Chapter 243 Return to Beijing to finalize the project (Chapter 4
The filming in Singapore lasted for another month and a half, and the scenes were still relatively scattered and I had to travel here and there.
Fortunately, Singapore is not a big place and it is not particularly troublesome.
The most time-consuming part was the flying car scene on the bridge, but with local support, two helicopters were sent to assist in the filming, and they also arranged the explosives.
After all, we are on a bridge. If the explosives are not prepared properly and we make a mistake and blow up someone else's bridge, we will be in trouble.
Of course, as long as it is not a shoddy project, basically there will be no problems with the explosives used in filming, and even the road surface will be intact.
There was also a naked-eye 3D performance that was originally shot in New York, USA, but was also shot in Singapore.
The film has nothing to do with the United States, so there is no need to go to the United States to shoot it.
Moreover, that venue is a famous "Graffiti Holy Land". The "5 Pointz" in Queens, New York, is called the Mecca of the graffiti community by graffiti enthusiasts. If you damage the paintings on it, you will be sued and you will have to pay compensation.
Later, a ridiculous case occurred. The building originally belonged to an American owner, and he allowed outsiders to write graffiti on the wall.
But later, the owner wanted to convert the building into high-end apartments and shopping malls. When negotiations with the artists failed, he secretly covered the graffiti on the walls with white paint.
Later, 21 "street graffiti artists" sued the owner in court, accusing him of violating the "Visual Artists Rights Act" by not allowing them time to preserve their graffiti works.
Is it ridiculous?
Why the hell are you scribbling on old paper walls? Is it illegal to paint your own walls?
Those people didn't know what they were thinking, but they even went to court to sue them.
What’s even more ridiculous is that the local court accepted the case and ultimately ruled that the owner violated the interests of the artists and required a total of US$6.7 million in compensation to the 21 “street graffiti artists”.
Is American law awesome?
According to the Visual Artists Rights Act, public artworks are protected by law even if artists create works on other people's property.
If you go and draw on the wall of my house, I can't erase it, and I'll have to pay for it if you do.
If someone paints graffiti on the White House, you can't erase it, right?
If this were our country, and you came to my house and scrawled graffiti on the wall, you wouldn't be able to leave without paying for it.
It's too dangerous. If one or two pieces of work are stolen by then, the other party will be worth millions of dollars. That's not a big loss.
In fact, Singapore is not much worse than the top international cities, and it can still produce the same effect. There are no low-rise buildings in the bustling areas of the city center, so you can only take photos from high-rise buildings.
In addition to mobilizing all the actors in Singapore, local people also came to watch the show at night, almost filling the rooftops of five or six nearby buildings.
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At the end of March, Tang An took the crew back to the capital, and there were still some indoor performances and the two large-scale magic shows left.
All of these can be filmed in the mainland, especially the magic trick of robbing a bank, which will be reserved as the final scene, and extra actors will be recruited from all over the country without being paid, so that they can promote the film on their own initiative.
If we calculate the time, it will be around the end of April or the beginning of May. There will still be two months until the release, so it is almost time to start pre-heating promotions.
After returning to the capital, Tang An did not shoot immediately. He first gave the crew three days of leave to relax.
The climate and food in Southeast Asia are very different from those in China, especially in the north. Both the north and the south of the country are not accustomed to the climate, not to mention that they are about to collapse.
Half the world is smaller.
Tang An was treated so well. As soon as he came back, before he could rest, he flew to Ningxia, where the crew of "Painted Skin" was filming the final location scene.
At this time, Yang Mi and Zhao Wei had finished filming, and nothing happened to the crew. Tang An did not go to the location, but went directly to Ningxia Film Studio and met Pang Hong.
"Mr. Tang is here, welcome to Mr. Tang to inspect the work!"
"Hello, Mr. Pang!" Tang An smiled and shook his hand.
"Mr. Tang, please come in. Is "Now You See Me" finished?"
Pang Hong led Tang An in and asked curiously.
"There are still some indoor scenes that have not been finished. Let everyone rest for two days. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools." Tang An said with a smile.
"That's right, that's the truth. Haste makes waste, and besides, Mr. Tang, you don't rush to release it in the summer." Pang Hong said casually, also observing Tang An's reaction.
He doesn't care when Tang An's new film will be released, but there is "Red Cliff" in the summer season, "Painted Skin" in the National Day season, which he also invested 30 million yuan in, and "If You Are the One" by Feng Xiaogang in the Lunar New Year season.
