Chapter 20: Wrap up

Hearing this, Wu Yuchen showed a wry smile. He also admitted that he was a bit excessive today, but everything was for the sake of filming.

After discovering Jiang Qinqin's state at that time, it was impossible to let her slip away. Facts proved that his judgment was correct; the filming effect was very good, and the efficiency was very high.

Today, all of Jiang Qinqin's scenes had been filmed, leaving only the last scene of the mountain gully ruins. Tomorrow, he would just take the male lead, Duan Long, to film it.

That is to say, at least one day of time was saved. The bus and extras didn't need to come tomorrow, and a lot of film was also saved.

This saved money, at least several thousand yuan!

Wu Yuchen shook his head. Although he felt a bit sorry in his heart, the most important thing now was to film the play well: "There's only one scene left tomorrow. Let's work hard tomorrow and set up the ruins scene well."

Old Jia smiled and said:

"Don't worry, our film is still relatively abundant now. Tomorrow's scene is enough for you to NG!"

Whether it was Old Jia, Fatty Wu, or Chen Er, they had been watching Wu Yuchen, this novice director, command a crew of dozens of people in an orderly manner for the past few days. They were quite impressed, and from this process, they also learned a lot, seeing with their own eyes how a crew should operate, and benefited a lot.

Wu Yuchen insisted on letting Jiang Qinqin continue to perform. They could actually see that Jiang Qinqin's state was right for the character at that moment, but they didn't dare to say they could insist on letting her perform under that kind of emotion from the actress, especially when such a great beauty was weeping. Many men couldn't bear to be that ruthless, but Wu Yuchen could do it for the sake of filming.

Now that the movie could be filmed so smoothly, Wu Yuchen, the director, definitely deserved the credit, and they couldn't help but be impressed.

……

Wu Yuchen also paid special attention to the last scene, which was the male lead standing in front of the ruins, hearing the police say that everyone on the bus had died and there were no survivors, and then this eerie smile. This smile absolutely invited reverie and could raise the level and thoughtfulness of the entire short film by a notch.

Their crew naturally didn't have the money to get a scrapped car to film, but they found a wasteland under a bridge, put some junk, and burned that piece of land until it was charred. And to film this scene, they specifically found police officers.

It was a buddy in the film group who found his old man in the police force, and even drove a police car over.

In the lens, the walkie-talkie in a policeman's hand made a sound:

"Please confirm the vehicle model and license plate number."

"A01, B2 calling, what we see is a No. 44 bus.

Just confirmed, all passengers and the driver on the bus have no breath."

"Cut! Thank you so much, police comrades!"

"Haha, it's rare for us to experience the feeling of filming a movie~"

After sending the police away, it was time to capture Duan Long standing in front of the ruins and smiling.

Before filming, Duan Long specifically came to ask Wu Yuchen: "Director, how should I smile later? Do you have any requirements?"

"Smile however you feel you should. Don't be too bright, just don't be too sunny."

Wu Yuchen didn't have very clear requirements for this smile. At this time, it was all about feeling. Just capture one that gave him a feeling.

"Cut! Do it again."

"Cut! Change to another one!"

"Cut! Adjust and do it again."

Just for this smile, they filmed dozens of times, taking nearly two hours, basically filming all of Duan Long's smile styles.

Among them, there were three that Wu Yuchen was relatively satisfied with. He planned to wait until the film was edited to connect them with the previous ones to see which effect was the best.

"Passed, wrap up!"

Everyone present felt relieved upon hearing Wu Yuchen's words. Although they only filmed for 3 days, everyone's spirit had been tense every day for the past few days. Now the string in their hearts could finally be relaxed.

Wu Yuchen clapped his hands:

"Thank you all for your hard work and dedication over the past few days. Go back and have a good rest today.

You all know the budget situation of our crew. There is no wrap-up banquet for now. After the post-production of the movie is completed, if there is still money left, I will make up this wrap-up banquet for everyone!"

Everyone smiled and said it was fine; making the movie was the most important thing.

Old Jia came over and asked: "Director Wu, we bought 8 rolls of film, you used 7, and there is 1 left. Should we return it?"

Wu Yuchen thought for a while: "Keep it for now, and return it when the money is not enough later."

This time, Wu Yuchen's shooting ratio reached 6 to 1, which was okay. Mainly because after getting the 5000 yuan from Huang Lei, he wanted to strive for excellence, so he filmed more. Otherwise, it should have been controlled within 5 to 1.

Up to now, they had spent sixteen thousand. Buying film alone cost 10,000. Although many pieces of equipment were borrowed, there were many things that couldn't be borrowed, so they had to either rent or buy them. Plus some miscellaneous expenses, it reached this much.

For the subsequent post-production, he estimated that it would cost at least ten thousand. If there was plenty of money then, he would make a few more master tapes.

In the afternoon, Beijing Film Academy.

"So fast? Did your filming go smoothly?" Huang Lei looked at Wu Yuchen in surprise.

Before, it was said to be filmed in three days, but Huang Lei felt that it would be good to finish in 5 days. Not to mention a novice, even many old directors might exceed the budget and time.

"The filming went quite smoothly, it's just..."

Wu Yuchen told the whole filming process, as well as the matter of offending Jiang Qinqin, and naturally described it without any difference.

"You, you, you~, you can really be that ruthless!

If the boys in the school knew, they might even hit you with a club!"

Huang Lei pointed at Wu Yuchen and scolded with a smile, but from a director's point of view, he appreciated Wu Yuchen even more.

In Huang Lei's view, this was not a big deal at all. It was just that their crew was all newcomers. If old actors encountered this, they would just laugh it off.

Huang Lei knew very well that the decision Wu Yuchen made under the circumstances at that time was correct. Otherwise, if he missed this kind of sudden state, it would be difficult to find it back in a short time.

"I can't help you with this matter. Go find someone to apologize yourself tomorrow!"

Huang Lei said with a smile. He didn't intend to intervene in such an insignificant matter. He still quite wanted to see the expression of his student being frustrated.

After the movie was made, Wu Yuchen would go to apologize and say sorry. As for whether Jiang Qinqin accepted it or not, whatever, he didn't plan to chase her anyway. He wasn't a lickspittle who couldn't walk when seeing a beauty.

Wu Yuchen's mind was mostly on his career and making money now, and women were left to fate for the time being. With money and a career, plenty of beautiful women in the entertainment industry would throw themselves at him, no need to rush for a moment.

"Senior brother, I didn't come to you to talk about this. Washing, editing..." Wu Yuchen reminded Huang Lei.

"Don't worry, I won't forget your business, come with me!" Huang Lei stood up and greeted Wu Yuchen to follow him. ===== CHAPTER 21 =====