rising director

0060【The director team is in place】

Cheng Er, graduated last year, and his graduation work is the short film "Crime Points", which surprised everyone at the first National Film Festival.However, like most directing students, a graduation work can't represent anything. After graduation, Cheng Er began to work as a mixed crew, and has never been able to participate in the filming of the film.

After watching "Crime Score" at Nortel, Wan Xiaohu couldn't help nodding his head. This is a talent, especially in the short film, which reveals Cheng Er's strong dark style, and the portrayal of his heart is very clear.In terms of style, it is still very suitable for "The Butterfly Effect".

Wu Ershan was originally a student of the oil painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Because he insisted on his own art and disagreed with his teacher's ideas, he dropped out of his sophomore year and was admitted to Nortel.After graduating, I started to work as an advertising director. I did pretty well, and I also have the ideal of an artist. I have completed installations, short films, performance art and other pure art works with a group of friends.

Wan Xiaohu knew this guy's future talent, so he made "Painted Skin 2", which grossed [-] million yuan at the box office. Art and business are very compatible. However, Wu Ershan still seems to regard the artist as his ideal, and the director is just a tool for survival.

Ning Hao worked as a bicycle assembler, musician, stage art designer, advertisement designer, and graphic photographer, and later worked in a repertory theater troupe in his hometown.It's a pity that the drama troupe has no business and cannot pay wages. Ning Hao can only make a living by doing part-time jobs.Later, I found an excuse to go to the capital to take the exam.

The purpose is to be able to mix in the capital.

At the beginning, he was admitted to Beijing Normal University's directing junior college class. After graduation, he shot the short film "Thursday, Wednesday". Then he went to Nortel last year and was admitted to the Department of Photography of Nortel. He is currently studying at school.Nortel's way of entering a higher school is different from that of ordinary universities. It doesn't matter how old you are or where you went to school before, you can enroll if you pass the minimum standard for chemistry courses and the school's individual exam.

Especially in the directing department, most of them have experienced in the society for a period of time before being admitted.There are really very few people like Wan Xiaohu who have passed the college entrance examination directly.I have to say that Wan Xiaohu is talented in directing, otherwise he would not stand out in the exam.

It's just that the future growth is not good.

And Ning Hao is the exact opposite of Wan Xiaohu. He belongs to the type who is so-so now and will rise strongly in the future.

Taking time, with the help of the teacher, Wan Xiaohu met with the three people one by one to see if they were really talented.After meeting, Wan Xiaohu felt that these three were not bad at all. If they were given a good script, they would all have a chance to make a good movie.Naturally, it was a matter of course to recruit them into the crew.

Cheng Erhun was relatively poor, and agreed to join the crew almost without saying a word. Of course, it was also relatively low. Wan Xiaohu arranged for him to be a director's assistant.

Ning Hao and Wu Ershan happily joined the crew after hearing Wan Xiaohu's idea.Ning Hao has less experience and serves as the assistant director, while Wu Ershan, who is relatively well-known, serves as the executive director.

As long as the assistant director is capable, he doesn't care about his fame.

On May 5th, in a hotel room outside of Nortel, five people, Wan Xiaohu, Li Xia, Wu Ershan, Ning Hao, and Cheng Er, sat around a bed.

"Okay, our director team has gathered." Wan Xiaohu clapped his hands, "We are all Nortel alumni, so I won't say too many polite words, let's help each other in the same crew from now on."

Li Xia answered: "I don't interfere with the work of the director team. I mainly do outreach production work, and I'm also in charge of casting roles. If you have any requirements, just tell me, I'm good at running errands." After speaking, Li Xia took out several scripts from his bag and handed them over one by one.

Wan Xiaohu signaled everyone to open the script: "The storyboard script has not been completely finished yet, so you take the script first and sort out "Butterfly Effect". Now the crew only has the director team and they have all the people. The camera team, props team, lighting team, logistics team The team has not yet stabilized, but our work will start today. Li Xia has already contacted Huayi Brothers for the audition list, and we will start auditioning together tomorrow."

The crowd nodded.

