If directors are also a group of people who pay attention to talent and acquired growth, then Xue Xiaolu's talent is definitely not the strongest at least.

From a purely directorial point of view, Xue Xiaolu's directing skills are really not very high.

Since 1995's "Growing Up with Love", Xue Xiaolu has been in the industry for nearly 20 years now, and during this time, the most acclaimed screenwriting career in her screenwriting career is "Filial Son" in 2006 and "Autumn Rain" in 2005.

But to be honest, the success of that movie is more due to the huge advantage in the subject matter, coupled with the gimmick of international superstar Jet Li Gan as a supporting role, the last success factor is the director's delicate and soothing narrative rhythm, as well as the excellent interpretation of many supporting roles......

Anyway, as of 2018, when Li Mo crossed, the highest-grossing movie in Xue Xiaolu's directorial career was "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Only Love Letter", but that film was ridiculed by many audiences as the popularity of Tang Wei and the first part of "North West", and the dog's tail continued mink.

Of course, although Xue Xiaolu's "North West 2" is not highly rated among the audience, compared with Milk Tea Liu's "Later Us" and "Something Sadder Than Sadness", her movies still have the advantages of delicate narrative and real feelings, which are much better than a platform that is both a sponsor and a player......

These advantages are not enough to cover up Xue Xiaolu's shortcomings in controlling the rhythm of the film outside of emotional scenes.

A director who can't control the rhythm of his own films, no matter how measured by any kind of standard, is definitely not an excellent and qualified director.

Originally, Li Mo thought that Xue Xiaolu in this time and space would be able to shoot the first part of "North West" smoothly like the original time and space, in order not to affect her performance as much as possible, Li Mo tried to control the changes in the script as much as possible in the identity of the male and female protagonists, small details such as background, and the purpose of the revision was only to reduce the mistakes and omissions of some audiences in picking out details, but who knows......

It seems that Li Mo is a little too enthusiastic about Xue Xiaolu.

This young lady is now completely grateful for Li Mo's kindness, and vows to toss "Beixi" into the style of "Gone with the Wind......

This kind of posture Li Mo is a little unbearable.

Dear, what you're making now is a commercial love movie, can you not add drama to yourself, it's like running for the Oscars, okay?

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In fact, women have rarely appeared in the director group for a long time.

This is not only because men have a better sense of the big picture than women, but also because women are often more obsessed with details in their original characteristics and are prone to losing the overall picture.

This is true not only in the field of directors, but also in the field of writers and poetry.

For example, at a certain point on the Internet, the books of female writers are often delicate, sadistic, and tear-jerking, but if they add scenes of royal power struggle and battlefield decisive battle in their works, then it is easy for readers to feel awkward and unreal.

It seems that in the worldview of female writers, playing palace fights and conspiracies, some female supporting characters can decide the victory or defeat of the battlefield thousands of miles away as long as they use their hands and feet on the heroine.

However, compared with male directors, female directors are indeed better at thinking from the standpoint of female characters, which makes their films more emotional.

To be honest, after experiencing the acclaim of "Ocean Paradise", Xue Xiaolu has begun to subconsciously go on the road of marketization in the script stage of "North West", and it can even be said that if Li Mo's performance is not too high, the kind of female youth disease in Xue Xiaolu's bones may not have jumped out so quickly.

There's no way, the more she subconsciously wants to make a good movie, the easier it will be to follow the path she is most accustomed to when she actually acts, but what is she most accustomed to? Isn't it the kind of drama film that is not easy for ordinary audiences to accept, or a literary film......

For example, Li Mo just took a look at the footage that had been filmed, and there was a scene where Wen Jiajia was on Christmas Eve, because she couldn't talk to Mrs. Huang and other pregnant women in the 'confinement center', so she went out alone to chat with Hao Zhi.

Hao Zhi didn't believe that Wen Jiajia could make a good dish, so Wen Jiajia decided to show his skills and cook a few dishes.

According to Li Mo's thoughts, at that time, the hero and heroine were still in the stage of ordinary friends, and in a scene like this, as long as the focus of the lens language is on Wen Jiajia, it is enough to show that this woman is not a simple brainless money worshipper from two angles at most......

As for the emotional sublimation of the hero and heroine, there will be a place to slowly brew in the future.

But Xue Xiaolu is good, she filmed three ways of expression in this scene: the female protagonist's perspective, the male protagonist's perspective and the bystander's perspective......

Dear, this is the material of the nine strips.

In the end, it is estimated that only the perspective of the male protagonist and the perspective of the spectator can be used...... Nothing more.

…… The other seven are completely wasteful.

Fortunately, the crew of "North West" uses digital cameras, and as long as the storage device is large enough, the loss of the machine is negligible.

If it was like Jiang Wen's filming of "Sunny Days" back then, Li Mofei would make Xue Xiaolu nervous.

Although this matter is not big, it also reflects Xue Xiaolu's problems in the control of the camera and expression from one angle.

If she had thought of what she wanted from the beginning, why did she have to ask the actors to present such a simple scene in three ways?

Not to mention that the state of the actors will fluctuate due to long-term shooting, which increases the time cost of the crew in disguise, not to mention the appearance of the crew now, Xue Xiaolu must not have had detailed communication with the director of photography when he was filming, I don't know the reason, I repeat the work again and again, and whoever changes it is estimated that he will hold back his anger.

The most important thing is that what Li Mo saw was only one of the countless clips in the past few months......

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The scene on the roof of the Empire State Building was not filmed for long.

This is not only because Li Mo came to visit the crew, but more importantly, for a landmark building like this in New York City, the time approved by the crew for filming was originally very limited, so in this scene, Xue Xiaolu really did her homework in advance.

In just three hours of filming, whether it is the performance of the actors or the cooperation of the crew, it can be called in one go.

Li Mo didn't care whether they were working hard or planning to behave, all in all, being able to finish work on time and complete the shooting had already achieved the goal.

After instructing Feng Wen to arrange a vehicle to send Jin Dong and his wife and Liu Yifei and others back to the crew's station, Li Mo got into Xue Xiaolu's car, planning to talk to her about the company's positioning and future plans for the movie "North West".