This director needs to apologize

Chapter 87 Experience and Intuition
Lin Xiao's rather emotional speech made the discussion suddenly hit rock bottom as soon as it started.

Yes, movies have to be oriented to the audience after all. It is a taboo for the creators to just enjoy themselves, which is a taboo in filming.

Anyone who has been in the industry, from directors to behind-the-scenes to actors, can understand one thing.

The screenwriter's world is A.

The director's storyboard imagination is B.

The actor's interpretation is C.

The final comprehensive effect of serving the Tao, lighting recording, special effects, and music is superimposed.

By the time the movie is released and reaches the audience, it may already be XYZ.

The audience can perceive only [-]/[-] of the purpose and private goods of the writer, director, and actor.

Moreover, it is limited to the audience's personal cognition and three views, excluding misunderstandings and prejudices, and can finally achieve "ideological resonance" with the main creator. One in ten is already an ideal state.

Lin Xiao’s words were unpleasant but very straightforward. Since he had tried to take advantage of both domestic and overseas “blooms” at the beginning of the planning, he should stick to the original intention of subtraction and not waver.

Isn't the reason why I chose to show off my skills in one shot just because rashly focusing on value will lead to limited dissemination?
In the end, Master Lin almost pointed his nose at Chen Yiming and "reprimanded" him. As a director, you are so moved by yourself when you interview a veteran. Is your artistic persistence too fragile?

Chen Yiming was rendered speechless by the training, and for a time he had some doubts. Was he thinking too much and overdoing it?
Duan Yining, a drama geek, was relatively pure and immediately refuted.

“I agree with the first half of Director Lin’s point of view, the three violations do exist.

But I don’t agree with Director Lin’s subsequent handling opinions. Since the flaws exist objectively, we must work hard to correct them in the planning stage.

If it cannot be corrected due to objective conditions, then use the artistic creativity of the main creator to find ways to balance or neutralize, and then turn disadvantages into advantages and pursue better results.

Starting from the actors themselves, I believe that the revelation of character motivations is far more important than maintaining the audience's experience.

I also used Director Lin’s logic to deduce.

According to the original plan, the audience may feel happy when they first watch the movie because of the novelty of one shot. But after the excitement has passed and they think about the story itself, they will probably feel that they have been fooled and have been excited for two hours. .

The protagonist is a wooden photographer, and the supporting characters are all brilliant diodes. One second they are united and friendly, and the next second they die generously, and they die inexplicably.

Apart from the one-shot gimmick, I can't remember anything about the plot and acting, or the real story behind the movie.

That's why I used the word "maintain", "maintain", which actually means to deal with.

On the other hand, we changed the previous method of filming literary dramas and immediately hardened up the supporting characters as soon as they appeared on the stage, creating a sufficient sense of tension.

This sense of tension in the countdown gradually increases and escalates as the messenger approaches the mission target, using the comrades he meets on the road as a relay.

Finally, at the moment when the task is completed, the tense nerves of the audience are completely released.

I think this kind of design can, to a certain extent, neutralize the erosion of the viewing experience caused by the three violations.

The single perspective makes it difficult to be emotionally invested, so we strengthen the first impression of each supporting character.

Retreat as an end point is frustrating, and we add to the emotional catharsis of completing a task.

We can't see the enemy feeling depressed, so we arouse the audience's emotions through creation.

This is the value and significance of film creators!

Positive after-viewing feelings are not only happiness, comfort, and joy, but also include understanding of sacrifice, regret for the passing, and tragic empathy.

The aftermath of Dream Maker , apart from the moment leaving the theater, is also about recalling every moment of the movie. "

"Well said, Xiao Duan's words won my heart!"

Mr. Sang slapped the table, attracting all the attention, and temporarily put Lin Xiao's argument back in his stomach.

"Director Xiao Chen, what Xiao Duan said is exactly what I have been thinking in my heart these days.

Since the last argument we had, I have been thinking about this issue, which is how this movie should be made.

It’s not that I, a photographer who relies on my old age, wants to snatch your right to speak, Director Chen, but that an old filmmaker is at a loss when facing the new situation. When you can’t sleep, people always think more. Older people think more. Especially many.

When I was young, making movies was just making movies. I didn’t need to worry about the hundreds of millions in box office to get back my money. I didn’t care about the opinions and views of foreigners at all. Who cared about whether I got an award or not?
But things are different now. Xiaohou and the others who are younger should have a deeper understanding than me. It has been 20 years since "Liberation" and the Bayi Film Studio has not produced any good films.

The old guys around me are blaming this and that day by day. If you ask me, no one can blame me, I can only blame myself for not living up to expectations.

Since you yourself know that policies have changed, the environment has changed, and the audience has changed, is it okay for you to just stick to the old rules and not let go?

Therefore, I agree with Director Xiao Chen’s thinking logic when discussing camera language with me. When there is no friendship, maintaining a safe distance is the first step in dealing with someone.

