Chapter 19: United

At noon, Zhou Yi, the boss, paid his own money and invited the whole crew to dinner, which was considered a dinner party for the crew.

At the dinner table, everyone can communicate more happily and become more familiar with each other.

The location is in a nearby hotel, and Zhuo Qinglian came forward to contact him.

The crew chartered the first floor of the hotel and set up many tables of banquets.

Zhou Yi took Tang Yan and sat around a large round table with the directors to facilitate conversation.

The main actors and the main supporting characters also sit at their own tables, which is convenient for communication.

The behind-the-scenes teams sat at several tables according to their respective groups, and there were quite a few people.

Some of the theater staff also sat at a table and enjoyed themselves.

During the banquet, Zhou Yi toasted from table to table, thanking the directors and directors for their hard work behind the scenes.

He has seen all the results, and it is indeed gratifying.

Everyone was relieved and smiled and toasted.

Zhou Yi returned to his original position, and while eating, he communicated with the directors about the situation during this time.

He is usually not on the crew and has no way to understand the specific situation.

Even if there is a report from Zhuo Qinglian, he only knows the approximate, and cannot know the details.

I was really surprised to see the situation of the crew today.

Director Zhao introduced the situation and was also very emotional: "It seems that our shooting schedule is indeed going to be advanced, and the preparation stage is very smooth, especially the opening set is really built quickly." According to the original plan, I thought it would be at least a week or two! ”

Zhou Yi was very puzzled: "I'm also very strange. I saw that the set in the studio was almost finished, how could it be so fast? ”

"Haha! There is a lot of credit to Elder Rong here! Director Zhao laughed.

Rong Peiyi waved his hand again and again, very modest.

"I know that Rong Lao is the Dinghai God Needle! What the hell is going on? Zhou Yi asked.

"I don't dare to be the Dinghai God Needle."

"Rong is always humble." Director Zhao said, "Last weekend, on the day the boss took out the script, Rong Lao convened the art team and officially started work. In order to design this opening set, Rong Lao took the art team to analyze for an afternoon, and came up with several sets of set design plans on the same day, but they were not very satisfied. ”

"Oh?"

"It was a really good plan, I saw it and thought it was amazing, and we followed the design. We started doing this on the same day last weekend, and everyone was in a hurry, anxious to make a comeback. ”

"Of course, this is a lot of money, and a lot of the budget is spent on the art sets, especially the art sets at the beginning, which takes up a pretty big share of our budget. But it's all worth it. ”

"That's true." Zhou Yi nodded and said, "We will definitely spend the money that should be spent." Just looking at the effect, it's worth it. ”

"Like other indoor scenes, when we go to the film and television city, we can rent similar places, such as classical residential rooms, and yamen can also be rented, but this scene at the beginning of "Five Poisons" is unique to our play, full of treacherous style, and it is the set that sets the overall tone of the film.

Director Zhao explained more, after all, Zhou Yi is young and has not been in the industry for a long time, so he may not understand everything, and it is beneficial to explain more.

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I understand." If the budget is not enough, it will be increased, but the film must be shot well, and there is no need to dwell on the small cost. It's hard for us to lose money with a film of this cost. Even if you lose, where can you lose? I have faith in you, and I have faith in this film. ”

Director Zhao was naturally happy to receive the trust and affirmation of the new boss.

His work has indeed paid off.

"But we still have to save as much money as possible, and we do a lot of the work ourselves. Fortunately, the art team and the set team are very good. We definitely don't have enough manpower for art props, and we also invited an art construction team that often cooperates with us, purchased a large number of simulated cement slabs, and began to build this set, using a combination of real scenery and computer special effects. The technical team is in charge of the post-production, and it's no problem at all. ”

"I've seen it all, and the tech team did a lot of markup there." Zhou Yi nodded.

"The technical team has been following! Where necessary, add special effects. ”

"A few days ago, our art props masters basically worked overnight and worked in two shifts. The art construction team was in a hurry at night. It is precisely because of this that our set can be set up so quickly, and the cost will naturally be higher. ”

"That's true. The masters have worked hard these days. Zhuo Qinglian nodded.

"Everyone's work is really effective, and we will definitely give you bonuses when the time comes." Zhou Yi smiled and promised.

Zhuo Qinglian smiled: "I have long promised to everyone. The boss is relieved. ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

Director Zhao said with a smile: "I can see that the failure of the first few blockbusters did not defeat us, but stimulated everyone's enthusiasm for work." Don't fight for steamed buns! Everyone is holding back their energy! ”

Zhou Yizheng said: "I can fully understand everyone's feelings. When it was time to start filming, I promised to take time off from filming in time, and at present, I will also focus on filming. Let's get things done together. ”

Listening to their conversation, Tang Yan felt a stirring mood and especially wanted to participate.

