157: How do you film a kissing scene?

"Brother Sheng, you've improved a lot, haven't you? You're actually this good now." Chen Le looked at Zhao Sheng and praised him.

The scenes Zhao Sheng filmed this morning were flawless, which meant he had almost mastered the filming techniques for this movie.

"Director Chen, you flatter me. My skill level is still far from enough," Zhao Sheng said modestly upon hearing Chen Le's praise.

"Alright, go eat first. I'll take a look for you," Chen Le nodded with a smile, letting Zhao Sheng go to lunch first.

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng followed Chen Le's advice.

In the afternoon, while Chen Le was filming, Yang Mi arrived at the Film Crew.

He saw Yang Mi and gave her a nod before continuing to stare at the monitor.

Yang Mi sat to the side and watched; they were currently filming an indoor scene.

The plot was the segment where Charlotte's mother comes to the principal's office to beg him not to discipline Charlotte.

Li Liqun glanced at the assistant director, Zhao Sheng, and said, "Can we improvise this part? I feel like we need to go all out to make it fun, realistic, and detailed for it to be considered top-tier acting."

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng immediately asked Chen Le for instructions.

Hearing the voice over the walkie-talkie, Chen Le instantly agreed to the request.

Afterward, Li Liqun explained to Li Ping, who played Charlotte's mother, how to film the scene.

Li Ping nodded as she listened to Li Liqun speak.

"Okay, let's try it once first." After Li Liqun finished speaking, he had her do a trial run with him.

Li Ping nodded, then walked up to Li Liqun and grabbed his collar.

Following Zhao Sheng's shout of "Action!"

Then she made a motion to pull it apart; seeing this, Li Liqun immediately said, "Hey, this is unseemly!"

"I'm going to scream, okay?" Li Ping asked.

"Alright, go ahead and scream!" Li Liqun said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Li Ping grabbed Li Liqun and walked toward the window.

Then she messed up her hair, ran to the window, and shouted, "Help! The principal is being lewd with me! The principal is molesting me!"

"Stop shouting, stop shouting! I promise to change Charlotte's punishment to a self-reflection essay!" Li Liqun hurriedly cried out.

"Cut!" Zhao Sheng shouted.

"Alright, Teacher Li Liqun, how do you feel about this take? Come take a look," Zhao Sheng called out to Li Liqun.

Li Liqun walked over, took a look, and felt it was okay. Then he said, "Director Zhao, could you ask Director Chen if this works?"

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng nodded. "Sure!"

Then Zhao Sheng asked Chen Le for instructions.

"Film one with slightly milder dialogue; I'm not sure if this version will pass censorship," Chen Le replied.

"Got it, Director Chen."

Zhao Sheng relayed Chen Le's words to Li Liqun.

After hearing it, he expressed his understanding.

Afterward, they continued filming.

On the other side, Chen Le sat in front of the monitor.

Yang Mi walked over.

"Old Chen, is filming like this hard work?" Yang Mi asked curiously.

Mainly, since Chen Le was just sitting there, she didn't seem to see him doing anything.

Yet, the scenes were being finished.

"It's alright. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's not. See, right now it's not hard; I have nothing to do," Chen Le said with a smile.

While Li Liqun and the others were discussing how to perform better, Chen Le could just sit there and rest.

Of course, there were times when they really didn't know how to act, and he would need to personally guide them.

Most of the time, it wasn't very tiring, just a bit mentally taxing at most.

Soon, this segment was finished.

Zhao Sheng led them to the next classroom.

Here, a group of extras, along with Shen Teng and the others, were already prepared.

Most of these extras were found nearby, and some were even students from this school.

Their role was to act as students and create a ruckus; they didn't need any acting skills, just the ability to be background characters.

This segment covered Charlotte having just traveled back to his student days. Thinking he was in a dream, he not only cursed and hit Teacher Wang but also forcibly kissed Qiu Ya and almost burned down the classroom.

Then his mom arrived, and Charlotte jumped off the building.

Seeing Zhao Sheng arrive, Shen Teng and the others immediately stood up.

"Shen Teng, are you guys ready?" Zhao Sheng looked at them and asked.

There was quite a bit of plot to film in this classroom, so they had filmed Teacher Li Liqun's segment first.

"We're ready," Shen Teng, Ma Li, and the others nodded.

"Alright, since you're ready, let's start filming!" Zhao Sheng nodded.

Then, the filming began.

Shen Teng pushed open the door and walked into the classroom.

Seeing the teacher and students in the middle of class, he was in a daze, still thinking he was dreaming.

He turned to leave but was stopped by Teacher Wang's shout of "Halt!"

Seeing him, Teacher Wang nearby began to berate him.

"Charlotte, didn't I tell you to bring your mother here? Why are you back?"

Shen Teng ignored him and kept walking. Seeing this, Teacher Wang immediately stepped forward to discipline the disobedient student.

But to his surprise, Shen Teng actually kicked him straight to the ground.

"What are you doing? You actually dare to hit a teacher?" Teacher Wang looked at the student, who was usually timid and subservient, in disbelief as he actually laid a hand on him.

"Do you think I'd let you bully me even in my own dream?" Shen Teng's face was filled with indignation, as if he were releasing years of pent-up grievances and resentment.

But the students nearby grabbed hold of him.

"Stop!" Zhao Sheng shouted.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Suddenly being told to stop, Shen Teng was stunned for a moment.

"Director Chen has something to say," Zhao Sheng said.

Hearing this, Shen Teng immediately nodded.

Then Zhao Sheng turned on the walkie-talkie. "Director Chen, can you hear me?"

"I can hear you. I have a couple of things to say: you can act a bit more exaggeratedly; there's no need to be so restrained," Chen Le said.

As he watched just now, nothing felt right; it looked strange no matter how he viewed it.

"Okay, I understand, Director Chen." Shen Teng and Tian Yu immediately nodded upon hearing this.

Afterward, they sat down to rest and began discussing how to act the scene.

"Teacher Tian, I think you could do it like this..." Shen Teng shared his understanding from the side.

After all, acting requires coordination; without it, if everyone just did their own thing, it would definitely be jarring.

"Yeah, Shen Teng, I didn't expect your brain to be so sharp. I was just thinking that something felt off about the performance," Tian Yu smiled and patted his shoulder in praise.

"Haha, Teacher Tian, it's not that my brain is sharp; it's just that there's strength in numbers, and we can brainstorm. I just suddenly thought of it," Shen Teng said very modestly.

On the other side, Ma Li was chatting with Wang Zhi.

"Wang Zhi, you have a kiss scene with Old Shen later. How is that going to be filmed?" Ma Li asked curiously.

When she read the script and saw this part, she was very curious about how the kiss scene would be filmed. Would they really have to kiss?

"I don't know," Wang Zhi shook her head.

She hadn't acted in a kiss scene before either, so she really wasn't sure.

But she had heard that they could use camera angles to fake a kiss, though that was relatively rare; usually, it was a real kiss.