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Isn't that hilarious? Xiao Ran has always thought that the production fee is very important, but in fact, the offline expenses this time are so low, and the four million miles also include the cost of post-production and other aspects. The ratio of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info calculated, not only did it not reach the one to four that Xiao Ran thought, but it was simply the other way around.

Liang Jiabao was the first reporter to know that Xiao Ran had opened a new film, and he ran to interview Xiao Ran as soon as possible. It's just that Xiao Ran really doesn't have much confidence in his personal style works, so he just pushes it down at will.

Even so, the major businesses and enterprises are still moved by the wind and take the initiative to give sponsorship or advertising fees, among which Mitsubishi is the most energetic, eager to pick up the check book and immediately draw a circle. Funnily enough, when the people of Mitsubishi knew that Xiao Ran was directing an experimental film this time, they disappeared immediately.

In any case, many companies believe in Xiao Ran's ability. Although in the past few years, Hong Kong has produced many talents, and excellent directors can be found everywhere, but Xiao Ranyin's name as Hong Kong's number one commercial director is still basically confirmed, at least from outside the circle. The sponsorship was given as a photo, and as a result, Han Long's eyes in the planning department narrowed into a slit with a smile, because sponsorship and advertising alone had already earned millions after excluding the production fee.

Except for Xiao Ran, who else can have such a momentum and let countless sponsors come uninvited? It's just that Xiao Ran has no bottom in his heart, he feels that he may be a qualified commercial director, but he is definitely not a famous director at present, at least in terms of strength, it is far from Wu Yusen's strength.

It's hard to describe Xiao Ran's thoughts, but this is due to his lack of self-confidence, but he is very helpless. However, his lack of confidence is not without reason, we can all be sure that he is not up to the strength of a famous director, so he tried to find his own style in this experimental film and explore his own route.

In the selection of the behind-the-scenes staff, Xiao Ran spent a lot of effort. The editor is easy, he uses his old team, and his personal style is always like this, and it always takes the most familiar talent with the director's ideas to achieve tacit cooperation.

What makes him embarrassed is the photographer, Huang Yongheng is not bad, but he is not good at hand-held photography. At present, among the four best photographers in Hong Kong, one is Du Kefeng, the second is Liu Weiqiang, and the other two are newcomers.

Depressed, Huang Yongheng can understand and interpret Xiao Ran's thoughts and ideas very well. However, Liu Weiqiang is not strong enough on the whole, and he may not be able to understand Xiao Ran's meaning. In the end, Xiao Ran still decided, with Huang Yongheng as the director of photography and Liu Weiqiang as the photographer.

After inviting the main creators to a restaurant, opening a private room, and ordering food one after another, Xiao Ran glanced at his old partners at this table. Lighting designer Dou Wenbao, director of photography Huang Yongheng and photographer Liu Weiqiang, art director Zhang Shuping, sound designer (this position is new) Xiang Bao, screenwriter You Hai, and producers, etc......

Now because of the progress of technology, the division of duties is becoming more and more detailed, so it is impossible for Xiao Ran to find all the behind-the-scenes members, only these heads in charge of various departments. Xiao Ran took a sip of water, leaned back in the chair and said, "I invite everyone here today to talk about the new film!" ”

"Brother Ran, just say it directly, the brothers will definitely show the ability to press the bottom of the box to help you do the best in the film!" People say that the lighting engineer is the lamp master, and they are all rough people, and Dou Wenbao obviously shows this.

Xiao Ran nodded, thinking about how to describe it: "My idea is very strange, I have always wondered, can I see the world like a human eye with the camera?" So there is this idea, so Qingyun and Zhenyu are supporting roles and protagonists. ”

Everyone looked at Xiao Ran with wide eyes, Xiao Ran smiled with relief, he hadn't even gotten to the point, it was so easy to understand. He gestured and said, "Quite simply, the camera is the protagonist, the protagonist's eyes." I'm going to tell a story through the eyes of the camera, a story of a thief and a thief. ”

They still didn't quite understand what this meant, and You Hai was even more confused. He remembered that Xiao Ran asked him to write a script, a very interesting script. The general plot is that the two thieves made the same case very coincidentally, so they did it, and there was an innocent and unlucky citizen in the middle of the situation, forced by various situations, had to be forced into a house under the hands of the two thieves, and the police quickly surrounded the house, and so the story happened.

Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, this is really not easy to explain. At this moment, Huang Yongheng's face gradually showed a look of surprise, and he suddenly shouted: "You mean to treat the camera as the protagonist and shoot everything from this angle." ”

"Yes, there is only the perspective of the protagonist in this film, and where the protagonist can't see, you can't see it on the screen." Xiao Ran quickly explained: "And we don't need the protagonist's appearance to appear on the screen, so we can replace it with a camera!" ”

With Yi Fangcai's words, everyone showed a look of surprise and understood what Xiao Ran meant. Assistant director Yu Jiayu's heart jumped, he felt that Xiao Ran's idea would be too peculiar, and the experimental surname was inevitably too heavy.

Looking at everyone's surprised looks, Xiao Ran was amused. This idea came to him by accident, and he thought why did he have to be an actor? It would be interesting to have the camera in place of the main character.

After thinking about it for a long time, he was sure that he couldn't do without actors, because even if the camera replaced the protagonist's line of sight, there were still people. And if there is no one, it won't have a drastic effect. Xiao Ran didn't realize that his subconscious still filled the film with some commercial elements.

After that, Xiao Ran thought about it for a long time, and finally got inspiration in "Dark War". He thought, he might as well consider using the eyes of the camera to present a story of wits and strength, "Dark War" is a police and bandit, why can't it be a bandit against a bandit. As a result, the roles of Liu Qingyun and Wu Zhenyu appeared.

Liu Weiqiang finally understood what his task was, he had always been angry, how to say that he was also a famous director of photography, and he actually came to help Huang Yongheng. But after hearing Xiao Ran's explanation, he immediately became interested, and if he didn't do anything, he immediately threw it into his mind.

Xiao Ran knew that Liu Weiqiang must be interested, he remembered that after Liu Weiqiang and Mai Zhaohui directed "Infernal Affairs", the former said that he only hoped that it would be enough for him to have at least one masterpiece in his life, otherwise it would be a trip in vain.

Xiao Ran dared to bet, and Liu Weiqiang also dared to bet that if this film was successful, what award would he Liu Weiqiang take, it would definitely be easy. Because he plays the role of the protagonist in the film - he will use his best portable camera as the protagonist's eyes to observe everything, which is absolutely demanding on the photography technique, and if he can overcome this, he is absolutely qualified to win the award.

"Lao Zhang, the art aspect still depends on you!" Xiao Ran grinned lightly, and her white teeth were dazzling: "In this regard, I want to ......"

Because this inspiration was only recently obtained, Xiao Ran didn't think it all through. He was just well aware that there was a kind of hope, or rather an impulse. There was a very strong impulse that drove him, and he was very eager to be able to direct such a play.

Art is always closely related to the theme of the film, just as Wang Jiawei will definitely wait for a hand without Zhang Shuping. And before the theme of this film has been decided, Xiao Ran is not good at making a decision.

If you are a slightly lower art director, you may not be able to create an art effect that meets the director's level based on the theme and center of the film. One is the level, and the other is the tacit understanding. However, Zhang Shuping is Xiao Ran's old team, and there is still a tacit understanding of this, and Xiao Ran will never doubt it.

In Xiao Ran's conception, this film can have two key points, that is, what he can express through this film. It can express the dripping pleasure of fighting wits and strength, and it can express the distortion and change produced under that peculiar perspective. The difference between these two points may make Zhang Shuping's creation of art different at any time.

