As time goes by, it has been more than three months since the crew of "Inside the Wild" officially started filming.
It was originally expected to take six months to shoot. The finished film was originally scheduled to be released in the winter. There was enough time to complete the post-production of "Into the Wild". Because the male lead in another original series from Penguin had some problems, it was all filmed. All the dramas that had been released could not be aired, and there was a gap in the schedule, so the other party wanted to put "Inside the Wild", a drama of the same level, into this year's hot summer season to fill the gap.
For this reason, Penguin constantly put pressure on He Tianran and kept urging the progress of the filming. For this reason, He Tianran directly yelled at some meetings. The most distressing thing is that Shan Hai, who is his family, He even acquiesced to this matter.
Because Surfing Line officially launched its long-form video business not long ago, it has purchased the copyrights of many TV series and movies. However, because it has not had its own original series, the video part is still in the free incremental stage. Compared with others on this track, The video websites are nothing compared to them, so "Inner Wild", which is jointly produced by them and Penguin, naturally comes online as soon as possible.
In this matter, the two companies were surprisingly in harmony, which made He Tianran, who was caught in the middle, anxious every day.
However, this state did not last long. Because the crew was fully prepared in the early stage, the filming phase went very smoothly. According to the current progress, it can be four months at the fastest, and five months if you want to be more stable. It is more than enough to complete the filming. .
If you calculate it this way, although the time is tight for the film to be released in the summer, it is completely sufficient in terms of production. It is just that there is not so much extra time.
This is the general environment that the crew encounters. Returning to the crew itself, there are about a hundred people in the crew who spend half a year together. Everyone performs their own duties and has a clear hierarchy. It is equivalent to a small society. Apart from normal activities every day, During filming, a lot of funny and gossipy things happen. Here are a few interesting things to talk about.
This is the first thing I have to mention, because it is already February, and everyone has to celebrate the New Year even if they are catching up. As the top holiday in our country, celebrating the Spring Festival cannot be avoided.
Once the crew is up and running, daily personnel expenses will be hundreds of thousands. It is impossible to go home for a long vacation like ordinary company units, but not taking a rest at all is purely anti-human. Therefore, according to industry tradition, the first and third grade of junior high school Second, these two days will be designated as rest days, and I will only work half a day on New Year's Eve, shooting some scattered and uncomplicated scenes.
Yao Qingtao booked a hotel banquet hall in Hengdian half a month ago, where the entire crew will hold a New Year's party.
In fact, people who have been in this industry for a long time will almost always have to go through the process of staying on the set to celebrate the New Year several times. After all, a movie will last for half a year as soon as it starts filming, so it is quite difficult not to be caught up in it.
However, most of the creative team of "Inside the Wild" are young people. This is the first time for most of them to encounter this kind of thing. They are fresh and happy. Everyone is very positive. As early as early February, He Tianran was dismissed from the company. I brought the little girls from the crew to study and changed the cover of the newly printed script to "Celebrate the New Year with Joy".
This is a tradition with a bit of a bad taste in the industry. Because the crew itself has to keep confidentiality, in order to prevent the script from leaking, they usually take some scripts. Even if a passerby picks up the script, they won’t want to turn it over when they see the name. Let’s take a look at the title of the play.
By the way, the previous script was called "Harmonious Family".
Not to mention, the crew's Spring Festival party has been quite big this time. The party hasn't even started yet. The huge banquet hall is already 70 to 80% full. Important people like the director haven't even arrived yet. The scene is... It was already very lively.
"Hey, I really didn't expect this. All of us from the "Happily Celebrate the New Year" crew came together. It turned out there were so many people, it was like attending a wedding."
Today, Hu Yue, who specially combed his hair and shaved off his chin mustache, looked around, picked up a handful of melon seeds on the table and started cracking them.
