Entertaining Children

  Chapter 738 Never seen you shoot a MV like this

   "Haha~" After listening to Xiao Yao's words, many people at the scene laughed. Now more than a hundred people are sitting or standing in this parking lot. Most of them are dressed in black and masked. If outsiders meet, it might really cause some misunderstanding.

   "Woo~ woo!" Before everyone's laughter fell, two police sirens came from the gate of the parking lot. Standing on the roof of the bus, Xiao Yao turned his head and saw that there was really a black-and-white patrol car, sounding its sirens, and drove to the parking lot entrance and stopped.

   "Wow~" Everyone at the scene screamed in surprise when they heard the sound of a police siren. But their expressions are not afraid, only surprise and excitement.

These guys are not afraid, Xiao Yao didn't want to cause trouble, so he greeted him quickly: "Nathan! The person who took you to the bus at my feet! And the twenty-four people who have received my mail, also get in this car! Others, who want to go onlookers, get in their own car, and we will set off right away!"

   "OK~" a group of people responded.

"Kies, please send someone to explain to the police officer at the door. I don't want the police to think that we did something bad and run away. A group of police cars chased us on the way to the filming location!" Xiao Yao jumped off the roof of the bus. Then he said to Keith Craig.

   "Okay," Keith Craig nodded, "I know what to do."

  The two uniformed patrolmen who came to check after receiving the notification from the command center drove outside the parking lot and saw that there were a lot of guys in black and masked here, and they were shocked. As soon as they opened the door and got out of the car, they saw this group of people getting into the car one after another, looking like they were about to run, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous while looking confused. Fortunately, before they had time to ring the radio on their shoulders to report to the command center, a young man took the initiative to explain to them the situation in the parking lot.

  I heard that actors recruited by an MV crew gathered here. Those black and masked costumes were all character costumes, and the two police officers were a little relieved. Seeing dozens of cars filed out of the parking lot, the group of black-clothed and masked guys quickly disappeared, and the parking lot became empty. Only then did the two patrol officers report the situation to the command center, indicating that it was a false alarm. One time, the warning signal here was lifted.

  The two patrol officers parked the police car at the entrance of the parking lot. As soon as they got off the car, they ran into the staff of the filming team and came forward to explain the situation. They also stood beside the police car and did not enter. This parking lot has only one entrance, so everyone coming out of the parking lot has to pass by the police car and the two police officers, and you can clearly see the expressions on the faces of the two police officers. Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the two police officers, some guys inevitably screamed strangely in the car. I feel that just by seeing the bewildering expressions of these two police officers, they are already worth it this time!

  A long line of motorcades drove out of the downtown area of ​​Los Angeles, heading for the shooting location introduced by Keith Craig. Xiao Yao also drove out by himself this time, but when he came out of the parking lot, Xiao Yao did not drive by himself. He gave the driving position to Keith Craig, who was more familiar with the road and wanted to drive with him. , He was sitting in the position of the co-pilot holding a camera.

"Kees, slow down a little bit!" When the convoy left downtown Los Angeles and drove onto the empty highway on the outskirts of the mountain, Xiao Yao said to Keith Craig and opened the skylight above his head. He stood up with the camera on his shoulders, got his upper body out of the skylight, and photographed the road ahead.

   "Hey, Young, what are you doing?" Keith Craig was taken aback, slowed down and called.

   "Take some material." Xiao Yao lowered his head and said. There are some highway shots in the MV. Xiao Yao looked at the road in front of him properly. Their car was leading the way and there was no vehicle blocking in front, so he took some shots by the way.

The footage in the   MV is not long. Xiao Yao sat down after taking it for a while, closed the skylight, and fastened his seat belt again.

"You even do the work of a cameraman?" Seeing Xiao Yao sitting back, Keith Craig raised his speed again and asked Xiao Yao, "If you are not the star of this MV, you Even the cameraman is saved?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, "Actually, my "SingMeToSleep" MV does not have a cameraman. It was taken by myself and a few friends with a handheld high-definition camera. And I am the first cameraman, as long as There is no me in the lens, the camera is in my hands."

   "You..." Keith Craig shook his head speechlessly.

In this MV, the most actors are not in the city, but in the mountains, so Xiao Yao did not enter the small town at the foot of the mountain, but asked Keith Craig to take the team directly to the shooting location on the mountain. .

  After arriving at the destination, Xiao Yao quickly entered the working state and instructed Pei Minyi to distribute clothes to the more than 30 people who came here without wearing character costumes. He began to survey the scene by himself, instructing the staff to set up equipment and arrange aircraft positions.

