Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1021 The MV of the semi-promotional film

   "You are not the first person to be hurt because of this movie!" Xiao Yao smiled and looked at Keith Craig.

   "Really? Who else?" Keith Craig asked with interest.

"My parents, and my friends' parents!" Xiao Yao said, "My friend's parents and I are both Chinese star actors, and they have also invested in film and television dramas. This time a few of us are shooting this movie, they want Investing, serving as the producer of this movie and other behind-the-scenes work, and wanting to play a role in it, for free, but we rejected it!"

   "Really?" Keith Craig asked in surprise.

  Kes Craig doesn’t know about Xiao Yao’s friends, but he knows about Xiao Yao’s family, he knows that his father is a musician and his mother is an actor.

   "Of course it is true!" Xiao Yao said, "This movie has nothing to do with them!"

   "So, I think I am better than them." Keith Craig smiled, "At least, you will still give me the copyright of these two songs for the movie, won't you?"

"Of course." Xiao Yao nodded with a smile, "but I have one additional condition. These two songs were created for the movie, so the release of these two songs needs to be coordinated with the promotional activities before the movie is released. Even if we recorded them in advance. , Also have to wait until the publicity activities before the movie is released before it can be publicly unveiled!"

   "No problem!" Keith Craig smiled and waved his hand.

  This way, Keith Craig is done. Xiao Yao and the four members of the "Immortals" band went to the rehearsal room of the recording studio.

  The "Immortals" band has been established for more than four years, and the four members have been learning from the members of "Daydream". The four of them not only made great progress in musical instrument performance, but both Samien and Dean were learning to write, and the other two also made great progress in music. In the past two years, several people have produced their own musical works. Although it is not as good as the songs written by Xiao Yao, it can be regarded as a certain achievement in this aspect and a certain ability.

  What Xiao Yao wrote at this time was only the lyrics and music scores of the two songs, and did not give the arrangement. In terms of arranging, Xiao Yao had two previous original versions of the songs in his mind. It was not that he could not write them. He just thought that since it was a band song, it was better to gather everyone's wisdom to make this arrangement.

  Everyone arranges music in the rehearsal room while discussing and experimenting with the effects of playing and listening. If you think it is good, you will record it, and if it is not good, you will re-discuss it. With a little playful mentality, the atmosphere is still quite relaxed.

  After playing for such a day, the band has only made an arrangement of a song, and it is only a rudimentary form, and it has not reached the level of recording in the studio. However, Xiao Yao is not in a hurry for these two songs. Let them continue to improve when they have time next week, or try to arrange another song first, and come over to discuss with them when the crew is on holiday next week. determine.

  Although Xiao Yao didn't take a break during the holidays, he went to the recording studio to play a musical instrument with the band members for a day. The crew resumed work the next day, and Xiao Yao also devoted himself to the filming work with a very full mental state.

  Xiao Yao is both a director and an actor in this movie, so he is once again trying to direct and act in a shooting experience. The previous experience was when Xiao Yao made the short film "Tuner". But this time is still very different from the last time.

   When the last time "Tuner" was filmed, the director was Xiao Yao alone. During the filming, Xiao Yao only invited his grandfather to come over and act as the executive director, and helped him call out the start and the card. Whether the shooting plan before shooting or whether it passed after the shooting, it was Xiao Yao himself. People have the final say.

  This time making a parkour movie, it was co-directed by Xiao Yao and Mu Ying, both of whom were directors.

  Before shooting, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying have to discuss the specific shooting plan of each scene, such as lighting, positioning, and camera angle. When filming, if there is no Xiao Yao's role, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying will sit in the director's position in front of the monitor to direct. If there is Xiao Yao's role, only Mu Ying will control the director's position in front of the monitor. Crew. But even if he has his own part, after each shot, Xiao Yao will run over to watch the replay with Mu Ying. Only after both directors are satisfied can this shot be passed.

