After Kate finished singing for the second time, she turned to Brigman and asked, "Anthony, do you want to do it again?" ”

"No need." Brigman turned to look at Emma Thompson again, "Emma, what do you think?" ”

"This one is fine, let's try another one."

They asked Kate Winslet to sing the song just to see how it worked, and now that the effect has exceeded their expectations, they naturally don't need to repeat it.

Saying that, Emma took the score of the second song to Kate, who took the score and was about to read it, but Zhou Yan stopped her, "I suggest that the second song should not be sung to Kate for the time being." ”

Emma Thompson and Brigman turned their heads to look at Zhou Yan at the same time, and the latter wondered, "Why, Y?" ”

After saying this, Brigman felt a little strange, because it sounded like he had said two "whys", why and Y.

Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "The scene in the second song is that Marianne receives the piano sent by Colonel Brandon and plays the score sent with the piano. The song is equally simple and rustic, expressing Colonel Brandon's heart, and Marianne is seeing this score for the first time, and it is a little jerky to play live......"

"I see what you mean, you mean to say, when you just shoot this part, give this score to Kate for the first time, and directly reproduce the plot in the movie, so that Kate doesn't need to deliberately act, she can reflect that jerky feeling." Brigman said.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes." ”

"That's a good idea, Kate won't read the score yet, and we'll discuss it when An Lee comes back."

Kett nodded and returned the score to Emma Thompson.

Although Emma felt a little regretful that she couldn't listen to Kate sing the second song live, she also knew that what Zhou Yan said made sense.

Although Kate's acting skills are good and should be able to show the jerkiness of getting the score for the first time, no matter how good her acting skills are, they are not as effective as the real reaction.

Of course, after listening to the first song, Emma has a little more confidence in the second song.

Kate left the piano and walked up to the two of them, complaining, "This piano is so old, some of the keys can't be played." ”

"It's been played very well." Emma said with a smile.

Kate also praised Zhou Yan, "Your work is so good, I haven't heard such beautiful music for a long time." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, although this song is not bad, Kate Winslet's performance is too exaggerated.

In fact, these foreigners are really polite, in some places, they are much more polite than the Chinese, and they are much more false, Zhou Yan believes that even if today's song is not good, Kate will most likely praise it.

It doesn't matter if the song is good or not, the important thing is that the emotional value is in place.

"An Li shouldn't have heard this song yet, right?" Brigman asked.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, all the soundtracks, An Li hasn't heard it yet." ”

"Then he will be very surprised when he hears it later, he should have recorded this paragraph just now."

……

Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, several people chatted in the hall for a while, and An Li walked in from outside.

When he saw An Li, Zhou Yan was quite surprised.

His impression of An Li is the picture of receiving the award on stage, An Li on the podium, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, is well-dressed, and is a little older and more stable than now.

Today's An Li, in his early forties, is the time when a director has the strongest comprehensive ability in all aspects, and he should be very high-spirited.

But An Li in front of him, with messy hair and sallow skin, was wearing a gray sweater, and the black shirt inside was also leaking, and the whole person looked unkempt.

The key is that when he walks, he bows his head and hooks his brain, and he has no energy at all.

This image reminded Zhou Yan of some middle-aged male teachers who had worked together before, and the difference between An Li and those middle-aged male teachers was that he had one less teacup in his hand.

Seeing Zhou Yan and them, An Li, who was originally lifeless, suddenly smiled: "Zhou Yan." ”

He shouted in Chinese, then switched to English, "When did you arrive?" ”

As he spoke, he quickly walked up to Zhou Yan and shook hands with Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan held An Li's hand and said with a smile, "It didn't take long to arrive. ”

"Welcome, welcome, long journey." Then An Li looked at the others next to him: "What are you doing here?" ”

Brigman explains, "Y wrote out a couple of tunes to be used for the film, and we wanted to hear the results, so we brought Kate over and sang about it, and there was a piano. ”

"Already sung?" An Li asked.

"Sang it."

"What do you think?"

"Very well, why don't you let Kate sing it to you again?" Brigman proposed.

