Jimmy drove for half an hour with Donde to a large set in New York.

It's all container-style buildings, black and white, crawling on the ground with black holes and doors, like a giant beast spitting back and forth with a crew.

There are not 1,000 crews working at the same time in New York every day, but 800, and the entire film industry has developed rapidly and become more and more vigorous in recent years.

But the ensuing trouble is that the cost is getting higher and higher, and the number of films scheduled by major film companies this year has decreased compared with before, but the establishment of small-budget independent films has increased year by year.

Many sets have begun to outstrip supply, and a large number of crews are queuing up for filming every day.

However, in addition to the crew, there are also a large number of group actors with the idea of becoming famous in Hollywood shuttling on the set.

"Wow, what's going on?" Tang De looked at a group of scantily clad warblers and Yanyan walking in front of him, with all kinds of skin tones and a very good figure, just looking at it felt eye-catching.

A few of them winked as they passed by.

Jimmy smiled knowingly, and after a flying kiss, he explained, "As you can see, they're all group performers!" ”

"Movie ensemble?"

Jimmy shrugged: "There is everything, commercials, movies, MVs, there are too many group performances every day, you must know that Hollywood does not have so many requirements for group performances, you can be an actor union or a free person, as long as the image is appropriate......"

Tang De repeated meaningfully: "The image is suitable ......"

"Yay!" Jimmy laughed, "Do you know who is the happiest in this place?" ”

"Casting Director!" Without waiting for Don to reply, he continued: "Those girls are like bees, collecting nectar from your flower until you give her what she wants. ”

"A chance?" Tang De understood.

"That's right, it's an opportunity!"

"Listen, brother." Jimmy put his arm around Donde's shoulders and said in a low voice: "Opportunity is very important to everyone, including us, as long as we can gain a firm foothold, those girls will pounce on you in the future, and they won't push it off."

"But first you have to get the job done today, Apollion Bailey, the director of the crew, and this ad is his job. He was previously given to Martin. Scorsese, you know it. is the director of "Las Vegas", and he is the assistant director. ”

"Sounds pretty awesome." Don knows Martin. Scorsese's name, which is a well-known veteran director in Hollywood, also knows that this year's Martin. Scorsese will be nominated for 10 Oscars for "Gangs of New York."

Well, although Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis joined, they have been running with him throughout the whole process, and they have not won any of the 10 nominations, and I don't know if the old man's mentality collapsed that night.

"That's right! It's really awesome! Do you know how much effort I put into hugging his thighs......"

Seeing that Jimmy was foaming at the mouth and was about to start talking about his previous experience again, Tang De hurriedly interrupted him: "Stop, stop, get to the point." ”

"Well, the point, the point is that this director Apollion is now out on his own, and he has recently taken on a big job." Jimmy finally talked about today's work: "Domino's outdoor huge advertisement, and also invited female celebrities to come!" Isn't it great! ”

Don nodded and patted Jimmy on the back: "Good brother, so what are we going to do?" Don't tell me, we're just ordinary light porters, just follow the instructions of the director and cinematographer. ”

"Of course not!" Jimmy waved his hand repeatedly, then stretched out a finger and pointed at Donde's chest: "You, my good brother, are the lighting assistant for this advertising shoot." And I'm the gaffer! ”

Tang De raised an eyebrow: "What?" I remember that you studied directing at the beginning, and you even learned lighting after being in the crew for so long? ”

Jimmy laughed, "Sure, isn't that easy?" Just hold the headlights high, attach the softbox, and tilt 45 degrees against the background. Then put a light visor around and gather the light on the actor's face, and that's it! ”

As he spoke, he figuratively placed his hands back and forth "bang-bang", as if the work of a gaffer was like the Sims in his eyes.

Don shrugged his shoulders and didn't correct the good brother's contempt, if it was just an ordinary advertising shoot, it would really be like Jimmy said.

But when it comes to some of the more troublesome camera requirements, I don't know if Jimmy can still laugh.

After talking about the lights, Jimmy lowered his voice and said, "So, brother, this is a rare opportunity. Don't offend anyone, you know? ”

"Don't worry." Tang De nodded, he came to earn money and expand his network, but he wouldn't have trouble with money.

Jimmy smiled widely: "You know it, including the set staff, makeup artist, cameraman, assistant director, actors...... Wait, sorry, there's too much on the crew. I can't remember it sometimes. When the time comes, I'll leave the communication with other people! ”

After the two of them communicated everything, they also came to the set on the second floor, which is a studio of about 30 square meters in the corner. At this time, there are already staff carrying various equipment and props inside.

"Wow, looks like the scene is almost set up, hey, George!." Jimmy walked into the set and skilfully greeted the others, and it was clear that he was eating well here, and everyone knew the white boy.

However, Tang De was curious about how Jimmy said that the director used the two of them, was it really by drinking? Or did you go through some forbidden passage?

That's a bit of a bad thing, but to be honest, this kid's ass is pretty upright.

"Come on, Donde, look at our guys!" When Jimmy started shouting, he immediately put down the distractions in his mind and stepped forward to count the lighting equipment with Jimmy.

The lighting equipment on the set is still very complete, various types of photographic lights, snoots, light barriers, reflectors, foam boards and so on. Tang De couldn't put it down for a moment, feeling that the memory of photography in his body was being awakened, and an instinctive reaction began to emerge from the bottom of his heart.

"Jimmy, let's set them up first!" So Tang De directly picked up a lamp and walked to the arranged scene, which was a huge mountain background printed as a poster, and there were rows of mountains and forest cardboard on the ground as a foreground.

"Wait! Brothers! Jimmy was taken aback, not daring to let the others hear him, and hurried to Donde's side and whispered, "What are you doing, brother!" The director hasn't come yet, and we don't know what he's going to shoot? ”

Tang De spread his hands: "Take it easy, brother." This scene is very simple, you see, this poster in the back. The director probably wanted the actors to eat pizza in the front, so the location is probably here......"

He stretched out his foot and stepped on a place at will, followed by a field attendant coming over with a tape to glue the position into a fork, which should be the location that the photographer had already communicated.

Jimmy was stunned for a moment: "Okay, you guessed right. ”

"And then the effect that the director wanted was very simple, it was nothing more than to play out the depth of field of the whole scene, creating the feeling that a real person is on the plain." Tang De pointed to a few points: "So as long as you put the photographic lights in those positions, you can also save some time." ”

With that, he looked at Jimmy and saw his good brother staring at him, his eyes wide.