March in Hacheng is still very cold, and the snow on the ground has not yet melted, but the assistant director told Li Shengyao that the snow period in Hacheng has passed, and the snow scene filming in the future has to be completed with a snow machine.

Li Shengyao had expected it and was not worried.

On this day, he got up, practiced boxing in the room, sweated, took a shower, and went out.

An hour later, Lee met Liu Sheng, the cinematographer of his previous two shows, and three of his classmates.

There was no money before, no money, and there was only one photographer in the entire photography group, Liu Sheng.

Now that he has money, he naturally has to arrange it more completely, this time in addition to Liu Sheng, there are also three classmates he brought over.

They are associate photographers, or assistants.

Several classmates knew Li Shengyao's intentions, and they were nervous, and Liu Sheng was also worried, and then took out some pictures he had taken in Harbin City for most of the month.

He knew that Li Shengyao not only wanted to make dramas, but also shoot some beautiful scenery and promote Harbin City, so he ran a lot of places.

Not long after, Li Shengyao saw the video taken by Liu Sheng, he was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Your photography skills have not improved much compared to last year, but you know how to think better now, and I decided to continue to use you." ”

When Liu Sheng heard this, he nodded excitedly, "Director Li, I will definitely work harder." ”

He then turned around and hugged three of his classmates.

Li Shengyao waited for Liu Sheng to calm down, "You've read the script, you know what picture I want, have you made notes, take it out and I'll take a look." ”

Liu Sheng nodded and took out the notebook that he had prepared a long time ago.

For some important scenes, the photographer needs to prepare the shooting plan, what angle, what camera, and what brightness.

These are all things that the cinematographer needs to consider, and it is impossible for the director to think about everything.

Li Shengyao took the notebook and flipped through it.

Photography is all about angles, structure, color, brightness, and stitching with content.

The first thing a qualified photographer needs to do is to look good.

The picture should be good-looking.

Except for some special films, such as a few early films of Chief Jia, the picture is ugly, he is not without talent to shoot good-looking, he deliberately makes it not good-looking, he wants to explain the story with rough pictures.

Other people's movies are generally good-looking, especially Lao Mouzi's movies, even if they shoot movies like "No One is Missing", the picture is still beautiful.

The requirements for TV series are much lower.

Mainland TV dramas generally do not pursue the beauty of the picture, except for Li Shaohong's "Daming Palace Ci", "Orange is Red" can see more obvious thinking, and other film and television dramas basically do not.

In addition to being good-looking, the next level is precision.

In addition to looking good, you must also accurately reflect the meaning of the director through the picture.

Photographers who can reach this level can basically be regarded as excellent photographers in the circle.

Now Li Shengyao needs Liu Sheng to accurately embody his thoughts.

For example, in the first scene of the first episode of "Winter Sonata", the heroine walked on the street and made a phone call, accidentally saw the male protagonist, and then was surprised, the whole person's soul was lost, and she ran crazy on the street to find it.

What this plot wants to express is the heroine's deep affection, and the mood is sad.

There are often such episodes in film and television dramas.

The clever director and cinematographer will first capture the heroine's facial expression at the beginning, and this time it is a close-up close-up, telling the audience that she is sad and shocked.

Then the heroine runs to find someone, and at this time she can't use a close-up shot, she has to quickly pull it away and use a long shot.

In the vast sea of people, she looked around and staggered, in stark contrast to the other composed.

In this way, her insignificance and embarrassment can be revealed.

If the photographer is accurate, he will be able to eat at the mainland TV drama crew.

Next is the style, and different photographers have different styles.

Some people's styles are especially suitable for reflection in some films.

Christopher Doyle, for example, is especially good at emotional shooting.

What is an emotional shoot? It is the allegorical scenery in our ancient poems.

"When I feel the tears, I hate to say goodbye to the birds."

Where are the tears in the flowers? Where do birds get scared?

These are the poet's own emotions.

Christopher Doyle is very good at using moving images to express the emotions that movies need.

No lines, no narration, no story, give him three minutes and he can do it.

There are no more than five photographers in China who can do this.

After the style, that's the connotation.

Being able to tell a story, or even a story of an era, is the top ability of a photographer.

Such a person can be regarded as a master of photography, and he can open a photography exhibition.

Li Shengyao doesn't need Liu Sheng to have the latter two abilities, he needs Liu Sheng to complete his requirements.

"Winter Sonata" has a beautiful and fragile atmosphere as a whole, and there are many uses of long vistas.

In this way, the vastness of the world can contrast the insignificance and difficulty of the protagonist.

Liu Sheng's choice of lenses in most outdoor areas is good, and Li Shengyao is basically satisfied.

However, the experience is still a little lacking, there are some minor problems, and he needs to mention something.

It's like the second plot of the first episode.

The heroine didn't find the hero, and she came to the engagement banquet in despair, and her fiancé, as well as the man's family, blamed her.

Here, Liu Sheng's idea is to fight forward and backward in close view.

A close-up shot of the fiancé and his family's embarrassed and angry faces.

In fact, many film and television dramas will choose this way.

But in doing so, the noise is dominant.

If it is filmed like this, the audience's first impression is that the fiancé's family is hateful, and then they will think that the heroine is pitiful.

But in fact, most of these plots still need to reflect the helplessness and insignificance of the heroine.

At this time, the man's family should be standing on one side, and the heroine on the other, shooting from behind the heroine with a long shot.

In this way, the audience can see the face of the man's family, and the heroine can see the heroine alone in one camp.

It can better reflect the loneliness and powerlessness of the heroine.

At this time, the audience's first impression is that the heroine is so helpless.

No matter what drama it is, the core is the emotions of the hero and heroine.

Film and television dramas are not poems, and they do not need to be expressed through contrast, and it is best to express them in the most intuitive way.

The plot of the second part of the first episode of "Winter Love Song" still expresses the helplessness and sadness of the heroine, and it is told by grasping this point.

Instead of telling about other people's evil.

Li Shengyao then pointed out.

When Liu Sheng and his three classmates heard this, they suddenly realized.

Li Shengyao then found a few more places, which he felt that the shooting plan was not good and not good enough, and pointed them out one by one.

Liu Sheng hurriedly said that he would correct it.

In the end, Li Shengyao patted Liu Sheng on the shoulder and said slowly: "I want to make this drama very beautiful, I hope to sell this drama to many countries, you should put some effort into it, and strive for the more beautiful the picture as much as possible, maybe you can become an instant hit." ”

Liu Sheng nodded excitedly, "Director, I will definitely work harder." ”

His face flushed, his voice raised much higher, and his fists clenched.

Li Shengyao felt Liu Sheng's attitude, and he was also happy in his heart, and looked forward to "Winter Love Song" even more, "Okay, come on." ”