Chapter 121: On Shooting Structure

  After receiving King's business card, Wei Da Mei no longer forced Guo Xiao Yu to learn how to dance, and Guo Xiao Yu was finally able to spend two peaceful days.

  The castle is generally okay, this time the fast men don't live in a large dormitory like before, but two people share a room. If there's anything bad, it's sleep and the ubiquitous cameras. Every day at 7:00 am, you're woken up by noise, and if you don't get up, you'll be bothered; then there's food, that nutritious meal is terrifying, saying it's like chewing wax is an understatement; and those ubiquitous cameras are really annoying, even when taking a bath, Guo Xiaoyu has to check the bathroom in advance, he's afraid of being installed with one.

  The two days passed quickly, and the time for the next game was getting closer and closer. Before that, there was still one thing they hadn't done, which was to shoot a promotional video. This is what they were going to do in the next few days.

  At six o'clock in the morning, Guo Xiaoyu was the first to get up. After dressing and hastily eating something, he rushed to the scene of filming promotional videos.

  The contestants were still sleeping, but the scene was already bustling. Promotional videos are not like movies or TV dramas, which require a lot of elements. The key to promotional videos lies in the lighting and props. Guo Xiaoyu had been an assistant director for a long time, so he knew something about shooting promotional videos, but this was his first time seeing it all with his own eyes. Plus, he hadn't touched this stuff in years, so everything looked particularly familiar to him.

  At this time, a big hand patted on Guo Xiaoyu's shoulder and said, "Xiaoyu, why did you get up so early today?"

  "Ah." Guo Xiaoyu turned his head and saw that this person was none other than the director of this promotional video, Li Yi.

  "Ah, Qi Ge ah!" It's unknown who started calling Li Yi "Qi Ge", but anyway everyone calls him that now. Qi Ge may be over thirty years old, but time seems to have left no mark on him, he looks just like a young man in his early twenties.

  At this time, Qi Ge asked again: "You usually can't even get up early! If you say someone else might be excited and can't sleep. You're not possible! 'Where's Dad Going' is all your doing, how could you be excited about this little thing?" Here, we need to talk about Mango TV's publicity. After Guo Xiaoyu's crazy confession, Mango TV found that since the matter was already irreversible, they might as well make the most of it and vigorously publicize Guo Xiaoyu's love story, promoting him as a devoted prince. Then, they thoroughly exposed Guo Xiaoyu's identity as the founder of 'Where's Dad Going' to the public, slowly releasing all his information. To put it bluntly, June belongs to Guo Xiaoyu!

  Hearing Qi Ge's teasing, Guo Xiaoyu looked at the busy crew in front of him and said: "I majored in directing in college, but this is still my first time seeing a real film set." What Guo Xiaoyu said was half true and half false. In his life, he had indeed never seen a real film set before.

  After hearing Guo Xiaoyu's words, Qi Ge smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be a top student in the directing department. How about it? Top student, I'll take you around to see everything."

  "Come on, let's go take a look." Guo Xiaoyu's anxious appearance was absolutely not fake. Guo Xiaoyu is lazy and has been mixed up in the industry just to make a living, but if he didn't have any interest in movies at all, it would be impossible for him to become an assistant director. In this circle, only Guo Xiaoyu could go from having nothing to becoming an assistant director, and he's not that kind of person who is good at socializing, so how did he manage to get to this point? Apart from his ex-girlfriend's encouragement, it was mostly because Guo Xiaoyu himself liked movies. No matter how long it had been, the enthusiasm in his bones for this thing would never disappear, which is why he's so excited now.

  "Look, they're in charge of lighting. Later when you take pictures, it's a darkroom, all relying on them."

  "That side is the prop group, and promotional videos and movies are different. It's a multi-level change and derivation under one shot. The background is either directly built or post-produced, rarely said to be filmed on location, and these are all handled by the prop group."

  Next, Qi Ge took Guo Xiaoyu around the crew to get familiar with the staff and equipment. Although Guo Xiaoyu knew some of these things, he listened attentively as if it was a reunion with old friends, feeling nostalgic.

  Two people sat side by side, Guo Xiaoyu asked: "Qi Ge, do you know Got?"

  "Huh?" Qi Ge asked curiously: "Why are you asking this?"

  "I just want to understand, when our school learned about this, I was already on leave, so I'd like to ask you." Actually, the previous school was teaching montage, but he didn't say it as if it were second nature, and the school couldn't teach him that. This Gothic style is indeed just beginning. Here, someone will say again, a director only needs to use one method well, and he's already very powerful, why be greedy? However, a director being best at using one method doesn't mean he can't do others."

  After hearing Guo Xiaoyu's question, Qi Ge smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to ask this question. This is something that few people went back to study in those days. Generally, they were studying Montage."

  "Hehe..." Guo Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Most of the structures in Gothic style embody counterintuitive factors. Under dark, strange, and peculiar structures, they often have unconventional effects, so I'm more interested."

  "I didn't know you knew so much." Qi Ge teased and continued to say, "Then do you know what Gote's predecessor is?"

  "Does Got still have a predecessor?" This point Guo Xiaoyu really didn't know.

  At this time, Qi Ge said: "Do you know or don't you know that there is a structure called romance."

  "I know!" Guo Xiaoyu nodded and said, "The structure of many romance movies is a romance novel!"

  "It's good that you know." Qi Ge took a sip of water and continued: "In the year 1800, a romantic movement emerged. At that time, Gothic represented romantic colors, representing warmth. However, Romanticism was a backlash against the Enlightenment movement, so from this time on, Gothic represented darkness, filth, and ugliness, which is also a transformation of Gothic culture, and at the same time, it's a turning point in film history. Therefore, many people say that Romance is the precursor to Gothic."

  "So that's how it is!"

  At this time, Qi Ge stood up and patted Guo Xiao Yu's shoulder, saying: "If you want to understand me, go take a look at that piece of history, but in the end it still needs to be put into action, otherwise it's all just empty talk. However, what's most important for you right now is this round of the Fast Men competition, I really enjoy listening to your songs."

  "Ah, these seven brothers!"

  "Work hard!" said Qi Ge and then he walked away.

  The shooting of this promotional video was completed in just two days, and it's actually just some simple actions under the background they set up, with music and voiceovers added.

  The promotional video is done, next up is the highly anticipated Happy Boys VS Twelve Strong Contest. Tonight, no sleep...

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