This director needs to apologize

Chapter 202: Grab time, don’t get used to it

After sorting out the outline of the script and sending it to Xiangrui via email, Chen Yiming's first project as a producer came to an end.

I remember when "1951" was first produced, the early interviews with veterans took more than ten days, and the subsequent revision of the script based on the on-site scenes lasted more than a month.

Now that I have been promoted to a producer, the work of refining the script can be left to the director. He only needs to use his mouth. It is ten times easier.

Putting aside "Love Letter" for the time being, Chen Yiming refocused his energy on "Mulan".

In fact, the reason why he, the director, has free time to watch movies and write scripts these days is because the project's early preparations have successively encountered nodes and entered a period of rapid progress.

As for the location, the negotiations between Da Zhuang and Xiangcheng are in the process review stage. This thing is really slow to come up, so even though the design drawings of the Northern Wubao have passed the expert review and the construction team is ready, we still have to wait. The process is completed.

At that time, Chen Yiming will also go there to stand on stage for the signing ceremony and then cut the ribbon for the start of the Tangcheng Film and Television Base.

The crew and Xiangcheng both have their own publicity needs, and director Chen Yiming has no choice but to shirk it.

Over in the Imperial City, assistant director Wang Wei and two directors of photography have selected the locations for the first two martial arts scenes of the film, a hilly grassland and a Populus euphratica forest.

The relevant filming permission has been reached with the local department. As long as the actors complete training, the setting team can enter the scene to set up the scene.

Yu Nan and her "Thirteen Taibao" were at the Shandan Military Horse Farm. The horses and coaches were ready, and training nearby could help them adapt to the local environment and climate more quickly.

In the morning, the actors practiced riding horses with the jockeys at the military horse farm. They dismounted and polished their bodies with the martial arts masters in Hong Kong City. They also carried a bag of carrots and developed a relationship with their horses.

According to the jockey, a horse and a horse need to get along day and night for at least half a year, and only then can they be sure not to be thrown off by the horse when filming the battle scene.

However, Chen Yiming could not give him such sufficient time. According to the project plan, the preliminary training of these actors in Huangcheng Town would only last for three months at most.

At other times, I can only return to the imperial town one by one to make up for the scenes after the filming officially starts, until the project is completed.

Chen Yiming is very willing to invest in actor training. Through Hou Peijuan, he directly recruited half a martial arts team from Hong Kong City, led by Wu Lianjing's senior brother and well-known action instructor Wu Yuanrong, to provide one-on-one teaching services to the actors.

Among Wu Lianjing's many brothers, Wu Yuanrong is a relatively unknown one. He has only worked as a stand-in and behind the scenes for decades in the industry. He has never shown his face as an actor, and has never participated in directing in other industries.

Wu Yuanrong was nearly twenty years older than Wu Lianjing. When Chen Yiming met, he would address him as Mr. Wu. When Hou Peijuan contacted him, he was already half-retired.

The old man is an alternative among the martial arts in Hong Kong. His style is old-school and he abides by the rules. He is incompatible with the Furniture City School founded by Wu Lianjing and the new martial arts that irritates Newton, so not many people usually come to him.

He agreed to come out this time because Chen Yiming's martial arts requirements in "Mulan" coincided with the philosophy he has always adhered to.

That is to restore the battle formation of hard bridge and hard horse, without engaging in fancy photo sets and rounds. Swords and guns come and go, and blood must be seen. They are intertwined in an instant, and it is life and death.

The old man followed his apprentice to the remote northwest town early, and he obviously became serious.

When he and Chen Yiming met in Shanghai, they said that for the cavalry in the movie, the body must be trained, and the time should not be short.

Since you want the armor to appear heavy and the mount to convey a sense of speed, the actor's posture cannot be showy.

Even if it is a group of extras hired locally with excellent riding skills, if the director wants to give a close-up shot in the movie, they still have to practice with them for a period of time.

There are martial arts roles in the movie, and the only ones Chen Yiming doesn't need long-term training are Gu Yuehe and Brother Xiaoming.

Lao Gu was because there was no cavalry battle scene arranged for him. The character Xiao Siye he played was the commander of the infantry camp in the decisive battle.

Brother Xiaoming didn't have any fighting scenes. He played the leader of the Huihe tribe. There was a riding and shooting scene when he and Mulan met at the end of their relationship. When he came to power in the middle and later stages, he just sat on his horse and gave orders.

Hang Xiaoming's position is there, Chen Yiming certainly can't just arrange a supporting role, and at the same time, he can't really keep him in the imperial town to practice for several months.

Therefore, Chen Yiming specially selected a role with more drama in the script and gave it to Hang Xiaoming.