However, I still adhere to the basic position of putting myself first and never blindly following others. The non-blind obedience here is not only external, but also internal. "

He nodded to Chen Yiming, "Xiao Chen, "1951" wants to go overseas to win awards and box office. This is a good thing, and it is something our generation dare not think about. I appreciate it very much. But the priorities must not be reversed. A Chinese movie A movie is, first of all, telling a Chinese story to a Chinese audience. Before the script is written, you are subtracting seven or eight until the final product, no matter how beautiful the presentation is, is just a bowl of clear soup noodles.

Who can be impressed by this thing?If we Chinese people can't be moved by a movie after watching it, do you expect foreigners to be moved by the subtitles? "

The old man nodded to Lin Xiao again, "Xiao Lin, today's movies do need to be oriented to the market and the audience, but before they are released, they must first be oriented to our creators.

The balance of the film's tone is a technical issue, while the balance between the creator and the audience is a value issue. A filmmaker cannot blindly avoid questioning value because of his commercial orientation.

No matter how commercial a movie is, it still needs to respond to certain values, otherwise it will not be able to empathize with the audience.

If the main creator is fearful and has no passion during filming, then I can conclude that the film will not be able to impress the audience after it is released.

As a main creator, you must have the persistence of the main creator. "

Chen Yiming smiled gratefully at Mr. Sang. Although he was "criticized" for being a foreigner, Sang Ping actually expressed his support for him.

Lin Xiao, who was also refuted, did not give up. He took over and continued to explain his point of view.

"Teacher Sang, making a movie is not about research after all. We are not exploring science and truth, but spending a lot of money to make a product and sell it. We have to consider the cost and price-performance ratio.

At least as far as the movie "1951" is concerned, the main theme of the tribute film is only one of its attributes. I boldly said in the internal meeting that the tribute is not even its most important attribute.

Take "The Founding Ceremony", which is parallel to ours, as an example of a zero-paid star party. This mode of operation alone determines that its quality will not be too high.

But I can conclude now that when the movie is released in October, the box office will definitely not be low, starting at least 10 million.

In terms of box office and word-of-mouth, Han San managed to get a handle on it during the planning stage.

Regardless of how opportunistic the operation of "The Founding Ceremony" is, Diying's first answer sheet after taking over the main theme task is very beautiful.

This film has been widely circulated in the book circles. I have seen it, and honestly speaking, I feel bad for saying that it is the main theme.

Because at the very least, the discussion on the value of the topic is so weak as to be almost nonexistent.

A movie with the main theme, the perspective is on the big characters throughout the whole process, and there is almost no negative character.

A few years ago, who would have believed that such a film could be approved, pass review, and be released under the banner of the main theme?

Don’t Han San understand what I’m talking about?He definitely understands better than me!
But one shot is enough. This kind of filming will be loved by the audience and will sell tickets!

Everyone, it’s not that I, Lin Xiao, am catering to the market, but the entire Chinese film industry is catering to the market. If we don’t cater to the market, we will have nothing to eat.

The three violations I mentioned before are inherent flaws in the one-shot subjective perspective. If we want to win awards abroad by showing off our skills, we must endure these three flaws.

If you continue to add additional thoughts, values, explanations and the like on this basis, I am firmly opposed to it.

This is not the responsibility of "1951". We don't have to carry these things on our backs. We won't make any mistakes! "

Of course Sang Ping couldn't tolerate such deviant remarks, and Duan Yining also couldn't accept the role of an actor as a passive tool, and immediately started an argument with Lin Xiao.

Some of the others lowered their heads in thought, some were distracted, and some were at a loss.

Only Xiangrui is like an audience at a tennis match, their heads rattling back and forth following the speaker, but their eyes are as ignorant and innocent as a curious baby.

Chen Yiming sat alone at one end of the conference table, posing in Commander Ikari's signature pose with his eyes closed, listening to Sang, Lin, and Duan arguing while sorting out his thoughts.

The meeting has been going on so far, which was far beyond his expectation and completely out of control.

For a director, this is a major mistake.

This situation also reminded him from the side that his control over the crew was not stable.

In other words, the results of "Holiday in the Magic City" are not enough to establish Chen Yiming's prestige among the crew, and he is still not very popular.

However, it is not without good factors, that is, each of the main creative members is dedicated enough and serious enough.

In this sense, it is better to expose fundamental differences in creative concepts earlier than later.

When the differences are finally bridged, the working outlook of the entire crew will be much better than that of the crew who clocked in and completed tasks.

For him as a director, the imminent major issue is how to unify everyone's opinions and form a joint force.

But this is really difficult.

Because he is not sure which shooting method is better, the experience in his previous life does not apply here.

Chen Yiming was faced with a painful decision: should he trust experience safely or take a bold risk and trust intuition.

(End of this chapter)