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Chapter 465 Dark horse is not so easy (subscribe for the third update!)
At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Tang An took the crew off the plane from Yinchuanhe East International Airport. The crew had come to the set here half a month ago to prepare. This time, he just brought a few actors over.

"Hello Tang Dong, hello Teacher Li."

Pang Hong, the vice president of Ningxia Film Group who had been waiting, greeted him with a smile.

"Boss Pang personally came to pick up the plane." Tang An smiled and shook hands with him.

Pang Hong waved his hands and smiled, "It's nothing to worry about. Director Tang is also welcome to come to our Ningxia filming. I've already booked a hotel, and Director Yang will be there soon."

Speaking of which, Pang Hong asked Tang An to get into an old Audi A6, and the others got into the car sent by the crew.

The location of "The Martian" is located in Ningxia, and the studio is also located in the Western Film and Television City, which saves the time for transitions.

He is a local snake, and he also helped to set up the __cpLocation and studio. Tang An had to go to socialize first, and then go to the studio later.

Arriving at the Kempinski Hotel on BJ Middle Road in Yinchuan, Yang Hongtao, chairman of Ningxia Film Group, also came within a few minutes.

"Hello, Director Yang."

"Hehe, this is the first time we've met Mr. Tang, please take a seat."

Yang Hongtao called Tang An to sit down, and soon the food was served.

At the banquet, there are staggered toasts, and it is inevitable to drink two glasses.

But Tang An had to go to the set at night, so he didn't drink too much.

"Tang Dong, our group is cooperating with Uniasia Entertainment on a blockbuster action movie. I wonder if you are interested?"

While talking, Yang Hongtao mentioned a project and asked with a smile.

Tang An's vision is obvious to all, and Hantang Media's publicity ability is not weak. Yang Hongtao also hopes that the two sides can have more cooperation.

"Director Yang, I'm busy with "The Martian" now, and I don't have the energy to take care of other things for the time being, why don't you send someone to talk to Mr. Chen, or wait until I finish filming this movie." Tang An said with a smile .

Ningxia Film Group doesn't have much presence in the country. If it weren't for "Painted Skin", most people would not know that there is such a studio.

I can't make a commercial movie in two or three years. Yang Hongtao should be talking about "Wolverine". Oh no, it's "King Kong".

If there is no plot, no dialogue, and no lines, it is still a good movie, but you can still watch it.

Fighting and fighting the whole time, action scenes can still be watched, but with this plot
It is basically difficult for such small and medium-sized film companies to make good films, and there are no decent talents from directors, actors to service.

Looking at the successful low-cost dark horse films in the past ten years, they are basically invested and produced by medium-sized and above film companies, and only these companies have people who have channels.

"Nightclub" is still invested by China Film and Chengtian.

"33 Days of Broken Relationship" was originally invested by Perfect World and Xinli Media.

In addition to Huaqi Film and Television, "People on Lost Road" also has the investment of Xiangbei Changjiang Film Group. The annual box office of one of its cinemas in northern Hunan accounted for half of the annual box office of the entire Hunan province.

It's not easy to be a dark horse. The movies of small companies are basically a few days' trip to the theaters. Ningxia Film Group can't handle the painting by itself, and has to recruit several other companies.

By the way, the famous "Asura" was invested by Ningxia Film Group, which made a big joke.

After drinking and eating, Tang An declined some of the following programs, and brought everyone to the western film and television base in the northwest suburb of Yinchuan.

The desolate northwest desert has created its simple, primitive, rough, desolate and unique architectural style.

Movies such as "A Chinese Journey to the West", "New Dragon Inn", and "Red Sorghum" were filmed here.

Xu Ke's remake of "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" was originally set here, but in the end he chose the Tianmo film and television base in northern Hebei, which is also the desert closest to the capital.

The car stopped at the entrance of the base, Tang An asked the actors to go back to the hotel to rest first, and then went to the set to have a look.

Drive to the specially opened green screen studio in the east, which is 25 meters high and thousands of square meters in area.

In the studio, a complete surface of Mars has been built, a full-scale human center can be placed, and a Mars rover can even be driven.

Green screen was only used to add the CG mountains in the background, and the panorama footage shot in the Tengger Desert during the preparatory stage.

The Tengger Desert was not taken directly, but a large area was transformed, completely in accordance with the reference data of Martian landforms given by the space agency.

When Tang An arrived, hundreds of crew members were still busy in the studio. Art director Ye Jintian, photographer Zhang Li, and lighting engineer Zhou Ren were constantly adjusting the lighting.

Assistant directors Zhang Yiping and Shi Tiangeng led two teams to arrange around. People also came in and out of the human center, and the Mars rover was also inspecting.

"Lao Ye, Lao Zhang, how's it going, did you check it for the last time?" Tang An walked over and asked.

"Director Tang."

"Director Tang is here."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and said hello to Tang An.

Ye Jintian rubbed his eyes, "Director Tang, the preparations have been completed, and we can start filming tonight."

"Don't worry, everyone take a break tonight and start working again tomorrow."

Tang An nodded, squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, and rubbed it in his hands.

Zhang Yiping walked up and said, "Director Tang, the sand is dry enough, the same as the Tengger Desert, where we filmed."

Tang An patted the sand off his hands and got up and said, "Everyone has worked hard during this period. Our shooting period this time is about one and a half months. Let's work hard for a while."

Tang An looked up at the top of the studio, and there were seven or eight lights, "What's the height of this studio?"

Zhou Ping knew what Tang An was going to ask, and immediately replied, "It's close to 25 meters, and the height is limited, so the height of sunlight is also limited."

"According to the data given by the space agency, this keeps the plot between 9:11 and [-]:[-] in the morning on Mars. When we transition to the Tengger Desert to shoot, we should also use the same daylight height as much as possible .”

Tang An asked, "In other words, the time to shoot exterior scenes in the Tengger Desert is only two hours?"

Zhou Ren nodded, "About two hours, depending on the weather."

Tang An asked again, "Can't pass the later revision?"

Zhou Ren shook his head, "I asked Director Xiao to read it, and it doesn't make much sense in the later stage."

Tang An didn't force it, and asked someone to call the production director Zhao Lei, "Old Zhao, you and the coordinator can confirm the filming schedule. The location plan has been arranged, and the plan for the next three days will be shown to me later."

"Oh, good director Tang." Zhao Lei nodded in response.

Then Tang An went to other human centers and other studios to have a look. The human center was built under the direction of the space agency, with a ratio of 1:1.

Preparations were completed in several other studios, and Tang An, the modified Mars rover, also sat on it and tried it out.

After confirming everything, everything is ready, and the filming will officially start when I understand.

With a complete and professional production team, Tang Anduo basically doesn't need to worry about the pre-production, as long as he accurately conveys his requirements and ideas, it will be OK.

Changing to a small company, Tang An was too busy to achieve this effect.

After turning around, Tang An clapped everyone's hands.

"Everyone, work hard. The hotel has already ordered a meal. After finishing the work at hand, go back to the hotel for dinner. Except for drinking, you can eat whatever you want.

Take a good rest after eating, and we will officially start work from tomorrow. "

A big meal will at least make them work more quickly and their hands and feet will be more agile.

(End of this chapter)