The face in the mirror is like a marble relief, quiet and elegant. Pale as white paper, there is hardly a trace of blood in the face, the complexion of the face is more and more set off the long-distance depth of the pair of black eyes, the handsome facial lines and the cynical evil smile at the corner of the mouth. Seeing himself like this in the mirror, Lin Mingyang subconsciously thought of vampires in his mind.

"If the corners of the mouth are added with some blood that has not been licked clean, this look is perfect!" Tim Burton, who was standing behind Lin Mingyang, smacked his lips and said.

"Edward's vampire family is a vegetarian!" Lin Mingyang scratched his face with his fingers, and a layer of powder was immediately stained on his fingertips, and he asked in the mirror, "Is it really necessary to wear such heavy makeup?" Appearing in the movie like this, I don't need any explanation, and others know that I am a vampire! ”

"It's just the bare minimum I can barely accept, and if it weren't for the respect for the original, your makeup would be even more exaggerated than it is now!" Tim Burton clasped his hands and grumbled. Uncle Di was already raising his noble hand this time, at least he let go of Lin Mingyang's hair and didn't make that exaggerated and weird shape. "Don't you think you're glamorous right now?"

"I don't know if it's your personal preference for this look, or if it's influenced by traditional vampire stories, but who says vampires have to be pale?" Lin Mingyang looked left and right in the mirror, stunned and didn't find the "charming" of this shape, "I think you should consider making an anti-genre vampire movie, maybe it can form a new vampire movie variety." ”

Vampires, as villains in Western culture, usually appear in various and film and television works as bloodthirsty, brutal and ferocious, among which the most representative surname is Count Dracula, Francis Coppola's famous "400 Years of Horror" is based on the character of Count Dracula, the film is not horror for the sake of horror, but uses the tragic character of vampires to tell a love that spans centuries but cannot be realized.

As a sub-genre in horror films, people always want to stop these bloodthirsty monsters, most of the vampires in the film live by sucking blood, and bloodsucking itself is some kind of virus-like contagious behavior, that is, people who have been bitten by vampires will slowly become "the same race" and join the ranks of vampires, in the words of some obsessives of vampire culture, this process of infection and assimilation is called "second kiss", and the original bloody killing process is endowed with a layer of romance, So vampire movies are not just a horror and scary movie genre, but usually have more complex relationships because of this.

"So you've created a very special group of vampires in the novel. The actor Edward's family lives in seclusion in the town, like vegetarians among vampires, because they don't suck human blood, and survive in this world by suppressing ** and cultivating their surnames. Far from being scary or scary, these guys are contrary to the traditional stereotype of the murderous vampire. The entire vampire family is handsome and beautiful, and the hero's father is still a high-ranking doctor, they live in tasteful villas, listen to elegant classical music, and become a group of modern aristocrats who are admired and respected in the campus and town? ”

Tim Burton's suggestion to Lin Mingyang was not very "calling", but criticized the unreasonable surname in Lin Mingyang's story: "Vampires have escaped the judgment of the sun, and have endless lifespans and abilities beyond the reach of humans, if there are no fatal flaws, according to your logic, standing at the top of the biological chain should not be humans, but vampires!" ”

"I've always insisted that Twilight isn't a vampire novel in the full sense of the word!" Lin Mingyang turned around and leaned against the wall, "In my novels, vampires have infinitely powerful abilities, they can not only go to heaven and earth, teleport, but also have infinite power, immortality, and completely have functions similar to all comic book heroes, just imagine, if you change the costumes of these vampires, they can be Superman, Spider-Man, and of course, Hellboy." ”

According to the general comic logic, the story divides the vampires into good and evil, and of course the result must be a perfect ending where good will triumph over evil without suspense. Through this change, I wanted to make a vampire story that was photographed vulgar, a combination of romantic love, adolescent crisis, and finally a comic superhero element of the duel between good and evil, and finally become a multi-genre teen novel. ”

The biggest advantage of adapting a movie from a best-selling novel is that the influence of the novel can create a hot effect on the film, and "Twilight" itself already has the support and support of a group of loyal readers, so no matter how many columns the film makes, there will always be a group of solid supporters.

However, Lin Mingyang believes that the film adaptation of "Twilight" cannot simply use the tragic separation between humans and ghosts as a commercial selling point, but to extract this vampire theme that has been flooded from the huge love epic and place it on teenagers, making it a campus movie such as "Youth Musical", and recreating the old-school horror film elements of vampires, so that the image of vampires becomes a group of modern aristocrats with extraordinary tastes, and even a little bit of superhero flavor that upholds justice. Let the vampire go from a creepy impression to another romantic fairy tale full of mystery and charm.

