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Chapter 39 Dissatisfied with the director

With Li Lianjie, Gui Lunmei, and Zhu Yuanyuan joining the team, the filming of "Ocean Paradise" started quickly and orderly.

The plot of this movie is relatively simple, and it mainly revolves around the father and son Wang Xincheng and Dafu.

Wang Xincheng, who had advanced liver cancer, had only three or four months left in his life. Considering that after he left, no one would take care of his autistic son, Dafu, whose intelligence was only two or three years old. He decided to leave this world with him. After rowing and jumping into the sea, Dafu, who grew up with his father in the aquarium, has excellent water skills and can swim like a fish in the water. His instinct for survival allowed him to drag his father Wang Xincheng back to the side of the boat.

This made Wang Xincheng very moved and heartbroken. He found that his son Dafu had the instinct and self-consciousness to survive and saved him. Wang Xincheng gave up his suicide plan, took his son home, and began to find a place for Dafu to live after he left.

After Wang Xincheng tried one by one at Peizhi School, Orphanage, he could not entrust Dafu with peace of mind. Finally, he found a reliable special education school, but found that Dafu was like a fish out of water in this cramped and monotonous environment. Immediately lost anger.

Dafu loves water by nature. Swimming in the aquarium where his father works every day is his happiest time. He also met his only friend here, Lingling who performed acrobatics in the circus. listener.

In order for Dafu to live happily and stay in his most beloved aquarium, Wang Xincheng made the most impossible plan for himself, teaching Dafu to "work" in the aquarium.He tried his best to teach Daifuku how to boil boiled eggs, took the bus to the aquarium by himself, and wiped the floor in the aquarium. In order not to make Dafuku feel lonely, he did not hesitate to drag his seriously ill body and wear a homemade turtle shell to pretend to be The sea turtle, swimming with Daifuku, he told Daifuku that he would become a sea turtle and stayed by his side all the time.

Wang Xincheng finally passed away with no regrets in his heart, and Dafu also learned to "work" in the aquarium. At the end, Dafu was lying on his father's back like before, lying on the turtle's body, swimming with him, feeling at ease and happy...

This movie scored 7.8 points in Douban, more because of the subject matter and story.

Ordinary viewers of this type of subject will give five-star ratings after watching it, and it is difficult not to score high.

The performance of the new director Xue Xiaolu is very good, and Li Lianjie's performance is not a big problem, but this film has a lot of problems.

Can't get rid of the routine of making domestic bitter films to death if they have no new ideas. "Marathon" has obvious traces of imitation, but it is not as moving as it is, and there are a few places where the excessive editing is very hard.

The director is too subjective, somewhat idealized, too restrained in expression, does not fully reflect reality, and thus is not deep enough, etc.

Of course, this is also related to many objective conditions, such as the censorship system, etc. After all, if what is shown on the film is a pure reproduction of a miserable life, it is a slap in the face, and it cannot pass the review and be released.

As a prophet, Zhou Xia has a clearer understanding of the flaws in the film. He believes that if a little more material is added, the evaluation of the film will be higher, and it will not affect the review and release.

But as a rookie, he couldn't find a good opportunity to talk to Xue Xiaolu about his views.

He is not a stunned young man, he naturally has to consider strategies when doing things, and it is impossible to directly talk about this kind of film creation.Besides, he is looking at the problem from the perspective of a prophet of later generations, and he may not be able to understand and agree with some of his thoughts and opinions to the parties.

As a result, the matter was delayed, and Zhou Xia could only continue to think of a way while filming with the crew as usual.

August 8 afternoon.

On the open space in front of Qingdao Polar Oceanarium, the invited circus has set up a performance stage and started to perform programs to attract tourists.

A clown actor in the background was practicing the ball throwing performance. 'Dafu' stood aside and watched with interest. A white ball fell to the ground, and Gululu rolled to his feet.

Dafu bent down and reached out to pick it up, and began to study it seriously. The clown actor ran over to ask for the ball, but Dafu knew nothing about it and was still studying the white ball in his hand.

The clown actor stretched out his hand to snatch it, and Dafu resisted fiercely. He bared his teeth and growled, making a low growl, unwilling to let go no matter what.

The clown was about to play, and he tried harder to grab the ball. Dafu's expression became terrifying, and his movements became more and more violent. People around him also realized that something was wrong, and they dared not force Dafu anymore.

Mr. Wang from the aquarium hurriedly called Wang Xincheng. Wang Xincheng stepped forward to gently persuade Dafu. Dafu didn't understand at all. He hugged Wang Xincheng and bit his shoulder fiercely. Wang Xincheng's body trembled in pain. People around saw this scene, Pointing fingers, Daifuku, who was usually cute and innocent, made them feel scared at this moment.

"Crack! Match 37, 5 shots and 3 shots!"

The scene recorder Pan Zhixin took the slate upside down and yelled loudly, "Slapping upside down means flipping the slate upside down. There was no slate before the shot started, so it needs to be added."

Zhou Xia woke up from the frantic state of playing Dafu, and took a sip of mineral water from his assistant Yao Bo. Seeing that the director was very satisfied and did not ask him to shoot again, his mood did not improve.

This is the second time to film Dafu's anger. Zhou Xia is in a low mood, not because he is dissatisfied with his performance, but because the thought in his heart is getting stronger and stronger.

