Having said that, the name of the Indian film company acquired by Yi Feiyang is "Giant Elephant Pictures". The elephant is India's national treasure pet, so there are many companies named after "Elephant". Although this company is medium-sized, its overall development is still
It is less than ten years old, but it is very competitive in the market. In particular, this company has many good professional talents, such as script creation, photography, publicity, planning and other aspects.
This is what Yifeiyang values. Talent strategy is the magic weapon to win in the future. Moreover, this company is young, strong, energetic, and enterprising. These are all in line with Yifeiyang's appetite. Sometimes when acquiring a company, you also need to look at it.
Yi Feiyang felt that he had a close connection and fate with this company. Of course, in the eyes of the other party, this was probably a "bad fate". After all, no company wanted to be acquired.
In Yi Feiyang's view, Indian movies have their own characteristics, and there is no need for him to turn them into American movies based on the Hollywood model, or Hong Kong movies based on the Hong Kong model. Therefore, Yi Feiyang took the following measures to deal with Juxiang Pictures, which was acquired by him.
Our business strategy is to maintain our characteristics!
None of the senior executives of Juxiang Pictures expected that the company would suddenly be acquired, and the boss would suddenly change from an Indian to a Chinese. Just when they were hesitant and uneasy, Yi Feiyang held a meeting, at which he stabilized the morale of the military.
Then Yi Feiyang threw out several script outlines that he had simply conceived.
The names of these scripts are: "My Name is Khan", "Three Idiots in Bollywood", "Kung Fu Fly", "Chennai Express" and "Unknown Death".
Behind these scripts, Yi Feiyang even directly indicated the candidates for the roles. For example, the two dramas "My Name is Khan" and "Chennai Express" chose Shahru, known as India's Tom Cruise.
Khan; and the male protagonists of "Three Idiots" and "Unknown Death" are the "King of India" Aamir Khan, who is as famous as Shah Rukh Khan.
At the beginning, those Indian "subordinates" didn't take it seriously, thinking that Yi Feiyang was just deified in Hollywood and not as powerful as the legend said. But after they read these script outlines, they were collectively dumbfounded.
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At that moment, they only had one word to describe their feelings for Yi Feiyang, and that was - God!
Since everyone is working in movies, even a fool can tell the quality of the script. However, Yi Feiyang took out these five scripts in one breath, which directly killed everyone's doubts about this legendary Hollywood gold medal.
Screenwriters. They can only be described as looking up at the mountains and bowing to the ground.
Seeing the stunned reactions of these Indians, Yi Feiyang just smiled, because he had known that there would be such a result. The reason is that these five movies in his previous life almost occupied the top five in the box office list in India and overseas! If something like this happened
If you can't shock these guys with a unique hand, that's too boring.
Using incredible means, Yi Feiyang took control of Juxiang Pictures Company in one fell swoop, leaving indelible myths and legends for the future Indian film industry.
Looking back, Yi Feiyang once again gathered his people and began to officially enter the slums of India to start shooting the already planned "Millionaire". At this time, it was almost mid-October, and it was only more than a month away from the Christmas season in Hollywood.
The Indian government's approval process was quite fast this time. After all, Juxiang Pictures is not a fuel-efficient company. It had already established a good relationship with the government during its previous operations. After opening up the joints, it is now just a matter of walking.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three days have passed.
Mumbai, Dhavi is still the slum where Yi Feiyang discovered the Jamal brothers, and "Millionaire" is being intensely shot here.
Because most of the actors appearing in this movie are ordinary people in the slums, they do not have any acting skills. So Yi Feiyang arranged for the actors to rehearse on site instead of randomly rehearsing in one place, and at the same time, he arranged for the actors to rehearse on site instead of randomly rehearsing in one place.
I filmed the process, hoping to get as many valuable clips as possible, and if the results are good, they can be included in the movie.
The crew filmed in various locations, including Dharavi, India's largest slum, located in the west of the city and close to the airport. Anyone who visits Mumbai will see this slum, with an estimated population of up to one million people.
The urban population of Mumbai is 220,000, and it is growing at an alarming rate. The production team mainly shot in Dhahavi and the nearby Maxim Creek. They also invited poor people living in slums to participate in the filming to increase the sense of reality.
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Due to the real-life shooting, difficulties were naturally encountered during the framing. Because the environment was small, Yi Feiyang had to use different shooting methods to frame the scene. The photography team Yi Feiyang chose the best crew from Fantasy Entertainment. The photographer can be said to be Yi Feiyang.
The photography team created by Cindy, her old subordinate, originally planned to use a traditional 35-centimeter camera as the main tool. This camera is relatively bulky. Considering the actual environment and Yi Feiyang's insistence on not affecting the daily life of residents, they decided to
Using an advanced digital camera like the sI-2k, the lightweight nature of the body makes shooting more convenient and makes it easier to blend into the environment.
