my movie years

Chapter 141 Ask Hisaishi to make the soundtrack
"The Undertaker" is a literary film. It does not require the crew to make a lot of preparations before and after filming. Instead, what is seen is the state of the actors.

Among them, Hua Tsai's state is the most important.

Hua Tsai has won the best actor award, but he is a hard-working actor, and he has been working hard in acting since his debut.

Although it is said that he has appeared in many bad movies, but many times the movies are made badly, and the biggest blame is the director.

As a result, nothing happened to the director, and then the leading actors were scolded by fans.

This is the same as later, such as "Shanghai Fortress", it is obvious that the director Fuji Huatao has a bigger problem, but the lead actor Lu Xiaohan is scolded bloody by the audience.

It is true that Lu Xiaohan did not perform well in the film, and his lines were suspected of insulting the martyrs.

But shouldn't the director take the blame if the movie is so bad?Hiding aside and counting money to watch the leading actor being scolded, is it all right to be carefree?
There is a saying that has been handed down from the past, drama depends on actors, TV dramas depend on scripts, and movies depend on directors.

Although it is not necessarily correct, it is enough to illustrate the importance of the director in a movie.

Assistant director Song Yunhui arranged the scene with the staff in accordance with Zhang Hao's requirements in the shot manuscript.

The next scene is Hua Tsai and Zhou Xun's scene, and the two are facing the lines.Zhang Hao communicated on the phone and asked for help.

"Brother Jiang Wen, you still have to do this. Help me contact Mr. Jiuishi to complete the soundtrack for this movie." Zhang Hao was communicating with Jiang Wen on the other end of the phone.

Jiang Wen said: "I'll try to help you get in touch, if it doesn't work, don't blame me!"

Zhang Hao shook his head again and again, regardless of whether Jiang Wen could see it or not, he said, "Why? I'm already very happy if you can help me."

"Okay, okay, if it works, treat me to a meal, Dongsi, boiled mutton."

"no problem……"

Putting down the phone, Jiang Wen contacted Joe Hisaishi.

Zhang Hao continued to pay attention to the set, ready to start shooting.

Because the shooting cycle of "The Undertaker" has to be shortened, the shooting will start in mid-August, and the shooting will end no later than mid-October.

Otherwise, it is very likely that we will not be able to catch up with next year's Oscar selection, as well as the three major European film festivals, the most recent Berlin International Film Festival, which will be held in early February.

Zhang Hao had a serious conversation with the third master in Dongtong, and finally decided to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival to be held in May.

There is nothing else I would like, because Chen Gezi has won the award at the Cannes Film Festival, and Zhang Hao will also win it once.

Moreover, in the International Category A Film Festival, only one of them can be selected for a film.

So other film festivals, such as Tokyo International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, and "The Undertaker" cannot all participate.

This is just right, and saves you from spending so much effort on public relations work.

As for the soundtrack of the movie, the reason why I found Joe Hisaishi was because Joe Hisaishi did the original movie soundtrack.

Of course it's the same this time, let Joe Hisaishi do it.

Speaking of Joe Hisaishi, it is estimated that the most impressive thing is that he and Hayao Miyazaki cooperated closely, leaving many popular works, such as "Laputa in the Sky".

He has also composed music for Jiang Wen's works. The soundtrack of "The Sun Also Rises" is magnificent, tragic and desolate, but also contains strong power.

I have to admit that a group of master-level figures have really emerged in the soundtrack of Little Days.

This is not to say that there are no outstanding film soundtrack artists in the Chinese film industry, but in terms of overall quality and artistic achievements, it is a little worse than the little life next door.

This is also a shortcoming of the Chinese film industry over the years. In addition to directors and actors, at most photographers are valued.

The remaining lighting engineers, makeup artists, costume artists, art directors, soundtracks, screenwriters, etc. are basically on the fringes and do not receive attention.

In Zhang Hao's crew, Zhang Hao gave enough respect to the people in these positions, allowing them to be valued and treated better.

Buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars can also attract many outstanding talents to his crew.

The conversation was divided into two parts. Jiang Wen got in touch with Hisaishi Joe after receiving a call from Zhang Hao asking for help.

