507. Shooting

"I can help with this, but maybe, I want to read the script first."

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron is still cautious, although helping to assemble the crew and helping to contact the distributor is not a big deal. The crew is just making money to eat, and whoever they shoot is filming, and on the publisher's side, he Cameron can't influence the will of the other party, at most, he can contact the two parties, and he can't control too much about what the result will be in the end.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But when I thought that Zhou Fangyuan himself had not undergone any professional training, nor did he have any experience in the industry, he had to make movies directly when he came up, and in line with the idea of making friends seriously and responsibly, Cameron felt that he should help the other party check it somewhat.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Why don't you go to the crew to play, James, to be honest, I don't have a script, I just have an idea in my head, I want to play by myself, it doesn't matter if I can succeed or not, it's all enjoyable, even if I can only lock it in the safe in the end, this is my work!

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Zhou Fangyuan was inspired and said with a smile.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Of course, he is not as easy as he said, in fact, he still wants to make money from this movie, after all, it is to make dollars, and a soft girl coin is a lot of money, and many of his plans can be continued.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;So of course he wants to succeed in this movie, there is no doubt about it, but he can't say that in front of Cameron, if so, Cameron is really likely to directly refuse or not participate at all, after all, he is an international director, and now that he has become famous, he still cherishes his feathers. If Zhou Fangyuan is also a well-known director, maybe Cameron won't say anything. But Zhou Fangyuan, a complete layman, if he really showed his ambitions, then Cameron would definitely weigh the pros and cons in his heart, and in the end, he would reject Zhou Fangyuan.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;So Zhou Fangyuan can only say that.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;And Cameron, he really didn't think much about it, when he heard that Zhou Fangyuan just wanted to have a play, and invited him to take a vacation as a reason, he thought about it a little and agreed.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Okay, I could go over and check for you, but you don't even have a script, that's too much of an exaggeration, how can you make a movie like that?"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron couldn't understand what it was like to shoot without a script, in fact, the film industry has developed to this day, and there is a very mature process for making films.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Even if you are a director with a personality, it is impossible to start making a film without a script, except for documentaries, of course, but documentaries are not movies in the traditional sense, because documentaries basically have no plot, and they are all factual records, which are different from the art form of storytelling such as movies. Although it is also divided into the category of films, documentaries are called films more because of their shooting methods than because of the attributes of this medium.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"So, James, I'm just playing, you don't have to take it seriously, I invited you over to give you a holiday by the way, don't be too anxious about the movie, a little bit, just catch up with the game after it is released." ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Zhou Fangyuan smiled and said in a tone as relaxed as possible.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron nodded, "I see, when are you going to start filming?"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Well, the sooner the better. ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Then I'll call you to help you contact the crew, by the way, how much are you going to spend on this movie?"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Not too much, $20,000 or $30,000 at most"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"How much?!"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron's voice rose suddenly, his eyes widened, and he looked at Zhou Fangyuan in disbelief.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"$20,000 or $30,000"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb; "Are you kidding me? What is this money for?"

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"It's enough to make a movie, hehe, okay, James, I've said it all, I'm just joking, you don't have a psychological burden, you just think it's compensating me for playing games together, and take a few days off." ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;“”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron didn't know what to say, he looked at Zhou Fangyuan silently, and sighed for a long time.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Okay, since you've said so, I just think that since you're going to do it, it's better to do a little better, twenty or thirty thousand dollars, isn't this a waste of money?

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb; "It's okay, it's okay, really, James, I just need a slightly more professional cinematographer and a post editor." ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"Okay, I see. ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron left with some reluctance.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;For him, who spends money like water, he really doesn't know how 20,000 or 30,000 US dollars is enough to make a movie, even if it is a small-budget movie, it can't be made for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But he didn't say anything more, it's still the same sentence, it's impossible to expect him to be the producer or director of this electronic music, even if he goes along, he will go to relax, if Zhou Fangyuan insists on contacting the distributor, he can also help, but he will never interfere with how to talk about it at that time, and he will never care. In other words, he can do anything for Zhou Fangyuan, but he will never do anything to help Zhou Fangyuan release movies. Just kidding, a $30,000 movie, even if he dares to take this kind of thing to the distributor, I'm afraid he will be ridiculed by the other party.

