"The documentary "With the Movie" started out as an invitation from Ms. Binoche, and I didn't want to accept it at first, because I thought it was the equivalent of shooting the film, and everyone in Hollywood knows that I am a person who likes a challenge. ”

When all the guests came to the theater, including the two editors-in-chief of Huaxia's "Contemporary Film" and "Film Art", Robert, as the director, came to the stage to speak, and he was very nervous before going on stage.

But when he was on stage, he was confident and talked eloquently, and Chu Shun felt that he had the style of the year.

But when Ms. Binoche told me that director Chu Shun's filming method is unique in the world, I had an impulse in my heart, and Mr. Flahadi, the father of world documentaries, said: Stories should come from life, not from individual plots. Therefore, documenting the uniqueness of the world is what it is my duty as a documentary filmmaker. ”

The more Robert spoke, the more energetic he became: "So I contacted Director Chu Shun, "Beautiful Life" is a very special movie......

lived up to Chu Shun's expectations, Robert began to tell what kind of person Chu Shun was, and then some things happened to the two, which was really more and more exciting.

Douggen frowned in the audience, why didn't he finish speaking, I thought it was a sentence or two, but I talked about it for seven or eight minutes on the stage, and Jules, Mailer, Michelle, and Kishida Qilang in the audience are industry bigwigs, so they listened carefully, but after all, they were in the grade, and the average age was fifty-five years old, and their necks were slowly stiff.

The current situation is a bit like Gaddafi speaking at the United Nations for 94 minutes, you must know that the general length of the speech of the representative of the United Nations is no more than 15 minutes, and Gaddafi refused to translate even the translator in the end, and Gaddafi will always be dripping.

Before the start of the screening, the director's speech was two or three minutes, and now it is also exceeded, "Ahem." Douggen coughed twice, and Robert on the stage came back to his senses, a little too carried away.

"Ahem, then let's watch "With the Movie" quietly. Robert quickly put down the sentence and stepped down.

As soon as the screen of the cinema goes black, it appears on the screen [Cinema is not a person's art, it is a dream of a circle of people, but he can be a person's rhapsody. - Director Chu Shun (interview at the end of filming)]

"Whew-" Mellor breathed a sigh of relief, he was really tired from sitting upright, his waist and abdomen hurt, and now the lights were out, he leaned back on the seat, and took out a lumbar pillow massager from the leather bag he carried with him.

I forgot to say that Mailer carried a black bag with him, which was to put this thing, and it could be used for half a day after charging for three hours, or silent, it was a baby that Mailer bought back from Huaxia, as for why he called it a baby, because Europe did not buy it.

With a lumbar pillow massage to relieve pain, Mailer put more energy into the screen, and the documentary began with an introduction to the crew members, and everyone asked a question "How long have you worked with director Chu Shun and what do you think of the director".

Assistant Director: Liang Pu

"I have been working with Director Chu for more than six years, maybe it's almost seven years, and I have served as the casting director of the crew since "Let the Bullets Fly", Director Chu is a person with his own opinions, and it can even be said that Director Chu is very conceited. Liang Pu said.

Liang Pu is not on camera at all, an old face is on the camera, it is like a big pie face, I don't know if Robert did it on purpose, I feel bigger on the camera.

"Director Chu will not change any of the decisions he makes, and he will never take opinions, so we have collaborated on so many works, and we have only had one internal discussion meeting, that is, in "Beautiful Life", to discuss the need to speed up the progress. ”

Assistant Director: Liang Huimiao

"I have worked with the director on more than five works, and I should have been working for six years, as the executive director of the crew, I only have one opinion of the director, and I have an extremely strong desire to control the crew. ”

This person's name is very unfamiliar, in fact, it is Chu Shun, if there is something, Lao Liang who is filming unimportant scenes in the crew, and he also filmed the dolphin plot in the water in the previous "Titanic", which can be regarded as the tool man with the strongest sense of presence in the crew.

"I know that all directors need to have the ability to control the crew, but they are definitely not as good as Director Chu Shun, he can even manage the position of props and the makeup of the actors. Lao Liang said.

Photo: Jiang Jin

Jiang Jin has many awards for best cinematography, and even has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography, and at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve and eight, he can easily reach the peak of his life, and in an interview with Robert, he is the most photogenic.

"Director Chu is a genius, there is no doubt that the genius I am talking about is different from the genius in your sense, he understands everything, and is proficient in everything, I have two teachers on the road of photography, one teacher is the teacher who led me into the door, pushing, pulling, shaking, moving, following, throwing, rising, descending, pitching, pitching, cutting, hanging, and airing, these basic skills were also taught to me by the first teacher. ”

He paused and continued: "The second teacher is Director Chu Shun, how to use slow push and panning to shoot the classic picture of the collapse of the movie theater in "Paradise Cinema", I really learned a lot from Director Chu. ”

The basis of the shooting is the fifteen words that Jiang Jin said just now, "shake" is that the camera does not move, the chassis movement of the tripod, basically the shots of the protagonist looking around in the play are expressed in this way of shooting, "empty" is the empty shot without relevant tasks and animals, Wong Kar-wai is particularly good at it, the empty shot of "East Becomes West" simply raises the aesthetics of the whole movie to a higher level, other skills will not be detailed, and the protagonist at this moment is not shooting.

