This director needs to apologize

Chapter 238: Fulfilling Duties and Sheeping Wool

In the movie, there are continuous large-scale group scenes, but in actual shooting, they were broken into fragments and shot in jump shots.

The panoramic and long-shot shots were shot first, which was mainly the work of Cui Fang and Lin Xiao. The setup of the camera position, the route of the camera truck, the way of moving the camera, etc. all needed to be constantly verified.

For example, when Mulan leads the army and appears on the top of a hill, there are many ways to shoot it.

You can start from the side of the hill, and let the ridge of the hill extend into the lens to form a diagonal line that runs upwards to the horizon. Then the two leading actors enter the foreground, and the knights follow to fill the entire view frame.

There was a scene like this in the previous life "The Mummy 2". Above the yellow sand of the desert and under the blue sky, the knights in black armor formed a long array from near to far. The horses' heads in the close shot were snoring. It was perfect. Create a chilling atmosphere before the war.

You can also start from the Western Turkic pawns on the low ground under the hills. On the hills in the distance, a knight suddenly appeared. While the pawns were still distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, more Tang Army knights appeared on the top of the hill, forming a line of several hundred meters. A wide wall of cavalry.

This is what Chen Yiming stole from the opening of "Band of Brothers" in his previous life. The original film only used a dozen people to exaggerate the feeling of fighting for the rest of his life.

This shooting method is to shoot from low to high, which is more conducive to laying out Tang Jun's momentum. When the camera turns to Tang Jun's perspective, it is also easier for the audience to immerse themselves in it.

In addition to these two shooting methods, Cui Fang, who is used to shooting big scenes, and Lin Xiao, who is good at composition, also have many fantastic ideas.

Chen Yiming's approach is "I want it all." He shoots it first and then talks about it. Even if it is not edited into the main film, it can still be used as behind-the-scenes for subsequent publicity and distribution, and it won't be wasted anyway.

There are several shots with large depth of field in each of the three stages of the battle.

It took half a day to rehearse, half a day to shoot, and half a day to adjust. Basically, we could shoot three scenes in two days, and the progress was quite slow.

Towards the end of April, the panoramic and long-range shots were successfully completed, and Wu Yuanrong began to take over, shooting close-ups and close-ups.

This part is Mr. Wu's specialty. Being hit by an arrow, being knifed, or being stabbed can make a person jump on his back and blood will be sprayed everywhere.

Although Yu Nan and other actors have gone through long-term training in routines, and the martial arts practitioners are also diligent, the filming is still not fast because the shots are too detailed and some margin is reserved for the convenience of editing.

Entering May, the scenes in Tara Grassland still have not been completed, but there are only some shots that go through the process, and the big head has all been completed.

Chen Yiming handed over the crew to Lin Xiao and three assistant directors, and returned to the Magic City first.

Xiangrui's "Love Letter" has been completed and is currently in post-production at Moying Studio. As a producer, Chen Yiming had to go there to fulfill his obligations.

But before returning to the Demon City, Chen Yiming rushed to Xiangcheng and met with Da Zhuang, who was supervising the work in Tangcheng.

The last time Chen Yiming came to Tangcheng was just before the Spring Festival. At that time, the main scenes were still in their original shape. When he came back more than three months later, Chen Yiming found that the place had completely changed.

Chen Yiming and Da Zhuang wore safety helmets and rode electric donkeys to see the flowers in the park.

The earliest Wubao built is nearing completion. The main project has been accepted and is currently undergoing exterior distressing and interior decoration.

The city gates and walls of Chang'an have also been erected. The city walls are 7 meters high, the total height of the city tower is 11 meters, and the spacious city gate openings are 4 meters high. Walking inside gives a sense of novelty as if Hu merchants from the Western Regions entered Chang'an for the first time.

Immediately behind the doorway is a market that is more than 300 meters long, with various two- or three-story buildings on both sides. In the middle of the market is a five-story restaurant. The buildings are all completed and awaiting decoration and distressing.

The slowest progress is the Daming Palace, which is still a large construction site. The scaffolding of the main building has not yet been removed, and there is no shadow of the side halls on both sides and the square in front of the palace.

The two brothers were sweating from walking. Da Zhuang handed Chen Yiming a bottle of mineral water, and he also opened a bottle and drank it.

