In early May, a green screen shooting base was located in the suburbs of Kyoto.
"All departments, please get in position! Photography? Lighting? Mr. Chen, are you ready?"
"I can start at any time."
"OK, Action!"
Since shadows are difficult to cut out, all the lights in the green screen studio were turned on to make post-cutting easier.
A young man wearing a military uniform walked slowly from the corner of the green screen. The camera slowly retreated on the track, but the focus of the camera always followed him.
The director saw through the monitor that the young man had a solemn expression and a sad expression. He lowered his head, his eyes were distant and empty, as if he was remembering something.
He raised his head, breathed out, and sang: "The rain is falling in my old hometown. The trees are deep. I heard that you are always alone. The mottled city gate is entangled with the roots of old trees. What echoes on the stone slabs is, wait."
Director Hu Defa felt that the filming of this scene was enough, so he decisively shouted: "Cut."
Director Hu Defa waved to Chen Minhao and said, "Come and take a look."
Chen Minhao watched his performance twice. Director Hu Defa praised Chen Minhao from all aspects of expression, movement, demeanor, and movement, and then discussed the next movement with the crew's lighting and photography.
That's right, today we are filming the MV for Chen Minhao's "Fireworks Easily Cold".
At present, many domestic singers' MVs only shoot some scenery and intersperse some singing scenes, but Chen Minhao doesn't want to be perfunctory at all with his album.
He hopes that his MV will have a movie-like texture. In order to make the listeners of the song more immersed in the song, he hopes that his MV can create an atmosphere of historical vicissitudes: pagodas standing in the sky, the flash of swords, the vicissitudes of life.
After comparing and weighing the two methods of live shooting and post-production, Chen Minhao finally decided to use the method of adding special effects in post-production. Although the cost is higher, the effect will be better.
The reason why Chen Minhao shot in a green screen studio was to "cut out". Cutout refers to separating actors or objects from ordinary scenes and combining them into scenes required by the plot.
Good post-production special effects are inseparable from the green screen, but they are even more inseparable from the superb acting skills of the actors - actors need to rely on imagination to perform without physical objects.
The plot of "Fireworks Easily Cold" planned by Chen Minhao is not complicated: a young general fell in love with a young woman at first sight and made a private commitment for life. Just when the general planned to come early, he was called to the frontier to fight.
When the general came back from the battle, received the canonization, and received the reward, when he went to find the woman, he learned that his affairs had changed and his earthly connection had ended: the woman had become a nun, and now she had passed away.
Finally, the general, who was no longer young, stood outside the temple where the woman got married, with drizzle falling one after another. He recalled his experience of envying others, and couldn't help but sigh: The beauty in the world is just like fireworks, easily cold and easy to separate.
Director Hu Defa is the director of "Detective". The editing of "Detective" has been completed and is waiting for the release of the promotion. When Hu Defa heard that Chen Minhao was going to shoot a MV, he volunteered to contact Chen Minhao and help him shoot a MV.
Chen Minhao naturally welcomed the addition of Hu Defa. Although Wu Defa has no experience in shooting MVs, he has directed several feature films with a box office of over 100 million, so his narrative skills are naturally strong, and Chen Minhao's MVs focus on narrative.
Chen Minhao, the other staff member of the filming crew, is also familiar, and they are all members of Hu Defa's team. This means that this MV not only has a movie-level director, but also has movie-level lighting, movie-level photography, and movie-level editing.
Although Hu Defa is a commercial film director, he is very good at paying attention to details. The entire MV looks delicate and smooth. A story that is not novel gave him visual enjoyment and emotional impact.
Chen Minhao was very satisfied after watching the finished MV for "Fireworks Easily Cold". He smiled and said, "Mr. Hu, your shots are great. It's really overkill for you to shoot the MV."
Hu Defa took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile: "As long as you are satisfied, which song are you planning to shoot for the next MV?"
"Ah, didn't you say before that your time was limited and you could only help me shoot one MV?"
Hu De smiled and said: "There are some changes over there. I coordinated the time myself and found that I can help you shoot two song MVs."
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Hu Defa originally just wanted to help Chen Minhao shoot a music video as a way to repay his kindness, but Chen Minhao helped him solve a problem in filming the movie - the actor who plays the role of Siyuan.
But after Hu Defa listened to Chen Minhao's album "Fireworks Easily Cold", he found that Chen Minhao was more talented than he thought, and according to other people's opinions, "Fireworks Easily Cold" cannot be regarded as the main song in the album. It is said that in the album Several other songs are on par with "Fireworks Easily Cold".
Therefore, Hu Defa decided to further invest in Chen Minhao and spent two weeks helping Chen Minhao complete the MV of another song.
Chen Minhao did not refuse Hu Defa's offer to help him shoot his second MV. One of Chen Minhao's most important life experiences in his past life and this life is: Never reject others' kindness to you.
Chen Minhao chose "See You Again" for his second MV. There is no "Fast and Furious" in this world, and naturally there is no unexpected death of Paul Walker. But Chen Minhao believes that the world of music is clear. He believes that even if this song cannot reach the heights of its previous life, it can still deeply move many people.
It took Hu Defa two weeks to complete the MV. He was fully responsible for the plot design, shooting and editing of the MV.
The progress of Chen Minhao's album is: the current progress of song writing and composing is 6/6, the progress of recording and mixing is 6/6, and the progress of MV is 2/2.
The subsequent album mastering, finding a manufacturer for production, promotional poster design, and album cover production basically did not require Chen Minhao's direct participation.
Chen Minhao stretched and said to Kang Hui: "I can finally relax a bit. I didn't go home during the Chinese New Year and plan to go back to my hometown next week."
Kang Hui relaxed her shoulders and said, "You can go home during the break of the "Detective" road show." After that, she handed Chen Minhao the next schedule.
Chen Minhao looked at the schedule and showed an expression of "Are you kidding me?" "Is this schedule wrong? There are too many road show arrangements! I have to visit 30 cities in 25 days?"
Roadshow was originally the name of the investment field, but I don't know when the concept of "roadshow" appeared frequently in entertainment news - it is a collective name for the activities where film creators, stars and media, audiences and fans meet offline to promote new films. It is an activity where celebrities you have seen in movie theaters or shopping malls promote their new films.
Kang Hui twitched his lips and said, "I confirmed with the film crew and there is no problem. I have to take leave for school rehearsals. On the one hand, the contract stipulates that you must participate in the film's promotional activities. In addition, after confirming with the film crew, you know If the box office of a movie exceeds 100 million, you will be given 3% of the excess. That is, if the box office is 200 million, you can get 3 million, if the box office is 300 million, you can get 6 million, and so on. There is no need to struggle with money."
(End of chapter)