1990: Starting from Baojia Street

The style of this dress is designed according to the character of the heroine. The heroine in the movie has a playful personality, which is different from traditional girls.

Dong Wenmiao stood not far away, looking at Joey Wong at the entrance of the embankment with a very complicated look in her eyes.

This is not the first time she has designed costumes for Joey Wong. When she was filming "The Sixth Sense", she designed many sets of clothes for her.

Moreover, many of the clothes in "The Sixth Sense" have become popular, and sometimes you can see girls wearing them on the street.

However, most of the same clothes in China are not authorized. "The Sixth Sense" has only authorized one set of clothes in China.

Not to mention the current chaotic intellectual property situation in China, even in Europe and the United States, "The Sixth Sense" did not make much money from costume design. Some brands simply changed the designs and made them into new models for sale.

An American magazine had reported this incident before. After "The Sixth Sense" became a hit in the United States, a brand immediately launched two new sets of clothes, the styles of which were very similar to the clothes worn by the heroine in "The Sixth Sense".

Things like clothing design plagiarism are very difficult to define, and even if it can be determined in the end, it will take a lot of time and effort.

Many fashion brands have dedicated legal teams. These teams mainly do two things: one is to accuse old brands of copying their designs, and the other is to respond to complaints from other brands against them.

There are also some brands like Zara, which even have a special team and a fixed amount of compensation to compensate the designers whose works were copied by them.

The meaning is very clear. It’s okay if you sue me for infringement and plagiarism. I will just compensate you directly.

In this situation, many designers will be forced to accept compensation or even authorize them.

This is equivalent to getting on the boat first and then buying the ticket. Faced with this situation, the designers have no choice because they cannot afford to go to court. It is better to step back and take the money.

Similar things are very common in the intellectual property world.

Among the many actresses Dong Wenmiao has worked with, Wang Zuxian's clothes are easier to make, because Wang Zuxian is tall and has very good proportions, so she can wear many clothes with style.

When she first worked with Joey Wong, Dong Wenmiao treated her more as an ordinary star and a qualified clothes hanger.

But during this collaboration, especially when designing the wedding dress for Joey Wong, Dong Wenmiao felt some different emotions in her heart.

And this special emotion came entirely from Zhou Yan.

The contact between Dong Wenmiao and Zhou Yan is no longer as frequent as in previous years. If it weren't for work, they might not talk on the phone for a year.

Zhou Yan basically doesn't ask about Qizi Company's business. Even if he wants to ask, he will contact Huo Siqi, so there is no contact between the two of them in their normal work.

In fact, Dong Wenmiao basically doesn't take any film and television drama work now. She doesn't even look down on ordinary film and television dramas. If it's just for the money, then it's totally unnecessary. Now her studio can make a lot of money for her every year.

In recent years, many directors in the industry have wanted to invite her to be the costume designer for their films. Not to mention that her own level is indeed very high, her resume alone is scary enough.

"Raise the Red Lantern", "Farewell My Concubine" and Zhou Yan's three films, each of them has achieved huge success.

However, faced with numerous film offers, she rejected them all.

But when Zhou Yan went to find her, she agreed immediately without any hesitation.

"Teacher Dong, this dress you designed is really beautiful."

Xiao Yuan, the leader of the costume team, stood next to Dong Wenmiao and gave a sincere compliment.

When the dress was designed, Xiao Yuan and the others thought it was beautiful. Now that the dress is worn by Joey Wong, coupled with the dreamy scene around it, the dress looks even more unique.

Dong Wenmiao smiled but didn't say anything. Xiao Yuan said with longing, "It would be great if I could wear such a beautiful dress when I get married. But it definitely won't look as good on me as it does on Sister Xiaoxian."

This time Dong Wenmiao spoke up, "Whether you look good or not depends on yourself and the person standing opposite you. As long as the person opposite you is worthy, even if you wear the most ordinary style, you can still be dazzling."

