Chapter 562: "La La Land", "Dalian by the Sea", "Three Billboards"
At the end of September, the weather in Yanjing will be much cooler.
However, modern migrant workers are in a hurry, and they are in a hurry to do everything, and if they can't calm down and feel carefully, maybe they can't feel these changes.
Lee has been busy writing scripts lately, ignoring the changes in his surroundings.
In the past, he might not have been able to find out.
A few days ago, he was dizzy and followed Chen Hao to the park with the child.
Chen Hao wore long sleeves for the child and brought a coat, saying that it was cooling, so be careful of catching a cold.
Li Shengyao didn't pay much attention to it at first, until he pushed the stroller, facing the sunset, the leaves fell rattling, the evening breeze was cool, and the teenager on the bicycle craned his neck.
Only then did he realize that autumn was coming.
Autumn is crisp, if you put down those busy things, climbing, jogging, or cycling at this time will be very comfortable.
Li Shengyao then took Chen Hao to ride a bicycle together.
After a little relaxation, he was in much better shape, and he was much more efficient in writing scripts.
On this morning, the autumn wind was shining, and the weak sun was falling.
Lee wrote the script for two hours, then got up and went to the courtyard, sat down on a chair, and then closed his eyes and listened to the story of autumn.
At this moment, the doorbell rang, and Li Shengyao heard the sound and got up to open the door.
Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from Lao Mouzi, saying that he would come to visit today.
He opened the door and saw Lao Mouzi, Zhang Mo, and Bi Gan.
Bi Gan often comes over these days, and he came to help Li Shengyao write the script.
Now Director Li has two apprentices, one Dapeng, who is filming the second season of "Diao Si Man".
The first season of "Diao Si Man" was a big hit, and Dapeng was very excited, and immediately took a group of friends to prepare for the second and third seasons.
Another apprentice is Bi Gan, who was a literary film director in Li Shengyao's previous life.
This plane seems to have been influenced by Li Shengyao.
is currently writing scripts with Li Shengyao.
Lao Mouzi is wearing a Mao suit and sneakers, which looks very strange, compared to a few months ago, Lao Mouzi's state is much better.
He finally cut it with Zhang Weiping completely, although there is a lot of black material now.
But there is no villain around to pull his hind legs, and he walks much briskly.
He already has plans for a new film.
Zhang Mo is still the same, looking cool, a little turtle feeling, it is said that he has made a white man again.
Good luck to her this time, don't cheat people out of money.
"Director Li, do you really want to prepare three movies at the same time?"
Lao Mouzi entered the compound and then asked.
"Super Interview" has been broadcast, and the entire Chinese film industry knows that Lee Shengyao is going to prepare three movies at the same time.
Lao Mouzi felt that this was not Li Shengyao's style, and he didn't believe it at first.
However, he just met Bi Gan, who said that Li Shengyao was indeed preparing three movies at the same time.
At this time, he couldn't help but ask.
Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "Yes, I plan to prepare three movies." ”
"So how many scripts have you written now?"
"I've written three, and I've left one unfinished."
"Four scripts?"
Lao Mouzi and Zhang Mo's eyes widened, wondering if they had heard it wrong.
Didn't you say that three films were being prepared at the same time?
How did you write four scripts, and three scripts so quickly?
Li Shengyao smiled, "Of the three movies I want to make, there are three scripts here, and there is also a script, which I prepared for the company's special effects department, an animated film. ”
"Can I take a look?"
"Of course."
Lao Mouzi's character is still trustworthy.
Li Shengyao did not write the script by hand this time, but used the computer to code words, which is much faster, and he can sometimes code 20,000 words a day.
Now that three scripts have been completed, only one script remains unfinished.
Lao Mouzi and Zhang Mo took the three scripts, and then looked at them.
"La La Land."
"Your name."
"Dalian by the sea."
"Three billboards."
"The Name of Ling" is Makoto Shinkai's animated film, and after the release of this movie that year, it achieved a very good box office in the island country, the peninsula, and China.
Li Shengyao felt that he could write the script and practice for the Fenghua special effects department.
The special effects department is now more and more mature and has more talents, so they naturally want to create their own works, and they have already submitted a project plan, but the story is not very good, and Li Shengyao vetoed it.