In addition, they also use the latest shooting tool, which can shoot 12 frames per second, like a group of dynamic actions. Others will never notice that it is a series of shots and think it is just taking pictures. This can also better alleviate the problem.
These ordinary actors are in a tense atmosphere due to the filming of the movie. It can be seen that Yi Feiyang takes this movie very seriously, and the level of harshness is almost as harsh as his last Oscar-winning movie "The Pursuit of Happiness"
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Because filming requires a lot of children, Yi Feiyang needs to develop a relationship with them, and then keep repeating the lines of the script until they understand the meaning and know how to do it. So Yi Feiyang simply chose all children from the slums of Dahavi
, they can not only get rich working meals from Yi Feiyang every day, but also earn a lot of income for their families, and the parents of these children are also very willing to send them to the crew to participate in movie shooting. Some families
He also vacated a spare room in his home for the filming needs of the crew, which allowed Yi Feiyang and the entire crew to quickly integrate into the life of the entire slum.
As mentioned before, slums are not places where crime breeds as described in literary and artistic works. Except for the somewhat backward living environment, there is not much difference between the living conditions here and ordinary people. You can see children speeding around the streets casually.
, you can also see the adults lying comfortably on the small wooden bed at the door and basking in the sun... When Yi Feiyang and the crew were resting, they could also play a chalk flick game with a group of people. So in order not to make everyone have preconceived ideas.
concept, and had bad thoughts about the slums. Yi Feiyang also specially asked the crew to film the real Dahawi and the behind-the-scenes footage of the movie as a promotional documentary for the early stage of the movie, and made a very gimmick
The name---"Slumdog Revealed".
"Hey, director, it's not possible to shoot like this!" said Cindy, Yi Feiyang's official photographer.
Seeing the children running randomly on the street, the streets were noisy and disorderly, and people kept pouring in and out. Yi Feiyang couldn't help but frowned.
"We have no control at all. There are too many unstable factors on the streets of Mumbai. The local Bollywood staff suggested that I create a similar scene."
"Dear Cindy, you know how I shoot. I don't want to do that. I want to capture the real life in the slums. So, the only way you can make the film real is to stop controlling it. Go. Follow me!" Yi Feiyang
Pick up a handheld video camera and ask the camera crew behind Cindy to also take a handheld video camera and walk around the streets of Mumbai. You may not be able to capture anything in a whole day, or you may be able to capture a lot of things you didn't expect.
.In order to strive for authenticity, Yi Feiyang would rather sacrifice the progress of filming.
Therefore, people in Dahawi were very curious about why foreign directors and cameramen like Yi Feiyang did not look like directors, but more like tourists. Regarding this, Cindy and other crew members were also very puzzled at first.
, and even some dissatisfaction, but after all, Yi Feiyang is a big director and a big BOSS, and after a period of time, everyone increasingly realized that this kind of shooting method is actually the most suitable for this chaotic and noisy environment, although it often takes more time
, but they were able to make up for it during post-editing, so everyone began to devote themselves to the intense shooting work. Yi Feiyang smiled and watched everyone's changes. He is a practitioner and does not like to use too many words to mobilize.
Although the subsequent filming progress was still relatively slow, everyone on the crew adapted to this shooting method. Since many of the crew were visiting India for the first time, Yi Feiyang was particularly careful. During the entire filming process
, everyone is in a state of learning, learning Indian culture and various knowledge about culture. First, because the crew is shooting in an unfamiliar environment, Yi Feiyang must understand it; second, the big people Yi Feiyang comes into contact with
Some of the staff and actors are also Indians. In order to show respect and due understanding, Yi Feiyang often leads Indian cultural and entertainment activities to increase mutual trust.
Unlike modern Chinese and Western culture, the "fatalism" in Indian culture greatly shocked Yi Feiyang and the non-Indian crew members. In some of the awareness education and culture that everyone has received, it is said that "man can conquer nature."
As long as you work hard, you can change your destiny. In Indian culture, this kind of destiny is extremely powerful, and people are very small and meaningless in the face of destiny. Everyone has his own world and his own role.
All you need to do before fate is to obey God's will rather than doing everything humanly possible.
During the filming process, all Yi Feiyang did was respect the country he was in, respect their culture and history. When everyone realizes this, they can't make changes, force or dominate anything. In this situation
In fact, it is difficult to control and control under such a cultural background. Therefore, letting the film develop on its own with the plot and letting nature take its course became the best choice.
In addition to "fatalism", "sexism" is also a very common concept in Indian culture. However, since the film has nothing to do with it, Yi Feiyang didn't mind it too much. However, he finally asked the staff to put this part in "
In Slums Revealed, Yi Feiyang may not be able to change anything, but at least he feels that people should know about such issues.
In any case, although the filming speed of "Millionaire" is not too fast, overall it is going very smoothly, at least so far.
During this period, a famous guy who played the big bad guy in the play was unable to participate in the filming because of a car accident. He found other people to replace him, but none of them were willing to play the role. In their words, "Playing such a bad guy who forces a good girl into prostitution and has no conscience,
You will be punished!"
