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Chapter 108 The Director's Magical State (Two in One)

Wang Wei realized that he had entered a strange state belatedly.

After the running-in of the first two crews, most of the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs" are already quite familiar with it.

He was sure that he didn't add any buffs, but he seemed to have established some kind of "psychic connection" with everyone.

——He can feel that other people are getting better and better adjusted, he can feel the growing confidence of others, and he can feel that the entire crew is in the best state of being ready to go.

In the inspection of the preparatory work, many blurry fragments of the original work also flashed back clearly. The comparison between the two makes him appear more at ease.

So Wang Wei made a decisive decision, and "The Silence of the Lambs" officially started.

This opening ceremony was quite ordinary, so we arranged for a few media outlets with relatively good relations to come in, and it was over after a simple interview.

According to the original plan, Wang Wei planned to take out all the newspaper clippings that bad-mouthed "The Silence of the Lambs", firstly to give the crew another bloodbath, and secondly to make a stunt by the way.

But seeing that the production team has entered the once-in-a-lifetime overall "entering the drama" state, what kind of gimmick are you doing at this time, just start shooting quickly!

On December 12, the crew officially started work.

The first scene of "The Silence of the Lambs" is the opening scene of the movie.

The first shot is very simple, it is the cold morning, the gloomy sky, the foggy forest, and the atmosphere is cold and depressing.

——It fits the background of the current bleak winter.

In the oppressive atmosphere, a small figure appeared in the mist, a girl, struggling to climb up the steep slope with a rope... The tone of the film began to be hinted.

The most important word in this movie is "female". Women are more fragile and sensitive in heart, are more likely to be sexist in the workplace, and are more vulnerable to injury because their bodies are weaker than men. These are closer to the attributes of lambs. There are two sides to the whole story.

From the female police officer, to the victimized girl, and even to the serial killer "The Butcher" who is a tycoon in women's clothing, they all show the characteristics of women in different ways.

The girl was out of breath, but continued to run towards the forest, and ran into the mist again. The mist seemed to frighten her, and the pace of running suddenly accelerated.

Not far in front, is a climbing net propped up by two wooden stakes.

The sun came out and warm light began to shine. The girl ran to the net, struggled to climb up the hanging net, and climbed over the biggest obstacle. The sky in the background turned azure blue, and the sun completely dispelled the coldness of the title.

At this point, the entire tone of the movie has been set, and there is no need for the girl to continue running. A cry came from outside the screen, calling her to stop.

An instructor ran over and delivered a message to the girl—the boss, Lauder, told her to go to the office.

"Ka, this period is over, the time and the weather are perfectly matched!" Wang Wei clapped his hands and announced.

Without waiting for everyone to cheer, the assistant director Zhuang Geng dutifully arranged the next step: "Transition, hurry up to transition, and shoot the next scene."

——Yes, Zhuang Geng also joined the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs" and became Wang Wei's deputy.

It stands to reason that downgrading from director to assistant director must be a drop in price.

In particular, "My Sassy Girlfriend" filmed by Zhuang Geng has been released, with a domestic box office of 4.66 million and an overseas box office of 3.2 million, a total of 7.86 million yuan.

The performance of his debut work is almost equal to that of Wang Wei. Although his status and status are definitely not on par with Wang Wei, at least Zhuang Geng is already a top-ranked cutting-edge director.

He only needs to say that he wants to make a new movie, and there will be countless bosses of film and television companies rushing to give him money. Why would he lower his value to become an assistant director?
But Zhuang Geng didn't dare to float away.

The so-called "new cutting-edge director" is nothing more than Wang Wei's mistake!

With a single thought, he gave himself the project of "My Sassy Girl" and asked himself to be in charge of directing, so he got his current brilliant label.

If another person directs, the box office may be slightly lower, but it is not much worse.

So no matter how much the outside world praises him, Zhuang Geng knows very well that this cowhide cannot be flattered.

Of course, he didn't intend to join the new crew so early - not everyone is like Wang Wei, filming one film after another, as if the story ideas are endless and there is no need to rest.

However, after reading the script once, he was very interested in the role of "Hannibal". He was fooled by Wang Wei and joined the crew to help.

Well, that's what he said, but in fact he also learned a lot——

For example, the production team is too well prepared in terms of details.

In fact, Zhuang Geng doesn't like to be limited to the so-called "complete plan", but likes to play freely in the shooting.

But I have to say that when the details are perfected to a certain level, it is really very beneficial for "both actors and audiences to enter the play."