In a sense, these two ideas do not interfere with each other, the perspective is the technique, and the battle of wits is the process. After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Ran quickly made a decision: "It's very simple, the perspective should be prominent, so as to express this wonderful sense of distortion." And the process is the key, that is, I want to express a taste of sympathy, and it doesn't need to be too strong. ”

"That's ......" Zhang Shuping also quickly organized it in his mind, and there was a slight look of thought on his face: "I think it's okay, but you really don't need other assistance in terms of perspective?" ”

Xiao Ran shook his head, if he continued to work on the perspective, he was afraid that he would go to the extreme. Only then did he set his eyes on Dou Wenbao: "Old Dou, in terms of lighting, you are still with Lao Huang." However, in terms of lighting, I don't need to be too bright, and I can't be too dark, I can make that light contrast a little stronger, a bit like "Dark Flower"! ”

Of course, Dou Wenbao has no problem, he can communicate with the director here, which is the result of Xiao Ran's efforts to improve the status of other positions in recent years. He and his subordinates are Huang Yongheng's royal lighting team, and each photographer is always used to leading his own team, so that he can cultivate tacit understanding more appropriately and be familiar with each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Liu Weiqiang saw Xiao Ran looking at him, and immediately said in a clear heart: "Brother Ran, I understand what you mean, I am in charge of carrying it." In your words, I'm the main character, and the camera is my eyes! ”

Xiao Ran laughed, this Liu Weiqiang is interesting, and he can't complain that he can get a lot of investment to be a director in history. However, Xiao Ran still doesn't think it's a good thing to let this guy be a director, although Liu Weiqiang and Wen Jun's Crazy Boy series is indeed very strong, but it is definitely a bad movie, and there are all blue bloods and boxing gods.

For Huang Yongheng, Xiao Ran's explanation is much simpler: "Use a filter lens to make the base color of the picture darker." Also, I need the light to be very contrasting, you know, an abandoned house, and the contrast between the light inside and the outside is very strong! ”

Huang Yongheng really deserved to be the director of photography who cooperated with Xiao Ran with an extremely tacit understanding, and quickly asked a question: "If you want the effect of sympathy, then I don't think it's too strong black and white contrast!" ”

Xiao Ran was slightly stunned, and then remembered that Huang Yongheng was also Wu Yusen's queen, and immediately smiled: "It's not in the way, this is different from the kind of sympathy in "Bloody Heroes", it is the opposition between identity and position. And this does not exist identity, only position! I thought I could enhance this effect with a contrast of light. ”

Huang Yongheng had no opinion, closed his eyes, and rehearsed the filming process by himself. In fact, this may also be the reason why the photographer is the easiest to change his career to become a director, not because the photographer is the closest to the director, but because he needs to control the overall situation the most, and he has the flavor of a director in the overall situation control.

For Zhang Yaozong, the editor, Xiao Ran actually doesn't need to say anything, Zhang Yaozong can basically understand Xiao Ran's intentions. For the rest, you need to watch the shooting process on the set to determine where you need to cut.

Next, after Xiao Ran explained some things, he saw the food delivered. Xiao Ran poked the abalone in the pot and smiled lightly: "I'll invite you for this meal, you're welcome, try these three abalone and Boston lobster!" ”

"Director Xiao is in for a treat, I'm sorry for him if he doesn't eat!" The crowd roared and immediately began to move. You Hai hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Brother Ran, I don't quite understand, why do you want to direct such a film, I think it's unlikely to be a hit!" ”

Yes? Why do you want to direct such a film? In terms of creativity, almost all of the screenwriter awards that have won the screenwriting award in recent years are from Xiao Ran's creativity, why doesn't he direct those films himself? Xiao Ran knows that he doesn't want to be a famous director who is only an empty shell, but a famous director in the real sense, and he needs to figure out his own way in small productions.

"Husband, I don't understand, it's okay for you to direct such a film!" Lin Qingxia took a sip of the chicken soup that had been brewed for a long time, and then asked in confusion: "You are a director with the same name as Wu Yusen, there is no reason to do this!" ”

Xiao Ran stared at his wife quietly, this was on the set of Axe Mountain Road, since Jiahe was taken down, the lease of this studio went to the Phantom. "Three Heroes of the East 2" has just started, and he is now taking the time to send soup to Lin Qingxia and visit her by the way.