239: Workaholic
Making movies, in the eyes of ordinary people, should be a passionate job, especially when you see the movies you shoot appear on the screen, there will always be an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
But only when you are personally involved will you understand that in addition to the moment the movie is released, you will always feel a sense of accomplishment, and you will always be accompanied by endless NG during filming.
Movies are not as good as TV series, and they must be perfect when shooting, and there is no room for sloppiness.
And the cost of a movie is often higher than the cost of a TV series, or two TV series. In addition to the actors' salaries, there are also big differences in equipment.
To shoot a film, you need a special kind of film, which is expensive and a one-time consumable. If you can't shoot successfully, then it will be invalidated.
On the first day of shooting, as always, there were many difficulties in front of everyone.
Previously, Tang Yuen felt that Wang Luo's choice of lenses was a little too simple, but what happened later made Tang Yuen feel a little incredible.
For a whole day, the office scene had not been filmed, and according to the script's plan, this clip was only less than two minutes long.
NG again and again, which made Xu Zheng feel pressured, and even the crew felt that Wang Luo's requirements were a little too high? There are a lot of shots, and they look and feel pretty good.
But when they looked back at Wang Luo, they could only see Wang Luo frowning tightly, and then remaking it over and over again.
Except for the first shot shot in the morning that could satisfy Wang Luo, there was no one in the whole day today that could satisfy Wang Luo.
And Wang Luo was also a little skeptical. Didn't you enter a strange phenomenon yourself? Each time the director is on the first day of booting. Can they only shoot one shot?
"Director Wang. There are a lot of shots that I look good at, don't you think it's ......? Tang Yuen looked at Wang Luo hesitantly.
If it weren't for waiting for a day, Tang Yuen would never have taken the initiative to stand up and ask Wang Luoti.
This film company is intended to be used as a Chinese New Year film, and for this reason, it deliberately squeezed out the old movie. And it's already December, and there is no room for them to be so careless in terms of time.
And there is still a long time between the completion of filming and the release of a movie.
Let's not talk about auditing or anything, with the strength of China Entertainment. Ability to get a film to pass the review in less than a week. As long as the filming is completed, it will probably know when it will be released, and if China Entertainment comes forward to contact in advance, it can at least guarantee that the film will be released as soon as it is reviewed.
This was indeed done in a hurry, and no one was optimistic that Wang Luo would be able to complete the film before the Spring Festival.
And there is another point to take into account, and that is the Spring Festival.
Although you don't have to go to work during the Spring Festival, everyone needs to go home for the New Year, a traditional festival of the Spring Festival. During the Chinese New Year, when family and friends get together, who will go to the cinema to watch a movie?
I don't see those cities. Usually, people are next to each other, but when it comes to the Spring Festival, it has become an empty city. Usually you can walk for two or three hours on a road. During the Spring Festival, you can walk in an hour.
There are not even many people on the street, who will go to the movies? This year's Spring Festival is at the end of January and the beginning of February, which is less than two months away.
Leave enough time for China Entertainment to operate, that is to say, the time that can be given to Wang Luo is only one and a half months. After a month and a half, the film must be sent to the General Administration for review.
Only in this way can it be released before the end of the year. As for the release after the Chinese New Year, is it still called the New Year?
Therefore, looking at the current filming progress, Tang Yuen, who has no ears to what is going on outside the window, is also a little anxious.
"Director Tang, some things can be made up, and some things must not be sloppy. I know your concerns, but we can do something from somewhere else. Wang Luo patiently explained.
Even if there is no way to make the movie be released before the year, Wang Luo will definitely not be shoddy. It's a movie, but it's a signboard.
"Hey, it's only about a month and a half......" Tang Yuen shook his head and stopped talking.
He didn't have much to say about this matter.
It doesn't matter if Wang Luomu is empty, or if the company is anxious, in short, this time the incident is not the fault of a certain person. Although there are problems on Wang Luo's side, there are no problems in the company.
Now Tang Yuen can only hope that the next shooting progress can be faster, so as not to affect the next plan.
'Click! ’
Wang Luo took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the desk, the dense crew, and the photos of Xu Zheng and the three actors resting.
"A month and a half, that's enough." Wang Luo looked down at his phone and said casually.
On the phone, Wang Luo opened the micro. Beau, put up the photo you just took, and complete it with a piece of text.
