I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 152 150. Two people, two lights, one genius

The unexpected situation that suddenly occurred on Yang Mi's side slightly disrupted Xu Xin's shooting ideas.

In fact, it’s not that he disagrees with his girlfriend going...

I just feel that the character Zhu Wushuang is perfect as a supporting character that runs through ten episodes, from her appearance to her subsequent departure, embodying the tragedy of insecurity.

The overall tone of "Wulin Gaiden" is still mainly cheerful.

But it is like a delicious cake exuding sweet fragrance. If it is always very cheerful, it may feel a little boring.

Therefore, the character "Zhu Wushuang" should be like the layer of chocolate chips spread on the cake cream.

The entrance will be bitter.

But it is precisely because of this bitterness that it sets off the "sweetness"... that is to say, in the rivers and lakes, the place called Tongfu Inn has a comfortable atmosphere created through the efforts of everyone.

He felt pretty good.

But now I have to put a layer of improvised chocolate filling into the cake.

It's quite speechless.

But his girlfriend has said it, what can he do?

Pamper me.

Just dote hard.

She said whatever she wanted, and wanted to pick all the stars in the sky for her.

but……

A favorite is a favorite, and Xu Xin would definitely not agree if it was changed blindly just to make up for the plot.

Because maybe this kind of improvisation will turn into an overkill.

As a result, the character itself changed.

After thinking about it...

He glanced at the crowd who were still busy, took the phone and walked out of the studio.

The sunshine is very good today, and Taichung is a little warmer than Taipei.

He sat on the PVC boards stacked nearby and made a phone call.

"Dududu~...Hey, big boss, what's the matter?"

On the other side of the phone, Liu Momo's voice rang.

"Ha~"

Hearing this title, Xu Xin couldn't help laughing:

"where?"

"Ireland."

"……Um?"

Xu Xin was stunned:

"Where is Ireland?"

"……Europe."

It could be heard that Liu Momo's tone was a little speechless.

"Uh...oh~~~"

Xu Xin suddenly realized:

"England, right?"

"……Um???"

Liu Momo was also stunned, but immediately realized what Xu Xin said and was completely speechless:

"It's Ireland! You got it backwards!"

"...Isn't it right? Isn't the UK the Great Britain and Northern Ireland?"

"They are not the same thing... No, they are not the same country. Although the two are next to each other, the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom and Ireland is Ireland... It does not mean that Great Britain and Northern Ireland are from Ireland! How did you learn geography?"

"Well, what is Northern Ireland?"

"Yes...are you okay?"

Really unable to bear this kind of ignorance, Liu Momo simply chose to skip this question.

Xu Xin didn’t hesitate and asked:

"What are you doing in Northern Ireland?"

"It's Ireland, brother!!!... Forget it, it's up to you. The "Once" we invested in will be released in March this year. I'm here to run the theater chain..."

"oh oh……"

Xu Xin didn't ask why this so-called "Once" was filmed so quickly.

It is true that he is an investor, but he has also promised that he will never interfere with the operations of Headwind Entertainment.

So he said directly:

"Let me tell you something. Over at "Wulin Gaiden", Director Shang just called my girlfriend and said..."

After talking about the extension of Zhu Wushuang's role, Liu Momo responded:

"Um, so what do you mean?"

"Although I am the investor in that movie, you are the producer and producer, so it is better through you. You can convey my meaning and tell Director Shang not to change the script randomly... If you really want to To add a scene to Wushuang, we should also follow the original setting of Zhu Wushuang and continue to reflect her sense of wandering and helplessness. As for whether to give her a good ending in the end, I respect his choice, but the core of the character Can’t change.”

"...Okay, I understand what you mean. But...be prepared. This kind of temporary script modification, especially for TV series, requires a lot of work to add or delete characters in the already mature script. , the crew may postpone it for a while.”

"Don't be afraid of delays. At worst, I'll just treat it as a holiday. It's been filming for almost half a year... Let Director Shang not be stressed. If it doesn't work, I'll make some additional investments..."

"impossible!"

As soon as Xu Xin finished speaking, Liu Momo interrupted him directly:

"Don't set a precedent like this."

