Recently, the "migrant worker ChuanGe" in Dazhou, Sichuan Province, became popular on the Internet for shooting more than a thousand videos to show the life of the construction site and record the changes in the city, and it was also on the hot search, which aroused the attention and heated discussion of netizens. On August 17, a Red Star News reporter approached He Chuan, a "migrant worker Brother Chuan", and watched the video shooting process of him and his wife Tang Wenshu. A camera and a tripod, the couple used such a simple device to shoot more than 1100 videos in more than 3 years.
The self-media number of "Migrant Worker ChuanGe"
He Chuan told Red Star News that he was a native of Dazhou and went to Fujian in 2003 to work mainly as a mason; he returned to Dazhou during the Spring Festival in 2020 and continued to struggle on the construction site. In order to add a little taste to his boring part-time life, he has insisted on shooting on the construction site since 2018 under the advice of his eldest son. He once didn't even know how to use a smartphone, and now he has gained a lot of new knowledge in photography and video, and he also knows some basic knowledge of lighting, and he also has a lot of his own ideas about shooting.
Nowadays, in addition to working on the construction site, the couple's biggest hobby is to shoot videos. The reason why he persisted all the way, He Chuan said, is not fancy, no posing, "in order to show the real life of a migrant worker."
One camera and one tripod
The couple took a video while eating lunch on the construction site
Recently, "Migrant Worker Brother Chuan" filmed more than a thousand videos to record the changes in the city on the hot search, and then appeared on the People's Daily client, "Brother Chuan" positive and optimistic attitude to life has attracted much attention on the Internet.
Chuan Ge took a video on the hot search
On August 17, a Red Star News reporter met He Chuan at a construction site on the outskirts of Dazhou, where he worked as a mason and his clothes were stained with mud and sand. While taking the elevator upstairs, the woman driving the elevator asked him: "Aren't you a Chuan brother on the Internet?" He Chuan replied, "That is, or I will say two sentences later." The woman said with some embarrassment: "I can't say it well, I'll give you a thumbs up on the Internet." ”
He Chuan chose an angle to shoot the video
He Chuan came to the frame "room" on the second floor, where a camera had been set up on a tripod, and on a stool stained with cement, he placed the brine chicken legs and bitter melons that had been made at home the previous night, and the rice cooked in the rice cooker on the construction site. After the commissioning was complete, He Chuan held the pot, and Tang Wenshu, the sister-in-law of Chuan, held the pot, and the two of them ate it in a big mouthful in front of the camera.
The couple eat in front of the camera
In front of the camera, the couple sandwiches each other' dishes, discusses work, and has an extremely ordinary lunch. Finally, He Chuan deliberately called out to his wife after eating a special close-up of himself nibbling on chicken legs. After eating, He Chuan also ran to the steel frame outside the house to take a re-shot of the exterior.
Chuan sister-in-law introduced that the shooting location of the video is specially selected for a room with good light, otherwise the picture looks bad.
After almost 30 minutes of video shooting, He Chuan put away his camera and tripod and took a short break. Back in the evening, He Chuan passed the video he shot to his son for post-editing, and then uploaded it to the online platform.
Started shooting videos 3 years ago
A total of more than 1100 articles have been updated, and the content is all about construction site life
He Chuan introduced that he is a native of Shiban Town, Dachuan District, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, and went to Fujian to work in 2003, mainly as a mason at the construction site; he returned to Dazhou in the Spring Festival of 2020 and continued to struggle on the construction site. The eldest son has graduated from college and worked, and a 14-year-old son is in junior high school.
He Chuan doing self-media is the advice of the eldest son. In 2018, the eldest son, He Songlin, graduated from university as a self-mediaian, and the couple worked on the Fujian construction site, and their lives were boring. The eldest son suggested that he could try to make some videos to show his life, and He Chuan had a cheerful personality and liked to be lively, so he gladly agreed.
According to He Songlin, in order to shoot videos, his father also paid for a selfie stick and a new mobile phone. The first video is filmed of the father going to pick up his brother from school, and then buying something to eat, the picture is very shaky, the expression is not natural, the eyes do not look at the camera, very shy.
He Chuan also recalled his embarrassment when he first shot a video, saying: "At first, it was unnatural, I couldn't let go, and then I let go when I patted it." ”
"Because the content of the shooting is relatively simple, the post-editing does not require special effects, and it takes 30 minutes to complete it every day, and then upload it to the network platform." He Songlin said.
From 2018 to now, He Chuan has insisted on shooting every day, and the content form has basically not changed, showing the couple having lunch on the construction site, and the most uploaded platforms are more than 1100.
Fall in love with photography and videography
The video was filmed to show the real life of the workers
"I've been working outside the home for more than ten years, and when I come back, I'm still on the construction site, and I don't have any special entertainment and hobbies." He Chuan said with a smile.
Now shooting videos has become the biggest hobby of He Chuan and his wife besides work. Sister-in-law Chuan introduced that at the beginning, she was very opposed to shooting videos, because after lunch, you can rest for a while, and shooting videos will delay the lunch break. But He Chuan insisted that Chuan's sister-in-law also gradually joined in from the initial opposition, and finally became a "husband and wife file".
He Songlin introduced that his father likes to watch the liveliness, the original can not use the smart phone, and now when shooting began to pay attention to the angle, etc., but also understand some basic light knowledge, "shooting video and some of their own ideas."
He Chuan introduced that the reason why he insisted on shooting videos was to show the real life of a migrant worker, not fancy, not posing, shooting his real life.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Yang photo report
Edited by Zhang Li
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