Chapter 62: Asking for Rain, Promotional Video (First Shift 3k, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Wang Junzheng's decision made the difficulty of filming a lot more all of a sudden.
According to her plan, she planned to divide this scene into two places to shoot, first shoot the scene of Chenchen pulling the line in the Forbidden City Square, and then go to the suburbs to shoot the picture of the kite floating in the rain.
The latter one is easy to do, just find a water spray truck and you can get it.
But the footage shot in the Forbidden City Square is even more difficult, they can't drive the sprinkler to the Forbidden City Square, so they can only wait for the real rain to come.
In Yanjing in April, there was very little rainfall, and it was not easy to wait for a rainy day, so Wang Junzheng and the others could only wait while filming other scenes.
The crew is staring at the weather forecast every day, hoping that Yanjing will be able to rain soon.
After another half a month, by the end of April, the sky in Yanjing began to be cloudy, and the weather forecast also said that there might be rain recently.
As soon as the weather forecast said that there might be rain, Wang Junzheng put down the other filming work he was working on and led the team to the Forbidden City Square, waiting for the rain.
When Zhou Yan is fine, he occasionally goes to the scene to have a look.
It's just that the weather didn't fulfill people's wishes, and the whole team stayed in the Forbidden City Square for three or four days, although the sky was very cloudy, but the rain still didn't come down.
Zhou Yan sat on the pony, looked at the sky full of dark clouds, and said with a smile, "Sister Wang, looking at the situation today, it is very likely to rain." ”
Wang Junzheng also looked up at the sky, and then shook his head, "It was the same yesterday afternoon, and then the dark clouds still drifted away." ”
She glanced at Zhou Yan before, and when she saw that there were dark clouds, she was full of joy and thought that it was going to rain, but in the end, she only gained disappointment.
Rao is Wang Junzheng is patient, and she is also a little anxious when she stays in the Forbidden City Square every day.
And it's not a question of patience or impatience, they stay here for a day, and they have a day's consumption. It's not just the money that is consumed, it's also the energy of the people.
There are still many scenes in the movie that have not been filmed, and she is also thinking about whether to finish the rest of the shots before coming over, but she is worried that after they transfer here, the rain will come down again, and she thinks that she will have to wait until the next rain, but she doesn't know when.
The rest of the team is also listless, and being idle like this every day is really very draining.
In the past two days, some people have begun to take "metaphysics".
Xiao Li of the logistics group, I don't know where he learned the tricks, he wore a big coat on his body, and he danced and chanted incantations.
"The wind is coming."
"The rain is coming."
"Taishang Laojun, anxious as a law."
But this thing is useless, it shouldn't have come, it still hasn't come, but this strange ceremony has made the crew relax a little.
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement at all, and Zhou Yan was about to leave.
At this time, three young men came over, and the one who took the lead smiled and said to Wang Junzheng, "Director Wang, are you still waiting for the rain?" ”
Wang Junzheng sighed, "Yes, there is no way, I have waited for so long, it is a pity to withdraw now." Xiao Sun, have you already filmed the material? ”
Xiao Sun nodded, "Well, it's almost filmed, I came here to ask, can you shoot your crew?" ”
"What do we have to shoot?"
Xiao Sun said with a smile, "Director Wang, you are making movies here, don't you also show the cultural atmosphere of the Forbidden City Square?" ”
Wang Junzheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, you guys shoot, is there anything you need our cooperation?" ”
"No, no, you just do your own thing, we'll shoot on the side, don't bother you."
"Okay, feel free."
With Wang Junzheng's consent, Xiao Sun was very happy and took two other young people to carry the machine and start filming the crew.
The originally listless crew, when they saw that someone was filming, they quickly cheered up and greeted the camera with the best mental outlook.
Because everyone was waiting for the rain, there was nothing to shoot, and the three young people focused on filming the little actor Shi Chen and then collected the machine.
However, they did not leave immediately, and joined the large army waiting for the rain.
Wang Junzheng glanced at Xiao Sun, "Have you finished filming?" ”
"I'm going to wait for you guys to start shooting and then shoot some more." Xiao Sun said with a smile.
Wang Junzheng smiled and shook his head, "Then you may have to wait for a long time, we haven't waited for this rain for a long time." ”
"It's okay, we still have more time, and maybe the rain will come as soon as we come."
"Then I have to thank you." Then Wang Junzheng sighed again, "It's still comfortable for your TV station, when will your promotional video be delivered this time?" ”
"By September at the latest." Xiao Sun replied.
"That's really a lot of time, a few minutes of film, longer than we can make a movie, this should be your first independent film, right?" Wang Junzheng asked.
