Shao Shuaijun was initially tempted by the invitation to be a judge for the Academy Awards, especially when Chen Jiashang said that he would promote Shao Shuaijun as the leader of directors in the three places. However, Shao Shuaijun thought about it and felt that he should not act too hastily. There are historical factors separating the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The exchanges between the Directors Guild are more based on the meaning of Shangfeng.
Although in Shao Shuaijun's mind, filmmakers have their own political stances, movies have no stance. The integration of movies from the three places and the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has a bright future and is an inevitable trend. As the most direct part of the publicity channel, filmmakers have to figure it out.
Shangfeng's intention is to follow various rules.
Whether the time has come and whether it is time to take action, it is best to ask the above.
In the end, the answer above was ambiguous, so Shao Shuaijun gave up and focused on making movies.
When reporters asked him, he naturally would not tell the truth, because his superiors had to be careful, so he declined his status as a judge. After using excuses, the second reporter asked again: "Director Shao, you started filming in mainland China.
, and then entered Hollywood. As a director, you were successful. Why are you coming to Hong Kong to shoot movies now? As a Hong Konger, I don’t want to admit it but I must admit that the era of Hong Kong films has passed. What do you think?"
"Whether it's mainland China, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Bollywood, Thailand, etc., in my opinion, as long as it's suitable for filming, it doesn't make any difference where it's filmed. It's true that Hollywood makes money, but filming
If the film is not good, you will lose money. The most important thing is to choose based on the script. If you have a good script and concept, you can still make money even if you go to the Arctic Ocean to make a movie, right?"
Shao Shuaijun gestured: ""Rou Pu Tuan" is an ancient Chinese literary work. It is aimed at the market that is definitely influenced by Chinese history, that is, East Asia and Southeast Asia. In fact, I also want to shoot directly in the mainland, but there is no classification in the mainland.
system, so Hong Kong is the best location, and Golden Harvest is also a long-established film company in Hong Kong. Everything is in line with common sense, right?"
"And what do you think of the decline of Hong Kong films?"
"I think Hong Kong filmmakers are more suitable to look at this question than me. If you insist on asking me to answer, I think we should no longer be obsessed with mainland films, Hong Kong films and Taiwan films. Now filmmakers from the three places often communicate with each other.
, wouldn’t it be better to cooperate with each other and call Chinese movies and Chinese-language movies uniformly?”
"It's your first time filming a romance film. You will definitely encounter a lot of embarrassing things. Do you expect this kind of thing?"
Shao Shuaijun said to his heart that of course I have expectations, as a man would have expectations, but he said seriously: "First of all, when we make movies, we analyze Fengyue from a professional perspective. Secondly, I am not a director, I just
Producer. I am responsible for investment, the filming progress of the crew, and the introduction of IMAX-3D technology. I am not responsible for specific directing work. Therefore, I will answer so many questions at this press conference. Let Director Bai answer it for you.
Questions about the movie."
While Shao Shuaijun was too lazy to answer, Bai Jifei did not refuse anyone who came and quickly took over the following scene. He began to promote how artistically meaningful "IMAX-3D Yupu Tuan" was, and how he wrote such an amazing scene.
The script of the world weeping ghosts and gods, and how to use a sharp tongue to persuade Shao Shuaijun to agree to invest, etc.
In short, after a press conference, although the controversy about Fengyue Film was not settled, it did achieve Shao Shuaijun's goal of removing him from it.
As Shao Shuaijun said, he is a director, and he cannot avoid exploring the profound topic of sex because of the perspective of ordinary people. Li Yu understands, Zhang Yimou understands, among all great directors, who does not understand sex? This is eternal.
, a profound artistic topic.
If you want to hit the world's leading directors, you can't go around it. This is as worthy of being viewed correctly as sex scenes and kissing scenes.
At the end of the press conference, the actors' makeup photos were shown to the outside world.
Ye Shanhao's image of a graceful scholar, Lan Yan's image of a coquettish young lady, Prince Ning's calm and powerful appearance, Old Man Bliss's enchanting dress, and the Japanese VA's extremely seductive dress quickly attracted the attention of reporters. Simply from
In terms of appearance, except for a few villains, they are basically all good-looking men and beautiful women.
Moreover, the costumes have also been strictly studied and carefully designed, trying to restore the historical style and fully realize the beauty of the romantic theme. Only the most exquisite pictures will be perfect after being shot in IMAX-3D.
