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Chapter 236 Shooting a set of shots with the traversing machine

Today's noon is the first meal for everyone after they came to Africa. Director Nobel insisted that everyone eat the daily 'food' of African brothers first.After that, you can only eat the food you brought from tomorrow.

Even though everyone did not expect African food, when they got together and saw the black things on the table, the atmosphere remained silent.

Bread is not like bread, cake is not like cake, what the hell is this?
Chen Xing was already mentally prepared. Looking at this black bun, although he didn't have much appetite, he still wanted to know his taste.

Ugly is ugly, understand.

At least he knows that it is made of coarse grains and water, and it is edible. No matter how dark it is cooked, can there be deep-fried moss dark?
If Song Shulan knew that Chen Xing was so obsessed with the food in their hometown, she wouldn't know what kind of mood she was in.

It is not the first time that Professor Nobel has come to Africa, so he eats it as soon as he picks it up.

Seeing this, Chen Xing also picked up a piece.

It feels a little hard, but that's ok, take a bite and taste.

Noodles are always delicious when they are hot, and they can taste the taste of whole grains...what a taste!
Chen Xing suddenly stopped his chewing.

At this time, almost everyone looked at Chen Xing, wondering what Chen Xing thought of this African bread.

They have given up getting answers from Professor Nobel. As a well-known documentary filmmaker, Nobel has been to Africa many times over the years, and he probably has adapted to African specialties no matter in terms of body or taste.

And Chen Xing, like them, came for the first time.

Seeing that Chen Xing stopped moving, Livebold asked, "How is it?"

Chen Xing glanced at the faces of all of them, and suddenly smiled and said: "Don't look ugly, but the taste, uh, the taste is not bad, eat it quickly, it won't taste good after a while .”

Lefebold didn't quite believe it, half-believing and half-doubting: "You won't be lying to me, are you?"

Chen Xing swallowed the cornbread in his mouth.

"Look, I ate them all!"

The translator and guide looked at Chen Xing with strange expressions, but the others seemed to believe what Chen Xing said, and they picked up and started eating. They drank a cup of coffee this morning, thirsty and hungry, and wanted to eat something.

As soon as Lefebold took a bite, he spit it out.

"What kind of smell is this? Why is it like mud?"

Yeast powder is needed to make steamed buns in China. They are useless here, and there are no other condiments. Of course, the products made have no taste.If you really want to describe it, it is a dry baguette with a muddy taste.

No, the taste is much denser than baguette.

It is estimated that it will be left for a day, and it will kill people after it dries.

The sound engineer of the film crew also said: "Why can you eat it?"

He also spat out the black steamed buns that he had eaten into his mouth, and looked at director Nobel, translator, guide... and Chen Xing in disbelief.

Forget about the other three, can you eat it too?
Chen Xing shook his head indifferently.

Unpalatable is unpalatable, but I just eat and leave the rest to my stomach.

Nobel said:
"This thing is called mud biscuit in Africa. Under normal circumstances, they are baked in the oven after they are ready. The material is soil made of special stones, which is filtered into mud. But the one we eat is just added A little bit of puree for seasoning, more flour, so it tastes like puree.”

Really eat dirt?

No wonder it smells like earth...

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but after he said it, fewer people eat it.

The translator said: "You can eat it as a special food of Africa. Anyway, I have a rest today, so I can adapt."

Acclimatization is mainly reflected in eating habits.

The earlier you get used to the local diet, the better it is to enter the state of shooting earlier.

There are still dissatisfaction, but no one says quit.

After all, the TV station spent a lot of money on this trip.

Then eat it.

Two hours later, with several people scrambling for the only toilet in the hotel, Leftbold rubbed his belly and thanked himself for not eating those dirt biscuits...but hungry.

He found Chen Xing who was reading a book, and said, "Chen, let's go out and find something to eat?"

"you sure?"

Eat here, at least what you eat is strictly controlled by Nobel. Even this so-called mud food has a lot of flour added. What if you eat something even dirtier outside?
Leftbold thought for a while, then sighed and said, "It's also your first time in Africa, why do I think you are better adapted here than we are?"

Chen Xing continued to read on the balcony, and said, "That's because you don't have a good body. If you are as strong as me, you won't worry about such things."

