Chapter 185 The true meaning of a tyrant on the set
Author: The falling knife on a rainy night
Chapter 185 The true meaning of a tyrant on the set
Life is really strange.
Lin Chen was a student of Yan University not long ago and had just graduated.
And now, he and Michael Coppola have become particularly good friends.
Lin Chen was one of the first twenty people sent to the United States from the New World.
It is different from other people who dream of becoming a director or a special effects artist.
Lin Chen joined Teemo's crew as soon as he came to the United States.
Then Lin Chen discovered a strange thing.
In China, planners who belong to the power floor of the film crew have a very high status in Hollywood.
After a long period of observation, Lin Chen discovered that in the industrial film shooting system, the work of the planner is particularly important.
This position is responsible for the desk work of the film except for the script. To put it simply, in addition to the script, this person has to do all the writing work for the entire crew.
In this way, this position involves almost every job on the crew.
Therefore, when Lin Chen arrived at Teemo's crew, he decided to work on the set first.
And his goal is to become an excellent planner.
This is completely different from my internship experience in China.
In Hengdian, every position is a teacher.
For example, in night scenes, in order to reflect the lighting, smoke needs to be arranged.
The specific method is to burn something and then use a fan to blow out the smoke.
That's it, the director, the site manager, the assistant director, these people don't even know the name of the person in charge of this job.
When shouting, you have to say "Teacher on the field, smoke." "Teacher smoke, do it again!"
However, this kind of verbal respect is of no use.
Because of this kind of work, you usually have to be on the set all day, but the actual monthly income is only four to five thousand. If you work a lot of overtime and add red envelopes, it will be seven or eight thousand.
Moreover, their work basically requires no brain work.
This means that there is no room for growth.
However, Lin Chen now discovered that this job actually has huge room for growth.
And the reason is, standardization.
What is the indoor temperature, what is the outdoor temperature, and what is the air humidity? How much smoke is needed to achieve the moonlight scene depicted in the script.
In fact, it can be quantified.
There is no need for the photographer to see that the effect is not working, and then verbally shout, "Teacher Smoke, do it again."
In fact, it is the photographer who should tell the planner what kind of shooting effect is needed.
Then, the planner will write down all the preparations required for shooting this shot and how much content there is.
Then distribute it to each type of work.
You don't need to communicate ineffectively, and don't force the director to go crazy, you can create a scene well.
Therefore, now that Lin Chen has joined the crew of "Lord of War", he has only one goal.
That is to reduce the number of times Han Zhou gets angry.
As for Michael Coppola, it was because of Lin Chen's attentiveness that the two became friends.
The reason is that in one scene, Michael Coppola wanted to show Yuri's feeling of loss, so he decided that this sequence of shots required a wider shirt.
To highlight the incomplete appearance of Yuri’s character in this state.
Although this can only bring a little bit of feeling to the audience.
But it is with this kind of feeling that Michael Coppola will become recognized as a great actor.
However, what Michael Coppola did not expect was that when these scenes came, the costume and makeup teacher would come over to change his clothes.
Michael Coppola noticed that the copy they were holding clearly stated that they needed to change into a shirt of the same style but one size larger for this scene.
Michael was surprised, so he observed carefully and found that the preparations were very comprehensive.
I often see all kinds of copywriting written about what I need.
And he saved a lot of worry.
This kind of cooperative shooting is very enjoyable. You don’t need to move your mouth. As long as you start shooting, all the conditions are most suitable.
So, Michael chatted with Lin Chen and talked about why Lin Chen arranged it like this.
Then Michael learned that Lin Chen had specially obtained a copy of his information after filming started.
Generally speaking, who among you doesn’t know Michael? No one will read the information.
But Lin Chen wrote down all the information.
After filming the evening scene, during the break, Michael lit a cigarette and found Lin Chen to chat again.
Lin Chen wore glasses and was immersed in writing.
Michael: "How many times have you been scolded by the director today?"
Michael knew that Lin Chen was doing a challenge, that is, not to be scolded by Han Zhou for one day.
