Chapter 571: Rescue
Liu Manbo has shoulder-length hair, which is a bit curly, but because he is relatively tall and looks a bit slovenly, he will not be mistaken for a girl just because of this.
But when sitting at the table, Lu Yanhe could clearly feel his embarrassment and uneasiness.
Lu Yanhe knew that this was because in Liu Manbo's eyes, he had the ability to change his career situation.
"Have you had dinner? I have been recording the show and ate some lunches prepared by the show team. I didn't dare to eat enough for fear of getting dizzy." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Liu Manbo said: "I just ate a bowl of instant noodles in the hotel."
Lu Yanhe is actually not a person who is good at starting conversations with others.
Neither did Liu Manbo.
Lu Yanhe immediately glanced at Wang Biao.
When Wang Biao, who was eating fish, heard this, he immediately put down his chopsticks and asked: "Teacher Mambo——"
"You can't be a teacher." Liu Manbo immediately waved his hand.
Wang Biao said with a smile: "I called him wrong. I should call him Director Liu."
Liu Manbo waved his hand even more embarrassedly.
"I haven't filmed anything here, so I'm just a director."
Lu Yanhe asked: "The short film you directed before was highly praised by everyone."
Liu Manbo showed a somewhat embarrassed smile and said, "It's okay, the teachers are more encouraging to me."
"You should have seen the news about the opening ceremony of the drama "Nineteen Years of Crime", right?"
Liu Manbo nodded.
"I saw it. This kind of thing broke out on the first day of filming. The crew must be upset. Xiao Lu is always one of the producers of this show, right?" Liu Manbo asked.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but laugh when he heard he was called "Little Mr. Lu".
"What's wrong?" Liu Manbo suddenly became a little nervous.
"It's okay, but I've never been called Mr. Lu before, haha." Lu Yanhe smiled, "It sounds very fresh, thank you."
Wang Biao said: "Brother Lu, you are now the boss of Linghe. More and more people will call you boss in the future."
Lu Yanhe: "I feel like I can take the dominant route in the future."
Wang Biao immediately said: "It's better not to do it, Brother Xiao Lu, it's all about it, Ba is the best."
Liu Manbo glanced at the two of them in surprise.
With Lu Yanhe and Wang Biao's intentional "singing and harmony", Liu Manbo finally lost his initial restraint towards Lu Yanhe.
"Director Chen Lingling said that your photography skills are very good." Lu Yanhe asked curiously, "Why didn't you become a photographer directly instead of becoming the director of "The Birth of an Actor"?"
Liu Manbo said: "To be honest, the photographer still cooperates with the director and shoots the style he wants. I still hope to have more autonomy."
He added: "Also, I originally wanted to apply for the directing department, but I didn't get into it and ended up in the photography department."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Your photography style is indeed its own system. At first glance, it looks very plain. It is not the kind of big filter that is very eye-catching at first glance. However, the picture is very clean and comfortable to look at. It has a bit of a Japanese feel. But their feeling relies more on the processing of light and color, and you are different from them.”
Liu Manbo looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise and said, "Many people say that the pictures I take are very Japanese. Every time I want to explain to them that they are not the same thing, I don't know how to say it, but you pointed it out directly. I really don’t like to modify the picture through post-processing of light, shadow and color. I like to shoot with natural light.”
"It is much more difficult to shoot with natural light. Sometimes you have to wait for a long time to wait for the light, which is very limited by the conditions at the time of shooting."
"Yeah." Liu Manbo nodded, "If the conditions don't allow it, then we can only adjust it through technical means."
Lu Yanhe said: "Actually, when filming a TV series, it is difficult to follow your ideas. The amount of shooting is large and the time is tight."
Liu Manbo nodded: "These are all technical issues. Anyway, we arrive at the scene and make choices based on the situation. The most important priority is to complete the filming as planned."
"I see you have also been an assistant director." Lu Yanhe smiled.
"Yes, actually the filming of that movie was quite bumpy at the time. The chief director basically just kept his name and didn't come to the scene half the time. Most of the scenes were shot by our three assistant directors." Liu Manbo said bluntly, " I am very happy, after all, if he doesn’t come, I will have the opportunity to direct on set.”
The corners of his mouth quirked up.
Lu Yanhe also laughed.
"Will you never get another chance to direct a film independently?" he asked.
"No, there is basically no chance." Liu Manbo shook his head, "I did not sign a contract with a film and television company or platform, so this kind of opportunity generally did not come to me. I also did not catch up with the good period of the explosion of video websites. At that time, There are many opportunities, even if you have never been a director, as long as you have a good short film, you can get opportunities from the platform. ”
Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "There are fewer projects on various platforms now, and there are indeed not as many opportunities for new directors as before."
In fact, Lu Yanhe didn't have any questions that he had to ask him. He just sat together and chatted.
Of course, there are also some questions about "Nineteen Years of Crime" interspersed in the middle.
"Have you read this novel?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Liu Manbo shook his head, "I watched a movie."
"What did you think of the movie?"
Liu Manbo hesitated for a moment and said: "I feel that the filming process was not very smooth, and the tone of the entire movie was not consistent."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"really."
