1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 62 Praying for Rain promotional video (first update 3k, please vote for me)

Wang Junzheng's decision suddenly made the filming of the movie much more difficult.

According to her plan, this scene was to be shot in two locations. First, the scene of pulling the string in the morning was shot in the Forbidden City Square, and then she went to the suburbs to shoot the scene of the kite floating in the rain.

The latter one is easy to handle. You can just find a water spray truck.

But the scene shot in the Forbidden City Square was difficult. They couldn't drive the water spray truck to the Forbidden City Square, so they had to wait for the real rainy day to arrive.

There is very little rainfall in Yanjing in April, and it is not easy to wait for a rainy day, so Wang Junzheng and the others can only wait while filming other scenes.

The crew is watching the weather forecast every day, hoping that it will rain soon in Yanjing.

More than half a month passed, and by the end of April, the weather in Yanjing began to get cloudy, and the weather forecast also said that it might rain recently.

As soon as the weather forecast said there might be rain, Wang Junzheng put down other shooting work he was doing and led his team to the Forbidden City Square to wait for rain.

When Zhou Yan has nothing to do, he occasionally goes to the scene to take a look.

Unfortunately, the whole team stayed in the Forbidden City Square for three or four days. Although the weather was extremely cloudy, the rain still did not fall.

Zhou Yan sat on the pony, looked at the sky full of dark clouds, and said with a smile, "Sister Wang, looking at the situation today, it is very likely to rain."

Wang Junzheng also raised his head and glanced at the sky, then shook his head, "It was the same yesterday afternoon. Didn't the dark clouds drift away afterward?"

Like Zhou Yan before, when she saw dark clouds, she happily thought it was going to rain, but in the end she was only disappointed.

Even though Wang Junzheng was patient, she was a little anxious staying in the Forbidden City Square like this every day.

And this is not a matter of patience or impatience. If they stay here for a day, they will be wasted.It consumes not only funds but also personnel energy.

There are still many scenes in the movie that have not been shot, and she is also considering whether to go and finish shooting the remaining scenes before coming back, but she is worried that after they moved here, the rain started to fall again, and she thought of having to wait until it rains again. It rains, but I don’t know when it will.

The rest of the team is also listless. Being idle like this every day is indeed very draining.

In the past two days, some people have begun to study "metaphysics".

Xiao Li from the logistics team didn't know where he learned the moves. He was wearing a big coat and chanting spells while dancing.

"The wind is coming."

"It's raining."

"Taishang Laojun, hurry like a law."

But this thing is of no use. It didn't come when it should have, but it still didn't come. However, this weird ritual made the crew relax a little.

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement at all, and Zhou Yan was ready to leave.

At this time, three young men came over. The leader smiled and said to Wang Junzheng, "Director Wang, are you still waiting for the rain?"

Wang Junzheng sighed, "Yeah, I can't help it. I've been waiting for so long. It would be a pity to withdraw now. Xiao Sun, have you finished shooting the material?"

Xiao Sun nodded, "Well, the filming is almost done. I came here to ask if I can take a picture of your crew?"

"What do we have to shoot?"

Xiao Sun smiled and said, "Director Wang, when you shoot a movie here, don't you also show the cultural atmosphere of the Forbidden City Square?"

Wang Junzheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, you guys can shoot it. Is there anything we need to cooperate with?"

"No, no, you can just do your own thing. We will be filming from the side and won't disturb you."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want."

With Wang Junzheng's consent, Xiao Sun was very happy and led two other young people to carry the machine and start filming the crew.

The originally listless crew members cheered up when they saw someone was filming, and faced the camera with their best spirits.

Because everyone was waiting for it to rain, there was nothing to take pictures of. The three young people took a photo of the young actor Shi Chen and put away the machine.

However, they did not leave immediately and joined the large army waiting for the rain.

Wang Junzheng glanced at Xiao Sun, "Have you finished filming?"

"I'm going to wait until you start shooting and then take some more pictures." Xiao Sun said with a smile.

Wang Junzheng smiled and shook his head, "Then you may have to wait for a long time. We have been waiting for this rain for a long time and we haven't gotten it yet."

"It doesn't matter, we still have plenty of time, and maybe the rain will come as soon as we come."

"Then I have to thank you." Then Wang Junzheng said with emotion, "Your TV station is still comfortable. When will your promotional video be due?"

"September at the latest." Xiao Sun replied.

"That's really plenty of time. A few minutes of filming is longer than the time it takes for us to make a movie. This should be your first independent film, right?" Wang Junzheng asked.

Xiao Sun nodded, "Yes, I have been working behind Team Leader Sun before, but this time the film is mainly controlled by Team Leader Sun."

Zhou Yan was listening to their conversation and asked curiously, "What kind of film are you making?"

Xiao Sun glanced at Zhou Yan, thinking he was an actor, and replied with a smile, "A city promotional film."

