Although Zhou Yan was very interested in Meimei, in front of everyone, he still said solemnly, "Director Hou, I am still a student now, and I don't think about emotional issues for the time being." ”

"Yes, men should put their careers first." Hou Xiaoxian nodded, and then asked, "Haven't you been doing storyboard exercises recently, how are you doing?" ”

Hearing Hou Xiaoxian ask this, Zhou Yan's eyes lit up, he was thinking about whether he could find a chance to borrow the camera with Hou Xiaoxian, but he never found the opportunity, Hou Xiaoxian took the initiative to send it to the door.

"It's almost, one last bit left." Zhou Yan replied.

Zhang Yimou next to him was also interested and asked, "Which script are you dismantling?" ”

During this time, when Zhou Yan was drawing storyboards, he often went to Zhang Yimou to ask them questions, so Zhang Yimou also knew a little about Zhou Yan's short film.

It's just that Zhang Yimou hasn't read all the scripts, only knows a few of them, and he doesn't look familiar with these scenes at all, so he is curious about what script Zhou Yan uses to practice storyboarding.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "After hearing the two directors finish talking last time, I went back and racked my brains and didn't think of any suitable script, so I simply made up one by myself." ”

"You made it up yourself?" Zhang Yimou looked surprised, he never thought that Zhou Yan would actually write a script by himself.

Hou Xiaoxian was also a little surprised, he burped and asked, "Then how long did you shoot this script?" ”

"About three minutes."

Hearing that it was only about three minutes, Zhang Yimou and Hou Xiaoxian both nodded, and said in their hearts that Zhou Yan's kid was not too outrageous.

In fact, if Zhou Yan really wrote a long script, Zhang Yimou's first reaction was that he was fooling around, how could anyone learn to run if they didn't learn to climb.

"Show me the script and storyboard tomorrow, and I'll learn from it." Hou Xiaoxian said with a smile.

Before Zhou Yan could speak, Gong Li, who was sitting next to Zhang Yimou, said with a smile, "Director Hou, he is a child, don't tease him." Zhou Yan, take the script to Director Hou tomorrow and let Director Hou give you guidance. ”

"Hey, okay." Zhou Yan nodded, and raised his glass again, "Director Hou, I'll toast you again." ”

"You're going to pour me wine, okay, come and drink, I'm not afraid."

……

A finale banquet poured a large piece of wine, but the next day was off and it didn't matter if you were drunk.

Zhou Yan is okay, he used the guerrilla tactics of "the enemy advances and I retreat, and the enemy retreats and I disturb" at the wine table, which seems to respect a lot of people, but in fact, he only drank half a catty of wine, and when he returned to the dormitory after eating, he hurried to perfect the sub-scenes of "Antfly".

At eight o'clock the next morning, Zhou Yan took the script of "Antfly" and the sub-camera to knock on the door of Zhang Yimou's dormitory, he knew that he drank a lot of wine last night, and coming to knock on the door so early today might disturb Hou Xiaoxian's dream, but Zhou Yan didn't care about these now, he just wanted to strike while the iron was hot and finish the filming of "Antfly".

Zhou Yan knocked lightly on the door twice, but no one responded, so he increased his strength and knocked three times, and then Zhang Yimou's voice came from inside, "Who?" ”

"I, Zhou Yan."

"Zhou Yan, what's the matter?"

"Director Hou said that he wanted to read my script, and I sent it to you."

"That's it."

Zhou Yan heard the sound of someone walking inside, and after a while, Zhang Yimou, who was wrapped in a quilt, came over and opened the door, and then he quickly ran back to the bed.

After running back to the bed, Zhang Yimou shouted to Hou Xiaoxian, who was still sleeping, "Director Hou, Zhou Yan is here." ”

Hou Xiaoxian rolled over and did not respond.

Zhang Yimou said with a smile, "Director Hou was happier last night, and it is estimated that it will take a while to wake up, so you can show it to me first." ”

Zhou Yan nodded and handed the script and storyboard to Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou was wrapped in a quilt, no matter how he took the script, the quilt would leak, and his arms would be exposed, so he simply got out of bed and put on his clothes.

As he got dressed, he said with a smile, "I knew you didn't drink much last night, and you can get up so early in the morning." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "I'm young and sober up quickly." ”

"That's right." Zhang Yimou nodded and began to read Zhou Yan's script seriously.

