With the Thanksgiving holiday behind and December 2oo3 on the horizon, the Christmas spirit is already taking place across the country.

On Monday at school, Ye Wei received Thanksgiving gifts, in addition to Lev, Bard, Chen Nuo, Corwin and other friends, as well as club members, there were also many strange girls to show affection, and all kinds of deeds in the past month made him popular.

Then let it not stop! Ye Wei announced the focus of the company's recent work to the dream chasers, shooting a professional short film! And the preparatory work has been completed for more than half of the time.

There is still a very important department that the crew has not yet implemented: food supply!

There is a wise saying on the set: if the director can serve the stomachs of the cast and crew, he can have their hearts.

It's not a joke, you must know that enthusiasm cannot be eaten, the work of shooting on set is long and monotonous for most people, and even the director himself will feel dull!

The great French director Truffaut describes directing as "imagining yourself on a trip to the Old West in an old-fashioned horse-drawn carriage: you start with the anticipation of the sights you will be visiting and the countless exciting adventures you will experience...... In the end, you just want to get to your destination quickly. ”

That's why it's so important to have good food that not only keeps everyone in good shape, but also makes them happy, so that they can stay efficient and of high quality.

It is even the most important thing on the set, the director or the food, which one to choose? Interview a hundred people on the set, 99 will choose the food, and the remaining one is the director, or the director's mother.

In addition to a hearty and nutritious lunch (lunch on the set (1unch) is not a traditional lunch, it is a mid-course meal after 6 hours of filming starts every day, so if the shooting starts at 5 p.m. and breaks for dinner at 11 p.m., that meal is also called lunch), the set also needs to provide snacks for a long time, and in almost every set, you can find a snack table in the logistics department, and the long square table is full of all kinds of snacks, let you take it, in this regard, group performances and big stars are fair.

Of course, if there is only one bagel left, and the big man wants it, you have eaten it all to your mouth, and it is better to give it to him.

The set of "Dance of Angels" naturally can't be sloppy, Ye Wei originally planned to find a special catering supply company to cooperate, but Bud shouted and took the initiative to ask for help, his "Good Taste Country" restaurant can take on this important task!

The country of good taste is opened in Santa Monica, it is very close, Ye Wei has eaten it, the main meal and dessert snacks are good, and the Bard family is willing to help, only charge a cost price, that's it!

After the most important part of the logistics was implemented, he began to recruit theater audiences to perform in groups, and when he heard the news, the young students cheered!

"I'm going to participate!!Brother Wei, can you give me a close-up?"

"Oh my God, Boss, you're saying there's a bunch of USC college students filming for you? Haha, that's crazy!!"

"What about college students, they all have to listen to VIy!"

How could anyone not join, even if there were any plans on the 14th, they had to be pushed down, VIy's short film is likely to create a miracle, how lucky he is to be able to appear in it!

The twelve disciples who knew the news one step earlier, the pride on their faces quickly turned into arrogance, and it was so cool to follow Brother Wei to chase their dreams.

"Guys, I almost forgot to say that three of those college students are beautiful women. ”

Ye Wei's words made everyone even more fanatical, and the excited young smiling faces and cheers resounded in the utility room!

On this day, Ye Wei also fulfilled a promise he made before, and sent a text message to Connie to the library where he worked, and gave her a five-minute script "Winter Girl" that he had written in a hurry. Considering Lev's production ability, Connie's and other girls' acting ability, the story is simple:

Because of the cold weather in winter, Connie put on heavy clothes, but was ridiculed by her classmates, but after the help and encouragement of Lily and Trist, with the same thick clothes, she wore the effect of a hot girl, which made the classmates who laughed at her before stunned, had a good day, and also showed and left her youth in the camera.

"Wow!" When she got the script, Connie was so pleasantly surprised, looking at his smiling face, she was so moved that she almost cried, "But, I'm going to forget about it, I didn't expect you to really write it, I thought you just casually agreed...... Oh, wow!"

"How dare I not write? Do you think I'm not afraid of being hunted down by you to an alien planet? ”

"You're funny...... I told Lily that if you get bad with her, I'm going to date you. ”

"Thank you...... Uh, so you can ask her if she can have a threesome date? It's just a joke, don't ask. ”

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On December 2nd, four days have passed since Thanksgiving, Arndt still didn't wait for Ye Wei's call, his frustration became heavier, and sure enough, the screenwriter of the movie was like toilet paper, although it would be very troublesome if it was gone, but after it was used, it would be thrown into the trash......

He remembered the lamented words of Ron Yeksa and Albert Berger: "Michael, I'm sorry, the project was bought by a rich kid and it's all over, hey......"

Is it over? "Little Sunshine Beauty", is it over? Arndt is so worried that he can't eat anything for the past few days, and it feels really uncomfortable to have his dreams shattered.

