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The meeting started all morning.

The drama "The Legend of the New White Lady" has come to this point, and the crew composition stage has only taken the first step, but there are already many people who need to participate in it.

Although they are both producers, Feng Yumin and Yu Bojun are both named, the former is to borrow each other's connections and resources, and the latter is simply to make it more convenient to pull Zhuang Ding from Yu Bojun's team. Therefore, the only one who will really participate in the entire production and shooting process is Li Qian, a producer.

Then, the director, Li Qian, this goes without saying.

Production director Han Shunzhang, this is the money bag and the big housekeeper, in terms of system, if the crew of this drama is replaced by Minghu Culture, then his position is equivalent to Qi Jie, the general manager, who has to grasp big and small things, while Li Qian, and others, are only responsible for artistic creation. Therefore, it is natural that contacting actors and agents, negotiating contracts, going out to buy props, hiring people, making costumes, etc., must also be the job of the production director.

The art director, Cao Zhan, under him, has many aspects such as art, costumes, props, sets, makeup, etc., which are all in charge of him, and is a very important part of the whole drama to ensure the gold content of the whole drama outside the plot.

The director of photography, Jin Han, is mainly responsible for the photography team and the lighting team.

As far as the photography team is concerned, it is relatively easy to solve, because they are all their own people, and they can use it when they pull it over, and they all know the roots, so far. Jin Han is definitely the top spot, the number one camera, the main photographer.

In addition to him, Yang Jie, the photographer in his small film team in recent years, although he was only born in the wilderness, later went to the Huaxia Drama Academy for two years of advanced training. But the standard is also quite good, ranking second.

And Du Yuchun, a photographer who Yu Bojun helped contact, is an old man who has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and has been in charge of many big directors in the film industry, and the two sides have agreed that he will also come over to follow the group, and then Li Qian will adjust the division of labor between him and Yang Jie according to the specific play and specific lens needs.

Then, after the above three can ensure the quality of the shot, then ask for a photographer of sufficient quality. It's a bit wasteful, but sometimes four cameras are used to work at the same time, or occasionally someone has an accident or something like that, so Fu Xuelong, the fifth dormitory elder in Li Qian's group of classmates who is considered to be the highest level, and even Li Qian thinks his photography talent is overflowing, has become the backup photographer of the group.

Of course, in addition to him, Lu Bin will also follow. Even if it is a drama or errand, it can also be pulled over temporarily to make do. In addition, Li Qian also learned this, so he didn't worry that there were not enough photographers, but the level was high.

In addition, there is another very important person who joins in, that is, the second director of Yu Bojun's film and television production company in addition to Yu Bojun, named Zhao He.

Let's be honest. In addition to occasionally being a producer or assistant director of Yu Bojun's films, he is also a character who releases a movie in a year or two, and he is not a big name, but he is still very experienced in making commercial films! is no less than Yu Bojun, and Li Qian, a rookie director, is even more incomparable with others.

However, I don't know if he thinks that he is busy with the later stage of "The Love of Green Onions", so he can't help, he can't pull his own brother, or he is really afraid that Li Qian will lose it, anyway, he doesn't know what to do, he is stunned to pull such a director who has been in the film circle for many years to shoot a TV series, and he is also an assistant director for Li Qian.

In short, his arrival can be regarded as a kind of escort.

And this time the meeting was mainly Li Qian, Zhao He, Han Shunzhang, Cao Zhan and Jin Han.

At the beginning, Zhu Mingyu was also there, because she was responsible for determining the style of the crew's costume design, modeling design, art, scenery, etc., so she participated in the discussion, and when these things were discussed, she took the initiative to withdraw and returned to her temporary office on the ninth floor, and began to do this induction and sorting, and when the meeting was over, she would start running these things with Cao Zhan and Han Shunzhang.

After Zhu Mingyu left, everyone began to discuss the issue of the lighting group and the martial arts.

