Chapter 532 Word of Mouth Takes Off!

The filming of "Better Days" was mainly in Beijing and Shancheng.

Most of the scenes in the school were shot in Beijing, but the exterior scenes were all taken in Shancheng.

Shancheng has beautiful scenery. It is known as the capital of Chinese art films, and a large number of art films are shot in Shancheng.

There is no way, Shancheng is a steep city.

Shudu is on the plain, rich, comfortable, and a piece of peace and happiness enclosed.

Shancheng is a place where people make a living at the docks, rivers and lakes, bloody, humble and brave.

If the spatial relationship of Shudu is parallel, then Shancheng is vertical, like an endless ladder to heaven.

There will be a fall only if there is verticality.

Only the difficulty of climbing can show the cruelty of being kicked down.

In the movie, Chen Nian has to climb up and down the long stairs every day when she goes to school. Every step she takes is walking up, walking out, and going to the open space in her heart.

Just like the metaphor in "Parasite".

Crossing a step is like crossing a class, but every step up requires a great price.

Not only this.

Li Yang's grasp of the language of the lens is really amazing.

Dramatic close-up, dramatic story, documentary texture, documentary lens, two different shooting methods, in Li Yang's hands, they are magically glued together, without any conflict or abruptness.

During the viewing process, many professional film critics were impressed by the large number of empty shots he shot.

The increasingly dense railings in the foreground of the school.

In the hot summer, the air conditioners in every household drip like rain.

Dangerous dark nights, narrow days, occasionally clouds break through the sky, and the river is full of clouds.

The extremely fast and violent changes are very much like the evaporation of hormones of teenagers, and there are fierce rainstorms, which wash away everything and seem to return to their original form.

These precious documentary-quality shots bring the audience a texture that hits the face.

Of course, not only shooting scenes, Li Yang also shoots people well.

The contrast between the beginning and the end of the college entrance examination in the movie is simply amazing.

Before the college entrance examination, when the candidates entered the examination room, the faces and anxiety that came to them were a battle that everyone had experienced.

The domineering shots and calm details dragged every audience back, immersed in it, and made them feel it personally, reminding them of the panic memories when they took the college entrance examination.

The college entrance examination turned everyone into an island.

Li Yang filmed the college entrance examination as a war, a matter of life and death, but the enemy was invisible.

After the college entrance examination, the joy of taking photos, the beauty of flying sky lanterns, the collective venting of tearing books, the joy of walking out of the examination room... Every face in the camera is so young, pure and innocent.

The students were like beasts on the battlefield in the last second, with cold or stiff faces, and the overall tone of the movie was gray.

The next second, the students in the camera cheered and jumped for joy, with vivid expressions on their faces, and the colors around them were also bright and gorgeous.

Wu Yuan didn't want to think too much about the deep metaphors, nor did he want to know whether Li Yang was also satirizing the education system, but from the contrast of the pictures and the use of the language of the lens, Li Yang did a great job.

In general movies, there are rarely many close-ups in a movie.

But "Better Days" has a lot of close-up shots, especially the face of the male protagonist Chen Xiaobei.

Fierce, rough, and hideous.

Like a huge wave, surging.

Those huge faces stare at you, look at you, and stare at you, with no escape.

Close-ups are no longer invitations, but offenses, provocations, anger and grievances, strong beams of light, the original appearance of life, and the brightness and heat that are not pretentious and cannot be pretentious.

In such a suffocating image, the audience always can't help but gasp and breathe, just like a drowning person swimming up, exhaling the last breath, the chest is still very painful, out of the water, still dare not breathe wantonly.

Extremely depressing, extremely depressing, but extremely warm.

Wu Yuan subconsciously held Liu Yifei's hand and gave her a warm smile.

It was really not easy for her to make this movie well.

She also peeled off a layer of skin to play Chen Nian well.

Because playing Chen Nian, you can't hide, you can't play her instinctive reaction.

During the years when Liu Yifei went to school in the United States, she had experienced school violence, but it was not as miserable as Chen Nian in the movie, and her personality was completely opposite to Chen Nian in the movie.

The character of Chen Nian is really difficult to play.

Not a resistance to resistance, not fragile to fragility, not strong to be strong, not brave to be brave.

Chen Nian and Xiaobei are a group of opposite personalities.

Xiaobei went from shadow to light, and she went from light to shadow.

Xiaobei gradually became warm from the cold and selfishness at the beginning, and began to actively embrace the light, from the fierceness and roughness at the beginning, and slowly softened.

Chen Nian, on the other hand, went from innocent to ferocious. From the beginning, she was a "little white flower", but she became more and more ferocious, and she knew how to use her ferocious appearance to "protect" herself.

Her face gradually showed Xiao Bei's ferocity.

In the movie, there are also many close-ups of Liu Yifei's face.

How many beautiful faces can withstand close-ups, big close-ups?

Can withstand exposure to strong light, pores, scars, acne, slight tremors of facial muscles, sweat dripping, the moment of sudden ferocity, and the slightest touch of almost smiling?

Liu Yifei did it this time.

Although it may be inferior to Zhang Yishan's ruthless spirit in her bones, at least she will not let the audience get into trouble. In close-ups again and again, her stubborn face seems to be hanging out of the corner of her eyes. The tears shed will only make the audience feel distressed and heartbroken.

Clean, clear, nerve-wracking.

Wu Yuan held Liu Yifei's hand tightly and said with a smile: "Sissi, you did a great job!"

"Of course!" Liu Yifei's eyes were also a little red. Watching the finished film of "Young You" again, she would still feel sad and sympathize with what happened to the girl in the story.

"I am the girlfriend of the famous director Wu Yuan. How can my acting skills be so bad?"

Wu Yuan smiled and shook his head, stretched out his hand and pinched Liu Yifei's cheek: "She is the fiancée."

It was rare for him to make such an intimate gesture with Liu Yifei in front of the public.

Some premiere audiences and fans who were sitting in the back row and had been watching the two of them were so excited that they finally got the candy again!

"Okay, let's go on stage and accept everyone's cheers and applause."

Wu Yuan raised his chin, indicating that Liu Yifei, Li Yang, Zhang Yishan and others could go on stage to conduct interviews after watching the movie and interact with the audience.

There is no doubt that the movie "Young You" has conquered the professional film critics and lucky guests who attended the premiere.

Is this a good movie?

certainly!

There were so many live audiences who were shocked by the plot. It was so shocking!

Movies on the theme of school violence are not common in China, and "Young You" opens the door to a new world.

Li Yang took the microphone and stood in front of the big screen. Looking at the excited eyes that had not calmed down, he solemnly said: "I know, many people say that I am a director who only makes youth movies to sell emotions."

"But I want to tell you that I don't just want to present youth. I want to discuss youth and what role youth plays in society."

"Youth is not only about feelings, it also has scars. I hope this movie can provide an outlet for everyone who has been hurt in youth."

"Thank you everyone!" (End of chapter)