My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 289 The City of God, Keep Improving

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Kowloon Walled City.

The pitted bluestone pavement, the sewage flowing across, and the garbage piled up in disorder, looked very chaotic.Row upon row of houses, plastic sheds and clothes poles block the blue sky and sunshine.

call!
A huge shadow flew over the sky, but the people around were accustomed to the sudden loud noise, they were busy with their own things and didn't care.

"This affects rest."

The tall and thin Wang Jiawei raised his head, turned to look at the numb people, and asked the skinny and dark-skinned man in a flowered shirt with compassion: "Is there no government to take care of it?"

The man in the floral shirt fanned the phoenix with his open collar, wiped the sweat with his hands, and curled his lips when he heard the sound, "This is the Kowloon Walled City."

"Kowloon Walled City..." Wang Jiawei tasted the word, and it seemed to be more three-dimensional.

"This is Hong Kong Island's three-way zone, where filth and old conservatism are intertwined. Government control? This is not part of the British Hong Kong government. If you really want to talk about it, you can ask the Qing Dynasty to control it."

The man in the floral shirt teased sarcastically, "I think Guilao and Daqing must have no extradition regulations. The bosses can't control this. Besides, we don't need them to manage it. To be honest, if we really want to talk about patriotism, we can It is to stick to the country, be loyal and patriotic. Never let foreigners step in. Those leftists outside you can be regarded as [-]-year-olds at best. It is said that the ghosts are going to demolish this place... My old man may still have a sum of demolition money, maybe I will just buy it Jump to the sky, abalone and lobster."

Wang Jiawei was speechless in front of this possible "demolition of the second generation".

He didn't understand the people in Kowloon Walled City, but he was touched in his heart.

"Let's go, my boss asked me to lead you around. Let me tell you first, I will help you solve problems when you shoot movies here. But you must abide by the order here. Watch less, talk less, run less, Talk less. If you follow the rules and cause less trouble, then this place will be as safe as the Governor's Mansion. Otherwise..."

The flowered shirt beckoned to the crew behind him, and his voice became smaller and smaller in the end.

"Order, rules."

Wang Jiawei watched the crew follow up one after another, and turned his head to look at the chaotic city. This word is very ironic, but so harmonious.In the outside world, he heard too much about the chaos in the Kowloon Walled City, but he didn't expect that the people here thought it was safer than the outside.

Looking at many Liuying who are nakedly dressed, combing the clouds and sweeping the moon, it is a bit like the description in Wang Shifu's "The Story of the West Chamber".There are also down-to-earth peddlers carrying poles and rushing to the food street to sell, just like the coachman described by Lao She, and there are also women upstairs who are throwing sheets to dry clothes, just like the mosquito blood in Zhang Ailing's metaphor, and there are idlers. There are even young children running around with toys on their buttocks.

Linlin's eyes are full.

Wang Jiawei seems to have begun to understand the Kowloon Walled City.This is not a dragon's pool and a tiger's lair, nor is it confused by demons, it has the same spirit of life.

He suddenly understood why Xiaozu Wu chose to shoot "Suspect" here.

Maybe, if Hong Kong Island is looking for a place to make people believe that there is such an emotion in the story, then he might think of the Kowloon Walled City.

A small town that has been demonized but grew independently, within its walls.

...

Small bluestone building, banquet living room.

In the blackened shrine, the black and red Master Guan is holding the Qinglong Yanyue Saber, majestic and majestic.The sandalwood is dense, exuding a faint aroma, covering some of the tobacco smell in the house.

"Dong dong..."

On the first seat sat a rich and handsome old man wearing a charcoal black double-breasted gown with a ruddy face, holding a pair of top-quality stuffed lion's head walnuts in excellent condition with a jade luster in his hands.

"Of course there is no problem in filming the Kowloon Walled City."

The rich old man stopped the walnut in his hand, smiled honestly and looked benevolent, but his words were determined, "I have lived here for decades, but few big directors come here to shoot.

In the past two years, there was a movie called "Out of the Walled City". This year, Bei Bian signed a cooperation agreement with Gui Lao and decided to demolish this place.Things are too chaotic in the Walled City now, and things are not easy to do.If you can help me, it's natural to help, but... Heh!After living for decades, he had to leave his hometown instead.I don't know how much of the coffin that I praised is outside, how much is left..."

