Chapter 57: The Rainy Season Is Coming
The rainy season in the south is several months earlier than in the north, and April is the season when the rainy season comes, and by the end of April and early May, the rainfall has reached 20 percent of last year's urban rainfall, and some streets in the city will inevitably produce some water.
In addition to causing flooding and affecting crops, the continuous heavy rain also has a certain impact on people's daily life and work, especially for jobs like filming, which require running around.
It has been a few days since the official start of "Love Before the Dawn", and the entire crew, including director Jiang Bei, has already been in place and started filming the whole movie.
Although Li Youqing and Yihe Film and Television Entertainment are behind to fully guarantee logistics services, the filming process was seriously hindered due to bad weather, and it took a few days for the crew to arrive at the designated town and arrange all the scenes.
It's just that there is no rain scene in this drama at all, so when encountering continuous heavy rain, there are two completely different voices within the crew.
The first is to change the weather setting of the script represented by director Jiang Bei, turning the sunny style into a misty world.
The second is to abide by the background of script creation represented by producer Li Youqing, and insist on waiting for the rain to pass and the sky will clear before shooting.
Of course, it is said that it is divided into two factions, but in fact, only the young couple is discussing.
"It's hard to tell when the rainy season is coming, so we can't just keep waiting, right?"
On an abandoned train platform in a small town, Jiangbei looked at the inclining heavy rain outside and said with a frown.
"I think it's still necessary to respect the background of the script, and the story you wrote is only one day long, and if you really use the rainy weather, it will inevitably affect the plot later, I don't think it's good. ”
Li Youqing stood beside him, wearing a thin windbreaker, stepping on a pair of five-centimeter small heels, and explained with a serious face.
The story of "Love Before Dawn" is very simple, about two young men and women who don't know each other meet and bond on a train, and then start their extremely short day in a city.
There are a series of boring stories such as taking the bus to the terminal, listening to music at the video store, going to the old nameless cemetery, eating on the side of the road at night, watching palmistry, and doing things in the grove that make the moon shy.
In fact, it can also be said that there is no story, because this is a pair of young people who take a day trip to a city in a foreign country and then get to know each other.
And that's all.
But it is precisely because of this that the weather that needs to be used for shooting scenes is naturally sunny.
Therefore, Jiangbei really can't refute this point.
"But are we budgeting for it? a day is a lot of money. ”
There is no way to refute this point, so I can only find other reasons to convince this 'hidden producer' to agree to shoot on a rainy day.
The worse the environment, the less desirable the film, and the less good it will be at the box office.
If the box office is not satisfactory, it means that the plan is successful.
It's just that Xiao Nizi obviously has already prepared everything, stretched out her hand to wrap her arm around Jiangbei, and said coquettishly: "It's okay Beibei, Manager Li said that he could give us an additional 2 million investment, so the budget is still very sufficient, even if it doesn't turn on for a month, it's no problem." ”
Hehe.
Li Shu of the dog day is finding a new backer and planning to completely rebel, right?
Yes!
Very good.
Since the dog is unkind, don't blame the lord for being unjust!
……
"Yawn~"
Li Shushu, who was working in Yihe Film and Television Entertainment, suddenly sneezed, and then trembled all over.
"Uncle, I'll pour you a cup of hot water. Seeing this, Li Yangyao, who was standing opposite, hurriedly picked up the teacup on the table and poured a cup of hot water.
"This weather is a bit changeable!" Li Shu did not refuse, took the teacup and blew lightly a few times to take a sip of tea, and then looked at the heavy rain outside and sighed.
Li Yangyao glanced out the window, then looked down at the intertwined hands, and whispered, "Uncle, I want to act in a movie......"
"If you want to act in a movie, you can submit your resume, or go to the door of the film and television base to find an opportunity, and tell me what's the use. Li Shu shook his head and blew on the teacup and replied.
"But when people want to act in Mr. Jiang's movies, they all say they will be popular. Li Yangyao said with a pout.
Li Shushu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said: "Do you think Mr. Jiang's movie can be acted in if you want to? Look at so many people up and down the company, how many of them can be qualified to participate?"
"Then uncle, you are the investor, wouldn't it be nice to let Mr. Jiang arrange a role for me!" Li Yangyao said coquettishly.
"But don't, even if it's your uncle, I'm not qualified. And the cast of other people's movies has been found for a long time, and it has been several days since the official shooting, isn't it a little late for you to talk about these at this time?"
Regarding his niece's idea of wanting to join the crew of "Love Before Dawn", Li Shu personally expressed his support.
