Chapter 12 Establishment of Yisheng Studios (II)
According to Li Xianyun's plan, after the establishment of Yisheng Studio, it doesn't matter if there are directors and producers for movies in the future.
Because the studio does the producer's job!
As for the director
In the past, it was impossible to be so careful in storyboards, just a few shots in a scene, but now all rehearsals are used, and there are not only finished films in rehearsals, but also coordination and workflow.
All the shots must be there, including the movement of the shot, the direction, the change of the axis, the movement of the actors, all of which must be involved.
The staff took the text and worked according to the script.
So when the preliminary preparations for this film are completed, what else does the director need to do?
Software is the director!
Of course, the director actually still wants it, but it's not a director, it's a pre-director template, and when the rehearsal is almost done, just watch it on the spot, confirm that there is no problem, just pick up the missing things, the main responsibility is to manage the crew, make sure the crew is working according to the plan - there are always fools who can't understand the plan.
Many directors will not accept this approach, after all, it limits their own play, and it is not the direction they are good at.
But there are also many directors who like this approach – because one of the biggest benefits of this approach is that they can be as creative as they want during the production process.
On the set, unless you are a director of Zhang Damu's level, you can spend a day for a shot, and most ordinary directors are not qualified to squander the crew's budget for their own artistic pursuits.
But directing a previs is different, you can imagine it and make it happen.
Can it be achieved during shooting? That's a studio problem.
As long as the studio promises to do it, the director doesn't have anything to worry about. He just needs to watch the studio complete his idea one by one, and if the conditions allow, add some requirements, and it will not be a big problem.
So after all, it's about people.
The model of Yisheng Studio is simply hell for directors who hate pre-preparation, like to play on the spot, and have a whim.
But for those directors who like to plan and then act, but are ideologically imaginative but lack the ability to achieve, it is heaven.
They don't need to think about the implementation, they don't even need technical expertise, they just need to contribute their artistic ideas – directors who have artistic ideas but lack technical skills, have opportunities.
It's like Albert Einstein could only theorize but not practice, and now a strong technical team tells you: theory is enough!
Times are changing, and so are the needs of directors!
And if Yisheng Media can't realize their ideas, then no company in the world can do it.
According to Li Xianyun's statement: "Even if you make oil paintings appear in the sky, I can do it for you!" ”
Of course, you don't expect to see it happen with your own eyes, you can only do it in a previs simulation system and then see the result in the finished film.
As for how it was filmed?
Don't ask!
Asking is the special effect.
Because of this situation, Li Xianyun vigorously supports those directors who are imaginative but inexperienced: cheap, thoughtful, and obedient.
The academic school lacks experience, and the last thing a studio needs is executive experience, only artistic creativity.
I'm not afraid that you dare to think, I'm afraid that you won't think.
In addition, there is also the status of art direction, general beauty and co-ordination has been improved.
Needless to say, they now have to coordinate several times more than before, and the professional requirements are higher, after all, you have to calculate all the relevant time, for which the coordination team is responsible for all aspects of the professional talent.
For example, the lighting team has to come up with a coordinator who is responsible for calculating the required lighting preparation time according to the director's picture needs. The makeup team should be co-ordinated and calculate the makeup time; The scenery team should be co-ordinated and the setting time should be calculated. The props team, oh, this doesn't need to be coordinated, because everything must be prepared before the start of filming, and it is basically not allowed to ask for props on a temporary basis.
As for the total beauty, he is responsible for the design, what pattern you want, what pattern I give you, but you must design it at one time, don't do it on the spot.
Therefore, the workload of the total beauty has also been greatly improved.
It doesn't matter if the workload increases, just have the money in place.
In addition, the newly established studios will also refine their cooperation model.
The first is ordinary service.
There is basically no "black technology" in ordinary services, the main existence is to facilitate the small crew, you don't have to find someone to build a team everywhere, I have it here, a full set of live for you, of course, it is not completely without black technology, usually serve you once or twice, and do not charge extra money, the meaning of its existence is to take work.
The standard is films with an investment scale of less than 20 million, which basically only charges production fees and does not participate in the box office share.
The second is ordinary service.
The normal service is the two-crew model, the shooting in the ghost town uses the technical department mode, and the traditional mode is used when leaving the ghost town, but it is still done by the people in the studio, but the mode is different.
In this way, film and television companies don't have to have a headache with two sets of teams.
This type of mode mainly serves medium crews.
The standard is a film with a production cost of less than 80 million.
This part is generally split in half between the production fee and the box office, which mainly depends on whether you are optimistic about this film.
The third is the advanced mode, that is, the technical department follows the whole process and mainly serves the large crew.
The standard is more than 80 million, which is a small amount of production costs, and the main body is mainly based on box office sharing.
In this way, the three sets of service systems, corresponding to large, medium and small crews, use the ability of ghosts as a lever to officially leverage the business of the entire studio.
And after becoming independent as Yisheng Studios, they have greater autonomy.
In the future, various film and television companies will come over with the script, and they will also review the script.
After reading and satisfying, calculate the price, talk about the shares, and then arrange the schedule, venue, etc., anyway, a set of work will be packed for you.
The producer's job is completely cold, but it won't die too completely, after all, the outside company wants to talk about cooperation with Yisheng Studios, and that's still the producer's job, but in the past, the producer had to talk about cooperation with a bunch of people, but now he only needs to talk about cooperation with a tannery anymore.
In addition, when the production starts, some studios cannot solve the needs, but still use producers.
The director's inspiration is strictly limited - no matter what ideas you have, make them for me during the rehearsal process, don't come to inspiration when it's time to shoot, it's useless, I don't do it!
Unless you add money!
As for Yisheng Pictures, it will only be responsible for project approval, script, director and rehearsal, etc., from overall planning to completion of shooting, there is no need to think about it anymore.
After roughly reading the plan, Su Haili was a little strange: "You've done it all, what are you looking for me to do?" ”
Li Xianyun said: "Of course, it's about meritorious deeds, you have done a lot of things during this time, and you have never given you any good rewards, and you have long slandered me as a boss in your heart, right?" ”
Su Haili smiled: "I've been writing a blank check for so long, just waiting for you to cash it." ”
Li Xianyun laughed: "Yisheng Pictures and Yisheng Studios, you can choose one, half a point of real shares of Yisheng Pictures, or half a point of dry shares of the studio." ”
Dry stocks are only the corresponding dividends, and it is the best choice to use them to set up executives who have the ability but no capital.
"Studios." Su Haili replied with a smile.
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