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Chapter 688 The Dragon Team Starts Shooting

Zhang Ran undoubtedly hopes to leave Zhang Weiping aside and cooperate directly with Zhang Yimou, so that Zhang Yimou can slowly get rid of Zhang Weiping and eventually join the Century Peak.

However, Zhang Yimou still hopes that "Love" will be shot jointly by the Century Peak and the New Picture. He has worked with Zhang Weiping for many years, and the new picture was also specially established by Zhang Weiping for him. Now, letting him put aside Zhang Weiping, he really can't do it.

In the end, the movie "Love" was jointly filmed and released by the Peak of the Century and New Pictures.

Zhang Ran absolutely trusts Zhang Yimou's directorial level. As long as Zhang Weiping does not make any mistakes or throws people into the movie, he will follow the path of "Qiu Ju's lawsuit", the quality of the movie will definitely be bad.

What really worries Zhang Ran now is his students. The students in Class 1 of the 2005 Class are already in their senior year and it is time to schedule a graduation show. As the head teacher, Zhang Ran cannot ignore it. Wu Ershan and the Asian Film Academy are also the last year. According to the plan, they should make a feature film. As the dean and instructor, Zhang Ran cannot throw them aside.

The palms and backs of hands are all flesh, so Zhang Ran could not leave any side and ignore them, so Zhang Ran brought them together to work together. They jointly filmed a web drama called Dragon Group!

Although it is just an online drama, the investment in "Dragon Group" is very scary. It has a total of 18 episodes, with an investment of up to 200 million yuan. The average investment in one episode is more than 11 million yuan, which can be said to be absolutely excellent in production.

"Dragon Group" is different from other TV series. It has two episodes and one story, with a total of nine stories, and each director directs one story. There are twelve students in the Director Department of the Asian Film Academy, of which nine students direct "Dragon Group", and the other three students get the opportunity to direct movies alone, namely Wu Ershan's "Laughter at the Knife", Guo Zijian's "The Battle Arena", and Park Hoon Jung's "Improper Transaction".

"Dragon Group" is a joint career between the director department and the performance department. The students in Class 1 of the 2005 Class naturally play important roles in the movies. Among them, Fu Xinbo, Huang Kai and Yuan Shanshan, who participated in relatively few film and television works, became the three leading actors in this drama.

Zhang Ran produced the first story of "Dragon Group", which is the story of the three protagonists joining the Dragon Group. This story is directed by Yang Qing. Before entering the Asian Film Academy, Yang Qing was an unknown little editor and had almost no experience in filming. The first story at the beginning was particularly important, so Zhang Ran served as the producer of this story.

At this moment, Zhang Ran was sitting on a chair, drinking tea leisurely with a tea cup; while Yang Qing ran around the set, constantly calling out to the staff on the set. Zhang Ran felt that Yang Qing's actions were funny, but many new directors were like this, and they wanted to do everything themselves. He waved to Yang Qing: "Yang Qing, come here!"

When Yang Qing heard Zhang Ran calling him, he felt that he must have not done something well, so he hurried over and said in fear: "Teacher Zhang, is there any problem?"

Zhang Ran did not rush to give the answer, patted the chair beside him and said, "Sit down!" After Yang Qing sat down, he asked, "You went to the Hollywood crew for an internship last semester, right? Isn't it? Is it true that crew?"

Yang Qing immediately said: "The Supernatural Powers of Tingfeng Entertainment!"

Zhang Ran laughed. There were many Chinese people involved in this movie. Not only Li Binbin participated, but also Yang Qing, an intern, asked: "You have also been on the Hollywood studio, so tell me, what is the job of a director on the Hollywood studio?"

Yang Qing knew what the problem was, so he scratched his head embarrassedly: "Telling the actors, and staring at the monitor, and shouting to stop the unsatisfied performance!"

Zhang Ran patted Yang Qing on the shoulder and said, "As a director, the most important job on the set is the actor's performance. Just keep an eye on this. If you should let go of other jobs, you should let go, and let others do what you should do, otherwise you will work hard and your work efficiency will become very low!"

Yang Qing nodded. The atmosphere on the domestic studio looked very warm and tense, and it seemed to be a fight every second; while the Hollywood studio was very quiet, and the staff performed their own duties and were orderly. Although Hollywood movies only took eight to twelve hours a day, the number of shots completed every day was actually not less than those in the mainland.

After knowing where the problem was, Yang Qing immediately called the first deputy director: "You stare at the set, come and notify me after all the preparations are completed!" He shouted to Fu Xinbo and the others, "Fu Xinbo, and Teacher Ren Tianye, come here, I will tell you the show!"

When Zhang Ran saw Yang Qing telling Fu Xinbo and the others seriously, he smiled with relief.

When Yang Qing and others have experienced the Hollywood film industry system and know that the Hollywood film process has graduated from school and started directing movies, the industrialization process of Chinese films will be greatly accelerated!

Zhang Ran has always believed that many problems in Chinese films, such as censorship, grading, etc., can only be solved after the film has been industrialized. The fastest and most concise way to achieve industrialization is to promote it from top to bottom. This top to bottom promotion is not driven by the government, nor can it be solved by the government's policy, but a group of directors play the role of a leader, driving the upgrading of the entire film industry.

Each director has his own team. A director who knows Hollywood and Hollywood film processes can lead a professional team, and this professional team can influence more people. Ten such directors can influence thousands of practitioners. If there are fifty such directors, it may affect tens of thousands of people. Only then can the entire film industry establish a mature ecosystem and truly realize industrialization!

