Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Eight: Speed ??Finish
Let me go, Teacher Fang, am I too fat?" Fu Xiaotang walked into the director's studio at some point and pointed at the playback screen excitedly, "Why do Qingxue and the others look so good and I am so fat? Who took the photo?
Professional? Remember to use p-pictures to beautify your face later.”
Looking at the black-faced Luo Yongchang, Fang Jing laughed: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. The lens ratio is different, and the effect is inherently inflated. This is why celebrities are generally much thinner than they look on TV.
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"Or do you think that people insist on losing weight every day just to look good? It means you are students and I don't have this requirement, otherwise you will have to lose at least a dozen pounds."
In addition to looking good, artists lose weight for the sake of their jobs. Some girls weigh 100 in real life and have bulging fronts and backs. They look just right and beautiful, but they look fat when they are on camera.
The best weight is 90 kilograms. She looks thin and looks standard in photos.
Fu Xiaotang and the others are not regular actors. Fang Jing has no requirements in this regard, nor does he force them to lose weight, otherwise their parents will not rush to come to him to settle accounts. It is the time when they are growing. How dare you let my daughter starve? Do you want to die?
"This is the director's studio, it doesn't matter if the actors go out." Luo Yongchang didn't give Fu Xiaotang a good look. He was the one who took the video just now. "How can you dictate this? Get out of here!"
"Luanluoluo, I don't want to stay here yet." Fu Xiaotang stuck out his tongue, made a face, and ran away.
"Today's students are really...ignorant and fearless." Luo Yongchang said with a smile, "After all these years, there are not many actors who dare to talk to me like this on the set. This girl is good. She talks too much all day long and still makes comments."
"Students, that's normal!" Fang Jing smiled, "Also, maybe it's because of me. I'm usually too nice to them, I don't feel any distance from them, and I talk more and more casually."
On the set outside, the actors met the director. He was not afraid of offending others with his words, but this group of students had no such worries at all. After filming, they even ran to the cafeteria to eat.
"That's you. If I had scolded you earlier, forget it." Luo Yongchang waved his hand and said, "The plan you asked me to make was completed in twenty days without delaying their classes."
"Twenty days? Isn't it too fast?" Fang Jing was shocked, "Don't deal with me."
Which of those directors takes less than three to five months to make a movie? A great master spent ten years from preparation to release, but for him it only took twenty days.
"It's really not perfunctory. I think it's pretty fast. Let's talk about the location first. Ninety-nine percent of the time it's at school. It's completely hassle-free and there's no need to compromise with the actors' schedules. Everyone can shoot right after class and study until night.
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"Brother, a 120-minute movie, a total of more than 70 scenes, how many days do you want to shoot?"
"Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm a little uncomfortable." Fang Jing touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly, "I used to film for several months, but it was quite a shock to me to suddenly come here for twenty days. What do you think the audience calls a bad movie?"
Not like me?"
It takes twenty days to shoot a movie. When the news was released, Fang Jing could foresee that the screen would be filled with curse words.
Luo Yongchang said seriously: "Whether a movie is good or not actually has little to do with the shooting cycle. It mainly depends on the content. As long as the content is good, slow work will produce fine work, but fast work does not necessarily mean shoddy work."
"And this is a low-budget movie. How much is the total investment? It's only a few million, and 40% goes to the actors as a salary. Even the radio and television stations are embarrassed to say that you committed a crime against others and got sky-high salaries."
Of the 4 million budget, the actors account for 1.6 million, and the rest is crew salaries and post-production.
There was no money required for the venue. The principal said that just remember to include their school’s name in the movie, and all the major teachers and extras would make free cameos.
In return, Fang Jing informed the cafeteria to kill a pig every day to provide extra meals for teachers and students.
Leaning against the wall, Luo Yongchang clasped his hands on his chest and recalled: "Many years ago, I worked on a crew in Xiangjiang. The standard staff of a crew is thirty or forty people, and the better ones have twice as many. The scripts are now being written and filmed.
The speed is extremely fast, one movie a month is slow, and it will be a hit even if it is made."
"Over the past few years, a production crew here in the Mainland with more than a hundred people is considered shabby, three to four hundred people are just for fun, and thousands of people are not uncommon."
"Having more people is not necessarily a good thing. Besides, the subject matter is different and it's not a military movie. Why did it take so long to shoot?"
There are only a few dozen staff members at Glitter Girls, and the actors are all students. They are easy to manage and they will do whatever they say. Unlike famous artists who have many things to do and are picky, this won’t work and that won’t work.
The subject matter is small, the scenes are small, there is no need to deal with actors, and there is no need to travel to different places for filming. Luo Yong advocated that it is reasonable to shoot more than 70 scenes in 20 days.
"Okay!" Fang Jing snapped his fingers, "When the movie comes out, I'll add your name to it. If it becomes popular, it's all my fault. If it gets scolded, I'll blame you and say it was you who filmed it."
Luo Yongchang chuckled and said, "Mr. Fang, you are wrong. Believe it or not, the result is the opposite. If it becomes popular, people will say it was me. If it becomes popular, people will say it was you."
"If it sells well, it's a good thing that the audience will 100% say what kind of movie can you make with Fang Jing as an actor? Even if you don't have the help of an assistant director, the audience will also say that it is expected. Everyone can be a director. Fang Jing is an actor."
If he doesn’t pounce, who will?”
Fang Jing...
Is this really what happened?
"Haha! Just kidding, do you think I care about other people's opinions? I was just filming for fun. I'm so happy at the box office. I'm not sad if it's not good. It's just a few million dollars. This is just drizzle."
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Lihai Music High School is different from ordinary high schools. The holidays are early. They do not take the college entrance examination when entering college, but the unified examination of the corresponding university.
The day before the students were on vacation, the crew finished filming.
In the afternoon cafeteria, Fang Jing invited all the students in the school to have a meal with various snacks.
"Child, you can control as much as you want. There is no limit today. Come back after eating."
"Thank you, aunt!"
In the cafeteria, the aunt's hands finally stopped shaking, her smile returned, and the chicken drumsticks were beaten out desperately. The food was enough.
One student looked at the braised pork and potatoes on the dinner plate, tried to take a bite, and burst into tears with excitement, "This is really braised pork. Finally, I don't have to wash it in the soup before eating it."
It's not that braised pork and potatoes didn't exist in the past, but very few people ordered it. It wasn't expensive, but it was unpalatable. The color was dyed with soy sauce, and it was still dark soy sauce.
Those who order must put the braised pork into the soup bowl and brush it before eating it.
You can order chicken, duck, and fish as you like, and put hundreds of boxes of drinks aside for free. Today, there are fewer complaints and more laughter in the canteen.
At the table, Fang Jing said to the leading actors while eating: "I've given the salary to your parents. Go home and rest for a few days. I'll let you know later to promote the show."