The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 611 "La La Land" is being filmed

"Ugh!"

A long sigh.

In a small car, Poet Chen turned around slightly, looked at the tall buildings outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh.

He felt particularly uncomfortable today. No matter how he adjusted his seat, it was still uncomfortable. He turned around and sat in, then sighed again.

Chen Hong rolled her eyes at her man, "What's wrong with you?"

"I don't know what's wrong today. I just feel uncomfortable. No matter how I sit, I feel uncomfortable."

Chen Hong shook his head, "Are you really uncomfortable sitting?"

"Is not it?"

Chen Hong didn't reply, and Poet Chen didn't ask further questions. In fact, he felt very guilty.

Just like Chen Hong said, it wasn't that he was uncomfortable sitting, but that he was restless and his whole state was wrong and uncomfortable.

In 2012, Poet Chen produced "Search". Although the box office was average, it had a good reputation.

Poet Chen saved many audiences.

Many people think that at this time, Poet Chen should continue to work hard and continue to produce good movies like "Search".

But Poet Chen can't do it here.

A dozen books were delivered to him, all with good themes, and even popular movies like "Search".

But Poet Chen was not interested.

For some reason, the audience liked "Search", but Poet Chen didn't like it very much.

He wanted to make some interesting movies.

So after "Search", Poet Chen has been idle at home, looking for new inspiration, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

He went to Japan a few days ago to participate in the Tokyo Film Festival and serve as the chief judge of the film festival.

With him in charge, the Tokyo Film Festival gave Chinese-language films a big award.

Wang Jingchun won the Best Actor Award for "Police Diary".

Several other awards were given to films from Sweden, Iran, Iceland, and the Philippines. Even Japanese films didn't have any big honors.

Poet Chen was quite proud. When he was in Tokyo, he was the most handsome guy in the entire film festival. Everyone respected him immensely when they saw him.

However, after the film festival ended and he returned to China, he once again faced the problem of choosing new movies, and his heart became irritable again.

Just two days ago, Reuters photos of "La La Land" leaked, and the photos were very blurry.

However, the reporter who uploaded the photo was very excited and posted several comments on Weibo, saying that the set of "La La Land" was very beautiful, like a dream. He predicted that Lee Sheng Yew could give a big surprise to audiences across the country.

Then a lot of information about "La La Land" spread, most of which were complimentary.

When Poet Chen heard this, he couldn't help but be curious.

He wanted to visit the class on site to see if he could get some inspiration from Lee Sheng Yew.

Soon after, the car arrived at its destination, and Poet Chen pulled Chen Hong out of the car.

The two people walked slowly towards the set of "La La Land". From a distance, they could see that the road and the buildings on both sides had been repainted.

The road turned dark gray.

The wooden pillars on both sides of the road turned pink, and the walls were painted milky white.

This doesn't look like a movie set. Isn't this a children's paradise?

Outsiders say that Lao Mouzi is a master of color. In fact, Poet Chen also has many ideas about color in his films.

Seeing the colors on the set, Poet Chen couldn't help but nod, "It's a very good use of colors. The overall tone is warm, giving people a happy mood, as if they are in a dream."

Chen Hong nodded, "This color combination is really bold."

The warmer, darker, and more exposed colors are, the more difficult they are to match.

Like bright red and green, it can become rustic if you are not careful.

Poet Chen believes that there are only a handful of directors in the Chinese film industry who can match high-exposure colors, and he is one of them.

Lee Sung-yew's previous films did not show his talent in this area.

Although he didn't see the picture on the director's monitor at this time, it was enough for him to be surprised.

"Very thoughtful. Director Li is a master of aesthetics."

A director who doesn't understand aesthetics can't make a good movie.

After all, movies are video art, which means they need to be beautiful and natural, and have a sense of story.

Poet Chen praised, and then saw Li Shengyao coming.

The two great directors exchanged pleasantries and then met for lunch. Lee Sheng-yew had to go to work, so he left first.

Poet Chen continued to hang out on the set.

The more you see, the more surprised you become.

Li Shengyao's use of color in "La La Land" is really rich and beautiful.

Poet Chen had no idea that Lee Sung-yew would have such an idea when he directed a musical for the first time.

Are you really not afraid of going too far, or that the audience won’t like it?

Chen Hong had already taken out his mobile phone and took a selfie of himself.

