The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 79 The Elements of Photography

March in Harbin was still very cold, and the snow on the ground had not yet melted, but the assistant director told Li Shengyao that the snow season in Harbin had passed, and the snow scenes in the future had to be shot with snow machines.

Li Shengyao had expected it a long time ago and was not worried.

This day he got up, practiced boxing in his room, sweated all over, took a shower, and then he went out.

An hour later, Li Shengyao met Liu Sheng, the photographer of his previous two dramas, and three of his classmates.

Before, there was no funds, no money, and Liu Sheng was the only photographer in the entire photography team.

Now that I have money, it is natural to make more complete arrangements. This time, besides Liu Sheng, there are three classmates he brought over.

They are sub-photographers, or camera assistants.

Several classmates knew about Li Shengyao's intentions and were quite nervous. Liu Sheng also felt uneasy, and then showed some pictures he had taken in Harbin during the past half month.

He knew that Lee Sheng Yew not only wanted to shoot dramas, but also shot some beautiful scenery to promote Harbin, so he traveled a lot.

Not long after, Li Shengyao saw the video shot by Liu Sheng. He was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Compared with last year, your photography skills have not improved much, but you know how to think better now, I decided to continue Use you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng nodded excitedly, "Director Li, I will definitely work harder."

He then turned around and hugged three classmates.

Li Shengyao waited for Liu Sheng to calm down, "You have already read the script, and you know what I want to see, so you took notes, and let me have a look."

Liu Sheng nodded, and took out the notebook he had prepared long ago.

For some important scenes, the photographer needs to prepare a shooting plan, what angle, what camera position, and what brightness.

These are all the photographers need to consider, it is impossible for the director to think about everything.

Li Shengyao took the notebook and flipped through it.

In the final analysis, photography is the splicing of angle, structure, color, brightness, and content.

A qualified photographer, the first thing to do is to look good.

The picture should look good.

Except for some special movies, such as Jia Kechang’s early movies, the pictures are ugly. It’s not that he doesn’t have the talent to make them look good, but he deliberately makes them not look good. He wants to explain the story with rough pictures.

Other people's movies generally have good-looking pictures, especially Lao Mouzi's movies. Even if you shoot a movie like "No One Less", the pictures are still beautiful.

The requirements for TV dramas are much lower.

Mainland TV dramas generally do not pursue the aesthetics of the screen. Except for Li Shaohong's "Daming Palace Ci" and "Orange Is Red", you can see more obvious thinking, and there are basically no other film and television dramas.

Besides good looks, the next level is precision.

In addition to being good-looking, you must also accurately reflect the meaning that the director wants to express through the screen.

A photographer who can reach this level can basically be regarded as an excellent photographer in the circle.

Now Li Shengyao needs Liu Sheng to accurately express his ideas.

For example, in the first scene of the first episode of "Winter Sonata", the heroine is walking on the phone on the street, and accidentally sees the hero, and then she is so surprised that she loses her soul and runs frantically on the street looking for it.

What this plot wants to express is the deep affection of the heroine, and the emotion is sad.

There are often such bridges in film and television dramas.

Smart directors and photographers will first capture the facial expressions of the heroine at the beginning. This time it is a close-up close-up, telling the audience that she is sad and shocked.

Then the heroine runs to find someone. At this time, the close-up cannot be used, and the long-range view should be quickly pulled away.

The sea of ​​people is vast, she looks around, and runs staggeringly, which is in stark contrast to other calm people.

Only in this way can she show her smallness and embarrassment.

If the photographer is accurate, he can eat in the mainland TV drama crew.

Next comes style, and different photographers have different styles.

Some people's styles are especially suitable for some movies.

For example, Du Kefeng, he is especially good at emotional shooting.

What is emotional shooting?It is the expression of emotion in scenery in our ancient poems.

"When I feel the time, the flowers splash tears, and the bird hates the farewell."

Where do flowers have tears?Where are the birds frightened?

These are the poet's own emotions.

Du Kefeng is very good at expressing the emotions needed by movies with moving pictures.

No lines, no narration, no story, just give him 3 minutes, and he can get it done.

There are no more than five photographers in China who can do this.

After the style, that is the content.

Being able to show a story, or even a story of an era, with pictures is the top-level ability of a photographer.

Such a person can be regarded as a master of photography, and can hold photography exhibitions.

Li Shengyao does not need Liu Sheng to have the latter two abilities, he just needs Liu Sheng to fulfill his requirements.

"Winter Sonata" has a beautiful and fragile atmosphere as a whole, and it uses a lot of perspective.

In this way, the vastness of the world can be used to contrast the smallness and difficulty of the protagonist.

Liu Sheng's selection of most outdoor shots is good, and Li Shengyao is basically satisfied.

However, the experience is still a little lacking, and there are some minor problems that he needs to raise.

It's like the second episode of the first episode.

The heroine couldn't find the hero, and she came to the engagement banquet in a daze. Her fiancé and the man's family were all blaming her.

Liu Sheng's idea here is to fight front and back in close range.

Take a close-up shot of the fiancé and the shame and anger of his family.

In fact, many film and television dramas will choose this way.

But in doing so, the guests usurped the host's role.

If it was filmed like this, the audience's first impression would be that the fiancé's family is hateful, and then they would think that the heroine is very pitiful.

But in fact, most of such plots still need to reflect the helplessness and insignificance of the heroine.

At this time, the man's family should stand on one side, and the heroine should stand on the other side, and shoot from behind the heroine in a distant view.

In this way, the audience can not only see the face of the man's family, but also see the heroine alone in a camp.

It can better reflect the loneliness and powerlessness of the heroine.

At this time, the audience's first impression is that the heroine is so helpless.

No matter what kind of drama it is, the core is the emotions of the hero and heroine.

Film and television dramas are not poems, and they don’t need to be expressed through contrast. The most intuitive way of expression is best.

The plot of the second part of the first episode of "Winter Sonata" still expresses the helplessness and sadness of the heroine, so I will focus on this point.

Instead of telling other people's evil.

Li Shengyao then clicked out.

When Liu Sheng and the three classmates heard the words, they suddenly realized.

Li Shengyao then found a few more places. He felt that the shooting plan was not good enough, and he pointed out one by one.

Liu Sheng hurriedly said that he would make corrections.

In the end, Li Shengyao patted Liu Sheng on the shoulder, and said slowly: "I want to make this drama very beautiful, and I hope to sell this drama to many countries. You should put in some effort to make the picture as beautiful as possible. Maybe you can become a hit."

Liu Sheng nodded excitedly, "Director, I will definitely work harder."

His face was flushed, his voice was much higher, and he clenched his fists.

Li Shengyao felt Liu Sheng's attitude, and he was also happy in his heart. He looked forward to "Winter Sonata" even more, "Okay, come on."

(End of this chapter)