Chapter 855

In their previous lives, many people watched "Lichun", and they cried a lot because they sympathized with Wang Cailing's life, but whenever there was such a reaction, Song Zheng could only say that you didn't understand it at all.

Gu Changwei made such a film, obviously not to reflect the bumpy and tragic life of a young woman in literature and art after being confused by reality, but to tell people that people live their true temperament in their lives, which in itself should be appreciated.

When Song Zheng arrived, the crew was filming, and the image of Jiang Wenli, who was outstanding in real life, at this moment was simply not flattering, her face was dark, her face was full of freckles, and the most unbearable thing was the buckteeth, which were achieved through makeup skills, of course, there were also makeup that could not be shown, that is, the figure.

In the movie, Jiang Wenli has several sets of nude shots, which is impossible to use tricks, in order to better interpret the role of Wang Cailing, Jiang Wenli gained more than 20 pounds before the movie started, which is unintentionally a very big challenge for an actress.

Song Zheng has seen Jiang Wenli a few times before, although she is a little older, Jiang Wenli is very well maintained, and her speech and demeanor are extremely elegant, but in order to act, she is really open-minded.

Song Zheng didn't bother them with filming, just stood aside and watched, I have to say that Jiang Wenli's acting skills are very outstanding, and among the actresses of the same era, there are no more than one slap in the face that can compare with her.

In the play "Lichun", if there is no Jiang Wenli's performance at the expense of self-destruction, the character of Wang Cailing may fall into clichés.

Wang Cailing, a woman who says that she is persistent when she says it is good, has the courage and strength to fight against the whole world, but if she says it is ugly, she is paranoid, paranoid, she can't figure out her position, and she thinks too highly of herself.

There really must be such women in life, they should be a group of annoying people: they don't like to look at people squarely, they are always chattering and telling some half-truths and lies to deceive others, and the gap between their arrogant attitude and their humble situation is so big that it makes people laugh.

Of course, Wang Cailing's opera in the story is sung well, of course, only in that small city, but is it really so good that it can be on the stage of the National Center for the Performing Arts?

Apparently not.

Yanjing's troupe does not accept her, in addition to the limitations of market conditions, eighty percent is also because there are actually too many people with a similar level to her, and she does not have such amazing outstanding achievements.

Compared with Wang Cailing's paranoia, who is also a marginal person who is not tolerated by society, Mr. Hu, a same-sex and erotic dance teacher, is more involved in the world, he has never given up the artistic pursuit of dance from beginning to end, and he is willing to be an ordinary dance teacher, rather than getting ahead.

Of course, this does not mean that he does not have Wang Cailing's paranoia, but his paranoia is to be accepted as an ordinary person by a society that cannot accept homosexuality, and Wang Cailing is to be praised by society as a superior artist, and there is actually no qualitative difference between the two of them.

Wang Cailing is of course tragic, and a big reason for it is of course inseparable from the limitations of the social environment, which is probably an objective reason why many people are dissatisfied with the film's delicate portrayal of the dark side of society, but compared with the external factors of the social environment, the more important leading factor in her tragic life is her personal inability to correct her position in life.

But when Wang Cailing softly recounted the wet wind of spring and moved herself, Song Zheng's heart had to soften for this ugly woman, when she knelt on the staircase of the office of the Yanjing Opera Theater with great grief and indignation and sang "Why is God so unfair to me", Song Zheng's heart twitched as if she was out of love, and she also wanted to cry loudly with her, this emotion was really strong and turbulent.

Probably everyone has had a short-term or long-term pursuit of dreams and ideals when they were young, and perhaps they have cried alone or felt self-pity in the dark for the shattering of their dreams.

In fact, everyone's ideal when they were young was called Wang Cailing, and it was Wang Cailing when she finally bowed to life after encountering unsatisfactory conditions, until she sighed, and finally compromised with herself, and it was still Wang Cailing at that moment.