Wan Xiaohu added: "I'm an impatient person. Li Xia and I have worked together before, so I should be clear. Once the filming starts, there is absolutely no chance of procrastination or delay. So, you have to tidy up these days and try to They are all living in the crew, and they will stay in the crew for food and lodging in the future. The daily meeting will be very bitter, tiring and boring, so it’s okay, right?”

"Don't worry, it's nothing to worry about." Cheng Er said affirmatively.

The meeting was very brief, just to meet and arrange the division of labor first, and then Wan Xiaohu asked the three of them to go home, pack up their things and go to the crew, and then get familiar with the script.As for himself, he went to Wang Zhonglei to discuss where to shoot.

Although the scenes in "Butterfly Effect" are relatively small, there are still many places that need to be connected.Psychiatric hospitals, universities, photographic equipment factories, and scenes of community bombings, etc.

"This is the photographic equipment factory under the North Film Factory. The North Film Factory was merged into the film group. This equipment factory will also be reorganized into the Film Equipment Company. It is said that this land is going to be demolished, so I contacted the person in charge. Temporarily lease the place to us." Wang Zhonglei pointed at the dilapidated factory area in front of him in the car.

In 1999, in order to make the national radio and television industry bigger and stronger, and form the "aircraft carrier" and "joint fleet" of the national radio and television industry, the Radio and Television Joint Development and Reform Commission approved the National Film Company, the Beijing Film Studio, and the National Children's Film Production China Film Co., Ltd., China Film Co., Ltd., China Film Channel Program Center, Beijing Film Processing and Video Technology Factory, and Huayun Film and Television Disc Co., Ltd. jointly established China Film Group.

At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Chemical Industry jointly issued "Several Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of the Film Industry". Establish this group of studios as a large film group nationwide.

Large groups such as Yingying and Huaxia came into being.

The momentum of this reorganization is a manifestation of China's economic reform, and it is also the beginning of the film industry becoming a feast for everyone to eat.Of course, many remaining problems cannot be ignored, such as the small factory in front of us.

The factory area has been shut down, but the living area continues. Children and adults come in and out, worrying about the future life.

After parking the car, Wan Xiaohu and Wang Zhonglei got out of the car and turned around.After a lap, Wan Xiaohu was very satisfied. The function of this place is still sound. Although it is a little behind compared with the [-]th century in western developed countries, it is not so dilapidated. The pictures taken should be good.

"Butterfly Effect" is looking for opportunities to sell abroad, and Wan Xiaohu is planning to put in a lot of work on the screen, because the country that can't be shot is too backward, otherwise it will lose its sci-fi flavor.Originally, Chinese-language films were not very popular with foreigners, and if they were poorly made, then don’t expect foreigners to appreciate them.

No matter how you say, you are also a Chinese, so you have to show the good side of the country to foreigners to appreciate, right?

"This place is not bad." Wan Xiaohu nodded in satisfaction, "However, it needs to be renovated, and the exterior of the factory area should be decorated to make it look better. Ten years ago, it should have been very cool here."

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "I'm responsible for paying the money, you discuss with the director team, how to do it according to your ideas."

The film is having a cellar ** film incident, but in China in the [-]s and [-]s, not everyone could afford a camera.Positioning the background at the photographic equipment factory avoids this problem.

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0061【Drink less and eat more】

While Wan Xiaohu was busy preparing for the crew, Yu Dong returned to the capital. At the Shengjing Hotel, the employees of Bonahua and Dandelion Film Company gathered together, giving Yu Dong a clean slate.

"Come on, let's offer a toast to Mr. Yu. For the release of "Waiting Alone", Mr. Yu is exhausted and has lost a lot of weight since the first time we met. It's not easy!" Wan Xiaohu held up the cup and raised it up.

"Cheers to Mr. Yu's disappearing fat!" Yu Dong's partners are all old employees of Beijing Film Studio. At the beginning, they were not very willing to release "Waiting Alone", but now they laugh at everyone, unable to get along Mouth.

Yu Dong smiled reservedly: "The main reason is that Director Wan's movie is so good, I should respect you for this cup."

