What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 142
Yang Shu in the previous life had the dream of being a director, and Yang Shu in this life has the dream of being an actor. They are currently trying to realize it, and the results are pretty good.

In the past two years, he has been writing, directing and acting on his own. In order to save money in the early stage, he did it very successfully in order to keep the fat and water out of the fields of outsiders.

But it has always been a small production. The crew of "World's Wonderful Events" has a maximum of [-] people, and the crew of "Heavenly Love Letter" has less than [-] people, so it is easier to schedule.

The filming of "Warrior" is not the case. In addition to the regular filming, makeup, costumes, art, and props teams, there are also fireworks, blasting, action, engineering, etc. Yang Shu made a rough calculation. five hundred.

War scenes require a large number of group performances, and many bridge sections require the deployment of thousands of people on site. For scenes such as attacking Menglianggu, crossing the Yangtze River, occupying Nanjing, and fighting fiercely on the Han River, thousands of people may be used to be interesting, and usually the troops must be contacted for cooperation.

Under such circumstances, as a director, you have to grasp the diagonal composition, the rule of thirds, and the golden spiral, to find the beauty in the accompanying light and shadow, and to show the artistic style in the delicate lens adjustment, which seems a bit difficult.

Of course, there are also those in the circle who insist on directing and acting on their own, such as Jiang Wen, Jackie Chan, Zhou Xingxing, Wu Jing and Deng Chao. Some have made extraordinary achievements, and some have at least box office success.

Abroad, there are Takeshi Kitano, Clint Eastwood, Stallone, and Sean Penn, all of whom have done a good job, while the best self-written, directed and self-acted films are Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles.

After listing so many well-done colleagues, the reason why he is too busy seems a bit untenable, and it seems that he is not capable enough. After all, he is not the only one directing the scene. Every team has a backbone. Coordinating role.

The key question, of course, is that if he doesn't act, then who is more appropriate to invite to act.

In addition to the plot, makeup, and director, the audience is probably most concerned about the casting of a drama, which largely determines the success or failure of the work.

There is a form in Yang Shu's computer, which records the information of most actors and actresses from the first to the eighteenth line, age, height and resume, what plays they have acted in, what grades they have achieved, what scandals they have had, and the approximate salary.

There are not as many male stars under the age of 30 who are young and the audience knows who they are by looking at their faces. At present, the screen is still dominated by middle-aged actors, especially the wave of 35 to 50 years old.

Regardless of acting skills or whether they are suitable for the role in the play, as long as the popular actor who has starred in a movie, the price is not cheap.

The film and television industry compares with each other, and those with similar positions also have similar overweights. For example, Wu Xfan, Li Yifeng, Jing Boran, Yang Yang, Lu Han, etc. all have the same asking price, 2000 million yuan for movies, and [-] million yuan for TV dramas.

Films such as Lin Gengxin, Huang Xuan, Liu Haoran, Wang Zitao, Zhang Yixing, Zheng Kai, and Chen Chichi are 1000 million, and TV series are 8000 million.

Regardless of whether these prices are inflated or not, the value between them seems to be incorrect.

In comparison, the movies of Wang Kai and Hei Niuchen, who are already considered veterans, cost 800 million yuan, and TV dramas cost 5000 million yuan. Jin Dong basically does not take movies, and TV dramas are also priced at this price.

After Yang Shu saw the price, he felt that it was not so tiring to command thousands of troops, and he suspected that some of them had the ability to drive up the price.

At the same time, I also understand why so many directors are willing to use Yiyang Qianxi. He is not too delicate in the new generation.

During this time, everyone was very busy, and finally got together to finish the meal. Yang Shu discussed with Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu about the starring role.

The pros and cons are obvious, and everyone felt that it was not appropriate to invite these people. When it came to the end, he decided to come by himself, even if it was not for the artistic image, he would fight to save the 1000 million.

