200 million director Zhang Tan, the new work is not a movie, but a documentary.

Han Zhidong, director of the documentary department of CCTV 7, was very puzzled, and when he received the assistant's notice, he was stunned for a while before he reacted. Immediately arrange with the people of Luying Company to discuss the documentary cooperation plan, no matter what Zhang Tan thinks, since he wants to make a documentary, he will definitely agree with both hands and feet.

This director is Zhang Tan, although he is a new director, but he is no different from Zhang Chao and others, the most outstanding directors of the fifth generation, and his reputation is generally high.

Regardless of whether Zhang Tan has made a documentary before, as long as he shoots, CCTV will dare to cooperate.

Their documentary department is very shabby, grandma doesn't love uncle and uncle, although a lot of funds are given every year, and more documentaries have been made, but they are all some political propaganda documentaries, or humanities and social documentaries, when they are broadcast, there are no ratings at all.

The documentaries with ratings are all imported from foreign countries, such as "Animal World", "Exploration and Discovery" and so on.

The last time an international film festival was held in Xiangxiang, there was a documentary screening session, and Han Zhidong was invited to attend, and he also brought a large number of documentaries produced by CCTV. As a result, at the seminar, the organizer of the conference, the famous documentary director of the United States, Jacob, said mercilessly.

"Well, there are so many documentaries made in China that reflect the current social situation in China from different levels, but with all due respect, we haven't seen a good work."

This simple summary is four words - all scum.

Han Zhidong's face was very gloomy.

The documentary is in his charge, but Han Zhidong doesn't want to care, because the documentary doesn't produce results. If he doesn't get results, it will be difficult for him to be transferred, and he still wants to compete for the director of the seven sets. It's like this for the documentary. Competition is a fart, he has a backstage. There are no other competitors, and the key is to see who has made the results.

Therefore, Han Zhidong has planned to revitalize documentaries several times, and many directors will immediately offer funds as long as they are willing to shoot.

And then the eggs.

Domestic documentaries still have that taste, and no one watches them.

Just as everyone is optimistic about China's film industry, everyone is also optimistic about China's documentary industry. However, it does not change the facts, and China's documentary industry is still in its infancy, pale and informal.

Now that he heard that Zhang Tan was going to make a documentary, Han Zhidong's originally depressed heart immediately became active. Zhang Tan shoots a documentary. This is not a question of whether the filming is good or bad, but how much attention it can bring and what kind of east wind it can inject into Chinese documentaries. Even if you hit the street, at least you can muddy the waters.

Therefore, the cooperation between CCTV's seven documentary departments and Luying Company is very smooth.

In a cordial, friendly and harmonious atmosphere, the contract was signed, CCTV provided funds, technology and personnel, and Luying provided creativity, copywriting and production. handed over to Zhang Tan to shoot a documentary. The documentary will be jointly copyrighted by CCTV and Luying, and will be authorized to CCTV for free.

In fact, the contract is not taken seriously by everyone, and the cooperation copyright is more like a joke, because of domestic documentaries. If you don't sell it to CCTV, you have nowhere to sell it.

As for overseas?

Sorry, Chinese documentaries are not exported to the outside world for the time being...... Because no one buys it.

Even if it's some foreign TV stations. If they want to show a documentary about China, they will also shoot it themselves. Instead of buying. On the one hand, there are political considerations, and more importantly, low quality will pull down ratings. Foreign TV stations. The competition for ratings is many times more fierce than in China.

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After Zhang Tan's three songs were sent, he soon received a call from Team Leader Liu, in which Team Leader Liu said that these three songs were highly praised by the judges and could be 100% sure that these three songs had been selected for the 4th Olympic Song Essay. As for how it will be arranged, it is to be determined for the time being.

sent the song and contributed his strength to the National Olympic Games, and Zhang Tan also put this matter behind him.

He started his new work, the shooting of a documentary, and plans to invest 15 million in the heavyweight documentary.

This documentary was a prop for Zhang Tan to change the topic when he ate fried eggs that day, but in fact, he had already had the intention to shoot it. The name of the documentary is familiar, it is called "A Bite of China". Probably a Chinese who knows this documentary, the only documentary in China that has reached international standards.

has a high standard and skillfully integrates Chinese humanities into it, if such a good documentary is not filmed, Zhang Tan feels that it is a crime against art.

So he was just about to take a break from filming, so he just made this documentary.

It is not uncommon for film directors to make documentaries, many directors like to play like this, and the more famous one is James Cameron, who is the director of Ofuna and Avatar, and has made several documentaries in his spare time. In order to make a documentary, he also dived into the Mariana Trench at a depth of 10,000 meters.

It is the world's record for the ultimate depth of diving into the ocean.

Don't hang it, don't want it.

Senior's demeanor, Zhang Tan can't do it, this is a joke with his own life. Zhang Tan was afraid of death, so he just went to pat the food, and by the way, he refreshed a wave of high quality and enjoyed the literary and artistic life.

"A Bite of China is a food documentary, based on food and supplemented by humanities."

