There are four steps in the production of a movie, pre-preparation, mid-shooting, post-production, and final release. The preliminary preparation is divided into script, review, project planning, art design and storyboarding. The script and sub-shot Shao Shuaijun have been confirmed, the shooting permit is still being approved, and the rest is project planning and art design.

In terms of art design, it is necessary to set up an art group, and Zhao Cheng is responsible for preparing for the art group. The chief artist invited by the art group is Zhang Xiaobing from Huayi, Zhang Xiaobing has his own studio, and after receiving Zhao Cheng's invitation, he brought his own team. Including the deputy artist is Li Yaning, the art assistant secretary, the costume director Zuo Shi, the modeling design Yang Yang, the costume assistant Wang Yang, the makeup Yang Hong, the makeup assistant Xiao Yuer, the props Sun Tongshui, Liu Liguang, Zhengping, Lao Jiu, the props assistants Wang Su, Lin Houguang, and the scenery is cold and righteous.

Shao Shuaijun explained the background of the movie, which is in Yuzhong County, Shancheng City (referring to Chongqing ~~~~~~ Qing), and the basic style belongs to realism. After signing the contract and advancing 500,000 yuan, Zhang Xiaobing took his team and set off to Shancheng to start the early stage of art design. Shao Shuaijun and Zhao Cheng flew to Hengdian to find a suitable assistant director, executive director and scene recorder, and prepare the director team.

Since the completion of Hengdian, the momentum of development is very great, every year there are a large number of crews to Hengdian filming, from 96 years of "Opium War", to the end of last year, the released data, has received more than 200 crews, a total of more than 4000 episodes of film and television dramas, this year the crew is a big increase, known as Chinese Hollywood.

In Hengdian, the first thing Shao Shuaijun is looking for is Li Kai, who will also be a talented young comedy director in the future. Li Kai originally worked as an assistant director for Cheng Kaige's "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", and later as an assistant director for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and then he has been directing TV series, and his reputation is not obvious.

And now, Li Kai has just finished co-directing the TV series "Happy Pig Bajie" and is doing post-production in Hengdian.

One of the assistant directors of the original "Crazy Stone" is Li Kai, Li Kai has been the assistant director of blockbuster movies and has also directed TV series himself, which can help Shao Shuaijun support the director team very well. Shao Shuaijun, who was born as an assistant director, knows best how comfortable it is to have a good assistant director in the director team.

As long as the director has ideas, all the work can be handed over to the assistant director to perform.

After receiving a call from Zhao Cheng and reading the script, Li Kai joined the crew without hesitation.

"Director Shao, this script is really amazing, it has a strong Guy Ritchie style, and it incorporates local elements. I didn't expect Director Shao to be young enough to write such a script, and I was honored to join the crew. "Li Kai has a mustache and looks very happy.

"Director Li has seen big scenes, and he just helped me take the helm."

"Don't dare to be at the helm, hit the hands, fight the hands."

With Li Kai, he can keep the true character of the original film from being lost, and then Shao Shuaijun contacted two other people. One is called Wang Yixue, who also serves as an assistant director, and the other is called Ma Hu, who serves as a scene reporter. Wang Yixue and Ma Hu are both people known to Shao Shuaijun in later generations, and they got the status of assistant directors with their talents, but they never got the director qualifications.

Now the two are still filming TV series and doing chores, and when they heard that a movie crew was looking for them, they signed a contract without saying a word.

In this way, the director, executive director, assistant director, and scene notes of the director team are all available. At that moment, everyone took care of their personal affairs and flew to the mountain city together to discuss the various projects of film shooting with the art team. Shao Shuaijun called his sister Shao Xiaoling by the way, and rushed to the crew to take charge of finances.

Since mid-April, Shao Shuaijun has been rushing into the new movie.

A series of questions came to the selection of scenes, the negotiation of rental venues, the selection of equipment and equipment, the description of shots, the background research of costumes, language, and movements. For the real surname of the movie, first of all, Zhao Cheng's relationship invited Wang Hongwei, an associate professor of Nortel, to serve as a guide, and Professor Wang brought two apprentices to participate in the planning of the script together.

The salary is not high, mainly because Professor Wang wants to take time out to go around, take care of eating, drinking, and living, 1,000 yuan a day, and two apprentices 200 a day. It took seven days, and the crew was responsible for paying for the three of them to travel everywhere, which is called a field trip. It took nearly 20,000 yuan in this regard alone, and the final script was well polished in terms of lines and scenes.

The crew then prepares the production team, the drama crew, the camera crew, and the recording crew.

The production team is Shao Shuaijun himself in charge, the production director below is the veteran filmmaker Zhang Yu, the on-site producer is Geng Hao, a director professional assistant teacher of the Meishi Film School of Shancheng University, the external producer is Qi Wansheng, Zhang Chao, and Dagang from Zhao Cheng, and the life producer is Wang Jingjing invited from Eying. In addition, three students, Zhang Ting, Wang Zhong, and He Jun, were invited from the Meishi Film School of Shancheng University to serve as production assistants.

Meishi Film School of Yamashiro University is the second film school in China in addition to Beiying. Shan Cheng University cooperated with Hong Kong Meishi Power Group to create a school of film and television arts. The famous Zhang Guoli serves as the dean, and the faculty is strong, and there is such a treasure trove, Shao Shuaijun naturally has to make good use of it.

There are only three people in the drama team, and the drama director Jiang Zhigang, a part-time assistant director, is a lecturer of drama and literature at the Academy of American Television. Drama administrators Ma Ning and Wu Zhiqiang are his students.

The photography team is also under the coordination of Shao Shuaijun, the photographer is Shi Sheng, the deputy photographer is Ge Wanhan, the stills artist and documentary is Zhang Teng, and the photography assistant Ma Meng. The lighting engineer is Wang Chunzhi, and the lighting assistants Chen Yonghao, Zhu Jianzhong, Zhu Yanlin, and Dong Xilai.

In the recording team, the recording engineer is Wang Yanwei, and the recording assistants Gao Guodong, Xu Yuan, and Qi Jun.

Most of these people are invited from the Meishi Academy, and some are found from the local theater troupe, the salary is not high, but the technology is very good. There are still some fight scenes in the movie, and the local Haoxiang Film and Television Stunt School has been contacted, and the principal Yang Haoxiang, who was a famous martial arts actor back then, took a group of students to be responsible for martial arts design. At the same time, Zhao Cheng also flew to Hong Kong, preparing to contact Luo Lixian and his Raptors stunt team.

Luo Lixian is a well-known person in the stunt industry, he became a taekwondo black belt champion at the age of 18, and he served as the stunt director or director of blockbusters such as "Bloody Heroes" and "Plan B", and cooperated with Cheng Long's family class the most.

A few days later, Zhao Chengfei came back, and Luo Lixian did not agree to come, but the Raptors stunt team came with a few family members. At the same time, there is also a big-name star - Lian Weijian.

Lian Weijian is an artist under ATV, and his reputation is not weak, but in recent years, ATV has reduced production, and Lian Weijian has not received a TV series for more than a year, and he has only played a few inconsequential supporting roles on the big screen. Originally, he would not move to the mainland until 05 years to join "Crazy Stone".

Shao Shuaijun mentioned it and asked Zhao Cheng to ask Lian Weijian if he would like to come to the mainland, but he didn't expect Lian Weijian to agree. made Shao Shuaijun happy, after all, the thief Mike played by Lian Weijian in the original version is very tasteful, especially the sentence "Top your lungs", which also set off a wave of popularity.

It's great to have Lian Weijian joined.