This director needs to apologize

Chapter 46 Horror Filing
Film and television works are a concrete representation of current social trends.

When public opinion casts doubt on the meaning of collective, honor, and sacrifice, and when the deeds of martyrs are "scientifically falsified," the plot in "Assembly" in which superiors deceive subordinates will naturally appear.

Xiaogangpao said that there are so many garbage movies in China because there are more garbage viewers.

This is a philosophical proposition of chicken and egg, and there can never be absolute truth.

But specifically, every movie watcher and movie maker still needs to answer the same question.

How to face the current social trend of thought, whether to cater to, remain silent or resist.

What is Chinese society like in 2010?
This is an era where public knowledge runs rampant on the Internet, an era where we firmly believe in the ugliness of human nature, and an era when groups are averse to Gao Daquan's main theme narrative.

It is no longer the social consensus to sacrifice for others, the collective, and the country. If movies are made like this, they will be criticized as untrue and fake.

Chinese directors have to learn from their Hollywood counterparts and "create" a sufficiently humane motive for sacrifice.

It can be a lover, a friend, or even an enemy. Anyway, it cannot be a non-concrete group or country.

Chen Yiming is currently facing this problem, which makes him envious of the Chinese directors before time travel.

In less than 10 years, public opinion has changed drastically. Main theme movies are no longer a loss-making business, but a business with unlimited potential for making money.

The box office in the domestic market has soared, and the national sentiment of the audience is high. There is no need to pay attention to the thoughts of overseas markets when making movies. Domestic box office alone can suffice to death.

Chen Yiming does not have such happiness, he has to bloom twice.

After putting away the recorded information, Chen Yiming returned the book, turned on his phone and walked out.

It was almost 8pm, but he still made a call to the second uncle.

"Yiming, tell me."

"Uncle Ma, where are you now? It's inconvenient for me to meet you."

"You can come directly to my house. Do you know the address?"

"I know, I'll be there in half an hour."

It was said that it would take half an hour, but due to the delay in getting a taxi, it was already past 9 o'clock when we arrived at Da Zhuang's house.

The second uncle was actually the only one at home. When he opened the door, he was wearing a bright yellow apron, which shocked Chen Yiming.

"Uncle Ma, excuse me. Auntie isn't at home?"

"It's said that there is a meeting at the TV station. You can sit down wherever you want and pour your own water. I'm still having noodles."

After a while, Ma Dong put a bowl of poached egg noodles in front of him and said it was a late night snack specially made for him.

Chen Yiming was not only unmoved, but also horrified.

Inexplicably, Wu Qi's allusion of "sucking himself into gangrene" suddenly appeared in his mind.

Chen Yiming shook his head repeatedly. He was probably in a daze because he was overusing his brain.

The second uncle also asked, "Why, it's not to your liking?"

Chen Yiming quickly replied, "No, no, Uncle Ma is good at his craftsmanship."

He swallowed the noodles and eggs at the speed of light, then took out the day's records and got down to business.

"Uncle Ma, I have a preliminary idea here. It's just an idea, not even a script framework yet. I hope to interview some veterans who participated in the Peninsular War as soon as possible to establish a basic concept."

After taking off the bright yellow apron, Mr. Ma finally looked a little normal.

He nodded and asked directly, "What do you think? Tell me first. Tell me as much as you want."

Chen Yiming didn't want to expose his overall plan so early. After all, there were too many variables and too many uncertainties. But the second uncle had already asked about it, so he had no choice but to explain.

"It's basically a story about a signal corps delivering an order. The retreat order is sent to the forward position within a limited time. I hope to shoot it in one shot."

After hearing the last sentence, Mr. Ma straightened his back immediately, "Yi Ming, there is no precedent for Yijing in China. Are you sure?"

Recognized as the world's first one-shot film, "Rope" shot by nut director Alfred Hitchcock in 1948.

Yes, this movie also exists in this time and space.

However, the story of this film takes place in a room, with basically fixed shots and very few moving shots.If it is a one-shot with a fixed lens, it can be compared to a drama performance. What is actually tested is the actor's acting skills and line skills.

And "1917" is a real war movie, with a lot of long sports shots, which is completely different from "Rope".