None of the three major schedules have a perfect time. Although the Lunar New Year holiday lasts for two months, the best time is actually December, which will inevitably overlap with "If You Are the One". I just want to know Tang An's choice.
"Yes, it's still a long time, so there's no rush." Tang An laughed, and instead of continuing the topic, he said, "Mr. Pang, where are the films of "Painted Skin"? Can you please let me take a look first? ?”
"Of course, we need to let Mr. Tang take the lead first and give our editor some advice."
Tang An followed Pang Hong to the editing room. Except for the location scenes in the desert, the films for other scenes had already been transferred to telecine.
He didn't hesitate to open it and start looking at it. The photographer and lighting engineer behind him didn't make any small moves, but it was obvious that Zou Xun and Zhao Wei were stealing the show.
Doing so will undoubtedly bring a lot of trouble to post-production.
After spending more than an hour going through the film, Tang An turned off the computer.
"Mr. Tang, I also know what happened on the set. How do you think Wu Ershan's remaining films went?"
Pang Hong still has some distrust of Wu Ershan.
Tang An waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry, Mr. Pang, Director Wu is still capable. After all, this is his first time filming a feature film, so he lacks experience. He is much more immature in front of Zou Xun, Zhao Wei, and the experienced crew, but fortunately It doesn’t have much impact, I just need to pay more attention when editing, it will probably take a little more time!”
It is normal for every industry to bully newcomers.
Wu Ershan is not like Tang An, who has the ability to treat the first crew submissively.
Before Zhang Yimou made his first film, he had participated in the shooting of many films. He still held an important position as a photographer, and he had Wu Tianming supporting him.
A photographer is half a qualified lighting engineer, and basically all parts of the crew are knowledgeable.
Although Brother Chen Kai had no other experience working on a film crew before becoming a director, his father was a director. He grew up on a film set and also worked in a Beijing film lab for two years.
Moreover, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and He Yu, who were still in the Guangqi Factory at the time, were choosing locations in the northwest. They had no money, were hungry and tired, and couldn't hold on any longer, so they found Wu Tianming on crutches.
After Wu Tianming found out, he lent them 2,000 yuan and even arranged for a jeep from the crew to be given to them.
With Wu Tianming's full assistance, these three people shot "Yellow Earth", which is known as the pioneering work of the fifth generation.
Pang Hong was reassured by Tang An's words. If Tang An hadn't been busy with a new film, he would have wanted him to edit it himself.
"Mr. Pang, let the professional editors from your factory do the editing. The details should be handled better. It doesn't matter if you would rather go slower. Just let me know when you are done streamlining it!"
It is impossible to give the editing rights to Wu Ershan. It is better to wait for him to shoot "The Sword Sees Laughter" and gain more experience before I dare to hand it over to him with confidence for the second film.
That evening Tang An left Ningxia and flew back to the capital.
I flew three times this day, and I really almost became a trapeze artist.
I went back to Xu Manyun's house at around 8 o'clock. After dinner, I fell asleep. I was really too tired.
Early the next morning, Xu Manyun reported to Tang An on the two projects "People on the Road" and "Wolf Fang".
"I have already obtained the script for "The Man on the Road" from Jiangcheng Huaqi. I bought the script with 120,000 quick bucks."
As Xu Manyun spoke, he looked at Tang An strangely, leaving Tang An confused.
"What's wrong? The other party agreed to sell the script?"
Xu Manyun shook his head, "The script is not theirs at all. It was created by some Shengtang Studio and they just wanted to sell it to them. How did you know about this film?"
"It's quite true. I heard someone mention it by chance and said that the script is good." Tang An said casually.
"When I went there, the other party dug it out of a pile of scripts and said they were willing to jointly create a joint venture. However, I could tell at a glance that the other party didn't pay attention to the script at all. It happened that the name of the other party's studio was on the script. After I left, I
I asked someone to find this studio and bought it for 120,000 yuan."
Xu Manyun did not go into details and continued, "If you don't insist on the copyright, just wait a little longer and seven or eight will be enough."
,,,,This is a bit embarrassing.
Tang An remembered that this book had already arrived in Huaqi's hands around this time, but he didn't expect it to be sold yet.
Shengtang Studio is Tian Yusheng, the director of the "Predecessor Strategy" series, a young man majoring in literature.
Tang An shook his head and stopped thinking about anything else. He took the script and read it.
"Once you get the script, go find Xu Zheng and ask him if he is willing to direct and act. The production cost will be controlled at around six to seven million."