  After the preparations were in place, Xiao Yao called all the actors together and told everyone about the general plot of the MV and the content to be filmed in the morning. Since there are so many free actors, Xiao Yao made some minor changes to the plot based on the principle of making the best use of everything, and increased the number of characters in several shots. Especially for the last scene where a large group of people stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the small town at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Yao simply put all the more than one hundred people in the future into the lens.

  At the end of this collective scene, everyone collectively pulled off the masks on their faces, but this is a long-range shot, and you can’t see everyone’s faces at all, so it’s not much different from no face. However, in addition to the long-range shots in this collective scene, there are also close-up shots of a few people pulling their masks, revealing their faces completely.

  Xiao Yao first asked the actors who were willing to show their faces. As a result, there were not a few shy people in this group who were unwilling to show their faces. They all wanted close-up shots. So Xiao Yao chose a few handsome and beautiful actors from the twenty-four people who he had replied to to take close-up shots of actors who belonged to different races at the same time. Xiao Yao had previously emphasized in the video that most actors would not show their faces. He had already said hello in advance. At this time, there is no reason to express dissatisfaction with those who were not selected by Xiao Yao for the close-up.

  Except for the last group shot, the shots of several members running on the mountain are relatively scattered. When Xiao Yao took the shot alone, Xiao Yao explained the cameraman’s shooting angle and then went to perform in front of the camera. The cameraman still had some room to play. When other people were running in groups, Xiao Yao gave After the selected actors confessed their actions, they stood by the cameraman's side, directing the cameraman's shooting throughout the entire process.

   Keith Craig didn't appear in the show, he just watched the whole process. Looking at Xiao Yao at work, Keith Craig couldn't help but sigh: "Gosh, this guy is really more and more like a director!"

Xiao Yao once helped the "Daydream" band design and participated in the shooting of the "Sugar" MV. Keith Craig and his family also participated in the shooting of Xiao Yao's music video for "American Airlines Broke My Guitar" In those two times, Xiao Yao was regarded as a nominal director, but at that time he was at most explaining when and what to shoot. As for the specific angles, composition, etc., they were all performed by the photographers at the time. , It’s very different from today’s MV performance.

  But the things that made Keith Craig sigh are not over yet. After taking some shots, Xiao Yao took out another drone from the trunk of his car.

   "What is this?" Keith Craig asked curiously.

   “There are some overhead shots from the air in the MV,” Xiao Yao laughed, “I don’t have the money to rent a helicopter, so I use a drone with a wireless HD camera to shoot.”

"You said earlier, I'll rent it for you!" Keith Craig murmured in his heart, but didn't say anything, just asked, "But operating a drone to shoot requires professional skills, right? You? Did you bring someone in this area?"

   "Me," Xiao Yao smiled, "I can do it myself."

   "Is there anything you can't do?" Keith Craig asked, staring.

   Xiaoyao smiled, did not answer Keith Craig's words, installed a high-definition camera on the drone, and operated the drone to take off. First, he took some overhead shots that were simply scenery.

  Next, Xiao Yao explained the actions of some other selected actors in several shots, and then operated the drone to start shooting from the aerial angle. At this moment, even the cameraman has nothing to do.

   After busy working all morning, Xiao Yao finished shooting all the shots on the mountain, and it was almost noon. Xiao Yao did not lead the team back to Los Angeles, but took everyone into the small town at the foot of the mountain for lunch.

  In a square in the town, there was a dining car parked. Xiao Yao asked Keith Craig to contact us in advance to prepare it. According to Xiao Yao's promise in the video, he will be responsible for the lunch of the actors, and the dining car is the dining car that prepares lunch for everyone.

  Since Xiao Yao expects to have only 36 actors, plus some staff from the filming team, a total of forty to fifty minutes lunch was prepared in the dining car. Although he prepared a little more in case of accidents, the number of extras is limited, and it certainly cannot satisfy the more than one hundred people. Xiao Yao can only prioritize lunch to those actors who he invited to reply to the email, and the extras will be available. For those who followed, as for the dozens of people who did not receive lunch later, they had to solve it by themselves.

  In this regard, those onlookers who followed by themselves had no complaints, and they went out to find food by themselves. This is a small profit for the few restaurants that are not very crowded.

  After lunch, Xiao Yao led the team to rest for a while. By the way, he waited for the onlookers who went to solve the lunch on their own. When everyone gathered again, Xiao Yao led the team back to downtown Los Angeles.

  This MV is not just a shot from the mountain, there are also many shots in the city. Moreover, parkour is originally a sport suitable for performing in the city. Due to the constraints of the environment, the characters’ actions on the mountain are mainly running, and there are not many parkour actions. The real parkour action is mainly displayed. In the lens of the urban environment.

