At the end of March, "Mysterious Superstar" had its last few shots left in Zhuozhou, so Tang An took the crew to Nanjing.
There are also two scenes from "The Masked Singer" here in Nanjing, as well as a scene in which the music producer played by Lei Jiayin was criticized at the award ceremony.
Correspondingly, the last few remaining scenes in Zhuozhou are scenes of the family watching TV.
Although it was possible to find a stadium to shoot in the capital before, whether it was a program or an award ceremony scene, it took time to prepare and the venue had to be coordinated in advance. There was no filming in the capital before.
Anyway, "The King of Masked Singer" is a collaboration between the group and Jiangning TV.
I can only shoot here, and then I can take some people to Zhuozhou to finish the remaining shots, so it won’t be a hassle.
"The King of Masked Singer" was recorded at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, unlike Canxing's original programs, which were mostly recorded in second- and third-tier cities in order to save money.
The show site was already full of spectators, all of whom were performing for free.
Unlike the original show, there is no guessing team, guest guessing, or judging panel, just four judges.
Moreover, there were no amateurs in the show itself at this time. The original selling point was that some celebrities well-known to the audience sang while covering their faces.
There are four judges, one is Lei Jiayin, the original Wang Feng, and Xu Zheng, who has already finished filming for "Beautiful Heart" and came to join in the fun, as well as the new generation female singer Deng Zhiqi, who just won "I Am a Singer" in January
Overall runner-up.
The female judge will be criticized by Lei Jiayin, she is too old and inappropriate.
Wang Feng and Xu Zheng are just here to make some money, and it doesn't matter whether Xu Zheng is a professional singer or not.
The preparations were left to the people below, and the chief program director of Tudou Pictures was temporarily recruited to help.
"Director Xu, everything seems to be going well with "Heart Blossoms". Do you think there are any problems with breaking the one billion mark this time?"
Tang An and Xu Zheng chatted about the movie, "Heart Blossoms on the Road" was completed half a month earlier than expected.
Considering Ning Hao's current situation, he has just left Pony to stand on his own, and "The Golden Heist" is not very successful. This time, two comedy stars, Xu Zheng and Wang Bo, are brought together. It is obviously necessary to succeed. In this case
He should be more cautious.
However, filming was still completed ahead of schedule. It seems that Ning Hao is very confident about the film this time.
Xu Zheng smiled and said, "It's hard to say one billion, it depends on the situation, but I participated in the whole process of his film, and I think I won't let you, Mr. Tang, lose any money."
Tang An waved his hand, "It doesn't matter whether I pay or not. The important thing is that Ning Hao cannot fail. The older generation of directors are not as good as before. There is a lack of directors in the country who can both make money and ensure quality. If they can make money anytime, they are all bad."
film, that would be troublesome."
Just like the TV drama market later, there were a lot of bad movies everywhere, but it was those bad movies that used two little freshmen to make money that could make money.
How could investors not know it was a bad movie, but the market is already crowded with bad movies.
A good movie may not necessarily make money, but if you follow a certain routine to find a few traffics, buy hot searches, ratings, and promote it, you can make money, and investors will be wondering which movie to make.
Later, "Military Alliance", which stood out among the many costume romance dramas, was of good quality. The story structure, persuasion, lighting, photography, lines, etc. were several ways better than those costume romance dramas.
Regardless of the RP of the leading actors, it does not count as tampering with history. After all, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was all edited, and the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" is also much different from the original work.
It was indeed well-made, although it collapsed after Cao Cao's death. Without such a major character, Li Chen's Cao Pi couldn't hold up.
Being well-produced means spending a lot of money on every aspect. The cost was too high, and in the end no money was made. No satellite TV station was even willing to buy the next part of "Tiger Roars and Dragons Roar".
If it doesn't make money if it's done well, investors actually have no choice. They all want to make money, so they all follow that model and make bad movies.
And when this model is fixed, more and more people rely on this model to make a living, and the interest groups get bigger and bigger, and most people don't dare to break it.
