"Director He, everyone has finished watching the movie, I personally think it's very good. It has both comedy humor and a discussion of social phenomena, can you tell us about the creative experience of this story? Jing Wei asked.

"Ah, this ......, I have to ask screenwriter Tian Yusheng, It's a pity that he is not here today. However, I don't know about the creative process, but if I want to talk about how this movie came about, I can say it......"

So He Fang told him how he met Tian Yusheng and how he bought the script.

"In other words, Director He's script was filmed and there was no secondary creation?"

"No, why do you want to do a second creation? This script is very mature. The four-stage structure is very stable, the character arc is very complete, the theme is clear, and the story is close to life. I was shocked when I saw it, and it was a standard Hollywood-style commercial script. ”

"Creation, that's because you think there is something wrong with the script, or there is a better expression than the script, but this is a very complete script, so I have no reason to recreate."

"I don't know what the point of a director is to recreate a mature script? Just show the authority of the director? Or is it to show the director's talent? But in fact, the theme, structure, characters, plot, rhythm, business and other aspects of the script are relatively perfect, and then I intervene horizontally, doesn't it destroy the original stable structure? It's not creation, it's destruction. ”

"I think it's very bad for directors to change the script at every turn, some directors just like to change the script randomly, I heard that the crew in China is very popular 'flying pages', which is a very story-destroying behavior."

He explained.

"Flying pages? What is a flypage? Jing Wei asked curiously.

"I don't know very well, but I've heard that in some crews, the director will bring a screenwriter with the crew, and then the director will suddenly have some inspiration, and he will change the script again, and suddenly insert a new page of the plot into the original script, which is called the flying page number."

"Flypages are the products of the director who asks the screenwriter to make changes while filming a movie or TV series, some of which are the director's own creations, some are added for certain actors, and some are to meet the requirements of investors or advertisers. By the time the movie or TV series is finished, the original script has been changed beyond recognition. ”

"I heard that the original authors of some film and television dramas have stood up and scolded people more than once, just because the script shown to them by the filmmaker is inconsistent with the finished filming. I think this is a very big bad habit, not to mention in Hollywood, just to say that European people don't make auteur movies like this. ”

Therefore, some film and television investors must pay attention to the fact that for the film and television creative team that is used to operating like this, they must not invest, and if they do, they will be in vain, because the story that comes out in the end must be full of holes, and there will not even be a complete story. Not to mention the box office and ratings, such an investment will only lose money. ”

Of course, it is not without special cases, many classic movies are made out of the ordinary. Like some of Stephen Chow's movies, like some of Wong Kar-wai's movies, and even some of Jiang Wen's movies, they all like to change the script temporarily. However, not every director who changes the script on the fly is successful, and the failure rate is 99%. ”

This thing, which is known to passers-by more than ten years later, is like a secret of the industry in this era, and outsiders do not know about it.

Even some people who know will feel that this is the way it should be, that this is creation, and they don't feel that these problems are at all.

He Fang said it cheerfully, as for whether what he said would cause dissatisfaction among some people in the industry, he didn't care, although he didn't want to offend people, but there was no need to be a good person.

"So a Hollywood director wouldn't change the script in the middle of filming?" Jing Wei asked.

"Generally, no, of course, there are very special circumstances that will change. Before a script is filmed, it has been approved by investors, producers, creators, and actors, and the director is just how to better de-image and visualize on the basis of this script. ”

"Of course, if the director has an idea for the script, he can put forward his own ideas before the start of filming, and finally change it before the start of filming after everyone agrees through discussion."

"Under normal circumstances, according to the production process, it is not allowed to change the script during the filming process. If so, then everything will become uncontrollable. The quality is uncontrollable, the progress is uncontrollable, the cost is uncontrollable, and even the contracted actor schedule is uncontrollable, and the development direction of such a project is very dangerous. ”

He Fang talked eloquently, but the expressions of the people on and off the stage became strange, because He Fang would offend a large number of people when he said such things, which is a word that breaks the established rules.

Don't talk about those small directors, but the big directors who don't change the script on the set?

For example, Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen, these are both famous masters of changing the script on the set, but Chen Kaige is getting worse and worse, although Jiang Wen does not say that it is good to change it, but at least it will change some characteristics.

For example, Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", Chow Yun-fat once complained that what was filmed on the set was inconsistent with the script sent to him, and it was different every day.

So, when he said this, this is not offending people. Which of those little directors doesn't change the script on the spot? In particular, the TV drama crew has changed more fiercely, just as he said that he will bring a screenwriter with the group, and change it while filming.

