The so-called completion of film shooting here is actually commonly known as finalization, which means that the filming of the actors' performances is completed, but it does not mean that the film is completed.
Because there is still post-production work such as editing, dubbing, and soundtrack. Only when these tasks are completed and the film can be officially applied for release can it be truly completed.
But in terms of post-production, we don’t need too many people, because Cao Zhiqiang has already decided that in terms of post-production, at most, he will find someone to dub a voice, and most of the other post-production work, such as image rendering, special effects enhancement, and soundtrack. All work is done independently.
Therefore, after the filming is completed, the crew members who came to participate in the filming can basically finish their work and go home.
In fact, most of these people are teachers, students and academic staff from Nortel. The main purpose of coming to shoot this time is to make extra money during the holidays, and they don’t have many other ideas.
Now that it can be ended successfully before the start of school, everyone is very happy.
After all, the filming went very smoothly, especially because Cao Zhiqiang was very generous and provided sufficient travel expenses, meal allowances, allowances, etc. It has been a long time since we have shot such a wealthy film, so many people were a little embarrassed, and even a little unhappy. Abandon.
But no matter how reluctant you are to let go, the end is the end, and they will eventually disperse.
In order to express his gratitude and celebrate, after the filming of the film was completed, Cao Zhiqiang specially hired a few chefs from the hotel and held a closing banquet at the filming location.
Before the official start of the meeting, it is customary for Cao Zhiqiang, who is also a producer, director, screenwriter and starring actor, to give a speech to everyone first.
Amid warm applause, Cao Zhiqiang stood up and walked to the host's seat, taking the microphone from Xu Qingdong, who temporarily acted as the emcee.
After taking the microphone, Cao Zhiqiang knocked on the microphone first as a sound check.
After realizing that there was no problem with the microphone, Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Everyone, I don't think the customary self-introduction is necessary.
After all, we are all our own people here. We have spent so much time together during these days. If you still don’t know who I am, it would be unreasonable, right? "
After a burst of laughter, Cao Zhiqiang laughed again and said: "I know everyone hates long speeches, so I will keep it short.
First of all, thank you, everyone for your help this time. Without your hard work, this movie might not have been shot so smoothly.
The second is appreciation. I appreciate everyone's professionalism and professional ability, which allows me to see how professionals create brilliance.
Finally, and most importantly, there is hope! "
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang paused for a moment, and then continued: "Everyone must know that our Hongguang Film Factory is a new factory that has just been established. At present, except for a signboard and me as the director, we have almost nothing. nothing.
For a film studio like this with almost nothing, it is inseparable from everyone's help that we can successfully shoot our first feature film.
Without you, I would be just a mere commander, unable to accomplish anything.
Therefore, I will take advantage of this finals banquet to get acquainted with everyone quickly, and hope that we can have more cooperation in the future. "
At this moment, there was a young man wearing sunglasses, a lighting engineer named Liu Mo, who immediately smiled and shouted:
"Don't worry, boss. You've given me so much salary, good food and accommodation, and even high-temperature subsidies. I've got enough soda and water pipes every day. I've never made such a wealthy film in my life. If your factory wants to make a film next time, remember Inform me in advance and I will definitely come!"
As soon as the young man started, the others also agreed, jokingly saying that they would come next time and remember to inform him.
Also, these days, domestic film studios are all state-owned enterprises, so they are actually not friendly to photographers.
That is to say, directors and leading actors are slightly better off, but others such as supporting actors, members of the lighting team, members responsible for serving as actors, etc., have much lower incomes.
Not only is the income low, but the general treatment of film crew members is also low.
For example, the most basic thing is to eat. During the filming period of many film crews, the food for the crew members is generally steamed buns, pickles, and boiled water.
That is to say, the leading actors and directors can occasionally open a small restaurant and eat meat once or twice, but they usually pay for it out of their own pockets.
It can be said that all the major film studios in the country are counted. Except for the Bayi Film Studio, which is slightly better, other film studios are quite stingy in treating ordinary staff, especially when it comes to food expenses.
Things are different here with Cao Zhiqiang.
Although he, like other film studios, implements the policy of equal treatment of food expenses for all members, that is, all members of the photography team, regardless of their position or nature of work, receive the same food.
