Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 132 Finale (24)

Shen Yan really hates bright and highly saturated colors...

Too Low!
The colorful colors reveal a strong nouveau riche atmosphere...

In fact, the popularity of Abao color, that is, high-saturation colors, cannot be blamed entirely on Yu Zheng, but should be largely attributed to the investors!
They hold the funds in their hands and regard TV drama production as an investment. Simply sitting back and waiting to receive the money will definitely not satisfy them. They also want to dictate the production process, guide the experts with their own amateur perspective, and manipulate the entire TV series based on what they think the current audience likes...

They think that the audience will like "Palace", so they will follow this tone!
Of course, it’s not appropriate to make “Love Through the Millennium” directly cold-toned…

Shen Yan’s idea was to use natural light and add some warm colors, referring to the simple, clear, ancient and vicissitudes of life style of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

This will require post-production color grading.

High saturation, from a technical point of view, color adjustment is quite simple, just extract the character's skin color, adjust the background to blue or cyan, and make the skin color a little reddish or yellowish.

This requires less of a colorist and the cost is much lower.

Although it can't be compared with the movie, it is passable as a TV series.

Later, after "Nirvana in Fire" came out, many people praised its simple and cool tones for its high quality!
Then imitate...

What's more, as the budget continues to increase, TV crews will also provide a live DIT to match the color tone at any time for reference by the main creators and for reference by art scene designers.

Many crews are really willing to spend a larger proportion of their investment on filming and production.

Of course, if the decision makers prefer traffic stars and low-cost filming, even if ten Alysses are used, they will only add a LUT and increase the saturation.

……

The crew of "Lotus Tower", Shen Yan, is also Li Lianhua's final scene...

Li Lianhua is dead!
In fact, when Li Lianhua's life experience was revealed in public, he had already made a plan, which was to give up the detoxification and reassure the emperor.

So he offered the life-saving Forgetful Flower in exchange for the safety of the Fang family.

He had no choice. The Emperor would never allow this threat to get out of his control.

He could only die, or of course, he could live in seclusion...

But the emperor won’t be at ease!
He jumped off the cliff...

Then no one could find him!
In fact, this is already the best ending: it seems that the world of martial arts will not change, and Li Lianhua will eventually be like a gust of wind, blowing through the world of martial arts and then escaping from it.

However, the director team wanted to shoot another ending, which can be regarded as a side story...

It was Fang Xiaobao and Di Feisheng who found the vixen on the beach—it was Li Lianhua’s big yellow dog…

During this period, Shen Yan and the big yellow dog had a good relationship...

A Chinese pastoral dog named Dahuang!

Huace originally wanted to use a golden retriever or a Samoyed instead, but Shen Yan refused...

The truth is, it doesn't want to call a golden retriever a vixen!
Before leaving, Li Lianhua seemed to have fulfilled everyone's wishes, except Di Feisheng.

Di Feisheng's lifelong wish is to have a fair fight with him.

But he now has no internal strength, and the only flower that has a chance of detoxifying him has been given to the emperor. Now he has no ability to keep the appointment in the East China Sea.

So he left this suicide letter to Di Feisheng.

In the letter, he wrote: "In the East China Sea showdown, I, Li, had the advantage of weapons and took advantage of the sinking ship to fight you, but I was still unable to defeat you. Your bravery is rare in the world, and I am sincerely impressed."

"The country has undergone countless changes over the years. It has gone and come again. It is time to come. Fang Duobing has learned my skills. He has excellent aptitude. He will not be idle for many days. He will definitely be better than the bright moon sinking into the west sea. You have no intention of competing for the throne now, but only seek the peak. Li has left. If you are dissatisfied, you can ask him to replace you. Li Xiangyi's last words."

Li Xiangyi knew Di Feisheng well, and he knew that Di Feisheng had spent his entire life pursuing the highest realm of martial arts. He was afraid that Di Feisheng would feel lonely because of his invincibility after he left, so he recommended his apprentice Fang Duobing to him.

In addition, he left the note as Lee Sang-yi, which is also a sign of respect~
This scene is written by his own handwriting...

Originally, the crew wanted to hire a stand-in, but... after Shen Yan demonstrated it, they decided to use his own calligraphy!

After all, it is the inheritance of Fuxi, it’s just writing a few words.

……

After filming this segment, Li Huimin felt that "Lotus Tower" would definitely become his masterpiece!
In traditional martial arts dramas, the protagonist's mission is usually to fight monsters, level up, become stronger, seek revenge, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of life.

But "Lotus Tower" breaks this convention. Li Lianhua's mission is to let go and transform from a great hero into a wandering doctor. This is a reverse growth.

At the beginning of the story, amidst a violent storm, Li Xiangyi arrives by boat, his eyes filled with the determination for revenge;

At the end, the sea was calm and Li Lianhua left on a boat, bidding farewell to the grudges, love and hatred in the world of martial arts. The boat sailed away from then on, and he spent the rest of his life on the rivers and seas.

This transformation marks the completion of his life lesson - letting go, and the story also has a complete character arc.

Lotus Tower...

Both the plot arrangement and the actors' performances exceeded his expectations!

So, when Shen Yan finished filming, Li Huimin specially asked the crew to pause for half an hour, and he personally presented a bouquet of flowers: "... Happy wrap!"

“…Haha, thank you Director for your care during this period!”

Shen Yan left the show quickly...

Hugs to the director, production crew, camera crew, and actors one by one...

Well, Shen Yan's scenes have been wrapped, but the crew still has three days to shoot before they can wrap up - filming a story about the Nanyin royal family...

Originally, there was no need for filming. Isn’t it because Huace is not short of money?

I might as well add three or five episodes...

42 episodes in total.

Well, a little water...

Shen Yan had no objection to this - it was only two episodes of content, how could it be considered watered down?
If you have the ability, you can make it to 60 episodes!

By the way, before leaving Hengdian, Shen Yan went to the crew of "Scarlet Heart" and played a cameo as Maertai Ruoxi's ex-boyfriend, Zhang Xiao's cheating boyfriend Huang Di...

As a thank you to Cai Yinong for agreeing to let Shi Shi take on the role in "Love Through the Millennium"...

Cai Yinong really respects Shi Shi, otherwise, she could just ignore it - as long as she doesn't agree and doesn't sign, Shi Shi won't be able to take the role!
After all, Shi Shi is nominally an actor from Tangren...

Shi Shi also appeared in "Startling by Each Step," playing the role of Lv Wu, appearing in four episodes. According to the character's introduction, Lv Wu was from Wucheng, Zhejiang Province, and came from a prominent family. She was a descendant of the "Ming History Case." As the confidante of the Thirteenth Prince, she didn't try to curry favor with him because of his status. Ultimately, to avoid negatively impacting the Thirteenth Prince and her daughter's future, she committed suicide by jumping into a river.

The Thirteenth Prince is Yuan Hong...

After Shen Yan arrived at the crew of "Scarlet Heart"...it was just one scene, and it was done in half an hour!

By the way, the actor who plays the fourth prince is Qiao Zhenyu, not Long Liqi...

Because Shen Yan persuaded him to take it!

We will never give Longliqi a chance to turn things around.

(End of this chapter)