Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 86 The Death of Sardanapalus
"Why did you think of photography?" Lin Hao leaned back, thought for a while, and then said: "Maybe I want a texture, a three-dimensional texture of the photo."

"This drama is also a very high-quality drama, and there are some elements of photography in it, so I think this form can best show the story of this movie." Lin Hao said his thoughts, and then looked under the monitor He picked up some pieces of paper and handed them to Chen Pingsheng: "I can't show you the specific story, but you can take a look at the outline of the story."

Chen Pingsheng took the paper and began to study the synopsis of the movie.

This movie tells the story of a low-level Internet celebrity, and it is still a small character narrative that Lin Hao is good at.But unlike the past, the theme of this movie is disguise.

The protagonist cannot afford to eat every day and can only survive by making up stories to get three melons and two dates from the big brother in the live broadcast room. In order to get a meal, he disguises himself as a neighbor and goes to a wedding banquet to cheat on food and drinks.As a result, at the wedding banquet, the villain, who had had an affair with his neighbor but had never met him in real life, mistook him for his neighbor, communicated enthusiastically with him, and lied to him about a place where he could make a lot of money.

The protagonist believed this, and was deceived to the border a few days later. He was about to be sent out of the border and sold to northern Myanmar, and had to fight to survive.At the same time, a group of smuggled drugs and technical personnel colluding with foreign forces also gathered on this border.

These people have their own hidden agendas, but they are also wary of each other. The protagonist has to disguise himself as characters from the stories he once told to deal with them.

Killers, scientists, mercenaries, tycoons, these identities were disguised one by one, and then revealed one by one.Except for the protagonist, everyone is trying their best not to be destroyed by this whirlpool and trying their best to disguise themselves.

The whole movie is absurd and full of irony, including the technician who cares about paying three more yuan to buy fruit, the villain who is obviously a criminal but has ideals, and the carload of deceived people who were pulled over and sold as piglets.

And the multiple reversals are filled with a unique dramatic structure, which is peeled away like an onion, but is quickly filled with fog again.

Although Chen Pingsheng didn't know the complete story and how the ending would develop, he already had a lot of pictures in his mind after seeing this summary.

"How do you feel?" Lin Hao asked while smoking after seeing him finish reading.

"I already have an idea." Chen Pingsheng put down the paper and said that he already had a plan.

"Ahem." Lin Hao originally meant to ask him what he thought about the script, but he didn't expect Chen Pingsheng to come up with the poster plan so quickly.

"Tell me about it." He immediately became curious.

Li Peng also leaned over, wanting to hear Chen Pingsheng's thoughts.

"What I'm thinking of is the Death of Sardanapalus." Chen Pingsheng said the name of a large oil painting.

"What is it?" Li Peng was a little confused. He didn't know much about oil painting, so he didn't understand what Chen Pingsheng said.

Lin Hao explained: "This is Delacroix's 1827 oil painting, The Death of Sardanapalus. It depicts the scene of the Assyrian king before his death."

He usually goes to art exhibitions frequently, so he still has an impression of this work.

"Well, the Assyrian king was heroic and talented when he was young, but later he indulged in arrogance and licentiousness, and was revolted by the people. At the last moment when he was defeated by the enemy, he ordered his guards to kill his concubines, maids, and horses. Lying on a gorgeous red bed, he lit a huge pyre under the bed for self-immolation." Chen Pingsheng briefly introduced the history of this work.

"But the reason why I thought of this work was not because of its history, but because of its image. I plan to appropriate the composition and color of this work for a set shot."

Nouns popped out of his mouth one after another, making both Lin Hao and Li Peng stunned.

"Can you explain it in detail?" Li Peng, who felt that his knowledge was insufficient for the first time, hurriedly asked Chen Pingsheng to continue.

So Chen Pingsheng patiently explained the terminology of photography to the two of them: "In conceptual photography, appropriation and setting are two very important concepts." "What is conceptual photography?"

"Well, it's difficult to explain this thing, but everyone should know about pop art." Chen Pingsheng seemed to be in class, and classmates Lin Hao and Li Peng nodded at the same time.

"Pop art was a subversion of the traditional art concepts at the time. It proved that the arrangement and repetition of ready-made products can become art, and it also proved that popular culture is also art. Conceptual photography is similar to this, both are A refutation of traditional artistic concepts. That is, it does not focus on form, but starts from the essence of photography. The main purpose is to convey a certain concept through photography, get rid of the constraints of meaninglessness, explore deeper meanings, and trigger the audience's thinking."

After saying this, Chen Pingsheng took a sip of water and looked exactly like the teacher in the university classroom.

Only two people, Lin Hao and Li Peng, nodded in understanding.

"What about misappropriation and setting?" Lin Hao asked. He could probably guess Chen Pingsheng's intention, but he still needed to explain.

“Appropriation is to imitate the composition or color of a certain work or picture, and use another form to build it in real life. As the name suggests, setting is a method used to achieve appropriation.

"For example, in the work The Death of Sardanapalus, I wanted to appropriate its color and composition, and use modern means to set the scene to show the concept of a play within a play. You will understand if you make an analogy. When we were children, You should all have played house, right?"

"Yes, when I was a kid, Kaitai played with me at the same table." Li Peng recalled his childhood and said with a smile.

"Then we definitely need props. For example, when cooking, we definitely don't have pots and shovels, but we can use pencil boxes and pens as substitutes, and the dishes inside can also be replaced with erasers and some odds and ends. This is the setting, this is 伱You re-arranged the scene when your parents were cooking in your own way. Although the things are different, others can still see what you are doing. Right?"

"That's it!" The two people suddenly realized.

"Then how to show the feeling of a play within a play?" Lin Hao touched his chin.

"I re-present the scenes in the movie in front of the audience through live settings. First of all, this is a layer of nesting. Secondly, I let the actors make different gestures in different scenes, which not only expresses the protagonist's Character and destiny also implicitly express the concept of a play within a play through the pictures. It feels like a family sitcom, or like the feeling after opening the house models we encountered in a model store. This is another layer. Nested.”

Under Chen Pingsheng's constant analogies, the two finally figured out his thoughts and shooting concepts.

In fact, it would be simpler and clearer to use physical objects as an analogy, but it will mean different things to different people. For those who engage in artistic creation, this kind of mysterious and mysterious thing will only scratch their itch.

And this also shows that the photographer himself has profound artistic skills, which is helpful to persuade them.

No matter how good something is, it must be packaged. Chen Pingsheng understands this very well.

It's just that what he said is probably because he wants to open up another way of thinking for photography in this world.

Conceptual photography is not a new thing. It was even born in the 60s, but it has not yet become a consensus art form here.

Chen Pingsheng is now constantly trying various photography methods, which is actually paving the way for the future.

Maybe one day in the future, he will publish a book summarizing various photography methods to inspire all photographers.

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