After two days of messing around at Zhong Chuhong's house, Chen Lang finally returned home at noon on the third day.

As soon as he got home, Chen Lang was dragged to the dining table by Chen's mother, "Stinky boy, it's been two days since you came back and you came home, what have you been doing in the past two days?" ”

When Chen Lang heard this, he knew that Chen's mother knew everything about his situation, and he must have gotten the news from Chen Shufen, so he had to laugh and say, "I'm going to visit Honggu." ”

Chen's mother nodded on Chen Lang's forehead, "Stinky boy, I really have a daughter-in-law and forgot my mother." ”

"Okay, okay, my son is not around and talks about it every day, and now when he comes back, he teaches him again, it's really ......" Chen's father looked at Chen's mother and shook his head with a smile.

"It's this kid who is so naughty." After saying a word, Chen's mother went into the kitchen and served food for her son.

Father Chen shook his head, "Lang Lang, your record promotion is over, and it's still early to go to school, are you going to make a movie?" ”

"Well, I'm coming back this time to prepare for the film, and the movie will be officially filmed in October." Chen Lang took the chopsticks handed by Chen's mother and ate them.

After a period of time outside, I still feel that the food at home is the most fragrant and delicious.

"Little brother, I read your script, many of the characters are students, can I also participate in it? Just a small role. Chen Yun looked at Chen Lang with anticipation on his face.

Chen's father and Chen's mother also looked at Chen Lang with a curious expression, most people are still very curious about the filming of movies, and now that their family members are suddenly going to shoot a movie, they are naturally full of interest.

"Of course there is no problem, this movie is a campus comedy, which requires a lot of student characters, and I plan to rent our school as a filming venue. Chen Lang looked at Chen Yun and shrugged.

"yes, great, I'm going to make a movie too." Chen Yun jumped up happily.

Being able to participate in the filming of a movie, even if it is a passerby, makes people very happy, not for fame and profit, but just to satisfy their own small wishes.

Chen Yun was happy and suddenly looked at Chen's mother pitifully, "Mom, it's just a small role, you won't not agree, right?" ”

Mother Chen looked at her daughter's pitiful little appearance, smiled and shook her head, "As long as it doesn't affect her studies, it's fine." ”

Chen Yun immediately hugged Chen's mother, "Mom is still good to me." ”

After the family finished lunch, Chen Lang was ready to start his own film career.

In order to shoot his first movie, Chen Lang also read a lot of books, and also asked more familiar actors such as Jackie Chan and Xu Guanjie about the birth process of a movie.

The production of commercial films can be roughly divided into three steps.

1. The work before filming, including formulating ideas, writing stories, outlining the scenes, signing the director, making budgets, writing scripts, looking at locations, finding actors, and deciding on the members of the production team.

2. The work during the filming is carried out in an intensive manner under the command of the director, and the executive producer supervises the expenditure of funds, the progress of filming and all administrative matters.

3. Post-filming work, including editing, dubbing, soundtrack, subtitle design, production of trailers, and pre-film promotion.

During the filming process, the director should have a detailed storyboard plan and draw up the shooting sequence, so that under the pressure of lighting changes and actors' control, they can move forward quickly.

For the selection of cameras and lenses, the display of lighting, the arrangement of editing and soundtrack, the staff and the director must work closely together to achieve the desired effect, so a film is the creation of a group, and it is also a work of art for the director to hide his personal vision under various tensions.

Although he only briefly understood the production process of the movie, Chen Lang already felt the complexity of the birth of the movie.

It's only a matter of a few minutes, but the actual implementation will undoubtedly be countless times more complicated, especially since this process is also closely related to the cooperation of people, the strength of the actors, the ability of the director, and the raising of funds.

Chen Lang is a newcomer to movies, and according to the knowledge and understanding he has learned, the three major steps can be subdivided.

First of all, there should be a script, which is generally chosen by the producer.

Hollywood in the United States implements a producer-centered system, and the producer is the core of the birth of a film, and he is also the person with the greatest rights and responsibilities.

Before the filming, he is responsible for the establishment of the film, raising funds for the shooting, selecting the director, actors, assistant directors, film crew, etc., supervising the progress of various tasks during the shooting, the use of funds, etc., and after the film is completed, he must contact the distributor and the theater chain, and do a good job in the promotion of the film.

