Chapter 31 Teaching by example

Although he accompanied Lu Yan back to his second home, the filming of the next day had to continue. Tsui Hark, as Lu Yan imagined, did not change anything because of the fact that he learned that his grandfather was 'Lu Le' yesterday. If you insist on some changes, it is that you are becoming more and more demanding on your work.

"Yanzai, you have to remember one sentence. Making a movie is like plowing a field, you have to sow seeds and wait for the harvest, and it is a kind of romance to be willing to experience this kind of hardship. Tsui Hark sat in front of the switchboard, and suddenly turned his head and said to Lu Yan.

In fact, Lu Yan knows that Tsui Hark has a lot of ideals for "Shanghai Night", for example, this is the first film in the film studio. For example, he was finally able to let the actress lead the comedy according to his own ideas. You must know that the roles of Zhang Aijia and Ye Qianwen in "Shanghai Night" are heavier than Zhong Zhentao, which is very rare now.

But Lu Yan felt that both the script and Tsui Hark's filming techniques had too many illogical points. The key point is that there are too many coincidences, and the bad ones are too coincidental - for example, people who had a covenant at the bottom of the bridge ten years ago became neighbors, and people who had a relationship in the sea of people gathered in the same room;

And there are too many lucks, and the bad thing is that they are too lucky - for example, Ye Qianwen, who was drunk, rolled under the bed to preserve her chastity; There are too many places to pay tribute to "Angel on the Road" and "Cross Street", and there are too many places to learn from the literary and artistic relics of old Shanghai - the scene of the street people crooking their heads left and right immediately reminds people of the bad taste in Ding Cong's comics, and the reunion of the two people ten years later to support the whole play is also a little powerless, so it is too scattered when it is scattered, Zhang Aijia was pushed onto the stage in a hurry, and wittily sang the "Song of Hee Hee-Ha", which attracted the boss to offer flowers, and seemed to be about to lay the groundwork, but there was no follow-up, The boss who offered flowers wanted to get involved with Ye Qianwen, who was elected as the queen of the calendar.

Although Lu Yan is always a little afraid of Tsui Hark on the set, he will unceremoniously put forward his views to Tsui Hark on many issues in the movie. Of course, his expression is relatively tactful, and it does not make Tsui Hark feel that he is pointing too much.

After all, the reason why Tsui Hark wanted to set up a film studio was to be able to shoot according to his own ideas.

However, Tsui Hark gave his own answer to this question with a smile.

It also makes Lu Yan understand that it is not the logic of reality, not the logic of the discouraged people of the new century, it has another logic, which is the logic of movies, the logic of Tsui Hark, the logic of enthusiasm, and the logic of hope.

Stephen King famously said, "You have to believe what you write", and in Lu Yan's view, Tsui Hark believes in all the coincidences, all the encounters, and the warmth between people in "Shanghai Night" with great honesty.

Suddenly, Lu Yan felt that the Tsui Hark in front of him was beginning to become familiar. He was short-tempered and had an ideal surname. The success of his films was not so much a triumph of cinematic technology as a triumph of the ideal of a surname. In Tsui Hark's films, men are resolute and deep, women are plump and bright, and "New Shu Mountain Swordsman", "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "Green Snake", and "Huang Feihong" are all the crystallization of this surname ideal.

“cut!” When Tsui Hark shouted this, everyone who had been in Taiwan for three days breathed a sigh of relief. This is the last set of shots, and everyone can finally go back to Hong Kong.

In fact, Zhong Zhentao is the most anxious in the crew, because "The Frog Prince" is also coming to an end. Most of the remaining episodes require the appearance of him as the leading actor.

The actors were tired and dragged back to wash and rest, and the staff packed up the props and equipment. Lu Yan stood quietly behind Tsui Hark, this director is always so meticulous. Even after the filming was over, he still repeatedly looked at the footage to see what was missing.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Yandu is accustomed to following him with a pen and paper with his surname.

"The lights are dimmed, and, that extra, what are you doing! The sixth grid ......" glanced at Lu Yan behind him, and Tsui Hark began to report all the problems that appeared in the clip.

Lu Yan remembered it carefully. These problems will have to be handed over to post-production for some processing. Basically, there will be some small omissions in the filming of the film. As long as it's not a big problem, the directors won't shout "cut". It's not that they're not dedicated, it's that it's a waste for the cast or crew to shoot repeatedly for these small details that don't matter.

Striving for perfection is certainly a good thing, but you can't be overly nitpicking.

So far, in fact, "Shanghai Night" is also about to be completed. Lu Yan didn't have any concept of rushing to shoot before, but he really experienced this time to understand the pain of shooting. As for the difficulties of actors, he understands them even more.

An actor like Zhong Zhentao who rushed to the scene even slept directly on the set for a few days. Sometimes, you can only sleep for an hour.

Although there are still a few scenes that have not yet been filmed, the general stuff of the whole movie has already come out. Lu Yan was even able to go through it in his mind and imagine the next few scenes to be filmed.

It turned out that Lu Yan, who was not very optimistic about Ye Qianwen's actors, has not seen their superb acting skills until now. In fact, Tsui Hark has always had a unique eye for casting, and he can best discover the characteristics of the actors themselves.

is like the country girl played by Ye Qianwen in this film, she is innocent and interesting, her eyes are wide open, and whenever she is in trouble, she can always turn evil into good fortune. The feelings for Zhong Zhentao are also direct and warm, after misunderstanding Zhang Aijia "seducing" Zhong Zhentao, he angrily reprimanded Zhang for "falling off the shirt and robbing my boyfriend, it is shameless and indecent", after the stiff talk, he slammed the door and went out, and after a few tears, he borrowed money from Zhang to buy a baked cake to eat, and after Zhang's heart softened, he broke into laughter, and all the disputes disappeared, which is really a child's temper that teaches people to love and anger.

And Zhang Aijia, who is very popular because of the image of a man with short hair in the "Best Partner" series, put on a cheongsam and permed her hair, and immediately had a lot of miserable and miserable wind and dust, and played with the straightforward Ye Qianwen, but not too complaining, but quite joyful, Zhang Aijia acted freely, and her acting skills were really good. Compared with the brilliance of these two women, Zhong Zhentao's honest life seems average.

However, Lu Yan also knows that Tsui Hark at this stage has a female surname in the film that is far more brilliant than a man. In 86, the sister chapter "Dao Ma Dan" simply played three women in one play.

"Not every film has to be a 'big cast', Ah Yan, you have to remember. A good script, a good team. plus potential actors, they can also make a good movie. Of course, among the actors, you can pick a famous one to make a gimmick. "More often than not, Tsui Hark likes to discover actors. There are still many directors like him in Hong Kong.

"After returning to Hong Kong, as soon as the scenes were over, it was almost over. Yan Zai, when the time comes, take the time to hand over the script you said you wrote to me! Tsui Hark has always had the intention to give Lu Yan the opportunity to show, in addition to taking a fancy to this offspring, it is to compensate for his decline in Huang Baiming's invitation at the beginning.

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