The filming of the twenty-five-episode TV series is almost coming to an end.
Now is the stage where all the drama and scenes are finished and then some scenes of driving mechas are added.
At this point, Wang Chen's many shortcomings were revealed.
The character he wants to play is a chuunibyou who usually has an expressionless face, and usually looks like a rebellious young man with a frown and a deep look on his face.
But the plot was coming to an end and he had to play the slightly hysterical side of the protagonist.
Just like a normal plot, the masked man played by Luo Jun, who is the villain boss, is a normal villain boss who has lofty ideals, works hard down-to-earth, has like-minded followers, and is moving towards his dream.
Then of course, on the eve of realizing his dream, the protagonist jumped out and disrupted the situation.
And the protagonist often yells.
The footage I'm shooting now is of the cockpit in a pure green screen studio.
Because in the plot, Wang Chen and Luo Yun were driving their mobile suits to shoot and chop each other while interacting wildly.
But Wang Chen always couldn't perform this part well.
Zhang Hong handed him a bottle of water and asked doubtfully: "What is the specific reason? Do you have any clues about it yourself?"
Wang Chen thought about it while holding the water bottle, and said: "Maybe it's because I have no experience. This is a pure green screen studio, and there are 360-degree blind angles filled with cameras. Some of them are almost hitting my face.
So I'm a little nervous, probably..."
After Brother Hong's "encouragement", at least now Wang Chen is extremely confident in his acting skills.
Zhang Hong looked back at Li Shanqi and gave him a look that could only be understood but not expressed.
[Have you come back to your old habit of making short films? How can you point the camera at someone’s face and film it? It seems that you have really come out of your psychological shadow...]
Li Shanqi also returned a helpless look.
[He is too good at it, can he blame me? The movie quality, of course, needs to be more textured. And this way, he can save more money on special effects in the later stage. 】
Zhang Hong raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Everyone should rest for ten minutes before shooting."
Clapping his hands to let everyone rest, Zhang Hong quietly hid in a corner.
Then he dialed Lin Muqing's number.
"What's wrong."
There was Lin Muqing's calm voice.
Zhang Hong asked directly: "That's right, I just want to ask how much budget we have left."
"Three hundred and sixty-eight million three hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-one." Hei Changzhi reported the accurate number without any hesitation.
There are so many more?
Zhang Hong asked again: "How much did we spend on the post-production costs of "The Red Dust"?"
Miss Lin pondered for a moment and replied: "For ten episodes, the cost of a single episode is just over 1.2 million. If we only consider post-production and special effects, each episode should not exceed 90, which means a total of about 9 million."
"ok, thanks."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Hong began to analyze.
The amount of money spent on actors in "The Red Dust" is not much, almost nothing.
The crew was lent to him by Director Sun Zheng, and the salary and other expenses were all provided by Director Sun.
The same goes for equipment.
The cost of extras, food and sleep is evenly divided into the cost of each episode.
Lin Chuan spent money on renting the venue and so on.
In other words, there was a total investment of 13 million, of which less than 10 million was spent on post-production and special effects.
"The Red Dust" is indeed a mythological drama that requires a lot of special effects.
But there are also many Chinese scenes, and the parts that really require special effects are less than half of the current "Mobile Suit".
Then it's very simple.
The cost of the post-production special effects for a single episode of "Clouds Falling into the Red Dust" is 900,000.
Let's double it, or even add a little more to two million.
Assuming that the post-production special effects cost for one episode is 2 million, for 25 episodes it would be 50 million!
Fifty million for special effects?
hey-hey.
This money is simply terrible!
Compared with those ordinary TV series, the amount is of course ridiculous, because I am afraid that at least half of the money from their TV series goes into the pockets of the actors or the companies behind the actors.
The remaining money is the production cost.
Zhang Hong had seen the news in his previous life. For a TV series that claimed to have an investment of over 100 million, the leading actors alone took away 70 to 80% of the money. The rest was the production cost, and the final special effects money was used by the producers.
They only approved 500,000 yuan.
Then have some fun!
However, in his previous life, Zhang Hong, who was a keyboard warrior himself, also checked the information and found that the total investment in "The Wandering Earth" was between 360 million and 400 million. Anyway, it was definitely less than 400 million.
And this is including the total cost of publicity and distribution.
Well, I now spend 50 million on post-production special effects alone, and the level of special effects in China is not bad in this world.
Those TV series and movies with poor special effects are reluctant to pay for them.
