my time as a director

After I got the storyboard, I recognized that it was a very mature storyboard script. After listening to Li Qian's overall analysis, I had a deeper understanding and was even more amazed at Li Qian's talent.

Even in terms of the combination of lens and lighting, most of the time Zhang Zhonghua, a professional photographer, did not have any better suggestions. After working together for almost a year, it was the first time that he really realized Li Qian's ability.

In terms of visual style, Guo Fan found sadly that as an art director, he didn't seem to be able to offer many useful suggestions at all, and became a painter.

Drawing out some key shots is more intuitive than a storyboard script, which makes Li Qian's explanations simpler and clearer.

A morning meeting lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, and the whole process was more like Li Qian was constantly instilling his own ideas into them, letting them understand Li Qian's thoughts, down to every scene in detail.

Of course, during the process, Qi Yukun, Zhang Zhonghua, and Guo Fan also put forward their own suggestions from time to time, but most of them were persuaded by Li Qian.

As for the actors, just listen to it.

I was really hungry, so I stopped the first formal discussion of the main creator.

For lunch, I ordered a table of dishes at a nearby small restaurant for them to deliver, and ate in the studio.

The afternoon meeting lasted until seven o'clock, and Li Qian asked everyone to go home after dinner.

He greeted Peng Yuchang, "Let's go, Peng Peng, you can stay at my house, I just have a room."

Everyone else has a place to live here. After all, Peng Yuchang just came out of society at a young age, and he is also a fellow villager. If something happens, it is difficult to explain to his parents, so he takes it back to his home.

Lei Jiayin's girlfriend may come to visit the class halfway, and the couple also need to have their own space.

And after all, he is the leading actor, so Li Qian rented him a small hotel nearby, or else he could sleep on the sofa at home.

However, Peng Yuchang showed embarrassment. Li Qian looked much more serious today, which made him a little scared.

"What's wrong with you, go with the boss."

Gao Yang at the side saw him standing still and asked a question.

Then he understood again, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, I won't eat you up, you'll know it when you get along with the boss, he's sometimes a bit of a joke, today it's all on purpose."

A funny guy?

It's not like that at all!

Peng Yuchang slandered endlessly in his heart, but he still obediently followed Li Qian with his suitcase.

Chapter 7 The face is too big (please recommend tickets!)

On April 4th, today is the movie's official start. At 19:6 in the morning, Li Qian was woken up by the alarm clock.

Without a moment's delay, he got up from the bed in an instant.

When Li Qian came out of the bathroom refreshed after taking a shower, Peng Yuchang had just woken up, looked sleepily at Li Qian who had finished washing, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Morning, boss."

"Wash your face quickly and get ready to go to the set."

This Peng Peng is good at everything, and he is a hardworking person. When he came back these two days, he would sweep the floor whenever he had nothing to do. He just liked to sleep in. But he went back to his room early. God knows why he didn’t get enough sleep. Why did he go all night.

While he was washing up, Li Qian looked at the filming schedule. Overall, there was enough time. There were basically only two scenes, and the plot took place within an hour. It was easier for the actors to get into the mood as the time went by.

In the studio and the production crew met, the equipment and machines were loaded onto the rented van, and a group of more than ten people went to the set.

In the first ten days, the scenes in the phone booth were filmed, and they were shot indoors in the studio.

However, it was not suitable for the studio in Hengdian Film and Television Base. Instead, I found a studio remodeled from an idle factory in the surrounding area.

Although the Hengdian film and television base is open to the crew for free, the studio requires a fee.

As the film and television market is getting bigger and bigger, some idle factories and warehouses around the base, and even some surrounding villages have also converted their own land into studios.

It’s just that those studios that have been rebuilt in the countryside are too troublesome. Although they are cheap, they have to intervene in basic necessities of life, food, housing, and transportation, and they have to use local people for group performances.

There were too many things to do, anyway, for ten days, Li Qian compromised and rented a studio converted from an old factory.

The shed was also set up. The telephone booth was installed on one side, and sidewalks and roads were built on the ground next to it. On both sides, a simple set that looked the same as the actual scene was built. It doesn’t need to be too high, less than two meters, and the cost is not high. Anyway. Most of the scenes in the phone booth can not be filmed elsewhere.

When he arrived at the place, Li Qian began to direct everyone to work.

"Old Zhang, take someone to move the equipment in, Lao Qi, you check the smoke exhaust system, fire protection system, air conditioning system and emergency evacuation routes."

The studios around the base are basically not up to standard, and the government neither encourages, supports nor opposes them, and turns a blind eye.

Not only in terms of scale and materials, but also in terms of safety, it is much worse than regular studios.

The shooting in the studio is almost completely enclosed. The crew has its own generator, the lighting power is high, and the lighting time is long, so the temperature inside can easily rise.

Qi Yukun took people inside and out, up and down to check one side.

"Director Li, there is no problem, but there is no sprinkler system."

It’s strange to have a sprinkler system. None of the studios around the base has a sprinkler system. The requirements are high and the investment is high, so they don’t spend that money.

Anyway, in order to develop the film and television industry, the higher authorities have always discouraged or opposed these surrounding studios. They turned a blind eye and closed their eyes.

"That's fine, Lao Qi will leave it to you."

"Director Li, don't worry, we've been preparing for a long time."

Qi Yukun said sternly that he, like Guo Fan, failed to apply for the director department of Beijing Film Academy, and had always dreamed of becoming a director.

The difference is that besides directing, another major is academics, and I failed to pass the exam twice in three years.

It can be said that there is only a thin line between the executive director and the director, and he can't wait to start the film.

Li Qian nodded, turned around and came to the two monitors in the distance.

Gao Yang, who was the production director, and Peng Yuchang, who had no part in the show, also followed.

During the three-day meeting, Li Qian has relayed all his ideas to the executive, photography director, and art director.

The executive director coordinates and manages the shooting scene, and the director of photography and art director coordinate lighting, lenses, props, makeup, etc.

The production team is managed on a level-by-level basis. The director of photography is in charge of the cameraman and lighting team, the art director is in charge of costumes, culture, and ways, and the executive director is in charge of the assistant director.

Generally, if the crew does not need special effects and actions, they basically rely on the executive director, photography director, and art director.

Li Qian, on the other hand, passed on what he needed to the three of them, discussed the entire script with them in the past three days, and previewed the shots to be shot that day before shooting every day.

Now all you need to do is sit in front of the monitor and watch, yelling "Ka". If there is a problem, the three of them can't figure it out.

Nearly an hour passed, and after repeated debugging, Qi Yukun gestured towards Li Qian.