were a singer."

Then came the editing work of the MV. Cao Jun had nothing to do, so he took a learning attitude and learned editing in the computer room with Ning Hao.

As a new generation director influenced by modernist trends, Ning Hao prefers to use a fast editing method when shooting music videos or movies to increase the number of shots.

For example, traditional techniques such as canceling occlusion, blending in and out, fading in and out, using direct connection between shots, and jumps in the relationship between time and space, which is the so-called "montage".

The editing mode of montage undoubtedly speeds up the audience's visual rhythm and reduces the cumbersome and lengthy narrative.

This editing style is also a distinctive feature of the MV directed by Ning Hao.

He drew on many years of experience in shooting MVs. In the MV for "Father", he made extensive use of fast and sharp camera changes, and fully demonstrated his montage shooting skills.

Cao Jun also benefited a lot from working with Ning Hao these days and learned a lot of shooting techniques and experience.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Since Cao Jun wants to direct his own movies in the future, he must learn more experience from the big guys, especially about photography.

However, in the mainland film and television industry these days, there are still relatively few actors who have transformed into directors. Most of them act, while the best ones sing.

The meaning of "acting and excellence is singing" means that when a person performs well, he sings. This word evolved from "business and excellence is an official".

In ancient times, many people started out as businessmen. Later, after becoming successful in the business, they became officials with the intention of development.

There are many such examples in our country. For example, Li Ka-shing is a typical representative. He is not only a big businessman, but also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress.

In the entertainment circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, there are also many artists who are both film and television singers and singers who make movies, TV series, and sing. The most successful and typical representatives are the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong in the 1990s.

In our mainland, acting is an extremely insecure profession. Many film and television actors want to expand their side jobs.

Therefore, actors are not just acting. Many actors have crossed over to become singers. From Zhao Wei to the recent Zou Xun, Lu Yi, and Chen Kun, they have all released records.

Even Wang Xiaoming, who failed in the casting of "The Condor", has begun to prepare for his first album. It seems that these days, actors who do not make albums are not considered popular actors.

October 18th, evening.

When Ye Xuan thought of Cao Jun, who was going to Xiangshan Film and Television City to film in two days, he felt reluctant and sad.

After taking a shower, Ye Xuan carefully asked Cao Jun: "Junjun, can I visit your crew?"

Without even thinking about it, Cao Jun said, "Of course not. If you are discovered when you visit our crew, the scandal between us will definitely be known to the whole country!"

Ye Xuan curled his lips and said aggrievedly: "But, what if I miss you?"

Cao Jun said angrily: "Do you miss me? You are greedy for my body!"

Ye Xuan hit Cao Jun and said angrily: "I hate it! You are just making fun of me."

Cao Jun smiled and said: "Sister Xuan, just be satisfied. I give you bananas every day. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

In recent days, Ye Xuan's clingy nature has begun to make Cao Jun feel a little difficult to deal with.

If we meet once in a while and review the script together, it would be a very satisfying thing in itself.

However, the bad thing is that Ye Xuan is a woman who knows how to enjoy life. For her, filming is just a way to make a living.

She is not as keen on acting as Jiang Xin. She prefers to enjoy life slowly after filming.

Cao Jun felt that there was no way to continue like this. He and Ye Xuan were at best like-minded friends and did not fall in love with each other.

On the other hand, since the news of Cao Jun taking over the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" spread, it can be said that there have been a lot of filming appointments. Almost every month, producers come to him with scripts.

Cao Jun now prefers to be incompetent rather than indiscriminate, and will not act unless he is the male lead.

As a result, the male leads from several dramas actually came to our door.

However, even if it was a script with the male lead, Cao Jun didn't accept it right away. He still had to wait and see whether it had the potential to become popular.

If it was a TV series that he had not seen or heard of in his previous life, Cao Jun would reject it on the grounds of schedule.

Among the many script invitations, there were also two male leads in TV series, which made Cao Jun feel hesitant.

One is "The Legend of Xue Rengui" and the other is "Young Bao Qingtian 3".

Cao Jun has watched these two dramas. They are two dramas that are tasteless and a pity to abandon. It is okay to act in them, but it seems a pity not to act in them.

For a while, Cao Jun couldn't make up his mind. Anyway, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" hadn't been finished yet. He wanted to wait and see if there was a better script.

Now Cao Jun has the right to choose. He is not short of money now. He is filming now more to please himself and act in the drama he wants to act.

What makes Cao Jun more puzzled is that all the people who come to him to film are TV drama scripts and he has never received a movie script.

However, Cao Jun can also understand that the film industry and the television industry are two different circles with different levels. There seems to be another natural barrier between the two.

Unless Cao Jun is as famous as Jay Chou, it is difficult for any film company to come to him and make a movie with him.

Even the invincible Ren Xianqi, when he was at his most popular, could be cast in any martial arts drama by Jin Yong and Gu Long.

However, most of Ren Xianqi's projects are only TV series. There are resources for movies, but they are much less than those for TV series.

Cao Jun thought that if he wanted to keep getting movie roles like Jay Chou, he would have to work harder.
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