Twilight gradually enveloped the room, and Tim Burton liked to talk to him in this dark environment. Even Lin Mingyang couldn't open the face of Uncle Di on the other side, only his eyes that were flashing with essence were shining brightly.

After Lin Mingyang's narration, Tim Burton, who was hidden in the dark, finally spoke.

"Your novel doesn't have the dark gothic atmosphere of "Interview with the Vampire" or the complex psychological analysis of "The Seven Deadly Sins". The only ingenious thing is that unlike other vampire-themed films that always stick to the over-indulgence of a tragic or even bitter story, it combines the horror element of vampires with the rebellion and identity crisis of teenagers, which makes this film narrow the psychological distance from the youth in the rebellious psychological period. ”

Uncle Ti's analysis hit the nail on the head, in "Twilight", Bella is also a "problem" girl, although this "problem" is not the little sister in the usual sense, her parents divorced, her mother remarried, and she came to Seattle alone, but she seemed to be out of place with her peers, with such a "problem" beginning, through the acquaintance with Edward and his family, the final ending is that Bela's head is in all kinds of knots are untied, through such a story, It is easy for young audiences to gain a sense of self-identity in this "problematic" girl in the process of watching the movie.

The in-depth exchange between the two did not come to a single result, although Lin Mingyang felt that excessive makeup would make his appearance rigid and his facial expression would be restricted, but he finally accepted this pale look. In order to maintain his pale complexion, Tim Burton asked the other actors in the film who played vampires to avoid sun exposure as much as possible. Despite this, 4 to 5 minutes of makeup application time a day is still essential.

Tim Burton chose Forks, a remote and rainy town where the story of "Twilight" takes place, and Tim Burton chose to shoot in Forks, Washington, adjacent to Portland, Oregon, which has the heaviest precipitation in the United States, with an average of 27 cloudy days per month. In the process of shooting, the change of weather became the most troublesome problem. A day of shooting can start with rain, snow in the middle, and end with hail. Therefore, the daily work plan is in triplicate to adapt to the needs of different weather and different scenarios.

At first, Uncle Ti firmly disagreed with Christine's performance with contact lenses, but after the release of the first set of makeup photos of the film, careful "twilight fans" noticed this nuance, they thought it was a complete betrayal of the original book, and some fans even insulted the actors in the forum, and collected a petition with 75,000 signatures on the Internet demanding that the original book be restored. After learning about the situation, the producers of "Twilight" had a difficult negotiation with Tim Burton, and in the end, Christine still wore contact lenses.

――――At the rainy Portland airport, the Boeing passenger plane flying from Boston landed slowly on the runway, and the sweet prompt sound of the flight attendant lady sounded in the cabin, and Lin Mingyang gently closed the newspaper in his hand. Surrounded by several bodyguards, Lin Mingyang pulled up his collar and blended into the departing crowd in a low-key manner.

In order to avoid fans, the crew of "Twilight" used the name of Transit during filming, but this trick did not succeed in deceiving fans, and even Lin Mingyang's itinerary was leaked. As soon as Lin Mingyang came out of the passage, he was discovered by sharp-eyed fans.

Several bodyguards around Lin Mingyang began to wait as soon as they got off the plane, and as soon as a fan called Lin Mingyang's identity, they immediately formed a solid triangular human wall and surrounded Lin Mingyang in the middle. Rao is like this, and the fans who flocked to it still blocked the exit of the passage. Lin Mingyang, who was in the crowd, lowered the brim of his hat and wore sunglasses, he refused to accept any media interviews, and left the airport in a hurry under the escort of several bodyguards.

The dark clouds in Portland gave people a very dull feeling, but Lin Mingyang, who came out of the airport, breathed a long sigh of relief, and after getting into the special car sent by the crew, he unexpectedly found that there was still a passenger in the car.

"Christine, why are you here?" Lin Mingyang's eyes widened in surprise, the rest of the crew were training, and Christine should have stayed in the crew at this time, instead of appearing in the car that came to pick him up.

"I flew in from Los Angeles and just arrived half an hour ago." Christine closed the fashion magazine in her hand and shrugged as she explained. She took leave of absence and left the crew before, and she happened to return today.

When they spoke, Lin Mingyang's fans had already chased from the waiting hall to the parking lot, and the bodyguard sitting in the front row hurriedly urged the driver to drive.

