065 Arrogant capital
When Wei Xun said that he wanted to fire the photographer, everyone understood that he was using the topic to play.
It seems that the photographer is behind the blame, but in fact, Li Chengzhou and Zou Min, who are standing next to them, are the ones who really face the fire of Wei Xun.
If the photographer is really fired today, then in the future, Zou Min will completely lose his dominance in the crew.
Is a producer who doesn't have the right to dominate still a producer?
So when Li Chengzhou and the photographer both looked over, Zou Min knew that he couldn't bear it anymore.
"Wei Xun, how to direct a film, it really shouldn't be up to the assistant director to have the final say, but ...... But it shouldn't be up to the screenwriter or the lead actor to decide, right?"
Zou Min took a deep breath and tried his best not to make his tone particularly rushed: "I have never questioned your creative ability, but Director Li is a leader in the directing industry, and he has also been recognized by authoritative awards in the industry. ”
Wei Xun laughed and said: "I didn't have any experience in writing scripts before, but Times Pictures and Huaying Media still chose to invest in "Wuwen Xidong", and the first reason why this script can start filming so smoothly is because it moved Zhai Qing. ”
Zou Min's breathing was slightly suffocated.
She felt that although Wei Xun was a little talented, he was too young and arrogant, and he was not reasonable at all.
Listen to what I said, I haven't written a script before, and I can impress Zhai Qing by writing a script for the first time, but the question is which director in the circle can take charge of a blockbuster with an investment of 40 million yuan for the first time?
What's more, the film "Wu Wen Xidong" is still a group drama, with four story lines interspersed, and the camera is not well controlled, and the consequence is that all the 40 million will be lost!
Even if Wei Xun doesn't care about money, Zou Min, who is the producer, still cares about reputation!
Zou Min took a deep breath, not wanting to be too embarrassed in public: "In this way, now that everyone is working, let's avoid it first, and you and Director Li will discuss it privately, okay?"
However, Wei Xun refused very simply: "I'm sorry, the morning scene has to be re-filmed, I don't have time to discuss the boring question of how to make the film, if you have anything to say, you can finish it all at once here." ”
The contradiction between the investor and the producer erupted without warning, directly and without leaving room for error.
Wei Xun refused to reconcile privately, and now the whole crew is watching them quarrel, which is equivalent to not giving an inch.
Because since you quarrel in front of so many people, you have to have a winner or loser.
But in fact, in the eyes of many people, Wei Xun is indeed too unreasonable and too aggressive today.
Even Mao Bin, who knew Wei Xun best, was standing next to him at the moment, anxious and confused.
Brother Xun is not usually such an impulsive person, what is going on today, it feels like deliberately provoking Zou Min.
But at this time, in full view of everyone, Mao Bin is not a member of the crew, and he is not qualified to stand up and call for reconciliation, so he can only be anxious.
And Zou Min was indeed enraged.
"Okay, since you've said everything here, then I'm too lazy to save face for you, let's make things clear today. Even if you want to remove me as a producer next, I don't care, because I doubt your ability, and I don't want to ruin my career by being the producer of a bad film that is destined to be made by you. ”
Zou Min said expressionlessly: "And I hope you can understand that not only me, but once Times Pictures and Huaying Media know that you have set up a director in the crew, they will definitely force you to hand over power, and if it is serious, it is even possible to withdraw your investment." ”
This is not alarmist.
The quality of a film mainly depends on the director's control, and "Wuwen Xidong" chose Qi Jibai as the director at that time, all because of Wei Xun's insistence.
Although China Film Media and Times Pictures were not satisfied with Qi Jibai, when choosing the director, Wei Xun first won praise for the role of Chen Zixing in "Forensic Chronicle", which infinitely increased the box office of the movie, and at the same time used his terrifying traffic to promote "Wuwen Xidong", which can be said to be in the limelight.
So Huaying Media and Times Pictures compromised on the surface.
At the same time of compromise, they chose Zou Min as the producer and Li Chengzhou as the assistant director, intending to let Li Chengzhou suppress Qi Jibai after joining the group, take away the director's power, and then beat Qi Jibai back to the position of assistant director.
