Chapter 37: The Old Yellow Dog
"Mom, Duoduo, I'm back!"
When Ye Wei returned to Brentwood's home, it was only less than 1o o'clock in the morning, and the thrilling morning was not far away.
The excitement and joy were too, he smiled brightly, hummed a song, and strode to the dining room of the house, only to see his mother sitting at the dining table, a laptop on the table, a lot of documents, she looked up, and buried it again, "Why did you come back so early...... Is the date still enjoyable......"
"Good. Ye Wei's smile decreased slightly, and he walked to the freezer and took out a bottle of cold water, took a sip, and said, "Actually, it's great, you won't know what I did, I admire myself a little!"
Gu Qiao didn't care about his son's braggart habits, and continued to stare at Wen Jiàn, writing with a pencil in his hand, "Duoduo and Toto are playing in the back garden." ”
Walking to the dining table, Ye Wei casually picked up a translated text and looked at it, the translation was very detailed, and he shrugged: "Mom, there's no need to add so many notes, it's thankless, just translate the main meaning." He appreciated the seriousness, but he didn't want his mother to work so hard.
"Put it back!" Gu Qiao scolded his son, "Don't worry about these things, go out and play, what do you do at home on Sunday." ”
"Didn't you just come back from playing, forget it, I'll go see Duoduo. ”
Walking out of the small door of the dining room, Ye Wei arrived at the back garden, because there was no swimming pool and other dangerous things, and the distance was less than ten steps, the sound of Duoduo could be heard, so her mother was relieved to let her play outside alone, and there was Toto to take care of it.
The back garden is full of flowers and trees, with children's sand pits, swing chairs, and bird houses...... There is also a small vegetable garden with melons and fruits, which my mother takes care of very well.
There is a small football gate in the distance, and he usually relies on it to practice, but he has played less in the last half month.
"Hey man, how's it going?"
Ye Wei hadn't come down the steps yet, but he saw a plate-sized Sucata 6 turtle slowly crawling underneath, a member of the family, Benji, who was habitually forgotten. This is the name of the dog protagonist of "Jungle Pure Heart", Benji should have been a Luofu terrier, no way, my mother didn't agree to have an extra dog, and the director has never had a boyfriend.
Benji didn't seem interested in accosting him and kept crawling away, as it always was.
He didn't care about it anymore, walked to Duoduo and Toto, who were playing in the sand in the small sand pool, and shouted with a smile: "Little sweet bean, look what this is?"
"Brother!" Duoduo saw him, immediately abandoned the sandcastle, ran happily, saw him take out a pack of mm's chocolates from his pocket, and exclaimed excitedly: "Wow! chocolate!!"
Toto was also running, sniffing and wagging his little tail.
"Here you go. Ye Wei handed it to her, just bought it from the street, and said with a smile: "Don't let Dad know." ”
As the sons and daughters of dentists, although not as exaggerated as the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" novel, they are really not much better than Willy Wonka, and from an early age they must remember to eat less candy and take care of every tooth. There are losses and gains, his teeth are now so white, neat and good-looking, everyone wants to kiss them when they see them, I really want to thank my father for his medical skills.
"I know. Duoduo nodded, her little face smiled sweetly, and she immediately tore open the package and poured chocolate chips into the palm of her hand, "Brother, here you go; ”
After everyone had eaten it, she ate it herself.
"That's good, but don't give Toto too much, just a few, or he'll have to see a doctor." Ye Wei said with a smile in Chinese, her heart was full of warmth, stroking her head, this little angel knows how to think about others like this.
For you, for you, no matter how hard my brother is, no matter how humble he is, he lies, pats on sycophants, and walks on thin ice...... It's all worth it! For our happiness and for a better future. He jerked a few chocolate chips into his mouth, and chewed them with a clatter, sweet to the bottom of his heart.
"What were you guys just playing?" Ye Wei continued to speak in Chinese, cultivating Duoduo's Chinese speaking ability.
