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In an empty room on the Clear Water Bay set.

Xu Cun first explained how Li Wo arranged Yizhuang, and then discussed with Zhong Zhiwen how to arrange the camera.

Coming out of Yizhuang, Xu Cun took Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi to walk towards Uncle Jiu's 'home', and said in a chatting tone: "The director is the organizer and leader of the film, the person who uses actors to express his thoughts, and the person in charge of putting the script on the screen. As a synthesizer of various elements in the creation of films, the director's task is to organize and unite all the creative staff, technicians, and performers in the crew, give full play to their talents, and integrate the creative labor of all people......"

Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi knew that Xu Cun was teaching them the experience of being a director, so they listened very carefully - both of them have been in the film industry for many years, and they are no strangers to the position of director, and they both think that they can be directors. However, after all, Xu Cun is the first and so far the only director in Xiangjiang who has a box office of more than 10 million, so they are still willing to listen to the experience passed by Xu Cun.

Xu Cun is not a good teacher, but Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi will go out to take charge of themselves in a year or two at most, make movies for DreamWorks independently, and think about the interests of DreamWorks, and because both of them have good character, Xu Cun taught them his experience and some advanced concepts in later generations.

After the Yizhuang was arranged, Xu Cun just took advantage of the darkness to start the scene of Yizhuang.

At first, Yizhuang was mainly a play between Xu Cun and Xu Guanying, so Xu Cun asked Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi to direct this scene.

In the first scene of Yizhuang, Qiusheng played by Xu Cun dressed as a zombie to scare Wencai played by Xu Guanying, but as a result, he got rid of more than a dozen real zombies, making a ridiculous farce.

Xu Guanying is a very talented old actor, Xu Cun plays against him, and more often he cooperates with Xu Cun's rhythm, which makes Xu Cun's performance very enjoyable.

However, because Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi are both first-time directors, and these two scenes are a bit messy, they are still NG twice because of a trivial matter.

Later, Xu Cun explained the essentials to Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi, and then passed.

In the second scene, Lin Zhengying's Ninth Uncle and Chen You's four-eyed Taoist surrendered zombies.

Xu Cun and Lin Zhengying had to play in this scene, so Chen Xunqi was the director alone.

Because Xu Cun drew the storyboard script in advance, and Xu Cun still had the complete "Mr. Zombie" in his mind. So, "Mr. Zombie" was filmed very quickly.

If it weren't for Xu Cun's excellence, and he wanted Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi to practice, Yizhuang's scenes would have been filmed overnight.

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Back then, "Mr. Zombie", which invested 8.8 million yuan, was expected to lose 2 million, but in the end the box office exceeded 20 million, and it was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, which was applauded and applauded.

The success of Mr. Zombie is the result of many factors.

It transplants the master-apprentice relationship and fighting plot of kung fu films in the early Republic of China, and is full of Hong Kong films' skillful local stunts and kung fu acrobatics.

In the middle, a scene of a chat-style amorous ghost chasing a boy was also inserted.

There are jokes, there is romance, and there is no boredom.

However, the main factor is the zombie image and the fun of the scenes in the film.

It digs deep into the folklore and borrows many details from the legend of Xiangxi's corpse chase, including the yellow-robed mage, the yellow paper talisman that presses the face, and the rows of jumping zombies.

Moreover, "Mr. Zombie" is very meticulously drawn from the Qing Dynasty notebook novels.

First of all, the reason why people become zombies is because they are constantly angry, or they die unjustly, and when they are infected with the yang energy of a living person, they will become corpses.

Secondly, holding your breath to avoid zombies is Mr. Zombie's most powerful design, so much so that the title of his bend is called "Temporarily Stop Breathing".

Again, the methods of subduing zombies - peach wood sword, ink fountain line, yellow paper charms, and glutinous rice are full of Taoist colors, giving the audience an intuitive impression of the mysterious Maoshan spell.

As for the image of a zombie with fangs and claws, and a living person who becomes a zombie after being bitten and sucked blood, it comes from Western vampire movies.

And some of the funny scenes are stolen from Polanski's classic "Heavenly Master Monster Hunt".

These settings have become the "cultural model" of the next zombie film trend.

These classic modes of "Mr. Zombie" have not been moved. He just deleted some superfluous things and let Huang Bingyao and the martial artists in the Xu family class work together to find a better way. In addition, all the scenes that might make Li Saifeng suffer losses were also deleted by the cautious Xu Cun.

And the biggest change Xu Cun made is Dong Xiaoyu's image and Dong Xiaoyu's ending.

In terms of image, there are only two Dong Xiaoyu played by Zhao Yazhi - the first is the image of the bride carefully designed by Xu Cun, Zhang Shuping, and Xi Zhongwen. The second is Xu Cun, Zhang Shuping, and Xi Zhongwen's carefully designed images of flowing white clothes, which are much more beautiful than Wang Xiaofeng's three images. In addition, Xu Cun also changed the part where Dong Xiaoyu revealed his true face, so that Dong Xiaoyu always showed his most beautiful face.

In the end, Xu Cun let Dong Xiaoyu reappear and sacrifice his life to save Qiusheng, almost ending up with the zombie played by Zhong Fa, and later relying on Lin Zhengying to cast a spell and reincarnate - this scene is very common in zombie films in the future, but it can make the audience more impressed by Zhao Yazhi now.

"Click!"

Lin Zhengying stopped Xu Cun and Zhao Yazhi, who were filming the bed scene.

"Brother Ying, did I make a mistake again?" Zhao Yazhi, who sat up, asked Lin Zhengying.

Acting in a bed scene for the first time in his life, Zhao Yazhi was very nervous! If it weren't for the fact that the opponent who acted in the bed scene was Xu Cun, and Zhao Yazhi killed the thin-faced Zhao Yazhi, Zhao Yazhi would not have taken such a scene.

"Not your problem...... It's Brother Cun. Lin Zhengying said.

"My problem?" Xu Cun, who felt good about himself, asked in surprise.

Lin Zhengying said hesitantly: "Brother Cun, your expression is a little, a little ......."

Seeing that Lin Zhengying couldn't say why, Xu Cun walked to the camera and looked at the picture he had just taken.

After reading it, Xu Cun knew what his problem was - his expression was too obscene, so that the characters presented had a sense of inadequacy.

Actually, it's not to blame Xu Cun for this - Zhao Yazhi's female ghost costume is so beautiful! So beautiful that Xu Cun, who was already familiar with every inch of Zhao Yazhi's skin, couldn't help but get carried away by her again!

Knowing what the problem was, Xu Cun deleted the film he had just shot without blushing or beating his heart, then adjusted his state and said, "Do it again." ”

This time, Xu Cunbiao, who has been mentally prepared, is not bad, and he has passed it once.

After Lin Zhengying shouted, Xu Cun zài Zhao Yazhi whispered in his ear: "Don't remove makeup, I'll have a good taste of you like this in a while!" ”

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