1990: Starting from Baojia Street

While the Backstreet Boys were preparing for a TV show, Zhou Yanren had already arrived in London.

This time he came alone. The filming of "Sense and Sensibility" has reached the middle and late stages. The crew is currently filming in Wiltshire. Zhou Yan went to London first to take a look at the film.

Because the filming took place in the United Kingdom, Columbia handed over the development and printing of the film to the local Phantom Entertainment Company in London.

In other companies, it was not that convenient to watch movies, and there were a lot of movies developed, so it took Zhou Yan nearly four days to finish watching the movies.

After watching the film, he went directly to Wiltshire.

The crew shot at Trafalgar House and Wilton House in Wiltshire, respectively, for Barton Manor and the London Ballroom in the film, and at Mompeson House, which was used as Mrs. Jennings' villa.

When Zhou Yan arrived, the crew had just finished filming a scene at Wilton Villa.

An Li saw Zhou Yan at a glance, raised his hand and waved to him, then he said a few words to the side and walked over with deputy director Chiesa.

"Zhou Yan, you are finally here." An Li said with a smile.

Chiesa also said hello, "Y, long time no see."

"Sorry, I was really busy some time ago."

"Have you finished filming your new movie?"

"No, there are still some scenes that have not been shot, and there is a lot of post-production work."

An Li said with a smile, "Don't worry, look at us here. We started working on it before you, and the filming hasn't ended yet, let alone the post-production work."

"After all, what you are shooting is a masterpiece. Unlike us, most of the scenes were shot in one place."

Zhou Yan saw the films they made and knew the hardships involved. An Li shot a lot of scenes in this film, so long that Zhou Yan felt that if he were to edit it, he might have to make a film that would be over three hours long.

If the pace is slowed down a bit, Zhou Yan even thinks that An Li and the others could consider making it into two parts, with a total duration of four hours.

If it is longer, it will definitely be able to express the thoughts of the director and screenwriter better, but the audience may not like it.

According to An Li's character, he will not be too willful to persist for a long time.

"Recently, there has been a lot of buzz about Colombia reshooting "The Sixth Sense", but I'm curious as to why you don't become the director yourself. You've already filmed your own script, so it will definitely be easy for you to reshoot it."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Isn't that boring?"

"That's true." An Li nodded.

The same movie, or even the same theme, is boring if repeated.

Chiesa next to him glanced at Zhou Yan with a playful smile on his face. He didn't think Zhou Yan didn't want to be the director of the remake of "The Sixth Sense". Colombia invested so much money in this movie, how could it invite a Will a Chinese director direct it?

An Li was able to direct "Sense and Sensibility" solely because An Li had won a film festival award before and also lived in the United States.

What does Zhou Yan have? The biggest achievement is that "The Sixth Sense" took over 10 million at the box office.

"I heard that the company is planning to hire a well-known screenwriter to re-adapt "The Sixth Sense". The remake of "The Sixth Sense" may be different from the original version," Chiesa said.

Hearing Chiesa's words, An Li said with some regret, "The structure of "The Sixth Sense" is already very perfect. If it is adapted too much, it may destroy the original structure and the effect may be greatly reduced."

After saying that, An Li felt that he had made a mistake, so he added, "Of course, some well-known screenwriters will always come up with some genius ideas that will make people's eyes shine."

Zhou Yan glanced at Chiesa with some confusion, because there are two screenwriters for the remake, and he himself is the first screenwriter, which means that Zhou Yan can basically decide whether the remake will be significantly changed and how it will be changed. .

There aren't many changes that need to be made in this movie. Most of them are changes in details. The overall structure will not change in any way. As An Li said, the overall structure of this movie is no longer difficult to change.

Once the structure is changed, it is completely different from the original story.

Therefore, Chiesa's words made Zhou Yan a little confused. He didn't know where he got the news. Maybe he also listened to the rumors outside.

Colombia spreads a lot of false news, but I didn't expect that Chiesa, a Colombian, would believe these false news.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. They can change it however they want. Since it has been handed over to them, I don't have to worry about it."

