The days of filming are boring, especially when there are too many repetitive scenes and shots.
Sometimes we shoot the same scene for three or four days in a row, with the same people in the same location, and the lines don’t change much.
The film's requirements for actors are neither too high nor too low, but neither are they low.
I shot the same scene four or five times, but there were still some subtle changes each time.
Especially Liu Ye reset countless times in succession and was killed by Tang Yan countless times.
After countless trainings and battlefield experiences, a person's temperament will be a little different every time.
Fortunately, Liu Ye did a very good job. What he is best at is this kind of detailed performance.
At the beginning of February, there is less than half a month left before the Spring Festival, and the entire military base scene is almost completed. It is estimated that the crew can be given a holiday in advance.
During this period, I basically had to shoot night scenes every day, and I often didn’t finish work until 10 o’clock.
The actors are tired, and Tang An is not relaxed either.
Just like studying, you have to review and preview every few days to see if there are any problems with the previous films, and prepare for the shooting in the next few days.
All details such as camera positions and lighting effects must be sorted out in advance. If there are any problems during shooting, they should be corrected immediately to avoid wasting time.
Today, Tang An still got up at around 5 o'clock and picked up the half-read storyboard from the bedside last night.
Every shot must be reviewed in your mind to determine the desired effect.
Camera angle, focal length, light color temperature, brightness, light quality, light path
Of course, Tang An doesn't need to explain these details to each department one by one. If this is the case, it will be exhausting.
However, the people below sometimes don't understand the effect Tang An needs very accurately, and they even spend more than an hour debugging one modeling light.
Gradually, Tang An cursed people more often. Yesterday, the electrician team leader found a few unprofessional electricians from nowhere, and even the lighting engineer's hand gestures were misremembered.
I asked them to add a single yarn and a double yarn, and asked them to flash outward and then flash fully.
He couldn't even remember the more than 20 basic hand gestures. Tang An caught him and scolded him for more than half an hour, venting his anger.
After watching it for half an hour, his eyes were a little dry. Tang An lifted the quilt and got out of bed to wash his face.
Although the movement was very gentle, Tang Yan, who was sleeping peacefully next to him, was still very awakened.
"Well, Brother An, are you reading the script again?" Tang Yan rubbed his eyes and said drowsily.
"Wake up, it's still early, you can sleep a little longer." Tang An smiled and helped her cover her with the quilt.
I went to the bathroom and wiped my face with cold water. My whole body felt much refreshed.
When I returned to the bedroom, I found that Tang Yan had already gotten up and was sitting on the bed reading his script.
"Why are you up? There are still two days of night shows."
"Brother An, I had sexual intercourse many times yesterday." Tang Yan said with some embarrassment.
"It's normal for filming. Go to sleep first. Only when you have enough energy can you film."
The director has been filming all day, and has no time to spare, so he calls it a night to do his homework.
But actors don't have to film non-stop all day. There are always two hours of free time every day. If you use this time to study the script, the role is almost enough.
Later, when those young actors and actresses stopped filming, they would use their mobile phones to scroll through Weibo and social media. If they touched their hands, they would take a photo to complain to their fans and tell them how hard they were working.
If you don’t study the character carefully during this time, then you expect them to study the script when you call it a day?
It’s amazing if you can act well!
Tang An wasn't really worried that Tang Yan wouldn't let her work, but if she didn't get enough rest, she would develop dark circles and bags under her eyes, which would make her look bad in the movie.
It's the same day. I'm still full of energy today, but when I reset next time, I suddenly have heavy bags under my eyes, which is really inappropriate.
Tang Yan has much fewer scenes than Liu Ye, and he doesn't film all day long. A few hours are enough.
Tang Yan responded, squeezed into Tang An's arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep again. She was also exhausted from the night scenes during this period.
Tang An let her lean into his arms and continued to read the script.
At almost 6:50, Tang An put down the script and prepared to get up and get dressed.
Tang Yan was still sleeping soundly, and Tang An slapped her on the butt.
"Get up."
"ah"
Tang Yan was startled by the sudden attack, and he threw himself into Tang An's arms and punched him twice.
"Brother An, you scared me to death."
"If it hurts, I'll rub it for you." Tang An smiled and stretched out his claws.
After teasing her for a while, she seemed to be in much better spirits. After kissing her good morning, Tang An left the room first and went downstairs to have breakfast.
As soon as we arrived at the cafeteria, secretary Zhou Li, who was waiting there, prepared breakfast and came over.
The assistant stayed in the group and was responsible for handling some matters and reporting on the group's affairs every one or two days.
"Chairman, Huayi's stock is still falling recently. The stock price has dropped to 27 yuan. Just after the lifting period, Ma Yun, chairman of Alibaba, reduced his holdings of 4 million shares at a price of 31 yuan per share and cashed out.
124 million yuan."
The first batch of companies listed on the GEM last year have passed the one-year lifting period, and shareholders like Tang An can also turn their shares into money.
The day when the ban was lifted was when shareholders cashed out large sums of money. Ma Yun became the first one. He said to the outside world that he wanted to improve his life. After all, Li Baba did not pay him a salary~
After that, other people insisted one after another, and the same was true for other companies on the GEM.
After all, it's time to harvest.
Huayi's stock price in the first half of last year was relatively stable, staying at around 70 yuan.
When the summer film "China Partners" was released, it peaked at 84 yuan, but it gradually dropped back. By the end of last year, the Chinese New Year blockbusters were a complete failure, and Huayi's stock price fell below 70 yuan and has continued to fall.
Coupled with the large cash-out by shareholders, the stock price has dropped to 27 yuan, which would double to 54 yuan, which is much lower than the 74 yuan listed on the market.
However, Tang An does not plan to cash out at this time. 8 million shares cost 27 yuan each, which is 216 million, which is much less than after the listing.
He plans to wait for the release of "Tangshan Earthquake" in the summer vacation before cashing out, and the stock price will definitely experience a huge increase by then.
Although Huayi's market value later reached a maximum of over 80 billion, Tang An didn't expect to wait until then to make a move.
There is a lot of money, but the money spent is the most valuable. It is useless to hold it in your hands.
By then there will be hundreds of millions more lights, and a great time will indeed be missed.
Time is the most important thing. Taking advantage of these two years to expand promotion channels and build theater chains is much more important than those hundreds of millions.
Otherwise, after four or five years, five to six hundred distribution companies will pop up in China, self-media is fully mature, and all major theater chains have completed their expansion, and there will be no time for you to develop.
By then, a lot of movie theaters have been built in second- and third-tier cities, and the city centers and suburbs are all full. It will be difficult for you to build movie theaters to grab the market.
And not only directly affiliated theaters, but also a large number of franchisees are needed. People who want to join must look at those well-known theater chains. Who will join a new theater chain?
On Monday, February 11th, after more than a month, the crew completed the military base and most other interior scenes.
Tang An was preparing to return to the capital to attend the premiere of "囧囧" and gave everyone on the crew a week's leave before starting work again on the sixth day of the new year.
The number of movies released during the Spring Festival this year has doubled compared to last year. Most of them were trying to avoid the blockbusters released during the Lunar New Year, but they accidentally avoided Avatar.
Although "Thailand" doesn't have any big rivals, there are too many, which is also a problem.