Making movies and TV series is a very tedious thing.

Not as effortless as the tidbits seem, but over and over again, and often possibly in extreme circumstances.

You must be patient, from the early planning of the script to the post-editing, it is very grinding.

There's a lot of material to edit in post, and you need to be very patient with the post producer about what you want, and then change it over and over again.

Therefore, many directors are very short-tempered.

No way, it's all forced!

Think about it, you obviously emphasized dozens of times, this prop must be plush, and then the prop master gave you a whole leather made of it, and what did you say about this cheap...

Some people are really scolded!

Most directors are very good at scolding, especially directors who have climbed up step by step from the bottom, and they don't repeat their scolding!

Bai Xiaofei of course belongs to the director who climbed up from the bottom, he first worked as a director's assistant, that is, a field worker, and then came into contact with photography step by step, and then became an executive director.

He is in the crew, and generally the director scolds him, and then he scolds the people below...

In addition to being an all-round film artist, a great director is also a philosopher, thinker, and film innovator.

A good director is a skilled filmmaker, who is good at using cinematic means to tell a story, which is not great, but at least complete and solid;

A competent director is a skilled filmmaker, they have basic directing qualities, and the work presented is not necessarily great, not necessarily amazing, but the completion of the work is acceptable, and there will be no fatal shortcomings.

In fact, the profession of director is quite something, it is obviously a very professional and basic skills are very important, but it was once misunderstood as a profession that anyone can do.

There is a set of very vivid diagrams that can roughly distinguish the division of labor among the crew.

The recording engineer is also the one who collects the sound on the spot, and what he has to do is to maintain the order of the scene, so as not to have any noise into the audio track;

The main job of the lighting and photography director is to scold the streets;

The props and scenery were scolded;

The main job of on-site editing is to be in a daze;

Assistant director, expert in physical identification!

Director, I want to die every minute...

It's a very conventional crew routine.

Being a director is not only a brain-consuming thing, but also a physical strength!

If the construction period is not very rushed, then start at 8 o'clock every day and leave work at 6 o'clock;

Of course, with the current wind and television industry, crews that don't rush the deadline basically don't exist!

Although we are not as good as Hollywood in terms of quality, our speed is definitely several times faster than Hollywood.

The cycle time for a movie is usually 60 days, and for a TV series it is three months...

Catch up with the United States and the United Kingdom, a matter of minutes!

How bold man is, how productive the land is!

……

Back in Xihong City, the crew's preparations officially began.

The preparation stage of film and television dramas is very important, just like building a house to lay a good foundation, you must consider all aspects of things in advance, otherwise, when filming officially starts, there will definitely be a bunch of things that you can't think of!

The Hollywood film cycle is generally a U-shaped structure, and the preparation period still occupies more than half of the time in the later stage, and the real shooting time is pitiful, and the domestic aspect is much worse, except for a very small number of big directors' royal teams will adopt this approach, most of the grass stage team pulled up a bunch of people to start drying, and when the filming really started, I found that there was a bunch of conditions!

The co-producer of "Waste Wood Brothers" is Dong Jian's Sanle Film and Television Investment, the reason why he cooperates with him is not only because of the good relationship between the two, but more importantly, Sanle Film and Television has professional shooting equipment!

Sanle Film and Television will participate in the investment in the form of equipment leasing...

The main photographer Xiao Jiu, props master Lin Xiaopeng, makeup, lighting, and scenery entered the crew in batches, and then followed Bai Xiaofei into the crew preparation.

As a sitcom, "Scrap Wood Brothers" does not need much scheduling, but just remodeled the rented office and added a lot of tools that meet the office.

In three days, the work is almost over.

Bai Xiaofei clapped his hands: "Okay, let's officially start filming the day after tomorrow, I want to say, this is my first work, I'm very grateful... Forget it, it's useless to talk so much, so let's do it, when our works are sold, I will give 10% of the profit as a bonus! ”

I wanted to sigh two sentences, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed them raw...

What kind of dreams, there's no point!

Who has time to listen to you popularize chicken soup?

Most of the crew just treat the crew as a workplace, he works, you give money, it's right...

"Long live the director!"

Father, mother, not as good as RMB!

Whoever gives the money will live long!

Bai Xiaofei motioned for everyone to be quiet: "... Of course, I'm talking about it in the first place, my crew doesn't welcome people who mess around, if any of you have this kind of thought, you can get out of here now! ”

"Also, the daily shooting is coordinated by the assistant director, and if you have any questions, you can ask me to react in private."

"By the way, our drama only has a schedule of forty days, if there is a mistake in any link, I can't spare you!"

……

Hot pot restaurant.

"Hey, I don't have a chance for "Lao Pao'er", the producer told my agent, my reputation is too low!"

Zhang Shan was a little depressed.

happily accepted two rounds of auditions, and the teachers in charge of the auditions, including the director, were very optimistic about him.

It's useless, the producer took him off with a word...

"Here, give you your phone, adjust the pixels to the most normal, take a selfie!"

Bai Xiaofei handed over the phone.

“… What do you mean? ”

"Let you recognize yourself!"

“… You're ugly! ”

Zhang Shan reacted easily, and immediately became furious and scolded.

“… I didn't say you were ugly,"

Bai Xiaofei swallowed a large piece of mutton shabu for a long time, and then said: "I just said that you are handsome and not obvious!" ”

“… That's better than you, is anyone looking for you to film? ”

Zhang Shan wanted to find a sense of existence in Bai Xiaofei: "Dude, don't you blow it, a few days ago, my agent told me that Director Zhang wanted to find me to make a cameo appearance in a play, and I was stunned to push it for our "Waste Wood Brothers"! ”

“… Can you get a face? Director Zhang, why don't you say that Cameron wants to find you to shoot "Avatar 2"? ”

"I'm just exaggerating, in fact, there are really directors who asked me to make a movie, and I didn't go!"

“… Your choice is right, follow me, I promise to make you popular all over China within three years, win the Palme d'Or in five years, and win the Oscar in ten years! ”

Bai Xiaofei still maintained a slow and methodical posture, chewing food in his mouth...

“… Xiaobai, your skills are rising! ”

Zhang Shan couldn't help but marvel.

"What skill?"

"You're bragging now, you don't blink your eyes, so shameless, how did you do it?"

"Without it, only the mouth is familiar..."