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."
To be continued...