These two belong to the technical part, which is not sloppy, but it is not very selective - there are so many famous lighting groups and martial arts teams across the country, so many movies every year, The TV series is being filmed, and unless people want to take a holiday on their own, it is almost impossible to take over the work, so each has its own work circle, and people don't need to jump out of a fixed circle to take the work, and even if it is a fixed circle, if you want to use someone's team, you have to make an appointment in advance, so unless you are willing to wait, there is almost no room to choose.

On the contrary, don't look down-to-eye, when watching movies and TV series, few people will pay attention to the lighting group of a play, and there are very few people who will go to see the martial arts fingers, but for a drama, the martial arts fingers determine whether the martial arts shots are good or not, in the context of domestic martial arts is always very hot, this is a big selling point, and the lighting group is more critical, he even directly determines whether the shots of a play are good or not - whether the lens is good or not, at least half depends on whether you play well or not!

The so-called layering, the so-called beauty of the lens, half of it is in the lighting group!

Especially for technical controllers like Jin Han and Li Qian, who advocate the beauty of the lens, even the martial arts fingers can make do, but the lighting is absolutely improvised!

In terms of martial arts, Yu Bojun has helped contact Lu Jiaban, and the other party has promised to join the group in early October. This class is not as famous in the industry as the Niu family class, but it is also a big bull who has to participate in the filming of many martial arts movies and TV series every year, although the price is not cheap, but Li Qian still settled on it.

And the lighting group, Jin Han has his own common group, and his cooperation must be quite tacit, and it is obvious that the two sides have a good relationship, although they often take other people's work, but as long as Jin Han says hello, the brothers will come immediately, but ...... Too few people!

In the past, Jin Han's practice was to focus on a few brothers before the start of filming. Then temporarily find a few lighting artists from the running order gang, pinch them together, and shoot while adjusting, that's it. Because almost all of the lighting teams are chasing a fixed object, some chasing the director, and some chasing the production company. If you want to use someone else's molded lighting group, it's not easy to find.

And this time, although he is still ready to use Jin Han's old method, Li Qian is ready to make a slight adjustment, that is, to recruit a group of people into the group, let Jin Han teach while working, and sign a long-term employment contract directly after teaching. Including Jin Han's photography, lighting and other teams, Li Qian is ready to get in touch with it, and wait for the filming of this drama to be finished. Just check them all in.

Looking at the development history of commercial films and TV dramas for decades, behind every successful director and film and TV series, there will inevitably be a creative team above the level of long-term cooperation.

Art Design, Costume Design, Photographer, Gaffer, Editor, Soundtrack...... These technicians, although they may not be well-known in the market, are even more important to the producers and directors than those famous actors!

After these two points are settled, the question of location selection is discussed.

When it comes to the selection of scenes, it is slightly controversial.

It's helpless. Because of the problem of the era, the filming of domestic costume dramas is here. The film and television city has been around since the 80s, but it has always focused on the architectural styles of the Ming and Shun dynasties. Later, there were film and television cities in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and when "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" started filming, Huaxia TV spent a lot of money to build the Three Kingdoms Film and Television City and the Qin and Han Film and Television Cities, so it was the filming base of that area. There is also, only the film and television city of the Song Dynasty, so far there is only one in China, and it is located in Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Province, which mainly presents the style of the standard Bianliang City of the Northern Song Dynasty. The rest of the buildings are relatively rudimentary.

However, the era setting of "The Legend of the New White Lady" is during the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is not a court drama.

But there is no way, even if Li Qian has a little money in his pocket now, he can't afford to build a film and television city, so after discussion, everyone can only temporarily set that all the interior scenes will be filmed in the Ming Dynasty Film and Television City in Shuntianfu, and the town market will go to Kaifeng Mansion, and if you need to shoot a large range of water features, you must go to the Canal Film and Television City or go to the Film and Television City in Zhejiang after a field investigation.

Then, the large exterior scenery is mainly considered Qingcheng Mountain, Emei Mountain, Zhangjiajie and the West Lake Scenic Area of Hangzhou Prefecture.

After discussing these, the crew is responsible for the technical part, and even if they have a work direction, Li Qian and Zhao He will go out to investigate the location first, Jin Han will go out to see after filming the MV, and Cao Zhan, Han Shunzhang and Zhu Mingyu will be responsible for organizing the work team.

