Chapter 2 Need to make low-budget movies
Judging from future experiences, Rong Guang seems to still be considered a successful person. At most, he encountered some small twists and turns in his life.
However, it took Rong Guang many years to realize that due to his foolish behavior, his parents had silently shouldered this huge foreign debt. And more than a year later, his father died of illness. Moreover, although his father was said to be seriously ill, he was not seriously ill.
It wasn't a terminal illness, it was simply a lack of money that delayed treatment. More than four years later, my mother also became ill from overwork and died while visiting the crew...
Needless to say, I regretted it back then. My parents gave me unconditional devotion. So how could I not try my best to prevent this tragedy in my new life?
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So, this time point is quite delicate!
If I had been reborn a few months earlier, I would definitely not have fallen into this huge pit.
Even if everything is irreversible a few months later, there is still the same road in Huashan - go back to your hometown at any time, beg your grandpa and grandma to borrow money again, and force your parents to go to the hospital.
It's just that you have to carry more debt. As long as your parents are fine and you rely on your own hands, you can pay it off sooner or later.
However, now it has become neither up nor down? So should we decisively stop the loss now? Or should we continue?
Rong Guang tried his best to regain his composure again and analyzed it from beginning to end:
If we send the 170,000 yuan home now, our family will still owe more than 200,000 yuan. According to the character of my parents, it is absolutely impossible to see a doctor. They are definitely prepared to continue to endure it, and the minor illness will become a serious illness.
It was no different in the previous life.
So if you want to continue shooting? You definitely need to solve the following things:
First of all, there are only 170,000 yuan here; secondly, we need to save the crew to complete the film; and finally, we need to sell it in time to pay off the family's debt and treat my parents' illnesses.
Hmm. It seems quite simple. It only requires three things.
Bah! Keep it simple, you big-headed ghost!
Let’s not mention the last two items, let’s talk about the 170,000!
With these 170,000 yuan, the only ones that can be shot are very low-cost movies. And the degree of completion must be high, at least it must be a qualified film, otherwise it will not be sold and will be lost.
Rong Guang's viewing volume is still very large. There are indeed a few such low-budget movies that were relatively famous in the previous life. After analyzing those movies one by one, Rong Guang found that the most suitable one is the book movie -
—"The camera can't stop".
etc!
Why are you considering making any movies now?
Rong Guang hesitated for a moment, and finally decided: "Forget it, it's no different if the family owes more than 200,000 yuan or more than 400,000 yuan. Let's give it a try and hope to survive."
I don’t know why, but as long as Rong Guang doesn’t complete what he wants to do in film and television, he feels uncomfortable. He must have some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder!
Now that the decision was made, Rong Guang began to carefully analyze the original content of "The Camera Can't Stop":
"The Camera Can't Stop" is a "play within a play within a play".
The first thirty-seven minutes of the movie tells the story of a crew filming a zombie drama in an abandoned factory. As a result, the heroine's acting skills were so poor that one shot was shot 42 times and still failed to pass. The director lost his temper and the filming could not continue.
At that time, the crew was suddenly attacked by zombies, but the director, who pursued realism, did not stop filming and made a surprising decision - not to stop the camera to shoot the most realistic zombie movie.
As a result, the crew had no choice but to escape from the zombie attacks while filming. The cameraman, sound engineer, director's assistant, makeup artist, and even the male lead all turned into zombies one after another. In the end, only the female lead was killed.
A bloody road, only to survive.
Judging from the first thirty-seven minutes alone, "The Camera Can't Stop" is a low-cost, extremely crudely shot, bad movie with blunt performances, a brainless plot, and numerous plot twists. The only bright spot is just one shot to the end, but it makes
Surprisingly, the movie officially started thirty-seven minutes later.
Then the camera turned, and the time went back to a month ago, and the audience began to be told the whole story of the preparations for this super bad movie.
The director was middle-aged and was in dire straits in the industry. But by chance, he was introduced to a new show by a friend. The big producer took a fancy to his specialties: low budget requirements and fast shooting speed.
, but the effect is still so-so, which is justifiable.
Since the new program is a live broadcast, some confused big producers suggested: Since it is a live broadcast, it must be shot to the end without stopping in the middle, otherwise it will be regarded as a broadcasting accident; if it starts on time and ends on time, it will still be regarded as a broadcasting accident.
Although he felt that this plan was a retard, it was better than being in ruins in his career. At least it was an opportunity, so the director reluctantly accepted this rather ridiculous challenge.
However, when preparations for the production officially began, a series of troubles really began.
The middle-aged director was not well-known, was accustomed to compromising with reality, was a bit groveling, and had extremely low prestige within the crew. The various members of the crew were also all kinds of cowards.
There are those who have no acting skills and no professionalism; there are starlets who put on show, but their acting skills are poor, but they are always dictating; there are those who are drunk...
The entire crew, except for the director, basically had a muddle-headed mentality, and no one really cared about the success or failure of the show. When the preparations were finally completed and the filming started, all the consequences suddenly unfolded.
What follows is a series of tragic and comical coincidences.
An actor had an affair, and both of them were involved in a car accident and were unable to attend the scene. The director and his wife had no choice but to come to the scene temporarily. There was an alcoholic who was so drunk that he couldn't perform at all. Everyone could only start improvising and improvise, but it was in chaos.
The music engineer had diarrhea and wanted to go out like crazy, but he couldn't stop him...
Anyway, it was nothing but chicken feathers. However, in the face of many difficulties, the middle-aged director still wanted to save the show and shouted unwillingly: The camera cannot be stopped!
Inspired by him, everyone on the crew finally started to take the initiative, overcame many difficulties, and finally completed this 37-minute-long bad movie in one take.
This is actually a reversal film. At the end of the film, the audience can understand why some performances are unnatural, why some plots are so weird, and why some shots are confusing...
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However, to Rong Guang, none of that matters. The key is that the cost of this film is low enough, but the degree of completion is quite high. Especially the concept is not bad. It can be regarded as an inspirational tribute film to all filmmakers and fans.
Even if we make a bad movie, no one wanted to make a bad movie at the beginning. There are always many people working hard behind the scenes. Maybe it’s because of insufficient skills, maybe because of limited conditions, maybe because of an accident, and the final result is very bad.
Chapter completed!