Chapter 227 The Symposium Begins, Lin Yuan's Fantastic Idea
Chapter 227 The seminar begins, Lin Yuan’s whimsical ideas
Early the next morning, Lin Yuan, Xu Zheng, and Ning Hao had breakfast in the hotel and went straight to the conference room. After all, the chief director Chen Kaige made a speech yesterday and no one dared to be late.
On the way, Ning Hao was still joking, saying that the three of them were definitely not the last to arrive. When they arrived at the conference room, they were the only ones left. In addition to the seven directors responsible for shooting the movie, the chief producer
Filmmaker Huang Jianxin also came to the conference room today.
When everyone was present, Brother Chen Kai didn't say anything more. He took out a thick stack of copies from his briefcase and distributed them to each director.
At the same time, he started to explain: "The statistics here are the important events that have happened in our country in the past seventy years. I discussed it with Producer Huang and decided to shoot the seven units of our movie around these important events. Today
What everyone has to do is to select an important event that they are interested in and that they are confident about and adapt it for filming."
Originally, "My Motherland and Me" was a tribute film. The plot of the film revolved around the nearly seventy years of the motherland's turbulent years, so there was naturally no problem.
Lin Yuan picked up the copy and read it carefully.
From the flag-raising ceremony at the founding of the People's Republic of China, reform and opening up, the return of Xiangjiang to the Wenchuan earthquake and the 2008 Olympic Games, the ups and downs in the past seventy years and hundreds of major events have all been recorded in these thin copies.
On paper.
The conference room suddenly became much quieter, and the directors all focused on business matters.
After a while, Xu Zheng suddenly leaned his head over and asked in a low voice: "Lin Yuan, which event do you want to adapt and film?"
Although the voice has been lowered, the conference room is already quiet, and the voice is clearly audible no matter how low it is.
After hearing Xu Zheng's words, Ning Hao and others also put down the copies in their hands and looked here.
Among the directors present in the conference room, except for Lin Yuan, all of them are basically people who have shot several works. Their shooting experience is definitely far better than Lin Yuan. To put it bluntly, according to the barrel effect
In other words, Lin Yuan is the shortcoming of their movie.
If they want the movie "My Motherland and Me" to be recognized by the audience, they have to ensure that the seven drama units of the entire movie are at the same quality level, even if the filming is not ideal due to the director's style.
There shouldn't be too much of a gap in quality with other unit dramas.
Therefore, these directors naturally wanted to give priority to Lin Yuan and let Lin Yuan, the youngest director present, take the lead in choosing which event to shoot.
"I haven't thought about this yet." Lin Yuan glanced at everyone and replied slowly.
After hearing this answer, other directors can also understand that a gift film like this must be treated with caution.
First of all, you have to make sure that the selected events are suitable for adaptation and filming, and secondly, you have to make sure that you are confident that you can film the adapted story well.
Even the experienced Ning Hao, Guan Fu and others dare not say that they can adapt and film an event by just picking an event, and still get the approval of the audience.
Just when everyone withdrew their gaze and were about to continue thinking about which event to shoot better, Lin Yuan's voice suddenly rang in the conference room.
Lin Yuan said calmly: "But I do have an idea in my mind. I don't know if it's suitable."
When he said this, Lin Yuan directly focused his attention on Brother Chen Kai.
If he wants to put forward his own suggestions, he must first seek the opinion of the chief director. After all, he is responsible for the entire filming of the film, and he is only responsible for one of the unit dramas.
Brother Chen Kai happened to catch Lin Yuan's gaze and said with interest: "If Director Lin Yuan has any ideas, just tell them for everyone's reference."
"I think this way, since our movie consists of seven unit dramas in total, it is better to connect these seven unit dramas in the order of the timeline. The time for the adaptation and filming of each unit drama should be
A relatively representative event in the current time period."
Lin Yuan expressed all his thoughts.
One advantage of doing this is that it can sort out the events that have occurred in the country in the past seventy years in the form of time periods. Instead of selecting from hundreds of events, we now only need to select from a dozen of each time period.
There is a lot of time left to choose from representative events.
"This is a good idea."