The film is very short and has no lines, so the script is even shorter, and most of it is an action description, which creates a little bit of mystery and tension, but nothing special.

It wasn't until the reversal of the last paragraph that the script was a bit interesting.

"The reversal at the end of the credits is a pretty interesting design." Zhang Yimou commented with a smile, "This is a bit of an infinite loop." ”

Immediately afterwards, he began to look at the sub-shots drawn by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan's painting is average, the storyboard is quite rough, and a lot of text is used for annotation.

But no matter how rough it is, it is more vivid than the script.

In Zhou Yan's storyboard, the sense of mystery and tension instantly increased by several notches, especially some details on the storyboard, which were not reflected in the script.

The ending design of the storyboard is more interesting than the script looks, and the script only writes that a giant who looks like a man appears in the back and smashes his leather shoes down.

But in the storyboard, you can see the sharp contrast between the giant and the "middle man", and in the last shot, the leather shoes occupy half of the frame.

After reading the storyboard, Zhang Yimou commented again, "A very good short film story." ”

Although Zhou Yan's storyboard has many flaws, the angles of many shots are not particularly good, and some details are also a little worse, for example, the man looks at the clock on the wall, in Zhou Yan's draft, the man stands in the middle of the picture, but the clock is very small, which cannot highlight the element of the clock.

But even if there are these small flaws, Zhang Yimou has to praise it, this short film is very good, and if it is shot according to these sub-scenes, there will be no major problems.

looked at the script and then at Zhou Yan, Zhang Yimou couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Yan's feeling on the picture was not outstanding, but Zhou Yan's narrative ability was very strong, whether it was the script or the storyboard, it could be seen that Zhou Yan's narrative structure was very complete and skillful.

Zhang Yimou looked at the sleeping Hou Xiaoxian again, lowered his voice and said, "Are you looking for Director Hou, do you want to make this film?" ”

was guessed in his mind, Zhou Yan didn't feel embarrassed at all, he smiled and nodded, "I want to borrow the camera on the set to shoot the movie, otherwise I'm afraid I won't have a chance to shoot it for a while in the future." ”

Zhang Yimou shook his head, "It's difficult." ”

Hearing Zhang Yimou say that it was difficult, Zhou Yan asked, "Director Zhang, are you saying that it is difficult to borrow a machine?" ”

"No, what's so difficult about borrowing a machine, I can call the shots, and the film is fine, anyway, you won't use a lot. But do you think that all you need to make a movie is a camera and film? It's not that simple. ”

Zhou Yan said humbly, "Please teach Director Zhang." ”

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, "I can't talk about teaching, I'll talk to you about filmmaking." You can say that you followed the whole process of the filming, so you still know better, but you did not participate in the preparation and post-production. Your short film, there is nothing to prepare in the early stage, as you think, prepare a camera, an actor, a little ordinary props, or even no photographer. But post-production is unavoidable, the film is filmed, and it will soon be sent for processing, editing, and copying, which is not only costly, but also time-consuming and laborious. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, he really didn't understand this part in the later stage.

"The Red Lantern Hangs High" was cut while shooting, and there was a small black room on the set before, which was specially used for editing, but that small black room was not allowed to be entered, only Zhang Yimou and Zhao Fei could go in.

Editor Du Yuan followed the team with the equipment for more than two months, and only went back some time ago, and the equipment on the set also went back.

Zhou Yan didn't have a chance to go to the small black house, but he chatted with the editor Du Yuan a few times, but because he couldn't see the specific operation process, he couldn't understand a lot of what Du Yuan said, but he probably knew that the film was physically edited and pasted.

Seeing that Zhou Yan didn't speak, Zhang Yimou continued, "And your short film also involves special effects, although it is not a difficult special effect, but it also needs a professional organization to do it." ”

In "Antlacewing", because there are people of different sizes, the picture of the giant and the villain cannot be shot by the camera, so special effects must be used.

Hearing Zhang Yimou say this, Zhou Yan also felt that he thought about things simply, what he wanted to do before was to shoot the film, and then find a place to cut it in the future.

"Director Zhang, how much will it cost to follow-up?" Zhou Yan asked the price, wanting to know it in his heart.

Zhang Yimou shook his head, "I really don't know much about this, but it definitely won't be cheap, and the salary you earn with us is definitely not enough." ”

Zhou Yan was already thinking about whether he had enough money, but when he heard this, he suddenly lost his voice.

……

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