Liu Qianqian followed in without thinking about it, and continued to be curious: "Is something wrong?" ”

"It's not a big deal, but I have to rush over and come back to make up for your birthday."

"Okay, so are you going to make a base now?"

"It's going to Hengdian."

"I'll go with you, I have nothing to do these days anyway."

"No, I'll be back the day after tomorrow, but I don't dare to take up anyone's lazy time."

"Okay, you're back and tell me."

Liu Qianqian was finally persuaded to retire.

After the two came to the underground garage, one sat in the nanny car, and the other drove a sports car and left.

Lu Ping'an doesn't have much to think about Liu Qianqian now, his attention is all on the set.

Something went wrong on the set.

But it's not a big deal.

On the contrary, it seems like a small thing.

But in Lu Ping'an's opinion, it was a little weird.

The demolition crew of "1937" began experimenting with the blasting effect on the set a week ago.

The results were good at the beginning, and when I finished chatting with Fan Xiaopang at noon today, there were three dumb fire incidents.

At first, this kind of situation was not taken seriously, because this kind of thing is not uncommon after all, and it is dumb fire, and it has not exploded, so just deal with it.

At most, the blasting team introduced by Hengdian Lao Xu sighed and made three consecutive remarks, so that Hollywood colleagues could see the jokes.

But it's different for Lu Ping'an, who just got the buff skill.

Every time the set is dumbfounded, the buff skill icon in my head flashes once.

Don't guess, it's obviously a buff at work, and if there is no buff bonus, it will cause an accident, and it's an accident that causes casualties!

And the intervention of a latent crisis can be said to be accidental, three times in a row, then the probability of things is not ordinary.

So Lu Ping'an immediately made a decision and called Hengdian Lao Xu and his own camera R&D center, asking them to cooperate and do something.

At the same time, it also made people lock all the relevant personnel of the crew, don't be alarmed, and don't let people run away.

In addition, he has a phone in his hand.

The last time I went to the secret place, Lu Ping'an talked about death threats, and the chief gave him a number.

If something happens, use it, and if it doesn't, treat it as if the number doesn't exist.

Faced with this situation without evidence, Lu Ping'an still decided to report it first.

And the other party's attitude is quite good, after knowing Lu Ping'an's relevant plans, he gave some suggestions, and then said to maintain communication.

Lu Ping'an was reassured, and that night, he came to Hengdian, nominally to see the set, and did not involve the dumb fire incident.

Hengdian Xiao Xu picked up the plane, and the two chatted about the set all the way.

The set is set in Hengdian, in addition to being more familiar with the Xu family in Hengdian, naturally because the soft and hard conditions here are very mature.

I am familiar with the anti-Japanese war drama here, there are people who want guns, guns, guns, cannons, people, people who want to build the venue, and there are teams with extremely skilled business who can use it, and there are also people related to blasting.

The key is that the weather here is good, the climate is not particularly different from Nanjing, and it rarely snows in winter, which is more suitable for the requirements of one shot to the end than some places in the north, which can greatly reduce the probability of goofs.

You can't just pat it on at that time, it's snowing, it's much more troublesome than rain and sandstorms.

Hengdian is also quite positive about this cooperation.

About 9 days ago, I received a request for cooperation, and the next day Xiao Xu cleared a more suitable venue.

More than half of it is open space, and more than half of it is broken walls, which is very suitable for "Nanjing City".

This is equivalent to reducing the amount of scenery work by at least half.

The remaining half is tinkering with the script as needed.

At present, the team is already working on it, and it is expected to be completely completed in about a month and a half.

Progress was fast, so the demolition team began experimenting with various blasting effects.

Xingchen has little experience in blasting scenes, so it's not wrong to try more.

As a result, this trial came to a problem.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an continued to remain silent, and the entire crew currently in Hengdian, except for him, the rest of the people did not know that the purpose of Lu Ping'an's coming over this time was actually for a few dumb explosions.

In fact, what Lu Ping'an wants to do is actually already doing it.

Work log backup, covert monitoring equipment erection, personnel background checks, and more.

Xiang Guoqiang doesn't have much experience in this kind of thing, but there are many experienced people on the market.

I don't know if I can find out if I can find out, but it makes sense to prevent it before it happens.

Then Lu Ping'an and Xiao Xu had dinner and chatted about the movie, and then returned to the hotel, and Ning Hao followed in.

"What's wrong, mysterious?"