The production of "In the Name of the People" is also of a high standard, but its success is not only due to the production level, the biggest factor is that it directly lifts the darkness of officialdom and spreads it in front of the audience.
It vividly and vividly acted out what the common people wanted to say but did not dare to say, and helped the common people vent their dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in their hearts for many years, so it became a huge hit.
Although there are many bad films in the film industry, they are slightly better than the TV drama industry.
There is no shortage of profitable films in China. With box office revenue reaching tens of billions a year, there will always be films that can make money, unless they are so bad that the audience won't even go to the cinema.
But there is a lack of high-quality movies that can make money. If Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wu Ershan and others make good-quality movies but don't make money, or they are bad movies but make a lot of money, then it will be a bad thing for the film industry.
When good movies fail to make money, slowly no one will make good movies.
I don't have to worry about "Beautiful Heart", even if I don't know the outcome, as long as Ning Hao can tell a story clearly, Xu Zheng and Wang Bo's comedy talents are enough to support a movie.
Tang An then asked Xu Zheng about his current film contracts and projects, but Xu Zheng had no idea of making a movie yet, but became an investor.
"Dr. Tang, three consecutive films of the "囧" series have been filmed. I'm afraid the audience is a little tired of it, so I thought about it for two years before continuing with the fourth film. Recently, I helped Ning Hao supervise the production of an animated film "The Battle of the Nian Beasts."
President Ya also introduced me to a project called "The Player Behind the Scenes". I have shot a lot of comedies, and I also want to change my career. Moreover, this script has been with the group for half a year, and no one has taken it seriously." Xu Zheng explained.
"The Player Behind the Scenes"?
The company has too many scripts, and it is impossible for Tang An to pay attention to every one of them. Even just looking at the catalog would take a long time.
Tang An recalled that the screenwriter and director of this film, Ren Pengyuan, was an intern at the movie channel a few years ago. At that time, Yaning was the deputy director of the movie channel. It was not surprising that they knew each other.
I stopped directing and started investing instead. As expected, my ambitions will become bigger and bigger when I reach a certain level.
It's so tiring to direct and act on your own. It's much easier to just be an actor and a producer. And you've already achieved great success, so you don't have to think about proving yourself all day long.
Tang An also understood, nodded and said, "Since you are interested in it, let me take the lead. The group and Forbidden City Media can participate in it. You can ask Director Tian for advice on the animated film. He is an expert in this area."
Xu Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Tang An did not let him continue filming the "囧" series.
People are so strange. Before, he desperately needed this series to help him rise quickly.
But now people are popular, not only as directors and actors, but also in the kind of popularity that can make any investor shell out tens of millions or billions just by relying on fame.
However, after becoming successful in the field of comedy, Xu Zheng wanted to prove that he could succeed not only by relying on comedy. Just like Feng Xiaogang, who was already one of the best in the field of comedy, he wanted to transform.
The more successful you are, the more you want. This is a common problem among human beings. Emperors of Qin, Han and Wu wanted to live forever. Look at the ordinary people who think about this.
After chatting with Xu Zheng, Tang An exchanged pleasantries with Wang Feng. Both of them are now mentors in variety shows produced by Tudou Pictures.
More than half an hour later, the chief director of "The King of Masked Singer" who was temporarily hired to handle the scene came to ask for instructions, and everything was ready.
"Thank you for your hard work, Director Wang, let's get started."
Tang An nodded, stepped aside and sat behind the monitor.
No introductory remarks are needed, just get started.
The audience at the scene had also been warned one by one by the production team.
It’s not difficult at all, the first scene is about a little boy singing and then being demoted to worthless by Lei Jiayin.
This little boy found a little famous singer Li Zewei. He is 12 years old and has won the annual championship of "Excellent 6+1". He has participated in many children's singing competitions.
The song he sang was "Broad Sea and Sky" by the Xin Band, which was also a song he had sung in many competitions before. He was quite good at it, and it was different from the original noisy singing and dancing song.
After all, the difference between China and Indu is that the people in Indu sing and dance at every turn.
