Chapter 109: Business Too "Skilled"
Making movies is never an easy thing, film is not only an art, but also an industry, but everything that involves industry is supported by a system behind it, and the same is true for movies.
The crew of "Blue Love" stayed in Bincheng for almost a month, traveled to many locations, and went to Beidaqiao several times, plus this drama uses a lot of extras, and the preparation for filming is particularly cumbersome, and Huo Jianqi is so busy that his hair is gray several times.
In fact, the time really spent on filming is not the vast majority, sometimes filming needs to be grinded over and over again, adjusted over and over again, plus the crew has to adjust the lighting, tracks, arrange extras and other work, but these take up a lot of time.
This is still in the case of already having a relatively mature crew, if most of them are newcomers, there are still headaches, and the professionalism of the mainland shooting team still cannot be compared with places that are already familiar with commercial production and complete process industrialization.
Make a division of the world's film industry, the Chinese film industry in 99 can only be ranked in the fourth echelon, the first is the undisputed Hollywood, beating the world, the second echelon is Europa, the third echelon is Asanri, Japan and South Korea, the fourth echelon is us plus Maozi Thailand, of course, if the Xiangjiang film industry is counted, we can barely count the second echelon.
There is no doubt that Xiangjiang and Wanwan are ours, but due to some special reasons, now Xiangjiang is in decline, and Wanwan's road to art is gone, and it has not been closely integrated with the mainland, so the mainland can only be regarded as the fourth echelon.
Originally, if the film industry is not good, it will affect the quality of special effects and production level, but the core of the film is storytelling, if the director can tell the story well and control the rhythm of the movie, he can also make a good movie, but unfortunately among the domestic directors, there are not many directors who can tell the story well.
The ability to tell stories is not good enough, so you can only make a fuss about the theme mining, so the fifth-generation director mentioned that the convulsions are aimed at the rural themes of the special era, partly because they grew up in that era, and partly because these themes are easy to win awards abroad, which can ensure the artistry of the film.
Many people say that Chinese directors will only make films with backward rural themes, and that they will ban films, that they worship foreigners and that they can't see that China is a little good, which is biased.
To be reasonable, a director's film theme and style are related to the environment in which he grew up, and the collective outbreak of five generations of directors was something that no one thought of at the beginning, plus the domestic film environment is strange, if they don't shoot this, they will only make the main theme movie.
I won't talk about how pitfalls there are in making movies in China, if you want to get the dragon standard, your script must first pass the review, and if you want to pass the review, let's talk about how you want to pass it.
You can't shoot political categories, you can't shoot feudal superstitions, you can't shoot things that are too bloody and violent, you can't shoot things that are too heavy in taste, you can't shoot those that are profound, you can't shoot those that reflect human nature, you can't shoot those that destroy national unity, you can't shoot those that smear the image of a certain group, you can't shoot marginal themes, a family drama has to be approved by seven or eight ministries and commissions, but you can't shoot it, get rid of these, what else can you shoot except comedy?
Do you think it's okay to forget in addition to the above, wrong, you can't shoot if you don't get a good name, about except for the main theme, there is only a family ethics drama left to shoot, by the way, family ethics must be harmonious, and the plot can't be filmed if it doesn't conform to reality and disharmony.
The five generations of directors can only shoot rural themes, and then they find that they can only shoot banned films, because the script can't pass the review at all, even if you pass the script review, you can't pass the film review, and you can't send it to foreign exhibitions.
In a word, "Say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it." If you say no, you can't, and you can't do it. ”
Of course, the system can't be blamed entirely on the bad Chinese movies, but there are too many restrictions, which is absolute, and there is no shirk.
Huo Jianqi is one of the few directors who can dance well with shackles, he is the kind of director who watches the rice in the pot, neither the stubbornness of those angry youths, nor the flattery of the main theme director, what he does is to shoot the film to the best within the scope of his control, as for touching the ceiling of restrictions, then just keep a safe distance.
"Blue Love" has a certain novelty in the form of the story, its focus is no longer on rural themes, but on the thinking of young men and women in urban cities about art, the pursuit of love, and the growth in life, plus the elements of suspense police films, which is also a bold attempt.
It's a pity that the story itself has a lot of flaws, the rhythm of the narrative mode is still not fast enough, the literary and artistic ones are not obvious enough, and the business is not thorough, so the overall style is artistic, and the plot conflict is insufficient, which makes the film a little wavering, which is not particularly good.
"Click!" Huo Jianqi stopped shooting, frowning, dissatisfied with the shots.
"Blue Love" has been filmed for almost a month, and the filming of the main plot is going very smoothly, but something went wrong in the kiss scene that Huo Jianqi thought should be the most problematic.
"Come over here, let's discuss. Huo Jianqi beckoned Zhou Bai and Yuan Yang to come over.
"Director, is there something wrong?" Zhou Bai asked, kissed him three times, but the camera still didn't pass, and he scratched his head.
"Don't you think there's something strange about it?" Huo Jianqi said, his eyes looking between the two of them.
"No. Yuan Yang said with wide eyes, she and Zhou Bai were very involved in the filming process, and there was no awkward feeling, although there was a camera next to her, but with her boyfriend, the two of them were professional actors, and it was natural to hug and kiss together.
This joke is about Tai Lin and Liu Yun got to know each other, Tai Lin promised to help Liu Yun find a person named White Pony, came and went, the two became familiar, and also had a good impression of each other, in the night supper street date, Tai Lin found that someone was fighting, and when he was about to go up to stop it, Liu Yun shouted that the police were coming, and dispersed the crowd, Liu Yun also pulled Tai Lin to run into the alley, and the two kissed in a somewhat dim alley.
"No, it still doesn't feel right, you two can perform, but it seems that something is missing, and it doesn't feel right to me. Huo Jianqi said that he asked the actor to do it, but when he filmed, he felt that this was not the effect he wanted.
"What I want is the kind of hot kiss that happens for the first time between couples, hot and intense, in this alley, they love each other as if they were ......," Huo Jianqi said, and then froze.
"Golden Wind and Jade Dew meet?" Zhou Bai said.
"Almost, by the way, what was your first kiss like?" Huo Jianqi suddenly asked.
This problem, if you change someone to be regarded as a bad uncle every minute, but Huo Jianqi is very serious, he is just doing artistic discussions, and isn't it just kissing, Lao Huo has been married for so many years, can he still not experience this?
"Nervous!"
"Nervous!"
Zhou Bai and Yuan Yang replied at the same time, and then looked at each other and smiled, even though they were trained in acting, they still felt a little panicked when they talked about their secrets.
"Yes, yes, yes, you are strong enough, but you still lack the greenness of the first kiss, too ...... Skilled. Huo Jianqi said, finally paused, and then nodded.
Zhou Bai and Yuan Yu looked at each other, well, sometimes it is not necessarily right when emotions are substituted.
"You two adjust it, find your feelings, and we'll do it all over again. Huo Jianqi waved his hand, signaling the crew to stop and give some time to adjust to the two of them.
"I think you've trained me too well. Zhou Bai, who walked to the side to discuss, suddenly said quietly.
Yuan Yan's face turned red, and his hand secretly found a soft position on Zhou Bai's waist, pinched it, and then rotated it one hundred and eighty degrees, making Zhou Bai snort, this is the end of the cheap, who let someone get cheap and sell well.