After all, directors speak with real skills, even if Wei Xun really supports Qi Jibai, but for the quality of "Wu Wen Xidong", Wei Xun has to make concessions and compromises.
Not to mention that because Wei Xun's reputation on the Internet has been getting worse and worse recently, he has long lost his previous glory, and Huaying and Times have begun to have some other thoughts.
But the truth is far from what I imagined.
Because after Zou Min took Li Chengzhou into the group, he was shocked to find that the reason why Wei Xun chose Qi Jibai was because he had put Qi Jibai in the air!
A young actor who has never touched the director's barrel at all now dares to secretly Chen Cang in charge of the filming sovereignty of a 40 million investment blockbuster, which is simply unreasonable!
"Doubt my abilities?"
After listening to Zou Min's words, Wei Xun sneered: "Then at least you should check my filming results as soon as possible, and then make a conclusion based on the results, instead of doubting and accusing with prejudice without any reason." ”
That's what I want!
Zou Min laughed in his heart, and said quickly: "Okay, then let's see the results, I'm only half a professional, plus Director Li Chengzhou, the two of us will review it, okay?"
Wei Xun said impatiently: "Yes, but please hurry up." ”
Zou Min hooked the corners of his lips, looked at Li Chengzhou, and said, "Director Li, let's take a look." ”
Li Chengzhou said with a smile: "Okay." ”
So, under the watchful eyes of directors Qi Jibai, Wei Xun, Jiang Duzhou and a group of crew members, Zou Min and Li Chengzhou came to the main camera and began to play back the shooting effects of Wei Xun in the past two days.
Jiang Duzhou looked at Wei Xun worriedly and asked in a low voice, "How is it, are you sure?"
Wei Xun patted him on the shoulder, but said nothing.
Here, Li Chengzhou turned up the camera to play back, and on the screen, Zhang Guoguo played by Jiang Duzhou appeared in the camera.
The camera follows Zhang Guoguo to start running, he is entangled by the quadruplets family, trapped in an awkward situation between the boss and the leader, the plot switch is smooth, the picture is clean, whether it is the capture of the characters or the lighting set, it is just the right harmony.
Unedited shots may seem a bit long and messy, but it is this most primitive shot that can see the director's real control.
Especially the harmony of light and shadow and characters, and scenes, with a faint, indescribable sense of oppression.
These are all emotions fed back by the director through incredibly fine control, using picture composition, and surrounding the life experience and attitude of the character Zhang Guoguo.
Zou Min is a producer, has worked with many crews, and has reviewed many finished films.
Although she says that she is half a professional, her eyes have long been very vicious.
After watching this short film, she was no longer sure that she was now shocked by Wei Xun's ability, the effect of the amazing film, or embarrassed that she was slapped in the face.
As far as the results are concerned, there is absolutely no problem with the finished film handed over by Wei Xun, and the quality is even exceptionally good.
It turns out that his previous arrogance does have the capital of arrogance!
This can be seen just by looking at the embarrassed expression on the face of Li Chengzhou, who is also looking at Wei Xun's shooting results in front of the camera.
Because Li Chengzhou came to the crew of "Wu Wen Xidong" to seize the director's power, but if Wei Xun's shooting level is better than him, then what face does he have to seize the directing rights?
After watching the effect of Wei Xun's film, they are a little unsure of how to end it now.
But at the moment, only Li Chengzhou is embarrassed.
Zou Min looked at the picture on the camera and fell into deep thought. Perhaps for her, it is a good thing that Wei Xun chooses to control the power of the director at this time.
Because Huaying and the times have an excuse to do things that have been planned for a long time.
Zou Min's expression seemed vague, but Wei Xun next to him looked at it silently, just as if he didn't know.
Seeing Li Chengzhou and Zou Min standing in front of the camera and staring at the screen for a long time without speaking, the staff in the crew who watched the development of the situation couldn't help but be puzzled.
Even Qi Jibai and Jiang Duzhou couldn't help but glance at each other, and saw suspicion in each other's eyes.
So is this shooting good or bad?
At this time, I saw Wei Xun pick up the script and said, "Lao Jiang, Lao Qi, you two are ready, let's continue filming." ”