Chapter 569 Never Be a Director Again

"...How do you feel about being a director for the first time?"

"One word: tired. Now I just want to go home, take a hot bath, and sleep all day and night." Shen Xudong pointed to the circles under his eyes, "For more than ten days, I only sleep a few hours a day, and the work intensity is high. After filming, I didn’t even have time to take a shower, so I fell asleep. It was so tortured that it made me collapse.”

Feng Xiaogang was happy: "Apart from these?"

"Besides these... nothing more!"

"Don't you enjoy it...watching your own movie take shape bit by bit according to your own ideas..."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "As a producer, I can also watch my own movie take shape."

"...Okay, stop talking...have a cigarette!"

Shen Xudong quickly took out Huazi from his pocket and lit one for him. He also lit one for himself, and then said: "Being a director has its rewards!"

"What?"

"The craving for cigarettes has gotten worse!"

"...Where's the alcohol addiction?"

"My alcohol allergy... is congenital."

"...You can have a drink later."

No need for Feng Xiaogang to remind him, Shen Xudong also knows how to drink.

The crew of "Famous" has almost fifty people - cameras, lighting, slide rails, radio equipment, etc...

It’s already very small!

In fact, with Shen Xudong's name and starring lineup, it is very easy to casually form a filming team of more than 200 people.

Isn't this troublesome for Shen Xudong?

He didn't even recognize all the fifty-odd people in his family...

It’s not a blockbuster film…

Excluding the cast and crew remuneration, the actual filming cost of "Fame" was less than 3 million.

How did you achieve the cost of 35 million?

Oh, Shen Xudong offered himself a high salary: screenwriting, production, and director fees, adding up to 17 million...

Is it very high?

He was responsible for this drama. Without him, where would "Famous" be?

Besides, he does wear three hats!

More work, more reward!

In the original time and space, "囧Mom" cost 220 million, Xu Zheng took 87 million alone, and no one said anything.

…

At the closing banquet, there were not many people, and there was no class distinction. After two glasses of wine, everyone mingled together.

The scene was very lively.

"Director Shen, I'd like to toast you! I wish you a great box office success!"

"…Thanks!"

Shen Xudong stood up and had a drink with a migrant worker who came over to offer a toast...

In fact, most of the crew members are just rough guys trying to make ends meet...

professional?

There is a professionalism in hanging hair. The style of most domestic lighting can be summed up in one sentence: all lighting.

Then, when I was shooting, I had to tell you, ‘Oh, there are reflections in so many places! "

I'm paralyzing you!

Therefore, the light that Shen Xudong was looking for was Zhang Li...

Let the photographer arrange the lighting directly!

——The most important thing in "Famous" is the lighting of characters and scenes...

Let's put it this way, the crew of "Famous" didn't arrange anyone to guard the high platform in the first scene. That's it. There were no sandbags in sight...

Shen Xudong cursed angrily, and then asked Zhang Li's team to be responsible for lighting.

Also, the crew of "Famous" did not rent a lift truck and directly used a lifting light pole...

It’s really what Feng Xiaogang said, ‘Except for the main creators, most of the mainland crew are migrant workers’…

However, the final banquet is fine. Shen Xudong refuses to accept anyone who comes, even though he knows that the song will eventually end, and the workers may not have deep feelings for the movie.

In fact, for the crew, this is just a job of ten days. After drinking the party wine, except for Guo Fan, Su Lun, and Yin Ruoxin, who are filming for the first time, no one will be immersed in "remembering" , in the mood of "reluctance".

Everyone received their wages, and their work was divided.

Tomorrow I still have to find a job and support my family.

About everyone in the circle paid tribute, and Shen Xudong couldn't hold it in anymore - he had two bottles of drinks in his stomach and he needed to go to the toilet.

Then Da Tiantian came over with a cup in hand: "Director, I respect you."

Shen Xudong was all smiles: "Tiantian, come..."

Then Jing Tian said loudly, "I know I'm stupid... You taught me a lot during this filming. Not only the filming method, but also the principles of life. Thank you Director Shen, you are a good director!"

"...When will I...teach you the principles of life?"

Shen Xudong was about to ask a question, but the latter had already picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp...

"...you drink less..."

Shen Xudong was a little worried, and then he watched Da Tiantian's face turn red, and she fell directly into Shen Xudong's arms...unconsciously.

Everyone at the scene was stunned...

After a few seconds, a group of people started to cheer:

"Get yourself drunk and give others a chance?"

"This is a great move!"

"Xudong, don't you have a girlfriend? Tiantian is just right!"

"Boss, stop joking!" Shen Xudong panicked and shouted quickly: "...Zhang Xi, and those women, come here to help!"

Shen Xudong's personal assistant immediately assisted Su Lun and Yin Ruoxin in helping Jing Tian up...

"You should take her back to the hotel first!"

Zhang Xi asked in a low voice: "Send it to your room?"

Shen Xudong glared at her directly: "...Send it to her own room..."

Then what?

Then... Shen Xudong went to the toilet!

What he didn't know was that after getting in the car, Tiantian, who was lying in the back seat, immediately opened his eyes - a bit regretful!

It's a pity that Shen Xudong Yumu is not enlightened...

…

"Famous" was filmed for 18 days. Chen Xudong stayed on the set for more than 12 hours every day. After returning home, he had to think about the next day's filming...

Not to mention Da Tiantian, even Gong Li has no intention of actively communicating about art!

Therefore, making a movie consumes too much energy, and it also consumes one's artistic intuition - art must be communicated frequently. Once you stop, it is easy to become self-conscious...

Be good at discovering new art!

If Shen Xudong is not the director but the producer of "Famous", he will definitely have a chance...

Bringing it back, Gong Li left the set early in the morning - she had to audition for "The Dark Knight", auditioning for the role of Miranda, the daughter of the ninja master...

The movie is finished, and the most important thing before Shen Xudong is of course editing.

After editing comes the development, copying and post-production of the film.

The shooting stage of a movie is only the preliminary completion of film creation.

In the later stage, you still need to edit, dub, retouch, color, and then slowly take shape.

Film shooting is only the first half of the entire film process and is just a link in the industrial process. The editing work is to reorder and select the shot footage...

Therefore, editing is a very important link in the entire film creation.

Scripting, filming, and editing are the three major factors in film and television drama creation!

Hollywood even considers editing work to be higher than shooting, so many directors do not have editing rights.

Shen Xudong has no idea about the editing of "Famous" - just edit according to memory!

Even so, it still went through three or four days of intense work.

After the finished product was completed, he and Zhang Yifan walked out of the editing room, their faces greasy, exhausted, and smelling of sweat...

I have been eating and sleeping in the editing room these days...

Oh, Zhang Yifan is a well-known editor in the industry and has worked with Jiang Wen and Ning Hao.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Yifan, Shen Xudong went home first - and took a good bath!