"That's for sure. Who is like you? You don't even have to go to the set when nothing happens. You just sleep in the hotel all day long. And there are only a few people in your writing team, plus you and Teacher A Liu, and then the two of you follow There are only four girls in the team, and they can play mahjong together. If you look at other people’s field service teams, there are at least twenty drivers, and with the field workers, there are almost seventy or eighty people.”
Sitting next to him, Cai Jueming, who had a red scarf hanging around his neck and looked very well dressed for the New Year, was sending New Year greetings on his mobile phone while glancing at the little brat out of the corner of his eye and making complaints.
Hu Yue chuckled and asked:
"Where's the boss of your group? I haven't seen him. I'll have to meet him well later."
"Brother Zhong and Director He are still filming today, and they are probably on their way here now that they have finished filming."
Cai Jueming answered and raised his head after sending the message:
"What do you know how to do?"
"This!"
Hu Yue gestured to the destiny couple in front of him. At today's Spring Festival party, the male guests who belong to the creative team will receive a bottle of wine and a bag of soft drinks. The meaning is very obvious.
"Hey, damn~ It's you as expected, Hu Bian, you don't go to the toilet every now and then to light a lantern, you feel uncomfortable all over, right~"
Seeing Hu Yue's familiar dog look, Mr. Cai immediately taunted him tactfully and began to persuade him with good words, trying to make the other party understand the seriousness of the matter. He only heard him add:
"Brother Zhong is an authentic Russian. This thing is like drinking water. You'd better take a rest. Your life is important. Don't leave it here and embarrass yourself. I don't want to have to carry you back during the Chinese New Year. It's unlucky. You might even puke all over me."
The "Brother Zhong" he refers to is the photography director and chief photographer of "Into the Wild" this time. He is an international friend from Russia. Because his original name is too long, no one can remember it, so the team calls him by his Chinese name Zhong Zi. Qi, according to him, he chose this name because he liked Boya Ziqi very much, the story of high mountains and flowing water. He himself also speaks Chinese very well, and because his wife is from Chengdu, he also brought a kind of Subtle dialect accent.
Originally, it was a bit awkward and worrying to find a foreigner as the most important director of photography for a costume drama, but these concerns were soon dispelled by his strength.
Just kidding, this is a big shot in the industry that He Tianran only contacted through his mentor. At first, Cai Jueming, who served as the photographer of Group B, was not convinced, but he soon admired the photography ability of his immediate boss and learned from him. A lot of things arrived.
Currently, Cai Jueming's photography team has four sets of machines. They are divided into two groups, A and B, shooting at the same time. Occasionally, a C group will be selected. The A group led by He Tianran mainly shoots some main scenes, while the B group is led by Yu Hui. , Cai Jueming, as the photographer, shot some branch scenes, like the big assistant, the second assistant, the third assistant, the focus officer, and the on-site editing, it was a luxurious configuration for more than 30 people.
"It's so drinkable. Can... Gu Qiaoman drink it?"
Hu Yue deliberately provoked Cai Jueming. The latter's expression changed, he frowned and said in a deep voice:
"I'm warning you, thief, I don't want to curse anyone during the Chinese New Year."
Cai Juming and the female lead Gu Qiaoman were lovers in college. Only a few people in the entire crew knew about it, but everyone who knew about it watched the show. Although Cai She was in Group B, I will shoot the protagonist's scenes, but the crew does not always have to shoot in groups. For some important scenes, they always team up with four cameras.
Therefore, whenever the team is filming, people who know about the matter will have a mentality of just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously. Even Hu Yue, who has nothing to do, will run to the scene at such times. Go join in the fun.
However, the two parties involved are relatively cautious in dealing with this kind of matter. Gu Qiaoman, who is a popular actress, will not mention it at all, and Cai Jueming is too lazy to say anything. They treat each other as if they are in the air at the scene. So far, there has been no interaction, which makes a group of people want to People who eat melons are disappointed...