Xiao Sun nodded, "Yes, I have been following Team Leader Sun before, but this time the film is mainly Team Leader Sun's gatekeeper." ”
Zhou Yan listened to their conversation next to him, so he asked curiously, "What kind of film are you making?" ”
Xiao Sun glanced at Zhou Yan, only thinking that he was an actor, and replied with a smile, "A city propaganda film." ”
Seeing them talking, Wang Junzheng introduced Zhou Yan, "This is Sun Qin, the director of the special department of Yanjing TV, they are going to release a Yanjing city promotional film this year, and they will take material here in the Forbidden City in the past two days." ”
After introducing Sun Qin, she introduced Zhou Yan with a smile, "Little Sun, this is Zhou Yan, the soundtrack director of our movie." ”
Sun Qin was stunned for a moment, and then shook Zhou Yan's hand very warmly, "Hello, Director Zhou." ”
"Hello, hello."
Sun Qin is much older than Zhou Yan, if it weren't for the title of soundtrack director, he would probably call Zhou Yan Xiao Zhou.
Most of the time, the name is very useful, and Zhou Yan now has the title of "soundtrack director", so he will naturally get more respect.
"Director Zhou looks very young." Sun Qin said with a smile.
"I'm actually still studying."
Wang Junzheng took over the conversation and said, "Little Sun, don't look at Zhou Yan has not graduated yet, the projects he has participated in are not small, and the soundtrack of Zhang Yimou's movie "Hang the Red Lantern High" made by them last year has his credit, and I finally invited him. ”
Zhou Yan is now the soundtrack director of her film, and to elevate Zhou Yan is to elevate their movie.
As soon as Sun Qin heard that Zhou Yan had also participated in the soundtrack of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", the smile on his face became more enthusiastic.
Although this movie has not been released yet, it has attracted a lot of attention, and they have reported the news of the movie on Yanjing TV before.
"It's really unseemly, Director Zhou looks too young, when I was your age, I was still fooling around in school."
"Director Sun laughed, if you can enter Yanjing TV if you are blind, how can other classmates who can't get in be embarrassed."
"Haha, I'm just lucky."
……
The two said a few more words of commercial praise, and Zhou Yan once again inquired about the promotional video, "How long is your promotional video?" ”
"It's not long, about three or five minutes."
"What are the materials related to the Forbidden City?" Zhou Yan asked again.
Sun Qin thought for a while and said, "It's okay, because it's a city promotional video, it must be to highlight the key points at the same time, try to take into account most of the highlights of the whole city, the material here in the Forbidden City accounts for about ten to twenty percent of the total, compared to the material in other places, there are still more." ”
Zhou Yan calculated in his heart, that is to say, the material of the Forbidden City is only one minute at most.
Wang Junzheng glanced at Zhou Yan and said with a smile, "What? Are you interested in a promo video about them? ”
Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "No, I'll just ask casually." ”
"It's okay if you're interested, Xiao Sun, are you going to make the soundtrack of this promotional film yourself or find someone from outside to do it?"
Sun Qin scratched his head, "We haven't decided on the soundtrack yet. ”
In fact, it's not that it hasn't been decided, but it's not considered at all.
After all, in their opinion, soundtracks are very late things, and they can wait until the film is completely cut out before finding someone to do it.
Besides, it's just a few minutes of promotional video, and what kind of flowers can the soundtrack play? When the time comes, why don't you just let the soundtrack artist in the stage put some classic music in? There's no need to hire someone from the outside to do it.
Therefore, for the soundtrack, their thematic group has not paid attention to it.
Wang Junzheng said with a serious face, "This is not good, Xiao Sun, you still have to pay attention to things like soundtracks, don't think it's okay to wait until the film comes out." Taking the soundtrack work up to the fore can give you unexpected results. ”
This is Wang Junzheng's personal experience, before she and Sun Qin had the same idea, just put the soundtrack work later, after working with Zhou Yan during this time, her thoughts completely changed.
Now seeing that Sun Qin doesn't pay attention to the soundtrack so much, he can't help but wake up.
"Director Wang is right, we will pay attention to it......"
Before Sun Qin finished speaking, Wang Junzheng suddenly jumped up.
"It's coming!" She shouted excitedly.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
The rest of the crew also moved.
At this time, Zhou Yan looked up at the sky, and a drop of rain fell on the tip of his nose impartially.
The raindrops melted on the tip of Zhou Yan's nose, turning into a bright smile on his face.
After waiting for so long, this rain is finally coming.
There was a burst of cheerful laughter at the scene, and if there is one sentence to describe the picture in front of you, it is "a long drought and a rainy day".
Of course, now is not the time to bask in joy, they have to get the job done before the rain stops.
It didn't take long for the crew to be ready, and this time, God didn't disappoint them again, and the rain gradually increased.
After the crew moved, Sun Qin and a few of them also hurriedly followed suit, filming the scene of the crew rushing to the scene on the side.
In the past few days of waiting for the rain, they have rehearsed this scene countless times in advance, so the rain scene passed quickly, but because this rain was really hard-won, even Wang Junzheng, who was very film-saving, couldn't help but shoot two more when there was no problem with the scene.