"Why?"

"Because this will greatly reduce the producer's voice and persuasiveness on the set. As the employer, what we have to do is to strictly control costs, and these difficulties that belong to the actors and even the crew should not be considered by the employer in the first place. Do you plan to bear all the responsibility?... Being too talkative will damage our prestige, and after setting this precedent, every movie and TV series in the future may have directors who have this idea. So unless it is absolutely necessary, no additional investment is allowed. Especially For this kind of wholly-owned production, it is easy for us to fall into a situation of passively following the director."

"Well……"

After listening to Datong’s professional analysis, Xu Xin couldn’t help but say:

"I'm also a director..."

"But you are my big boss."

Liu Momo on the other end of the phone said firmly:

"Leave this matter to me and I will handle it. When we signed the contract, I told my supervisor that a friendship contract like yours lacks a necessary binding force. If someone has something to do in the future, it will be difficult to schedule. It’s easy to suffer losses. He doesn’t believe it... He himself created this situation today, and we don’t have to pay for him."

"Uh... don't make trouble for Director Shang. Director Shang can do this because he values ​​friendship, so... you only need to communicate with him about Zhu Wushuang, and we won't talk about the rest, okay? ?”

"……good."

Liu Momo responded:

"But I hope as the big boss you can understand... there are some things you really can't be soft-hearted about."

"If I hadn't been soft-hearted, I wouldn't have let you invest so much money in that "Man from London"..."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes. When Liu Momo heard this, he said directly:

"I have confidence in that movie..."

"I know, that's why I support you... I just want to express one idea, that is... when we do things, we still have to have some friendship, right? Sister Mo, after all, we are different from foreign countries. You can't do as the locals do... …“

"..."

Liu Momo on the other side of the phone was silent for a while and then said:

"Okay. Is there anything else?"

"No, just discuss this with Director Shang in advance. I will focus on filming her scenes in the past few days, and then let her finish filming as soon as possible. Let Director Shang hurry up and change the script."

"Hmm... how was the filming of your movie? Is it progressing quickly?"

"Not bad, pretty smooth. What's wrong?"

"When the editing of the movie is finished, remember to notify me. If the quality is acceptable, you can send it to Cannes for review."

"Um?"

Xu Xin was stunned at first, but his eyes immediately lit up.

"you can do it?"

"……What?"

"Go to Cannes! Do you have connections?"

"Well……"

Although he understood that Xu Xin had misunderstood him, Liu Momo still said:

"Yes, but sending it to Cannes does not mean being shortlisted. Cannes receives many film submissions every year, and there will be judges below to review and select the shortlisted films. It is still very easy to send it here for review, even if it is not necessary Me, you can also send it directly. But whether you can be shortlisted depends on the jury in Cannes. But from me, it is sent directly to some judges. If it is recognized, then the chance of being shortlisted will be greater. Some... It all depends on your script. I heard from Uncle Zhang that director Zhang Yimou has a lot of confidence in you... Don't make too bad a picture. Cannes is very receptive to new directors, but if the quality is too If it sucks...it’s embarrassing.”

"Understood."

Xu Xin was happy:

"Ha, this is really a bargain, right? ...Okay, I understand, let's just say this. Over at "Wulin Gaiden", Sister Mo, please be careful, we will contact you then."

"Okay, then I'll hang up."

"Well, take care of yourself, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xin suddenly felt the uncomfortable urgency in his heart getting stronger.

I really want to finish shooting in the afternoon, edit in the evening, and screen it tomorrow...

This urgent mood made him unconsciously a little anxious.

I can only choose to relieve myself by smoking a cigarette.

After finishing a cigarette, he threw away the butt and returned to the studio. Then he saw Jay Chou and Huang Qiusheng reviewing the script.

From afternoon to evening today, there are concentrated scenes between father and son in movies and TV shows.

I have to start filling in a few scenes of eating at home.

Although he still doesn't know why, he doesn't like Huang Qiusheng... but at least he and Jay Chou have a spark.

And this was confirmed in "Initial D".

This tacit understanding was actually reflected in the first eating scene the two filmed.