An Li nodded and said, "It is very good to have this mentality, and..."

In fact, An Li wants to say that if the remake is too good, it may not be a good thing for Zhou Yan.

The original version and the remake will definitely be compared together. If the two are similar, then the original version will basically have the advantage. But if there is too much difference between the two, others will question Zhou Yan's directing level.

On the contrary, if the remake is not good, it will deepen people's favorable impression of the original version.

An Li believes that even if this movie can be made better than Zhou Yan, it may not be possible to crush him, so Zhou Yan is basically invincible.

"By the way, you've also seen the film. Do you have any new inspiration for the soundtrack?" An Li asked, changing the subject.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I have some ideas, but they are not comprehensive. After all, the films I watched are all messed up, and I don't know which films you will keep in the end. I have explained some special shots, and the records are In my bag."

An Li stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me. Let's take a look while walking."

Zhou Yan nodded, took out the notebook and handed it to An Li.

Then the three of them walked towards the rest area.

After arriving at the place, An Li was looking at Zhou Yan's record book carefully. Alan Rickman, who was not far away, saw Zhou Yan and walked over with a smile.

"Mr. Y, I haven't seen you for a while. Did you just come today?"

Alan Rickman wears costumes and speaks in the style of a minor aristocrat from the 18th or 19th century.

"Well, long time no see, Mr. Rickman. I was in London for the past few days and just arrived here today."

Hearing that Zhou Yan had been in London a few days ago, Alan Rickman was surprised and said, "Really? I was in London yesterday too. If I had known you were also in London, I would definitely invite you to watch my new play, The Winter Visitor."

"Are you starring in it?"

"I'm the director." Alan Rickman laughed.

Zhou Yan said regretfully, "That's such a pity. If I knew about your drama performance, I would definitely go and support it."

"How long are you going to stay here this time?"

"I'm afraid I'll have to stay for a long time this time, because I have a concert here in July."

"Is this your personal concert?" Alan Rickman's eyes lit up.

"Well, it's my personal concert."

"Do I have the honor to participate?" Alan Rickman asked proactively.

"Of course, if you have time."

"The filming of the movie has come to an end, and I won't have many scenes in the later stage, so I should be able to have time to listen to it on site."

"In that case, I'll leave you a ticket later...is one ticket enough?"

"I might need two."

"Okay, I'll leave you two."

"Leave one for me too." An Li, who was looking at the record book, suddenly said. Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave one for you too."

At this time, An Li put the notebook on his lap and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't let you stay for nothing. I will give you the ticket money when the time comes."

"Haha, I'm not going to earn your ticket money yet."

"Then I would like to thank you in advance. I can see that what you have memorized is almost the same. It is basically the same idea as before, but I have broken down the songs into more details. I will have to trouble you later. ”

"It doesn't matter, it's my job originally." Zhou Yan thought for a while and then said, "Actually, besides the soundtrack, there are a few small issues that I want to mention to you."

"What's the little problem?" An Li asked with raised eyebrows.

He would not simply treat Zhou Yan as a composer. Zhou Yan's talent in movies made him attach great importance to Zhou Yan's opinions.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a little gang."

"Well, tell me."

"The first thing that came out was that Marianne made a wrong note when playing the song "Dream". There is actually no problem here, but when dubbing the sound in the later stage, the wrong note must be dubbed, otherwise it will be wrong. On."

Alan Rickman smiled and said, "As expected of a musician, he can notice such details."

Zhou Yan said modestly, "It's not a difficult task."

"Well, I've written this down, are there any others?" An Li asked.

"Yes, the second one is still related to this paragraph. Colonel Brandon gave Marianne a piano. It was not easy to get the piano. It was first transported by carriage, and then pushed up the garden path by manpower. Finally, Moved inside. In this case, if you play it directly without tuning it beforehand, it is unlikely that you will get it right.”

"The third one is also related to musical instruments. In one section, a violinist was wearing a jaw guard when leaving the church. But as far as I know, this thing only started to exist in the 20th century."

After hearing Zhou Yan finish talking about these two points of confusion, An Li and Rickman looked at each other. This is too subtle.

