Chapter 12 Haste is not enough
Back at the hotel, after eating some breakfast bought on the road, and filling his stomach, Fang Bo fell on the bed without bothering to wash.
After sleeping until half past three in the afternoon, he woke up leisurely, got up and washed his face with cold water, and finally regained his consciousness.
He didn't continue to rest, but checked all the footage he had taken last night.
If you are in it during the shooting, there may be omissions, and the set is messy, and you may not be able to watch it so carefully at the time, so it is necessary to check it again during the break.
Luckily, everything is correct.
Then he adjusted the shooting schedule for today.
The crew's daily shooting is as planned, and yesterday's shooting went smoothly and the schedule was advanced, so today's plan must be adjusted accordingly, otherwise it will be chaotic.
This is also the difficulty of the small crew, there are not so many professionals to assist, and Fang Bo has to do it himself.
Fortunately, the small crew has few people and few things, so you can still get busy with more time.
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According to the contract signed by Fang Bo and the supermarket owner, the supermarket will close at 7 p.m. every day, and then the crew can arrange the scene for filming.
As a director, Fang Bo of course has to go a little earlier in order to arrange things on the set in advance.
So after dinner, he went to the supermarket at 6:40.
After a while, the photographer arrived with his assistant, and the makeup artist and several other staff members also arrived.
At seven o'clock, the supermarket closed on time, and they began to prepare for tonight's shooting.
Xu Hongsheng and several other actors gradually came, but the actress Zhou Wei, who waited left and right, just disappeared.
Seeing that everything was ready, only the female lead was missing, so Fang Bo had no choice but to call Zhou Wei.
"Hey, Zhou Wei, where are you, why didn't you come to the set?"
"Director Fang, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
Zhou Wei's first sentence was to apologize, and then explained earnestly: "I overslept in the afternoon, and I didn't catch the bus in the morning, I waited at the bus stop for a long time, and I saw that I was going to be late, so I took a taxi over, and I was still on the bus at this time." The driver said that it will be there in 20 minutes, can you wait for me a little longer? ”
Hearing this, Fang Bo was not only not angry, but relieved a lot.
Before the call, he had several scenarios in his mind.
It may be that the working environment of the crew is too simple, and the low-budget independent film seems to have no future, which made Zhou Wei lose confidence in "Night Club", so she decided not to do it after a day of filming.
Or another crew handed an olive branch to Zhou Wei, so she planned to leave the crew of "Nightclub" to find another job.
Or maybe she just feels too tired to stay up late to shoot and doesn't want to stay up like this anymore, even if she gives up and doesn't shoot.
All in all, Fang Bo was always worried that Zhou Wei would leave the crew.
If that's the case, that's the end of it!
Not only does he have to look for a new female lead, but he also has to face the postponement of filming, and the equipment, venue, and personnel are money every day that is delayed, and the only remaining budget cannot be wasted on this.
Therefore, after hearing Zhou Wei say that he was just late, Fang Bo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, the worst didn't happen.
"It's okay, we've just got ready here, don't be too anxious, stay safe."
Fang Bo didn't put pressure on Zhou Wei, just comforted him.
"Thank you Director Fang, I'll be there in a while, I'm really embarrassed."
Because she delayed the work of the whole group by herself, Zhou Wei blamed herself a little and apologized again and again.
"Just put your heart back in your stomach, I don't blame you." Fang Bo first spoke comfortably, and then said, "Okay, that's it, I'll talk about it when you arrive." ”
After ending the call, he returned to the supermarket and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Wei will arrive in a while, let's check the preparations before the shooting, and take a rest after confirming that it is correct, and start filming when the people arrive." ”
Seeing that everyone was moving, Fang Bo walked to the side alone, thinking about something intently.
Today's incident, although Zhou Wei has to bear part of the responsibility, it is also inseparable from him as a director.
For one, the crew did not have enough budget to arrange accommodation for the members. With so many people, not to mention hotel suites, staying in a hotel is also a big expense. So Fang Bo did not choose to arrange accommodation, but let everyone live in the same place, but provided a little transportation expenses every day as a subsidy.
Second, last night's shooting went very smoothly, in order to catch up with the schedule and finish the shooting early, he didn't let everyone take a break halfway, and shot from 8 o'clock in the evening to 6 o'clock the next morning, and only the interval between shooting could take a break.
After shooting for ten hours in a row, the iron man can't bear it!
Even Fang Bo himself slept with his head bored when he returned to the hotel, let alone a girl like Zhou Wei, who was able to stay up until the end of the shooting, which was already very dedicated.
"Oops."
Fang Bo patted his forehead with a little annoyance, and finally figured out the crux of the problem.
The root of the matter is still in oneself.
I thought that I could save some budget by finishing the filming early, but I ignored the physical endurance of the crew members, which really shouldn't be.
In fact, yesterday until the early hours of the morning, everyone showed signs of fatigue, due to the decline in physical strength and concentration, a shot often had to be repeated several times to succeed, and the contrast with the first one was very obvious.
It's just that Fang Bo was full of thoughts about catching up with the schedule and saving the budget, and subconsciously ignored these things.
No wonder as soon as the filming ended, everyone left in a hurry, only Xu Hongsheng endured his exhaustion and stayed to help.
It's not that they don't want to contribute to the crew, it's just that they really can't bear it, so they all go home to make up for sleep.
Thinking of this, Fang Bo turned his head and carefully looked at everyone's expressions.
Compared to yesterday, everyone was a little tired, and they didn't get to do things so neatly, and the photographer yawned a few times in a row, and his eyes looked like he couldn't open them.
It seems that last night was indeed too tired, and everyone's state has not recovered.
Alas.
Fang Bo shook his head, a little disappointed in himself.
If you want to hurry, you can't reach it!
always thought that he would become famous overnight after the movie was filmed, but he forgot that he was just a rookie director, with no experience and no experience, and as a result, he suffered a big loss at the beginning of shooting.
Fortunately, I woke up in time, and there is still a chance to remedy the matter, otherwise everyone will lose patience when they are tortured by high-intensity shooting, and it will be too late to regret it.
After thinking about it, Fang Bo walked among the crowd, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and was about to say something when Zhou Wei's voice came from the door.
"I'm sorry Director Fang, I'm sorry everyone, I'm sorry for delaying the shooting."
Fang Bo smiled and beckoned to her, "It's okay, you came just in time, I have something to say to everyone, come in." ”