Liu Man will also participate in the new drama: "If I don't participate in a new drama, it doesn't mean that I can't go to work. At that time, we can cooperate like "Lovers at the Table". The script is finished, and I will help check the director's work on the scene."

Jiang Shiyu also didn't want to stay in the capital alone to work: "Manman is in charge of the director's work, so I will take over from the producer and take charge of money and property."

The matter is settled in this way first, and the work can be carried forward after the team framework is set up.

On April 4, at the promotional event of "Ode to Joy", Yang Shu met Jin Dong again.

In "Ode to Joy", Jin Dong just played a cameo performance, playing the role of Sister Tao's blue-faced confidant.

At present, "Ode to Joy 2" has started filming, but the director has changed from Kong Sheng and Jian Chuanhe in the first film to Jian Chuanhe and Zhang Kaizhou. Kong Sheng never made this series again, and the actors have changed since the third film up.

Of course, Kong Sheng is not idle. Last month, he collaborated with Jin Dong to film the web drama "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Exquisite Ancient City". It is currently filming in the capital and will go to Dunhuang in a few days.

Yang Shu has seen this drama, and it was well shot. Later, it was exclusively broadcast on Penguin Video, and the number of hits exceeded 2 million on the first day.

Although there are 21 episodes in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City", the number of clicks is still much higher than that of the "Wonderful World Events" series. In the past two years, the theme of tomb robbery has become popular. Under the leadership of a high-quality team, the charm is indeed extraordinary. .

Kong Sheng is also a director that Yang Shu admires very much. "Parents' Love", "All Quiet in Peking", "Nirvana in Fire", and "Ode to Joy" are all high-quality works. Later, he collaborated with Wang Kai and Yang Shuo on "Da Jiang Da He", Cooperated with Huang Xuan, Zhang Jiayi, and Yan Ni in "Mountain and Sea Love", which can be said to support half of the domestic TV series.

It is said that American dramas have big scenes, Japanese dramas show IQ, Korean dramas have long legs, and domestic dramas rely on plots. Kong Sheng is a good storyteller, and the dramas he filmed on Douban all score above 8.8, which is probably unmatched in China.

Several of Yang Shu's online dramas are also high-scoring, but the capacity of the three seasons of "World's Wonderful Events" combined is limited, and there is still a gap.

In the process of writing "Warrior", Yang Shu watched Kong Sheng's excellent war work "Battle of Changsha", starring Huo Jianhua and Yang Zi.

At the end of "Battle in Changsha", the whole family of the heroine who is a bit princess sick is killed by the Japanese army.

Born in an era of war, human life is like ants. She asked the hero who is a soldier: "No one will know when you guys are dead, and the corpses can't be transported back. Why are you rushing up one by one?"

In the writing environment at that time, this sentence moved Yang Shu very much and gave him a lot of inspiration.

Jin Dong collaborated with Niangniang to shoot "Love for Rent" in the third season of "Wonderful Events in the World", which is currently on the air and received good reviews from the audience.

At the press conference of "Ode to Joy", many people came, besides the leading actors and creators, there were also celebrity friends to help out, and the stars were shining brightly.

Yang Shu avoided the reporters as much as possible, lest people keep asking questions about "Love Letter from the Kingdom of Heaven" and steal the limelight from the owner.

The reception was held in the banquet hall of the Hyatt Hotel. He found Jin Dong, who was also hiding from the limelight, in a corner of the hall, and chatted for two days.

Of course it's not about the good grades of "Love for Rent", that's in the past tense, and we're talking about "Warrior".

Jin Dong is already 40 years old, and it is impossible for him to play a male protagonist who was only [-] or [-] years old when he was on the stage. The age gap is too big.

There were people coming and going around, Jin Dong sat opposite Yang Shu.

Yang Shu talked about the plot with him, and invited him to play an important role second only to the hero, one of the early characters of the railway guerrillas.

(End of this chapter)