Entertaining Children

? Wan Haokun's agent stopped talking, and Xiao Yao continued with the following procedures.

The location of the shooting, the accommodation conditions that the crew can provide during the shooting, the approximate start-up time and shooting time are all things that need to be explained to Wan Haokun and his agent. Wan Haokun's agent said that Wan Haokun only needs half of the film's salary for this role, and the other party needs to explain how much this half of the film's salary is. However, Xiao Yao did not personally explain these things one by one, but an assistant director who brought him talked with Wan Haokun's agent.

When it came to the shooting location and the conditions during the shooting, Wan Haokun's manager was obviously a little hesitant, but Wan Haokun himself stated on the spot that there was no problem, and the manager agreed.

When it came to the expected salary, the amount proposed by the agent was lower than half of Wan Haokun's net worth, and it did not reach the upper limit of the character's salary that Xiao Yao notified the casting studio to give. It's just that the agent also made a request, that is, in the promotional draft before the movie's release, it must be mentioned that Wan Haokun will star in this movie at half price, so as not to affect Wan Haokun's worth in the circle.

Although Xiao Yao said that there are already three well-known and topical actors in this movie, and there is no need to use other people as a promotional point when promoting the movie, it is true that Wan Haokun will play at half price, so Xiao Yao also agreed that if this role In the end, if Wan Haokun is really chosen, at least the half-price performance of Wan Haokun will be specifically mentioned in the publicity drafts of the three media.

While the assistant director was negotiating terms with Wan Haokun's agent, Xiao Yao also took a break. When Wan Haokun's auditions were all over and the third audition actor had arrived, Xiao Yao directly started the audition for the third actor.

Lin Jingliang did not attend the audition on the first day.

Previously, only the photography team and props team of the film were confirmed. The personnel of some technical departments such as costumes, makeup, lighting, etc. of the crew have not yet been finalized. Lin Jingliang is still interviewing the members of the behind-the-scenes technical team.

When he went to Hong Kong Island to ask Lin Jingliang to be the art director of the film, Xiao Yao said that he would put his own people in the team to learn from Lin Jingliang. The specific candidates are the two designers of Xiao Yao in Yin Xi's studio and Yin Xi's fashion brand design studio, and Pei Minyi, the stylist and assistant of Xiao Yao's team.

Pei Minyi met Xiao Yao when he was filming the short film "The Tuner". Before becoming Xiao Yao's assistant, Pei Minyi worked as a makeup artist in the crew. After becoming Xiao Yao's assistant, she has also participated in the shooting of two movies with Xiao Yao, and she even served as the lead actor in the parkour movie. She has worked in the costume department of the crew, so she has a good understanding of the costume styling and makeup work of the crew and has some practical experience.

The other two designers in the design studio are engaged in fashion and performance costume design, and have no practical experience in film-related aspects, but they are not ignorant of the behind-the-scenes production of films.

Since Xiao Yao started to get involved in movies in the past two years, the designers in the brand design studio usually talked about the behind-the-scenes production of movies. In the studio, Rick, who was recruited by Xiao Yao from the United States, used to be a movie prop maker. He knew something about the behind-the-scenes production of movies, so he became the core figure in the designers' daily chat. We talked a lot, and everyone's interest in this has increased a lot.

Pei Minyi was originally just a makeup artist, and she still learned many things about clothing styling from the designers in the design studio. As Xiao Yao's assistant, Pei Minyi participated in two films with Xiao Yao, and also worked as a costume designer for the crew. The designers in the design studio were envious, and they also asked Xiao Yao to bring them into the group to understand the study. . Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Yao selected the two most willing to join the group to study with Lin Jingliang.

The three people Xiao Yao stuffed in, regardless of their understanding of film aesthetics, are absolutely excellent in costume styling. After the interview, Lin Jingliang not only agreed to include the three of them in the costume styling team of the crew, but even appointed Pei Minyi as the person in charge of the costume styling department.

As a well-known film art director, Lin Jingliang also has a working team. The three people recommended by Xiao Yao plus the people under his own hands, the costumes and makeup of the crew, as well as the core characters of the art set team, are all there. Since Xiao Yao said before that he welcomes Lin Jingliang to bring his own team into the group, and those three people were stuffed in by Xiao Yao, so these people will basically have no problems with Xiao Yao.

