New Age Artists

Chapter 6 Tang Yan, what are you doing here?
Some scenes need to be shot with a focus on the scene, while others need to be shot with a focus on the people.

Han Sanping only gave half an evening, as he was very busy.

If you don't want to play Zhu Liao's benefactor, then play the senior police officer on night shift in the play.

Two years ago, he had made a guest appearance in Jiang Wen's "Looking for the Gun", also playing a policeman, so it was a good opportunity for him to make another guest appearance.

In "Looking for the Gun", he has Jiang Wen's face, and Lu Tailang's elder face, but Shen Santong has no face.

It was purely Shen Santong's coaxing and nagging, saying things like supporting new directors and wanting someone to come and hold the fort.

He is a professional filmmaker and is willing to make commercial films.

The latter point is very important. Han Sanping has an industry mission to develop the local film industry.

There are currently very few directors who are willing to make commercial films and who can pay for it themselves or raise money.

"Mr. Han, let me tell you about the play." Shen Santong explained the play to Han Sanping.

Officer Gao came to the supermarket to buy something while talking on the phone and chatting, and left his phone in the refrigerator.

He came to the supermarket to look for a cell phone. Except for Tang Xiaolian and Li Junwei who acted as sales clerks, the others hid in the karaoke room and were threatened by the robbers at gunpoint.

Officer Gao found that something was wrong with the two men. Tang Xiaolian and Li Junwei were afraid that the robbers would kill people, so they didn't dare to say anything. Tang Xiaolian thought quickly and said that the supermarket was having a sale today.

Officer Gao went to buy something and walked in front of the glass of the karaoke room, using it as a mirror.

This made the robber in the room nervous. He was about to sneeze and take out his handkerchief, which made people feel like he was pulling out a gun.

The robber was about to shoot, but found it was just a handkerchief.

And finally, Tang Xiaolian left a message on the phone, saying that the robber was chasing a puppy and pulling open the curtain of the supermarket.

Officer Gao led people to rescue the robbers, and the sniper shot the robbers dead.

There are solo performances and group performances.

Some were filmed separately, such as the robbers' specific reactions when Officer Gao walked to the glass of the karaoke room.

The robber covered his mouth because Officer Gao sneezed and he also wanted to sneeze.

Unexpectedly, the top was blocked but the bottom was not, so when he farted, everyone in the room was forced to inhale it.

These scenes were filmed intensively in the karaoke room.

Including the end of the movie, when the police appear, and some close-ups.

It can also be filmed later, and the focus can be on Han Sanping's scenes first.

Shen Santong made some changes to this version.

Officer Gao revealed in the conversation that today is his daughter's birthday, but he cannot go back because he is on duty, so he called to wish her a happy birthday. He wants to set a good example for his daughter.

The biggest change is the ending of the movie.

Originally, at the end of "Night Club", the robbers kidnapped Tang Xiaolian, and Li Junwei tried to save Tang Xiaolian, but failed.

This angered the robbers, who opened fire. Li Junwei took the bullet to save Tang Xiaolian.

The original version has a lot of slow motion, a lot of close-ups, and a lot of sensationalism, in order to highlight Qiao Renliang's highlights.

In Shen Santong's version of the movie, the ending of the movie changed this awkward highlight plot.

Changed to: Li Junwei used provocation to exchange himself for Tang Xiaolian.

Tire defeated himself, rediscovered the path of justice, and restored his martial arts.

He used his martial arts skills and kicked down the railing of the TV, causing the TV to fall and hit the gangster.

At the same time, the police's prepared sniper, who was lying under the shouting officer, fired at the same time, hitting the robber between the eyebrows.

Saturation rescue.

One is self-rescue in the room, and the other is rescue by external forces. The two lines converge.

“This is too awesome.”

Seeing Shen Santong directing Han Sanping, Xu Zheng couldn't help but say "awesome".

"Who is this?" Tang Yan was confused.

The little old man in a casual jacket doesn't look very impressive.

