The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 495: A one-shot movie
The Shanghai International Film Festival, like the Cannes Film Festival, is held for twelve days, with the awards ceremony held on the last day.

Just as Lee Sheng-yao guessed, "Sicario" won Best Editing and Best Cinematography, but other than that, there was no other gain.

Of course, Lee Sheng-yew made an appearance at the film festival award ceremony. After attending the celebration banquet that night, he did not live in Shanghai and took a car directly to Ningbo.

It’s 2010 a.m. the next day, that is, 6 a.m. on June 15, 10.

At the entrance of a street in Minguo District of Xiangshan Film and Television City, the crew of "1937" gathered together, and the workers prepared firecrackers and fireworks.

Li Shengyao raised his loudspeaker and shouted: ""1937" is on."

Then, amid the cheers of the set workers, firecrackers sounded, and then Lee Sheng-yew distributed red envelopes to the actors, set workers, film crew, and reporters who came to interview.

Except for some extras, the main three actors all came over.

Brother Xiao Ming, Zhang Yi, and Sun Li all dressed very formally.

Brother Xiao Ming was wearing a suit and had his hair cut short. He looked smooth and naive, but he didn't rest well and his eyes looked a little tired.

Zhang Yi was wearing a shirt and trousers. He was full of energy. He could not hide the smile on his face as he stood there.

Sun Li doesn't have many roles, but as the only female character in this drama, she can be regarded as the "heroine".

Sun Li will leave soon. She has to go shoot another drama first. She will come back in November, and then she will have a month to shoot her plot.

Lee Sing-yew gave out red envelopes to the three leading actors. Seeing that Xiao Ming's eyes were bloodshot, he joked: "Pay attention to your health, don't be impatient like young people."

Brother Xiao Ming is not tired because he is anxious. He has been reading the script of "1937" recently and studying the details of the performance.

Sometimes one accidentally sees it too late.

At first, he and Dabao felt that the script of "1937" was not as good as expected, but he later calmed down and felt that the character had obvious changes in his heart, the character was tenable, and if he performed well, he might actually win an award.

So Xiao Ming is more focused on preparing for this movie than before.

He has never played the leading role in such a big-budget movie before. This time he got serious and he was inevitably a little nervous. He had been sleeping poorly recently and looked tired.

"Director, I'm not in a hurry, I just didn't sleep well."

"Then sleep well."

After handing out red envelopes and chatting with reporters for a while, Li Shengyao asked the stylist to apply makeup to Xiao Mingge and Zhang Yi.

He took the assistant directors around Minguo Street to discuss the plot of the early stage of the movie.

About 10 minutes later, Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi finished putting on their makeup.

Li Shengyao waved his hand and told the crew to clear the place, and tourists and reporters were not allowed to come near.

He then walked towards Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi, "Come here, let me talk to you about how to make this movie."

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi both looked confused. They looked at each other and didn't understand what Director Li meant.

Logically speaking, according to the usual practice, a short sequence of footage will be shot on the day the camera is started, and the official shooting will begin the next day.

And now?

Although there was a camera on the set, the two of them could tell that the machine was not turned on, and a few photographers stood aside chatting in low voices.

Could it be that Lee Sheng Yew wants to be new and different and there will be no drama today?

Li Shengyao didn't know what Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi were thinking. He clapped his hands and then said: "You two, have you read the script?"

"See." Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi nodded in unison.

"how do you feel?"

Brother Xiao Ming immediately said: "The script is very thoughtful and the characters have grown. It is a good script."

Zhang Yi continued: "Yes, I think the story of this script is very exciting, with constant ups and downs. It is a rare and good story."

Li Shengyao smiled slightly, squinted his eyes, looked at Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi, and didn't say much.

"director……"

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi were confused by Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao laughed and said, "I'm kidding you, you two have gone to college and should have a basic sense of aesthetics."

"The story of "1937" is actually very ordinary, with a score of 75 at most. I don't think it can be compared with classic war movies such as "Saving Private Ryan" and "At the Gates."

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi looked at Li Shengyao blankly, neither of them knew how to answer the question.

The script of this movie is not very outstanding, so why make this story?
Lee Sing-yew continued: "You should have seen "Sicario". The plot of this movie is actually very ordinary, but the story is ordinary, which does not mean that it cannot be a good movie."

He dusted off his clothes and continued: "The story of "1937" is not very good, but we can use other methods to make this story more exciting."

"For example, using different shooting methods."

"My idea was to use a long lens to shoot "1937". I hope that when the movie is released, it will give the audience a one-shot feeling."

His voice rose a little higher, "No feature-length film has ever tried to make a movie in one shot. Now I am going to try this."

"Brother Xiao Ming, Zhang Yi, I am not joking when I say that I want to hit the Cannes Film Festival next year. I want to make an unprecedented film, and I want to shock Cannes."

Brother Xiao Ming looked at Li Shengyao stupidly. He was stunned for a while, and then he came back to his senses. Then he thought carefully about Li Shengyao's words. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

The first feature-length film with "one shot to the end" in history, if it is really produced, it will definitely leave a mark in film history.

And now he is the hero of this movie.

Even if you can't win the award, it's still worth it.

Even if it's zero pay, it's worth fighting for.

Thinking that the movie in which he was the protagonist might appear in the teaching materials of Beijing Film Academy, Xiao Ming felt that his heart was beating so hard that it almost burst out of his chest.

The same goes for Zhang Yi, even though he is the second male lead.

But he has only been in the industry for four years, and to be able to leave his name in such a special movie so quickly makes him feel that the whole world is much brighter, and his own world is full of fragrance and sunshine.

Li Shengyao continued: "All the shots we produced are long shots, at least 3 minutes or more, so we cannot shoot according to ordinary film and television dramas."

"I hope you two will rehearse all the scenes in the movie a thousand times, two thousand times, and then shoot again in five months."

Brother Xiao Ming immediately said: "Director, there is no problem, we will definitely perform well."

Zhang Yi then assured: "Director, we accept this task."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Very good, remember our goal. We want to make a film that has never been seen before in film history. We have to make greater efforts so that we can seize the opportunity and let the world see our film." work."

(End of this chapter)