"Mr. Joe Hisaishi, it's like this. I have a little brother who is shooting a movie and wants to ask you to make the soundtrack." Jiang Wen went to Xiaotian to meet Joe Hisaishi.

Hisaishi had just finished composing the soundtrack for "Butterfly on the Shoulder" directed by Zhang Zhiliang at this time, and held two consecutive concerts at the National Gymnasium in Beijing, China. At this time, he was idle at home.

Jiang Wen's visit made Joe Hisaishi fall into bad memories.

When Jiang Wen explained his purpose, Joe Hisaishi said, "May I know which director it is?"

"Zhang Hao, I don't know if you have heard of it?" Jiang Wen said, and then translated it to Joe Hisaishi.

"Sorry," Joe Hisaishi immediately thought of it: "It turned out to be Zhang Sang. My daughter likes his movies very much. Originally, if it were you, I would not have accepted it, but it is my honor to find me in Zhang Sang's movie." .”

Jiang Wen touched his head in embarrassment, and then made a request: "But Director Xiao Zhang also has requests."

"any request?"

"That's right, I want you to make the soundtrack better than Chopin." Jiang Wen said seriously.

Joe Hisaishi became angry when he heard it: "Baga, you Chinese directors are very difficult to deal with. The soundtrack I made for you last time, you used three movies and still haven't paid.

Last time, I was asked to make a piece better than Mozart, this time it was Chopin again, so next time it is Beethoven? "

"Don't get excited, don't get excited," Jiang Wen quickly comforted Joe Hisaishi: "I believe in your ability and the level of your soundtrack, absolutely no problem."

Ever since, coaxing and deceiving, Jiang Wen abducted Hisaishi to Zhang Hao's crew.

"Ready to boot, 1, 2, 3, action..."

Following Zhang Hao's order, the roles of Hua Tsai and Jin Shijie began.

The camera is facing a barbecue table. Lao Tian played by Jin Shijie is sitting in front of the table. Opposite the camera are various bonsai. Lin Sen played by Hua Tsai just walked in.

"Have you eaten yet?" Lao Tian asked Lin Sen while grilling the meat.

"Ah?" Lin Sen's face was full of tiredness and heartbreak.

The focal point of the picture here is actually Lao Tian's side face and the barbecue on the table, but Hua Tsai's performance details are very good.Control the subtle muscles of the face to respond emotionally.

If you observe it with the naked eye, ordinary people may not realize it, but you can clearly observe it when you observe it in the picture presented by the camera.

As the filming continued, Lao Tian asked while pouring tea, "Your wife hasn't come back yet?"

Lin Sen used the modal particle to admit the incident.

"Let's eat something together, I cook better than you." Lao Tian said.

Lin Sen nodded and walked over to sit on the chair.As Lin Sen moved, the camera began to focus on Lin Sen's face.

"What is this?" Lin Sen asked while looking at the roasting things.

"Caviar roe, grill it and eat it with salt, it's very fragrant." Lao Tian said, holding a piece of roe to Lin Sen.

"Cah, yes, one is over, move the camera and we'll take another one." Zhang Hao said.

The costumer and makeup artist who was outside the house hurried in to touch up the makeup of Hua Tsai and Mr. Jin Shijie, and check the costumes.

The prop master came in to check the props, Zhang Hao asked the prop master: "I said Brother Li, can you eat this prop?"

Li Ge, the prop master, said: "Director, of course you can eat it. These are all the beef I cut in the morning, and the fish roe, they are all fresh."

"OK, I just ate this pile of food after filming later." Zhang Hao laughed.

Teacher Jin Shijie also smiled and said, "It's just right, I'm really good at barbecue, so leave it to me."

The crew is full of cheerful atmosphere, making a healthy joke after work can make the work easier.

The scene continued to be filmed, and Lin Sen was hesitant while eating the barbecue.

This scene was shot with two cameras at the same time, one was behind Mr. Jin Shijie, focusing on Hua Tsai's face, but it would not affect the shooting of the camera at the door.

A movie and a scene are usually spliced ​​by countless shots, and very few movies can be shot to the end.

One shot sounds awesome, but in fact, apart from the difficulty of shooting, there are no other merits worth mentioning.

After changing several seats, Lin Sen hesitated to speak, and saw the photo of Lao Tian's back.

Lao Tian answered Lin Sen's questions: "My wife died of illness nine years ago."

