The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 463 Development
Magic City, Jiaxing Road, at the corner of the traffic light.

The scorching sun was in the sky, but the streets seemed extremely lonely. The leaves were curled and drooping dimly and tiredly.

The occasional gust of wind that passed by was weak and short-lived, and dissipated in the steaming heat before the coolness could be felt.

Lu Yuan and Zhao Xiaoding were wearing shorts and shorts, squatting under the eaves of the shop, staring at the empty street.

Zhao Xiaoding is a recognized photography master in China.

He is also a senior in the Photography Department of Beidian University, Lu Yuan. He specially invited the photography director for the filming of "Cohabitation in Time and Space".

The photography department of Nortel is full of talents. In addition to Zhao Xiaoding, there is also Zhao Fei, but this person is currently being dragged by Ning Hao to shoot "The Golden Heist".

Zhao Xiaoding was an athlete by trade and unexpectedly fell in love with photography, so he chose to apply for the Nortel Photography Department.

In 2000, he collaborated with Zhang Yimou for the first time, shooting a promotional video for the Olympic bid, and later served as the photographer for movies such as "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers" and "The City of Golden Armor".

Basically, it can be said that he is Zhang Yimou's royal photographer.

"Boss, Teacher Zhao, popsicles."

Fumino ran over with a grin on his face, sweat on his forehead, his glasses half off, hanging on the bridge of his nose.

"Thank you."

"Tear it apart~"

Zhao Xiaoding tore open the package and moistened the white popsicles. When exposed to the heat, layers of white frost rose up.

"Ouch!"

He bit down, his teeth were old, and he was so cold that he wanted to run away from home.

Looking at the popsicle in his hand, he was overjoyed.

“I still remember when I was young, many people rode bicycles with an incubator on the back seat and a small white quilt on top, riding around in the alleys.

Every time after school, when a child hears shouting, he runs home and begs his parents for ten cents to buy two popsicles. "

Lu Yuan rolled the popsicle with his tongue and asked, "Does it have bayberry, orange, sour plum and other flavors?"

"Yes, yes, you know too?"

"I was still young at the time, about four or five years old, and I pestered my mother to eat popsicles. My mother usually only bought two, and my sister and I each had one popsicle.
I was so greedy at that time that one stick was not enough to fit between my teeth. I went to roll in front of my mother. My mother said that it all depended on my performance. If I obeyed, I would buy another one.

Later I realized that this was an endless loop with no solution, because my mother would say the same thing every time. "

"say what?"

"Be obedient and buy it next time"

"Haha, that's interesting." Zhao Xiaoding laughed.

After half a popsicle was eaten, Lu Yuan stood up and stood at the zebra crossing, wandering back and forth.

“Senior brother, at this junction, I need a panoramic view, the streets are full of traffic.

Gu Xiaojiao and Lu Ming found that the world around them went back in time and saw each other on the door frame glass.

So we ran and looked at each other affectionately at the corner. On one side was the old street scene of 1991, and on the other was the modern style of 2011.

Then the space-time tunnel disappeared, and Gu Xiaojiao's world, including herself, turned into dust and went with the wind. "

Zhao Xiaoding listened carefully and quickly constructed the picture Lu Yuan described in his mind.

Photography is like water, and a director is like a jar. The photographer must be flexible and adaptable to various shapes, which vary from film to film, and try his best to cooperate with each director to achieve their vision.

Zhao Xiaoding expressed his thoughts: "In this place, I feel..."

"Swish, swish, swish~"

Fumino was holding a notebook hard to record the text and storyboards, and had to work overtime to draw the storyboards when he got back.

Executive director, storyboard artist, cinematographer.
Although he is only 26 years old, he has many jobs, but he has the feeling of being middle-aged and having more than enough ambition but not enough energy.

"Oh, life is hard."

He looked at Lu Yuan, thinking of the pie the other party had drawn, and silently pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose to cheer himself up.

Whether the executive director can remove the word "execution" depends on the play. The boss has said that he will not always be a director and hopes that he will grow up as soon as possible.

"Kino, don't be in a daze, write it down quickly."

"Remembering it, Teacher Zhao."

Lu Yuan brought his team to the Magic City, settled in the hotel, and first arranged a seven-day script reading.

At the same time, he still had to have final negotiations with Zhao Xiaoding on the splitting of shots.

After all, there are specialties in the art industry, and most directors rely heavily on photographers for their images, so they will heavily refer to the photographer's opinions during the lens design stage.

The importance of storyboarding goes without saying.

Post-production shooting and production are basically based on the split shots, so they are also called director's scripts or working scripts.

In Hollywood, almost every movie has a dedicated storyboard production team, also called a storyboard artist.

In China, generally only films by big directors will pay for storyboard artists. For films with small investments, the director will draw if the director knows how to draw. If the director cannot draw, the cinematographer will do it for him. Some will not draw at all.

For example, Tsui Hark attaches great importance to split shots.

Over the years, I have always retained the habit of hand-painting lenses. I would paint a few strokes when I was inspired. The hand-painted lenses of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" are all gorgeous and beautiful without exception.

Of course, there are also those who don’t draw, such as Wong Kar-Wai. Once he puts on his sunglasses, no one will fall in love with them. Just three words, take pictures for me.

Queen photographer Du Kefeng said: What is a split shot? When filming "In the Mood for Love", this guy was not even given a script. He was asked to read literary works and play a few pieces of music. Then he was asked to base his "feelings on literature and music" on his " Concept" to present the shot.

Damn, you're crazy.

Hotel, script reading room.

During the break, Liu Xinyou lay down lazily, her cheek pressed against the table.

"Shi Shi, if you could really go back twenty years ago, is there anything you want to do?"

"Twenty years. I'm only four years old. I can't seem to do anything. I don't have a mobile phone or a computer. I have to get up early to go to school."

Liu Shishi turned over the script and thought about it carefully, with a look of resistance on his face.

"Forget it, that's it. It's good now. I don't need anything. There's no need to go back."

Liu Xinyou angrily said, "I'm not asking you to go back to your childhood, but to go back to who you were twenty years ago."

"Me now?" Liu Shishi held his chin with one hand, tilted his head, pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Okay, I'm going to find Lu Yuan."

"Why are you looking for Teacher Lu?"

Liu Xinyou was very surprised: "He was only about six years old at that time. Could it be that you rushed to him to introduce yourself and said that you were his future girlfriend.

Isn't that just like Lu Ming in the script, she became a perverted female gangster. "

"if not?"

"If it were me, I would use my understanding of the future to make money to buy a house, or buy stocks, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and then become a rich woman and engage in a husband-building plan."

"Hey, training?"

"Yes, wherever Teacher Lu is from now on, you can buy a house there, then rent it to him and charge him rent."

Liu Shishi's eyes lit up, he put down his little hand, and shook his head.

"We'll talk about making money later. I still have to go find Lu Yuan, first."

She clenched her fist and pounded the table lightly: "Give him a good lesson, beat him until he cries, take off his pants, and spank him.

He was also asked to sign a guarantee letter and have his handprints drawn. He was not allowed to bully me all day long because he was taller or stronger than me, and he was not allowed to complain about my small chest or short legs. "

"Uh." Xu Xinyou was speechless and held her forehead.

"Sister, can you pursue something a little bit and try to improve yourself?"

Liu Shishi glanced at her sideways: "Instead of improving yourself, it's better to let the male vote improve."

(End of this chapter)