Chapter 234 The Arrival of the VAM Agreement Awards Ceremony
Chapter 234 Gambling Agreement and the Arrival of the Awards Ceremony
After resting in the hotel for two days, other actors arrived one after another. After the opening ceremony was held the next day, the entire crew officially entered the filming process.
It has to be said that Guo Fan's choice to film "The Wandering Earth" in the Oriental Film Capital was definitely the wisest choice.
Although the Oriental Movie Capital only officially opened this year, several big-budget movies have been shot here before, such as the domestic fantasy movie "The Great Wall" with the largest investment in the past, and the Hollywood movie "The Ring" that was just released this year.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the only film and television base in China that can produce Hollywood-quality movies is the Oriental Film Capital.
Although Hengdian Film and Television Base is very famous, except for costume dramas and some TV series, almost few film crews choose to film in Hengdian. Even if they would rather spend more money to go to Huairou Film and Television Base, they are not willing to choose Hengdian.
The reason is very simple. The limitations of the Hengdian Film and Television Base are too great and can no longer keep up with the current film market demand.
Hengdian seems to be aware of the current situation and has begun to spend huge sums of money to build a world-class studio. However, until the first-class studio is completed, it may be difficult for Lin Yuan to return to Hengdian to film.
In the film shooting studio, assistant director Yu Gang was leading people to check the equipment.
After confirming that there was no problem, he picked up the walkie-talkie and asked all departments to get ready.
Lin Yuan came out of the dressing room and happened to see director Guo Fan holding a script in his hand and lecturing Zhao Jinmai, who was only 16 years old.
After walking aside and listening for a while, Lin Yuan joked in a low voice: "Director Guo, you are very serious about what you said."
"Teacher Lin Yuan, this girl Zhao Jinmai doesn't have as much experience in filming as you. Please bring some of her with you when we act together later." Guo Fan said with a wry smile, with some helplessness in his eyes.
In fact, both he and the casting director wanted Zhang Zifeng to play the role of Han Duoduo.
First, Zhang Zifeng has more experience in filming than Zhao Jinmai, and his acting skills have been verified by several box office movies. Secondly, Zhang Zifeng is much more popular than Zhao Jinmai. If Zhang Zifeng can be invited to star in this movie,
It will definitely attract more attention as well.
But when he thought that Zhao Jinmai's salary was only 50,000 yuan, Guo Fan no longer had so many demands.
Lin Yuan nodded and agreed smoothly. He had no reason not to agree to such a trivial matter. After all, Zhao Jinmai had done it many times and it also wasted his time.
Guo Fan didn't say anything more, took the script and sat back in front of the monitor.
"The first shot of the sixth scene of "The Wandering Earth", the first time, begins!"
The first scene was shot of Liu Qi secretly driving his grandfather Han Ziang's transport truck and taking his sister Duoduo to explore the surface.
This scene is not very difficult. Basically, the two leading actors have few lines, and there are no close-ups for them. It is a scene that allows Zhao Jinmai to get into shooting mode as soon as possible.
Lin Yuan led Zhao Jinmai through the corridor where the props team set up the scene.
Halfway through, the two stopped and an extra in a custom-made space suit walked back and forth from behind them.
"Okay, turn around!"
As the voice of the executive director sounded, Lin Yuan and Zhao Jinmai turned around at the same time and looked at the green screen behind them.
It is unknown what the post-production special effects team will add behind the two, but now, all they see is a bright green curtain.
But at this moment, the two of them had to act like they were shocked by the scene in front of them.
For foreign actors, they have long been accustomed to filming in a studio with a green screen, but for many domestic actors, especially those who have never been exposed to special effects movies, letting them perform in front of a green screen
The difficulty is much higher than performing without physical objects.
But for Lin Yuan, who has starred in "Ready Player One", this is somewhat childish.
"I'm going!"
The expression on Lin Yuan's face at this moment was as if he had really seen something huge, full of shock.
If Zhao Jinmai had the same system as him, he would be able to pick up at least one purple attribute from him now. Unfortunately, Zhao Jinmai does not have it. Not only was his reaction a bit slow, but he also failed to show the tension that should shock him.
In other crews, Zhao Jinmai's current performance can be considered quite satisfactory. Unfortunately, when encountering Lin Yuan's textbook-level performance, the two immediately formed a sharp contrast.
"Card!"
After Guo Fan saw Zhao Jinmai's reaction, he immediately stopped the performance.
He took off his headphones and stood up from the monitor, thinking about how to quickly let Zhao Jinmai master the non-physical performance.
Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of a suitable method.
If there was really a way for actors to quickly master acting without physical objects, I'm afraid it would have been recorded in Beijing Film Academy's textbooks.
