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A black Ford mini truck headed west, passing through the pleasant castle of Eve, and gradually approached the largest sea port in France-Marseille.

Although it has only just entered two thousand years, the very prosperous market of Marseille can already be seen.

The city is surrounded by limestone hills on three sides. It borders the Mediterranean Sea in the southeast. It has deep water and wide harbors, allowing 10,000-ton freighters to flow unimpeded. The west is connected to Northern Europe.

This unique geographical location also makes Marseille the largest gateway for French foreign trade.

When the car entered the city, Thomas slowed down a bit and turned left and right to a neighborhood.

"That's it, let's go down." Thomas said as he opened the door while sitting in the driving seat.

"Wow, it's finally here." Ryan said and opened the door on the right.

Lehman got out of the car and saw the shop on the street with many photographic equipment.

The three of them walked forward, and when they approached the neighborhood, a middle-aged man heard the sound and walked out, "Uncle Angus, it's been a long time." Thomas took a tight step and hugged the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Haha, Thomas, why did your kid come to me in time, where is your father?" The middle-aged man looked a little happy when he saw Thomas.

"He is still in Paris and didn't come. This time I brought a friend to rent some photographic equipment." Thomas replied.

"Oh, that's the case, then you come in quickly." As he said, Angus greeted Lehman and others in, and brought out three cups of coffee.

"Come on, try it. These are our own coffee beans."

"Thank you Uncle." Lehman took the coffee and thanked him politely.

"You can try to choose, rest assured, since you are Thomas' friends, I will definitely give the best price."

With the guarantee of this sentence, Lehman's heart was also a little relaxed.

He took out a list from him, which recorded the photographic equipment and film share they used to shoot the movie.

In addition to three 35MM special quality cameras, there are color films produced by Kodak that need to be purchased.

This kind of 35MM color film matched with the camera has a length of 122 meters per disc. According to the current film shooting and projection specifications, under normal circumstances, it takes about 27 meters of negative to shoot a one-minute lens, and one film is also You can shoot for about 4.5 minutes.

Calculating this way, it seems reasonable to buy about 20 Kodak color film is enough, after all, according to Lehman's scheduled filming situation, there will only be about 90 minutes of footage.

But in the end Lehman bought 300 discs, and this is still a conservative number. If the film is not enough, he will still pre-order at any time.

To make a movie, almost all the director’s material will be ten times or even dozens of times the length of the film. For a famous extravagant monster like James Cameron, the material images are even hundreds of times.

A crew, just the money spent on film, is often a very expensive expense. This is why Lyman knew that Thomas had an acquaintance with photographic equipment, so he hurried from Cannes to Marseille.

Save a little per plate, and 300 plates can save a lot.

Fortunately, Thomas’ face was good enough. When Lehmann stated that he wanted 300 Kodak 35MM film color films in advance, Angus only charged 80 Euros per disk.

The market generally sells for 140 euros per plate. Even if the order is large, a discount will never be 80 euros close to the cost price.

"The total is 24,000 euros." Lehmann silently remembered the price in his heart.

His purchasing journey has not been completed yet.

When the camera is selected, the lens that matches it must also be selected.

Wide-angle lens, telephoto lens, soft light photography lens...

"Buried alive" is mainly used for shooting close-up and mid-range photography, so I selected the lenses that need to be used in these two parts, plus the three 35MM cameras. The cost is 8,000 euros and the lease is 2 Months, out of trust in Thomas, Angus did not even allow Lehman to advance the breach of contract or compensation.

It can be regarded as a significant savings.

The rental cost of the shooting equipment spent today is 32,000 euros. Up to now, the film preparation, staff salary, production of props, purchase of cosmetics and cheap special plasma and many other items that need to be prepared, together have thrown out more than 50,000 Shooting funding in Euros.This was achieved by the special throttling skills of two interns who provided crew costumes and recruited two interns.

Lehmann doubted whether his 450,000 euros would last until the end of the film production.

The preparatory work is too expensive. Although the expenditure for the subsequent shooting seems to be a little less, the rental of the venue and the recruitment of actors have not been carried out. This will also cost a lot of money, and the post-production of the film. Lehman also plans Hiring a professional and experienced editor, the license fee for the soundtrack, and the post-production room also rent a...

As long as he thinks about the many hardships in his shooting, he feels as if his head is about to explode.