However, on this night, Ye Wei's phone call came suddenly.

"Michael, I'm sorry, I've been working on a short film lately, and I've been too busy, so our meeting has to be postponed. Well, when my short film is ready, before the Christmas holidays, I just want you to see that I'm not some kind of kid. ”

"Oh, okay, okay......" Arndt could say anything but be good, he didn't have any delusions.

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Ye Wei didn't lie to Arndt, he was really busy, so busy that he didn't have time to date and talk on the phone with Lily, just a few text messages from time to time.

From the 1st to the 8th, for a whole week, whether at school or at home, he spent most of his time giving various copywriting jobs.

Originally, if he only needed to shoot a short film, because there was only a three-day shooting period, a lot of copywriting could be omitted, but he still had to show his professional ability!

So not only do I have to do it, but I don't need a computer, I do it all with my own hands! It's an old antique among old antiques.

As a director, he wanted to draw a storyboard, not using software such as storyboard-Quick, but going to an art store and buying a lot of storyboard drawings with wide screen frame sizes, preparing to draw storyboard concepts for 99% of the shots first, and then draw detailed storyboards, this time, he wanted to make Hitchcock, who had brought the storyboard to shame!

The so-called concept map is a draft, which is generally written with lines, or even a simple stickman, the key is to draw the camera position and movement clearly.

Spielberg drew 7o% of the storyboard concept art for Raiders of the Lost Ark 2, and then his team of storyboarders drew the storyboard to deepen his visual concept.

He came by himself, because he likes to read comics, he has been learning to paint since he was a child, although it is a three-minute heat, but he also has a certain basic skills, and because he has practiced hard in that dream, so his current painting skills are quite good, not as good as professional painters, in the director, it is absolutely enough.

Storyboard drawings are painted, ranging from simple lines to clear writing, and some even detailed sketches......

On the other hand, as a producer, he has to make a shooting plan.

First, subdivide the script, and put each shooting location, each character, each prop, and each costume in the script...... All the things that need to appear in a qiē are sorted out and then made into a scene breakdown table.

This breakdown table will be the bible of the filming stage of the crew, and each department head must have a copy to carry out the work, and any changes must be notified in time.

Next, it's time to plan the number of days you want to shoot and how much you want to shoot each day.

The number of days has been set in advance to 3 days, no matter what, he has to finish the script in those 3 days, if he can't even control the shooting of a ten-minute short film, how can people believe that he can make a feature film?

The answer is simple, let the 1o hour of shooting time a day be as much as possible, instead of constantly changing shooting locations, skipping lunch for 8 hours, everyone is hungry, a scene is filmed, it rains, you can't shoot on location, but you don't have a backup interior shooting plan......

"Dance of Angels" has few scenes and few days, as a person with professional skills, Ye Wei is not difficult to arrange, and there is no sloppiness, making the production schedule is like playing a Rubik's Cube, working hard to flip, adjust, and sort until every side is the same color.

Then, I had to make a filming schedule, which was for the cast and crew, and in a regular large crew, the second assistant director produced and shown.

Everyone involved in the production relies on it to know what work to be done where on a given day, which department head to contact, and so on. Remember, the driving route to the filming location should also be written, if you don't want to delay a day's shooting because one of the main actors gets lost.

Making these things is not interesting, but Ye Wei has this patience, and after doing it well, he also has a full sense of achievement.

If not, then it's best to dispel the idea of becoming a producer, the tedious work of producing a feature film is more than a hundred times more than this short film.

After doing it, Ye Wei gave these things to the eight Arhats, and then ...... They were taken aback!

"Darlum, something really happened to us this time. Parreira was very emotional.

"I don't understand, why does he understand this, so what are we going to school for?" Darum was devastated.

A decent script is understandable, but these copywriters ...... A middle school student made it? They have a hard time understanding this fact.

These storyboards, these production tables, completely show Ye Wei's ability in copywriting, and the same level of professional......ism as them! Do better......

They couldn't figure it out, and none of them could figure it out, so they finally had to accept Ye Wei's arrogant statement: "Because I'm a genius! ”

However, after this shock, the enthusiasm of the eight Arhats became even higher, and they knew that this was not a game for middle school students to make elementary school students happy, and maybe they could really shoot something decent......

In fact, it is not only the copywriting work, but also the selection of actors.

On Sunday the 7th, Ye Wei conducted a collective interview with 12 second-round actor candidates for the four main roles, and determined the leading roles and substitutes.

The group actors have also been found, all the actors have to sign contracts, and for legal affairs, Ye Wei still has to find Attorney Salton to get all of them done, free of charge, and only need to type a sentence on the end credits "Thank you Lawyer Greg Salton for providing legal advice and help for this film!"

December 8th was a Monday, which was also Anna's 1o birthday, and in the evening, Ye Wei's family went to Anna's house to attend her birthday party.

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