On the surface, the old man’s words are complaints about the relocation of the Chinese, but the gongs and drums listen to the sound and listen to the sound.

Next, Wu Xiaozu holds tea, listens quietly with a smile, does not comment on the words in front of him, and looks at his nose and mouth.This matter is not suitable for him.Unless...he wants to jump back from being a director of [-] million to a gangster.

"Thank you Uncle Dog."

Xiang Sheng put on his glasses, his eyes brushed against Wu Xiaozu, seeing him smiling at him, he paused, took the box handed by the driver, "Uncle Dog, I know you are going to celebrate your 70th birthday soon, so I specially asked someone to beat you A golden birthday peach."

Golden longevity peaches are not small in size and not low in value.

Kowloon Walled City filming, really thought it was the upper lip touching the lower lip?Wang Xianxian always pays attention to brushing his teeth and adding more than a dozen tricks, not to mention finding food on other people's land.

What is courtesy?

This is human kindness.

If you accept someone else's care, you have to offer yourself in return.This kind of thing is called bribery among officials, and kickbacks in business, and this is called "protection fee"!You can't get on the stage, but no one can do without it.

Sure enough, as soon as the golden longevity peach was served, the rich old man's smile became more cordial in an instant, and he was no longer confident.

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The staff of the crew were busy and hurried.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Qiu Litao casually tossed one to Wang Jiawei.He was also very curious about the helper Wu Xiaozu personally brought here.

He could see clearly that from himself to Liu Weiqiang, to Luo Lichen, and Ye Weixin, every person promoted by his grandfather would eventually be trained to be independent
Didn't I film "Pretty Girl True Story" because of this?Liu Weiqiang has become the successor of the "Young and Dangerous" series.The gentle, white-faced scholar in front of him obviously also has something that Zu Ge values.

"Surprised?" Qiu Litao shook the big golden retriever that was dyed golden.

Wang Jiawei glanced at the non-mainstream hippie with a long fur shawl in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "It may be the first time I really entered the crew. Only then did I realize that the work here is very complicated. This is different from what I imagined."

"Ha, what do you imagine?"

The old man Qiu Litao squatted and clicked the cigarette in his mouth, and joked, "You don't think the director walked into the set slowly, and then threw a draft script to the actor, telling the other party, I want you to act out the feeling of the above?" ?Ha ha……"

Wang Jiawei blinked, thoughtful.

"The director is like the person in charge of a company. All departments need to cooperate closely and communicate with each other. Every link, even if the tea is not good, will affect the state of the entire crew.

Movies are artistic and have a side of Yangchun Baixue, but when filmmakers create artistic images, they have to abandon this kind of Yangchun Baixue and deal with these low-level people in a down-to-earth manner.

Brother Zu told me that directors not only need you to observe the society with your eyes, but also need you to use your eyes to discover the greatest potential of the main creative personnel.Accumulation is the greatest wealth of a filmmaker. "Qiu Litao shared his directing experience with Wang Jiawei.

Pointing to the row upon row of buildings, "The government has decided to demolish this place, and I heard that it will be converted into a park. Maybe people will never know the Kowloon Walled City anymore."

Wang Jiawei didn't drink Qiu Litao's chicken soup.

Think about it, how high is the immunity of a director who is a screenwriter?
The reason why Wang Jiawei was able to grow into Dakengbi was naturally because of his unswerving shameless spirit!You must have a coquettish faith that has focused on surfing for 30 years and is determined not to wear bandages.

Where is one or two bowls of chicken soup can be confused.

Looking at the unfamiliar and curious Kowloon Walled City in front of him, Wang Jiawei's eyelids drooped and his eyes rolled around.

Don't think that people have low EQ when they talk about losing money.If it's really that low, Wang Jiawei won't become a big moneymaker in literary and artistic films, pulling out Zedong Film Company.

People like Liu Dehua, who specialize in making commercial films, set up Tianmu Films, and they all end up with famine.It is conceivable that Wang Jiawei is indeed a qualified businessman.