A cool experience.
This is a movie meant to steal the spotlight from "Avatar". If it is shoddy, it will be scolded sooner or later when "Avatar" is released. "Avatar" has beautiful scenes of vast mountains and rivers, strange characters and monsters, and "IMAX-3D
"Yu Pu Tuan" has the most beautiful sex scene scenes, the most landscape painting style, and the most luxurious and extravagant scene layout, so that it can not fall behind in the comparison.
If possible, Shao Shuaijun even wants to impact the North American market...
There are three news items that are the most topical in China in July. The biggest is naturally the coming of the Olympic Games, the second is the follow-up report of the earthquake in Sichuan Wen County, and the third is this epoch-making IMAX-3D romance film.
Dream Chaser has invested in many movies, such as "Search", "The Wind", "Adolescence 2", etc., which are currently being filmed, and "Ip Man", "To Our Fading Youth", etc., which are about to be developed, and
Currently working on "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Beijing Falls in Love with Seattle" waiting for project approval, etc., there are a lot of investment plans.
Among these plans, no matter how powerful the publicity is, no matter how generous it is, nothing can attract more attention than "IMAX-3D Yupu Tuan". Lao Bai has already made plans and strives to release it during May Day next year.
, so that mainland audiences can come to Hong Kong to watch movies during their vacation.
In less than a year, it takes a lot of work to produce an IMAX-3D movie. For this reason, the crew is working at high speed, especially the technical team responsible for IMAX-3D filming. It is common for them to work overtime.
Shao Shuaijun even asked Hong Kong and the United States to fly to both sides to solve technical problems.
IMAX Company has developed IMAX-3D technology, but the specific operation is very complicated.
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"Ah Jun, I want to add a close-up of the moving outline to this sex scene. Do you think it's appropriate?" Lao Bai pointed at the sex scene being played on the monitor and said.
This section is the sex scene between Wei Yangsheng and Tie Yuxiang after their marriage. The picture on the monitor is in two parts, corresponding to two IMAX digital cameras. The lens is stationary, so that the human eye is used to image distance, and the two pictures are passed through the particles
By filtering and overlapping, you can create a 3D effect.
"You mean to circle around Wei Yangsheng and Tie Yuxiang?"
"Yes, I think such a shot can better show the joy of marriage, and can also show a more detailed shocking effect from the beginning. It is as if we are looking at one side and are not satisfied, and then look around the whole
Same."
Shao Shuaijun nodded and called the prop team and photography team: "Wait a minute, you guys will make a track, put the gimbal on the track from here, then design the path, control the angle of the gimbal, and capture the 3D effect of this group of movements.
.”
The props team began to lay out the track, and Lao Bai took the loudspeaker and shouted: "Lan Yan, Ye Shanhao, come here."
Although Ye Shanhao is Japanese, he has been in Hong Kong for many years and speaks fluent Chinese: "Producer, director."
Lan Yan sweetly shouted: "Producer, director."
Lao Bai also experienced a shock, and now there is no salty smell at all: "You two do some moves on the bed. Later we will use the track to rotate the camera. Now line it up and pay attention to the angle."
Both of them were wearing costumes, like the ancient bride and groom. Ye Shanhao was okay, he looked presentable, while Lan Yan was designed to be half-naked, and with gorgeous make-up, it was very attractive. Fortunately, the studio had air conditioning and
Use a blower, otherwise the makeup will be burned off by sweat after a while.
After listening to Lao Bai's words, the two of them struck up poses on the spot. They had rehearsed these poses several times before, so there was no need to be shy.
Lao Bai circled around the two of them to see if there would be any problems with their posture. This was a romantic art film, not a VA movie. Some of them could be exposed and some could not be exposed.
"Wait a minute, you two pay attention to the angle and cooperate better. Our camera will slide across the track very slowly. At about the speed I am walking at, when you turn to the left, your body position must change accordingly, and your eyes should not
Pay attention to the camera, but your face must be in the right position, do you understand?"
"Got it."
Lao Bai then ran to Shao Shuaijun and asked with a smile: "Ajun, do you think this is okay?"
"Lao Bai, you are the director. How to rehearse the play, how to design the plot and how to divide the shots. This is your profession and your right. We can discuss the script together, but as the director, you cannot determine the plot of a play accurately.