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&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron moves quickly, and with his status and status, he can call the association casually and ask for a cameraman and a post-editor, and there is really no difficulty.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;And they are all relatively unknown members of the association, and the appearance fee is also very low, and it is enough to shoot to have a quick money of two thousand, and more in the later stage, it may be more than three thousand or nearly four thousand, but compared with the young hundreds of thousands of photographers and post-production in Cameron's own crew, these people are not only not famous, and they may not even be able to guarantee their professional ability.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But this can't be helped, the total cost is only Songshi Pill, what else should he do?

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb; The main men and women have also been found, very simply, there are countless people in Hollywood who want to be stars, just a small restaurant on the street, go in and have a look, find a girl who looks good, you ask her what her dream is, ninety-nine out of a hundred will say that they want to be a star, and you ask them where they come from, these girls are guaranteed to come from all over the world, there are models, students, waiters among them, but there is no doubt that they all have a certain amount of acting experience, at least not the kind of white who doesn't know anything. But it's these girls who are even likely to be a little star in some small countries, but they are brushing the plate here.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Why?

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;So the hero and heroine are easy to find, so you don't have to bother too much at all. It can even be said that Zhou Fangyuan can hire someone casually and stand on the street with a sign with the words "recruiting actors" written on the sign, and he can recruit a lot of "actors".

