Chapter 382: Tuner
As for Zhu Xuan, he and Feng Gang are also teachers and friends, and before Feng Gang made his first film, he followed Zhu Xuan as an assistant director. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
How so? It's a feeling like a child has done something proud of and wants to ask the teacher for a reward.
In fact, the success of Ye Qiu's TV micro-movie "Father", Zhu Xuan has long noticed it.
Film school, for others, such as actors, is relatively simple in practical teaching, but in the directing department, it is more troublesome.
Directing students often don't have many opportunities to practice.
Although there are some film school directors who will raise their own money to make movies or something, but there are few successful ones, or in other words, the threshold for students in the directing department is much higher than that of the acting department if they want to practice what they have learned.
However, the success of the TV micro-movie "Father" made Zhu Xuan see a possibility.
Maybe shooting a big movie is too high a threshold for students in the directing department, but micro-movies are different, because the length is short, and it is not limited to being released in theaters, so the operability is much stronger.
Moreover, it is also possible to more or less recoup some of the costs through the TV station.
Although the movie channel also has TV movies, before "Father", the movies on the movie channel, although they are TV movies, but in fact, to some extent, they are not too different from theatrical movies.
However, the 45-minute short film is still a bit long, this time, "The Tuner" is only ten minutes, if this film can also be successful, then maybe the students of the directing department can try to make some such short films.
So Zhu Xuan is also very concerned about this film.
Not only Zhu Xuan, but also many students in the directing department are also very concerned about this film.
9 September 2002, 8 p.m. sharp.
At the end of the commercial, a melodious melody sounds, and the TV is pitch black, with no picture, only subtitles slowly appearing.
Director: Feng Gang
Screenwriter: Ye Qiu
Starring: Ye Qiu
Soon the subtitles faded and gradually the picture appeared.
A close-up of a piano string beating appears, and the camera moves slowly.
Then a deep male narration sounds: "I rarely play in public. ”
"Unless it's a special occasion or an audience."
"Like tonight."
As the words fell, the picture suddenly turned, and an old man leaned on the sofa, motionless, as if in a monologue, a special audience member was listening to the performance.
The male narrator continues: "Who is this man? ”
"I don't know."
The frame continues to transition, with a close-up of a pair of feet in socks......
The camera turns again, wearing only a butt in boxers, sitting on the bench, playing the piano with his upper body exposed.
At this time, the audience was a little puzzled, what is this opening about?
"I can't even see him."
Just when everyone was wondering what was being said at the beginning, the camera did not give an answer, but changed again.
What appeared in the picture was a young man with gray eyes, naturally the male protagonist played by Ye Qiu, his bearded face had a wooden expression, and his body swayed slightly with his shoulders. There seems to be a person standing behind him, because the camera is too close to see the whole body.
"I'm blind."
"And besides, it's not for him, it's for the people behind me."
It can be said that so far, this film has created a big suspense, that is, why is the male protagonist, naked, playing the piano, and who is the person standing behind him? And who is that old man?
Why would he play like this?
Finally, the picture darkened, and the sound of the piano came to an abrupt end with a crisp sound of unknown origin.
Subtitles appear instantly, "The Tuner".
It can be said that at the beginning of this chapter, laymen look at the plot and watch the excitement, but insiders see a lot of doorways.
Especially Zhu Xuan and Li Chaoyun, who are familiar with Feng Gang's style, if they didn't know in advance that this was a movie made by Feng Gang, then they didn't see any obvious personal style of Feng Gang at all from the less than one-minute scene at the beginning.
Whether it is lighting, atmosphere creation, or plot, it doesn't quite look like Feng Gang's style.
But the audience was aroused by the plot of less than a minute at the beginning.
Footsteps sounded, the picture appeared, and a set of long shots appeared, which was a large concert hall with bright lights on the stage, and young people in dresses slowly walked to a piano on the stage.
The audience was silent, and even the footsteps were so obvious and prominent.
The young man in a ceremonial dress walked up to the piano and bowed to the audience.
The inner monologue reappears: "Last year, I was seen as a genius. ”
"I also thought I had a bright future."
The camera shows the young man sitting down at the piano, holding the edge of the chair tightly with his hand, and then wiping the keyboard of the piano with a rag. The camera gives the front of this person, it is the young man before, the male protagonist played by Ye Qiu, but there is no beard here, he is slightly immature, Ye Qiu's face and forehead are oozing with sweat, and his breathing is a little short.
"For 15 years, all my efforts have been for one goal, the International Piano Competition."
Ye Qiu's hand was a little trembling on the emotional black and white buttons, and the background sound was also a little like the buzzing sound of a heartbeat, creating a tense atmosphere.
This is difficult to see in Feng Gang's previous films, or rather, not at all.
With trembling hands, he pressed down suddenly.
In the sound of a "dang" piano, the picture suddenly turned.
The pale male protagonist was lying on the bed weak and haggard, looking at the ceiling in a daze.
"I failed, and all of a sudden's thoughts were lost."
The male protagonist turned around and looked at the head of the bed, where his back was faced, and a woman was packing......
The actor turned into a man with two mustaches, wearing a suit and sunglasses, eating at a Western restaurant, and at this time Feng Gang appeared.
"I came back to life and became a piano tuner."
It can be said that seeing this, many people are becoming more and more at a loss, what does this have to do with the pictures at the beginning?
The middle-aged man played by Feng Gang sat down opposite Ye Qiu, and a waiter came over and casually threw a jar of candy on the table.
Ye Qiu opened his mouth sarcastically: "This waiter's service is really thoughtful. ”
Feng Gang took out the mobile phone that rang, and said while looking at it: "This society is either voyeurism or exhibitionism. ”
He looked at his phone again and said, "We talked for two hours last night, looking at the photos she sent me." After speaking, he brought his phone to Ye Qiu's sunglasses.
Ye Qiu didn't answer: "I'm here to eat." ”
"You don't have any bad thoughts at your age?" Feng Gang was a little disgusted by Ye Qiu's non-cooperation, and when he saw that the young man was putting a spoonful of sugar in his mouth, he said, "Do you eat sugar as a meal?" I don't care if I kill you! I'm not here to watch you set up a shelf for dinner, I want to know, how did your tuning order double in a month? ”
"Is it weird that your clients appreciate my work?" Ye Qiu was noncommittal.
"Sort of." Feng Gang replied.
"Has anyone complained?" Ye Qiu asked.
"Not yet." Feng Gang replied.
Ye Qiu asked with a relaxed face: "Then if the business improves, do you want to copy my squid?" ”
The middle-aged man played by Feng Gang finally couldn't bear it anymore, lowered his voice and roared: "Nonsense, I received a call this morning that I was looking for my blind tuner." ”
He looked around and asked in a low voice, "Can you explain?" ”