Chapter 535: Grass Head Team
The crew of "Love Before Dawn" started filming in Vienna.
Because Chen Minhao's new film has caused a lot of waves in the Chinese entertainment industry, many media have sent reporters to Vienna.
Therefore, quite a few details about "Love Before Dawn" were exposed on the Internet.
It is an independent film with a total investment of no more than $5 million.
This surprised many people in the entertainment industry and netizens.
The production of modern films can be almost equivalent to two words--- "burn money".
For example, the production cost of a Hollywood blockbuster is at least 200 million.
The most money-burning place is the visual design and improvement of the effect of the film, that is, the special effects, which include art, programming, graphics, physics and other series of settings.
"Love Before Dawn" naturally does not involve special effects as a literary film and romance film, but in the United States, the production cost of a qualified romance film is at least tens of millions of dollars.
Because even if there are no special effects involved, there are a lot of places where it costs money to shoot a movie.
In terms of the equipment needed to shoot a film, the running cost of 35mm color film alone is about $100 per minute, and the normal shooting time of a lens is often dozens of times longer than the time it takes to appear on screen!
In other words, a two-hour movie costs at least $300,000 for film alone.
In addition to the equipment used to shoot the film, the movie costs a lot of money.
For example, the salaries of directors, screenwriters, photographers, actors, field staff, lighting engineers and other staff, as well as post-production, accommodation, marketing and publicity expenses.
Therefore, five million dollars sounds like a lot, enough for a person to live well without working for the rest of his life, but this money is put in four words in film production--- "grass team".
In addition, the heroine of the movie is a newcomer who has no acting experience at all.
This made many netizens on the Internet unoptimistic about the prospects of this movie, and even a well-known film critic Yiye Zhiqiu made malicious speculations on Weibo:
[Chen Minhao's appearance in this movie is not a good chess. In order to star in a foreign movie, he lowered his price, and he will definitely regret it in the future.
If it's an excellent crew, he is rushing to win the award, I can understand it. But with all due respect, the film crew with an investment of 5 million US dollars and amateur heroines is the grass team. 】
Under the influence of such public opinion, a small number of fans left suggestions on his Weibo in the name of being good for Chen Minhao.
[Why don't you release a few more albums? Isn't it good to be a singer in the music world? Why do you want to film? It's still in a grass team. 】
But Chen Minhao didn't pay special attention to this.
There are too many people in this world who like to point fingers.
After all, there are still many netizens who point out the country on Weibo, inspire words, and teach the top few bigwigs in terms of assets how to do business.
Compared with this, these netizens are just pointing out their "careers", what is this?
After seeing these news, many male stars in the entertainment industry and their agents are especially looking forward to Chen Minhao making a big comeback on this movie.
It's like when I was in middle school, although the middle students in the class didn't say anything, they occasionally expected the top students to perform abnormally in the exam, and finally they didn't do as well as themselves.
It's too hard to work hard and surpass one person in the end. But if he unfortunately fails and rolls behind him, it can be regarded as a good seasoning in life!
The movie "Love" is basically a dialogue between the male protagonist and the female protagonist, and it is a "chatterbox" movie, so director Jessica made the shooting sequence of the entire movie be arranged according to the progress of the plot.
At the beginning of the movie, Li Changgeng, a Chinese student who comes to Europe for a tour, played by Chen Minhao, and Selina, a French student played by Caroline, meet on the train and hit it off at first sight.
The two knew that the next day would break at dawn, but they still chose to travel to Vienna together.
Vienna, the city of music and romance, has not only the Ferris wheel found in almost every city, but also passers-by who love amateur performances, record stores with beautiful singing voices, impromptu poets on the banks of the Danube, palmistry prophets on the square, enthusiastic gypsy dances, and bartenders who sponsor red wine.
And the male and female protagonists are both people who love reverie and are full of interest.
The right time, place and people.
The two burst out of countless sparks, they opened their hearts: talking about the past, talking about life, talking about the world, tasting art, and of course, in the process, they had feelings naturally.
They kissed on the Ferris wheel, and they used their fingers as cameras to take pictures of each other, trying to carve each other's faces in their hearts.
In the end, it was the reluctance of the two to part at the train station.
Dawn will finally come, and the train is just around the corner. They kissed in front of the train, and they longed for each other. The two agreed to meet again in Vienna in six months.
Eventually, Selina took the train to Paris, and Lee took the plane back to China.
Alone, the tide receded, and the two returned to the gray city of daily life.
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Vienna.
on a moving train.
The field staff is moving things, and the lighting teacher and assistant director are dimming. The crew is making final preparations for today's shooting.
And Chen Minhao and Caroline sat in the carriage with makeup.
The scene to be filmed this morning is the scene where the male and female protagonists pick up each other on the train:
[Selina couldn't stand the quarrel between the husband and wife next to her, so she moved to another seat.]
At the same time, Li Changgeng, who was sitting on the opposite seat, was immediately attracted by this literary girl.
He casually found a topic and started a conversation with Selena, and the two unexpectedly chatted very speculatively, so Li Changgeng invited Selina to sit in the dining car, where it would be quieter. 】
Director Jessica walked up to Chen Minhao and Caroline, who were putting on makeup, and without waiting for the two to be polite, Jessica said first: "Before filming starts, I'll tell you about this scene." ”
"Chen, you are the leader in this scene, and after you saw her, you immediately had a good impression in your heart. But you are not sure of the other person's feelings, and the scale of favor, temptation and hesitation in the eyes is well grasped. ”
Chen Minhao nodded.
Jessica turned to Caroline again and said, "You must have a crush on him, so you should also pay special attention to your eyes, and remember that the eyes that are immediately avoided at the first touch are the most moving." ”
Jessica looked at Caroline's somewhat ignorant eyes and asked, "Have you ever had a crush on anyone?"
Chen Minhao, who was sitting next to him, also turned his head to look over, Caroline's face turned red instantly, and she nodded.
"That's good. Jessica pointed at Chen Minhao and said, "Then you wait and imagine him as your crush." ”
Caroline took a deep breath and nodded earnestly.