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    When the three Ye family members drove home, it was already noon. Their Black Friday shopping activities were over. Half of the goals on the final list were achieved, which was considered a great harvest.  But the price paid was that Gu Qiao was stepped on and injured his hand. Fortunately, it was not a serious injury. He should be fine if he went home and applied some bruises.

    Although Ye Haogen and Ye Wei were very sad, Gu Qiao said it was worth it. Such a robbery would save more than two thousand yuan.

    More than two thousand yuan?  Ye Wei thought that maybe a long, long time later, when he becomes famous, he will be very emotional when he thinks of this; but now, he has absolutely no enjoyment at all.

    After returning home and catching up on his sleep for two hours, Ye Wei couldn't sleep anymore and got up to continue working on the short film.

    Seeing that the time was right, he first replied to Lily¡¯s text message and then called Anna¡¯s agent.  Anna has already supported Ms. June, and she really has no objections. There is generally no gain or loss in starring in middle school students' works.

    In fact, there is a saying in the entertainment industry: "The agent is your partner, not your mother."

    The manager may be the mother, but not the agent. The extras all have agents (a special acting agency). Even the agent may not be able to count how many actors he has under his management. Usually the two parties do not see each other twice a year.  , it has even been several years, and the last time we met was when we signed the contract, and we usually communicate by phone, email, etc.

    Most of the time, ordinary actors do not rely on agents to find a job, but rely on their own resume submission, contacts, interviews, etc. to get jobs. Are they counting on good news from their agents?  He had already starved to death.

    ??????????????????????????? Only with paid performances, the agent can get paid. This kind of student short film without a one-cent salary, what do you think?  Most agents would directly answer: "You can act if you like. Don't you know I'm very busy? Don't bother me."

    But Ms. Zhu En is an ambitious agent, and Anna is her potential ace, so she has to be careful and conscientious in everything. She needs to read the script of the short film. In addition, if Anna really wants to star, she must also sign a good contract to ensure that  her rights.

    This was a normal process. Ye Wei had no objection, so he arranged a meeting.

    As an agent, Ms. Zhu En works all year round. There is no holiday when she doesn¡¯t do anything. So tonight, she will have dinner with Anna¡¯s family to discuss this matter.

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    ??Night, Beverly Hills, Spargo Restaurant.

    This is also a Michelin two-star high-end restaurant that celebrities like to visit. The owner is the famous chef Wolfgang Puck. The decoration is exquisite, the food is delicious, and the price is very expensive.  Ye Wei invited them to dine here without any other reason than sincerity and "I have money and am not a bad person", but he couldn't leave the restaurant unless he put down four hundred dollars tonight.

    As he expected, Ms. Zhu En had a very good impression of him: "The little boss of Weiduo Image", not a liar.

    Anna¡¯s family also doesn¡¯t know the financial situation of the Ye family, so they had a good time. If they knew that the Ye family was still participating in shopping in the mall in the morning, they really don¡¯t know how they would react.

    There was a table by the window in the lobby of the restaurant. At this time, pre-dinner bread was served. Several people were tasting it while each reading a script, while Ye Wei looked at them with a smile.

    The script of "Dance of Angels" printed on standard script format paper was only ten pages. It took less than ten minutes for the four people to read it one after another, with different expressions and surprises!

    "Wow! Is this a professional script?" David Robb didn't know anything about movies. Before, he thought it was the kind of "script" that tells a story in a few paragraphs and then shoots it in large sections.

    Janet was also surprised by this. It seems that Ye Wei¡¯s statement that he studied film since childhood was not a lie. He is really a motivated young man!  She praised: "I think the script is well written. Anna will have no problem playing this story."

    "Mom, you are right." After reading the script, Anna looked at Ye Wei with a little more reverence in her eyes, "I really want to play Anna now."

    Now in the script, Anne is called Anna and Toto is called Bella.

    "You will." Ye Wei was pleased with their response and looked at the agent on the right, "Ms. Zhu En, right?"

    Ms. Zhu En is a white professional woman in her thirties, wearing a black women's suit, with smart short hair, and a shrewd look in her eyes.  She seemed to have a good feeling about the script, and Anna's whole family was unanimous. Even if she objected, it wouldn't change anything. So she nodded and said, "This script is okay. It will be very popular once it is filmed."

    "Thank you, thank you all!" Ye Wei's voice couldn't help but be a little loud with excitement. The heroine was born. It went so smoothly and I was so happy!  Isn¡¯t this just good things for good people, haha!

    "Awesome!! So exciting!" Anna also exclaimed several times with joy, widened her eyes and smiled brightly: "My first performance in front of the camera! Short film!"

    ?"Excuse me" At this time, a waiter came over and politely asked them to pay attention to the volume.

    After the waiter left, Anna stuck out her tongue, Ye Wei also made a face, and both of them held back their laughter

    Next, the two parties agreed on mutually satisfactory working hours. December 12th, 13th, and 14th were three consecutive days, Friday and weekend. Anna had just turned 10 years old at the time.

    ¡°She is certainly a child actor at her age, and having child actors in a film production means you are in trouble.

    If a minor wants to participate in a production, he or she is legally required to obtain a "special work permit." Each state has different regulations on this. Generally, three documents are required: a work contract signed by the employer, a  Certificate signed by the school with a grade point average of C or higher, and a certificate of good health signed by a doctor.

    When it comes to the filming stage on the set, at most, the producer needs to arrange three types of personnel on the set: child welfare workers to ensure that the producer abides by child labor laws; nurses, which are necessary for infant actors, but not required for 10-year-olds; teachers  Qualified teachers, if filming takes more than three days, young actors need to receive education on the set.

