A movie really rolls out and counts time, even if it is the kind of top director, it takes patience and time.

Of course, those small-budget movies are counted separately.

The movie "Farewell My Concubine" can be regarded as a normal movie process.

With Lin Bao's current top directorial level, he can only play a greater role in filming techniques and guiding actors.

The whole film preparation, shooting, and operation still needs to be done step by step.

Generally speaking, even the earlier it is, the longer it will take.

Sometimes, the finalization and revision of a script will be delayed, even in an industrial system like Hollywood, the script will sometimes be brewed for a long time in the hands of one producer, director, or even several producers and directors.

When the script is approved by the production and distribution company, or you have the investment yourself, you can start building the team.

Even for a top commercial director like Spielberg, the scripts of several commercial films are years in the making.

This time, "Farewell My Concubine", because Lin Bao actually already has a complete story in his mind, with the cooperation of the Opera Association, and the unconditional support of the Tang people, the preliminary preparations are already fast.

Wait until the script, crew, scenes, etc. are all determined, and then it will be the official start of the film.

It's going to be a long time coming.

And some special films, especially stunt movies and art films, before the official start of filming, the director will also give the main actors some physical stunt training.

In "Farewell My Concubine", several main actors need to be in front of the camera and have some opera performances.

In particular, Duan Xiaolou, Cheng Dieyi, and Xiao Si, including the young actors in the previous juvenile matter, all need to be able to show professional quality.

The young actors are directly selected from the opera association and various troupes, and their skills are all there, and the performances in the camera are all daily performances, and there is no need to prepare in advance.

And Duan Xiaolou, Cheng Dieyi, and Xiaosi, these three roles, in addition to costume plays, also need to be positioned and trained in terms of character image.

These require a period of training and cultivation before the official start of filming.

"If you want to be able to fully express the temperament of an opera master in front of the film camera, I think it takes at least three months of training. ”

A group of crew members, as well as Tang Xiulan, as a drama consultant, sat together to finalize the entire rehearsal and filming cycle.

Tang Xiulan has had the experience of teaching several cute girls in Yuan Koi before, and knows that Lin Bao's ability in opera guidance is very outstanding.

However, the Yuan koi have only learned a skin.

wants to really show the temperament of the entire opera master in front of the camera, especially the most distinctive Cheng Dieyi.

Yu Chenghao is a new actor again, and he doesn't have much knowledge in opera, so at least, it will take three months to barely practice a movement shape. For the specific performance, it is estimated that Lin Bao will have to make adjustments and guidance on the spot.

Regarding what Tang Xiulan said for three months, others naturally have no objections.

In terms of opera, Tang Xiulan is a consultant.

Moreover, in this play, the purpose is to refine and refine, and everyone knows that time is not a problem.

"Two months. ”

Lin Bao thought for a while and said.

Among the actors this time, the main attraction is Cheng Dieyi played by Yu Chenghao.

And he recruited Yu Chenghao to teach him to train with expressionist methods.

If you really want to perform the pie and fully reach the point where you are qualified to perform "Cheng Dieyi", then one year is not enough.

Therefore, Lin Bao is ready to let Yu Chenghao experience it on the spot in the filming scene, and then guide him on the spot.

As for the preparatory training in the early stage, two months was enough for him to give Yu Chenghao some basic theoretical and physical training.

"Okay. ”

Seeing Lin Bao say this, Tang Xiulan also nodded.

He is the director, and he decides for himself how well he shoots.

"That's it, two and a half months later, March 5, is an auspicious day, and the time to start the flight is set on this day. ”

"The venue, as well as the filming schedule of each actor, went down the line, and then sent the schedule time over and communicated with them. ”

"The venue is there, and the various departments are also determined! When the time comes, there needs to be some work to be arranged in advance, and time is also set aside in advance. ”

......

The director determined the time, and the crew began to assign it below.

"Lin Bao, about shooting 3D or 2D, have you confirmed with the Tang people over there?"

Leaving the conference room, Tang Xiulan asked as she walked.

