Chapter 46: MV Heroine
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, there was a light snow in the capital, which was a bit of a rainy year.
In addition to Wang Qinian, who accompanied his wife in Osaka, several other main creators of the crew returned to the company to discuss the preparations for the MV of "Fairy Tale".
Zhang Meng copied the storyboard of "Fairy Tale" into the computers of several creators through the USB flash drive, so that everyone could read the storyboard first, understand the creativity of the story, and then discuss the specific work.
The MV of the original "Fairy Tale" tells the story of Guangliang helping the heroine move and become a couple. Later, the heroine was terminally ill, and when she was dying, Guangliang played the last song for her through her mobile phone. When the tears in the corners of her eyes slide down her cheeks, the heroine's life fades in happiness.
The whole story is simple and sincere, with a slightly sad singing, which has touched countless young people, and it is actually a good choice to copy the original MV.
However, Zhang Meng's MV is based on a story described by Cheng Peng, which is even more touching and will make countless people cry.
The story goes like this, Cheng Peng and Yaya are a pair of young lovers, happy, happy, and deeply in love with each other.
But misfortune befell them, and Yaya was hit and killed by a speeding car.
Cheng Peng was extremely sad, and his whole person was in a desperate mood.
On this day, he looked at the photos he took with Yaya in the bedroom, immersed in the beautiful memories of the past.
The roommate came in, and when he saw the camera on the table, he was a little strange and asked, "Didn't the camera get broken that day?" ”
Cheng Peng didn't answer, so his roommate picked up the camera and took a photo of Cheng Peng, wanting to see if the camera was good.
However, just as the shutter was pressed, a miracle happened, and Cheng Peng was photographed into the world of photos.
He appeared in the picture on the camera monitor, an early morning street; When his roommate changed a photo of the park in the afternoon, he appeared in the park in the afternoon.
Cheng Peng was in the camera, he didn't know what was going on, he was completely confused, and then he appeared in the photo of his roommate, and he met his roommate.
This was half a month ago, and Cheng Peng took a photo at that time!
Cheng Peng realized that he had run into the camera, and he would enter the photo on the camera's display.
So Cheng Peng shouted to his roommate outside the camera: "Quickly change the next one, quickly change the next one!" ”
Because there is a picture of Yaya in the camera, as long as he changes it, he can see Yaya who is still alive. At this time, Cheng Peng only had one idea, to go to the photo with Yaya, he wanted to see her.
The friend couldn't hear it, so he wrote the text in the palm of his hand with a pen, and in front of the camera, conveyed the message to his roommate: "Change the next photo, change the next photo!" ”
The photos switched one by one, he kept running forward, getting closer and closer to Yaya, Huang Tian was not happy, he finally came to that photo.
Yaya stood there, her face shining with the sun shining on her, looking like an angel, she shouted to him: "Cheng Peng, what are you doing, come here!" ”
Cheng Peng stood there, his eyes immediately filled with tears, and the air seemed to be stagnant, and then he pounced, hugged her tightly, and kissed her desperately.
In the last shot of the storyboard, the roommate is holding a photo in his hand, and in the photo, Cheng Peng reaches out to the camera, and a sentence is written on it: "Let me stay!" ”
Yes, he stayed in the camera forever, in that world with girls!
Perhaps the idea of this MV seems to many MV professionals not so much like a MV but like a musical story. The purpose of the production of the MV is different from the movie, the movie is to tell the story, while the MV is to show the music, or promote the singer, if the story is too strong, it will steal the limelight of the music and steal the audience.
No, Cheng Peng asked Zhang Meng to shoot the MV to exercise his directing ability and reserve film director talents for his company, in his opinion, of course, the more like a movie, the better.
After everyone finished reading the storyboard, Cheng Peng asked with a smile: "Everyone, tell me your opinion?" ”
Zhao Linlin was the first to express her opinion: "Digital cameras are very important in this MV, and they have appeared several times, and I think there will be camera companies willing to sponsor them." You can imagine how much exposure this song will have once it becomes popular, broadcast on TV, broadcast on the Internet, and appear on major lists? How much advertising does a camera company have to spend to achieve this effect? As long as it works well, it will definitely be a perfect marketing! ”
Cheng Peng applauded Zhao Linlin and said with a smile: "With vision, the reason why I chose this story is because of this consideration. Linlin's contact with the camera company will be left to you, and talk to them about implantation! ”
Zhao Linlin nodded and said, "No problem, I'll leave this to me!" ”
Chen Shaoping affirmed Zhang Meng's storyboard: "The storyboard is really good, and you can shoot it directly after the actors are found." ”
Cheng Peng also agreed: "This storyboard is really good, the shots are designed quite well, and the sense of rhythm is particularly good, which is stronger than many well-known directors in China." There's nothing wrong with the storyboard, just press this to shoot! ”
Chen Shaoping said: "The actor has to be decided as soon as possible, there are three characters in this MV, the male protagonist must be Cheng Peng, roommate and female protagonist, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”
Zhang Meng was a little surprised: "Do you still need to find the heroine?" Just girl, when I drew the storyboard, she drew the girl according to her image and surname. Just find a roommate at the film school, this kind of boy grabs a lot! ”
"Yaya is quite suitable, but she can't act, the professional exam for Chinese opera on the twelfth has begun, and it will not be a few days, she has to concentrate on preparing for the exam, and she can't be distracted at this time." If he could, of course Cheng Peng hoped that Tong Lihui would act, but the examination of Chinese opera should not be missed in the slightest.