"I'm building a castle, and there's a princess living in it!" Duoduo ran back to the sand pool, and Toto was following, "Brother, are you here to play?"
"A princess? haha, the frog princess? No, I watched you play, and when the princess saw me, she refused to live in the castle and wanted to go with me. ”
"Why?"
"Because your brother is so handsome. ”
Ye Wei sat on the wooden steps, smiling, looking at the little angel and Toto playing, thinking about things.
Now there is an important goal, which is to shoot a short film! This thing must be started immediately, and it is better to shoot it before Willis replies, and then if the other party wants to talk in detail, you can take the short film with you.
He expects the reply to be after the Thanksgiving holiday, as fast as ten days, as slow as a month or two months, and even if he forgets about it, it is possible, it is a movie superstar.
Hurry up and do your own thing.
The purpose of making a short film this time is to show his talent, talent and ability in filmmaking, so he has to focus on this core.
He has a few choices, one is to edit the three-minute public service announcement that he wrote and directed before, but it is really only at the level of middle school students, it is enough to participate in the school film festival, but it is impossible to impress the big shots, even if it is remade, there are no surprises in the story.
It is a short story consisting of five scenes without dialogue: a young couple quarrels, the heroine does not answer the hero's call, the male protagonist is distressed, but because he picks up a can on the street and puts it in the trash, it turns out to be a street test show, he is on camera, apologizes to the heroine, and is forgiven. The two hugged each other in the street, and it ended.
In this short film, Ye Wei also played the male lead, the heroine was played by Lev dressed in women's clothes, the program crew was Chen Nuo, Bard, Li Ming, and Corwin was the dV photographer behind the scenes, all of whom were their own people.
A month ago, Ye Wei would be proud of this story and those dV images, and promised to kick the ass of John Williams and others, but not now.
Then the second option, shooting a few minutes of images of the script of "Little Sunshine Beauty", is also inappropriate, this is used to persuade investors, not actors, because actors rarely like to watch others play the roles they want to join, especially celebrities, they even have to scold the screenwriter for writing a few more expressions before the character dialogue, which interferes with the actor's creation.
The third option is to rewrite a suitable short film script.
"Well, so be it. Ye Wei thought about it and nodded, he still single-handedly handled the screenwriting, directing, production, editing, and soundtrack, and the actors depended on the situation first.
Probably he also needs to come to photography, anyway, he has to do what he can do, and then all the creative materials must be done, and he can't be lazy and not draw storyboards or anything because he knows his intentions, and these materials will be shown to others in the future, in order to show his seriousness and professionalism.
In addition, when filming, he also had to use dV to record enough set footage, which is also a kind of information, so that the big people can see how he directs, and can also confirm that the short film is indeed his work.
First you need to create a short film script, the length is too fast, it's not good, like 2o minutes, 35 minutes, the big guys don't have so much time for him, it's not good, like 3 minutes, 5 minutes, it's over in the blink of an eye, it's not enough for him to show his skills, so 7-1o minutes is a suitable range.
Now that the film has a length, what type of story should be written?
"Hmm......" Ye Wei thought about it and looked at the clear blue sky, the white clouds were fluttering, and there was no trace of uFo...... Sci-fi? Suspense?
These are the two most brilliant genres in the short film, and a lot of them rely on amazing creativity to win.
Wait, no! He shook his head and pulled back the imaginary train that was about to leave, and what he wanted to show was not clever creativity or ghost ideas, but real basic skills in film production, and talents in all aspects!
And for the short film to give others confidence in his production and directing "Little Sunshine Beauty", it needs to be the same type and temperament, family, warmth, courage, and inspiration.
It's best to be sensational, touching, and old-fashioned, because up to now, all the stories that human beings can think of are old-fashioned and primitive, like "Star Wars", which is not just the Oedipus-style patricide complex of the knight saving the princess and "I am your father"; "The Lord of the Rings"? In Plato's "Ideal Republic", it is written that the shepherd Juggs inadvertently obtained a magic ring with the ability of invisibility, so he infiltrated the palace and tempted the queen to kill the king together and become the new monarch.