"Haha, I would like Director Zhou to stand across from me when I get married, but Director Zhou definitely won't want to." Xiao Yuan joked, then suddenly thought of something and quickly changed the subject, "I don't know if the test shoot will go smoothly. I heard that this scene cost a lot of money, at least hundreds of thousands."

Xiao Yuan is also from Dong Wenmiao's studio. Although she has not known Dong Wenmiao for a long time, she has heard some things about Dong Wenmiao and Zhou Yan in private.

In Xiao Yuan's eyes, Teacher Dong is the representative of the perfect girl.

She is beautiful, has a good family background, is talented, well-educated, and she also runs a studio and makes a lot of money.

For those who admire Teacher Dong, even if the third ring cannot be filled, there is no problem filling the second ring.

But Teacher Dong has never had a boyfriend in all these years, so the rumors between her and Zhou Yan seem to be groundless, but they also seem very likely.

"More than that." Dong Wenmiao spoke slowly.

"what?"

"Today's show cost more than hundreds of thousands."

"Oh, so that's millions?"

Xiao Yuan was amazed. She didn't expect that one play would cost six figures.

It’s really a big production.

Although Xiao Yuan is the leader of the costume team, she doesn't know much about the filming of the crew, so most of the work of the costume team is done by another deputy leader and other members.

When she was on the scene, she was mostly doing technical stuff, such as leading people to alter clothes.

Having never been involved in filming a movie, she had no idea what it meant to spend over a million dollars on a single scene.

She had heard before that many movies cost less than one million in total, which means that one of Zhou Yan's scenes could cover the cost of an ordinary movie.

……

After Joey Wong arrived, the trial shooting of the drama could begin.

This scene is not long, but it has many shots and angles, including medium shots, long shots, and close-ups, and each group has many shots.

The key is that many shots are difficult to execute, so it is not easy to do test shoots.

The tourists standing in the distance and watching did not know anything about filming and thought that the wedding scene was just like a real wedding. After the bride appeared, the wedding officially began.

The process is to first bow to heaven and earth, then bow to parents, then the couple bow to each other, and then be sent to the bridal chamber.

Many people were looking forward to watching a complete wedding, but after watching for a while, they found that things were not as simple as they had imagined.

Just standing at one spot, Joey Wong stood for more than ten minutes.

After the fixed-point shooting was completed, she hugged her "father"'s arm again and walked towards Zhou Yan together.

It took more than ten minutes to film just the action of her hugging her "father's" arm.

After hugging their "father's" arm, the steps they took towards Zhou Yan became even more exaggerated.

They walked back and forth like this for a full hour.

After finishing filming Joey Wong, I started filming Zhou Yan.

Actually, Zhou Yan had very few shots, but it still took more than two hours to shoot back and forth. This is not the end yet, there are still medium shots, long shots, and the reactions of the guests.

Throughout the entire scene, Zhou Yan and Joey Wong didn't even touch each other.

In Zhou Yan's design, the scene would end with the shot of the bride walking towards Zhou Yan.

Li Hong and Xiao Can felt that it was a bit of a waste to shoot like this, and they would do better to shoot the bride and groom putting rings on each other from behind. However, Zhou Yan did not adopt this suggestion and still kept the original design.

On the one hand, the movie didn't have much time to waste on this, and on the other hand, he also wanted to leave some blank space for the wedding.

The wedding scene is bound to leave a deep impression on the audience, but Zhou Yan did not give it too much length because the wedding only occupies a small part of the theme of this movie.

After the trial shooting at the wedding scene was completed, the scene began to be re-scheduled and the camera positions were rearranged.

Seeing the staff on site packing up, the tourists thought that today's filming was over and began to leave one after another.

But after a while, someone suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted, "Helicopter!"

Everyone looked in the direction the man pointed, and sure enough, they saw a helicopter flying from a distance.

Is the filming not over yet?
The tourists looked back again, wanting to see what the helicopter was doing.

"Could this helicopter be here to pick up the bride and groom?" someone speculated.

"Wow, that's pretty romantic."

"Can the bride get on a helicopter wearing this dress?"

