Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

Chapter 29 Team Gathering
Make a movie, make a good movie, make a good science fiction movie.

It’s not an easy thing to do.

To mobilize and manage so many manpower, considering the flow and coordination between hundreds of links, large and small, countless unprecedented settings and production plans are waiting to be evaluated and approved, and each shot requires a huge amount of design and special effects production...

With all these things in mind, how can we succeed if we don’t take steady steps and work hard to form an industrialized and standardized production process of our own?
After all, this is where the Chinese film and television industry is most lacking.

As an insider, Wang Hao knows that the current Chinese film and television production industry is still more of a handicraft workshop-style production model where the old bring in the new and the master brings in the apprentice.

Everyone follows the "jianghu customs" and sticks to the rules. The newcomers do what the older generation does.

On the one hand, the master-apprentice inheritance has its own interests involved, and on the other hand, the general environment is like this. The plate is too small and there is no room for development for the time being.

Of course, there is an industrialization model, but it is not deep. There is still a clear gap compared with developed countries in Europe and the United States in terms of specialized division of labor, professionalism of various types of talents, and related film and television industry technology.

Even in the next decade or so, we will still face this situation.

Wang Hao knew that when Director Guo was filming Little Broken Ball in his previous life, he was also troubled by the scarcity of talent and the lack of a system in domestic science fiction film production.

This is enough to show that if he wants to make a science fiction movie in the future, it will be difficult to get support and help from the industry, and there is nothing he can learn from or rely on.

He will be a pioneer of this type of film in China, which also means that he must start working hard now to build the framework of China's science fiction film industry from scratch.

Therefore, taking advantage of the great opportunity to shoot "Buried", Wang Hao not only recruited a group of Qingying staff, but also brought in several senior students from different majors of the school to participate in the production process.

The purpose is to let them record all the problems encountered by Wang Hao and others during the process from film preparation to film shooting and post-production.

He learned this method from Director Guo’s experience in filming "The Wandering Earth" in his previous life.

This is how industrial development works. Only by learning to discover problems, organizing, summarizing, and finalizing them, and then setting standards based on the problems, can we enrich and improve our own film industrial production processes and management experience bit by bit, complete updates and iterations, and provide more help to those who come after us.

Therefore, even though "Buried" is a small project, Wang Hao has to try his best to make it complete so as to train the strength of his team in all aspects.

As for why he was able to get several college students from the same school to help him do this?
It may be difficult to find a migrant worker for 2000 yuan, but it only takes a few minutes to find a group of university interns.

Wang Hao used to think that students of Beijing Film Academy were the chosen ones, but after actually getting to know them, he found that even though the university enrollment expansion had not yet begun, it was still very difficult for these students in the school to find jobs.

As mentioned before, China's current film production industry is still mainly based on a hand-made workshop model where the work is passed down from master to apprentice. College students who have just graduated from the film and television industry are not as experienced and knowledgeable as apprentices who have been working in the industry for several years.

In addition, the "blockbuster era" has just begun, and the annual box office will not reach hundreds of billions in the future, so many graduates of Beijing Film Academy find it difficult to find jobs.

So as soon as Wang Hao, who had the funds, made an offer and said he wanted to shoot a feature film, a bunch of people immediately signed up.

These people are the result of his screening. Not only are they good people, but they also have a certain interest in science fiction films.

These newly recruited people, together with Li Kui and Zhang Yang, can be said to be the team that will form his future success.

So during the re-review, he not only invited the staff assigned to him by Qingying Studio, but also called these people to join in. So many people crowded into the indoor studio, gathered around the long wooden boxes used for filming, and discussed the camera position, shooting techniques, light position, light source, scenery, props and other issues based on the on-site conditions and the script. Everyone spoke freely, and although the scene was noisy, the atmosphere was exceptionally harmonious.

However, the scenes of "Buried" are relatively simple, and most of them can be created in the studio.

Therefore, the location scouting did not take long. Everything was finalized in just half a day.

It was just that it was the first time that everyone was together, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Hao dragged them to a hotel outside the school in the evening, and did not forget to call Huang Lei, the leading actor.

Although this is just a TV movie, it is at least a feature film, not a short play or a micro-movie. Even if there is no way to hold a grand opening ceremony, a meal before the start of filming is inevitable.

Fortunately, most of the group members are young guys who don’t care about these things. It’s good enough to have something to eat. Anyway, they don’t have to spend any money.

With everyone gathered together and after a good start, the crew of "Buried Alive" was finally on the right track.

So the next afternoon after the party, in an unused large classroom at Beijing Film Academy, Wang Hao gathered several main creators and started the first script reading.

Originally, there was another step before this, which was casting.

But don't underestimate this step. If a movie wants to be a box office hit, a good script plays a crucial role, and good actors are also indispensable.

It’s just that Wang Hao had already contacted Huang Lei before the film project was launched, and this time "Buried Alive" was a one-man show, so the casting step was naturally omitted.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's get started!"

Wang Hao looked at the creative staff in the classroom, smiled and clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"First of all, I would like to thank you all for coming. In recent days, the crew's work has been progressing in an orderly manner under your management.

The list of photographic equipment has been compiled, the art team has prepared the props, and all work is progressing very smoothly, so our focus next will be on the script reading before shooting and the early rehearsals.

In this regard, the pressure mainly falls on our lead actor, Mr. Huang."

Wang Hao stretched out his hand and Huang Lei, who was sitting next to him, stood up quickly and nodded to everyone.

Although he is usually a teacher at Beijing Film Academy, many people here have attended his classes.

But at this time, he was just an ordinary member of the crew.

When everyone saw Huang Lei, they immediately applauded, and at the same time they were secretly amazed at Wang Hao's magical powers.

Now that they can invite Mr. Huang to be the leading actor, the film they are involved in producing is becoming more and more promising.

(End of this chapter)