Among the remaining crew departments, Xiao Yao handed over administration and logistics to the executive producer he found in the film and television company and the assistant director he picked out. Lin Jingliang didn't need to take care of it. What Lin Jingliang really needed to choose was the lighting. department.

Xiao Yao himself is a well-known professional photographer. Although his name as a photographer comes from his static photos, he also has a good understanding of film and television photography, that is, dynamic photography. In addition to being familiar with the equipment, he has the same opinions as professional photographers on composition and lighting.

The photography team confirmed by the crew a few days ago was selected by Xiao Yao and Lin Jingliang after they combined their opinions together. Now the lighting team also needs to fully consider Xiao Yao's opinion.

Auditions are all scheduled during the day. After all the auditions on the first day were over, Xiao Yao rushed back to the film and television company from the casting studio to discuss with Lin Jingliang the candidates for the lighting team.

It took two days, and the candidates for the lighting team of the crew were also determined. Xiao Yao invited Lin Jingliang to join him in the actor's audition, but Lin Jingliang waved his hand and refused.

After taking the time to watch the video Xiao Yao took during the daytime audition in the past two nights, Lin Jingliang expressed considerable trust and appreciation for Xiao Yao's vision and taste in casting actors. Lin Jingliang decided not to get involved in the matter of actors.

Lin Jingliang will now start to do the art design of the shooting scenes according to the script. Stay in Shencheng for the past few days to make some plans. After Xiao Yao has decided on the actors, designed the characters for the actors, and took photos of the makeup, he will go to the shooting location in Dahebao Village to do further work. Investigate and supervise the construction of the main shooting site.

When it comes to makeup photos, there is still a special existence among actors, and that is Sun Tingting. Sun Tingting, who went to support teaching, has not come back yet, and may not come back in the short term. But this Lin Jingliang didn't care too much. Xiao Yao will definitely pay attention to Sun Tingting's makeup photo. If necessary, then fly back from Jin Province. According to Xiao Yao, the roles that Xiao Yao is auditioning for now can be auditioned in a few days, and they can be confirmed. Lin Jingliang was waiting for the actors of those roles.

There are only eight main characters in this movie, and a few small supporting roles, such as the special commissioner's assistant, military officers and philanthropists from the United States, are just over double digits. The actors for three roles have been identified before, and there are actually not many remaining roles that require Xiao Yao to audition.

The casting studio found only three or four candidates for these roles in the early stage, and some roles had fewer candidates or even only two candidates. It took Xiao Yao five days to complete all the auditions for these actors.

After the audition, Xiao Yao quickly decided on the actors for each role. The selected ones were notified to sign a contract with the crew, and the actors who were not selected, Xiao Yao also called in person to reply.

After the actor is determined, the character shape can be designed and the makeup photos can be taken.

Although Xiao Yao is a photographer himself and likes to take pictures, Xiao Yao is not very enthusiastic about taking makeup photos. When he participated in the movie "127 Hours" before, Xiao Yao never took any makeup photos because he was in school. Although it was filmed when the parkour movie was filmed later, it was only after the film was turned on.

Xiao Yao's movie did not plan to be publicized when it started shooting, and even if the makeup photos were shot, they would not be announced in advance. According to the original plan, Xiao Yao waited for the movie to start and then found a time to take makeup photos for the actors. But this time Lin Jingliang was invited to be the art director. Lin Jingliang said that the filming should be done in advance, so the filming was done in advance. Taking advantage of the opportunity to sign contracts with the actors and everyone was in Shanghai, Xiao Yao arranged to take a photo of the makeup.

Xiao Yao himself is also one of the actors, and he also wanted to take makeup photos, so he didn't take the shot himself. In line with the principle of convenience and keeping the fat and water out of the field of outsiders, the location for the makeup photo shoot was chosen in the studio of Yin Xi's studio, and the photographer who was looking for was also a contracted photographer of Yin Xi's studio. As the director and actor, Xiao Yao guided and watched with Lin Jingliang and others.

Of course, the makeup photos are taken one by one, but since it has been confirmed that they are colleagues of the same crew, the character image does not need to be kept secret from each other, and it is necessary for everyone to get acquainted with each other in advance. Therefore, although the actors who took the makeup photos came to the studio one by one at different times, but because the photoshoots took place on the same day, not only did several of them arrive early to communicate with the crew and other actors, everyone After the filming, they basically didn't leave, and stayed to watch other actors' makeup photos.

