Chapter 65
Qiao Yiqiao really didn't expect that the news of his movie would spread so quickly.
In fact, he did not publicize it on a large scale, but it was a formal filming after all. On the one hand, there was public information about the film project that could be checked, and on the other hand, many crew members also posted on their Moments about the start of filming.
It seems that in this industry, there is no impenetrable wall.
After "When the Walls Fall Down", he had already attracted a lot of attention from people in the industry. On average, several people would come to him every one or two days to ask about his new projects. When they heard that he was going to make a new movie, naturally many people were interested.
Having more money is certainly a good thing.
Qiao Yi Qiao quickly called Xiao He to discuss the matter of investors.
But filming a movie either requires spending time and effort on meticulous polishing, or spending a lot of money. This time they didn't have the time to polish it, so they chose to spend the money.
Xiao He and Qiao Yiqiao went over the budget again.
Because this time there was a lot of studio shooting and set design work, as well as a huge amount of special effects, which had to be completed in about seven months, plus global publicity, one person finally came up with a figure of 100 million for filming and 150 million for publicity.
Of course, this is a more realistic offer.
If it follows the practices of other large companies, the advertising expenses will probably soar to around 300 million.
In fact, based on Yizheng Entertainment’s current capital reserves, it should not be a big problem for it to support this filming on its own.
But after all, there is still a risk of failure, and Qiao Yiqiao does not want to take the entire Yizheng Entertainment on a gamble, so there must be investors coming in.
What's more, in this industry, diversified investment is also necessary.
On the one hand, it is about controlling risks, and on the other hand, everyone makes money. Moreover, each investor has different strengths. Some investors are good at publicity and distribution, some investors are good at handling government relations, and some investors are good at international distribution, and so on...
If Yi Zheng Entertainment were to do everything themselves, the pressure on them would be too great.
If these investors are not allowed to enter this film, there is no telling what kind of trouble they will bring to this film, or even to future works, which is totally not worth the loss.
Therefore, Qiao Yi Qiao and Xiao He discussed for a few more days and finally decided on six major investors.
The investment shares of these investors are all around 10%, while Yizheng Entertainment accounts for 10% and is still the majority shareholder.
Although they also stuffed some
Business people and even small actors came in, but it was all within the controllable range. Qiao Yiqiao has not been an artist who can tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes since his debut, and he acquiesced to all of this.
As long as it doesn't directly affect the quality of the shot, it's all good.
Of course, Xiao He also kept his eyes open when facing these investors.
The cost quotes he gave to these investors were somewhat inflated so that they could not understand their actual costs.
And benefits always come and go.
After they were brought in to join the game, these investors also heard that Qiao Yiqiao and his team would use an industrialized approach to shoot the entire film, and they also brought in many crew members they frequently collaborated with to learn from them.
In this regard, Qiao Yiqiao is open to everyone.
These people were already here to learn a skill, so Qiao Yi Qiao hardly had to bear any actual costs. Moreover, they were quite experienced workers and could undertake relatively complex tasks.
In the end, the total number of people in the entire crew reached a staggering 1,300, and this did not include the more mobile production crew and motorcade.
What’s even more exaggerated is that each group is composed of elite teams from major companies.
In order to facilitate management, Qiao Yi Qiao not only numbered the extras, but also numbered each person in each group.
For example, the photography team is S-01, S-02... the director team is D-01, D-02... and so on.
Qiao Yi Qiao also stipulated that all persons in charge above the level of group leader of each group must be from Yizheng Entertainment.
The other team members had some complaints at first, but after the crew started working, they saw that the employees of Yizheng Entertainment were already familiar with the film industrialization process and their professional level was also online, so they acquiesced to this arrangement.
During the one and a half months of pre-shooting, the entire crew was set up.
The art group and the photography group are still the two largest groups, and they are already extremely busy.
They have now started designing specific scenes. In order to save time, they are now setting up the scenes according to the shooting process.
After finishing one scene and deciding on the camera positions and lighting, we move on to the next one.
Qiao Yi Qiao's director team was also busy.
After several days of planning, Qiao Yi Qiao finally decided to split the director team into two groups, A and B. He was convinced that in many cases, the two groups would need to shoot together.
Finally, after one and a half months of pre-shooting, the entire crew
The construction has also been completed.
After a short break of one week, the official shooting began.
This time their total shooting period was only two months.
In order to facilitate subsequent work, they first shot the scenes that were very difficult to shoot.
These are the scenes that require the greatest post-production special effects.
On the first day of filming, there was a Nuo dance show in the studio.
This is a scene set in the Shang Dynasty. The main theme is primitive and wild, and it places very high demands on the actors' performances and lighting.
In order to achieve the overall texture of the stage play, the lighting team preset many lighting schemes in advance.
But as the actual filming progressed, these simple solutions were rejected one by one.
Although the whole play will have the feel of a stage play, the lighting requirements are very delicate and changeable at any time.
In the end, they chose almost the most difficult lighting method, hanging multi-light matrices around the entire studio.
These matrices are composed of lights with different effects, almost all of which are high-power headlights. Green, blue and black cloth are added between each group of lights to ensure that there is no overlapping illumination area.
