Chapter 183 Please put the profession on the public screen!
After some negotiation, which was not too difficult, we finally reached an agreement.
Zhang Hong has fully inherited the style of "the best veteran in the world" and vowed to fight "the evil Sony" to the end.
As for small things like why Columbia Pictures invested 200 million dollars in the first movie, and then as long as the cost is recovered, Zhang Hong can get 50% of the remaining money earned, Zhang Hong doesn't care anyway.
He just doesn't like Sony, that's all.
Unless Sony sends him a limited edition of PS5.
Having said that, Columbia Pictures is still very efficient.
It may also be that the company's efficiency has become much higher due to the life-and-death situation.
In short, I went through all the necessary steps, but no one got stuck.
So although Zhang Hong still didn't meet other senior officials, it only took less than two days for all the procedures to be completed.
There is no need for Zhang Hong to worry about the crew, as Colombia directly spent a lot of money to find very professional players.
The type that, although not the top boss, is among the top in the second echelon.
The main reason is to find the big guys, because they are afraid that Zhang Hong will not be able to hold on.
As for the actors, they fully absorbed Zhang Hong's advice. They did not choose the kind of first-line super big names who start with a salary of 20 million yuan and receive box office dividends. They chose eighth-tier actors.
To say that the eighth line is a bit exaggerated, in fact, a TV actor named Alex Mercer was chosen.
He is also relatively well-known in the TV drama industry. He has participated in many popular TV dramas, but most of them were the second male lead or various supporting male roles, so he didn't have any airs after coming this time, and he even prepared it himself.
A small notebook, intended to record what Zhang Hong said at any time.
Moreover, he also planned to discuss it with Zhang Hong whenever he had something to do, and just treat it as studying.
As for Zhang Hong not being famous in Hollywood...
Directors hired by a group like Columbia Pictures would not be any worse off even if they were not famous, that's what he thought.
Zhang Hong was quite satisfied.
The lead actor was modest enough, and the producer Columbia sent was Donald.
That’s stable!
Old Tang first took Zhang Hong to get to know the main members of the crew.
Of course it's impossible to see them all.
This movie is the result of Columbia Pictures' desperate efforts, so the total number of people involved in this movie alone exceeds 3,000.
In Zhang Hong's previous life, the total number of participants in "Avatar" and "Black Panther" was almost the same.
The most powerful one was "Avengers 3: Infinity War", with a total of 4,500 people participating in that movie!
Only after arriving here did Zhang Hong realize how professional Hollywood is.
There are sixteen screenwriters alone!
Counting Zhang Hong himself, there were seventeen people.
However, Zhang Hong only produced a synopsis of the story. It was the work of the remaining sixteen screenwriters to turn this synopsis into a complete script and dialogue lines.
Because Donald was personally in charge, these screenwriters did not write scripts, but strictly followed the direction of Zhang Hong's story.
The sixteen screenwriters are even divided into two groups, one group is responsible for writing story scripts, and the other group is responsible for writing scripts.
The story script describes the storyline, character relationships and the most important movie themes.
The script is more detailed, such as what scene the story takes place in, what is in the scene, the characters' movements and expressions, detailed words and dialogue lines, and the transitions between scenes, etc.
This is really professional!
Zhang Hong used to make films, whether it was a movie or a TV series, he was basically the only one to do it.
It is also common to change lines and shots at will on the set.
Even if there are really changes that need to be made, they will be discussed at a meeting with everyone.
And according to his understanding, domestic directors basically do this.
I won’t mention the assistant director, they are basically the domestic team.
Zhang Hong temporarily called Wang Ye and Li Hua over.
After all, the assistant director is an extension of the director's tentacles, and his talents can be used easily.
The field recorder is also one of our own, after all, the role of the field recorder is crucial.
When encountering unfamiliar scene notes, if you make a wrong mark during the camera or recording, it will be very troublesome later.
Zhang Hong didn’t want what happened on Baitian’s crew to happen to his own crew.
Even the storyboarding this time is different from before.
Donald prepared two storyboard modes for Zhang Hong.
One is the traditional 2D hand-drawn storyboard, and the other is the 3D storyboard.
