Chapter 17 Occupy the Road and Shoot
Half a month passed in a flash, and the time came to March 6.
As usual, after staying up late last night to shoot, Fang Bo went back to the hotel to rest until the afternoon, and when he got up, it was already half past three in the afternoon.
The long-term biological clock made him always groggy after staying up late, even if he slept enough for eight hours, so he had to go to the toilet and wash his face with cold water before he finally woke up completely.
"Whew."
Looking at the dark circles on his face in the mirror, Fang Bo couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It's really tiring to shoot night scenes every day.
Fortunately, such days will not last long.
The filming progress of "Night Club" was much faster than Fang Bo expected, at first he thought it would take at least a month to finish filming, and it was normal to drag it on for a month and a half, after all, it was a small crew, and once something went wrong, it would be a big problem.
Unexpectedly, the run-in of the crew members was very smooth, and the filming progressed rapidly, and now more than half of the progress has passed, and it should be completed in about ten days.
After washing up, he walked out of the bathroom, and he took out his phone and looked at the date.
It's March 6th, and the finishing day is about the middle and late of this month, plus the post-production may take more than half a month, and there is still time to submit for review.
Zero Zero finally settled, and it is estimated that it will not be until late April for "Nightclub" to complete the full production.
Late April, not far from May.
Fang Bo roughly calculated the time, and a sense of urgency appeared in his heart.
He must complete the production of the film before May, otherwise it will be difficult for this small-budget film to complete the distribution, and he will not be able to sell the copyright when he wants to, let alone be released in theaters.
Fortunately, although the time is a little tight, the crew's filming work is normal, as long as the filming continues step by step, and there is no need to be in a hurry, the whole movie can be successfully completed before May.
Thinking of this, he finally relaxed a little and started today's work.
I checked all the footage from last night, arranged my shooting plan for tonight, had dinner, and it was just 6 o'clock when I was done.
Fang Bo rested for a moment, and then left for the set.
He took the bus to the street next to the supermarket, he got off the bus at the station and walked towards the supermarket, and after passing a corner, a group of people around the intersection in front of him came into his eyes.
What's the situation?
Did something happen?
Fang Bo is not a person who likes to watch the excitement, but the position of this group of people is just on the way to the supermarket, and if you want to go to the filming set, you have to pass through here, otherwise you have to go around a big circle and pass in the other direction, so he walked forward in confusion.
When he got closer, he saw several familiar figures in the crowd, Xu Hongsheng, Zhou Wei, the photographer of the crew and several other people were all around there.
Are they watching the fun?
After taking a few steps forward with questions, Fang Bo noticed that there was a barrier in front of the crowd, and it was precisely because of the barrier that Xu Hongsheng and the others were stopped at this necessary intersection to go to the supermarket.
Walking closer, Fang Bo asked, "Old Xu, what's wrong?" ”
Xu Hongsheng was arguing with a person behind the isolation zone about something, and when he heard Fang Bo's voice, he hurriedly turned his head, as if he had found a savior, and hurriedly explained: "Director Fang, come and see, I don't know what's going on, suddenly a crew wants to film on this street, blocking the intersection and preventing us from passing." ”
"Filming?"
Before Fang Bo, who was confused, could react, Zhou Wei, the photographer and others next to him also spoke.
"Director Fang, the intersection was already blocked when we arrived just now, and they said they were making a movie called "Dream Chaser"."
"That's it, I said that we are also the crew of the movie, and the scene still refuses to let us go."
"They are too domineering, let's make a movie, let's make a movie, we didn't make trouble in the past, we also have a movie to make, why block the road without saying hello."
In the uproar of everyone, Fang Bo roughly understood what had happened.
A film crew called "Dream Chaser" occupied the street where the supermarket was located for filming in order to shoot, blocking the intersection on both sides, causing Xu Hongsheng and them to be unable to go at all.
There are more crews filming in Hengdian, and there are a lot of people who need to occupy the road to shoot, which is nothing. It stands to reason that this kind of filming needs to be reported in advance and apply for a shooting permit, and a notice is generally issued before the official start of filming.
The problem is that not only Xu Hongsheng and them, but even Fang Bo did not receive even the slightest bit of news, so what the crew of "Dream Chaser" did was very suspicious, and it was not even good to say whether they had the relevant filming permits.
"Okay, I know, don't worry, I'll call Boss Liu first to ask about the situation."
In order to confirm the conjecture in his heart, after Fang Bo calmed everyone's emotions, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Boss Liu in the supermarket.
"Hey, Boss Liu."
"Director Fang, why did you remember to call me today, is there something going on at the supermarket?"
Boss Liu's hearty voice came from the mobile phone, mixed with the collision sound of mahjong, it seems that Boss Liu is soaking in the chess and card room as usual and rubbing mahjong.
"That's right, there is a crew called "Dream Chaser" who occupies the street where the supermarket is located to film, and everyone in our crew is stopped and can't get by, but I haven't received any notice before, so I want to ask if you have received any news over there?"
"There is a crew occupying the streets for filming?" Boss Liu looked a little surprised and denied: "No, I haven't heard of any news, otherwise I would definitely tell you." ”
"Okay, I got it." Fang Bo frowned, it seems that this crew really started filming without getting permission.
"Oh, by the way, Fang Dao, you wait."
After speaking, Boss Liu paused for a while, and then said: "One of the people who played mahjong with me lived on the next street, and he said that he received a notice from the next street that a movie crew was going to film there recently, and the name seemed to be "Dream Chaser". ”
"Next street?" Fang Bo's brow furrowed even deeper.
I thought it was without a permit, but now it seems that there is a permit, but I didn't shoot in the area specified in the permit at all, and I obviously applied for the next street, but I actually came to this street to film.
"Director Fang, how's it going?"
Seeing that Fang Bo finished the call, everyone asked curiously.
"I've already understood the situation, wait until I go and talk to the people in their crew."
Hearing this, everyone got out of the way.
Fang Bo walked to the front of the isolation zone and saw a few people standing opposite, so he asked, "Who is the leader among you?" I'm the director of the crew of "Night Club", do you occupy the streets to film, do you get permission to shoot? ”