Mr. Jin Shijie's performance details are very good, some of the characters' personalities and detailed actions are performed, and the script does not clearly require what actions to do.

Usually at this time, actors need to use their abilities to add some performance details.

It may be a small habit of handy, drinking tea, touching cuffs and so on.

Teacher Jin Shijie, who was born as a drama actor, is very good in these performance details, and at the same time inspired Hua Tsai's state.

Blizzard drama, this is a Blizzard drama, a mediocre plot made the two actors perform to the extreme.

Lao Tian was holding a teacup in his hand, with a nostalgic look on his face wearing glasses, and there was a trace of sadness hidden in his calm voice when he spoke: "There must be one of the couple who left first, and the one who is suffering is the one who is alive."

Lin Sen listened carefully to Lao Tian's speech, and his eyes revealed complex emotions like thousands of words.

Eye scenes have always been Leung Chiu Wai's forte, this time Hua Tsai learned from his teacher and played them to the fullest.

"I dressed her up beautifully and sent her away." Lao Tian looked at his wife's photo with a nostalgic look on his face, and then said: "She was the first one I sent away, and after that I started to make This is the line."

Under the wonderful performance of the two actors, the scene ended very quickly.

"Director, how's it going?" Hua Zai walked out of the character's emotions with a relaxed smile on his face. .

Zhang Hao clapped his hands and said, "Not bad, not bad, very good."

"Then can I start roasting this barbecue? I've been hungry all morning." Jin Shijie asked with a smile.

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Of course, I'm hungry too, so hurry up and barbecue."

As he said that, Zhang Hao announced on the intercom: "It's time to distribute meals..."

It's time for lunch, and the crew's lunch box is made to order at a nearby restaurant.

The restaurant in the Northeast, the main one is a large amount, pork and sauerkraut stew vermicelli, sauce big bone, served with stir-fried cabbage, tomato and egg soup, and sweet and delicious Northeast rice.

It may be that the chef has experience in making big pot rice. Compared with the box lunch eaten at Shanghai in Hengdian, this place is much more delicious.

"Don't ask me to eat barbecue, director, you are too much." Zhou Xun's play was in the afternoon, and now it has arrived at the crew.

"Come, come, let's sit down and eat together." Zhang Hao gave up his seat, and the two actors and a director ate barbecue in this room. From time to time, other crew members came to enjoy the barbecue.

Why are there two actors? Because Hua Tsai is a vegetarian and has not eaten meat for many years, so he wiped out all the lettuce and cucumbers around the barbecue.

Zhang Hao is usually more serious when filming, but outside of work, he is still kind. He is always generous when it comes to eating, so this little barbecue is not enough for him.

"I said Brother Li, buy more next time, I can't eat enough!" Zhou Xun joked after eating the last piece of beef.

Li Ge, the prop master, said embarrassedly: "This is a prop, and I don't dare to buy more. What if the director scolds me?"

"He dares to scold you for looking for me, I want to eat barbecue." Zhou Xun put his arms around Zhang Hao's neck and threatened: "I want to eat barbecue, you can figure it out."

"Look, this is the lead actor, and he's threatening me as the director, it's simply lawless." Zhang Hao pointed at Zhou Xun and complained to the people around him.

"Don't tell me, you haven't eaten barbecue for a long time, it's quite delicious to eat it once in a while." Teacher Jin Shijie wiped his mouth.

"Okay, I understand." Zhang Hao said helplessly: "I don't think there is anything else to arrange for the finale banquet, just eat barbecue."

"Hey, what if I don't eat meat?" Hua Tsai asked.

"Small problem, I'll arrange some grilled vegetarian food for you." Zhang Hao patted his chest and said grandly.

"Thank you director..." Hua Tsai laughed.

Andy doesn't eat meat, but Lin Sen in the movie does.There is a scene of eating chicken legs, which must be performed very deliciously.

People who have been vegetarians for a long time will suddenly feel sick when they eat meat, but Hua Tsai restrained himself and completed the scene with strong self-control.

After the play, Hua Tsai vomited.Zhang Hao couldn't help but admire Hua Tsai's dedication to work, and he couldn't find any flaws in his performance.

The big guys were talking and laughing when Zhang Hao suddenly received a call from Jiang Wen.

