Chapter 435: Director's Qualities
The next day, the start-up ceremony.
During the opening ceremony of the whole painting skin, the flashing lights of countless reporters almost blinded people's eyes. But in the end, everyone was shocked.
Lin Xiao simply lifted the red cloth, and then directly announced the start of filming!
Everyone was stunned, no one expected that this blockbuster with an investment of 100 million would be so simple!
Lin Xiao ...... Is it that simple and okay? Zhao Wei looked at the reporters who were eager to eat them at the scene, and asked worriedly.
"If the shooting is done, the opening ceremony does not matter, everyone will only remember the last glory. If you don't shoot well, unless your boot ceremony is to blow up the earth, it's not worth boasting about. Lin Xiao replied lightly.
"You're not nervous?"
"Not nervous?" Lin Xiao smiled, turned around and said seriously, "You are wrong, I am afraid that I am the most nervous moment in my life now." Really, the Golden Horse Awards are not as good as any of them. ”
"Because it's so important, I can only suppress my nervousness and give it my all!"
"I want to rest for a while." He turned to Romeer and said, "Clear the scene, and in half an hour, the hand-held camera, the lighting engineer, the field staff, and the props will all come to me to gather." After that, after another ten minutes, let the artists of the first show come to me to talk about the play. ”
"Director Lin......" Rommel said implicitly, "I have to remind you, if you are too busy, I can tell the play." ”
Tell the play and move the position, and then let the scene code landmark, that is, determine the location of the walk, this is basically the work of the assistant director, the director's work is very busy, how can he even pay attention to the code landmark.
Lin Xiao looked at the big foreign woman calmly, and after a few seconds, he sighed and said, "You don't trust me. ”
"NO, MR. LIN." Romeer hurriedly said in stiff Chinese, "I'm just afraid that you're too busy, that's all." ”
Lin Xiao looked at her calmly and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm just afraid that I'm not busy enough now." I wrote the script, I know better than you what I want, that's it, go ahead. ”
Romel blushed, she knew that her excuse was too perfunctory, and it was not surprising to be seen.
But what is her mission? is to assist Lin Xiao in making this film. If Time Warner really trusts Lin Xiao's directing skills, why would he cram a Romer in?
You must know that the original hero actually invested 35 million US dollars, nearly 300 million yuan, but only James was allowed to come in, and he was still idle, which was Miramax's complete trust in Zhang Yimou.
The assistant director has one more sub-word than the director, but it is the difference between heaven and earth, and some people can't get rid of this word after working hard all their lives.
Rommel's arrival is like a lubricant, and it is a powerful kind. The director's biggest role is to set the style and then co-ordinate, in fact, those beautiful pictures are not from the director's hands at all. To put it bluntly, the director is the biggest supervisor in a crew.
The shot is not shot from the camera in front of the director, the director just uses this lens to see if the atmosphere on the set is what he wants. And looking through the camera and not through the camera, those are two feelings, just like watching a concert live and DV.
Once the atmosphere is reached, the director does not shout the card, and the handheld has to shoot it. All the shots appear from the hands of the handhelds around the set, and from all angles, the director only needs to explain from what angle they shoot from, what feeling they shoot, and then choose from the handheld shots.
Of course, a great director can complete most of the content almost through the lens, but this level of Cameron, Lucas, Spielberg, and Akira Kurosawa, Lin Xiao doesn't want to do it now.
The same goes for the lighting engineer, Lin Xiao tells them what content of the lights they need, and once it doesn't suit his heart, he can get stuck. Then re-tune.
And Huang Xiang, who he specially hired, received the task of the picture and part of the lighting.
Before each game, Lin Xiao had to tell the handheld, lights, and props in detail how they should be placed and how they should feel. and then talk about the drama in person, for a movie where every second is gold, every shot must be refined, so the shooting time of a film will be so long.
Sometimes, it's good to shoot a few shows a day, but movies often only have a hundred.
Plus editing, dubbing, soundtracks, reviewing, and it's a breeze for four or five months. To add the selection of scripts for the big waves, one piece a year, is a normal speed, like Zhou Xingchi, a sword in three years, and a sword to seal his throat.
He chose the Trinity, and he had to accept the price of reducing exposure, and nothing was the best of both worlds.
The crew is a huge machine, each part has its meaning of existence, and the director is the core that makes them move, that is, the biggest power device.
Coordinating all departments, letting them twist into a rope, and go in the direction they want, this is the biggest role of the director.
Lin Xiao had already sat down in his chair, his mood calmed down unexpectedly, and he began to recall everything about the five months of training.
"It's complicated." He smiled bitterly, he didn't know if he didn't know, but he understood that the director couldn't write a script and shoot it himself at all, and there were too many things involved.
Co-ordination, the reconciliation of the contradictions of the personnel in the play, just like when he was in Ulan Butong, Chen Jialin knew about the contradictions between himself and Xu Ziyao but did not break it, the way of balance.