"The progress is a little behind, mainly because the old work requires a professional team, which cannot be done by ordinary decorators."

Chen Yiming put down the water bottle and said, "We still have time. Xiaomei has adjusted the production schedule and is considering going to Dunhuang for location shooting first. After filming the Desert War, we will return to Tangcheng to finish." Da Zhuang turned around and asked, "What are the specific dates? month?"

Chen Yiming thought for a while and replied, "If everything goes well, it will be mid-June."

Upon hearing this, Da Zhuang said with a grimace, "I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it in a month and a half. As you can see, the progress of the Daming Palace is a little slow."

Chen Yiming said with relief, "Don't worry, you can put the Daming Palace scene at the end and wrap it up before August so that it can be released in time for the end of the year.

I really can't tell you, let me arrange the movie for next year's Spring Festival. "

Da Zhuang sighed, "He knew you were very busy on location, so he only called me. The domestic box office performance in the first five months of this year was average. He was still counting on "Mulan" to fill the gap. How could it be possible? If you promised to hold the Spring Festival stall, wouldn’t it be postponed until next year?”

Although Chen Yiming has been staying in Huangcheng Town, he has very frequent phone calls with Da Zhuang, so he is not out of date with outside information.

In the first half of this year, there were basically no blockbuster movies in the mainland. The highest-grossing movie was Hollywood's "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D," which took in 3 million in box office thanks to the 3.5% higher ticket price of a D blockbuster.

The list below is basically a bunch of duds. The highest-grossing Hong Kong film is "Chilling" with 2.5 million yuan, and there is also a new movie "Famous Man", which has a box office of 1.8 million yuan.

As for the movies produced in the Mainland, they were too miserable to watch. The leading role was actually the "great artist" Chen Huaikai, who quickly made a feature film "Search" about online violence, which grossed less than 2 million.

It is worth mentioning that Xiangrui's "Super Sense" actually occupied a place in the top 10 box office. Relying on Lily's good looks and Chen Yiming's reputation as a screenwriter, it actually made a box office of 2.3 million in the mainland.

Converted into more than 3000 million nut coins, which is really not a small amount. This is a thriller.

What's more, the film batch is based on a buyout system. As a domestic distributor, Platinum Jue only needs to give one or two profits to the importer, China Pictures, and the rest can be put into its own pocket, which is really cool.

Director Fu Ruixiang became famous immediately, and her new film "Love Letter" also attracted a lot of attention. Some time ago, Chen Yiming received a call from Xiangrui, and it is said that reporters came to the set to visit the studio one after another.

To be honest, Liu Dongjun is the only one in the cast of "Love Letter", but it has been a long time since he became popular. After all, he went back to school after playing "1951" and has not released any new works so far.

The heroine An Xixi is beautiful, but she is a newcomer to the industry and has zero works.

The next two supporting characters, Ye Zuxin and Miao Xiaotong, are also on the 18th level not long after graduation.

So who else could the reporter visit when he came to visit the class? Director Fu Da was the only one.

Don't let the free popularity go to waste. "Love Letter" is scheduled to be released during the Chinese Valentine's Day at the end of the summer, which is still more than three months away.

If nothing else, the three movies produced by Platinum this year are "Super Sense", "Love Letter" and "Mulan", which are evenly distributed at the beginning, middle and end of the year.

As for the agency issuance business, Da Zhuang plans to slow down a little. The few projects that Lao Niu worked on last year cost a lot of money and effort. At the end of the checkout, he found that he earned very little. It can only be regarded as investing time in exchange for experience points. .

There are very few good projects in China, and there are only a few directors and actors who can stably carry the box office, and they have long been targeted by various forces.

Together, Da Zhuang and Lao Niu Lao Jia Yi decided not to mess around like headless chickens. After "Mulan" is completed, Bo Jue will launch a follow-up genre film plan. The scripts are all written by Chen Yiming. The Humo Award is much more reliable.

Prior to this, Da Zhuang asked Lao Niu to keep an eye on China Film and Television, planning to continue to make batches of films to harvest wool from Hollywood.

There are two paths on the other side of the ocean, one is Lily and the other is Shen Pengfei, both of whom are their own people. It doesn’t take much. One or two projects similar to “Super Sense” a year are enough to support Platinum Jue’s publishing team.

(End of this chapter)