"Brother, I have already brought Hisaishi to let the teacher come, you come out to greet me."

Zhang Hao was startled, and asked, "Come so soon?"

"Of course, bro, I'm not unsuccessful. Hurry up and talk to Mr. Hisaishi about your ideas so that he can complete the soundtrack work." Jiang Wen urged.

"OK," Zhang Hao told the assistant director Song Yunhui: "You arrange for the crew to switch scenes, and I'll meet with Teacher Hisaishi."

"Who is the director talking about?" Hua Tsai asked after he didn't hear clearly for a while.

"It seems to be Joe Hisaishi, the director hired him to make the soundtrack." Zhou Xun replied.

When Hua Tsai heard this, he exclaimed: "Good guy, our behind-the-scenes lineup for this movie is a bit strong."

In the best hotel room in Hualin, Zhang Hao and Jiang Wenjiushi met each other, and the two sides communicated the details.

Hisaishi Joe said: "Zhang Sang, I heard from Jiang Sang that you asked for a soundtrack that surpassed Chopin. Is it true?"

Zhang Hao was taken aback, and looked at Jiang Wen: "I never said that!"

"Hey, you obviously told me this when you called me. You said you wanted to find a composer who could do a better soundtrack than Chopin. I recommended Mr. Joe Hisaishi to you. You forgot." Jiang Wen started to play tricks.

Zhang Hao became even more confused, and recalled: "Isn't it I who asked you to ask Hisaishi to ask the teacher to make a soundtrack for me? How did you recommend it?"

"That's not important. What's important is that Mr. Hisaishi made the soundtrack really well." Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Wen changed the subject.

Zhang Hao has been too busy with work recently, so he really doesn't remember the details of the phone call with Jiang Wen, and he doesn't worry about it anymore.

"Teacher Joe Hisaishi, please make a soundtrack for my movie this time." Zhang Hao communicated with Joe Hisaishi.

"Zhang Sang, that's no problem. Chopin can't match what kind of soundtrack you want, but it's absolutely fine to complete the soundtrack work." Joe Hisaishi assured, patting his chest.

"Thank you very much, because we are in a hurry for this film, and the soundtrack needs to be completed quickly, preferably before mid-October, so I will trouble you." Zhang Hao said.

"Hey, Zhang Sang, don't worry, I will definitely complete the soundtrack work with quality and quantity." Joe Hisaishi assured.

Although there is some craftsmanship in the small days, Joe Hisaishi belongs to the spirit of craftsmanship.No, at his level, he is already at the artist level.

Therefore, assigning the soundtrack work to Hisaishi made Zhang Hao very relieved.

In this way, Joe Hisaishi took his team to live in the capital.According to Zhang Hao's request, a cellist was left behind to teach Hua Tsai how to play the cello.

Time flies, the filming of "The Undertaker" is coming to an end, and "Shark Beach" starring Mi Mi also has good news.

As the National Day schedule approached, "Shark Beach" scored 2.6 million box office, and the total box office of the movies starring Da Mimi broke 5.5 million. She is the first post-[-] actress to achieve this result.

The most important thing is that Da Mi Mi proved his commercial appeal through "Shark Beach".

During the time when "Shark Beach" was selling well, Da Mi Mi's endorsements in various activities received soft hands, and various scripts were stuffed in his hands.

This is a grand occasion that has never been seen before. Da Mimi was very nervous, so he asked Zhang Hao to check it out.

""Painted Skin 2" asked me to be the leading role, how about this drama?" Da Mimi and Zhang Hao made a video in the evening.

Due to the tight production cycle, Zhang Hao always filmed during the day, and put into a temporary studio at night to start post-production editing.

It’s rare that I didn’t do the post-production today, and had a video chat with Da Mi Mi.

Just hungry, Zhang Hao ate bread with milk, heard the words: "This movie is not bad, it has the foundation of the previous work, I heard from sister Zhou Xun that she will join the group of "Painted Skin 2" after filming my film, You can take it."

"Okay, I'll take it." Da Mimi wrote it down.

Zhang Hao reminded Da Mi Mi: "A commercial blockbuster, the director is Wu Ershan, there is no need to reduce the salary, just ask for more."

"It's up to you to say, I'm sure the lion will open his mouth." Da Mimi smiled.