Lin Chen raised his head and smiled: "Reiji."
Michael was surprised: "Wow! The challenge is about to be completed!"
Lin Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The end of the day is when Director Han gets most angry."
Michael shrugged: "So, Han Zhou is like the great directors in the 1960s and 1970s, a tyrant on the set, unlike today's directors."
Lin Chen: "But you can't deny that filming under Director Han is so easy and simple."
"He seems to have endless knowledge in his head."
Michael smiled: "With your ability, you can actually challenge yourself to be an assistant director instead of a planner."
Lin Chen stopped writing: "In the last drama "Twilight", Director Timo thought that I did a good job in setting the scene, so he took me on board this time and asked me to be the deputy planner."
"Maybe in the next drama, I will be the main deputy planner."
"For the next play, I may be an assistant director. I will be an assistant director several times, and finally become the director one day ten years later."
Michael: "But Han Zhou is only twenty-four years old."
Lin Chen smiled bitterly: "If Director Han's knowledge is like the ocean, then I am at most a well."
"When I have a lake of knowledge one day, it won't be too late to become a director."
At this time, under the light, next to the monitor, a loud voice came: "Lin Chen!!"
"Your special code, come here!"
Michael sighed: "Oh, I got scolded again. I still failed to complete the challenge of not getting scolded. We have two or three days to complete it."
Lin Chen stood up: "In other words, I only have two or three days to learn more from Director Han."
Arriving next to the monitor, Lin Chen approached Han Zhou and said, "Director!"
Han Zhou: "Is this empty shot planned by You Shu?"
Lin Chen glanced at the monitor. It was an empty lens, to be precise, it was a shot of the facade of an apartment building.
In the plot, Yuri lives here.
The current apartment building is actually newly built, and no one has moved in yet after the renovation.
So the crew shot the scene here.
When I actually shot the interior of the apartment, I was in another place.
At this time, the picture shows a night scene.
This building has many windows.
The lights are on on almost all floors.
However, there is a vertical row of lights that are fully on.
The other vertical lights are turned on randomly, and less than 20% of them are turned on.
Han Zhou pointed at the screen: "Lighting, what do you think?"
Lin Chen was very confident that he had definitely done nothing wrong this time.
"Director Han, that's what I think."
Han Zhou's face was as deep as water: "You said."
Lin Chen pointed at the screen: "This shot is expected to be around nine o'clock in the evening in the plot."
"Based on the contracted overtime hours, this is the time when most wealthy people have finished working overtime and come home."
"So, I expect the lights will be on in the living rooms throughout the building."
Lin Chen pointed to the lights that were turned on vertically: "These are the living room."
"These dark rooms are the bedrooms."
"There were some people in the bedroom, so the bedroom lights were on."
"Most of the bedrooms haven't turned on the lights yet, because the average time to fall asleep is after twelve o'clock."
After finishing speaking, Lin Chen was very confident that he must have done something right this time.
Han Zhou: "Here, here is the car key. Let's drive around for a while. Remember not to scratch it. If you scratch it, you will have to pay for it."
Although Lin Chen had doubts, he still followed the instructions.
Because he knows that if Director Han thinks there is something wrong with this scene, there must be something wrong with it.
But what exactly is the problem?
You need to see it yourself.
Director Han will not give the answer directly every time.
Because Director Han believes in it, if you verify it yourself, your memory will be deeper.
Soon, Lin Chen was confused in the New York night.
Americans, why don’t you turn off the lights?!
damn it!
Soon, Lin Chen drove back to the set.
Han Zhou is looking at other scenes.
After Lin Chen came over, he stood in front of Han Zhou and said, "I'm sorry, Director Han, for delaying the progress."
"I made the mistake of substituting domestic environmental conditions into the United States."
Han Zhou raised his head and said: "As long as you know, rewrite it and find Chen Dayong to reshoot it after you finish it."
"This guy will not let go of the rabbit when he sees it. If you want him to reshoot this empty scene, you can't do it without buying a cigar."
Lin Chen smiled bitterly.
