In the next two days, apart from attending classes, Chen Minhao was also thinking about the entry point of the program.
Time passed quickly, and on May 23, it was time for the official launch of "My Concert and Me".
Since "My Concert and Me" is positioned as the world's first reality show focusing on the behind-the-scenes of a singer's concert, the main content of the first two episodes is concert preparation. The filming location will be in Chen Minhao's studio.
Of course, during this process, if someone goes out to do errands for the concert, the production team will also arrange for a photographer to follow the whole process.
The office space rented by Chen Minhao is very large, and there are currently relatively few employees in the studio, so half of the area is still idle.
Now this part of the unused area will be used as a shooting location.
After producer Li Weijie saw Chen Minhao, he waved to him: "Old Chen, this way."
Chen Minhao walked over quickly and saw a tribute table set up in the corner.
There were no gods on the tribute table, but a lot of tributes.
There was a row of tea neatly placed at the front of the tribute table, with a total of five cups. The second row is for wine, the same number as tea is five cups. The third row contains grapes, mangosteen and dragon fruit. The fourth row contains some dried fruits and biscuits.
Things are arranged very neatly, with each row in a straight line.
Chen Minhao knows that before filming starts, the crew of a movie or TV series is worried about ghosts and bad luck during the filming process, so they have to burn incense and pray to Buddha in advance.
In fact, this is just to seek psychological comfort and peace of mind. After all, the pressure on the crew is relatively high. Chen Minhao can quite understand this.
Chen Minhao just didn't expect to do this when filming a variety show.
Seeing Chen Minhao's surprised look, Li Weijie took the initiative to explain: "Don't look at me like that. In fact, before the Olympic Games started, everyone also went to burn incense and worship Buddha. Nowadays, people usually worship before large-scale events. In fact, it's not about who they worship, but Burn some incense and hope everything goes well."
Chen Minhao nodded without objection.
On the one hand, Chen Minhao thinks this should be used to increase the sense of ritual when starting up.
After all, in the current Chinese film and television industry, worshiping gods is an indispensable procedure when turning on the computer, just like eating dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala during the Chinese New Year. It is not necessarily necessary, but if not, it feels like something is missing.
On the other hand, if Chen Minhao objects now, when there are any setbacks in the filming in the future, someone will definitely jump out and say:
"I have long said that I want to bow down, but Chen Minhao refused to let me bow. You see, something happened now!"
I, Chen Minhao, will never take the blame.
After Chen Minhao and Li Weijie chatted for a few words, they found that everyone had arrived.
The entire production team and members of Chen Minhao's studio each held incense and worshiped in turn according to their position and seniority. After bowing the table, they worshiped in all directions.
In Baodao, you may pay homage to Master Guan, Wong Tai Sin and the like.
However, in mainland China, the atheistic atmosphere has led to the worship of gods in vain, and basically no gods are worshiped.
Whoever you want is who you want, from Sun Wukong to King Kong Calabash.
After the worship ceremony, the entire "My Concert and Me" production team went into high-speed operation.
Chen Minhao has recently been reading books related to variety shows. Looking at the busy scene in front of him, he suddenly thought of what he thought of in the book:
The prop team is only responsible for the props, the stylist is only responsible for the clothes, the lighting engineer is only responsible for the lighting, and the artist is only responsible for the performance.
Everyone should try to be as effective as possible and do their own thing well. Everything is required to be completed as soon as possible, and then everyone will receive new tasks.
Next time, when the video is recorded again, those who cannot play their due role will disappear.
Uninteresting artists will not be able to take the stage again, and new faces will continue to appear in front of the camera. The slow lighting team and the complaining stylist will also be replaced.
Chen Minhao nodded with satisfaction when he saw that the entire production team was operating efficiently.
But when he noticed that there were several lighting technicians and photographers, busy like hard-working bees, Chen Minhao frowned.
They have been adjusting the lighting, trying to find the best shooting angles and so on.
Chen Minhao feels that he may have to let these people leave the show's production team in the short term.
Sometimes, diligence is a mistake.
Your efforts are in the wrong direction, and the harder you work, the more mistakes you make.
Chen Minhao directly called Zhang Wentao, the person in charge of photography, into a small talking room and said: "If we wait to shoot indoor scenes, can we send the lighting engineer and put some cameras in several corners of the room with fixed camera positions?" Come take a photo."
Zhang Wentao hesitated for a moment and said: "However, without lights, the effect of the whole person will be darker, and the final shooting effect with a fixed camera position will not be very good. Without the flexible adjustment of the photographer, some more important You may not be able to capture it in close-up.”
"If you shoot with a fixed camera and with a photographer, the final effect will definitely be different." Chen Minhao smiled calmly and continued:
"But what we want is this difference. The most important thing about the variety show "My Concert and Me" is authenticity. Even if we achieve authenticity, the final visual effects we show to the audience are the same as those in movies and TV series. , then the audience will inevitably think that we are acting, do you think I am right?"
Zhang Wentao hesitated.
In fact, he understands the truth, but if all indoor scenes are shot with fixed camera positions, wouldn't the photographer on his hands have no work to do
A photographer's salary is made up of two components. Part of it is the basic salary, which is relatively small. The majority of the income is the income from projects when there is work in photography.
As the person in charge of photography, Zhang Wentao sometimes has to think about the people below.
Chen Minhao saw Zhang Wentao's hesitation. He patted Zhang Wentao's shoulder and said, "You think about it for yourself first. I'll go for a walk and we'll turn it on again in half an hour."
In fact, the easiest way for Chen Minhao to solve this problem is to go directly to Li Weijie and ask the question.
After all, Li Weijie is the producer, Zhang Wentao will definitely listen to what he says, and since this is a matter involving content, Li Weijie will definitely listen to him.
But Chen Minhao did not do this because he knew that the disadvantages of doing so would directly offend Zhang Wentao.
In the workplace, the easiest way to offend someone is to complain in front of his boss or point out his shortcomings.
Although Chen Minhao is not afraid of offending Zhang Wentao, after all, Zhang Wentao is his partner. If the relationship is stiff at the beginning, it will be more troublesome to get along later.
Moreover, Zhang Wentao seems to be relatively honest and does not need Chen Minhao to use some small means to intimidate him.
(End of chapter)