When the three of the Ye family drove home, it was already noon, and their Black Friday shopping activity was over. The final goal on the list was half achieved, which was quite rewarding. But the price was that Gu Qiao was injured by the hand. Fortunately, they were not serious injuries. It should be fine if she went home and put some slapped wine.

Although Ye Haogen and Ye Wei were very sad, Gu Qiao said it was worth it. This kind of snatch would save more than 2,000 yuan.

More than two thousand yuan? Ye Wei thought, maybe a long time later, when he succeeded and became famous, he would feel moved when he thought of this matter; but now, he has no enjoyment at all.

After returning home, after two hours of sleep, Ye Wei couldn't sleep anymore and got up to continue working on the short film.

Seeing that time is right, he first replied to Lily's text message and then called Anna's agent. Anna had already joined Ms. Jung, but she did not object. She usually had no gains or losses when starring in middle school students' works.

In fact, there is a saying in the entertainment industry that says: "The agent is your partner, not your mom."

The manager may be a mother, but the agent is not. The temporary actors have agents (a specialized acting agency). The number of actors under an agent may not even count them. Usually, the two parties can’t meet twice a year, or even several years ago. The last time they met, they signed a contract, and they usually contacted by phone, email, etc.

Most ordinary actors don’t rely on their agents to find jobs, but rely on submitting their resumes, contacting, interviewing, etc. to get jobs, and counting on good news from their agents. They have long been starved to death.

And only if you perform with a paid performance, the agent can get money. If you don’t have a student short film, ask for your opinion? Most agents directly answered: "If you like to act, you will act. Don’t know if I’m very busy? Don’t bother me."

But Ms. Juen is an ambition agent, and Anna is the potential ace in her hands, so she has to be cautious and serious in everything. She wants to read the script of the short film. In addition, if Anna really wants to star in the role, she has to sign a contract to protect her rights.

This is a normal process, Ye Wei had no objection, so he agreed to a meeting.

As an agent, Ms. Juen is working all year round and has no holiday to never do anything. Just have dinner with Anna's family to discuss this matter tonight.

...

Under the night, Beverly Hills, Spagh Restaurant.

This is also a two-star Michelin high-end restaurant that celebrities like to visit. The owner is the famous chef Wolfgang Parker. It has exquisite decoration, delicious food, and very expensive prices. Ye Wei invited them to dinner here, without it, sincerity, "I have money, not a bad guy", but I don't put down four hundred dollars tonight and can't walk out of the restaurant door.

As he expected, Ms. Zhuen had a good impression of him: "The little boss of Weiduo Image" was not a liar.

The Anna family also didn't know the financial situation of the Ye family and had a happy meal. If they knew that the Ye family was still participating in a shopping mall in the morning, they really didn't know what expression they had.

There was a table beside the window of the lobby in the restaurant. At this time, the bread in front of the meal was served. Several people were tasting, while each was looking at a script, while Ye Wei looked at them with a smile.

The script of "Dance of Angels" printed on standard script format paper only has ten pages. In less than ten minutes, the four of them finished reading it one after another, with different expressions and surprise!

"Wow! This is a professional script, right?" David Robert didn't know much about movies. He thought it was a "script" that told several stories and then shot in large sections.

Janet was also surprised by this. It seems that Ye Wei's words of learning movies since she was a child were not false words, but a very ambitious young man! She praised: "I think the script is well written, and Anna is acting this story, so there is no problem."

"Mom, you're right." After reading the script, Anna looked at Ye Wei again, with a little more respect in her eyes, "I really want to play Anna now."

Now in the script, Anne is called Anna and Toto is called Bella.

"You will." Ye Wei was happy with their response and looked at the agent on the right, "Ms. Zhuen, right?"

Ms. Juen is a white professional woman in her thirties, wearing a black lady suit, capable short hair, and a savvy look in her eyes. She seems to have a good feeling about the script, and Anna's family agrees with her, and she can't change anything even if she opposes it. Then she nodded and said, "This script is OK, it will be very pleasing if it is filmed."

"Thank you, thank you everyone!" Ye Wei's excited voice couldn't help but feel a little loud. The heroine has gone well and she is so happy! Isn't this the good person will be rewarded? Haha!

"Awesome!! So exciting!" Anna also shouted happily, wide-eyed and smiled brightly: "My first performance in front of the camera! A movie short film!"

"I'm disturbing..." At this time, a waiter came over and asked them to pay attention to the volume.

After the waiter left, Anna stuck out her tongue, Ye Wei also made a face, and both of them held back their laughter...

Next, the two sides agreed to work hours that satisfies each other. On December 12, 13 and 14, three consecutive days, Friday and weekends, Anna just turned 10.

Of course, she is a child actor at her age, and having a child actor in the film production is like having trouble.

If a minor wants to participate in a work, he or she needs to obtain a "special work permit" legally. Each state has different regulations on this. Generally, three documents must be prepared: a work contract signed by the employer, a certificate of average grade C or higher signed by the school, and a certificate of physical health signed by the doctor.

When the filming stage is at the most, the producer needs to arrange three types of personnel on the set: child welfare workers to ensure that the producer abides by the child labor method; nurses and infant actors are required, and they are not needed at the age of 10; teachers with teaching qualifications, if they make films for more than 3 days, young actors need to receive education on the set.

