Chapter 86: Valuing
The script written by Peng Xiangming for his MV was transformed from the story of "Infernal Affairs".
The theme in front of you is, of course, about love.
But the hidden theme behind it is Acura anti-narcotics police, Acura people's police, and Acura great sacrifice.
Because he felt that this would be more able to sublimate the theme of the song.
The male protagonist is a student who was expelled from a police academy before graduating, and was arranged to go undercover within a drug cartel organization, and for this, he even had to break up with his beloved girlfriend.
However, after a report in advance and helped the anti-drug brigade complete a major arrest, he was discovered, and finally blocked on the rooftop, and before he died, he could not make the last call, until after the drug cartel was wiped out, his ex-girlfriend cried tears at his memorial service......
In short, remove other complex clues, and also remove a lot of details, leaving only the backbone of the line of Liang Dianyan, forming a story of about seven minutes.
Of course, the seven-minute version can be regarded as a story version, and a music version will be cut out, and in the music version, some pictures of Peng Xiangming's image appearing and singing will be added.
At the dinner table of the small restaurant, Zhao Jianyuan listened to Peng Xiangming's idea, and was silent for a long time before saying: "The story is very good, but if you shoot it like this, you can get a lot of money!"
Peng Xiangming nodded, also a little toothy.
A big problem with such a shoot is that it will cost a lot of money.
First of all, there are many scenes, and secondly, there are many actors needed, and again, since the plot is full and there are many actors, the shooting cycle will inevitably be extended, which is obviously not the process that ordinary MV can shoot in three days and five days.
In this way, the money is really spent.
Of course, Peng Xiangming recently bought two more sums of money, "Prison Bird" was sold, and "Dream Chaser" was also sold to "The Fourth Tenant" as a movie interlude, and the money in his hand was still there, so although it hurt to spend a lot, it was not that he couldn't get it, so this problem can be solved.
One of his biggest headaches now is that he is afraid that his acting skills will fail.
It is not required to perform the level of the electric eye actor, but a story like this with such a rich connotation and full plot already requires the actor to come up with a certain amount of acting skills to support it.
Being young is not a problem, the current makeup technique can give you the appearance of being in your thirties at any time, the problem is that the kind of middle-aged man who has gone through vicissitudes of life, and he is also an undercover temperament, but he is not so easy to handle.
At least in Peng Xiangming's own feeling, although there is the original version there as a template for imitation, he still feels that this is a huge test - his MV, obviously the actor must be him.
Of course, on the other hand, once you can deal with a few points of quality and barely let this character stand, then the story will stand, and the MV will be bright.
Its depth, its concept, and the topicality it will bring will inevitably bring a surge in sales to "Dream Chaser" - good marketing is always storytelling.
A good MV is also telling a story.
When the story is told, a brand, a product, and a song have a cultural connotation.
That meaning is immediately different.
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Zhao Jianyuan held the peanuts and gestured with his hands, "So it's two lines, one is the current time, the right time, from the actor who removed the plaster from the clinic, met his girlfriend, uh, ex-girlfriend, and his daughter, talked, separated, and then started music, and then the daily life of drug dealers, and then arrested." ”
"Hmm. ”
"The other one is the memory line, how many scenes are there? five, six?"
"Six. ”
"it...... What are you...... it, fifteen, fifteen big scenes?"
"Yes. ”
He raised his hand, took a big sip of beer, and put down his glass, "Okay! I'll help you find the scene when you go back!" What about the actor? According to your script, this heroine is in two states, one is in the present tense, she has to be about thirty, and this one has to be ...... It's a bit of a mature woman! My daughters are seven years old! But the other one, she still has to perform that kind of girly feeling! This ...... Yuan'er can't do it!"
"Alas......" Peng Xiangming also sighed and leaned back, "Yes, Yuan'er must have no problem playing a girl, there is a sense of girlishness, playing a young young man who has just entered the society, a white-collar worker in the office or something, it is not a big problem, she can act, but this thirty-year-old has a sense of maturity, she is ......"
"So you just think about it differently, the actor is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, I think it's appropriate! Otherwise, you can also consider two actors, try to find one that looks alike, and think of a way to get by in terms of makeup!"
However, Peng Xiangming shook his head, "That's not good, you still have to be the same actor." ”
After a pause, he said: "Now if you find an actor in her thirties, there will be no problem with her girlishness, the problem is that in our country, there are not many thirty-year-old actresses who can perform femininity!"
Zhao Jianyuan nodded, "Look for it! Don't worry, don't you know Xu Jingwei? He can't shoot women in beautiful shots, look for him, let him introduce you!"
"You pull it down! The person he introduced, how much does it cost?"
............
"This role is suitable for my daughter-in-law!
The next morning, Chen Kaijie happened to come to the studio, and saw Peng Xiangming discussing the scene with Zhao Jianyuan, so he looked at Peng Xiangming's script curiously, and was energetic at that time to help his wife fight for this role.
