Chapter 18 The Film Starts (Part 1)
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"The Butcher on a Rainy Night" was filmed in Kwun Tong and To Kwa Wan. During location scouting, the scenery here met the needs of most of the film's shots. Of course, cheaper food, drink, housing and transportation were also an important reason.
Young people don’t know how valuable tadpoles are.
Only when you truly control a crew will you realize how much money it costs to make a movie.
Crew equipment, cameras, slide rails, radio equipment, lighting equipment, etc., all cost money. Personnel expenses, three meals a day for the staff, cost money like water.
It was Jiang Jiahua, the housekeeper, who took care of everything, even buying the price of makeup pens herself, so she could keep the money down and barely make ends meet.
No knowledgeable person would die without knowing how he was tricked.
Later, when Chen Kexin was filming "Martial Arts", the investors didn't know what to do and were directly cheated. One film cost hundreds of millions of investment and produced the effect of mountain cannons entering the city. Rumor has it that a pair of cloth shoes and a straw hat cost several thousand yuan.
Chen Kexin may be a good director, but he is definitely not a good partner!
Wu Yusen went even further, using investment from the mainland to film "The Taiping Wheel" into "Little Sampan".
In order to control costs, "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" can only rack its brains to reduce expenses. As a last resort, it can only let Jiang Jiahua show off his face, enjoy the spotlight of TVB, and rent some props at a cheaper price.
For a moment, he envied Wang Jiawei.
I was thinking about whether I should also find the one who invested in him to make "Ashes of Time" to make a literary film in the future. Is it a gangster to use other people's money to make your own art? It's obviously very reasonable.
Of course, Wang Jiawei is obviously better than some directors who use other people's money to make their own bad movies. Not to mention Wang Jiawei, even Wang Jing is not as good as Wang Jing in this regard. At least Wang Jing can help his boss to cheat money one after another.
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Before filming, Qiu Litao led the extras to talk about the scene.
The camera crew and lighting crew were busy setting up machines, laying slide rails, adjusting light and lighting ratios. Su Liyao and Luo Dong followed Uncle Li to help with props, and the set crew arranged the scene in an orderly manner. The entire crew was busy.
Fortunately, there were no big names in the venue, and the actors themselves were the ones who coordinated the scenes with the camera and the light coils. If this was not possible, the lighting engineer would personally come on stage to replace the scenes. Otherwise, I am afraid that the stunt doubles who walked for the actors would be enough for the crew to eat.
This kind of double is called a stand-in. It is different from acting as a stand-in in literary, martial arts or naked acting.
In order to save money, Wu Xiaozu didn't mind actors skipping the scenes. Naturally, the two important actresses who played Chen Xiaolan and Xie Huixin didn't have to join the cast immediately. They signed a daily salary, and the crew really couldn't afford to delay here.
Therefore, when there were many supporting actors, actors applying make-up, and reciting lines, when a beautiful girl playing the role of a policewoman stood out from the crowd and appeared on the set, it was not surprising that the entire crew was attracted to it.
When the actress playing the female police officer appeared, Wu Xiaozu was also happy.
Oh, TVB is really blind sometimes.
When Jiang Jiahua brought the young, beautiful, slim and heroic Shao Meiqi into the crew, Wu Xiaozu felt that TVB was worthy of the reputation of the Shaolin Temple in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Of course, it would be better if I blinded myself a few more times.
However, Shao Meiqi's performance as a soy sauce policewoman made people shake their heads regretfully, especially Fei Chengyao.
The female police officer is beautiful, but it's a pity that she didn't show her naked body on camera.
A turret like this with the face of an ascetic good family... ahem, actress.
It's a pity that it can't break through the shackles of the shell and show its original beauty.
Feicheng sighed and beat his chest, it was a pity for a good fisherman who did not go to the sea.
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"She is from an artist training class and is a contracted artist with TVB, right? Sister Hua, how do you get such an obedient little white rabbit to take on a role? Aren't you afraid that TVB will cause trouble for you?" Wu Xiaozu was very curious.
TVB's contract is very harsh and harsh, you will understand it just by looking at Andy's experience.