Seeing Director Guo walking slowly toward the set, Zhao Jinmai was like a child who made a mistake. He stood there at a loss. He made a mistake in the first scene and felt a little uneasy.
Lin Yuan patted Zhao Jinmai on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't be nervous. Performing without physical objects is a bit difficult. Mistakes are normal."
This is the case with special effects movies. Actors often have to perform without physical objects. Although Guo Fan has chosen the simplest scene, it still turned out to be a bit difficult for Zhao Jinmai.
Besides, this can’t be blamed on Zhao Jinmai. After all, he has previously starred in either urban dramas or youth campus-themed film and television dramas. This is his first time starring in a science fiction film, but he ended up with no real performance. Isn’t this embarrassing for him?
Before Director Guo could speak, Lin Yuan took the lead and suggested: "Director Guo, why don't we change this scene to a group shot?"
If it is changed to a group portrait shot, Zhao Jinmai's reaction will not be so important. You only need to ensure that there are no problems with the lines.
"Group shot?" Guo Fan turned his head and glanced at Zhao Jinmai.
This is indeed a good idea, but if this scene is a group portrait, the shots that originally belonged to Zhao Jinmai will have to be deleted, but Guo Fan is not sure whether Zhao Jinmai will agree.
"Director Guo, just follow what Teacher Lin Yuan said." Zhao Jinmai said.
After all, this is the first scene of "The Wandering Crew". For the entire crew, they definitely want the first day of filming to go smoothly and get a good start.
Not to mention that she is not famous yet, even if she is already a second-tier star, she does not dare to delay the filming progress of the crew.
Besides, she also wanted to take this opportunity to see how Lin Yuan performed and learn from it.
Since Zhao Jinmai didn't object, Guo Fan certainly didn't have any objections either: "Okay, then let's follow Teacher Lin Yuan's method."
After saying that, he picked up the walkie-talkie and started directing: "Unit No. 2, wait until the camera advances to show a close-up of Teacher Lin Yuan, and then directly add it to give the group portrait a shot."
"Each department will prepare again and take the second shot in ten minutes!"
After changing the two close-ups of Zhao Jin and Mai into group shots, the shooting process became much smoother.
Lin Yuan is basically responsible for all the acting scenes. When the camera shows Zhao Jinmai, she doesn't need to perform any dazzlingly. She just needs to maintain her normal acting skills and watch as long as she doesn't make the audience upset.
Although she has some shortcomings in non-physical performances, her basic skills such as lines and movements are still relatively solid. If she goes to a university such as Beijing Film Academy and China National Theater to study for a period of time, her acting skills will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.
"Okay, pass!"
"The people from the props team will make up the scene, and the people from team B are ready to go."
After the last shot was taken, Guo Fan immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and started directing.
Group B is actually the crew of assistant director Yu Gangdai. In addition to helping Guo Fan share the shooting pressure on the set, Group B also has a more important task, which is to help the actors replenish the shots.
Because each exoskeleton mecha worn by an actor weighs dozens or even hundreds of kilograms, the actors are exhausted after performing their parts in the mecha, and it is impossible to let them wear heavy costumes.
Keep doing these close-ups.
Therefore, most of the close-ups without showing faces are basically done by stand-ins, and most of these stand-ins are crew members.
There is no way. After all, the crew is too poor. There are more than 7,000 people in the entire crew plus post-production special effects production staff. The cost of the crew alone is a lot of money, and there is simply no big budget to hire too many extras.
After the extras on the set heard this scene, they didn't hesitate at all. They took off their helmets and gasped for breath. Zhao Jinmai was no exception. Although her costume was already the best among the crew.
It's light, but wearing these more than ten kilograms of clothes is still very tiring.
For Lin Yuan, this is acting, but for other actors, this is probably more like physical work.
Fortunately, this scene only went NG twice. If it had gone NG a few more times, I would have spent the entire day on this scene.
The first scene was filmed and it was noon.
"Director Guo, according to this progress, when do you think our crew can wrap up filming?"
While eating, Lin Yuan didn't forget to take the time to ask.
"The Wandering Earth" has been in preparation for a long time. The project has been officially approved since 2015. Since the movie is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival next year, it is obviously prepared in advance. However, Lin Yuan will also direct "My Motherland and Me" later.
Giving a gift film is a heavy responsibility, so you have to plan the time in advance.
"If nothing else goes wrong, the filming will probably be completed in October." Guo Fan took two mouthfuls of rice, looked up at Lin Yuan, and then explained: "The close-up shots can be re-shot later, and the special effects are already being done.
With post-production, we should be able to do it before the end of the year."
In fact, shooting a science fiction movie like this doesn't take much time, and post-production special effects production is the most expensive and laborious work.