"Then let's first select the more representative events in each time period, and then we can choose the events we are good at and adapt them into stories for filming. How about that?"
"I think it's okay!"
Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, Guan Fu and others present agreed with Lin Yuan's idea.
Selecting one of hundreds of historical events that is suitable for your own adaptation and filming is a big project. If they were screened according to Lin Yuan's idea, it would really lighten up a lot of their burden.
Brother Chen Kai saw that everyone agreed, so he agreed directly.
After two full days of discussion, the topics for the seven unit dramas were finally decided, including the flag-raising ceremony at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the successful explosion of the first atomic bomb, the women's volleyball team winning the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the return of Hong Kong in 1997, and the 2008
These seven events include the BJ Olympics ceremony, the successful landing of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, and the military parade escorted by the Air Force.
The topics for the seven unit plays were decided, but Lin Yuan always felt that something was wrong, but for a while he couldn't find the problem, so he didn't say anything.
On the third day of the seminar, we basically chose the topic events we wanted to shoot.
After getting to the main topic, Brother Chen Kai first glanced at everyone in the conference room, and then said: "Director Lin Yuan, how about you choose the events to be filmed first."
After all, Lin Yuan's masterpiece as a director is only "I'm Not the God of Medicine". They didn't know what type of movies Lin Yuan was good at, so they could only take care of Lin Yuan and let him choose the topics he wanted to shoot.
.
After all, with a total of seven topics decided now, there can’t be one type that Lin Yuan is good at, right?
But what are you afraid of?
Not even two seconds after Brother Chen Kai finished speaking, Lin Yuan's voice rang out.
"Director Chen, I think there is something wrong with the topic selection."
As Lin Yuan's words reached the ears of everyone in the conference room, the air in the room seemed to freeze suddenly.
Even Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, two close friends of Lin Yuan, couldn't help but frown after hearing this, not to mention what the directors Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu were thinking.
Have a problem with selecting a topic?
These seven events were all discussed and decided on by everyone in the past two days. If there were any problems with the topic selection, why didn't you say it at the time?
In their opinion, it is simply that there is no genre that Lin Yuan is good at, or they do not know how to adapt these events into a script and present it on the big screen. If there is a problem with the topic selection, it is just that Lin Yuan finds one for himself.
Just down the stairs.
Directors Zhang Baibai and Xue Xiaolu shook their heads in a subtle way.
It seems that Lin Yuan is still too young. Even if he has produced a work with such explosive reputation as "I am not the God of Medicine", it is difficult to cover up his lack of experience. Now he has been selected to be solely responsible for the filming of "Me and Mine".
A unit drama in "Motherland" is indeed a difficult challenge for him.
After Brother Chen Kai heard this, he just thought that Lin Yuan was looking for a way down the stairs.
However, he had no intention of stating it directly. After all, Lin Yuan had only directed one movie before, and it was normal for him to be inexperienced in other types of movies. Even when he first started filming, he did not say that he would be able to make "Farewell My Concubine" directly.
Such works.
Brother Chen Kai took advantage of the situation and asked: "How about Director Lin Yuan think about it carefully and choose another event to shoot?"
Lin Yuan shook his head and explained: "Director Chen, let me tell you my opinion first. If you think it's inappropriate, it won't be too late for me to choose from these seven topics."
At first, everyone thought Lin Yuan was making excuses, but now after hearing this, they suddenly became interested.
"We discussed these seven topics two days ago. I feel there is no problem. The real problem lies in the theme of this movie. Since it is 'My Motherland and Me', in addition to presenting the theme of 'National Strength'
In addition to ', shouldn't we also spend a unit drama to express the 'people's wealth'?"
After Lin Yuan said this, he turned his attention to the other six directors.
The directors present were all leaders in this circle, so they naturally understood what he meant.
The seven events they discussed in the past two days, whether it was the successful atomic bombing, the women's volleyball championship, or the return of Hong Kong, were almost all describing the prosperity of the motherland, but they forgot to focus the camera on the common people.
Thinking of this, Guan Hu couldn't help but blush.