Of course, no matter how well the actor acts, it is inseparable from the support of the director's profound skills.

Gu Changwei was full of infinite passion and sympathy when portraying such a woman who was ugly on the outside and couldn't say how beautiful she was on the inside, but compared with the occasional contrivedness and impatience in "Peacock", "Lichun" was steady and powerful from beginning to end, slow and orderly.

did not mess up the rhythm of the narrative because of the urgency of emotional expression, and confidently used a large number of long shots from the perspective of "third eye" when shaping the characters' personalities, and there were very few abrupt subjective shots such as close-ups of the characters' faces, most of the time as if they were peeping in the dark from a corner, which greatly enhanced the realism of the film.

Compared with the single-paced narrative technique in "Peacock", "Lichun" adds a number of auxiliary characters with distinct personalities, including many black humorous entertainment moments, such as the clip of the fat man Zhou Yu using Wang Cailing's nude oil painting to ask his brother and mother for hush money, and the clip of Huang Sibao, a literary and artistic young man, returning to the small town from Shenzhen to open a marriage agency, and being chased and beaten like a lost dog.

The "slowness" of the long mirror has completely evolved into the detailed shaping of the characters' personalities, and at the same time, with the ups and downs in the narrative, "Lichun" is long but not slow, stable but not stuffy.

Even if you break through the movie and take out each fragment to interpret it alone, their techniques are solid and powerful, and some even have very clever white space, which is really amazing.

For example, Wang Cailing returned to her parents' house in the countryside for the Spring Festival, she got up early in the morning, walked to the door wearing a floral smock and stood at the threshold to watch her elderly mother set off firecrackers, Jiang Wenli's makeup was tired and old, but there was a natural liveliness and joy in her expression, she stood alone in the shabby door frame, as moving as a postcard in early spring.

Then the camera shifts to Wang Cailing's mother, the old lady holds a bamboo pole in both hands, and the firecrackers at one end of the bamboo pole crackle and crackle, the background is a dusty old brick wall, and the ground is full of red confetti from the firecrackers.

The old lady turned her head to look at her daughter, a backlit shot, and the wrinkles on her face were all smiling like a flower.

From this clip, the tone of the film officially entered the "beginning of spring", and Wang Cailing finally let go of the stubborn struggle that had not changed for many years and wanted to move towards the clouds, began to accept reality, and worked hard to integrate into ordinary and trivial social life.

The detail of Wang Cailing's mother setting off firecrackers can be said to be a crucial opportunity in the film, if it is filmed by another director, it will definitely take a short while, but Gu Changwei stabilized, there is not a word of nonsense about the characters in the clip, and all the tastes are soaked in the picture, allowing the audience to chew on their own aftertaste.

This kind of steady and steady technique, picking out one detail after another, grinding one fragment after another, the blank space will never be verbose, it is simply impossible not to admire it sincerely, from attitude to technology to the overall strategy of the film.

"Okay!

After filming a group of scenes, the assistant immediately stepped forward to tell Gu Changwei that Song Zheng had arrived.

Gu Changwei was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the crowd, saw Song Zheng at a glance, and hurriedly got up and walked over.

"Director Song, why don't you let people talk to me!"

Gu Changwei gives people a very gentle feeling, he is also different from those big directors in the circle who like to highlight their personalities, and he is also very old-fashioned in dealing with people, unlike some directors, no matter who he is looking at, he has the virtue of "I am awesome, I have a temper".

Song Zheng shook hands with Gu Changwei and said with a smile: "You are filming, it's not good to disturb you, how is it?

Gu Changwei hesitated for a moment, but still nodded.

Song Zheng didn't ask in detail, he knew that Gu Changwei was under a lot of pressure now, the entire crew, except for Jiang Wenli, there were no other big-name actors, more of them had been in the circle for many years, depressed, although the acting skills were good, but there was not much experience, and when filming, slow progress was inevitable.