But the food standards set by Cao Zhiqiang are high!
The meal standard set by Cao Zhiqiang for everyone is the standard four dishes and one soup, and rice and steamed buns are optional. If you want to eat rice, you can eat rice, and if you want to eat steamed buns, you can eat steamed buns.
In order to make everyone feel more at ease while filming, the meals during the filming were cooked in advance in the large canteen of Yuhong Machinery Factory, and then hauled to the filming location in large trucks.
There are also tableware and gas tanks on the truck that can be heated on site, so everyone can have a hot meal.
At the same time, if the weather is hot, popsicles will be distributed to everyone, which is regarded as a high temperature subsidy.
In addition, a cart of soda is delivered every day, so everyone can drink as much soda as they want without limit.
We have never encountered a shooting unit with such a good food supply.
Not only that, the salary Cao Zhiqiang gives everyone is several times higher than the outside world.
For example, the salary offered by Cao Zhiqiang to the lighting engineer is ten yuan a day, which is simply the price of an ordinary leading actor.
You know, ordinary lighting engineers in other production crews, such as Beijing Film Studio, can earn 50 cents a day, which is pretty good.
But here, Cao Zhiqiang doubled it twenty times!
Paying a lighting engineer ten bucks a day was unheard of.
In fact, in Cao Zhiqiang's opinion, the money given to the lighting engineer is not too much, but too little.
You know, for a crew, especially for actors, the role of the lighting engineer is too great.
Because lighting is the best concealer, if the lighting is good, you can create beautiful effects.
On the contrary, if the lighting is not good, the person will be photographed very ugly, and the entire atmosphere will change.
Therefore, lighting engineers are really important, even if they have a very important status in Hong Kong and Taiwan, they are mostly called lighting masters.
Only in the Mainland, they don’t care too much about lighting engineers at the moment. After all, the national conditions are different.
There are also members of the props team who are responsible for serving the Taoists. The lowest-paid assistant among them only earns five yuan a day, and the highest earns as much as ten yuan a day.
In other words, the people who come here to film, even those who get the least money, still make five yuan a day. If this income were in other crews, it would be comparable to the income of ordinary starring actors.
So how much do actors earn?
Heroes and heroines like Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin receive a fixed salary of 30 yuan per day, which is the price for eight hours a day. If the shooting time exceeds eight hours, overtime pay is calculated, and the overtime pay is 5 yuan per hour.
Supporting child actors like Yu Feihong and Qiao Simei, who have a lot of roles, are paid a fixed salary of fifteen yuan a day. Overtime pay is also calculated for more than eight hours, and the overtime pay is three yuan an hour.
Other adult supporting roles such as Cui Xinqin and Ma Yingbo receive a fixed salary of ten yuan a day. Overtime pay for more than eight hours is one yuan an hour.
As for other walk-ons, their money will be calculated based on the number of filming scenes.
I want to mention here that during the filming process, many people have multiple jobs. For example, many members of the prop team will work part-time as walk-ins, and supporting actors sometimes work part-time as logistics, such as helping people, when they are not filming. Get a soda or something.
In other words, during the filming process, no one was lazy. They were all looking for work on their own and were very motivated.
Cao Zhiqiang secretly asked Xu Qingdong before and said that this was not common in other crews.
Xu Qingdong had heard of this kind of scene of finding a job by oneself, but he had never seen it before.
However, you can probably guess the reason. It's just that Cao Zhiqiang gave him too much and he felt sorry for not doing more work. The money was too hot to handle.
This made Cao Zhiqiang very sad, thinking that people in this era are simple.
Unfortunately, that's it.
After a while, when the economic wave floods the entire country, everyone will start to look at money, and I am afraid that this classic scene of finding work for oneself will never happen again.
Soon, everyone started laughing and joking, and then gradually became quiet again.
At this time, Cao Zhiqiang continued to hold the microphone and said: "Don't worry, everyone is so happy to work together. In the future, our factory will never forget you when we make new movies."
"Will we still get this kind of treatment?" Liu Mo, the young lighting engineer who was the first to respond, asked loudly.
"Only high, not low!" Cao Zhiqiang said.
