China !

[thegio]

Hi everybody.
I'm reading a lot of articles about China and how it's developing in the film industry and how easy and cheap is to shoot over there.
I was curious about checking it out some day.
Does anybody in this forum have shooting experience in China ?
would you guys share it with me ?
thanks

[richy]

Zip. Sorry if I'm being naughty even commenting at all on this, then. But it does make me think of something: the movie The Emperor and the Assassin. It was shot in China (though more than a decade ago) and there is an excellant director's commentary by Chen Kaige on the DVD. I remember him talking about how very dedicated to the production everyone was.

[brianluce]

Originally Posted by thegio

Hi everybody.
I'm reading a lot of articles about China and how it's developing in the film industry and how easy and cheap is to shoot over there.
I was curious about checking it out some day.
Does anybody in this forum have shooting experience in China ?
would you guys share it with me ?
thanks

I have a Villa in the Philippines I've rented to US based indie filmmakers. It's better than China because the locals all speak English and the culture is Western based. Roger Corman made a lot of his movies in the Philippines, FFC did Apocalypse there too. A grip will cost you about $20/day, operator about $40/day, sound engineer about $35/day. Food, and everything else is dirt cheap. There are good rental houses too. Everything is cheap there.