Now who openly advocates that investors should not invest in such film and television dramas, this is ......

"So, Director He, is there a reason why you can guarantee the quality of your movie because you won't change the script randomly?" Jing Wei is also a little excited, she also likes to listen to this kind of revelation.

"Of course, when I was filming with Cameron, the director of such a big family didn't say anything about revising the script on the spot, even changing a line had to be agreed by most people such as actors and producers. On the set, Cameron was busy every day with how to make the image more perfect, and never said how the drama to be filmed tomorrow should have been changed. ”

He Fang is also out of the way, since he wants to solve this problem, he will simply poke it to the end.

"So Cameron can't make literary films, and there is no director of literary films who doesn't change the script." At this time, someone in the audience finally couldn't help it and yelled in the dark.

Immediately, the audience was in an uproar, and he spread his hands.

"Does Hollywood produce fewer high-art films every year? None of them were changed from the script on the spot. On the other hand, is there less art film produced in China that changes the script on the spot every year? How many film festivals have bought it? The audience buys it? ”

"Why is this happening? The film festival doesn't buy it, and the audience doesn't buy it? Proving that our creative method is wrong, the problem arises that the story is not good-looking. Why is the story not good? Because something went wrong with the script. What went wrong with the script? Because someone changed the script badly. ”

"It's okay to maintain art, and it's okay to create art if you want to, even if you rely on your own skills to fool investors into paying for your art. However, destroying the ecology of the industry and making more and more investors and audiences lose confidence in the film and television industry is not allowed. ”

As soon as He Fang's words were finished, the audience in the back row immediately applauded, which caused some people who wanted to speak for art to suddenly become unable to speak.

Han Sanping in the audience smiled bitterly and shook his head, everyone knows about this business, and they all know that it is not good, but no one dares to say it.

Why, because it's like throwing cannons into a dung pit, it will stir up the 'dung' of those who benefit, and if this group of people attacks you in turn, no one will be happy.

The bosses of the film and television companies in the audience are all smiling, and they also want to restrain the director, but unfortunately there is no such trend, and now where to break it, then they have a reason.

And those creative directors are pale-faced and gritted their teeth.

"Ahem, Director He, this is already your two consecutive movies directed and acted, will your movies be the protagonist in the future?" Jing Wei immediately diverted the topic, and an excellent host must learn to control the scene.

"Hah, of course not. For example, I didn't participate in a movie I made in the United States in June, and I won't participate in the next "Pacific Rim" that I want to make. When I will star, I will mainly see whether acting will affect my work as a director, and whether the role is suitable for me, I will not be the protagonist for the sake of being the protagonist. ”

He Fang replied.

"Okay, thank you Director He for your answer, and next, let's ask Mr. Wang Baoqiang. Mr. Baoqiang, this is the first time you have cooperated with Director He, what do you think of the cooperation? ”

Wang Baoqiang picked up the microphone and nodded with a smile.

"Very good, Director He is a very professional director, and he taught me a lot during the filming. Everyone knows that I also acted in movies at first, but then I acted in more TV dramas. Mainly because everyone treats me as a special actor, and there are not so many movie roles suitable for me, so I have never been able to make good movie appointments. ”

"So you want to break through, so what did the director teach you?" Jing Wei asked.

"Director He supported my breakthrough, and he also taught me a lot of acting skills, which are different from those taught by those actors in China. But he also told me not to rush to subvert or break through your own inherent play, because it is easy to be self-defeating. ”

"Breakthroughs and changes should be slowly changed after the performance becomes more and more mature, just like Leonardo, Ren Dahua, Tony Leung and others, they played some handsome guys at the beginning, relatively positive roles. Later, as his acting skills matured, he was able to be both good and evil, and he was able to control many roles. ”

After Wang Baoqiang finished speaking, he looked at He Fang, and He Fang smiled and patted Wang Baoqiang.

Therefore, his advice to me was not to rush, wait for the opportunity slowly, and pick the script. I think this suits me quite well, after all, I am not from a professional class, and my acting skills are not mature enough. ”

After Wang Baoqiang finished speaking, Jing Wei took the lead in applauding.

"Who is the director, or a mentor and friend? Just now, Mr. Baoqiang said that you will teach something different from what domestic acting teaches, what is it exactly? Will you train all the actors in the crew? ”

Faced with Jing Wei's new question, He Fang picked up the microphone without hurrying.

