Time went quickly, and in August, "Sugar Mountain Earthquake" was drawn, with a total box office of more than 600 million, becoming the highest-grossing Chinese film in the mainland.

It shocked I don't know how many people for a while.

Last year's "The Great Cause of the Country" was only in the early 400 million, and I thought that Chinese films would break through the 500 million mark first, but this time it jumped to 600 million.

I have to say it's awesome.

Xiao Gang Cannon was in high spirits, and then promoted his new movie, saying that "If You Are the Truth, Do Not Disturb 2" will be released at the end of the year, and he will take a break for a while to seriously consider the next movie.

At the same time, the post-production of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" is coming to an end, and Zhang Weiping revealed that Lao Mouzi will next make a film describing the Jinling Massacre, and will also invite Hollywood superstars.

Li Shengyao's "1937", the Jinling Massacre of Lao Mouzi.

The two great directors both chose the story of the period of the country, and for a while, many people analyzed that this was a hot outlet.

Naturally, some people predict the box office of these two films, some people think that Director Li's "1937" is at least 500 million, and some people think that Lao Mouzi's new film is at least 600 million.

This topic has attracted a lot of discussion, and there are many posts in the entertainment section of major forums.

In addition, it is the release of "No Man's Land", although this movie cannot be compared with "Sugar Mountain Earthquake", but it still caused a movie-watching boom in the mainland, and many people like such black comedies.

Ning Hao was very face-saving, saying that the production of this movie was inseparable from Li Shengyao's support, which gave Director Li a wave of traffic.

Li Shengyao didn't care about the things outside, he was still in Xiangshan Film and Television City, receiving powerful actors, telling the actors, taking the actors to their positions, and discussing the shooting plan with the assistant directors.

At this time, the weather was hot, Li Shengyao worked hard, and unknowingly lost three or four pounds.

The entire crew of "1937" was focused on the rehearsal of this film.

At noon on this day, the sky was originally good, but suddenly he lost his temper and changed his face, the clouds were thick, the thunder was continuous, and the rain was pouring down.

The actors and workers of the crew of "1937" were eating, and when they saw this, they immediately packed their lunch boxes and ran under the eaves to hide from the rain.

Dapeng is also one of them, he walks with a young man.

This young man is average-looking, with an ordinary figure, wearing a pair of glasses, with a dark complexion, a somewhat square face, looking simple, his name is Bi Gan, and he is from Guizhou.

Li Shengyao released a thesis on the industrialization of Chinese films, and then cooperated with Chinese opera to arrange for students from the directing department to go to the set to practice, find problems, and write about shooting experience.

He naturally leads by example, and the crew of "1937" has ten college students in the film and television industry.

Bi Gan is one of them, he is not a student of Chinese opera, but a student of the Choreography and Directing Department of Shanqi Media College, heard Li Shengyao's call and took the initiative to come over to learn about the filming on the set.

Li Shengyao asked Dapeng to take these ten students.

Dapeng was wearing a pair of glasses at this time, with light gray short sleeves and a pair of black pants, looking like a five-and-a-half figure, without any star image, just like an ordinary young man.

While cooking rice, he said, "This rain is endless, and I will have to rest again in the afternoon." ”

The vast majority of "1937" are outdoor plays, and when it rains heavily, there is no way to rehearse.

It rained a few days ago, and at the beginning, Dapeng, as well as the field workers, the actors were somewhat happy, and they felt that they could relax.

However, as we entered August, it rained more and more.

For the past week, it has rained every afternoon, sometimes at two o'clock, sometimes at three o'clock.

It was earlier today, and it was raining at twelve o'clock.

Looking at the clouds in the sky, I am afraid that it can last for several hours.

In such a situation, people like Dapeng began to worry about whether the actors had enough time to rehearse.

Bi Gan nodded, he had finished eating, closed the plastic lunch box, then threw the lunch box into the garbage bag on the side, glanced at Dapeng, opened his mouth, but did not speak.

He thought about it, took the plastic cup to fetch water, drank two glasses of water, and then came back.

"Brother Dapeng, I wrote a few suggestions, I want to show them to the director."

Dapeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then blinked, "Will it make the director angry?" ”

Dapeng has been in the crew for almost a month and a half, and he saw that hundreds of people in the crew of "1937" were running steadily and efficiently under the command of Director Li.

He is now Director Li's most loyal fan, and he admires Li Shengyao's strength very much.

Bi Gan is a somewhat straightforward person, usually very quiet, but often speaks amazingly.

Of the 10 college students who came to practice, he had a mediocre relationship with the others.

The man either doesn't speak, or he just says something embarrassing.

Dapeng wasn't worried that Bi Gan would be embarrassed, he was more worried that such a thing would affect Li Shengyao's state.

After all, it's raining every day now, which is not a good thing for the crew.

Although Director Li didn't scold people with a dark face, the smile on his face was obviously much less.

"No, it won't."

Bi Gan said very confidently.

Dapeng nodded, and was about to agree, but his mind turned a corner in an instant, "Wait, what advice do you want to give to the director, show me." ”

Bi Gan nodded, then took out a piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it, and handed it to Dapeng.

The students who came to practice had to find fault and record the mistakes made by the crew one by one.

It is actually normal for him to give Li Shengyao advice.

Dapeng took the paper, read it quickly, and then frowned, "Don't talk about the fourth point." ”

"Can't you say that?"

"Of course not, the director is the most powerful screenwriter in the mainland, even Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige have asked him to revise the script, haven't you heard of these two things?"

Bi Gan's fourth suggestion is that the story of "1937" is general, and he should help revise the script.

