Actor: I picked up attributes on the set

Chapter 227 The Symposium Begins, Lin Yuan's Wonderful Idea

Early the next morning, after Lin Yuan, Xu Zheng, and Ning Hao had breakfast at the hotel, they went straight to the meeting room. After all, the chief director Chen Kai had spoken yesterday, and no one dared to be late.

On the way, Ning Hao was still teasing, saying that the three of them must not be the latest to arrive, but when he went to the conference room, there were only the three of them left. Except for the seven directors in charge of filming, the chief producer Filmmaker Huang Jianxin also came to the meeting room today.

Seeing that everyone was present, Brother Chen Kai didn't say much. He took out a stack of thick copies from his briefcase and distributed them to each director.

At the same time, he began to explain: "The above statistics are important events that have happened in our country in the past 70 years. I discussed with Producer Huang and decided to shoot the seven unit dramas of our movie around these important events. Today everyone What I have to do is to choose an important event that I am interested in and I am sure to adapt and shoot.”

Originally, "My Motherland and Me" was a tribute film. The plot of the movie was filmed around the past 70 years of the motherland, so there was no problem.

Lin Yuan picked up the copy and read it carefully.

From the flag-raising ceremony of the founding of the country, reform and opening up, the return of Xiangjiang River to the Wenchuan Earthquake and the 70 Olympic Games, the ups and downs in the past [-] years, and hundreds of major events that have occurred, are all recorded on these thin sheets of copy paper. superior.

The conference room was suddenly much quieter, and the several directors all focused on the business.

After a while, Xu Zheng suddenly brought his head closer and asked in a low voice, "Lin Yuan, which event do you want to film?"

Although the voice had been lowered, the conference room was already quiet, and no matter how small the voice was, it could still be heard clearly.

After hearing Xu Zheng's words, Ning Hao and others also put down the copies in their hands and looked this way.

Among the directors present in the conference room, except for Lin Yuan, the others are basically people who have filmed several works. They must be far better than Lin Yuan in terms of shooting experience. To put it bluntly, according to the barrel effect It can be said that Lin Yuan is the shortcoming of their movie.

If they want the movie "My Motherland and Me" to be recognized by the audience, they must ensure that the seven unit dramas of the entire movie are at the same level of quality, even if the filming is not ideal because of the director's style, It cannot be too far behind the quality of other unit dramas.

So these directors naturally wanted to take care of Lin Yuan first, and let Lin Yuan, the youngest director present, take the lead in choosing which event to shoot.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Lin Yuan glanced at everyone and replied slowly.

Hearing this answer, other directors can also understand that gift films like this must be treated with caution.

First of all, you have to make sure that the selected events are suitable for adaptation and filming, and second, you must ensure that you are sure that you can shoot the adapted story well.

Even experienced Ning Hao, Guan Hu and others dare not say that they can adapt and film this incident by picking a random incident, and they can also be recognized by the audience.

Just when everyone looked back and was about to continue thinking about which event they chose to shoot better, Lin Yuan's voice suddenly rang out in the conference room.

Lin Yuan said calmly, "But I have an idea in my heart, I don't know if it's suitable or not."

When he said this, Lin Yuan directly set his eyes on Brother Chen Kai.

If he wants to put forward his own suggestion, he must first seek the opinion of the chief director. After all, he is in charge of the entire film shooting, and he is only in charge of one of the unit dramas.

Brother Chen Kai just met Lin Yuan's gaze, and said with great interest, "Director Lin Yuan has any ideas, just tell them for everyone's reference."

"I think this way, since our movie consists of seven unit dramas, it is better to connect these seven unit dramas in the order of the timeline. The time for each unit drama adaptation and shooting should be More representative events in the current time period."

Lin Yuan expressed all his thoughts.

One advantage of doing this is that the events that have occurred in the country for nearly 70 years can be sorted out in the form of time periods. Originally, it was necessary to select from hundreds of events, but now only a dozen representatives from each time period are used. Selecting from sexual events leaves a lot of effort.

