director of the millennium

Chapter 9 It's better to save your own crew!
After "17-year-old Bicycle" was finished, Wang Xiaoshuai led the editor of the crew and was still busy with post-editing work.

After all, it is not the group of fast-shooting directors on Hong Kong Island who are engaged in literary and artistic films. Although the shooting is fast, the editing is generally very slow.

Wang Xiaoshuai planned to spend a few months on the post-editing of "17-year-old Bicycle", and also planned to take the cameraman to wander around the alleys in the capital, shooting some scenes without actors to edit in the movie.

Don't ask, asking is the stream of consciousness, the shooting technique, and the lens language with meaning!

Wu Yuan didn't need to worry about these things anymore, he himself didn't lack experience in film editing, and Wang Xiaoshuai's film concept didn't suit him, so Wu Yuan didn't join in the fun and returned to his own life.

After more than ten days of filming, the time has come to the end of June and the beginning of July, and the school holiday is approaching.

As we all know, no matter what kind of college it is, the end of the term is always a critical time, and Wu Yuan can't stop skipping classes and running out to start his own pirate business.

He was honestly carrying out various final exams and practical courses in school.

However, after experiencing the experience of the "17-year-old Bicycle" crew, Wu Yuan's mind was distracted.

"Hey, Yuan'er, do you have any plans for this summer vacation?" A big hand patted Wu Yuan's shoulder.

Wu Yuan's classmate Shang Binghe sat down next to him, and said happily, "There is a film crew over there in Hengdian looking for a summer job. Go and work as a camera assistant for them. You will be given 4000 yuan for two months!"

"Damn it, TV dramas are really rich now, those actors can get 5000 yuan for one episode!"

Shang Binghe's face was full of jealousy.

In the eyes of the students of the directing department, TV dramas are just a thing to pass the time when they are bored, and movies are the real art!

But now the TV drama industry is much stronger than the film industry.

In the 90s, the mainland film and television industry flourished, and Japanese dramas and TVB were introduced. The first batch of TV drama fans had been cultivated, and the mainland TV drama market had also opened up.

Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Singapore's film and television groups are also eager to make a move for the cake in the mainland, and have come to open many joint venture dramas.

For example, the "Journey to the East" co-produced by two local satellite TVs and Singapore TV Group!
Although it is a cooperation between China and Singapore, the leading actor is the first-line star of Baodao, the Roaring Emperor Ma Jingtao. Almost all the remaining roles are taken by Singaporean actors, and mainland actors can only play a role.

This kind of behavior of using money from the mainland to support production teams in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan is not uncommon in this year!

However, after the mainland TV drama industry is so open, it has indeed brought a lot of benefits.

Not only stimulated the mainland TV drama market, but also learned the TV drama production standards of Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand!
Later, Zhouyi Film and Television, which produced excellent TV series such as "Wulin Outer History", "Love Through Time and Space", "Xiao Shishilang" and "Shuiyuedongtian", grew up with this wind, and even launched a counterattack against Hong Kong and Taiwan!

In the first few years of the 21st century, it is a big blue ocean for the mainland TV drama industry!

In 2000 alone, more than a dozen TV dramas with pure mainland casts were approved!

The TV series filmed in Hong Kong and Taipei have their own crews, and there is indeed no shortage of people, but the TV drama crews in the mainland are really short of people!

No, the high-achieving students in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy have all been poached to take summer jobs.

4000 yuan for two months, just as a camera assistant. This salary level is indeed high for a first-year student. The crew sells noodles under the brand "Nortel"!
Shang Binghe, who had an artistic dream in his heart, had to bow down for this decent salary, and even wanted to pull Wu Yuan to earn this extra money.

"Go by yourself, I may have other things to do during the summer vacation." But Wu Yuan shook his head and rejected Shang Binghe's kindness.

"What?" Shang Binghe raised his eyebrows: "Are you still thinking about your pirated disc?"

"That stuff really can't be sold. It's fine if you sell it part-time while you're in school. Why don't you earn more than selling pirated CDs this summer?"

"You are a student of the Directing Department of the Academy of Film. If you tell me, which crew will not rush to ask for it?"

Wu Yuan shook his head again, sighed, "It's not a pirated disc, let me think about it."

To be honest, after personally experiencing the filming of "17-year-old Bicycle", Wu Yuan found that he couldn't hold back his desire to make movies.

Originally, he had planned very well. He would spend four years in college playing around in the school, and when he was in senior year, he would try to get the top three results in the class.

The film academy has a support for directing students, that is, the top three undergraduate students in the directing department can get a filming fund from the film academy's own youth film studio.

It’s equivalent to an angel’s vote. The school gives a sum of money and asks the students to make a short film of three to five and 10 minutes.

This is for film exhibitions at home and abroad. All major film festivals have awards in the field of short films, which are specially used to support and establish the reputation of young directors.

If you can get some nominations or awards in various short film festivals, you will be considered as qualified, and your future road will be much easier. This is the school's support for outstanding graduates.

Wu Yuan originally thought very well. When he graduated, he went to Europe to earn a wave of fame with short films, and then returned to China for the Stud World Cup in 02. He earned hundreds of thousands of dollars, and then asked Beijing Film Studio or China Film Group to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to grab one. Invest around one million in the crew to start your first movie!
2002 was a very special year. In this year, Lao Mouzi's "Hero" opened the era of blockbuster movies in the mainland, and also stimulated the movie market in the mainland!
Driven by marketization, no matter whether it is the fifth generation or the sixth generation directors, they are all on the same starting line. Except for Feng Xiaogang, everyone has to start from zero to explore commercial films. There is no such thing as first-come, first-served!
Entering the theater at this time, taking advantage of the marketization of the mainland film industry, Wu Yuan is confident that in about five years, he will become one of the few great directors in the mainland!
All the planning was very good, but after Wu Yuan experienced the feeling of "making a movie" in the crew of "17-year-old Bicycle", he went to the bastard's office and couldn't help laughing!
The feeling of making a movie is really wonderful. Wu Yuan, who watched the movie directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, couldn't suppress the "director desire" in his heart!
Go to another crew to carry the camera for two months, just for the 4000 yuan?

Gan!Whoever likes to go!

Dude is going to make a movie!
It's just that where will the money for making the movie go? !

It is impossible for the school to vote for a sophomore or junior student as an angel, and the current students have to rely on themselves to make movies!
Gritting his teeth, Wu Yuan thought of the real estate certificate kept in the bedside cabinet in his main house!
It is impossible to sell, and it is impossible to sell a house to make a movie in this life.

But you can get a mortgage loan!

Not to mention too much, 100 million can always be loaned, right?
Starve the timid to death, and starve the bold to death!
Isn't it just to make a movie, just do it!
(End of this chapter)