"Shot, go. ”

"Give a close-up. ”

"Cut!

Zhang Lei got up from behind the monitor and took the lead in applauding: "Congratulations to the Black Hole Band!"

The crew and actors all chirped along and joined in the fun.

The day after the Magic City concert, the Black Hole Band went to Nanchang, and they made a cameo appearance in a movie.

Zhang Lei is an actor-turned-director, and he is making a road movie about a teenager's wandering and finding himself.

He is a good friend of He Dan, and the two of them invested in this movie together.

Therefore, He Dan also mobilized his good friends to help with this movie, and the Black Hole Band came to play a group of roles.

This movie is about a rural teenager from a single-parent family who teaches himself guitar and has a dream to become a singer in the future. But because he dropped out of school and stayed at home, he was idle all day long, and he was despised by the villagers and disliked by his father.

Later, he stole the money from the sale of wheat at home and went to the magic capital alone, wanting to be admitted to a professional conservatory to study music.

He had his wallet stolen on the train, chased the thief off the train, but was beaten by his fellow thieves and left penniless in a strange city.

He decided to continue on his destination on his guitar.

However, because he didn't sing very well and couldn't make money selling songs, he could only pick up leftovers from other people's meals at roadside barbecue stalls to eat.

The eldest sister of the stall owner took pity on him, so she invited him to eat a bowl of rice and let him sing at the barbecue stall.

However, his singing skills are too old and his singing skills are also very poor, not only did he not attract business for the barbecue stall, but he also annoyed many customers.

A mariachi band driving through China happened to be eating here, and when they heard him sing, they sang it again.

The same song, the two sides sang at the same level at all, and the teenager realized his lack of ability for the first time, and his emotions of fear, shame, and anger drove him to fight with the mariachi band.

But he didn't know each other, and he also got to know the mariachi.

When the mariachi learned that he was going to the Modu Conservatory, they kindly told him that the time for the art exam had passed, and they could only wait until next year.

They were curious why the boy didn't even know the time of the art exam, so he dared to run out to take the exam alone, but the boy didn't answer them.

The mariachi were just about to leave for the next city and offered to take him there.

The boy and the band sat in the car, singing all the way to the next city. On the way, he also developed a trace of affection for the female bassist in the band, but he didn't dare to say it.

After that, the boy went through two more journeys, and finally, he reached the destination of this trip.

At the end of the story, the grizzled teenager stops in front of the school gate for a long time, watching the young and beautiful students enter and leave the school, but leaves silently.

This is a typical literary movie, which is destined not to be a blockbuster, so Zhang Lei couldn't get investment and paid for it himself.

The actors who starred in this play did not have a single star, but many of them were powerful people from dramas.

The only thing that is famous in the film is the black hole of the mariachi band.

Zhang Lei himself said that he wanted to show the educational gap between the rich and the poor, as well as the powerlessness of ordinary people who realized class barriers through the Internet.

Cao Wu liked this script a lot, but he didn't like the ending.

The last set of shots designed by Zhang Lei is a teenager walking through the bright lights of the city, carrying a guitar to the bridge, a car passing, his figure disappears, and then there is a sound of falling water, which means that the teenager committed suicide.

Cao Wu didn't like this ending, he thought that since the boy dared to break into a strange city alone, and went through twists and turns all the way to his destination, he did not lack courage, and it was an insult to die like this.

But Zhang Lei told him that when the script was designed, the trip itself was a journey of death.

The boy's soul had already died in that village, and it was only his shell that went on the road.

He stole the family's money and left the house, which means that he has abandoned his family and affection. On the way, although he likes the female bass player of the mariachi band, he does not speak, which means that he has given up his love.

The final departure represents that he has given up on his dreams, and from the moment he embarks on his journey, he has already begun to die.

Zhang Lei is a director, and this is also his work, and others can't decide.

But Cao Wu still suggested setting an open-ended ending, and it would be better to end with the boy standing by the bridge, and it would be better to light up the sky in the east in the distance, leaving some room for fantasy for the audience, not so cold and cruel.

Whether it was out of politeness or not, Zhang Lei still said that Cao Wu's suggestion was very good, and he would consider it, but the final decision was still in his hands, and he didn't know if he adopted Cao Wu or not.

Although there were only two dozen shots, it took four days to shoot.

Although the mariachi has few scenes, it is still very important to the whole film.

And Lele is still the titular heroine of this play, although she doesn't even have a single line, only eight shots.

She represents beauty, the pain that the protagonist ignites for the last time in life, but is extinguished by him himself.

The starring role is a nineteen-year-old young man who is still in his freshman year of Chinese opera.

He wasn't good-looking, and even a little ugly, but he had great talent.

When Cao Wu and the others came over, most of his scenes had already been filmed.

Maybe because he was still in the play, when he saw him on the set for the first time, Cao Wu was startled.

His lonely temperament is very similar to the teenager Cao Wu expected.

Zhang Lei is a good director, because he is an actor, he knows how to mobilize the emotions of actors, and he gave Lele a lot of guidance in acting.

The director of photography responsible for filming this drama is the royal photographer of the famous literary film director Jia Ke, and under his lens, Lele glows with unprecedented beauty.

Even when she saw the footage herself, she couldn't believe it.

Acting and filming movies are very novel experiences for both Cao Wu and Lele, and they had a lot of fun this time.

That night, Zhang Lei was the host, invited them to a meal, and saw them off.

But when he saw He Dan also rushing over, Cao Wu knew that this meal must not be simple.

Sure enough, when he was full of wine and food, Zhang Lei took advantage of the strength of the wine to invite Cao Wu to make the soundtrack for the movie.

Cao Wu only thought about it for a moment and agreed.

Making the soundtrack for an entire film was also a challenge for him, and it wasn't just as simple as coming up with one or two songs.

The soundtrack is the bridge between the film and the audience.

Just like most of the core of horror movies is in the horror soundtrack, a good soundtrack can touch people's hearts more than the picture and performance.

Cao Wu liked the story, and he also liked what Zhang Lei was doing.

They're the kind of people who are doing things they think are interesting.