The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 175 Hengdian Film and Television City

In late April, Yanjing was still a little cold, but the south had already warmed up. In Hengdian, the film and television capital of China, sometimes you can go out for a walk wearing a short sleeve.

Li Shengyao had long ago arranged for the assistant director and the company's studio staff to go south to Hengdian to take the lead in scouting the scene, preparing costumes and props, recruiting extras, and waiting for his arrival at any time.

On April 23rd, Li Shengyao rushed to Hengdian with a group of people, including actors, assistants, and some field workers. When this group of people arrived, it was considered that the crew of "Da Shang Palace" had assembled. After a few days of preparation, they could boot up.

Hao Lei and Zu Feng played against each other in the hotel.

Li Shengyao took the assistant director and cameraman out, and he wanted to check the shooting location prepared by the assistant director and photographer.

The places that appear in the plot of "Da Shang Palace" are not only the palace, but also ordinary streets, as well as the countryside and the wild.

Among them, the court drama has the most points, and what Li Shengyao focused on is the filming location of the court drama.

This is related to the texture of the whole play, he must read it and check it one by one.

Hengdian Film and Television City has long built the Ming and Qing imperial palaces, which were built in imitation of the Forbidden City. It looks decent, but the bricks and tiles are too new and the colors are too bright.

However, after the color and brightness processing of the camera, these buildings can look quite old. For ordinary people, it is difficult to distinguish which is the real Forbidden City and which is the fake Forbidden City.

When Li Shengyao arrived, he found that there were crews in almost every large courtyard in the Ming and Qing palaces, and it seemed that there was no empty courtyard.

And in the main compound of Qianqing Palace, there are several production crews waiting, it seems that they are going to take turns to go in and shoot.

Qing court dramas are especially popular at this time, such as "Han Zhu Ge Ge", "Kangxi Dynasty", "Iron Mouth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" and so on.

With so many production crews so close together, it is naturally very noisy. Not only are there often shouts from loudspeakers, but there are also some gunshots and the collision of cold weapons.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, this not only affected the live radio, but also easily affected the actors' filming status.

He raised his voice and asked the assistant director who was following him, "Has the yard for our filming been booked?"

"It's booked, it's the second most beautiful courtyard in the Ming and Qing palaces."

The Ming and Qing palaces in Hengdian Film and Television City are said to have restored the Forbidden City one-to-one. Naturally, there are many courtyards. For ordinary scenes, such as non-chaotang dramas, they can be filmed in the imitated palace courtyards.

The assistant director went on to say: "The best one was given to the crew of "Han Zhu Ge Ge 3". The person in charge of Hengdian told me that if we had contacted him earlier, he would have kept it for us. Now he has given the second best one. His compound was given to us."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Have you visited other courtyards?"

"I've seen it, and I've also asked people about it. The big courtyard where we filmed is indeed relatively spacious and beautiful. There are not only various rooms in it, but also the imperial dining room."

In "Da Shang Palace", there are many scenes of filming and making delicious food, so the imperial dining room is naturally needed.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Did you give away cigarettes?"

The assistant director shook his head, "I'm waiting for your order."

"Okay, when it's over, you can pay 2000 yuan and give someone two good cigarettes."

"Okay, let me just say that I didn't think of it before. I was stupid. You came to Hengdian and reminded me."

What is a smart person, this is called a smart person.

Director Li's assistant and the cameraman nodded, remembering the words.

Li Shengyao smiled, and then they came to the reserved courtyard, and there were three guards outside. These three were the field workers of "Da Shang Palace" and they were also from Fenghua Film and Television Company.

When they saw Li Shengyao, they immediately went forward, and said that they were watching all the time, and they would arrange people to patrol inside, there would be absolutely no problem.

Some props and shooting equipment have already been transported in, so as not to rearrange and move around.

Li Shengyao nodded, and then entered the large courtyard.

A pool is built on the left side of the yard, and lotus flowers are floating in the pool.

Many colorful flowers were planted beside the pool, forming a flower garden.

There is also a pavilion on the side, and some beautiful patterns are carved on the red top plate.

On the right side of the yard is a flat open space, with some daily necessities such as bamboo poles, wooden barrels, and ladders in the corner.

Li Shengyao was thinking about the plot while watching.

He then came to the imperial dining room, which was quite large, about [-] square meters, with various stoves, iron pots, wood steamers, and stoves. It can be said that everything for cooking is readily available.

And there are soot and black in some places, I don't know if it was formed by the fire, or it was made by the set designer.

Lee Sing Yew will take the lead in filming Guo Xiaodong and Yan Danchen's scenes, after all, they are guest stars, let them finish filming first, they can prepare new scenes, they have already accepted scenes from other companies.

Then he filmed the food-related scenes in the plot.

This time, he really invited two chefs to come over to help make delicious food, and he had to count the money every day.

Finishing the filming early will save the crew a lot of money.

"Is there a fire to cook here?"

"No, those gray and black ones are all old, but Hengdian has prepared an imperial dining room exactly like this one for us in an ancient courtyard outside the Ming and Qing imperial palaces. That imperial dining room can be used for cooking."

The imperial dining room is very important. It is related to whether the chefs can perform well, and it is also related to whether the camera can take good pictures.

"Da Shang Palace" wants to promote Chinese cuisine, not only to put a table of beautiful dishes on the table, but also to film the process of making delicious dishes.

It doesn't matter whether the dish is good or not, the important thing is that it looks good, so that the audience will have an appetite after seeing it.

After the drama of Guo Xiaodong and Yan Danchen is over, the crew will focus on filming the story of the imperial dining room making delicious food.

Lee Shing Yew hoped to complete the filming in a week, and during this period of time he would not shoot other scenes, but just shoot all the cooking and cooking scenes in the plot.

Although it is not allowed to light a fire in the Ming and Qing palaces, there is an identical one nearby, which can save a lot of effort.

Hengdian took care of them this time.

He felt that two cigarettes were not enough, so he thought for a while and said, "You make an appointment, and I will treat the person in charge of Hengdian to dinner."

He is not sure whether he will come to Hengdian to film in the future, but Fenghua Film and Television Company will definitely have related scenes in the future, and he plans to communicate and eat a few more times, so that he will have friendship.

It is not necessary to send money, but it must give people face and give people enough respect.

"Director, you still have the overall situation."

The assistant director went on to flatter.

Li Shengyao then thought that the crew of "Han Zhu Ge Ge 3" was right next to him.

Although he didn't want to join Qiongyao and make a catchphrase of Beishengyao and Nanqiongyao, but since he was right next to him, he went over to have a look, after all, he knew a lot of people there.

After about an hour or two, he then called Zu Feng and Hao Lei, saying that he would take them to visit the crew of "My Fair Princess 3" and ask them to come over as soon as possible.

"You go and inform first, I'll take someone there later."

Li Shengyao then ordered his assistant to run errands.

"Speak well and be respectful."

(End of this chapter)