C320 Group Performance
C320 Group Performance
"Ms Xu, there are too many actors in our group, right? There's no need for so many people!" The director of Sky Fortress complained to Xu Haiyan.
As a famous director in the country, Ann Ji had a very high status in the entertainment industry. If it was during normal filming, he would not pretend to be an A-list celebrity like Xu Haiyan.
However, it was different now. Xu Haiyan was not only an A-list celebrity, but also an investor of the movie. No matter how she got the money, she was still an investor.
Ann Ji still had to look at Xu Haiyan's expression when it came to many things related to the production. However, Ann Ji could not hold it in anymore today.
Although he also needed to act in a group, seventy or eighty people were enough for him. However, Xu Haiyan had brought over a thousand people, and it was a huge scene.
Ann Ji, who came to the filming site early in the morning, was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He could only look for Xu Haiyan with a bitter face.
At this time, Xu Haiyan was in the resting area in a corner of the filming area. She was lying comfortably on a rattan chair. A few assistants beside her served tea and water, some were massaging her legs, and some were peeling grapes and sending them into her mouth.
She enjoyed it as if she was a consort in the Imperial Palace. She had the bearing of a superstar.
Hearing Ann Ji's complaints, Xu Haiyan looked at him sideways and said, "Didn't you want to film a big scene of aliens attacking the city? Do you think there are too many of them?"
"There must be a lot of people. As long as seventy or eighty people perform some movements in the main position of the camera, everything else will be done with special effects. Now that there are thousands of people, not to mention clothing and makeup, just commanding is difficult." Ann Ji said.
Xu Haiyan did not listen to him at all. She waved her hand and said, "What special effects do you use? Directly using real people is real. Can't you, a big director, command thousands of people?"
"I..." Ann Ji almost swore. As a director, he had been pointed at and lectured by a celebrity. According to the past, Ann Ji would have asked people to get out of here a long time ago.
Ann Ji suppressed his temper with all his might. After all, he had already signed the contract and Xu Haiyan had given him money. Now, if he were to fall out with her, he would be the one at a disadvantage.
"Director An, don't just stand there. There are so many people waiting. Hurry up and film it." Xu Haiyan snorted coldly.
"Okay, I'll take a picture..." After taking a deep breath, Ann Ji turned around and walked back to the studio.
On Lin Fan's side, Wang Datou had dragged him to play an all-nighter last night. Wang Mo only woke him up when he knocked on the door of the hotel.
"What happened so early in the morning?" Lin Fan yawned and asked.
"Boss, Xu Haiyan has taken away all the actors. We won't be able to recruit anyone today." Wang Mo and Ann Ji had the same expression. They were both complaining and looking worried.
However, one reason was because there were too many people to worry about, and the other was because they couldn't recruit people to worry about.
"It can't be. Is there such a thing as not being able to recruit a group actor in Tianhai Film Studio? I heard that there are tens of thousands of people waiting every day to film a movie. " Lin Fan said in surprise.
He did not really care about Xu Haiyan finding them, but was surprised that Wang Mo could not find them.
"There are a lot of people, but there have been a lot of filming crew lately. The supply is not enough to meet the demand. Now Xu Haiyan has recruited thousands of people for her crew. Isn't this obviously a bad idea? Yes, there are a lot of people. But recently, there have been a lot of filming crew members. The supply is not enough to meet the demand. Now Xu Haiyan has recruited thousands of people for her crew." Wang Mo said angrily.
"What the heck!? More than a thousand people, what is she doing?!" Lin Fan was shocked.
Now, filming a movie was different from before. After the special effects had matured, even the scene of tens of thousands of people shooting in the stadium could be done with special effects.
Unlike in the past, there was no such powerful special effects technology. No matter how many people were needed, they had to find as many people to film as possible.
That was why Lin Fan was very surprised when he heard that Xu Haiyan had found over a thousand people to film her own set.
"What kind of big scene could she create? It was because she saw that we needed to use group acting and deliberately made things difficult for us. She also blamed me for not contacting the intermediary in advance. Now, I'm caught unprepared." Wang Mo said with regret.
The filming time of Doomsday Legends was very tight. The work schedule was arranged very well, and there was not much time left. A delay of one day was a huge loss, and it might cause the movie to not be released on time.
That was why Wang Mo felt anxious and ran over to find Lin Fan to discuss countermeasures.
"Boss, you have a good relationship with Young Master Li in Tianhai Film Studio City. Why don't you find him to pressure Xu Haiyan's crew and let her distribute some people to us?" Wang Mo said.
Under the current circumstances, he could only place his hopes on Lee Xiaokang. After all, they were filming in the film studio city, so it was very easy to talk to him.
Lin Fan shook his head decisively. "We can handle this kind of small matter ourselves. There is no need to trouble others."
When they arrived at Haizhou, Lee Xiaokang had given Lin Fan too much care. He had provided free food and accommodation, and the venue used in the film studio city was confiscated.
Now that he had encountered some small trouble, Lin Fan was unwilling to find him to settle it. Furthermore, as the heir of Lin Family, if he could not handle a small matter well, wouldn't it be a joke to others?
"But, if we don't look for Young Master Li, how can we let Xu Haiyan give in?" Wang Mo said in a dilemma.
"There is no need for her to let them go. She can find as many group actors as she wants. It doesn't matter if we find all the people here." Lin Fan said faintly.
"Huh? This..." Wang Mo looked at Lin Fan in shock, not understanding what he meant.
"Go and film those scenes that do not need a group performance first. It will naturally be found in a group performance in a short period of time." Lin Fan instructed.
"Oh, okay..." Wang Mo walked out of Lin Fan's room in a daze.
After he walked out of the room, he patted his head hard. "Ah, I see. As expected, young Master Lin still has a way."
After figuring out what Lin Fan meant, Wang Mo happily ran back to the set. He was no longer worried about the group performance.
With the scale of thousands of people acting in the group, Xu Haiyan could not possibly use so many people every day. Just the salary and food expenses were not small.
If she used this method to cause trouble for Lin Fan, it would be a very silly method.
As for Wang Mo's side, as long as they changed the filming plan and filmed those scenes that did not need to be acted in groups, Xu Haiyan would naturally give up when she could not take it anymore.
Wang Mo only understood what Lin Fan meant when he left the door. It was not that he was stupid, but his brain was only in a hurry to shoot a movie. He did not even sort out such a simple matter.
Xu Haiyan's side was indeed the same as Lin Fan's. Not only did she not cause any trouble for Lin Fan, but her own crew was in a mess.
The original plan was to follow the arrangement of seventy to eighty people in the group, but now that more than a thousand people were squeezed in, the entire crew was not prepared at all. It would be strange if they were not in a mess.