China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 3 Directors should lead by example

At nearly ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Jingxing ordered the work to end, letting everyone get used to it first, and the amount of shooting was not large. After all, he did not need to visualize the text of the script. Every shot of the complete movie "Comet" was in the film and television library in his brain.

In my memory, according to the schedule, I can finish shooting all the footage after the weekend.

Chen Jingxing proposed to treat the entire crew to a supper. Most of them had families and were young and eager to return home. They declined the supper invitation one after another, saying that it would not be too late to have a dinner together after filming was completed.

In the entire crew, only the heroine Yan Xiaoyue and Director Chen were single and had no children to take care of, so the director treated them to a lobster stall to entertain their great benefactor.

"Senior sister, this movie is a success and you are the number one contributor. I would like to give you a toast, junior brother!"

Chen Jingxing drank a glass of Coke.

Yan Xiaoyue said with a smile: "It seems I can't stop you from calling me Senior Sister. When Director Chen becomes famous in the future, don't refuse to agree when I call you Junior Brother."

"What are you talking about? The Beijing-Tianjin Academy of Film Arts will always be my spiritual alma mater. In the past four years, junior brother, I have always been in Cao Ying and my heart is in Han."

"You are poor. I think you are more from Jinmen than me. Be careful if I put your words online so that the students from Normal University can educate you."

"A true man, what I just said...I definitely don't recognize it."

Chen Jingxing expressed his understanding and persistence of film art in a serious manner.

This is the chain of contempt in this dimension at this time. The bad movies on the screen are the bad ones on the stage. The bad online movies are the bad ones in the eight major alleys. It is normal to make bad movies for the screen. Which actor or actress has not made bad movies these days?

Movies, big internet movies are considered a piece of black history, and feel like they have fallen into the lower class.

As soon as Chen Jingxing handed in his graduation thesis, he began to prepare for the filming of "Comet". When he was a freshman, he bought two handheld cameras and practiced photography. He bought a house in his junior year, and all other hardware was ready. The script

The storyboards and storyboards have already been drawn, only the actors are missing.

"My mother."

Teacher Yang.

"Haha, it's late, I've already recorded it! I have to keep this information and play it to my dad to see if he still dares to look down on our school. Even the top students from the Normal University covet our school."

So he went to the door of the Beijing-Tianjin Academy of Film Arts and started promoting and soliciting customers.

After that, he put the freshly peeled lobster meat on Chen Jingxing's plate.

"You can't answer the phone when you're filming a movie? Are you still filming a movie at eight o'clock in the evening? Day and night are reversed?"

"Why did you turn off the phone when you made a call before?"

"For receiving the Soul Award, I would like to thank Yan Yinghou, thank you..."

In this dimension, the Internet University is notorious at this time.

But big-screen movies were out of the question. After Chen Jingxing made "Comet", his only way out was to sell it to video websites, which is commonly known as online movies.

"Hello, Teacher Yang."

Yan Xiaoyue laughed out loud, revealing her dimples, and grabbed a crayfish with both hands and cut it in two.

"I am a director, so of course I have to lead by example. Otherwise, the phone will ring every time on set, and I will just answer the phone casually. How can I film?"

First of all, his business ability is guaranteed, and secondly, he is outside the entertainment industry, so the asking price will not be too high.

"I didn't expect you to have quite a lot of confidence in me."

After Yan Xiaoyue read the entire script in a cafe near the school, this Jinmen girl agreed to star in "Comet" more readily than Chen Jingxing could have imagined. She also mobilized her classmates and teachers to recommend the script to several May Day Theater members.

In the hands of senior brothers and sisters.

"still……"

Chen Jingxing would never have done this kind of thing in his previous life, he was too thin-skinned.

"The most fundamental reason is that your script is good. If the zombie pen fairy has an affair, even if I am the director of the May Day Theater, I can't force my senior brothers and sisters to agree."

Chen Jingxing picked up the lobster meat, raised it to his mouth, imitated the microphone, and delivered his acceptance speech.

"Eating outside."

Chen Jingxing uses his mouth to convey silent messages.

Fruit 4 smartphone ringtone rings.

"Why is it so noisy? Where is it?"

"Okay, I recognize you as an angel investor. Don't forget to thank me when you, Miss Chen, speak on the podium in the future."

But for actors in established troupes, it is difficult to accept it. Those who can join the troupe must first of all have outstanding professional skills among film school and drama school graduates, have some artistic pursuits, and secondly, have good family conditions.

Even if you are not rich, you are still middle class. You don't have to worry about food, clothing and clothing. Otherwise, why would you join a theater troupe? The most common thing here is persistence and loneliness. People who are anxious to make money can't stand it.

