"Brother Ran, if it weren't for your guidance, my brothers and I would have never known that there is so much knowledge involved in lighting!" Dou Wenbao chuckled, his pride and joy evident in his expression.
"The crew pays attention to teamwork and close cooperation is a must." Xiao Ran's expression gradually became solemn, making people dare not think that he was joking: "However, every department is an art and a kind of
Creation requires your research and study. Then if you work together, it will be a true classic!"
Seeing everyone present looking thoughtful, Xiao Ran showed a faint smile. In fact, every aspect of film production is extremely important, such as recording. There are many types of sound recorders, including simultaneous sound recorders,
Music recorders, sound recorders, sound designers, sound mixers, sound editors, etc.
Recording engineers must also clearly understand the mechanisms of the three major sounds: language, effects, and sound. And recording is definitely not as simple as imagined. It also requires the selection and refinement of the natural sound field (that is, the sound in the environment), and
Design and processing.
Don't think that recording is that simple. It is also a very technical technology. This thing not only pays attention to the technical quality of sound clarity and sound quality, but also pays attention to the artistic quality of distance, space, environment and dynamics. Simple
It can be said that every aspect of film production is an artistic creation and will have a great impact on the quality of the film.
"Atou, as long as you can continue your research efforts in making this film, coupled with your talent, sooner or later you can become a truly worthy and artistically valuable lantern master!" Xiao Ran suddenly made a joke after saying this.
, which made Dou Wenbao blush. This is not a good word for lighting master. It always refers to the arrogance of the lighting engineer.
Huang Yongheng couldn't stop laughing. This Dou Wenbao can be regarded as his direct descendant. The reason why I say this is because the lighting team often has to have enough tacit understanding with the photography team, so most famous photographers have their own trusted lighting engineers.
If Dou Wenbao can be favored by a master like Huang Yongheng, he can definitely be regarded as a first-class lighting engineer in Hong Kong.
However, Xiao Ran is willing to bet that after filming this film, Dou Wenbao's lighting skills will definitely be improved to a higher level. Because films like this are often very particular about lighting, and in Xiao Ran's memory, this is the film with the strongest lighting.
One of them, "PTU", is very impressive. The contrast between light and darkness in that film and the clever use of it are definitely the best in Hong Kong.
Then focusing on the scorer Lin Daoyun, Xiao Ran laughed cheerfully: "And Ayun, you who make the score are also very important. Others may not pay attention to the score now, but in a few years they will know the score
How important it is to a movie!”
It's true. Soundtrackers are indeed not taken seriously at the moment, but they are a little better than in previous years. This can be seen from the change in the name of the Soundtrack Award at the Academy Awards. In the early days, it was called Best
Music was changed to Best Original Score in the late 1980s.
When it comes to the use of soundtracks, what Xiao Ran most admires is the Milky Way image. In this regard, as long as the audience knows how to appreciate Milky Way's works, they can deeply experience the beauty of the soundtrack. Sometimes it even gives people a feeling that far exceeds the pictures and characters.
This is definitely a peak expression technique.
When it comes to music composers, Xiao Ran thinks of Zhong Zhirong, Galaxy's royal music composer. Unfortunately, he doesn't even know when Zhong Zhirong debuted. In addition to Zhong Zhirong, Huang Jiaqian and Huang Yinghua are also two people whom Xiao Ran values very highly.
Galaxy Soundtrack.
After the meal, Fa Ge, Su Renyao and Feng Feier all went back to the hotel together. Xiao Ran left behind Bai Wenjing and You Zhi who had just arrived from Hong Kong. They were wandering around the streets of Macau, neither of them quite understood what Xiao Ran wanted to do.
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Xiao Ran played with a clay doll, wondering if Lin Qingxia would like it. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It was not as good as the Wuxi clay doll. He thought it was time to test how much You Zhi had learned from following him. Suddenly
In the meantime, he asked without looking back: "Ayou, I have been with you for half a month, what do you think about the filming of the film?"
You Zhi and Xiao Ran are filmmakers who have known each other for a long time, so it doesn't take much trouble to talk. You Zhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he was moved. From Xiao Ran's sudden words, even a fool could tell that Xiao Ran was doing it on purpose.
Cultivated him.
After sorting out his thoughts over the past few days, You Zhi became more and more itchy, remembering the scene a few days ago when he was filming the character A Chen who tortured traitors. On that day, Xiao Ran personally demonstrated his expression at that time, etc.
