Chapter 291 of the main text before the Great War

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Movies are not a language, but they are similar to language, and they also pay attention to the choice of words and sentences, as well as the rules of grammar

As for what is called unconventional shooting, it is actually very simple, that is, it violates the grammatical rules of the movie, which is different from the usual shooting techniques. It could be the color, it could be the composition, it could be the narrative structure, it could be the angle of the shot.

For example, Spielberg's "Schindler's List" is a black and white film, but a little girl in red appears in the black and white image, and this color unconventional mobilizes the audience's emotions, deepens the theme, and leaves a deep impression. For example, Wes Anderson's films always have a lot of symmetrical compositions, and whenever possible, he will make the shots symmetrical, which is an anomaly in composition.

Zhang Ran never thought of himself as a genius, nor did he think that he had the possibility of becoming a master. A real master, only making three or five films in his life is enough for future generations to worship for hundreds of years, he does not have that ability. However, he doesn't want to be a craftsman director completely, but just makes movies lively and good-looking, and turns interesting ideas into moving images. He hopes to have his own style and language, as soon as others see the movie, they will know that it was made by Zhang Ran, and they will not think of Zhang Yimou or Akira Kurosawa.

In fact, every director has his own style, and there are bad movie kings like Wang Jing and Liu Zhenwei. However, a movie can make the audience see at a glance, in addition to the style, there is often something unique in the language of the film. For example, when you see the highly saturated warm colors of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and the ubiquitous symmetrical composition, you know that it is a Wes Anderson movie. Similarly, when you see a series of waiting-style long shots, you know that it is an Abbas film.

So far, Zhang Ran has made three films, except for trying to leave white and black in "Bursting Drummer", he has not made too many attempts in lens language. That's not to say that he doesn't have the ability to do this, he has made countless designs for the shots of "The Aviator", among which the one he is most satisfied with is unconventional. It is precisely because of this that he can be appreciated by Scorsese.

But something unconventional may feel refreshing. But it is also possible to arouse the disgust of the audience. For example, Zhang Yimou's "The City Full of Golden Armor" uses a lot of yellow in color, trying to express the decay and degeneration of the Xiàn court, but this large-scale use of yellow makes the audience feel very uncomfortable. A commercial film makes the audience uncomfortable, so can the audience make you feel better?

Zhang Ran originally planned to finish filming "Time and Space Warrior". Next, make a low-budget literary film and explore the language of the lens. After making sure that your idea is feasible, you can shoot "The Aviator". Now the battle in the same city is unconventional, and it is time to give it a try. If he succeeds, then he can apply these techniques to the film. Make them part of your own cinematic language.

Zhang Ran has already thought about how to use the lens language, but what kind of story should be used to match it is a bit scratching people's heads.

On the table are boiled fish, fried shredded pork, cold salad, and egg soup, all of which were made by Zhang Jingchu. But at this time, Zhang Ran's attention was not on the meal at all, and he was holding chopsticks to concentrate.

Zhang Jingchu sat next to Zhang Ran and pouted, and said softly: "Don't think about it, think about it after eating!"

Zhang Ran looked at Zhang Jingchu and smiled apologetically, cheered up, and took two bites of the bowl. praised: "Jing Chu, I found that your craftsmanship is getting better and better!"

When Zhang Jingchu heard Zhang Ran say this, her heart was full of joy, and she smiled: "Yes, then you eat more!"

Zhang Ran said "um" and continued to eat with the bowl. However, after not eating a few bites, the dishes and chopsticks in Zhang Ran's hand were put down again, and he frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Jingchu shook her head helplessly, she really had nothing to do with Zhang Ran. She was about to speak. Zhang Ran slapped the table, looked up to the sky and laughed: "I thought about it! I know what to shoot?" After speaking, he stood up and walked into the study and turned on the computer. Crackling and typing.

Zhang Ran didn't eat anymore, Zhang Jingchu could still eat, and also entered the study and sat down beside Zhang Ran. She was a little curious about Zhang Ran's script, and when she stretched out her head to look, the title of the script was only one word.

Zhang Ran typed extremely fast. In the crackling sound, the fingers flew like butterflies through flowers.

After more than ten minutes, Zhang Ran raised his hands and exhaled: "It's finally done!"

"Are you done?" asked Zhang Jingchu.

"I'm done, how about you take a look?" Zhang Ran pushed the notebook in front of Zhang Jingchu.

Zhang Jingchu graduated from the Department of Directing, learned the knowledge of directing, and studied art for several years before being admitted to the Directing Department, and has a certain understanding of photography and composition, Zhang Ran wants to hear her opinion.

Zhang Jingchu picked up the mouse and slowly looked at it, the doorbell rang at the beginning of the story, and the hostess went to open the door, it was a man. The two said hello, and the hostess closed the door, and then time began to turn back. Next, the story is divided into two lines, one for the hostess and one for the man.

Zhang Jingchu quickly became confused, the two lines seemed to be completely unconnected, and she didn't know what the story was telling at all. But the story is very short, and when the ending comes out, she suddenly realizes that this is what happened, and at the same time she is shocked by the subtlety of the story.

There are two lines in the whole story, one is the man's line, and the time of this line is going backwards, which is also the main timeline of the whole story, and the other line is the woman's timeline, which is normal forward. At the end of the film, the two lines intersect to reveal the mystery.

Zhang Jingchu hadn't read Nolan's "Fragments of Memory", otherwise she would definitely find that the two are somewhat similar in narrative.