The three young directors previously selected by Chen Yiming all chose to sign contracts with Bo Jue. However, only Wang Wei among the three was in a safe state, so he was the first to report to Chen Yiming.

Director Chen was not polite at all and sent Wang Wei to the imperial town to do odd jobs the next day.

Tian Li is about to graduate from his master's degree and is rushing to report on the project, while Li Zhenli has a drama at hand that he has not finished yet. Both of them can only join the team in October. Unable to catch a young man for a while, Chen Yiming could only experience what he did.

First there were hundreds of costumes, especially the dozen or twenty costumes of Yu Nan and his companions, which had to be changed every day.

Lin Xiao led a tailoring team from the Phantom Factory to stay in the imperial town. He caught the actors in training and made changes while trying them out. The progress was slow.

Then there are the massive props involved in the film, which also have to be made one by one in the Prop Workshop of the Phantom Factory. Not having to rework them is obviously a luxury.

The first thing Chen Yiming does when he turns on his computer every day is to communicate cordially with Lin Xiao through Penguin, and then chat with prop master Lu Ping.

In the evening, I first discussed the action design with Mr. Wu, and then checked the test shooting materials with Qi Yu and Cui Fang.

During this period, Chen Yiming's daily life was to be entangled with all kinds of pictures day and night, including pictures of costumes, props, actions, and exteriors, at least several hundred pictures every day.

He transformed the three walls of Bojue's large conference room into timeline wall paintings of "Mulan". Every time he finalized the next draft in the study, he made a copy and posted it on the wall at the corresponding location in the living room.

When more than half of the three walls were covered, it was already the end of September. Da Zhuang called and Tangcheng could finally move in to start construction.

Although Xiangcheng was very cooperative in compressing the process again and again, it still took nearly two months to complete all the procedures, and the Wubao scene had to be postponed to next year.

On the same day, Wang Wei sent a message from Huangcheng Town. October is the most beautiful season for Populus euphratica. He strongly recommended that he go to the scene immediately to set up scenes and seize the time to finish filming the scenes of Little Mulan and Little Wu Zetian.

Chen Yiming called Xiaomei into the conference room and told her to update the production schedule again.

Xiaomei sighed habitually, spread out a thick notebook and started recording.

"You should personally contact the parents of the young actors who have passed the interview and ask them to be ready to join the group at any time. It is expected to officially start filming after the National Day holiday.

Lao Jia and Lao Niu were informed that the Tangcheng signing ceremony would be held at the end of the month, and the crew’s official account would be launched simultaneously to prepare for the first round of public opinion and public relations.

Contact Yu Nan, Guyuehe, and Hang Xiaoming and ask them to come to Xiangcheng to attend the groundbreaking ceremony.

Check with Lin Xiao on the progress of setting the makeup and costumes of the three actors, and make sure nothing goes wrong.

By the way, are there any big events in the industry recently? "

After finishing a few notes, Xiaomei closed the big notebook, ran out of the conference room, took back a slightly smaller notebook, opened it and said to the notebook.

"The "Big Earthquake" directed by Xiaogang has a cumulative box office of 6.7 million so far, ranking second in the history of domestic films, surpassing last year's "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and second only to "1951".

The problem is that "Big Earthquake" did not intend to avoid the upcoming "The Founding of the Party" and applied for a second key extension. The media said that Wang Xiaogang wanted to delay the release of 7 million.

This is in sharp contrast to last year's "1951", which was abandoned as soon as it was good. Public opinion inside and outside the industry was very unfavorable to Wang Xiaogang, and his reaction was also a bit extreme.

Yiming, you are the director of "1951", and Wang Xiaogang is always talking to you about things. You have finally appeared in public after such a long time, and the media will definitely not let you go. "

Chen Yiming listened and turned on his computer to read the news. My dear, the little steel cannon was a little too extreme. It was like a thousand cannons firing at once, blasting whoever was caught.

Although there are many flaws in Chen Yiming's viewing of "Earthquake", to be fair, the quality of this movie is still remarkable. In addition, it is a national crisis subject that comes with its own protective shield. Therefore, film critics and media have very positive evaluations. Broad Bean Score It once passed the 8-point mark.

Having been praised by everyone for two months, Xiaogangpao is obviously a little bit arrogant. When he was interviewed by the media recently, he was somewhat unrestrained.

When anyone is full of ambition and is being pointed at the nose and asked questions, he will not be in a happy mood.

Why not imitate Chen Yiming?

Why?

Good movies should be extended!

He didn't dare to criticize "The Great Cause of Party Building". He was not used to Chen Yiming, a young man.

(End of this chapter)