Director Zhao suddenly remembered something, and laughed: "By the way, boss, our old Rong is really old and strong!" I'm afraid you don't know that our Rong Lao has to play a cameo role in this film! ”

Everyone laughed.

Rong Lao waved his hand embarrassedly.

"Oh? That's great. Which character is it? Zhou Yi asked playfully.

"Little character, it's the old catcher, it's a fun play, haha!" Elder Rong also smiled.

"Haha! I know. That's a quick catcher! The old man sitting in the signing room. ”

"It's just a soy sauce role, no role."

"Actually, this detail is quite well arranged. Even if there are not many scenes, there must indeed be such an old man in the catch. ”

Everyone talked a lot, talked and laughed, and they all thought it was very interesting.

Everyone had a great meal.

After the dinner, everyone had to work as usual in the afternoon, and the leading actors followed the martial arts group and completed the staged training of martial arts according to the requirements of action director Huang Huacheng, and then everyone had to start the literary drama, which is the normal work of the actors. The main actors formed a table in the studio, and according to Director Zhao's requirements, they took the script to the lines, and they had to go through all the lines fluently and sort them out.

If you have any questions that you don't understand, you should raise them in time to deepen your understanding.

In fact, the actors worked very hard, and basically memorized the lines.

Even the actors who got the script late have almost memorized it.

In terms of hard work, everyone is similar, unwilling to be compared to others. Now is the time to work your career.

Zhou Yi has a super memory, so naturally there is no need to say it.

The lines are very smooth, everyone plays with emotion, and as an action movie actor, the acting skills are not bad.

The plot and lines are not complicated, and there is nothing too difficult to understand.

When several leading actors are on the lines, they will also discuss some plots.

The members of the director team are all there, discussing with everyone, even action director Huang Huacheng is also there.

After all, some discussions will involve action design, and there is no separation between civil and military.

While everyone was there, Wu Yuanshen, who played the third scorpion, raised some plot questions at this time. He thinks that the overall layout of the script of this play is very good, which is the reason why he took the play, but there is a detail of the big duel at the end that seems a little inappropriate.

Everyone attaches great importance to his opinion and listens carefully to him.

The director was naturally very concerned and asked patiently.

According to Wu Yuanshen's understanding, the scorpion third child he played in the early play gave people the feeling of being far-sighted, at least far higher than other brothers in terms of strategy, and there was a feeling that he was hiding in the shadows, with Huang Que behind, and everything was under control.

Everyone agrees on that, and it is.

Although after several other leading actors revealed their identities one after another, the audience will definitely be able to guess his identity, after all, he is a star and it is impossible to play passerby A, but this is still a highlight. Action movies don't need to be so weird that people can't even guess them, that's the proper meaning of the question.

And that's not the only highlight of the film, torture and action are also the highlights of the film.

Even if all identities are exposed, as long as the film is well shot, it still has a lot to watch.

In this regard, this film is different from the horror film "Soul Snatcher" in the previous life. If that film makes you guess who the jigsaw is in advance, there will be a big surprise missing, and the watchability of the film will be greatly reduced.

But this "Five Poisons" is different, it is a cult film, but it is also an action movie.

The commercial attributes in this must be grasped, and the director has done a good job in this regard.

The script is handled like this, Wu Yuanshen has no opinion, and he doesn't think that his identity clues should be arranged more secretively.

It's not good to perform, and the effect may not be better.

The question he asked was why the villain, who had been hiding behind the scenes, took the initiative to come to the fore so quickly at the last moment, and killed the second snake in a speechless manner, which was simply self-defeating.

Why did he do it to the second snake so quickly? As a result, he had no advantage in the final duel, but was attacked by the second spirit snake, resulting in his final death. The contrast between the front and back of this arrangement is too great to be acceptable.

Obviously, the villain can fight three against two, and he will inevitably have the advantage.

According to the script, although the fourth child is very strong, Xiao Liu's martial arts are weak, and he is by no means their opponent, and he is obviously at a disadvantage.

As long as they kill Xiao Liu first, they can kill the fourth.

The routines that Lao Si and Xiao Liu studied in advance are not used at all.

As a result, the third scorpion was like a sudden convulsion, using all the wrong moves and losing moves, and his previous wisdom was lost, which almost made people doubt his IQ in front of him. The characters in this play are very distinct, but it feels a bit anticlimactic.

And after the fourth gecko and the little junior brother completed the task of cleaning up the portal, they actually let go of the treacherous county order, and they were far from the image of jealousy and hatred that they had positioned before.

These details really need to be carefully considered.