"Han Sanping, the vice president of China Film Group, is a very impressive person who presided over the business restructuring, asset integration and property rights system reform."

Huang Bo has been around BJ for a long time, and he knows everything: "The last time Director Han made a guest appearance was in Lu Chuan's "Looking for the Gun". Director Shen is really awesome to have Director Han here."

"China Film Group, which controls China Film Star Media, one of the three major cinema chains in the country, Beijing Film Studio, the right to introduce imported films, and a film development fund that accounts for 3% of the national box office every year, is a well-deserved overlord." Xu Zheng further explained.

Wang Baoqiang listened carefully and smiled honestly. "It's really amazing." Yan Ni also expressed his feelings to his fellow villager Zhang Jiayi.

She was confused about her daily life, but she was from the Air Force and had met Han Sanping several times.

"My junior fellow student is incredible," said Zhang Jiayi, who is from the class of 87 at Beijing Film Academy.

"Mr. Han, thank you for your hard work." Shen Santong thanked him and brought him a midnight snack.

Han San is a big-name guest star, and the crew focused on filming with him alone.

As he was on a tight schedule, he didn't finish the shoot until 11pm.

"I am impressed by you. You are very well organized and well organized." Han Sanping was indeed hungry and was in a good mood.

In 1977, he entered Sichuan Emei Film Studio.

He has served as lighting, script supervisor, assistant director and director of the art center.

Having led many film and television productions along the way, Shen Santong's crew is not large, but the management is clear and definite.

Han Sanping also understood Shen Santong's thoughts and asked him to come and calm the situation.

It calms down the actors and also calms down the people behind the scenes.

This kind of thought alone is not something that an ordinary professional director can possess.

"I just want to shoot the movie well and avoid any unexpected problems." Shen Santong did not hide his purpose.

The play has more than 30 main characters, behind-the-scenes personnel, lighting technicians, sound engineers, props, etc.

The labor cost is more than 20,000 yuan a day, plus equipment rental, accommodation, meals, and attendance, and before you know it, 70,000 to 80,000 yuan is gone.

The post-production of film movies is also a huge expense, so you need to leave enough money for editing, developing, and copying.

In Shen Santong's opinion, there are similarities between filming a movie and doing engineering work.

Can't stop, keep pushing.

A film crew is like a construction site, a closed place and a small society.

On the first day of filming, everyone will stare at Shen Santong.

If you don't pay attention, anything can happen.

Although many of the actors in this play are related to Beijing Film Academy, they are also Shen Santong’s predecessors.

But once the prestige is gone, there will be no mercy in cheating.

There are so many ways to make money.

If there is a slight problem, hundreds of thousands of dollars can be lost.

The filming was halfway done and the money was gone. Should we continue filming?
If you don't bid, your money will go to waste. If you do bid, you will have to pay more.

It’s better to fire the person. I get the money, but the person leaves.

Let’s talk about the junior student Shen Santong who has no respect for his teachers.

Shen Santong was too lazy to even pretend to be cool and slap himself in the face, nor did he play the game of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

Traces are left at every stage to ensure that the person responsible can be found if any problem occurs.

Eliminate hidden dangers in the bud, ensure safe production, and complete the project with guaranteed quality and quantity.

Wang Baoqiang opened the first show and told everyone that this was a good play and would be a masterpiece if it was completed.

Then Han Sanping took charge of the situation, and anyone who wanted to cause trouble should think carefully before making any move.

Use both kindness and force to ensure the smooth progress of the crew.

"Tang Yan, what are you doing here?" Shen Santong asked puzzledly.

After finishing filming Han Sanping's scene, I checked today's materials, kept them properly, made sure there were no problems, and called it a day.

The supermarket where the main scenes are set is rented in Yanjiao, and the crew rented a floor of a hotel nearby.

Shen Santong's room was the same as that of the other main actors, a single room.

It was two o'clock in the morning when we got back to the hotel and everyone was exhausted.

When he turned around, he saw Tang Yan following him.

"Director Shen, can you tell me about the play?"

(End of this chapter)