Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

While the casting director continued to be busy, Li Wei also began to rent a studio to set up scenes.Although Li Wei really wanted to shoot on-site, but Li Wei's episodes have too many destruction scenes, it is impossible to use it in a real prison.According to the relevant laws and regulations, it is strictly forbidden to take pictures in the prison. The worry is that those who want to use the structure of the prison to carry out real escape plans.And because Li Wei planned to shoot the theme of prison break, the relevant parties also specially greeted Li Wei, hoping that Li Wei would not be too realistic.For these reasons, Li Wei had to build the scenes of the American drama version of "Prison Break".The Citi Country Prison is fundamentally different from the Huaxia Prison, so there is no need to worry about causing some bad effects in this version of the scene.Because of the need to build many scenes, Li Wei had to rent the largest No. [-] studio in Kylin TV City.Of course, there are still some distant scenes that need to be shot in real scenes, so Li Wei also sent a second photography team to shoot some real scenes.

After two weeks of hard work by the art team and the costume team, most of the scenes and costumes have been completed. After review by Li Wei, Li Wei began to arrange the lighting team and photography team to enter the scene.And just when the pre-production work of the crew was almost completed, the casting director finally brought a group of tentative actors to the crew to audition.These actors are either newcomers who have just entered the entertainment circle (some of them were even recruited by casting directors from art schools or film and television academies), and some are veteran actors who have been a little outdated.

Due to the tight shooting schedule, Li Wei started the interview directly in the lounge built by the crew.Senior actors are still performing well, after all, these people's acting skills are relatively good, if it weren't for the so-called traffic dramas that are popular now, these actors usually play important supporting roles such as second or third roles in the crew.But it was cheaper for Li Wei, which made it easy for Li Wei to sign contracts with these senior actors with excellent acting skills.

Li Wei's TV contract is a standard TV contract, followed by a so-called right-of-flight clause.That is, if the ratings of the TV series are good and the second season needs to be filmed, the producer has the priority to sign the contract, and at the same time, it also stipulates a cap clause for the salary increase.This can be regarded as a clause to protect the rights and interests of the producers, but for these old actors, this is a guarantee clause.After all, there is also a corresponding obligation after the priority protection clause, that is, Li Wei needs to pay the actors a fixed salary during the rest period and when the total income is lower than a certain amount.Of course, the amount of remuneration is determined by the producer.

After interviewing the old actors, the interview of the new actors made Li Wei a little embarrassed.Most of the images of the new actors met Li Wei's expectations, but the acting skills really gave Li Wei a headache.The new actors who were born in a major class do not have too many problems in theory, and their lines are well read, but they can't grasp their emotions at all.Even seeing Li Wei frowning, the lines of several actors began to tremble.Li Wei had no choice but to shake his head and continue the interview with another person.

Finally, it was past ten o'clock in the evening after the interview.Li Wei asked the staff to distribute dinner subsidies and transportation subsidies to all the interviewees, and then told them to go back and wait for the notice.Li Wei looked at his interview list, picked out those who had passed and those who were pending, and ordered his assistant to find out the interview videos of these people and give them to him.As for those who were eliminated, Li Wei ordered his assistant to notify them of the interview results tomorrow.After all, he didn't have the chance to join his own crew, so Li Wei still thought it would be better not to waste their time.As for the rest of the people, Li Wei planned to go home and take a shower.After all, after interviewing too many people at once, Li Wei also felt a little tired.

Li Wei packed up the materials and video hard drives, put them in his carry-on bag, and then went to his office.There is a dedicated director's office in the studio, besides the office, there is also a director's lounge next to it.Not only has a big bed, but also a jacuzzi, and there are special people who come up to clean it every day.What's more, this TV city was originally Li Wei's property, so it was made according to Li Wei's preferences.Li Wei took a bath in the jacuzzi, and the sober mint bath salt seemed to recharge Li Wei's tired spirit.After getting out of the bathtub, Li Wei made himself a pot of Tieguanyin in the office, and then re-examined the materials.

When he was busy until four in the morning, Li Wei finally selected all the actors.Li Wei stretched, then went back to take a shower, and fell asleep on the bed.At around eight o'clock, Li Wei was woken up by the alarm clock, and then Li Wei walked out of the studio and jogged three times around the TV city.However, what made Li Wei a little bit dumbfounded was that due to the many paparazzi and fans squatting near the TV city, the photos of him jogging appeared on major social media very quickly.The entertainment media is analyzing why Li Wei didn't come home all night; the fashion media is analyzing the fashion of Li Wei's jogging equipment... Fortunately, Li Wei seldom goes on social media, otherwise he must be amazed that he actually quickly searched on social media hot spot.

After exercising, Li Wei came back and took a shower, then changed his clothes and went to the set.At this time, the staff of the crew also began to arrive one after another. Li Wei handed over the finalized list of actors to the casting director, asking her to confirm the schedule with these people as soon as possible, and then formulate a shooting plan through the script.

After the Spring Festival, the crew of "Prison Break" officially started filming.Li Wei announced the relevant regulations at the first meeting when the crew met, the most important of which was not to be late or leave early, not to have embarrassing scenes and not to ask for leave without reason.Although Li Wei's requirements are a bit strict, for the old actors, the previous crew is almost like this, and they have long been used to it; and for the new actors, it is not easy to have the opportunity to participate in the shooting of the regular crew. Who cares if the rules of the crew are strict.

Li Wei knows that in China on the earth plane, some old-school production crews will keep the habit of a "script seminar".That is, before the official shooting, three to five days are set aside to arrange for the main characters to have a meeting together to study their respective roles and the relationship between the characters.Although this approach has been rejected by many commercial crews, Li Wei thinks it is still very necessary.On the one hand, this kind of seminar is convenient for screenwriters and directors to keep abreast of the actors' views on the roles; secondly, it is also conducive to the running-in between actors.Not all actors are so familiar, and not all actors are so good at acting that they can completely ignore who the other party is.Therefore, when Li Wei filmed "Prison Break", he specially introduced the script seminar, and arranged for the main characters to spend five days discussing the characters.

Although the producer thought it was a waste of time and material resources for Li Wei to do so, the final effect surprised the producer.You must know that many of the crew this time are pure newcomers who have never filmed TV dramas. After these five days of seminars, everyone has done it every time, but the scrap rate is kept very low. within range.Although film is not used for filming TV dramas now, the parameter of waste film rate does not have much significance for production costs, but a low waste film rate means that everyone can shoot more smoothly.

In just one and a half months, the crew completed the filming of the first three episodes of "Prison Break".Then Li Wei began to edit the pilot episode, feature film, promotional film and teaser.The reason why the pilot episode has to be edited separately is because the pilot episode is usually two episodes in length, which is basically equivalent to the length of a regular movie.To capture the audience and attract film buyers and advertisers in the nearly two hours, editing skills are required; and the next two episodes are to let the film buyers see the production level and quality of the film producer. script level.The rest of the promotional videos and trailers are used for publicity, and they are also used to warm up the scene before the screening, so that buyers and advertisers can have a preliminary impression of this TV series.

After Li Wei finished editing, the five major commercial wireless TV stations and the main cable channels that focus on film and television dramas or entertainment content all received invitations to the "Prison Break" viewing party from Li Wei's studio. The third version of the promotional film edited by Li Wei is included.The first version of the promotional film is the so-called advance promotional film, mainly explaining the theme and shooting concept of the TV series; the second version of the promotional film is the longest promotional film, the main creators and leading actors in the crew will come forward to chat about the TV series, and by the way cooperate with some Shooting shots or sideshows; the third version is an official promotional video, which concentrates all the highlights of the TV series, and the rhythm is very smooth.If the TV station or advertiser is interested in the TV series after watching the promotional video, they will usually reply to confirm the time and place of participation.And Li Wei was also a little uneasy at this time. This was his transformational work in the director industry, and it was also the first time that he introduced the concept of American drama production from the Earth plane to the Huaxia Kingdom on the Water Blue Star plane.In Li Wei's own words, he can't be sure of success or failure.

At this time, the TV stations and advertisers were dumbfounded by the promotional video edited by Li Wei.Compared with traditional TV dramas, the camera transition of "Prison Break" is very fast, coupled with the foreshadowing and suspense points buried, this short promotional film is watched by the director of the TV station and the marketing director of the advertiser. I can't stop.The protagonists in the film not only have good looks and good stature, but also have first-class acting skills, so the sense of picture and depth of content are both there.Everyone has been in the TV circle for so many years, how can they not see the potential of a popular drama?So everyone decided to participate in Li Wei's film screening, they wanted to know what the actual filmed content was like.If it is really a high-quality TV series, then this TV series is still very worth buying.After all, with the name Li Wei in front as a signboard, then this TV series has its own search hotspot.

Therefore, compared to the deserted situation before the shooting, the marketing department of Li Wei Studio received replies from major TV stations and advertisers at this time, and the originally reserved venue was actually not enough.Li Wei thought about it, so he rented a large conference room from the Four Seasons Hotel, and at the same time put all the buffet dinners there.The film buyers and advertisers who got the final time and location were also quite surprised. They held a film screening at the Four Seasons Hotel. It seemed that Li Wei had a lot of confidence in this TV series. At the same time, it seemed that this TV series was going to be bleeding.However, the TV station is not worried about spending money. After all, as long as you buy a good TV series, the ratings will go up slowly.With ratings, there will be advertisers. With advertisers, are you afraid that the money spent will not be earned back?

On the day of the screening, the directors of film purchases and the marketing directors of advertising agencies from various TV stations flew to Donghai from Yanjing, Beicheng, Mingzhu, and Nanhua, and the local directors of film purchases and marketing directors in Donghai also watched the luxury cars head to the meeting place early .The entertainment industry doesn't pay attention to low-key luxury, but instead pursues big scenes.The bigger the scene, the better, and if you can overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum, that's even better.As a result, the screening turned into a small-scale gathering of luxury cars, which attracted passers-by nearby to stop and watch.