Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

The first half of 2006 has passed. In the entire Chuhe Film and Television, the busiest person is not Shanhe, but Tian Xiaopeng, the production director of Colorful Light Studio.

Seeing the studio expanding like air, Tian Xiaopeng really felt the pain and happiness!

In the first half of the year, Colorful Light Studio had just been established, and projects from Chuhe Film and Television came to them one after another.

In addition to the animated series "That Year of the Rabbit" and the large-scale fantasy film "Painted Skin", Shanhe's first science fiction film "Moon" also followed.

The entire Colorful Light Studio is experiencing rapid expansion and busyness.

Among them, the special effects production of "Painted Skin" was the most arduous, with special effects production teams from several countries and regions joining the film's post-production.

The post-production teams in Hollywood, Bangkok, and Hong Kong Island plus Colorful Light Studio are the weakest in terms of technology and are responsible for some basic work.

It is this cross-border cooperation that deeply stimulated the group of young people in the studio who are interested in Chinese animation special effects production. The gap is too big!

This gap is not only reflected in technology and talents. China's entire related industries are lagging behind the world. No, it should be lagging behind the Asian level!

However, Tian Xiaopeng and the others were not discouraged. It turned out that let alone catching up, they did not even have the opportunity to come into contact with advanced technology, and they were just working on it behind closed doors at home.

The conditions are much better now. We need money and projects. At least we can see hope of catching up!

In the past six months, the entire Colorful Light Studio has been learning and adapting like crazy.

Under the leadership of several poached technical masters, the production level has soared.

After hearing that his boss Shanhe's "Moon" was going to be shot on location, Tian Xiaopeng dropped all his work and rushed to the set of Huairou Chuhe Film and Television.

At this time, the colorful special effects team was assisting the Hollywood team in setting up the entire green screen background.

"Moon" doesn't have many exterior shots, most of which are in lunar mining trucks, but these scenes are the focus of the film, and much of the tone and appeal of the entire film is concentrated in these shots.

Shanhe's idea is to use the empty and lonely lunar surface as the background. The beautiful figure of the earth appears in the distance all the time, and the depth and grandeur of space run through the entire exterior scene.

These pictures must have the quality of a science fiction movie. Although there are not many, they must be able to bring shock and visual impact to the audience.

Although the use of model props reduces most of the computer special effects production, due to the high requirements of Shanhe, just a few connected clips require a lot of production costs.

After Tian Xiaopeng arrived at the studio, he did not sit back and watch, but joined in the layout work of the Colorful Light Studio.

Shanhe also saw Tian Xiaopeng's arrival. He called Tian Xiaopeng who was pulling the tarp over. Looking at the man with messy hair, pale face, and even a bit sloppy glasses, Shanhe smiled and teased:

"Why are you here? Aren't you all very busy at Colorful Light? Why, you, a technical otaku, still want to flatter me?"

Tian Xiaopeng has had a lot of contact with Shanhe during this period, and he no longer has the previous restraints on him, "Boss, "Moon" has begun location shooting. You are the focus of the company. Can I, the special effects production director, come to the scene to take a look? Besides, the production method of "Moon" is most suitable for the current domestic situation, and Colorful Light has always attached great importance to it!"

"I agree with this!" Shanhe nodded in agreement, "How about this, how do you feel about cooperating with these foreign special effects production teams this time?"

"The gap is bigger than imagined!" Tian Xiaopeng pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Our domestic film industry is almost starting from scratch. Take the production of model props as an example. It is not difficult to make refined hand-made products. To catch up, there are no fewer domestic craftsmen than foreign ones. They just lack experience. What is really annoying is the production of general models. These are the most in demand in special effects production. There are no corresponding machines, models and supporting industries in China. It’s empty and everything has to be shipped from overseas, which is too costly and time consuming!”

"Take your time, there's no rush for this!" Shanhe responded empathetically, "It will take time to form the domestic film industry chain. Let's make technical reserves first. By the way, how is the production of "That Rabbit" going? China is not lagging behind in animation, it was still at the leading level in the world more than ten years ago!"

