During this period of time, he accepted too many things at once, and his brain could not digest them properly, but he was a little eager for success. He always wanted to understand everything as quickly as possible and then show the perfect plot of the movie.
There is an idiom called "pull a seedling to encourage growth".
Zhou Yang had this taste from the beginning.
Even following the method of "Analysis of Dualistic Conflicts and Opposites of Stories" in the "Director's Manual", he began to analyze the story line of "The Blind Shaft" very seriously.
Put it in like this.
He found that many movies are universal.
In The Mine Killer Duo, Tang Chaoyang, played by Chen Shuangbao, is absolutely evil.
His evil is manifested in every corner.
It's gloomy, terrifying, full of disregard for life, with only oneself in mind, and then only interests.
This is a pure evil that cannot be changed by the environment or anyone.
The other character played by Zhao Zhen, Song Jinming, has a sense of humanity. Although he is evil, he is also full of indifference to life and has a sense of selfishness, but he is not extremely pure.
There is still a glimmer of humanity in him...
As for the character who will appear next, Zhang Fengming is a young minor, a child who dropped out of school to work due to poverty, but is full of goodwill and hope for the world. (Original Yuan Fengming in "The Blind Shaft")
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Even analyzing the entire movie, Zhou Yang found that the movie can be divided into human despair and a tiny bit of hope.
Just like when the movie started shooting, the long, one-shot shooting method of going down into the mine suggested.
Analyzing and analyzing.
Zhou Yang began to unconsciously put himself into the role of "Zhang Fengming"...
I imagined what I would do if I faced the situation in the movie...
He even began to take personal notes on the character seriously, and self-righteously wrote the character's autobiography and life background.
Gradually, he began to follow his memory, and involuntarily began to recite his lines and perform actions.
He looked in the mirror and began to think...
"No, no!"
"continue……"
"No! This is absolutely not possible, it even tastes bad..."
"continue……"
"No, the performance is too strong, we have to continue!"
"..."
It's quiet at night.
With half a bucket of water, Zhou Yang inevitably began to feel sleepy.
He put down the mirror in a daze and walked onto the bed, his body feeling endlessly exhausted.
However, while lying in his sleep, he had a dream of performing.
In the dream, he seemed to have opened a box of memory fragments, and the role of the child in "The Blind Shaft" seemed to gradually become clearer. He seemed to have become that child...
Performing over and over again, overturning, and then continuing to perform, continuing to overturn...
He is almost masochistic in his pursuit of perfection in the film.
But he doesn't know...
Outside the window, a figure was so cold that his spine went cold.
Finally, he lowered his head and walked back into the house as if he had thought of something.
…………………………
Directors and actors are probably two different concepts.
Although there is a saying in the film and television industry that those who are good at acting lead to directing, but a director who can direct a good movie may not necessarily be able to act in a good movie.
The next day, the crew started working again.
The start of construction means torture for everyone, especially Feng Kai.
Many filming staff members were privately discussing whether today's Director Feng would suddenly be unable to suppress his emotions and break out, eventually confronting Zhou Yang.
Some people even began to simulate the situation when Feng Kai broke out, and then they began to consider what their own positioning was...
Should he remain silent and be a bystander, or should he persuade one party and then mediate the conflict between the two parties?
They are quite confused.
but……
After the filming of the movie actually started, they suddenly found that the atmosphere on the set had become extremely weird again.
Feng Kai faced the camera, almost immersed in it, and made a completely different expression from yesterday.
He pulled the characters played by Zhao Zhen and Chen Shuangbao to chat about the aftermath...
He wore glasses and looked a little flustered after hearing what happened, but then he became shrewd and cunning. Even when the "relatives of the victims" talked about the aftermath subsidies, he started to use both soft and hard tactics again.
Treat life as a transaction, as a set of cold numbers...
That is an extremely ironic feeling!
Even when looking at the camera and listening to Feng Kai's voice, he could feel this subtle feeling.
The staff was once shocked whether the person in the camera was Director Feng Kaifeng, or whether he was possessed by some capitalist who didn't care about human life.
The feeling of being selfish and regarding human life as a benefit was so vividly demonstrated that even the miners actors who were also filming opposite roles were once in a state of discomfort.
This scene has been shot!
Feng Kai was separated from his role. He breathed a long sigh of relief, straightened his disheveled hair a little, and glanced at Zhou Yang.
He saw Zhou Yang's eyes were very excited and applauded from a distance.
It has achieved the effect he wanted.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he walked step by step in front of Zhou Yang.
"Director Zhou..."
"Um?"
"Show me the lens."
"good!"
"Director Zhou, I personally think this scene needs to be shot again!"
"ah?"
"I think it's better to use a documentary shooting method. Well, this movie is not so much a movie, but a record of the dark side of this society, with a contrasting sense of despair and hope, which is officially included in this movie.
At the same time, the lighting effect of this movie is also a suggestive technique to a certain extent..."
"..."
Feng Kai lit a cigarette and started smoking.
While smoking, he stared at Zhou Yang.
He saw Zhou Yang's confused expression, but he remained serious.
He talked about a lot of professional stuff, including his understanding of the film's script, and more about the shooting techniques and the lighting effects he wanted to present, analyzing the tone of the entire film.
Zhou Yang listened to Feng Kai telling him a lot of things. He seemed to understand, but he felt even more confused.
but!
He was very excited.
He finally saw how serious Feng Kai was about this movie!
He thought for a long time and finally nodded.
"Well, continue... Director Feng."
In the crew.
Feng Kai talked endlessly to Zhou Yang about a lot of shooting content and shortcomings of the lens.
Zhou Yang's brain felt like mush.
However, he forced himself to write it down and did not disturb Feng Kai.
Even the pain and loss of being crushed are not felt in my heart...
On the contrary, I am very excited!
He can finally learn knowledge beyond books!
That’s how it is!
If you can make a good movie by reading a "Director's Manual" and some messy director books, then what's the point of Yanying's directing students who have been studying for several years?
He simply took advantage of his innate advantage of traveling through time to make this movie based on his memory and judge whether the acting was appropriate or not. But in fact, he only had a vague understanding of the entire movie.
And many of the contents of Feng Kai's words even made him suddenly enlightened!
He feels like he is a sponge, absorbing the knowledge and gifts given to him by everyone.
"There is also a problem with the script... I thought about the script very carefully yesterday. The script was very fragmented and the plot was scattered. I didn't focus on one point. In addition, there were some imperfect dialogues and some
It is not in line with the current state of the character. In my opinion, it needs to be modified. It is best to use dialects to assist these dialogues, so there is no sense of violation... Director Zhou, what do you think?" Feng Kai looked at Zhou Yang
, seeking Zhou Yang’s opinion.
He seemed to be in the zone.
"..."
……………………
afternoon.
Filming continues...
I originally thought that Zhou Yang's torture had reached its limit.
However, when Feng Kai suddenly seemed like a different person and appeared on the set as a real assistant director.
Everyone began to realize that the real despair had just begun...
Even this kind of despair has involved investors Zhang Genshui...