China Entertainment: I really don’t want to live with the queen

Chapter 189 Lou Ye: You guys make me look stupid like this

The advertisement for "Wuliangye" was inspired by Zhang Yimou's movie "Hero" and Ang Lee's movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In "Hero", Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung are fighting in the poplar forest. Their light skills are elegant and extraordinary. Dressed in red, they are as graceful as a swimming dragon and as graceful as a startling giant.

"Wuliangye" was filmed in Zhuhai, and the script is very simple.

Xu Chen and Gao Yuanyuan were dressed in green clothes, floating out of the dust, tapping the bamboo tips with their toes, looking like green cranes in flight.

Playing in the bamboo forest, looking at each other and smiling, seeming to know each other, raising glasses to drink, complementing each other.

Daishan is as green as green, with bamboo groves and streams, full of sadness and indifference, like a fairyland on earth.

Lou Ye turned a blind eye to this kind of script. The whole script has a total of 77 words. It matches Xu Chen's requirements, such as poetic, romantic, dreamlike...

His first impression: "Brother Chen is playing with me?"

It would be great if this kind of 77-word script could produce a film, but there are so many requirements. I really thought directing was easy!

"Xu Chen, your script is very good." Photography master Zhang Yimou.

He has very low requirements for scripts and high requirements for beautiful and natural scenery.

Although Xu Chen's script only had 77 simple words and required a lot of requirements, all kinds of strange ideas came to his mind immediately. His serious and vicissitudes of face showed softness, and he was eager to try: "There are mountains, water, and bamboos. Xu Chen , your idea of ​​choosing to shoot in front of the pool is very good. Viewing from the front can well show the characteristics of the bamboo sea."

"Brother Zhang, I'm going to do this..." Xu Chen had a ready-made scene in his mind.

He invited Zhang Yimou to take the aesthetics of the lens to the extreme and create Gao Yuanyuan, the first ancient style goddess in the mainland.

The tray came out, pointing to the lake in the distance and saying: "The camera is from the lake. The male protagonist on the bamboo raft accidentally looks up. The female protagonist is standing on the bamboo tops in the distance. The background is the bamboo sea. It takes the artistic conception of Luo Shen, and then the male protagonist starts from the bamboo raft. The raft leaped, dragonflies touched the water, and the two of them played like white cranes in the sea of ​​bamboo, looking at each other with a smile, exuding chivalrous tenderness."

"When we arrived in front of the bamboo house, the camera came in from the front and shot the silhouettes of the male and female protagonists from behind."

The more Xu Chen talked, the more excited he became. He was dancing with endless ideas: "Brother Zhang, do you think there is a chance to create a classic image on the screen? Gao Yuanyuan is cute and cute. Her frontal shot is slightly weaker, and a 45-degree sideways shot is best. Is there any one?" There is a possibility that she is on the top of the bamboo, and we push the camera from the pool, and finally the water, the bamboo raft, the bamboo forest, the green clothes, the people, the emotion, and the scenery blend together."

Xu Chen has no basic theory of photography, and his lens sense is fragmented and unsystematic.

However, Zhang Yimou understood it instantly and preset the shot. His vicissitudes-skinned face revealed his thoughts, his lips rubbed together, and he shook his head and said: "It's too monotonous."

"That's easy to say. Green is monotonous, but it goes well with red. I've prepared red umbrellas."

"Red umbrella." Zhang Yimou thought for a moment, looking at Xu Chen in surprise. The red umbrella was the finishing touch, and the whole picture was instantly full of life.

He asked suspiciously: "Xu Chen, do you have any research on photography?"

There was some research, and I looked at the answer. Xu Chentian was shameless and smiled: "Brother Zhang, I have a lot of research on portrait photography."

When Zhang Yimou makes a movie, his scripts are crappy. Xu Chen's 77-word script couldn't trouble him.

Moreover, Xu Chen gave the most important sense of picture in photography. Zhang Yimou did not hesitate to give pointers, pointing to the misty bamboo forest, and explained in detail how to compose and photograph Xu Chen.

Brother Chen didn't play with me, I'm too good!

Lou Ye looked confused. There were 77 words in the script. Xu Chen and Zhang Yimou were chatting so enthusiastically that they couldn’t wait to turn on the phone and write one now.

The more he listened, the more he fell into a quagmire of doubts. Did he really understand the director? How could Mao and the others make a 77-minute film with 10 words, completely ignoring the logic of the story, cause and effect, and succession!

This thing is called a movie, this is not a scenic promotional video!

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The filming period of "Qinchi Wine" lasted 10 days. The crew was all Rong Xinda's team, with first-class skills and professionalism.

Xu Chen told the requirements, and the crew was busy in an orderly manner. Wia equipment and lens slides were laid in the bamboo forest.

Although the script only has 77 words, Xu Chen explained the shots and shooting requirements to Lou Ye in detail, and Lou Ye took care of the rest!

"Qinchi Wine" is not a movie after all. The pictures are beautiful and the people are beautiful. It can be summed up in one word: "beautiful"!

