Storyboarding is not the same as drawing a comic.

Although both of these are visualizations of text plots, the former is to draw the movie shots on the screen concisely and easily on paper, which is more demanding.

For example, the storyboard of the national teacher is very neat, and it can be used as a movie and comic with text, while Jiang Wen's storyboard is very abstract, like a child's graffiti.

But it doesn't prevent these two from being very good directors.

Therefore, the painting is secondary, mainly to see if you can draw what the lens wants to show, so that the photographer knows how to move the camera, let the actors know how to dialogue, and let the visual effects department know what special effects to add.

In short, it is to give everyone a general idea of what they are going to shoot.

Of course, on this basis, if the painter can be better, then naturally everyone is very welcome.

The young man in front of him belongs to the category of painters who are relatively good, or even very good. The pen is meticulous, concise and neat, and anyone who reads it must give a thumbs up.

It's just that he doesn't seem to be from a professional background, and he doesn't have real experience in filmmaking, and Chen Lei didn't set any conditions and requirements, and he didn't even give him the script, so that although the storyboard drawn by the young man was neat, it was impossible to shoot it like this.

But this is already quite awesome.

Chen Lei thought to himself that if he was just self-taught, and then purely relied on imagination at the moment, he would definitely not be able to do it to this extent.

What does it matter if it's flawed or imperfect?

If the jade is not cut, people don't know the righteousness if they don't learn!

This sentence comes from the "Book of Rites", which is translated into the vernacular: Puyu needs to be carved, and budding needs to be trained.

Chen Lei is still very confident in his training ability.

Soon, the storyboard of Zhang Fifteen's storytelling at the beginning of "Shooting the Condor" was completed. Presumably, in order to fully demonstrate his abilities to the public, he drew all the shots of long-range, panorama, medium-shot, close-up, close-up, and large close-up.

Since the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" in this world has never been put on TV or screen, or even adapted from comics, no one knows what the world of the Condor is like, and it can only be made up by the brain.

Of course, this young man also relies on brain supplementation, and the brain supplement is okay, at least in the eyes of Song Xinghe's brothers and sisters.

Chen Lei estimated that he should have come to Mao Sui to recommend himself, to be honest, with his bright hands, even if he has no experience, it is enough to mix and eat in the general crew.

But Chen Lei still wants to investigate again to see where this person's limit is.

"If you can, please help draw a few more storyboards of 'Huashan on the Sword'. ”

Huashan on the Sword is the final chapter of the whole book of "Shooting the Condor", and it is also the climax. In this world, the book has not been serialized here, but Chen Lei wants to use this big scene to try it.

If this plot is filmed according to Netflix or HBO as Chen Lei envisioned, this is the last episode of the final season, and it is the highlight of Chen Lei's preparation to burn money and smash special effects to win word of mouth and train the team.

At the moment, Chen Lei put forward the plot and requirements roughly.

The young man thought about it for a much longer time than before, and he thought about it for half an hour before he started writing, looking at the big white paper on the table.

Because Chen Lei deliberately explained that he required large scenes and special effects to cause a strong visual impact on the audience, young people painted more slowly, and from time to time they also scribbled and changed, or even reversed.

After the initial freshness, the curiosity of the soft and cute young sister and sister is not so strong. This kind of highly professional creation is very boring to watch, so I ran to the side and started a romance drama.

Chen Lei and Song Xingzhou were like treasures, and they watched it with relish.

Among them, Song Xingzhou was still watching, and at the same time excitedly discussed with Chen Lei how to move the camera, how the actor should move, and whether to shoot in real scenes or with a green screen.

He had never been to Huashan, but at this time, he was already considering whether the top of Huashan was open enough to accommodate such a huge crew.

This guy is at home, he hasn't filmed for a long time, and he can't stop the car when he chats.

The strange thing is that the discussion between Chen and Song was in full swing, and there were even disputes from time to time, but the young people over there were not affected at all. There were a few times when Song Xingzhou praised the painting well at this moment, but the next moment the young man abandoned it and pushed it to start over.

He was completely immersed in his creations.

The dozen or so storyboard drawings were not finished until dark, and Chen and Song unanimously gave high praise. Although it still can't really play the role of shooting guide, it can also be seen that it has a lot of potential.

As mentioned earlier, jade needs to be carved, and new needs to be ......

"Do you know how to write a screenplay?" asked Chen Lei.

"Yes. The young man was able to speak, but slowly, and with a slightly stiff accent, saying, "I've submitted to many companies, but none of them have passed." It's a pity that I didn't bring those scripts today, otherwise I can show you. ”

"It's okay, there's still a chance in the future. Tell us a little about yourself and your dreams. Chen Lei smiled: "Oh, I mean the purpose of your coming here to find me. ”

The purpose of young people coming here is very simple, that is, they especially love Chen Lei's works and worship Chen Lei himself. So after hearing that Chen Lei and Song Xingzhou planned to make a movie, they wanted to recommend themselves and follow Brother Lei on the road.

Chen Lei's address is difficult to find, but the information of Song Xingzhou's studio is available on the Internet, and he just followed the way to find it.

In fact, he had been wandering around here for several days, but he hadn't waited for Chen Lei a few days ago, and he hadn't shown up.

A talented and ambitious young man saw Chen Lei's lofty goal and wanted to come to Mao Sui to recommend himself, which Chen and Song had expected for a long time, and they didn't think it was strange.

But this guy's name surprised the two of them.

"Daisuke Nakata?" Song Xingzhou looked at the name written on the paper and said in surprise: "Are you from the island country?"

"Yes. Nakata Daisuke's expression was very gloomy, as if the identity of an island country not only did not bring him any glory, but a kind of restraint, he said in a low voice: "But I have died socially in my motherland, and the hat of 'national thief' has been worn since my grandfather. ”

As he spoke, Daisuke Nakata talked about his life experience.

He actually speaks Chinese very well, but probably because of what he encountered when he was a child, he has been isolated and excluded, resulting in his relatively low language ability.

In many cases, not only do you have to mix Chinese and Japanese, but you even need to write handwriting to express your meaning.

For Japanese, Chen Lei can barely make do with it, but he is basically blind when he reads and writes.

After all, there are never bilingual subtitles in my Japanese textbooks.

Even with writing and analogy, Chen and Song finally roughly understood Nakata Daisuke's life experience, or family history.

The Nakata family is also a legendary family. During the war years, his grandfather was a staunch anti-war and internationalist. In the era of fanaticism in the island country 70 or 80 years ago, Nakata's grandfather resolutely devoted himself to the anti-war movement, and even came to China to work in northern Shaanxi.

In fact, in those days, like Nakata's grandfather, there were many island people who came to China to fight for China. However, after the surrender of the island nation, these people felt that they had won victory, won peace, and it was time to rebuild their homes, and most of them returned to China, and Nakata's grandfather was the same.

It is not very strange if the Nakata family only produced such a grandfather, the key is that at the time of the Cold War, Nakata's grandparents were the backbone of the Red Army of the island country, and they were hardcore pro-China.

When it comes to my parents' generation, the situation is similar.

And when it comes to Daisuke Nakata himself, he was born in such a family, and he has studied Chinese language and culture since he was a child, plus he is not good at words and is not good at socializing, you can imagine how he will be excluded and isolated in school since he was a child.

By the way, Daisuke Nakata also has a Chinese name, which he gave himself, called: Cheng Mo.

It not only shows that he loves Chinese ink paintings, but also has a bit of a self-deprecating taste of "silence" with homophony.

After listening to Daisuke Nakata's introduction, Chen Lei was also full of emotion for a while.