An Li waved his hand, "No, you can just think it's good, I believe in Y's talent." ”

Then he looked at Zhou Yan again, "In addition to the songs to be used for filming, have you written any soundtracks for other places?" ”

"Well, I wrote a little bit about the script, but how to use it depends on the footage you shoot in the later stage. The soundtrack, in the end, is at the service of your shots. ”

Hearing that Zhou Yan also wrote other soundtracks, Briegman was quite surprised.

Because soundtracks are usually postponed, most soundtracks prefer to do the soundtrack after the filming is completed, and seeing the soundtrack on the screen is simpler and may be more suitable.

Otherwise, if you write the song first, and later find that it doesn't match the shot, isn't that a waste?

Of course, this is not a given, and some soundtracks do write the soundtrack as soon as they get the script.

Briegman knows one, and the famous Italian score master Ennio Monicone often does this, when he is scoring films, he often goes deep into the filming work, preparing the score from the time of filming.

Many times, before the film has even started filming, he can't suppress his inspiration and writes some soundtracks.

Brigman didn't expect Zhou Yan to be in this style, he thought that Zhou Yan just wrote the tunes to be used in the filming first, so he didn't ask about other tunes just now.

"Is there any music that you play on the piano so that you can play it for us?"

"Now?" Zhou Yan was a little surprised.

Ann Lee didn't pay much attention to the tunes he wrote to Marianne to sing, but rather to the middle soundtrack.

"Is that okay?" An Li nodded.

"Yes, too."

"We can all listen to it, right?" An Li asked again.

Zhou Yan was a little confused by this question, and he didn't understand what An Li meant by this for a while.

What does it mean that everyone can listen to it, since he wants to play in the hall, he can naturally listen to it, and it is impossible to cover some people's ears.

"Of course you can ......"

Hearing Zhou Yan say yes, An Li clapped his hands and shouted, "Everyone come here." ”

After finishing speaking, An Li ran outside the hotel again and shouted a few words outside.

Soon, twenty or thirty people gathered in the hotel lobby.

The corners of Zhou Yan's mouth twitched, he really didn't understand what kind of style An Li was, what was this for, organizing a concert?

"Let's learn together." An Li said to Zhou Yan with a smile.

Zhou Yan nodded, didn't say anything, walked straight to the piano, and sat on the piano bench.

After sitting down, he said to An Li, "The pieces I make now are mainly violin, but there is one piece, and the effect is okay with the piano solo." This tune is called, People Like You. ”

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yan raised his hand and played on the piano.

The intro to "People Like You" is very simple, just a few notes repeated, a bit like someone jogging.

After this paragraph has passed, the rhythm of the second paragraph is a little slower, a little bit of a slow narration, with a little memory in the narration, with a little regret, but overall it is still very calm.

However, after this paragraph, the ups and downs of emotions suddenly became larger, and in some places became more intense, as if something painful appeared in the memory.

At this point, the emotions became stronger and stronger, Zhou Yan's fingers were hitting the keys faster and faster, his hands were raised higher and higher, and the landing on the keys became heavier and heavier.

In the end, Zhou Yan almost stood up.

But in the most intense part, Zhou Yan suddenly stopped moving, and the music stopped abruptly.

Originally, the emotions of everyone at the scene had been stirred up by this progressive music, and they were ready to meet the climax of this song, but they didn't expect it to end suddenly, which made them unable to get up.

However, everyone didn't speak, because they felt that Zhou Yan probably just stopped and would continue immediately.

In the middle of many piano performances, there is such a situation, suddenly stop for a moment, and leave a blank for everyone.

But they were wrong, Zhou Yan didn't just stop, he did end the performance.

An Li was stunned when he saw Zhou Yan stop completely, and asked, "Is this the end?" Is it true that you have only written so much of this song? ”

Zhou Yan explained with a smile, "There is still a long back in this song, but the later part will not be placed in the movie." ”

An Li and Briegman were both a little confused by Zhou Yan, what do you mean? Didn't you say that this piece was written for a movie? Why isn't it in the movie?

"Can we hear about the back?"

Hearing An Li say this, Zhou Yan nodded, "Of course you can." ”

With that, he raised his hand high and continued to play the previous section.