This month I have purchased two boxes of cigars from Chen Dayong.
What's not good about learning? I have to learn how Americans smoke cigars. It's too damn expensive.
However, Lin Chen did not leave directly, but asked: "Director Han, why don't Americans turn off the lights?"
Han Zhou: “Americans shout loudly when asking others to protect their environment, but when it’s their turn, they act like fools.”
"The current per capita electricity consumption in the United States is 380 kilowatt-hours per month, while in China it is 67 kilowatt-hours."
"The country's 1.4 billion people consume 15 million barrels of oil every day, while the United States has 300 million people and consumes 20 million barrels of oil every day."
"If you check the data yourself, you should know that in the United States, especially for night scenes in big cities like New York, the lights should be brightly lit."
Lin Chen smiled: "The American guy is really not a good guy."
Han Zhou: "It's good to know."
"I remember there was a female singer named... Ti Le. She flew hundreds of thousands of kilometers on her private jet last year. Her carbon emissions by one person were comparable to the annual carbon emissions of a small African country."
"There are quite a few like this in the United States."
Han Zhou looked at Lin Chen: "So, you remember, how to be extravagant and wasteful and how to design when shooting scenes in the United States in the future."
"You can only design something that is not extravagant and wasteful, but you cannot design something that exceeds the standard."
This time, Lin Chen made a mistake based on experience. In his usual understanding, in a building, at eight or nine o'clock, the lights in the living room should be fully on and the lights in the bedroom should be almost fully off.
After arriving in the United States, the crew of "The Twilight Saga" has been in small places, so he has not been to big cities much.
Lin Chen was very busy when shooting these shots recently and didn't have time to go shopping. It's normal not to know this knowledge.
However, this empty shot is still difficult to shoot.
The main thing is to bribe the apartment manager to turn on the lights and then shoot the footage downstairs.
Just for this shot, it took half an hour to set up the venue.
After explaining why, Han Zhou looked at Lin Chen: "You are a bit stupid, but no one in your batch is willing to do this job, so you are the only one here."
"Be careful, don't learn everything for a few years and then return home knowing nothing."
"I'm a director. I help you with things every day, so why don't you do it yourself?"
"Use your brain."
After Lin Chen was scolded, he would continue to write copy. Michael: "What did you get scolded for today? No brains? Or bad writing?"
Michael's pronunciation of "Shabi" is quite similar, which is enough to illustrate the frequency with which Han Zhou spits out these lyrics.
Lin Chen smiled: "Today I'm scolding you for not thinking."
Michael patted Lin Chen on the shoulder: "You have been very attentive."
"If you can't stand it, just hang out with me and I'll introduce you to other crews."
Lin Chen shook his head: "No."
Michael tilted his head: "Are you addicted to being scolded?"
Lin Chen: "Every time I get scolded, I learn something that others usually don't care about and won't tell me."
"Growing every day."
"If no one really scolds me, it's either that I've already learned it, or that I'm useless and can't do this anymore."
Michael smiled: "You are already very good, but it is rare to see a set tyrant like Han Zhou nowadays."
Lin Chen: "Actually, working with Director Han is very good. You will never make mistakes. If you make mistakes, he will definitely guide you."
"As for swearing... there is nothing we can do about it. There are hundreds of people on the crew, and everyone does something wrong every day. Many of them need to be corrected by him alone."
"If you correct hundreds of mistakes every day, no matter how good-tempered you are, you still have to scold your mother, right?"
Michael: "It seems that you have been conquered by his charisma."
"It's like those people in the 1960s and 1970s were conquered by those great directors."
Lin Chen: "The fact that the United States cannot produce such great directors now also shows that... the American film industry is on the decline again."
Michael lit a cigarette: "Recently, a TV series crew invited me to star. The first three episodes cost US$70 million."
Lin Chen was a little surprised: "The first three episodes? So much money?"
Michael nodded: "Our TV series here are shot and broadcast one episode at a time. The employer pays to shoot the first three episodes according to the specifications of the movie, hires a film director, and hires film actors."
