"Well, basically yes, it's just the last step. After the movie is released, it will be determined based on the box office whether it can be successfully promoted."
Wang Zeng responded in the affirmative.
"An Qi, take a look and tell me if you have any questions. I also have an old script on my computer. Don't worry, I will keep pretending to play with the script this month."
Xidu Jiaming Film and Television Company is working step by step as usual, recruiting artists and training artists, but they have never met an artist like An Qi again.
Therefore, this group of newly recruited artists can only learn a little bit from the basic skills. Instead, their mentors who often work in the company disappear from everyone's sight.
As for An Qi, she went to shoot folk princesses the day after she joined the company. After coming back, she went to the editorial department for two days. She didn’t even recognize anyone in the company. How could anyone pay attention to her?
Tianmo Film and Television Base is located in the north-central part of the Eastern Empire. Because of its varied terrain, spacious plains, and several brick and stone walls and towers, it has become a filming base for war dramas.
Although it is not as famous as the Hengdian Film and Television Base, it also provides many employment opportunities for the local area.
For war movies, the quality requirements for group actors are looser than those for costume dramas. First of all, in terms of age, veterans and child soldiers have all appeared before.
For example, in the alien war a hundred years ago, if the Imperial Capital had not turned the tide, the Eastern Empire would have completely fallen. It was precisely because of that war that the Eastern Capital suffered heavy losses. Nearly 80% of the entire Eastern Capital's land was occupied, ranging from the 70-year-old father-in-law to the
All children from ten years old to ten years old went to the battlefield.
As the farthest city from the occupied areas, Xidu became the area with the largest population loss. In order to provide assistance, nearly 1/3 of the talents in Xidu were sent to the front line, never to return.
Since then, the vitality of the Western Capital has been unable to recover for a long time. On the contrary, the Eastern Capital has accumulated a large number of talents, including those from the four major capitals, who have been left behind.
Director Er was standing here at this time, looking at the city wall and the ravine from time to time.
The assistants and field staff around me are all following me, listening to the arrangements of Director Er.
"Give me a month to cover this city gate and these ravines."
"We also want one hundred extras from the village, and they can be two or three years old. We also need to make it clear that these one hundred extras must work for a full month, and their wages cannot exceed 1,500. The rest are yours
talk"
"Props, props!"
Director Er shouted loudly, which was completely different from his usual gentle and gentle influence.
"War movies, what is the most important thing"
"Effect!" shouted back the prop master, who has been my partner for nearly twenty years.
Seeing him looking at me with a smile, he punched me in the face and said, "You're kidding me, be safe, be safe!"
"Before every time you turn on the machine, you must carefully check the leads and the amount of ammunition to make sure there are no mistakes."
"Brother Er, you still don't trust me. I've been doing this for more than 20 years."
The prop master was a little angry.
"You're such a naughty kid. You still talk back to me. If nothing happens, I'll give you more money. If something happens to Kei, I can't protect you."
Indeed, among the crew, if there is one profession that is most dangerous, it is probably that of a prop master. Especially in war films, a large amount of gunpowder is used for blasting, and sometimes fuses are also arranged.
If one of the extras stepped on the explosives accidentally, or if one of them accidentally stepped on the explosives, then I'm afraid the show wouldn't have been filmed.
As for this show, it is the first film directed by me in the new company. Naturally, I don't want problems to occur during filming. As a first-rate director, I don't want to ruin my brand.
I've been told a lot, just because I don't want any problems to arise.
The simplest and most ordinary start-up ceremony is just to invite a Feng Shui master. I heard that this master has more than 30 years of experience.
Several of my films have been directed to him for blessings. This Taoist priest claimed that after learning martial arts from Maoshan, he went down the mountain to become a human being.
But in An Qi's eyes, this is simply a magic stick. There is no prayer at all, it's just self-comfort.
Of course, this is just An Qi's self-complaint, but she still stood respectfully watching this Taoist priest perform the great dance.
Holding a mahogany sword, he kept going around the table and mumbling words, and from time to time he took out spells in his hand. The spells turned into a wisp of smoke with the touch of the sword.
After walking around for three more times, I saw the Taoist priest holding his sword horizontally, spraying a mouthful of imported old wine on the sword, and making secrets with his fingers.
The sword began to light up with flames. The Taoist priest picked up a thumb-thick piece of incense and scratched it on the sword until it ignited.
As puffs of fine smoke rose up, the old Taoist priest immediately put away his sword, walked up to Er Dao, and said respectfully, "That's it."
Director Er also returned the favor and said, "Thank you, Taoist priest."
Then he led his own group of people to burn incense, and Angel and the actor were placed in the second position.
The male protagonist's name is Ma Yingjie, a third-rate artist whom Mr. Guo found through his connections. When Director Er introduced him to An Qi, he said, "An Qi, this is Ma Yingjie, a relative of Mr. Guo and a leader of the younger generation of the Guo family.
I was promoted to a third-rate artist at the age of ten, and now I am a leader among them."
"Ma Yingjie, this is An Qi, your partner. She is Wen Jing's close disciple."
In fact, Ma Yingjie didn't care much about An Qi at first. It was mainly because of Mr. Guo's face that he should call him uncle according to his seniority. In addition, the film's salary was quite high and he had a million, so he agreed.
Come down.
But when he saw An Qi in person, he felt the urge to protect her. She exuded a temperament that made me feel pity for her, which made Ma Yingjie put away his arrogance and rudeness.
Especially when he heard about Wen Jing's closed disciple, Zhong Wenjing was a living star in his eyes. Her artist had trained an actor. Although the actor was no longer around, the legend about Wen Jing has been circulating.
Ma Yingjie was very gentlemanly and let An Qi go. He was a step behind her. After the two of them placed the incense, Ma Yingjie was also very considerate. He stood under the platform and stretched out his hand to support An Qi.
An Qi was not that shy. When she saw Ma Yingjie reaching out to pick her up, she naturally supported Ma Yingjie's hand.
At the same time, she gave him a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu."
Director Er did not arrange filming on the first day, but asked people to check the supplies, because this month, he would close the filming and no one in the crew could leave.
Even after filming, you are not allowed to leave the hotel, which is why the pay for this drama is higher than that of other crews.
Artists don't care about this. A few more days will not have any impact on the first few days. As for the group performances, they don't have to worry about it. They only care about food and housing. They wish that the filming time would be longer.
Everyone in the crew is working hard and waiting for the official start of filming the next day!