After returning to Brooklyn from Canada and getting off the plane, Xiansen didn't even have time to take care of the finished "Impunity", and after storing the filmed film, he came to the set of "Atlantic Empire", according to the schedule, the filming of a new episode will continue again. Because the things that need to be handled by myself in a short period of time are too cumbersome, it leads to the previous and Bella. Marceau's idea of an editorial office and the establishment of a film company was put aside after a little discussion, and the script for "Impunity" was finally re-created by the Screenwriters Guild, but of course, the idea of upgrading the studio to a film company was deeply rooted in Xiansen's mind.

"It's just a matter of time, let's talk about it when we're done."

After giving himself an answer in his heart, Xiansen began to work on the matter at hand again.

June 2002 was definitely a busy time for Xiansen. Marceau walked in with a stack of papers.

"This is the work of the "Atlantic Empire" crew during the time you go out on location, except that the next shooting time will be a little tight, there are no major problems with the work here at the moment.

After listening to Bella. Marceau's report, Xiansen's mood relaxed a lot, during the period when he was not in the crew of "Atlantic Empire", at least the preparation work of the crew was quite in place, after all, Bella. Marceau's management skills in this area are much stronger than his own.

"The eighth episode just aired yesterday, which means that there are seven days left until the next episode airs, if work starts tomorrow. We only shoot for a maximum of five days. ”

Beira. Marceau's tone was lighthearted, but there was always some anxiety in her heart. Generally, the filming cycle of TV series will be about a week in advance according to the schedule, which means that the crew has about fifteen days to shoot an episode. However, due to the need to take the crew of "Impunity" out on location, the filming cycle of "Atlantic Empire" has been reduced to the current five days, and once the filming goes wrong, the latest episode of the TV series may not be broadcast on time, which is a huge negative impact on the TV station and even the director himself.

"Five days? It should be enough. ”

Xiansen took out a single-episode plot draft from his work, and then picked up a pen and made some changes while writing and drawing on the manuscript, and after a few strokes, an imperceptible smile appeared on Xiansen's face.

"That's enough time."

Beira. Marceau had seen this kind of smile on Xiansen, but she didn't know what the man in front of her had done in the script. Although it was not within her responsibility, as a woman, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mister, what did you just do?" ”

"What did you do?"

Xiansen turned the pen in his hand and said very casually: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a plot with a little memory added to some places, so that the plots that have been filmed before can be used for use." ”

Hearing such an answer Bella. Marceau didn't understand, could it be that the script of the TV series could be modified anytime and anywhere? If some scenes of memories are added to make the plot of this episode shorter, will the audience be able to accept it? Of course, Bella didn't ask these words. She felt that Xiansen should think of these places more than she did.

glanced at Bella, who was standing aside and stopped talking. Marceau, Xiansen took the script and said to himself: "There are two ways to insert memories in film and television dramas, one is the most stupid and direct insertion of large paragraphs, of course. Needless to say, such behavior will definitely bore the audience, but there is another way. This method is a piecemeal insertion, which is simpler. In fact, it is to scatter the plot of a memory in multiple scenes and insert it in an indefinite order, that is, the fragmented memory insertion method. This approach will make film and television dramas more substantial, and of course, this requires higher directing skills. ”

After a pause, Xiansen continued very stinkyly: "And I, obviously, meet this condition. ”

"Mister, is this your own theory?"

Beira. Marceau asked more curiously, and when he heard this, Xiansen, who was still very proud just now, suddenly lowered his head and coughed a few times in embarrassment: "Ahem, that, I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants, but I just look a little deeper." ”

After speaking, as if he was a thief, he glanced at a very old book on his desk, the name of which was "In Memory of Frank. Capra. On the Art of Film Language in Fragmented Insertion".

As a director, Xiansen has always felt that he needs to continue to learn, constantly fill in his knowledge and connotation, of course, the most important thing is to use the knowledge he has learned flexibly, and now, he is using the directing ideas of a great director who has passed away, yes, this person's name is Frank. Capra.

This is a great director, and at the same time is known by many as the greatest Italian in Hollywood, in fact, these so-called halos are nothing in the eyes of Xiansen. The greatest thing about Capra is not in his films or in the awards given by the Film Society, but in a theory, which is well embodied in Capra's film "Floating in a Dream", which is called fragmentary structure, which is what the book on the language of film is about.

For a long time, the story structure of a movie or TV series is a complete line, and every year Hollywood will even produce countless popcorn works with almost the same style based on this model, at this time, the way to distinguish a good work comes out, a good film and television work plot is fragmented, and a popcorn movie plot is patterned.

To take the simplest example, watching a good movie, just missing the time to go to the toilet may give you a different understanding of the plot, while a popcorn movie can get the same plot no matter where you start watching it.

Based on this fragmentation theory, Xiansen himself derived the fragmented memory insertion method, the same principle, for the existence of such a delayed plot of memory, if it is interspersed in the plot in a fragmentary way, as long as it is properly grasped, there will be a completely different auxiliary effect.

"Bella, don't talk about these clouds, is there anything else in the crew in the recent past?"

"Anything else?"

Seeing that Mister finally stopped from the explanation of what theoretical knowledge, Bella. Marceau breathed a long sigh of relief, anyway, as long as her boss was sure in her heart, she was not ready to be a director.

"Oh, yes!"

It seems that something suddenly comes to mind, Bella. Marceau hurriedly took out a copy of the document in his hand and handed it directly to Xiansen's hand.

"What is this?"

Looking at the thick document in his hand, Xiansen casually turned a page, and then, his brows were tightly furrowed.

"The box office of "Spy Shadow" exceeded 100 million, the best action movie of the year!"

"Unexpectedly, the movie invested by the Kennedy family looks very good, and it seems to be a little difficult to crush it now!"

In a luxury villa in Beverly Hills, a woman dangled a tall wine glass in her hand, watching a movie playing in the home theater, her bewitching red lips opened and closed slightly: "It seems that the movie is actually a very simple thing!" Next, I'm going to let you guys go, oh dear Leo, don't worry, I'm going to get you back! ”

As she spoke, she glanced at the stack of newspapers placed on the sofa, and looked at the positive comments on the movie "Spy Shadows" on it, and a smile crossed the corner of this woman's mouth.

"Mister, this time I'm going to watch you fall into the abyss, hahahaha"

With the woman's laughter, the back of Xiansen as a stand-in in "50 First Loves" jumped out on the screen of the home theater, and the back was longer and longer until it turned into a freeze-frame painting under the sunset.