Wan Haokun's agent stopped talking, and Xiao Yao continued with the rest of the procedure.

The location of the shooting, the accommodation conditions that the crew can provide during the shooting, the approximate start time and shooting time are all to be explained to Wan Haokun and his agent first. Wan Haokun's agent said that Wan Haokun only needs half of the salary for this scene, and the specific amount of this half salary also needs to be explained by the other party. However, Xiao Yao did not explain these things one by one, but an assistant director brought to talk to Wan Haokun's agent.

When it comes to the filming location and the conditions at the time of filming, Wan Haokun's agent was obviously hesitant, but Wan Haokun himself said that there was no problem on the spot, and the agent agreed.

When it comes to the expected salary, the amount proposed by the agent is a little lower than half of Wan Haokun's worth, and it does not reach the upper limit of the salary for this role given by Xiao Yao to the casting studio. It's just that the agent also put forward a request, that is, in the promotional press release before the release of the movie in the future, it must be mentioned that Wan Haokun starred in this movie at half price, so as not to affect Wan Haokun's value in the circle.

Although Xiao Yao said that there are already three actors in this movie who are famous and topical, and there is no need to use other people as a promotional selling point when promoting the movie, it is a fact that Wan Haokun acted at half price, so Xiao Yao also promised that if Wan Haokun was really selected for this role, at least Wan Haokun's half-price performance would be specifically mentioned in the publicity press releases of the three media.

While the assistant director was negotiating conditions with Wan Haokun's agent, Xiao Yao also took a break. When Wan Haokun's auditions were all over, the third audition actor had arrived, and Xiao Yao directly started the audition for the third actor.

On the first day of the audition, Lin Jingliang did not participate.

Previously, only the cinematography team and props team of the film were determined, and the personnel of some technical departments such as costumes, makeup, and lighting of the crew had not yet been determined, and Lin Jingliang was still interviewing the members of the behind-the-scenes technical team.

When he went to Hong Kong Island to ask Lin Jingliang to be the art director of the film, Xiao Yao said that he would cram his own people into the team to learn from Lin Jingliang. The specific candidates are Xiao Yao and Yin Xi's collaboration in Yin Xi's studio, the two designers in the fashion brand design studio, and Pei Minyi, the stylist and assistant of Xiao Yao's team.

Pei Minyi met Xiao Yao when he was filming the short film "The Tuner". Before becoming Xiao Yao's assistant, Pei Minyi worked as a makeup artist in the crew, and after becoming Xiao Yao's assistant, she had already participated in the filming of two movies with Xiao Yao, and in that parkour movie, she even worked in the crew's costume department, so she herself has a good understanding of the crew's costume styling and makeup work and has some practical experience.

The other two designers in the design studio are fashion costume designers and show costume designers, and have no practical experience in film-related aspects, but they are also not ignorant of behind-the-scenes production of films.

Since Xiao Yao has been involved in movies in the past two years, the designers of the brand design studio usually talk about the behind-the-scenes production of films. The Rick in the studio, who was poached by Xiao Yao from the United States, used to be a movie prop master, and he knew a little about the behind-the-scenes production of movies, so he became the core figure of the designers' usual chats. After a lot of talking, everyone's interest in it has increased a lot.

Pei Minyi was originally just a makeup artist, and she learned a lot of things about clothing styling from the designers in the design studio. As Xiao Yao's assistant, Pei Minyi has participated in two movies with Xiao Yao, and has also worked as a costume designer for the crew, and the designers of the design studio are envious, and they have also mentioned to Xiao Yao the requirements for taking them into the group to understand the study. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Yao selected the two with the strongest willingness to enter the group to learn from Lin Jingliang.

The three people stuffed in by Xiao Yao, no matter what their understanding of film aesthetics is, their ability in costume styling is absolutely excellent. After the interview, Lin Jingliang not only agreed to include the three of them in the crew's costume styling team, but even designated Pei Minyi as the person in charge of the costume styling department.

As a famous film art director, Lin Jingliang also has a work team. The three people recommended by Xiao Yao plus his own people, the core characters of the crew's costume modeling, makeup and art set team are all there. Since Xiao Yao said before that Lin Jingliang was welcome to bring his team into the group, and those three people were stuffed in by Xiao Yao, there would basically be no problem with Xiao Yao.

