Intermediate - Planning a Film Project (C1925)

A: 小张,拍摄计划怎么样了?
Xiǎo Zhāng, pāishè jìhuà zěnmeyàng le?
Xiao Zhang, how is the film planning coming along?
B: 一切OK。
yīqiè OK.
Everything is OK.
A: 那我们五号开始吧。
nà wǒmen wǔ hào kāishǐ ba.
Then let's start filming on the fifth.
A: 道具、摄像机什么的呢?
dàojù、 shèxiàngjī shénme de ne?
What about the props and cameras and stuff?
B: 也都借好了,不过......
yě dōu jiè hǎo le, bùguò......
I borrowed all of them, but...
A: 怎么了?
zěnmele?
What's wrong?
B: 女主角好像有课,五号可能来不了。
nǚ zhǔjué hǎoxiàng yǒu kè, wǔ hào kěnéng láibuliǎo.
It seems the female lead has class. She won't be able to make it on the fifth.
A: 没关系,反正她也没几个镜头。
méiguānxi, fǎnzhèng tā yě méi jǐ ge jìngtóu.
No problem. She doesn't have that many scenes, anyways.
B: 那......导演你看我怎么样?
nà...... dǎoyǎn nǐ kàn wǒ zěnmeyàng?
Then...director, what do you think of me?
A: 你?试一下镜吧。
nǐ? shì yīxià jìng ba.
You? OK, you can do a screen test.
B: 太好了,我一定努力。
tài hǎo le, wǒ yīdìng nǔlì.
Great. I'm going to work really hard.
A: 嗯,希望咱们这部微电影能够成功。
ng4, xīwàng zánmen zhè bù wēidiànyǐng nénggòu chénggōng.
Yeah, here's hoping that our short film will be a success.

Key Vocabulary

拍摄 pāishè to film
计划 jìhuà plan
一切 yīqiè all
道具 dàojù props
摄像机 shèxiàngjī video camera
什么的 shénme de and so on
jiè to lend, to rent
女主角 nǚ zhǔjué female lead
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
来不了 láibuliǎo to be unable to come
反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
镜头 jìngtóu scene
导演 dǎoyǎn director
试镜 shìjìng to try
一定 yīdìng definitely
努力 nǔlì to work hard
希望 xīwàng to hope
咱们 zánmen we
[measure word]
微电影 wēidiànyǐng short film
能够 nénggòu to be capable of
成功 chénggōng success

Supplementary Vocabulary

拍电影 pāi diànyǐng to film a movie
男主角 nán zhǔjué male lead
角色 juésè role
机会 jīhuì opportunity
视频 shìpín film
微小 wēixiǎo small
微软 Wēiruǎn Microsoft
微博 wēibó Weibo

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