In the United States, the producer is the boss, as for the director, if he is not famous or a rookie director, he is generally just a shooting machine, everything can only follow the script, there can be no changes, and if there are changes, you have to report to the producer, and at the same time, there is also an issue that directors are very concerned about in the United States, editing rights.

It is the post-production of the film after it is finished, how to combine the shots, how to score the music, etc., which is directly related to what a movie will look like after it is released.

Hollywood is worried that directors will add too many personal imprints to the film for the sake of art, which will make the movie unacceptable to the audience and fail miserably at the box office, so many film companies have a firm grip on the editing rights.

As for the director, what do you like to do after the film, the final film has nothing to do with you, even if the super director Spielberg did not have enough box office and influence at the beginning of his film career, he could only obediently act as a filming machine, at best, the film was better, or there was no final editing right.

Of course, these are directors who have no fame and influence, and when you have a box office hit work and prove yourself, after you have fame, the film company will naturally want to have a good relationship with you in order to make money.

If the strength is enough, then congratulations, you can get the editing rights, so having the editing rights in Hollywood is also a very important criterion for whether a director is first-class.

However, compared with Hollywood, Hong Kong is the opposite, and Hong Kong films are director-centric.

Of course, it does not mean that the producer has no rights at all, but the rights of most crew directors are much stronger than those in the United States, and the director has the final say in all aspects, not to mention the editing rights, the producer is only in a situation where he has pulled up a shelf, purely playing the role of logistics and nanny.

In Hong Kong, the director's rights are great.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the division of labor in Hong Kong is not so clear, because in the glorious 80s and early 90s of Hong Kong films, many all-rounders emerged in the film industry, all of whom are directors, screenwriters, actors, martial arts instructors, etc.

Although in Hong Kong, the power of the producer has been limited a lot, but this is a role that participates in the whole process of the film, so in order to better understand the movie, Chen Lang decided to take on this role himself.

Then it's the turn to hire a shooting team, that is, to form a crew, which is not an easy job, on the contrary, it is very complicated.

The production team that needs to be called to make a film includes: the director, who is mainly responsible for the performance part of the film, and manages the creative part of the film.

The assistant director (or "assistant director") manages the shooting schedule and is responsible for the logistics and coordination of other aspects of the filming.

An actor director (or "casting director") is responsible for finding an actor who fits the script and usually requires an actor audition. The main role must be chosen carefully, usually based on the popularity and popularity of the actor.

Venue management, which must find and manage the filming locations of the film. Most films are shot in controlled environments, such as studio studios, and occasionally there are parts that have to be shot outdoors that necessitate location.

Production Manager, managing production budgets and production schedules. He must also report on behalf of the producer to the producer's administrative or financial department on the status of the film's shooting.

Director of Photography, responsible for the cinematography part of the film. He had to work with the director, the sound director and the assistant director.

The art director, who is responsible for managing the art department, is responsible for setting up the shooting scenes, designing costumes, and providing makeup and hairstyling services.

Production design, establishing the visual appearance and overall atmosphere and feel of the shooting scene, costumes, makeup and hairstyles. Work with the art director on the production of these things.

Storyboard Illustrator who draws pictures to assist the director and production design director in communicating ideas with the production team.

Sound Supervisor, responsible for the sound of the whole movie.

Sound design, creating new sound effects for films.

Composer, creating new music.

Choreographer, creating and choreographing choreography and movements, often used in musicals.

There is also a martial arts instructor who is generally found in Hong Kong movies, responsible for the design of fighting actions in movies, etc.

It is very simple to form a crew if it has its own team, just like the famous Liu Jiaban and Hong Jiaban in Hong Kong, which are all talents in all aspects, and it is not a problem to make movies directly, and even be able to shoot multiple movies at the same time.

Chen Lang, who is just starting out now, is black-eyed and has no way to start, and if he wants to invite someone else's Liu family class or Hong family class, they will definitely ignore you.

Although Chen Lang's own film company is also recruiting, but now that the Hong Kong film market is hot, there are too many people who want to enter the scene to share the cake, so not to mention big names, people who are just a little famous or capable have been carved up by others.

In other words, now the entire crew has no clue except for one director, Wang Fatzi, who has been determined, which makes Chen Lang, who wants to form his own crew, feel numb for a while, and finally has no choice but to call Wang Jing.