I'm the director, I'm not bad

Chapter 152. 150. Two People, Two Lamps, One Day
The unexpected situation on Yang Mi's side slightly disrupted Xu Xin's thinking about shooting.

It's not that he doesn't agree with his girlfriend to go...

I just feel that the role of Zhu Wushuang, as a supporting role throughout the ten episodes, from appearance to later departure, after reflecting the sadness of insecurity, is already perfect.

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

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

Therefore, the role of "Zhu Wushuang" should be like the layer of chocolate smeared on top of 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 creates a comfortable atmosphere through everyone's efforts.

He felt fine.

But now it is necessary to put a layer of impromptu chocolate sandwich on the cake.

It was quite speechless.

But his girlfriend said it all, what can he do?
pet chant.

Just hard pet.

What she said was what, and she wanted to pick all the stars in the sky.

but……

The favorite is the favorite, if it is changed blindly because of the plot, Xu Xin will definitely not agree.

Because if you don't do it right, this kind of impromptu idea will become a kind of overkill.

As a result, the character itself has changed its taste.

Think about it...

He glanced at the busy crowd, and walked out of the studio with the phone in hand.

The sun is shining today, and Taichung is a little bit warmer than Taipei.

He sat on the pvc boards piled up on the side for setting up the venue, and made a call.

"Beep beep...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 out loud:

"where?"

"Ireland."

"……Um?"

Xu Xin was taken aback:
"Where is Ireland?"

"……Europe."

It can be heard that Liu Momo's tone is a little speechless.

"Uh... oh~~~"

Xu Xin suddenly realized:

"England, right?"

"……Um???"

Liu Momo was also taken aback, but immediately realized what Xu Xin said, and was completely speechless:
"It's Ireland! You've got it upside down!"

"...Isn't it? Isn't England just like Great Britain and Northern Ireland?"

"The two are not the same thing... No, they are not the same country. Although they are next to each other, England is England, and Ireland is Ireland... It doesn't mean that Great Britain and Northern Ireland belong to Ireland! How did you learn geography?"

"Uh, so what is Northern Ireland?"

"Yes... are you okay?"

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, big brother!!!...Forget it, let it go. The "Once" we invested in will be launched in March this year. I'm here to run the theater..."

"oh oh……"

Xu Xin never asked why this so-called "Once Upon a Time" was filmed so quickly.

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

So just say:
"Let me tell you something. On the side of "Wulin Biography", Director Shang just called my girlfriend and said it was..."

After talking about the extension of Zhu Wushuang's role, Liu Momo responded:
"Well, so what do you mean?"

"Although I was the investor in that play, you were the producer and producer, so it was better through you. Tell me what I mean, and ask Director Shang not to change the script indiscriminately... If you really want to To add drama to Wushuang, it 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...you should be prepared. This kind of temporary script modification, especially for TV dramas, requires a lot of work to add or delete roles in the already mature script. , the crew may postpone it for a while."

"Don't be afraid of the delay. If it's a big deal, I'll treat it as a holiday. It's been almost half a year since I filmed... Don't feel pressured by Director Shang. If it doesn't work, I'm adding some investment..."

"impossible!"

As soon as Xu Xin finished speaking, Liu Momo directly interrupted his words:
"This precedent must not be set."

"why?"

"Because this will greatly reduce the producer's voice and persuasive power on the set. As the management, what we have to do is to strictly control the cost, and these difficulties belong to the actors and even the crew, and should not be considered by the management in the first place. Are you going to take all the responsibility?... Too easy to talk will damage our prestige, and after setting this precedent, there may be directors who think about it in every movie and TV series in the future. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, no additional investment is absolutely allowed. Especially This kind of wholly-owned work can easily put us in a situation where we passively follow the director."

"Uh……"

After listening to Yitong'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 I signed the contract, I told the monk director that your friendship contract lacks a necessary binding force. What, it’s easy to suffer. He doesn’t believe that...he created this situation by himself, and we don’t need to pay for him.”