Of course, before that, there is a very important piece to discuss, and that is the actors.

The most important actors in the whole play are the trio first: Xu Xian and Xu Shilin father and son are one, Bai Suzhen and Hu Meiniang are one, and then there is the green snake and Xiaoqing.

In addition, the roles are also heavier than Monk Fahai, Xu Xian's sister Xu Jiaorong, and Xu Xian's brother-in-law Li Gongfu, and again, Xu Shilin's brother Qi Baoshan, Li Gongfu's daughter Li Bilian, and the villain Little Wangye.

Secondly, there are people such as the Five Ghosts, the Golden Cymbals, the Maoshan Taoist, Hu Meiniang's maid Caiyin, as well as Guanyin Bodhisattva, Yang Zhixian, Mrs. Yang, Wang Ye and others.

Casting is an extremely important job, and the degree of consistency between the actor and the character directly determines the success or failure of a play.

In this regard, Zhao He, the assistant director, has been in the circle for the longest time, so he is the most experienced, and Jin Han has always been on the street, but he is also an expert, but Cao Zhan is only familiar with individual actors and can put forward some important suggestions, specific to ordinary actors, not to mention anything else, just the range of people he knows, it determines that he can't give too good advice.

As for Li Qian, when he first entered the industry, his vision was limited to the movies and TV series he had watched before, and the people he knew when he filmed "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before. Although this is his TV series, and he has a classic in his heart for reference, he is more clear and almost clear about the needs of actors, so he can be targeted, but he still patiently listens to everyone recommend actors for various roles to him.

Unlike the previous events, the actor chose to involve too many things, so as soon as the discussion began, time flew by. At noon, the meeting was not over, the company called for a working meal, and several of them chatted while eating, and when they had eaten, they continued to hold the meeting.

Anyway, for a relatively important role, everyone worked together and discussed several candidates to choose from, and in the end, Han Shunzhang, who was in charge of the meeting minutes, took several pages of notes just by the actor's name.

And next. The main task of Li Qian and Zhao He is first of all casting.

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At half past three in the afternoon, the meeting was finally over.

Fruitful, but also exhausting to death.

After the meeting, everyone had to go their separate ways.

The assistant director, Zhao He, had to go out to scout the location first, so as to provide shooting advice to Li Qian. Jin Han wants to continue to shoot the MV, even if it is cut while shooting, and when the albums of He Runqing and Rose Power are finished, it will take about 20 days of work, Han Shunzhang is responsible for giving out the approximate budget of the whole drama first, and then he has to negotiate the remuneration and sign the contract with the lighting team and martial arts team that have been finalized, including photographers, drama and other staff.

Then, he didn't even bother to take care of the costumes and props. Because next, once he starts to contact actors, it is his job to negotiate film contracts, and it is the bulk of the work. Of course, when it comes to specific negotiations, Zou Wenhuai will assist from the side, after all, when it comes to being in the entertainment industry. That's the old bird, speaking of negotiations. Also a master.

As for the actors who have been recorded in the meeting memo, Lu Bin, who has already been decided, is responsible for collecting information, including acting experience, personal photos, stills, personal performance style, etc., all of which are summarized together and handed over to Li Qian, after Li Qian formed a certain amount of thinking. It's about starting to get in touch with the actors.

After the meeting, everyone didn't even drink a pot of tea, so they went their separate ways.

On the ninth floor, where Minghu Culture had been vacant before, there were several offices that had been simply renovated, which had begun to come in handy at this time. Zhu Mingyu occupies one room, and she wants to refine the requirements and ideas of the whole play in terms of art into a real and visible specific plan according to the results of the meeting, and Han Shunzhang also occupies one.

At half past five in the afternoon, as soon as the ordinary staff of Minghu Culture arrived at the point of getting off work, they soon left one after another, and with the completion of the recording of Rose Power, many musicians who have been a little idle recently have even flashed two hours in advance, and only a few people are still busy on the entire eighth floor, as for the ninth floor, there are only Han Shunzhang and Zhu Mingyu left.

Night, half past seven.