Dapeng is speechless, you are a student of the choreography and directing department who has not yet graduated, and you revise the script for Director Li, don't you look in the mirror?

"The director was great before, it doesn't mean that every book he wrote was very good, and the previous "Hurricane Rescue 3" was very average."

Bi Gan immediately followed.

Dapeng used to be the host, of course, he would not be gagged by this, "You think it's very ordinary, but the global box office is more than 300 million US dollars, and this movie is conceived from a commercial point of view, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." ”

Bi Gan glanced at Dapeng and did not continue to speak.

Seeing this, Dapeng couldn't help but be a little soft-hearted, he felt that Bi Gan had a pure heart, and such a young man should be encouraged.

"Then you can take a look at it then, if the director is in a good mood, you can mention it, and if he is in a bad mood, you don't say it."

"Okay."

After a while, Dapeng finished eating, and then came to the director's lounge with Bi Gan and met Li Shengyao.

At this time, Director Li had finished eating, and he was sitting on a plastic chair, looking down at the rehearsal schedule, frowning, and his face was serious.

The nearby field workers and actors walked much lighter.

"Good director."

Dapeng then said what he and Bi Gan meant.

Li Shengyao smiled when he heard this, "Say it." ”

Bi Gan took a step forward and lifted his glasses, "Director, Ningbo August and September are both rainy months, and it may rain most of the time in the future, and we have less time to rehearse, I think this point must be solved." ”

"Oh, do you have any ideas?"

"When it's raining, we can't rehearse outdoors, and that doesn't change, but I think we can shoot some footage when it's not raining, and when it's raining, we can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the rehearsal based on those materials."

The successful filming of "1937" requires not only the actors' wonderful acting skills, but also the cinematography, lighting, and scenery of everyone else to complete the task accurately and efficiently.

During the break, it is not enough for the actors to conduct script seminars, but also for other types of work, they must be active and constantly think about and review.

If there is video material, it is indeed better to find the shortcomings.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, this can be adopted." ”

Bi Gan was very happy when he heard this, and his face was full of smiles, "The second point is about photography." ”

The equipment of the crew of "1937" has long been in place.

However, considering that the actors did not rehearse enough, the camera was never turned on.

Even the Steadicam photographer ran after the actor with a heavy stabilizer, but he was just making a show and didn't turn on the camera.

Lee Shengyao's original intention was to wait for the actors to rehearse well enough before coming to the official shooting.

Bi Gan continued: "The weather changes a lot, and the shooting parameters are difficult to determine, I think the crew can make a table, different temperatures, different days, what are the required parameters, and you can do research now." ”

"In this way, if we encounter the same climatic environment, we can directly use the previous parameters."

There is sunlight and no sunlight, there are clouds and no clouds, and the camera parameters are very different.

The camera has three parameters: shutter, iris, and sensitivity to control the final screen brightness.

The general film crew will adjust the camera parameters when telling the plot of different scenes and times.

"1937" is even more rigorous in this regard, the whole story takes place in one day, from day to night, and then to day, and the screen brightness needs to be adjusted all the time.

If there is data to refer to, then it should be faster when the official shooting is time.

This suggestion can be used, but because the shooting season is different, it can only be used as a reference, and the photographer also needs to carefully check it to see if it is suitable.

Li Shengyao didn't point out, but nodded with a smile, "You have a lot of ideas, this can be used." ”

Bi Gan was even more happy, he couldn't help but glance at Dapeng, and there was some smugness in his eyes.

"Also, I don't think the set of the crew has the characteristics of the country, and we should find military, historical and cultural consultants."

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Dapeng, "What do you think?" ”

When the crew was formed, they invited several military, historical and cultural consultants to guide the set.

Bi Gan felt that it was not enough, and Li Shengyao wanted to ask Dapeng's opinion.

"Director, I'm ......"

Dapeng thought for a while, and then said: "I think our set has a Chinese style, but it is still not distinctive enough. ”

Li Shengyao nodded when he heard this, "Okay, then let's invite another group of experts in related fields to come over." ”

He doesn't think it's a bad thing, and since it's not good enough, try to do better.

Bi Gan saw that Li Shengyao's mood seemed to be okay, and then said the last point, "Director, I think the movie script can be more exciting, and we should adjust and improve." ”

When Dapeng heard this, he immediately turned his head and peeked at Li Shengyao, he was worried that Li Dadao would be angry.

He was obviously overly worried, and although Li Shengyao was indeed bothered by the weather in Ningbo recently, Director Li would not be angry with others because of this.

As for whether Director Li, a big director, can be questioned by a college student who has not graduated, Li Shengyao has never considered this.

He didn't float.

Although he is a capitalist and a big director, he can still empathize with small people.

"Okay, you can try to change it, and then tell me the plan."

Li Shengyao smiled and continued: "But I will most likely not accept your revisions. ”

In his previous life, Bi Gan was known as the "wild version of Wong Kar Wai", and the light and shadow were very slippery, but the movie story was very bad, and the scripts were written while filming.

The script he rewrote should not be commercial.

Bi Gan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Shengyao to tell him directly that there was a high probability that he wouldn't use it, and then he came back to his senses, and some of the middle two raised their heads.

"I'll definitely make a great plot, you'll agree."

Li Shengyao waved his hand, "Okay, I look forward to your correction." ”

Bi Gan then left the director's lounge, and he raised his head towards Dapeng, "Brother Dapeng, the director is very talkative." ”

Dapeng rolled his eyes at Bi Gan, "The director is the prime minister's belly that can support the boat, the only one in the world, don't think that every director is like this." ”

(End of chapter)