However, the special effects production is put forward during the filming of the movie, instead of waiting for the movie samples to be cut out before adding special effects later. Otherwise, waiting until the movie is finished to create the special effects will have to wait until the following year.
"Okay, I feel relieved when Director Guo says this." Lin Yuan nodded, as long as the time can catch up with the filming of the movie "My Motherland and Me" at the end of the year.
Director Guo also thought that Lin Yuan was worried about the early release of the "Shanghai Fortress" movie, and added: "By the way, Mr. Lin Yuan, I heard that "Shanghai Fortress" will also be released during the Spring Festival next year, and director Teng Huatao seems to have contacted China Television Entertainment
After signing the gambling agreement, the filming progress of the movie should not be too fast."
Originally, Lin Yuan was not interested in news about the crew of "Shanghai Fortress".
But after hearing what Director Guo said, he suddenly became energetic and asked with some surprise: "Director Teng Huatao also signed a gambling agreement with China Television Entertainment?"
Lin Yuan would understand if domestic first-line directors like Feng Xiaogang, Ning Hao, and Chen Sichen signed a gambling agreement. After all, they all have a certain box office appeal. In order to get more investment, they would sign a gambling agreement with the capital.
Can be forgiven.
But Teng Huatao obviously does not have as much box office appeal as the former, and it can even be said that he has no box office appeal.
As a result, they actually signed a gambling agreement with China Television Entertainment, which Lin Yuan never expected.
Guo Fan glanced around and saw that no one else was paying attention. He lowered his voice and explained: "This is not what Director Teng Huatao wanted to sign. It was the person in charge of China Television Entertainment who said that if the box office of "Shanghai Fortress" exceeds ours,
, let him continue to be the director of "Dragon"."
I have to say that China Television Entertainment is quite rich. Not only did it win the rights to adapt Jiangnan's "Shanghai Fortress", it also won the rights to adapt the two popular novels "Douluo Dalu" and "Dragon Tribe".
If Lin Yuan were in Teng Huatao's position, he would inevitably be moved after seeing the conditions offered by China Television Entertainment.
If such a big IP as "Dragon" can be adapted into a film and television drama, the audience will definitely not be much smaller. Even if the adaptation can be recognized by the audience, it is very likely that this movie will create a new box office record.
It is understandable that Teng Huatao would agree to the gambling agreement with China Television Entertainment.
But unfortunately, he didn't seem to understand that the movie "Shanghai Fortress" was destined to be no match for "The Wandering Earth" from the moment the script was finalized.
"That's fine. Since "Shanghai Fortress" is released during the Spring Festival, at least we don't have to worry about the audience being disappointed with domestic movies." Lin Yuan couldn't help but joke.
If "Shanghai Fortress" is released before "The Wandering Earth", it might make the audience lose confidence in domestic science fiction movies, thus affecting the box office of "The Wandering Earth". But now that the two movies are released at the same time, there is bound to be a gap.
The movie is going to be reduced to a backdrop.
In the next month, all the actors on the crew were tortured by the spacesuits weighing dozens of kilograms.
The scene that was supposed to be filmed half a month ago was unexpectedly delayed to a month.
If the crew hadn't also shared a lot of work for the actors, I'm afraid this time would have been extended even further.
Afterwards, there was really no other way, so Guo Fan had no choice but to take the cast and crew for a massage to relax. Only then did the filming progress of the crew improve.
Just when Lin Yuan was devoting himself to the filming of "The Wandering Earth", Huang Bo called Lin Yuan.
Although Lin Yuan was a little curious about Huang Bo's sudden call, he still answered the phone directly: "Brother Bo, what's the matter?"
"Brother just wanted to call and ask. I wonder if you have time to attend an awards ceremony recently."
Listening to what Huang Bo said on the other end of the phone, Lin Yuan couldn't help but become more and more curious.
"Awards ceremony?"
"Yes, can you spare some time?"
Lin Yuan searched in his mind and really didn't know if there would be any grand award ceremony to be held recently, but since Huang Bo said so, he would definitely not lie to him, so he agreed: "No problem, Bo
Brother, just give me the time and I will ask for leave from the director then."
"Then it's settled, I'll pick you up when the time comes."
Huang Bo seemed to be afraid that Lin Yuan would regret it. After confirming that Lin Yuan would accompany him to attend the award ceremony, Huang Bo hung up the phone directly.
This operation left Lin Yuan somewhat confused.
I don't know if he heard it wrong just now, but I always felt that Huang Bo on the other end of the phone seemed to be snickering at something.
But that's not important anymore. Anyway, I'm having a hard time filming on the set of "The Wandering Earth" right now, so I just took this opportunity to take a day or two off. No matter what Huang Bo's idea is, he will definitely make a profit anyway.