  This kind of joint guidance was decided as early as when the two met at the French Short Film Festival and decided to make this film. The two met at the film festival because their short films were exhibited. Mu Ying's short film is an action film, and Xiao Yao's short film is a thriller drama. One is good at action scenes and the other is good at literary and opera scenes. This kind of joint guidance is just a complement to the two.

  Even after Xiao Yao’s own animated film was released, Xiao Yao did not change this idea. There is still a big difference between the shooting of a live-action movie and an animated movie. Although Xiao Yao has been in a lot of crews, watched a lot, and directed and shot short films by himself, it is the first time he has directed a live-action feature film. There is no such aspect. I’m still a little worried about my experience, and I need to be safe when I get the upper director to work with me. Mu Ying is not well-known, has a good relationship with Xiao Yao, and has experience, so he is a suitable candidate.

  In the crew, it is not only Xiao Yao who holds multiple roles. Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting are not the only ones.

  Zhao Rui and Xu Fei are the two leading actors and act as action directors, and they also have to design action scenes. In addition to getting a supporting role that is not heavy, Chen Xiaoting also has the identity of an executive producer. She assists director Mu Ying in arranging specific daily affairs, and also controls the financial expenditures of the crew during the filming.

  This is the first time for Zhao Rui and Xu Fei to experience multiple roles in the crew. Although Xiao Yao had the experience of self-writing, directing and acting once, he will also participate in the design of parkour action with Zhao Rui, Xu Fei and others in the crew this time. In fact, he also has to do the work of action guidance. Quite a lot.

  Since several of the core members of the crew are filming this way for the first time, during the first week of shooting, the director team led by Mu Ying and Xiao Yao did not take a heavy shot in the shooting plan.

By the second week of filming, the entire crew became more familiar with each other and worked better with each other. Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui were also more adaptable to the multi-tasking work style, and the filming plan was also increased. The amount of shooting tasks.

  In the second week of shooting, although the amount of shooting tasks increased and everyone's work intensity increased a lot, the shooting plan for this week was completed and the shooting progress was guaranteed.

  At the weekend of the second week, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying also gave the whole crew a day off.

  The second crew is on holiday, Xiao Yao still went to the "Daydream" recording studio and continued to arrange two songs with the members of the "Immortals" band.

  During this week, the members of the "Immortals" band were not idle, and made some arrangements for these two songs. After Xiao Yao listened to it, he only made some minor changes and decided on the arrangement of the two songs. After confirming the arrangement of the two songs, there was still some time on this day, and Xiao Yao tried to record the songs.

  Because the whole band was recording together, the modified arrangement did not undergo too much practice, so the efficiency of this recording is incomparable with the recording efficiency of Xiao Yao alone. Xiao Yao kept recording in the studio until night fell, and he hadn't finished recording a song.

  Don’t worry about these two songs. I will be filming again tomorrow. Xiao Yao also doesn’t want to stay up late, so I won’t record it until the filming is finished. I will leave it to the crew’s rest day next week to continue. After having dinner with the band members, Xiao Yao drove back to the apartment to rest.

  The shooting in the first two weeks was relatively smooth, but by the third week, the shooting was not so smooth. When filming the action scene where he jumped from the roof of one building to the bar on the balcony of another building, Xu Fei did not grasp the bar, fell off and was injured.

  It’s not uncommon for actors to get injured during action scenes. No matter how proficient the previous training is, how well the crew is prepared, and how well the work is done, it is impossible to guarantee that it will be foolproof. The crew’s investment in security is still very effective. Although there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents, it can play a very good role in protection when accidents happen. When Xu Fei was filming this scene, he was hung with a wire. After falling, he did not fall to the ground. He was pulled in the air by the wire, but he sprained his wrist when he didn't grasp the bar. In addition, when he was hanging in the air, his body collided with the wall. There are some bruises and bruises.

  At this time, the ambulance and the two first-aiders in the crew really came in handy. When Xu Fei was put down, the two first responders immediately checked and dealt with Xu Fei as soon as possible. Finally, after going to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, the hospital did not allow Xu Fei to be hospitalized, but only asked him to return. The home rests on its own.