"Uh...you don't want to trouble Director Shang. Director Shang can do this because he values ​​friendship, so...you just need to communicate with him about Zhu Wushuang, and let's not talk about other things, okay? ?”

"……it is good."

Liu Momo responded:
"But I hope that as a big boss, you can understand... some things really can't be softened."

"If I hadn't softened my heart, I wouldn't have let you invest so much money in "The Man From London"..."

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

"I have faith in that movie..."

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

"..."

Liu Momo on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment, then said:
"Okay. Anything else?"

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

"Well...how is your filming going? Is it going fast?"

"It's not bad, it's going well. What's the matter?"

"Remember to notify me when the editing of the play is finished. If the quality is acceptable, you can send it to Cannes for review."

"Ok?"

Xu Xin was taken aback for a moment, but his eyes lit up immediately.

"you can do it?"

"……what?"

"Go to Cannes! Are you related?"

"Uh……"

Although he understood that Xu Xin had misunderstood him, Liu Momo still said:
"Yes, but sending to Cannes does not mean being shortlisted. Cannes receives many submissions for films every year, and there will be judges below to review and select the shortlisted films. It is still very easy to send here for review, even if you don't Me, you can also send it directly. But whether you can be shortlisted or not depends on the jury in Cannes. But from me, it is sent directly to some judges. If you get approval, then the chance of being shortlisted will be even greater Some... It depends on your script. I heard from Uncle Zhang that Director Zhang Yimou has confidence in you... Don't shoot too badly. Cannes accepts new directors very well, but if the quality is too high If it's bad...it's embarrassing."

"understood."

Xu Xin was delighted:

"Ha, this is really a good deal for nothing, right?...Okay, I understand, let's just say that. "Wulin Biography", Sister Mo, please take care, we will be in touch when the time comes."

"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 grow stronger.

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

This urgency made him unconsciously a little anxious.

The only option is to smoke a cigarette for relief.

After smoking a cigarette, he threw away the cigarette butt, turned back to the recording studio, and then saw Jay Chou and Huang Qiusheng reviewing the script.

From afternoon to night today, there are concentrated scenes of the father and son in the film and television.

I have to start making up a few scenes of eating at home.

Although he still didn't know why, he didn't like Huang Qiusheng... But at least he and Jay Chou had sparks.

And this is also confirmed in "Initial D".

And this kind of tacit understanding was actually reflected in the first eating scene between the two of them.

……

This scene is about Ye Xianglun's father, Teacher Ye, who came back from school and found that the meals were cooked very late in the past few days, so he asked his son why the cooking time was late recently, did he have a girlfriend, and then the father and son had a quarrel After a few dialogues representing their respective worldviews, it ends.

This is the first scene, and the second scene is the scene where Mr. Ye uses the guitar to make his son happy after Lu Xiaoyu disappears in the middle of the play.In the third scene, the two of them danced a ballroom dance, including the later discovery of the piano score, Mr. Ye's story about the girl Lu Xiaoyu 20 years ago, etc., all of which will be filmed here.

Estimated shooting time is two to three days.

Now is the first game.

Xu Xin likes to use lighting as a potential language in the lens to express the state of mind of the characters in this movie.

Because he thinks it's beautiful...

So in this scene around the dinner table, he did not use a conventional fixed lens, but still let Li Pingdong sit on the slide rail, and used the technique of panning the lens to shoot from different angles.

And this play shows the foundation of the character's inner world, on the display behind the dinner table for the two of them.

Still a desk lamp.

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

because……

What the director asked was really weird.

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

OK, that's easy.

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

No problem.

but……

Please, can the subsequent request not be so excessive?

Can you be an individual?

What is "the surface lights of father and son are the same color, but as a father, there must be two kinds of lights"?
You explain to me.

And what is "another color, on the surface it should represent the calmness and objectivity of being a father, but the core is warm and caring"?
Also, what do you mean by "the one who is calm should not be too calm, and the care must not overshadow the calm, but you must not show weakness"?
Big brother.

