Wan Haokun''s agent did not speak, and Xiao Yao went on with the following procedure.
The location of the shooting, the accommodation conditions that the crew can provide during the shooting, the general starting time and shooting time are all explained to Wan Haokun and his agent first. Wan Haokun''s agent said that Wan Haokun received only half of the film''s pay for the play, and the exact amount of this half also needs to be explained by the other party. However, these things, Xiao Yao did not explain one by one, but brought by a deputy director to talk with Wan Haokun''s agent.
When it comes to the shooting place and shooting conditions, Wan Haokun''s agent obviously hesitated, but wan Haokun himself said on the spot that there was no problem, so the agent agreed.
When it comes to the expected film payment, the amount proposed by the agent is even lower than half of Wan Haokun''s value, and it does not reach the upper limit of the film payment given by Xiao Yao to the casting studio. But the agent also put forward a request, that is, in the publicity draft before the release of the film in the future, it must be mentioned that Wan Haokun acted in the film at half price, so as not to affect Wan Haokun''s value in the circle.
Although Xiao Yao said that there are already three famous and topical actors in the film, and there is no need to use other people as the selling point in the film promotion, it is true that Wan Haokun plays half price, so Xiao Yao also agreed that if Wan Haokun is chosen for the role in the end, he will at least make a special mention of Wan Haokun''s half price performance in the publicity manuscripts of the three media Next.
While the deputy director talks with Wan Haokun''s agent about terms, Xiao Yao also has a little rest. When Wan Haokun''s audition is over, and the third audition actor has arrived, Xiao Yao will directly start the audition of the third actor.
Lin did not attend the audition on the first day.
Before that, we only determined the photography team and props team of the film. The costume, makeup, lighting and other technical departments of the crew have not yet been determined. Lin Jingliang is still interviewing the members of the technical team behind the scenes.
When he went to Hong Kong Island to invite Lin Jingliang to be the art director of the film, Xiao Yao said that he would put his own people in the team to learn from Lin Jingliang. The specific candidates are Xiao Yao in Yinxi studio and two designers in Yinxi''s fashion brand design studio, as well as Pei Minyi, the stylist and assistant of Xiao Yao''s team.
Pei Minyi met Xiao Yao when he was making the short film "tuner". Before becoming Xiao Yao''s assistant, Pei Minyi worked as a makeup artist in the production team. After becoming Xiao Yao''s assistant, she has participated in the shooting of two films with Xiao Yao. In that Parkour movie, she has worked in the costume Department of the production team, so she has a good understanding of the Costume modeling and makeup work of the production team and certain practical experience.
The other two designers in the design studio do fashion fashion design and performance fashion design, and have no practical experience in film related aspects, but they don''t know nothing about behind the scenes film production.
Since Xiao Yao has been involved in film in the past two years, the designers of the brand design studio usually talk about the topic of behind the scenes production of films. Rick, who was dug up by Xiao Yao from the United States in the studio, was once a movie props engineer. He knew something about behind the scenes production of movies, and became the core figure of designers'' usual chat. We''ve talked a lot, and people''s interest in it has increased a lot.
Pei Minyi used to be a makeup artist. She learned a lot from the designers in the design studio. Pei Minyi, as Xiao Yao''s assistant, has been involved in two films with Xiao Yao. She has also worked as a costume designer in the production group. The designers in the design studio are envious of her and have asked Xiao Yao to bring them into the group to learn. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Yao chose two of the most willing to join the group and learn from Lin Jingliang.
No matter what their understanding of film aesthetics is, the three people Xiao Yao crammed in are absolutely excellent in costume modeling. After the interview, Lin Jingliang not only agreed to include the three members in the costume modeling team of the production team, but also appointed Pei Minyi as the head of the costume modeling department.
As a famous film art director, Lin Jingliang also has a working team. The three people recommended by Xiao Yao, together with the people under his command, have the costume modeling, makeup and the core characters of the art set team. As Xiao Yao said before that Lin Jingliang was welcome to bring his team into the group, and Xiao Yao stuffed the three people in, so this part of people will basically have no problem with Xiao Yao.
