Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 106 The Journey to Become a Master of Fine Arts

Of course, Chen Cheng's insistence on the art route does not mean that he has always wanted to do art.

But in movies, art plays a very big role.

even.

A series of big directors used to work in art.

Just like the "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon" mentioned by Xu Wenlong, if nothing unexpected happened.

His director should be Li Rengang, who was an art director by profession.

Later he became a famous director.

Chen Cheng could also take this route.

“This is a new contract.”

After signing the new contract with Hengdian Film and Television, Chen Cheng did not go to the crew immediately.

At present, the crew there has not been fully established and is still in the process of selecting the behind-the-scenes team.

So Chen Cheng can rest for a few days during this period.

But it's called rest.

However, Chen Cheng was thinking about his artistic attributes.

The art attribute is 79, just a little short of 80.

Don't underestimate this as it's just a few attribute points.

But as long as the attribute points reach 80, there will be unexpected effects.

Just like Chen Cheng's physical attributes.

He is now at 80, even if it doesn't increase.

But Chen Cheng's physique has always been beyond ordinary people, and ordinary people can't compare to him at all.

Therefore, Chen Cheng planned to upgrade his art attribute to 80 before joining the crew of "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon".

Just to improve this one attribute is not an easy task.

Although Chen Cheng has been creating continuously at home during this period, unfortunately his attribute values ​​have not improved at all.

Not only did it not improve.

Because of the constant painting and redoing, Chen Cheng discovered that there were signs of regression.

This frightened Chen Cheng so much that he stopped working on the spot and did not continue.

Chen Cheng understood.

If you want to break through this attribute and reach 1, it is impossible to just rely on your own creation such as building a car in seclusion.

"Brother Cheng, why don't you go around to various places in the next few days."

Seeing that Chen Cheng has been in a bad mood in seclusion in recent days, Xiao Wu suggested.

"Too."

Chen Cheng thought this was a good idea.

In the next few days, Chen Cheng plans to take a good look at Hengdian.

Talk about it.

Although Hengdian Film and Television City is for filming, it is actually also a major tourist attraction.

I had been filming before and didn't really enjoy it.

Now that he has a rare chance of free time, Chen Cheng is feeling quite relaxed.

Hearing that Chen Cheng was taking a break recently, Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei, who were filming in Hengdian, also came over and said that they wanted to follow Chen Cheng to have a good look around Hengdian.

Hengdian Film and Television City is mainly composed of five sub-group scenic spots: Guangzhou Street, Xiangjiang Street, Qin Palace, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Ming and Qing Palaces, and Dream Valley.

It has more than a hundred studios.

During peak periods, as many as 50 crews would shoot in Hengdian.

"Director Chen, are you taking a break today?"

"Yeah, take a few days off."

"Haha, you should have a good rest. I heard that you are very busy on the set of Curse of the Golden Flower."

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone has their own division of labor."

along the way.

I often run into other crews filming.

Seeing Chen Cheng, many directors greeted him.

Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei smiled and said, "Chen Cheng, it's so comfortable to follow you. Usually those directors are fierce, but today they have all become very kind."

Chen Cheng knew what the two meant and said, "In fact, their personalities are not necessarily that fierce. It's just that they are under a lot of pressure a lot of the time, and when filming, many actors can't meet their expectations, so they get angry."

"Then why can't I get angry when I see you?"

"Hahaha, some of them are my colleagues and some are my friends. If they dare to get angry, I have to confront them."

As they walked, Chen Cheng chatted with the two about interesting things: "Shanshan, I heard that you recently took on a big play."

"What a big drama, it's just a small supporting role."

"Not bad, not bad, keep it up."

"Thank you. Actually, it's all because of your face."

"What does it have to do with me?"

"It's a big deal. In Hengdian, everyone in the crew will give you face when they mention you."

"It makes me feel like I'm just watching the place."

Chen Cheng has a very easy-going personality. Even though his current status is completely different from before, the two of them felt very comfortable chatting with each other.

As it is now.

Even though his status was much higher than that of ordinary actors, Chen Cheng still chatted with them on an equal footing.

"Little bandit, what about you?"

Turning around, Chen Cheng looked at Zhang Xiaofei.

"I am far inferior to Shanshan. We auditioned for the same scene that day, but the director was attracted by Shanshan's long legs and big breasts and thought I was too flat."

When Zhang Xiaofei said this, the three of them burst into laughter.

Chen Cheng added: "Didn't I design a magical tool for you? Why don't you use it?"

"It was confiscated by the crew. They said it was the crew's property and I couldn't take it away. I had no choice but to strip the artifact off of me."

"I go."

This was also something Chen Cheng had not expected.

But think about it.

If some of these props could be taken away, then Chen Cheng really wanted to take away that set of golden armor and dragon robe.

Not to mention anything else, if you melt it down and sell it, you can get millions.

But Zhang Xiaofei said so.

But with his experience as a foremost actor in "Curse of the Golden Flower", Zhang Xiaofei has managed to gain a foothold in Hengdian.

Even if he can't get a big role, Zhang Xiaofei is still very popular for some small roles.

"Chen Cheng, I heard you took on another play."

"Yes."

"Will you be the chief director of the next play?"

"Haha, it's not that easy. It's still the same as before. Art director, this time it's a good one."

Chen Cheng replied.

Yuan Shanshan was puzzled: "I heard that many crews wanted you to be a director. Why don't you act as a director and still act as an art director? Although an art director is also considered a director, after all, he is only in charge of the art, so his power is still much smaller."

"It's not easy to be the chief director. Besides, being a director in a small crew doesn't offer much challenge or excitement."

