Unlike ordinary domestic TV series and movies, sitcoms originated in the United States, and the structural forms of domestic sitcoms often copy many American structural types.

In 1991, Yingda's "I Love My Home" pioneered the mainland sitcom, followed by "Idle Son" and "A Family in the Northeast".

"I Love My Home" is a peak, and the two subsequent works can only be considered pass-throughs. In addition to the popularity of Qing palace dramas in those years, the sitcom section rarely produces high-quality works...

"Wulin Waizao" has set off a ratings frenzy in sitcom, and "Love Apartment"...

But to be honest, "Love Apartment" has been too "drawing from" American dramas, resulting in the coherence and intention being weakened more than one...

In recent years, there have been few sitcoms that are eye-catching. In addition to the fact that the actors are not as hard-working as before, the most important jokes have replaced many of the effects of sitcoms!

It’s like we think that the sketches and comedy are not as funny as before. It’s mainly because of the arrival of the Internet era. We have read a lot of jokes in advance. No matter how awesome the screenwriter is, he will never have done the wisdom of so many netizens!

"In the past, Feng's comedy created popular words, but now he plagiarizes popular words..."

The arrival of the Internet era is a very painful thing for creators.

Many of them simply took the path of plagiarizing online jokes...

Strictly speaking, "Brothers" does not have much plot consistency, and it is normal not to follow the previous episode!

According to netizens, "Brothers of Waste" is a typical series composed of jokes, so its audience can only be netizens.

Although Bai Xiaofei had considered broadcasting on the TV series with a narrow audience, it is quite difficult to get on the TV series, not to mention that the average length of an episode of "Baby Brothers" is about twenty minutes - except for the opening jokes and the ending subtitles, it is estimated that there are only fifteen minutes of plot...

Such works are obviously more suitable for young people’s tastes!

If you want to broadcast it on the TV series, Bai Xiaofei must at least stuff a bunch of ingredients into it to ensure that the length of each episode can reach 40 minutes...

This is too difficult, so don't consider it!

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The most common sitcoms are two-person conversation scenes.

This kind of scene is particularly common in film and television dramas, especially in TV dramas, where most of them are filled with dialogue scenes.

The pace of TV series is very fast, and the plot can be quickly promoted through dialogue.

Generally, two-person conversations are the best shot!

There are three types of shots, panoramic views, actor close-ups, and overshoulder shots.

A shoulder shot is to see a close-up or close-up shot of another actor through the shoulders of an actor.

The so-called shoulder shot is to determine the relationship between characters, including positional relationships, and who is dominant in this scene.

The way of shooting dialogue scenes is to first give a panoramic shot, explain the scene, then give a shoulder shot, determine the relationship between the characters, and finally give a close-up shot, gradually progressing;

For example, now, Bai Xiaofei and Zhang Shan are huddled in the toilet, which is a typical panoramic view plus close-up.

"Why did you take me to the public bathroom?"

"It's hidden!"

“Can the public bathroom hide?”

"…When I came in, I posted a sticker at the door, and it was under repair..."

"You are still wise."

Bai Xiaofei and Zhang Shan have worked together countless times.

When he was in school, he would be divided into a group every time he arranged a sketch, and sometimes he would add Dong Jian. If the heroine needed, he would find the most mysterious Li Tiantian in the class...

The morning's shooting went smoothly.

This is the TV series, and it is another first time Bai Xiaofei is taking a picture. The entire crew is also working together for the first time, so Bai Xiaofei will not arrange any difficult scenes, from simple to traditional.

The grass platform team is starting up. If you keep NG in the beginning, it will easily hit the actors and the staff on the scene!

Unless they are already famous directors and good actors with superb acting skills, they will challenge the most difficult scenes in the first wave for the purpose of running-in shots. For example, in "Mei Lanfang", the first scene is when Qiu Rubai, played by Sun Honglei, decides to be Mei Lanfang's assistant.

That shot took four hours!

If you change to other directors, how dare you let Sun Honglei get one shot and polish it for four hours?

"The lens is brighter, add a little warm tone and cleaner!"

Bai Xiaofei returned to the rear of the monitor, looked at the scene he had just taken, and shook his head.

A little too realistic…

The so-called overly realistic value is that there is no dreamy feeling created by TV.

In the past few years, compared with the TV series in Hong Kong, the light effect was the difference!

Our costumes are in place, and the actors' performances are not worse than theirs, but they just look uncomfortable. Why?

The light is too dark and the camera is not polished. I always feel that our actors are ugly...

Look at the youth idol dramas "It's All the Angels' Causes" and "Putting Love to the End" in those years, the actors clearly performed well, but they were just ugly!

Film and television dramas without whitening effects are not considered film and television dramas, but can only be considered documentaries at most!

We are filming TV series, not documentaries!

Even for a documentary, the HD camera and the different brightness presentation feels very different!

"However, director, the light is a bit darker now. If the tone is forced to be raised, it may cause the lens to be unsightly."

A young man in the photography team seemed to have no idea of ​​getting Bai Xiaofei, so he asked questions...

"…The light is dim? What does the lighting group do for? Hurry up, give me the 4K headlights to turn on now!"

Bai Xiaofei immediately found the lighting team responsible for the light: "Hurry up! It has delayed the shooting time, but you are asking!"

You must not be spoiled by the crew members. They must be made aware of the seriousness of the problem, otherwise these old fried dough sticks will surprise you!

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During the afternoon break, Bai Xiaofei led several main staff members of the crew to discuss the precautions for filming in the afternoon.

The shooting tasks are planned every day, and they are on the site notebook...

The afternoon shooting basically continued the morning process. In fact, Bai Xiaofei did not arrange any difficult shooting tasks in the first three days.

"Director, thank you for your hard work, have you had a glass of water?"

The conversation was over. Bai Xiaofei was about to find someone to moisten his throat. Ye Siqi came out of nowhere and respectfully handed over a glass of mineral water.

"…Thanks."

Although he said thank you, his body was honest and kept cold, and he said, "I am a scholar, don't do anything randomly."

That's right. During normal shooting, Bai Xiaofei would keep a certain distance from the actors.

This is the principle of being a director and the bottom line!

If you have an undeserved relationship with an actor in the play, it would be awful...
Chapter completed!