He is different from other directors present. Whether he first entered the film industry and filmed films such as "My Hair is Messy" and "Get in the Car, Let's Go!", or later entered the television industry and filmed "Survival Migrant Workers"
"It's Good to Be Alive" and many other TV dramas almost all tell the stories of ordinary people at the bottom.
However, in his recent works, he has forgotten his original intention, and what he wants to tell on the screen is no longer the trivial matters of ordinary people.
On the other hand, Lin Yuan, although the film and television works he shot as an actor rarely speak for ordinary people, the movies he shot as a director, whether it is "I am not the God of Medicine" or the current film "My Motherland and Me"
》, all want to put the lens on ordinary people.
This made Guan Hui think of a sentence: From the people, go to the people!
Even Brother Chen Kai nodded approvingly after hearing Lin Yuan's thoughts.
Lin Yuan can jump out of the frame and have so many ideas popping up in his mind, which is enough to show his talent in this area. And the most important thing is that Lin Yuan's idea is completely a stroke of genius. It not only sublimates the theme, but also makes this tribute
The film is even more atmospheric and affectionate.
The way other directors present looked at Lin Yuan also changed slightly.
Before, they all thought that Lin Yuan was the weak link among their seven directors, but now it seems that Lin Yuan is much more powerful than they thought.
But soon, Brother Chen Kai realized the problem.
"Lin Yuan, your idea is very good." Brother Chen Kai looked hesitant and asked hesitantly: "But are you sure you can express what you want to express on the big screen?"
Brother Chen Kai has made so many movies, and he knows very well that it is difficult to express "people's wealth" on the big screen.
For the people at the bottom, having a stable job, being able to fill their stomachs with three meals a day, being able to buy a few new clothes throughout the year, and saving a little money is considered a wealthy life.
But for well-off families, or even wealthier families, they have cars and houses and don't have to worry about three meals a day. The "people's wealth" in their minds is obviously not the same thing that the poor people at the bottom pursue.
It’s hard to agree on what everyone thinks, and everyone’s standard for “people’s wealth” is different.
No one can guarantee that what Lin Yuan finally presents on the big screen will satisfy all audiences.
Lin Yuan pretended to be relaxed and said confidently: "Don't worry, Director Chen, I already have a rough shooting idea in my mind."
Seeing Lin Yuan's relaxed look, Brother Chen Kai nodded, turned his attention to the other directors, and told them to choose the topics they wanted to shoot.
Xue Xiaolu, as the only female director present, was the first to say: "Then I will choose the event of Xiangjiang's return to shoot the unit drama."
"I choose the first atomic bomb to explode successfully." Zhang Baibai said his answer.
Guan Fu held his forehead with both hands, thought for a moment and then uttered four words: "Flag-raising ceremony."
Xu Zheng and Ning Hao seemed to have already made their choice. They looked at each other and said in unison: "The women's volleyball team wins the championship."
"BJ Olympics."
In the end, there were only two topics left: the successful landing of Shenzhou-11 and the military parade. Brother Chen Kai thought about it and chose the former.
After exhorting the importance of this movie, Brother Chen Kai had nothing else to say. He just asked before leaving: "Now that everyone has made the topic selection clear, tomorrow we will start to decide on the cast list for each group."
, As for the script of the unit drama, it should be okay to submit it for review before June, right?"
"no problem!"
The six directors present replied.
It took three months, and I was able to find a screenwriter for help. There was no problem in coming up with the first draft of the script for the unit drama.
On the way back to the hotel, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao were still a little curious and asked excitedly in the car: "Lin Yuan, have you already thought about what you want to shoot?"
"No, I just remembered it when Director Chen asked me before." Lin Yuan shrugged and said helplessly: "If I had already thought about what I wanted to shoot, I wouldn't have decided on seven topics at that time.
Already."
"Then I just saw you looking confident."
Lin Yuan looked at the rearview mirror and gave Xu Zheng a roll of his eyes: "If I don't have more confidence, do you think Director Chen will let me shoot?"
Ning Hao laughed after hearing this: "I didn't expect that you are quite brave. You can compete with me when we were filming "Incense"."
As for whether these words were praising him or hurting him, only Ning Hao himself knew.