"Then why not make a documentary about the Kowloon Walled City??" Wang Jiawei reminded lightly.

"Documentary??"

"The ready-made crew, the machines on site, and the people on site." Wang Jiawei snapped his fingers, his eyes eager to try, "Perhaps Director Wu will agree...maybe."

"You can give it a try." Qiu Litao's eyes lit up, "Just treat it as a movie sideshow."

Wu Xiaozu would not have imagined that the two assistant directors he had handpicked were thinking about shooting a documentary about the Kowloon Walled City.

When Qiu Litao, a non-mainstream cult director, meets Wang Jiawei, a petty bourgeois art youth, a different spark emerges from the collision.

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Wu Xiaozu wore a white T-shirt and a pair of frosted retro jeans, simple and low-key, he didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment.

Wang Jiawei, who was behind him, glanced at the people in the walled city who were standing around watching, and looked at these people in front of him thoughtfully.

"Walking up from here, there happens to be an open aisle. It meets the requirements of the scene in the script. Brother Zu, look this way..."

Qiu Litao tied up his ponytail, sweating profusely with an electronic speaker, and led Wu Xiaozu to the shooting scene, "Brother Zu, you can set up the camera position here, so that you can capture the panorama. You can also put a camera position over there for misplaced shooting. "

"kindness."

Wu Xiaozu nodded. After the preliminary survey and re-connaissance, the main scenes needed for "Suspect" have been selected.In addition to the Kowloon Walled City, there are several other locations for location selection.

"How is the light here? How to fill in the light, is it expected?"

Wu Xiaozu asked Qiu Litao casually, then squatted down without any scruples, raised the camera to adjust the focus and aperture, and took a photo. Wu Xiaozu imitated the camera by pushing and pulling the lens through the camera aperture to try out the imaging effect.

"I have experimented with Brother Lin before, no problem."

Ao Zhijun walked downstairs and said with a smile: "I know you are demanding, we have already designed several plans."

Beside Wu Xiaozu, the thin and tall Wang Jiawei with glasses followed behind with a pen and paper.Seeing Wu Xiaozu's movements, he couldn't help but secretly asked Qiu Litao beside him: "Director Wu, why do you use a camera?"

"The focal circle of the camera can simulate the camera, and at the same time, you can check the depth of field and the effect of the aperture." Qiu Litao explained.

Suddenly, Wang Jiawei wrote down the knowledge points on the pen and paper.

The four walked up the stairs, facing a group of porters carrying construction waste just down the stairs.

"Brother Zu." Su Liyao greeted Wu Xiaozu with a smile.

"how is the progress?"

"The landlord only agreed to renovate the room after paying double the price."

Su Liyao said with a smile, "Now it's the finishing touches. In the next room, Yu Jiafan and Zou Lin led people to test the lighting effects."

The heroine's room is very simple, nothing more than showing the characteristics of a woman's room.The prop group quickly completed the layout of the room.

But the male lead is a math teacher. In order to reflect the character of the character, the set crew worked hard in Zhang Guoying's room.

According to Wu Xiaozu's storyboard and script requirements, Zou Lin led the set crew to choose a depressive and dark tone to express the protagonist's character.In the cramped space, the arrangement in line with human design is completed.

I can't do my homework on the camera sense, and I don't show off my skills in post-editing.This requires this movie to pay more attention to small details.

The environment sets off the characters and is shown to the audience through small details.

Wu Xiaozu is not sure whether this method will be accepted by Hong Kong audiences, but he hopes that he can try and experiment with film and television technology without losing his own money.

Wu Xiaozu loves a Japanese movie from the 70s!
serious movie.

"The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness" directed by Yoji Yamada is Wu Xiaozu's favorite movie of Yoji Yamada and Ken Takakura.

The film is trivial, and the film chooses a straightforward push.

However, the display of details and props in it made Wu Xiaozu very rewarding.

At the moment when the yellow handkerchief fluttered, people couldn't help but smile along with Takakura Ken.

This kind of description will test the director's grasp of details, and his grasp of the development of the character's plot through changes in a certain small prop and small environment.

