China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"Is it obvious? Either Berlin or Venice."

Hu Qingquan said.

Lu Pingan nodded in approval.

Although he knows that "Lust, Caution" will win the Golden Lion in Venice next year, and Wang Quanan's "Tuya's Marriage" will win the Golden Bear in Berlin next year.

Let’s not talk about the movies. Both of them are Chinese directors.

If "1937" wins the grand prize, it seems that it would be embarrassing if it doesn't win.

But Lu Ping'an is no longer the same person he was before.

He has no psychological burden on this kind of thing.

Take it if you can, but don't pull it down.

If you are offended by me, it means your fate is bad, and you cannot blame me.

Based on the current situation of the crew, it is actually best to choose Venice.

Just submit the film before July next year, and the awards will be awarded in September.

There is plenty of time.

Although the best case scenario is to hit Berlin in February next year, and then use the opportunity to hit the Oscars in March.

In this way, the technical advantages of "one shot to the end" can be realized immediately, without having to wait another year.

Who knows whether it will be "copied" this year.

Thinking of the possible "enemies" in the crew, Lu Ping'an was really afraid of long nights and many dreams.

But time is really tight.

Berlin is willing to postpone it to January, but Oscar is not.

The deadline for submissions for the Oscar feature film awards is early December.

And it’s not just a matter of signing up, it still has to be released in Los Angeles for a week.

In other words, "1937" must be completed before December.

There is less than three months to go from now.

Time is so tight!

How to choose?

While thinking about it, Lu Ping'an's phone rang, it was Xiang Guoqiang.

After being connected, Xiang Guoqiang said: "Boss, there are really rats!"

Lu Pingan and Hu Qingquan looked at each other instantly, with fire in their eyes.

Noon the next day.

Two plainclothes men came to the Hengdian crew.

After Lu Pingan met the two of them, he took out the surveillance camera without any nonsense.

During the surveillance, an employee named Liu Zhiwei from a blasting team in Hengdian who worked with Xingchen was manipulating explosives in the dark.

"It's obvious that this guy is responsible."

Wu Guohua took out his work diary as he spoke.

On the day of the dumb cannon incident a few days ago, this person was not at the scene and asked for leave in advance.

Last night, he should have been on holiday, but he sneaked in secretly.

Any fool knows there's something wrong with him.

One of the plainclothes men took the log and looked at it, then smiled and asked Lu Ping'an beside him: "Your night vision equipment is quite advanced. Where did it come from?"

Lu Pingan proudly handed over his business card: "Ax Technology, you deserve it."

The "Complete Set of Filmography Technology from the Magic City Museum of Natural Science in 2032" from Goldfinger includes not only 3D and virtual cameras, but also infrared photography. This photography method is widely used in war films.

Looking at people through a sniper scope in the dark, doesn't this kind of lens use similar technology? It doesn't matter whether it is in post-production, as long as it is there.

So the super reward is indeed a treasure, not just talk.

Including this buff.

So it has been three and a half years since I got the skills from "Wonderful Night 1". Of course, Lu Pingan will not only develop 3D, IMAX and virtual cameras, but also this kind of technology.

Of course, even if he doesn't do it, he can still buy it from the United States, and the effect will be better than what Lu Ping An has now. After all, he just developed it.

But after all, this is my future industry, so I will naturally use it for myself.

Having said that, the plain-clothes man accepted the business card, asked no more questions, and got back to business.

"How do you want to deal with it?"

After hearing this, Lu Ping'an responded directly: "Just handle it how you want to deal with it. This kind of unscrupulous thing with no regard for the friendship of compatriots is best dealt with severely and severely."

That's how it was settled.

In the afternoon of that day, a blaster named Liu was detained in a certain club, and the police took the opportunity to check the HDD performance of the club.

Lu Pingping received news of the interrogation early the next morning.

Sure enough, someone from abroad was instigating this.

If you want him to cause an accident on the set and put a black mark on Lu Ping An or Xing Chen, of course the best result is that the movie cannot be filmed.

And the reward he can get is only ten thousand US dollars!

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but wonder, was it also because of the bumpy journey during the filming of "Nanjing Nanjing" by Riku Taro of the original time and space?

It's a pity that they encountered a cheater this time.

Without thinking too much, Lu Pingan held a crew meeting.

"grass!"

In the crew, the crew chiefs and Zhou Yiwei who were gathered together for some reason cursed loudly after hearing the news!

Of course, some people soon became curious: Who wants to mess with us?

Only then did Lu Ping'an reveal that he had been threatened with death.

At this time, everyone in the crew became restless again.

Including Hengdian Xiaoxu who came to the scene, he did not expect that the matter would be so big.

Zhang Songwen and the others are okay, they already know.

Wu Guohua and others were frightened.

The boss almost died in the United States. What a big deal!

In fear, everyone also cursed a certain strip of islands in the Northeast.

Every Chinese has some anti-Japanese gene in their bones.

Especially when you are "immersed in the scene", this gene will explode.

But Lu Pingping is sober.