You get what you pay for, and if you pay less, people will naturally not let the top team do it for you.
To put it even more harshly, whether the special effects are good or not depends purely on technique.
In most domestic films, the director and art director have the final say.
They think special effects that look good are good special effects.
Really professional special effects require scientific design based on color matching, audio-visual language, etc.
Including color grading is actually a science. This requires a professional colorist to adjust according to the director's setting of the plot, rather than an editor doing it casually.
Now, when I, Zhang Hong, make a TV series, I spend 50 million on post-production and special effects. What's the problem?
He even felt it was missing!
There are nearly 370 million left!
I just use 300 million to smash the special effects, so why not!
So Zhang Hong, who came back from the break, waved his hand and made a decision: "Try to take a panoramic picture of the picture! Even if it's the cockpit, I have to take a picture of the upper body! I also have to take a picture of the whole cockpit behind the character! Including the driver.
The same goes for the 'universe' outside the cabin!
Also, please go find the engineers and bring me the ‘Unicorn’, ‘Big Green Pepper’, ‘Zaku’, and ‘Jean’ from Shed No. 1!”
Wang Ye, who was promoted to assistant director, hesitated and said: "But Brother Hong, would the cost be..."
"Don't think about the cost! The crew has a lot of money! I don't know how to spend it!" Zhang Hong waved his hand, "Go and move it! Then just follow my instructions and shoot!"
joke!
This film doesn't care how much it sells for! What matters is the visual effects!
Moreover, it cost 500 million just to build the scenes and so on! It can’t be wasted, right?
And there are still more than 360 million! Can you spend it all on me or what?
You must know that if these more than 360 million were put into Zhang Hong's previous life, that would be the entire cost of "The Wandering Earth"!
Also include Xuanfa!
After giving the instructions, Zhang Hong patted Wang Chen on the shoulder again and said, "You can't find the feeling, can you? It's okay. I'll put the 'Hong You San' opposite you in a while, and then look at it. You will definitely be able to take a picture."
Then he clapped his hands again and ordered: "Who is that! Put the 'Unicorn' behind Wang Chen's cockpit in a moment! Put the 'Hong You San' behind Luo Yun!"
Wang Ye nodded and took action.
Zhang Hong stopped him again: "One more thing, remember that no matter who the two of them are filming, let the other person sit in the cockpit opposite the other person in costume, and don't let Luo Yun take off his mask."
Wang Ye continued to nod.
"One more thing." Zhang Hong stopped him again, "When the time comes to shoot the scenes of the rival drama, let them sit face to face in the cockpit and read the lines. Don't just shoot one person alone. You can follow one person on each side.
Let’s shoot together.”
"Okay Brother Hong."
"One more thing, remember to turn on both the 'Unicorn' and 'Red You Three' when the time comes. The atmosphere must be in place!"
"Uh...I understand, Brother Hong."
"One more thing, remember to raise the cockpit of the two people to the chest of the aircraft, and then everyone will work hard and sit on the ladder to shoot."
"Ah? Okay..." Wang Ye wrote everything down in his notebook and asked, "Brother Hong, is there anything else?"
"One more thing." Zhang Hong looked serious, "Make me a cup of tea and bring me your military coat. Who the hell turned on the air conditioner! I'm freezing to death!"
Wang Ye: "..."
"I understand, Brother Hong!"
Watching Zhang Hong's handsome back wearing a military coat, Wang Chen bit his lip and said nothing.
Then his eyes became determined.
He knew that he would never be able to live up to Brother Hong's trust in this life.
He won't show any loyalty, but he will try his best to make this drama a success!
Until...he sat in the cockpit, fastened his seat belt and was lifted into the air nearly twenty meters.
His face was ashen and he was about to cry.
Wang Chen has a secret that cannot be told to anyone.
That is...he is afraid of heights!
............
It was not only Gundam who had his feet on the ground, but also Zhang Hong.
He sat on the pony and looked at Wang Chen's livid face in the monitor. His eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Sure enough, you can only find the right feeling by being there! This is what the hero wants now."
!Why are you still standing there? Start shooting!"
I, Zhang, am indeed a director genius!
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I drank a lot of wine and went to bed. During the day, I tried to finish the two chapters in the evening. In the evening, I also went to another groom's house to blow up balloons and post happy words.
(The groom’s mother saw that I was fair and fair yesterday during dinner, and said she wanted to introduce a partner to me... I just believed it.)