my time as a director

But this time the meeting was similar to that in school, even a little gentler.

If Zhang knew what was going on in the mind of this school girl, she would really be a fucking dog.

Although in the past few years, after a series of popular TV series, such as Struggle, Dwelling, and Snow Leopard, Zhang is already a leader among the new generation of niche.

He partnered with Li Lianjie in Ocean Paradise, and his performance as the leading actor can't be faulted, but the movie really didn't have much impact.

In terms of fame, Zhang is no lower than Tong Liya, but in terms of celebrity, there is no comparison. Two consecutive movies have sold more than 5 million box office. Among the new generation of actors, no one can compare with Tong Liya.

Zhang is not stupid, it doesn't matter if he scolds the crew and the [-]th-tier young actors, and of course those who are higher than himself have to lower their stance.

Moreover, he could not afford to offend Li Qian.

Even after the filming of Ocean Paradise, he called Li Lianjie "Daddy Jie", with his backing, Li Qian is not something he can offend.

In short, the crew met to discuss the plot is still very harmonious.

After the end, Teng Huatao also went back to think about his own script. After discussing with Li Qian some time ago, he also learned a lot.

The original intention was to shoot a middle-class love story, full of petty bourgeoisie everywhere, even the restaurant waiters are polite and facial, it is the ideal of ordinary people, there will be no troubled life and love such as houses, cars, daily necessities, oil and salt, It is two extremes with the TV drama Naked Marriage Era that just finished filming.

However, Li Qian suggested that we should not be too divorced from the ordinary people, and should be controlled at a height within the reach of ordinary people, which seems to be something that can be obtained by hard work.

Moreover, Li Qian also gave a lot of detailed suggestions, as expected of a great commercial director, Teng Huatao admired his vision in this aspect.

However, before the chair was warmed up when I got home, I received a call from Huang Zhonglei, asking him to go to the winery and open a bottle of good wine.

The expression on Teng Huatao's round face suddenly became a little indifferent. When he asked them for money, he dealt with it in various ways. When he found investment, he would come here from time to time, either drinking or playing ball or having parties.

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Time passed day by day, and it was halfway through March. Li Qian also finished his short rest time and devoted himself to a new round of work.

Before filming starts, call the main creators for a meeting to talk about how to shoot the film.

"I'm not the God of Medicine. The tone and style have been determined before. I adopt a realistic creative method, maintain a realistic tone, try to distance myself from reality, and emphasize reality with less embellishment."

The tonality of a film must be determined first. The direction of each film must be determined at the beginning of creation. Along this direction, photography, lighting, character performance, scenery, etc. must be consistent.

Even the posters are different.

I am not the god of medicine. I have already shot a promotional poster, which can be regarded as a set makeup. The font is handwritten. The handwritten font gives people a sense of intimacy, which is determined based on the tone of the movie.

"Then do we focus on people or stories?" director of photography Zhang Zhonghua pondered.

"Of course the focus is on people, otherwise the well-designed characters would be useless." Li Qian smiled.

The main characters in the movie are all animal-like in appearance. Cheng Yong is a wild boar with broken teeth, Huang Mao is an angry monkey, Lu Yiyi is a humble raccoon, and the medical representative is a shrewd Doberman pinscher.

These are very delicate things, including the costumes of the actors.

Cheng Yong's clothing at the beginning had a lot of lines, squares and flowers, and gradually changed to cool colors and collared clothes, which became more and more serious.

The shoes have also gradually changed from leather sandals or slippers to leather shoes, changing a person who wears sandals into a person who wears boots, and the spiritual temperament is completely different.

As a woman, Liu Sihui has undergone the most obvious changes. Her hairstyle has gradually changed from wine red to black, long, and straight. Her clothes have many animal elements from the beginning, such as leopard-print trench coats and python-skin trousers, and gradually become similar. in a serious image.

Even Zhang Changlin, in order to match the changes of the characters in the movie, first wore a white coat and a red sweater under the suit, especially like a person sticking out a red tongue, in the state of a vampire.

But his character setting is not a simple villain, and the transformation of his personality can be seen later, so his character shape gradually becomes the image of an ordinary person, and his clothes and image are becoming more and more ordinary.

