my crew is not human

Chapter 229 Makeup Problems
When Han Xinyu woke up in the morning, he saw Li Xianyun in his pajamas sitting on the sofa reading a book.

Han Xinyu walked over lazily: "Are you reading a photography book again?"

"No, this time it's makeup." Li Xianyun picked up the makeup knowledge in his hand and said.

"Why are you studying this again?" Han Xinyu was surprised.

"You don't understand the needs of the technical department." Li Xianyun said casually.

"Are you telling a woman that you don't know how to make up?" Han Xinyu asked back.

Uh.

This is a good rhetorical question.

Even if it is not a makeup artist, there will be no woman who does not know how to make up.

Li Xianyun shrugged, and gave a rough overview of the plan of his technical department.

Han Xinyu also knew about the "black technology" of Yisheng Media, but she didn't expect that Li Xianyun planned to subvert the film and television production process and greatly reduce the time and cost of film and television shooting.

After listening to him roughly finished speaking, Han Xinyu understood: "So now your plan is affected by makeup?"

"Of course, this is not the only thing that really affects. There are too many problems, but it is true that makeup is also an important factor, which needs to be solved one by one. But the most troublesome thing is here... Film and television shooting must go hand in hand. Any link that lags behind means other It doesn’t matter how efficient the department is.”

According to the barrel theory, the height of the water in the barrel is determined by the shortest piece of wood, which is most suitable for film and television shooting.

Han Xinyu shook his head: "You were influenced by Cao Hongyue."

"What do you mean?" Li Xianyun was puzzled.

Han Xin said: "Make-up is indeed time-consuming, but it's not that there are quick solutions to the problem."

"Tell me."

"First of all, actors don't have to remake up in every scene. Generally speaking, only the opening stage, the actors need to focus on makeup, and most of them are touch-ups later. Strong lighting and sweating will make the makeup fade, so it needs to be made up."

Strong lighting is not a problem, and the light that hurts ghosts can control the temperature.As for the problem of sweating, if the actors don't need to repeatedly NG, then the labor is not too much. The main thing that affects them is the familiarity of the script, and this can be made up for in the early stage.

Li Xianyun said: "But there are always some scenes that need to change makeup."

"You can stagger them. There are many kinds of makeup. In fact, actors don't need to change a lot of makeup. Most of them are changes in clothing and hairstyle. If you can stagger the actors or scenes with relatively large makeup changes in the arrangement , then time is not an issue."

Li Xianyun shook his head: "I've considered this matter, but it's not easy to do. If it's not the same scene, how many actors will play it to the end? You can't take the same scene apart to save time. Then The time saved is not enough to waste. Besides, it is impossible to change the script for this."

The screenwriters are hard enough, and it would be crap to have to change the script for makeup needs.

"But you can let makeup artists and art directors participate in the overall planning." Han Xin said: "Makeup artists know the makeup needs and time required for each scene best."

Let the makeup artist and art director participate in the overall arrangement?
Li Xianyun was also stunned.

This is unprecedented.

But what does that matter?
What Li Xianyun did was unprecedented, so it is necessary to change the process appropriately.

Han Xinyu continued: "Of course there are quick-acting makeup techniques. A good makeup artist can also complete the needs in a short period of time, but this requires better makeup artists and more assistants."

Hearing this, Li Xianyun clapped his hands fiercely and shouted: "That's right! Makeup artist skills are also an important part!"

The overall situation is uncertain, but the details make up!
Not everything has to be done by ghosts!
Since the make-up artist link is weak, it is better to increase the strength in this area.

It's just that other makeup artists require the most exquisite styling, but Li Xianyun's makeup artist requires extreme speed.

They can participate in the overall planning from the beginning, adjust the show appropriately according to the makeup time, and then arrange the makeup according to the time demand.Sufficient technology and sufficient manpower can make up for this link.

Of course, this cannot be fully compensated, but the occasional delay is perfectly acceptable.

Originally, it was impossible to completely delay the time with makeup. For a one-month scene, the theoretical limit speed can be filmed in five or six days, but it is too tiring!
It's a good thing that the makeup artist can't keep up. Give other people some rest and adjustment time, and buffer the problems of other departments - you can't really treat everyone as an assembly line worker, after all, you have to work more than ten hours a day.

Besides, the appetite does not adjust to love, some scenes still have to be repeated, and it will be no problem after preparation.

The coordinating team said: You are fine, we are under a lot of pressure.I've never seen makeup taken into consideration when planning.

Han Xinyu said with a smile: "However, the quality is still important. The most complicated makeup is placed at the beginning of each day. But in this way, actors and makeup artists will be unlucky, and they have to wake up a lot earlier than others every day."

Originally, makeup artists and actors didn’t have to get up early. After all, when they put on makeup, they had to set up scenery lights or something. Now that you set up scenery lights so quickly, makeup artists and actors can only hurry up early. They are definitely the biggest pain in the crew. The fighting force in the bitterness.

"That's impossible." Li Xianyun smiled and said, "Very good, one problem has been solved, but now there are other problems."