"Actually, when I heard that this novel was going to be made into a TV series, I was quite shocked. After all, the movie version has already been made. It's rare that a TV show version is made after the movie version was made."
“It did take some work in the middle.”
"I know that you are very familiar with the author of this novel." Liu Manbo said, "Liujiazhen is still my family."
He smiled.
"I'm quite envious of him. The first book he read was accidentally recommended by you, and later he caught up with the popularity of the magazine "Jump Up"."
Lu Yanhe said: "If you were to direct this story, how would you shoot it?"
"Huh?" Liu Manbo looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.
"I don't mean anything else, I'm just curious. Because the movie version was a flop, I'm curious as to what style this murder-hunting story would be made in if it were shot by someone else." Lu Yanhe explained.
Liu Manbo pondered for a while and said: "I haven't thought about how I want to shoot it for a while, but I will definitely reject the style of the movie, which is dark, decadent, and has a very heavy and tragic atmosphere at first glance. In fact, I I would prefer to use the most daily expression techniques to package all the stories, especially this kind of story involving a long crime pursuit, with many heavy things happening in the middle. The story itself is enough to make people feel blocked, just There is no need to spend more time on pictures and editing to create such a The atmosphere. I particularly like the ending of the movie "Late Spring", which is the ending shot where the actors look at each other in the classroom, and the sun shines in from outside the classroom - in fact, at this time, the movie has already included a cruel scene. The growth story has been told, but this shot suddenly took away the emotion and tone of the story. These young students have experienced a period of pain and collapse that no one may know about. No one can understand it except themselves. Sunshine is still sunshine.”
Wang Biao glanced at Liu Manbo in surprise.
"I was particularly afraid that the ending would be like a heavy rain, as if the whole world was shaking with the cruel youth of these people." Liu Manbo said, "This is also why I like to use natural light. I think the real expression is in The more mundane the pictures, the more realistic they are.”
Wang Biao was inexplicably curious at this moment. Did Liu Manbo do his homework?
His interpretation of the last scene of "Late Spring" must have reached Lu Yanhe's heart.
As Lu Yanhe's assistant, Wang Biao knew his views on the movie "Late Spring" very well. Especially this last shot.
Wang Biao thought to himself that if nothing else happened, Lu Yanhe would recommend Liu Manbo to the drama "Nineteen Years of Crime".
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"Taking a director who has never directed a work independently before taking over?"
Opinion within Beacon Video is deeply divided.
"We are already communicating with Ji Huai, and he actually intends to take over."
"Ji Huai? He has already starred in three dramas in a row." Someone immediately objected to this choice, "You forgot that his "Yun Luo" starred Zhen Hongyu. At that time, he was vigorously planning to create an S+ hit drama. Episode, but the final broadcast results were disappointing, and there were no A-level broadcast data, causing Icefield Video to suffer a loss.”
"But who is this Liu Manbo? I have never heard of him. How can an inexperienced person like him, who is only in his twenties, direct such a big movie right out of the gate? This is not a B-level film, this is We invested over 100 million in this drama.”
"Both Li Zhibai and Jiang Jun expressed their support for Liu Manbo to direct."
"That's because Liu Manbo was recommended by Lu Yanhe. With their relationship with Lu Yanhe, of course they will support him."
"Since this person was recommended by Lu Yanhe, it means he must be somewhat capable."
"The position of director is fake until you have actually directed a work. Whether you have this ability and whether you can be a director can only be known by being on the set. Who knows how Lu Yanhe fell in love with him."
"He made a short film in the program "The Birth of an Actor" before, and the feedback was very good." Someone immediately explained, "Not only Lu Yanhe, but also director Chen Lingling also gave high praise. The short film he shot will be released this Friday. It will be broadcast on the show.”
"Then let's wait and see what happens to the short film he shot. Besides, making short films and making feature films are completely different in nature."
"Can we wait until Friday to make a decision? Now the assistant director is filming on site and has no control over the situation. Li Zhibai is very dissatisfied with the footage and has reported it to us several times."
"Is it possible that all the films shot in the past two days are useless?"
"I can't wait any longer."
"Have any of you met Liu Manbo? Ji Huai definitely can't do it. If there are no other candidates, then quickly arrange to meet Liu Manbo to see what kind of situation he is like. If it doesn't work, we can only Stop this project and stop the losses immediately.”
"Stop the loss in time? This drama stars Li Zhibai and Jiang Jun. With these two co-starring in the lineup, we can sign a performance agreement before Jiang Jun's salary increases, and we have already saved eight figures. . Moreover, we have already evaluated the script. This script is not a bit better than the movie version. Don’t they say that it will be a well-received drama after it is finished? "
"The problem is that we don't have a director now, so we can't shoot well."
…
No matter how big the disagreements and debates within Beacon Video were, time was tight and forced them to make a decision.
One more day of delay is another day of wasted time.
The assistant director was too unsatisfied and rushed to get the job, so it was left to Li Zhibai and Jiang Jun to direct the filming.
But in fact, they don’t understand that much——
The actor's perspective and the director's perspective are completely different things.