Come on, can't you speak human words?

For this one request, the lighting engineer suffered from insomnia a few days ago.

In the end, after repeated arguments and showing Xu Xin what he had made, he got an affirmative answer.As an expression feature that highly reveals the inner world of the characters in today's scene, it is very inconspicuously blended into the camera.

Four dishes, two bowls of rice, and one casserole of soup.

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

Silence.

With the dressing up of the scene record, the shooting began.

Huang Qiusheng's play is indeed not mentioned, and because he has collaborated in a movie before, Jay Chou and his play can not be seen as unfamiliar.

In the picture, Li Pingdong's lens is always moving slowly at a steady and constant speed.

Xu Xin sat in front of the monitor with earphones on, and nodded as he watched the father and son's seemingly normal eating movements.

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

Ask while eating.

When asking questions, the food is on the edge of the mouth, and after asking, put it in the mouth.

The rhythm is very natural.

But there is a problem...

Xu Xin keenly noticed that the food served by the props was a bit too much...

But he didn't call to stop, but planned to take a picture first to find out how he feels.

Then I heard Jay Chou's words.

He coughed lightly at first, as if looking for an excuse, looked around the four dishes he had cooked, and asked:
"Don't you think it's delicious?"

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

I have to admit that there is nothing wrong with Huang Qiusheng's acting skills. At the beginning, his profile in the camera was very rigid.It's like a parent who doesn't support their son's puppy love.

It feels normal.

But after asking this sentence, an unconscious smile spread across his facial expression.

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's thinking about one thing right now.

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

Still that reason.

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

Very strange.

But the drama of "father and son" is still going on.

"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, put down the chopsticks directly, but the hand that put down the chopsticks did not lift up, but changed to a silent knock on the table to emphasize the importance of his speech:

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

While speaking, Li Pingdong froze the camera.

It seemed to represent the dignified atmosphere of this father-son conversation, and at this moment, Xu Xin said to Zhang Xunwei next to him:
"Awei, for the record, there should be background music for this scene, it should be more classical, more relaxed and lively."

"Good director."

Zhang Xunwei nodded quickly.

And after Teacher Ye finished speaking, in the frozen scene, Jay Chou raised his head.

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

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

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

Xu Xin shook his head with some emotion.

A master is a master... This kind of ability to control the details of the lens.

Because that's what he wanted.

The desk lamp behind Jay Chou was 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 that even if the conversation between the father and son seems to be conflicting, it is actually limited to chatting at the dinner table, or...in this small family.

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

Especially the line "They don't listen to music, they're bad people".

This sentence is too extreme.

It's definitely not appropriate to go big.But if the father comes to educate the child and hopes that the child will stay away from these "bad guys", the scale will be eased.

And the bright music, and the camera is always limited to the dinner table, are also to reduce the pressure on this sentence.

The subtext is "this is the father teaching his son to stay away from bad friends" rather than "extreme".

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

A father is educating his son.

It belongs to the level of "little" conversation between father and son.

But Ye Xianglun's question "If you don't listen to music, you are a bad person" is expressing a kind of "big" point of view in your heart.

That is to say, in this world, not only good people must listen to music.

This is his point of view, his cognition, and this cognition is based on the world view, not today's conversation among the "Xiaojia".

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

After persisting, Ye Xianglun said:
"Hey, I'm embarrassed by your appearance~"

After finishing speaking, Mr. Ye, played by Huang Qiusheng, spoke together with the camera that started to turn back from Jay Chou, and there was an inexplicable "sickness" in his tone:

"Difficult? Why are you difficult?"

While speaking, 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 Qiusheng asked earnestly:

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

"okay."

Jay Chou responded perfunctorily and put down his chopsticks.

I looked around and came to the sentence:
"I am full."

After speaking, he left the panning camera lens.

And just when Xu Xin wanted to stop, and then started to shoot close-up shots, planning to change his empty job later to make up this scene of leaving the table, Huang Qiusheng made a poking motion and muttered:
"Lose weight, you... huh?"

