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After May Day, Xie Yu and Jiang Yilin hurried back to school after staying out for an extra day because of someone's insolence.
Although they were late, they were all seniors, and the school knew that Xie Yu had plans to make a movie, so they turned a blind eye to Xie Yu and the others.
In fact, the main reason is that Xie Yu's new script movie tells a ridiculous story that happened in a supermarket.
Films with simple scenes and certain requirements for actors' acting skills and line skills are not troublesome to shoot.
It's just that this kind of low-cost comedy film has great requirements on script writing.
So starting more than half a year ago, after Xie Yu got inspiration from going to the supermarket to buy water, he started setting up the scene by combining similar scenes in foreign movies.
To this end, Xie Yu used super powers to open a secret studio for himself.
After the secret studio was established, Xie Yu first laid out a ninety-minute movie timeline.
Then start the segmentation according to the classic three-act movie format.
Based on the collection of popular movie scenes, I filled it in step by step. Later, I found that I had collected too much, so I started to delete it step by step.
As for why the timeline is not extended to 120 minutes, please, that is the right only big stars and big productions have.
For a low-budget movie like that, in order to attract people, you can only try to win by plot and shorten the time. In order to complete more screening tasks every day, the cinema will have more opportunities.
On this ninety-minute time track, Xie Yu drew four more horizontal lines that ran through the timeline, and then placed all the plot cards collected in the gaps between the four horizontal lines.
Each of these cards is like a racing car, and the horizontal lines on the timeline are like race tracks.
According to the information collected by Xie Yu, 10-12 plot cards can be placed on each track.
The scenes and plots of each card, after being filmed and edited, will be about 2-3 minutes long or short.
So to fill up the 90-minute duration, only about 40 plot cards can be filled in at most.
In the end, Xie Yu made cuts and cuts, constantly adjusting the plot and character relationships.
After straightening out the relationship, Xie Yu hung up the classification cards in order at each point in time.
On the classification card, write down the outline of the setting that draws on the classic plot.
In short, it is colorful, scattered but not messy, and it can be regarded as a hodgepodge of fine products. Although most of them are borrowed and there are not many original ones, it really cost Xie Yu a lot of effort.
By mid-May, after the script was successfully filed and the request for filming was approved, Zheng Jiaming never came back.
Xie Yu could only ask boss Wei Xu, a part-time producer, to start preparing the crew. Fortunately, he had contact information with his fourth boss, Zheng Jiaming, and many of the cooperating behind-the-scenes staff.
Thanks to Xie Yu's good bid and the fact that the boss Wei Xu was in charge, the crew's preparations quickly got into gear.
As for the actors, everything has been decided before filming begins.
In addition to the heroine Jiang Yilin and an important supporting role played by a teacher from the acting department, the other roles include the leading male role, important supporting male roles, and supporting female roles. They are all played by senior brothers and sisters who have become somewhat famous after graduation.
At that time, the cost also increased. Fortunately, the scene was simple after all, just in a supermarket, so a lot of savings were achieved in this aspect.
The total investment did not exceed 3 million, of which the third child was missing and the second child had something to do and did not plan to participate, but he still supported 500,000.
The boss, Wei Xu, invested 1 million, and Xie Yu used the income from "Original Sin Girl" to invest 1.5 million, and then the crew was assembled.
After all the actors were in place, Xie Yu borrowed the school studio and spent more than ten days following the script process at least three times.
At this time, a supermarket in the rented school had been decorated according to the scene requested by Xie Yu.
Then, with the support of a filming team of at least thirty people (most of whom were interns at the school), Xie Yu's perfect supermarket script "Nightclub" finally started shooting.
The plot is that the heroine Jiang Yilin (remuneration of 300,000 yuan, Xie Yu's request) wants to realize her dream of dancing, but is unwilling to take other paths. Forced by life, she enters a 20-hour supermarket and works as a night clerk. salesperson.
As for rationality, in this kind of low-budget exploitation comedy, don't think it's so perfect.
As for the male supporting actor (who was paid 200,000 yuan), he fell in love with the heroine Jiang Yilin the moment he met her, and specifically applied to the store manager to be transferred to night shift work.
During a night shift, the leading actor (whose salary was NT$350,000) came out. Because the store manager had given him the wrong lottery numbers during the day, he brought a relative of his (whose salary was NT$100,000) to the supermarket to demand compensation.
Jiang Yilin is just an ordinary clerk, so naturally she disagrees.