All I can say is a mess.
By evening, Liu Manbo had arrived at the filming site urgently.
The person was called by Li Zhibai.
As soon as the people arrived, the supervisors and producers arranged by Lighthouse Video were very surprised and said: "The company has not agreed to let Liu Manbo take over. This is——"
Li Zhibai said: "You guys are discussing your issues. I'm too lazy to delay with you. I'll pay for Liu Manbo's help myself. Let him help us get through these two days. If you want a baby, go and talk to your company leader. If you don't I'm happy to, okay, I'll let you see it tomorrow morning The director in the film should be on the scene. Otherwise, don’t let us come to the scene to waste this time. As for the material that has been shot now, I don’t want it to be broadcast. It’s a small thing to drag me down. Don’t drag down Teacher Jiang Jun. Please be nice. You're a good actor, don't let it get ruined by our crap shoot."
Li Zhibai has a bad temper, and now he has no good temper at all.
After he finished speaking, he stopped arguing with them. He grabbed the main people in charge of each department of the crew, invited Teacher Jiang Jun to go directly to a meeting with Liu Manbo.
"Bring the lunch box directly to the conference room." He told the crew, "We will call it a day and no more filming. If you have nothing to do, go back and rest early. The filming will be stressful later, so take a good rest when you can."
Once he spoke, the crew still listened.
After all, the identities of producer + investor + starring are here. After the accident happened to the crew, Li Zhibai was the first to stand up and gathered all the staff for a meeting, telling them that the show would definitely continue to be filmed and that everyone did not have to worry about the impact on wages. If the lighthouse video really happened If he withdraws capital, he will not let everyone work in vain. He will also pay for everyone's wages out of his own pocket. In short, the money will definitely not be owed to everyone, but there are difficulties now and we need to work together to overcome them.
Once this attitude was revealed, the crew knew who to listen to.
"Director Liu, you are the director introduced by Yan He. He is my brother. He has a good eye for seeing people. No one has ever looked the other way. Therefore, I fully trust you." Li Zhibai said in front of everyone in charge For the sake of people, express your position first, and once you say it, don’t be rude to others, and just listen. “I have already communicated the specific situation with you on the phone. I don’t know if the final video will be I agree to let you direct, but we are all here. No matter what, the filming cannot stop. If they finally find another person, I also promise you in front of so many people that I will definitely use it later. All my energy goes to support you as the director of another drama, so at least starting from tomorrow, we can make something that is actually usable.”
Liu Manbo nodded.
"Thank you and everyone for your trust. Time is tight, so I won't say anything false. Just one sentence, I will try my best to do what I can. On the way here, I will tell the whole story first After thinking about the synopsis and the content of the script that has been set up, I will directly express my thoughts. Before I finish speaking, please don’t interrupt me, because I have just sorted out my ideas, and I’m afraid you might interrupt me midway. I will mess up myself. After I finish talking, if you have any questions, just ask them."
He opened the script in his hand. In just a day and a half, the thick script in Liu Manbo's hand was already covered with a lot of labels and notes.
"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I want to shoot the 24th, 28th and 31st scenes first. These three scenes are all literary dramas, indoor scenes, and the scenes are all about you two, not involving other actors. For me For example, if you are not familiar with the crew, the complexity of the operation can be "Reduced to the minimum." Liu Manbo said very frankly that when he took over, he wanted to shoot simple ones first, "But please leave it to teachers Zhibai and Jiang Jun, because the emotions of these three scenes are not coherent, so I saved it." It’s my own business, but I have put forward higher demands on you.”
When Jiang Jun heard that Liu Manbo ordered these three scenes, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
When it comes to filming, for those who are experienced and those who are not, you can tell from the selection of scenes which part is the least technically difficult to execute——
These three scenes are all dialogue scenes between Li Zhibai and Jiang Jun. They are all indoor scenes. The limited space means that the camera movement and scheduling will not be complicated.
The focus of these three scenes is also on the performances of the two of them, rather than on technical matters.
Liu Manbo obviously understands.
"I'm OK." Jiang Jun nodded.
"I'm OK too." Li Zhibai also nodded.
Liu Manbo said: "Okay, Teacher Jiang, Zhi Bai, how about we go directly to the set to try out a shot later? I just want to get acquainted with you."
"I have asked them to call it a day and go back." Li Zhibai said.
"It's okay, I don't want to do a formal shooting." Liu Manbo said, "My working habits, I need to stand in the scene to really explain what kind of shots I want to take. It won't delay everyone's time."
Li Zhibai felt that he wanted to support Liu Manbo's work.
Therefore, he looked at Jiang Jun and saw that Jiang Jun had no objection, so he nodded.
In fact, Liu Manbo's efficiency is indeed high.
When he arrived at the studio scene, Liu Manbo walked around the scene, looked at every place, and immediately put forward an opinion.
“Can this wall be demolished?” he asked. “The current space has too limited camera movement. The three scenes that take place here are all literary dramas with a lot of lines and the characters have basically no movement. If the camera movement is still limited, the shot will be too monotonous. I want to make the picture more profound.” (End of this chapter)