This director needs to apologize

Chapter 299 Exiled from the World

In the film industry, producers and producers are often confused with each other, and this is especially true in China, a place where crew operations are not very standardized.

After all, the responsibilities of the two are very close. To put it bluntly, they both work around three things.

The first is to control the progress, that is, the project plan, from the beginning of preparation to the official release, is the scope of control.

The second is to master the budget, that is, how the crew's money should be spent, how to make decisions about off-balance sheet expenses, and how to make up for lost money.

The third is to make up for every leak, assisting and supervising the director, holding the reins of the director on both the artistic and technical levels, and at the same time acting as a firefighter to solve problems for the crew who have troubles that happen every day.

Because there are too many and complicated things, although it is just a simple title on the end credits, the specific responsibilities often vary greatly depending on the crew, which is completely different from the same director.

The three films directed by Chen Yiming before actually combined the three roles of director, producer and supervisor. He has the power to make decisions. Da Zhuang, as the producer, is only in name, and Xiao Mei, the executive producer, is responsible for the execution.

Therefore, in Chen Yiming's crew, the producer is usually just the executor, and the supervisor is directly absent, because the management has a high degree of trust, and he is enough inside and outside.

Planning, progress control, budget review, and even the final editing and quality control of the materials are all done by Chen Yiming himself. He really manages his own money and spends it himself, highlighting the fact that there are no taboos.

The director is also an assistant director who became a full-time director, and the two assistants are also newbies.

The producer of "Love Letter" basically lives up to his name. After all, he was deeply involved in the production of the film, and even the final version was created minute by minute in the editing room.

Now that the project has advanced to the crucial start-up preparation period, he cannot continue to sit idly by no matter what.

Senior producer Xiao Mei temporarily stepped down, and deputy Li Yangyang took control of the overall situation for the first time.

At that time, Xiaomei had already been trained, and Bojue's production team had also been established. It was easy and enjoyable to control a small and medium-sized crew.

Although everyone now uses digital machines and no longer burns film, the principle is still the same, and money is spent much faster than before.

But even so, as a producer, he was only involved in part of the work of fixing leaks, that is, checking the content. He had no control over the schedule and budget at all.

If it weren't for Chen Yiming's special experiences in his two lives, there would have been only one consequence of doing so, which would be to lose control and crash after extremely letting go, until he fell to the point of no return.

Gou Liang (Mr. Wang Lizing’s second apprentice) applied for a lighting set worth 17 yuan...

In the past, Chen Yiming didn't care about these details. The overall expenditure was estimated to be within the budget, so he kept the pace and continued shooting. The specific expenditure was a matter for Xiaomei and Dazhuang.

Tailan location location includes hotel advance payment, 45.

There is a saying in the film industry that money is burned as soon as the film is rotated.

It wasn't until Xiaomei went on vacation after the meeting that day and Chen Yiming took over the crew's accounts as a producer that he truly felt the numbness of spending money like water.

Purchased a new Alai model plus a full set of filters for 355 million.

As for "Super Sense" and "Love Letter" that he later participated in the production, although they had the title of producer, the specific meanings were completely different.

Under such a staffing arrangement, Chen Yiming had to devote more energy. At this time, he broke away from the previous nominal situation and began to truly perform his duties as a producer.

There are countless similar cases in foreign film history, so bankrupt companies abound.

He only helped with the script of "Super Sense" and had no involvement in other matters at all. He even saw the finished film for the first time after it was released. The title of producer was actually just a reason for Meghan to give him planning fees. .

In the current "Usual Suspects", the situation has changed again.

Travel expenses for the Bangkok outdoor shooting team, 27.

In fact, he had been lazy a lot, and only fully intervened after the second green light was given. Before that, he had only attended two project meetings. After telling the story, he started to hang up, and has been hanging up until now.

The large expenditures that need to be reviewed by Chen Yiming are already large amounts of more than 10,000 yuan. The miscellaneous small money from Li Yangyang is flowing out almost constantly, so much so that it requires a full-time producer to lead a financial team to handle it efficiently.

There will definitely be unnecessary expenses and waste during this period, but for the sake of efficiency and progress, we can only grasp the big and let go of the small. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Making a movie is like spending money suddenly at the end of the year, so you can't be too serious.