He said this not for anything else, but simply to unify his spirit.

So he raised his hand and said: "Okay, no need to say anything else, let's get back to the topic."

Everyone gradually became quiet.

Lu Pingan continued: "The situation is now clear. This person has a problem, and he may not be the only one with the problem, so there are only two things to do next. First, readjust the security measures."

If there is a thief, beware of it. It’s a simple truth.

Everyone agreed.

Life is at stake and must be taken seriously.

But guarding against thieves for a thousand days is definitely unreliable, and the situation of being dense and sparse may be unavoidable.

So the second thing is:

"I decided that the movie should be shot before December! Maintain our technical advantage!"

"1937" is originally a technology-driven movie.

Find another way to win awards.

This method worked fine the first time, but not the next time.

Technology-driven movies are the easiest to copy.

Maybe the other party is already copying now.

So there is only one way at the moment, and that is to grab time!

Oscar registration closes in December, so Ping An Lu will be filmed and officially announced before then!

Drive this nail in!

Use technology, quality, and artistry to make movies known to the world.

In this way, if someone comes up with the same approach later, they will just follow suit!

Speaking of this, Lu Pingan couldn't help but feel lucky that the scripts of all departments of the entire crew were scattered. The only people in the crew who knew the complete script were Lu Pingan, Ning Hao and other buddies, as well as Hu Qingquan and a few others.

Otherwise, the severity will become even worse.

If they have to rush for time to shoot, the entire crew will face a seemingly impossible task.

How to complete the film in more than two months?

Everyone frowned, but before Lu Pingping could speak, the art team producer Guo Fan, who was sitting at the back, raised his hand and said, "I have a suggestion."

Lu Pingan smiled and said: "Say."

Guo Fan gained confidence, cleared his throat and said: "If the cost is not considered, we can set up the scene, shoot and do post-production at the same time. Now it will take at least one and a half months for the overall project to be completed. We can completely divide all the tasks of the entire project into more Specific and detailed modules, each module is built at the same time, everyone is divided into groups, and then coordinated actions can save at least half of the time."

Although Guo Fan's suggestion is not very accurate due to perspective issues, this idea is consistent with Lu Ping'an.

It's the same as building a house.

A typical house is built from the foundation up.

And some houses are made of building blocks, which is the miracle of building a building in dozens of hours.

After hearing this, the others also felt that this was feasible.

Of course, everyone quickly thought of the difficulties of this method.

That means the workload will continue to expand.

The original version of "1917" has a total of at least 39 shots and 20 editing points.

Each cut point represents a scene.

The current "1937" has almost 20 editing points. According to the original method, it is equivalent to one team doing 20 scenes from beginning to end.

The new plan is to use multiple, or even 20 teams to do 20 scenes.

If you can coordinate and succeed, the efficiency will naturally be extremely high.

Once things are done behind the scenes, the biggest remaining uncertainty is what's happening in front of the stage.

The actors are uncontrollable, especially the ensemble cast, but the actual impact will not be particularly large, because the protagonist is alone for at least half of the original film.

In fact, the filming of the original "1917" didn't take much time.

The actors and actresses said they trained for 6 months, and this period was also the scene preparation time.

In terms of actual filming, original editor Lee Smith said in an interview that it only took 62 days.

So do the math.

At present, "1937" has the help of Hengdian and the efforts of so many people, so there is no need to consider whether to work overtime or not.

Coupled with the reset of the modular production method.

There are also editing points, soundtracks, etc. that you can learn from. If you don’t use it, you should really make it 100% original. Unlike the original version, there is no homework to learn from.

So in two and a half months, maybe we can really catch up!

"I think it's feasible, what do you think?"

Lu Pingan finally asked.

Everyone nodded.

Hengdian Xiaoxu also said: "We will fully cooperate!"

Lu Ping'an added: "It's just that this will make everyone very tired."

"It's okay. Being able to personally participate in such a magnificent project is worth a lifetime!"

"Don't worry, boss, there isn't much actual subdivision work."

"Yes, the crew has been preparing for almost half a month now, and a lot of work has been completed."

"I am willing to work with Xiaozhi no matter how tired I am!"

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Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, shouting with blazing fire in their eyes.

Lu Ping'an was very satisfied, and then said directly to Guo Fan: "Guo Fan, it was you who made the suggestion, so this time you will be the chief production assistant."

Guo Fan's eyes lit up: "No problem! Thank you, Director Lu!"

Qiu Bai, the company's veteran leader in charge of finance, directly corrected him: "Call me boss!"

"Okay boss!"

Guo Fan's face glowed red.

The rest of the people didn't have any objections. After all, this job is indeed not easy, and the company atmosphere is like this. If you have the ability, you will be hired. Qualifications are not particularly important.

The matter was settled, and Lu Pingan finally said:

"We only have two months, not even two months. We must catch up with next year's Oscars and bring the story to the international stage!"

"Don't count the costs. I have plenty of money! Don't worry about wages and bonuses. Now, let's get started! It's time to show China's speed!"

"good!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Immediately, the first coordination meeting began.