"The first season of "That Rabbit" has been completed. Although it was delayed by two months due to various reasons, the quality is much better than expected!" Tian Xiaopeng replied, "We are not letting your pigeons go. The animation production team has already In preparation for the second season, the company's marketing department has contacted major video websites. Their suggestion is to release it before the National Day. This will facilitate joint marketing between the company and the website. The studio agrees with this suggestion. The National Day is indeed a suitable time. promotion time.”

"That's okay!" Shanhe Jashou responded, "You have to pay attention to "Natu". It is a very promising brand and will benefit endlessly in the future!"

"clear!"

…

After talking with Tian Xiaopeng for about ten minutes, the green screen scene was set up and the filming of the film's exterior shots began.

"The first shot of the first moon mine cart scene, get ready, ACTION!"

The entire green screen shooting looks very funny and absurd to outsiders.

Liang Jiahui, wearing a spacesuit, leaned against a mining truck model and used his imagination to show various actions in the empty green scene.

This kind of shooting requires the director, photographer, and actors to have a preset imagination of the scene. Liang Jiahui's seemingly neurotic performance has to be embedded in the background of the entire post-production.

Cooperation with the special effects shooting team is the key. The actors have to meet the requirements of both the special effects and the crew at the same time. While maintaining their acting skills, their movements and movements also have precise requirements.

The film's exterior shots were the biggest problem Shanhe expected, but things turned out much smoother than expected.

Liang Jiahui felt that after his breakthrough in acting, his condition immediately reached its highest level. Coupled with the early adaptation, several green screen scenes were performed very smoothly.

However, Shanhe was a hindrance and was not sure about the post-production effects of the shots, so he saved a few more shots.

On June 28, Liang Jiahui completed the last shot of "Moon" in a mine cart model. After a full month and a half of filming, the film was completed!

The entire studio burst into cheers. Shan He and Liang Jiahui both looked happy, but not too excited. The happiest thing was the crew. This grueling shooting was finally over and they could finally have a holiday!

The final banquet was still hosted by Shanhe alone, and the location was still arranged in the banquet hall of Fengze Garden.

"The movie is finished. Everyone has been working hard for more than a month. Let's eat and drink as much as you want tonight. There is no upper limit. But there is one thing. The special effects production team is not allowed to be irritated. These foreign friends have to rush to work. Say hello to others!"

At Shanhe's order, the entire banquet immediately entered a noisy and lively atmosphere, eating food, drinking, and laughing while drinking.

Shanhe gave everyone a taste of the toast. The filming of the film was completed, but there was still editing and post-production.

Although the special effects production of "Moon" has been underway for two months, and most of the background special effects are nearly completed, they still need to be embedded in the plot, and the film's exteriors also need to be further improved.

The film had to be completed by the end of July, and time was still tight. Shanhe didn't want to waste two days because of drunkenness.

"You guys, please stop staring at me. I have to edit the film tomorrow. Brother Hui is a major contributor to the film. You should toast him a few times!"

Under Shan He's instigation, Liang Jiahui became the target of public criticism, and soon his face was glowing with respect.

However, he was in high spirits tonight. After drinking two rounds, he stood up and shouted loudly: "Everyone, everyone, let me say a few words. This time the filming of "Moon" was due to my poor acting skills. , everyone has worked hard to follow, and today I would like to toast you all. Thank you for your support, and I have another movie to brag about. Not much to say, it’s all in the wine, let’s do it first!”

After speaking, Liang Jiahui drank the wine glass in one gulp.

"good!"

"Brother Hui, you're welcome!"

"Brother Hui did it, we have to do it too!"

"Done!"

…

Halfway through the closing banquet, Liang Jiahui was already lying on the wine table. It was obvious that he was really happy today!

The next day, Shanhe rushed into the editing room and started the first cut of the movie with the editor.

Throughout July, Shanhe, like Zhang Yi, had to take care of both the post-production of the film and the opening ceremony director team.