"But he has no directing experience. Although he is more suitable for the male lead and his personal style is a bit funny." Xu Manyun questioned.
Six to seven million, although it is not worth mentioning compared to Tang An's movies, it is still not a small amount.
"Don't worry, he used to direct and act in the Magic City Drama Center. He has four or five directing experiences. There are some similarities between plays and movies."
Although the original "Unfortunate Journey" was directed by Ye Weiming, Xu Zheng still participated in the filming of some scenes.
Xu Zheng also changed the script, but it was a temporary change during filming. Hua Qi had not accepted his script suggestions before.
Speaking of Huaqi, there is no one else who has a really good card but it was smashed.
Let’s not worry about who is right or wrong between them and Xu Zheng, just look at what the court announced.
In August 2010, Tian Yusheng sold the script of "Journey to the Road 2" to Huaqi, and in September Huaqi sent the script outline to Xu Zheng.
In October, Xu Zheng approved a script for Optoelectronics, "People in the City of Embarrassment", and the screenwriters were signed by him and Yang Qing.
In December, the registration for "People in the City of Embarrassment" was canceled again.
These two scripts are definitely not the same, otherwise it would be impossible for Optoelectronics to get the project approved.
In May 2011, the filming permit for "Journey to the Road 2" was issued, but there has been no filming.
On August 9, 2012, Guangxian had already finished filming "囧囧", and at this time, he applied to Optoelectronics to change the name to "囧囧路之囧", and it would be released in December.
Then he was sued by Huaqi, claiming 100 million yuan.
The lawsuit was won, but the court only ordered Guangxian to pay 5 million yuan in compensation, and no longer used the name "囧囧路之囧", and changed it to the original "囧囧".
The specific circumstances of the incident are not known, and they are all one-sided words. However, judging from the information released by the court, Guangxian's film project was "囧囧", which was renamed "囧囧之路" four months before it was released.
"Thai 囧", you will only believe it if you say it is not for publicity.
Of course, anyone would do this regardless of whether it was right or wrong.
And Huaqi is pretty good, but I don’t know what kind of conflict they have with Xu Zheng. If there is a conflict, is it more important than making money? They have to get rid of them.
"Since you insist on letting him direct and act, then I'll contact him. Do you want to meet him?" Xu Manyun nodded and agreed.
"You just have to come forward and wait until he has finished changing the crew and give it to me to take a look. There is no rush for this film. Give him a year and a half. It will be enough to complete it during the 2010 Spring Festival. This comedy movie about the Spring Festival will be released during the Chinese New Year.
It should be good.”
"I won't have time for the next few months to film, promote, edit, prepare for release, and a lot of things. Let's talk about it when I have time."
Tang An rubbed his head, he was very busy this year.
"And "Wolf Fang", has Wu Jingna finished it?"
"It's settled, the production cost is 3 million. Wu Jing has just established a Dengfeng International Film Company in the name of her sister. The other party will provide 1 million, and we will provide 2 million, accounting for 70% of the income."
Xu Manyun paused and then said, "But I privately promised to hand it over to Huayi for distribution."
"I'll mention this when the time comes." Tang An nodded, there was no problem in releasing a small-budget movie.
"If the investment is not enough, you can add another 500,000." At the end, Tang An added.
Originally, a lot of action scenes in "Spike" were not filmed because there was no money to buy insurance, and it only cost a few hundred thousand anyway.
"Is there anything else? It's time for me to go to Huayi. The small-scale publicity in the early stage can start first."
"It's nothing. It's just that "Painted Skin" has a bit over budget. The publicity budget may not be enough. There is only 6 million left in publicity expenses." Xu Manyun thought for a while and said.
"Then add 2 million. Didn't Xingyi share 12 million? They all have money." Tang An said while putting on his clothes.
"Painted Skin" has almost no rivals in the National Day release, and the 8 million promotional fee should be almost enough.
"You should communicate more with Hua Yi about publicity. I don't have much energy to take care of this until the final film comes out, so just follow along."
Xu Manyun nodded, "Well, I know, one of your previous videos has been posted online, and now most of the viewers are disappointed."
"The more disappointed you are now, the more surprised you will be then. This is a good thing. Find two media outlets and write some soft articles. Just write that my magic movie is no different from street magic."
"Okay, I will prepare it."
"Then I'll go to work first!"
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Still couldn’t finish writing before 12 o’clock,,,
A 4,000-word chapter, 4 updates were completed today, I will rush to write the chapter tomorrow morning...
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