But a few days later, I don’t know if He Tianran wanted to give Yu Hui some tests or if he did it deliberately, he assigned some starring roles to Group B. In fact, there was no content. It was very easy to shoot. They were all about the male and female protagonists interacting and spreading sweets. Daily scenes...
Most of these scenes were added temporarily by Hu Yue...
Good guy, this is such a loss. Cai Jueming, who knew the news, almost blacked out. He felt like someone stabbed him twice in the back for no reason. He was still recovering from the attack, so he could only apply frantically to be transferred to Team A for a few days recently. , the euphemistic name was to study more with Brother Zhong, which made Yu Hui, the director of Team B who didn't know the inside story, feel sick. He wondered if he was not a director enough, and he didn't pay attention at ordinary times, which made Cai Sheng feel wronged in some things. Already...
No, it's said that Cao Cao has arrived.
I saw Yu Hui receiving wine and cigarettes from the receptionist at the door, and walking over with it in his hand. He said hello to his colleagues in the directing team across several tables, and then when he saw Cai Jueming, he walked straight away. I came and sat down next to him.
"Hey Master Cai, what's wrong with you?"
"Never mind, I'm in a bad mood."
Because Hu Yue mentioned Gu Qiaoman just now, Cai Jueming's eyes couldn't help but drift to the heroine sitting at the table of the production team. At this moment, the other party had a sweet smile on her face, knowingly attending with some penguins and Shan Hai. The management at this Spring Festival party were chatting and laughing.
The more he watched, the more uncomfortable he felt, so his response to Yu Hui was much stiffer.
Upon hearing this attitude, Yu Hui felt that he had unknowingly offended Cai Jueming. On the set, a disagreement between the director and the cameraman was like a husband and wife quarreling. If it got serious, they wouldn't be able to survive. Moreover, he was not as good as He Tianran. With so much real power, photography can be easily replaced.
So before the banquet even started, Yu Hui opened the wine and quickly raised the glass. Without even figuring out where he went wrong, he immediately complained:
"Um... Mr. Cai, let's leave first, cough... I may be a bit irritable on set, but everyone is here for work. If I feel uncomfortable in any way when I talk or do anything, don't go there. Take it from your heart..."
Cai Jueming finally came to his senses. When he saw the other party's sudden gesture, he was stunned and immediately picked up the wine glass in a hurry.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." , I’ll do it first out of respect.”
The two of them just started pushing cups and changing cups. Hu Yue, the instigator on the side, looked calm on the surface, but actually he was smiling in his heart and almost couldn't hold back tears from the corners of his eyes.
Knowing that he couldn't talk about Gu Qiaoman in front of Cai Jueming and just stimulating him like this, Hu Yue rolled his eyes and thought it was time to talk about something that everyone was interested in.
After thinking about it, he also poured himself some wine, changed the subject and said:
"Hey, do you think that when Director He comes to drink with us, will he still bring his wolfberry thermos?"
As soon as these words came out, a somewhat lewd smile appeared on the faces of the brothers.
In the entire "Heartland" crew, almost everyone knows one thing. Their top leader, the bald eagle of Pearl Lane, Director He Tianran, who is only 25 years old, brings him with him almost every day. There is a large stainless steel thermos cup with wolfberry soaked in it. You can take a sip when you have something to do on the set. Beier has the kind of health-preserving style that needs to be replenished no matter what.
And men are really too sensitive about this. If they really want to make up for it, they will do it secretly. Who can be aboveboard? Otherwise, someone else is the director. The situation is big and blatant and he doesn’t care about the worldly view.
"Who are you talking about? I heard you."
Suddenly, a gloomy voice came from behind a few people.
Hu Yue, who started the topic, straightened his back immediately, barely standing at attention.
Several people turned their heads one after another, with a flattering and concealing smile on their faces.
He Tianran, who was standing behind them, glared at the brothers angrily. He held a large thermos cup and slammed it on the table. The brothers looked at the big guy. , the corners of the mouth almost stopped tightening...