This scene is mainly to highlight Lei Jiayin's poisonous tongue and bad temper.
If the audience first thinks that this child's singing is mediocre, then the character image in the opening chapter will not be established.
Of course, it won't be the sound of nature that moves everyone, otherwise it would be too much.
Her singing skills are still very good, but singing this song is not appropriate at this age.
I once suspected that I was walking in the desert
No matter what kind of dream you sow, it never bears fruit
Just when I spread my wings, the wind became silent
Can getting used to pain be considered gain?
Seven or eight cameras at the scene began to capture the expressions of several audience members and judges. Of course, it was all arranged.
After the singing is over, the audience's reaction must also be filmed, which takes about a second.
After the singing, the host Li Hao, borrowed from Jiangning TV, came on stage and began to ask the judges for their opinions.
Deng Zhiqi spoke first and said with a doting look on her face, "Little brother, you sing so well. Just because you can sing so well at such a young age, I will give you ten points."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jiayin next to him seemed to have heard something ridiculous and immediately questioned loudly.
"What, ten points for a young age? Do you know that this is a singing show, singing!"
Deng Zhiqi said, "I know how to judge!"
Lei Jiayin pointed his hand and looked at her sideways, "You are just an amateur judge. Seeing that he sings with no emotion at all, he will roar hard during the chorus."
He turned around and looked at the platform, "Boy, you are an insult to singing. Go back and practice for two more years before you come back."
Deng Zhiqi became angry, "How can you say that? Do you know what singing is?"
"Don't interrupt!"
Lei Jiayin pointed his hand at Deng Zhiqi again, stopped her, and then made a sign to the children on the stage to get out.
"Next one!"
The little boy couldn't stand being spoken to like this in public, so he took off the square and threw it on the ground. He walked away with tears in his eyes and a look of grievance on his face.
After the first filming, the audience was unprepared, but they were shocked by Lei Jiayin's arrogant attitude.
"Lei Jiayin's hairstyle is like changing his hair, and his beard makes him look like a 250-year-old."
"This little boy sang "Broad Sea and Sky" very well, but it is a bit inappropriate to sing this song at this age and lacks emotion."
"This should be a villain, right? The heroine has a musical dream, and Lei Jiayin plays the villain, specifically blocking the heroine's dream?"
"I don't know, I guess so. There is no information at all about this film, and we won't know until the summer vacation."
"That's not necessarily the case. How can Tang An's film be so simple? I don't think Lei Jiayin's character is annoying, but it's quite funny."
"That's what I thought. Even though it's too venomous, it's quite funny."
There was a lot of discussion in the audience. No details of "Secret Superstar" were revealed. According to usual management practices, the trailer should be released one month before the release. Before that, the audience did not even know the characters' images or relationships.
Regardless of what the audience was guessing, Tang An still had to continue filming.
This first time is quite satisfactory, so continue the second time.
The center is still on Lei Jiayin. This is the first scene in which he appears. The character must stand upright, otherwise it will be difficult to shape it later.
Although Lei Jiayin changed his hair style to a more arrogant one and grew a beard, he still lacks that extreme arrogance and ego.
However, Tang An was already prepared. He beckoned Lei Jiayin down and asked someone to get a tablet and play some clips from "The Birth of an Actor".
"Look at Zhang Ziyi's performance in this show. You are more arrogant than her, even extremely rude. Take a good look and think about it for yourself."
"The Birth of an Actor" has already aired its first episode. Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye are still the mentors, and their roles are the same.
These are some clips that Tang An picked out where Zhang Ziyi was particularly vicious, not only towards the actor, but also towards Liu Ye.
If you want to learn from Zhang Ziyi, just learn from Zhang Ziyi, the director has already spoken.
Lei Jiayin could only watch the edited video carefully twice. After watching it, he thought about it and asked Tang An, "Director Tang, how about I throw my shoes away like here?"
This is a part of the video. Liu Ye and Zhang Ziyi disagreed, but they couldn't get over her, so they shouted: Sister-in-law, you are just arguing with me!"