"That's a good idea."

"Then let's first select the more representative events in each time period, and then choose the events we are good at and adapt them into stories, how about it?"

"I think it's okay!"

Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, Guan Hu and others present agreed with Lin Yuan's idea.

It is a big project to choose a suitable one from hundreds of historical events for adaptation and filming. If we filter it first according to Lin Yuan's idea, it will really relieve them a lot of burden.

Brother Chen Kai saw that everyone agreed, so he agreed directly.

After two full days of discussion, the topics of the seven unit dramas were finally decided, namely the flag-raising ceremony at the founding ceremony, the first atomic bomb explosion, the women's volleyball team won the championship in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Xiangjiang's return in 1997, and the 2008 The BJ Olympic Ceremony in 11, the successful landing of Shenzhou No.[-] spacecraft, and the air force escort for the military parade.

The topics for the seven unit dramas were finalized, but Lin Yuan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the problem for a while, so he didn't say anything.

On the third day of the seminar, it was basically to choose the topics and events to be photographed.

After getting to the point, Brother Chen Kai glanced at the people in the conference room first, and then said, "Director Lin Yuan, why don't you choose the events you want to shoot first."

After all, Lin Yuan's masterpiece as a director is "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and they don't know what kind of movies Lin Yuan is good at shooting, so they can only take care of Lin Yuan and let him choose the topics he wants to shoot first. .

Anyway, now that there are a total of seven selected topics, there must be one type that Lin Yuan is good at, right?
But what to be afraid of.

Just two seconds after Chen Kai's voice fell, Lin Yuan's voice rang out.

"Director Chen, I think there is something wrong with the topic selection."

After Lin Yuan's words reached the ears of everyone in the conference room, the air at the scene seemed to freeze all of a sudden.

Even Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, two friends who are close to Lin Yuan, couldn't help frowning when they heard this, let alone what directors Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu would think.

Have a question about choosing a topic?
These seven incidents were all discussed and decided by everyone two days ago. If there is any problem with the topic selection, why didn't you say it at the time?
From their point of view, it is nothing more than that there is no genre that Lin Yuan is good at, or that they don't know how to adapt these events into scripts and present them on the big screen. Just go down the steps.

Directors Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu shook their heads imperceptibly.

It seems that Lin Yuan is still too young. Even if he made a work with such an explosive reputation as "I'm Not the God of Medicine", it's hard to cover up his inexperience. A unit drama in "Motherland" is indeed a difficult challenge for him.

After Chen Kai heard this, he only thought that Lin Yuan was looking for a step down.

However, he has no intention of directly explaining it. After all, Lin Yuan has only directed one film before, so it is quite normal for him to be inexperienced and difficult to control other types of films. Such works.

Brother Chen Kai took advantage of the situation and asked, "Then why don't you think about it again, director Lin Yuan, and then choose another event to shoot?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and explained: "Director Chen, let me express my opinion first. If you think it's inappropriate, it's not too late for me to choose from these seven topics."

Originally, everyone thought that Lin Yuan was making excuses, but now after hearing this, they suddenly became interested.

"We discussed these seven topics two days ago. I think there is no problem. The real problem lies in the theme of this movie. Since it is 'I and my motherland', apart from presenting 'Guoqiang' 'In addition to the side of 'Min Fu', shouldn't we also spend a unit drama to express 'Min Fu'?"

Having said this, Lin Yuan turned his attention to the other six directors.

The directors present are all the best in this circle, so they can naturally understand what he means.

The seven events they discussed in the past two days, whether it was the successful atomic bombing, the women's volleyball championship, or the return of Xiangjiang, were almost all about describing the prosperity of the motherland, but they forgot to focus on the common people.

Thinking of this, Guan Hu couldn't help but blush.

He is different from other directors present, no matter whether he stepped into the film circle at the beginning, he filmed "Hair Messed Up", "Get in the Car, Let's Go!" " and other movies, or stepped into the TV circle later, and filmed many TV dramas such as "Migrant Workers of Survival" and "It's Good to Live", almost all of which tell the stories of ordinary people at the bottom.

