This article is from the WeChat public account: Guduowlj.com (ID: guduowlj), text: Summer.

Pause!

The ongoing epidemic is impacting all walks of life. After January 26, “Dajiang Dahe 2”, “Thank You Doctor” announced the suspension of filming, recently, “You Fei”, “Gallery Pavilion”, “You are the kind of Mr. Gu” and other crew members joined the stop shooting army. The film and television city also launched actions. On January 23 and 24, Hengdian, Xiangshan Film and Television City, and Wuxi Film and TV Base successively announced that all scenic spots were temporarily closed to the public. On January 26, the film and television cultural industry in Hengdian issued a notice. “Activity” requirements, “Crew crew shooting is an intensive activity of personnel, easy to cause cross infection”, the crew filming was suspended.

On the day before the notice was released, according to the official website of Hengdian Film and Television City ’s official website, there were “Heirloom”, “Deep Dive”, “Bunyun”, “Flowers at that time”, and “worm The eight crew members of Totem, Spring of Jade Tower, Clouds in the Clouds, and Detective Night Stalker are filming; according to this week ’s star show, there are also at least “You Fei”, “Sunny Collection”, “Little Girl Dress”, “Clearance” “Big Qingzi” and other five major film crews, two major online film crews stationed in Hengdian. After the announcement, in addition to the “Heirs”, “Qing Qingzi” and “You Fei”, which have already announced the suspension of filming, Hengdian will have at least 10 crew members press the shooting pause button.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 50 crews in the power-on state, at least 17 of which have stopped shooting, and the number is still increasing. Variety shows faced the same dilemma. The recording of “Taking a Pet to Travel” was postponed indefinitely, and the recording of “The Name of a Boy” (the second season of “In the Name of a Group”) was postponed. More than 10 crew members, such as “Lonely Beast”, “Hello, Opponent Defender 2”, “Haoyixing”, and “A Bingxin in Jade Pot”, which were scheduled to start recently, may have to postpone startup.

“Still to ensure safety first.” After the news of “Thank you Doctor” suspended shooting, Gudu communicated with the film party Jiaxing Media staff, the other party said, but did not disclose more information. At the same time, when Guduo tried to communicate with the main creators of several boot dramas, most of them rejected the interview because they were “sensitive to the epidemic.” Unlike the large crew with relatively abundant funds in “Dajiang Dahe 2” and “Thank You Doctor”, more small and medium-sized crews are unable to bear the pressure to stop filming and have not yet made a final decision.

“It must be particularly painful to take half of it,” Zhang An (a pseudonym) told Guduo. As a producer, he particularly understands the situation the crew is facing right now.

The country is going through a severe test, as is the film and television industry.

Pause shooting

“Stay in the hotel,” “rest in place,” and a friend of the crew who was still at Hengdian told the director Mai Tian.

After Hengdian announced that the filming was suspended, “the crews of the two platform-made dramas, the actors are in the crew hotel, rest. The other groups are the same, they have stopped work.” On January 16th, his new drama “Falling the World in the Scales of Jinlin Valley” just killed the youth in Hengdian. According to its introduction, the number of film crews at the end of Hengdian reached the peak of the year, with more than 30 groups shooting at the same time. Hengdian, which was finally lively in the cold winter, had to return to silence.

What does “pause shooting” mean for the crew?

It is likely to “face overtime overruns”, some producers told Guduo. The crew is composed of producers, directors, actors, photographers and other creative staff, as well as daily production, field service, cashier and other staff. The number of people is as low as a hundred people and as many as a thousand. When the machine is turned on, it means that the preparation work for the series is completed. The main creative staff and staff members must gather at the shooting location and devote themselves to work.

Pause was temporarily suspended. “You Fei”, “Da Jiang Da He 2” and “Thank you Doctor” chose to leave the crew on standby. This means that manpower is vacant, but the cost of food and living for crew members will not stop. In the communication between Gudu and the industry, after the filming was suspended, whether the crew needs to calculate the labor costs of the staff. Due to the different labor contract signing, different crews have different views and treatment methods, but the crew needs to bear the staff’s accommodation and food costs. It is a consensus .

Liu Bin, executive producer of “Patriot” and “Forensic of the Mind,” told Guduo, “The average general crew (the number of people) also has about 160 people, and now there are double groups, that is, more than 300 people. Not counting wage And all kinds of expenses, the average per capita (cost) is about 120. “At the end, he emphasized,” This is only a staff member, not an actor’s five-star hotel (cost). Although the situation of each film and television base, each crew Different, it is conservatively estimated that for a day’s work stoppage, only accommodation and food, the medium-sized crew will spend more than 40,000 yuan.

“The Patriot’s resident population is more than 700.” Liu Bin revealed. Although “You Fei”, “Dajiang Dahe 2” and “Thank You Doctor” did not disclose the specific crew number, as a larger group than ordinary episodes, it may cost more.

“Accommodation and meals are only part of it.” Zhou Hong (a pseudonym), a person in charge of the film and television company, told Guduo, for example, “This scene will be filmed today, it is definitely not set today, (mostly) half a month ago. . “Prop leasing and scene modification are both costly parts. If it involves scene construction, it is even a lot of expense.

“When the crew stops, it ’s too much to lose. Maybe some actors and creators do n’t have a deadline when they start again.” The media people who have worked in the film and television company have emotions. “Many of the bigger actors have already made appointments in 2020 (time).” Producer Zhang An gave an example. “If ((extended) to May