After Zhu Mingyu's work came to an end, he felt hungry, so he stood up and stretched, and then simply sorted out the things he made today, received them in his bag, and then pushed the door and walked out.

There was also a light in the next room.

She knocked on the door and pushed it in.

The strange thing is that Han Shunzhang did not work at the desk, but was standing in front of the window and smoking.

The central air conditioning is turned off, and the room is a little hot, but the window is open, and the night breeze is coming, and the air feels transparent.

Hearing the knock on the door, Han Shunzhang had already turned around, and when Zhu Mingyu pushed the door in, he smiled, raised his right hand, shook the cigarette in his hand, and said with a smile: "Just lit it, and you just caught it." ”

Zhu Mingyu smiled and walked over.

The night outside the window is already thick, and the upstairs on the opposite side and the side of the upstairs have occasional lights, but most of them are dark.

The street lights on the main road downstairs are yellow, and cars are flowing endlessly.

On the Fourth Ring Road farther away, there is a lot of traffic, and the lights of one car after another add up, shining as bright as the Milky Way.

Han Shunzhang faced the window, blowing the night breeze, looking out of the window calmly, and raised his hand to smoke a cigarette from time to time.

Zhu Mingyu stood beside her, feeling the slightly scorching wind blowing his hair, and stared at her for a long time before turning his head and asking, "How are you doing?"

"Budget?" Han Shunzhang said: "It's a big difference, Li Qian has already made a budget before, frankly speaking, there are not many things I can change, he has really worked hard, the budget is relatively in place, it's already a big difference! ”

Zhu Mingyu nodded, thought about it, reached out and took the cigarette from his hand, took a puff, blew it away, and then handed the cigarette back. Han Shunzhang asked while taking the cigarette: "What about you?

Zhu Mingyu nodded and said, "The idea he gave is very clear, my work is relatively simple to do, just ......" Speaking of this, seeing Han Shunzhang handing over the cigarette again, she took a puff and handed it back, spitting it out and laughing: "I just don't know why, I think the simpler the work, the more troublesome it may be." ”

Han Shunzhang was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Why?"

Zhu Mingyu frowned slightly, raised his face and thought about it, and said with a smile: "I don't know if I'm right, in short, it feels like the whole play is already in his head, you can see from his sub-shots, what kind of costumes he wants, what kind of scenery, and even what each actor should look like and how to speak, he already has an exact idea in his head." And this kind of thinking ......"

Speaking of this, she shook her head and said with a little distress: "I don't know if you understand what I mean, what I want to say is...... Well, it seems that he has already filmed this TV series, and he has already seen what this TV series will look like after filming, so everything involved in this drama is not just a matter of thinking and direction for him, it is all set to die! It must be like this, it must not be like that...... Do you see what I mean?"

Han Shunzhang looked at her in surprise, immediately smiled, and said, "So, you actually don't have much room to play?"

"YES!" Zhu Mingyu praised in response, took a puff of cigarette, and said: "So, this job seems simple, because as long as you do what he wants, then go through it again, it's completely OK, but as long as it doesn't match, I'm sure he will ask me to change, change, change over and over again!" After speaking, she shrugged her shoulders after taking another puff of cigarette.

Han Shunzhang shook his head with a smile, and while taking the cigarette back, he said: "You think too much! Before the filming of a drama starts, the director already has a rough picture in his mind, this is something that many directors can indeed do, and even, if you want to succeed, this must still be done, judging from that storyboard script, Qian may indeed have a score in his heart, but it is not as exaggerated as you said! The whole scene was filmed and cut in his mind, and he even watched it? How is that possible!"

After a pause, he smiled and said: "No matter how powerful a person is, the brain capacity is limited, even if he thinks carefully, it is impossible to complete this drama directly in his head, and then shoot it! Such a person is not a director, but a god!"

Zhu Mingyu was speechless, so he had to shrug his shoulders.

So, the two of them invariably stopped talking again, just looked out of the window.

It was dark outside the window, and the two stood by the window, smoking cigarettes one by one, until one cigarette was finished, Han Shunzhang pinched the cigarette butt, and then said: "Let's go, pack up your things, and get off work!"

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