In the cast list of Chen Jialuo's "Prison Storm", Zhou Jin, who is the most important and difficult to handle, is not a big problem for him. Now that Zhou Jin has taken over the script, it is basically no problem for him to appear in this movie.

Once Zhou Jin takes over this movie, then the other actors are no longer a problem. Liang Guohui himself was banned by the Taiwan authorities at the beginning, and there were no movies to take. This time he was able to play the second male lead, and he was playing against Zhou Jin, so he naturally would not refuse.

As for some other heavyweight prison tycoon actors, Chen Jialuo had already arranged for someone to contact them. These people may have been prominent on the road, but in the film industry now, they are also doing supporting roles and doing odd jobs, so it is not difficult to invite them to come and shoot.

Since there is no problem with the actors, Chen Jialuo's next focus is to pull up a main creative team. When filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", the filming team was in charge of Chen Xiaodong. From the dragon and tiger martial artist to the lighting and drama affairs, Chen Xiaodong is all responsible for it.

Now that Chen Jialuo is the director himself, and Xu You is only the nominal producer, then this shooting team needs to be pulled up by himself.

The composition of a crew is actually not responsible, mainly the director, producer, assistant director, executive director, dramatist, cinematographer, art director, scene recorder and so on. In such a well-established film market as Xiangjiang, it is not difficult for Chen Jialuo, who works in a film studio, to pull up a team.

Now that he has "A Chinese Ghost Story" by his side, he shouts that he wants to start a new film, and there will be many staff members in the film studio alone who are willing to participate. Wu Huo, the executive director of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Chen Jialuo was very optimistic about this young man and had already greeted him.

As for photography, Liu Haitang's cooperation with himself in "A Chinese Ghost Story" is also very pleasant. What really trickled him was the art direction.

Shen Zhongwen, the art director of "A Chinese Ghost Story", is now spanning three sets and can't spare to help at all. The quality of an art director often determines the success or failure of a film's details.

It stands to reason that the art director should be responsible for any aspect of the production that is related to the aesthetics and aesthetics of the film. But in the filming of the movie, props, sets, lighting, photography, costume design and even stunt production, etc., all require the participation of art directors. Before each shot starts, the art director has to meet with the director to create the right shooting conditions according to the director's ideas.

In addition, art directors are often required to supervise and follow up on site, and make relevant responses to temporary requests from production units or immediate changes on site. During the filming, even if there is a change in the color of the clothing or even one of the actors' hairstyles, he needs to pass the checks.

After shooting, the post-production of the film also requires the involvement of the art director to avoid the imbalance of the film.

Before Shen Zhongwen was on the set of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Chen Jialuo didn't need to worry about anything about the beauty of the movie. This work is always determined by details, and it is too cumbersome, Chen Jialuo will definitely not have time to do it.

There is an art team in the film studio, but most of them are just artists under him, and there are still very few art directors like Shen Zhongwen. Art directors like them are basically the royal staff of some big directors, and when filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", Xu You designated Shen Zhongwen.

Now that the bigwigs in the film studio are busy making films, Chen Jialuo is in a hurry but will not be messed up. After all, the position of art director is too important, and a good art director can perfectly understand the director's intentions, and the work after cooperation can fit perfectly.

Therefore, Chen Jialuo arranged for his assistant Xu Chang to contact some art directors to see if there was a suitable person to work with him.

In the office, Chen Jialuo asked, "Ah Chang, how are the things I told you to do?"

"I contacted a few, but most of them said they didn't have time. There are a lot of new films this year, and now there are many movies busy catching up with the Christmas schedule......" Xu Chang said with some distress, taking out a list and handing it to Chen Jialuo.

Although everyone knows that Chen Jialuo is notoriously short-tempered, the success of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has made many people hope to use Chen Jialuo's ability to make a name for themselves in this circle. Xu Chang, a young man, had such an idea and became Chen Jialuo's assistant.

It's a pity that the first thing that this chief helmsman Chen commanded, he didn't seem to be doing very well.

Chen Jialuo took the list and said a little speechlessly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a psychopath, and I can't scold people at every turn......"

A person who has a discordant relationship with the media will inevitably be portrayed as impersonal. Looking at Xu Chang's trembling appearance again, Chen Jialuo looked at the list helplessly. There aren't many names on it, but most of them are art directors who haven't started this year.

It stands to reason that the film market is becoming more and more prosperous, and these art directors should not be unable to get jobs. People who are still idle during this time period must be eliminated and have little ability. But Chen Jialuo swept it down at a glance, looked at their respective introductions, and suddenly saw a name and introduction at the end, and was a little surprised.

"Zhang Shuping?"

Zhang Shuping's education is not high, only graduated from junior high school. After graduating, he worked as a fabric designer, and later took an off-campus art course at the University of Hong Kong in his spare time.

However, most of the filmmakers in Hong Kong are not highly educated, and he began to work as an art director in 1981, but they are all films with small investments. But even if it is a small budget production, his art direction ability is still very recognized.

Because the judging time of the Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards is different, his two art direction works last year won the Best Art Design and Best Modeling Design at the Golden Horse Awards last year, and he was also nominated for the Academy Awards earlier this year.

Looking at the introduction of his works and award records, Chen Jialuo is sure that the other party is Zhang Shuping, the originator of the art director of Xiangjiang who cooperated with the king of sunglasses in the future.

"Although his two films last year were mediocre at the box office, his art directing ability was so recognized, why didn't he start work this year?" Chen Jialuo wondered.

Xu Chang explained: "He went to Canada to study film at the beginning of this year, and he has just returned! I contacted him, but he did not give a clear answer. As far as I know, he is now being contacted by several studios. ”

"That's no wonder!" Chen Jialuo suddenly realized, it turned out that he went to Canada to study films. I was already outstanding in art direction, but now I am definitely more favored when I return from studying.

Since he is an art director with outstanding ability, Chen Jialuo will easily miss it, and said: "Ah Chang, you can help me contact me, and I will visit in person." ”