Chen Yiming explained, "There are definitely many technical problems that need to be confirmed and overcome. However, in the actual shooting, it will not be shot to the end in one shot, but a large number of long shots connected. However, the editing points have been designed in advance, and it will look like one shot to the end." That’s all.”

Ma Erye breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the explanation, and his excitement was palpable.

"Your idea is very innovative. If it is actually filmed, it will be a pioneering work internationally. It is true that young people dare to think and do it. It is amazing!
Tell me how you need my cooperation. "

Chen Yiming handed the recording paper to Mr. Ma and said, "Uncle Ma, look, here are the battles I looked up that are suitable as the prototype of the movie, as well as the numbers of the troops participating in the battles.

I am not doubting the authenticity of war history, but war history records are, after all, written words, while movies are pictures.

Whether the battle details and battlefield environment involved in the campaign have been declassified, whether they are suitable for restoration, and whether we have the ability to restore them all need to be verified with maps, photos and other information.

Only when the first step is passed can we talk about advancing the subsequent steps. "

Mr. Ma Erye read the recording paper several times, lowered his head and thought for a while before answering.

"I don't think it's a big problem, just wait for my news, it should be soon.

What I'm more concerned about is the general style of your film. Is it a mockumentary? "

The second uncle is obviously knowledgeable. A long, one-shot, sports-style lens will inevitably lead to a loss of accuracy and jittery images. Coupled with the lack of exterior lighting, it will naturally look like a documentary.

Chen Yiming thought about "1917", shook his head and said, "It's not a documentary style. It's a mixture of most of a road movie and a small half of a war scene."

After hearing this, Mr. Ma Erye fell into thought again, and asked after a moment, "Are you using a subjective perspective to guide the audience to witness the battlefield footage? You can behave like this on our side. What will the opponent do?"

Chen Yiming lamented over and over again how professional the second uncle was. Even though he was a manager who was out of touch with the front line, he still knew the subtleties and hit the nail on the head when it came to film shooting.

"There is no opponent, or no opponent who has shown his face publicly."

Second Master Ma raised his head and thought for a while. When he lowered his head again, he fixed his eyes firmly on Chen Yiming and murmured.

"I can't imagine how this film will be made by you, but I will fully support you in making it."

Before Chen Yiming could say his thanks, he asked again.

"I believe the difficulties will be great. If this idea is found to be impossible to complete during the preparation stage, do you have any other alternatives?"

Chen Yiming was immediately stunned by the question. From the moment he selected "1917", his mind was filled with one shot and he did not consider other possibilities at all.

He lowered his head and thought over and over again, whether he could come up with a compressed and simplified version of "Dunkirk", but this time he would not shoot the retreat, but the attack.

The concept of time in that movie is the intersection of three lines: a week on earth, a day at sea, and an hour in the sky.

The Peninsula War is nothing without naval battles, so is it feasible to compress it into a two-line narrative?
A battle, a day on earth and an hour in heaven, I have a premonition that things will turn out differently.

There are too few story lines, too many contingencies, and insufficient rationality. It can easily turn into showing off skills for the sake of showing off skills.

Then split the ground into front and rear, one week behind, one day in front, and one hour in the sky.

A group of rear transport troops, a small frontline unit, and a fighter plane set off at different times and places and met at the same time and place.

It seems a little bit interesting.

He silently calculated the scenes, props and actors needed for the shooting.

Except for the battle in the sky, which requires no scenes, there don’t seem to be too many scenes on the ground.

Station railways, simple highways, anti-aircraft gun positions, bridges and culverts, these are the scenes of the Auto Corps line.

Trenches, tunnels, anti-gun holes, and positions on the Nut side, the scene of the frontline team is roughly within the scope of three or two hills.

There are fewer scenes in field airports, emergency landing sites, and fighter planes.

Compared with the scenery, the props and actors seemed to be more troublesome. Without the cooperation of the army, it would not be possible.

There are too many veteran troops involved, and the main actors need a lot of time to train.

Props can only be supplied directly by the military. With so many pieces of equipment, it would be impossible to rely on the prop masters from the Demon Shadow Factory to polish them forever.

What Chen Yiming is even more worried about is that even if the superiors want people to ask for things, can the Peninsula War be considered a main theme movie if he made it look so gaudy?
(End of this chapter)