Later, he thought that the movie "Your Name" was good, so he planned to make it for the special effects department.
In addition to this animated film, the other three films are the films he wants to make in the next two years.
"La La Land" is a classic Hollywood musical revue.
In Li Shengyao's previous life, the cost of this movie was 30 million, and the global box office was 449 million US dollars.
won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Actress.
BAFTA Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Score.
There are also eight awards at the Golden Globe Awards, which became the biggest winner of the 2017 Golden Globes.
In addition, there is the best actress at the Venice Film Festival.
In the eyes of many people, this movie is just an ordinary romance movie.
But if you dig deeper, you will find that this movie is almost perfect in terms of color, light and shadow.
The soundtrack and the choice of songs are also very good, and it can be said that even in the history of human films, in the field of music and dance films, "La La Land" is a leader.
It's definitely not comparable to those Bollywood singing and dancing movies.
And the theme of the movie is very interesting, and there is no happy ending of traditional song and dance films, this movie just reflects regret, which is a kind of flawed beauty.
"Dalian by the Sea" is adapted from "Manchester by the Sea".
"Manchester by the Sea" is also very good, in Lee Shengyao's previous life, the film won the Oscar for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
won the British Academy Film Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
In addition, it was also rated as the eighteenth place in the 50th National Congress of the 21st Century by "Sight and Hearing".
The first place in the new century of "Seeing and Hearing" is "In the Mood for Love", and the movies that can enter this ranking are definitely classic movies.
As for "Three Billboards", it is also a high-scoring movie.
In Lee Shengyao's previous life, the film won the best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Best Film, Best Screenplay.
Oscar for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor.
In addition, it won five awards at the BAFTA Awards, including Best Film.
Before the 2018 Oscars, the hottest movie was not "The Shape of Water", but "Three Billboards".
Also at the 2017 Oscars, the hottest movies were not "Moonlight Boys", but "La La Land" and "Manchester by the Sea".
Whether it was "La La Land" or "Manchester by the Sea", they were very popular back then, far more popular than "Moonlight Boy".
"Moonlight Boy" won in the end, and it was similar to "Black Panther", both of which were the product of political correctness.
Lee Shengyao has won the Palme d'Or twice, and he believes that in the next two or three years, whether it is Cannes, Venice, or Berlin, he will not be given such an award as Best Picture.
He plans to make three movies in the next two years, and strive to win one or two actors.
And the three movies he chose were all Oscar-winning films, actors, or Venice actresses.
The protagonists of these three movies are very exciting.
The heroine of "La La Land" is a who wants to sing, dance, and show a series of emotions such as innocence, regret, hope, remorse, etc.
This role is played well, and it is really outstanding.
This is an important reason why Emma Stone won the Oscar and Venice.
As for the heroine of "Three Billboards", this role setting is more exciting and full of tension.
The heroine of this movie lost her daughter for her own reasons, and since then she has been bent on avenging her daughter, vowing to find the murderer.
But she is not a professional criminal investigator, and she can only count on the sheriff of the town.
In order to find the killer, she rents three billboards and mocks the town sheriff for his inaction, hoping to provoke the sheriff.
In fact, the sheriff is working very hard to find the murderer.
But there are some cases in this world that just can't be solved, so he didn't solve them.
He has a terminal illness, and shortly after the movie starts, his life has come to an end.
There is also a reckless police detective who looks very brainless.
The heroine thinks that this person is an incompetent policeman and has no sense of justice.
However, the reckless detective was burned and disfigured by the fire in order to protect the case file of the heroine's daughter.
This movie is constantly reversing, constantly digging deep into the real humanity of the characters.
In Lee Shengyao's previous life, the heroine of "Three Billboards" was McDormand, the bigwig who won three Oscars.
There is absolutely no problem with acting.
However, in 2017, "Three Billboards" was exhibited at the Venice Film Festival, and she did not get the Venice Queen.
Of course, it's not that McDormand's acting skills are not good, but that her role is not suitable for the big three in Europe.
In terms of character building, the three major European ones are more preppy style, and the Oscars are more commercial.
