Director’s Legend

There are four steps in the production of a movie: pre-preparation, mid-term shooting, post-production and final release. Preliminary preparation is divided into the steps of script, review, project planning, art design and sub-shots. The script and sub-shots of Shao Shuaijun have been determined, and the shooting permission is still being approved. The rest is project planning and art design.

In terms of art design, an art team needs to be formed, and Zhao Cheng is responsible for the preparation of the art team. The chief artist invited by the art team is Zhang Xiaobing from Huayi. Zhang Xiaobing has his own studio. After receiving the invitation from Zhao Cheng, he brought his own team. Including assistant artist Li Yaning, art assistant secretary, costume director Zuo Shi, modeling designer Yang Yang, costume assistant Wang Yang, makeup Yang Hong, makeup assistant Xiao Yuer, props Sun Tongshuan, Liu Liguang, Zhengping, Laojiu, prop assistant king Su, Lin Houguang, set the scenery cold and meaningful.

Shao Shuaijun explained the background of the movie, which is located in Yuzhong County, Shancheng City (referring to the heavy ~~~~~~ Qing). The basic style is realistic. After signing the contract and advancing the budget of 500,000 yuan, Zhang Xiaobing took his team and set off to Shancheng City to start the preliminary art design. On the other hand, Shao Shuaijun and Zhao Cheng flew to Hengdian, looking for suitable assistant directors, executive directors and scene notes, and preparing for the director team.

Since the establishment of Hengdian, the momentum of development has been great. A large number of crews come to Hengdian to film every year. From the "Opium War" in 1996 to the end of last year, the published data has received more than 200 crews and a total of 4,000 film and television dramas have been filmed. Yu Ji, the crew has increased significantly this year, known as China's Hollywood.

In Hengdian, the first person Shao Shuaijun looked for was Li Kai, who is also a talented young comedy director in the future. Li Kai initially served as the deputy director of "Jing Ke Assassinated the King of Qin" directed by Cheng Kaige, and later as the deputy director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and has been directing TV series since then, with little reputation.

And now, Li Kai has just co-directed the TV series "The Joyful Pig Bajie" and is doing post-production in Hengdian.

One of the associate directors of the original "Crazy Stone" is Li Kai. Li Kai has been an associate director of blockbuster films and directed TV series himself, which can help Shao Shuaijun support the director team. As an assistant director, Shao Shuaijun knows best how comfortable it is to have a good assistant director in the director group.

As long as the director has ideas, all work can be performed by the deputy director.

After receiving a call from Zhao Cheng and reading the script, Li Kai joined the crew without hesitation.

"Director Shao, this script is really amazing. It has a strong Guy Ritchie style and incorporates localized elements. I never thought that Director Shao was able to write such a script at a young age. I am honored to join the crew." Li Kai There is a circle of mustache, which looks very happy.

"Director Li has seen big scenes, so he helped me at the helm."

"I don't dare to be at the helm, hit and hit, hit and hit."

With Li Kai, the original character of the original film could not be lost. Later, Shao Shuaijun contacted two other people. One is called Wang Yixue, who also serves as the deputy director, and the other is called Sloppy, who serves as the scene writer. Both Wang Yixue and Ma Hu were people whom Shao Shuaijun had known in later generations. They became associate directors with their talents, but they were never qualified as directors.

The two of them are still making TV series and doing miscellaneous work. When they heard that the film crew was looking for them, they signed a contract without saying anything.

In this way, the director, executive director, deputy director, and scene notes of the director group are all available. At the moment, everyone handled their private affairs well and flew to the mountain city together to discuss the various projects of filming with the art team. Shao Shuaijun called the old sister Shao Xiaoling by the way, and rushed to the crew to take charge of finances.

Since mid-April, Shao Shuaijun has been rushing into the new movie.

Selecting the scene, discussing the rental venue, the selection of equipment, the description of the lens, the background research of clothing, language, and actions, etc., a series of questions are oncoming. For the authenticity of the film, first of all, the relationship between Zhaocheng invited Nortel's associate professor Wang Hongwei as a literary director. Professor Wang led two apprentices to participate in the literary planning of the script.

The salary is not high. The main reason is that Professor Wang wants to take the time to get around, eat, drink, and live, one thousand yuan a day, and two apprentices two hundred a day. It took seven full days, and the crew was responsible for paying for the three people to travel around, nicknamed field trips. It took nearly 20,000 yuan in this area alone, and finally the script's lines and comments were properly modified.

The crew then prepares the production crew, the production crew, the photography crew, and the recording crew.

The production team is personally in charge of Shao Shuaijun, the following production director is the old filmmaker Zhang Yu, the on-site production is Geng Hao, a director and professional assistant of the Meishi Film School of Shancheng University, and the outreach producer is Qi Wansheng, who Zhao Cheng finds. , Zhang Chao and Da Gang, the life producer Wang Jingjing invited from Eying. In addition, from the Meishi Film School of Shancheng University, three students Zhang Ting, Wang Zhong and He Jun were invited as production assistants.

Meishi Film School of Yamashiro University is the second film school in China besides Beijing Film. Shancheng University and Hong Kong Meishi Electric Power Group cooperated to create a school of film and television arts. The well-known Zhang Guoli is the dean, and his teachers are strong. With such a treasure house, Shao Shuaijun naturally wants to make good use of it.

There are only three people in the drama team. The drama director Jiang Zhigang, a part-time assistant director, is a professional lecturer in drama at Meishi Academy. The dramatists Ma Ning and Wu Zhiqiang are his students.

The photography team is also under the supervision of Shao Shuaijun. The photographer is Shi Sheng, the deputy photographer is Ge Wanhan, the still photographer and documentary is Zhang Teng, and the photography assistant Ma Meng. The lighting engineer is Wang Chunzhi, and the lighting assistants Chen Yonghao, Zhu Jianzhong, Zhu Yanlin and Dong Xilai.

In the recording group, the recording engineer is Wang Yanwei, and the recording assistants Gao Guodong, Xu Yuan, and Qi Jun.

Most of these people were invited from Meishi Academy, and some were recruited from local theater troupes. The wages were not high, but the skills were very good. There are also fighting scenes in the movie. I have contacted the local Haoxiang Film and Television Special Skills School. The principal, Yang Haoxiang, was a famous martial arts actor back then, and led a group of students in charge of martial arts design. At the same time, Zhao Cheng also flew to Hong Kong, preparing to contact Luo Lixian and his Raptors aerobatic team.

Luo Lixian is well-known in the stunt world. He became a black belt champion in Taekwondo at the age of 18. He served as a stunt director or director for blockbuster films such as "Blood Two Heroes" and "Plan B". He has cooperated most with Cheng Long's marrying class.

A few days later, Zhao Cheng flew back, and Luo Lixian did not agree to come, but a few heads of the Raptors stunt team came. At the same time, there was a big star-Lian Weijian.

Lian Weijian is an artist under ATV, and his reputation is not weak, but ATV's production has been reduced in recent years. Lian Weijian has not been filming TV series for more than a year, and only played a few insignificant supporting roles on the big screen. Originally, he would not move to the mainland until 2005 to join "Crazy Stone".

Shao Shuaijun mentioned it and asked Zhao Cheng to ask if Lian Weijian would like to come to the mainland. Unexpectedly, Lian Weijian agreed. Shao Shuaijun was very happy. After all, the original version of Mike, the thief played by Weijian Lian, is very flavorful, especially the phrase "Take your lungs" and set off a wave of fashion.

It couldn't be better to have Lian Weijian joined.