Lin Bao nodded: "I have talked to several old gentlemen before, as well as Mr. Song Jin, from the perspective of design alone, the whole performance, 2D, when the time comes, on the big screen, it will be enough to show the details of the costumes." In addition, in 3D, the layout of the entire scene and the scheduling of the picture will also lose a lot of the reality of the scene, so in the end, it was determined with the Tang people, and it was still shot in 2D. ”

Tang Xiulan nodded: "I also feel that a movie like this focuses on the plot and character performance, and it doesn't need much visual impact, but it will be a bit noisy." ”

"Yes. ”

Lin Bao said, "In addition, Mr. Tang, in the early publicity of the movie, I discussed it with Aunt Rong, and we should use the name "Drama Singer" uniformly, and don't use "Farewell My Concubine" for the time being. ”

"'The Drama'?"

Tang Xiulan asked, "Is it related to the music you were preparing before?"

She knew that Lin Bao's studio had recently been busy preparing for the movie "Farewell My Concubine", and was also preparing another opera music at the same time.

However, she hasn't heard the music for the time being, but Lin Bao has talked with several old gentlemen from the Opera Association, and he is also telling a story about an opera.

Several teachers seem to attach great importance to that music.

"That music, that's probably the same name. ”

Lin Bao said, "The two stories are both about the spirit of opera." I personally feel that the name "Drama" can better express the core of this movie. However, "Farewell My Concubine" may be a little more specific. However, in the early stage, you can use this name to disguise something. ”

"Okay, the specific publicity content has been determined by your studio, and you can communicate with the Opera Association. ”

Tang Xiulan said, "By the way, that music, I heard that you are still going to shoot the MV like the previous "Rap Face...... Is the singer sure?"

"Not yet. ”

"Have you contacted Dai Qian......

Tang Xiulan hesitated for a moment and said.

Lin Bao knew what Tang Xiulan meant, and said, "I talked to him before, and he didn't have a lot of intentions. However, Mr. Tang, you don't need to worry too much, I have talked to him many times, and he has no problem with his state, he is just thinking about his own direction. When he thinks it through himself, it'll be fine. ”

"Okay, thank you. ”

Tang Xiulan smiled.

"Teacher Tang, you're polite!"

Lin Bao said busily.

......

The pre-start guidance for Yu Chenghao and several people was placed in the Opera Association, and Lin Bao and several teachers in the Opera Association jointly guided him.

The time was set to start in ten days.

Taking advantage of this effort, Lin Bao flew back to the magic capital again.

According to the current schedule, the barbecue restaurant will definitely not be able to take care of it, but before the official start of filming, he still needs to check the new opera promotion music that the studio is going to launch.

This new music was actually written by Lin Bao when he was chatting with several old gentlemen from the Opera Association before.

In fact, the promotion of opera, in addition to the promotion of opera common sense such as "Rap Face", opera stories are also a very good publicity point.

Stories are inherently very potential content.

This has been the case since ancient times.

In fact, in the last century, in several stormy and bumpy time periods, there have been many touching stories of dramatists.

The story of "Farewell My Concubine" can be regarded as a big story line of Lin Bao's itinerary from many stories, after adding his own fabrication and artistic processing.

And several old gentlemen from the Opera Association also told him the stories of many other opera singers who dedicated themselves or persevered in that era.

It's all a bit of a story, but it's very touching.

One of them is the story of the tragic dedication of an actor named Pei Yanzhi:

"In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, on the night of July 7, with the sound of Japanese guns, the whole country fell into a deep situation, at this time Anyuan County, which has not been affected by the war, was peaceful, and the stage of the theater was still babbling and singing the joys and sorrows of the "Peach Blossom Fan".

Pei Yanzhi is the "corner" of this theater, on the square inch stage, I saw him with soft sleeves and graceful tone, and in the applause of the crowd, he played the Li Xiangjun who dared to love and hate, and did not hesitate to dye the peach blossoms with blood.

However, the family and country are broken, the mountains and rivers are scattered, who can be spared.

Soon, the war continued here, the Japanese surrounded the county seat, and came to the theater to ask for a separate performance for them, in order to comfort all the Japanese soldiers, and named Pei Yanzhi to appear, if he dared to refuse, he burned the entire theater and even the county, and everyone could not escape death.

