Verse 460: The Meaning of Existence

Duane still remembers that yesterday's incident happened because of Wei Rongchen's words. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

At that time, a diagonal wash of the male and female protagonists had just been filmed, and the staff were moving the machine to prepare for the filming of the next scene, the assistant director was busy off the scene, and Wei Rongchen and Du An were sitting behind the monitor and chatting.

"Producer Du, I have a little new idea about the script. ”

Wei Rongchen looked sideways at Du An's expression when he said this, and his posture itself also showed that he was very relaxed inside.

After a period of filming, he and the rest of the crew have become accustomed to Duane's existence, especially because Duane's chaotic way of working does not give people any sense of oppression, so they will no longer tremble when working because Duane is a world-renowned director.

"In fact, when "Xiaoshan" was staged on 'Chang'an Road', I had this idea, but I didn't direct this play at that time, and now this play is finally directed by me. ”

Wei Rongchen smiled, a little embarrassed, and a little proud, and then said his thoughts: "My idea is, about the end of the film, can we do another way to deal with it?"

Duane said "oh" as always, showing a very interested look, "What about going on?"

Wei Rongchen said: "Wang Jinshu and Shen Anru are really happy when they are together in the end, but it feels too blunt, after all, one is a big star, the other is an unknown ordinary person, such two people finally live a happy and beautiful life together It is too obvious that adult fairy tales, I guess a slightly more rational person will not believe it, right?"

Speaking of this, Wei Rongchen laughed very cooperatively, and the clothes that fit on his stomach trembled.

"Xiaoshan" is a modern love drama, the main content is to tell the story of the big star Shen Anru played by Song Zhen when he went to Hangzhou to participate in an event, and met the ordinary and handsome bookstore owner Wang Jinshu, and then the two fell in love, and finally came together after all kinds of experiences.

"So we might as well deal with it like this: separate the role of Wang Jinshu's sister Wang Ying, don't let her be Wang Jinshu's sister, but as the second heroine, and compete with Shen Anru for Wang Jinshu. Between the two, Wang Jinshu finally chose Wang Ying to be together instead of Shen Anru, this setting is more reasonable, and there are more things that can be photographed, which can lead to a lot of thinking space!"

Wei Rongchen was a little excited at the end, and his eyes were faintly shining.

It can be seen that he is indeed very satisfied with his idea, and thinks it is very good, and in his opinion, Duane will definitely agree with his idea.

Well, he probably smiled and kept saying things like "good, good" and "great ideas", like every time he had been filming in the past few days, Wei Rongchen thought to himself at the time.

Du An, just as Wei Rongchen thought, smiled and praised repeatedly: "Very good, very thoughtful, what a great idea." ”

It's just that he added another sentence later, which Wei Rongchen didn't expect.

"But the script can't be changed, and we continue to shoot according to the script. ”

Duane was still smiling when he said this, looking very gentle, but his eyes were calm and firm, like a silent but unusually stable mountain.

Du An was stunned for a moment when he saw Wei Rongchen's expression, and looked at himself several times in surprise, obviously not understanding how a producer who had been messing around could suddenly say "no".

It is normal for the director to change the script in the filming of film and television dramas, basically it is said that it will be changed, and the screenwriter will obediently change it according to the director's wishes, but this convention is not necessarily in the case of an unknown director and a famous screenwriter, such as the pair in the crew of "Xiaoshan". Therefore, even though Wei Rongchen has long had his own ideas about the play "Xiaoshan", and has long wanted to change the script, he has never revealed the slightest tone, until after the cooperation of this period of time, he has completely seen that Du An is a producer and screenwriter who can only keep saying "good", he finally revealed his idea, and felt that there would be no backlash.

Originally, Duane turned out to be this kind of bastard character, and this play was not really written by himself, it was bought by the copyright usurped name, and there was no emotional bond, so what reason did he have to oppose it? From Wei Rongchen's point of view, it could not be found.

But Duane just said "no" this time.

So Wei Rongchen blurted out very naturally and casually.

"Why?"

If this is on the set when Du ane is the director, in the face of such a question, Du An will definitely put this question back with a sentence of "because I am the director", and he is too lazy to explain, but this is not the set where he is the director, and he also hopes that the other party can understand some of the doorways and tricks in this, so he patiently explained.

"According to your ideas, it can indeed be filmed and have another taste, but the positioning of this drama is originally a commercial movie, and according to what you think, the ending will not be satisfactory, and the commerciality will be discounted. Although the happy ending has made many people complain, why are there still so many people who use it? Many movies that don't need the Great Perfection are just hitting the streets? It is because the form of the Great Perfection itself is very commercial, and if you forcibly abandon it, the commerciality will inevitably be discounted. When the commerciality is discounted, there is less money to be made, and there is less money to be made, do you think the producers are happy? I am the representative of the producers, so this time I have to say no. ”

Wei Rongchen still didn't seem to believe that Du An, who had been messing around, finally got serious, and said again without giving up: "The actor is not unmarried, he just made another choice, why is it not satisfactory? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered something for himself, and immediately added: "By the way, we can also increase the role of Wang Jinshu and Wang Ying in the front, so that the final choice will be much more natural, and the audience will be more acceptable, and the commerciality will be better!"

When he added this, he had an unconscious smile on his face, obviously thinking that his idea was good, but Duane just shook his head and said, "You are going farther and farther, and you still haven't seen the core of this play clearly." ”

"The core of this play is actually a story of a sparrow turning into a phoenix, just like "The Pretty Woman of the Wind and the Moon", but in "The Wind and the Moon", the sparrow is the woman, and here the sparrow is the man, the disparity in status is the attraction of this theme, and only the interaction between the two people with this disparity in status can attract the audience, how can you want to increase the love scene between two ordinary people? How can the audience like to watch this? If you really do this, it will be even worse. ”

Duane's pig-raising strategy was still effective during these days, and Wei Rongchen seemed to have forgotten that he was sitting in front of him an internationally renowned director, and continued to argue for his own ideas: "But movies should not be purely for the sake of pursuing commerce without regard for reason, and insist on forcibly fitting for the sake of the Great Perfection! And what if it is not perfect? Many of the most classic movies are unsatisfactory! This is the meaning of the existence of movies, not those vulgar bad movies of the Great Perfection!"

Since the start of filming, this is the first dispute between the director and the producer, and the director Wei Rongchen looks very excited, a little unscrupulous, and the "bad movies" have come out - you know, Du Anke, who is sitting in front of him, has made a lot of what he calls "bad movies".

Du An didn't follow his words and applied them to himself, nor did he get angry, he just looked at Wei Rongchen and didn't speak for a while.

He saw the shadows of many people from Wei Rongchen at this moment, he seemed to be just looking at Wei Rongchen, but in fact he was looking at many people, many, many directors.

In today's China, in the current Chinese film and television industry, there are too many people like Wei Rongchen in front of them, especially in major film academies, they all hold the same concept as Wei Rongchen now, thinking that thought-provoking is the meaning of the existence of films, and is the ultimate goal they should pursue.

For these people, Duane has only one thing to say.

"That's not what movies mean, that's what you exist. ”