Chapter 337 Zuo Le, who was promoted from rookie to full-level
The scene of "Annihilating the Yamazaki Brigade" took Zuo Le five days to shoot, and he almost suffered tinnitus from the blast.
Later, Zuo Le learned the lesson and bought soundproof earplugs, and then continued filming the war scene in "Bright Sword".
The round-trip travel expenses for hundreds of extras are not a small sum at a time. Even if the crew of "Bright Sword" has sufficient funds, they cannot waste money casually.
Therefore, while the extras were in place, Zuo Le planned to shoot all the war scenes in "Bright Sword".
First shoot the big scenes, and then gradually reduce the number of extras until the war scenes and some scenes that require a large number of extras are finished, and then switch to filming the literary parts of the main characters.
"Bright Sword" hired thousands of extras, and each person paid a minimum of 200 yuan a day. Some extras with a few lines or appearances even cost 500 yuan a day.
And because they are extras invited by the crew from other places, a large number of them need the crew to arrange food and lodging, or provide certain subsidies.
Although the subsidy standard is not very high, on average, it is about 100 yuan less per person. : :
Zuo Le filmed the war scene "Bright Sword" for more than a month, and the duration of the group performance of more than a thousand people was about 20 days.
During the rest of the time, the crew retains at least 300 extras.
In terms of food and accommodation, travel expenses, film remuneration, and subsidies, "Bright Sword" spent almost 20 million on the extras alone.
That is to say, Zuo Le is the boss. If he changes the director, President Yan and the production department will come to visit him long ago...
Zuo Le actually knew about the private dissatisfaction of the crew and even the company about this matter, but he didn't care.
In his view, this is a shortcoming of the Chinese film and television industry.
Hitting the superstars and top traffic, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in salary, you can spend it without blinking an eye.
In terms of special effects, extras, or costumes, spending a little more money will force you to do it all the time, and it will feel as painful as going bankrupt.
Putting the cart before the horse is ridiculous.
Zuo Le is not opposed to hiring big-name stars, but he is opposed to this sick mentality of film and television production.
The combined remuneration of Li Youbin and Yan Ni was nearly twice as much as the cost of extras. No one at Shanhe Company said a word. The more he worked on the extras, the more people started worrying about the money.
They are all so used to it.
Fortunately, they were still clear-headed and did not go to Zuo Le to "offer loyal advice", otherwise they would definitely be recorded on Boss Zuo's blacklist...
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It took more than a month to film the war scene. Zuo Le now sleeps at night with the images and sounds of the war in his mind.
During the Anti-Japanese War, it was [board] and [chop off the little devil] and [I will fuck your eighteen generations of little devil’s ancestors]
During the civil war, it was "The time has come to serve the party/country" and "Down with the reactionaries" and "Liberate the whole country"
That is to say, if Zuo Le has a strong heart and does not suffer from neurasthenia, he can still go to work with full energy the next day. If someone else has a weaker psychological quality, he will have to wait for two days even if he does not go on strike.
But then again, although Zuo Le's month of filming was not without hardships and hardships, he also gained a lot.
The most straightforward thing is that Zuo Le's ability to control big scenes has been significantly improved.
Zuo Le started out as a sitcom director, and most of his early works were small-production sitcoms. It wasn't until "Seven Swords" that he made a big one.
However, at that time, Zuo Leyou was assisted by a luxurious behind-the-scenes team.
There is an action guidance team for the group performances and fights; there is a team of photographers in the industry, Du Lei, to control the shooting; there is also a special effects team to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps.
It can be said that the success of "Seven Swords" is inseparable from Zuo Le, but this luxurious behind-the-scenes team is also indispensable.
"Seven Swords" is said to be a work directed by Zuo Le, but in a more strict sense, it should be a collaborative product headed by Zuo Le and supplemented by many behind-the-scenes teams.
At that time, Zuo Le, who was filming a main film for the first time, acted more with a learning attitude. He learned a lot and gained considerable directing experience.
Later, through the training of many works such as "Wulin Gaiden", "Enter Guandong", "Magic Phone", Zuo Le's directing ability continued to improve.
This time when directing the war scene in "Bright Sword", Zuo Le hardly relied on external forces. With the accumulation of the past few years, he slowly explored the shooting routines of the war scene. After a month, he made obvious progress.
Let Zuo Le shoot such big scenes in the future, whether it is modern wars, ancient wars, or group portraits of martial arts and immortal heroes.
He is not afraid of the thousand-person level at all, and he also dares to go to the ten-thousand-person level.
This is the self-confidence brought by improved abilities.
Now, no matter what TV series Golden Finger gives Zuo Le, Zuo Le dares to film it and is confident that it will be a good one. The fastest update for PC::/
Zuo Le is a very cautious person. When he first got the Golden Finger, he almost completely copied the original version of "Underground Traffic Station" because he believed that his directing ability was weak and he was afraid that the film would not be good.
Later, after filming "Underground Traffic Station" Zuo Le accumulated a lot of experience, and then he dared to remake "No. 2 Traffic Station".
After discovering that "Traffic Stop No. 2" was quite successful, Zuo Le became more confident and determined to pursue the career of directing.
If the first Golden Finger TV series Zuo Le got was "Bright Sword" or "Enter Guandong", then there is a high chance that Zuo Le would give up the opportunity to direct, take the screenwriting route first, and then turn to director when the time is right.
Whether you call him cowardly or stable, Zuo Le has many advantages, and he is one of the top ones for being self-aware.
You can eat whatever you can.
As a newbie at the beginning, Zuo Le only dared to imitate the filming of "Underground Traffic Station".
Now that he has reached the full rank in the field of TV dramas, if you ask him to film Pangu, Zuo Le would dare to cast the role directly, and he would also make a guest appearance as the Hongjun ancestor or something...
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After filming the war scene, Zuo Le began to devote himself to the filming of the drama "Bright Sword". For Zuo Le, it was even more comfortable.
At the same time, Zuo Le can also spare his energy to observe and train the actors on the set.
Needless to say, Li, Zhao, Chu, Kong, and Ding are veteran actors. Even the least famous He Zhengjun (Zhao Gang) has more than ten years of experience in drama, film and television, and his acting skills are superb.
Every time when filming a scene with this group of people, several veteran actors would compete with each other, which made director Zuo Le feel worry-free and comfortable.
The performance of the young actors is actually pretty good, especially Duan Long who plays Kazuki Yamamoto.
He vividly performed a forbearing, persevering, calm and slightly crazy Japanese elite soldier. Some scenes even surprised Zuo Le.
You know, Zuo Le has seen a lot of world-famous directors, and has worked with countless good actors. He even personally selected one of them as the best actor and one the best actor.
The actors who can surprise him are all extremely talented people.
Zuo Le admired Duan Long very much and took the initiative to signal the company to sign a contract with Duan Long. However, Zuo Le did not take a fancy to Wu Jing, who had a good relationship with Duan Long.
The reason is that Wu Jingwen is too bad at acting. Apart from his first-rate martial arts skills, he has no real advantages.
When signing up male artists, Shanhe always gives priority to actors with good acting skills, followed by looks, and then other aspects.
In the end, Zuo Le also gave Wu Jing a contract for the sake of his friend Wu Yue. The treatment and role priority were much worse than those of Duan Long.
But Wu Jing himself is still very confident. It doesn't matter if his boss doesn't like him. When he first arrived in Xiangjiang, no one thought highly of him as a mainland kid. In the end, he was impressed by his fists and kung fu.
Isn’t it because he is not good at literature and opera? If he practices hard, he won’t have to worry about not having a chance. Maybe he can compete for the top spot in the world in the future...