And the rhythm direction, what’s the point of you as a director? I won’t tell you how to shoot, you only need to tell me what technical conditions you need, understand?”
Shao Shuaijun said to Lao Bai that the roles of director and producer are different. Since Shao Shuaijun did not intend to direct a movie, he would not go beyond the scope of producer. He has always believed that directors must have greater power to follow their wishes.
layout to create the most perfect movie.
Many of the people he has coached have become directors, such as Wang Yixue, Li Fangfang, Gao Zhisheng, and Jiang Zhigang. Among them, the ones he admires the most are Gao Zhisheng and Li Fangfang. Although Gao Zhisheng is a bit wretched, he is very smart and motivated.
He is willing to work hard. Li Fangfang deserves to be a director. Whether it is his sense of smell or his thoughts, he is a qualified director.
Jiang Zhigang's talent is much weaker, and he can do just fine in TV series.
The most pity is that Wang Yixue is talented, capable and has ideas, but he is too soft-tempered and cannot control the situation. Otherwise, his achievement will not only be a TV drama director, but a great movie director.
But Lao Bai is different. Shao Shuaijun had been working under Lao Bai in his previous life and knew that Lao Bai was a bit tricky. Of course, he was also a wild man. So suddenly taking over such a large crew was a bit awkward, so he just had to overcome it. After all, Lao Bai
I am already over 40 years old. I have been in the directing industry for many years, and I have my own set of rules for how to behave.
At the moment, Shao Shuaijun turned to study the motion trajectory of IMAX-3D with the photographers, while Lao Bai began to explain the scene to the two hosts in detail.
This scene is about the joy of newlyweds. Weiyang's body is very short-lived and lasts very short time. Tie Yuxiang is a virgin and knows little about it. Therefore, except for the unsatisfactory sex in the boudoir, other things
It was also a lot of fun. After the action, positioning and shots were explained, the track was laid.
Start the real shooting.
"start!"
The IMAX camera has been noise-reduced, and the shooting was static at first. On the bed, Ye Shanhao was impatient to have sex and took off his clothes.
Then Lan Yan said shyly: "Wait a minute, sir, will it hurt?"
Ye Shanhao said with a somewhat anxious tone: "Although it hurts, it's very enjoyable."
Then, it pricked, moved a few times, and then stopped.
Lan Yan tilted his head, a little strange and a little depressed: "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt at all, but it's not satisfying at all."
Ye Shanhao's face was a little stiff, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "I have to admit that there is still room for improvement. I think if you practice more, you can definitely optimize it."
"Stuck!" Lao Bai shouted, "Did I ask you to finish it so quickly? Didn't you see that the camera hasn't moved yet? Can you keep it up for a while?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Shanhao apologized: "I'm sorry, director, I just followed the pre-rehearsed scene, and I forgot about the rotation of the track."
Lan Yan also rearranged her clothes, covered her exposed breasts, and was surrounded by a circle of staff. Even though she decided to risk it, she was still a little embarrassed.
After re-shooting, he did a full set of actions, but Lao Bai looked at the monitor screen and couldn't make up his mind: "Ajun, I always feel that there is something wrong, but I can't find it?"
Shao Shuaijun crossed his legs, replayed the closed-circuit footage, and then turned to ask director of photography Hatton Barry: "You are a photographer, what do you think is wrong with the footage?"
Hatton stretched his head and looked at it, and then said in English: "I don't think the expression is relaxed. I don't know if Orientals are so reserved, but many angles are too concealed. We can not shoot private parts, but
Some places are suitable for close-up depictions to make the shot more layered. For example, for the blue girl, you can give her a big close-up of her chest, then step back and follow the established track. Isn't this more realistic?
Smoother and more feeling?”
His assistant Jim also interjected: "I think the clothes cover up too much. Just use some tulle to cover it up a little, and that's it. There's no need to wear so many clothes."
Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "What Hatton said makes sense, but Jim what you said is wrong. This set of shots is superimposed. It's the first night in bed, from strangers to husband and wife. This is a process, and necessary concealment can make it happen.
The plot is coherent and smooth. We also have two scenes on the table and the window sill behind us, where we can peel off our clothes layer by layer. Lao Bai, what do you think?"
Lao Bai touched his chin: "Well, let's do a close-up first!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)