This director is very reliable

Chapter 165 Creative Direction (First Update)
Ah Mou is right, Cao Baoping is Shen Changlin's senior.

Currently, he is an associate professor in the Department of Literature at Nortel, and his side job is making movies as a judge for Dangdang Venture Capital...

He is a banner of Nortel. He graduated from the Department of Literature of Nortel in 85. The celebrities in the same class include director Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Lu Xuechang, Zhang Yuan...

If you want to summarize the style, then "Glorious Wrath" and "Li Mi's Conjecture" are enough. It is the little characters struggling and twisting in the uncomplicated story, with tight rhythm and fierce conflict, which is reminiscent of Engraving by Kollwitz.

Moreover, his works have a strong suspenseful color, and the style is very suitable for "The Witness".

This is also the reason why Shen Changlin immediately thought of asking him to direct after finishing "I Am a Witness".

Some filmmakers are serious, make some bad movies, use their feelings to deceive people, get a few celebrities to attract fans of all ages, speculate the box office, earn him a lot of money, no matter how bad they are, they will be familiar .

Director Cao is more realistic, he is more obsessed with filming itself, so each film is completed to a high degree, from this perspective, he is a good director.

But good directors have requirements for their works.

Director Cao is well-known in the industry for his high requirements for actors. Let's put it this way, Yuan Shikong once stopped the movie "White Sparrow" adapted from Yan Geling's novel that was already in operation because the actors could not meet the requirements.

——"The superstar has tried... Alas, I think it may not be possible to shoot the look I want. The performance of "White Sparrow" is indeed very complicated. If the performance of the two actors cannot stand...Alas, it will be very troublesome. "

Which superstar?

It seems that there are [-] million fans!

Eighty million, just stop it, which shows that actors do have high standards!

And "The Witness" is still a female lead drama...

From his point of view, it is understandable to look down on Liu Shishi.

There is no need for Shen Changlin to make things difficult for him because of this...

So, I made a phone call and roughly explained:
"Director Cao...I prepared this play for her, because she is short-sighted and has astigmatism...so I specially wrote this play for her!"

"She has a lot of advantages, she plays beautifully, and can endure hardships!"

"...Yes, she is my girlfriend..."

"It's okay, let's cooperate next time, if we have a suitable notebook, we must..."

Cao Baoping was a little angry at first, after all, he was very optimistic about "I am a Witness", otherwise, he would not have shown the script to Zhou Xun!
However, people have said that this is to support girlfriends...

whatever then!

Is he an investor, producer or screenwriter...

……

After all, I still have to change the director!
The director is biased against the heroine, so how can this project proceed?
After hanging up the phone, Shen Changlin smiled at A Mou and Nini, and then sat down.

Picking up the cup and taking a sip of the tea, Shen Changlin remembered a question that had bothered him for a long time: "Director, can I ask you a question?"

Ah Mou is very casual: "...ask casually."

Shen Changlin said: "That is, how does a director determine the project?"

"Are you sure about the project?"

"How do you determine your own creative direction?" Shen Changlin added: "Look, after I finished filming "Embroidered Spring Knife", I actually had the idea to make a martial arts movie again, but I couldn't find a good angle, so I made "Embroidered Spring Knife". "Big Shot"..."

"After two consecutive action films, I made "Search" again, but now... I can't find the subject of the next work. How did you film one after another? I feel, except for the Olympic Games. In the past few years, you really have one movie a year, sometimes two movies a year, let’s not talk about your creative passion, I just want to know where you got so many themes?"

Ah Mou said leisurely: "Actually, the more movies you make, the more difficult it is to make a good movie. Everyone has different standards for a good movie, so they always use the highest standard to compare horizontally and vertically, and come to find themselves. I always hope to move forward and learn. This is also my current mentality, so I am non-stop. I am a person who is willing to work hard, and I just like making movies."

This point, I have to admire him, and then, A Mou continued: "As for the subject matter you mentioned... basically it is literature. I talk to some literary magazines, such as "Harvest", "October", "Contemporary" Yes, they all have the right to first look, and my literary planner will recommend some works to me..."

"Literary planning?"

"Yes," A Mou asked Shen Changlin in surprise, "You don't have a literary plan?"

"...I have an assistant, because I am also a writer, so I have the habit of reading magazines, and I don't need someone to recommend me..."

"That's why you can't find a creative direction...you have to have a team!"

"I feel a little stubborn, but if it's not something I wrote, I definitely won't shoot it!"

"You are a writer, you have your own criteria for judging." After a pause, Mou continued: "I have read "Search", and I think you can go more on the path of realism..."

Shen Changlin looked distressed: "...realism?"

"Worried about not selling?"

"Ah."

Shen Changlin didn't hide it: "You should know the current market situation. The number of imported films in Hollywood has doubled. At this time, some entertainment-oriented films are needed to attract the audience's attention...and many big-name actors are willing to cooperate with me. Also box office…”

"Then what are you still worried about?"

"...I just want to balance business and art..."

"It's too difficult," A Mou shook his head: "Business and art itself are very difficult to balance... Now directors are always affected by fame and fortune. Pure art creation is a publicity statement for the media. I think you are only in your twenties. , there are plenty of opportunities for trial and error, so try more.”

Shen Changlin was silent for a while, and Ah Mou asked, "What was your original plan?"

"I'm going to take "Search" to film festivals all over the world to see movies from all over the world..."

Hearing this, A Mou waved his hand: "It's not necessary, let me tell you, you just watch the top ten films of the year released by a few film magazines. In the whole world, only the United States and Europe produce good films every year. Jiang Wen told me that he doesn't like to watch new movies, he only watches old movies, I think it's quite right~"

Well, it is true in a sense. A writer once said that you can read the books of the dead, not the books of the living.

The same is true of movies. The so-called "dead people" means that they have been screened by time and are reliable. If you don't spend more than two hours watching a bad movie, why bother?

However, the new film represents a new direction...

It is estimated that none of them thought that Korean movies would rise so quickly.

"If you are confused about movies and can't find your direction, just calm down and recall the first movie you entered the industry, and then you will understand!"

These are Mou's last words...

……

There is such a saying: In fact, each director only makes one movie in his life, and all his works are just imitations and improvements of his debut.

This is for writer-directors!
Shen Changlin is definitely not an author-director.

He also has no idea in this regard. If he wants to do it, he will be a commercial director and actively cater to the changing tastes of the audience.

However, after working in this industry for several years, I have a vague idea that movies are commodities, but they are definitely not just commodities, otherwise they would not be called the seventh art.

Michael Bay's movies have everything they should have, with complete stories, compact plots, spectacular scenes, and even more amazing box office.

No one thinks he is a great director...

He will only jokingly call him a bombshell!

Are there works with realistic themes that not only achieve good box office results but also have artistic influence?
There are still, "Dear" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are all!
(End of this chapter)