Pei Yanzhi smiled, did not refuse, turned around and sat in front of the dressing table, and drew his eyebrows.

It was night, and there was silence in the small county, reflecting the bright lights in the theater, and the Japanese were sitting under the stage, drinking wine and eating meat, talking and laughing freely.

The gongs and drums sounded, the curtain opened, and the show opened, a "Peach Blossom Fan".

What he sang on stage was that he didn't know what to do, and he went deep.

Sitting in the audience are jackals, tigers and leopards, and evil ghosts are in charge.

With the eagerness of the drums, the singing became more and more sad and angry, and the jackals in the audience seemed to be stunned, and at this moment, the 'Li Xiangjun' on the stage shouted: 'Ignition!'

Until the enemy found out that the fire had already spread, and they tried to escape only to find that the door had already been blocked, and the entire theater was splashed with oil before they knew it.

The drama on the stage is still singing, and it is singing: 'I once saw the warbler crying in the Jinling Jade Palace, and the flowers of the Qinhuai Water Pavilion bloomed early, who knew that it would be easy to freeze. Seeing him raise the Zhu Tower, seeing him feasting guests, seeing his building collapse. This moss pile, I have slept and slept in the wind and watched the rise and fall of fifty years......

The building collapsed, but the play was not over. ”

......

"The humble man did not dare to forget the country, the drama is ruthless, how do you know that the drama also has a heart!"

Before, the old gentleman who told Lin Bao this story almost with tears in his eyes.

When Lin Bao heard this, he was also deeply touched in his heart.

The whole story can be regarded as a wonderful script and a movie is made.

Moreover, from the perspective of the theme, it contrasts with the script of "Farewell My Concubine".

is all introduced from "the ruthlessness of the play" to unfold the story.

However, as soon as he came, Lin Bao already had the script of "Farewell My Concubine". Second, he doesn't have time to complete such a script for the time being, and although the story is good, it still needs more plot research to expand it into a movie script of more than 100 minutes.

Therefore, this story was written down by Lin Bao for the time being, and he did not start directly.

And for a period of time afterward, when Lin Bao was revising and supplementing the script and character biography of "Farewell My Concubine", the story of this drama called Pei Yanzhi kept appearing in his mind.

In the end, a melody and the sentence that the old gentleman had been sighing for, "I dare not forget the country, the drama is ruthless, how do you know that the drama also has a heart", suddenly came to my heart, and Lin Bao spent half an hour to complete the music.

It was named "Red Ling".

A sincere and enthusiastic actor.

Although this story is after "Farewell My Concubine", because it is music, the final release time will definitely be earlier than "Farewell My Concubine".

And, although between the two stories, there is not much that is really connected. However, the theme is a direction, and they are all performances, so according to Zheng Rong's idea, the two can be jointly promoted.

In other words, the song "Red Ling" is regarded as an introduction to the movie "Farewell My Concubine", and it is also a prelude to the theme of "drama".

Moreover, from the perspective of maintaining the popularity of the entire opera, because it will take at least half a year from the filming to the release of "Farewell My Concubine", the song "Red Ling" can be regarded as one of the popularity driving points.

On the side of the Opera Association, after several old gentlemen read the score of this song, they were also very excited, and wanted Lin Bao to take out this song as soon as possible, and at the same time, they must also use the form of MV to fully express the entire script.

On Lin Bao's side, the score, including the soundtrack, is ready, and the MV script has been written.

Even, the filming location has been chosen, and it is in the former residence of Mei Shi, which can be well connected with the later "Farewell My Concubine".

However, in terms of singers, there is still no suitable candidate for the time being.

The first choice should be Dai Qian, who has no such intention.

The second choice should be the leading actors who filmed "Farewell My Concubine", but Yu Chenghao also felt that this song was not suitable for his direction.

In the end, if he really can't find it, Lin Bao is going to use this song as a few members of the sewing machine band, and let them sing it again. Although, several of them, both in voice and image, are not very in line with this song.