"But if the director is just that. Then a few co-ordinators, or psychologists, can also be competent. The ...... needed "his eyes lit up" is the director's 'feeling'! ’”
Why is a good director worth hundreds of millions?
It's because of his "feelings." ”
screw the style of the entire crew to your own "feeling", and then the film sells well and accumulates, you are a global famous director or national teacher!
For example, Spielberg, Jurassic Park, ET, Devil Terminator, etc., have all earned, indicating that he "feels" that his style completely caters to the taste of the market, so his worth can be described as priceless.
The most important thing is this feeling.
No one can guarantee that the director's feeling of a film can fit the market, such as the hero, which is the product of the disconnection between the feeling and the market.
Lin Xiao remembered the training in the system, which is called "anticipation." ”
The expectation of the unperformed image, the expectation of the theme consciousness of the film, the expectation of the climax and the direction of the plot. Conceived based on script, based on life, and driven by passion.
He suddenly smiled, this line of work, if it weren't for many years, it would be impossible to make money by filming a script directly like the novels he had read before.
If he hadn't had a system, three years would definitely not be enough for him to accumulate, and he could only follow the path that Zhao Wei would have enlightened after ten years.
Not anymore, though.
He snapped his eyes open and walked towards the director's chair.
It's like a throne there, holding the life and death of the whole play! All people's minds must come to his line!
Otherwise, please get out!
He doesn't need to feel, this kind of thing, not what he can have now, however, he has a system!
The four-star rating of the system, definitely no joke.
The director's chair, which is not good-looking, is just a dusty canvas chair, but he took a deep breath before sitting on it gently.
The "crunch" chair made a soft noise.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but he feels as if everything is different.
The old self is gone, completely gone.
There is no Xiaolin, there is no Brother Lin, there is no Teacher Lin.
Sitting here is Director Lin.
Holding the armrest of the director's chair is equivalent to holding the lifeblood of the play.
A sense of total control filled his heart.
"Original...... Every director has this mentality......"
"This kind of calculation is a last resort, and a hundred birds come to court, which is completely different from when I was an artist. No wonder, no wonder most film and television artists want to be directors. ”
"Jumping out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements...... Now, I dare to say that I am out of the control of others and have my own ......"
When he opened his eyes, Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun stood in front of him.
They didn't smile, and their eyes were full of envy.
This is the imperial seat they have never dreamed of sitting on, but the dust is better than the splendor of the way.
"Want to try it?" Lin Xiao asked.
The two women were silent for a moment and shook their heads, "No, I don't need to, I want to use my own strength to sit on it!" ”
"Me too."
"You guys in the first scene?" Lin Xiao took the topic and asked.
"It's me and Donnie Yen." Zhou Xun's tone was full of displeasure, "Director Lin, he hasn't arrived yet." ”
Teng, a burst of fire rushed up again.
"I respect him as an old man, and his reputation is high, and I have already given him face." Lin Xiao replied coldly: "He also thinks a little too highly of himself." ”
"My crew, no one is allowed to play big names!"
"Wait." He leaned back in the director's chair and said, "Wait for him." ”
"He doesn't come, he doesn't shoot."
At this moment, Romeer came to his side, bent down and said, "Director Lin, the handheld, the assistant director, the lighting, props, artists, and field affairs are all here, why don't you start coordinating now?" ”
"All here?" Lin Xiao snorted with a smile: "Why do I think there is one less person?" ”
Romel was silent.
"You." Lin Xiao raised his chin to the field attendant next to him, "Let's go and invite Teacher Zhen again." ’”
"Ah......" The field manager was stunned.
It's not that he doesn't want to make a good impression on the director, it's a good impression...... He didn't dare to go!
"Don't be afraid, just tell him at the door."
Not long after the field work, he came over with the refreshed Donnie Yen.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't receive a text message from Director Lin on my mobile phone, and Liang Zhu is too irresponsible, I will tell her when I go back." Donnie Yen said with a smile.
Lin Xiao looked at him for a long time, and suddenly said, "The last time." ”
"It's not more than three, and this is the last time."
With a "brush" sound, Donnie Yen's face turned blue.
"Let's start talking about the general feeling of this one. This is the first scene of the painting, and we must shoot it well. Lin Xiaoli ignored Donnie Yen and said to himself.
"Stinky boy!" Donnie Yen gritted his teeth with hatred, and secretly thought, "It's going to start!" I want to see how you can talk about this Warner drama with an investment of 100 million! ”
"How much do you know about lights? How much do you know about color? Even if you invited Huang Xiang, but I feel that you are eating accurately?! The crew, you coordinated it?! ”
"A mere third year in vain trying to take the road of a Trinity superstar!" He sneered silently, "Wait for you to export the problem, and then I will turn my face to see who will help you speak!" ”
"Young man...... There's still a lot to learn in this circle! ”