"To be honest, I have said this to many people. This girl is casting a wide net to catch big fish."

After Chen Jingxing had no hope of recruiting actors in the troupe, he turned to the heroine first. The heroine in the original film was a beautiful girl, so naturally his version could not be inferior.

Yan Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing: "You'd better not say this in front of my senior brothers and sisters. I caught another one. Okay, you are a soul director with soul painting skills.

I’ll bring you a soul prize.”

The two of them were stunned for a moment and looked at the three big words displayed on the screen:

The source of self-confidence is first of all appearance. Usually beautiful and handsome people have stronger self-confidence than ugly people because they face less rejection and the emotions reflected back by people around them are friendlier.

In addition, the censorship of Internet universities is much looser than that of screen movies, and there are almost no Internet universities that do not engage in colored marginalia.

You have to know that when he was a freshman, he had seven million in his bank card, and money would arrive every year on his birthday. What is this concept?

When a person has no worries, he will naturally become more calm, peaceful and confident.

The most ideal one is a drama actor who is in a theater troupe, who has not stood out, and who is working in the B corner.

Although "Comet" has no big scenes and is basically a literary drama, it is precisely because of this that the film has higher requirements for actors' acting skills.

Chen Jingxing shook his head: "Comrade, modesty makes people fall behind. Military medals cannot be extrapolated casually. Without your strong recommendation, how could several senior brothers and sisters come to my grassroots team?"

Some famous actors have also contacted him, but the asking price is too high. It is not that he has no money, but he still needs to reserve funds for future movies with higher shooting costs. Moreover, "Comet" does not plan to go to theaters. Even if it is sold to a video platform,

He can't make much money, and he won't do anything like spending five million to make a movie to earn back two million, so there's no need to hire big-name stars.

"I've had dinner. I just finished filming and I'm a little hungry. I want to have a late-night snack."

It was this self-confidence... or shamelessness that made him stop Yan Xiaoyue at the school gate even after facing countless rejections.

He had previously approached a casting agency, and had auditioned some extra actors who had been on the set for many years, but none of them met his minimum standards. He did not have time to train the actors on the set, which would slow down the filming progress and increase costs.

Moreover, he is a rookie director and does not have the confidence to train the actors' acting skills.

Most of the drama actors Chen Jingxing found did not even read the scripts when they heard they were online. The few who had the patience to read the scripts also rejected them one after another.

When people who often surf the Internet mention Internet University, their first reaction is zombie generals, mirror pen fairy, and martial arts romances, which can be called a chaotic dance of demons.

"If you really want to thank me, consider me as soon as possible when a suitable role comes up next time."

But he still underestimated the "artistic ethics" of drama actors. If he wanted to shoot a star TV series or a big-screen movie, even if the script was not very good, the investment would not be high, and even if it was a visibly bad movie, the appearance would not be high.

Many drama actors would gladly accept such an invitation.

The second is the well-off system. Although the money lost every year is not much, only two to three million, it also relieves Chen Jingxing's financial pressure.

"Eating at this time? Didn't you have dinner? Irregular eating is bad for your stomach."

The opportunity to solve the problem appeared here with Yan Xiaoyue.

The bright smile of the northern girl made Chen Jingxing a little dazzled and he shook his head.

If you are an extra, extra, or supporting actor who dreams of becoming famous overnight on the set, the Internet will naturally accept anyone who comes.

But his self-confidence in this plane has been unprecedentedly improved. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between self-confidence and shamelessness.

"Actors are just tools for the director, and the director is the soul of the movie."

No matter how interesting the script is, it's still great on the internet.

"A few cups of Coke, that's it. Just your soul storyboard. If you become a big director in the future, you will be a laughing stock in the film industry. It's not too late to change careers now. With your conditions, you may have a better future as an actor than as a director.

, you said why didn’t you apply for the performance department at that time? Maybe you would have passed.”

"Pfft, okay, let's have an organizational life meeting here? After boasting, is it time to criticize each other? Hurry up and eat."

"But having said that, it's the school's loss that Jingying Film didn't want you. You are a very talented person. As for you, you don't have to thank me. I am really optimistic about your script. This is your opportunity, and the same is true for you."

With my opportunity, I’m not helping you, I’m helping myself.”

"Making a movie!"

Two men at the table behind Chen Jingxing looked at each other and smiled.

It is said that the elders in the capital are good at boasting and talking about mountains and mountains. Unexpectedly, young people are better than others. The older generation goes to Chang'an Avenue to brag, and the bragging of young people is much more fashionable.

Making a movie?

director?

It's quite keeping pace with the times.

(End of chapter)