Millennium director

Wu Yuan was still thinking about this matter on his way back to the company after the tour of "One Thought in Heaven".

But he didn't come up with an answer.

As a director who debuted between the sixth and seventh generation directors, Wu Yuan really doesn't like pure commercial romance films like "The Ex".

This attitude remains the same whether in this life or in the dream.

After all, he is a professional director who came from Beijing Film Academy, and he still has some artistic and literary ideas in his foundation.

Therefore, since his debut, whether it is "The Night the Comet Came", "Your Name", or "Gravity", "Painted Skin" and other movies, although they are under the banner of commercial films, the core of the movie has some literary and artistic thoughts. , is not a movie purely for the purpose of selling box office.

Wu Yuan really doesn't want to make purely commercial films like "囧", "The Ex Series" and "Tiny Times".

He can invest in these movies and make money, which is not shabby.

But if he were to direct these movies himself, he wouldn't be able to accept it.

Until he returned home, Wu Yuan had no idea which movie to make to maintain his status as the box office king of domestic movies.

Although he has lost the title of No. 1 domestic film box office, he is still the top director in the country, the most successful commercial film director and the second most successful artistic film director in the country.

But Wu Yuan doesn't want to lose the things he once owned.

"Am I going to film "Wolf Warrior"?" Wu Yuan touched his chin and murmured wildly, but then he slapped himself on the head.

"Forget it, we're not in a hurry right now."

He has temporarily forgotten about his next domestic film. He still has "Interstellar" to shoot, and "Love Letter" hasn't finished post-production yet, so it's not the time to think about it yet.

After arriving at the company, he immediately threw himself into the post-production of "Love Letter".

The company's computer room is now very busy, not only the post-production editor of "Love Letter" brought by Wu Yuan.

Zhang Guorong also brought the post-production staff of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" and moved almost all the food, accommodation and sleep into the computer room.

"Soul Ferry: Huangquan", which was completed much earlier than "Love Letter", is still in the long post-production process.

This movie is a standard special effects blockbuster, and the post-production time is much longer than that of a 2D feature film.

As soon as Wu Yuan returned to the company's computer room, he bumped into Liu Meichuan, whose eyes were red with bags and eyes, as if he had stayed up all night again.

"Meichuan, you can't do this." Wu Yuan frowned, stopped Liu Meichuan, and warned with some complaints: "Although work is very important, reasonable rest time must also be ensured."

"But don't let people collapse from exhaustion before the movie is finished."

"Look at how red your eyes are and your hair is in a mess. Put down the work at hand, go home and rest, and adjust your condition."

"Don't dare to relax." Liu Meichuan shook his head. Although his face was a little decadent, his tone was full of excitement and excitement.

""Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is my first big-budget movie. I have to make it perfect. I won't worry if I don't watch it!"

Liu Meichuan has been involved in the Light and Film Era for several years, but the film "Don't Knock on the Door" he made under the Young Director Support Program was only a small-budget film costing several million.

Later, he has been filming the "Soul Ferry" series of TV series for the company, paving the way for the company's fairy tale fantasy universe.

It can be said that there is both hard work and credit.

So when making "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" this time, although the budget of this movie was close to 200 million and it was a big production through and through, Wu Yuan had no idea of ​​changing the director and still let Liu Meichuan direct it.

Liu Meichuan also lived up to Wu Yuan's trust. He also delved very deeply into the IP of "Soul Ferry" and made this movie without any accidents.

It's just that this movie is a special effects blockbuster, and the workload in post-production is no less than that of shooting.

He has been in the company's computer room with his post-production team for more than a month, but only one-third of the post-production work has been done.

"The work is never finished. Only by taking proper rest can the work be completed better."

"If you work hard both physically and mentally, the effect will only be worse."

Wu Yuan shook his head. He could understand Liu Meichuan's excitement of directing such a big-budget special effects blockbuster for the first time, and his mentality of "must do the best".

The same was true when he was working on "Gravity". He spent almost all his food, accommodation and sleep with the light and shadow special effects team.

But as someone who has experienced it, Wu Yuan does not approve of this behavior.

It was like this that he seemed to be working very hard, but it turned out that it took him more than half a year to complete the post-production of "Gravity", which turned out to be self-defeating.

Regardless of Liu Meichuan's objections, Wu Yuan twisted his body and kicked him out of the company's computer room. "Go back to bed. I will tell the company security that it is impossible to let you into the company today. Come back after you have rested." !”

After saying this, Wu Yuan closed the door of the company's computer room, ignoring Liu Meichuan's stunned look.

"Director Wu, well done."

A voice came from behind Wu Yuan.

Li Yang said with a smile on his face: "I persuaded Liu Meichuan several times, but he just refused to listen. He stayed in the computer room day and night to watch the late stage."

"You have to take action!"

Well, the company computer room is indeed very lively.

"Young You" is also in post-production.

However, unlike "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", "Young You" does not have special effects shots, it is just post-editing.

Li Yang is a veteran again. With only two editors, he easily completed the post-production of "Young You" and now the finished film is ready.

"Director Wu, come and see the finished film?" Li Yang invited with a smile.

Wu Yuan naturally would not refuse.

The two of them ducked into the internal viewing room next to the computer room.

A movie called "Young You" that was quite different from Wu Yuan's impression slowly unfolded in his eyes.

There is no change in the direction of the plot, but all the actors have been changed, and the director is not the same person. The final movie is quite different from the original version in Wu Yuan's impression.

After all, unlike Wu Yuan, Li Yang makes movies after having seen the original film and can roughly restore the essence of the original film.

With only a script, Li Yang's "Young You" filmed everything from the lens language to the storyboard composition, editing to the actors' acting performance, and it was all presented in line with Li Yang's understanding and the same as the original film director. "Young You" shot by Zeng Guoxiang is very different.

It is normal for different versions of the same script to be produced, just like Jin Yong's different versions of the drama.

But is this version shot by Li Yang bad?

not bad!

At least Wu Yuan was very satisfied after reading it carefully!

After all, Tsang Kwok-cheung is a director from Hong Kong!

When it comes to how to interpret mainland high school students and social hot topics such as college entrance examinations and family education, there are still no mainland directors who understand the essence!

And the ruffian energy in Zhang Yishan is more distinctive and outstanding than that of the Millennium Prince.

In addition, although Liu Yifei is beautiful, her short ear-length hair and bald head style have indeed made a big breakthrough in her inherent image!

In Wu Yuan's opinion, Li Yang's version of "Young You" is even better than the original version and is more in line with the aesthetics of mainland audiences!

"Director Li, the shooting was great!" (End of this chapter)