Among the rest of the crew departments, in terms of administration and logistics, Xiao Yao handed over to the executive producer found in the film and television company and the assistant director he selected, and Lin Jingliang did not need to take care of it, Lin Jingliang really needed to pick people, that is, the lighting department.

Xiao Yao is a well-known professional photographer himself. Although his name as a photographer comes from still photographs, he also knows a lot about film and television photography, that is, the shooting of dynamic cameras. In addition to being familiar with the equipment, he has no less insight into composition and lighting than that of a professional videographer.

A few days ago, the crew determined that the photography team was selected by Xiao Yao and Lin Jingliang after synthesizing their respective opinions. Now this lighting team also needs to fully consider Xiao Yao's opinion.

Auditions are all scheduled during the day. After all the auditions on the first day were over, Xiao Yao rushed back to the film and television company from the casting studio to discuss the selection of the lighting team with Lin Jingliang.

It took two days for the crew's lighting team to be decided, and Xiao Yao invited Lin Jingliang to join him to participate in the actor's audition, but Lin Jingliang waved his hand and refused.

After taking the time to watch the video taken by Xiao Yao during the daytime audition in the past two nights, Lin Jingliang expressed considerable trust and appreciation for Xiao Yao's vision and taste in selecting actors. In terms of actors, Lin Jingliang decided not to get involved.

Lin Jingliang is now going to start the art design of the shooting scene according to the script. In the past few days, he stayed in Shencheng to make some plans, and after Xiao Yao settled on the actors, designed the character shapes for those actors, and took makeup photos, he was going to the filming site in Dahebao Village to do further investigation and supervise the construction of the main filming site.

Speaking of makeup photos, there is another special existence among the actors, that is, Sun Tingting. Sun Tingting, who went to teach, has not come back yet, and may not be able to come back in the short term. But this Lin Jingliang doesn't care too much. Sun Tingting's makeup photos, Xiao Yao will definitely put a lot of thought into it. If necessary, fly back from Jin Province when the time comes. Xiao Yao is now auditioning for the roles, according to Xiao Yao himself, all the auditions can be completed in a few days, and they can be determined. Lin Jingliang and others are the actors of those roles.

There are only eight main roles in the film, and a few small supporting roles, such as the commissioner's assistant, the military officer and the philanthropist from the United States, are just over double digits. The actors who have already determined three roles before, and there are not many roles that need Xiao Yao to audition actors.

In the early stage, the casting studio only found three or four candidates for these roles, and some roles had fewer or even only two candidates. It took Xiao Yao five days to complete the auditions for these actors.

After the audition, Xiao Yao quickly decided on the actors for each role. The selected notice came to sign a contract with the crew, and there was no selected actor, Xiao Yao also called in person to reply.

After the actor is decided, you can design the character and take makeup photos.

Although Xiao Yao himself is a photographer and likes to take pictures very much, Xiao Yao is not very enthusiastic about taking makeup photos. When he participated in the movie "127 Hours" before, Xiao Yao never took makeup photos at all because he went to school. Later, when I was shooting a parkour movie, I did it after the movie was started.

Xiao Yao's film did not plan to be promoted when filming started, and even if the makeup photos were taken, they would not be announced in advance. According to the original plan, Xiao Yao waited for the movie to start and then find a time to take makeup photos for the actors. But this time, Lin Jingliang was invited to be the art director, and Lin Jingliang said that he wanted to shoot in advance, so he would shoot it in advance. Taking advantage of the opportunity to sign contracts with the actors and everyone was in Shencheng, Xiao Yao arranged to take the makeup photos.

Xiao Yao himself is also one of the actors, and he also has to take makeup photos, so he didn't take the camera himself. In line with the principle of convenience and the fact that the fertilizer does not flow into the fields of outsiders, the location for taking the makeup photos was selected in the studio of Yin Xi's studio, and the photographer he was looking for was also a contracted photographer of Yin Xi's studio. Xiao Yao, as a director and actor, guided and watched with Lin Jingliang and others.

Of course, the makeup photos are taken one by one, but since it has been confirmed that it is a colleague of the crew, the character images do not need to be kept secret from each other, and everyone needs to get acquainted with each other in advance. Therefore, although the actors who took the makeup photos were notified of different times and came to the studio one by one, because the photos were taken on the same day, not only did several people arrive in advance to contact the crew and other actors, but everyone basically did not leave after the shooting, and they all stayed to watch the makeup photos of other actors.

