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The door is a little plain, and the person who opens it is even more plain.

Jiang Wen was wearing a large nightgown, exposing his hairy legs and a pair of slippers hanging on his feet.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes, took the fruit from Cheng Shuo's hand, and complained: "You came so early."

The winter in Yanjing was indeed a bit cold. Jiang Wen rubbed his calf with the instep of his foot and hurriedly welcomed Cheng Shuo in.

"Knock on your shoes and don't bring any snow in. The cleaning aunts won't be able to be scheduled in the new year."

Cheng Shuo took the slippers handed over and asked, "Where's Sister Yun?"

"I'm going to be a judge." Jiang Wen threw a blanket over to Cheng Shuo before settling down comfortably on the sofa.

"I've read your script."

Jiang Wen squinted his eyes and lit the cigar on the table.

His appearance and chic posture are very similar to those of the wild literati of ancient times, but as soon as he spoke, his style dropped by half: "The writing is really awesome."

With a strong build, gentlemanly attitude, humor, and the ability to interpret very profoundly, Cheng Shuo felt that Jiang Wen was the most suitable person.

"Then do you have time to play with me?"

Jiang Wen shook his head very simply, "I do have time, but I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

When he said this, Cheng Shuo also understood what he meant.

This is a famous drama tyrant. Zhang Yimou, Xie Fei, and Lu Chuan are all the victims of this drama tyrant.

It is estimated that except for "Turandot", there is no play in which he has not intervened.

Although his talent as an actor is quite high, and some people want to invite him to act, there are always a few Liu Xuande who advise such wise people: If Zhang Yimou is not seen by the public, what happened to Lu Chuan?

"It's okay. It just so happens that the tone of this film is similar to your style, so you can also help me with the filming."

Jiang Wen raised his eyebrows. He didn't think about what he had done. What he thought about was that Cheng Shuo was so easy to talk to.

"Didn't I tell you? The most important thing for a director is not to listen to other people's advice. You've already let people start directly. How can this film be good?"

"Then why didn't you think so when you changed the game "Looking for a Gun"?"

Jiang Wen snorted, "I think his method is really not good."

Cheng Shuo cleared his throat, "I have clear ideas. Even when I was writing the script, I had already gone through the scenes in my mind."

"Oh?" Jiang Wen raised his eyebrows, "Where's the storyboard script? Let me take a look."

Cheng Shuo handed it out smoothly, and Jiang Wen looked through it.

His eyes were buried in the smoke of the cigar, and Cheng Shuo couldn't see his expression clearly.

After a while, he took a deep breath and rubbed his eyes.

Jiang Wen raised his head and glanced at Cheng Shuo, then put down his cigar, "How do you plan to show the alienation effect?"

The alienation effect is a term coined by Brecht, which is to make the audience watch the play without being involved in the plot.

A high-end term is called breaking the fourth wall. In layman's terms, it means letting the audience know that I am watching a movie at all times.

There are many ways to achieve the alienation effect, such as the policeman looking at the camera in the last scene of "Memories of Murder", and almost all of Jiang Wen's movies.

Jiang Wen got to the root of the question in just one sentence.

It is true that the script is very good, but it also tests the director's skills.

He could see that Cheng Shuo was holding his breath. He wanted depth, quality, reputation, and box office.

But thinking about it is one thing, doing it is another.

This kind of script cannot give the audience a sense of involvement. Once invested, everyone will miss many details and metaphors.

What's more, Cheng Shuo's thoughts were buried quite deep, and not a single word of war was mentioned. Just reading the dry dialogue in the script makes one's hair stand on end.

Cheng Shuo behaved like a bachelor: "Just copy and let the bullets fly."

He was so brazen that Jiang Wen laughed and slapped his thigh, "The real master is still in front of you."

In Let the Bullets Fly, the performances of the three protagonists are actually not very natural, they are too open and close, and even the expressions and accents are not life-like.

But under the performance of the three people, it is very harmonious.

For example, Zhang Mo's performance in the film is very good, but he seems a bit out of place in a crowd.

It's like there's a normal person mixed in among a group of psychopaths.

More appropriately, Zhang Mo is on the fifth floor, and the performances of the three protagonists are on the atmospheric level.

Zhang Mo's acting was too serious, or too cinematic. If it were this style, the audience would be integrated into the story.

Once it is integrated into the story, the audience will not think.

That's right, Jiang Wen just makes the audience think while watching. The audience spends money to watch the movie and use their brains. In the end, they have to praise Lao Jiang for being so authentic and he didn't fool me.

Picking up the cigar again, Jiang Wen's grin never went back.

"Copying is not a problem. If you want to copy me, you might as well just let me do it."

Jiang Wen rolled his eyes, "How many years have I been doing this job?"

There are many benefits of the alienation effect. Jiang Wen mainly uses this method to make sensitive content less sensitive and easier to pass censorship.

There are only so many ways, but the difficulty of choosing different methods is also very different.

Some test directors, and some test actors.

But with such a good book, it would be a waste of time for him to throw all the problems to the actors.

Jiang Wen's hands felt a little itchy, and he even wanted to buy the book and take pictures himself.

When he mentioned this, Cheng Shuo got straight to the point: "I plan to use a fixed lens."

"Fixed shot?"

Jiang Wen muttered and covered himself with a blanket involuntarily.

As a leader in the industry, Cheng Shuo created a picture in his mind with just one sentence.

Various colors and rendering effects kept flashing through my mind, and my body became a little cold with excitement.

At the same time, deep down in my heart, I was also making secret calculations along Cheng Shuo's train of thought.

"You want to create a stage effect?"

"Yes."

Cheng Shuo wanted to present the style of a drama stage on the big screen, because people will not be emotionally involved when watching dramas.

The fixed camera position and allowing the characters to move in the screen will give the audience a sense of immediate vision as if they are watching a drama.

"continue."

"Steady photos, colors, dialogue."

"Less expressions, more colors, absurd dialogue?"

"Yes."

It was easy to talk to Jiang Wen. Cheng Shuo only gave one point and he already knew everything.

"What you said is correct, there are many methods, and the ideas are very clear, but are you good enough?"

Cheng Shuo said at the right time, "Isn't there still you?"

"Hahahaha, don't flatter me, I won't do that."

He grinned almost to the back of his ears, "Then you can't give me the title of director?"

"What do you think if I set up a photography director for you?"

Jiang Wen immediately darkened his face and said, "You are dishonest."

He saw Cheng Shuo's thoughts and first pitched the script to interest him, and then expressed his thoughts to trap him.

While he was testing Cheng Shuo, he also fell into it step by step.

Now he was forced to participate in the brainstorming session and helped Cheng Shuo determine the feasibility of the idea. If he didn't continue to delve deeper, it would be a big loss.

"As a director, even if you and I give up our position, many people can take over. There is Diao Yinan in China, and Kevin Spacey abroad. But the protagonist is the role of Mr. Yue Fei. If you don't play it, then who can?

Woolen cloth?"

Jiang Wen felt that these words sounded very familiar. He used to use these words when he deceived others.

When I think about the fact that I taught Cheng Shuo many director guidelines when filming "Let the Bullets Fly", it seems that now he can draw inferences about other cases.

Unexpectedly, those few jokes at the beginning would now shoot myself in the foot.

He patted Cheng Shuo hard on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you're ready to go."

Cheng Shuo said with a smile: "When I finish filming the TV series, we will officially start filming. During this time, you can go exercise and get in shape."

"You want me to get in shape at my age?"

Seeing that he took the bait, Cheng Shuo stopped pretending, "Then I'll go find Mr. Hu."

"You're looking for him...it's definitely not as good as me for you to look for him."