Saving money is also a science!

Pengda currently has a lot of projects to launch, considering the difference between animated works and live-action dramas, let's ignore "Transformers" for the time being.

The 55-minute "Jack's Prequel" costs about 8.5 million. There are no real people in this drama, and it is all holster fights.

It is expected that about 50 episodes of "Metal Hero Gaban" will invest as much as 50 million in the early stage. After the white warehouse was ruined, another 20 million funds were reissued. Because the filming has not yet been completed, the possibility of follow-up investment is as high as 99.9%!

"Kamen Rider X", which is currently on the air, has been filmed for two seasons and cost nearly 100 million. There are two more seasons of planning in the future, and the full version is expected to consume about 180 million.

These are all big money burners!

To put it mildly, if there is no blood supply from the "toy" industry, even if Pengda does not build a paradise, it will only end up "bankrupt".

And that's not even counting the animation department!

The production of "Transformers: Proof of Leadership" took into account the domestic 3D animation environment and current situation. I am afraid that this part of the expenditure will also have to use "100 million" as the unit of measurement.

This issue has been discussed within Pengda for a long time. Film and television companies are spending more and more, is there a possibility of "waste"?

This one definitely has!

Pengda started late and developed rapidly, lacking the mature experience of many peers. Sometimes the same thing is done by people for two million, but Pengda has to spend five million or even ten million to do it.

In this regard, Meng Tsai was very distressed.

Can you learn from Aunt Dong?

It's not about picking on the door everywhere, but about "calculating" every penny. The money that should be spent is spent hard, and the money that should not be spent is spent separately.

Take special effects as an example, this scene is very important, it doesn't matter if you spend money, it's not enough to add more. If it's just a less important scene, is the standard lowered?

After several days of meetings, through Mr. Meng's "words and deeds", this unhealthy atmosphere of extravagance and waste was finally suppressed.

Yan Tao responds quickly!

"Twenty million?"

To be honest, Yan Tao got the actors and script so quickly, which was something Meng Lang didn't expect. But what really surprised him was the budget report he submitted.

Does Doraemon save so much money?

According to the plan, Doraemon will be made into a "seasonal drama". Each season is about 30 episodes, each episode is 20 minutes long.

20 million for a season?

Seeing that "actors' salaries" occupy the majority of the budget, Meng Lang is full of worries. It's okay to save money, but isn't it too much?

"It's a reasonable budget!"

Yan Tao rubbed his eyes and said: "This drama mainly relies on the screenwriter and actors, and the actual shooting cost is much lower than our previous works." ”

"What about those props?"

Meng Lang gestured: "I mean the magical props that appear in the script, such as bamboo dragonflies and any doors......"

"How easy it is!"

Yan Tao said disapprovingly: "To achieve the effect of these props, you can edit and synthesize them in the later stage, and most of them don't even use special effects." ”

He elaborated his thoughts.

For example, the bamboo dragonfly adopts the method of "hanging Weiya" to realize the flight and movement of actors in the air. Or the actor stepped on a "green door panel" and was carried by the staff.

There are many plans for bamboo dragonflies!

The second is props such as arbitrary doors and time and space shuttles, which achieve the effect of "crossing" through some special effects and "lens synthesis".

"Transformation cookies" or props such as pills, it is even better. With lens transitions and cuts, it's not difficult to achieve a "magic effect".

Doraemon's magical props feel amazing in the eyes of children. But with today's shooting methods, it's not easy to achieve a similar effect.

Take the episode "Nobita Paradise" as an example, Nobita has no place to play and wants to go to a "no-holds-barred" city. Doraemon takes out a camera, and as long as he takes a picture of the building, it will soon become a "small building" when he pours hot water on it.

At this time, Nobita and his friends can turn themselves into "thumb villains" through the "narrowing tunnel" provided by Doraemon, and they can play freely in the trumpet building.

Do children think it's amazing?

Actually, it's not that hard to get this effect. The Ultraman crew next door has a ready-made model, which is exactly the same as the real building. Shoot the model first, and then rent a real building, the effect is definitely more shocking than the original.

Similar examples abound.

As long as you do a good job of the avatar of the blue fat man and there are no "goof" shots, the live-action version is not much worse than the animated version.

Doraemon is quite suitable for live-action!

After all, the main attraction of this drama is Doraemon's magical props. Other than that, everything else is a side dish.

Nobita's growth?

Are you pretending to be Nima? What kind of growth can you say after a lifetime of waste? Who watched Doraemon when he was a child, and the focus was not on "props"?

It was only when the audience grew up that they began to play "Fat Tiger Terrier" and pay attention to Nobita's growth experience.

Who cared about this as a kid?

That being said, as a work that is popular all over the world, the highlight of Doraemon is of course more than just "props". The vivid characters are also a major advantage of this drama.

Shizuka's fat tiger Doctor Nobita, and the protagonist Doraemon, each have different personality traits. Despite the years that have passed, the audience still can't forget them.

That's remarkable!

How many classic works, after watching it, the audience may only remember what the protagonist is like. The image of the supporting role, completely forgotten.

Take the classic original Ultraman as an example, the early audience still had a clear image of Susumu Hayada and Akiko Fuji in their minds. As for the rest of the Cotter team, at most remember the name, the image is very vague.

Although it was a project born of a joke, Meng Lang still gave Yan Tao great support. Ask for money for money, ask people for people. Except for the leather suit actors, who can't be easily transferred, others can be chosen at will.

It's a pity that Yan Tao doesn't need it.

He just needs to shoot the location!

"Villa!"

Yan Tao said with great interest: "There are six villas with small courtyards. You don't have to be next to each other, just across the road. ”

How is this going on?

If the land price in Jiangchuan is cheap, it is only six villas, and Meng Zai will buy it with his eyes closed.

But the housing prices in Jiangchuan ......

"I'll ask someone to ask, and if I can get it on loan, it's fine. If you can't rent it, go to a city with low housing prices to shoot. ”

After sending Yan Tao away, Meng Lang hurriedly called Lao Meng, who was fishing in the suburbs.

Lao Meng has a wide range of connections and many friends who drink and meat, and most of them live in the same villa area. In the past, when filming Balala Little Demon Fairy, it was all up to the old Mengtuo people to rent two villas.

Look for him!

Meng Lang originally thought that even if Lao Meng could complete the task, he would definitely have to go through several twists and turns. After all, filming is not something that can be done in a day or two, so why should people move away when they live well?

As a result, it was done in one afternoon!

"It's still your face worth it!"

Lao Meng sighed: "They didn't agree, but I said that you should use it for filming, so I immediately changed my mind and agreed, and I didn't charge for it!"

Really?