For a mature team like Platinum, the first two tasks of supervision, namely budget and schedule, are actually one and the same. What Chen Yiming has to do is not to review the rationality of every expenditure with a keen eye, but to ensure that the project progress is generally in line with the original plan within the budget warning line.

Compared with completing the project on time, a little wasted money or sporadic corruption and waste are nothing at all and are not worth investigating.

Chen Yiming rarely stayed in the director's office of Bojue for more than a week. He took over the big accounts and knew the budget well. At the same time, he assisted the crew in setting up the behind-the-scenes team.

A small part of the members of the six core production departments of Shedenglu and Fuhuadao are from Bojue's young team, and the rest are still from the old relationship with the Magic Film Factory.

Chen Yiming contacted two additional "old masters" to provide guidance and guidance to several new members of the directing team.

One is Cui Fang, a photographer from Bayi Film Studio whom he worked with during the filming of "Mulan".

He was originally invited to shoot the big war scenes, but after working together, Chen Yiming discovered that Lao Cui was very good at shooting in cramped environments, and he had a lot of clever tricks adapted to local conditions.

"The Usual Suspects" is a detective film, and the ambush requires very delicate camera movements, and Lao Cui's experience comes in handy.

The other one is Zhang Weining, a senior director from Chang'an Film Studio, whom he worked with when filming "1951".

This is also a veteran on the set. Not only is he good at coaching group actors, he is also a first-rate executive assistant director, especially good at coordinating the relationship between various groups behind the scenes on behalf of the director.

In this way, with Lin Xiao, a veteran of Moying, in charge, and good old man Zhang Weining behind, the crew's operations are basically foolproof.

Half a month later, "The Usual Suspects" successfully passed the film bureau's preliminary review and obtained the filming permit. Tailan's entry filming permit was also completely ready two days ago, and the production only needed Wang Wei's order to start filming.

During this period, after a round of verification auditions, Li Yangyang completed contracts with several actors as expected, and Xu Yajun indeed agreed to star.

Leading the cast is Duan Yining, starring Yu Hewei, Xu Yajun, Bao Jianfeng, Zhang Yu, Lei Jiasheng, and special performance Lin Dongfu. Chen Yiming is very satisfied with this cast.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of appearance, he can be considered handsome and handsome. He is good at winning in his own way, covering all kinds of adjectives that describe a handsome uncle.

Wang Wei and the two assistant directors worked tirelessly to perfect the storyboards and production sheets.

The project that day would have a great impact on the three of them. Chen Yiming's "suggestion" was quite euphemistic, but the meaning was very clear. The way the interrogation section was handled needed to be drastically changed.

This meant that almost half of the storyboards had to be changed.

Wang Wei and the others were really anxious. The three of them immediately set up camp in Bojue's office, taking advantage of Chen Yiming's daily attendance at work. Whenever they had the opportunity, they would grab him to look at the pictures and talk.

Looking at the big dark circles on their faces, Chen Yiming couldn't help but said with relief, "It doesn't matter if you are not sure about the details. You might as well look at the big picture first and set up the big frame of the scene. The details can be left to the actors after the filming is started. them.

This is not about muddling along, you must know that the director is not omnipotent, and you have to learn to fully trust the actors you choose. "

Unfortunately, not many eggs were used, Wang Wei and the others were still anxious.

However, whether you are busy or idle, time passes quickly at the same speed, and the day when you turn on the phone cannot be changed.

The three of them, Wang Wei and Wang Wei, who were worried, led the behind-the-scenes team to Bangkok to make final preparations for the official shooting.

The actors don't have to go so early, they can just go a week later, and the crew will reimburse the air tickets.

Chen Yiming was also able to put down his work for the time being. According to the plan, he would wait until the scene of the cargo ship explosion started filming before setting off for inspection. He would have about eight or nine days of free time.

After thinking about it, Xiangrui has not come out yet. This time, he is only planning the "500 Days of Summer Solstice" in name only. He does not need to interfere with the subsequent scripts and formation.

An Xixi had just talked on the phone the night before. The girl was still paying off debts for her last "little vacation" in the magic city, and was accompanying her elders to go shopping abroad.

Da Zhuang rarely comes to the company recently. It is said that he and Yao Laosan are busy with the idol talent show.

For a moment, Chen Yiming was at a loss. Playing games at home was too boring, and traveling was too cramped. He was exiled from the world.

(End of this chapter)