During the conflict, the actor took a cruel step and tied up Jiang Yilin and the male partner together with his relatives and imprisoned them in the office.
Then, he and his relatives pretended to be shop assistants, hoping to earn enough compensation by selling goods.
Then there are two shots:
The first is how Jiang Yilin, who was tied into an artistic body, used her dance skills to try to untie the rope and save herself.
Secondly, there are many interesting episodes (a lot borrowed from this) when the male protagonist, who is not familiar with the operation of the supermarket, encounters some shopping customers (all cameos, no pay).
Just when it looks like the two are about to escape their respective predicaments, a robber (who was paid $200,000) walks into the supermarket.
The robber snatched a diamond in a shopping mall a week ago and hid the diamond in the supermarket freezer on his way to escape. This time he came to get back the diamond he had hidden.
Jiang Yilin finally untied the rope and encountered a robber again. She had no choice but to join forces with the male protagonist to outwit the robber.
Later, the scene was controlled by the robbers. In order to save everyone's lives, Jiang Yilin had to put away her principles and dance a seductive dance she hated most to cover everyone's escape.
Just when the robber was about to do something bad, a police gun (played by a teacher from the acting department, guest appearance) was put on the robber's head, and then it became dark and the story ended.
Because there were many rehearsals, the scene was simple, and there were no special effects.
In less than twelve days, the filming work will be completed.
Afterwards, Xie Yu simply had a break-up meal with everyone, and then went into the editing room with the editor, spending twenty days to complete the editing and soundtrack of the film.
Then, I asked Boss Wei Xu to help apply for the Dragon Label and arrange for a theatrical release.
As for Xie Yu, she started busy with her graduation matters.
Submit papers, take photos, take graduation photos, senior year.
From entering the school in 2012 to graduating in 2016, Xie Yu's life experience was also very mysterious. He was lucky enough to be assigned to dormitory 402 in Building 17.
Fortunately, I met the boss Wei Xu, the second child Li Dong, and the third child Zheng Jiaming who were good to me.
Compared with ordinary people of the same age, although he is not tall enough, he can still achieve financial freedom.
Not long ago, through previous relationships, Xie Yu edited the low-budget exploitation comedy "Nightclub", which had no taboos. It only took a few cuts and the film was won.
As for arranging a theatrical release, we will also follow the same path as the third child, Zheng Jiaming. Although it is not easy because the third child, Zheng Jiaming, is not here, it will definitely not be able to achieve the film rate of Original Sin Girl, but it can still be achieved. Reluctant nationwide release.
September is a low season for theaters. After Xie Yu's "Nightclub" was released, it didn't get a good reputation at first, and it almost took three days to visit. Fortunately, the reputation slowly fermented, and it was delayed for another seven days. At this time, the box office not only did not drop, but began to slow down. rise.
After successfully surviving the fourteen days of release, the number of moviegoers began to decline.
Until it was removed from the shelves on the 21st, although the economy has developed rapidly in the past two years and the number of movie screens has increased proportionally with the increase in new theaters.
Xie Yu's "Nightclub" is a small film with an investment of 3 million and a box office of 50 million. Not counting the subsequent sales of copyrights, but after paying taxes and theater distribution, there may be nearly 15 million in cash. .
So after it was taken off the shelves, Xie Yu immediately asked 402 Company Finance to make sure there was still money in the account and send red envelopes to everyone to celebrate.
Because Xie Yu rented school space during the filming and hired a large number of school students to work, many students received red envelopes from Xie Yu.
Even when Xie Yu participated in the school's internal postgraduate interview, someone spread the news, and Xie Yu was instantly watched.
Many school girls who imagined themselves beautiful even began to give Xie Yu their contact information, causing the male classmates to sigh!
Sure enough, sometimes "wealth" can indeed make people ignore the shortcomings of your facial features and figure.
In fact, after learning that Xie Yu's movies were selling well, the School of Art absolutely recommended Xie Yu to study at the school. Xie Yu only found out after being notified by his graduation thesis counselor.
After thinking about it, Xie Yu felt that the school really took great care of her when filming her first film, so she agreed.
It's just that when I returned to school, I didn't expect this to happen, and I was really caught off guard.
It turns out that I have been ignored and pitied by others, and suddenly I am admired and worshiped by others. It is very unpleasant!
Sure enough, when entering the interview room, the interviewing teacher also knew about this situation.
One of Xie Yu's acting class teachers took the initiative and said, "Classmate Xie Yu, congratulations on your movie's box office success!"
Xie Yu: "Thank you for the compliment, teacher. It's just a little achievement to recover the cost. It's not comparable to others."