Of course, compared with Zhang Yi, Shanhe was much more relaxed. He only participated in the opening creative meeting, and the feasibility investigation and performance execution of specific ideas were not within the scope of Shanhe's functions.

Zhang Yimou has a lot to worry about. He has to formulate and select creative plans, arrange feasibility and specific implementation, and have to communicate with the Olympic Organizing Committee from time to time. Everything has to go through his brain.

It has been more than two months since the directing team for the Olympic opening ceremony was established, and the original bidding plan has been changed beyond recognition.

There are hundreds of alternative program ideas alone, covering almost all aspects of Chinese culture from ancient times to the present.

Shanhe also truly realized that creativity is indispensable in the opening ceremony performance. China's culture is too broad, and you can come up with a lot of ideas from any aspect.

The four great inventions, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, eating, drinking and entertainment, kung fu and martial arts, various operas, plus rich and colorful folk art, the materials are as numerous as stars. The important thing is to string these things together to form a clear theme and wonderful story. Large square art event.

At this time, most of the opening ceremony programs in Shanhe's memory have actually taken shape, but they are still in the creative stage. The specific effects are still in everyone's imagination, and the supporting costumes and props have not yet been designed.

What the entire team is doing now is no longer adding ideas and programs, but eliminating which ones are not suitable for the theme, which ones have feasibility that needs to be discussed, and which ones are too expensive?

In a team like this where the country's top players abound, the individual's role is limited!

It's almost impossible for a program to get everyone's approval. There are always people who will raise issues. Every program is constantly improving and competing!

So far, only Shanhe's Fireworks Bigfoot has received unanimous approval from everyone, but it has been temporarily shelved due to technical reasons!

After suffering two defeats, Shanhe also changed his strategy and adopted the approach of "A good fighter does not have great achievements, and a good doctor does not have a great reputation".

During creative discussions, he would always inadvertently give some suggestions for improvements to the programs in his memory. We Chinese particularly appreciate this silent approach of moisturizing things.

Humans are inherently complex animals. As long as they form a group, there must be cooperation and competition. The same goes for the Olympic Games opening ceremony directing team!

On the basis of working together to make the opening ceremony a success, everyone wanted to prove their worth and let their ideas be displayed on the Olympic stage. Shanhe's selfless approach quickly gained everyone's recognition.

Shanhe has gained good popularity in the team!

As a creative director, he has gradually become more and more comfortable in his work. He can always poke the brains of creative people inadvertently, and everyone is willing to let Shanhe provide more ideas for the program and act as a consultant!

Shanhe has found his place in the opening team, and the post-production of "Moon" is not slow either.

If you ignore the special effects production, the post-production of "Moon" is actually much simpler than that of "Bottom Girl".

First of all, Shanhe borrowed a lot from "Moon", and the plot has basically not changed much. Apart from adding some more rebirthers' understanding of future technology, the picture content is not much different from the original version.

Secondly, the characters and scenes in "Moon" are extremely single, and the main line is extremely clear. Apart from creating some suspense and weirdness in the movie, there are almost no difficulties in editing.

Once again, Shanhe once again invited Dong Dongdong and his wife to score the movie, and they also set the main melody for the movie. The first song played on the moon, "fly me to the moon", its melody is very suitable for "The Moon", and with its Various variations are used to enhance the atmosphere of the movie, which is not only very beautiful, but also gives European and American audiences a sense of familiarity. After all, this time it is going to conquer the European Film Festival.

In addition, the color grading of "Moon" did not waste too much time. The lighting of "Moon" was not complicated, and cold tones ran through the entire film. There were very few warm tones, but they were particularly conspicuous. Bai Yuxia's shooting skills were particularly outstanding. , from indoors to the lunar surface, the use of light and photography are perfectly combined, and the metallic sci-fi texture of the entire movie is strong enough.

On July 20, Shanhe cut out the 80-minute entry version of "Moon".

The registration rules for the Venice Film Festival are that participating feature films must be longer than 60 minutes, and the submitted works must have more than 60 minutes of film material provided to the organizing committee by the end of July.

