Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 224: The Three Little Chinas
Next, Chen Linfeng began to participate in the specific preparatory work.

Including working with the production director Lao Wang to develop the entire budget and itinerary.

The last time we filmed "My Love from the Star", it was still a bit over budget in the later stages.

On the one hand, it is somewhat delayed in time, and the labor and equipment rental costs will be higher.

In addition, except for those high-end luxury goods rented from brands or directly sponsored, there will be no problems.

However, some other props were not made well enough and had to be reworked and replaced. The domestic industrial chain is indeed not yet perfect.

This time in the budget, Chen Linfeng directly increased the redundancy.

The entire budget was drawn up according to the Hollywood production model.

The total production cost was budgeted at $600 million.

Among them, the actors’ pay was 150 million, which was controlled at 25%.

This fee is actually not low. It is mainly because the fees for Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian are relatively high. Although Li Xuejian is a veteran actor, his price is really not expensive. The same goes for Ma Yue, who is a little cheaper.

The fees for the screenwriter and director added up to 60, accounting for 10%, which is slightly higher than his actors' fees. In fact, they are both very low prices for art films.

The behind-the-scenes labor costs other than the main creative staff amounted to 60 yuan, accounting for 10%.

There is always no shortage of big names behind the scenes of Chen Linfeng's crew. The art director Li Jinhui and the lighting master Lao Liu, who worked with him last time, were both called back by him.

The photography was taken over by Cao Yu. After all, he was the winner of the Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography, and we couldn't always let him be our apprentice.

The fashion designer whom the actor met during the “My Love from the Star” period was also brought in and a long-term collaboration was developed.

These people's fees are not low.

Equipment rental amounted to 30, accounting for 5%.

In addition to some lighting equipment, the most important thing is the cost of the camera.

Although Chen Linfeng was willing to spend money on this, since the film was almost entirely shot indoors and the plot was relatively coherent, the estimated shooting time was not long.

Therefore, the cost is much lower than during the “My Love from the Star” period.

Take Huadao 30, 5%.

Also compared to “You Who Came From the Stars”, there are almost no costumes or props that require high standards in “Whiplash”.

The most popular musical instruments were all sponsored by the school, which saved a lot of money.

In addition, there are post-production special effects, which cost 30 yuan, accounting for 5%.

This movie has almost no special effects, but there are a few stunt scenes, mainly the one where the male lead is hit by a car.

Sound effects and music are more expensive, costing 60 yuan, accounting for 10%.

The film uses a lot of music, including some high-level jazz performances, and the best jazz band was specially invited to perform. The copyright fees for other related music also cost money.

Logistics costs are 30, accounting for 5%.

The crew isn't that large and the shooting time isn't long, so 30 should be enough.

Of the remaining 25%, 5% will be used as a reserve fund and 20% will be used for later promotion.

In fact, this proportion of publicity expenses is relatively low compared to Hollywood standards. Nowadays, the publicity costs of some blockbusters are 1:1 with the production costs, and it is not surprising that they even exceed the costs.

But on the other hand, this is an art film and there are no high box office expectations.

In addition, Chen Linfeng also thought that if he could really win an award in Venice, the publicity effect would be much more useful than this little money.

The budget has been specifically worked out, and Cheng Er and his team have also completed exploration of some of the shooting locations involved in advance.

Chen Linfeng spent two days confirming everything on site and finally made a decision.

The remaining time is mainly spent waiting for the production of props and the debugging of the camera.

During the filming of “My Love from the Star”, although a movie-grade camera was used, it was actually a digital camera.

Many Hollywood crews have now abandoned traditional film, and China is also gradually catching up with the trend, as evidenced by the ability to rent corresponding machinery and equipment.

Chen Linfeng does not have the old-school directors' passion for film cameras.

In his opinion, digital cameras are the future, and since Hollywood can already use them to make movies, we should try and accept them as soon as possible.

Or to put it another way, digital cameras are a sentiment for him.

Digital cameras have the advantage of image stability, with almost no jitter or flickering. The rain-like scratches and wear that occurred in the film era will no longer appear.

However, the quality of the film produced is often not as good as that produced by film cameras.

The images taken by digital cameras are too clean and too sharp, which makes them lack the sense of cinema. In addition, they are too bright and there is always color distortion in the bright areas.

This requires technical means to compensate during shooting.

A common technique is to darken the picture during the early stages of shooting, and then pull it back later to increase the noise in the picture and create a grainy feeling like an image shot with a film camera.

However, to achieve the best results with this operation, you need to control the degree.

This requires advance measurement and debugging.

Therefore, Cao Yuzheng is now leading the photography team and working with the lighting team to shoot materials in advance at the designated shooting location, and compare and proofread them through post-production.

When filming "My Love from the Star", it definitely didn't need to be so troublesome. After all, if we were shooting according to the requirements of a movie, it didn't need to be so strict.

After all, this time there is some artistic (trophy) pursuit.

Of course, he is not a fool, the quality of the film determines everything.

In scenes with strong contrast between light and dark, the advantages of film cameras are still very obvious. At this time, he will switch to film camera for shooting, after all, he is not limited to only one camera.

As for why it is so troublesome and why a digital camera must be used, this is related to Chen Linfeng's graduation thesis.

The title of his thesis is "How to Shoot a Good Movie with a Digital Camera".

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The script had been sent to the relevant actors. He had written the script himself and had a good memory, so he had memorized it early on.

During this period of time, Chen Linfeng actually had some free time.

New Year's Day is approaching, and the media has released the last wave of explosive news. The Global Times Entertainment Edition reported: "The Great Tang Empire" is a hit overseas, and the ratings in various countries have entered the top ten of the year!