Forced emotional teardrops are as tasteless as comedy that makes you laugh with hard tickling.

For the movie "Suspect", Wu Xiaozu is going to shrink his mind a bit and retract the camera a bit.I no longer use the camera to describe those big stories, but to describe a very small story, a very small human heart, with all my heart.

For many directors, you find that he is very skilled in shooting big-scene movies and the movies are exciting enough.But I always feel that the lack of power and taste makes this movie not enough to become a classic.

This little bit is a director's sensitivity and grasp of details.

Of course, this drama also tests the acting skills of the actors from another aspect.

go upstairs.

"Put the blackboard here, and cut out the borrowing signs for those books. Don't be too neat, and let people know that the owner often flips it after seeing it.

Yes, put a lamp on the desk over there...scattered straw paper is spread on it...move it to the side.Who, your photo is not acceptable, use potion to make it old. "Yu Jiaamine seriously instructed the on-site staff to adjust the placement of props.

Looking at the layout of the room, Wu Xiaozu nodded, basically according to the requirements of his storyboard.

There are relatively three-dimensional room descriptions in Wu Xiaozu's storyboard sketches.Of course, there must be a gap between film shooting and painting.Many places have to compromise for shooting.

For example, the dark frosted glass is used for the window glass, and the chandelier also chooses a very simple style.When shooting in this way, the light will meet the shooting requirements.

When Wu Xiaozu picked up the camera to take pictures, Pan Hengsheng, Ao Zhijun, and Qiu Litao also circled the scene with their fingers to survey the scene, squatting down from time to time to see if there was enough space to bury the camera, and the depth of field viewfinder did not meet the requirements.

Observe whether the lens can widen the depth of field, how to cut the lens when shooting, and how to guide the actors to move.

Which ones are the blind spots of the camera, which places are suitable for close-up viewfinders, and which ones are convenient for close-up or mid-range shots.Videography is not just about fiddling with the machine, you have to calculate the angle and lens selection suitable for framing a scene very tediously.

Where is a better transition between each shot and each shot.

Shooting with one roll of film, which framing lens intervals are suitable for changing film intermittently.

Cameramen and directors are required to consider these things.

Although the film was shot, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and it was impossible to completely copy it for shooting.But this kind of homework has to be considered.

An idiot can't be a cameraman.

A good cameraman needs to think of many things in front of the director.

Ao Zhijun, the cameraman, stood up, walked to the place where the camera was scheduled to be buried, looked at the camera, and delineated the location of the performance, so that it was convenient for the shooting, and the actors would not step out of the camera design when performing.

In this movie, Pan Hengsheng and Ao Zhijun acted as camera directors. Although "Two Heroes" does not have a strong demand for camera sense, it is true in the ordinary. The more seemingly simple shots, the more the cameraman's creativity will be tested. power and talent.

In order to present the best audio-visual effects, the pre-production preparations for this drama are more cumbersome.Shooting a film itself involves the cooperation of many departments.

Functional departments such as lighting, scenery, props, and cameras all need to complete their own preparations in accordance with the requirements of the script and storyboard.

The scenery and props need to be adjusted to the two apartments, not only to meet the imaging requirements of the film, but also to fit the characters, and not to mess around.

At the same time, it is necessary to leave enough creative space for photography and lighting.

The camera needs to be moved to the camera position, the lighting needs to be wired, the light ratio is adjusted, and the script requirements are determined. The work is very cumbersome.

Film itself is a complex industrial product.

It is different from "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" which is a one-man show by Liang Jiahui alone.And the dramatic tension brought by the strong fast editing in "Double Heroes".

The characters of "The Suspect" themselves under the camera will not have such a strong sense of visual impact.

Characters, scenes, and lighting all serve the rhythm and story of the whole play.

This drama also tested Wu Xiaozu very much.

Let the director use the lens, lighting, and scenes to cooperate with the performance of the actors to complete a movie that is enough to attract the audience.

One ring after another, with every detail in place, rendering enough attractiveness.

A test of the director's ability to move the story forward.

It can make Wu Xiaozu settle down and tell a story with mixed reviews.Make up for Wu Xiaozu's weakness.

(End of this chapter)