These are all supervised. If you don't want to be sued by child welfare workers and young actor parents, and then pay a lot of money, it is best to abide by it.

In addition, each state and country has different requirements for the working hours of child actors. The common one is that aged 6-9 is up to 8 hours a day, and aged 9 hours a day for 9-16 is up to 9 hours a day. There are 3 hours for learning and 1 hour for playing, so the time to really stand in front of the camera can only be 4-5 hours a day.

The regulations in some places are more demanding. It takes 12 hours to leave the set and return to the set the next day; the time to drive from one set to another is also considered working time...

If "The Little Beauty of Sunshine" can really be filmed in the future, no matter who produces it, they will have to do this for "Oliver".

Although "Angel Dance" is a short film for students, the contract must be signed like this, and the child labor method is effective for it.

However, Ye Wei said in private that this would not be implemented by then. There are no child welfare workers, no teachers, only Anna's mother; and working 10 hours a day is all real shooting, without a minute of gaming time.

This is simply abuse, enslavement! If he dares to do this while making an independent movie, he can be compensated to death.

But how can students be so harsh? Anna's parents understand it. It's only three days, just with her mother following her.

The most important reason is that Anna is willing, she is eager to shoot 12 hours a day!

The working duration was determined, and the two sides talked about some business aspects, with zero pay and the crew providing food; when changing the shooting venue, the actor drove by himself; when shooting, the actor brought his own clothes, but there would be a makeup and costume designer guiding the style.

Short films shall not be used for any commercial purposes; they shall not be placed on the Internet without authorization, which requires the consent of Anna's side; including all original video materials, they shall not be leaked without authorization; Ye Wei can use short films to participate in various film festivals, or as resume materials for "showing himself".

On the other hand, Anna suddenly didn't want to shoot, fell ill, created conflicts and other reasons, and did not need to make any compensation. Anna did not have any obligation to participate in the post-production and publicity of the short film; if Ye Wei violated the treaty, Anna had the right to sue him...

These will be written into the contract, almost a sample contract, so everything goes well.

In addition, both parties determined the shooting format of the short film: high-definition digital.

Although shooting with 35mm film can show more, Ye Wei also has other considerations, saving costs and time, and the most important thing is that it is not necessary.

Because I want to be a producer and director, shooting high-definition digital is not a problem, but there are technical matters. There are photography teams. Due to the extra trivial steps such as washing and watching porn, the timetable is formulated differently, which is easy to deal with. Moreover, "The Little Beauty of Sunshine" can be shot in high-definition digital format. This story does not have that high requirements for photography such as color and grain.

By the way, the Coen brothers had not even touched many professional photography equipment before the filming of "Blood Maze".

"How are you going to take the shots after 'Anna' lost her right foot?" At this time, Ms. Zhu En flipped through the script again and asked Ye Wei a question.

"Special effects." Ye Wei looked at the few people and said in detail: "I will try to complete some shots by misalignment, makeup, etc., but there are still some shots that need to be shot from the front, so we need special effects."

This is a major difficulty in this short film. The special effects of short films for middle school students? You need to be professional, not your own PS!

The principle would be like this: take two shots, and take pictures as you should take pictures the first time, but use blue and green marks on Anna's right foot so that the special effects engineer can erase the image in the later stage; the second shot is the same composition, except for Anna's right foot to move away, and re-shoot the scene that should have been vacant, cut it out later, and combine the two and process it again, and it will be the finished product.

This technology cannot be accomplished by the ordinary computer of your own, but it has it in Southern California.

He didn't tell them the real plan for post-production, but just smiled and said, "I will find a professional special effects company to complete it."

Anna's family nodded, and Ms. Juen asked again: "What about music?" There are several places in the script that require music.

"I don't know yet, but Britney's song will definitely not appear." Ye Wei shrugged and took his own fried egg. He couldn't afford the copyright fee. Even if it was a student short film, he would pay tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars with a well-known song.

"I will probably use classical music such as Beethoven and Mozart, and the dead will not charge any money."

But even so, he cannot use the version played by others casually. That is copyright. If you want to use it, you can only record it by yourself.

For short films, the use of music is crucial. It’s just a little while. Sometimes it’s sensational or not, it all depends on music! Good music can make old-fashioned stories and mediocre shots magical; bad music can turn touching stories and magical shots into decay.

In audio images, the harmony of the shadows complement each other, like a pair of chopsticks, and a chopstick cannot hold anything.

Ye Wei spoke very professionally in his words and even Anna's family couldn't understand many terms, and their expressions of praise became even heavier.

"But, you know a lot, did you learn it yourself?" Anna's eyes also had more respect.

"Yes, I can say that." Otherwise, what else can I say? Ye Wei brought out the words of Willis again.

This was a very pleasant dinner. When we walked out of the restaurant, the cooperation between the two parties was decided, making the $461 worthwhile.

There is one of the two leading actors, and there is still a dog left.

There are only 13 days left before the filming starts, less than half a month. During this period, Ye Wei has to make preparations for everything, including production and directors, just looking for venues, and forming a crew... This is definitely not an easy job.

The next Saturday morning, Anna's family came to visit Ye's house in Brentwood as promised. Bella also came, and Ye Wei immediately started the audition!
Chapter completed!