novellhall Chapter 46: Paying Attention to a Crude and Shoddy Product
Chapter 46: Paying Attention to a Crude and Shoddy Product
A week later, all members of the production crew were in place.
The process wasn't entirely smooth.
The main reason is that Wei Yi's idea of inviting Han Sanping and Lao Mouzi to be the third and fourth male leads failed.
The person politely declined.
Fortunately, the other actors were very accommodating.
Both Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li, two superstars, agreed.
After auditioning, the adorably ugly Baoqiang was cast as the male lead.
The producer role, which was originally "scheduled" for Han Sanping, was ultimately given to Lao Tian himself.
Old Tian has joined in.
Mu Deyuan refused.
He insisted on taking the role.
In the end, they simply let him play the role of the photographer in the film, just like himself.
I'll also serve as the off-screen photography director.
Old Mu is the head of the photography department at Beijing Film Academy and the president of the National Photographers Association.
Noodles!
Location scouting for the film is basically complete.
Filming took place directly in the capital, with the main filming location being the China Film Group Corporation's base in Huairou.
To be honest, the production cost of this show was very, very small.
This can be seen from the fact that the original only cost 180,000 RMB, which was 180,000 RMB in 2018, and it was 180,000 RMB in Japan.
Basically, exterior shots only make up about one-tenth of the film's shots.
The first part can still be made shoddy.
They certainly have plenty of funds.
Even far exceeding that.
That's it.
China Film Group is willing to add another five million.
In the end, Wei Yi himself disagreed.
Before the official start of filming.
Wei Yi returned most of China Film's investment.
He only received one million from China Film Group.
He personally contributed another million, bringing the total budget to two million.
Almost all the main actors made cameo appearances.
It all depends on him repaying the favor later.
China Film Group also agreed.
To be honest, China Film Group actually benefited greatly this time.
Putting aside other things.
Just the presence of Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat, even if their roles are small.
But if they were to pay the actors a proper fee...
It would take at least ten million for these two people to show up.
You could even say that it's impossible to cast these two people as the male and female leads.
Only Wei Yi had a carrot hanging above his head from the international edition of VOGUE.
That's what got these two people to agree to make a cameo appearance.
And there are also Fan Binbin and Huang Xiaoming, one a second-tier actor and the other a first-tier actor.
If the entire production crew didn't show any favoritism and paid in cash...
That's just the film salary; the minimum estimate is over 30 million.
Now, China Film Group only spent one million to acquire half of it.
Where else can you find something this cheap?
So Tian Erzhuang was unhappy.
He went directly to block Han Sanping's doorstep.
They practically forced Lao Han to step in and play a minor role.
He only had two scenes and three lines of dialogue.
He plays the role of a TV station director or film company boss, who is also the producer in the play.
It was pretty much a natural performance for him.
It also requires China Film Group to be responsible for the distribution costs after the film is completed and released.
For the sake of the Beijing Film Academy and the presence of many big names, we'll go ahead.
Han Sanping agreed to all of these.
Finally, I got it down.
Surprisingly, Bao Qiang received the highest salary in the entire series.
100,000!
Originally, it was 300,000, which is Baoqiang's current market price.
Wei Yi had no personal relationship with Beijing Film Academy, so he naturally quoted the market price.
After Bao Qiang joined the crew, he was shocked to find so many big names.
They all performed for free or for a symbolic amount of money.
He has the highest salary.
Baoqiang dared not ask for 300,000.
After much persuasion, the price was finally reduced to 100,000.
Even so, he was still the highest-paid actor in the crew.
So a time was set.
December 1st.
The filming officially started with a photoshoot to determine the cast's appearance.
The scenes are layered, with one layer inside the other.
The outer layer is a modern scene, and everyone can even wear their own clothes to film.
Although the inner layer adopts a crude and shoddy style, it is still necessary to wear clothing from the Republican era.
The makeup and costume photos mainly cover this part.
You can't have a bunch of celebrities shooting posters wearing everyday clothes.
The promotional photos used for advertising and posters could only be taken in clothing from the Republican era.
After everyone changed into their costumes, Wei Yi glanced at them and thought they looked alright.
He was full of enthusiasm and immediately started taking photos of everyone.
Although the inner layer is supposed to be crudely made, the promotional photos are used as posters to lure audiences into the cinema.
This is also my first work.
Wei Yi naturally went all out, capturing everyone in an extremely... "alluring" way!
If in the future I don't watch the movie content and only look at the promotional photos and posters...
You'll definitely recognize it as some kind of epic Republican-era drama at first glance.
Even Chow Yun-fat, after seeing his own costume fitting photos, couldn't help but say that it was worth the trip.
He felt that even this promotional photo could be used as the cover of a fashion magazine.
They also held a simple launch ceremony.
One Cut of the Dead.
Also known as "One Shot".
Filming has officially begun!
"One Shot" is a film shot in one take.
A... No Action.
According to Wei Yi and Tian Erzhuang's discussion, a single-shot scene in "One Shot" is the most difficult to film.
It wasn't the most difficult to shoot.
It's the hardest to film.
Because it really needs to be done in one continuous shot!
It's just one shot, but it took over thirty minutes to film...
Even a long take lasting several minutes is already challenging.
To capture a good shot is extremely difficult.
The first shot of Wei Yi's scene actually took more than thirty minutes to film.
Its difficulty...
"Just act according to the script. It doesn't matter if you break character, because the actors in the play are amateurs, and their attitude is just to get by."
"Yes, it's all about having a perfunctory attitude."
"Just be natural. The important thing is consistency; the entire shot should flow smoothly from top to bottom."
"I don't even care if I burst out laughing. Of course, I don't care if I make a mistake either."
"..."
As always.
Before filming, Wei Yi started explaining the scene to everyone again.
The first shot of this film seems extremely difficult because it takes more than thirty minutes to film.
but in fact……
Actually, the difficulty level isn't that high.
As the inner layer of the play, this part, apart from the appearances of the villain, the female ghost, and the mysterious corpse, needs to be as terrifying as possible to increase the sense of suspense.
others.
It could have been made shoddy and poorly.
There's not even a need for the elaborate techniques used in later short drama productions.
It's just because the shot is so long.
So before the official filming.
The actors must be familiar with the process through rehearsals and explanations of the scenes.
Wei Yi was not stingy.
He immediately used the "Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Soul-Capturing and Puppet Control Technique".
Slightly open.
The result of slightly opening.
It is the inner layer of the first part, which was originally scheduled to be filmed over a week.
That is, the easiest and the most difficult "one-shot" technique.
The third day after the machine was turned on.
Wei Yi finished filming it.
"This...this is so poorly made!"
12 month 4 number.
The fourth day after filming began for "One Shot".
I'm free today.
Han Sanping hurried over to film the scenes he had agreed to.
He stood with Tian Erzhuang and Mu Deyuan in front of a monitor, reviewing the inner scenes that had been filmed over the previous three days.
"Old Han, you just don't understand."
Tian Erzhuang defended his disciple, saying, "That's how the script goes. Wei Yi said that the beginning part was meant to be shoddy. It's meant to make the audience both laugh and angry, to make them laugh out loud!"
"See, you're laughing in anger now."