Lifebold looked down at his strong figure, and Chen Xing's appearance, which was neither fat nor thin. It was obvious that his physique was better than yours!But thinking about it, it's not surprising that Chen Xing can lift a bed like a dumbbell.

"Then what should I do? I really can't eat any bullshit biscuits. It's so old, why do people still eat dirt?"

Before he finished speaking, his stomach started to growl.

Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "Go out from the hotel and go to the right. There is a snack shop at the end. When I passed by, I seemed to see bread in it."

Lefebold rushed out like the wind.

"Thanks, good brother!"

These words came from the depths of the corridor.

Chen Xing continued to read.

He had been wandering around this town for two hours in the morning, and he knew that there was no way of entertainment here, so reading all the books he brought was the only way he could think of to pass the time now.

When it was time for dinner at night, the proprietress of the hotel, Ellie, actually made polenta, which surprised Chen Xing.

Chen Xing did not expect to be able to eat porridge in Africa.

Nobel also bought a local sesame nut, which tastes sweet and tastes really good.

After finishing his meal, Chen Xing was biting nuts and playing with the nuts. At this time, he saw that Lefebold was not on the table, so he asked, "Where is Lefebold? Where did he go?"

"He has occupied the bathroom by himself for a long time."

Chen Xing showed a disgusted expression.

Sure enough, eating food outside is probably not as clean as the food prepared in the hotel.

The next day, the filming finally started.

The three of Chen Xing participated in the filming as photography interns, but they found out the next day that they were just doing odd jobs in the crew, occasionally helping to carry things, and they were lucky enough to touch the camera.

The cameras they brought were all the same model camcorder, the brand was Panasonic.

The school taught how to operate it, so when the photographer is temporarily busy, Chen Xing and the others will control the camera and take some shots.

The 15-year-old black Giotta is the protagonist of this documentary.

To be precise, there is no protagonist in the documentary filmed by Nobel. He just wanted to draw out the life of the local Sudanese from Giotah.

And Giotta is more typical among these people.

He lives in a family without a mother. Both his father and he work in a mine next to the town.This is the only mine around them, and the man Chen Xing met was also burned here.

This day they followed Giotta to the mine for filming. Chen Xing also brought his traversing machine with him after having a boring experience yesterday.

When the film crew was filming, Chen Xing was flying a drone in the distance to play.

The sound of the drone is very loud. People in the small half of the mining area can vaguely hear the sound of the wings turning rapidly. The closer the drone is, the louder the sound is.Almost every place they flew over, the black people on the ground jumped up and waved to the drone.

They were a little far away, Chen Xing couldn't see their appearance clearly, he only saw a black mass, and then they jumped and jumped...

Everyone knows the environment in the mining area. Even if a white person goes in, he will be an authentic black person when he comes out. Besides, they are black in the first place, so Chen Xing can't see clearly at all.

No wonder black women like to wear colorful clothes.

Freelo, who was in charge of the radio, was very annoyed by the sound made by Chen Xing, and shouted over the walkie-talkie: "Take your little plane and go to other places to play, and now all I hear is the sound of your plane!"

Livebold laughed next to Chen Xing, who told Chen Xing not to let him play by himself, he must have been scolded.

Chen Xing scratched his head, took off the flying glasses, and was about to let the drone automatically navigate back, but at this moment the director suddenly said in the intercom: "Chen, is your drone flying stable? I have an idea..."

"Well, tell me." Chen Xing said.

"Come down and let's talk."

Chen Xing put the drones back into his bag and walked towards the recording team.

I didn’t feel much when I watched the documentary. I just felt that the picture was beautiful and the sound was magnetic and attractive, but the shooting scene was actually very boring. I often squatted in the same place for several hours just for one picture.

The two photographers also followed Giotta in shifts, and sometimes they had to go down the mine at risk.

At first, a photographer was unwilling to go, and Ford went down with the equipment. The director didn't say anything that day, and returned to the hotel at night and scolded the two photographers thoroughly. The next day, the workload of Chen Xing and the three plummeted.

Nobel really treated the three of them as disciples.

Ford is mature and stable, and he took the exam for many years before he was admitted to the high school in Paris. This perseverance is very important to Nobel.And Chen Xing is the genius he found. When taking photos, he has a very special sense of story, so is it okay to shoot a documentary?