Among the rest of the crew departments, Xiao Yao handed over the administrative and logistics aspects to the executive producer from the film and television company and the deputy director he picked out. Lin Jingliang didn''t need to be in charge. The lighting department was the one that Lin Jingliang really needed to work hard to pick people.
Xiao Yao himself is a famous professional photographer. Although his name as a photographer comes from static photography, he knows a lot about film and television photography, that is, dynamic photography. In addition to familiar with the equipment, the composition, lighting these have no less than professional photographer''s views.
A few days ago, Xiao Yao and Lin Jingliang decided to work together as a photography team. After synthesizing their own opinions, they selected them. Now the lighting team also needs to give full consideration to Xiao Yao''s opinions.
The auditions are all in the daytime. After all the auditions on the first day, Xiao Yao rushed back to the film and television company from the casting studio to discuss the selection of lighting team with Lin Jingliang.It took two days for the lighting team of the cast to be confirmed. Xiao Yao invited Lin Jingliang to join him in the audition, but Lin refused.
After taking the time to watch the video taken by Xiao Yao during his audition in the daytime, Lin Jingliang expressed considerable trust and appreciation for Xiao Yao''s vision and taste. In terms of actors, Lin Jingliang decided not to get involved.
Lin Jingliang is going to start the art design of shooting scenes according to the script. In the past few days, Xiao Yao stayed in Shencheng to make some plans. When Xiao Yao had decided all the actors, designed the role models for the actors and took the make-up photos, he would go to the shooting site of dahebao village to further investigate and supervise the construction of the main shooting site.
When it comes to make-up photos, there is a special one among the actors, that is sun Tingting. Sun Tingting, who went to support education, hasn''t come back yet. She may not be able to come back in a short time. But Lin Jingliang didn''t care much about it. Sun Tingting''s fixed make-up photo, Xiao Yao will certainly spend a lot of time. If necessary, I will fly back from Shanxi Province. Xiao Yao''s current audition roles, according to Xiao Yao himself, can be all auditioned in a few days, and can be determined. Lin Jingliang and others are actors of those roles.
There are only eight main characters in the film, and the assistant of the special commissioner, the officer and the philanthropist from the United States are just over double-digit. There are three actors who have been identified before, but there are not many actors who need Xiao Yao to audition.
In the early days of casting studio, there were only three or four candidates for these roles, and there were even only two candidates for some roles. It took Xiao Yao five days to complete all the auditions for these actors.
After the audition, Xiao Yao quickly decided the actors for each role. Xiao Yao also called in person to reply to the notice that he had chosen and signed a contract with the cast. For those who had not chosen, Xiao Yao called in person.
After the actor is confirmed, you can design the role modeling and take the fixed makeup photos.
Although Xiao Yao himself is a photographer and likes to take photos, he is not very enthusiastic about taking make-up photos. In the previous movie 127 Hours, Xiao Yao never took a make-up photo because he was in school. Later, when shooting Parkour movie, although it was shot, it was only shot after the movie was turned on.
Xiao Yao''s film didn''t plan to publicize at the beginning of shooting. Even if it was shot, it would not be released in advance. According to the original plan, Xiao Yao is waiting for the movie to start, and then find a time to take makeup photos for the actors. But this time, I asked Lin Jingliang to be an art director. Lin Jingliang said that he wanted to shoot in advance, so we should shoot in advance. Taking advantage of the opportunity of signing contracts with the actors and everyone in Shencheng, Xiao Yao arranged to take a set makeup photo.
Xiao Yao himself is also one of the actors, also want to take make-up photos, so he did not personally hand mirror. In line with the principle of convenience and fat water not flowing to the outside world, the location of fixed makeup photo was selected in the studio of Yinxi studio, and the photographer was also the contracted photographer of Yinxi studio. As a director and actor, Xiao Yao and Lin Jingliang are guiding and watching.
Of course, make-up photos are taken one by one, but since it has been confirmed that they are colleagues of a production group, the roles do not need to be kept secret from each other, and it is necessary for everyone to get familiar with each other in advance. So although the actors who took the fixed make-up photos came to the studio one by one at different times, because the photos were taken on the same day, not only several of them arrived ahead of time to contact with the crew and other actors, but almost all of them didn''t leave after shooting and stayed to watch the fixed make-up photos of other actors.
