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The filming progress of "Squid Game" can be described as both smooth and not smooth.

The reason why it is smooth is that all departments and types of work in this play are the best in the industry, and everyone can come up with very good things. In addition, this play has a lot of studio shooting, and there is no need to go out on location, so there are fewer unexpected factors, allowing the coordinator to control the progress very easily.

The reason why it is not smooth is that as the shooting progresses, everyone gradually has a doubt of "Can this play really become popular?"

Such doubts arise because... when everyone sees the giant puppet built in real scenes at the shooting site, because of its hugeness, it inexplicably reveals a kind of gloom and fear.

And a "one, two, three, wooden man" scene was shot for a full five days, and every day they followed a group of people to perform this scene - but for many actors, this is not a performance at all, and there is not much to perform in this scene.

This shooting experience, which is completely different from the past, makes the actors feel out of control and feel uneasy because of unfamiliarity.

Only the director and the coordinator emphasized over and over again that there was no delay in the progress of this play.

Lu Yanhe has been to the set twice.

After seeing the stage design and props of the set, as well as the styling of each character, Lu Yanhe was full of surprises.

It's not about how exquisite it is, but there is a sense of reality.

Lu Yanhe especially doesn't want this battle royale drama to have a sense of horror - there can be one or two horror shots, but the overall atmosphere should not be scary and gloomy.

Otherwise, there will definitely be a large number of viewers who don't want to watch horror themes and miss this drama.

He is very determined that from the beginning of the project, this drama cannot give the audience any impression of "is this drama a bit scary?"

Including the actors, Lu Yanhe also specifically greeted them one by one, asking them not to express similar feelings before the show starts.

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The crew of "Squid Game" really created each scene according to the real scene, one to one.

Because of this kind of scenery, the director likes to shoot big scenes instead of close-ups. However, such a big scene is particularly shocking when playing the game of one, two, three wooden men. Especially the shot of machine gun shooting and falling down. Thrilling, unexpected, and adrenaline-pumping.

How much does Northern Lights Video value this drama?

The extras are all professional actors with good acting skills, who have signed contracts with the crew and are paid for their work.

This way, everyone who appears in every shot can be in this situation.

After Lu Yanhe arrived at the set, everyone came to greet him.

Those who knew him exchanged a few words, and those who didn't know each other got to know each other.

This is a very large crew, with many actors.

Lu Yanhe curiously asked Jiang Zixin how much these real scenes cost in total.

Jiang Zixin said: "The rental of the six studios alone is more than one million."

Lu Yanhe was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect the rent to be so expensive.

Thinking about it again, it was true. From the preparation before the shooting to the completion of the shooting, it took three months, and six large studios were rented in one go to create the scenery. The rental figure was not outrageously expensive.

Lu Yanhe smiled and joked: "Are the six studios filming at the same time?"

"Of course not, we didn't even split them into Group A and Group B." Jiang Zixin said, "We are very attentive to this drama and use the most abundant production funds to produce it."

Lu Yanhe: "Since the six studios are not filming at the same time, why not use the idle scenes to shoot a survival variety show. When "Squid Game" is over, we will immediately go on this show to earn back the rent."

Jiang Zixin was shocked.

"Ah?"

Lu Yanhe said: "This drama is about a group of people participating in this life-threatening competition in order to get the final prize, so why not organize a similar game event and recruit some people to participate in these games. Of course, unlike in the drama, they are not threatened with life and death, but can this make the game more difficult? The difficulty of the game in the drama does not need to be so high because one careless move will lead to death, which is tense enough..."

Jiang Zixin listened to Lu Yanhe's sudden speech, and was shocked in his heart.

She knew without asking what Zheng Huairen's reaction would be if she told him about this idea.

There would only be one reaction, do it!

Jiang Zixin asked tentatively: "Then this program is a derivative program of this drama, right? You may need to authorize it."

The copyright of "Squid Game" belongs to Lu Yanhe's film and television production company, not Northern Lights Video.

No matter what derivative things are to be developed, authorization is required.

Lu Yanhe looked at Jiang Zixin with some surprise, "Do you really want to do it?"