Li Xianyun told the troubles he encountered one by one, and Han Xinyu rolled his eyes.

She shook her head again and again: "Film and TV shooting itself is a process of artistic creation, but your request eliminates all artistry and turns it into an industrial assembly line."

"Zixin said this. My idea is to complete the artistic part through rehearsals." Li Xianyun replied.

"But small productions do previews, and the cost is too high."

"Yes, another contradiction, so now Cao Hongyue is still studying the rehearsal process." Li Xianyun smiled.

Director Cao was almost driven crazy by him.

"You can't solve all the problems in a short time." Han Xinyu expressed despair at this.

"I know. It's the so-called chasing a hundred miles and seeking half." Li Xianyun said with a smile.

Hearing this, Han Xinyu finally understood.

Yes, some things are easy to fix.

Just lower your requirements.

The same film can be finished in seven days or seven months. The quality determines all of this.

The reason why Li Xianyun's request is difficult to fulfill is because of the basis of quality.

And quality also has countless constituent points.

The quality of setting art is the quality, the photography lighting is the quality, the action fireworks is the quality, the actor's acting skills are the quality, and the director's lens is the quality.

However, there are little ghosts in the setting art, pyrotechnics and special effects lighting, so there is no quality problem, so it only needs to make up for it in other aspects.

Li Xianyun's real plan is to make life difficult for his subordinates first, squeeze out their greatest wisdom, and then make concessions on the basis of limited compromises.

This concession can be a quality concession or a time concession.

For example, makeup, this time is equivalent to a moderate compromise in quality - how many people know how to make up?Just look good.

Understanding Li Xianyun's true meaning at this moment, Han Xinyu shook his head: "You are more insidious than before."

Li Xianyun was helpless: "There is no way, a boss must know this."

Han Xinyu didn't criticize this point. She knew very well that a good boss has no means and can't really control so many people. She said, "Then what is your real plan?"

Li Xianyun groaned: "Under normal circumstances, an A-level network can be completed with an investment of about 1000 to 20 million, and it may take one to two months. According to the new model, the team will follow the whole process, one week to 200 days It can be completed around 200 to [-] yuan, not counting the rehearsal cost, the actual investment cost is about [-] million, plus special effects, the finished film should be equivalent to a production cost of about [-] to [-] yuan, but it depends on the situation.”

How much you can save depends on the content requirements of the film.

For example, for a blockbuster film with an investment of 3000 million, if it is a super water-injected film with the participation of funds, then the big head will lose 500% first, and the remaining 300 million will be shot, and the crew will go online and then go black. The actual investment capital may only be [-] million, then according to With such a specification, if Li Xianyun and the others follow the group all the way, they can do it with [-] million yuan.

300 million is equal to [-] million, which is one-thirtieth of the cost.

If there is no water injection, the production of 2000 million will be under the whole process with the team, 4000 million to [-] million is possible, depending on the situation.

For example, the Fortress of Magic City, not counting the production of 3.2 million yuan announced, excluding the actor's salary of about 2.2 million yuan, and other production costs of about 500 million yuan, the producer and director get half of it, and the bosses of the various departments of the crew get the remaining half. The actual investment may be as much as About 500 million, if according to Yisheng's new model, [-] million can be completed.

But in fact, Yi Sheng's new model still needs to spend 2000 to [-] million to make this film.

why?
Because the Fortress of Magic City is a typical scene with many special effects shots, the quality of special effects is poor, and blowing balloons is shoddy!
Yisheng Media has no advantage in low-level special effects!

So if they want to make such a film, they can't save much cost.

What’s more, even though the actor’s time is short, the basic price is there. If you shoot a three-month film in half a month, the time is one-sixth, but the salary will not be one-sixth, but more likely one-third. one.

In this way, the savings are limited.

So how much you can save depends on the specific operation of the specific project.

For example, transition: it can't save traffic time.

There is also the loss of materials: even if there are old ghosts, they still have to use raw materials to make them.

In short, in the case of following the crew throughout the whole process, it is possible to save one-third to half of the cost; in the dual crew mode, if the ghost town occupies half of the venue, it means that only one-third of the budget can be used for money, and the production system must be removed. The money for core personnel such as filmmakers, directors and art creators—after all, this is for participating in the preliminary preparations, so this money cannot be discounted.

So cost savings from one-sixth to one-third are possible.

Even so, this is already a huge improvement, at least the project can be implemented.

Han Xinyu shook his head helplessly: "Even if co-authoring is a concession, it is still super fast? If you do this, don't expect stars to participate in the performance in the future. No one will cooperate with you like this."

"I didn't care about celebrities at all." Li Xianyun laughed.

Han Xinyu's face darkened.

"Except for you." Li Xianyun changed his words.

Han Xinyu finally became happy, but he still said, "Help me."

"what?"

"Don't let me act in your film." Han Xin said.

Li Xianyun laughed out loud.

Indeed, this workflow is absolutely exhausting!

The improvement of production efficiency is the greatest squeeze on manpower!
(End of this chapter)