This director needs to apologize

Chapter 298 Are you still embarrassed to take a vacation?
After Duan Yining finished his performance, he returned to his seat and sat down expressionlessly. He lowered his head and began to read through the thick storyboards again without saying a single extra word.

Facts speak louder than words. With his personal demonstration, it is clear at a glance whether the interrogation sequence is fast or slow. Wang Wei's "high saturation" painting style is indeed not suitable for this scene.

In fact, Chen Yiming understood Wang Wei's original intention very well. He had made similar mistakes himself.

That is, when conceiving the storyboards in my mind, it is more from a third-party perspective. Even fine-tuning is due to the limitations of the shooting location or the consideration of enriching the diversity of shots, and almost does not take into account the performance level of the actors.

The more novice you are, the easier it is for you to regard actors as tools. Among many factors such as props, scenes, light, and perspective under the lens, actors may even become the most insignificant one.

Perhaps the innate eye-catching effect of the characters under the lens has subconsciously lowered the weight of the actors in the director's mind, as if otherwise it is not enough to demonstrate the director's overall overall position.

When filming "Holiday in the Magic City", Chen Yiming's first draft of the storyboard was like this. Even though most of the shots were shot by Lao Gu and Lili, he still stubbornly added a lot of empty shots and transitions, and was obsessed with it. It plays a "highlighting" role in the scenery lens.

Although Chen Yiming was a novice at the time, he happened to have the arbitrary power of Qian Gang by chance. The producer Da Zhuang didn't know how to make movies at all, so naturally he was unable to play the role of supervision and checks and balances.

So Chen Yiming's storyboard was activated after turning on the camera without any changes, and he shot it page by page in order.

Fortunately, Chen Yiming is not a tough-headed young man, and he has Lin Xiao, an experienced art director, by his side. After filming the narrative-focused scenes in the early stage, Chen Yiming quickly realized the problem.

However, the deadlock in the conference room still needs to be eased as soon as possible. Young people's self-confidence needs to be maintained, and Lao Duan's face cannot be ignored. He can still be the peacemaker.

The three young directors selected by Chen Yiming all have something in common with him in his previous life, so he has no doubt that when the actual shooting comes, when Lao Duan and Yu Hewei start acting, they will definitely Will realize their mistakes.

Compared with the overwhelming number of third-party articles, the interviews and speeches he participated in were pitifully few. This stark contrast further deepened Chen Yiming's sense of mystery in front of the public.

From my personal point of view, this path is correct. The new generation of audiences are accustomed to a fast life. They like to watch fast-paced movies. This is a general trend. They can only comply with it and cannot disobey it.

“The directing team’s storyboards are eclectic and creative, which I deeply appreciate.

They only pay attention to what the actors in front of them say and do. The director's many considerations behind the scenes have nothing to do with the audience. "

After deliberately coughing twice to attract everyone's attention, Chen Yiming spoke calmly.

After Lao Gu and Lily were "entangled" together, all the "enlightenment" and "foreshadowing" he imagined were in vain. All he had to do was to keep the camera focused on them, and the rest could be left to the actors themselves. .

Even if the two people don't coordinate well in the scene, the lack of atmosphere cannot be made up for by the so-called camera language. Even if it is just a little bit close, it still needs to be adjusted by the actors themselves.

When filming dramas in his previous life, as the tool of "Onlooker Qing", he more than once constructed compositions and camera movements in his mind that were more in line with his wishes, but these were often shelved due to rush or lack of money.

If there must be a certain order, I think the performance should come first. After all, in the eyes of the audience, the core of the movie is the characters and the stories connected by the characters.

However, despite the fact that the media has made him look like a god, he himself knows that his two lives, especially his mediocrity in his previous life, may be the main reason for his rapid development in this life.

Of course, Lao Duan's opinion is correct. Performance has its own inherent laws. Emotions, logic, atmosphere, and aura must be consistent, otherwise the characters will not stand up. Lens language and performance should rely on each other, rather than going their separate ways.

It is also because of these experiences that Chen Yiming never underestimates the willpower of an actor, and also makes him have extraordinary expectations and patience for low-level actors who have little talent.

The "cheating" effect brought about by the extra memory naturally contributed, but his own "elderly" mentality also helped a lot.

Actors are different. Those who can hang out in this circle have never lacked ambition. Compared with their many efforts on the set, Chen Yiming seems more and more ironic.

After Chen Yiming's strong rise after winning the International Double Gold Medal, all media and experts are keen to comment and analyze the "Chen Yiming Phenomenon". After all, at the age of less than thirty years old, he has achieved such record-breaking achievements in both honors and box office. , it’s really incredible.

At the same time, he has witnessed countless actors who clearly have the ability and willingness to present better effects, but they can only fool around because of someone or something.
Relatively speaking, the latter had a greater impact on Chen Yiming. After all, no matter how useful he was, he was still the one sitting in the director's chair with good eyesight, and his status in the crew was unquestionable.

