Chapter 265: Xu Cheng Comes to Make a Movie!
In the past few days, Chen Feng has already touched the shooting methods and shooting rules of 3DH stereoscopic movies more thoroughly, and the cameramen have basically completely mastered this kind of shooting method, so Chen Feng let the Mi consultant go home, anyway, he also completed his mission, and the next thing is completely Chen Feng and their business.
Chen Feng is busy with the filming of "Dusk", while Huayu is also preparing for "Summer Ink Lotus". The layout of the scene and the selection of the actors are also all in place, and only one director is missing.
Chen Feng decided to let Xu Cheng make this movie after thinking for a while, on the one hand, Xu Cheng has been with him for so long, and he and he are also teachers and friends, and they have learned a lot from each other; On the other hand, Chen Feng also wants Xu Cheng to be alone, after all, it is impossible to be his assistant director for the rest of his life. However, although he has decided to let Xu Cheng make this movie, if Xu Cheng is unwilling, he will not be reluctant, and he will just change to someone else.
Thinking of this, Chen Feng no longer hesitated and called Xu Cheng over.
"Director Chen, what are you calling me!" Xu Cheng asked.
"That's right, now you and I have learned a lot!" Chen Feng said.
"Yes, almost!" Xu Cheng said, "In fact, there are only those skills, which is nothing more than a matter of practice makes perfect!" ”
In fact, there is indeed a certain gap between the depth of the director's skills, but this is not the main problem, otherwise there will not be so many new directors who stand out, except for a small number of directors who can be known for their skills, such as shooting techniques such as bullet time, most people often say how good the plot of this movie is, how good the stunts are. Very few people really care about the director!
Many people are not directors in the first place, but they can direct well halfway. For example, Feng Xiaogang in his previous life, who was originally a props master, and Xu Jinglei, also changed careers and did well, in Chen Feng's opinion, the screenwriter's script is the foundation of a drama, as long as there is a good script, it is generally impossible to find out where to shoot!
In Hollywood in the past life and in the dream factory in this life, a good screenwriter can often take a script and form a crew. It is even possible to designate directors and actors. It can be seen that although many films in these film meccas have no connotation and no plot, they attach great importance to the role of screenwriters, which is completely different from the mainland, although the mainland says. Basically, the quality of a drama or movie depends on whether the screenwriter is powerful, but the screenwriter basically has no status, which is a very strange phenomenon.
But it is precisely because of this that he dares to let Xu Cheng shoot "Summer Ink Lotus" with confidence, because he is still very confident in his script, in his previous life, "Summer Ink Lotus" could explode more than 700 million box office without any big names, and now Chen Feng believes that he can too, after all, there is "Summer Ink Lotus" in his previous life as a guide.
Of course, it does not mean that there will be a market for future scripts moving to the present, if "Summer Ink Lotus" is moved to ten or even five years ago. I'm afraid it won't be that successful, and it's hard to say whether it will even pay for itself.
Timeliness exists, because whether it is "Summer Ink Lotus", "Snail House", "Naked Marriage Era" and the like, they are all very targeted. In response to the confusion of the post-70s and post-80s, but ten years ago, the oldest of the current main post-80s was just 20 years old, and most of them were not yet adults, and the ideas of the post-70s and post-60s are obviously relatively large and the post-80s, so it is difficult to say whether this can impress them.
There is no resonance without feeling, and how can it be popular without resonance! …,
Chen Feng has always considered this, it is not something that can be taken randomly if it is not reborn, basically the closer it is to the time of the original work, the more likely it is to succeed.
"Since you've learned something, it's just right, I'm planning to start filming a movie recently, and I'm going to make you a director!" Chen Feng said.
"Being a director?" Xu Cheng was surprised for a moment, but then asked again, "Is it a movie or a TV series?" Xu Cheng didn't say whether he agreed or not, but just wanted to ask first.
"It's a movie!" Chen Feng said, "The budget is 20 million, which is a small-budget movie, and now that it is in your hands, you have to grasp it well!" ”
"Twenty million...... It's a fashion show! Xu Cheng immediately reacted, he has been an assistant director for ten years, basically he still has a lot in his heart now, 20 million can act in a fashion drama, don't count on costume dramas, costume dramas alone Those props and costumes are more than 20 million, of course, it is impossible, not to mention period dramas, those sets are more troublesome than costume dramas, especially most of the period dramas have war scenes, and the money for gunpowder alone is not cheap.
Speaking of which, it can only be a kind of fashion drama!
"Well, it's a healing love movie!" Chen Feng said.
"What is the healing system?" Regarding this classification of movies that have become popular on the earth, it is obvious that Xu Cheng is not very clear.
"It's my own way of dividing!" Chen Feng said with a smile, "Romance is a unified name, but there are many kinds of romance films, in my opinion, one of them is the healing system, that is, after you have watched this kind of film, you will feel warm in your heart, and you will have confidence in the world and feelings again!" ”
"Oh, what is your story about?" Xu Cheng asked.
"It's about a girl, some things happened in the process of falling out of love, and then slowly, she came out of lovelorn, fell in love again, and found her lover's story!" Chen Feng said.
Xu Cheng knows when he listens to it, there should be nothing bizarre and twists and turns in the story, then the focus should be on the healing system that Chen Feng said, you know, a plot with no twists and turns, no big names joining, no special effects of urban films, if you want to impress the audience and make the audience buy it, then the only breakthrough point should be what Chen Feng said just now, the healing system, you will feel warm after watching it!
Xu Cheng is very perceptive, and quickly grasped the main point, knowing that the key lies in the three words of healing, if there are no three words, this drama is a drama that cannot be on the street.
To say that there are so many young people in China, especially the post-80s, who have never fallen out of love, and how many people can marry their first love, this has a resonance, just like writing online novels now, it is also necessary to write the protagonist of people who are close to the public as much as possible, and then they will be liked!
"It's no problem to shoot, but I'm afraid I don't have enough experience, and I don't necessarily know how to shoot some scenes!" Xu Cheng said with some worry, although he has spent a lot of time with Chen Feng and has learned many things, he is still a little apprehensive if he really wants him to direct a movie alone.
"You don't have to worry about this!" Chen Feng said, "I've already thought about it, if you don't feel completely sure, you can ask an experienced assistant director to tutor you!" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )