Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Although he was speaking for his own boss, a magazine still has a production cycle of a magazine, so when "People Weekly" saw Li Wei's exclusive interview, it was already three weeks later.During this period, all kinds of ridicule and criticism of Li Wei never stopped. Li Wei's Weibo account and WeChat public account received many inexplicable messages or comments, which made the members of Li Wei's assistant office have to work in three shifts. form to filter some disgusting speech.

However, with the launch of the new issue of "People Weekly", some people's perception of Li Wei has improved.It's true that Li Wei, a media tycoon like him, is trying to steal the jobs of ordinary people by himself, but the film industry doesn't stipulate that rich people can't make movies, right?What's more, the reason why Li Wei chooses to become a rich man is that he doesn't want to be restrained when making movies. Isn't this the dream of all film directors?

As for Li Wei's idol status, those who support Li Wei think this is a sign of his diligence.According to Li Wei's appearance and figure, he can obviously live a good life by relying on his face, but he insists on enduring criticism and running to become a director, which shows how much he loves directors.Therefore, many fans of passers-by said that even though Li Wei's appearance violated some rules of the traditional film circle, fundamentally speaking, Li Wei loves movies, and he has also worked hard to learn how to make movies.In this case, why not give Li Wei a chance?Whether Li Wei is an excellent director, at least we have to wait until his movie is made, right?

Just when everyone was arguing about whether Li Wei was suitable to be a director, Li Wei and the props team had already completed the construction of the interior scene of the prison.After a lot of old-fashioned prisons were inspected by the props team, such a prison located in the studio was built.In order to make the prison conform to the actual situation, Li Wei also asked several old prison guards to help check the situation.Sure enough, under the reminder of the old prison guard, Li Wei modified several arrangements that did not conform to the actual situation.

After all the scenes were completed, Li Wei began to discuss the brightness of the scene with the lighting engineer and photographer.The brightness of a movie is a key issue. First of all, the brightness and darkness of the movie screen can suggest the plot of the story. A bright lens gives people happiness, a dark lens gives people depression, a reddish lens gives people violence, and a yellowish lens gives people happiness. Nostalgia; the second is the particularity of film projections and the limitations of projection equipment, which is similar to the situation on the earth plane. Most of the projectors on the earth and star plane are not bright enough, which not only makes the shots taken by IMAX cameras too dark , It also makes the picture captured by the 4K lens not as delicate and sharp as imagined.

But the production company is not the same, the theater company is not willing to spend money to change the equipment, what should you do?Therefore, many directors have to ask the lighting engineer to adjust the brightness when shooting a movie, so as to save the need to repair the picture later.After agreeing on the main color tone and basic light and shadow with the photographer, the photography team and the lighting team slowly and carefully checked the light and shade.

While the team was making preliminary preparations, Li Wei also began to interview actors. "Redemption" is a movie with almost no female characters. The only female characters are a few flashing shots at the beginning of the movie.

After Li Wei took the male number one, the important supporting roles are the male number two and the male number three.The second male lead is the friend and mentor of the first male lead, so it is necessary to find a qualified old actor to play the role; the third male lead is a tragic character who commits suicide in order to explain the theme of the film, so a middle-aged and elderly man with acting skills is also needed Actors come in.The remaining villain is a cunning and seemingly fair and elegant prison warden, who is also an actor who needs experience and acting skills.It can be said that the whole movie is a rookie with excellent acting skills supported by three outstanding middle-aged and elderly actors.

In addition, the remaining prisoners and prison guards don't need much acting skills, and most of the registered actors in the actors' union have this ability.

Li Wei called Du Wen, the casting director and the supervising representative of the Screen Actors Union began to interview the main actors.As for those actors who are only scrolling through the cast list at the end of the film, they are usually passed by the assistant director after a little inspection, and will not bother the high-level crew to come over for review.After nearly a week of interviews and auditions, Li Wei selected three actors.As the actor of Wu Dayong, the second male lead, Li Wei chose Jian Zhengyang, a veteran actor who is nearly 70 years old.Jian Zhengyang is known as one of the best supporting actors in China. Although he has also won the best actor, his most impressive roles are when he is a supporting actor.

The male number three Gao Fei is also played by a senior actor who is nearly 60 years old, named Xun Hongyuan.Compared with Jian Zhengyang, Xun Hongyuan's resume is much weaker.Xun Hongyuan's main focus is on drama, so he doesn't act in many movies, but Li Wei likes the tension in his performance very much.

In the end, the actor who played the warden was also an actor who was almost 60 years old, named He Binbin.He Binbin is mainly active on the stage of TV dramas. He is good at playing wealthy tycoons or business executives, so he was selected by Li Wei to play the money-grubbing and unscrupulous warden.

After the actors are selected, costumers, hair stylists and make-up artists will come to design the makeup images for these main characters.In the film industry, there are specialized associations for costumers and hair and make-up artists.Unlike trade unions, associations have barriers to entry.

For example, the application of the Screen Actors Guild or the Screenwriters Guild is very simple. The Actors Guild can apply as long as you have shot any film longer than 10 minutes. It doesn’t matter whether the film has been released or not, as long as you attach this Video tapes or CDs are enough; while the Screenwriters Guild only needs to submit one of your scripts, no matter how bad your script is or whether anyone likes it, you will be a member of the Screenwriters Guild in the future.

But professional associations such as photographers, prop artists, and makeup artists are not good. In addition to your corresponding works, you must have corresponding qualifications, otherwise the association will reject your application.Prop makers, costume makers, hair stylists and make-up artists are all unpopular behind-the-scenes staff, but their income is much higher than that of ordinary actors, and they also have corresponding awards.

You must know that many prop masters who are in the early stage have their own studios or companies. After a movie project is completed, the income they get is basically much higher than that of actors.Moreover, the best art direction in major professional film awards is awarded to the prop artist, the best costume design is awarded to the costume designer, and the best makeup and hair styling is awarded to the makeup artist and hair stylist.

In fact, compared to the low threshold for actors and the low income before becoming famous, the income of various professional behind-the-scenes personnel is quite generous, basically 2 to 3 times that of ordinary white-collar workers.And what about actors?Before becoming famous, many actors earn between 50% and 80% of the income of ordinary white-collar workers, and the income of many third-tier actors after becoming famous is only the same as that of ordinary white-collar workers in some large companies.So with the development of the film industry, in fact, many newcomers who love the film industry have begun to be interested in working behind the scenes.Of course, for a boss like Li Wei who owns a large film company, having a few familiar behind-the-scenes companies is also a must.After all, the more cooperation there is, the smoother the running-in will be.

After all the preparations were in place, the crew officially closed their work.Usually, the crew doesn't want to be disturbed by paparazzi or entertainment reporters when filming. After all, once the plot is leaked, the box office will definitely drop.However, Li Wei's film crew is not worried about this, because they hired a studio for filming.If the paparazzi or entertainment journalists want to secretly take pictures, they first have to go through the entrance control of the film and television studio outside, and second, they have to go through the studio entrance control composed of security guards hired by themselves.

At the same time, for the actors, shooting in the studio is very comfortable.Most of the studios have lounges, but the extras are in the common room, the important supporting roles are in the B lounge, and the important protagonists and directors have a dedicated Class A lounge.For example, the Class A lounge of the studio of Kirin Donghai Film and Television Center, which is invested by Kirin Films, even has a bathroom. Big stars can take off their make-up and relax in the jacuzzi after filming here. .

Because of the good facilities, the rental prices of the studios in the Kirin Donghai Film and Television Center are also the highest.However, the reservation list has been scheduled until next year, because the studio here is not only well equipped in the lounge, but also the effect inside the studio is even more powerful.Any weather can be simulated in the shed, and there are also specialized prop artists, costume artists, hair stylists and makeup artists who open studios or companies nearby.

Any circle has the habit of bullying, and the film and television circle is no exception. Li Wei did feel some or no rejection from the crew at the beginning of filming.But fortunately everyone sees that Li Wei is the owner of the film and television company, and at the same time there is a big director like Du Wen as the producer behind him, so the small tricks don't dare to go too far.And Li Wei's professionalism and hard work also made these veterans feel that it is not an option to always play behind the scenes like this, so as the filming progressed, the unity of the crew gradually formed.

And Li Wei can naturally feel such changes, so he also orders meals from some special hotels from time to time to reward everyone.Regarding the director's generosity, the crew members were naturally soft-spoken. Slowly, everyone also recognized Li Wei's director status.

As the New Year's Day holiday and awards season are approaching, the crew of "Redemption", which is more than halfway through filming, finally ushered in its first big holiday.Li Wei gave everyone a nearly two-week holiday, which made most of them happy.

There are three ways to pay the crew. One is to pay the final price directly. For example, actors and directors all get the final price. The shorter the working day, the happier they are; the other is to calculate the monthly salary, which is the way some professional jobs are paid. , and the two-week vacation also needs to be paid, and the paid vacation is still very good; the last one is the daily or hourly salary, which is mainly for some extras and odd jobs. Two weeks of vacation means two Weeks of zero income, so the holiday season wasn't all that great for them.Fortunately, there are not many people in the last category, so amidst the cheers, everyone put down their work and prepared to go home to rest.

Li Wei was no exception. After chatting with the assistant director and executive producer about some trivial matters, he drove his own car back to Zhou Xiao's apartment.Li Wei's apartment has not been occupied for a while, so Li Wei decided to stay at Zhou Xiao's house for two weeks.

In this year's awards ceremony, apart from the Golden Melody Award and the Golden Image Award, Li Wei will be present, and Li Wei has declined the rest of the awards.After all, I am making a movie, and although I can take a break, Li Wei still takes time to watch the film development and inspection work.

A movie is not good even if it is shot well. When it is found that the shots are not enough during post-editing, it is not particularly rare that the crew is called back to reshoot.

To be continued...