I won’t talk about the first two. After all, for a musician like Zhou Yan, it’s not difficult to spot these two gangsters. You just need to think a little more.

But the third one is a bit scary. Zhou Yan actually knew that the jaw guard was only used in the 20th century.

Their crew has a special historical consultant, but the historical consultant did not discover this problem.

But An Li does not blame the historical consultant, because this is too detailed.

An Li felt that few people would notice this third gangster even if the movie was broadcast.

"Well, I have memorized these questions and I will revise them later."

These are not difficult to change.

The first one doesn’t even need to be changed. Just follow what Zhou Yan said and correct the wrong sounds when dubbing the voice later.

As for the second one, they could add a plot of tuning and not even require reshoots for the main character.

As for the third one, it’s no big deal if this scene is deleted.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "There is one more..."

"What else?" An Li asked in surprise, "Is it related to music?"

"No, during the wedding, Brandon first searched his pocket and threw all the coins out, but the second time, he threw more coins out of the pocket. In fact, these two shots did not Put it together, but I feel like you might cut it like this later, so I’ll warn you in advance.”

An Li said thoughtfully, "Yes, I remember."

Next to him, Chiesa couldn't help but said, "Mr. Y, can you be sure about the situation of the jaw guard? Do you have authoritative information to prove it?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "That's not true. I just read some relevant introductions before. What I said is not necessarily correct. You can check it out."

"Then we have to go find Steven to confirm." Chiesa said.

An Li waved his hand, "No need to confirm."

"Why?" Chiesa asked confused.

"Because confirming this thing is a very time-consuming thing. Instead of spending time to confirm whether it is true or false, it is better to simply delete the scene or even shoot a new shot, which is more trouble-free than verifying."

Chiesa pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Zhou Yan also nodded. An Li was right. It is very difficult to verify this kind of thing.

This is not the Internet age, where it is easy to find information. First of all, they don't even know where to go to verify when violinists' jaw guards first came into being. The topic itself is too tricky and too niche.

Therefore, the easiest solution is to directly delete the scene. If you can't bear to part with the scene, then reshoot it. It is not too difficult for them to make up a scene.

An Li thought for a while, then asked Zhou Yan with a smile, "Do you want to make a guest appearance?"

Zhou Yan looked surprised, "Am I going to make a guest appearance?"

"Well, you will be a guest sound engineer, but it only shows the back." An Li smiled sheepishly, "To tell you the truth, our crew does not have a professional sound engineer during this period, so we can only hope It’s up to you.”

All the scenes related to musical instruments in the movie have been filmed. Of course, there can be no professional people involved in musical instruments here.

"I can actually be a mentor, too."

"Directing takes time, and it may not be professional. Wouldn't it be most efficient if you just act? Don't worry, you won't be paid less."

"Okay, then do we still have to go to Trafalgar Villa to reshoot the footage?"

Barton Manor was shot at Trafalgar Villa, and if reshoots were to be done, they should have gone there.

But An Li shook his head and said, "No need, just find a room in Wilton, and after you finish filming, you can edit it in."

"Well, that's a way."

……

An Li did what he said. After finishing the originally planned scene the next morning, he re-shot the sound adjustment scene.

Zhou Yan changed clothes, put on a wig, and tuned the piano.

There were no frontal shots of Zhou Yan throughout the whole process, and most of the time, Marianne and the others were following him around the piano.

It was originally a very simple set of shots and was shot quickly.

When the filming was over, An Li smiled and clapped, "Congratulations Y, it's finished."

Zhou Yan thought An Li would just casually shout "Okay", but what he didn't expect was that the staff came over with a bouquet of flowers and held a simple closing ceremony for him.

Seeing this scene, many people at the scene burst into laughter.

Zhou Yan hugged the flowers and said with a smile, "Thank you to the crew for the flowers..."

Before he finished speaking, An Li said, "No need to thank me, this bouquet of flowers was bought with your salary."

This time, the laughter was even louder.

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't matter, as long as you don't ask me to give you more money." (End of Chapter)