The rapid rise of Korean films in the late 1990s was that a large number of international students in film and television majors returned to China. Their return subverted the previous creative ideas of Korean films, absorbed and imitated the production model of Hollywood films, and used Oriental culture as a packaging to activate the film market that had been silent for many years.

If Chinese films want to be industrialized, they must take a similar path!

Meanwhile, other actors on the crew were sitting aside from a distance, chatting quietly.

Yang Mi pouted and said, "When Xiao Ranran was in the 2001 level, she personally took on the graduation drama and movies, but this time he didn't care much at all, it was not fair at all!"

Li Yifeng said speechlessly: "Teacher Zhang is good to you. You have already starred in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III". This drama will definitely be very popular. Other students in your class have also starred in popular dramas. What about us? For such an opportunity, our Class 2 cannot even ask for it. Do you know how much we envy you?"

Several students from Class 2 of Class 2 of Class 2 of Class 2 who were present sighed. They really envied the students in Class 1. If they could become Zhang Ran’s students, they would have been able to work hard for so many years!

Yang Mi touched her nose embarrassedly, and she seemed to be a little born in a blessing and didn't know how to be blessed. She looked at Li Yifeng and said seriously: "Actually, Teacher Zhang is very optimistic about you. He said that Li Yifeng's child is a good figure and is born to be an idol!"

Li Yifeng was overjoyed when he heard this: "It's true, did Teacher Zhang really say that?"

"Of course it's true, Teacher Zhang also said..." Yang Mi paused when she saw Li Yifeng's face full of excitement and said with a smile, "It's a pity that acting is too mute, even mute than Huang Xiaoming!"

Li Yifeng's face turned green immediately!

Half an hour later, the first deputy director came to inform Yang Qing that the preparations were done and the official filming could be done.

Yang Qing glanced at Zhang Ran and said shyly: "Teacher Zhang, I want to shout it myself!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I often shouted my own commands. If I don't shouted my own commands, it would be like there is no authority!"

Yang Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, picked up the speaker and shouted: "All groups are ready, we are ready to start filming officially!"

"Start! Plate the board! Start!"

As Yang Qing's command sounded, the online drama "Dragon Group" officially started filming.

"Dragon Group" tells a story. 17 years ago, the Dragon Group member He Qingbang died in a mission to protect his companion Chu Tianshu. Chu Tianshu found He Qingbang's wife and handed her a necklace with a badge to her. 17 years later, Chu Tianshu was already the leader of the Dragon Group. He found He Qingbang's 18-year-old son He Chong and asked him to participate in the Dragon Group test. In the end, He Chong and two other young people passed the Dragon Group test, became a new member of the Dragon Group, and began to confront the World Games.

Today's play tells the story of He Chong's failure in the college entrance examination. He was drinking outside with his friends and had a conflict with others. He Chong used a bottle of wine to hurt someone and was eventually taken away by the police. He Chong's mother called the phone number left by Chu Tianshu that year and asked him for help.

What is being filmed at this moment is a scene that Chu Tianshu brought He Chong out of the police station.

At the door of the police station, Chu Tianshu slapped He Chong's face with a palm and directly slapped him to the ground. He Chong was stunned and only reacted several seconds later and shouted, "Why are you hitting me?"

Chu Tianshu said coldly: "This slap was for your father. If he saw you become like this, he would definitely be disappointed!"

He Chong was stunned: "Do you know my father?"

Chu Tianshu sighed slightly: "Of course, he is my best friend, he saved my life!"

The scene was finished quickly. Yang Qing stared at the camera and watched it repeatedly. The actor's performance was good, and the sound and picture were not a problem, so he could pass it. But Zhang Ran was sitting here. Yang Qing asked carefully: "Teacher Zhang, what do you think of this camera?"

Zhang Ran did not answer: "You are the director, and you need to make your own judgment on the scene. You will submit all the shots to me in the evening, and I will review them at that time."

This is the standard process for Hollywood movies, especially blockbusters. The director will hand over the shooting materials to the management team headed by the producer every night for review. Once a problem is found, it needs to be reshooted the next day. Only when all of them pass the producer's review can the subsequent shooting be carried out.

Yang Qing went to the Hollywood crew for internship, so he naturally knew this and felt that it was safer to keep one. He stood up and shouted, "Just according to the state just now, let's do another one!"

The members of the play all moved and prepared to reshoot.

At about 11 o'clock, another scene was finished. The crew was about to change the venue when a worker ran over: "Teacher Zhang, Han Shanping is here, I said there is something to do with you!"

When Zhang Ran heard Han Shanping look for him, he was slightly stunned. He was very familiar with Han Shanping and did not call me, but came to him in person. It should be an important matter. He immediately asked the workers on the spot to lead the way. When Han Shanping walked into the set, he met him in time.

"Mr. Han, if I had known you were coming, I would ask the crew to sprinkle water to remove dust and clean the road surface to wait for Mr. Han to arrive!"

Han Shanping laughed and scolded, "You guy, you are poor enough!" He said, "You are busy filming just a few days after the Olympics, you are so busy!"

Zhang Ran smiled and explained: "It's not me who is filming, it's the students who are filming their homework, and I'm the producer. If you don't talk about this, Mr. Han will definitely go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. I don't know what it is. You need to go there in person?"

"There is indeed a very important thing, but this is not a place to talk!" Han Shanping looked at the time, "It's already eleven o'clock. Let's find a place to eat and chat while eating!"

Zhang Ran naturally would not refuse, so he agreed immediately, and the two walked out of the set together.8)
Chapter completed!
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