Acting class teacher: "Hey, why didn't you post a competition? There is still a recovery rate of several times. Thank you, classmate, please don't be modest."
Xie Yu: "Not bad, not bad!"
The acting class teacher continued: "Thank you, classmate, now that everything is fine, can the teacher make a request to you?"
Xie Yu: "Teacher, please tell me first and see if I can do it!"
Acting class teacher: "Thank you, classmate, you were able to do it then. Now you are a director and screenwriter, you invest your own money, and it is a box office hit."
"You are now a big fat among the classmates in the acting class!"
Xie Yu: "No, it's not that exaggerated!"
The teacher of the acting class said: "At that time, we had to compare with those people. Maybe your grades would not be so noticeable among the three well-known universities of Beijing Film Academy, Central Theater and Shanghai Film Academy."
"But I think you also know that although our school's art department is well-known here in Yangcheng, it is only second-rate nationwide."
"So I hope that next time you have a script, try to consider your juniors. Their starting point is worse than others, so they need more opportunities."
Xie Yu: "I know this teacher, so the two dramas I participated in tried to make full use of our school's resources. Although it was somewhat utilitarian, it did also mean to increase our school's exposure."
The teacher of the acting class said: "I know this. Isn't it because of this that the school has approved a subsidy of 100,000 yuan for you, and the equipment and props will be given priority to you?"
Xie Yu: "I know, I know, I am really grateful for the school's help!"
At this time, another interview teacher interjected: "So, thank you, classmate, should classmates help each other!"
This teacher, Xie Yushengsheng, taught Xie Yu in the directing class!
Xie Yu: "Students need to help each other, Teacher Geng."
Teacher Geng said: "Since we need mutual help, why don't you invest in your classmates' scripts?"
Xie Yu: "I will vote for it. As long as there is a good script, I will definitely vote for it!"
Teacher Geng handed the two scripts directly to Xie Yu and said, "Take a look at these two scripts. I think they are good. Please vote for them!"
Xie Yu said doubtfully: "Okay, okay!"
Feeling depressed, he thought to himself: "Aren't you going to attend the postgraduate interview today? It's a ridiculous script, but Teacher Geng has to give it to me."
Xie Yu took the script and flipped through one at random. His expression changed, he looked at the other one, and said somewhat depressedly: "Teacher Geng, these two scripts belong to classmates Gao and Chen in our directing class!"
Teacher Geng: "It is indeed theirs. I think it is very good. It should be photographed for everyone to see!"
Xie Yu: "Uh!"
"Mr. Geng, I've read this script a long time ago. I really can't see what's good about it, and I don't understand why they set up many of the plot points that way."
Teacher Geng glared at Xie Yu and said, "Thankfully you are still a student in the directing class. The technique here is a tribute to the French master at the beginning...and a tribute to the Italian master at the end..."
Okay, I was taught a lesson.
Xie Yu could only interrupt: "Mr. Geng, this film may be favored by film festivals, but it is estimated that the box office performance will be very poor. The audience may not like this kind of film that seems to make them sleepy."
Teacher Geng's eyes widened even more and he said: "What does it mean to look sleepy? That's because the audience is not good enough. I said that the movies shown in the cinema are getting worse and worse. It turns out that the audience is rubbish."
Okay, it’s a rant again!
It seemed like the performance department teacher stopped him and said, "Old Geng, what nonsense are you talking about again? Pay attention to the occasion!"
Teacher Geng muttered again: "If he doesn't vote for such a good movie script, I won't let him pass my vote."
Okay, it's a threat again.
Another interview teacher, who had been silent and whom Xie Yu didn’t recognize, said: “Xie, I also know that Gao’s movies may not be very suitable for the current film market, but if you invest in them, they will definitely be popular in film festivals.” The one who won the prize.”
"Only art films can win awards. Tell me what award your nightclub won."
Xie Yu: "Well, there is only one nomination for the leading actress and one nomination for the soundtrack! But it does make money. If I invest in that kind of movie, I will definitely lose money."
Teacher: "It's just that you may lose money. If you win an award, it will be different. Theaters usually offer a good buyout price for award-winning films."
Xie Yu: "I know this too. It's just that I don't have the final say in the company. I only have 25% of the shares, and there is no money in the company's account right now. I don't know the share of the theater lines yet." When will it arrive?”
Teacher: "This, I can understand, I will wait!"
"So, congratulations, classmate, thank you, your vote for postgraduate study was approved by me!"