The place to take photos is the studio of Yin Xi studio, and the photographer who takes photos is the contracted photographer of Yin Xi studio. Xiao Yao has shares in Yin Xi studio and is one of the owners. This is basically the place of Xiao Yao, the director of the production team. Makeup artist, costume artist, these staff include people from Yin Xi''s studio, as well as people from the costume and makeup Department of the production team. Some of them are originally from here, so they are very familiar with this place and the staff.
It''s a very lively and happy thing for the main actors of a production group to get together to take photos. In addition, the place is familiar and everyone is very relaxed. Therefore, the atmosphere of the whole shooting scene is quite good and the shooting process goes very smoothly.
Although everyone has read the script and has a good understanding of the characters in the film, it is impossible to describe the characters in detail, what kind of clothes to wear, what kind of hairstyle to do, and what kind of visual feeling to give people as a whole in terms of the external image. There are always differences between the actual and imaginary. This is also a significance of taking make-up photos.
Before the actors take their make-up photos, Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi will explain to them the role they play in advance, and then let them change their clothes and make-up. So many people have a general impression of other people''s characters before taking photos.
However, three roles are exceptions.
As a director, Xiao Yao must participate in the image design of the role. Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi did the role image design of several main actors in the film, and Xiao Yao was only responsible for the final review of whether it was consistent with the requirements of the film. However, the characters Lin Jingliang and Pei Minyi created are all the characters Xiao Yao selected through the casting studio these days. Before, Xiao Yao determined the three roles of the actors in advance, which had been designed by Xiao Yao himself.It is reasonable to say that Lin Jingliang, the art director, should know what the three characters designed by Xiao Yao look like even if he doesn''t design them himself. However, when Xiao Yao was about to take a make-up photo, he kept it a secret, saying that he was going to surprise Lin Jingliang.
Xiao Yao is also an actor and has to take makeup photos. But he is a director. Whoever takes the picture first has the final say, and he will arrange himself in the final stage. When all the actors on the scene finished taking their make-up photos, we couldn''t wait to urge Xiao Yao to come.
"It''s said that it''s here to take make-up photos, isn''t it?" Just as everyone was urging Xiao Yao, a gruff voice suddenly rang at the door of the studio.
"Ah?"
The crowd followed the sound and saw a woman with dark complexion, pockmarked face, patched cloth pants and black cloth shoes standing at the door of the studio. She was shocked.
When a group of people in the studio were shocked by the appearance of this woman, Xiao Yao spoke.
Although Xiao Yao is one of the owners here, and also the director and producer of the production team, he should have come forward to speak, but what Xiao Yao said surprised a group of people in the studio.
"Why are you here now?" Xiao Yao looked at the woman at the door and said with a smile, "you don''t come here like this, do you?"
"Director, do you know him? For you? Who is this A petite girl walked up to Xiao Yao and asked.
"My daughter-in-law!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Who is your daughter-in-law? Take advantage of me, don''t you The woman at the door roared and came in with a strong voice. As she walked, she pulled out a dry tobacco pole from the back of her waist.
Scared by the woman''s voice, the girl beside Xiao Yao asked in a low voice: "isn''t your girlfriend sun Tingting? When did you have a wife again? "
"This is the wife of the coppersmith, my daughter-in-law in the movie!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Ah?"
"Teacher He Ying?"
"This is He Ying?"
Exclaimed a group of people in the studio.
The studio quieted down from the moment the woman appeared at the door. Although Xiao Yao didn''t raise the volume on purpose, he was clearly heard. Xiao Yao has told most of the cast members, especially the actors, about He Ying''s role as the wife of the coppersmith. Xiao Yao said that the ugly and tough girl at the door was actually the goddess He Ying in everyone''s eyes. All the people widened their eyes.
"Hello everyone, I''m He Ying!" See everyone''s performance, He Ying this just changed facial expression, put on a pair of smiling expression to everybody slightly bend over to say hello way, "sorry, come a little late."