At the film crew meeting, Zhang Tan explained the general content of the documentary to the crew members: "We don't want food experts, cooking masters, cooking competitions, and Manchu and Han banquets, what we shoot is the most common food in Tiannan and Haibei, as well as the protagonist of food." ”

After a pause, Zhang Tan said: "I plan to shoot this film for a year, divided into six groups, and each group chooses a director to be responsible for material shooting. I'm the chief director, and I tell you how to shoot and what you need to shoot...... Everyone looks at the tentative outline of the shooting in front of them, finds the subject they want to shoot, and then we arrange the grouping. ”

The tentative outline of the filming arranged by Zhang Tan basically includes the content of the first and second seasons of "A Bite of China", and the seven episodes of the first season are almost impeccable, and Zhang Tan naturally laughs at them all.

The seven episodes of the second season are mixed, mainly because the humanities part talks too much, and the director shows some things too much, and the result is inferior. But let's be honest. Except for the fourth episode, Zhang Tan likes the other episodes. I think the four episodes of "Footsteps", "Heart Biography", "Meeting", and "Three Meals" still have quality assurance.

Because Zhang Tan didn't plan to make a documentary for several seasons in a row, this first season of "A Bite of China". He decided to shoot twelve episodes, that is, "Tip of the Tongue 1" plus four episodes of "Tip of the Tongue 2", and one super long tidbit.

Learning from the lessons of "Tip of the Tongue 2", Zhang Tan strictly formulated the shooting content, which must be food-oriented, and humanity should not be over-proportioned.

"Everyone has found the subject matter they want to shoot, and after going back and dividing into groups, we will discuss the shooting method carefully. Well, when grouping. Try to separate the experienced staff and join the various director groups. Zhang Tan finally said.

There are two parts of the documentary film crew, one is Zhang Tan's original stone team, and the other is an employee of CCTV's documentary department.

Six groups, Chen Li, Wang Xiaoyu, and Yu Hui each have a group, and CCTV's Ma Zhiyu, Gou Yucai, and Zhao Shipeng also have a group each.

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After the grouping, a team including the team leader had a total of six team members, namely the assistant director, cameraman, lighting and two field workers. These six groups will be in the next year. Tiannan Haibei flew around, shooting a lot of material that Zhang Tan needed.

The meeting then discussed what and how to shoot it.

"Documentaries themselves are slow and meticulous work, and foreigners even spend several years and more than ten years shooting material in order to make a documentary. We need to learn from this spirit. Of course, we don't need to shoot for so long with one lens, allocate the time to collect materials from all over the place, and shoot when the time comes. One year is enough. ”

After Zhang Tan finished speaking, he used the projector to project a few more slides.

"Let's take a look at some of the posters I've designed." Zhang Tan pressed the button. The first poster is projected.

The poster has a lot of meaning, with a pair of chopsticks holding a strip of tenderloin. But if you look closely, you will see that the red lean part is in the shape of a mountain, the white fat part is a river, there is a small boat on it, and the yellow flesh part is a long line of wheat waves.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Tan switched to the second one. This poster is also a pictogram, a large bowl with a boat floating on it, incorporating both the mountains and the water.

The next few are all posters with similar artistic conceptions.

Zhang Tan turned to look at everyone: "You can probably guess how I'm going to shoot, right?" ”

Chen Li nodded: "I can roughly see a little clue, the director wants to create a food environment and people by filming food, right?" ”

Zhang Tan nodded: "That's probably what it means, of course, it's not about shooting the environment or people alone, shooting the environment and people will be inferior, we have to shoot food." So how the food came from, who discovered the food, who created the food, who ate the food, and what customs there were for eating food in that place, can all be added. ”

Then he went on to talk about the specific structure and pattern, and then everyone discussed it together to figure out all the details.

In the next few days, Zhang Tan got high-definition cameras and other cutting-edge equipment from CCTV and assigned them to six teams. This time, the documentary should not only be filmed with humanity, but also with pictures, and use the most beautiful pictures to present the most beautiful food and the most beautiful China.

A few days later, the film crew divided into six routes and began to shoot all over the country.

Zhang Tan also worked tirelessly, flying around, wandering between the groups, guiding and supervising.

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"Tan Zhang wants to make a documentary!"

The news spread after New Year's Day in 2008. At Zhang Tan's level, if you want to do something, you can't hide the news at all.

He will endure not to say it, just like he does charity and does not say anything, but there is no guarantee that the people around him will not say it. Especially those reporters, all kinds of relationships, will always make some employees excited, and then reveal Zhang Tan's news.

The same is true of this documentary, which was first published by a reporter from Xinlang.com, and then reprinted by major media.

"CCTV Luying cooperated in the filming of "A Bite of China", and Tan Zhang's new work was determined to be a large-scale food documentary."

"Film directors are booming, why did Tan Zhang switch to documentaries again?"

"Is it versatile, or fearless - an exclusive review of Tan Zhang's history of fame."

"Martial arts? Song? Movie? Now it's the turn of the documentary? How talented is Tan Zhang? ”

For Zhang Tan's documentary, there are doubts and affirmations.

In order to avoid everyone's speculation, Zhang Tan's personal Weibo released new news and dealt with it in a low-key manner: "Filming "A Bite of China" is purely a personal hobby, bringing some benefits to the majority of food lovers, and also showing you the story of the 5,000-year-old traditional farming civilization between people and food. (To be continued.) )