The place where the photo was taken was the studio of Yinxi Studio. The photographer who took the photo was the contracted photographer of Yinxi Studio. Xiao Yao has shares in Yinxi Studio and is one of the bosses. This is basically the crew director Xiao Yao. own place now. Makeup artists, costumers, these staff members include people from Yin Xi's studio, and there are also people from the costume and makeup department of the crew. Some of them are originally from here, so these people are very familiar with this place and the staff.

The main actors of a film crew gather together to take pictures, which is a very lively and happy event. In addition, the place is familiar and everyone is very relaxed, so the atmosphere of the whole shooting scene is quite good, and the shooting process is also going very well. smoothly.

Although everyone has read the script and has a considerable understanding of the characters in the film, in terms of external image, it is impossible for the script to describe the characters in such detail, what kind of clothes they wear, what kind of behavior they do. Hairstyle, what kind of visual feeling it gives people as a whole, there is often a difference between what you actually see and what you imagine. This is also one of the meanings of taking makeup photos.

Before the actors take makeup photos, Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi will explain to them the appearance of the characters they are playing, and then let them change clothes and make up. Therefore, many people have a general impression of other people's characters before taking pictures.

However, there are three exceptions.

As a director, Xiao Yao must participate in the character's image design. Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi did the character image design of several main actors in the film, and Xiao Yao was only responsible for the final review to see if it met the requirements of the film. However, the characters made by Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi are all the characters that Xiao Yao selected actors through the casting studio in the past few days. Before Xiao Yao determined the three character images of the actors in advance, Xiao Yao had already designed them himself before.

Logically speaking, even if the art director Lin Jingliang didn't design it himself, he should know what the three characters designed by Xiao Yao looked like. However, when it came time for the makeup photo shoot, Xiao Yao kept hiding it, saying that he planned to surprise Lin Jingliang.

Xiao Yao is also an actor, and he also needs to take makeup photos. But he is the director, he has the final say on who will shoot first and who will shoot later, so he arranged himself to be the last to shoot. After all the actors present had finished taking makeup photos, everyone couldn't wait to urge Xiao Yao to come.

"I heard that the makeup photo is taken here, isn't it?" Just as everyone was urging Xiao Yao, a rough voice suddenly sounded at the door of the studio.

"ah?"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a dark-skinned woman with pock marks on her face, wearing patched cloth pants, and a pair of black cloth shoes standing at the door of the studio, and couldn't help but feel I was taken aback.

When a group of people in the studio were stunned by the appearance of this woman, Xiao Yao spoke.

Although Xiao Yao is one of the bosses here, as well as the director and producer of the crew, he was supposed to speak out, but what Xiao Yao said surprised a group of people in the studio.

"Why are you here now?" Xiao Yao looked at the woman at the door and smiled, "You didn't come here like this, did you?"

"Director, do you know him? Looking for you? Who is this?" A petite girl walked up to Xiao Yao and asked.

"My wife!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Who is your wife? Taking advantage of me, aren't you?" The woman at the door roared angrily, and walked in aggressively. While walking, she even pulled out a pipe from her back waist.

Scared by the woman's voice, she shrank her neck, and the girl next to Xiao Yao asked in a low voice, "Isn't your girlfriend Sun Tingting? When did you have a wife again?"

"This is the coppersmith's wife, the daughter-in-law in my movie!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"ah?"

"Teacher He Ying?!"

"This is He Ying?!"

A group of people in the studio shouted in surprise.

From the moment the woman at the door appeared, the studio fell silent. Although Xiao Yao didn't raise the volume on purpose, everyone could still hear his words clearly. About He Ying playing the role of the coppersmith's wife, Xiao Yao has already told most of the crew, especially the actors. Hearing Xiao Yao say that the ugly and sturdy woman at the door is actually the goddess He Ying in everyone's eyes, the group of people all stared wide-eyed.

"Hi everyone, I'm He Ying!" Seeing everyone's performance, He Ying changed her expression, put on a smiling expression and bowed slightly to greet everyone, "Sorry, I'm a bit late."