China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"Isn't that bold?"

Lu Pingping asked.

Then harvest a piece of 666

But again, various problems followed.

After all, there are few similar movies like this in the history of movies in the world, not to mention in Asia.

The required abilities of the actors, the director's scheduling ability, and the coordination and tacit understanding of various departments such as lighting and photography are extremely difficult.

Of course, if it can be shot exactly as Lu Ping'an wants.

So if this kind of movie can't get a few Oscar nominations, the Oscars really won't be around.

Next, Lu Pingan began to sort out patiently.

The movie he wants to make this time is not "A Beautiful Mind."

There is a reason for this.

First of all, it's the same as Dale said.

This movie is a feature film and belongs to the art stream. Considering the international environment and related sensitivities, it is not safe to win the big prize.

In addition, in Lu Ping'an's life plan, it was not taken now.

Super high-scoring movies will have to be put on hold later, unless he decides to retire now or wants to experience the situation of a great poet.

As for the latter, he is actually experiencing it now, and it feels uncomfortable, so this film will only be filmed in the future.

By then, he has already become famous and his country’s strength has also increased. Will he still care about whether he can win an award?

Of course, if this movie fails now, "Life is Beautiful" can also become an insurance policy.

And when it comes to winning awards, especially Oscars.

Lu Pingan feels that "Life is Beautiful" is actually not as good as this one.

This time, what he brought out was a masterpiece of technological war: "1917"

Regarding "1917", the biggest feature is "one shot to the end".

This time Ping An's goal is not to win any awards such as Best Picture or Best Foreign Language Film.

Instead, aim for the remaining technical awards.

The original film "1917" received 10 Oscar nominations, eventually winning three technical awards and almost winning Best Picture.

If Lu Ping An came to shoot it, the results would not necessarily be worse than it was.

On the technical side.

You know, this is a 2019 movie.

And now it's 2006.

So far, there are not many movies in the world that feature one shot to the end, or fake one shot to the end, and the technical performance is far inferior to "1917".

After 2010, there were more and more movies that boasted one shot to the end, but they were still not as clever as the combination of technology and plot, art, and concept of "1917".

This is why it received 10 nominations.

So there is nothing wrong with it, and you can use technology to break through.

In terms of script adaptation.

First of all, Lu Pingan changed the name of the movie from "1917" to "1937".

"1917" tells the story of two soldiers who traveled across the battlefield to deliver messages and took risks along the way in order to save an army of 1,600 people.

A very simple story cannot be too complicated, because it has to serve one shot to the end. If it is too complicated, it cannot be filmed at all.

Of course, such a simple story does not lack artistic sublimation, that is, the protagonist finds that he has gone through many difficulties and dangers, saved many people, and completed tasks, but after all, he is a small person under the general trend, and the war will not change because of him.

Lu Ping'an's "1937" is also a "message delivery", replacing the original version's delivery of retreat orders with the delivery of messages and "film".

The protagonist is a member of the Nanjing garrison. Nanjing fell and the Japanese army began a massacre. The protagonist began to run away. On the way, he met a dying reporter who entrusted the protagonist to send out the incriminating evidence he had captured.

He experienced hardships and dangers along the way, his companions died, and he witnessed many brutal massacres along the way. He finally escaped from Nanjing and sent news and films from the city to the governor outside the city.

Same simple story.

For long shots, it can’t be too difficult.

But there will also be sublimation.

In the original version, the officer who received the order from the protagonist would say to the protagonist: Today the order is to retreat, and in a few days there will be a new order, which is to attack.

It implies the powerlessness of small people under the general trend. Orders delivered against all odds cannot have much effect. Small people cannot change the overall situation but are trapped by it.

Lu Ping'an, on the other hand, focuses on a larger place. When the time comes, the officer will say to the protagonist: There are more Japanese reporters than wounded here. Nanjing is not the last time.

After hearing this, the protagonist handed the film to a little girl in the arms of an injured reporter, and then picked up the gun.

It means that the message delivered by the little man against all odds does not seem to have much effect on changing the war situation and the right to speak. It also means that in the international situation at that time and in the future, the powerlessness of the invaded without the right to speak is implied.

In addition, this story has also been sublimated, that is, the process of delivering the film, from reporters in Nanjing city, to companions, to the protagonist, and finally to the children of reporters outside the city.

Using children to express it means "we remember" for the next generation.

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Simple stories are mainly for one-shot shooting, but the storytelling will also be taken into account.

Relevant scenes will also be borrowed from the original version.

For example, the religious, campus and other buildings that symbolize human civilization in the blazing fire.

The ruins and corpses are illuminated by the fantastic light and shadow formed by the flares.

The cherry blossoms that were cut off in the middle but still in full bloom will be changed to plum blossoms here.

The corpses soaked in the cold river water, and the flower petals on their bodies.

An immersive perspective like a "battlefield game".

Running at the front of the position.

Visual and artistic expressions such as these are retained and appropriate element replacements are made.

So if Lu Ping An can really come up with this thing now, needless to say, it will be an advanced and perfect collection of technology, techniques, art, etc.

By using super-standard film technology to bring the story to the international stage, the international film industry will not turn a blind eye.

By then, it might even be able to lead a wave of film technology.

For example, Xingchen’s camera-related technologies can be widely promoted through this.

Having said that, it is also a simple story. If the plot and moral are well matched, the structure will be half completed.

Most of the rest depends on the specific implementation.

However, it is indeed difficult to make a movie like this.

Even if it is a fake shot to the end, the difficulty is excessive.

For example, in terms of editing, there are more than 20 editing points in the original film that make it invisible, forming a complete long shot.

The same is true for Lu Ping An this time. The editing points must have no trace. This should not be too exciting for editor Zhang Yifan, but the difficulty of arranging editing points is also nerve-wracking.

In terms of photography, the "photography technology" given by Golden Finger has solved the problem of shooting equipment, but it still needs to be used, and if the prototype breaks down, the entire progress will be delayed.

This is just for the machine. How to capture images that meet the standards is also a huge challenge for photographers.

Ning Hao is the main photographer this time. He has a serious look on his face. This level of difficulty is indeed very difficult for him. He has only seen this in his life.

But if you think about it, it will be a huge achievement in life, regardless of whether you can get an Oscar nomination.

In terms of lighting, this is also one of the most difficult points in taking a shot to the end. Because it is outdoors, the light must not be messy. This is a huge test for the lighting department.

There are also costumes. This time "1917" was adapted into "1937" by Lu Ping'an. The relevant costumes want to be consistent with history, especially military-related ones. Xingchen has not been involved in such productions so far, and the test is also huge.

There are also various departments such as blasting, scenery setting, and soundtrack.

Everyone's head is extremely big. The actor has not yet decided who will star, but Zhang Songwen and others will definitely participate, so they are all eager to try it with an incomparable sense of difficulty.

But no matter how difficult it is, it still needs to be done.

After all, technical streaming movies represent great difficulty.

Art is very subjective, but technology exists objectively. If it wasn't difficult, why would people nominate you?

If it can be successfully filmed, it will also be a huge improvement to our own industry integration capabilities and team capabilities.

I believe that even if I don’t get nominated by then, I will actually gain enough.

Of course, if the film is really completed by then, but it is not even nominated, then "1937" will become a major event in the history of world cinema that must be mentioned, and this will have a better publicity effect than winning an award.

After realizing this, everyone's fighting spirit ignited.

So now everyone only has one thing to do, and that is to do their best to realize Lu Ping An’s perverted creativity! (End of chapter)