Zhang Meng patted his head and said, "Oh, I just thought about the storyboard, just thinking about how she and Cheng Peng matched, and forgot about it." But it's also easy, isn't it easy to find a pretty girl? Our pretty girls from the film school grabbed a handful. ”
Cheng Peng felt that Zhang Meng still lacked experience in selecting actors: "No, this MV is called "Fairy Tale", and the content is quite fairy tale, the heroine is not beautiful, her eyes must be clean, which also means that the temperament is unpolished and instinctive." This is a very pure, very clean love, it is best to find a girl with no experience in acting to play, young enough, so that there is a clean and pure feeling. People who act a lot are more oily and lack this sense of purity. There are a lot of beauties in film schools, but there are not many who have a good temperament, and even fewer who are clean and white, what we are looking for is a fairytale girl! ”
Zhang Meng thought for a while, raised his head and said, "Liu Yifei is quite suitable, fairy sister, absolutely pure temperament, clean image, this role is simply customized for her, let's invite her!" ”
Liu Yifei is indeed a suitable candidate, although her acting skills are not very good, but she does look pure white and clean, the title of fairy sister blows out, there is a dusty and elegant atmosphere, and the story of interpreting this fairy tale temperament is too suitable for her.
It's just that now that "Dragon Babu" is on the air, she has begun to become popular, not to mention the high cost of inviting her, the key is that she may not be able to move.
But she is indeed a suitable candidate, it is always okay to try, Cheng Peng nodded and said: "I think it's good, then let's try it, although I think she may not have a big surname in the promise." ”
As Cheng Peng expected, after the invitation to Red Star Dock, he soon received a reply letter from Red Star Dock, but the other party politely declined.
Zhang Meng complained a little: "We will invite as an Internet singer, we will definitely not move, if we use the identity of the shortlisted director of the Berlin Film Festival to ask her to agree, it may be very big!" ”
Cheng Peng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Now that you are a director, you don't have to use other people's fame, you have to believe in your own strength!" ”
Zhang Meng thought for a while and said, "Why don't we invite Dong Xuan, I think she has a good appearance and temperament, which is quite suitable!" ”
Cheng Peng directly vetoed: "Dong Xuan looks too similar to Yaya, filming with her feels weird, the most important thing is that her temperament is mature and lacks the innocence of a girl." Mengzi, it is not the most important thing for the director to choose whether the actor is beautiful or not, the temperament is the most important, the temperament of the actor must match the role, otherwise the character is easy to separate from the role. ”
Zhang Meng admired Cheng Peng's directing level very much, and when he heard him say this, he knew that he was mentioning himself, and nodded: "I understand, the temperament of the actor, I will pay attention to this issue in the future." But seriously, the students of the film school now are basically here to be big stars, and there are very few people who are impetuous, full of **, and have a clean and pure temperament. ”
"Why don't you go to the dance academy to have a look, the girls in the dance academy have a good temperament, especially those who dance ballet, the temperament is called a standout, and they have been practicing dance since childhood, and they are basically silent in their own world, relatively simple!" Chen Shaoping usually likes to take a camera to major colleges and universities to shoot beautiful women, and the wind scratching photographer is definitely not a waste of fame, he has the right to speak about the situation of major universities in Beijing.
Ballet, Dance Academy, Cheng Peng's eyes lit up, slapped the table and said: "I thought of a suitable candidate, a few months ago, Yaya and I trained in the mall to observe the characters, and met a girl who danced ballet, the girl's temperament is clean and clear, very suitable!" ”
"Oh, which school is it, do you have contact information?"
Cheng Peng faintly spit out a name in his memory: "It's a student majoring in ballet at the Dance Academy, called Master Liu!" ”
(The story used in the fairy tale MV is called "Leave Me", which is a short film, and Zheng Shuang and they later remade a shorter version called "If You Meet".) )
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