Chapter 1735 Preview (1)
Some very talented directors will shoot in their own artistic style from the beginning. But Bo Yan is different. Although he hopes to shoot more artistically, the company is currently in the start-up stage and needs money.
There are so many fantastic ideas in his head that he can't take pictures at this time. The best thing is to find a better script, shoot according to this script, and tell the story smoothly and eloquently.
Ideology, artistry, and whether it can be passed down through the ages are all important. But at this moment, bread is more important. If he makes a film exactly according to the ideas in his mind, the public may not be able to accept it. Even if he wins an award in the end, but loses money at the box office, the company will also lose money.
But he is definitely not willing to just make a "documentary" that only pictures cats and tigers. The original work of "Sunrise" is actually a bit depressing. The heroine is depraved and cannot be turned back. A decadent society that cannot be redeemed. Some people who should not have died miserably. People with conscience have no strength to change, and those without conscience are still doing it. The last hurray.
This kind of story is not as bloody as "Thunderstorm", nor as crazy as "The Wilderness". It's great to make a literary film, but if you want to make it closer to a commercial film, you can only slightly modify the character design, and some conflicts need to be made more intense. Especially if it is released on Valentine's Day, it must be a celebration of love.
In addition to making certain modifications to the character of the protagonist, he also used camera movements, using light and shade, colors, flowers, and clothing to create different moods of the protagonist, ranging from intense, lazy, desperate, and sarcastic. He never tells the time on TV. Time is only told by the sound of bells, the broadcast on the radio, and the alternation of light and shadow. Don’t write any explanatory stuff at all and use lens language to present it.
Audiences who watch it for the first time may not be aware of these details, but they can subtly feel that time is advancing and the protagonist's mood is changing.
However, most of the people sitting there were senior industry insiders, there were also reporters with a tricky perspective, and some movie enthusiasts. Their grasp of camera movement, light and shade, color, light and shadow should be better than the average audience. But even without realizing these techniques, the movie still tells an easy-to-understand story in a subtle way.
He stood on the stage and asked everyone to ask questions: "If you have any questions, you can express your opinions."
As soon as he finished speaking, he paused again and smiled: "I know that many of the movie theaters have invited you to come, not to let you give your opinions. It is to let you say nice things, and go back and write a few better ones. The comments attract the audience to watch the film. Even if the film is poorly made, I will try my best to make people praise it. In fact, standing here, I probably know what people will say if I watch the movie. . This is my first time filming, so I don’t want to be too fancy. I just want the story to be told in a coherent and logical way. Please give me your feedback.”
The scene paused for several seconds, and then burst into applause.
In other words, whether something is good-looking or not, the audience has eyes and can see it clearly. It's easy to see how much thought the director put into it, whether it was a scam or a carefully shot, and how the actors are.
This is a very complete work. The script is based on Mr. Cao's original work. The characters have been changed but not significantly. The tone remains. The story is also a good one, unlike some great directors who want to play stream of consciousness and tell you from the very beginning that they are telling you a story, and details can flow from the story.
When I watched it for the first time, it was an emotional tragedy of meeting again after a long separation, things changing, people changing, life experiences ups and downs. But when I think about it after watching it, I can feel the taste of any scene in it. Especially with the addition of easter eggs, the heroine who was originally destined to die seemed to have the possibility of surviving.
After Bo Yan said those words, the following discussion became heated. For example, someone asked him: "Why do you want to change the character?"
Although he also admitted that after changing the relationship between the male and female protagonists to be more profound and pure, love indeed took on a heavier weight and was more eye-catching. When the two finally separated, it was even more eye-catching.
Bo Yan replied: "It's just a bit of artistic creation. If you copy the original book word for word, it will be no different from watching a drama."
Some people criticized him for not being very thoughtful. Although there was an original plot, it was all about love, which seemed low-key. Although the camerawork is innovative, the whole film has no particularly impressive ideas. In other words, those thoughts are all Cao Yu's and those in the original book, not his.
Bo Yanxiao: "I definitely can't compare with Mr. Cao. I admit that I increased the love scenes and made some modifications for commercial reasons. I hope not to take away the original tone."
Some people have pointed out some inappropriate aspects of the rhythm in his story. Although some modifications have been made, the rhythm in the first half hour is a bit lengthy. After all, it is adapted from a play.
Bo Yan nodded humbly: "That's true. I also need to strengthen my sense of rhythm here."
He was really laying the groundwork in the early stage. In the first thirty minutes, he explained the backgrounds of all the characters and the origin of the story. After thirty minutes, everyone gathered in one place, and then gradually increased the explosive points. By the last half hour, all the major characters' stories were revealed. Destiny reaches its climax. It was indeed a little slow in the early stages.
There are also some sensitive film critics who have noticed the shots, light, shadow and color. The simplest and easiest thing to notice is that the heroine is in different moods, and the flowers in the house and the clothes she wears are different.
Bo Yan nodded honestly: "When the original book was written, some plots, apart from dialogues, many people's moods and situations could not be presented directly. I asked the heroine to change into different clothes, indeed to express her mood. But now it looks a bit superfluous."
Bo Yan said "superfluous", referring to Xia Siyu's performance... It was really great.
In the trailer released a few days ago, there were some scenes of Xia Siyu wearing cheongsam, but it basically did not match the plot. There were only one or two simple shots. Although it was already amazing enough, it was like she was alive when matched with the plot.
She lived in that old house very obediently. The supplies, furnishings, clothes, and her entire breath seemed to be integrated with the old building.
She was like a person living in that era, brilliant, fresh, and decadent.
Just like Zhang Ailing said, a gorgeous robe, covered with lice.
At first, the film critics did not comment on Xia Siyu because Bo Yan did not ask them to praise her, but only asked them to give more suggestions.