The crew of "Before Dawn" has started shooting in Vienna.
Because Chen Minhao's new movie caused quite a stir in China's entertainment industry, many media outlets sent reporters to Vienna.
Therefore, many details about "Before Dawn" have been exposed on the Internet.
This is an independent film with a total investment of no more than US$5 million.
This surprised many people in the entertainment industry and netizens.
The production of modern movies can be almost equal to two words-"burning money".
For example, the production cost of a Hollywood blockbuster is at least 200 million.
The most expensive part is the visual design and perfect effects of the film, that is, the special effects, which include a series of settings such as art, programming, graphics, and physics.
As a literary and romantic film, "Before Dawn" naturally does not involve special effects, but in the United States, the production cost of a qualified romance film is at least tens of millions of dollars.
Because even if special effects aren't involved, there's a lot that costs money to shoot a movie.
Take the equipment required for shooting movies. Just counting the running cost of 35mm color film, it costs about US$100 per minute. The normal shooting time of a lens is often dozens of times longer than the time it appears on the screen. !
In other words, a two-hour movie costs at least US$300,000 in film costs.
In addition to the equipment for shooting movies, movies also cost a lot of money.
For example, the salaries of directors, screenwriters, photographers, actors, set managers, lighting engineers and other staff, as well as post-production, food and accommodation, marketing and publicity expenses.
Therefore, five million US dollars sounds like a lot, enough for a person to live a good life without working for a lifetime, but when it comes to film production, this amount of money means just four words - "grassroots team".
In addition, the heroine of the movie is a newcomer with no acting experience at all.
This made many netizens on the Internet not optimistic about the prospects of the film. One well-known film critic even made malicious speculations on Weibo:
[It is not a good move for Chen Minhao to star in this movie. He lowered his net worth in order to star in a foreign movie and will definitely regret it in the future.
If it's an excellent crew and they go there to win awards, I can understand. But with all due respect, a film crew that invests 5 million U.S. dollars and all the heroines are amateurs is just a grassroots team.]
Under the influence of such public opinion, a small number of fans left comments and suggestions on his Weibo in the name of doing good for Chen Minhao.
[Why don’t you release more albums? Isn’t it good to be a singer in the music industry? Why do you want to go filming? Still in a grass-roots team.]
But Chen Minhao didn't pay special attention to this.
There are too many people in this world who like to point fingers.
After all, there are still many netizens on Weibo giving advice, inspiring words, and teaching the top tycoons how to do business.
Compared with this, these netizens are just pointing out their "career", so what does it mean
After seeing these news, many male stars in the entertainment industry and their agents were particularly looking forward to Chen Minhao's failure in this movie.
This is just like in middle school. Although the average students in the class don't say it, they occasionally expect the top students to perform abnormally in exams, and it is best to do worse than themselves.
It’s too hard to work hard and surpass one person in the end. But if he fails unfortunately and falls behind him, it can be regarded as a good spice in life!
Basically the entire movie "Love Is" is a dialogue between the male protagonist and the female protagonist. It is a "talkative" movie, so the director Jessica arranged the entire filming sequence according to the progress of the plot.
At the beginning of the movie, Li Changgeng, a Chinese student traveling to Europe played by Chen Minhao, and Selina, a French student played by Caroline, met on the train and fell in love at first sight.
The two knew that they would part ways at dawn the next day, but they still chose to travel to Vienna together.
As the capital of music and romance, Vienna, in addition to the Ferris wheel found in almost every city, also has passers-by who love amateur performances, record stores with beautiful songs, impromptu poets on the banks of the Danube, and palm readers in the square. The prophet, the passionate gypsy dance, the bartender who generously sponsored the wine.
The male and female protagonists are both people who love reverie and are full of fun.
The time, place and people are favorable.
There were countless sparks between the two, and they opened their hearts: they talked about the past, life, the world, and art. Of course, in the process, feelings naturally developed.
They kissed on the Ferris wheel. They used their fingers as cameras to take pictures of each other, trying to carve each other's faces into their hearts.
In the end, the two reluctantly said goodbye at the train station.
Dawn will eventually come and the train is just around the corner. They kissed in front of the train, they longed for each other. The two agreed to meet again in Vienna half a year later.
Finally, Selina took a train to Paris, and Li Changgeng also took a plane back to China.
Alone, the tide receded, and the two returned to the daily gray city.
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vienna.
On a moving train.
The stage manager is moving things, and the lighting teacher and assistant director are adjusting the lighting. The crew is making final preparations for today's filming.
Chen Minhao and Caroline were sitting in the carriage putting on makeup.
The scene to be shot this morning is the scene where the male and female protagonists strike up a conversation on the train:
[Selena moved to another seat because she couldn't bear the quarrel between the couple next to her.
At the same time, Li Changgeng, who was sitting in the opposite seat, was immediately attracted by this artistic girl.
He randomly found a topic and struck up a conversation with Selina. The two unexpectedly had a very good conversation, so Li Changgeng invited Selina to sit in the dining car, where it would be quieter.]
Director Jessica walked up to Chen Minhao and Caroline who were putting on makeup. Without waiting for the two to be polite, Jessica said first: "Before we start shooting, I will tell you about this scene."
"Chen, you are the leader in this scene. After you saw her, you immediately felt good in your heart. But you are not sure about the other person's feelings. You have a good grasp of the goodwill, temptation and hesitation in your eyes."
Chen Minhao nodded.
Jessica turned to Caroline and said, "You must have a crush on him, so you should also pay special attention to your eyes. Remember that the eyes that immediately avoid contact are the most touching."
Jessica looked at Caroline's confused eyes and asked, "Have you ever had a crush on anyone?"
Chen Minhao, who was sitting next to him, also turned to look over. Caroline's face instantly turned red and she nodded.
"That's good." Jessica pointed at Chen Minhao and said, "Then just wait and imagine him as your crush."
Caroline took a deep breath and nodded seriously.
(End of chapter)