"Heart Shadow Link" is a big-budget 211 web drama. It wasn't until the day it was officially formed that Qin Jue learned that Team A, led by chief director Kong Jun, was not often at the Beijing Film and Television Base, but at the Tenth Film and Television Base. A few kilometers away, the drama crew spent huge sums of money to film the scene at a branch campus of a private university.
The nanny van drove into the set, and all along the way there were busy people. The merger can be a big or small matter. For the temporary workers, it is just a matter of changing places and continuing to work. But for those workers with fixed contracts, especially those in technical jobs, the merger of Groups A and B involves a lot of problems. There are too many variables, which undoubtedly need to be carefully considered and taken seriously.
During the short journey, in addition to the hurried porters, Qin Jue saw many small groups through the car window. The people inside were either shaking hands and greetings, or making humble excuses, or passing cigarettes and chatting. , all living beings in the crew are in various forms, but nothing more than this.
Soon after, the nanny car drove into the parking space, and the second assistant director named Li almost jogged to the door to greet Qin Jue as he got out of the car.
Why are you here so early!
Assistant Director Li felt miserable. It was true that he was responsible for Qin Jue's reception, but he didn't expect that the actor was too proactive. Half an hour ago, he thought it was appropriate to contact the agent named Sen Ran to inquire about Qin Jue's plans. What time did he arrive in the morning so that he could pick her up at a restaurant near the set? But before he could say the flattering speech that followed, he was told by the other party that he was "already on the way". This caught him off guard and he hurriedly hurried to slow down. Rush over to pick someone up.
"Haha, good morning, Teacher Qin! It's so early, so dedicated..." Assistant Director Li smiled enthusiastically.
Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Qin Jue smiled politely: "Good morning, please."
"Hey, what's the matter!" Assistant Director Li laughed, "Has Teacher Qin had breakfast? Do you want something more -"
"Thank you, I ate in the car." Qin Jue changed the subject, "What about you? I saw everyone was busy on the way here. It's hard work."
"Hey, hey, I've also eaten, Lao Li. The head office will tell you the truth, the lunch box is generous and filling, and it's also nutritionally balanced."
Assistant Director Li is used to climbing along the pole, "That's it for now. Teacher Qin, look, how about I take you to visit the set?"
Qin Jue happily agreed.
She was actually a little confused, because she could tell at a glance that this campus was specially prepared for Luo Ling and Li Jingyu to shoot school scenes. Her and Tang Nuo's online game status had nothing to do with this kind of modern setting. She didn't know when it would happen. Should we go back to the studio at the Beijing Film and Television Base to start filming, or should we make other plans here.
"Uh, Teacher Qin, you..."
Assistant Director Li glanced at Commander Chai, who got out of the driver's seat but had empty hands. He hesitated to speak. He met Qin Jue's puzzled eyes and then laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay. If you don't mind, let's go?"
Although the sunshine in early October is not very strong, celebrities and celebrities all have their own knowledge of skin care. It is simply unscientific to go out without an assistant holding a parasol to block ultraviolet rays.
This teacher Qin got out of the car in such a carefree manner, he was really...simple.
Assistant Director Li smiled with a smile on his face and cursed in his heart. He did not forget to remind him: "By the way, how will your assistant arrange it? Together or...?"
"Oh, they are still on the way." Qin Jue just realized the reason for Assistant Director Li's hesitation, "The executive manager and I will take a look first."
"So that's what happened." Assistant Director Li suddenly looked a little exaggerated, "Indeed, the morning is a good time for a walk."
The two walked and chatted while Hu Changchai followed Qin Jue silently. Assistant Director Li intended to please, and Qin Jue did not refuse his advances. He heard a lot of information from him during the chat.
Some of them are expected. For example, this morning the entire crew was busy working on teaming up. Issues such as the increase and decrease of personnel in various departments, job transfers and management are enough to cause headaches. The allocation and adjustment of financial resources are even more energy-consuming. According to At this current pace, I'm afraid it won't be possible to start filming until three or four in the afternoon.
Some were unexpected. For example, executive director Sun Guangshan, who originally thought he would be able to join Group A, was sent to Group C, which is responsible for supporting roles and extras, by chief director Kong Jun with a single word. Also assigned with him were the camera director, Camera operators and some of the lighting crew.
The prop team is relatively stable. Except for a few people who were laid off due to fishing in troubled waters, the remaining team members have been transferred here steadily, including the military-fan prop master Qin Jue is familiar with. They are now affiliated with the "Heart Shadow Link" group. Two sets of props.
