travel starts with photography

Chapter 243 Are You Suitable To Be A Director?
Humanities documentaries need stories, and the hospital is a place where the most stories happen.

They are not going to film the process of treating patients, which is what medical documentaries do, they just come here to find the stories of ordinary people in Sudan.

Nobel did not find a protagonist for this part.

In other words, the patients who came to the hospital these days are the protagonists.

The progress of the shooting is very fast. The patients they met these days are very suitable for what they want to shoot. They even think that these patients are the guides looking for connections.

But it is indeed a coincidence.

Chen Xing sighed and came out of the black man's dilapidated shed.

This is a person who passed out on the street, was found and sent to the Sudan United Hospital, and ran away after waking up, but the hospital was well prepared and was caught before he ran out of the hospital.

It is estimated that they cannot afford medical expenses.

After being caught by the hospital security, Nobel paid him medical expenses in advance, followed him to his home, and conducted a series of interviews.

Chen Xing left the 'room' halfway and came outside his house.

This is a slum in the Sudanese capital.

There are small huts built with tarpaulins or cloth strips of various colors, rotten wood and bamboo poles everywhere.There are thousands of such huts, making it the largest slum in Sudan.

There is a management office here.

The film crew learned from this management office that there are a total of 3200 tents and 2798 families living here, including 7846 men and 7400 women, as well as more than [-] orphans.

It's hard to imagine how the orphans survive here.

Mr. Dia, who was being interviewed by them, said that most people here are doing all kinds of low-level jobs that no one does, with pitifully low salaries.Orphans with no one to care for, or families with many children, would pick up food left over from other people's meals.

The difference between the poor and the homeless here is probably that the people here will marry and have children, and have a fixed place to live, while the homeless can't even apply for a shack here, and can only sleep on the street.

The country was poorer than he thought.

Lefebold was outside too, angry and swearing all the time.

When he came here just now, he didn't know if he stepped on dog feces or something. His already dirty shoes looked even dirtier. When he saw Chen Xing coming out, he asked:

"Are you leaving?"

"I guess there will be a while."

Chen Xing suddenly remembered something and said, "Ford still wants to make his documentary, but it's different from what we thought. He only wants to make a 40-minute film. Do you want to come together?"

"Seven minutes?"

"Well, he said that one episode is enough for the migration scenes."

Leftbold said with a smile: "He is trying to get a qualification. He has been interested in documentaries a long time ago. He has no money to shoot by himself, and a serious film crew does not hire him."

"I don't know either, anyway, I'm going to watch the animal migration, by the way."

"Then I will join too."

Lifebold and Chen Xing have similar ideas. After all, they are all here. If you don’t take a few photos to record it, can you still be called a photographer?Moreover, Sudan is not too far from these prairie, and it takes less than an hour to fly here.

This matter has to be discussed with everyone when Ford is around. Chen Xing chatted with Lefebold for a few words. He didn't want to go back to the tent to hear the things that worried him, so he walked to a nearby commanding height to take pictures.

It was a small hill full of sharp gravel, with a hollowed-out rusty old car shell on top.

Chen Xing jumped onto the car shell again, first took a serious photo with the camera, then took a photo with his mobile phone, and sent it to the dynamics of station B and his circle of friends - they used to have a home, but they were destroyed by the war and Disasters take away.They once had dreams, but they were shattered by reality and difficulties.

Putting down his phone, Chen Xing sat on the roof of the car.

Compared with the environment on the ground, the roof is clean except for the rust.

Living in such a place, life probably has no hope, right?he thinks.

In China, even if you are just an ordinary person without any ability, you can eat, drink, and even support a family.But here, people without talent can only grow thinner and wait for death, and it is difficult for people with talent to succeed.

Ability is useless, because there is no hope.

If he hears someone say that life is not good in the future, Chen Xing must recommend him to visit Africa. Compared with the people living here, domestic homeless people are living the life they dream of.