What does Lefebold say.

It's a related household, and was stuffed into the team by colleagues.

Nobel sat at the entrance of a large mine. Not only could he avoid the sun here, but it was also inexplicably very cool, with the temperature much lower than other places.

Seeing Chen Xing coming, he waved to Chen Xing and said, "Come here, come here."

"Can your drone do this?"

Nobel opened his notebook, on which he simply drew a mountain with a pencil. The mine where Giota was located was replaced by a few circles. On the other side of the mountain was a desert, an uninhabited land...

"Let the photographer take your drone to shoot Giotta first, then you suddenly take off, go around the mountain, and then take a close-up shot of the wolves in this wilderness."

Chen Xing's traversing machine camera was added, but no matter how good the traversing machine lens is, he is just a traversing machine.

The lens cannot be rotated much.

"It can be done, but there are two problems..."

"You said."

"First, is there really a wolf behind here? Second, what about the sound of the shuttle?"

Nobel said: "The problem of wolves is easy to solve. I use a few sheep as bait. I'm not afraid that the wolves won't take the bait. It would be even better if I can capture the wolves eating the sheep's body. Then when you pass through the plane, the sound will definitely be heard." It makes the wolves run away, and you just follow them and chase them... Get it, this kind of picture."

Chen Xing had already simulated the effect in his mind when he said it.

One point.

"understood!"

Nobel smiled and patted Chen Xing on the shoulder. This student always surprises him.

Moreover, the lens effect he asked Chen Xing to do was actually just his first attempt. If Chen Xing completed it well, he still had a bigger task for Chen Xing to do.At that time, Chen Xing will also be able to join the main creative team.

The shooting plan was tentatively scheduled for the evening, and the guide went to the locals to realize the director's arrangement.

Are there wolves in Africa?

Of course there are wolves. Africa has the most wild animals in the world, more than Australia. It is quite normal to have wolves.

It's just that Chen Xing didn't expect that the place where the wolves lived was so close to the living area of ​​humans.

There is only one mountain that is not very high.

In the evening, when the sun was slanting to the west, and some sunset scenery had appeared at the falling point, a photographer held a stabilizer and slowly aimed at Giotta who was about to get off work.

Although this group of shots is Nobel's temporary idea, it is very important in the entire documentary.

The photographer didn't dare to make mistakes. If the traversing machine fell, he would be scolded to death by the tyrant Nobel when he went back later.

Nobel was very kind to a few students, but he was not like this to them. If the pictures taken were not right, he would not say anything about you at the time, but he would definitely be sprayed with blood when he returned to the dormitory.

Chen Xing watched with the camera, and after Nobel said something beside him, he immediately double-clicked the start button of the traversing machine, and flew towards the predetermined route without stopping.

The speed of the traversing machine is very fast, but this speed is what they want.

The drone shuttled through the mountains and forests. Some birds in the woods were frightened and flew away. Then, the drone broke through a gap in the forest and came to the other side of the mountain... This is an endless wasteland.

There is no mountain to be seen in the deepest part of the horizon, and the ground is so barren that only weeds sprout out. When the wind blows, it feels like the whole world is a little bit windy and sandy.

On the ground, there are more than a dozen wolves standing or standing, guarding one of them, which is eating meat.

What a wolf!
Chen Xing's heart was beating wildly with nervousness, and he was extremely excited.

Before the shooting, no one knew whether there would be wolves on the other side of the mountain, and it was not that no one dared to go and observe. The main reason is that wolves are too smart, but if they smell a little bit of human body, they may not will come.

So everyone is betting.

Nobel also held hands. The moment he saw the pack of wolves, he also waved his arms: "Beautiful! Go down! Just chase after this wolf king!"

hum! ! !
The wolf on the ground raised its head fiercely, and saw a big strange bird flying towards him.

run!
In the face of the unknown, any creature is afraid, not to mention that this strange bird can make such a loud sound, the wolves run towards the depths of the wasteland in an instant, without any meat, and their movements are neat as if they have been specially trained .

Chen Xing controlled the drone and arrived behind them extremely fast.

in his lens.

It's a pack of wolves running wild across the screen.

(End of this chapter)