After he finished speaking, Liu Ye directly photographed his cell phone on the table. Zhang Ziyi also got angry and said: Besides taking pictures of your cell phone, what else do you do?"
After hearing this, Liu Ye became angry, took off his shoes and slapped them on the table, but Zhang Ziyi threw Liu Ye's shoes to the ground next.
"Just throw away the shoes."
Tang An shook his head and took off his shoes because Liu Ye couldn't stand up to Zhang Ziyi, but Lei Jiayin was obviously more verbal here, knocking the other judge out of his words again and again.
Taking it off and throwing it at Deng Zhiqi was too much. It was Deng Zhiqi who should be furious, not him, and it was too much.
Tang An thought for a while and said, "When your emotions become stronger later, then take a pen and spin it in your hand at the beginning. When Deng Zhiqi finishes her comments, slam the pen on the table before you refute."
"Turn the pen, just turn the pen. I do it every day in school."
This was his strong point. The field manager brought a pen and Lei Jiayin practiced it, and he soon became smooth.
Then the third time started. This time Lei Jiayin's emotions were even more intense, but they were too exposed and the force was too heavy. It didn't seem like the nature of the character itself, but it seemed like he had been stimulated by something.
It took me the fourth, fifth, and sixth repetitions until it turned out to be very natural and completely the normal behavior of the character.
However, Tang An looked back at the film and found that there were some minor flaws elsewhere.
"Come over here, Datou."
"Hey, Director Tang, what do you say?"
After doing it eleven times in a row, in front of so many spectators, Lei Jiayin felt a little embarrassed.
However, he was still afraid that Tang An would get angry. Although he was unlikely to scold him too harshly in public, who knew he wouldn't scold him afterwards.
However, Tang An did not say what was wrong with the performance, but warned, "Let's change one detail. When you slap the pen on the table, don't wait for Deng Zhiqi to finish speaking, just wait for her to say the last word."
Or when it’s time to say it out loud.”
"Okay, Director Tang, I understand."
After ten years of filming, Lei Jiayin has always known the benefits of moving a few tenths of a second in advance.
But he asked again, "Do you want to talk to Deng Zhiqi?"
Tang An shook his head, "No need, the performance of attacking her suddenly will be more natural."
Lei Jiayin responded, said no more, and returned to the judges' seat on the stage.
During the twelfth filming, Lei Jiayin was half a shot ahead of schedule and slapped the pen before Deng Zhiqi finished speaking, which really shocked Deng Zhiqi.
But fortunately, she didn't have to pick up the lines right away and still had time to react, otherwise she would have to retake the scene.
After one scene was shot, there was a quarter-hour break, and then the second scene, which was the last scene, the heroine came on stage.
Unlike the original heroine who went directly to the award ceremony, this time the film ended in an ordinary competition.
If you show your true face on stage, you will be able to continue competing and not act, whether you will be a singer and not act.
From a high school girl in a small city to standing on the stage of the most famous singing competition in the country, it is such an inspiring story. As for the follow-up, it is up to the audience to guess.
It was a touching scene, but the actor's emotions were simple and well prepared, so it was not difficult to shoot.
On the stage, Xiao Di held the microphone in both hands, but this time he was not wearing a mask.
"Everyone thinks I am the mysterious superstar, but I am not. When I was six years old, my mother sold me a guitar and took the money from my father's wallet."
"She once had a necklace, the only one, and she sold it and bought me a laptop."
"My father wanted to end my life before I was born. It was my mother who brought me into this world. It was her who wrote my life, and she has not stopped writing it now."
"It has always been my dream to stand on this stage and sing, but some people are not allowed to dream. The freedom to dream was given to me by my mother."
"The mysterious superstar is me, and even more so, my mother."
"Mom, you are the best mother in the world!"
A long shot also took a lot of time, but fortunately it could be shot at night. In addition, the scene where Lei Jiayin was criticized by his former student at the award ceremony was successfully shot in a whole day.
Next, Tang An took the crew back to Zhuozhou to add a few scenes.
On April 2, "Mysterious Superstar" officially wrapped!