Needless to mention costumes and makeup, they were originally part of Group A. At first, they were automatically demoted to Group B because Luo Ling and Li Jingyu both had their own makeup teams. Now they are back with Group B, and they are still good at it. Two actors, Qin Jue and Tang Nuo, are in charge.
After going around in circles, Assistant Director Li led Qin Jue through the woods next to the playground and came to a building.
"Oh? That's it." Qin Jue understood.
The decoration in front of us is obviously the Liao family's villa in the play. It turns out that this part is not a real scene, but a studio specially built by the crew.
The first thing you see when you open the door is a spacious and bright hall, with the iconic spiral staircase not far away. But when you look up, you will find that there is no ceiling, replaced by various spotlights. Liao Hongjing's study and Liao Jingchen's bedroom are separate sets, set on the left and right sides of the hall respectively, making it very convenient for filming transitions.
At this time, cleaning figures can still be vaguely seen in the studio. Most of the scenes specially arranged by the crew are expensive, and because the facilities inside are complex and the props are sophisticated, the crew prefers to hire small workers to maintain hygiene, lest the sweeping robots fail to meet the requirements. to their desired cleaning needs.
Seeing that there were people busy inside, Qin Jue declined Assistant Director Li's invitation to "go in and have a look." The two of them walked past Liao's house, and a rather impressive studio came into view.
Qin Jue slightly raised his eyebrows: "Green curtain shed, no wonder."
To be fair, it is a good idea to use green screen cutouts and add post-production special effects in online games. In fact, the cherry blossom tree at the end of the third episode played last night was half prop and half special effects. During the filming, there was only a bare tree next to Qin Jue. The tree trunks, as for the fluttering cherry blossom petals, were lifted down one by one by the staff standing on the folding ladder, and then blown up by the blower on the side of the field.
It's beautiful, but not completely beautiful. The rest is all up to your own imagination.
Thinking of this, Qin Jue twitched her mouth slightly in embarrassment. She kept looking at her until ten o'clock in the evening, and all the cherry blossom petals prepared by Group B were blown away. It was quite a waste. In other aspects, the lighting Leaving aside the repetitive tasks of photography, the workers responsible for scattering flower petals and taking care of the blower also had to be replaced midway. The cleaning work between shooting and at the end of the work was also a moderate trouble.
...I can only say that fortunately the benefits are in place.
While Qin Jue was recalling it, Assistant Director Li secretly glanced at her expression. Seeing that she looked a little strange, he immediately worried that the best actor might be dissatisfied with the green screen and that he might have some objections to the crew. He explained with a complacent smile:
"That's it. The team held a meeting a few days ago. They said that the real-life architectural style in the shed was a bit old, and they were about to join the team, so they simply decided to outsource all this part to Qin Yi Technology. Qin Ke's technology is Needless to say, the texture feels even better than the real scene.”
Qin Jue came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Qin Ke's late game is indeed good and efficient."
She didn't know how much money the showrunners of "Heart Shadow Link" had prepared for post-production special effects. If Qinyi Technology could do all the work for them, maybe they wouldn't have to bother the staff all day long.
However, it’s a bit arrogant to think like this. Even if Qinyi Technology’s technical capabilities are there, the production of special effects still requires corresponding personnel. Compared with the manual operation of the crew’s workers, it is nothing more than a waste of mental energy and physical strength. Each has its own differences. Pros and cons.
"Yes, yes, it is Qinyi Technology after all." Assistant Director Li answered, "Teacher Qin, look over there. That is the new dressing room."
Qin Jue looked in the direction of his finger and saw a row of beautiful and elegant houses. Those who didn't know it thought they were B&Bs in tourist attractions.
"……fine."
Although it looks like "I have money but no place to spend it" is written on the door.
Assistant Director Li had a preconception in mind, and he would be wrong if he succeeded, so he quickly smiled and said: "The place is a bit off, but it is close to the shed, and even though the house is not big, the facilities inside are all very good."
The house is not big?
Qin Jue was surprised and felt helpless: "You misunderstood, I think everything is fine."
She twitched the corner of her mouth, as if teasingly, "I was just thinking, is this a bit too extravagant?"
"Oh, where are you?" Assistant Director Li saw that she still had the heart to "joke", and immediately said with a wide smile, "Don't the production of film and television dramas all depend on actors and teachers like you, the absolute heavyweight core staff! Good treatment It’s what it should be, it should be.”
The familiar tiredness spread quietly, Qin Jue smiled and stopped talking.
There is no problem in giving the creative team the treatment and benefits they deserve, but this feeling of being an actor is the ultimate master. Sure enough, she still doesn't get used to it.
