A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 303 School TV Station?

Chen Jinnian admired the dean of their film and television academy. Those messy conditions and applications were actually implemented, and the equipment that needed to be allocated and the people who could be approved were handed over to him on time.

On Friday, a temporary crew started filming on the playground of Yucai Experimental Primary School. The photography team, director team, props team, sound team, art team, and stage management team were all available, and the team was bloated with staff.

When Chen Jinnian was filming a movie in Langfang during the winter vacation, he didn't have such a well-organized production team. He even suspected that those seniors were using his crew as an internship.

"Teacher, did I say we needed so many people?"

Gao Xu touched his nose awkwardly. At the beginning, he did invite a few people, but when those students went back and spread the word, some invited their roommates, and some invited their classmates, and the number of people swelled exponentially.

"They are idle at school and they come here to find something to do."

"Then I can't afford to pay their salaries and transportation expenses." He quickly shook his head. This micro-film was purely self-funded, and it was difficult to expect it to make a profit. How could he have the money to give to everyone?

"It's okay, just give me lunch."

After chatting with Gao Xu, he went to discuss the content of the upcoming filming with Mr. Li Guangfu from the People's Art Theatre.

The original actor Wei Zongwan thought that his villain image was too different from the role and was not suitable for the role, so he declined. However, he heard from Liu Tingting that the real situation was that Teacher Wei had been ill recently and did not have the energy to play an important role for the time being.

"Teacher Li, you are my senior. You can just act according to your own understanding. I only have one request. When you are exhausted and lying against the tree at the end, you must tilt your head and look at the national flag on the playground. And your emotions must be restrained throughout the whole process."

"No problem, give me a few minutes to adjust myself."

Teacher Li nodded seriously. He received the invitation yesterday morning. It was the dean of Communication University of China who called personally, saying that a student in his college wanted to make a micro-film and the shooting was about to start but they were short of the leading actor, so he asked him to help out.

He was quite surprised at the time, because old people like them are rarely used in the films shot by students nowadays.

After hearing the specific story, he agreed without hesitation. How could he not play such a role? He would take it even if there was no pay. He would spend a few days there, just to help the younger generation and support young directors.

However, Teacher Li did not mention the issue of remuneration, but Chen Jinnian still insisted on paying it. Even if he was very frugal, the corresponding labor service could not be bad.

The filming process went smoothly. Chen Jinnian carried the camera by himself and finished shooting the first footage before his seniors could react.

As for the student part, it was more difficult to shoot. The children are not professional actors, and many of them are camera-shy. However, with the assistance of the head teacher and the principal, and his patient guidance, they managed to complete the filming of the playground scenes.

During the remaining time, Chen Jinnian and Li Guangfu took photos with the principal, teachers and young actors.

Especially Chen Jinnian, he has not been at Yucai Experimental Primary School for long, just over six years at most, and many of his teachers are still teaching in the school.

Six years was just the time it took teachers to teach from first grade to sixth grade, but for him, it was a tremendous change.

It took a lot of time to reminisce with the teachers, even longer than the filming time. If it weren't for the filming task, I feel that the teachers would not let him leave easily.

When the crew received the notice to move, many people were stunned.

"Transfer? Didn't we just arrive?"

"We just arrived, and the director has already finished filming. Hurry up and pack up and leave."

"What, it's finished filming? Why do I feel like it hasn't been filmed yet? I didn't hear the call for action."

"Yeah, I just finished setting up the camera, and I haven't experienced what it's like to be the crew's photographer yet."

"If I let you be the cameraman, you won't be able to finish filming until tomorrow morning. If you don't want to leave, then please clean up the garbage on the ground."

The consequence of a bloated crew is inefficiency, with people always asking each other what they should do.

Chen Jinnian had no choice about this. He really didn't need so many people. The most obvious ones were the seniors in the director team. They were all sent by teachers from another major with good intentions, which was to increase the crew's experience.

But he was really useless. He couldn't just tell the scene to the assistant director once, and then the assistant director told the scene to Li Guangfu again. He would be like a mouthpiece in the crew, and there was no certainty as to how what was to be filmed would be relayed.

By around three in the afternoon, the crew had finished filming their scenes for the day.

The seniors saw what shooting speed is. The meticulous work taught by the teachers did not exist, and there was no artistic exploration. Not to mention shooting twenty takes for a scene to show different performance styles, even five takes for Chen Jinnian were too much.

Unless there are any mistakes or errors in scheduling, he will only shoot two takes at most.

Generally speaking, the situation where Party A asks for N revisions for no reason mainly happens when Party A dominates Party B. Usually, such Party A does not have any artistic pursuits, but he himself does not know what he wants, so he has to use the exhaustive method to compare.

After Chen Jinnian confirmed the shooting plan for tomorrow with the main staff, the crew officially finished get off work. It was so early that he even had enough time to go to school to pick up Wang Yidi.

However, he failed to meet Wang Yidi at the gate of Lide Building of the school and was intercepted by several other senior students.

"Hello, Junior Chen Jinnian, we are from the TV station and would like to do an interview with you."

"TV station?" Chen Jinnian was a little dazed. He turned around and looked around to make sure he was still inside the school. He asked hesitantly, "Um, hello, what TV station are you from?"

"Of course it's our school's TV station."

"Our school has a TV station?" He found it difficult to connect school and TV station.

"Of course. Our school TV station has a hardware platform covering all media. It has a staff of 1400 people, broadcast vehicles worth tens of millions and a -square-meter high-definition studio. How about it? Not bad, right?" The senior student who introduced it to him raised her head proudly, obviously very proud to join the TV station.

Chen Jinnian nodded. He was really impressed now. Communication University of China had its own TV station, Beijing Film Academy had its own film studio, and the Central Academy of Drama had its own drama theater. These old and strong schools were really more outrageous than each other.

"Senior, I'm really busy right now. Let's talk again when I have time. Besides, an interview with me isn't very valuable. I'd be very interested if we talked about movies or something." He was about to decline when his phone rang. "Sorry, I have to take a call first. If you need to contact me next time, please notify my roommate first. Sorry, sorry."

"What should I do, Sister Na? He doesn't seem to want to do an interview."

"It's okay. The monk may run away, but the temple cannot. Take your time. Let's go back and prepare for next month's sports meeting."

Chen Jinnian continued on the phone and walked upstairs, cautiously looking behind him to see if there was anyone. "Sister Tingting, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Both contracts have been finalized. The recording time for the variety show is scheduled for National Day, but the endorsement time is more flexible and can be done anytime."

"Okay, let's arrange the endorsement for next Monday. I'll discuss the variety show with Yidi. Just send me the specific work time and content." Chen Jinnian replied. It's better to put the money in the pocket.