…

This scene tells the story of Ye Xianglun’s father, Teacher Ye, who came back from school and found that the rice had been cooked very late in the past few days. He asked his son why he had cooked so late recently and whether he had a girlfriend. Then the father and son had an affair. It ended after some dialogues representing their respective world views.

This is the first scene, and the second scene is the scene where Teacher Ye uses the guitar to make his son happy after Lu Xiaoyu disappears. The third scene is a ballroom dance between the two, including the discovery of the piano score later, Teacher Ye telling the story of the girl Lu Xiaoyu 20 years ago, etc., all will be filmed here.

The estimated shooting time is between two and three days.

Now is the first one.

Xu Xin likes to use lighting as a potential language in the shot to express the mood of the characters in this movie.

Because he thinks it's beautiful...

Therefore, in this scene that revolves around the dinner table, he did not use a conventional fixed lens. Instead, he still had Li Pingdong sit on the slide rail and used a panning lens technique to shoot from different angles.

The basis for this play to show the inner world of the characters is the furnishings behind the dining table for the two of them.

It’s still a desk lamp.

But it was so confusing that the lighting engineer scratched his head.

because……

What the director asked for was really weird.

First, Xu Xin required both of them to have lights behind them.

OK, this is easy.

Using light to highlight the background is the most basic operation of light photography.

No problem.

But……

Please, can you please not be so excessive in your subsequent demands?

Can I be a human being?

What does "the father and son's superficial lights have the same color, but the father's lights must have two colors"?

Please explain to me.

What is "another color that represents the calmness and objectivity of a father on the surface, but the core is warm care"?

Also, what does it mean to be "calm but not too calm, and caring must not overwhelm calmness, but you can't show weakness either"?

Big brother.

Please, can't you just speak human words?

Just because of this request, the lighting engineer suffered from insomnia a few days ago.

Finally, after repeated arguments and showing the finished product to Xu Xin, he got a positive answer. As a highly revealing feature of the character's inner world in today's scene, it was blended into the camera in a very inconspicuous way.

Four plates of vegetables, two bowls of rice, and a casserole of soup.

A dining table, and a father and son sitting opposite each other.

There was silence.

With the recorder dressing up, the shooting began.

Huang Qiusheng's role has indeed not been mentioned, and since they have already worked together in a movie before, Jay Chou's scenes with him are not unfamiliar at all.

In the picture, Li Pingdong's camera always maintains a stable and uniform speed, moving slowly.

Xu Xin put on headphones and sat in front of the monitor, watching the father and son's seemingly normal eating movements and nodding.

"Why do you cook the food every day when I come back?"

While eating, I asked.

When asking questions, the food is right next to your mouth. After asking, put it into your mouth.

The rhythm is natural.

But there is a problem...

Xu Xin keenly noticed that the props served a little too much rice...

But he didn't stop. Instead, he decided to take a picture first and get a feel for it.

Then I heard Jay Chou's words.

He coughed lightly first, as if looking for an excuse, looked around at the four dishes he had cooked, and asked:

"Don't you think it's delicious like this?"

"Come on, you have a girlfriend, right?"

I have to admit that Huang Qiusheng's acting skills are indeed faultless. At first, his profile in the camera looked very stereotyped. It's like a parent who doesn't support his son's early love.

Makes it feel normal.

But after asking this question, his facial expression showed an unconscious smile.

Some gossip~

But just right.

Xu Xin frowned subconsciously.

It's not that there's something wrong with his acting... it's just that he is thinking about something in his mind at the moment.

Why does he have a natural dislike for such an actor with superb acting skills?

Still the same reason.

I can't say why, but I just don't like it.

Very strange.

But the "father and son" drama continues.

"No……"

Jay Chou, who was holding his rice bowl, shook his head:

"I went out with Alang and Abao~"

"Alang Abao...I knew it was Alang Abao!"

Teacher Ye, played by Huang Qiusheng, directly put down his chopsticks, and did not raise the hand that put down the chopsticks. Instead, he changed his hand to silently tapping the table to emphasize the importance of his words:

"Don't make friends like this! They smoke! They don't listen to music! They are bad people!"

While speaking, Li Pingdong froze the camera.