Xue Xiaolu is too restrained!
Let him try to control the venting of his emotions during the performance. Even when Daifuku is angry, he must be restrained and self-controlled. This is not the behavior that autistic patients should have. They will not know how to control and restrain themselves.

This is when a normal, rational person restrains himself when he is angry!
But this is the director's request, and he can only do it. In the final analysis, film is the art of the director. As an actor, when he cannot reach an agreement with the director on the performance, he must first obey the director's request. This is the basic quality of a professional actor.

"If Xue Xiaolu's restrained attitude is followed, then that movie will be reproduced. At most, because of his wonderful performance, the movie will gain a little more recognition, but nothing else will be changed."

Zhou Xia walked behind the monitor and stood not far from Director Xue Xiaolu, thinking about this matter. His part has been filmed today, and the rest will be filmed for other people.

The scene they shot just now was playing on the monitor, Li Lianjie, Du Lunmei and others gathered around to watch, everyone was very satisfied.

Except for Zhou Xia.

Because he is the only one who is not a normal person, but an autistic person. They don't know whether Zhou Xia has restrained the anger he showed just now.

Xue Xiaolu knows, but what she needs is this kind of restraint, not a true reproduction of the anger of autistic patients.

Zhou Xia could only sulk in his heart. He was a little dissatisfied with Xue Xiaolu, but he understood why she was so restrained.

In addition to showing the innocence and loveliness of Daifuku who suffers from autism, the film appropriately shows how terrible he is when he loses his mind and gets angry, but it must be kept at a certain level, and it cannot really make people feel scared. It is best to show Daifuku's pity more , This is what she wants most.

In this way, the film can not only show the greatness and tolerance of Wang Xincheng's fatherly love, and his selfless love for the handicapped children, but also will not scare the audience, make people afraid of autistic patients, and persuade those parents not to abandon any handicapped children.

Xue Xiaolu's choice is very rational, and it is also very in line with the film's expression, conveying mainstream social values.

But the result of restraint is that this movie is like a calm lake, with occasional waves, which can make the audience feel moved and distressed for a moment, but it will definitely not cause people to think and act more. After walking out of the movie theater, I feel depressed for a few minutes , then everything is over.

Zhou Xia is naturally dissatisfied with the answer he knows, so what is the difference between recalling the movie in his mind?
The shot shot just now ended, Li Lianjie, Gui Lunmei and others left, and all preparations for the next scene were completed, and they started shooting other shots.

Zhou Xia took a few steps closer to Xue Xiaolu, while watching other people's moving performances in the camera, while thinking about how to raise his views with Xue Xiaolu.

He suddenly saw Xue Xiaolu taking a notebook from the side and recording something.

Life perception?working experience?
Zhou Xia guessed, but couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, thinking of a way to communicate with Xue Xiaolu,

When he was experiencing life, he also took notes every day, recording his experience of observing characters every day, various thoughts on the behavior of autistic patients, and some ideas on how to shape characters during performances, such as movements, voices, etc.

In addition, there is his biography on the analysis of the character Daifuku.

This includes his more thinking and understanding of the role of Daifuku and the whole movie.

Maybe he didn't communicate with words, but mixed in these things he observed and recorded with his heart, as well as other thoughts, and just handed them over to Xue Xiaolu for a look.

It would be best if Xue Xiaolu could discover and approve of his ideas, otherwise, that would be the only way to go.

After all, this is not a movie directed by him, and nothing can be changed, as long as he does his job as an actor.

Zhou Xia made up his mind, so he left first, went back to sort out his notepad, and added some of his thoughts to it.

When the filming ended in the evening, Zhou Xia found Xue Xiaolu's residence with the notepad she had prepared.

"Director Xue, these are some of my thoughts and ideas for tomorrow's shooting, please check them out." Zhou Xia entered the room and handed over the notepad without talking nonsense.

"Okay, I didn't expect you, a rookie, to be so serious about the show. Let's communicate in advance. When you perform tomorrow, you will be able to present the performance I want faster."

Although Xue Xiaolu was very tired after a busy day, she was sitting in front of the table, looking at the completion of today's shooting plan. Hearing Zhou Xia's words, she praised Zhou Xia appreciatively, and then took the notepad and read it.

Her attitude was very relaxed at first, but this child is so serious, she would plan and record every day's shooting in advance, and then record new insights after practice verification.

After reading a page, Xue Xiaolu became interested. She turned forward and read one page after another. The more she watched, the more her expression changed. There were gratification, dissatisfaction, and more thoughtfulness.

Until she finished flipping through the first page and read Zhou Xia's records of the entire life experience of more than ten days, she couldn't help but let out a long breath, and leaned back on the chair to think deeply.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xia's heart couldn't help beating. Apart from apprehension, he was looking forward to it more.

Whether it can achieve the real goal and have a slight impact on the filming of this movie depends on whether Xue Xiaolu agrees with his ideas!

If it is approved, then he can make some adjustments and fullness to the structure and characters of the film, then he is 8.5% sure that "Ocean Paradise" will become a more successful film, even if it cannot become a classic, it can still be recognized by Douban. This kind of place achieves an evaluation of [-] points or more!
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