Filming officially started on August 28 and was completed on September 23. "Frequency of Life and Death" was successfully completed after 27 days of filming.
It went smoothly beyond expectations. Li Qian's original expectation was that it would take forty days.
As a feature film, 80% of the scenes are indoors. There are only two main characters during one scene change. With a supporting-film ratio of less than 1:8, the forty days of filming are plenty of time.
However, Li Qian then thought about it. Film cameras have a low error tolerance, and it is impossible to shoot unlimited movies like digital movies.
It was like putting an invisible shackles on myself, the actors and the entire crew, and everyone couldn't help but show a 100% attitude.
If it's a digital movie, you can start shooting after trying it twice. If it doesn't work, you can shoot again. Anyway, you can see the complete effect on the spot.
But now with film machines, no one knows how the picture turned out before it was developed.
It means there is no standard. Once there is a problem in any link, reshoots will have to be taken.
The absence of standards is actually the most stringent standard, and we can only continue to do better.
Everyone on the crew wants to finish filming as soon as possible. No one wants to shoot a movie forever. This is not a very enjoyable job.
Even Li Qian himself didn't realize that when he was filming "Frequency of Life and Death", his level of investment was much higher than that of the previous two films.
It’s not just because of the Internet, because at that time everything was controllable. The actors’ performances, lighting, and composition could all be seen directly on the monitor.
But during this period, most of these are unknown, which forces people to be more serious and have stricter requirements for others.
In addition, there were a lot of indoor scenes and night scenes this time, so it was basically a non-stop sequence.
Of course, the professional level of the crew is not at the same level as that of the previous two online major crews. The art director and lighting are both Zhang Zhonghua’s old colleagues and masters at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Film Studio.
"Everyone, hurry up, pack your things, put out the fire in the building, and don't leave any sparks behind."
After hearing the word "finalization" from Li Qian's mouth, the crew became busy again.
However, the atmosphere was not tense or serious at all, but much more relaxed, and everyone had smiles on their faces while working.
After everything was done, the things were put back into the warehouse, the film was kept, and a few people were sent to guard it. The crew rushed to the hotel one after another.
After working hard for a month, you should reward yourself with something good.
Li Qian is not stingy with the money, even though the production cost of 7 million has been spent on 6 million.
There is no way, Li Qian alone received 1.5 million, Deng Chao and Zhang Hanyu's salary was 800,000, and the other actors combined also received nearly 200,000, so that's 2.5 million.
The cost of film, camera, and film development and printing was more than one million, and the crew's monthly salary was also a lot, so the small amount of four million was removed.
If Li Qian didn't get paid, 7 million would be more than enough, but that's impossible. He even did editing and didn't even ask for the salary.
There is still one million production fees left, which is almost enough. In the later stage, the special effect of a palm disappearing, the rendering of two fires, and some shots from 20 years ago also need to be rendered.
I still can't save money on a meal. Forget about a five-star hotel. I found a relatively famous local three-star hotel and booked two rooms.
As the director and largest investor, Li Qian stood up and picked up his wine glass.
"Thank you all for your hard work over the past month to be able to finish the project ahead of schedule. This is all thanks to everyone, thank you all!"
"It's all in the wine. Let's eat and drink well!"
At this time, Li Qian didn't have enough sex anymore, so he drank the white wine in his glass in one gulp.
"Director Li is awesome!"
"Thank you, Director Li!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Director Li!"
Everyone cheered and drank the wine in their quilts.
Li Qian's drinking capacity is also average, and he hasn't drank for more than a month. After one glass of wine, he really feels a little uncomfortable.
But I am really happy, after all, it is my first theatrical movie, and I will have enough time to rest and sober up.
Tong Liya saw this and put two chopsticks of green vegetables into the bowl in front of Li Qian.
"Hurry up and eat some food."
"It's okay, this little wine can't knock me down."
Li Qian ate the food in one bite, then picked up the cup and smiled, "You have worked hard too."
