Squatting at the airport, taking pictures of celebrities secretly on the set, selling them to fans and sisters for profit, with package prices ranging from hundreds to thousands; accused of disrupting the filming order and propaganda rhythm of film and television dramas and "promotional
filming" arena: Fall in love with artists and be killed The crew sees it as an enemy
Recently, "Proxy Shooting" has become popular. From the crew of Yang Mi's "Mrs. Huzhu" scolding proxy filming for interfering with the shooting, the crew of Yang Zi's "Qing Zan Xing" used a giant umbrella to prevent proxy filming from opening the way, to the physical conflict between the "Hao Yi Xing" staff and related personnel, this gave birth to fans The "professional" of the economic age successfully "out of the circle" amidst the scolding, becoming the third mysterious world after paparazzi and illegitimate children.
What kind of group of people is the "proxy"? Can they really make millions? Why have been repeatedly accused of disrupting order? Do the crew and artists have heard the "prostitute filming" discoloration? In the Beijing News’ survey of professional filmmakers, crews, artists, fans, etc., it was found that all parties had different opinions on the industry. Some said they were “essential”, while others said they “offended interests”. In the eyes of professional prostitutes, they are not just unscrupulous for their own interests, they even have their own difficulties. In the gray survival order of the entertainment industry and the rice industry, proxy shooting seems to be just a part of the emergence of the times. It is born in the industry and is subject to the industry. Like all entertainment migrant workers, they are struggling to survive in the huge rivers and lakes of entertainment to death.
Buyer
A Three to five hundred yuan can buy photos, one thousand yuan package day to shoot "Reuters"
Xiaobai is a "new fan" who has just entered the pit. Her idol is the artist A who has recently been sought after by major variety shows. There is a special folder in her computer that collects screenshots of all A's works, private photos of commuting to get off work and even emoticons. Among them, "Reuters Photos" is the most special. In addition to indicating programs and works, each subfolder also contains numbers ranging from "300-500". She told the Beijing News reporter that this folder is worth thousands of renminbi, and they are all Reuters pictures purchased from different agencies. The number behind is the purchase price.
Buying Reuters photos for the first time
Xiaobai's first contact with proxy shooting was to buy a Reuters picture of a certain costume drama that A was filming. She was drawn to a proxy filming group by a friend, with nearly 500 members, including proxy filming, fans, navy, etc. Group activity is not high, there are only about 10 messages a day, most of which are sales and purchase messages. Here, Xiaobai got acquainted with an agent who specializes in traveling with A. The proxy told her to buy a Reuters picture of set A on July 6, "300, 100P", which means 300 yuan/100 copies. Xiaobai felt that it was a little expensive, and proposed to buy 50 copies, but the price was 200 yuan. "Later, my friends told me that many proxy auctions would take hundreds or even thousands of pictures at once. If I only buy a small part of the picture package, it is very likely that no one wants the rest and can only sell it. So they usually recommend buying more ."
Then Xiaobai asked A's recent Reuters price for participating in a variety show recording, which is 300 yuan/200 sheets, and a "fo" (focus, pen-hold video) is included, which is much cheaper than the film and television drama Reuters; if you buy it in packages Reuters that has already broadcast programs can also be discounted again, 520 yuan / 600 sheets, with two pen-hold videos.
Photo Quotes Revealed
According to Xiaobai, at present, A is already a popular artist in the circle and continues to export works. There are not a few people buying proxy auctions, but the Reuters price is still not as high as the market. For example, a flow male artist B and A record the same program, A's subscription price is about 800 yuan, but B's subscription price is 1,000-1,500 yuan. The price of the CP picture for the two is higher. The same block diagram of A and B packs 150 yuan / 40 sheets, and the package is 1200 yuan / 500 sheets guarantee. Xiaobai heard from a friend that B had been fired as CP by netizens when he first debuted, but few people were able to photograph "sweet sugar" outside of his work; once photographed, he could even sell a four-figure one occasionally.
Secret connection with idols
Later, Xiaobai bought A set Reuters from other agencies for different dates, as well as old pictures of his past activities. "The pictures he did when he was not popular, the price has risen now, but it is more valuable for collection! Others! None, only I have (laughs)." Xiaobai was very excited. The proxy filming made her and the idol have a secret connection that only belonged to two people.
B "Sister Zhan" bought pictures to maintain the business meeting
As a senior station sister, Little Y, the first time she bought a picture dates back to 2016. At that time, her idol was a Korean idol group, and the cost of going to South Korea to chase activities was very high. Therefore, most of the Korean entertainment sites in China would buy pictures from proxy photography and maintain business. "If you want to open a site, To do something for the TA, then you have to continue to produce pictures; if you start a station to make money, you have to continue to produce pictures. The more activity pictures the station sister sends, the higher the quality, and the greater the stickiness of the fans."