"That's no problem!" That Liu Mo immediately shouted loudly, "When the time comes, say hello to me and I'll appoint you!"
After a pause, Liu Mo asked again: "By the way, is your film studio hiring people? Can I work in your film studio?"
"Of course you can." Cao Zhiqiang turned to Liu Mo and said, "Our film studio has just been established and we are short of people everywhere. If a talent like you is really willing to come, I can only ask for it!"
"Then I'm really here." Liu Mo said.
But soon, someone next to him said: "Black Dog, you're almost done, you're going to go, you don't want the staff of the youth factory?"
"No!" Liu Mo said, "That shabby youth factory is said to have a staff, but what are the three melons and two dates given out every month enough for? I can't even support myself. If this continues, when will I be a Boss? I also want to make more money and marry a wife!"
Immediately afterwards, Liu Mo began to ask Cao Zhiqiang: "Director Cao, no, Director Cao, if I go to your place, how much salary can I pay?"
Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "If you are really willing to come, I will make the decision. If there is no filming, your monthly fixed salary is fifty yuan. If there is filming, usually it will follow the pattern of this film." Come, and the daily salary for filming does not conflict with your basic salary."
"Really?" Liu Mo's eyes widened immediately, "Are you serious? I have a fixed salary of fifty per month. If you want to use me in the filming, you will pay me according to the standards of this film?"
"Of course it's true." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Upon hearing this, the scene immediately became coaxed, and everyone began to whisper to each other.
Without him, if what Cao Zhiqiang said is true, then this treatment would be great.
You know, the income of crew members in ordinary film studios at this time is actually very low.
Take Liu Mo for example. He works at Nortel Youth Film Studio, which is considered to be a well-established job, but even so, when there is no filming, he can only get a fixed salary of 20 yuan per month.
Twenty yuan is enough for what you can do these days, especially in the capital.
Even if there is a movie being filmed, the income of a lighting engineer like Liu Mo is not high. It would be good if he could earn only eighty cents a day during filming.
Cao Zhiqiang's place is good. If Liu Mo goes there and doesn't film, his fixed salary will be fifty yuan. This income is comparable to that of a big director.
If filming, according to the standards of this drama, it is a subsidy of ten yuan a day, so the income is much higher.
Older people may pay more attention to things like organization, but for young people, money is the most important thing.
Therefore, Liu Mo was really tempted.
Not to mention Liu Mo was tempted, many people were tempted.
Unfortunately, after all, everyone still wants stability more. After all, most people still have doubts about the newly established Hongguang Film Studio.
After all, although the treatment is good, if the factory is not strong enough and will be destroyed soon, then no matter how good the treatment is, it is still a blank check.
Obviously, Liu Mo also had concerns about this, so he asked directly: "Director Cao, is your Hongguang Film Factory reliable?"
Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "You asked the right person, after all, I am the director of the factory, hahaha!
Since you asked me, I will tell you the truth.
In fact, our Hongguang Film Studio is definitely not good in terms of qualifications, but in terms of strength, we really have no fear of anyone. "
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly and said: "How about your strength? Let's do it this way. I think our photographer Fu has the most say."
After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang turned his head and found a photographer and said: "Come on, Master Song, tell everyone how many cameras we used for this shooting, what is the brand of the camera, what is its quality, and how much is it worth?"
The middle-aged photographer who was named by Cao Zhiqiang frowned, stood up and said: "Well, we used a total of six cameras for this shooting, all of which are Panavision cameras from the United States, brand new.
This kind of camera is quite expensive and is generally used mostly in Hollywood, but rarely in other places.
As for our country, as far as I know, this kind of camera is not used in our country. I have only heard of the brand Panavision, but speaking of using it, this is the first time I have used it here.
Not to mention, this American product is really easy to use, much better than West Germany's Aleko.
Not only that, the photography accessories we used this time, especially various lenses, are also quite complete.
Tripods, pulleys, wide-angle lenses, telephoto lenses, soft light filters, etc. are all here, and they are all unimaginable.
It can be said that the combined value of these six cameras and related accessories is immeasurable.
It would be fine if these cameras were rented, but if they were bought, the value is hard to say.
If I had to put it bluntly, the total value of these instruments must be at least tens of millions of dollars... "
(End of chapter)