"This place is so beautiful. It can be used as a film and television city for tourism."

Poet Chen thought of the films participating in the Tokyo Film Festival this time. He had never seen that film with such bold use of colors, and couldn't help but nod, "Yes, this is very powerful."

Chen Hong smiled and took Poet Chen to find a place to sit down, "Have you found any inspiration?"

"No, but I feel much better."

At this time, the "La La Land" studio was producing a movie, and Li Lianhua, who sprained his ankle, was back.

She looks very good, standing together with Yue Ming, looking smart and beautiful.

Mandy Moore clapped her hands and then directed the actors to rehearse.

Next came another large song and dance performance.

When Poet Chen saw this, he was curious and looked over.

He wasn't looking at the actors, he was looking at what Lee Sung-yew was doing.

There were a lot of rumors about Lee Sing-Yew in the past. Not to mention his job, there were also rumors that he knew photography, music, martial arts, and editing. In short, it seemed that Lee Sing-Yew could participate in all aspects of film production.

They all have the ability to chat a few words.

Now when it comes to dancing, Lee Sheng Yew can't do it.

Poet Chen looked over and saw that Mandy Moore was directing the actors to rehearse and Lee Sheng-yew was sitting quietly.

He couldn't help but laugh, "Director Li is indeed versatile, but he definitely rarely dances. He is still a novice in dance and cannot give guidance to professional dance instructors."

Chen Hong heard what Poet Chen said, "It's hard to say, Director Li really seems to know everything. Maybe he will surprise you later."

"Then I'll wait."

Mandy Moore took the actors to rehearse, and when they were ready, the official filming began.

In this plot, the male and female protagonists are together, dancing happily. The dance should be simple and romantic to show happiness.

Mandy Moore's choreography seemed to have no major problems, but Lee Seung-yew was sitting behind the director's monitor and he immediately noticed something was wrong. The rhythm was out of order and the dance was too long.

You can’t see it while arranging, but once you’re behind the director’s monitor, you can see the problem.

Lee Sing-yew then called out and then expressed his feelings to Mandy Moore.

After hearing this, Mandy Moore said that she wanted to rearrange the show and delete a few moves.

Lee Sing-yew did not steal the show, he smiled and nodded, giving Mandy Moore enough face and time.

Mandy Moore stepped aside, shouting beats, and wondering how to cut out the dance moves.

About half an hour later, Mandy Moore clapped her hands and then led the actors to rehearse the dance.

At this moment, Li Sheng stood up and danced with the actors.

He doesn't know how to dance. He does this just to relax and stretch his muscles.

Compared with the dancing postures of Yue Ming and Li Lianhua, Li Shengyao's dance is more natural and open. Mandy Moore was stunned, "Li, have you ever learned this dance before?"

She had just choreographed this, but she was not sure if she had unintentionally borrowed some classic dance moves. Maybe Lee Sheng Yew had learned them before.

Li Shengyao shook his head, "I haven't learned it before. I just saw you dance."

I just saw it, and now I’m so skilled, it’s just a lie.

Mandy Moore, Yue Ming and everyone else didn’t believe it.

The actors dare not say.

But Mandy Moore is different, she is straight-tempered, "Li, why do I feel that you dance differently from me?"

Lee Sing-yew was probably influenced by his previous life, "La La Land", and his dancing had more of the temperament of a classic Hollywood musical.

In his previous life, "La La Land" paid tribute to classic Hollywood musicals in many places.

Li Shengyao had just danced along, but he couldn't help but think of some actions in his previous life.

They are all choreographed by Mandy Moore, and they are almost the same in general, but the details are naturally not as good as the tested movements.

Li Shengyao quickly figured out the key factors, "I have some personal understandings. If you want to see it, I can jump on it."

Although he has never learned to dance, he has been exercising all year round and his limbs are stretched and soft, so he can dance without any problems.

Mandy Moore nodded in agreement.

So Li Shengyao danced the dance just now again.

It can be seen that he is not as skilled as Yue Yueming in dancing, but he obviously has more sense when dancing.

Yue Yueming dragged his chin with his right hand, his eyes full of disbelief.

What's going on? I've been practicing for almost a year, but I still can't compare to Li Shengyao?

Poet Chen and Chen Hong sat next to him, their eyes also full of surprise.