The availability of finished films can be delayed until mid-August or even the end of August.

Shanhe just needs this buffer time of more than half a month to carve out the details of the film.

After the registered version of the movie came out, Shanhe brought Jiang Wen, who had just returned to Beijing, to the company.

Jiang Wenke can be regarded as a direct director of the Venice Film Festival. His directorial debut "Sunny Days" was recommended by the Venice Film Festival and became famous in Europe and the United States!

Jiang Wen naturally responded to Shanhe's invitation. As soon as he closed the car door, he saw Shanhe greeting him at the door of the company.

"Ouch! Isn't this Director Qiu? You are now part of the Olympic opening ceremony director team. You are so awesome!"

Shanhe looked at Jiang Wen with a teasing look on his face, and responded with a smile: "That's right, buddy, I'm a decent person. I'm not as deviant as some people, so I'm temporarily isolated!"

"Screw you, I was standing too upright and didn't have time to kneel down!" Jiang Wen walked to Shanhe and replied with a smile, "Shanhe, have you finished filming your science fiction movie? You asked me to come here in a hurry. , what’s the matter?”

Shanhe put his arm around Jiang Wen's shoulders and walked into the company, ""Moon" has just been cut. Don't I want Director Jiang to review it?"

"Is it that simple?" Jiang Wen turned around and looked at Shanhe in surprise, "You don't want to use "Moon" to participate in the Venice Film Festival, do you?"

"What's wrong? No!"

Jiang Wen stopped and stared at Shan He and said, "Using a science fiction movie to win prizes, are you crazy, or is there something wrong with my ears?"

Shanhe pulled Jiang Wen and continued walking inside, "You can talk about it after reading it! When did I ever tell lies!"

"You Qiushanhe are really capable of peeing!"

Jiang Wen was half-pulled into the company's screening room by Shan He, "The movie still has some special effects that haven't been added, but it's basically complete. Don't delay signing up!"

Jiang Wen sat down on the chair and said, "After watching it, I want to see if you have the confidence to compete for prizes with a science fiction film!"

Shanhe smiled and shouted to the staff behind him: "Play the movie!"

Ninety minutes later, Jiang Wen looked at Shan He with a surprised look on his face and said, "Your "Moon" turned out to be "The Truman Show" wrapped in a science fiction garb. It's interesting. The script is very well written and Liang Jiahui's performance is superb. Okay, it’s just that the business atmosphere is a bit more serious, and it would be better if it’s a bit more subtle!”

Shanhe responded with a smile: "How about I let you be the recommender so that I won't embarrass you!"

"It's not a shame! Shanhe, you can do it. You are growing up so fast. You are so talented in making movies!" Jiang Wen clapped his hands and sighed, "I have only shot the first chapter of my new movie. I can't catch up with Venice this year. I won't catch up next year either." Gotta go for a walk!”

"Then I'll point to you as the recommender. I'll save you from being killed in the first round." Shanhe said unceremoniously.

Jiang Wen nodded and agreed: "I directly recommend "Moon" to Marco Muller, chairman of the Venice Film Festival. He is a good person and takes good care of Chinese films. This year's chairman of the jury for the main competition unit is a French high-level Actress Catherine Deneuve is relatively friendly to China and has visited China before. There are also many Chinese-language films at this Venice Film Festival. Your luck is as good as ever!"

After listening to Jiang Wen's reply, Shanhe asked a little surprised: "Oh, what Chinese films are participating?"

"The ones I know about include Jia Zhangke's "The Three Gorges", Johnnie To's "Exile", and Tsai Ming-liang's "Dark Circles". One film each from the Mainland, Hong Kong Island, and Taiwan Island. These are all films that are determined to compete in the main competition. , I heard that Feng Pants' "The Night Banquet" is also preparing to participate in the non-competition film festival, plus your "Moon", this Venice Film Festival has many Chinese elements!" Jiang Wen replied with a smile.