Chen Xing stared at the distant horizon in a daze.

Until someone shouted in French: "We are leaving, Chen!"

Only then did he regain his senses, jumped out of the car and walked towards his companions. A woman who lived in a tent might be curious about hearing French, so she came out of her tent to look out. Chen Xing happened to pass by here.

The two looked at each other.

Chen Xing thinks this girl's eyes are very beautiful, they are blue with a little green, and they are of mixed race.

And Chen Xing was dressed like a rich man, which shocked the girl.

"List?"

"I'll be right there!"

Chen Xing replied, then searched in his pockets, took out some fruit candies bought in the supermarket, and said in English: "Your eyes are very beautiful, do you eat candies?"

French is widely used in Africa, but it is not popular in Sudan.

Only English and Arabic are popular in Sudan, and the penetration rate of English is not high. Only some educated and well-learned people can understand English, or use some simple words to talk to them.

The girl couldn't understand, but her eyes longed for the candy in Chen Xing's hand.

Delicate confectionery is an important thing in any undeveloped place.

At this time, Lefbold urged again, he didn't want to stay in this horrible place at all, so Chen Xing saw that she was a bit afraid to accept it, so he squeezed the candy with his palm facing down.

In this way, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold it.

Most likely because he couldn't understand English anymore, Chen Xing stood up and shook his head, then went back to the film crew and went back to the hotel with them.

This hotel is actually incomparable with hotels in Paris and domestic hotels, but the incomparability is only in this building. They are at the level of star hotels in terms of keeping the rooms clean and tidy.

Another thing is service.

All the beautiful services you can think of can be obtained here, as long as you dare to ask.

Chen Xing has no interest in this.

So he still likes to travel in China or Europe, Australia is also possible, at least he can find a good girl when he wants to.

After dinner, Ford invited Lefebold to their room.

Started talking about a trip to Tanzania in a few days.

Both Chen Xing and Livebold felt that they were going on a trip, they were very relaxed, and they were looking for something delicious over there on the Internet.

Generally speaking, African cuisine is not very good, but people always want to eat, and the dwarf must be taller.

Moreover, there are many tourists who go to see the great migration of animals every year. In order to earn more money, these local vendors are willing to improve their bad taste to cater to more and more tourists from all over the world.

Ford talked up his plans.

The last three raised money.

Shooting a documentary is not an easy task, and money is of course the most important thing, for example, renting equipment costs a lot of money.They plan to buy ten accessories for Chen Xing's traversing planes to prevent bombings, and then rent a video recorder for the film crew and several camouflage cameras.

And telephoto lenses.

Shooting animals must have a good telephoto lens, so that the details of the animals can be captured while ensuring clarity.

All documentaries operate like this, and a telephoto lens is essential, because no photographer dares to approach the wild lions on the African savannah unless he is ready to be a delivery man.

Chen Xing hesitated for a moment, and said, "I still have [-] euros, Ford, do you have a plan, how much will it cost to shoot it? This is almost all of my savings."

He had just renovated the house, and it wasn't even finished.

"It's almost there." Ford nodded again and again, and then looked at Lefebold.

Livebold said: "I don't think documentaries can make money. Chen Xing, you can pay [-], and I will pay [-]. Ford will give another [-]. [-] euros is more than enough for us."

He has a professional director at home, and he knows the price of rental equipment very well.

[-] euros will leave a lot in the end.

Ford laughed awkwardly and said, "I only have ten thousand..."

How can he compare with these two people? One of them was spotted by Chanel when he first came to Paris, and he took a few photos casually and was blown up by a group of fashion media. Now he can get tens of thousands of euros for a photo shoot.

The other is the rich second generation, tens of thousands of dollars is other people's pocket money.

Just an ordinary person.

According to his previous thinking, Chen Xing's [-] euros would be enough. After all, when making a documentary, who would use his own money.

I just didn't expect it to be AA.

"Huh?" Lefebold squinted at him.