    "These are all subject to supervision. If you don't want child welfare workers and parents of young actors to jointly take them to court and then pay a large sum of money, you'd better comply."

    In addition, each state and country has different working hours requirements for child actors. The common ones are a maximum of 8 hours a day for 6-9 years old, and a maximum of 9 hours a day for 9-16 years old, of which 3 hours are used.  Come to study and spend 1 hour playing, so the time to actually stand in front of the camera and perform can only be 4-5 hours a day.

    The regulations in some places are even more stringent. There must be a gap of 12 hours between a child leaving the set and returning to the set the next day; the time spent driving from one set to another is also considered working time

    "If "Little Miss Sunshine" is actually put into production in the future, no matter who produces it, they will have to do this for "Oliver".

    Although "Dance of Angels" is a student short film, the contract must be signed in this way, and child labor laws are valid for it.

    ¡°However, Ye Wei made it clear in private that it would not be implemented like this. There would be no child welfare workers, no teachers, only Anna¡¯s mother; and she would work 10 hours a day, all actual shooting, without a minute of game time.

    This is simply abuse and slavery!  If he dares to do this while making an independent film, he will be punished with death.

    But how could a student short film be so harsh? Anna¡¯s parents understood that it was only three days and her mother would be with her.

    The most important reason is that Anna is willing, she is eager to shoot 12 hours a day!

    The working hours were determined, and the two parties discussed some business aspects. There was zero pay, and the crew provided food and drinks. When changing shooting locations, the actors drove by themselves. During filming, the actors brought their own clothes, but there were makeup and costume artists to guide the styling.

    The short film may not be used for any commercial purpose; it may not be posted on the Internet without authorization, which requires Anna's consent; all original image materials, including all original video materials, must not be leaked without authorization; Ye Wei can use the short film to participate in various film festivals, or as "  Show yourself" resume materials.

    On the other hand, Anna does not need to make any compensation if the completion of the film is not completed due to any reasons such as sudden lack of filming, illness, creative conflicts, etc.; Anna does not have any obligation to participate in the post-production and promotion of the short film; if Ye Wei violates the contract, Anna has the right  sue him

    These will be written into the contract, which is almost a sample contract, so everything goes smoothly.

    In addition, the two parties determined the shooting format of the short film: high-definition digital.

    Although shooting with 35mm film can show more, Ye Wei also has other considerations, saving cost and time, and the most important thing is that it is not necessary.

    Because I want to be a producer and director, it is not a problem to shoot high-definition digital and film. For technical matters, there is a camera crew. In the production, there are some trivial steps such as developing and viewing pornographic films, which leads to different schedules.  That¡¯s it, it¡¯s easy to handle; and ¡°Little Miss Sunshine¡± can also be shot in high-definition digital format. This story does not have such high photography requirements for color, graininess, etc.

    By the way, the Coen brothers didn¡¯t even touch a lot of professional photography equipment before they started shooting "Blood Maze."

    "How are you going to achieve the effects of those shots after 'Anna' loses her right foot?" At this time, Ms. Zhu En flipped through the script again and asked Ye Wei a question.

    "Special effects." Ye Wei looked at a few people and said in detail: "I will try my best to complete some shots using dislocation, makeup, etc., but there will still be some shots that need to be shot from the front, so we need special effects."

    This is a major difficulty in this short film. What are the special effects for a middle school student¡¯s short film?  Be professional, not PS yourself!

    The principle will be like this, shoot it twice, just shoot it the same way you did the first time, but do it on Anna¡¯s right foot.The green mark was used to allow the special effects artist to erase that image in post-production; the second take was exactly the same composition, except that Anna¡¯s right foot moved away, and the back scene that was supposed to be free was re-shot, and then edited out in post-production.  It is synthesized and processed again, and it is the finished product.

    This technology cannot be accomplished with an ordinary computer at home, but it is available at the University of Southern California.

    He didn¡¯t tell them his real plan for post-production, he just smiled and said: ¡°I will find a professional special effects company to complete it.¡±

    Anna¡¯s family nodded, and Ms. Zhu En asked again: ¡°What about music?¡± There are several places in the script that require the use of music.

    "I don't know yet, but Britney's song will definitely not be on the show." Ye Wei shrugged and took a bite of his fried egg. He couldn't afford the copyright fee, so what if it was a student short film?  To score a well-known song, paying tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars is considered a small amount.

    "I'll probably use classical music like Beethoven and Mozart. No money will be paid to the dead."

    But even so, he can¡¯t just randomly use the version played by others, which is also copyrighted. If he wants to use it, he can only use the version he played and recorded.

    For short films, the use of music is very important. There is only so much time, and sometimes whether it is sensational or not, it all depends on music!  Good music can make clich¨¦d stories and mediocre shots magical; bad music can turn touching stories and magical shots into decay.

    In audio images, shadow and sound complement each other, just like a pair of chopsticks. One chopstick cannot hold anything.

    During the conversation, Ye Wei spoke very professionally. Even Anna and her family could not understand many terms, and their expressions of approval became even heavier.

    "Wei, you know a lot, did you learn it yourself?" There was even more respect in Anna's eyes.

    "Yes, you can say that." How else could he say it? Ye Wei used Willis's rhetoric again.

    It was a very pleasant dinner, and when we walked out of the restaurant, the cooperation between the two parties was already confirmed, making the $461 well spent.

    There is one of the two leading actors, but a dog is missing.

    There are only 13 days left before the filming starts, less than half a month. During this period, Ye Wei has to make all the preliminary preparations, both in terms of production and director. He is very busy just looking for a location and also  Assembling a crew it's definitely not an easy job.

    On the Saturday morning of the next day, Anna and her family came to the Ye family in Brentwood as guests as promised. Bella also came, and Ye Wei immediately started auditioning!
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