This matrix is controlled by the lighting group as a whole, and you only need to press a button on the lighting desk at the back.
The night scenes are relatively simple, but in order to control the scene, Qiao Yiqiao actually shot many of the outdoor daytime scenes in the studio, which required the lighting to imitate the naturalness of fluorescent lights.
The sunlight in reality is actually hard but soft. No matter from which angle the direct light is, the sky can act like a soft light cloth and diffusely reflect it.
There are no such conditions in the studio, so when it comes to daytime scenes, a lot of reflectors have to be used, and sometimes even sunshades and filters have to be used to create different angles to simulate different time periods of the day.
In order to capture these scenes well, the lighting team actually went outside to observe the sun for a long time. Almost everyone had to look carefully to ensure the final effect.
After arranging the lighting and scenery with such difficulty, the final burden fell on the actors.
The actors have been in closed training for some time. Not only have the crew members rarely seen them, even Qiao Yiqiao rarely sees them.
After the first day of lighting, it's time for the actors to go on stage.
Everyone held their breath and looked ahead.
Many of the new crew members don’t even know who the main characters are.
But they knew that based on Qiao Yiqiao's usual habits,
The lead actor will be someone they don’t know.
However.
Several leading actors walked onto the scene with their hair and makeup done, and the entire place fell into deathly silence, as if it was just before a storm.
A cameraman opened his eyes wide: "That actress... is it Cheng Tiantian?"
"Cheng Tiantian, who is that?" asked the worker nearby.
"It's Cheng Tiantian, the fat girl who can sing!"
"What?"
They were all shocked.
Qiao Yiqiao was also surprised.
Cheng Tiantian looks like a completely different person now.
This figure is considered quite standard among actresses!
When a person loses weight, his or her facial features become more prominent.
At this moment, she was wearing ancient costume from the Shang Dynasty. Her makeup was not that heavy, but she had thick eyebrows and big eyes. There was even a hint of heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
The overall aura is very appealing.
And this is not the most important thing.
It was not until the filming of this scene that everyone realized Cheng Tiantian's true level as an actor.
This is a play about several people becoming sworn brothers, and the gears of fate begin to turn from this moment.
The reason why the character played by Cheng Tiantian is willing to perform Nuo opera with everyone is very simple: she lost everything.
Parents, relatives, and clansmen all died in the flash flood.
She wanted to use this Nuo opera to fight against the god of disaster.
In the later stage, a very strong light and shadow effect will be created behind them.
It was as if the God of Disaster was really confronting them.
Cheng Tiantian's performance, whether it was her dialogue performance in the beginning or the Nuo opera performance in the end, was remarkable.
Although her figure seemed frail, her eyes were firm, even scorchingly resolute.
Moreover, her Nuo opera is almost as good as that of A'mo and Li Wei, two Nuo opera students who have practiced for more than half a year, and she is not inferior to several professional Nuo opera teachers.
The emotions in this scene are wild, revealing the primitive texture everywhere.
After the performance, the whole audience fell silent again.
Then applause broke out all around.
Cheng Tiantian's eyes suddenly softened, even a little shy.
Although she had been live streaming for such a long time, she still felt a little overwhelmed when faced with such a huge amount of kindness.
Fortunately, Shi Ran also came to the set and silently gave her encouragement with his eyes in the corner.
Qiao Yiqiao re-read the material
, thought the effect was good, and then shouted out his classic quote: "Come on, let's save another one!"
They say that everything is difficult at the beginning.
The first take went so smoothly, and the subsequent scenes also went smoothly.
After more than half a month of filming, many difficult scenes have been completed with high quality.
What they have to face is arguably the most difficult challenge during the entire filming period.
Underwater Nuo dance.
Of course, there is no Nuo dance performed underwater in real life.
But Qiao Yiqiao decided to film this Nuo dance, which represents love in the Han Dynasty, underwater.
Firstly, the reason why the heroine joined the Nuo dance is related to water. This reunion with the male lead played by A'mo underwater is also the beginning of their love, which is very meaningful.
First of all, just thinking about the effect of underwater Nuo dance will make you feel that it is very beautiful.
This was the first time for Qiao Yiqiao to shoot an underwater scene, and also the first time for the two leading actors to shoot an underwater scene.
It's impossible not to be nervous.
But they didn't expect to encounter a big problem as soon as they arrived.
The on-site setting has been completed. This is the bathing pool in the imperial palace, surrounded by gold and splendor. The heroine has become a palace maid in this life. She is about to go to the border to marry the Chanyu, but she is unwilling to do so and wants to drown herself in the pool.
Before the filming started, Qiao Yiqiao suddenly heard a voice: "It's leaking!"
Then he looked at the scene and saw that the plastic enclosure of what was supposed to be the bathing pool in the palace had a gap for some reason, and water was gurgling out from the middle.
The scene was in chaos and everyone was annoyed by the scene.
This almost ruined the whole show.
However, Qiao Yiqiao looked excited as he looked at the palace setting that was already overflowing with water.
"Quick, quick call the two leading actors!" Qiao Yi Qiao shouted, "If we don't dance now, when will we dance?!"
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