The article elaborates on the ratings of "The Great Tang Empire" in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Annan and other countries.

Among them, Neon and Annan performed best and received high praise from the audience.

Needless to say, Annan, known as the "Little China in Southeast Asia", has a high acceptance of Chinese cultural products.

Classic TV series such as "Journey to the West", "My Fair Princess", "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" and "The Yongzheng Dynasty" all had a huge impact in Annan.

There is even an Annan remake of "My Fair Princess".

In fact, the later works "The Sequel to Journey to the West" and "Young Justice Bao" also had a great influence.

Chinese historical dramas and costume dramas have always had good ratings once they are introduced into Annan.

This time, "The Great Tang Empire" was well-made and the plot was exciting to watch. Once it was broadcast in Annan, it became extremely popular and was in no way inferior to those classic TV series in the early years.

The ratings shot up to number one for the year before the show was even halfway through.

The film and television industry in Japan is well developed, not as bad as in Annan.

But Japan also has its own national conditions. Its acceptance of Tang culture is so high that it has reached the level of worship. After all, Japan used to call itself "Little China".

Coincidentally, the TV series with the highest ratings in Japan this year is a Journey to the West-themed TV series.

While the Tang monks were traveling west, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, began his legendary life.

Audiences in Japan are extremely interested in the Tang Dynasty TV series produced by China, which is said to be of extremely high quality. There has been a lot of discussion about it since the trailer began.

In addition, the male protagonist Chen Linfeng, who is being promoted, is also a writer with great influence in Japan (the influence of "Destiny" is growing).

As a result of these two factors, many people started watching the show from the beginning, and were then impressed by the excellent production and plot, and began to spread the word.

At the end, the ratings reached 18.3%, ranking 6th in the annual ratings list.

At the same time, the reviews from both the industry and the public are very high. It has been confirmed that it will be broadcast in a second rotation in the future.

Of course, it can't be compared with the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" back then. Japan's attitude towards the Three Kingdoms is really fanatical.

The old series of "Three Kingdoms" had a viewership rating of 46.7% in Japan, which ranks among the top ten in Japan's history.

Due to the great success of "The Great Tang Empire" in Japan, the voting website established at the beginning of the year to jointly support the introduction of Teacher Qilin's TV series was about to fall into silence, but now it has regained new vitality.

A large number of new netizens voted, and by the end of the year, the number of votes had exceeded 10, far exceeding Ishihara Rina's original expectations.

This time, the major TV stations no longer took it lightly. Asahi and Fuji stations had already started thinking of ways to contact China when "The Great Tang Empire" was halfway through its broadcast.

After all, the ratings are real, and the two countries do have such a cultural foundation.

Other dramas still have to worry about whether the audience will not buy into them, but Mr. Qilin’s fame in Japan is no less than that of ordinary stars.

Outside of Japan, the situation is somewhat different in another country, South Korea, which calls itself "Little China".

The Korean people really prefer historical dramas this year, and the number one drama "Jumong" once had a viewership rating of over 40%.

The ratings of "The Great Tang Empire" were also very high, even reaching 30%. Coincidentally, it also ranked sixth in the annual ratings list.

But this has caused great controversy among academia and the public.

The main issue lies in the historical controversy over Emperor Taizong of Tang's personal expedition against Goguryeo.

The plot of "The Great Tang Empire" gives a detailed description of the history of Goguryeo.

The Tang army captured several cities in succession and was about to reach the capital. There was also a war scene in which 3 cavalrymen defeated Goguryeo troops in a field battle.

Finally, they stopped outside the city of Anshi, which was close to the capital of Goguryeo.

Due to the terrain of Anshi City, the city walls were strong, and the siege earthen hill that the Tang army had spent a huge amount of money to build suddenly collapsed. The general defending the city was indeed quite capable, but in the end, they were unable to capture the city for a month or two.

It was September at this time and winter was approaching. In order to prevent the disadvantages of fighting in winter, Li Shimin announced the withdrawal of troops.

Before leaving, he held a grand military parade, and then returned to Chang'an with the people from the cities he had previously captured.

Basically, it can only be considered that he almost failed to destroy the country. Among Li Shimin's achievements in destroying countries, he does not show up very well.

But it can be said that they lost the battle. They were even beating Goguryeo violently.

However, this made some people in South Korea very dissatisfied.

In their long-standing impression, the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Goguryeo was a failure.

Although Goguryeo and Bangkuo actually had no relationship at all, they regarded them as their ancestors.

This TV show has the audacity to make up stories.

Soon some "experts" criticized the drama on television, in newspapers and other media.

The audience who originally liked "The Great Tang Empire" finally realized that the Goguryeo that the Tang Dynasty attacked was their "spiritual ancestral country".

"Jumong", which ranked first in ratings this year, is a historical TV series about the founding monarch of Goguryeo (although it is a bit weird).

Now some people immediately turned against us and started criticizing us.

"What kind of historical drama is this? It's just nonsense."

"That's right, why would a TV station broadcast such a TV series? Some bastard must have received payment for it."

Where there is conflict, there is protection.

They don't care about history or not.

My brother is so handsome, what gives you the right to say that?

This heroine is so beautiful, you can tell at first glance that she is not the kind of person who would make up history.

For a drama of such high quality, the textual research must have been done carefully.

Although the stealing country has begun cultural theft at this time, it has not yet formed a complete consensus among the whole nation. After all, it takes a certain amount of time to popularize (fabricate) culture.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who, after watching "The Great Tang Empire", feel that what is portrayed in the drama is real.

After all, everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty was very powerful, right?

(End of this chapter)