"Will there be two banners dropping from a helicopter soon, with words saying congratulations to someone on their wedding?"

"Oh, yes, that's how it's filmed in some movies. Rich boys like to use this method to express their love to the heroine."

“That’s romantic too.”

"What's the romance? Don't you think that's a bit corny? I don't believe Zhou Yan's movie can use such a melodramatic plot."

"It's not a meme. I think it's pretty good."

"If it's shot like this, I definitely won't go to the cinema to watch it."

"Whether you want to watch it or not, you won't need a movie ticket."

……

Just as the tourists were arguing, a helicopter in the sky suddenly dived and slid low over the pier.

When the helicopter glided over the pier, the flowers scattered on the pier were instantly blown up by the wind brought by the helicopter, and all the balloons that were originally floating were blown in one direction.

Some balloons were not tied tightly and were blown away.

The guests at the scene were even more embarrassed. Some female guests had to cover their skirts to prevent exposure, while some male guests held their hats tightly on their heads.

The water-spraying boat on the shore also started working, spraying water onto the dock.

For a moment, there was chaos on the dock and everyone ran towards the shore.

Zhou Yan also grabbed Wang Zuxian's hand and walked quickly towards the shore.

When the tourists in the distance first saw the helicopter diving towards the pier, they were startled, thinking something unexpected had happened.

But when the helicopters flew over and the water-spraying boats started working, some tourists suddenly understood.

"This is creating typhoon weather."

"They actually went straight to the helicopter. What a big deal."

"Isn't this wedding a bit tragic?"

"Yeah, it was terrible. I was soaked to the skin on my wedding day."

"Is it necessary to create such a strong wind? Many girls' skirts are almost blown away."

"That's interesting, haha."

"If you got married in this weather, you wouldn't say it was fun."

……

In fact, Zhou Yan originally considered using blowers to create windy and rainy weather, but after trying the blowers, he found that no matter how many blowers he used or how powerful they were, he could not achieve the effect he wanted.

Later, he suddenly had an idea and suggested trying using a helicopter.

In fact, it can’t be considered a sudden idea, because when Zhou Yan was thinking about this shot, he thought of a movie he liked very much - Mirror.

"Mirror" is an autobiographical film directed by the famous Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky and released in the 1970s.

This movie has a significant place in film history. One of the most famous shots is when the doctor walked to the middle of the grass and looked back, a strong wind blew across the wilderness, causing the grass to form waves.

Many film critics were keen on discussing the profound meaning of this shot, but Tarkovsky scoffed at this. He believed that what those who studied the meaning of the shot were doing was completely meaningless.

Zhou Yan didn't think about studying the significance of this lens, but the shooting technique of this lens left a deep impression on him.

In such an environment, it is technically difficult to create strong winds over such a large area.

Normally, when filming a movie, a blower is used to create wind.

If the wind produced by the blower does not meet the director's requirements, a propeller plane head will also be used.

To put it simply, the propeller plane head is an oversized fan, which produces stronger wind than a blower.

It was not something rare. Zhou Yan had seen a propeller plane head when he was at the Chang'an factory before. Later, when "A Chinese Odyssey" was being filmed, there was also a propeller plane head on the scene.

If there are some places that require large-scale wind, the crew will use a car to carry the nose of the plane and drive forward.

However, propeller aircraft also have disadvantages, which is that they are difficult to use in complex terrain.

The shot in "Mirror" could not achieve a good effect with a propeller plane head, so Tarkovsky directly used a helicopter.

When Zhou Yan was shooting the wedding scene this time, he thought of the movie "Mirror". Due to the terrain at the dock, it was impossible for him to use the propeller head of the plane to create wind, so he decided to learn from Tarkovsky and use a helicopter to shoot.

I have to thank Zhou Hong for borrowing the helicopter.

Zhou Yan made a phone call and Zhou Hong arranged the helicopter that same day. Zhou Hong was even worried that one helicopter was not enough, so he got two for Zhou Yan.

There is still a plane parked on the shore, ready to take action at any time. (End of this chapter)