The place where the photo was taken was the studio of Yin Xi's studio, and the photographer who took the photo was a contracted photographer of Yin Xi's studio, and Xiao Yao had a stake in Yin Xi's studio and was one of the bosses, and this was basically the place where Xiao Yao, the director of the crew, took his own. Makeup artists, costume artists, and these staff members include people from Yin Xi's studio, as well as people from the costume and makeup departments of the crew, and some of them are originally from here, so these people are very familiar with this place and are also familiar with the staff.

The main actors of a crew gathered together to take pictures, which was originally a very lively and happy thing, plus the place was familiar, and everyone was very relaxed, so the atmosphere of the whole shooting site was quite good, and the filming process went very smoothly.

Although everyone has read the script and has a considerable understanding of the characters in the film, in terms of external image, it is unlikely that the script will describe the character image in such detail, what kind of clothes to wear, what kind of hairstyle to do, and what kind of visual feeling it gives people as a whole, which is often different from what is actually seen and imagined. This is also one of the meanings of taking makeup photos.

Before the actors take makeup photos, Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi will explain to them the appearance of the characters they play in advance, and then let them change their clothes and makeup. Therefore, many people have a general impression of other people's character images before taking pictures.

There are three roles that are exceptions, though.

As a director, Xiao Yao must participate in the image design of the character. The character image design of several main actors in the film was done by Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi, and Xiao Yao was only responsible for the final review of whether it met the requirements of the film. However, the character images made by Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi are all the character images that Xiao Yao has selected through the casting studio in the past few days. Xiao Yao previously determined the three character images of the actors in advance, which Xiao Yao had already designed by himself before.

It stands to reason that even if Lin Jingliang, the art director, does not design it himself, he should know what the three character images designed by Xiao Yao look like. However, Xiao Yao kept concealing it when it came time to take makeup photos, saying that he planned to surprise Lin Jingliang.

Xiao Yao is also an actor, and he also has to take makeup photos. However, he is the director, and he has the final say on who shoots first and who shoots later, so he arranges himself to shoot last. When all the actors present took makeup photos, everyone couldn't wait to urge Xiao Yao to come.

"I heard that I took makeup photos here, right?" Just as everyone was urging Xiao Yao, a rough voice suddenly sounded at the door of the studio.

"Huh?"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a woman with a dark complexion, a numb face and pits, wearing a patched cloth shirt and pants, and a pair of black cloth shoes on her feet, standing at the door of the studio with such a loud horn, and they couldn't help but be startled.

When a group of people in the studio were shocked by the appearance of this woman, Xiao Yao spoke.

Although Xiao Yao is one of the bosses here, and he is the director and producer of the crew, he should have stood up and spoken, but what Xiao Yao said surprised a group of people in the studio.

"Why are you here now?" Xiao Yao looked at the woman at the door and smiled, "You won't come here like this, will you?"

"Director, do you know? Who is this?" a petite girl walked up to Xiao Yao and asked.

"My daughter-in-law!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Who is your daughter-in-law, take advantage of me, don't you?" The woman at the door roared angrily, and walked in violently, pulling out a dry tobacco stick from the back of the waist as she walked.

Frightened by the woman's voice, the girl next to Xiao Yao asked in a low voice, "Isn't your girlfriend Sun Tingting? When will you have a wife again?"

"This is the coppersmith's wife, the daughter-in-law in my movie!" Xiao Yao smiled.

"Huh?"

"Teacher He Ying?!"

"Is this He Ying?!"

A group of people in the studio shouted in surprise.

From the moment the woman appeared at the door, there was silence in the studio. Although Xiao Yao did not deliberately raise his voice, this was still clearly heard by everyone. He Ying played the coppersmith's wife, Xiao Yao has already told most of the people in the crew, especially these actors. Hearing Xiao Yao say that this ugly and fierce girl at the door was actually the goddess He Ying in everyone's eyes, and a group of people all widened their eyes.

"Hello everyone, I'm He Ying!" Seeing everyone's performance, He Ying's face changed, and she changed her face to a smiling expression and bowed down slightly to greet everyone, "I'm sorry, it's a little late." ”