"It's not like a mentor or friend, but as a director, you must have the ability to guide the actors' performances. Actually, I didn't teach them anything different, I told them some emergency methods. In the acting school, it is the method school, that is, how to use skills to play the role without experiencing life. ”

"And then?" Jing Wei saw that he didn't say anything about it, and immediately asked.

"And then later, this is the premiere, not the classroom, and everyone will not like me to talk about a lot of theories that many people don't necessarily agree with like a teacher."

He smiled.

"Ha ......"

"Okay, let's go back to the movie......"

……

Next, Jing Wei asked some questions, mainly for the movie, and the crew of "People in Embarrassment" answered them one by one.

It was the turn of the interactive session, and He Fang immediately received a sharp question from a reporter.

"Where is the director, you said that the director should not create the plot during the filming process, so how to achieve the director's expression in the movie? Isn't a director who has lost the right to express himself a puppet? ”

He Fang immediately gave the questioner a thumbs up.

"That's a good question, first of all, let's determine, when do you need the director to express it? Secondly, we need to determine, what does the director want to express? ”

"The director can be in playwriting, cinematography, acting, editing, music, ...... and other film and television dramas to express themselves in all creative links, but the director cannot engage in one-word expression. You just said that the director who has lost the right of expression is a puppet, so where did the creators who lost the right of expression of the play, acting, photography, art, editing, music, etc., go after being expressed by the director? satisfied the director's word, have they become puppets? ”

"Since the director is so good at doing anything, why not do all the work alone? Why bother to invite so many excellent creators to assist in the production? So, if you want to direct one person to express it all, you can, you pay for it yourself, write the script by yourself, shoot it by yourself, and cut it by yourself...... This is the purest auteur film. ”

"Of course, the end result may be that you're alone in the cinema."

"The so-called director's expression is to make an excellent script and a good-looking story audio-visual, beautify, and empathize with the audience through the director's means."

"Secondly, what is the director trying to express? If the director's expression mainly refers to the plot, then why bother with a screenwriter? So why set up a Best Screenplay Award at major film festivals? ”

"Because according to the logic of 'the plot is a kind of expression by the director', if the plot can win an award, it is equivalent to the director winning the award. But in fact, this is not the case, in fact, there are three criteria for judging the best director award given by major film festivals: "

"First, whether the director can vividly present the story of the film in front of the audience through creativity and expressiveness, that is, whether the director will tell the story. If you change the story to be more incomprehensible, is it still called storytelling? ”

"Second, the director's skills and style, whether the director has unique skills and style, and whether he can shoot the film beautifully. That is, is the use of actors, sets, props, sound and light in place? As well as the expressiveness of your personal style, can this film become a masterpiece of your directorial career, and what style does it embody? ”

"The style includes: creating characters uniquely, making the use of film color unique, such as scheduling, and making the rhythm of the picture, music sound or special effects unique. Or maybe you have a strong characteristic expression in the film, such as opening up a style such as the aesthetics of violence. ”

"Third, whether the film has been successful at the box office and word-of-mouth, and whether it has been well received by the audience and the media. Even if you are a literary film, have you made the media and judges feel amazing? ”

"This is what the director should do, not to change the script at will on the set to call the director express, if the scene changes the script to call the director to express, then the audience will not see a complete and coherent story in the cinema."

He Fang answered in one breath, many things are known in the industry, and those who have read books know, but He Fang is the first to pick it out in public.

The audience immediately burst into warm applause, which represented everyone's recognition of what he said.

"Director He, that's a good ......," someone in the audience shouted, and then everyone burst into laughter.

As soon as the premiere ended, some literary directors immediately left, and they didn't speak, all of them blushing.

Of course, the reporters wouldn't let them go, but most didn't speak.

There is only one exception, and he is Chief Jia.

"Some people are so lucky, even if they don't know how to make literary films, they still win awards. Take it, take it, but in turn, scolding the mother and slandering it is not right. And he doesn't know what the core of literary films is, the core of literary films is the expression of the author and the director. ”

"Where are you talking about?" The journalist asked.

"I didn't say it, you said it."

When Chief Jia was about to leave, he stopped again and turned to the reporter: "Depriving directors of their creative rights is not industrialization, I don't think we can study in Hollywood for eight years, and then go back to China and veto all our own things." ”

"Industrialization is not the direction of development of Chinese films, and the producer-centric system is not as good as it is said. If it's really that good, why is there so many bad movies and loss-making movies in Hollywood? Don't always be superstitious about foreign countries. ”

After saying that, Section Chief Jia shook his hand and walked away, leaving behind the reporters with excited faces, and hurried to block the place, maybe he could start a scolding war.

(End of chapter)