"It's okay! It was a bit of a struggle at first, but now it's much better, and the actors' state has come out, I guess it will be finished in two months!"

As soon as Song Zheng heard it, he knew that Gu Changwei had misunderstood: "Director Gu, I don't mean to urge you, work slowly and carefully, you are a little more stable in this play, I can count on this drama to win the award!"

Song Zheng said this, not to comfort Gu Changwei, but his true thoughts, a movie with a theme like "Lichun" itself cannot please the audience, plus there are no big names in the play, even if it is released as desired, the box office is not worth looking forward to, Song Zheng never thought that this drama could make money, and the reason why he was willing to shoot was to win awards.

If a film and television production company wants to become bigger and stronger, stabilize its position in the circle, it is obviously not possible to only focus on the box office, it is also necessary to accumulate prestige, and it is obviously unrealistic to count on commercial films to make prestige and full of word-of-mouth, the key is to look at the trophy.

filmed the drama "Lichun", Song Zheng was in order to win awards at major award ceremonies.

Song Zheng's thoughts, Gu Changwei naturally knows, don't look at the extremely prosperous domestic film market in recent years, but if you really want to analyze it, it can't stand scrutiny at all, in China, the real popularity is always those commercial films, and there is no market for literary films at all.

Song Zheng is very popular, right!?

But even so, if he takes out his "Blind Well" for release, it will still encounter a cold scene, this is the reality, and it can't be broken in a short time.

Chinese directors, as long as they are still dedicated to playing art, can only count on those large and small film festivals abroad, no matter what standard film festival it is, as long as they can win awards, when the time comes, there will naturally be overseas filmmakers coming to the door, and when the time comes, it is needless to say that they will return to their original costs, and maybe they can make a fortune.

While the two of them were talking, Jiang Wenli also walked over, and after removing the buckteeth, although she was wearing makeup on her face, she was not as beautiful as usual, but at least she would no longer be regarded as an ugly girl like Wang Cailing.

"Director Song!"

Song Zheng and Jiang Wenli were not familiar with each other, but they responded with a smile, and said in his heart, his perception of Jiang Wenli was average, mainly because there were too many negative news about this woman that he had seen in his previous life.

Dating a little fresh meat, cheating on a man in the year, and there are photos as evidence, Lai can't rely on it.

Gu Changwei is also half a catty, speaking of which these two are really wonderful, they look like they are separated from each other in the morning, and they were still showing affection in front of people's eyes a second ago, and they went to play their own as soon as they turned their heads.

It is said that this is the case, the divorce is not over, each other is clean, and there is no need to worry about being broken, but they don't divorce, in front of people, they are still a model couple, Song Zheng really can't understand this.

Of course, with Song Zheng's current messy emotional line, he has no right to criticize anything, but he simply can't get used to it.

Gu Changwei is still secretive, even if he is bumped into by someone, he still stalks his neck and refuses to admit it, but Jiang Wenli is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, in the face of criticism, she ignores everything, and has the momentum of "I'm like this, you can say whatever you like".

However, this is quite similar to Wang Cailing, whatever others say, they should be farts, and they live according to their own ideas, which can be regarded as living a true temperament.

In front of Song Zheng, Jiang Wenli seemed very enthusiastic, even if everyone could see that Song Zheng was perfunctory, she could control the scene alone and find countless topics.

In the end, Gu Changwei couldn't stand it anymore, so he used the make-up as an excuse and took Jiang Wenli away.

"Director Song, she's ~~~~~" Gu Changwei was also a little embarrassed.

In the end, it is a husband and wife who have lived together for so many years, although the relationship has long fallen below freezing, but after all, they are still husband and wife in name, and Gu Changwei is embarrassed by his mother-in-law's self-promotion.

What is Jiang Wenli's idea, of course Gu Changwei knows, it is nothing more than wanting to leave a deep impression on Song Zheng, and if she is filming in the future, he can think of her.