"It sounds interesting, and everyone should like it." Jiang Zixin said, "Besides, this drama is popular, and this program should also attract a lot of attention. The scenery of this drama is so expensive, and developing some peripherals can also make some money back."

Jiang Zixin used the joke Lu Yanhe just made back.

Lu Yanhe: "Well, if you really think you can do it, then authorize it."

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Jiang Zixin immediately went to call Zheng Huairen.

Lu Yanhe came to Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian.

"Teacher Jiang, Sister Yuqian, did everything go well?"

Both Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian lost a lot of weight.

The two people have put a lot of effort into their body shapes to make them look more like ordinary people who have been struggling at the bottom of society all year round.

Jiang Jun plays the leading role for the first time.

There is no doubt how much he cherishes this opportunity.

Same as Jiang Yuqian.

Even if these are put aside, the professional attitude of the two of them will not let them do the job perfunctorily.

Jiang Yuqian was about to speak but stopped.

When Lu Yanhe saw this, he didn't expect Jiang Yuqian to really have something to say.

"Sister Yuqian, what's wrong? What's the matter?"

Jiang Yuqian: "We are all a little uncomfortable with it."

"Not comfortable with it?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise, "Not comfortable with what?"

Jiang Yuqian told Lu Yanhe what they all thought was problematic.

"It took too long to shoot a game?"

"Yes, we shot a lot of scenes. The script is actually only one page, but we shot a lot of scenes." Jiang Yuqian said, "We also know that these games are actually the highlight of the show, but the repeated filming There were so many scenes, and sometimes I even felt that although I was acting, there was no camera filming me at all.”

When Lu Yanhe heard what Jiang Yuqian said, he smiled with relief.

"I was shocked. I thought there was something wrong with the filming."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuqian asked, "Do you think this is okay?"

"The director actually communicated with me about this scene before." Lu Yanhe explained, "The reason why he took so long to shoot is because this scene is the first game of the whole play. If the first game can't put death Once the tone of shadows and a sense of crisis is set, it will be difficult to establish the story. Therefore, he hopes to take more panoramic shots. As for the Northern Lights, he also feels that this drama does not have close-ups of the actors, so he decided to take some close-ups of the actors. I filmed all the footage and went back to edit it to see how it would work best. That’s why this scene took so long to be shot, so don’t worry.”

Jiang Yuqian looked at him in surprise and said, "How do you know better than us? The director didn't explain it to us."

Lu Yanhe smiled, "He is here to win my support. He hopes that this game will use more panoramic lenses. He needs me to support him and convince the Northern Lights."

"Okay." Jiang Yuqian felt a little relieved, "If that's the case, I understand."

Lu Yanhe: "Northern Lights took a long time to select this director. Although he has no particularly famous works before, we all feel that his directorial style matches "Squid Game" very well."

Originally, "Squid Game" wanted to find Lian Bei, the director of "Seventeenth Floor", and they went back and forth for several rounds. In the end, Lian Bei decided to give up because he had to prepare for the second season of "Seventeenth Floor".

Therefore, Northern Lights Video found the current director, Yao Yuanzhi, from among the direct directors it cultivated.

Yao Yuanzhi did not study film and television art as an undergraduate, but studied computers. He got into this industry by accident. Later, he filmed two low-cost suspense thriller web dramas at Northern Lights Video, both of which were "Three Nos" dramas. , there is no well-known director, no well-known actors, no well-known screenwriters, and not many people have watched it.

Originally, Northern Lights Video paid enough attention to this project and wanted to find a more experienced director. However, because "Squid Game" was rushed to shoot in advance, and in the end it was really in a hurry, so this opportunity fell to Yao Yuanzhi. On the head.

Yao Yuanzhi also knew how rare it was for him to get this opportunity. In fact, he had already started preparing for this drama. In order to convince Northern Lights that he could be a good director of this drama, when he was first included in the consideration list, he drew storyboards based on the script fragments he received. Picture it. After that, Yao Yuanzhi continued to extend his ideas and had a clear idea of ​​how he would film this drama. It can be said that this is also an important reason why he was able to win this opportunity in the end - he thought very clearly about how to shoot the entire drama, and his split shots illustrate this.