Chen Yiming cast his eyes on Wang Wei and the three people on one side of the conference table, and said calmly, "It's good to persist, but it's unnecessary to persist for the sake of persistence. Making a movie is not research, the actual effect is the only thing we should do Something to hold on to.”

Wang Wei and Li Zhun nodded hurriedly without thinking. Tian Li's face was still a little unconvinced, but his lips wriggled twice and he still didn't speak.

After "suppressing" the director team, Chen Yiming turned his head and looked at Duan Yining, "Old Duan, we all know that your acting skills are good enough, but it is your fault to rely on your good looks to show off your ruthlessness. Aren't you bullying an honest person?"

Duan Yining never expected that his "little tricks" could be hidden from Chen Yiming. Under the latter's accusation, he simply raised his right hand to indicate "I understand." After all, Chen Yiming only hit him a little bit, but didn't completely expose him. This was a matter of affection for him.

After each played fifty pieces, Chen Yiming concluded his speech.

"The director team's progress has exceeded expectations and they have done a lot of desk work in a short period of time. Lao Li, I personally think that the second form can be completed. I will have the same opinion at the subsequent production meeting and suggest that the application process be officially started.

Director Wang, the preparatory work before the start of filming is very tedious. I hope that the directing team and the production team will work closely together. This time there is an overseas shooting session. It is better to go slow than to go fast. It is better to be safe. "

Chen Yiming said "Director Wang", and the three directors immediately came out of their temporary depression, especially the leader Wang Wei, whose face was already beaming with joy.

After feeding a few sweet dates, Chen Yiming waved the stick again.

"The completion of the second schedule does not mean that your storyboard can be finalized. As Lao Duan said, there are still many details.

The reason why we entered the three-bill process even though there were flaws was because the script itself had few problems, and there were only a few small details that could be corrected while shooting after the camera was turned on.

I would like to make three points for your reference. "

Wang Wei and the other three opened their laptops, spread out pens and papers, and took notes seriously.

Chen Yiming nodded, paused briefly and continued.

"First, I agree with the close-up emphasis on foreshadowing in the storyboard, but I think you have misunderstood the key point. Single foreshadowing is meaningless. Only when combined with the actors' performances can the foreshadowing truly achieve unexpected and reasonable results. Effect.

No matter how you use close-ups and boldness in the storyboard, the foreshadowing is inseparable from the character's behavior, and foreshadowing separated from the character is just trivial nonsense.

I suggest that you temporarily step out of the script and reconnect all the foreshadowing clues in character units. In addition to the behind-the-scenes team, the actors who play the characters must have a thorough grasp of it.

Just imagine, Yu Hewei, who has not yet read the complete script, and Lao Duan, who was deeply involved in revising the script, can they really compete equally?
Secondly, precisely because Lao Duan has studied the script in depth, he will naturally have a personal interpretation of the connection of foreshadowing, so he thinks that many close-ups in the storyboard are unnecessary, or that there are better ways to deal with them.

I will not compare or evaluate this. This is an inevitable running-in process between the director and the actors. Frankly speaking, I think this process is much better than not.

Therefore, I suggested that the storyboarding of the interrogation sequence be put aside for the time being, and that the actual shooting be solved scene by scene. "

At this point, Chen Yiming winked mischievously, "Anyway, the scenes inside the police station are all shot in a studio. It's in the Phantom Factory. We have a lot of time, don't we?"

Everyone laughed out loud, and the tense atmosphere in the conference room suddenly relaxed greatly.

Wang Wei stopped writing and looked up and said, "Third, didn't Director Chen just say there are three points?"

Chen Yiming spread his hands and said with a smile, "As for the third one, I solemnly suggest that everyone relax a little. Platinum Jue is different from its peers in the industry in all aspects. There is really no need to be so pressing. Our budget and time are very loose."

In fact, I think the work efficiency in the previous stage has been amazing, and you have the capital to be more relaxed.

As an aside, your efficiency ruined my overseas vacation. I hope I can salvage it. You won’t let me down, right? "

Chen Yiming's third suggestion made the director team completely relax, and Wang Wei didn't know what to say for a moment.

If they agree, they will appear impatient and too high-profile, but if they refuse, they will be too heartbroken. They are very aware of how busy Chen Yiming was during the "Mulan" period.

Only Duan Yining interjected in a disgraceful manner, "I joined the team early before the filming started. How dare you, a big producer, ask for a vacation?"

He added half-seriously, half-actingly, "Overseas? How about Tailan? We are filming in Chinatown, but you are allowed to bask in the sun and look at the beauties on Xichang Island next door."

The men in the conference room all laughed tacitly.

(End of this chapter)