"After luring the audience into the car, they change people."
"However, the bids for TV series have been getting higher and higher recently. The film industry... is indeed getting more and more sluggish."
Lin Chen was thinking in his heart.
Michael: "What are you thinking about?"
Lin Chen: "I'm thinking about learning everything I need to know before I die in Hollywood... Ahem, I'm thinking that even if the American film industry doesn't work, it's still better than the Chinese film industry, so I still have to study hard."
"After all, the life and death of an industry has nothing to do with individuals."
"Even in the worst of times, there must be a good crew."
Lin Chen was telling the truth, but when talking to a Yankee like Michael, it was better to be more reserved.
Michael didn't care about this, took a puff of cigarette and looked into the distance: "I talked with the Chinese people on the crew, and they all said that the Korean director is very good.",
"But I rarely communicate with Director Han. Is he really so good that he knows everything?"
Lin Chen: “You can’t know everything.”
"I can only say that he knows everything I know. If I don't know it, I need to learn from him. I don't know if he knows it, but when I need to know something and I don't know it, I can ask Director Han for help. He will definitely know it.
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Michael: "That's not the same thing, it means knowing everything? So, omniscient and omnipotent?"
Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, and Michael said: "It seems that there is a reason why his novel fans call him God."
"But I don't believe he can really do anything."
Lin Chen smiled: "I don't know about anything else. One day I saw the cook on the set asking Director Han how to cook."
Michael, who was smoking, was choked: "Cough cough, cough cough cough... Director Han still cares about this?"
Lin Chen: "If you don't believe me, go and have a look tomorrow."
Michael really didn't believe this evil, so the next day, he wandered to the logistics department in his free time.
After staying on this set for a long time, Michael has become quite accustomed to eating Chinese food, and he can eat unheard of but delicious food every day.
Today, I saw my recent old friend again, Peanut.
Michael found a Chinese staff member and asked the chef what was delicious today.
The name of the dish translated by the chef is shocking.
What about a couple's lung slices, what about braised lion's head.
Michael knew that this strange name of a dish meant that it must be delicious.
Recently, Michael likes to eat peanuts, which are used to make sauce in the West. There are many ways to eat them in China, especially when fried with chicken, called diced chicken, which is very delicious.
I asked about it today and they said it was peanuts with a strange smell?
Unheard of, how strange is it? Michael is waiting to give it a try.
Then, Michael saw that the cook was in trouble. After checking the recipe, the cook did not start frying peanuts, but was thinking about a problem.
Since peanuts need to be fried at low temperature.
If it is not fried thoroughly, it will not be crispy enough, and if it is over fried, it will be old. So how to judge whether the peanuts are fried well?
You must know that the peanuts are starched and you cannot tell whether they are fried properly or not with the naked eye.
In the end, he chose to ask Han Zhou.
Because Han Zhou knew how to cook, he often gave him recipes for dishes he had never heard of and asked him to cook them.
Han Zhou also knew the recipes of dishes he didn't know much about.
Therefore, it is more convenient and more reliable to ask Han Zhou this time than online. After all, there are many wrong answers on the Internet.
But when cooking, if you use the wrong answer, you will overturn.
After the cook asked Han Zhou, he got the answer in seconds, and happily went to try the strange-flavored peanuts.
After Michael was translated by the Chinese staff, he roughly understood what he asked.
Michael was also curious about how a dish like this, which cannot be visually inspected, could be fried just right.
Then Michael stayed here, waiting for the answer.
As a result, the cook followed Han Zhou's instructions and quickly fried the peanuts.
The answer is also very simple. You can’t see if the peanuts are fried properly. Can’t you just throw something in there that can visually check the temperature and fry them all together?
Throw in a clove of garlic, fry it until it turns slightly yellow, and the peanuts will be ready.
Michael has been on the set for a long time and has become more and more curious about Han Zhou.
This Chinese guy seems to be as omnipotent as the staff said.
But Michael still has one regret.
That is, I have heard many people say that Han Zhou's acting skills are particularly good.
