Chapter 37 Financial Crisis
Not every director dares to do such a thing as the best actors behind such an opponent.
Many new directors will humble when facing celebrities and treat celebrities like their ancestors.
Because it is difficult for investors to change big stars, it is easy to change new directors.
I dare not use actors, and I dare not let them repeat them, for fear that after the request is made, the celebrity or their agent will sue the producer for the backhand, so I can only shoot it.
Many bad movies were born like this!
It’s not that the director has no talent, nor that the actor has no acting skills.
It’s just that the actor Fang is too strong and makes the film into a movie in the minds of the actors, rather than a film conceived by the director.
Song Anpeng thought that Li Jinyan had no prestige on the set and did not dare to make high demands on teachers and stars like Wan Lin.
Now it seems that I have been overthinking everything!
Li Jinyan is very tantamount to a great director who controls the crew and does not let others be above himself.
The entire crew is small and has all the internal organs.
"Your shooting looks fine, you have your own ideas and aesthetics. But you need an assistant director to help you rescue the trivial matters on the set. You should focus on the identity of director, and there is no need to do everything yourself."
It's okay to manage this small crew now.
If the crew who is in charge of hundreds or thousands of people in the future will do the same, they will probably be exhausted.
Faced with the criticism of his mentor, Li Jinyan had no choice but to complain: "Teacher Song, do you think I don't want to find a reliable assistant director? You can't find it!"
The assistant director is not an assistant who serves tea, coffee and orders takeout, but a person who is really responsible for the normal operation of the crew, ensuring that all work can be completed on time.
Song Anpeng was stunned for a moment and found that he had indeed ignored this situation.
"Okay, since you know this. I'm looking forward to seeing your film and taking good shots."
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For the next ten days, the crew of "Youth" kept actively filming.
The plot in the teaching building was soon finished, and the next step was to shoot some outdoor scenes.
In April, Yanjing is still a little cold in spring.
The breeze blew through the white shirts and school uniforms of actors such as Wang Yifan, making them shudder involuntarily.
In order to avoid a cold, Li Jinyan had to ask them to add a thin layer of warm clothes to their shirts.
After the filming, I also had various hot tea, hot drinks and thick clothes.
This is how it is off-season shooting.
Not only the young actors will suffer this crime, but Wan Lin and other teachers who came to play guest roles in the school will also suffer the same crime.
In the bright sunshine, students and teachers wearing white shirts took graduation photos outside the teaching building.
This is the beginning of the movie "Youth" but the end of the filming!
Wang Yifan took graduation photos of two classes alone.
One was when he confessed to Huang Jingjing, and the other was when he was grateful to Teacher Sa for repeating the exam, and they were all taken together.
In order not to let the extras repeat, they brought a lot of classmates over.
The teachers and leaders are the same group of people, but the students are only one, and they have sent them away one after another.
"Card!"
"I announce that "Youth" has been completed!"
Li Jinyan shouted with the loudspeaker, venting all the emotions in his heart.
After so long preparations and shooting, it was even one day ahead of schedule. Everyone worked very well.
The cast and crew celebrated one by one.
Finally, it can be liberated!
"Is the film finished now?"
"That's great, I can finally have a good rest."
"Hahahaha, let's go black together tonight!"
"I feel like this month has passed so quickly."
"Director Li treats, Director Li treats!"
The school cannot set off fireworks, but the crew still brought the kind of fireworks that exploded into various colors of paper confetti when unscrewed, and celebrated directly on the set.
Starring actors such as Wang Yifan all looked lost.
For them, this month of filming was like a dream.
After the filming is finished, it is time to wake up from the dream.
"Old Li, why do you have to invite this finale today?" Fu Xin hooked the director's neck hard.
Who knew that Li Jinyan came directly to fight back, and in turn subdued Fu Xin, and said generously: "I have asked the producer to book a self-service hotpot restaurant outside. Everyone eat whatever they want, don't be polite!"
"That's it?"
"I wanted to get rid of us with a buffet hotpot?"
Zhou Ming cheered: "At least you have to add a barbecue as a midnight snack!"
Li Jinyan also needs rest and relax.
Recently, my nerves have been tense and I have been sleeping and making movies.
Nightmares are all about movie films being burned by fire.
After waking up, I realized that I had passed the film era and now it is an information storage.
1.5 million Chinese coins are invested like flowing money!
I didn't think much of it at the front, but I really had my belt on my back.
Save as much as possible.
Many things are provided by the cast and crew spontaneously, otherwise they can’t buy or rent them.
For example, my parents and actors brought their own clothes, and they went to a restaurant to shoot dinner scenes and were always fucked with the boss for a long time before they gave discounts and provided private rooms.
Even so, the money is still spent!
During the live shooting stage, 1.5 million Chinese coins were burned out, and post-production also requires funds.
Even if "Youth" doesn't need any special effects.
Light editing, mixing, and soundtracking all require money.
Li Jinyan didn't want to ask for money from his family, so he could only find a way to make money by himself.
No one knows that the crew's financial situation is already so dangerous.
Only producer Mu Yushi knew Li Jinyan’s anxiety because she was in charge of the account.
These investments are basically spent on the edge and are not wasted.
But she still felt a little guilty.
If the school rented equipment price is lowered and the school uniforms or props are bought, will the situation be better?
There is no accommodation, no travel, and even the school doesn't even ask them to pay the electricity bill, let alone the pay, taxes and vehicle fees.
The biggest shooting cost is probably at the high-speed rail station.
A group of people bought the cheapest high-speed rail tickets and entered the station to take a photo. They actually tried to find Huang Jingjing in the Magic City.
As for the scenes inside the car, Mu Yushi found many relationships before she won the filming in the film and television base.
There are many similar facilities in the film and television base, which specifically simulate the internal scenes of high-speed rail, train, and even planes, and ships.
Finalization is a big day.
Li Jinyan planned to temporarily abandon his worries.
Any questions will be discussed tomorrow!
"Everyone is happy, we won't go home until we get drunk tonight!"
"Pack up everything, don't leave it behind."
"Teacher Wan, Teacher Liu, Teacher Xu, Teacher Song... Thank you for your help. If you weren't there, I really don't know what to do."
Chapter completed!