Put all the rented and purchased photographic equipment on a Ford card with a rent of 80 euros a day and a full fuel tank, and wait for Thomas to exchange a few words with Angus, and then re-start the journey amidst the three people’s thanks. Return to Cannes.

"Thomas, thanks to you this time, when the movie is released, I will seal you a big red envelope." Lehman began to promise an unknown prospect again, but this was the only way he could think of repaying.

"Hehe." Thomas laughed a few times without making a sound, and continued to control the vehicle steadily.

"If I want to tell him, it's better to introduce a beautiful girl to him. Thomas, don't you have a girlfriend?" Ryan asked, turning his head.

"Um... I had one when I was in college, but I broke up with her, and now I'm single."

"Very good, then I will introduce you to a girl from the Cannes area."

Lehman couldn't see it anymore and quickly dismantled the stage, "Ryan, don't you have a girlfriend? Still thinking of helping Thomas find it."

Ryan responded with disdain: "That's how many girls I didn't want to find, and how many girls I have played with. They are not like you and haven't tasted them yet. Leave him alone, Thomas, when we have time. The two went to Martínez Beach together, there were so many beautiful girls there."

"Okay." Thomas agreed casually.

After the car drove back to Cannes, they did not return the Ford small card immediately, but drove towards the beach of Martinez where they had just chatted. The suitable filming location Thomas found was nearby.

Turn left at a highway junction and drove into a small road. The car continued to drive. Thomas also introduced the housing information. "The real estate agent said that it was a large warehouse used to store wood. Later the owner Because there is no need for this aspect of business transformation, the warehouse is rented and sold. That place is not far from Martinez Beach, and the neighborhood is very remote, with few residents, which is very suitable for our film shooting."

Lyman nodded, satisfied with Thomas' work.Such a location for shooting must definitely not be selected in the downtown area. If you don't bother the people, there will be a lot of trouble if you are onlookers. The remote ones are naturally more suitable for shooting needs.

"Ryan, are the family photos you collected ready?" Lehman turned his head and asked Ryan.

"It's done." Ryan said carelessly: "I used my cousin's family. She fits the image of a cute girl when she was young. I told my aunt and she agreed to put the photo in the movie. Go inside."

"Good job." Lehman agreed.

In this way, you don’t even have to pay for the license agreement fees for the photos. In France, if you don’t communicate well with others for the use of portrait rights, you will be compensated appropriately and heavily.

The crew doesn’t have much money, so it’s a fortune to save a fortune. If you don’t plan carefully, you may be able to put in 450,000 euros in the preliminary preparations.

Large projects have plans for large projects, and small projects also have rules of survival for small projects. Lehman sees it very openly.

If he has a sufficient budget, he naturally doesn't need to do this, but he doesn't have it.

There are fewer and fewer trees on both sides of the road, and the road is becoming more and more rugged. Except for the sound of the Ford small truck, there is no more noise belonging to the city. After driving for about 5 minutes, a big road is located in the grass. The warehouse appeared in view.

"Can we go in and see?" Lehman asked suddenly after walking a few steps after getting out of the car.

"I paid a deposit, and the real estate agent gave me the key to the warehouse, so we can go in and visit." Thomas is very careful and considers many things.

"Then let's go." Ryan also said at this time.

The three of them walked forward, first turning around the warehouse, and then Thomas used the key to open the big lock at the door and enter it.

"It looks so broken and dirty." As soon as Ryan entered and saw this scene, he couldn't help but speak.

"It is estimated that no one has used this warehouse in one or two years." Lehman also responded.

"Perhaps so, but this warehouse does have enough space for us to shoot." Thomas said a good word.

"But let's clean up the warehouse again. How can we shoot so much dust?"

"Then clean it up." Lehman answered Ryan's question, and then he asked: "If the lease is two months, how much is the rent?"

"I asked, 600 euros."

300 euros a month, it is still such a large warehouse. Although it needs cleaning, it is also very cost-effective. Lehman quickly calculated the gains and losses in his heart.

"Thomas, take time to sign the lease with that real estate agent after I go back. We want this warehouse. I will allocate the necessary expenses to you later."

"Yeah." Thomas nodded, no objection.

After confirming the shooting location, the focus of the preparation is almost complete, but there is no target for the starring candidate who is most needed in this movie...