Lu Ping'an did not hide it: "I suspect that someone is doing something in the crew." ”

Lu Ping'an told the matter of the dumb fire.

Ning Hao's first reaction was naturally that Lu Ping'an was a little frightened.

But he still took it to heart, especially the question raised by Lu Ping'an that the camera was not leaving.

A small handheld stabilized camera, which is said to be small, is actually very large, and it is currently the only one in the stars and even in China, or in the world.

If it is broken, it will have to be repaired for a long time, and he will naturally not let others take care of it.

Lu Ping'an is worried that the buff will affect the casualties, but the equipment casualties are not within the scope.

So the two hit it off.

Then Ning Hao also asked: "Did you really catch some signs?" ”

"It's hard to say right now, but it's definitely right to keep an eye on it anyway."

"It's true."

Ning Hao nodded, and then said worriedly, "If this is really the case, you have to think about the worst situation." ”

Let's not talk about whether there are "enemy agents", even between ordinary crews, this kind of thing is actually not new.

Inserted undercover agents, sabotage, leaked scripts, and even poisoned a certain crew not long ago, causing more than 100 members of the crew to go to the hospital in the middle of the night.

In the face of interests, anything dirty can happen.

For the next two days, nothing happened.

Lu Ping'an still didn't relax, Liu Qianqian asked when she would come back, Lu Ping'an postponed it again, which made her a little depressed, but Lu Ping'an didn't care, and put the originally scheduled conversation with the three major European ones in Hengdian.

Hu Qingquan was a little puzzled at first, but after knowing Lu Ping'an's suspicions, he directly agreed, and then pulled the three major people from the capital to Hengdian.

The next day, Lu Ping'an met filmmakers from the three major on the set of Hengdian, two of whom were more familiar, one was the director of Kendalo who had met both Berlin and Cannes, and the other was the wilted old man of Venice, China Tong Marco Muller.

The three major people came over, and Lao Xu of Hengdian naturally had to appear to take a dip, which was helpful to Hengdian.

Lao Xu also felt that Lu Ping'an was very righteous, and Lu Ping'an happily accepted it.

After walking around Hengdian, before the banquet, everyone sat down to talk about the movie.

Regarding "1937", Hu Qingquan actually did not tell them what kind of film it was shot in.

Because this is a work of secrecy that has been set in place since the death threats were made from the very beginning.

Since you want to use technical awards, it's best not to miss what technology is in advance.

There is a matter of time involved.

If the filming is almost done now, or the film is about to be sent to the award, then it's okay to make it public.

Otherwise, there is not only Lu Ping'an in this world who can take a picture to the end.

If it is copied, the technical advantage will definitely be much smaller.

So at the moment, in fact, only the heads of various departments, Hu Qingquan and a few friends of Lu Ping'an know the situation in the company.

really said to the outside world that he would use more long shots to show artistry, such as what he said about the three of them and Hengdian Lao Xu.

But who can know that Lu Ping'an is really playing a shot to the end.

Even if you do, almost no one thinks you can shoot well.

So Marco Muller and others came over, and their attitude was actually not so fanatical, just out of the importance of Lu Ping'an, a new star.

Last year, "Brokeback Mountain" was the brightest star in international art films, and this star fell in Venice, which made the Venice Film Festival very beautiful, Cannes was a little unconvinced, and Berlin, the film festival that first regarded Lu Ping'an as a descendant, was also very resentful.

So this time, Hu Qingquan said that Lu Ping'an was going to make an art war movie again, and the three natures would show enthusiasm.

What they want is to compete for the premiere rights, and if the film is good, it is no problem to give the finalists or even awards in advance.

The three are also competitive, and they are fiercely contested in this regard.

There are many movies in film history that have been locked in by the three major awards before they are even finished.

For example, "Apocalypse Now", which is known as one of the greatest historical war movies directed by Coppola, won the Palme d'Or directly before it was cut.

Wong Kar-wai's "2046" was announced to be shortlisted for Cannes before the filming was completed, and then waited until the moment before the opening ceremony for the final cut to be sent to the film festival.

There are many more movies like this.

In short, the three awards will always give a lot of privileges to famous art directors.

Now Lu Ping'an is probably the same.

Of course, the specifics still depend on the form and content of the movie.

In this regard, after Hu Qingquan signed a confidentiality agreement with the three, he gave the script and told the story of the movie.

After hearing this, the faces of the three filmmakers changed slightly, and then Marco Muller was the first to praise: "Wow, what a good story." ”

Obviously, the story seems a little simpler.