After the big sales of two consecutive films, the film remuneration of Da Mi Mi shows an exponential growth.

When receiving "Genius Gunner", Da Mi Mi's film salary was only 20.By the time of "Shark Beach", Da Mi Mi's remuneration has reached 100 million.

This time I took over the painted skin, Da Mi Mi would scold her if she didn't want to go back with Zhang Hao.

This is still an actress, and the pay of actresses in the circle is generally lower than that of male actors.

After Deng Chao starred in "The Prestige", his salary for "Four Famous Arrests" has reached 500 million.

Huang Xiaoming is even more exaggerated. He established his own studio at the end of last year, and his agent called out that the salary was less than 800 million.

800 million, apart from top movie stars and actors from Hong Kong Island, no one in the Mainland can afford this price.

It can be seen that a popular movie has significantly increased the value of star actors, which is completely a qualitative change.

Da Mi Mi continued: "In addition, Brother Cheng Long's new film "Zodiac" also sent me an invitation to act in it. Should I accept this?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Hao asked back.

Da Mimi thought for a while before answering: "I want to accept it, and I also want to accept a TV series."

"Stop, stop, you take so many, you don't want to rest next year?" Zhang Hao resisted Da Mimi's urge: "It's enough to take two movies, so it won't be tiring.

These two movies are guaranteed to be a big hit. You just need to attend a few commercial events, get fashionable, and maintain the popularity. "

Da Mimi thought for a while and said, "That's fine, I'll listen to you."

"Be good at filming, wait until next year, when I have a chance, I will take you to the Oscars to show your face." Zhang Hao said.

Da Mimi smiled sweetly: "I know you are thinking of me, that's all right, let's hang up the video."

"Kiss a..."

"Mua~, rest early."

Hanging up the video call with Da Mi Mi, Zhang Hao went to take a shower, and then lay on the bed in a daze.

This can be regarded as changing the life trajectory of Da Mimi. Da Mimi did appear in "Painted Skin 2" in her previous life, and she was still the second female lead.

But under the pressure of Zhou Xun, her role as the second female lead was unbalanced.

But now Da Mi Mi's momentum is stronger than the female number one's Zhou Xun, and her acting skills are not as good as Zhou Xun's, but it is not bad now.

It is very likely that the film will have two heroines, Zhou Xun and Da Mi Mi will play together, and the effect of one plus one greater than two will be exerted.

"The Chinese Zodiac" is even better. There was no big power in this film in the previous life.

Now I can find Da Mimi to play the role. One is that Da Mimi is indeed hot enough now, and the other is that Brother Cheng Long wants to form a good relationship with Zhang Hao in this way.

Who doesn't know that Da Mi Mi and Zhang Hao are like glue, and there are even rumors of marriage.

Of course, it can also be seen as Brother Cheng Long supporting newcomers, each with their own understanding.

After receiving two movies, Da Mi Mi still wants to take on TV series, which is obviously what Zhang Hao doesn't want to see.When the contract between Da Mimi and Tang Ren ends next year, Zhang Hao will communicate with Da Mimi.

It depends on whether she joins Haotian Studio and becomes the proprietress, or establishes a big power studio by herself.

At that time, I will organize my own game, "Gu Jian Qi Tan", "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" and other popular dramas will start.Even Zhang Hao can pick a few outstanding TV dramas in his impression and hand them over to Da Mi Mi, and let her organize the show.

This is also the popular direction of many actresses in the future, as long as you pay attention not to limit yourself to this aspect.

As for the stiffness of the facial muscles caused by plastic surgery, resulting in the lack of performance, Zhang Hao will try his best to persuade Da Mi Mi.

After a little bit of rectification, it still doesn't affect the acting, and the face is no longer tender, Zhang Hao thinks it's ok.

Plastic surgery is very common in the industry. It is not a problem to slightly adjust the shortcomings of one's face, and Zhang Hao has no objection.

Scarlett Johansson has had her nose and chin trimmed, why can't she be so powerful?

Just don't overdo it, once or twice is okay, if there is too much, it is easy to cause problems.

As a boyfriend, it is very likely that they will become husband and wife in the future. Zhang Hao still has to consider maintaining a long-term career for Da Mi Mi.

(End of this chapter)