  Xu Fei's injury is not serious, and the doctor's diagnosis is that a few days' rest will be fine.

  Although Xu Fei is not a member of the American Screen Actors Guild, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying will not let Xu Fei enter the battle with injuries. The two forcibly gave him a few days off to recover from his injuries.

  Xu Fei takes a vacation to recover from his injuries, but the filming work of the crew will not stop due to this. Xiao Yao and Mu Ying adjusted their filming plans for the next few days overnight to advance the scenes without Xu Fei in order to minimize the loss of the crew. With just such an adjustment, many aspects have to be adjusted, and the progress of the entire shooting inevitably lags behind.

  Although the filming schedule of the crew is a bit lagging behind, but the holidays should be released. On the weekend of the third week, the crew continued to have a holiday, and Xiao Yao also continued to go to the "Daydream" recording studio.

  After another week, the "Immortals" band has become more proficient in the arrangement of the two songs, so the recording efficiency of this day is not the same as that of the day a week ago. Before night fell, Xiao Yao recorded all the official versions of the two songs.

  I heard that the arrangement of the two songs was finalized last week, Keith Craig has listened to the band's rehearsal this week. Knowing that this day's recording can record the finished song, Keith Craig also came to the studio. After the song was recorded, Keith Craig was the first to listen to the finished products of the two songs.

The official version of the   song has been recorded in the studio. Xiao Yao's next plan is to record the MV of these two songs. Xiao Yao agreed to sell the copyrights of the two songs to Keith Craig’s "Daydream" studio, so the official release of the songs must be the responsibility of the "Daydream" studio. The shooting of the MV is naturally related to them. It happened that Keith Craig was present. After the recording, Xiao Yao discussed with Keith Craig about shooting the song's MV.

  MV is also a way of publicity. Xiao Yao wants to use these two songs for movie promotion, so the MV will definitely not let go. However, when the movie was released, Xiao Yao didn't plan to make these two songs only serve the movie, so he didn't plan to make the MVs of these two songs purely as a promotional film for the movie.

   Xiao Yao’s plan is to use some clips from the movie, plus some footage from the band members, to combine the two into a MV for two songs. In this way, during the promotional period before the movie is released, the song and the MV are released together, which can boost the promotion of the movie, and when the movie is released, the two MVs can also continue to exist as MVs separately.

   Keith Craig has no opinion on such a MV.

  The plot and screen of the two MVs, Xiao Yao has already thought about it. The filming of the film is still in progress. In terms of film fragments, after the film has been filmed, it can be directly cut out and edited into the MV. As for the footage of the band members, it needs to be filmed separately.

  The MV shooting, Xiao Yao does not intend to use the current crew members, but plans to let Keith Craig come forward to form the MV shooting crew. When Xiao Yao was recording his own song MV in Los Angeles in the past, Keith Craig helped Xiao Yao set up the MV shooting crew. This time he filmed the MV for his band’s songs. Of course Keith Craig didn’t have any. objection.

  It takes time to form a crew, and it must be too late today. Xiao Yao is going to take part of the band members' shots in the MV on the next rest day of the crew. In one week, it was more than enough to set up the MV shooting crew and recruit actors for Keith Craig.

Completed the recording of two movie songs, and finalized the shooting of two MVs that will be used by Xiao Yao as "semi-promotional films". Xiao Yao's sense of accomplishment is not small, and it can be regarded as found for the filming that did not go well this week. Some comfort.

  After the rest day, the crew resumed filming.

  Compared with the troubles encountered in the third week, Xiao Yao and others are in a much better mood in the fourth week. In addition to the fact that there were no injuries to the crew during filming this week, Xu Fei also recovered his injuries and returned to the crew to resume shooting. Another very important reason is that someone finally flew to the United States to visit the crew from China.

  (End of this chapter)