The sun gradually reaches the bamboo tops, the morning fog in the mountain forest disappears, and the green tide of the bamboo sea rolls in.

The crew set up a small fire in the forest. In the fire were potatoes and corn, clay pots were placed, and lemons, tangerines, and longans were roasted on the wire mesh...

Make tea by the fire!

The teapot is filled with hot air, and the fragrance of earth and bamboo leaves lingers on the tip of your nose. Leisure and comfort arise spontaneously. Zhang Yimou did not bring his wife, and it was difficult to explain his relationship with Gong Li in just a few words, but Xu Chen felt that Lao Mouzi wanted to marry an innocent daughter-in-law.

Regardless of body, public opinion, or family background, she must be clean. There are nude scenes in Gong Li's movies. The most convincing thing is that Lao Mouzi asked her to film the nude scenes!

Don't have a filter for the director. Xu Chen expressed his first opinion to Gao Yuanyuan.

There are more than 80 people in the crew of "Qinchi Wine". Food, drink, sleep, prop expenses, money when you open your eyes, trivial matters when you close your eyes, Xu Chen is too lazy to take care of them all, so Gao Yuanyuan takes care of them all.

The little girl was so busy that her feet never touched the ground like a butterfly. Every nail the crew wanted to buy had to come to her for approval. She was overwhelmed with things to do. She stared at the budget list with a look, frowned, and asked: "4 red umbrellas cost 540." , Where do you get this red umbrella from?"

The leader of the props team scratched his head and did not lie to the little girl. He grinned: "Producer Gao, this red umbrella is an intangible cultural heritage. It is woven by hand using ancient methods. If it wasn't for my sake, the price would be much higher. "

"Producer Gao, don't worry. Mr. Li will give instructions before coming out. We understand this rule."

"Brother Qin, I'm just asking, is everything okay?" Gao Yuanyuan signed her name seriously.

Brother Qin, the leader of the props team, walked out. The girl suddenly softened. She leaned on Xu Chen's shoulder weakly, her legs were straightened, her white and tender little hands were clenched in her fists, and she hit her legs sometimes and then lazily shouted: "Comrade Xu, little comrade" , the producer is so tired, there must be something wrong with this Brother Qin, damn it."

"The prop team is just a pig seller. If the pork is passed from hand to hand, it will inevitably be a little oily, but it's not too much, so it's fine."

Xu Chen trained Gao Yuanyuan to be a producer, and he was naturally willing to pay the price for training. He hooked his finger on the tip of the little girl's fair nose and said, "Go ahead and do it. The budget is 80 yuan. It's enough to make a movie. You can do whatever you want with a 10-minute commercial."

"I want to save you some money." The little girl raised her head.

The tip of his nose was nuzzled, he rubbed Xu Chen's arm affectionately, and he said naively: "Comrade Xiao Xu, I think Party Secretary Tan and others are suffering too much, so I contracted all the work of setting up the crew, as well as the crew's food and accommodation to the villagers. I I added an extra 10 yuan to their quotation, and I calculated that the extra money was 3 yuan, which was just enough for my salary."

"So good~" Xu Chen didn't care about money.

The little girl is kind and cute, so just give her some money. Besides, Gao Yuanyuan uses her own salary, so he has no reason to criticize her.

"Producer Gao, how old are you this year?" Zhang Yimou asked with a smile.

He had a very good impression of Gao Yuanyuan. The little girl was sincere, kind, and serious about her work. She was also naive and matched the four words "Huang Mao Ya Tou".

"Uncle Zhang, I'm 18." Gao Yuanyuan hugged Xu Chen's arm.

Zhang Yimou, the great director, she had naturally heard of his impressive deeds.

With Xu Chen around, she was not afraid of offending Zhang Yimou. Her eyelashes fluttered and she asked curiously: "Uncle Zhang, how many international awards have you won?"

"There must be 5 or 6." Zhang Yimou grinned, stared at Gao Yuanyuan, and said to Xu Chen: "Xu Chen, you are very lucky!"

"Just so so." Xu Chen mumbled blindly.

Zhang Yimou is very easy to get along with. He is an ordinary old man who knows a bit about photography and has won several awards.

Gone.

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At 10:30 in the morning, the sun was in the sky and the crew was preparing to shoot.

The first scene is about playing in the bamboo forest.

All shots are close-ups.

Xu Chen is dressed in a classic green robe and looks like an old devil in green robe from Mount Shu. His facial features are strong and his hair is in a scholarly bun.

In this era, there were no monitors when filming, and everything was shot on film. No one could predict the effect of the film.

Fortunately, there is Zhang Yimou. His eyes are rulers. If he says it is good, it will definitely not be damaged.

Lou Ye was holding the walkie-talkie, his heart trembling. Next to him squatted an international award-winning director. He felt as if the invigilator was guarding the exam, so he shouted at the walkie-talkie: "ACTION!"

The camera turns to Xu Chen and the play officially begins!

(End of this chapter)