Tong Liya smiled and was about to share a compliment with Li Qian, but at this moment, a "tsk tsk" sound came from the side.
Deng Chao had a melancholy look on his face as he was eating vegetables by himself, saying to himself, "I have lost five pounds this month, I have to make up for it!"
Tong Liya blushed slightly, glared at him angrily, and gently clinked glasses with Li Qian.
Li Qian also paid tribute to several actors and his deskmates Qi Yukun, Guo Fan and others.
"Everyone has worked hard. Go back and have a good rest to prepare for the promotion in two months."
After taking two bites of food, he looked at Deng Chao with a smile, "Brother Chao, I suddenly remembered that after you and Brother Hanyu contacted each other through the radio for the second time and confirmed that your father was on the other side, your emotions were not full and moved enough.
I plan to go back to the capital to shoot another scene."
Deng Chaogang put down his cup and was a little stunned when he heard this.
Li Qian continued to talk while eating the food, "Think about it, my father has been dead for twenty years, and you suddenly have a conversation with him across time and space. You should cry with snot and tears, and keep shouting daddy.
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"Also, you have to cry heartbreakingly and shout for daddy until your voice is hoarse. Otherwise, how can you move the audience!"
Next to him, Zhang Hanyu nodded seriously, "Yes, but I have to clean my ears after I finish filming, otherwise I will panic and make it look like I am dead and someone is crying in mourning."
Deng Chao's rather festive face immediately dropped.
I was going to say that he was the happiest person after filming.
It's been a month, and I've been teased a lot just because I played a son.
Now that the filming is over, I finally don’t have to play the son of someone my own age, and I don’t have to be teased anymore.
However, I never expected that it was already completed and it said this, couldn’t it be replaced with a fresh one?
As for the top students in 211 University, they don’t change the subject even if they hurt others.
Deng Chao continued to eat his own food, fearing that when he looked up he would see their smiling faces again, and that he would be tempted to punch them if he drank too much.
The atmosphere at the closing banquet was harmonious. Li Qian was not very young, and everyone was not restrained.
After drinking two cups of horse urine, some employees even had the courage to drink from Li Qian one after another.
An hour later, the average drinkers were almost done with it, and they gathered together in twos and threes to brag wildly.
Two fellow villagers, Deng Chao and Li Qian, drank too much and began to speak Hongzhou dialect. The louder their voices sounded like curses.
He put an arm on Li Qian's shoulder. He was already a little dazed, but he still said loudly, "I will never play the son again!"
He waved with his other hand.
"Absolutely not acting!"
"I tell you, I, Deng Chao, will never play someone else's son again!"
Seeing that he started talking nonsense, Assistant Deng Chao quickly picked him up, apologized, and helped him to rest.
"Brother Chao, why are you drinking like this?"
Tong Liya was just whispering to Yuan Quan at the side when she saw Assistant Deng Chao struggling to walk out of the corridor.
"I'm sorry, Sister Yaya, Brother Chao is drunk, and Director Li seems to have drunk too much. You should go and see him."
Afraid that Deng Chao would go crazy due to drunkenness, the assistant quickly dragged Deng Chao away.
Tong Liya ignored him. When she came to the other side, she found Li Qian lying on the table and shook his arm.
"Li Qian?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
Li Qian slowly raised his head and sat up, shaking his head.
"I drank some wine, and I'm a little tired during this period. Let's lie down for a while."
Li Qian was still sober. He had heard all the words Deng Chao complained about after drinking too much.
I looked around at the mess.
"what time is it?"
Tong Liya looked at the time and saw that Li Qian was a little drunk. She was worried and said, "It's past nine o'clock. Let me help you go to rest."
Li Qian stood up and rubbed his face, "The show is over. You should go and rest. I'm fine."
I had just taken two steps when I stepped on a bone thrown by some evil spirit under my feet. I almost choked and lost my balance.
"Let me help you, be careful."
Tong Liya quickly held Li Qian's arm, looked down at the road under her feet as she walked, and helped him into the hotel room.