"Sister Yuqian, Teacher Jiang, although I am not very familiar with this director, he has always maintained close communication with me. As a screenwriter, I think his understanding and ideas of this drama are first-rate." Lu Yanhe said, "You can try not to think of him as an ordinary director without masterpieces, but trust him and understand every decision he makes."

Jiang Yuqian was a little surprised and asked: "You are filming with a new director. Can you trust them unconditionally?"

Lu Yanhe nodded, "I trust the director very much in any director's crew, but that's because I already approved the director before I took the film, and I only accepted it because of approval. Your situation is different from mine. After all, This director was chosen after you signed the contract with "Squid Game". Then please believe me. I really think he is very suitable to be the director of this drama. If you can trust him, I think this drama will be successful. It can come out better.”

Jiang Yuqian pursed her lips and fell into deep thought.

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It is common for a famous actor to have distrust when facing a new director.

This has nothing to do with good or bad, right or wrong, because most of the time, new directors lack experience or even have no talent. They are just purely... verbal talents, and the actor's experience can help him ensure that he can perform well in a bad play. My own play is not bad.

However, Lu Yanhe has a concept that no matter what, it is best for a play to have only one voice. Even if it really fails in the end, it's still better than making four different shots. Furthermore, Lu Yanhe will leave all criticism and scrutiny before joining the team. After joining the team, he will trust the director.

Because of this, he was able to make "Late Spring" and "Six People". When these two movies were made, the director was not a well-known director, and he was not as smart as him. If he didn't want to listen to the director and wanted to do it his own way, the director couldn't do anything.

Lu Yanhe came over this time and expressed this meaning, which made actors like Jiang Yuqian and Liu Zefan start to think seriously about this matter. After all, Lu Yanhe said so.

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"Lu Yanhe said that the program "China in Culture" may become a hit, so don't be so picky."

Zheng Huairen was dissatisfied with the rating of the program "China in Culture" at the department meeting.

This show actually only received a B grade, not even an A grade.

"This show doesn't have a single star artist, so it's hard to get an A rating no matter how you look at it." Others said.

Zheng Huairen: "Really? Then if this show really becomes popular in the end, what will you say?"

Others squished.

"It can't be said that any program may become a dark horse."

"Yeah, but Lu Yanhe is a dark horse in every project and has never failed. At this time, a new horse is about to run out of his stable. If you don't want to bet a little more, you'd better buy it with Sosoudi. A minimum?”

Zheng Huairen felt it. What he said made these people shaken in their hearts.

"One more thing. Just now Jiang Zixin contacted me again, and Lu Yanhe came up with another idea."

"Why does he have so many ideas?"

"I'm still curious, how come so many of us can't come up with anything as good as just one person's ideas?" Zheng Huairen immediately responded.

The other person shut up.

"The spin-off program of "Squid Game" is a level-breaking program based on the world view of "Squid Game". It gathers a group of people to complete the level. The person who wins in the end will receive a cash reward." Zheng Huairen said, "Scenery, props, etc. Everything is ready-made, and the program can be recorded as soon as the drama is finished filming. According to the process, it can even be recorded in two to three days. It is another program that has almost no cost investment but can rely on the popularity of the drama itself. Big money show.”

He put the pen in his hand on the table.

"Sometimes I really want to know, every time you come to me and complain that I allocated too much production funds to Lu Yanhe's projects, why don't you reflect on yourselves? Why can't you come up with this kind of idea? "Zheng Huairen sneered, "When we said we wanted to do real-life scenes for "Squid Game", you all said no, saying that it was too expensive, and that such investment was a complete waste and unnecessary. Why did Lu Yanhe hear that real-life scenes are very expensive today? He can immediately come up with an idea and use this idea to recover the money spent without any effort? Every time they come up with these ideas, they will help us make money as if they were doing charity. You can take us to play, you can do it yourself, why do you have the right to keep complaining here?"

Zheng Huairen suddenly blasted the English word idea into everyone's head with a barrage of questioning and sarcasm.

Of course, Lu Yanhe didn't know that the idea he mentioned casually was used as a weapon by Zheng Huairen, who fired machine guns at the people in the department, wiping out the dissatisfaction and unhappiness of many people.

This is Northern Lights Video, not Beijing and Taiwan. Performance speaks for itself here. (End of chapter)