Entertainment: Start from the unexpected

"There are six people in our dormitory. Except for Liu Zimo, whose graduation project has been completed a long time ago and is just waiting for graduation, the graduation works of the five of us have not been finalized yet, right? Although your graduation project is relatively simple, it can be handed in.

The last outstanding answer will also be helpful for you to find a job in the future. How about it? Do you want to film this script with me?" After hearing that everyone was satisfied with the script, Mo Wen immediately announced to everyone

Invited.

"I asked why you invited us to a restaurant today. It turns out you are asking us to do cool labor." Liu Zimo said with a smile.

"Yes, if you want us to work as coolies, then we will live in poverty today." Yi Xin also said with a smile.

"It's okay, just go ahead and eat. No matter how poor I am, I can still afford a meal." Mo Wen also laughed.

"We can help for free, but what are you going to do with the rest? After all, according to your script, it still requires a lot of investment. In terms of equipment, we can borrow it from the school. Costumes, props, and scenery also cost a lot of money.

Ah." Yi Xin asked Mo Wen.

As brothers who have been together in the same dormitory for four years, everyone helped for free, and it was of course no problem for Mo Wen to shoot a graduation film.

"Yes, you also know that our family conditions are very average. It's okay for us to work as coolies for free, but we really can't help you with money." Kong Xiulian also said.

"It's okay. I know your families are not rich, and I don't want you to pay for my graduation project. I'll ask the boss and Zhang Yu to borrow the equipment from the school. As for the scenery, we can just find a similar place.

, we have to work harder on other details in the post-production process and just cut out the pictures. Such a funny short film is not a movie, so it doesn’t need to be too elaborate." Mo Wen was very touched when he heard that everyone was willing to help.

"As for the costumes and props, I remember that our school's performance department should have a lot of costumes and props. I'll trouble you later, Bai Ke, to see if you can borrow a few sets of ancient costumes. If that doesn't work, we'll find a professional.

The prop company rents it, and I have saved several thousand yuan from working part-time in the past few years, which should be enough." Mo Wen said to everyone.

"The only problem now is that we need a makeup artist to do our makeup. We old men know nothing about makeup. If we hire a professional makeup artist, the funds may not be enough." Mo Wen explained his plan.

I told everyone in one breath.

"As for the makeup artist, I'll figure it out. I have a cousin who works as a makeup artist in a wedding photography company in our Star City. If necessary, I can invite her to help. You don't have to pay for the fee, or you can wait until you have more money.

Now, just supply her with supplies." Kong Xiulian heard Mo Wen's words and said immediately.

Kong Xiulian did not insist on asking her cousin to help completely free of charge. After all, she was just a cousin, not a biological sister. It was good if others were willing to help, but it was unreasonable to let her work for nothing.

He planned to treat his cousin to a meal then, and then send her a red envelope himself, which he would treat as his salary. If it didn't work out, he could just owe it first, and then give his salary to his cousin when he has money later.

Anyway, she is my cousin, so she should be able to agree to this small thing. It is much cheaper than hiring a professional makeup artist from outside, and you don’t have to pay off your salary immediately.

"That's the best thing. I'm sorry for you, makeup artist. I can't miss out on my cousin's salary, but it may be delayed for a while. We'll split up this afternoon and make preparations. It's best to start tomorrow.

Shooting." Mo Wen said excitedly after hearing Kong Xiulian's words.

"Okay, Zhang Yu and I will go to the school to borrow equipment. Bai Ke, you are from the acting department. You have been in contact with the crew before, so you should know where to rent costumes and props. Mo Wen, you can send Bai Ke the costumes and props you need later.

If you can't borrow it from the school, rent it outside. Kong Xiulian goes to contact your cousin to see if he can spare a day or two to help. As for Liu Zimo, you and Mo Wen go to the filming locations and see.

Is there a suitable place for us to shoot near Star City?" As the boss of the dormitory, Yi Xin immediately made a decision and began to arrange their respective divisions of labor.

"Okay, that's it. I'll give you a toast with tea instead of wine. Thank you for your help." Mo Wen said to everyone gratefully.

"We are all brothers, and we are just talking about this." Everyone raised their glasses together and drank tea instead of wine.

At this time, Mo Wen and the others started to order their dishes. Since there was something else to do in the afternoon, they did not drink, but started to cook in full swing.

The characteristic of Hunan cuisine is that it is spicy and has a strong taste. Everyone is sweating profusely after eating.

After finishing the meal, several people started to prepare separately according to the customized plan.

Liu Zimo and I also took a taxi directly to the suburbs. Unexpectedly, the scenes of the first episode were all in the wild. If we were lucky, we would be able to find a suitable location for filming.

If you really can't find it, you can only work harder in the later stage and use software to cut out the image. But in this way, the quality of the video will drop a lot.

In one afternoon, Mo Wen and Liu Zimo walked around a lot in the suburbs, and finally Mo Wen found an abandoned cowshed. This was quite similar to the scene in the original film in Mo Wen's mind.

Moreover, Mo Wen also found a creek nearby, which will be used in this scene. As for other scenes, there is really no other way but to cut out the pictures directly.

Back at the dormitory, several other people also came back and brought good news to Mo Wen.

The first is Kong Xiulian. His cousin has agreed to their request and can take leave for the next two days to come to their temporary crew to help with makeup.

There was a little problem on Bai Ke's side. There were costumes and props in the school's performance department, but there were no wigs. But this didn't bother Bai Ke. He went to an outside prop company and rented a few sets.

Back. As for the clothes and swords, I just borrowed a few sets from the school and let Mo Wen choose.

Yi Xin and Zhang Yu were the easiest. They were students in the photography department. Now they easily borrowed cameras from the school on the grounds of shooting their graduation project.

As for other equipment, their simple temporary crew does not have that many manpower at all, so they cannot use it even if they borrow it. They can only give it up temporarily and rely on post-production to deal with the impact of insufficient equipment.

"Very good, Zimo and I also found the shooting location today. We can go directly there tomorrow and start shooting." Mo Wen happily told everyone.