The best director ever

Chapter 104 Sadness and joy

Three days later, Ye Chen and Lin Hua came from Shanghai, and the crew officially started filming.The filming of Love Apartment 2 has been completed, only the post-production is left.These were handed over to Huaxian's production department to deal with.Therefore, the two of them had time to come over.

Lin Hua and Ye Chen came here this time as assistant directors with a false name, to help Han Qiu and learn by the way.

Han Qiu naturally satisfied the requirements of the two. In his heart, it was impossible for Huaxian to survive on his own.In the future, when Ye Chen and Lin Hua have more experience, sooner or later they will take over big productions and movies by themselves, instead of sticking to sitcoms like iPartment.

And this time Journey to the West, half of the crew are from Huaxian, and the rest are from China Entertainment and Huanyu. These people have taken on major positions such as producer, planner, etc. in the crew.

In addition, Yuan Meng also came from Xiangjiang, but this time the main photographer, Han Qiu, was not given to her, but to a foreigner.

The gringo was named Andy and was a photographer for Warner Bros.

The essence of Westward Journey is fantasy, and this time we will use 3D shooting and a lot of special effects synthesis.So Han Qiu approached Warner Bros., who had worked with him once.

This year, in addition to Dark Wars winning the Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Infernal Affairs also won the Academy Award for Best Picture in the United States across the ocean.

And Leonardo, Xiao Lizi, he also successfully nominated for the best actor award with his outstanding performance.But unfortunately, the Oscar competition is too fierce, and Xiao Lizi has no choice but to miss the grand prize in the end.

However, Warner Bros. is already very satisfied with getting one of the best films a year, not to mention that Infernal Affairs won the No. [-] box office in the summer.

Having tasted the delicious fruit of Infernal Affairs, Hollywood's attention to Han Xia's film industry has gradually increased.Warner Bros. also has a good impression of Han Qiu and Hua Xian, who has achieved great success in China.

This time, Han Qiu took the initiative to find Warner, hoping to get cutting-edge special effects technical support from them.Warner Brothers also followed suit, sold Han Qiu's face, and also helped to contact the top special effects design company in the United States, Industrial Light and Magic.

But save face, but the money still has to be taken.As for how much, it depends on how much effort Warner and Industrial Light & Magic put in during the final post-production.

Lin Xia, Zhenbeibao Film and Television City.

This place is deep in the northwest, the sun is high in the sky, and the land is dry and desertification is very serious.

Journey to the West will be filmed in this desert.

In the previous life, Journey to the West was divided into two parts, one part is Moonlight Treasure Box and the other part is Cinderella.On average, the duration of each part is about 90 minutes, and the sum of the two is as long as three hours.

The plots of these two films are coherent, without any time difference. If the two films are linked together, even if they are regarded as one, no one will have the illusion.

As for Han Qiu, he planned to combine the two into one movie.Because if they are released separately, there will always be a time difference between watching the movie before and after, and the audience will intermittently forget many plots, which will cause the audience to feel that they are out of touch.It's not out of the question that it can fail badly at the box office.

If a complete story is torn into two halves, anyone who reads it will be upset.In the previous life, Westward Journey's box office failed miserably. Apart from the fact that the film was not suitable for that era, the film was split in half, which was also one of the reasons.

Therefore, the merger is inevitable.

It's just that the film length of three hours is obviously not in line with the current movie market.Then, it can only be reduced.

So, how to reduce it?
According to Han Qiu's thinking, the first Moonlight Box plays a role in foreshadowing and establishing the character image compared to the whole story, and the second Cinderella is the climax and essence of the story.

Therefore, on the premise of not affecting the character image and plot, Han Qiu wanted to cut the first part and compress the second part.Among them, the nonsensical dialogue plots occupy a lot of time in the whole story, and these plots that do not promote the plot can be simplified.

Wulitou style may have been popular in the previous life, but in this world, Wulitou only appeared in Xiangjiang.In the mainland, there have never been any nonsensical comedy movies at all.

