Chapter 95 Return to the Magic City
Chapter 95 Return to the Magic City
"Rush Hour", "Young and Dangerous", "New Police Story", "Crossroads"...
These are all films shot and produced by Li Zhongzhi as the action director.
It can also be seen from these movies that he is very good at fighting and gun scenes in modern action movies.
Wang Hao even knows that future works such as "Wolf Warrior", "True Man", and "Baby Project" will also be produced by him.
Such an excellent action director is naturally worthy of his special invitation to join his crew.
Fortunately, Li Zhongzhi did have a schedule during this period, and Wang Hao used the relationship between Huayi and Hong Kong to invite him over.
With this great general, many subsequent issues related to action scenes will be easily solved.
The crew of "Fatal Call" was quickly formed in a very short time, and the actors were also in their positions.
Finally, on October 12, Wang Hao and the main creative staff of the crew gathered in Beijing and held a new film press conference in front of the media.
Although Wang Hao is just a small director, the movie "Fatal Call" is nominally a big production with an investment of 3000 million yuan, and with the relationship between Huaying and Huayi, many media reporters came to the press conference.
However, the cast of Wang Hao and his team's film is not worthy of such a high investment.
The reporters looked around and didn't know who to target first, so they could only come one by one.
"Teacher Xu Zheng, this is your first time as the leading actor in a movie, right? How does it feel?"
"Sister Feihong, we noticed that you haven't been filming many movies in recent years. What have you been busy with? Why did you choose to join Director Wang's new movie this time?"
"Binbin! Binbin, I want to ask, as a newcomer in the film industry, do you think you can make a good film this time?"
"Director Wang, as a new director, this is your first time directing a theatrical movie with such a big investment, do you have confidence?"
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The new film launch conference is just like that. After paying a certain amount of hard work, the news about the start of filming of "Fatal Call" finally appeared in the marginal sections of major media for a while.
After the crew was formed, Wang Hao spent the first few days holding meetings with the heads of various departments.
Unlike the filming of the previous two movies, "Fatal Call" was made with a large crew, and the composition of each department was very formal, with all the necessary personnel in place.
Including the actors and staff from various departments, all the people add up to at least 100, not including extras and extras with few lines.
In addition, some of these people were working together not for the first time, so the first thing before filming began was to unify their thoughts. At the very least, they had to know who was the boss of the entire crew.
Among these, the opinions of the executive director, director of photography, art director, action director and special effects director are the most important.
If the director is the brain in a crew, then these people are the arms and legs.
As a director, Wang Hao needs to tell his ideas to the executive director, director of photography, art director, action director and special effects director. The executive director will then coordinate the shooting scene, the director of photography and art director will coordinate the lens, lighting and props, the action director will design the fighting routines and train the actors, and the special effects director will conceive the special effects pictures in advance, determine which parts of the lens need special effects, and what special effects methods to use...
With management distributed level by level in this way, the entire crew can operate in an orderly and well-organized manner, and a director can be considered preliminarily qualified.
Wang Hao had filmed two movies before, so he was naturally well aware of this. There were also many staff members in the crew who were employees of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, so it was naturally easy for him to manage them.
Within three days, several meetings, and a detailed storyboard, Wang Hao conveyed his ideas to them in full.
Afterwards, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was there, the entire crew headed directly to Shanghai to prepare to shoot the exterior scenes first.
After all, this part of the plot mostly involves gunfights and special effects, so it would be better to shoot the materials first and then process them, which can save more time.
Therefore, Wang Hao and his team arrived in Shanghai together in mid-to-late October. After contacting the leaders of the local administrative department, the other party was very enthusiastic because Huaying Group had informed them in advance.
After understanding their shooting tasks and framing ideas, we immediately arranged for relevant personnel and properly coordinated with the regional municipal departments at the shooting site.
As for where the filming took place, it was naturally the most prosperous and famous Lujiazui Financial Center in the entire Magic City.
After all, the protagonist of the movie is a financial practitioner, and it is very normal for him to go to and from get off work here.
What's more, shooting incidents on ordinary streets are not as tense and shocking as sniping incidents from top to bottom between high-rise buildings.
This is the same reason why many Hollywood blockbusters like to be filmed in New York's Times Square.
However, there will be another problem if shooting in this way, that is, shooting in such a busy and crowded place requires extremely high control and scheduling of the scene.
Although the local government departments in Shanghai have said they are fully cooperating, in Lujiazui, it is impossible for them to really block off the entire street and allow you to take as many photos as you want.
And even if the streets were not blocked, the mere fact of filming a movie on the streets would be enough to attract the attention of most Chinese people.
After all, this is not Hollywood or Hong Kong. There are many film crews shooting on the streets every day, so the people there are used to it and don't even glance at them when they pass by.
Wang Hao could imagine that if he just brought the crew to the foot of the Jinmao Tower in Lujiazui, there would definitely be three layers of people surrounding it.
The Chinese people have always been eager to watch the fun, and this will not only affect filming, but may also affect traffic and cause congestion.
If there is another stampede, he will be in big trouble.
After much discussion, the district government department finally only gave two days for the filming and made an appointment in advance so that they could arrange personnel to go to the streets to help them maintain order.
Wang Hao and the others were already very grateful for this condition.
Although two days is a short time, if they plan it well and concentrate the limited outdoor shots together, it will be enough for them to complete the shooting task.
(End of this chapter)