Chapter 160 How are bad movies made?
Can’t we film the movie without a script, and before it’s even submitted for review?

Of course!
Time is money, just shoot first and talk later.

Just take any script with a similar general framework and submit it. As long as it does not involve sensitive issues, it should be easy to pass the review.

As for whether the film will be shot according to the approved version after it has passed the review, that is not certain.

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This time, Chen Jiawei used a similar approach. He asked Luo Xiaobing to write a script for a youth campus drama and submit it for review.

Youth, campus, students, there are neither fists nor pillows here, and it does not involve any sensitive points at all, so it is too easy to pass the review.

Originally, Chen Jiawei thought that the script was good and only needed to be adjusted and optimized without delaying the filming.

The heroine, the school belle, must be Zhang Miaomiao.

What does it matter if the age is not right?
Lao Mouzi can help Gong Li realize her dream of becoming an empress, and I, Chen Jiawei, can also help Zhang Miaomiao realize her dream of becoming a school beauty!

The “godsister” must also be a school belle. Two school beauties standing there, competing for beauty, how pleasing to the eyes!
As for Li Wenhan, with his looks, he can't play the role of a student no matter how many fans he has, so let him be a teacher or a parent.

Chen Jiawei quickly assigned the candidates for the main roles.

Youth campus dramas belong to the blue ocean category. They are made into movies, given a gimmicky movie title, with Zhang Miaomiao and her "sister" as the center of the poster, and the clothes are a little more beautiful and seductive...

It will definitely attract a bunch of ignorant teenagers into the cinema!
Chen Jiawei was very satisfied with his plan.

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But Luo Xiaobing disagreed. He was a man with artistic aspirations. How could he use such an ordinary script as his debut as an independent screenwriter? This would not show his ability!
Since it is a campus drama, it is definitely inseparable from exams, so, can this point be criticized?
Teenagers are in the period of youth budding and premature love is inevitable. So can we expand on this aspect and discuss it a little bit?
What about the students' parents? Work pressure, life pressure, children's pressure, can we dig deeper into these areas?
Now that we have deepened our understanding in every aspect, can we do even better?
For example, looking at the whole society from the small, or even comparing it with Western countries?

The more Luo Xiaobing thought about it, the more excited he became, and the script became more and more complicated.

The conflict arose again and a quarrel broke out between the two.

Chen Jiawei doesn't want to make it so complicated. He is a novice director. Does he have the ability to write a script like this right from the start?

The water here is too deep and he can't control it.

Besides, if this script is really filmed, how long will it take Luo Xiaobing to write it?

There are so many people in the crew, and they are well fed and well fed. Are they just going to wait for him?
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At this time, Jiang Zhiping came over to act as a peacemaker and offered an idea of ​​"having the best of both worlds".

Learn about Hong Kong circles and fly pieces of paper.

Luo Xiaobing writes first, then shoots a segment after writing it, and then decides which parts to use and whether the script needs to be deleted or modified based on the actual shooting situation.

Is this method feasible? Does it make sense?

It’s feasible and makes sense.

That’s what people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry do. They can make a movie in just a dozen or twenty days and it will still sell well.

Chen Jiawei was a man without courage and indecisiveness. He was persuaded by Jiang Zhiping again and agreed. But he forgot that this was the Hong Kong circle. The people on and off the stage were experienced in this kind of overlapping scenes and rushing to complete the work, and they were already used to this method.

But can Chen Jiawei's makeshift team be the same?

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This youth campus drama with no title, no script and no fame is about to start filming. With the help of the big coal boss, the crew has found a large number of students of appropriate age, all of whom are children of the workers under the coal boss. They do not need to be paid, just provided with meals.

The school was also found by a coal boss. It used to be a middle school for miners' children and is now in a semi-abandoned state.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

The east wind didn't come, but the farce started already.

Because there was no script and they were playing "flying paper", Chen Jiawei, who was a novice, was in a panic. There were no shot divisions or storyboards, so he just shot whatever he thought of.

Sometimes it was filming students taking exams, sometimes it jumped to the students' parents, and then in the blink of an eye, it was filming the teacher in the office.

The entire crew was in chaos. Chen Jiawei saw it and was anxious. On the one hand, he scolded Luo Xiaobing for being unreliable and not being able to understand the script. On the other hand, he scolded Chen Feiwu on the set, saying, "Look at what crap you are shooting."
If the backbone of the crew is like this, let alone these ugly people behind the scenes who have no idea what they are doing or what they should do.

What to do? Blame it!
Chen Feiwu was scolded, but he didn't dare to oppose his boss, so he had to vent his anger on the lighting technician, "Look at your lighting, what's wrong with it? How can I take a good picture with your shitty lighting?"

The lighting engineer turned around and pointed at the prop master and yelled, "Look at what you have arranged. You are blocking my light with such a messed-up arrangement, don't you know?"

The prop master is not a good person either. Can I blame him for this? The production staff provided these junks. No matter how you dress up a pile of shit, it is still a pile of shit!

The production manager was even more amused. The producer only gave me this little money! What? He gave me a hundred yuan and asked me to buy two packs of cigarettes. Then I have to take back the change, right?
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This is the case behind the scenes, not to mention on stage.

Zhang Miaomiao felt that she was the heroine of this play, which was tailor-made for her by her dog, so of course she should have the most parts and the most outstanding shots.

So, relying on her rich experience in film crews, Zhang Miaomiao rushed for various camera positions and shots. No matter whether she had lines or not, she just had to get in front of the camera first!
What, you want to say a line?
Then just talk. I was standing in front of you blocking you, but I didn’t block your mouth!

Since the "godsister" can make the coal boss so infatuated with her, she is naturally not an easy person to deal with.

This movie was made with money from my “adopted brother”. Without my “adopted brother”, you guys would have nothing to lose and would be left starving!
You, Zhang Miaomiao, want the camera? No way!
Yes, I am not as experienced as you, and I don’t know where to stand to be the most outstanding and eye-catching.

But I can't solve the problem, but I can solve the people.

The "sister" went straight to Chen Feiwu and threatened him to shoot more of her, otherwise she would let her "brother" kick you out of the crew!
Chen Feiwu is a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes and has a quick temper.

It's fine if I get scolded by the director, but what the hell are you, my "godsister"? Are you threatening me?
I quit! I can just go back to taking pictures of cats and dogs!

In this scene, Fan Xiaopang and Gao Yuanyuan performed amazingly!
Which of these two people can become a popular actress without any means?
They have seen too many scenes of crew members fighting over shots and roles, and they have even done it themselves!

For example, Fat Fan had seen with his own eyes how Zhou Jie, who only had no nostrils but no rims, had snatched the camera position of the Fifth Prince.

Gao Yuanyuan had also seen how Emperor Zhang Tielin bullied Deng Chao on the set.

Just follow the instructions and the scene will come alive!
(End of this chapter)