No one can be completely original and innovative, and it can be said that everyone who makes up a story stands on the shoulders of giants. The key is to redefine and package those original stories, put new elements into them, form new combinations, and there are new stories, which are called "bisonet" in terminology.
So it doesn't matter if it's old-fashioned, old-fashioned instead represents the most primitive emotional thirst of human beings, and it is also the best means of sensationalism, like "Romeo and Juliet", like "Titanic", like China's "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", all classic love tragedies are the same: life and death.
The most important thing is to make the audience feel touched by it, once emotions prevail, people are prone to make irrational decisions, such as believing that a 15-year-old boy can make a good movie.
It's old-fashioned, and there's a little girl as the main character!
This is also a key point, "Little Sunshine Beauty" has a little girl core character, and the short film should also have it; and children are one of the two most difficult species on the set, and if the director is good, the director is more than enough for adults, which will enhance the confidence of others.
"That's right......" Ye Wei looked at Duoduo and Toto over there, and thought of a key point, there must be a dog!
Animals are the other two most difficult species on the set, they are difficult to control, they don't really know what is going on, and the so-called performance depends entirely on lens design and timely capture, which is a great test of the director's skills.
"Hahaha, perfect!" he thought and laughed, children and dogs are the toughest, but they are also the easiest to shine!
There is a saying in the acting world: "When you perform on the same stage with children and animals, be careful of being taught!" Many great actors have tried to be robbed of the scene by child stars and animals.
Because the performances of these two species have a natural appeal, the innocence, cuteness, and honesty are easy to touch.
So their sensational effect is doubled, think of "Lacey the Greyhound" that goes home thousands of miles away, "The Story of the Hachiko Dog" that waits for the owner to come home every day, or "The Jungle Pure Heart" where the dog mother takes care of the four little leopard orphans, can make the audience cry and collapse.
Dogs are really tear-jerking!
That's right, that's it, a sensational story of a little girl and a dog starring.
"Duoduo, brother go away first. ”
Ye Wei stood up, and was about to go back to the room to get a pen and paper to write the script, and after walking a few steps, suddenly the mobile phone in his pocket vibrated and a text message came. He took it out and saw that it was Lev who came: "Brother Wei, we are going out to the Sweet Honey Cafe, there are a lot of big-breasted beautiful college students! Are you really not coming?"
I said this last night, Ye Wei pressed the phone and replied: "I'm busy, I really don't want to go, you guys have fun, you can't leave without touching your chest!"
"Yes, bless us!" replied Lev immediately.
At this time, Ye Weicai still had an unread text message, which was brought by Lily ten minutes ago, and she was so engrossed in thinking about it just now that she didn't notice it.
"Are you home?" asked Lily.
Although it was a little late, of course Ye Wei still had to reply: "It's already here, I've been intoxicated for a while, I really admire myself." ”
Within ten seconds, before he could walk up the stairs, Lily replied: "Do you have time to play in the afternoon?" His heart suddenly jumped, and when he was on the phone before, he felt that she wanted to say something but didn't say it, it turned out that she wanted to take the initiative to date!
Could it be that she replied, "I'm sorry, I'm going to write a script, I don't have time to pay attention to you"? In that case, it's hard to say if there will be a next date.
Fortunately, the script is not written in a day, the brain needs to rest, and the subconscious mind needs to be re-brewed. He calculated the time it would take him to finish the 10-minute draft, and replied: "16: Okay after oo? Before that, I want to write a draft of the script for the short film, and plan to make it." ”
After a while, before he could enter the door, Lily replied, "OK, 16:OO is our custom." ps: Old place, can't be late. PS2: I'll see the script when it's ready. ”
Seeing this phrase, Ye Wei couldn't help but smile and replied: "The old place (o1d-p1ace), either go or be old stubborn (Be-There-or-Be-square)." ”
"LoL,:-p" A few seconds later, Lily's reply.
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