Millennium director

After the Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony.

No matter how big the debate is on the Internet about winning this year’s Golden Rooster Awards.

Wu Yuan was deaf to what was happening outside the window, and all his thoughts were focused on the filming of "Painted Skin".

Having just won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, Zhou Xun, despite being a double-yolked actress, honestly put aside the matter of winning the award and started filming seriously.

The entire crew was like a large precision instrument, operating precisely and orderly.

As the most experienced director in China with large-scale production crews, Wu Yuan was quite comfortable during the filming of "Painted Skin".

I think back then, when I was dreaming, he made six movies with an investment of over 100 million from 2015 to 2020. Although he was an executive director, he also traveled all over the country with the crew, directing hundreds of crew members.

In comparison, it is not difficult to get a "Painted Skin" crew.

Not to mention that the key staff of the "Painted Skin" crew all studied with Wu Yuan in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1".

Nearly a thousand people were used during the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean". They were all trained for such a big scene, let alone "Painted Skin", which only had more than 300 crew members?

From the Gobi Desert in Yinchuan to Hengdian and then to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the crew traveled from north to south, from the lonely smoke in the desert, to pictures of small bridges and flowing water of people. Not only did they appreciate the great country of the motherland, but they also made countless beautiful scenes for the movie. picture.

Movies of the fantasy and magic genre are very aesthetically pleasing.

The rough seas and Caribbean islands full of pristine beauty in "Pirates of the Caribbean".

The Egyptian desert and the magnificent pyramids in the "Mummy" series.

The Middle-earth continent in "The Lord of the Rings" only exists in fantasy.

Any fantasy or magic movie attaches great importance to the use of images to give the audience a different look and feel.

Including Chen Kaige's "The Promise", he also pays great attention to the aesthetics of the picture, presenting the audience with a fantasy world in his imagination.

Of course Wu Yuan also pays great attention to this.

Compared with Hong Kong directors who are used to being petty and petty, Wu Yuan is much more generous in terms of location shooting. He tried his best to find some real-life scenic spots that reflect the regional characteristics and are grand and majestic.

Of the 150 million shooting budget, except for 80 million used for special effects, most of the remaining money was spent on various outdoor settings and transition shooting.

The money is well spent, because such a magnificent real-life scene is the ultimate beauty that even special effects cannot achieve. Only real-life shooting can show the beauty of the great rivers and mountains of the motherland without reservation.

As he became more and more familiar with directors such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, and had more exchanges with him, Wu Yuan more or less learned some concepts in film art from these fifth-generation directors.

He is also increasingly advocating to shoot real scenes as much as possible to capture the beauty of nature and the beauty of the combination of characters and nature.

Instead of first thinking of using special effects when encountering a problem.

The person he is now is completely different from the person he was when he first woke up from the dream at the age of 16 and was influenced by the era of special effects in the dream.

Wu Yuan thinks this is a good thing, and he also hopes that he can pass on the visual aesthetics of the fifth generation of directors, instead of being overwhelmed by the later special effects supremacy.

In this way, Wu Yuan took the crew around the country. It was really hard work, but the filming was also really fun.

While Wu Yuan was filming "Painted Skin", he also received a phone call that surprised him.

Roland Emmerich, the chairman of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival, personally called him and invited him to bring his new work to the Berlin Film Festival next year!

Wu Yuan has a new film to compete for awards. After the Golden Rooster Awards, it is no longer a secret and has been reported by various reporters.

Although this news did not cause much of a stir in China, most movie fans were mainly focused on "Painted Skin" and did not care much about an award-winning literary film.

But the news was immediately known to European filmmakers who pay close attention to Chinese-language films.

As for why European filmmakers pay so much attention to Chinese-language films, this is a long story.

Who is it that the fourth and fifth generation directors have gained fame and influence in Europe for decades?

The three major European film festivals now also need the support of Chinese-language films. Every year, Chinese-language films enter the main competition units of the three major film festivals.

Excellent Chinese film directors have always been the object of competition at the three major European film festivals.

Wu Yuan, a talented director who won the Berlin Best Director Award before he was 20 years old, is naturally one of the three major competitions in Europe.

As soon as Roland Emmerich heard that he had a new award-winning movie, he immediately called Wu Yuan.

Faced with this warm invitation call, Wu Yuan could only say haha, neither agreeing nor rejecting, using the dragging technique.

No way, the movie "Love" is really not suitable for the Berlin Film Festival.

This is a pure love story between two old people. It mainly discusses marriage, illness, and love without any political views.