The preppy and commercial here refers to the style of character setting.
is like "Three Billboards", if this movie is directed by a European literary film director, the heroine is likely to be a woman with softness and strength, she is a woman first, and then an angry mother.
She has a hard side, but more of a woman's fragility, sensitivity, and timidity.
She needs to overcome these and then fight against a strong enemy.
That's what the preppy style is all about.
And under the direction of Hollywood directors, this is a commercial film.
The heroine is about revenge, to promote the power of women, she is not only strong, she is also stylish, like a man, full of power.
She's going to do something really cool.
She has no hesitation, no hesitation, she is completely the resolute female captain of the magnesium country.
On the whole, this heroine of Hollywood is what the audience imagined, that is, after losing her daughter, she was angry with her mother and scared of the sky.
This is the role of commercialization.
If we study carefully, we will find that the corresponding roles of the Oscar actors and actresses are very powerful.
Including the movie in which Xiao Lizi was caught by a bear, the actor went through all kinds of hardships in order to avenge his son, and he was very determined from beginning to end.
Oscar likes such powerful characters.
Most of the three major European actors, actresses, and actresses are more hesitant, hesitant, and more self-doubting.
"Manchester by the Sea" won the actor award by Big Ben's younger brother, who is the male lead actor of the film.
"Manchester by the Sea" can be regarded as one of the few alternative films at the Oscars.
The roles of other Oscar winners are full of power and have strong beliefs.
"Manchester by the Sea" does not, the theme of this movie is very sad, and the actor is very sad from beginning to end.
Lee Shengyao has always felt that it is a pity that this film was not exhibited in the three major European ones.
The theme, character design, and performance style of this film are exactly the three favorite categories in Europe, and if this film is exhibited, it should be able to win awards.
At this time, Lao Mouzi and Zhang Mo looked at the script and read it at once.
"Three Billboards" won Best Screenplay in Venice, "La La Land" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, and "Manchester by the Sea" won the Oscar for Best Screenplay.
There is no doubt that the scripts of all three films are very wonderful.
Lao Mouzi's father and daughter kept seeing that it was lunch time, Li Shengyao invited a treat, and took Lao Mouzi, Zhang Mo, Bi Gan, and Chen Hao to a nearby restaurant to eat.
When he arrived at the hotel, Lao Mouzi took a sip of hot tea, and then he came back to his senses slightly, he looked at Li Shengyao and gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, you are really a cow, when I was young, I couldn't compare with you." ”
Many people talk about Lao Mouzi's shortcomings, saying that he can't tell stories, but in fact, when he was young, he was also a part-time screenwriter, and he could tell stories in his early years.
"Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "Alive", "No One is Missing" He has participated in the script adaptation.
He is very familiar with the process of script writing and adaptation.
"Your Name", "Three Billboards" and "Dalian by the Sea" are all "original" by Lee Shengyao, and "La La Land" is an adaptation of Lee Shengyao's "purmp".
In just over a month, three stories have been completed, which is too rare.
Not to mention, four stories, three genres.
"Three Billboards" and "Dalian by the Sea" are feature films.
"La La Land" is a musical song and dance film.
"Your Name" is an animated film.
The variety and scope are amazing.
Li Shengyao smiled and generously accepted Lao Mouzi's praise.
Bi Gan added at this time: "The story of "Three Billboards" is the most exciting, the reversals are continuous, and the characters are the best, you must take a good look." ”
Lao Mouzi nodded, "No problem, I'll take a good look after dinner later." ”
He then thought of Li Shengyao's interview, "Director Li, your three movies are so exciting, do you really want to prepare them at the same time?" Won't it be too rushed?"
"I won't be in a hurry, I won't be going to the European Film Festival for the whole of 2013.
"La La Land" requires the male and female protagonists to sing and dance, and I hope that the selected actors can be trained in vocal music and dance for at least eight months.
If calculated in this way, "La La Land" will not officially start shooting at the end of next year, and before that, the production of "Three Billboards" and "Dalian by the Sea", these two movies have no special effects and no big scenes, and they are actors with superb acting skills, which are relatively easy to shoot.
Preparations began in November this year, and three films took two years, which is enough time.
Like I said, I hope that after winning a few actors, actors are very important, and with good actors, progress will not be slow. ”
(End of chapter)