Director’s Legend

"To talk about the difference between them, many shooting angles and methods are different. But the biggest difference, I think, is whether you have told the story clearly. In "The Nightman", I did not make it clear. In Inception, I made it clear, then such a result would be different."

After Shao Shuaijun finished speaking, he nodded in an aggravated tone. When I was filming "The Nightman", I was impetuous, lost, and airy, and the story was a mess. The worst lesson was given to him, and the feelings were hard to say.

It also made him realize that making a movie is telling a story. You have to use your heart, and you have to make up the story with your heart, in order to be recognized by others.

Later, a domestic reporter asked: "Then Director Shao, the concept described in "Inception" is quite esoteric. Regarding the failure of "The Night Watcher" just now, and continuing to shoot such a huge movie, are you stressed? Great, have you ever thought about making films that conform to the traditional perspective and are more acceptable?"

"There must be pressure. After all, you have already lost once. Whether it is the trust of the outside world or your own ideas, there will be a lot of resistance. Continue to shoot large productions, it is more a sense of responsibility, I hope I I can make up for the mess. Fortunately, Inception was a success."

"The confidentiality work before the release of Inception was very good. While maintaining the sense of mystery, you must also provide enough information to encourage the audience to enter the movie theater. How do you balance the two?"

"It is really difficult to balance the promotion of a film while maintaining enough freshness. I believe that as an audience. The best movie-watching experience lies in not knowing how the story will develop. From a market perspective, it is necessary to provide sufficient information It is quite a challenge to let the audience walk into the cinema. We use the movie preview, several plot exposures and set the premise to inspire the audience to walk into the theater to see what it is. It is not simply holding the pipa half-hidden, nor letting it The audience has a clear view."

"There are rumors that you want to shoot a 3D movie. What is the reason that both "The Night Watcher" and "Inception" have given up 3D shooting? Will you try 3D in the future?"

Shao Shuaijun cleared his throat: "3d exists purely for commercial movies. I am a commercial director. I will naturally try to shoot movies with 3d. But the current technical conditions do not allow me to make more preparations, you There must be a choice between imax and 3d. Now, imax-3d has been improved, in the near future. I will definitely try this effect."

"Inception has performed very well at the box office. It has already reached US$500 million worldwide. It is even expected to break the one billion mark. As a director, I must be very pleased, right?

"The response to what you did is of course very encouraging. Such a good response. It is also amazing. They can get happiness from the movie. This is what I like to say. After all, the movie is made For others to watch."

A Hong Kong reporter asked: "There are rumors that the Hong Kong Awards are going to invite you as a judge. Director Shao is sure about this?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled: "Your information is very well-informed. I can only say that someone has contacted me, but I am not sure. I don't know if I, as a mainland director, can serve as a judge."

"Then if you serve as a judge, how would you choose in the film? We all know that you have great opinions on the previous Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Image Awards?" another Hong Kong reporter added.

"There must be differences. As a commercial director, I pay more attention to the reputation and response of the film market. I think the film is made for the public to watch, rather than a few people who appreciate it alone. If you can make "Shawshank's Redemption" I will definitely support a good movie that has both story and artistry, but you can't make a movie in a mess in pursuit of such an effect and call it a literary film. This is not a literary film, this is bad practice." Shao Shuaijun, as always, has great resentment towards so-called literary films.

In his opinion, movies can pretend to be cool, but don’t pretend to be a comparison. You are essentially telling a story, and you have to gossip about it, making people unclear. This is a pretense.

Only domestic reporters are entangled in literature and business. A beautiful white reporter from abroad asked: "The city flipping in the film is impressive. How did you think about it?"

"It's very simple. You don't need to follow the common sense of physics in your dreams. Alan Page plays an architecture student. I think if she had this opportunity, what she would do, I guess she would want to challenge For everyday geometric and physical phenomena, she turns the city over, and gravity exists normally on every layer. I find this very attractive, and it is also a huge control over the natural environment through human consciousness."

Another foreign reporter asked: "The movie has an open ending. The audience wants to know whether Cobb is in reality or in a dream?"

"I can’t explain the totem that rotates at the end. If I can, I’ll show it in the film. The most important emotional line in the film is that Cobb played by Leonardo has been ignoring reality. He doesn’t want to see clearly. Reality. But I hope that the audience will not pay too much attention to the ending. When doing publicity in the United States, I heard them say that when I heard many viewers’ opinions on the ending, some were even angry, but they soon accepted the ending. The ending made the film look more tortuous, and it made me very happy to hear the audience’s reaction to the film."

A Japanese reporter suddenly asked: "Do you know the Japanese animation director Jin Min? Some people say that "Inception" was inspired by several works of Jin Min, such as "Inception?"

Shao Shuaijun raised his eyebrows: "Who is Jin Min? What is "Inception"? Sorry, I don't know that such a director exists yet.

"What do you think of "The Matrix", it also explores reality and dreams?"

"The Matrix also gave me a lot of creative inspiration, because his central content is similar to Inception, that's how we can be sure that the world around us is real."

"Many people scrutinize the plot of "Inception" and feel that there are many contradictions. What do you think?"

"Science fiction is always science fiction. I hope that everyone will watch the movie with the mood of listening to the story, and don't be too demanding on its details. The story is good, it is successful, in order to know a detail, go to repeated deliberation, this should What the director does. Unless the audience wants to grab my job."

Soon, the two-hour interview was over, and Shao Shuaijun had to stop the dissatisfied reporters. Let the assistant go up and invite the guests down, ready to announce the establishment of the New Electrotechnical Research Institute.

The staff has long since moved the huge billboard to the podium. The billboard is covered with red cloth.

When the guests went downstairs one after another, Shao Shuaijun took the microphone and said excitedly: "I am very happy today, and I can talk to my friends in the media about my story. I am a boring person. Making a movie, the rest is just finished. Now, let me talk about what I am going to do..." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!