For example, now, the crew moved to the office building——

The girl Zhu Di ran into the building, and most of the colleagues she met along the way were uniformly dressed, and there were more men than women, and she greeted the female colleagues who came towards her, which showed that she was very popular.

As she went deeper into the upper echelons, the figure of her female colleagues disappeared, and several male colleagues were cleaning their weapons, almost ignoring her existence.

Entering the elevator, there are tall and strong male colleagues all around, wearing red clothes, forming a strong visual contrast with Judy, who looks a little thin and slender in the middle!
——Note that Shen Zhenyi, who is 172 tall, is definitely not short, but almost all the male actors in the play are looking for tall people with a stature above 185, which makes her look weak all of a sudden.

——Weapons represent danger, and red uniforms for men also represent danger. Of course, this is not a coincidence, but a product of careful design by the crew.

It doesn't need to be said at all, the general audience can understand the difficult situation the heroine is in through the countless details.

Filming continues——

The elevator took Judy upstairs.She walked down a hallway and followed a sign that said "Criminal Behavior Analysis Service" to the office.

A police officer outside saw the hesitant Judy and told her that Lauder would be back soon and asked her to wait in the office.

Judy walked into the office, with her hands behind her back, looking around casually.

Suddenly, she put her hand down from behind her back, and stared closely at the thing on the front wall——

The walls are covered with photos, some of which show the whole body of naked female corpses or partial limbs, which are pale and frightening.

Below the photo, a newspaper headline is even more shocking: "The butcher skinned the fifth human!"

The huge black font made Judy stand there in surprise.

"Good morning, Judy!" A voice came from the door, and Lauder, the head of the Behavior Analysis Division, came back.He wore glasses, was tall and thin, and had the air of an intellectual.

He reminisces with Judy first, then gives her a job.

"We talk to serial killers to study their psychological behavior, and then help us solve the case. Most criminals are willing to talk to us." Lauder suddenly looked up at this point: "Are you easily scared?"

Judy smiled easily and shook her head: "Not at all."

"He is the only one who refuses to cooperate with us. I want to send you to try."

"who is it?"

"Psychiatrist Hannibal."

"The cannibal Hannibal?" Judy was a little surprised.

Lauder said calmly: "I don't expect him to talk to you, but you have to try. If he won't cooperate, just report him as usual-how does he look? How is his cell? Is he in Draw something... wait."

With that said, Lauder picked up a stack of documents from the table and put them in front of Judy, "This is Hannibal's file, our questionnaire and your work permit, can you submit the report tomorrow?"

Judy complied, got up and was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and asked, "I'm sorry, sir, why are you in such a hurry? Hannibal has been in prison for so many years, is he related to the 'killer butcher'?"

Lauder was a little surprised by Judy's sharpness, looked up at her, and said, "I hope so, I hope you can get the job done."

"Yes, sir!"

Lauder said with some anxiety: "Be careful with Hannibal. Dr. Chiton will tell you all the relevant procedures when you have contact with him. No matter what the reason, don't violate these rules, and don't tell him any private matters." ...don't ever forget who he is, remember that..."

——This paragraph directly paves the way for both the inside and outside stories.

Next, of course, is the transition to the office of "Dr. Chiton"——

"He's a monster, a psychopath, and it's rare to catch one alive. From a research standpoint, Hannibal is our most valuable asset."

Dr. Chiton's attitude was obviously not serious, and he even smiled at Judy frivolously.

Judy looked a little uncomfortable and turned her head to the side.

"Many police officers have been here, but you are the most attractive!" Dr. Chiton continued to tease her, and it seemed that he took her as a vase at all.

Judy's expression became more uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient to attack.

Dr. Chiton looked at her pretty face and said meaningfully: "Are you staying in Qingcheng tonight? If you have a suitable guide, this will be a very interesting city."

Judy changed the subject perfunctorily and got down to business: "It's really fun here, but the order given to me by my boss is to talk to Dr. Hannibal and submit the report tomorrow!"

Dr. Chiton felt a little bored, stood up and led Judy out of the office...

——The following scene where Wang Wei expresses the changes in the environment is a classic!
First, vertically shoot down the heroine as she walks down the spiral staircase, as a metaphor that she is about to go to hell layer by layer;
Then there is constant switching between the subjective lens and the third-person lens;

"From the perspective of the audience, they have a desire to see what happens in the story. If they can't see it, they will feel fear and tension..." Wang Wei explained.

Zhuang Geng nodded: "Reducing the visible area of ​​the screen is indeed convenient for creating a terrifying atmosphere..."

