Generally, due to limited funds, micro-films are all used in ready-made venues, and the shooting is very simple. The total cost ranges from 10,000 to tens of thousands of yuan.

Looking at Shen Bai's early investment and layout, it seems that it has exceeded 100,000. Add to that the labor costs, post-production, and that's more. If the final result is not very good, then all the money will be wasted.

"It's okay, it's up to you whether you can get it back or not. Shen Bai said and smiled, in fact, his early investment was nearly 180,000. Mainly spent on the layout of the scene, and spent a lot of money.

Fortunately, the manuscript fee for the last drama has almost been settled. Otherwise, this fee alone, I'm afraid that Shen Bai would have to smash the pot and sell iron, and borrow money everywhere.

"Okay, we'll definitely work hard!Director Shen!" Su Nawei said, winking playfully twice. Like Zhang Zixin, she memorized their respective lines well before filming began. and also went to the school's rehearsal room to play in advance.

Including the parents and actors they found in their relationship, they have also practiced seriously at home, and they are basically familiar with their lines.

It can be said that everyone did not treat this matter sloppily, and it also made Shen Bai feel that he had chosen the right person.

Compared with some actors in some dramas, it is always more feeling to say that they like to play on the spot and modify their lines temporarily. In fact, he didn't memorize his own lines, changed the play randomly, and had no professionalism at all.

This is Shen Bai's first time directing, and with acting, it is inevitable that he will be a little nervous. The crew is not even a grass team, and there are no reporters at the start-up ceremony.

didn't even have a decent banner, it was still a group of young people, who temporarily found a red cloth and wrote "Life 1997" crew opening ceremony", these more than a dozen words. Then hang it on a high wall.

As for costume artists, makeup artists, even less so. All rely on Zhang Zixin and Su Nawei, using their own makeup experience to draw the kind of makeup that is in line with the 90s. It doesn't have to be too weird, it doesn't have to be too exaggerated, just highlight the simplicity and innocence.

When a group of people put on makeup, fix their hair, and wear 90s costumes stand together. Shen Bai adjusted the countdown of the camera to shoot, and then hurriedly ran to the crowd and took a photo with a smile.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Strike a pose and watch your smile!"

"Eggplant!"

A boot photo belonging to the crew of "Life 1997" was filmed in such a humble way. Everyone in the scene is a participant, and everyone is a staff member, and there are no superfluous roles.

Including lighting and sound recording, all of which are taken by multi-talented theater students, who take turns to be in charge. Anyway, one person went up to act, and the other person helped to raise the lever microphone. Including the lighting of the cinema lens, the same is true. It's all about whoever is available, and who takes turns to lift the props. Even sometimes when everyone is tired, enthusiastic aunts and uncles will learn to come and help.

The whole shooting atmosphere can be said to be very harmonious, and everyone behaved very well. Although in terms of acting skills, it is indeed not as good as that of old actors. But through this enthusiasm, coupled with repeated serious practice and mutual discussions, almost all of them met Shen Bai's requirements.

During the filming, there were also a lot of funny and fun scenes. For example, when Shen Bai and Zhang Zixin were playing, they suddenly couldn't help laughing, causing a group of people around them to also giggle.

In the plot, there are children who make mistakes and want to be beaten by their mothers, and then cry bitterly, saying that they know the wrong plot. But because the actress can't be ruthless, the child can't play the crying scene in place. Sometimes I even giggle when I get beaten, and I always NG over and over again.

Until the end, NG sixteen or seven times, the child's mother who couldn't stand it outside the court, that is, Su Nawei's little aunt. Resolutely rolled up his sleeves and came up to aim at his son's little ass, which was a slap.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Many actors at the scene couldn't help but admire their mother's courage and sympathize with the little boy who was beaten. What a shadow of childhood this must be...... My mother deserves to be my mother.

In an instant, the child's tears burst out of his eyes like a spring. The heart-rending cry is so real that it doesn't even need post-dubbing. This made director Shen Bai seize the opportunity to greedily use the camera to catch the best shots and record this real and tragic scene.

Perfect!

After filming, Shen Bai and Zhang Zixin hurriedly found candy, as well as a special game console for eating chicken, for children to play.

If you want to say that playing games is really the best way to heal a boy's sadness. After just a few games, the little boy was completely addicted to it, and he forgot about being beaten and crying......

There are many more vignettes like this. A group of actors who are not even considered grass teams, use their own methods to interpret the pictures that belong to that era. Everyone is very engaged and attentive.

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After the various scenes of the micro-film are filmed, the next step is post-production, that is, the opening and ending design of the micro-film, plus dubbing, soundtrack, editing, beautification and other processes.

These Shen Bai are all spent money and handed over to professionals to be responsible. Anyway, he asked to follow him, and if it didn't work, he would revise it again until he was satisfied.

After a whole set of processes, the cost of shooting a micro-film cost him nearly 270,000 yuan. It is 6 times higher than the industry average. It can be said that it is a very large investment.

With the completed 33-minute film, Shen Bai contacted iQiyi. The cooperation model over there is divided into two categories: exclusive and non-exclusive, and then according to the film quality evaluation, the cooperative films are divided into category A, category B, category C, category D, and category F.

There are three types of cooperation sharing models: content sharing, marketing sharing, and advertising sharing.

Shen Bai chose content sharing, that is, dividends according to the effective paid on-demand volume.

A week later, the review results of his film came out, but it was not as good as previously thought.

"Shen Bai, has there been a result from iQiyi?" Zhang Zixin, Su Nawei and a group of junior brothers and sisters asked with concern in the WeChat group.

"Well, it's out, Class B. Shen Bai replied truthfully. Now iQiyi gives ratings, and it also values fame and connections. Generally, the micro-films made by newcomers are at most Class B level. The effective paid on-demand volume is divided into 2 yuan per time. 5 cents less than class A.

"It's not bad, when will it be released? I'm going to pay for it as soon as possible! I also want to mobilize my friends around me to watch it together!" "Senior brothers, junior sisters, including the aunts and uncles who participated in the show, can't wait to spread the news.

"The release time is 12 a.m. on November 6, 2019. Shen Bai took a screenshot of the system sent by iQiyi and forwarded it to the WeChat group. In other words, five days later, their micro-film "Life 1997" will be released online.