再有三分钟 咱们就要开拍了啊 再走一遍戏
“In three more minutes, we start shooting. Run through the scene once more.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
演员都就位了吗
“Are all the actors in position?”
再有三分钟 咱们就 要 开拍 了 啊 再 走一遍戏
“In three more minutes, we start shooting. Run through the scene once more.”
站位标记都清楚了吗 清楚了 好好好
“Are the position marks clear? Clear. Good.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
On Chinese film sets, directors and stage managers use inclusive pronouns like '咱们' to soften directives while maintaining absolute operational authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in another (amount of time); with only ... remaining
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to indicate a countdown or remaining interval before an event happens.
run through once; rehearse one time
A common professional idiom in performance, film, and event production meaning to do a complete rehearsal run.
Marks an imminent change of state when paired with '就要', indicating the shooting is about to start.
Softens the command and draws the crew's immediate attention to the upcoming countdown.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(Yili'er, Youzhou merchant) In a week, we'll come again.”
“(Please give us a little more time.) (We'll help everyone...)”
“capture them again then?”