In the early years, there were special Weibo super chats and related accounts for proxy shooting, and the station sisters also established many WeChat groups to facilitate the exchange of people in this circle. In those years, there were a lot of people buying pictures in the group. Whether it was a sister or an old fan, the attitude towards proxy shooting was to take what they needed and spend money to solve their troubles.
Until the first two years, Xiao Y began to move to domestic entertainment, most of the pictures can be produced by themselves, but she still insists on buying pictures. In her opinion, the machine for proxy shooting is good, and the quality of the pictures is high. On the other hand, the airport or activity pictures that I have taken are either not at a good angle or in good quality. "Sister Zhan, of course, hopes to produce good pictures, Amway's own idol, and let passers-by watch it occasionally. When I arrive, I feel that my eyes are bright, so it would be a better choice to buy pictures taken on behalf of others." In addition, Xiao Y will also consider the cost issue, similar to the many artists such as iQiyi Screaming Night and Bazaar Charity Gala. For large-scale events, a ticket costs thousands of dollars. If it is just for taking photos of your idols, the price/performance ratio is very uneconomical.
"My idols are not top-tier, and proxy shooting has more of a positive impact on my idols and can help TA promote it." Xiao Y said, if it is a fan circle of traffic, there are many fans and sisters who shoot pictures. Naturally, the relationship with a proxy shooter with a conflict of interest is worse.
Little Y has no malice against proxy shooting. As long as he can produce good pictures, face upset, crowded, and grab positions, he can also tolerate it. Unless he is really confused, "otherwise someone will always go and someone will buy it." , Even sometimes, Xiao Y will act as a proxy shooter after participating in the event, by the way, shoot other artists and sell them to fill the cost. In Xiao Y’s view, proxy shooting is only in line with the inevitable development of the idol industry. They don’t need to pay attention to the rules of the game in the fan circle, they are only responsible for producing pictures and gaining benefits; but fortunately, they will not cross the barrier with the fan circle. After all, they are to make money, a kind of businessman, and some fans can achieve each other, then make money with qi."
Photographed
Although it does not affect the shooting, it violates the interests of the producer
If fans and sisters are the sharers of the fans, the crew and artists are really "violators." They are always exposed to flashing lights one after another, and the side they most want to hide is always invisible. But they have a completely different attitude towards proxy auctions: those who lose interest resist, and those with vested interests live together.
Xiao Fei once participated in the filming of a certain costume IP drama. He couldn't distinguish between generation filming, illegitimate fan, and standing sister. All of them wore masks and gathered secretly in the woods, like hunters looking for opportunities to hunt. But the film producer’s eyes are like eagles. Once the lens is spotted, the filming will be suspended immediately, and then security personnel will be sent to leave the scene.
"But the impact on the shooting is not very big." Xiao Fei admitted frankly that the studio has long been acquainted with proxy shooting, and occasionally stopped to maintain order, and the shooting departments did their own things. After the prostitutes are expelled, most of them will be adequate, and there are very few cases of physical conflicts like "Hao Yi Xing", "After all, everyone is an adult, and they are also for the benefit. It makes a big impact. It’s not good to them, nor to us."
Although for the film crew, proxy shooting will not affect the progress too much, but for the producers and propaganda parties who have a "confidentiality agreement" in various contracts, proxy shooting is a real benefit to Reuters for the plot and modeling. loss. Variety shows promote the reality show project that Dongdong is responsible for, and there are often flow artists as flying guests. When recording, the flashing flashes around are always one after another, which not only affects the atmosphere and state of the artist recording reality show, but also directly causes the program content to be leaked in advance.
Variety shows often pay attention to strict propaganda rhythms, program trailer editing, modeling retouching, etc., must also be synchronized to customers and artists before release, and after passing the review, the resources of all parties are used to jointly achieve additional effects. But proxy shooting always resulted in the appearance and setting of the show being "Reuters" one or two months in advance. For example, Zhao Liying purchases, moves things, wears a work hat in the "Chinese Restaurant" program, and can search for pictures and videos on the Internet on the day of recording; Wu Lei's cos style in "Run", THE9's variety show premiere in "Extreme Challenge" The show, etc., has been filmed in high definition before it was broadcast.
Dongdong once encountered the celebrity team questioning that it was the "acquiescence" of the program group, which was a gimmick used to create heat in advance, and it was unreasonable. After the propaganda period really entered, many propaganda points that were originally worthy of being pushed have already been reposted tens of thousands of times by marketing executives with Reuters. "We are forced to constantly adjust the propaganda rhythm and poster style."