Jay Chou was a little stunned and didn't respond.

But Huang Qiusheng didn't continue talking, but shook his head slightly, seemingly helpless, and continued to talk about food and eat until Xu Xin shouted:
"Okay, that's fine. Jaylen returned to his position and is ready for a close-up."

The reason why the fault appeared in the middle was to prepare for the close-up of this section.

So, the two of them didn't move, and the film crew began to assume that they were aiming at the fixed camera position of the two of them.Xu Xin, on the other hand, looked at the camera just now and sighed.

What a cast.

I also know that I can make up for the incongruity in the lens, saving a piece of film.

But why can't I like it...

Soon, the close-up hypothetical is over.

And Xu Xin went to the camera aimed at Huang Qiusheng and looked at it. After confirming the position, he pointed at Huang Qiusheng:

"Mr. Huang, when you are teaching later, you should 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 blocking a blue light.

Xu Xin gave a thumbs up directly:

"OK, that's the magnitude. Perfect...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, go."

As soon as the words fell, Huang Qiusheng tilted his head and blocked the blue side of the double-headed desk lamp behind him.

And this lamp was the one that Xu Xin almost embarrassed the lighting engineer.

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

In fact, the answer is also very simple.

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

And these two desk lamps, one is the same warm color as the lamp behind Jay Chou.

It represents caring and warmth.

The other stop 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 bulbs inside to warmer colors as well.

Each of these twin headlights has a different meaning.

The first is the lines Huang Qiusheng said with his head tilted:
"I have only one son, you."

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

As simple as that, when he said this, he tilted his head slightly, covering the head of the warm blue lamp.

Only the warm dim light remains.

That represents the care, warmth and command of a father or a leader with a dominant position in the family to family members.

It is always on, just like the always-on light that appeared in the camera when Jay Chou asked the phrase "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 through.

And the blue light covered by the slight tilt of the head belongs to the father's "little love".

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

But just like this lamp.

Calmness and rationality are just superficial.

It's the shade of the lamp.

And why use warm yellow instead of cool white light under the blue shade?

That's why.

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

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

And 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?
Here is the third meaning.

Although the father's warmth, concern, and worry are wrapped 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 symbol of the so-called Celestial Father and Son.

Just like my father and myself...

Whether it is calm, objective, or rational, or what kind of warmth and worry is hidden in the heart... the words that can be expressed are a kind of "unspoken" hiding.

He hides his emotions, and uses the position of an absolute leader and leader inherited from his genes to forcefully announce his decision.

Hide emotions, not good at words, you just need to do what I say, don't question me, and don't allow me to question me.

Even, you don't have to 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 always warm yellow light, or the hidden blue light, are actually just a reflection of my father's heart.After hiding, only the firmness and unquestionable words remain.

A close-up.

He only needs to pass through the light of a double-headed desk lamp, and hide it, and then completely deconstruct it...or show everyone his own point of view.

Maybe a lot of people don't care...

But Xu Xin felt that it would be best if someone could understand it, and it's okay if they don't understand it.

As long as the movie looks good, it's fine.

Unfortunately...

Li Pingdong understands.

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

He subconsciously let out a sigh.

"Ugh……"

Although after a few days of filming, he has already seen that this young man belongs to the kind of filmmaker who clearly knows that his first duty is to let the audience understand the story first.The second duty is the old-school filmmaker's style of adding one's own ideas and language to the film.

Also admitted that this young man is really outstanding.

I really like this kind of style that distinguishes the primary from the secondary, clearly distinguishes the two from each other, and will never overwhelm the other, but is perfect, rich, and even continuous like a needle hidden in the cotton...

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

until today.

He was finally determined.

I am a little bit blind...

In his first movie, this director has already revealed all the idiosyncratic styles of a director with a strong personal symbol...

Absolutely a genius!
Genius in the true sense!

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

In the movie hall of fame in the future, there must be one of his most dazzling chairs, and he will definitely be able to leave a strong mark on Chinese movies!
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