There is artistic sublimation, but not much, there are metaphors, but they are not strong enough, and this aspect is also very sensitive, the metaphors are too forceful, and they will touch something, after all, this is the subject of China during World War II.

So the first impression of the three of them is: I'm afraid I'm going to come in vain this time.

However, after Hu Qingquan talked about the filming form of the movie.

The three of them shouted: Impossible!

At present, there are actually many movies that are more than 60 minutes long.

For example, Hitchcock's "Soul Snatcher" in 1948, "Time Code" in 2000, "Russian Ark" in 2002, and "Nine Lives" composed of nine short films in 2005.

There is also the Italian drama film "No Cut" released in 2003, also known as "A Day in the Life of the Little Brother".

The quality of these one-shot films is either high or low, and the world film industry is actually no stranger to this kind of expression language.

But "1917" also has its own strengths.

First of all, he is a war movie, and the biggest difference between this kind of movie and a movie that "talks to the end" is the difficulty.

Most of the chatterbox movies are literary dramas, one room, a few people, crackling and finishing, solved.

And war movies are naturally indispensable for big scenes, big scenes + a large number of people plus one shot to the end, this kind of difficulty makes my scalp tingle when I think about it.

This is also the reason why when digital photography did not come out, almost no one took a single shot of such a large scene.

It's too hard, it's too expensive!

Not only that, but digital photography has editing advantages that film photography doesn't have.

In addition, with the development of science and technology, various late-stage technologies are becoming more and more mature.

So after 08 years, after the digital camera and other technologies began to slowly popularize and develop, there were more one-shot, or "pseudo-one-shot" movies, and many blockbusters also emerged, such as "Birdman", which won four awards including the Oscar for Best Picture in 2014.

So now, when the filming method of "1917" was known to the three of them, the three of them shook their heads and shouted that it was impossible.

Of course, they don't really think it's impossible to shoot, but they think that it won't be too good.

Because Hu Qingquan said that this time it is necessary to combine all kinds of light and shadow arts, and to combine artistry and drama perfectly.

They know the plot, and they have already read the script just now.

It's simple, but that's from a general cinematic perspective.

But to combine artistry perfectly?

How to reflect the artistic effects of light, shadow, sound and painting presented by lens language, soundtrack, editing lighting, etc., under the premise of one shot to the end?

Everyone is a filmmaker and knows how difficult it is.

The advantage of one shot in the end is that it is extremely immersive, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is easy to make the movie enter a boring stage at some point.

Generally, movies are supplemented and transitioned with other lenses.

But for a one-shot movie, you really have to think about the work of your hands.

So the more the three of them thought about it, the faster they shook their heads, and they felt that if they came, they would definitely not be able to find any decent solution in such a little time anyway.

However, the interest of the three is also getting higher and higher.

Movies, dreams.

Lu Ping'an is a capable person again.

If this dream can really be created by him, and the effect is as good as Hu Qingquan said, then needless to say, he will definitely not let go of such a seemingly impossible movie.

So there are only two questions to follow.

The first is when it will be filmed.

The second is where to send it.

Let's not talk about the first point, but the main thing is the second point.

In fact, the tendencies of the three are already obvious.

The Berlin Film Festival, which regards Lu Ping'an as a descendant, is in high demand.

Kendalore said that if "1937" is indeed good after it is filmed, then there is artistry, and the political preference brought by the subject matter is also there, which is very suitable for the Berlin Film Festival.

The deadline for next year's Berlinale is late November for others, but for Lu Ping'an, it can be put until the end of December, and if the film is not finished by then, you can watch the film first, and then send the film in January.

This is the advantage of a great director.

Venice is also very interested, a shot represents the avant-garde, if the artistic performance is guaranteed, it is naturally a professional counterpart.

And Marco Muller also gave the privilege of time, saying that the average person is May, and if the road is safe, it will be fine in July at the latest.

Cannes is the least interesting of the three.

The main reason is that in 2002, Cannes awarded an award to the film "Russian Ark", which is a bit repetitive.

Of course, if "1937" is made well, it is not impossible to win the award, after all, the lower limit of this movie is very high.

But there is no privilege in terms of time, unless the film is really good.

The group chatted for a while, and it didn't end until the meal.

Then they had dinner together in the evening, and at night Hu Qingquan and Lu Ping'an sat down to chat.

(End of chapter)