Seeing them chatting, Wang Junzheng introduced to Zhou Yan, "This is Sun Qin, the director of the special feature department of Yanjing TV. Their station is going to produce a Yanjing city promotional film this year. I have been filming at the Forbidden City these two days." After introducing Sun Qin, she introduced Zhou Yan with a smile, "Xiao Sun, this is Zhou Yan, the soundtrack director of our movie."

Sun Qin was stunned for a moment, then shook hands with Zhou Yan very enthusiastically, "Hello, Director Zhou."

"Hello."

Sun Qin is much older than Zhou Yan. If it weren't for the title of soundtrack director, he would probably call Zhou Yan Xiao Zhou.

Most of the time, the title is very useful. Now that Zhou Yan has the title of "soundtrack director", he will naturally get more respect.

"Director Zhou looks very young." Sun Qin said with a smile.

"I'm actually still studying."

Wang Junzheng took over the conversation and said, "Xiao Sun, don't look at Zhou Yan. He hasn't graduated yet. He has participated in quite a few projects. Last year, he was credited with the soundtrack for the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" made by Zhang Yimou and others. It was also hard for me to do it. He was invited here.”

Zhou Yan is now the soundtrack director of her movie. If you elevate Zhou Yan, you are also promoting their movie.

When Sun Qin heard that Zhou Yan had also participated in the soundtrack of "Raise the Red Lantern", the smile on his face became more enthusiastic.

Although this movie has not been released yet, it has attracted a lot of attention. Their Yanjing TV station has reported news about the movie before.

"It's true that people should not be judged by their appearance. Director Zhou looks too young. When I was your age, I was still fooling around in school."

"Director Sun is joking. If you can get into Yanjing TV Station just by fooling around, how can you make other students who can't get in feel so embarrassed?"

"Haha, I'm just lucky."

……

The two exchanged a few words of mutual commercial praise, and Zhou Yan once again inquired about the promotional video, "How long is your promotional video?"

"It's not long, about three to five minutes."

"How much material is there related to the Forbidden City?" Zhou Yan asked again.

Sun Qin thought for a while and said, "It's okay, because it is a city promotional video. It must highlight the key points while trying to take into account most of the highlights of the entire city. The material on the Forbidden City accounts for about ten percent of the total. By twenty, there is still a lot of material compared to other places.”

Zhou Yan calculated in his mind, that is to say, the material of the Forbidden City is only 1 minute at most.

Wang Junzheng glanced at Zhou Yan and said with a smile, "What? Are you interested in their promotional video?"

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "No, I just asked casually."

"It's okay if you're interested. Xiao Sun, are you going to do the soundtrack for this promotional video yourself or hire someone from outside to do it?"

Sun Qin scratched his head, "We haven't decided on the soundtrack yet."

In fact, it’s not that it hasn’t been decided, it’s that it hasn’t been considered at all.

After all, in their view, the soundtrack is a very late stage matter, and they can wait until the film is completely edited before finding someone to do it.

Besides, it’s just a few minutes of promotional video, what kind of fun can the soundtrack bring?When the time comes, can’t we just ask the soundtrack engineer inside the station to play some classic music?There is no need to hire someone from outside to do it.

Therefore, their special team has not paid much attention to the soundtrack.

Wang Junzheng said with a serious face, "This can't be done, Xiao Sun. We still need to pay attention to the soundtrack. Don't think it's okay to wait until the film comes out. Putting the soundtrack work in advance can bring you unexpected things. Effect."

This is Wang Junzheng's personal experience. Before, she had the same idea as Sun Qin and others, just put the soundtrack work later. After this period of cooperation with Zhou Yan, her idea completely changed.

Now that I see Sun Qin and the others paying so little attention to the soundtrack, I can't help but give them a warning.

"Director Wang is right, we will pay attention to it..."

Before Sun Qin finished speaking, Wang Junzheng suddenly jumped up.

"Coming!" she shouted excitedly.

"I'm coming!"

The rest of the crew also started to move.

At this time, Zhou Yan looked up at the sky, and a raindrop landed on the tip of his nose.

The raindrops melted on the tip of Zhou Yan's nose, turning into a bright smile on his face.

After waiting for so long, the rain finally came.

There was a burst of cheerful laughter at the scene. If I could use one sentence to describe the scene in front of me, it would be "a long drought brings good rain".

Of course, now was not the time to indulge in joy, they had to finish their work before the rain stopped.

It didn't take long for the crew to be ready. This time, God did not disappoint them again, and the rain gradually increased.

After the crew started moving, Sun Qin and the others quickly followed suit and filmed the crew rushing to the scene nearby.

During the few days they were waiting for the rain, they had rehearsed the scene countless times in advance, so the scene in the rain passed quickly. However, because the rain was hard-won, even Wang Junzheng, who was very economical on film, could not do it. I couldn't help but take two more shots when there were no problems with the scene.

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