I was joking just now, I thought Lee Sung-Yew didn't know how to choreograph, so he couldn't give instructions to Mandy Moore.

Now it seems that Li Shengyao does not know how to choreograph, but he has good dancing talent, which is already very rare.

Most ordinary people's dancing is actually stiff and ugly.

It's okay to let Chen Hong dance, but Chen Poet can't.

He couldn't help but smile: "Director Li's talent is really enviable."

On the other side, Mandy Moore clapped her hands and applauded, "Lee, this dance of yours has given me some inspiration. I can change it to make it better."

Li Shengyao didn't care, "Okay, you should change it."

He then raised his head to the stunned Yue Ming and said, "Come on."

The overall filming time for "La La Land" shouldn't be very long.

The plot of this movie is not complicated and the acting is very good. As long as you are used to singing and dancing, the progress will be much faster.

Mainly the post-production computer special effects and soundtrack require a lot of time.

Li Shengyao could arrange for Li Lianhua to recuperate for half a month before, so naturally he would not compete with Mandy Moore for these dozens of minutes.

Poet Chen and Chen Hong felt bored, so he asked Li Shengyao to read the script.

Li Shengyao did not refuse and happily gave the script to Poet Chen.

So Poet Chen sat aside and watched the script of "La La Land".

Generally speaking, the scripts of musicals are relatively simple and monotonous.

Because many times, musicals can use songs and dances to replace emotional changes, so they don't need to arrange such complicated conflicts.

Poet Chen thought that he wouldn't check out "La La Land" and the musicals in his memory, but he didn't expect that he would be fascinated by it as soon as he saw it.

In Lee Sung-yao's previous life, "La La Land" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.

The script of this movie is definitely one of the few good stories in the last ten or twenty years.

Poet Chen patted his thigh while watching.

He murmured to himself, "Okay, okay, okay."

"What's good?"

Chen Hong asked from the side.

Poet Chen smiled and subconsciously replied: "The rhythm is good and the mood is in place."

Any excellent story must have good rhythm and good mood.

This kind of story structure can stir up the emotions of the audience.

"La La Land" has this advantage. The pace of this movie is very good.

The hero and heroine were strangers from the beginning. Because of an accident, they started to criticize each other, and it was not pleasant to meet twice in a row.

However, when the heroine accidentally enters a jazz bar.

She saw the male protagonist playing the piano in the center of the light, and she was instantly smitten.

There is no foreshadowing here and it seems a bit abrupt.

But just such an arrangement actually deepens the heroine's feelings for the hero.

Later, the heroine struggles with her mentality, breaks up with her boyfriend, and gets together with the hero. After the hero compromises to give the heroine a better life, the two become richer and richer, but communicate less and less.

Overall it looks very natural.

Every plot is just right and expected by the audience. It feels like it comes naturally and it's easy to get addicted to it.

Poet Chen was soon fascinated.

When it was almost time to get off work, he saw the last plot and couldn't help shouting: "Okay, this design is really good."

The hero and heroine love each other very much, but they still lose to life.

A few years later, the heroine became a female star, married a wealthy businessman, and had a child. Everything was so successful and smooth.

She and her husband accidentally came to the jazz bar run by the hero.

At this time, the actor has completed his accumulation and opened a bar of his own.

Just like two people meeting in a bar for the first time, the heroine saw the hero at first sight and was deeply attracted to him.

The hero also noticed the heroine, and the two looked at each other from afar.

The eyes are complex and can be said to last forever.

The movie uses a montage method here, and the heroine seems to have seen a life all over again.

Suppose she fell in love with the hero the first time.

Suppose two people forgive each other after a quarrel.

If they get married successfully, they go to Paris for their honeymoon.

If their baby is born.

If they grow up with their children together.

……etc

Through a series of fantasies, the heroine saw a completely different life.

Naturally, she felt some regret in her heart.

But as the applause rang out, she returned to reality and she still had to leave her husband.

When she said goodbye, she looked at the hero, full of gratitude, and smiled with relief.

Poet Chen was deeply moved when he saw this paragraph.

"This story is really good. I admire Director Li's ability to write scripts so well."

"Not only can he write scripts, he is also a master of aesthetics, and he can also dance."

Chen Hong added.

She then asked: "Have you got any inspiration?"

Poet Chen shook his head, "No, but this trip was worthwhile. I saw a great story."

(End of this chapter)