Peng Xiangming waved his hand, "Sister-in-law can't do it, I can't talk about it when I kiss my sister-in-law!"
"Get out!" Chen Kaijie scolded with a smile.
However, in fact, Zeng Rou is really a suitable and available candidate.
First of all, there is no kissing scene in the MV, and secondly, even if there is, this is a very normal shooting situation for actors. Then, although Peng Xiangming had only seen her once, he felt that she really had a somewhat mature temperament. asked Chen Kaijie and said that she was twenty-eight years old, and her age was really right.
With his mind racing, Peng Xiangming shook his head, "It's still not good, I can't afford my sister-in-law's salary." ”
Chen Kaijie simply raised a finger directly, "A hundred yuan, can you afford it?"
Zeng Rou is not the kind of actor who has no fame at all, and it is estimated that the TV series will be at the level of twenty or thirty thousand, or even forty or fifty thousand episodes, and he wants this price, which means that he really wants her wife to appear in this scene.
The MV heroine of the super single that has sold tens of millions of copies, and she is also a storyteller and a role, not just a vase, even for an actor of her level, it is also a color-enhancing level. What's more, it's just a MV, even if the heroine has a limited role, so she has the right to make a cameo, and she can't delay it for a few days.
If he can have this attitude, it means that he understands it very clearly.
In fact, in the recent past, since he helped produce "Dream Chaser", he has vaguely expressed the feeling that he wants to post it.
Qi Yuan and Liu Mi can't play a few girls around him, so instead of finding someone else, it's better to cheapen this role for a friend's wife, and bring him closer by the way.
Therefore, Peng Xiangming waved his hand again, "That's not good, how much should it be, in this way, let me think about it again, if you need to use your sister-in-law, I will let people contact your agent." ”
So I'll write it down for now.
Daqi Records attaches great importance to this MV, and Chen Guo then came over, read the script carefully, was very interested, and asked if it was necessary to arrange a producer for Peng Xiangming who was familiar with the shooting.
There is a veteran who is responsible for leading the team, of course, it saves effort, relying on Zhao Jianyuan alone, after all, he is also a new hand like Peng Xiangming, and many things are slow to get started, which in itself is a process that needs to be gradual and gradual.
So he had a brief discussion with Zhao Jianyuan, of course he had no problem there, so he asked him to abdicate and make way for Xian, serve as the production assistant of this MV, and let Liu Keyong, who was recommended by Daqi Records, serve as the second producer.
He should often shoot MVs for singers, and he is proficient in business, although the scenes and personnel required for Peng Xiangming's MV are complicated, far beyond normal MVs, but he still quickly knew it.
However, his second producer only worked for less than five hours.
Because Peng Xiangming called and asked Xu Jingwei to recommend a photographer who was awesome but cheaper, Xu Jingwei and Wu Yun actually came over in the afternoon.
sat down and read the script, Xu Jingwei praised it at the time, and when he heard that Peng Xiangming wanted to direct himself, he said on the spot that he would come over to Peng Xiangming as an executive director.
In other words, when Peng Xiangming performs in person, he will be responsible for taking the helm of the camera.
He said that he could bring in his royal photographer to serve as a director of photography.
Wu Yun actually joined in the fun, saying that then I will be the production manager for you and help you arrange some things.
In front of this pair of movie cafes, Liu Keyong, who was recommended by Daqi Records, had no room to stretch, and immediately said that he could give Wu Yun a hand and give her the producer.
But even so, he did not indicate that he would quit.
As a result, it was originally just a MV that Peng Xiangming was going to use to practice, but it was upgraded to a movie level in an instant.
The script of the MV is in the movie, and the executive director, producer, and cinematographer are all film-level, so of course this MV has been upgraded to a movie-the problem is that everyone has said that they can give a symbolic amount of remuneration.
Immediately afterwards, Xiang Shan, who often played mahjong together in Mr. Huo Ming's studio, didn't know who knew that Peng Xiangming was going to shoot the MV, so he actually took the initiative to call and asked if there were any characters who needed help, and he appeared for free - the old man was an old actor, he took the initiative to join, of course, there was no reason to refuse, so Peng Xiangming invited him to play the old doctor who removed the plaster cast for the actor at the beginning of the MV, and he readily agreed.
Missing a cute little girl of six or seven years old?
Wu Yun showed Peng Xiangming the photos on his mobile phone on the spot, and then made a phone call, which was immediately decided.
Gradually, although he was still busy there, Peng Xiangming had an illusion in a trance - he couldn't say whether it was himself or his own MV, as if it had become Tang monk meat.
Everyone was very happy to help, and one by one, they all took the initiative to reach out.
So, of course, things are moving forward much faster than expected, and the level of staffing is significantly higher than I originally expected.
But that feeling...... Everyone's thinking too highly of me, right?
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