Even if Wu Yuan is a direct descendant of Berlin, it is impossible for him to go to Berlin with such a movie. He really won't win a big award.

Movies like "Amour" can only be taken to Venice and Cannes.

Venice is over in September this year, and the only choice left for Wu Yuan is the Cannes Film Festival next year.

Not only him, but Wang Xiaoshuai is also filming "Green Red" and he doesn't plan to take it to Berlin.

At next year's Berlin Film Festival, only one mainland film will participate, Gu Changwei's "Peacock."

Well, it’s the movie where Jiang Wenli slaps the mistress on the set

Although she was beaten, Zhang Jingchu was considered worthy of winning the Silver Bear Award.

Wu Yuan didn't plan to go to Berlin to join in the fun. He would rather go to Cannes with his senior brother Wang Xiaoshuai.

Speaking of senior brother Wang Xiaoshuai, Wu Yuan had to lament the magic of fate.

The filming of "Green Red" has already started, and the leading actor in this movie is actually Li Bin.

Even if Wu Yuan cut off "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle", Li Bin still appeared.

I don’t know where Wang Xiaoshuai found him.

In fact, Wu Yuan didn't know that when Wang Xiaoshuai was preparing for "Green Red", he really thought about asking Wu Yuan to play the leading role again.

After all, the heroine of this movie is still Gao Yuanyuan.

It’s just that Wu Yuan is no longer Wu Xia Amon. How could he hire Wu Yuan to play the leading role?

I'm embarrassed to even mention it.

This idea just circulated in his mind, and Wang Xiaoshuai wisely chose to find new actors.

So Li Bin, who was studying in the capital, was discovered by him.

"Blue and Red" is currently being filmed and is also targeting next year's Cannes Film Festival!

They, the Nortel brothers, will be competitors on the same stage next year.

Years ago, on January 3, 2005, "Painted Skin", which had been filming for nearly four months, was finally announced to be completed at Hengdian Film and Television City.

After taking a final photo with all the crew and actors and having a final dinner, the crew immediately disbanded.

The actors naturally went to other work and announcements.

The contracted staff of the Light and Shadow Era will go back for the Spring Festival holiday, and then head to North America to join the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to continue their unfinished studies.

Wu Yuan did not return to the capital immediately. Instead, he took his assistant Xiao Zhang and went to the Xiangshan Film and Television City next door to Hengdian.

Xiangshan Film and Television City, this place is not ordinary, it was completely invested and built by Big Beard.

In May 2003, Zhang Jizhong built a "Condor City" here in advance in order to film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". This is the first phase of the Xiangshan Film and Television City project.

This sacred sculpture city was built entirely in the style of the Song Dynasty and covers an area of ​​400,000 square meters.

The total investment for this first-phase project alone has reached 120 million yuan.

Although Big Beard's private life is always criticized, his excellence and generosity in TV series production make him the number one TV series producer in China.

In order to film "Dragon", a film and television city was built in Yunnan Province, and in order to film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Xiangshan Film and Television City was built.

Of course, these film and television cities are also for long-term business after they are built. They can receive dozens of crews for filming every year. Zhang Jizhong also has a very good business acumen.

This is also the reason why he stopped doing TV series later.

On the one hand, they are really old, and on the other hand, several film and television cities have developed. The film and television cities alone can earn a lot of money every year, so there is no need to waste time and risk in making TV series.

But now he has not reached the time to sit back and collect money, and he is still very ambitious in the TV series production industry.

Wu Yuan brought Xiao Zhang to Xiangshan Film and Television City to visit the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

When "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was filming in Jiuzhaigou, Liu Yifei had a filming accident and experienced the biggest danger since filming. She was almost washed away by the flood.

At that time, we were filming a scene about crossing a waterfall. She was the first to rush into the waterfall. The water was cold and her body was too thin. When she was stimulated, she lost her balance and was swept away.

Fortunately, the place where she was standing was on a steep slope, and there were rocks to block her fall.

Huang Xiaoming and the assistant director also reacted quickly. When Liu Yifei fell down, they rushed to catch her and saved the day.

After the incident, the crew suspended filming and gave Liu Yifei two days of rest.

During the two days of rest, Liu Yifei made phone calls and sent text messages, crying to Wu Yuan in tears, which made the listener cry and the listener sad.

On the phone, Liu Yifei was very aggrieved, crying and wanting Wu Yuan to visit her class.

This is Liu Yifei when she was playing the role of Little Dragon Girl, and she also had a filming accident. She was weak, aggrieved and helpless. How could Wu Yuan have the heart to refuse?