After a brief exchange between the two, they continued to look at the monitor——

Dr. Chiton opened up all the way: "It's very clever of Lauder to send you!"

"What do you mean?"

"Seduce him with a young, pretty girl. Hannibal hasn't seen a woman in eight years. You're right for him, understand?"

"I graduated from a police academy, not a school of manners!" Judy couldn't help but retorted.

"Very well, then you should be able to remember the rules. Don't touch, and don't get close to the glass. Don't give him anything but paper, no pens, staplers, or clips in the paper, only food. Channel pass, can't accept anything from him! Do you understand?"

"clear."

Before going down to the iron gate on the bottom floor, the lights dyed the environment red, Dr. Chiton stopped: "I'll let you see why you have these precautions. One day, he complained of chest pain and was taken to the medical room In order to facilitate the electrocardiogram, he took off his mask, and when the nurse approached him, he said this to the nurse."

Dr. Chiton took a photo from his pocket and showed it to Judy.

Here is a close-up shot of Judy holding the photo. No photo was taken, but Judy's face was full of fear under the red light and shadow.

"The doctor barely fixed her jawbone and saved one of her eyes. When he ate her tongue, his pulse never exceeded 85!" Dr. Chiton said, took back the photo from Judy, and pointed Pointing to the red iron gate that was opened for them, "I will lock him here."

Wanting to move forward, Judy stopped him apologetically, wanting to meet Hannibal alone.

Dr. Chiton was displeased, but finally agreed.

……

So far, the background introduction is complete.

It was only then that Zhuang Geng realized that the crew's shooting speed had shattered his experience and cognition of filming.

If the shooting continues like this, it is very likely that the filming of this 120-minute film will be completed in a little over a month.

Zhuang Geng thought about it for a while, of course there are reasons why the actors, especially Shen Zhenyi, performed impeccably.

But the more critical reason lies in the director Wang Wei.

—although most of the time, he just sits behind the monitor and keeps saying "click", "nice" or "re-do".

But Zhuang Geng didn't dare to take it lightly.

Because the director status shown by Wang Wei is amazing!Even a little scary!
Every move of every actor seems to be led by him; it seems that he knows how to shoot every scene;

——Well, this is understandable, after all, he has clearly explained many basic requirements in the script.

But there was another point that Zhuang Geng couldn't understand.

Wang Wei is like a roundworm in an actor’s stomach—it’s a little disrespectful to say this, but it’s definitely Zhuang Geng’s true thoughts—he doesn’t need the actor to tell him, he knows what is affecting their performance in a certain scene.

When the shooting was not going well, he made some fine adjustments to the scene, lighting, camera angle or rhythm, etc., and then everything went smoothly!

As a result, he can pass the same scene only three times at most.

This kind of precise and accurate control of shooting is not only reflected in the shooting speed, but also in the quality of the shot--

There are very few cuts between shots, and the shots are usable materials!

When he realized this, Zhuang Geng couldn't help but gasped.

Everyone is a director, take himself as an example——

When he was filming "My Sassy Girlfriend", a 120-minute movie, he accumulated more than 2000 minutes of material.

The film consumption ratio, that is, the ratio between all the shooting materials and the final length of the film, has almost reached the ratio of 20:1, and it has exceeded the budget by some.

Fortunately, the final return was pretty good, which made up for his lack of experience—because he was not sure which lens was the best, so when shooting, he tried to shoot as many materials as possible from various angles and ideas , wasted a lot of film.

Generally speaking, for low-cost films, a film consumption ratio of 10:1 or 15:1 is considered normal, and higher-cost large productions usually need to afford a higher proportion of film consumption ratio.

According to lead photographer Zhou Lin, the film consumption ratio of Wang Wei's previous two films was able to maintain around 5:1, which has shocked Zhuang Geng into heaven.

And how much is it now?

Saying one to one is definitely an exaggeration, but two to one is also... very exaggerated, okay?
It would be understandable if he made a bad movie, but if it’s a bad movie, he’ll lose if he’s serious.

But when he looked back at Wang Wei's shot, it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a "work of art".

This can only show that the story, performance, art, scenery...all of them are under Wang Wei's grasp, or in other words, they are clearly formed in his mind.

——It turns out that "the film is completed in the director's head before the actual shooting", it is really not a legend!

After Zhuang Geng was shocked, he became excited again.

Because, it's time for our Dr. Hannibal to play!
Under the director's magical scheduling and control, what kind of surprises will this lovely man bring to the world?
……

　More than 4000 words, it’s a big chapter~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)