Li Qian has done a lot of details on the characters. It is not too much to say that he is meticulous. Of course, he mainly tells people, and uses people to promote the story instead of focusing on the story.

This series of settings was completed by Li Qian alone in a short period of time, which also made everyone amazed.

Xu Zhengdao, "Director Li, this degree of detail is even more detailed than the art films above 90. I haven't seen any commercial film in China that can do this, even Lust, Caution."

Li Qian smiled, "Movies are different from movies. Our movie should have more important characters and be more detailed. If there are only one or two main characters, of course there is no such trouble."

"However, my image turned out to be a wild boar with its tusks broken. I will be inseparable from a pig in this life. Director Li's brain is too big." Xu Zheng complained again.

"It fits this image very well. Cheng Yong is already full of aggressiveness. He beats his ex-wife and lawyer. He is irritable and irritable. He is quick to attack, but the actual situation is very bad. It is not enough to support his character. It is like a broken fang. A wild boar with teeth."

"But Boss, you have too many main characters, and you mainly focus on characters. Are you not afraid that the plot will be scattered or even fragmented?" Guo Fan asked again.

There is no end to learning, Guo Fan temporarily left Li Xianji's preparations and ran to the meeting, just to learn, learn something useful from each movie, and sooner or later Li Qian will be drained.

"You didn't watch the storyboard?" Li Qian asked back.

"Have you seen it?"

"Then ask this kind of question. There are not many scenes where other characters appear alone. Most of the scenes appear as a group, so there is no sense of division."

Movie group scenes are not easy to shoot, especially people-oriented, everyone has to be taken care of, and the plot can easily collapse.

However, if the characters all appear together, this problem can be avoided, but the difficulty is that so many main characters appear at the same time, and it is difficult to express everyone's personality in the same shot.

Therefore, it is necessary to set special vivid characteristics for each character, all-round, the kind of person who can be known at a glance.

It will not introduce the characters one by one, and the plot of the characters is enough for the audience to make up their family relationships and backgrounds.

The blank space in the movie is also very important. You have to let the audience have room for imagination so that they can enter into it.

Just like writing a book, when describing the appearance of a heroine, you can't write out all the facial features carefully. Even though the writing is very clear, the audience will definitely not feel it.

"Oh, I see!"

Guo Fan suddenly realized that the script was not written by himself. As a bystander, there are some things that are easy to explain and are easily overlooked.

"Then boss, you are planning to add some comedy elements, how can it not conflict with this serious realistic subject?"

Guo Fan asked questions like a curious baby. In terms of comedy, Ma Xiaogang is undoubtedly a master, but even he did not dare to add comedy elements to serious subjects such as the assembly number and the Tangshan earthquake. No.

Two conflicting elements, put together rashly, are too easy to collapse.

"Where do you have so many questions, have you paid the tuition?"

"Boss, please tell me, I find that comedy is one of the most resonant elements, and I plan to add a little bit to my movie."

Li Qian was helpless, and simply said, "The comedy elements in my movie are mainly the kind of slightly vulgar market elements to express the environment and character information of the characters. This aspect is interesting and humorous, and it is not only Humor for the sake of making jokes is actually a true portrayal of the bottom of society, especially the lives of leukemia patients, which is very suitable for this theme, and it can also keep heavy movies optimistic."

Seeing what Guo Fan wanted to ask, Li Qian quickly stopped him, "Stop talking, listen carefully, this is our discussion of the movie, not to answer your questions, after the movie is released, you will know by reading various movie reviews, Those film critics definitely dug very deep, the kind with no dead ends in all directions."

Guo Fan shut up knowingly, and finally got back to the topic.

"Old Zhang, photography and lighting are the focus. There will be more movement, shoulder resistance, and follow-up shots, and there will be neo-realistic shots close to the actors.

In terms of color, it is similar to most realistic movies, with natural light as the main focus, and as little lighting as possible. The color should have a sense of age, mainly in four scenes of yellow, orange, blue and white. In addition, Indian and domestic shots should also have obvious differences. distinguish.