There is no administrative cost for the establishment of the film project on the surface, and a clear reply can generally be given within 7 working days when the materials are complete. Generally, the project is not directly handled by the film director, but by the film's investor to collect relevant materials for approval. But once the audit is blocked, it is necessary to start spending on all aspects. Treats, relationships, relationships, public relations, the cost of which can make you have the urge to commit suicide, a handful of bitter tears.

For film directors, this hurdle is a different problem for each person.

"You're a newcomer, not a big director."

Even if it's a big director, if you want to lie down, you have to lie down.

Jiang Wen is enough to break the cow, but he can play as much as he wants, and he doesn't have a word. I have witnessed it in my previous life, even if "Let the Bullets Fly" made Jiang Wen stand and make money, but due to the audience's over-interpretation, radio and television were directly placed on the opposite side, and director Jiang Wen's next film will inevitably have to drink a pot of censorship. That's why I chose a song and dance theme of the Republic of China that is not easy to touch the bottom line in the next movie, and I played it directly.

chatted a lot with the old man of Chinese opera, and being happy was not in vain, and he inquired about many people and things in the circle, and he was also considered to be in place.

In the project establishment stage, it is true that some themes or director's works only provide a synopsis of the script, and if sensitive information is involved, it is common for you to submit the full script. No one wants to submit a detailed script, and the more detailed the script, the easier it is to review.

In the previous life, I was a little bit careful about the doorways inside. In the case that the script is adapted to suit the domestic market, it will never touch the bottom line.

After the script outline was submitted for approval for the first time, he was also determined to get the original copy of the filming permit, and he definitely couldn't just get a copy. If you take the original, you can take the initiative in the negotiation process during the shooting and distribution. If you get stuck by those people in this regard, it will be very uncomfortable in the future.

After the script project is established, the next step is the content review. The content review of the film is done after the shooting and editing. This is a crucial part for all directors. Whether the filmed film is deleted or changed is determined at the level of content review.

For a lot of directors who keep experimenting with genre films, censorship without a rating system is nothing short of torture. Lou Ye's film was banned, Du Qifeng's film was deleted, and Jia Zhangke's film was required to be overhauled...... In previous lives, it was common to see that some films could not be presented to the audience as the director intended. This is also an important reason why when "Lust and Caution" directed by Ang Lee was released, it triggered a boom in Hong Kong tourism and movie-watching.

After the content review level, Mountain and Sea Studios can breathe a sigh of relief. Next, as long as the technical review before the release is completed, the film can be presented to the audience. In terms of technical review, the film's review rate has reached almost 99%.

According to the announcement of radio and television: the technical review will generally be completed in one to two days, and some films will be sent for review, and they will be reviewed on the spot after being screened once. It can be called a very efficient "one-minute pass".

Why is the technical review so efficient?

The film has reached this point, and there is nothing left to modify in terms of content. At this stage, the pressure of censorship shifts to the censorship department, because if a film that has already been produced is found to be pirated in the market during the final review stage, the censorship department will be under a lot of pressure. So, this last review is usually very painful.

This is also the most direct manifestation of the fear of responsibility of the officials.

Of course, as far as happiness is concerned, the more he thinks about it now, the more he causes trouble for himself, he is poor and white in China, and half of the insiders don't know him, it is definitely taboo to leave the circle and play by himself, he doesn't want to be marginalized and wander forever on the road of pursuing art. Finding a strong backer to escort yourself is the top priority.

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What's the most important thing about a movie, you say actors?

That's right, actors are indeed the soul of the movie, with the ability to do anything, and can shoulder the responsibility of making money or not for the whole movie.

They stand elegantly under the spotlight, fully showing their perfect image to the world, shining with the temperament of superstars, making every fan crazy and captivated.

But as a director, in his mind, the important position of the photographer is even more in front of the actors.

The director is like the chief designer of a product, using the storyboard script to determine the imagination and conception of the shot. The cameraman is the chief engineer, who completely uses his own hands to create and build, turn the imagination in his mind, the words that stay on the paper into reality, and make the whole movie from scratch step by step.

What Happy wants to choose now is this key position that can structure the entire crew, an excellent photographer who is good at telling stories with camera lenses.

American education is practice-oriented, and he also took the camera and made some short films when he was studying abroad. Although he admits that his photography skills are not bad, he still lacks the skills and experience to make a film that can really be screened on the big screen and can stand up to the scrutiny of film festivals.

Of course, he wanted to find a bullish "gold medal photographer" to escort his first film, and Hong Kong's top photographers such as Huang Yuetai and Christopher Doyle were by no means something he could afford, so he gave up that thought.

Now that he has the recommendation of the old man in Chinese opera, he is not blind. What he found straight out was Zhao Xiaoding, the future domestic "gold medal photographer" who had just finished the photography work of "Flower Season and Rainy Season".

If the future of this life remains unchanged, he will follow Zhang Yimou through almost all of Lao Mouzi's movies such as "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", "The City is Full of Golden Armor", and even Olympic propaganda films. The most impressive thing is the long shot of Cardamom and Lanxiang fleeing in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".

-- A veritable old plotter "royal photographer"!

The director and the cinematographer share the same weal and woe, and they are also comrades in the same trench, if they have opposite opinions and no tacit understanding when they cooperate, it will greatly affect the shooting progress of the whole movie.

On the set, the cinematographer must fully understand the director's intention and effect, and focus on the shooting, if you just work for the sake of work, it will not be possible to make the shot perfect and have full convincing power.

On the set, the director is God, and of course you can ask for a reshoot if you are happy, but if you shoot repeatedly, the cost will rise, and no one can make up for the wasted time. Therefore, in the film industry, directors and photographers generally cooperate for a long time, which is why there is a "royal photographer" and "royal actor".

But that is also the future, and today's Zhao Xiaoding can only be regarded as an advertisement at best.

If no one recommends him, Happy will never think of him.

Now he came to visit him in person with the storyboard script, which is full of sincerity. Daoming came to understand, Zhao Xiaoding did not underestimate the other party because he was young, and enthusiastically invited him into the house.

The two sides were a little polite, and happily learned that he had participated in the filming of the first movie "Flower Season and Rainy Season". This is better, at least not a new hand, and said: "Mr. Zhao should take a look at my storyboard first, and let's talk after reading it." ”

"Okay, okay."

As a photographer, the appeal of a film is undoubtedly greater than that of an advertisement.

Zhao Xiaoding is not a big name, he doesn't have so many film appointments, he attaches great importance to this kind of opportunity to come to the door, and he took the script and read it carefully as if no one was around, and even forgot to pour a glass of water for the guests.

This concentration is also very human, no wonder there are such achievements in the future.

I didn't care about being happy, I made myself a cup of tea, and I also gave Zhao Xiaoding a cup by the way.

The other party was studying the script, happy but looking at him: this man was not good-looking, with a beard on his lips, and his clothes were very casual and completely unkempt. If Happy is just a guy who judges people by his appearance, maybe he will really miss this talent.

Zhao Xiaoding has only just entered the film circle now, but he doesn't have so many fancy intestines.

He studied this part of the script very carefully, and after reading not much, he couldn't help but be surprised. He studied this major in college, and he has just finished filming "Flower Season and Rainy Season" and is no stranger to movie lenses. But "Flower Season and Rainy Season" doesn't have any decent storyboard scripts at all, it's just a few stickmen drawn by the director at random. Compared with the two, the script of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" is like a child's play in front of "Central Park", you must know that this movie has won many awards at this summer's college student film festival.