But what Youzhi saw in it was the use of violent scenes. What impressed him especially was that Xiao Ran did not deliberately include the nail-picking scene in the camera, but only expressed it through the screams of the person involved.
Thinking of this, You Zhi suddenly laughed. He thought he had mastered the use of this technique: "Brother Ran, I think this is a very strange film, with a cold and indifferent style. However, I don't quite understand. What are you doing?
In terms of the use of lenses, it seems that there is no intention to use intuitive methods to express it! Moreover, I think the attitude of the film is to watch.”
"Intuitive?" Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but glance at You Zhi. He was indeed a genius, and he quickly grasped the key points of the entire film. The former's use of techniques was fine, but being able to observe the attitude of this film proved it.
This point.
Generally speaking, films always choose to participate, which is to use the cross-use of camera sense and other aspects to make the audience feel immersed in it. Just like novels, readers always like to immerse themselves in novels. However, not every film is like this.
of.
Xiao Ran was deeply impressed by Xu Anhua's "Jade Goddess of Mercy". In that film, Xu Anhua created a distance in the camera lens, deliberately preventing the audience from being involved, but instead appreciating all the joys and sorrows from the perspective of a bystander.
In terms of technique, it is a choice of angle, but in terms of concept, it is an attitude. Angle can be chosen from various angles, which is a relatively specific method of operation. And attitude can be the mentality of processing the film
, can also be a theme.
There are several films in film history that use a sympathetic attitude to analyze the other side of some famous criminals. This is a sympathetic attitude. The director can have several choices in handling the attitude, but most of them are linked to the theme of the film.
.Moreover, in general, the effect of attitude is particularly significant in non-entertainment films.
After explaining his understanding of attitude to You Zhi, Xiao Ran pondered for a moment and taught this talented disciple as he walked: "Films are inherently intuitive products. For literary and artistic films, other circuitous and gradual methods can be used to describe everything.
But for commercial films, the intuitiveness of the entire film is very important, and this may also be regarded as a clever narrative technique!"
"When it comes to the use of a certain plot and a certain shot, it doesn't have to be expressed in a very straightforward way. That is a sign of lack of confidence!" Xiao Ran smiled slightly. He can now teach You Zhi how to be a director.
, even he himself could not have thought of it. However, having met so many directors, he has accumulated a lot of experience and advantages: "Be a little sideways and a little circuitous, so that the audience will have more room to think. In this way, you can
Adds flavor to it!”
In fact, Xiao Ran was teaching You Zhi his own things in advance. Of course, this also included some of Xiao Ran's own exploration of director skills. Regarding detours, the most typical one is "Very Sudden", in which there are two relationships.
It was a play, but it was not said out loud.
If I have to give another example, it would be "Autumn Fairy Tale". There is not a word of love in this film, and even Fa Ge and Hong Gu have never held hands. However, even a blind person can feel the love between the two.
Subtlety. This is the ingenuity of the technique. It is no exaggeration to say that Xiao Ran is definitely not inferior to Zhang Wanting in the use of this point.
You Zhi savored Xiao Ran's words carefully and admired Xiao Ran more and more. Although the full film of "Dark Flower" has not been released yet, You Zhi already knew that this film would definitely be a sensation. However, You Zhi obviously did not know Xiao Ran's feelings towards the film.
He has no confidence in the box office because he knows very well that some films depend on the historical background.
Take "Dark Flower" as an example. If this movie were released in the 21st century, Xiao Ran bets that the box office of this movie would not be low. However, this movie eventually became the film that paved the way for "Infernal Affairs".
Bai Wenjing was very depressed. He walked a lot with Xiao Ran, but Xiao Ran didn't say a word to him. He didn't even know why he asked him to follow him! Xiao Ran guessed what Bai Wenjing was thinking and stopped saying anything to You Zhi.
Instead, he let him continue to digest it. Then he suddenly pointed to a TV advertisement in one of the stores and said, "Ajing, I read your publicity plan. However, there are still a few problems."
Fortunately, Macau is not a big place, so they walked to the Lisboa Hotel. As soon as they stepped into the hotel, Bai Wenjing was surprised when he heard this: "Is there still a problem? This is what all the colleagues in the marketing department have spent their energy on.
What a plan!"