Lighting: Gu Anli

"I should have worked with Director Chu for the longest time, starting from the first work "Six Grids". Gu Anli said: "If you calculate the time, there are almost eight years, and I have only one job in the crew, according to what the director said, arrange the lighting." ”

"Respect for the director's attitude. Director Chu Shun is one of the directors I have ever met who knows the most about lighting. ”

......

After each of the crew's important tasks was answered, the documentary started for less than five minutes, but it was these five minutes that threw a lot of questions to the academic bigwigs present, and they had a sense of anticipation for the next content.

"How is it possible that there is only one internal filming meeting to grasp the shooting?" Jules found it hard to believe that the academic bigwigs were theorists, but they really didn't know anything about it, and then they opened their mouths and said casually, they really knew something.

For a general film, for example, a Hollywood commercial film, the five-month shooting process requires at least three internal creative discussions.

To give a clear example, even if he doesn't make any basic changes, when he wants to shoot an explosion scene, he needs to communicate with the props team, the set team, and the camera team.

Jules thinks it is impossible to be reasoning with facts.

"If you don't listen to anyone's opinion, you can call it conceited self-confidence...... "Mailer pondered, from the current point of view, all of Chu Shun's self-confidence is right, so the question is, how to ensure that this kind of arbitrariness must be right?

"Chu Sang is really different from other directors, it is completely two systems. Kishida said.

The content after the interview is the preliminary preparation, Chu Shun is taking a look at the set, followed by the leader of the props team, this paragraph is nothing special, the only thing that the academic bigwigs don't understand is that Chu Shun will point to something, and then the props team will record it.

Chu Shun and the crew members communicated in Chinese, because English subtitles were not convenient, so Robert asked someone to translate, and the translation added English letters to make everyone present not confused.

"All the props that were marked were unqualified and needed to be temporarily replaced. "The voice of the narrator is that of Robert, and this one is proud of two things, the first is that he chose the documentary industry, and the second is that he has a good voice. ”

Michelle couldn't understand when she heard the narration: "I haven't started filming yet, why do you judge that the props are not suitable? ”

I don't understand that I can only continue to watch, and I don't start filming anymore about the beautiful life, and the first scene is a scene with the public.

"The lights are a little bit dimmer. Ordinary directors would just say this to the lighting, but Chu Shun not only said, but also walked over and adjusted the brightness of the lights to a state that he was satisfied with.

"The ground isn't wet enough, add a little more water. Chu Shun asked the props: "How many meters of red silk are prepared?"

"About ten meters. The prop gave a vague answer.

"How much is exact, nineteen meters and eleven meters can be called more than ten meters. Chu Shun asked.

The person in charge of the props team couldn't answer, but he immediately asked the person who purchased it, and it was thirteen meters.

"It's too long, it's not easy for the actor to take it, so cut off a paragraph. Chu Shun arranged: "If it's too long, there will be no beauty." ”

The actor who played Guido started throwing red silk, NG five times, all because he didn't look good when he threw it, and was called by Chu Shun.

"Director Chu is not a way to go on like this, should we shoot separately?" Lao Liang asked, shooting separately is the shot of the red silk thrown out, and the shot laid down by the red silk does not need to be in the middle, and it is also filmed on the earth, because it takes luck to really throw it to a satisfactory result.

Luck is a particularly important part of filming a movie, and Johnny To's seven-minute long shot at the beginning of filming "The Big Event" also relied on luck, because even if the newspaper was tied with a thread, if a slight cool breeze blew and the newspaper did not fall to the roof of the car as originally planned, the long shot would fail.

"No, this picture is beautiful, and it must be photographed. Chu Shun directly rejected Lao Liang's proposal, and sure enough, as he said in the previous interview, he would never adopt other people's opinions when filming.

Michelle, who watched the movie, obviously felt that the composition and beauty of the picture, which is the category of art direction and fine arts, are now all covered by Chu Shun.

"Is it really possible to shoot a movie and do it as an artist?" Michelle feels like her brain is going to explode just thinking about it, so how many things do you have to think about?

After two more attempts, Cardi finally achieved the effect of Chu Shun, the red silk is like a red carpet covering the stairs, extending to the road, forming a strong contrast with the wet stone bricks around, very romantic, like a red carpet leading to the flower road.

Sitting next to Michelle was Kishida Sairang: "I remember this scene in "Life is Beautiful", and I could feel beautiful at that time. "I really didn't expect that it was the beauty of throwing it after repeated throwing again and again.

"Even if the shooting time is free for more than two months, a good film is really not made casually. "After the release of "Beautiful Life", Kishida Qilang watched both sides in the island country, the first time he was alone, and the second time he took his wife and children to see it.

Chu Shun's "out-of-line" move is not over yet, after the actor filmed a few NGs, Chu Shun began to walk to the "point" by himself, and then demonstrated for the actor.