Because it is now rumored in the circle that as long as it is Jiangbei's script, it will definitely be popular, so many artists want to squeeze in and share a role.
But Jiangbei is not an ordinary director, he is still the boss of Yihe Film and Television Entertainment, and he doesn't need to maintain any relationship at all to make a movie invested by himself.
Even if it is himself, he is not qualified to go to the boss for a role, so how can he help his niece?
It's true that I can't help it.
"There's really no way...... Li Yangyao asked with his head down.
After all, it's his niece, and Li Shu can't really care about anything, so he thought about it and said: "Don't think about supporting roles and special appointments, don't you play tricks without lines?"
In addition to the necessary protagonists and supporting roles, a movie also has many characters without lines, and these roles will definitely not be selected by the director himself, and most of them will be decided by the assistant director.
The assistant director is Wan Xian, a contracted director of Yihe Film and Television Entertainment, so there is no problem in arranging a role for his niece.
"Is it okay to be a special contract? It's too hard to remember. Li Yangyao said with a look of embarrassment.
In fact, the special contract and the dragon set are both dragon sets, but the only difference is that the special contract has lines, and the appearance time will be longer, and it is relatively easy for the audience to remember.
"It's not impossible to make a special contract, but you have to promise that you must act well, be worthy of your role, and be worthy of Mr. Jiang's movies. Li Shu said with a serious face.
Although he doesn't mind helping his niece, he doesn't want to affect the quality of the whole movie because of his own selfish desires, and if it does, he would rather give up his niece.
"Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely behave well, after all, I still want to be famous with Mr. Jiang's movies, how can I do it if I don't act well?" Although Li Yangyao is young, he also understands that only by playing a good role can he be recognized by the audience, so he firmly promised.
"Okay, you go pack your bags and follow me to the set. Li Shu pondered that he was just going to see what the crew needed, so he simply took Li Yangyao to arrange a role by the way.
"Thank you, uncle. ”
Li Yangyao was immediately happy, and ran out to pack his luggage happily.
In fact, this kind of thing is very common, because in addition to Li Yangyao, there are now many so-called 'related households' in the crew of "Love Before Dawn".
For example, Xiao Yuer, a good friend of the Ancheng gambling king, Li Youqing's cousin Ruyu, Ruji, and so on......
Jiangbei himself knows this situation, but he is very happy for these related households to come in, anyway, the more chaotic the crew, the greater the impact on the shooting, and the quality of the film will also be affected to a certain extent.
"This kind of relationship should be a little more, the only pity is that basically all the shots in this movie are given to the hero and heroine, and the other supporting roles do not have much impact, otherwise you can rely on these newcomers to make the movie bad. Jiang Bei leaned back in his chair boredly and flipped through the script, muttering quietly.
The movie "Love Before Dawn" is actually similar to "This Man is from Earth", the whole plot is promoted through dialogue, the only difference is that the former is about the first day of a strange young man and woman.
Therefore, this kind of movie is actually not very good for the director's directing ability, the only thing that needs to be paid attention to is the control of the rhythm, and the timing of several scene switches must be grasped well, so as not to cause fans to get bored with a single scene for too long.
Of course, it is impossible for Jiangbei to grasp the rhythm well, he has to take advantage of the shortcomings of these newcomer actors who are not good at acting skills to disrupt the rhythm of the whole movie without leaving a trace and achieve the goal he wants.
"I don't know how my Feibai brother is prepared, and if I have encountered any trouble. ”
I have to say that Jiangbei is really very concerned about this 'friendly army' who has never been alive, and basically has to think about it three or five times a day, and then learn about some of the things that happened to the crew over there through Zhang Jiuliang.
If it is a little exaggerated, it is even more concerned than Mu Feibai himself.
"Beibei, the rain has stopped!"
While thinking about it, Li Youqing's surprised voice came, Jiangbei raised his head and looked outside, the torrential rain of the original rainy season had passed unconsciously, and only a slight drizzle was left in the gray sky. A cool breeze blew, blowing away the drizzle, blowing away the hazy sky, and blowing the warm sun after the rain.
As the sun shines through the clouds on the rocky corners on the platform, the green moss robe becomes brighter and begins to sprout.
After several days of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared.
The sky is clear.
The movie is about to officially start filming.
Jiang Bei exhaled lightly, stood up from the chair, picked up the loudspeaker next to him and shouted:
"Notify the departments to prepare, and an hour later board the train to prepare for the shooting. ”
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