Jiang Wen's words made Shanhe's memory pop up. Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man from Three Gorges" participated in the film festival this year. It seems that "The Good Man from Three Gorges" won the Golden Lion Award!

Jiang Wen looked at Shanhe who was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Shanhe, if you want to compete with them for the Golden Lion, I suggest you change the movie a little. There are too many commercial elements, and you will suffer a loss in winning the prize! "

Shanhe came back to his senses, turned to look at Jiang Wen and responded: "You don't know who I am. I don't make movies for awards. I participate in the Venice Film Festival to showcase the film, and it is also a promise to Liang Jiahui. I You don’t make a living by selling movies!”

"You are so awesome!" Jiang Wen said angrily, "You are the only one who can say that, Disney is waiting to help you with global distribution!"

"Haha... I'm jealous! There's nothing you can do about it, you're a genius!"

"No matter how awesome you are, you still have to ask me for recommendations! You owe me three meals first!"

"I didn't say anything, I'm treating you!"

…

Marco Muller, chairman of the Venice Film Festival, is an authentic Chinese connoisseur. He has been to China since 1974 and stayed in China for five full years. His first wife is Chinese.

He can be said to be the first person to introduce Chinese films to the world. During his eighteen years as the Asian film selector of the Venice Film Festival, he has a good personal relationship with the fifth and sixth generations of Chinese filmmakers. relation.

Since he became the chairman of the Venice Film Festival in 2004, he has increased his contacts with Chinese filmmakers, hoping to attract as many Chinese eyes to Venice as possible to resist Hollywood's influence on European film festivals. impact and increase their prestige in the European film circle.

This is still the case at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, and Chinese-language films still play a significant role in the film festival!

Just three days before the main competition unit candidate list was announced, Jiang Wen brought a new surprise to Marco Muller.

Hua Guoqiu has thrown himself into the arms of Venice with his new movie. This is eye-catching good news!

I hope Hua Guoqiu’s director’s standard is not too low!

Marco Muller quickly brought a copy of "Moon" to the main competition unit jury.

At this time, the members of the main competition unit jury headed by Catherine Deneuve have basically completed the film selection work, and the candidate list for the main competition unit of the 63rd Venice Film Festival has also been determined.

Before Marco Muller arrived with a copy of "Moon", several judges were laughing and talking about their vacation in Venice in the next few days.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid you have to wait another two hours for your Venice vacation. This is Hua Guoqiu's registered film. He rushed it to me before the registration deadline. Let's take a look at this Chinese genius. How about your work?"

"Isn't Hua Guoqiu a writer? How old is he when he becomes a director?"

"Cameron, your news is out of date. Hua Guoqiu filmed his debut film last year. It was adapted from his novel "Bottom Hot Girl", which set off a wave of movie viewing craze in China and the entire East Asia. It is said that it has achieved the highest success in East Asia alone. With a box office of more than 70 million US dollars, Hua Guoqiu has many book and movie fans in our country. His influence in East Asia is so great that you can’t imagine it!”

"Really? I'm very curious about what Hua Guoqiu did in East Asia that made you describe him like this. Park, can you tell us!" Marco Muller asked curiously.

Park Chan-wook smiled and replied: "Last year, Hua Guoqiu went to Neon to promote his movie. He once accepted an exclusive interview with Neon TV. In the interview, he said that Neon people still do not admit the crimes they committed during World War II. Despite direct criticism, this interview eventually caused the entire East Asia to condemn the Neon government. Almost the whole country in China and Bangkok supported his speech, and I was one of them!"

"Wow! This is truly amazing!"

“Haven’t the Neon Man apologized for World War II?”

…

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, let's watch Hua Guoqiu's movie together. I hope he can surprise us!"

Three days later, the Venice Film Festival announced the shortlist of candidates for each award unit of the film festival. The most eye-catching one is of course the main competition unit.

Among the twenty-two films on the shortlist for the main competition unit, four are Chinese-language films. The last film on the list clearly reads:

"Moon"

Director, Screenwriter: Shan Heqiu

Starring: Ka Fai Leung