But this time Han Zhou is only a director, not an actor.
Michael really wanted to play opposite Han Zhou.
Unfortunately, the filming of "Lord of War" has reached its last moments and will be completed soon.
In this circle, the next collaboration might not be until decades later.
Another day passed and "Lord of War" was completed.
Michael brought a bottle of wine and gave it to Han Zhou.
Han Zhou felt a little strange. He didn't have many personal relationships with Michael, and he wasn't very familiar with them either. Why would an actor give a gift to the director after he finished filming?
The point is, you didn’t prepare any gifts to give each other?
After passing the wine to Han Zhou, Michael said: "Han, I hope to have the opportunity to act opposite you."
Playing a rival role?
Han Zhou smiled: "If there is a chance in the future, maybe I will come to Hollywood in a few years."
Michael Coppola shrugged: "Or I can go to China to participate in the filming of your movie? Let's get in touch if we have the opportunity."
Finally, Michael: "I know, the Chinese staff on the set say that your knowledge is as rich as the ocean."
"So, I have a question for you."
Han Zhou smiled: "You tell me."
Michael whispered: "It's just that after a man has done too many things, he will... well, you know, what should he do?"
Han Zhou suppressed a smile: "I really don't know."
Michael: "You must know, you want to hide something secret, right? What kind of exclusive formula is it? I can spend money."
Han Zhou: "I really don't know, but I can ask someone to help you find an old Chinese medicine doctor."
Michael excitedly said: "Okay!"
This arduous and glorious task fell to Yang Hong.
Yang Hong was very confused.
Han Zhou is so young, why should he seek out an experienced Chinese doctor to treat this problem?
Could it be that in the United States recently, there were too many golden retrievers in the crew, and their vitality was seriously damaged?
…
Timo, Chen Dayong, Lin Chen and others bid farewell to Han Zhou and continued to work hard in the United States.
Han Zhou wanted to return home quickly.
The annual Spring Festival Gala is about to begin again.
This year, the program team did not invite Han Zhou to perform.
But Han Zhou was still invited to watch.
At the same time, Han Zhou was also invited to coach the military choir on site.
Because this year, "My Motherland" will be performed on the Spring Festival Gala.
Director Ren said this, so of course Han Zhou had to go.
However, Han Zhou's main focus is on the film market.
The investment in "Kung Fu" was too great.
It stands to reason that as long as Kung Fu can win the annual box office championship, according to the current movie box office market, it will definitely not lose money and will make a lot of money.
But how difficult is this?
This time, Han Zhou has a variety show plan again after a long time, mainly to promote "Kung Fu" on variety shows.
This time, New World shot, produced, and released a movie completely independently.
Han Zhou has to do everything.
If you don't do it well, you'll be on the street.
If it goes well, then a new movie should be scheduled.
…
For the Spring Festival Gala, as always, the overall ratings are declining.
This year, Wang Chuyang appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Of course, it has nothing to do with New World Fart, it is run by Wang Xiya.
New World did not arrange for anyone to log in to the Spring Festival Gala this year.
Although Director Ren said that he could get three places for Han Zhou.
But Han Zhou felt that now was not the time.
Lu Jin is not suitable for parties now.
After Li Xinqi came back, she has not yet released her first album.
Han Zhou himself had no time.
The current three giants of the New World are not suitable to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, so there is no need to waste Director Ren's favor.
After the Spring Festival Gala, Han Zhou called his mother.
Sure enough, neither the mother nor the old man fell asleep.
Yanjing was empty during the Spring Festival, and Han Zhou spent the New Year at the Yanjing branch.
In the morning, the creative team of "Kung Fu" gathered together, aiming for the premiere of "Kung Fu" at the Bauhinia Cinema in Luo Wangfu.
At the same time, the creative team of "Executive Cycle 2" also held a premiere in this cinema.
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After the tooth was extracted, there was no pain at all.
It's just uncomfortable.
Try your best.
I feel like this chapter is poorly written.
I originally wanted to take a day off, but I ended up writing a chapter and will adjust it tomorrow.