Yi Feiyang was confused, "Are you punished for playing a bad guy? What kind of theory is this?!"
The answer is: "The one in front has already been in a car accident. Isn't it?!"
Yi Feiyang: "...??!!!"
Anyway, except for this disturbing incident, everything else is fine.
On this day, Yi Feiyang was taking advantage of his free time from filming to tell a story for Emma, an Indian beauty. It must be said that Yi Feiyang has a very accurate eye for people. Emma seems to be born to be an actor, and she has a good understanding of the characters.
The control over the rhythm of the story was also beyond Yi Feiyang's expectation. In Yi Feiyang's view, as long as this Indian beauty is properly trained, she will definitely become a female star like Bollywood star Katrina Kaif in the future.
Same, radiant.
This is a piece of rough jade, and sooner or later it will be carved into a gemstone.
Yi Feiyang thought so.
For Emma, she feels that Yi Feiyang is not only the director of this drama, but also her teacher and savior.
Yes, if it were not for Yi Feiyang to support him in acting, he would be penniless after being fired from the hotel, not to mention supporting his family. Even supporting himself would be a problem.
But it is because of Yi Feiyang's help that Emma's life has undergone a 180-degree change. From an unknown slum girl, from an unemployed hotel yoga instructor to the current heroine, earth-shaking changes.
It's dizzying.
Although the film has not yet been filmed, due to special reasons, Emma has already received almost one-third of the salary. When Emma received more than 16,000 U.S. dollars, she almost choked and shed tears. She had never seen anything like this in her life.
How much money, equivalent to 1.6 million rupees, oh my God, this all feels like a dream!
Out of gratitude and gratitude to Yi Feiyang, Emma worked extremely hard during the filming, even when she didn't have a role in the movie. She also helped with pouring tea on the set.
Emma's diligence won the praise of the entire crew. Even Jessica Alba, the "female assistant" beside Yi Feiyang, had to admit that she is a very good girl.
Emma's excellence forced Jessica to whisper in Yi Feiyang's ears: "Be careful. Don't be fascinated by her. I am a spy sent by Sister Hathaway to monitor you. You can't outrun me in every move you make."
Dharma Eye!"
In response to Jessica's "threat", Yi Feiyang usually reacted by hugging her and kissing her hard on the lips until Jessica's cheeks turned red and she cried out "jiaochuan", then he let go and said: "Is it possible?
Hathaway doesn’t know that it’s you who really leads the wolf into the house!”
At this moment, thinking of Jessica's shy and cute appearance at that time, Yi Feiyang couldn't help laughing.
Emma, who was working hard to learn acting skills, didn't understand why Yi Feiyang was laughing, and was about to ask when suddenly it became very noisy outside, as if something had happened.
A voice said loudly: "Hey, friends, our film crew has already paid the venue fee here, why are you still here to cause trouble?"
Then there was a burst of crackling and the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets. It was obvious that someone was "ruining the place."
"Have you handed it over? Damn it, why didn't we see it? Ha, what if it was the other way around? That was from the past, and what we have to hand over now is from the future!" A rough voice said. "For the sake of the true god.
, you’d better be obedient, or else I’ll smash your things and you’ll be in trouble!”
In an instant, there was an uproar outside.
"Stop!" Fat Jack's voice sounded.
Originally, there was absolutely no need for Fat Jack to come to India with Yi Feiyang to "suffer" and "eat curry". The animated film "Kung Fu Panda" directed and produced by him was being intensively produced.
But in Fatty's words, "Boss Yi can't live without me! Because only I know what he needs and what he likes..."
This is indeed the case. He has been with Yi Feiyang for so long, and he is the one who understands Yi Feiyang’s temperament best. Often, the fat man already knows how to do something before Yi Feiyang opens his mouth.
It can be said that this kind of tacit understanding is rare. With Fatty by his side, Yi Feiyang can save a lot of things.
Now, as the general beside Yi Feiyang, Fat Jack saw someone coming to cause trouble, so he stepped forward without hesitation.
"Man, we don't care who you are, we are just filming here and don't want to cause trouble. As for the money you mentioned, I'm sorry, there is none. Even if there is, we will not give it to you, because we are protected by the laws of the Indian government!"
The other party was a dozen or so Indian guys. One of the curly-haired Indian guys chuckled, "Protected by the law? What a bunch of fools! Look here, this is a slum, man, don't copy your American stuff, it won't work."
Do you know?!" Then his face became ferocious, "Remember us, we are all subordinates of Jason the Lion, and this generation is under our control!"
Fat Jack didn't know which onion Jason the Lion was. He curled his lips and said, "I don't know about lions, antelopes, hounds, or jackals. I know you'd better get away right away, or you'll be responsible for the consequences!"
"Ha, he is scaring us, man, these Americans don't even know our boss's name, what do you think we should do?"