"It's amazing that this story could be like this. You are more unconventional, and the narrative of this story is unconventional! It's the first time I've seen this kind of storytelling, it's amazing!" Zhang Jingchu had a bright smile on her face, and her eyes were full of admiration.

"Unconventional storytelling alone certainly won't win, and it's not what I'm after. What I want is an unconventional lens language, I'll draw the storyboard, and you'll understand it when you see it in a while!" Zhang Ran clicked on the storyboard's software and prepared to draw.

"Let's eat first, and then draw after eating!" Zhang Jingchu knew that it would take several hours to draw a storyboard, so she hurriedly persuaded.

"Eat, I'm not hungry!" Zhang Ran smiled at Zhang Jingchu.

"Then I won't eat it either, I'll accompany you!" Zhang Jingchu pouted.

In a USC student apartment, a bespectacled boy knocked on a dorm door.

Like all dormitories, this dormitory doesn't look neat, but it has a lot of personality, and there are many movie posters on the walls, the biggest of which is a poster for the Mexican movie "Your Mother Is the Same".

Now. In front of the table sat a young man with short hair and a slight beard, none other than Jonas Cuarón, the son of Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the film "Your Mother Is the Same".

The boy with glasses walked into the room and said excitedly, "Jonas." Did you hear that? That damn Chinese will participate in this city war!"

There are many Chinese in USC, but there is only one who can be called "damned Chinese" by USC students, and Zhang Ran, the public enemy of USC. Honas Caron frowned slightly when he heard that Zhang Ran would participate, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "That's great! UCLA's students are getting worse and worse, and now he is the only one who can handle it." If he doesn't play, I'm not interested in participating in this city battle!"

Last year's city-to-city battle Jonas Caron won 10 games in a row, and UCLA fell to the ground. The two schools are mortal enemies, and UCLA students are naturally not convinced, and they have said that the best in our school did not come. If Zhang Ran comes to participate, then we will not admit defeat!

Later, "Burst Drummer" was released in the United States, and Jonas Cuarón also went to see the movie specifically. He feels that Zhang Ran's editing, composition, and scheduling are very high-level, especially his editing and composition ability, which is probably above himself, which is very powerful. However, he feels that Zhang Ran's use of the camera is very conservative, and it is all in accordance with the Hollywood three-lens method. It's more ingenious.

Cuarón felt that the director must have his own things in the language of the shot, and the three-shot method is very practical, but everyone is using it, so it is not artistic enough, not a work of art. A work of art must be original, both in form and in content. For a director like Zhang Ran, who doesn't have his own film language, Caron is a little disdainful in his heart.

Seeing Caron's very contemptuous attitude, the boy reminded: "Jonas, you must not underestimate him, this guy is a genius! Not Jason's opponent at all, but after only a year, he won against Jason, which is really amazing!"

Cuarón laughed and said, "I didn't underestimate him. I'm just very confident in my work. I won't lose this city battle, even if Jason comes!"

The boy was slightly stunned when he heard Jonas Cuarón say this, and then reacted and said excitedly: "You have already written the script?"

Cuarón said lightly: "Not only the script has been written, but even the storyboard has been drawn, if you are interested, just take a look!" He stood up and gave up his chair.

"Then I'll take a look!" the boy was not polite, sat down directly on the chair, and then slowly flipped through it.

Honascaron's script is very short, and it only takes a little more than a minute to make a movie. The boy quickly finished reading it, stood up, and said excitedly: "Honas, you are a genius, a real genius! This idea is so creative, I just don't know how your brain grows! It is incredible to be able to operate a parallel montage to this kind of process, this time we can't lose, that damn Chinese is determined to lose! Their strongest, their heroes were beaten to pieces by us, I believe that the expressions of the cula students will be wonderful at that time, I can't wait!"

Jonas Caron said lightly: "I hope he won't disappoint me and be able to come out with a good work." It wouldn't be fun to win as easily as last year!"

The next night, Zhang Ran came to Zhao Fei's house to talk about the next shooting.

The two collaborated on two films, and they didn't need to be polite to each other at all. Zhang Ran briefly explained the matter, clicked on the storyboard, and then pushed the laptop to Zhao Fei's face: "Brother Zhao, you read the storyboard first, and then let's talk after reading!"

"You are really an idle person! I thought you would have to rest for at least three or four months before you think about the new film!" Zhao Fei shook his head, watched as if no one was around, and didn't even pour a glass of water for Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran was not polite, picked up the tea tube and made himself a cup of tea, and drank it leisurely.

Zhao Fei studied the storyboard carefully, and after reading not much, he became surprised. What Zhang Ran wants to present in the movie is very subversive, very, very unique.

After reading the storyboard, Zhao Fei said with great emotion: "At the beginning, when filming "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Hou Xiaoxian was the producer of the movie, and he heard Zhang Yimou interrupt the idea of a symmetrical composition for the whole movie and said, Yimou, only you dare to shoot like this." Now I want to say to you, Zhang Ran, only you dare to shoot like this!"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "Compared with a genius like Director Zhang Yimou, I am too far behind!"

Zhao Fei looked at Zhang Ran and said very seriously: "No, I think you are much more talented than him!" (To be continued.) )

PS: Because it was a very short film, it wasn't technically difficult, so I just skipped it and went straight to the game. In addition, thank you for the tips of all friends of "Zhang Erque, Wuyun Qingfeng, Otherworldly Dragon Dragon, Oh So You Called It, Rabi Be Careful, Broken Winged Bumblebee, Evergreen Without Regrets, Ah Li Don't Fight, Dead Memory"!