my time as a director

To sell money, to just eat.

Just like many literary films that show the lower class and the bad side of society, they are specially sold in the European market.

They don't make a good film, just to cater to European audiences and filmmakers there.

Why do you only shoot the good side and not the bad side, and vice versa? The purpose is to cater to the audience.

Of course, I won’t say that to the outside world, and they all say that I am for art.

Li Qian glanced at Su Lun, the girl stopped chopping rice, wondering what she was thinking.

Shaking his head, "Whether it's a director or a screenwriter, especially a commercial film, don't go after the so-called logic and reality too much, these are all considered on the premise of ensuring a smooth plot and the watchability of the film itself. "

"Besides, the loopholes in the plots of many movies are not the loopholes themselves, but the lack of preparation and echoes before and after the plot. An absurd plot, combined with the plot before and after, will not feel fake after filming. .”

After a pause, Li Qian smiled and said, "Let me tell you a story, a true story."

tell a story?

Everyone became interested, and filming was indeed boring. After filming during the day and filming at night, it was rare to have leisure time.

"Decades ago, there was one of the top military leaders in Northern Ireland, Scarpadic, who was officially called a murderous terrorist leader in England. He killed countless English policemen and civilians and caused more than 40 terrorist attacks.

But in fact, this person was bought by England when he was just a soldier. He was a super spy. With the official support of England, he spent 25 years climbing to the high position of one of the highest military leaders in Northern Ireland. "

Everyone was stunned. Is there such a powerful spy?

It is equivalent to one of the heads of a country, who is a spy planted by a hostile country, which is too outrageous.

"And this spy was not exposed from the beginning to the end. In the end, another senior spy in England disclosed it in the media, because he did not receive the benefits that the English government should have given him, and he was betrayed by his own people."

Although Li Qian said that this is a true story, it still sounds like a wild story.

"Is this true?" Su Lun couldn't help asking.

"Anything you can find online."

Li Qian smiled, "This incident itself is very absurd. Can you imagine that the Minister of Defense, one of the four giants in Mi Lijian's cabinet, is a spy of another country?"

"However, if you learn about his 25-year latent career, you will admire him, and then this absurd thing will become reasonable, and it will even be made into a film and television drama, which is very watchable."

"So, it doesn't matter whether the plot itself is logical or reasonable. It depends on how you tell the plot well. It's ridiculous if you don't tell it well, but it's wonderful if you tell it well."

The world is full of wonders, and there are many outrageous things in the country. People who don't know will not believe it.

In the memory of Li Qian's mind, there is a feature documentary "Sword of Inspection". At the beginning, he falsified his identity as a private teacher, and then became a township public teacher establishment through the relationship of the principal, and gradually became the director of the Zhengzhi Department of the Ministry of Justice and a senior official at the deputy ministerial level.

That feature documentary made Li Qian a little unbelievable now. Such a person, one year as a sub-department, ten years as a department, from townships to counties, cities, provinces, and capitals, all the way up the ranks, and finally reached the deputy ministerial level.

In 11 years in the main hall, even official novels dare not write like this, not to mention that all the information about this person is fake.

Anyone who looks at this matter finds it ridiculous, but if one understands the whole process, the promotion step by step is so "reasonable", at least it makes sense.

It doesn't matter whether the matter itself has logic or not, but how to describe it, and the same is true for movies. Which movie is not made up by imagination.

Su Lun was thoughtful, as if he probably understood what Li Qian wanted to express.

"That is to say, as long as there is a strong enough plot to support it, no matter how many unreasonable and illogical plots there are, can it be reasonable?"

"almost."

Li Qian nodded, and said, "However, a plot that is too divorced from reality and completely contrary to the perception of the general public, no matter how you describe it, it will be difficult to make the audience feel good."

"Director Li, I understand." Su Lun also nodded seriously.

The crew of "Moon" started filming for more than 20 days, and Su Lun also worked on the execution for more than 20 days.

This is her first execution. Although she has worked in Ma Xiaogang's studio for three years and participated in the shooting of two of his films several years ago, her mood is completely different from now.

Although he was also a big director at the time, he was doing only the most basic tasks in various departments, which belonged to the kind of things that can be done by just finding someone to stay on the crew for a few days.

In this 20-plus-day executive career, although she didn't have much to do because it was a one-man show, she also really realized what a director should do.

In the process of storyboard script and storyboard creation in the early stage, when Li Qian was discussing with photography and art, he would also let him watch from the side. It can be said that he has gone through all the procedures of a movie, except sitting in front of the monitor and shouting "click". "Are.

Professional things can be learned in Chinese opera, and there is no shortage of students who graduated from the directing department, but as a creator, she has no idea how to tell stories and tell them well.

Su Lun talked about his research on movies again, "Director Li, I have studied psychology for half a year and watched a lot of movies of various types. Every time I draw a psychological curve of the audience to understand the audience interaction with the film.

For example, how long is the angel time at the beginning, so that I can try my best to tell the characters and background during this time, how long the audience will get bored after watching it, and need to change the rhythm, how long should there be a small climax in stages "

Is this a research routine?

Isn't Hollywood's ready-made commercial film narrative mode just there, and it's still so troublesome.

Li Qian was a little speechless, "Most movies can directly refer to the structure of the Hollywood three-act scene, and I can change it a little according to the situation, so basically there will be no problems. If you have the time, study the internal and external rhythms of the shots more."

Narrative structure is a simple and stupid formula, and the Hollywood theory has passed the test of time.

It is mainly the internal rhythm of the shot and the external rhythm. The external rhythm is the editing method of the shot. The internal rhythm involves the speed and strength of the characters' movements, the speed and direction of the camera movement, and the coordination of music, sound, color, and light and shadow.

Chatting and chatting turned into lectures. Any qualified directing student would know this professional knowledge, but how to use the rigid things, and how to use them well, is the problem.

Just like a math test, you can memorize the formulas by rote memorization, but you just can't use them.

It was not until 01:30 in the afternoon that Li Qian stopped teaching when Tong Liya came to visit the class.

"Li Qian."

Dressed casually, Tong Liya trotted over, looked at Li Qian sweetly, and said hello to the others.

"Brother Bo, Uncle Zhang, Director Huang."

Of course, her school girl Su Lun is indispensable.

"Sister." Su Lun also greeted.

There are only so many people in the Chinese opera, not to mention that the two of them are only one level behind. They can be regarded as acquaintances, but they are not familiar with each other.

"Su Lun, how are you doing on the set? Are you okay?"

Su Lun quickly said, "Very good, Director Li took good care of me and taught me a lot."

"Yah, you're going to graduate in a few days, why come here when you have time?" Li Qian asked with a smile.

"I come whenever I want. I don't have anything to do after graduation. The company has taken on several plays, so I don't have time to rest soon. Let me take a look." Tong Liya said.

Li Qian called the coordinator, looked at the shooting plan, and shook his head, "There are four shots left today, and it will probably be filmed until six o'clock in the evening. Would you like to go to the hotel to rest?"