This solo was adjusted by Zhou Yan, and the chorus part was changed by him very intensely, plus this piano is too old and the rebound is not strong, so when Zhou Yan is playing, the movements are very exaggerated.

It seems that Zhou Yan is not playing an ordinary old piano in the hotel lobby, but playing millions of Steinways and Sons in the golden hall.

Hearing the chorus, everyone in the audience immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, it was unobstructed.

The feelings in the chorus, as they thought before, were sad, regretful, and couldn't help themselves, and vented all the emotions they had saved in the previous paragraph.

After this intense part has passed, the mood slowly goes down, the ups and downs become lower and lower, and finally it flattens out, and suddenly gives people a sense of relief.

At this time, Zhou Yan stopped again, and this time, the song was really over.

An Lee took the lead in applauding, "Very good." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and bent down to salute, then walked up to An Li and said, "This piece will be made into a piano and cello ensemble version later, and it may not sound the same as today's solo." ”

An Li said with a smile, "I'm looking forward to it." ”

After that, he beckoned to the people next to him again, "Let's disperse." ”

When the people in the lobby were about to disperse, An Li said to Zhou Yan, "Let's find another place to talk." ”

"yes, okay." Zhou Yan nodded, and then said to Wang Zuxian, "Xiaoxian, go back first." ”

At this time, An Li noticed that there was a Chinese girl standing not far away.

Seeing Wang Zuxian's face, An Li was surprised, "You are...... Wang Zuxian? ”

Wang Zuxian smiled and nodded, "Hello, Director An." ”

"Nice to meet you."

An Li raised his eyebrows, but he didn't ask any further, but he could guess without asking that Zhou Yan could bring Wang Zuxian over, and they must be a couple.

This is not a fuss, Zhou Yan has cooperated with Wang Zuxian several times, and it is normal for them to be together because of work.

An Li took Zhou Yan to a temporary office, but Brigman and the others did not follow, only Zhou Yan and An Li.

After sitting down in the office, An Li apologized, "I'm really sorry, I haven't turned on the phone yet, so I want you to run it yourself." By my point, you can just take the time to come in for a trip or two after the boot starts, but Anthony especially wants you to come to the pre-boot meeting. ”

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "Director An, don't be polite, it's okay to come in advance, just send you the score used in the shooting, if there is a problem, I can solve it on the spot." ”

"It shouldn't be a problem, I see Emma and Anthony's reaction, I should be very satisfied with that song. Anthony won't talk about it, Emma is a very picky person, and since she is satisfied, it means that the song is good. ”

Hearing An Li say this, Zhou Yan expressed the doubts in his heart, "It seems that Emma Thompson's identity in the crew is not ordinary, and she is also worried about the soundtrack." ”

"She's the main character and the screenwriter, which is inherently important, and she was specially invited by Lindsay."

"Who is Lindsay?"

"We have four producers for this film, two of which are executive producers and two of which are production managers, and Lindsay is one of them. When it comes to post-production, Anthony probably won't be on set for a long time, and Lindsay is basically the chief producer. This project, which Lindsay basically worked on from scratch, was that she hired Emma to write the script. After talking about the general situation, An Li said with a smile, "Although you can't stay on the set for too long, there are many things that you may need to get used to." Whether it is the mainland or Taiwan, the director has absolute authority, and if you have made a movie yourself, you must know it. But here, the director is just one of them, and almost everyone here can have an opinion. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I have a little understanding of the working mode here. ”

Understand and understand, but Zhou Yan doesn't care too much, anyway, he is only responsible for the soundtrack, and he doesn't have to worry too much about anything else, but An Li himself needs to adapt more.

This model in Europe and the United States has good and bad, and the good thing is that after limiting the power of the director, it will reduce the risk of film failure and avoid affecting the film's performance because of the director's decision-making mistakes.

The disadvantage is that while the director's power is restricted, his talent will also be restricted, and in the end, all the films made are "insurance" movies that lack artistic tension.

Now this situation is not too obvious, with the development of the times, the industrialization of film is becoming more and more sophisticated, and the director's presence in the filming of the film is getting lower and lower.

Under this model, the team is set up, and it is no problem to change a layman to be the director. A person who doesn't know how to make movies at all can complete the shooting of a movie by entering this mode.