Therefore, Han Qiu didn't want to come up with too many nonsensical plots.

Westward Journey is a comedy, but it is also a tragedy.The comedy part is supported by the nonsensical funny style, and the tragedy is supported by the plot.The reason why Westward Journey is so impressive is that in the joyous atmosphere of comedy, it gave you an unforgettable tragic ending.

Under the huge gap before and after, the audience's emotions also fluctuated.

Isn't there an idiom called extreme joy begets sorrow?Maybe the word doesn't convey the meaning, but it literally means that.

Therefore, there must be a nonsensical plot, and it is essential, but Han Qiu will only choose the most classic jokes to perform, so that the entire plot can show this style.

In the previous life, it was because the nonsensical limelight suppressed the connotation of Journey to the West, so it was left in the dust for many years, and it was not reappeared in the world until it was interpreted by more and more people.

But the reality will not give Han Qiu a few years for people to interpret, and in this increasingly impetuous age, people may not have so much patience.

For Han Qiu, he wanted the profound connotation of Westward Journey, and he also wanted the box office, and he didn't want to give up both.

Then, we can only suppress the nonsensical plot a little bit, and open another door for the connotation of Westward Journey.The nonsensical talk of Journey to the West in the previous life suppressed the development of the connotation, and Han Qiu wanted to keep the two in balance.

Tragedy and comedy, sad is one word, and joy is also one word, everyone is good at [-]-[-], only in this way can we fully show all the characteristics of Westward Journey to the audience!

Only in this way can a love that spans time and space and a tragedy of life with impermanent fate be torn into pieces in front of the audience.

Not only to make you laugh and shed tears, but also to show you what is the naked reality!
The desert is solitary and straight, and the long river falls into the sun.

This poem is simply too suitable to describe the desert in the northwest.

Two days ago, the crew dispersed to shoot exterior scenes around the film and television city, and searched for suitable shooting locations by the way.

At the same time, Han Qiu discussed with Warner's cinematographer Andy and people from Industrial Light & Magic about the compositing of special effects in the script.

As for foreigners, it is probably the first time to come to China, and they are very curious about China's cultural environment.In addition to talking about work with Han Qiu, they have been playing in the film and television city for the past two days, eating delicious food, seeing the beautiful scenery, and experiencing the customs and culture of China.

Although they are playing, Han Qiu is very satisfied with their rigorous attitude at work. They can complete every character modeling setting and every special effect model according to Han Qiu's requirements, and even put forward their own opinions. It's more perfect.

A few days later, the shooting location was selected.Han Qiu chose the first scene in a deserted small village in the desert.

Here, it is suitable to be a bandit den.

In the evening, Zhou Xingchi took the script to Han Qiu's room at the temporary residence in the film and television city.

"Director Han, I want to ask you a few questions."

"Well, let's talk."

Zhou Xingchi sat down, picked up the script, pointed to the character of Zhizunbao, and said, "I want to ask, how does Zhizunbao behave. You said that Journey to the West is a comedy, but his ending is also a tragedy."

"Now I am a bit conflicted, what should I do? Do I act with a comedy mood, or do it with a tragedy."

Han Qiu nodded, then shook his head again, "You should know the meaning of Wulitou, right?"

"Well, I know that."

"That's it." Han Qiu said with a smile, "nonsensical, that is, there is no reason for all actions. When you perform Supreme Treasure, you don't have to deliberately try to achieve any effect. He is what kind of person you are. Go act, just be natural. The script and lines are here, and it’s clearly written on it, so I don’t need to say more, right?”

"You just need to follow the script and establish the image and characteristics of the characters."

Zhou Xingchi nodded, then left holding the script.

Han Qiu sighed faintly in his original position, "It seems that in this life, I have met a pure person."

　The state is not good recently, I need a recommendation ticket to comfort me!

　　


(End of this chapter)