"Your expression is too exaggerated, from the plot point of view, you are talking to Dr. Lessing, although he is surprised to leave you suddenly, but he is definitely not stunned, and his expression is a little tighter. ”

"Good, start shooting. ”

The first scene was successfully completed under the guidance of Chu Shun, and Robert did not immediately insert the narration, but directly followed a later scene, in which Chu Shun was debugging the shooting shot.

"Just now with the mirror, the distance is too close, a little farther. Chu Shun said to the photographer: "It's about three meters away, keep it up." ”

"Wait, who is in charge of the props of this vehicle?" Chu Shun said: "This model is really a product of the thirties?"

"That's right, Director Chu inquired about it, it's an Italian vehicle from that era. The prop replied immediately.

"Got it. Chu Shun asked Kadi: "Do you know how to drive?"

Cady shook his head, and immediately said, "I can learn." ”

"No, no, no, it won't be the best. Chu Shun said: "What I want is that you don't know how to drive, you will be more lazy for a while, and you need to collapse in the car." ”

After the actor explained, Chu Shun watched the photography interestingly, and there was no problem before he started shooting.

"High efficiency, anti-high efficiency. Mailer muttered that he had written a paper called "The Methodology for Efficient Crew Composition", which was dedicated to how a crew can be more efficient.

Mailer believes that there are only three ways to be efficient, the first is that the whole crew is very familiar with it, so it can cooperate well, the second kind of crew is very well paid and can make the crew members work overtime, and the third type of crew members are all equal, and the specific discussion is very complicated.

Well...... It felt like writing a paper and coming to a conclusion that everyone knew.

But Chu Shun's appearance made Mailer feel that his conclusion seemed to be wrong, the crew of "Beautiful Life" is indeed very familiar, and the beginning interview also said that it is at least a team that has cooperated for four or five years, but everyone can see that the biggest factor in being so efficient is that Chu Shun, as the director, is dealing with the problems of all the crew.

If there is any problem with the base makeup, ask the director. If there is any problem with the lighting, ask the director. How to arrange the camera is better to ask the director, how to shoot is better to ask the director, etc., I feel that other people don't even have to move their brains.

"So, that's the fourth possibility for making the crew efficient? One person decides everything?" Mailer asked himself in his mind, but how did he feel unreliable.

After seeing Chu Shun's efficient filming of a few scenes, the narrator appeared again: "Many directors in Hollywood are called tyrants on the set because of their bad temper during filming, but Director Chu Shun has mastered everything, and I can be willing to call him the master of the set." ”

"Not only in photography, lighting, script, art, acting skills, etc., director Chu Shun dominates the crew in all aspects. The narrator says.

The picture is Chu Shun's design of the costume, as well as the selection of props, including makeup suggestions, which are most of Chu Shun's suggestions.

To be precise, it is not a suggestion, but it is done according to Chu Shun's proposal, and the makeup artists, set designers, props team and costume designers all follow what Chu Shun said.

The point is to see that the reactions of these staff members are normal, and it is clear that this is the case.

“...... Cinematography, lighting, scripting, and art are all done by God, and now even the costume design, sets, props, makeup, and everything else dominates behind the scenes, is this really a documentary?"

Whether it is a documentary or not, in fact, the filming technique is obvious, and Jules did not doubt the authenticity of Robert's filming, but it was too incredible.

Jules was not the only one who was surprised, the expressions of everyone present were similar to seeing Satan coming.

The documentary itself is not a movie, but it is also watched in the theater, and strictly speaking, during the movie, you can't talk about it.

The big guys in front also held back, but seeing this, the outrageous "dominant crew" couldn't hold back anymore, and their own circle began to whisper.

"I saw the puppet shooting, I have to say, the name is too apt, and the crew are all puppets led by Chu Shun. ”

"This way...... Is it generalizable?"

"Promotional? Lev, I feel that your words are very excessive, does the Chu Shun shooting method shown in the documentary have any connection with the word promotion? My mother's connection with the president is greater than this. ”

"I'm sorry, it's me who is incoherent, but what does Auntie have to do with the president?"

“......”

It's all very quiet, but there are a lot of people who talk about whispering, so it's not small, but they are all academic bigwigs, and this premiere itself is also held for them, so naturally no one said anything.

Kishida Qilang also wanted to discuss it with someone, but he is from the Asian film academic circle, and it was embarrassing to sit next to Michelle in order to watch the movie in the front row.

No one spoke, his eyes were cast towards Chu Shun, only to see the person concerned looking at the screen intently, because it was too dark to see the expression clearly, and in fact, he didn't see the person clearly, Kishida Qilang knew the previous position, and it was his brain that couldn't take his eyes off it.

The brain supplement is also very correct, and Chu Shun really watched the documentary intently, and it felt quite good.

He thought to himself: "Robert is really good at shooting documentaries, and the editing is very good. ”

The costume design series is something that must be determined at the beginning of the shooting, in order before the first scene, but Robert adjusts the order before and after to achieve a sense of impact.

Again, documentaries are not meant to be honest and unchangeable, that's no different from a monitor.

You must know that there are even poetic documentaries, such as the famous "Zuiderzee" and "Rain", and they don't even care about space.

The next content of the documentary is Chu Shun's training of actors......