'Anyone can guess where this is, I'm giving you a big gift, limited to five places.' I'll announce the answer when it's full. ’
"Director Tang, if you have time, forward my micro. Beau, but don't give the answer. Wang Luo smiled slightly and said to Tang Yuen.
"Hey......" Tang Yuen shook his head helplessly, and immediately took out his mobile phone.
At this time, Wang Luo was still so playful that he asked him, a famous director, to forward Wang Luo's micro. Bo, although it is estimated that it is related to the movie, but now Tang Yuen is more concerned about Wang Luo's way to complete the task on time.
"How long does a movie last? If it goes well, sometimes you won't need it for a month. The real waste of time is the post-production as well as the pre-release promotional work. Now we don't have that much time, so we have to use one person as two people, filming and post-production, and at the same time with all kinds of publicity. Wang Luo saw Tang Yuen's thoughts and hurriedly explained.
"Are you crazy?" Tang Yuen said in astonishment, causing the crew to turn around and look at the two of them.
"It's okay, keep resting!" Wang Luo waved his hand at everyone, and then said softly: "I want to speed up the progress, I want to make a good film, and I don't want to work hard, Director Tang, you are also an old director, don't you know if there is such a good thing in the world?" ”
"No, it's absolutely not going to work." Tang Yuen shook his head violently and resolutely denied.
Tang Yuen is just a director, although he belongs to China Entertainment, but with Tang Yuen's fame, it can also be said that he can go sideways in China Entertainment. Therefore, Tang Yuen didn't pay attention to the previous grievances between Wang Luo and Lu Guoming.
After Infernal Affairs, Tang Yuen began to be a little impressed by Wang Luo, and this time he came to Wang Luo as an assistant director, although it was a bit of a loss, but at the end of the day, Tang Yuen also learned some other things.
For example, the camera control of the shooting, the level of understanding of the script, and the requirements for the whole drama, etc.
Maybe in terms of professional knowledge, Tang Yuen knows more than Wang Luo, but I have to admit that it is Wang Luo, a 28th exercise player, who is stunned and admires Tang Yuen.
As for the method that Wang Luo just said, Tang Yuen would never agree to it.
While filming, it is understandable to use various channels to promote it, and every crew will do so. And because of the time on their side, it is normal for them to have more publicity.
But post-production while shooting, it's absolutely impossible. Normal shooting, it may take more than ten hours a day, and if you add post-production, I'm afraid the director won't have time to sleep at all.
In fact, there are two people in charge of post-production, one is the producer and the other is the director.
Unfortunately, although this film is equipped with a producer, the real producer is still Wang Luo, and the producer who is equipped is similar to Tang Yuen, who is all learning from the side.
"Hehe, Director Tang, it's not as terrifying as you think. I knew if every shot was useful or not, and the post-production was quick. Wang Luo couldn't explain too much to Tang Yuen.
But I also didn't want Tang Yuen to worry too much, so I could only reluctantly fool around first, and when it was time for post-production, Tang Yuen would naturally know.
Next, two more were shot, but the results still couldn't satisfy Wang Luo. After looking at the time, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and everyone was tired for a day, so Wang Luo directly waved his hand and ordered everyone to call it a day.
And Wang Luo led Tang Yuen and the producer to the post-production room to continue working, because there are not many successful films today, Wang Luo quickly picked out the films he wanted from the semi-finished products.
Then tell those post-production technicians about their requirements, and watch them to deal with it personally, because there is no dialogue, so the work of adding subtitles is not needed for the time being.
In less than an hour, the post-production of the first shot was finally completed. Of course, it is not that only one shot was synthesized for more than an hour, but five shots were synthesized, and one shot was selected from which Wang Luo was satisfied.
To be honest, Wang Luo's post-synthesis speed is not fast, it only took nearly an hour to shoot only one or twenty seconds, and if the subsequent shooting goes smoothly, how much time does Wang Luo need to spend in this area every day?
Of course, if Wang Luoken relinquishes power, it will be another story. Shoot today, produce today's post-production tomorrow, and so on, and even if you encounter any problems in the middle, you only need to delay for three or four days to complete post-production.
However, Wang Luo obviously didn't plan to do this, after finishing this post-production, Wang Luo stretched his waist and said: "Director Tang, this matter is handed over to you, I hope to be able to take this post-production team with me, so that I can produce post-production when I am idle and avoid wasting more time." (To be continued......)