After returning to Los Angeles, Xiao Yao took everyone to a parking lot again. But this time it is not an open-air parking lot, but an indoor parking lot that is relatively remote and has fewer people and cars.

"Next, we will shoot in this parking lot." After getting off the car, Xiao Yao stood on the roof again and clapped his hands to announce to everyone, "For the shooting in the afternoon, I don’t have a specific action design. Playing parkour here, whoever has beautiful and exciting actions, I will take photos of those actions and put them in the MV.

"Because everyone is still wearing the costumes from the morning shooting, I only have two requirements," Xiao Yao put up two fingers, and then said, "One is that when everyone is playing, there must be a pause in the middle of the action, take out I took a look on my mobile phone, but I don’t make specific requirements when to stop or how to watch it. Everyone also listened to me in the morning. You should know that I need you to look at the mobile map. The second is to try two people or A group of three, there is a bit of interaction in the middle. As for how to interact, I don’t make specific requests. This is also a plot requirement, I think you can all understand how to do it."

  When shooting on the mountain, although Xiao Yao also gave the actors some freedom, the neatness of the movements, the speed when running, the formation, and the walking position still roughly defined a framework for everyone. Back in the city, Xiao Yao did not have any specific action designs except for two requirements, allowing these parkour enthusiasts to play freely.

   Xiao Yao’s decision immediately made the hundreds of people cheer. Xiao Yao's video was looking for parkour enthusiasts, but he was running on the mountain in the morning, and there was no chance to show off his parkour skills. Everyone began to wonder why Xiao Yao had to find someone who knew parkour to shoot this MV. At this time, I heard that parkour, which allows everyone to play freely, has the opportunity to show their parkour moves in front of everyone, and everyone is naturally enthusiastic.

  In the next two hours, more than one hundred people will show their skills in this parking lot. Parkour's park originally means parking lot. The parking lot is one of the most suitable places to play parkour. These people who are excited because of a video are more enthusiastic parkour enthusiasts, and most of them are very skilled. . So during this period of time, Keith Craig and the staff on the shooting team were also eye-opening, and they watched and exclaimed and admired again and again!

   "Okay, everyone should have fun!" After more than two hours, Xiao Yao, who had shot far more than the MV needed, called off those who had a great time.

   "No!" a group of people shouted. This MV shooting can be regarded as a group activity for parkour enthusiasts. In addition to having fun, everyone also met a lot of like-minded new friends, and most of them felt a little bit unfulfilled.

   "Well, then you can continue to play here," Xiao Yao smiled, "but our afternoon shooting work is over, we are leaving!"

   "Wait! Yang, you haven't told us, are you the Y in YRF?" Some people shouted again after hearing that Xiao Yao was leaving. During the filming process, many people had already asked Xiao Yao during the filming gap, but Xiao Yao kept avoiding him. At this time, they heard that he was leaving, and many people thought of this again.

   "You will know, but not now!" Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head.

   "Yue~" Some people hissed in dissatisfaction.

"Okay," Xiao Yao raised his hands and began to change the subject, "The shooting of our MV has been basically completed, but it has not all ended. Do you still remember the plot I introduced to you in the morning? I still need some people on the camera. A selfie shot of a computer with a hat but no face mask. I’m not going to shoot this, you shoot yourself! If you are willing to show your face in the MV in this way, please send me your selfies within two days, or send it to The email address announced in the video. Also, remember what I said, there is no guarantee that everyone will show up, so I will still choose to use it from the videos you send."

   "Goodbye, everyone, it's a very pleasant day with you today!" Xiao Yao finally waved goodbye to the group of people and got into his car.

   "I have never seen you shoot a MV like this," Keith Craig in the driving seat saw Xiao Yao getting into the car and joked with a smile, "Leave a little bit for someone else to do it for you!"

   "Hehe, you won't see it now." Xiao Yao smiled indifferently.

   "Has our filming work all ended?" Keith Craig asked, "Where are we going now?"

  "It's not over completely," Xiao Yao said, shaking his head, "I also want to take some shots where I operate my computer to issue a call-up order, but I don't need a shooting team, I can do it alone."

"Also," Xiao Yao continued, "I didn't leave a little bit of my MV for others to shoot for me. There are also some shots from other cities. I asked netizens from abroad and other cities to shoot for me and send it to me. I. I have received a few videos yesterday, but the effect is not satisfactory. I am going to go out to do something at night, take a sample and post it on the Internet for their reference!"

   "Let foreign netizens take the video and send you the material for the MV?" Keith Craig stared and repeated, "I have never seen you make a MV like this!"

  (End of this chapter)