China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 141 Preparatory Work and Finalization

Entering September, the crew of "The Age of Awakening" has become even busier.

He Hua took a few changes of clothes and checked into the hotel booked by the crew in North Putuo Film and Television City.

Get up early every morning, eat a few bites, and then follow Kong Sheng to look around or supervise the construction of related scenes.

After half a month, I have turned myself into a contractor, and my not-so-rich appearance is becoming more and more in jeopardy.

"Here, don't be so flat, who will compact the road for you? It's all made by people, so it's more real to have potholes."

Kong Sheng pulled the person in charge of the engineering team and pointed to the dirt road in the middle of several alleys.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to do it this afternoon."

"The walls on both sides are also made rougher."

"That's good."

He Hua stopped and walked on the sidelines, looking for angles from time to time, comparing the scene in front of him with the picture in his mind to see which one feels more impressive.

"Old Kong, what do you think about building a simple shed in this corner?"

"A barber here is helping Mr. Zhongfu cut his hair, and at the same time talking about ancient times."

"At this time, the cries of the newspaper seller came. Mr. Zhongfu called the little newsboy loudly. He bought a newspaper and read it. He applauded the writing in it when he saw the highlights."

"How about adding a plot like this?"

Kong Sheng stood in He Hua's position and walked back and forth, and it took him a long time to say: "Okay, let the props prepare something to try."

The location where He Hua and Kong Sheng are located is a new street.

This street, which restores the scene of BJ’s Qianmen Dashilan a hundred years ago, has a total length of 313 meters and was specially built by the film crew and the studio.

Of course, it is still a big construction site, with construction going on everywhere.

In addition to the street on the front, there are also nearly a hundred scenes in the Jiangan Hutong where "New Youth Editor" is located, the Han Wen Temple where Li Dazhao took refuge, the Zhongxi Hotel, Changxindian factory and shantytowns, etc.

In order to restore a more realistic scene, He Hua and Kong Sheng also found key cultural relics protection units and obtained their permission.

Take the art group, props group, and camera group to the former site of the New Youth Editorial Department, the Red House of Peking University, the Lu Xun Museum, the former residence of Mr. Shouchang, and the former site of the Changxindian Work-study Preparatory Class for Studying in France and other memorial halls for detailed inspection.

After the inspection, come back and do a one-to-one restoration.

During this process, He Hua has seen the Shanying Kongsheng team's pursuit of details.

Costumes, props, sets, and many details that He Hua did not notice, but they noticed and proposed solutions.

For example, the newspapers and books used in TV dramas cannot be directly replaced by modern newspapers and paper, and must be specially produced.

Special production means that a lot of cost has to be invested.

So some people suggested looking for cooperation with publishing houses and newspaper companies with a long history, looking for retired masters, and asking them to help.

In this way, after paying two special thanks, this problem was solved.

The leaders of other publishing houses and newspaper companies are also very happy.

I didn't expect my political performance to drop from the sky, and it will be a critical period next year, so it is worthwhile to pay some money.

There is also the care in clothing.

At the beginning of the preparation of the crew, Kong Sheng asked to recruit more students majoring in choreography.

At that time, Huang Lan was still a little hesitant. She felt that these students were inexperienced, and she was afraid that they would not be of great use, so there was no need to recruit so many students.

Now it seems that people still have the foresight.

Film and television drama costumes, as "role packaging", are part of the character.

Clothing adopts different shapes, colors, and materials, which can express different characters' personalities, shapes, and even psychological activities.

Therefore, clothing plays a key role in shaping the character.

As a group drama, "Awakening Age" has as many as 50 to [-] important characters, and the costumes of these characters must be carefully considered.

Moreover, these characters have different costumes when they appear in different scenes.

For example, Mr. Shouchang wears a long shirt every day, but it becomes a short skirt when he arrives at Ge Shugui's house.

There are also different types of clothes for different occupations. For example, the clothes of intellectuals are different from the suits of diplomats, mainly long gowns;

Workers are different from them, they have coarse coats and hemp trousers, and they also need patches, so as to show the status of workers in society.

In addition, the production preparation time left for the crew is very short, so this task is very arduous.

As soon as these newly recruited students entered the group, they were led by the old man to study the dressing styles of people from 1916 to 1921.

Then everyone worked day and night, and finally designed and produced nearly [-] sets of costumes before the shooting started.

In short, whether it is Youhua's team or the newly recruited young reserve force, they have all been baptized in this intense and busy rhythm.

After the two watched the construction of the scene, on the way back to the hotel, Kong Sheng lit a cigarette and said while puffing:

"In a few days, I will go to Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Jiaxing to see the location."

"The progress here is still a little slow, and it will be February or March next year when I barely start shooting. Anyway, it will be the end of the year."

"During this period of time a few years ago, we first filmed other scenes to compress the production cycle as much as possible."

Indeed, He Hua originally planned to start the machine in October. Judging from the situation, it would be good to start it in November.

He nodded: "Okay, then you work hard, if you have any questions, let's talk on the phone."

After returning to the hotel, He Hua quickly took a shower and changed his clothes.

After going out, I took a taxi and rushed to the airport.

Today is the finale day of "Snail House", and He Hua is going to Shanghai to attend the finale banquet in the evening.

Originally, he didn't plan to go, but he flew all the way to have a meal, He Hua had so much free time!
But after several phone calls, He Hua really couldn't refuse.

Here is He Hua's financial backer, the leader of Modu TV Station, who spent real money several times to buy Youhua Entertainment's TV series, and now he made a special phone call to invite him, can you refuse?
There is also Huang Lan, who understands He Hua with affection and moves with reason.

To say that He Hua never showed his face from the preparation, filming to finalization of the TV series will make the employees of the company feel chilled.

Also, the impression on the partner is not good. Others will think that you are taking Joe and supporting you.

There is no way, He Hua can only make a trip.

At the finale banquet in the evening, He Hua gave a strong sense of presence.

He first thanked the three partners for giving everyone this business opportunity, so that the filming of this drama can be approved.

Then I would like to thank every actor for their contribution to this drama.

Finally, the production team of the crew.

".I have talked to many crews, and I know how difficult it is for everyone behind the scenes."

"Site management, the earliest to arrive at the scene every day, and the last to finish work, all the dirty work is done."

"Producers are either solving problems or on the way to solve them every moment."

"Lighting, lighting for three hours, shooting for 5 minutes."

"So, let's not say thank you. I discussed with several bosses, and each of them will get an extra bonus. The money is not much, just to express our gratitude."

Anyway, it's all public accounts, and of course the bosses have no objection.

The production team cheered immediately.

The result was that when it came time to toast, everyone gathered around.

He Hua didn't make it through one round.

However, He Hua's generosity and focus on the production team's personality has become more and more stable.

(End of this chapter)