The 2D hand-painted team didn’t know where Columbia found the person. The person who painted it was so professional that he looked like a master of comics at first glance.
Zhang Hong only needs to draw the stick figures and then instruct them to draw more perfect storyboards.
The 3D side is even more ruthless, directly using software to simulate rough but reasonably modeled dynamic storyboards, which can basically be said to be an assembly line operation.
By combining these two storyboards, the camera crew and actors can basically understand Zhang Hong's meaning perfectly.
Next is the photography team.
The director of photography hired by Columbia has a rich resume, and can basically be said to be the royal director of photography of Columbia Pictures.
However, due to the lack of success in movies in the past few years, he is not well-known.
But the strength is definitely there.
There are a large number of people in charge of the sound guidance, synchronization, and mixers of the sound collection team at the back.
Zhang Hong just needs to remember the boss anyway.
He was a bald white man.
The lighting team also has a separate lighting director, with a large number of people under his command.
This is different from how Zhang Hong's crew only has a few people in charge.
Martial arts instructor Zhang Hong directly asked Bai Tian for help, and he introduced a middle-aged man named Gu Shaoshang.
I heard that this guy came from some martial arts sect and is now the top martial arts instructor in the country. He has been approached by many Hollywood movies, but he is unwilling to go abroad.
This time, it was for Bai Tian's sake that he agreed to help.
What comes next is the post-production team.
It was also a large group of people, no less numerous than the photography crew and radio crew.
Because I'm not using a film machine, I use memory cards for everything.
The person who manages these is the DIT, who is basically responsible for things like material management, seniority, copying, and registering material time codes.
After that comes the art department.
An art director is the person responsible for coordinating photography, lighting, special effects, costumes, props, makeup, etc.
Basically, the director determines the artistic style of the scene, and they are the ones who coordinate the execution of the various groups.
These places are also where a movie spends the most money.
Finally, there is the field management department responsible for logistics.
Many people say they are odd jobs.
Yes, they are indeed handymen, but without them, it would be impossible for a movie to be made well, or even completed.
Because they have to coordinate the food, drink, sleep, and sleep of thousands of people in the entire crew, they are actually the hardest working ones.
For example, if you go to a deep mountain forest or a desert rainforest, you have to be responsible for the food, accommodation, and transportation of at least several hundred people. So how to make sure that they have hot and full meals every meal, and a place to sleep, is quite difficult.
If you want to add chicken drumsticks to your lunch box, you have to have a good relationship with them.
In fact, excluding those like Zhang Hong who became a monk halfway, many directors started out as stage managers at the beginning.
Even Bai Tian, the "Domestic Movie Long Aotian", started from this step.
Because the production department has to communicate with all departments of the entire crew, if you are willing, although this department is tired, you can learn the entire process of a movie.
Needless to say, the rest of the editing and special effects, Zhang Hong knows these things very well.
But there is another department that he is not very clear about.
After the introduction was completed, Zhang Hong pointed to the people a little further away in a low voice and asked Donald, "Old Tang, what do they do?"
Donald took a look and smiled: "Zhang, this is a surprise for you. That is the virtual shooting technical team we hired at a large price."
Zhang Hong raised his eyebrows, "Virtual shooting?"
"It is to use a huge surround LED screen to surround the shooting scene, and then you can achieve the desired exterior or special effects without using props, scenery or post-production special effects."
Donald winked, "They are a newly created technical team, and they are quite unpopular in Hollywood where there are still many stubborn people who insist on shooting with film cameras.
But I think this will help the actors' performance. After all, it's more difficult to act against a green screen, and we didn't find those big-name top actors."
In fact, he had another reason for not saying it.
That's saving money.
It does cost a lot of money to hire this team, but compared with the money spent on props, scenery and post-production special effects, these are just drizzle~
He is a producer. Although he does not dare to argue with Zhang Hong for money, he still has to save where he can.
As long as it doesn't affect the final film effect.
Zhang Hong was thoughtful.
In fact, he didn't understand either, but a major Hollywood professional company said it was no problem. What could he, a semi-professional player, say?
Talking too much shows your timidity.
Nodding, Zhang Hong said: "Okay, let's start shooting tomorrow!"