It seemed to represent the solemn atmosphere of this father-son conversation, and at this time, Xu Xin said to Zhang Xunwei next to him:

"Awei, record this. This scene needs to have background music. It needs to be more classical, more relaxed and lively."

"Good director."

Zhang Xunwei nodded quickly.

And when Teacher Ye finished speaking, Jay Chou raised his head in the frozen lens.

He raised his head, and the camera began to swing slightly again, slowly moving towards Jay Chou on the right.

"If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person, right?"

After saying this, the camera did not stop moving, but slowly revealed a warm decorative lamp that emitted soft light behind Jay Chou.

Xu Xin shook his head with some emotion.

A master is a master... his ability to control the details of a shot.

Because that's what he wants.

The desk lamp behind Jay Chou is not added casually, but represents a kind of persistence.

The reason why he just said that bright and relaxing music should be used here is actually to create a situation where even if the dialogue between father and son seems to be somewhat conflicting, it is actually limited to chatting at the dinner table, or... within this small family.

The feeling of home should not be heavy and depressing, and the topic of conversation between father and son is too big.

Especially the sentence "They don't listen to music, they are bad people".

This sentence is too extreme.

To a large extent, it is definitely inappropriate. But if it is the father who educates his children and hopes that the children will stay away from these "bad people", the scale will be relaxed.

The bright music and the fact that the camera is always limited to the dinner table are all designed to reduce the pressure on this sentence.

The subtext is "This is a father educating his son to stay away from bad friends" rather than "extreme".

This is also the reason why Ye Xianglun asked the rhetorical question "If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person", and at the same time, the lights behind were exposed.

The father is educating his son.

It is a "small" conversation level between father and son.

But what Ye Xianglun asked, "If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person" was to express his inner view of "bigness".

That is to say, in this world, it does not mean that good people must listen to music.

This is his point of view, his understanding, and this understanding is based on the world view, not today's conversation in a "small family".

Therefore, the light represents Ye Xianglun's persistence that although warm and soft, still radiates light.

After persisting, Ye Xianglun said:

"Hey, I'm so embarrassed when you're like this~"

After saying that, Teacher Ye, played by Huang Qiusheng, spoke together with the camera that started to turn from Jay Chou, with an inexplicable "angry" tone in his tone:

"Embarrassed? Why are you in trouble?"

As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks again.

It was at this juncture that the camera shifted to Huang Qiusheng just right.

Then, after a blank breakpoint appeared in the conversation between the two, Huang Qiu Sheng said earnestly and sincerely:

"Don't make friends like this, you know?...Ah?"

"okay."

Jay Chou responded perfunctorily and put down his chopsticks.

I looked around and said:

"I am full."

After saying that, he left the panning camera lens.

And just when Xu Xin wanted to call it quits and start taking close-ups, planning to switch to an empty job and make up for the leaving scene, he saw Huang Qiu Sheng making a head gesture and muttering:

"Losing weight, you...ah?"

Jay Chou was a little stunned and did not respond.

But Huang Qiusheng did not continue talking, but shook his head slightly, seemingly helpless, and continued to order food and eat until Xu Xin shouted:

"Okay, okay. Jaylen returns to his position and prepares for a close-up."

The reason why there is a gap in the middle is to prepare for a close-up of this section.

As a result, the two people stayed still, and the camera crew began to assume a fixed camera position focused on the two people. Xu Xin sighed after looking through the footage just now.

What a great actor.

I also know that I can fix the inconsistencies in the shot and save a section of film.

But why can't I like it...

Soon, the close-up shot is over.

Xu Xin personally walked to the camera pointed at Huang Qiusheng and took a look. After confirming the position, he pointed at Huang Qiusheng:

"Teacher Huang, when you are teaching later, you need to tilt your head slightly. Come on, try it."

Hearing this, Huang Qiusheng nodded and looked at Jay Chou opposite:

"I care about you."

He tilted his head, just enough to block a blue light.

Xu Xin gave a thumbs up:

"OK, that's it. Perfect...get ready to start."

Following his words, Huang Qiusheng maintained the action of putting down his chopsticks and tapping the table with one hand.