Xiao Ran ignored the disrespect in Bai Wenjing's tone, and just smiled lightly, but he was thinking about it in his heart. Bai Wenjing's plan was indeed quite good, from car body advertisements to TV station advertisements, everything was good. But this was not
What Xiao Ran wants is to use the promotional strategy of "Dark Flower" as a model to open up ideas for the marketing department.
At that time, in order to determine the annual marketing plan, Time Warner's top management went out and held countless meetings, just to determine a feasible and effective plan. In the end, Warner used a very large means to publicize, from newspapers to magazines, from television
On the Internet, all subsidiaries of Warner are working to build publicity for "Harry Potter". With such courage and means, not only a good movie, but also a bad movie will become popular.
Bai Wenjing's publicity plan was indeed good. First, he revealed the news about the film directed by Xiao Ran himself and starring Fa Ge in the company's Entertainment Weekly. This attracted the curiosity of some other newspapers and magazines. Then, according to what Xiao Ran said,
It is claimed that this new film directed by Xiao Ran will be a very unique and very stylized work, which has aroused the curiosity of the media.
It was then released at the appropriate time through the press office of the marketing department. At the same time, advertising signs all over Hong Kong were put up. It is inevitable that the entire Hong Kong public did not pay attention to this video. It is not a bad thing.
After entering the elevator, Xiao Ran stared at Bai Wenjing, making him feel guilty. Xiao Ran smiled slightly: "Your plan is very good, but it still lacks a little bit of step-by-step skills. Don't release the news all at once.
Rather than fully releasing it, we will appropriately and gradually reveal some filming highlights and progress to arouse the curiosity of the public through the media."
"In addition, we must make full use of the unique carrier of the trailer to reveal some information and make the audience curious!" In fact, what Xiao Ran said is the method commonly used by future film companies, but the details are slightly different.
: "In terms of trailers, I have already filmed the first trailer and will release two versions later. The length of each version is different. You have to grasp the time when it is broadcast on TV!"
"Why three versions of the trailer?" Bai Wenjing didn't understand, so he asked. This was his character, so he asked immediately, but Xiao Ran just laughed and didn't answer.
When Bai Wenjing returned to Hong Kong and watched the fifteen-second trailer, he was stunned. In fact, this trailer basically has nothing to do with the film. It is just a maze, and a person whose face cannot be seen is in the maze.
I walked around and around, reaching the exit several times but going around and leaving.
The reason why Bai Wenjing was stunned was because at that moment, he was actually distracted by the trailer. He was even eager to see when the next trailer would be released. This implicit and obscure trailer technique was absolutely
It is much stronger than the straightforward ones.
Sure enough, three days later, TVB and ATV simultaneously screened this short trailer. For a time, this novel trailer made citizens curious, and some even called the TV station to ask: "When will this movie be released?"
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Bai Wenjing did not expect that this trailer would cause such a huge response in Hong Kong. In fact, it was not so much a response as it was a trailer that attracted everyone's attention. At this time, the press office of the marketing department took advantage of this trend.
When the epidemic in Hong Kong was in full swing, news about "Dark Flower" began to be released to the media, and the first poster was released at the same time.
It is a very exquisite poster. Bai Wenjing followed Xiao Ran's wishes and found the best graphic designer to make the picture. The first poster showed the backs of two people, two almost completely similar backs. Many citizens speculated
, that's probably the same person.
However, the media knew that this was not the case. After questioning, Bai Wenjing was overjoyed and took the opportunity to introduce Su Renyao as a newcomer. For a time, the whole city was disturbed by the "Dark Flower". The three major companies were even more surprised. They did not expect it.
Xiao Ran's work has already created such a huge market craze even before it was released. Of course, apart from being surprised, he was even more jealous, but their publicity team was not professional enough.
Bai Wenjing continued to spread news to whet the appetite of the media, and also indirectly whet the appetite of the audience. In this craze, he even covered up the news of the opening of a film company.
This company is the company that the three giants mentioned to Xiao Ran earlier that has grown through mergers. On this day, this company is sparse, which is far worse than the day when Phantom opened. Interestingly, on this day,
, even the boss behind the company did not show up.
No one found out who the boss of this company was, and no one took this company too seriously. However, no one expected that another company capable of competing in the market would quietly get involved in Hong Kong.
The film is in the murky water that is already murky.
*****
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