Wu Yuan had no choice but to promise her that when the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" moved to Xiangshan, he would visit her.

Wu Yuan, who always keeps his word, came to Xiangshan as soon as "Painted Skin" was completed.

Xiangshan Film and Television City is actually a city imitating the Song Dynasty. Here Liu Yifei mainly filmed some scenes of the Little Dragon Girl looking for Yang Guo in the folk city after leaving the Tomb of the Living Dead.

Without any advance notice, Wu Yuan and Xiao Zhang walked near the set.

There are dedicated staff guarding the periphery of the set, and outsiders are prohibited from entering.

But who is Wu Yuan?

With his face, there is no film crew in China that he cannot get into.

When faced with the staff blocking his way, Wu Yuan just took off his sunglasses and mask and shocked the other person.

"Director Wu?!" The young stage manager with hair on his mouth rubbed his eyes vigorously, fearing that he had made a mistake.

"It's me." Wu Yuan nodded with a smile: "I'm here to visit the class, can you let me in?"

"There is another car behind. I brought fruit to the crew of "The Condor". You can find a few people to move it together."

"Okay!" The stage manager was excited. He immediately straightened his back and agreed, then extended his hand to greet me and said, "Director Wu, please come in."

"The crew is filming on the street on the left, you can just go there."

"Okay, thank you." Wu Yuan nodded to him, and Xiao Zhang, who was following Wu Yuan, skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes and stuffed it into the other person's mouth.

Xiao Zhang noticed that although this stage manager was young, the two fingers on his right hand were yellowed by smoke. He looked like an old smoker.

Amid the show manager's thanks, Wu Yuan took Xiao Zhang into the City of Divine Condor.

The ancient-style city covering an area of ​​400,000 square meters is not small at all, and the city is now filled with extras in costumes.

It took Wu Yuan and Xiao Zhang some time to find the crew filming on an antique street in the city.

A street that can accommodate two carriages parallel to each other is lined with various small stalls. The stalls are filled with various snacks and snacks, which are still steaming.

The extra actors playing the role of hawkers are enthusiastically hawking along the street.

Among the group of passers-by wearing plain and simple clothes, Liu Yifei in a flowing white dress stood out very conspicuously.

She wandered aimlessly in the middle of the street, looking left and right. She walked to a stall selling steamed buns and looked at the buns in the steamer that were shaped into little rabbits, little tigers, and puppies, with a smile on her face. A curious look.

Not to mention whether there would have been dessert buns with such a shape in the Song Dynasty, and even if there were, would they have been sold by street vendors?

Liu Yifei's innocent and curious expression, coupled with the cute and beautiful snacks, the picture is indeed very pleasing to the eye.

She picked up a bunny-shaped bun, exchanged a few words with the vendor, smiled brightly, and left with the bun in her arms.

"Hey, girl! You haven't paid yet!" the vendor shouted.

"Very good, click!" Director Yu Min's voice came from behind the distant monitor.

The extras who were walking back and forth on the street immediately stopped and simply sat down on the spot.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan also stepped forward and said, "Qian Qian, you did a good job."

Hearing a familiar voice, Liu Yifei, who was about to go to the monitor to see the results of her shooting, stopped, looked back, and immediately saw Wu Yuan standing outside the set, looking at her with a smile.

A bright smile instantly appeared on her face, and she ran towards Wu Yuan, holding her clothes.

Liu Yifei's reaction attracted the attention of all the studio staff. Zhang Jizhong, who was checking the shooting materials with Yu Min, also looked over curiously.

"This is."

"Director Wu?"

"Director Wu is here?!"

In an instant, the set exploded.

Yu Min suddenly stood up from the director's chair, took two steps in three steps, and walked up to him with Zhang Jizhong.

However, Liu Yifei was faster than them.

Liu Yifei, who trotted up to Wu Yuan in a few steps, made a very bold move.

She opened her hands and threw herself on Wu Yuan, hugged his waist, raised her head and pouted, tears welling up in her eyes, and she shouted with great grievance: "Brother~"

Seeing this, Yu Min and Zhang Jizhong immediately stopped in their steps. They looked at each other blankly, and they both saw strong doubts in each other's eyes.

Is there something wrong with these two people? !

I have received criticism from everyone regarding the plot of the Olympics.

I am reviewing and reflecting. Newcomers always have to grow through setbacks.

If you don't have the ability to dig holes and lay the groundwork, then don't engage in this kind of plot. It's really my problem.

Will pay attention next time.