My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 16 The Crew is Established, Start Worshiping God (recommended ticket)

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"Brother Zu, borrowing a broken machine costs 3000 yuan a day. Can't it be so exaggerated?"

When Fei Cheng thought of the camera he rented this morning, his flesh ached, and he couldn't help complaining, "These rental companies are just robbing money. A broken machine is worth more than a bunch of tricks. It's 3000 Hong Kong dollars! It can be whipped on Bolan Street. It's a street away! Look at the Jade Terrace every day talking about human rights. In the end, people are cheaper than machines! Do the justices of the peace care?"

"JP? Go to the mortuary to take care of you?" Luo Dong sneered.

"Wow, I have nothing to say when you say that." Fei Cheng exaggerated.

"3000 yuan is not too expensive. If you don't know anyone, you can't even get 5000 yuan. What really costs money is the film." Qiu Litao fiddled with the camera in front of him, without raising his head.Liu Weiqiang nodded, bent down to hook the camera's base, and was skilled.This time, Liu Weiqiang contributed a lot to the rental of the camera.

"How?" Wu Xiaozu came over and looked at the machine in front of him.

"Media Asia's equipment is still OK, it's a little old, but it doesn't affect the shooting." Qiu Litao said.

Liu Weiqiang straightened his waist and gave a thumbs up, saying to himself, "Don't worry, Brother Zu. No problem."

MediaAsia is not only a distribution company, but also one of the leading equipment leasing companies on Hong Kong Island.Although it has not set foot in the production field in the past two years, it has also begun to penetrate the investment production field.I think that as the movie becomes more and more popular, it will also end up making money.

"Okay. Pack up and prepare to worship God." Wu Xiaozu nodded, very satisfied with his assistant director and cameraman.

Needless to say, cameraman Liu Weiqiang is famous in later generations.A "Infernal Affairs" is enough for him to blow water for a lifetime.Not to mention the level of the director, as far as the camera is concerned, he is one of the top cameramen on Hong Kong Island.

Qiu Litao, one of the few filmmakers who graduated from a major.Camera technology is also very good.But it is sad that none of the films I have ever filmed have been nominated for the Academy Award, and they cannot escape the fate of evil guides.

Not many people know him in later generations, but he is famous for several cult films and genre films he directed.

"Ebola Virus", "Human Meat BBQ Pork Buns at the Eight Immortals Hotel", "Taxi Judge".It can be called the representative of Xiangjiang CULT film.

I believe that many people stopped eating BBQ pork buns after watching "Eight Immortals Hotel".

Including the subsequent social and realistic films such as "Waiting for Tung Chee-hwa" and "The Young Prostitute", they are also quite standard.

Not commercial, not mainstream.Wandering on the fringes of mainstream films in Hong Kong, this is Qiu Litao, surrounded by low-budget films.

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Not far away, a simple wooden table was placed in the middle of the venue, and Second Master Guan stood on the offering table with a majestic knife.Little-suckling pig, roast goose, roast duck, melons, fruits, pears and peaches are placed in front of the second master.The camera also pushed over at this time and covered it with a red cloth.

Start to worship God!
The opening ceremony was originally passed down from Liyuanhang.

According to legend, Li Longji, the emperor of Tang Ming Dynasty, played drums well, and he was also rumored to be able to sing small faces. He often asked people to sing operas in the pear garden in the palace. Therefore, he was regarded as a grandfather and master by the opera industry.Therefore, before the opening of the pear garden, the ancestors must be worshipped.

This set of worship has also become popular in the Hong Kong film industry.However, the filmmakers are not so tall and have special ancestors.

Therefore, the popular idol Guan Erye was chosen to worship.Who let Guan Erye take care of it?Not only to make money, but also to fight and kill!

Those who do business on Hong Kong Island, worship him!The mixed society also worships him!The poor guy also worships him.I really don't know where Guan Erye should help.

In the film industry, there are several rumors that do not worship God and have supernatural events.To be auspicious, Wu Xiaozu cannot be exempted from the custom.

In later generations, this set of things was also introduced to the mainland as the filmmakers of Hong Kong went north, and it was immediately popular among countless crews.It seems that this way of proving yourself has a long history and pays attention to tradition!

In fact, no crew learns Guan Er Ye's loyalty and integrity, and does not invade his sister-in-law.Everyone from the director arrived at the scene and wished that the sisters-in-law would not seduce them, so they carried their knives and went to the kang.

The dirtiest place in the world is the entertainment industry.

Burning guns, twisting incense, offering sacrifices to reading, and worshipping gods, a dozen people sparsely twisted incense, and inserted a handful of incense into the incense burner in front of Guan Erye.These things were not done by Wu Xiaozu, but by Uncle Li, who served as the assistant director of the film.

An "old man" who came from the set doing errands and tea all the way.For these processes the door is clear.Wu Xiaozu is very fortunate that he has found such an experienced veteran to help him through Li Zhaoji's relationship.

The entire crew does not include the actors and the staff of the rolling show. There are only a dozen people in total. The standard grass stage team, called the motley army in the film industry, is considered a promotion.

How many behind-the-scenes staff is a standard?

According to the average standard of filming on Hong Kong Island, there are about 50 people.

There are three or 40 people involved in a film with a small cost and an investment of hundreds of thousands or millions. Large-scale productions are relatively richer. Including all the crew members of the "Police Story" filming of the family class, there are 300 people.

In comparison, the crew of "The Butcher in the Rain" is a low-budget film among low-budget small productions.

In the previous life, the crew of Lao Mouzi's "Fighting Monsters with Big Sweetness".The labor involved in the reclamation and landscaping is not counted. There are more than 1200 behind-the-scenes personnel in the entire crew, including more than 100 translators alone.

The phenomenon-level movie "Wolf Warrior 2" has more than 4000 shots in total, and at its peak, there were more than 1700 staff members.Absolutely huge lineup.

The crew of Wang Gawei's "The Grandmaster" was divided into more than a dozen groups for cross-regional shooting, each with nearly a hundred people.

Of course, Xiangjiang in 1986 was naturally not so exaggerated, but the production team, director team, lighting team, set team, camera team, modeling team, costume team, prop team, scene management team, art team, and action team were relatively standardized. Now, including martial masters and apprentices, there are quite a few.

Even the positions of tea, hair brushing, and driver are clearly subdivided.

Wu Xiaozu was naturally not so lavish, he only had the dozen or so guys in front of him.

In the crew of "The Butcher in the Rainy Night", Wu Xiaozu led the two roles of acting and producer.For example, the rebellion is almost the same as the shepherd and prefect of the self-territorial state. There is no difference between this king and the emperor who rebelled against the peasants.

After all, it is an independent production, and it doesn't matter if it is a producer or not.

There are two assistant directors: one is Qiu Litao, who has a solid theoretical major and is full of talent, and the other is Li Jiming, who is experienced and slick in human relationships.

The camera director Liu Weiqiang and the lighting director Zou Lin were in charge of the two groups of lighting and scenery.

In addition to props and makeup, there are also some temporary employees.Overall it's rudimentary.

Even Fei Cheng, Luo Dong, and Zu Liyao, who had little experience, had to help with chores and serve as apprentices.

Zu Liyao and Luo Dong helped in the props team, while Fei Cheng followed behind Liu Weiqiang as a handyman.Not to mention the guest roles.

It was in this humble environment that the crew of "The Butcher in the Rainy Night" was established.

　If you have any good ideas and movies, you can write them down in this chapter or in the comments.If you don't have a collection of children's shoes, remember to collect them!
　　
　
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