Qin Jue followed Assistant Director Li into the dressing room with a normal expression. The interior was indeed familiarly decorated, with fresh flowers and fruit plates, and a refrigerator and incubator. It looked like a five-star resort hotel.
The phone vibrated, and Assistant Director Li said hello apologetically: "I'm sorry, Teacher Qin, please rest first while I go out to take a call."
"You're busy." Qin Jue was polite to him, and used his eyes to signal Hu Changchai to send Zhang Ming and others their location, so that they could familiarize themselves with the route first.
After a long while, Assistant Director Li left and returned, smiling first:
"Look at my memory. I was so happy talking just now that I forgot to mention that today at noon, Director Kong invited everyone to have dinner at the nearby 'Shili Piaoxiang' restaurant. Teacher Qin, look..."
"Thank you. I'll go directly by myself then." Qin Jue took up the topic.
"Okay." Assistant Director Li said with a smile on his face after completing the task, "Unfortunately, I still have something to do here, so..."
"You are busy. This early morning has taken up a lot of your time." Qin Jue responded politely, "See you later."
"Hey, it's my duty to talk about it and it won't be delayed. I'll see you later, Teacher Qin."
The exchange of pleasantries finally came to an end. After watching Assistant Director Li disappear around the corner, Qin Jue slowly calmed his expression and raised his hand to rub his forehead.
She felt like that fake smiling boy meme.
Unnecessary acting skills were added.
"Team Qin, Zhang Ming and the others are on their way." Hu Changchai reported.
"Yes." Qin Jue nodded, "We have changed to a new environment. Let them be more careful about what they say and do. I don't know what the social circle here is like."
A crew is equivalent to a small society. After the merger, the executive director Sun Guangshan and the camera director of Group B were transferred. Without these people, Qin Jue has fewer people with whom he can communicate directly. Bian's shooting environment is unknown, and both the power structure and interpersonal relationships have to be re-established.
"Understood." Hu Changchai responded and added, "The information about the chief director Kong Jun has been sorted out."
"Speak." Qin Jue, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, straightened up his upper body.
She had asked Assistant Director Li about similar information just now, but it was a pity that the second assistant director was obviously not in the core of the creative team of "Shadow Link" and had no knowledge of Kong Jun's personal temperament, dramatization ideas and shooting style. , the answers were very vague throughout the whole process, which did not help Qin Jue's filming.
Hu Changchai first mentioned a few works directed by Kong Jun. As Qin Jue listened, he felt that this director was a bit like Jiang Shuming in the TV drama industry. He was particularly good at themes of youth and pure love, so there was no need to worry about his ability.
However, unlike Jiang Shuming, Kong Jun is a standard "semi-puppet-style" director of commercial idol dramas. He is well versed in popular markets and is good at determining the proportion of roles. To put it bluntly, he is criticized by the management and actors. No matter what, Li Jingyu’s high blood pressure scene in the first episode was written by him.
Someone once commented on Kong Jun: "Obviously he has the ability to be the top one in the fresh style, but he still has to give the audience some shit from time to time."
You say he is not strong, but he is really good at shooting things. You say he is great, but some of his flaws are really rubbish.
It is a classic commercial director who wants both reputation and money.
Qin Jue sighed silently.
"...I have to change my mind." She crossed her arms and placed her index finger on her arms.
In Group B, Sun Guangshan will still accept Qin Jue's opinions for the time being. Even if he has complaints, he can drag the entire crew to let Qin Jue and Tang Nuo play the show again and again. But now that he has switched to the main group, the situation is different from the past. Qin Jue can no longer It's much harder to intervene.
Apart from anything else, it would definitely not work if she was responsible for providing benefits to the entire crew and using this to "blackmail" everyone into working overtime.
Because according to unwritten rules, this is a provocation to the "status of an actor in the crew", which will make others feel that Qin Jue's hand is stretched too far, and there is a vague tendency to override the male lead Luo Ling.
Although Qin Jue really didn't mean that, her original intention was just to film the scene well.
"It's difficult."
Qin Jue made a faint sound.
Is it really necessary to "set up a coffee position"? But wouldn’t this fall into the usual class routine of this circle?
While lost in thought, Qin Jue keenly caught a series of footsteps.
There were many people, their voices were loud, and they were very unfamiliar. They were not Zhang Ming or Song Zhihan, but they didn't mean any harm.
"Ahem, excuse me...!|ω｀)"
The dressing room door was carefully pushed open, and a furry head poked in.
Qin Jue raised his eyes and blinked.
Luo Ling?
4100+, 5.12 (yesterday) and 5.13 (today).
5.11 is a single holiday this week and there will be no updates← I forgot to write this notice in my post, so I will pay attention to it next time.
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