Regarding his mother-in-law's little abacus, Gu Changwei can only be said to be wishful thinking, how old are they to compete for the little beauties in the circle?

"It's okay! Teacher Jiang is quite enthusiastic!"

Gu Changwei laughed dryly, and quickly changed the topic: "Director Song came over today, not just to visit the class and see the progress of the filming, right?"

Song Zheng's main purpose today is really not this, but Gu Changwei.

"Director Gu, I really want to ask you for help here!"

When Gu Changwei heard this, he said with a smile: "You're welcome, I've been working on this film for several years, if it weren't for Director Song's investment, I don't know how many years it would take to make it, if Director Song has something to use me, just say it!"

Since Gu Changwei said so, Song Zheng was naturally not polite: "Actually, I came here mainly to ask Director Gu to condescend and be the photographer of my new film!"

New film?

Gu Changwei was a little confused: "Isn't Director Song filming in the United States now? Why is there a new film to be filmed!?"

Song Zheng said: "That's the case, after the end of this "Inception" in my hand now, I plan to make a literary film, and I have gone through the whole domestic photographer, I think Director Gu is the most suitable!"

Song Zheng is talking about the "Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" that he is preparing to shoot after the year, this movie, Song Zheng is going to hit the award, not only the actors, but also the staff in any position in the crew, he wants to find the best person in the circle to fill it.

Especially photographers!

There are many well-known photographers in China, but after thinking about it one by one, Song Zheng found that only Gu Changwei could control the lens and shoot the picture he wanted most.

Don't look at Gu Changwei's transformation into a director in recent years, he has made several films, and won countless awards at home and abroad, but those who are familiar with him know that he is really powerful in photography technology, which is definitely the top in Asia.

When he collaborated with Zhang Yimou, he was plain and rough, his images were desolate and gloomy, the colors were thick and turbid, and the light was also faint and obscurant.

In "Red Sorghum", the backlight is the mainstay, forming a rich tonal change, and in the scene of the sedan chair, he uses the backlight to shoot the smoke and dust raised under the feet of the sedan chair driver, which is really heartwarming.

The passionate drama in "Ju Dou", if the photographer is frivolous, he will be degraded if he is not careful, but Gu Changwei's lens is calm and calm, controllable, and forced to look at desire, making it impossible to hide. That primitive, that rough, can really pounce on people through the lens.

When working with Chen Kaige, his lens was a different scene.

"Farewell My Concubine" is tactful, ups and downs, and very sad.

"The Child King" is indifferent and stable, and the story of the educated youth is laid out like flowing water.

In cooperation with Jiang Wen, Gu Changwei's lens language is more fluent and stretched.

"Sunny Day", Ma Xiaojun held the binoculars and turned around, when he was a teenager, he really had such a mood of idleness, and he was full of interest in doing a boring thing. In this movie, Gu Changwei's camera drifts around, turning and turning, and the camera skims over the photos of Milan, again, again, again, freeze frame.

"The Devil is Coming" takes an objective and calm perspective and tells an absurd and cruel story for everyone to listen to.

After all, there are photographers who can serve Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen, the two weirdos in the director industry, and Gu Changwei is the only one in the circle.

After Song Zheng finished speaking, seeing that Gu Changwei didn't speak, he followed: "Director Gu doesn't need to reply to me immediately, you can think about it." ”

Song Zheng also knows that this matter is a bit difficult, after all, Gu Changwei's current identity is a director, and he has accumulated a good reputation in the circle, and the achievements he has achieved are enough for many directors to look up to.

is used to saying everything in the crew, and now let Gu Changwei go back and work for others, and it is natural that Gu Changwei is unwilling.

In fact, Song Zheng just wanted to try it, if Gu Changwei was unwilling, he planned to go to Xiangjiang to invite Guan Jinpeng, as for Du Kefeng, it was not in Song Zheng's consideration at all, and the foreign devil couldn't shoot the delicate shots he wanted.

"Director Song, when will you shoot that film?"