"When I got off the plane, I saw a lot of your fans in the lobby, they should have been waiting here for a long time!" Christine looked at the group of fans who were left behind by the car and said with some envy.

"After filming this film, you can also enjoy this kind of 'treatment'. But when you actually get to that position, you will find that being surrounded and worshiped by many people is not always a pleasant experience. ”

Lin Mingyang smiled helplessly, he was in a bit of a hurry when he got into the car, and he didn't have time to take a closer look at Christine's dress today, and when he started chatting, he found out that Christine was still wearing contact lenses today.

When it came to this, Christine felt very aggrieved, at first it was her agent Hughes who asked her to wear contact lenses, but Tim Burton asked her to take them off. The director was satisfied, but the reader was not happy again, and in order to play this role well, she had to put on her incognito glasses again. Christine felt like a doll being in the whole thing, with no choice of her own, and she had to endure those unwarranted accusations and pressures.

She never told her agent these words, and she didn't dare to mention them in front of Tim Burton, but in front of Lin Mingyang, she opened her heart and poured out all the grievances. As she spoke, her eyes turned red, and tears seemed to be rolling in her eyes.

Christine already looked like I was pitiful, and her slightly frowning expression was so cute, and now this expression of not crying is even more lethal.

"I'm so sorry!" In order to comfort Christine, Lin Mingyang took all the responsibility on himself.

Since the film was confirmed to be directed by Tim Burton, Lin Mingyang did not expect Uncle Ty to shoot honestly according to the original book. As the original author of the film's adaptation of the novel, Lin Mingyang acquiesced to this approach from the beginning, and even "encouraged" Uncle Di to play himself on the basis of the script.

Like the "Harry Potter" series of films, it is honestly filmed carefully according to the original book, and there is no problem with success at the box office, but it is very empty in terms of film artistic expression. Because the novel itself is so famous that the original author can influence and even decide the production process of an entire film, from casting to shooting. Most people go to the movies after reading the novel, and this asymmetrical relationship makes the movie a vassal of the novel. This does not reflect the director's surname, but also fundamentally strips the value of film art.

But Lin Mingyang still underestimated the status of this novel in the hearts of readers, and even the question of what color the heroine Bella's eyes are in this detail has been brought forward to be more serious, which he never expected. Tim Burton wasn't wrong, and Christine was nothing more than unjustifiable.

This question also made Lin Mingyang realize that if he wants to seek a breakthrough on the basis of the original work, the road ahead will be extremely difficult.

――――The controversy over the eye color of the heroine Bella is not the most headache for director Tim Burton, Lin Mingyang wrote a lot of strange things in the novel, how to achieve them one by one in the movie, Uncle Ty can be described as painstakingly for this.

In Uncle Ti's view, the novel "Twilight" is completely a love story wrapped in a vampire's shell, and the story is very beautiful, so beautiful that the vampire sparkles like a diamond in the sun, instead of turning into black smoke and disappearing. These children, who were originally not even taken in by hell in the depths of people's hearts, have become works of art under the sun under Lin Mingyang's pen. Although they claim to have no soul, they can resist even death, and of course there will be no day when they will exist in the form of souls.

In order to find a way to make Edward glow in the sun, Tim Burton first researched all the luminous substances in nature, and then hired 10 special effects companies to make skin that was "as smooth as marble and glowing as crystal". Finally, two special effects companies came up with a virtual solution. The crew only needs to film the actor's body for a 3D effect, which is then created using animation software until a sparkling effect is obtained.

The second tricky problem is that the vampires in Lin Mingyang's novels all have special abilities like superheroes in the comics, except that they can't fly, they are simply mutated versions of Superman. And the shooting of this film will involve a lot of chase shots, and it is almost impossible to shoot the kind of running effect equivalent to the speed of a car with real people.

In order to give the viewer the illusion that the vampire was running faster than a human could do, the special effects crew used a platform made of 15-fast plexiglass and a truck to drive the platform at a speed of 40 kilometers. And the actors are running on this platform at the same time. In this way, it can be seen that they are running at a speed of 50 to 60 kilometers.

These problems are still within the control of manpower, but the climate is not something that the crew can control, and before the film starts, director Tim Burton finds an ideal glade in the Oregon forest, which is an important scene in the film. But just as the set was set up in two days, it suddenly snowed heavily, and finally the glade was covered with 2 meters of snow, and the set crew could not enter it at all. In the end, the crew had to change locations temporarily.

(To be continued)