Chapter 403 Start filming quickly and release at the end of the year! Month
"Dr. Tang, is it too urgent to release it in November? It's already May, and there are only 6 months left."
In the nearly 80-square-meter chairman's office of Hantang Media Group, Teng Huatao, director of the production department Liu Debin, director of the publicity department Zhu Mo, and the general managers of the company's two artist studios, Deng Chao and Yang Mi, were all there. .
Regarding Tang An's proposal for the two of them to star in this TV series, Teng Huatao agreed after filling the image of the characters in his mind.
Deng Chao and Yang Mi are also suitable for these two roles, but some details need to be modified to make the actors more suitable for the roles.
Liu Debin also has no doubt that Deng Chaowan is a huge hit with Wen Zhang on the big screen.
However, Teng Huatao encountered difficulties as the film was required to be released on November 11 this year.
He also knew that the concept of Singles' Day proposed by Tang An had been circulated in a small area before. Last year, Dabao held a Double Eleven event on November 11, with a single-day turnover of more than 50 million, which was very effective.
Being broken up means becoming a bachelor. This gimmick is just right.
Teng Huatao also had to admire Tang An for formulating a publicity strategy in just one day, which made him even more grateful for his choice.
The success of a movie is inseparable from efficient publicity and distribution. Tang An is so committed to this movie, and he is even more certain of success.
It's May 18th now, and there are still 6 months until November 11th.
Even for a modern urban drama, the time is too late.
"Director Teng, haven't your crew already completed the preparations? You can shoot the scenes other than the two of them first. Give them some time to think about the script. Excluding the one and a half month of post-production, there are still more than 4 months left. That’s enough. I’ll have people prepare for the matter of submission for review and announcement.”
Tang An had said this, and Teng Huatao thought about it for a while and could only agree.
"Then according to Director Tang's wishes, the location and studio must be prepared as soon as possible."
Tang An nodded, "I will immediately send someone to find a suitable location for the exterior scenes. There are not many interior scenes. I will shoot while setting up and try to start shooting within half a month!"
After the discussion, the contract was quickly signed, and director Teng Huatao paid a high price of 2 million for the film. After all, he was just a TV drama director and it was his first time making a movie.
Deng Chao's salary was 4 million, Yang Mi's salary was 1.5 million, and the production cost was about 16 million.
After signing the contract, Teng Huatao and Liu Debin went out to discuss film preparations.
Tang An turned to Deng Chao and Yang Mi and warned, "This movie is an opportunity. You two should seize it. Time is tight. You should understand the characters thoroughly as soon as possible. If you have time, read the original work again and read more comments from readers of the original work. , the main thing is the character, once you have shaped it, half the battle is won.”
"Now that I know Director Tang, I will definitely study the script carefully so as not to delay the movie's release date."
Seeing Tang An personally interfering with a small-budget movie and speaking so solemnly, the two of them, who originally didn't think much of the movie, couldn't help but start to look forward to it.
Maybe it’s another movie with dark horse potential!
Less than half a month later, several location crews found the locations needed for the movie throughout the capital.
Carving Time Coffee Shop Beihang Branch, Lukang Town Worker's Sports Store, Yinquan Riben Cuisine Sanlitun Store, Grand Hyatt Oriental Hotel, Moscow Restaurant, Bird Pavilion Xinyuan Xili Store, Duplicate Coffee, Sihexuan Western Restaurant, Beijing Movie College, Wanda Pullman Hotel, Library Cafe, Sanlitun Village Financial Street, Orchid Club, Oriental New World
At 6pm on May 30th, the film will hold a launch conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The movie that is scheduled to be released on May Day has been released for some time, and there were quite a few reporters at the press conference.
Although Teng Huatao is a newcomer in the film industry, he was a well-known TV series director at that time. Last year, his TV series created a social phenomenon.
In addition, Deng Chao is a first-line movie star, and Yang Mi is one of the four actresses, so the popularity is not small.
Of course, the biggest star at the scene was Tang An.
No matter how often he brought the topic back to China, reporters would still bring it up.
Even the explanation of why Teng Huatao switched to making movies, and why he is the director of Huayi and why the investor is Tang An, are more attractive than movies.
After struggling for more than an hour, I had dinner, rested for a while and then went straight to shoot the first scene.
There are two scenes in the fountain at the entrance of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, a rivalry scene between Wang Xiaoxian and Diamond Wang Laowu, and a scene recalling a past time with her boyfriend.
Although they only have half a month to study the script, after filming this first scene, they will shoot several scenes with supporting roles. Yang Mi and Deng Chao still have time to thoroughly understand the script.
Except for the male and female protagonists, the other actors are still based on Teng Huatao's previous selection.
Those supporting characters are basically from Wang Jinghua and Hua Yi.
Chen Yufan, Li Chen and Liao Fan from Huayi.
Wang Jinghua’s Ma Yili, Guo Jingfei and Jiao Junyan.
Wen Zhang and Bai Baihe gave up their salary and took huge risks to get dividends. A big reason was that Wang Jinghua fortress came in.
None of these people, Tang An, have been replaced. If they all were replaced, Teng Huatao would not be able to behave well.
And they are all minor supporting roles, innocuous.
After watching a play, Tang An left with some instructions.
Early the next morning, Tang An came to Tiangong Yicai, looked at the post-production and 3D modeling of the movie, and started editing the movie.
The car was parked downstairs of the company, and Chang Hongsong was already waiting and greeted him immediately.
"Welcome Director Tang to inspect the work."
Tang An shook hands with him and said with a smile, "Mr. Chang is too polite. I just came to take a look. I don't know anything about special effects or 3D production."
It seemed that he was really busy, Xiao Yang didn't even come down to greet him.
As Chang Hongsong went upstairs to Tiangong Yicai, the company has been expanded compared to the initial stage. Seven or eight departments have hundreds of high-end computers, and more than a dozen teams are working on post-production day and night.
I looked at the physical model of the alien, cg production, 3d modeling
I inspected every link and also saw some shots of the finished product.
The main thing is 3D conversion. After all, this is a real-life film. There are no special effects to mention, so it is relatively simple.
However, converting to 3D requires hundreds of calculations for each shot, 3D modeling, and depth-of-field drawing frame by frame. The rendering is complex and cumbersome.
Then Tang An went to two special effects companies, BaseFX and Digital Domain, and returned to Tiangong Yicai in the afternoon to start editing.
On the first day, I didn’t rush to start. I went over the script again and read all the materials.
After sorting out the plot and perfecting the rhythm, I started to take action.
Because it is a special effect, 3D conversion and editing are done at the same time, which is definitely not as easy as editing alone. The three parties need to coordinate, and the progress is slow.
But there are still 6 months left, so Tang An is not in a hurry.