Chapter 194 Don’t Understand Art (24)
Ms. Chen is really bad as a producer!
There is a scene of ten thousand (yaks) galloping in "The Promise".
Ms. Chen brought hundreds of yaks for the director from Yunnan and XZ and transported them to Shangri-La, Yunnan. It turned out that the yaks are very docile and will not "run wildly" like the design in the play. Unless there is an earthquake, you can't do it either. It's a man-made earthquake. What if it doesn't run away even if it shakes?
As a result, the transportation of hundreds of yaks cost people and money, but not a single picture was usable.
Nearly one million dollars were wasted...
If you know a little bit about production, you will know that this scene should be made with CG!
Then...she burst into tears...
Fortunately, photographer Bao Dexi helped contact Xantao Digital in Hong Kong...
Hong Kong's Xian Tao Digital is a relatively advanced special effects company in this era. They have done "The Legend of Shushan", "Shaolin Football", "Kung Fu", and later "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" also did the special effects...
It’s not okay to rush into some key scenes when you don’t even have a solution.
"The Promise" is a fantasy production!
I definitely rely heavily on early planning and design...
Then, before booting up, the art was changed. Have you heard of it?
This is how Ye Jintian got on the horse in such a hurry...
In the past, for the sake of internationalization, Japanese artists and American composers were hired, and the actors were even more international...
It cannot be said that "The Promise" has no ambition, but... it could also do a more solid job on the desk.
He and his husband are truly a match made in heaven. The little master of poetry doesn't bother to observe the mundane world, but expresses what he considers to be human nature...
Starting from "The Promise", followed by "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain", "The Legend of the Demon Cat"...
The themes are love and freedom, love and tolerance.
This thing is not an insight into life, but more like a fantasy, a longing for an ideal, elegant, and beautiful world.
In the final analysis, it is arrogance, or naivety, or a superficial imitation of so-called elegance and nobility.
…
Jinyun is really as beautiful as a fairyland!
According to legend, it is the place where the Yellow Emperor ascended to heaven and where immortals gathered, so it is called Jinyun Immortal Capital...
Dinghu Peak Scenic Area is home to Jiuqu Lianxi River, Shili Gallery, elegant mountains and rivers, and misty clouds...
Bring your own wonderland.
No special effects are used at all, everyone does it themselves...
The plot of Shushan is mainly filmed here.
The Shushan plot includes Jiang Ming's past, the Sword Master crossing Jiang Ming, and the Sword Immortal's enlightenment leading to the Sword Master's enlightenment. It is Shen Xudong's favorite plot.
However, the plot of the Demon Lock Tower was shot in a studio.
Guo Liang, who plays the Juggernaut, is very famous in Singapore. He won the "Red Star Award for the Top Ten Most Popular Male Artists" three consecutive times in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
The status of the Star Awards in Singapore is equivalent to that of the TVB Star Awards Ceremony in Hong Kong...
Again, Tang Ren signed a three-year contract with a Singaporean film company. Of course, some Singaporean artists must be used. As early as the period of "The Book of Swords and Enmities", Guo Liang starred in Zhang Zhaozhong, and "The World is Unparalleled". Suo Etu…
Shen Xudong actually felt that he was... not very handsome and not worthy of such a big name as Sword Master!
But after watching him perform a few scenes...
I got rid of my dissatisfaction - he acted so well!
Guo Liang actually graduated from theater, but... he didn't have any acting experience. It happened that the Singapore Chinese Television Station came to the mainland to recruit hosts, so he went and gained a little fame.
By the way, there is a very speechless passage in the plot between Jiang Ming and Nuyuan in Jiang Ming’s Past: In the Taoist Demon Locking Tower, the demon is hugging the Taoist priest and reciting the Buddhist "Namo Amitabha"...
Shen Xudong changed to reciting the "Taishang Yiyang Sea and Sky Wisdom Sutra", and the blessings are bound to be born by the Heavenly Lord - Heavenly Lord: The nature of Tao is neither hidden nor manifest, has no birth and no death, no going and no coming; it is neither present nor future. Not in the past; not caused by anything, not caused by conditions. Hence the name Chang. The Taoist nature is the Heavenly Lord, and the Heavenly Lord is the real person...
The scripture is not long, but it is very difficult to read, and Jiang Xin memorized it for a long time.
…
This is the first time for An Yixuan to film in the Mainland.
She is considered a Bai Fumei from a prominent family. When she entered the entertainment industry, she started out as a female star in popular dramas such as "Spicy Fresh Chef" and "Douyu"...
Young people, even if they look down on poverty alleviation at first, they will gradually become familiar with it.
She quite likes chatting with Shen Xudong, who talks very interestingly...
Nonsense, Shen Xudong has integrated the memories of later generations and makes jokes casually.
However, after Shen Xudong arrived in Jinyun, he took various photos with his camera...
I kept tossing until night before I saw him return to the hotel.
Seeing Shen Xudong's dusty face, An Yixuan was surprised: "You...we took a whole day of filming?"
"...Well, it's so beautiful here..."
Shen Xudong nodded and took off the Nikon Coolpix 8800 hanging around his neck: "Everything you take is a wonderland!"
"...Are you so obsessed with photography?"
"No, just record it casually..."
Brother Hu took the camera and said casually: "You like taking pictures so much, why don't you take pictures of us?"
Shen Xudong rolled his eyes: "I don't like taking pictures of men!"
"...Then take a picture of me!"
"I…"
Shen Xudong was about to speak when he caught sight of Aunt Liu coming over and said hello quickly: "Auntie is here? Sit down quickly!"
"...What are you talking about?"
"Xudong went to take photos today!"
Aunt Liu sat down and asked curiously: "It took a whole day to shoot?"
"Well... I didn't leave until the evening... the main light was wrong!"
Liu Yifei heard this and said: "Tsk, tsk, you are really interesting..."
Shen Xudong replied casually: "I am used to using a camera to record beautiful things..."
"Something nice?"
Aunt Liu seemed to have thought of something and glanced at Shen Xudong: "...Let's eat."
Although not a word was mentioned, Shen Xudong got it!
…
The next day, Shen Xudong met Aunt Liu alone...
With fire in my heart, burn my broken body, blazing holy fire!
Then it gets cold...
Aunt Liu really wants to take pictures, but she wants to take a set outdoors...
this…
It's different from what I imagined.
Do you understand private photography?
Private room shooting…
Forget it, even though Shen Xudong made it so obvious, she still refused to accept the move, making it clear that she was not from the art world and did not understand art!
People like this who don’t understand art shouldn’t put in the effort…
A waste of time, a waste of youth!
However, Shen Xudong still helped her take a set of outdoor photos...
During the filming process, I felt at ease and had a complete work attitude!
Shen Xudong no longer worries about being a godfather, and all his thoughts return to work. Shen Xudong's writing efficiency has become much faster. Maybe it was the inspiration brought by Jinyun's scenery...
In short, one week after arriving in Jinyun, he finished writing the script for "Beauty's Scheming".
He also took the initiative to discuss with the directing team...
To be precise, I discussed the monster shape with the special effects team...
The special effects investment in the original "Sword of Sword" was quite low, which made the monsters look very fake. Even if they were fake, they were still... not scary!
Shen Xudong drew the monster pattern of oriental aesthetics by himself with reference to the memory of later generations...
"Xianxia drama itself is something from the East. Monsters must not be Westernized!"