The bald eagle took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair. He was only wearing a black turtleneck knitted sweater. He sat down next to Hu Yue and picked up his sleeves. He simply opened the thermos cup and gave it to Several people took a look.
The original wolfberry has been replaced with black sesame seeds and other things.
"See clearly, this is for my black hair. Damn it, you gentlemen, don't let the wind turn into rain."
"Ah, yes, yes..."
"I see, that's it, Director He, you told me earlier~ I thought you were really... ugh~"
The truth about an unsolved case of the crew was revealed, and several people agreed. He Tianran didn't have a good expression about it.
"Director He, you look cool with white hair. Why do you want to have black hair now?"
Hu Yue said flatteringly.
He Tianran rolled his eyes, "That's because white hair doesn't grow on your head, so you think it's cool?"
Although Bald Eagle's rhetorical question stopped a few people's mouths, but it was really not his idea to have black hair...
The blame for this is Wen Liang.
Ever since Wen Liang casually mentioned that she wanted to make his hair black during the last Vlog shoot, the girl has been keeping this in mind.
From the first day when the crew started filming, this girl gave him some Polygonum multiflorum, Codonopsis pilosula, Angelica sinensis and so on, and then some Chinese patent medicines. He Tianran thought it was really amazing. He would definitely not eat it. It also crackled with Wen Liang. After talking about it, it meant that it was in place, and the girl seemed to agree to it.
But one day not long after, when He Tianran picked up his thermos to drink water, he suddenly felt that the smell was wrong. He took a closer look and found that he was pretending to be cool. He didn't know when someone put a handful of wolfberry and other things in it. It looks more like a decoction, but it has almost no medicinal taste. Instead, it is sweet and quite thirst-quenching. It should be that rock sugar or something is added to neutralize the taste.
You don't need to think about it to know that Wen Liang, that little girl, took advantage of him not paying attention to the water while filming. This wild horse is not only an excellent actor, but also has a talent for being an assassin, which makes it invisible. of……
The most important thing is that He Tianran not only spat at her several times, the little girl appeared to be cooperative but well-behaved. She promised not to do it again and answered quickly, but what she promised was different from what she actually showed. It’s different!
Whenever He Tianran said it, within two days, Wen Liang would immediately arrange it for him again, making it hard for men to guard against it.
In the end, the 25-year-old bald eagle really had no choice. He was so busy with his directorial work that everyone else was numb, so he could only find the rouge horse in private, and he had no choice but to compromise:
"You can do it if you don't mind the trouble, but let's discuss it and don't add wolfberry to it. I really don't need this."
At that time, he was caught red-handed. He was holding a thermos bottle in his hands. He narrowed his eyes with joy and said with the most cunning expression and the most harmless words:
"Okay, okay, I don't mind the trouble, but I asked, the old Chinese medicine doctor said that people with insufficient kidney function will suffer from hair loss and gray hair~"
"What the hell..."
Therefore, He Tianran, a young man in his twenties, was fed handfuls of wolfberry to his body every day, and he was holding back a burst of evil fire every day. Fortunately, he was on the set, and the work was intense. He stayed up late every day, and while others were paralyzed from exhaustion, he was still so energetic that he was like an iron-clad superman.
The person from Penguin who was originally here to monitor the team's progress saw him maintaining this state every day. Good guy, he immediately patted his chest and confidently assured the leader of the video department:
"Director He's crew is really dedicated and professional, and he has a strong sense of responsibility and execution. I guarantee that there will be no problem with the release of "Into the Wild" this time!"
Today is the birthday of the book club manager "Ting Xue". I would like to thank him for his dedication and dedicated attitude to the book club this year. I also want to thank the book operation officers and book friends such as Teacher Dae, Xiaoyao Brother, Xiangxiang and others. The management of the group, meeting you bunch of beasts, Saosao is really... unlucky~ I wish Tingxue a happy birthday~ Mmm~ (Try to keep the updates this month)
(End of chapter)
