Chapter 40： Photographer (1/2)

After staying in New York for nearly a week, Wang Yang boarded a plane back to Los Angeles, and Tom Willing was also with him. He got the actor of ”High School Musical” as expected. He has officially signed the contract and paid 30 Wan, although he is the leading actor, he has never starred in any film and television works, and he has no fame, so he belongs to the treatment of pure newcomers. After he came to Los Angeles, he also needed training courses in singing and dancing.

He was also accompanied by Michael Pete, who was penniless and hungry to grab bread. Naturally, he had no money to fly, and Wang Yang helped him pay this fee, and he would pay it back later.

After the party returned to Los Angeles, Flame Pictures took several photo pictures of Tom Willing and uploaded them to the official website of ”High School Musical”, announcing that ”Troy Burton” was starring Tom Willing. Although Tom Willing Sunshine is handsome, there are still some fans who expressed disappointment. They have speculated before which big star will join, but did not expect to be a little-known model; of course, some female fans expressed their expectations and praise. I want to be a fan of this pure sunshine guy.

Needless to say, the reactions of the media are still very cold. The heroine Jessica Alba also has several works, which are barely famous, but this Tom Willing is a complete newcomer, not a child star, not a college. Just a costume model, will he act? Was the young director's brain rusty? He thought that if a handsome guy came in, would the movie work?

So, when the cast of ”High School Musical” was basically determined, if there were still three out of ten people who were optimistic before, then there is not even one tenth.

”The Chicago Sun” entertainment edition commented: ”We seem to foresee the fall of a director's star. This movie has not yet started, and it has all the potential for bad films. The theme of the song and dance film is not flattering and has no experience. Director, inexperienced male and female protagonist, inexperienced supporting role, a production company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. Looking at their age and experience, I am curious to what extent this movie will eventually rot? ”

An insider also exposed to the media that Columbia ’s new film ”The Hand of Leisure” originally chose Jessica Alba, but she eventually signed a contract with ”High School Musical”, which made director Rodman -Fred feels sorry. Of course, the insider should be the person of the Colombian company, increase the topic and exposure, this is just a means of publicity.

The producer Andrew Richard confirmed this to the media. He said: ”I think that girl is crazy, she made an extremely stupid decision, she will pay for her self-righteousness. . No, I ’m not saying that ”High School Musical” is definitely not good, but there is no comparability. Fortunately, we now have Eliza, her performance is very good, she will become a dazzling new star. ”

And Eliza Dushku said: ”I do n’t mind that I am the second choice. I cherish this opportunity. Rodman Fried is a very talented director, the script of” The Hand of Leisure ” It ’s also very interesting. It ’s my pleasure to be in this movie. Jessica Alba? Me and her are friends. I wish her good luck. ”

Anyway, the few media that follow this film are pouring cold water on them. God seems to have said to them, ”Youth will definitely fail”, so they scrambled to show their ”foresight”.

Wang Yang had no consciousness about this situation, but Mark-Srant was very anxious. He told Wang Yang: ”My boss, if the news of” High School Musical ”appears, the media says it is a bad movie, then After a long time, the audience will think that it is really a bad movie. They will have arrogance and prejudice and disdain to watch this movie. ”

Wang Yang feels very reasonable, but he only knows a little about the packaging promotion of the film, and he can't think of a solution. Mark-Slante was already prepared, he suggested looking for a public relations company to cooperate, or directly set up a public relations department, to improve the company's public relations capabilities, such as mixing a few media, let them help say good things, and with various film awards The jury has a good deal and so on.

These things made Wang Yang feel big when he heard it. Seeing Mark-Slante's plan as detailed and reasonable, he simply agreed to inject a new one million into the company's account and set up a public relations department.

More than one million, but Wang Yang can still afford it, because his account will soon score a huge sum of money, and the overseas box office of ”Ghost Record” is divided. This ”first DV movie in history”, ”the most terrifying horror movie”, and ”160 million box office in North America” ​​have been released in Europe, Britain, Germany, Italy, France and other places for several weeks. Disappointing publishers, the total overseas box office has now reached more than 80 million, and as it is about to be released in Australia, Japan and other places, there is no problem with the total overseas box office exceeding 100 million.

However, for overseas issuances, Lions Gate Company has to cooperate with the issuing companies in that country, and there are one more person divided, and several tax deductions, so the final distribution to Wang Yang may be less than one Ten million, of course this number is a lot. Moreover, the DVD of ”Ghost Record” is also available in North America. The sales volume is not bad. The total sales volume has reached more than 30 million US dollars. However, in terms of DVD, Wang Yang ’s profit share is only 15%, and it can only be divided into Rarely, about 10 million can only be divided into about 700,000.

But the money gave Wang Yang a chance to show his strength. He can increase the investment quota of ”High School Musical” and find a better shooting team. In fact, this work has been carried out by the flame company, and now the main actors are basically In place, as long as the crew is ready to build, and then rent out equipment and venues, the movie can be officially started.

There are many roles in the crew, some of which can be directly held by the employees of the Flame Film Company, such as finance. Their jobs include budget, statistical expenditure, and settlement of wages; Room and board, etc. However, for some professional positions, you need to hire others to join, like the set designer and the prop designer, they get the scene effects and props used in the shooting; the costume designer and the makeup artist, they are responsible for turning the actors into floats Beautiful and bright; also needs an art guide to grasp the overall ”aesthetic”.

These professionals are not difficult to find. ”High School Musical” is just a campus movie, and does not require special scenes from reality or costumes from reality, so the work is very simple. During the period of casting, Flame Film Company has already found the personnel in this field according to Wang Yang's requirements and opinions. Even the contract has been signed and work can be started at any time.

The positions that have not yet been resolved, except for the editors, soundtracks, etc. that are only needed in the later period, there are only the photography team, dance directors, and arrangers. The latter part of the staff is looking for later, and the dance director and arranger do not have to worry. The film and dance scenes in the film are concentrated on the last shot. The actors need time to take training courses, and the choreography and arranger also need time. Flame Movies has sent out invitations to some famous composers, hoping to buy some popular and melodious songs.

It can be said that the most important thing now is the formation of the photography team, including photographers, lighting engineers, and sound engineers. Among them, several photographers are the most important and need to be carefully selected.

If the director is the designer of the movie, imagine and conceive the scenes and sets of shots; then the photographer is the one who realizes these scenes. The director is like a clothing designer, specifying the size and shape of a piece of cloth, and the photographer is the tailor of the cloth. Without them, the cloth is still a piece of cloth and cannot be made into clothes.

For Wang Yang, he has to consider a photographer, depending on photography technology, composition ability, and the most important thing is temper and tacit understanding. The director is the brain, and the photographer is the hands and feet. The understanding between the two parties is very important. Whether or not there is a split mirror, the photographer must fully understand the director ’s intentions and the effects the director wants, and he must be interested and endorsed. It ’s not a work of yangfengyinyin or mechanical, otherwise the whole movie will be mediocre.

The photographer and the director are incompatible, which directly affects the filming effect and the progress of the work.

”When I was doing photography, what I was most afraid of was cooperating with the director of half a bucket of water, or the director of a newcomer. They had a lot of ideas, always like this, but they were not express clearly, or I think it was bad to shoot like that I promised on my mouth, but I thought, ”Oh my god, I do n’t want to shoot like this.” The result was of course very bad. I was not happy and the shots were terrible. ” Wang Yang once heard the teacher of the photography class say this.

At that time, he asked a little curiously: ”Why don't you give your opinion to the director?”