However, in his recent works, he has forgotten his original intention, and what he wants to tell on the screen is no longer the trivial matters of ordinary people.

On the other hand, Lin Yuan, although the film and television works made by him as an actor rarely speak for ordinary people, but the movies he made when he was a director, whether it is "I am not the God of Medicine" or the current "My Motherland and Me" ", all want to put the lens on ordinary people.

This made Guan Hu think of a sentence: from the people, go to the people!
Even Chen Kai nodded approvingly after hearing Lin Yuan's thoughts.

Lin Yuan's ability to jump out of the frame and pop up so many ideas in his mind is enough to show his talent in this area, and the most important thing is that Lin Yuan's idea is completely a stroke of genius, which not only sublimates the theme, but also makes this tribute The film is more atmospheric and affectionate.

The way the other directors present looked at Lin Yuan also changed slightly.

Before, they all thought that Lin Yuan was the weak point among their seven directors, but now it seems that Lin Yuan's strength is much stronger than what they thought.

But soon, Brother Chen Kai realized the problem.

"Lin Yuan, your idea is very good." Brother Chen Kai showed hesitation, and asked hesitantly, "But are you sure to present what you want to express on the big screen?"

Brother Chen Kai has made so many movies, and he knows very well that it is difficult to show "people's wealth" on the big screen.

For ordinary people at the bottom, having a stable job, having three meals a day to fill their stomachs, buying a few new clothes throughout the year, and saving a little money is considered a prosperous life.

But for well-off families, even richer families, they have cars and houses, and they don’t have to worry about three meals a day. The “people’s wealth” in their minds is obviously not the same thing as the poor people at the bottom.

It's hard to say, everyone has different standards for "people's wealth".

No one can guarantee that what Lin Yuan finally presents on the big screen will satisfy all audiences.

Lin Yuan pretended to be relaxed, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Director Chen, I already have a general shooting idea in my mind."

Seeing Lin Yuan's relaxed look, Brother Chen Kai nodded, turned his attention to the other directors, and signaled them to choose the topics they want to shoot.

Xue Xiaolu, as the only female director present, took the lead in saying: "Then I will choose the incident of Xiangjiang's return to shoot the unit drama."

"I chose the first atomic bomb to explode successfully." Zhang Baibai said his answer.

Guan Hu put his hands on his forehead, thought for a moment and then spit out four words: "Flag Raising Ceremony."

Xu Zheng and Ning Hao seemed to have already made a choice. They looked at each other and said in unison: "The women's volleyball team won the championship."

"BJ Olympics."

In the end, only the successful landing of Shenzhou NO.11 and the military parade remained. Chen Kai thought about it and chose the former.

After exhorting the importance of this movie, Brother Chen Kai didn't have anything else to say. He just asked before leaving: "Since everyone has made their topic selections clear, we will begin to determine the list of actors for each group tomorrow." , As for the script of the unit drama, it should be no problem to submit it for review before June, right?"

"no problem!"

The six directors present replied.

It took three months, and I was able to ask the screenwriter for help, so it was no problem to get the first draft of the script of the unit drama.

On the way back to the hotel, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao were still a little curious, and asked excitedly in the car: "Lin Yuan, have you already thought about what to shoot?"

"No, I just remembered when Director Chen asked me." Lin Yuan shrugged and said helplessly: "If I had already thought about what to shoot, I wouldn't have decided on seven topics at that time. gone."

"Then I just saw you look confident."

Lin Yuan looked in the rearview mirror and gave Xu Zheng a supercilious look: "If I'm not confident, do you think Director Chen will let me shoot?"

After hearing this, Ning Hao laughed: "I didn't expect that, you're quite courageous, and you can compete with me when I was filming "Incense"."

As for whether these words are complimenting him or hurting him, only Ning Hao knows.

(End of this chapter)