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Of course, the level of these people is uneven, but what does it matter? The movie made by the original time and space for 10,000 dollars, what acting skills can you expect the heroes and heroines in it to have? Of course, acting skills must be there, if they are like big babies who only know how to stare at their eyes, this movie will not be able to be made.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Zhou Fangyuan only took two days to find the hero and heroine he was satisfied with.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Men are not handsome, women are not beautiful, at most they can only be regarded as a little cute. But their acting skills are okay, the man has been a trick for more than ten years, and he claims to have acted in everything, Zhou Fangyuan tried his acting skills, well, it's okay, it can't be compared with the big names, it's more than enough to run the show. As for the women, the acting skills are relatively worse, but Zhou Fangyuan finally decided to choose her, and the reason is very simple, because they went back together on the night of the interview, hehe, I won't talk about it later.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;And when the two of them saw Cameron at the shooting site, the two of them trembled excitedly, the man was better, the woman was red, I was afraid that when I saw Cameron, I would go straight to **? This made Zhou Fangyuan quite surprised, but fortunately, everyone was just a deal, he glanced at each other and withdrew his gaze and continued to shoot.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;The filming process of the movie is called a simple, that is, to put the camera in the right position, and then turn on the shooting button, the whole process does not need to move, and it can be posed in a documentary-like way. The male and female protagonists perform various pictures according to Zhou Fangyuan's requirements, in fact, the whole movie, before and after, is all kinds of supernatural phenomena.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;For example, the door moves gently, for example, there are some strange sounds in the room, and there are footprints left by talcum powder, etc., in short, special effects do not exist, and there is absolutely no way, this money is not money for special effects.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;There's not a lot of nonsense, just a variety of small details that would not normally occur to describe all kinds of possible paranormal events.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron had come here with a sense of relaxation and curiosity.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Relaxation is a certainty, he has been preparing for Warcraft movies recently, and he is also busy, since the investors have taken the initiative to take him out to relax, he has no reason to refuse, right? In the past few days, he and Zhou Fangyuan chatted a few times, and when he learned that Zhou Fangyuan was not a rich businessman, his family originally had little money, and it could even be described as poor and white, but he created a family business worth one billion dollars in just over three years, which made Cameron more and more curious about Zhou Fangyuan.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Having made a billion dollars in three and a half years, and starting from scratch, no matter how you think about it, it feels like listening to the biggest joke in the world.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But Mike Ye confirmed this, and Mike once said to Cameron that Zhou Fangyuan was a very remarkable and unusual person.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;In this way, Cameron became more curious, and he began to feel that if Zhou Fangyuan was really such a great person, then he should make movies differently from ordinary movies.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;This is the charm of the halo, if Zhou Fangyuan is just an ordinary person, he said that he wants to make a movie for 30,000 US dollars, Cameron will only think it is ridiculous. There is a small cost, but it is only 30,000 US dollars, and I am afraid that even the crew will not be able to get up. But if it was replaced by a self-made billionaire like Zhou Fangyuan, Cameron would be interested, so after starting filming, Cameron simply didn't leave, and sat next to Zhou Fangyuan all day long to watch him shoot.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Through observation, Cameron can be sure that Zhou Fangyuan really has no shooting experience, he is completely a layman, and many things still need his on-the-spot guidance before Zhou Fangyuan can continue shooting.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;However, Cameron was more and more surprised by what he shot for such an unprofessional person.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;In fact, at the beginning, he wasn't even interested in asking Zhou Fangyuan about the type of shooting he was preparing, he just came to make soy sauce. But when he found out that Zhou Fangyuan was actually making a supernatural movie, and the more he watched the whole process, the more interesting it became, he couldn't help but join in in the end, and began to discuss the plot with Zhou Fangyuan, discuss the shooting angle, discuss the actor's acting skills, and so on.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;The whole movie, the whole process was shot in only ten days, because the picture is not clear enough, so there is no need for detailed acting skills, as long as it is generally reasonable, Zhou Fangyuan has gone through it all over again.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Cameron kept shaking his head next to him, to be honest, he can actually make such a movie, but he feels that he is different from Zhou Fangyuan in two ways, first, he can't start filming without any script, and secondly, he doesn't have Zhou Fangyuan's open-minded state of mind. But even then he had to admit that the film was interesting, really interesting, and he couldn't wait to see what the finished film would look like.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;At this time, the hired post-production personnel came into play, and Zhou Fangyuan began to direct the editing work according to the film process in his impression.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;He doesn't know how to cut films, so he needs to hire someone.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;And this person, the level is also very average, can only ensure that it can achieve the kind of effect that Zhou Fangyuan requires, and a little higher may be enough. There is also a reason why he can't be famous, and the level of this editor is really worrying.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But that's enough, what Zhou Fangyuan wants is this very average level, even if it is this very average level, I don't know how many times better than him.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;It took less than ten days to make the movie, but it also took nearly ten days to cut the movie, for which Zhou Fangyuan had to pay an extra thousand dollars, and the cost of the film reached 27,000 yuan, which is really a "high" price.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Among them, the cameraman is a part-time lighting officer, 3,000 yuan, the editor is 4,000 yuan, the hero and heroine are 3,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan respectively, the camera equipment and lighting equipment add up to 10,000 yuan, the rent of the house at the shooting site is 3,000, and the rest is the food and carriage expenses for the past few days, which is nearly 20,000 yuan more than the original time and space movie, which is a lot more expensive.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But the movie is finished and cut, Zhou Fangyuan and Cameron are very satisfied after watching it, especially Cameron, he really didn't expect the final film of the movie to be so good.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;After sending all the hired people away, Zhou Fangyuan returned to Blizzard directly with Cameron with the film, and he gathered Mike and the others.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;"This is my own film, you are the first audience, see how it goes." ”

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;He said with a smile.

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;Everyone sitting below looked at each other, and they all felt that there was an unreal feeling, wasn't it to discuss the progress of the filming?

&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;&nb;But since it's the boss's movie, everyone didn't say anything, and sat on the stools obediently one by one, ready to waste their two hours of time.