The producer Ms. L was even more grumbling when it came to proxy shooting. She often encountered situations where the crew’s on-site management was out of balance and safety could not be guaranteed. But the most important thing was that many important information about the crew was deliberately posted on the Internet to attract fans for profit, leading to the copyright of the crew, such as actor information, etc. Being violated by the law, the results of the team's painstaking planning for months were wiped out overnight. For example, Reuters for several kiss scenes in Xiao Zhan and Yang Zi's "Legend of Life, Please Advice" has been turned 10,000 times by marketing accounts, and Wang Yibo's police uniform model in the TV series "Ice Rain and Fire" has also been exposed many times after the boot.
"Small words and vague graphics and videos will make the production quality of the drama not well displayed, and often cause the negative impact of the drama, which makes everyone caught off guard. The content presented like a movie is only one or two hours. , If a lot of information is exposed in advance during the shooting, many future marketing points will be gone, and the loss will be huge." Ms. L said.
Proxy scene
Proxy scene
In the drama that Xiao Fei participated in, the male and female protagonists are all traffic actors with millions of fans. The crew has also become a gathering place for guns and guns in Hengdian. At that time, the most common thing on the set was that outsiders "pierce through" into the lens, or spot a flash in the distance during shooting. They are distributed on green screen frames, excavators, distant roofs, construction site ladders, and large soil hillsides. As long as they have patience, the telephoto lens can always capture the face with makeup. When the actors got on and off the car and transitioned, a large number of fans and passers-by rushed up and filmed without any hesitation.
In the drama that Xiao Fei participated in, the male and female protagonists are all traffic actors with millions of fans. The crew has also become a gathering place for guns and guns in Hengdian. At that time, the most common thing on the set was that outsiders "pierce through" into the lens, or spot a flash in the distance during shooting. They are distributed on green screen frames, excavators, distant roofs, construction site ladders, and large soil hillsides. As long as they have patience, the telephoto lens can always capture the face with makeup. When the actors got on and off the car and transitioned, a large number of fans and passers-by rushed up and filmed without any hesitation.
"Live at low prices", individual artists will chat privately on behalf of the shoot
It is completely different from the crew's attitude. The artist Fang and the filmmaker seem to "love each other and kill each other", but in fact, "love" is more.
Tianchen has been engaged in artist propaganda work for nearly ten years. Although he has never been a top performer, he is well versed in the way that artists get along with filmmakers. In her opinion, the illegitimate meal of professional filming and star chasing is not the same, more like "fan operators", who make money by operating fans; there are also some who operate their own media accounts, with more than 200,000 fans, all of them are real fans. . Most of the time, the artist’s street shooting, airport commuting photos, the team will not make special arrangements, but form a "tacit understanding" with the proxy shooting, just let the celebrity dress up and wait for the capture, "I met at the airport, I know The proxy will help to take pictures of my artist, and after the filming, we will give us a link to the online disk. There are pictures and videos. At most, we can ask, remember to edit the pictures."
In Tianchen's eyes, proxy shooting is good, cheap and efficient. Professional lens equipment can produce hundreds of films in a few clicks, and then choose the best one, which can achieve perfect finishing in 40 minutes, which is comparable to professional videographers. “Sometimes I can’t finish repairing the pictures of the company, so I will pay the familiar proxy shooters and let them help.” The proxy shooter asks the artist team for a very conscientious price. Usually the artist’s street photography or photo shoot, the average photographer costs 150 RMB-200 per piece, only 60 RMB for proxy shooting, and can be adjusted at any time according to requirements, "What kind of bicycles are needed! So we have a good relationship with them. We meet familiar people at the airport and often invite people to drink. Coffee or something," Tian Chen said.
"Occasionally, we will also ask a professional to shoot, about 500-1000 yuan each time, mainly for airport pictures and commuting." A certain agency company Yixuan Xiaoguang said frankly. In her opinion, although proxy shooters, sisters, and fans are all picture producers, professional proxy shooters have a higher level of shooting and retouching, and the shooting speed is fast. They will leave after shooting, and they will not be the sponsors. Dad’s artists have too much nostalgia, “They will also abide by professional ethics and will not resell the pictures given to me. It is said that some artist studios manage their own stations and support clubs, and they will also buy pictures from proxy shooting.”
Familiar friends
There have also been many stories about artists who became "familiar friends" with the filmmakers. A certain generation of filmmakers once told the media that there was an idol who had been filming with her for a long time. One day she went to pick up the camera. Suddenly someone in the filming group asked for another artist's picture at a high price, and the fan rushed to shoot. Another artist, before leaving, did not forget to let a friend tell the idol, "Mom won't pick you up today, and I'm going to be busy making money." Who knows that the idol will ask the next time the filming fan speaks: "Are you happy to make money?"
Written by/Beijing News reporter Zhang He and Wu Qihan