Zhou Yan is now a cross-border director, and many people will be surprised and think that he has done a good job.

However, in the future, there will be more and more cross-border directors, and cross-border situations like Zhou Yan are not uncommon.

This model of Hollywood is also spurned by some aspiring directors in Europe and the United States, which is why so many independent films come out. When people think of independent films, they think that these kinds of films are more thoughtful and more personal to the director.

An Li talked about Zhou Yan's "The Sixth Sense" again, "I watched your "Sixth Sense", it is very interesting and special, and the style is different from other movies in the mainland. In terms of lens language, there are some Western shadows, but they are not copied, there are a lot of your own ideas, and the other is the color and light and shadow, which is very good. You're starting so high that a lot of people can't play with these things. ”

"It's not just me who works, but also a lot of the ideas of assistant directors and cinematographers."

Zhou Yan is not modest, Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhao Fei have a lot of credit for the filming of "The Sixth Sense".

Especially in the area of color and light and shadow, Zhao Fei gave a lot of suggestions on the spot.

Of course, An Li knows that the success of a movie cannot be the credit of the director alone, but having said that, it can't be made with a different director.

"How's your new film going?"

"It's almost time to turn on."

"I'm really looking forward to your new film, and the director's third film is very important."

Zhou Yan said unexpectedly, "It's the first time I've heard this statement, don't you usually say that the director's debut is the heaviest?" ”

A director's first work is probably not the director's best work, but the first work usually reflects a lot of the director's inner things.

Many directors' debut films will give people a feeling of eye-catching, not that the film is good, but this kind of debut is usually very special.

Most directors, when filming their debut film, have a lot of things to challenge, and they encounter a lot of external difficulties, lack of money, lack of people, and lack of publicity.

But in fact, when making a debut film, there is less internal pressure, because it is not burdened by the previous reputation.

"Of course the debut film is important, but it's for the director himself. And if a director really wants to become a big director in the mouth of others, the third work is particularly important. Because you already have two works, people's expectations of you will go up and the demands on you will be higher. Audiences want you to keep what you've brought to them, but they want you to make changes that will surprise them. ”

An Li smiled and continued, "At this time, if your work is very different from the past, the audience will be disappointed, and if the homogenization is too serious, they will also be disappointed. In fact, every movie you will encounter this problem in the future, but the third movie is a hurdle, and if you don't get through it, it will have a great impact on you. However, if you make it, you'll find yourself jumping into a completely different platform. ”

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Like you? ”

"I don't want to use myself as an example, but it's true, my life has changed a lot since 'Eating Men and Women'. Thirty is a very special number, and when you have three movies that can surprise people, people all over the world will believe you. ”

The statement "people all over the world will believe you" is naturally an exaggeration, otherwise An Li would not have a headache for managing the crew now, but Zhou Yan understands the truth of An Li.

Of course, Zhou Yan didn't particularly care.

Even if the final result of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" is not good, it will not affect his plans to make follow-up movies.

An Li pulled Zhou Yan and chatted for a long time, he was a person who looked silent, but was very good at talking.

Finally, when they parted, An Li shook hands with Zhou Yan again, "I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

Zhou Yan smiled and nodded, "Happy cooperation." ”

……

The next day, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian got up early, and after breakfast, they walked around the hotel, and they also went to the Saltron Mansion, where Nolan Manor was filmed.

But it's a pity that the mansion is not open to the public, and it is not yet time for the crew to use the mansion, so Zhou Yan and the others can't enter the mansion to visit.

The Saltron Mansion is under official management, and if the crew of "Sense and Sensibility" wants to shoot here, they must apply to the official, and then the official approves a specific shooting time.

During the filming of the crew entering the mansion, there will also be official personnel on site to supervise.

I heard that there are many precious collections in the mansion, and it is not easy to break them.

There's nothing to see in this area, except for the trees and grass, and it's good to take a walk, but if you want to see something special, you'll probably be disappointed.

However, today's weather is good, the sun is very good, and it can be regarded as fulfilling Wang Zuxian's wish.

And here, no one knows them, they can walk on the grass hand in hand without any pretense. (End of chapter)