"It's just a contract with an ordinary artist. Who do you think she is? As a newcomer, let her play a role as a dancer with the popular young actor Wei Zai. What's the result?
TVB’s phone number almost exploded with calls.
There are so many bad reviews!
The audience called Shao Meiqi a bastard! She was criticized as TVB's worst actress in the past years!
This makes TVB executives so angry. Fortunately, she is a direct descendant of the training class. Otherwise, her contract would have been terminated. Even Sister Le suspected that she was an undercover sent by ATV on purpose. How difficult would it be to abduct her for filming? TVB thanks me.
It’s too late.”
It turns out TVB is not blind!
Wu Xiaozu looked at the indifferent-faced Xiao Liangjia not far away and laughed in his heart. How bad would it have been for the TVB executives to collapse and suspect that she was an undercover agent sent by the enemy station, haha...
"I feel very pretty, very good." Wu Xiaozu said haha.
Jiang Jiahua glanced at the indifferent-faced little Liangjia and shook his head slightly, "She's pretty and straight. She's quite decent looking. It's a pity that TVB has no shortage of actresses now, let alone a vase with no brains and no eyesight. If it weren't for your request, she would be pretty.
, I really don’t choose her..."
TVB’s No. 1 actress below the brain level?
Poor Sister Shao. This future post-study is in a bit of a miserable state now!
But think about it, TVB at this time also has such confidence. At this moment, the jade actresses, the Tsing Yis are all flying together, and even the Tsing Yis are more than one, and the pillars are everywhere.
As for her role as a dancer?
Looking at the well-behaved Shao Meiqi sitting there without saying a word, although her appearance is more Western-style, how could she be Jenny Tsin? This is clearly the look of an ascetic and well-behaved child! I can only say that the TVB producer
We "can play in the city".
She obviously has the cannon fodder face of a good family who was murdered by the wife of the wife, but you want her to play the role of the coquettish, gorgeous, bitchy, and evil concubine's mistress. Sister Shao is obviously not a barbecued pork lady, and I can't do it!
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When Shao Meiqi saw the director and producer stand up and leave, she breathed a sigh of relief. Her indifferent face instantly turned into a dumpling face.
When I acted on TV, I was scolded as a bullshit, and when I announced my participation, I was choked by my seniors and couldn’t see!
Other actresses have no chance to find opportunities to get close to senior executives, and act coquettishly to gain recognition. She hides from senior executives like a hide-and-seek every day, for fear of being scolded and laid off. Think about her classmates in the same period, and then think about herself...
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I finally worked up the courage to come out to "take on private work", but it seems that the producer of this film is not optimistic about me. The director also has a weird look on his face. The crew members are either sexy (fat) or dressed in weird clothes and have long hair.
(Qiu Litao was very wronged), not like a good person.
If she didn't need a salary to support her family, Sister Shao would really want to turn around and run away.
Thinking of this, I quickly clenched my fists and took a deep breath, shouting in my heart, "I am the best... I should be the best... I may be the best... It doesn't matter whether I am the best or not, I want to go to the toilet..."
"After a while, I almost lost control.
The more she pumped, the more her air leaked. She was so nervous that her two plump thighs rubbed against each other, and a wave was surging. This was because even an injection would not work, and she had to tie up a bottle.
Sister Shao is not the calm, strong and sneering Shao Danmo that she was after being criticized by the media and being hurt by cheating. She is just a young and good-natured little flower with a heroic appearance, a fragile heart and an introverted personality.
Playing a policewoman?
Sister Shao held her cheeks in her hands, her slightly baby-fat face squeezed into a bun shape. Her mind was confused. Can she act well? If she doesn't act well, will she be "reported" by the female producer to the TVB artist supervisor? It seems that she and
The supervisor is a good friend...
so annoying--
Sister Shao feels that her life is like a top, and there are always unscrupulous people who want to whip me!,
Wu Xiaozu didn't know that the heroic and dignified Shao sister in later generations was clenching her fists to prick herself with acupuncture, and the needles became more and more weak. The little steamed buns were almost turning into mutton steamed buns.
Fortunately, everyone was focused on preparing for the auction at the moment, so no one paid attention, giving her a chance to relax.
Chapter completed!