"Come on, three, two, one, let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xin's picture immediately showed Huang Qiu Sheng tilting his head, blocking the light source on the blue side of the double-headed desk lamp behind him.

And this light was the one that Xu Xin almost embarrassed the lighting engineer to death.

Many people may find it difficult to understand why a simple double-headed desk lamp is so difficult to make.

In fact, the answer is very simple.

In addition to representing melancholy and eternity, the blue lens language also has an important symbolic meaning, which is rationality.

And one of these two desk lamps has the same warm light color as the lamp behind Jay Chou.

It represents care and warmth.

The other station is this blue light, which expresses rationality.

Typically, blue light bulbs are cool white.

But Xu Xin's request this time forced the lighting engineer to change the light bulbs inside to warm colors.

Each of these double-headed lamps has a different meaning.

The first is what Huang Qiusheng said with his head tilted:

"I only have one son: you."

"I'm worried about you, you know?"

It was such a simple sentence. When he said this, he tilted his head slightly, blocking the blue-shaded warm light lamp head.

Only the dim, warm light color remained.

It represents the care, warmth and command given to family members by a father or a leader with a dominant position in the family.

It was always on, just like the light that appeared in the camera when Jay Chou asked the question, "If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person."

It is a display of worldview.

It is also the persistence of being a father.

Caring for children is a belief that runs throughout.

And the blue light covered by the slightly tilted head is the "little love" that belongs to the father.

Why blue? Because my father's mood at this moment is calm and rational.

But just like this lamp.

Being calm and rational is only superficial.

It's the lampshade.

And why not use cold white light under the blue lampshade, but use warm yellow light?

That's why.

In the final analysis, no matter how rational you are, the starting point is always warmth and worry.

The father's emotions of concern and worry are wrapped up in calmness, rationality, and objectivity. That's why he can say the words "If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person".

When he said this, the warm yellow light behind him was always on, expressing concern.

But why did Xu Xin ask him to cover the blue light again?

This is the third level of meaning.

Although the father's warmth, care, and concern are wrapped up in calmness, objectivity, and rationality, the words he speaks are very unpleasant at first glance, and may even be questioned by his son as wrong.

But this is the so-called Chinese symbol of father and son.

Just like my father and myself...

Regardless of whether it is calmness, objectivity, or rationality, or what kind of warmth and worry is hidden in the heart...the words used to express it are all hidden by "poor words".

Hide your emotions and declare your decision forcefully with the status of an absolute leader and leader inherited from your genes.

Hiding your emotions and not being good at words, you just need to do as I say and don’t question me, and don’t question me. That’s enough.

Even, you may not understand my approach.

But in the future you will definitely understand my good intentions.

This is Xu Xin's understanding of the relationship between himself and his father, or... the relationship between father and son.

The warm yellow light and the hidden blue light are actually reflections of my father's heart. After hiding it, only the firmness and unquestionability of the words remained.

A close-up shot.

He only used the light of a double-headed desk lamp and concealment to completely deconstruct...or show his own point of view to everyone.

Maybe many people won't care...

But Xu Xin feels that it would be best if someone can understand it. If someone doesn't understand...it's okay.

As long as the movie feels good, that's fine.

But unfortunately...

Li Pingdong understands.

Sitting on a chair, looking at the blocked blue light in my lens...

He sighed subconsciously.

"well……"

Although after a few days of filming, he has already seen that this young man is the kind of person who clearly understands that his first duty when making a movie is to let the audience understand the story first. The second responsibility is the old-school filmmaker style of adding your own ideas and language to the movie.

I also admit that this young man is really good.

I really like this kind of style that clearly distinguishes priorities and distinctions. It will never overwhelm others but is also perfect, rich, and even continuous...

But in his heart, he always felt that there was still some gap between this young man and the top directors.

until today.

He just finally decided.

I was a little mistaken...

This was already revealed in his first film, as a director with a strong personal symbol and all the characteristics of his style...

Absolutely a genius!

Genius in the truest sense!

As long as he can continue to follow his own style and persistence...

He will definitely have one of the most dazzling chairs in the future movie hall of fame, and he will definitely leave a mark on Chinese movies!

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