You took the lead in making this documentary, and you can't afford the money. What do you want to do?

Ford quickly said: "But I've already made a plan, so let's invest in you, and I will contribute. Then the three of us will make money. This is definitely a win-win. Look, I have done the copywriting."

He hurriedly went to the table to get the newly printed manuscript.

"Don't come here without you, think we don't know how to do it?" Livebold started to quarrel with Ford on the investment issue.

Chen Xing looked at the copy written by Ford.

The more you look, the more you frown.

What the hell is this?

A few minutes later, Chen Xing read half of it and said:

"Stop arguing, this copywriting isn't good either. It doesn't introduce what the audience wants to see clearly, and it's not attractive enough. You can't just rely on me flying through the plane to attract people? Damn, Ford, you'd better be a photographer. I will write the copy."

Lefebold held his head high.

"It's still up to our great writers to do it, Ford, you go fight that camera."

Ford frowned, but worried that they would not take him to play, so he nodded in agreement.

Is the photographer a technical job?

No, no, no, the photographer is a physical job, and the arm of a popeye can carry the video recorder?
Not to mention anti-VCR, normally speaking, it is not a simple matter to hold a DSLR stably.Many novices take photos easily blurred and not clear enough, because they did not hold the camera firmly, resulting in smearing.

Automatic anti-shake is not a panacea. I really think that with this function, I can stop practicing basic skills, but that is not possible.

the next day.

The 36-year-old videographer was guarding behind a video recorder. His task was to take pictures of some patients entering the hospital, while Nobel and some other people were interviewing the patient's family members in a room on the second floor.

This documentary is almost finished, he thought to himself.

From the young coal diggers in cities near the Egyptian border, to the poor people who escaped from the poor capital because of the war, and the endless tent slums they saw before, their crew has seen the situation in Africa all over.

According to the shooting plan, if it goes well, it should be finished this afternoon, or tomorrow at the latest.

At this time, a student who was an intern in the crew came over with a smile.

It's Ford. Is there anything he wants from me?
He has an impression of this person, after all, it is rare for people who are still in college at the age of 30.

"Annie, I want to ask if you have anything else to do this month?"

Annie adjusted the camera, looked at the gate of the hospital with a normal expression, and said, "You can tell me if you have anything to do. I have nothing to do, but I already miss the pasta made by my wife and my eight-year-old daughter."

"..."

Ford was a little speechless, so are you okay or okay?
Now the director of this documentary is no longer him, but Chen Xing.

Chen Xing himself felt indifferent to the position of director, but Livebold firmly refused, and said: "Chen Xing has contributed money and effort, and he has written the outline of the copywriting. Is it suitable for you to be the director if you can't come up with anything?" ?”

Why is it inappropriate?

Well, it is indeed a bit excessive.

Currently, Chen Xing is the director and drone pilot of this one-episode wildlife documentary. It is estimated that the dubbing will be done by Chen Xing himself. Chen Xing's English is very magnetic, although it has a bit of an American flavor. , but this little detail doesn't matter.

Leffbold offered [-] euros, asking for nothing, just playing with the past.

Ford doesn't need to invest money, but he has to do something to prove himself as one of the main creative members, such as contacting the equipment needed for shooting, or-abducting a professional person to go there, this is very important because the three of them are It's a recruit, or an intern.

"Chen, I, and Lefebold, we are going to the Tanzania prairie to shoot the great migration of wild animals, and we need a photography guide. So I found you." Ford said frankly, "The time is very short, up to three days Inside our filming will be done.”

Annie was a little moved.

It was also his first trip to Africa. He was a cameraman for France [-] TV before. He rarely had the opportunity to travel at public expense, and it was only three days. At most, he would ask for two more days off.

"It's my working time now, come to your room to talk about it in the evening, OK?"

"no problem!"

After hearing his words, Ford breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it had been settled, and the cost issue should be discussed later in the evening.

(End of this chapter)