This director needs to apologize

Chapter 195 Drawing Tangcheng
  After the location was confirmed, Chen Yiming asked Qi Yu and Cui Fang to return to Magic City with all the filming materials to meet with producer Da Zhuang. He himself left the team in Xijing and went to Shaanxi Normal University's Institute of Tang History to join Lin Xiao.

Lin Dashen has been drawing pictures here for more than half a month. His task is to design the movie's scenes and characters in detail based on Chen Yiming's storyboards.

The general direction must conform to Chen Yiming's style setting for "Mulan", while the small details need to follow the opinions of experts on Tang history. At the same time, it must be as beautiful as possible.

You can imagine how much hair Lin Xiao will scratch off with this kind of operation that is both necessary and necessary.

By the time Chen Yiming arrived, Lin Xiao had basically completed seven sets of Mulan's costumes, including Little Mulan's men's clothing, Big Mulan's women's clothing, soldier uniforms, cavalry general uniforms, Chang'an City men's casual clothes, men's ceremonial armor, and the final battle The general's armor.

Because there are many silk paintings, murals and pottery figurines handed down to the costumes of the Tang Dynasty, it is not difficult to restore them under the guidance of experts.

What is more controversial is the various bits and pieces on these seven sets of costumes.

For example, what kind of colors, patterns, hairstyles, and headwear should be matched with the women's clothing of Mulan, which should not only conform to the common people's etiquette in the early Tang Dynasty, but also highlight Yu Nan's feminine charm.

After joining the army, what equipment should the soldiers of the government carry with them, how to secure it when marching and fighting, how to drive the vehicle following the team, and what supplies should be loaded.

The items worn on the waist of men's casual clothes, various accessories of ceremonial armor, and the gorgeous decorations of the commander's armor are very troublesome to restore because they involve etiquette.

Wu Zetian had two sets of costumes, a formal dress for court meetings, and a men's court dress for private meetings. The former was extremely gorgeous, while the latter was low-key and luxurious, and it was not easy to design either.

The scenes in Chang'an City involve the costumes of many extras, ranging from ordinary civilians to civil and military officials. Especially the scenes in the city restaurants, there are many types of costumes for the three religions and nine streams, making the design very difficult.

The Tang army and the Tang people are pretty good. After all, there are many images and objects and other materials that have been handed down. The costumes of the Turks, Uighurs and other northwest foreign tribes on the grassland have quite different opinions between Lin Xiao and Tang history experts. It is difficult to balance beauty and authenticity.

Although the armor coverage rate of the nomadic tribes is low, the middle and upper-level generals are definitely not ordinary people. The armor of Khan Ashinahelu should not be too out of style, and the design also requires a lot of thought.

Not to mention that Chen Yiming also made a request to Lin Xiao, hoping that the clothing could reflect the multi-ethnic mixing situation between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks. Although each tribe would not have its own unique characteristics, the two major forces of Turks and Uighurs must There is a clear distinction.

When zooming in from characters to scenes, there are even more problems.

The scenes that need to be set up in the wild include the border army camp where Mulan is stationed, the camps of both sides in the grassland battle, and the field positions of the decisive battle.

The highlight of the Tang Dynasty is the Northern Wubao, Mulan's house, Chang'an city gate tower, long street, market restaurants, Dachaohui Square and the main hall, and the side hall where Mulan and Wu Zetian met, etc.

Each one requires drawings from multiple angles, which are corrected by experts on Tang history, and then construction drawings are issued by specialized ancient architectural designers before they can be built.

If there are setbacks in communication between Dazhuang and the local government, delays in planning, land acquisition, site entry, etc., or duplications at the design level, the project progress will be affected.

With so many steps and links, Chen Yiming didn't expect it to be smooth sailing at all. He already had a mental expectation that he wouldn't be able to officially start the machine before the Spring Festival.

Chen Yiming stayed at Shaanxi Normal University until the end of July. Together with Lin Xiao's art team, he completed more than 7 drawings, further refined the storyboards, and based on this, the script and production schedule were finally split.

The movie "Mulan" has nearly 150 scenes, and the number of shots directly exceeds a thousand. This is definitely the largest and most complex project that Chen Yiming has handled since time travel. A rough calculation shows that the upper limit of extras required for a single scene is more than [-], and the number of extras required for the entire film will be doubled.

By the end of the meal, Chen Yiming's liver was shaking. The stall was so big that he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

With complicated emotions, Chen Yiming and Lin Xiao held a banquet to thank the experts on Tang history from Shaanxi Normal University and flew back to the Magic City with two boxes of information.

In the past month and a half, Ma Yunteng, as the head of the production department, has not been idle. He and Manager Mo from the Moying Investment Department have visited more than ten cities to find partners for the "Film and Television City Financing Lease Plan" designed by Chen Yiming. .

Simply calculating the Chang'an City scenes required for the filming of "Mulan", plus land, demolition, three connections and one leveling, building materials, design, construction, and retro decoration, the complete set is already a real estate project costing hundreds of millions.

Not to mention that due to the demanding construction period requirements, the budget will increase by at least [-]%.

I have to say that Chen Yiming's reputation as an international double gold medalist and director of the Billion Club is quite intimidating. The cities that Da Zhuang contacted were very sincere in discussing cooperation.

These include famous historical and cultural cities such as Xiangcheng, Boyang, and Yiyang. They themselves have considerable heritage and are only missing an opportunity to become famous.

It also includes cities such as Suzhou and Zhuocheng that are building a "film and television city economy" due to their proximity to film and television gathering places such as Imperial Capital, Magic City, and Suicheng. The introduction of Tangcheng can form linkages with existing film and television bases and produce scale effects.

Among the two categories, Xiangcheng and Suzhou have the strongest willingness to cooperate and the most active actions.

Among them, Xiangcheng has directly vacated a county-level development zone. The demolition and three connections and one leveling have been completed long ago. After signing the contract and demolishing the prefabricated factory buildings, they can directly move in and start construction.

Maybe it was because Xiangcheng was too proactive. After seeing the scene in person, Ma Yunteng didn't dare to agree hastily. This speed was really unscientific. Even if it was a special case, it would not be so fast. Speed ​​is not enough to describe it.

Moreover, when the two parties reached the stage of signing a contract, the great director Chen Yiming should also show up. After all, what they want is the popularity that the movie will bring to the local area after its release. Chen Yiming is the key to the cooperation.

After listening to Da Zhuang's introduction to the situation in Bo Jue's office, Chen Yiming only hesitated for a moment and then made a decisive decision to go to Xiangcheng.

The most important factor in making a movie is time. For the same project, if it is released in one year or three years, the box office may be similar, but the fate of the producer is completely different.

For Chen Yiming, he only cares about the right to use Tangcheng, and subsequent cost recovery is incidental. More or less does not really matter.

Therefore, Chen Yiming believes that the tricks and entanglements that Da Zhuang is concerned about are just trivial matters, as long as they do not prevent him from completing the filming of the film before the middle of next year.

However, Chen Yiming suggested that Moying, Golden Shield, Warner and Xinghuang should be involved in this matter. Aren't investors there to share risks?

At that time, Party A will include the giants of the Magic City, the military of the Imperial City, Hollywood giants, and wealthy businessmen from the port city, basically filling up the BUFFs of Chinese and foreign capital. If the local snakes in Xiangcheng continue to be naughty, the impact will not only be bad. So simple.

When it comes to land cooperation, there is nothing particularly smooth. Chen Yiming told Da Zhuang not to worry, and that all the necessary procedures should be completed without missing a beat. It would not be too late to start construction before the National Day.

(End of this chapter)