"A good movie must be able to be released. This point, Yu Zong takes the lead, and I should respect him."

"Hey, hey, other people may have done it for publicity at the beginning, but now the effect has come out, it's all thanks to the movie's reputation. Director Wan is the first to give credit."

Su Ya laughed loudly: "You two are really hypocritical. You are clearly very proud, and you keep pretending to be modest. Hypocrisy is not hypocrisy."

Wan Xiaohu and Yu Dong looked at each other, and they both laughed. On the scene, you praise me and I praise you. Only Su Ya, the third generation of red, directly spoke out the hypocrisy of the two of them.

"Humility makes people progress." Wan Xiaohu coughed, "But today we are not outsiders, so let's not do this, so as not to make someone unhappy. Come, let's have a toast together."

Bang, the wine glasses collided, and the beer overflowed.

After drinking this glass of wine, Yu Dong clenched his fists and said, "I used to do distribution at Beijing Film Studio, and I traveled all over the country. Because it is a big studio, I am not afraid of offending people wherever I go. The cinema respects us. This time Running all over the country, to be honest, the feeling is very deep, and many times I am afraid that I will not be able to position myself correctly. But the hard work is hard, seeing the popularity of the movie after it is released, the box office is getting higher every day, and my heart is warm."

As he said that, Yu Dong held up a glass: "I would like to respect Director Wan for this glass of wine. "Waiting Alone" is too good. It has been released for just half a month, and the national box office has reached 1100 million according to rough statistics. The next step is the county Municipal movie theaters have been promoted. With the current box office momentum, it doesn’t take much effort to promote it. Now that pirated DVDs have come out, it’s impossible to get popular in the future. I predict that 500 million is a guarantee Numbers, 2000 million are a bit difficult, but with a little effort, there is hope. Anyway, "Waiting Alone" made money, come on, Director Wan, I respect you."

"I can do 2000 million, I have no regrets, "Endless" is only 3000 million, no, drink." Wan Xiaohu is already very satisfied.Now that the market is sluggish and piracy is serious, it is a dream to expect a movie to get a high box office, no matter how good-looking your film is.

The box office is 2000 million. After deducting the theater account, the national special film fund, value-added tax, etc., the distributor can get about 40%.At present, the box office of the movie has exceeded 1000 million, and Bona and Dandelion's split is 2000-400. That is to say, based on the [-] million box office, "Waiting Alone" can earn more than [-] million for Wan Xiaohu and Su Ya.

200 million guaranteed DVD distribution fee, 400 box office share, plus the 100 million movie channel sale that is ready to sign a contract, "Waiting Alone" has already earned 700 million yuan for Dandelion Films.In addition to the cost of 50 and the dividend of 50, the net profit is 600 million!

And the next step is to release another round of DVDs.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone got a little drunk, and the topic opened up.Although there were a few ladies present, they didn't take much care of what they said, and those who should speak yellow accents had to speak yellow accents.Su Ya and other ladies could only lean together and gossip loudly about the women to avoid embarrassment.

"Brother Dong, when is the DVD coming out?" Li Xia held a cup and touched Yu Dong.

Yu Dong took a sip of beer and said, "As soon as possible, let's see in another week. If the box office can reach 1600 million, then we will postpone the release of DVDs, so as not to squeeze the box office. If it doesn't, it means that the film's box office potential is too low." Once it’s done, start printing DVDs immediately and try to release them as soon as possible. Otherwise, pirated discs will wipe out the market.”

Wan Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "I think we should lower the price of DVDs, with small profits but quick turnover. The movie has a good reputation, and the sales of DVDs can be a hit. If the price is set high, more audiences will probably turn to pirated copies." went."

Domestic piracy awareness is relatively weak, but it does not mean that audiences are unwilling to buy genuine ones, the key is that the wallets in their pockets cannot keep up.A legitimate DVD costs as little as 20 yuan and as expensive as 50 yuan, while a pirated DVD only costs 5 yuan.If you think about it with your toes, most people can only choose pirated ones when their pockets are not full.