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Cheng agreed to Xu Wenrong's new contract.

It’s not that Chen Cheng doesn’t want to be a director.

Chen Cheng looked down upon ordinary crews and ordinary directors. It wasn't that Chen Cheng had high standards.

In fact, a director does not just shoot the film, he is responsible for the entire team.

Behind the scenes, in front of the stage.

Especially behind the scenes.

If some hardware cannot keep up, even if the director is very good, he may not be able to turn the tide.

Furthermore.

Domestic films have not really taken off yet.

The current highest domestic movie box office is only 2002 million, set by Zhang Yi in 2.4.

Even for some big productions, with big directors and big stars, it is difficult to break 1 million at the box office.

It's already 2006, and the box office revenue of 2.4 million has not yet been broken.

Even if Chen Cheng had the vision of his previous life and made a low-budget movie that was pretty good in his previous life, it wouldn't have much box office revenue in such a market.

Also.

The director route also depends on qualifications.

Insufficient qualifications.

Not only will people in the circle not buy it, but audiences outside the circle will not buy it either.

Do you think that if a good movie is made, the audience will go to the cinema?

Do you think that as long as the movie is good, the box office will be high?

No, no.

Directors who thought this way have died countless times.

Chen Cheng is not in a hurry now.

It won’t be too late for him to take action once the domestic film market heats up a little.

……

"Chen Cheng, this way."

As I was walking, I ran into a familiar crew.

Zhang Lu, an old acquaintance of Hengdian Film and Television, is also a colleague of Chen Cheng.

Recently he took on a drama and became the director from the original assistant director.

Chen Cheng congratulated Zhang Lu and said, "Director Zhang, congratulations, congratulations on taking on a new drama and becoming the chief director."

Zhang Lu said embarrassedly: "I can brag in front of others, but don't make fun of me in front of you. I am just a small crew, even if it is legitimate, it's just like this."

"No, no, everything starts small."

"Come on, come to my crew and give me some pointers?"

"Forget about giving me some pointers, but it's still okay to take a tour."

Following Zhang Lu, Chen Cheng joined the crew directed by Zhang Lu.

This drama is a costume historical drama with a low investment cost. Its name is "Moonlight Before the Bed".

A very interesting name.

Chen Cheng didn't know the specific content because it hadn't been filmed yet. Chen Cheng knew the rules and didn't ask around.

Chen Cheng didn't ask, but Zhang Lu would ask Chen Cheng from time to time: "Chen Cheng, how was it in Director Zhang's crew in the past two months?"

"It's OK, but there's a lot to do."

"Of course there are a lot of things to do on a big crew. I heard that the number of extras exceeded 1 at the peak."

"More than 9000, less than 1."

"It's already scary, which part are you responsible for?"

"make up."

"Awesome, such a big crew let you be in charge of the makeup. What do you think of their makeup?"

Pointed to a character in the crew in front.

Chen Cheng took a look and said, "It's OK."

Zhang Lu said, "Director Chen, I am sincerely asking for your advice."

"It's really good, but the colors are a little too bright, but that's usually the case with TV dramas."

"Yes, TV series are not as strict as movies. The main reason is that there is not so much production budget and time to consider these issues. If I have the chance, I would like to join a big crew."

As he spoke, Zhang Lu looked at Chen Cheng, with an extra layer of envy in his eyes.

Chen Cheng comforted him, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with a big crew. It just has a higher production budget. It's not as grand as we imagined. There are some invisible parts, which are similar to ours."

"Really."

"Why would I lie to you? Let me tell you, the costumes of the extras in the big crew are the same as those in our small crew. They are all cheap goods, or even worse."

"Ok."

I had a very pleasant chat with Zhang Lu.

Zhang Liao knew that Chen Cheng spoke to make him feel comfortable, but the truth was not that simple. He felt even more respect for Chen Cheng in his heart.

Chen Cheng didn't think so much.

After joining Zhang Lu's crew, Chen Cheng also chatted with their art director and watched many of his works.

Although this art director's level is not very good, it is much worse than Chen Cheng's.

However, Chen Cheng still benefited from it.

For example, the work of this art director.

This gave Chen Cheng some new ideas and also helped him feel a little relieved from his recent depressed mood.

of course.

Faced with this great art director from the "Curse of the Golden Flower" crew, Zhang Lu's crew's art director also frantically asked Chen Cheng for advice.

After staying in Zhang Lu's crew for two hours, Chen Cheng left.

Chen Cheng was in a good mood and even hummed a little song when he walked out of the crew.

Zhang Xiaofei was a little surprised and asked, "Chen Cheng, why do you feel like a different person?"

"Suddenly, one thing made sense."

"What did you figure out?"

"It's nothing serious. Let's go and check out other crews."

Before, Chen Cheng had been struggling to get his art attribute above 80 but couldn't get it, which made Chen Cheng lose interest.

This time, when he joined Zhang Lu's crew, Chen Cheng felt a little more comfortable under the stimulation of different art styles.

and so.

He plans to visit other crews and communicate more with other art directors.

Check out their work and talk about their ideas.

Don't say it yet.

After a few days, Chen Cheng felt more and more excited.

Although he found that the system's art attribute was still 79 and still hadn't broken 80 points.

But he felt.

A breakthrough is inevitable.

As for when.

It's hard to say.

Who knows, a breakthrough might come in a moment.

result……

Just as Chen Cheng was about to head to the next crew, the system dinged and sent out a reminder:
[System: Congratulations to the host for reaching an artistic attribute of 80 and understanding the artistic imprint. From today on, the road to becoming a master of art begins. ]

(End of this chapter)