The name of the fantasy short film is "The Lost Time". The content is that a middle-aged man got a notebook that can exchange time for money. At first, the man was not willing to exchange it. He believed that time is more precious than money. However, as life goes by
The development of his family, the aging of his parents, the growth of his children, the expectations of relatives and friends... He gradually had to devote part of his time until almost all of his time.
Tangtang is right. This kind of film looks familiar, very similar to the Japanese fantasy series. To become popular, a short film usually needs to reflect the social phenomenon of a period of time and the social reality within it. This kind of story is very suitable for the Japanese...
Jin Dong plays the male protagonist in it, a middle-aged IT man who works at Souhu and has his own family. The reason why Fang Yi thought of him immediately was because of Jin Dong’s ubiquitous fatherliness. This kind of father
It's hard to describe the taste clearly. You can only feel it strongly when you see him in person.
Dad's taste is really important, but Fang Yi can't perform it well. Dad's taste seems to be a derogatory term, but sometimes it can also be used as a compliment.
Tangtang plays Jin Dong’s grown-up daughter.
The first scene is when Jin Dong, who is in the company, receives the news that his wife has given birth to a daughter. It just so happens that the company distributes notebooks to everyone. Jin Dong did not intend to use this thing, but when he left the company, he suddenly thought:
"I should record the child's growth step by step and write it in a notebook."
And a line of words automatically appeared on the notebook, "Exchange time for money."
Jin Dong felt that his income could fully cover his expenses, so he didn't take the strange notebook seriously. But he still kept the notebook by some strange coincidence.
Later, the four-legged gold-swallowing beast gradually grew up and needed milk powder, clothes, bilingual kindergarten, and key primary schools...
In these clips, there is no need for real children to appear, nor for an actress to play his wife, but for Jin Dong to sit at the workstation and write these records of life, and in post-production, with the above
The audience can understand Yi's narration and the children and women's laughter.
Oh, so many years have passed and so many things have happened.
In one minute, you can change a carton of milk for your child, in one hour, your wife can get her skin care products, and in two or three hours, your parents' serious illness can be cured.
Obviously, Jin Dong will eventually have to trade all his time, because his children must have a good life, his wife must be a full-time housewife, his parents cannot be healthy forever, and friends cannot be stingy. From one second to one minute, to
A fixed hour... a middle-aged man will have nothing, and life will force him to make every transaction.
The words on the notebook were written by Jin Dong himself, and the words he wrote were all in traditional Chinese.
After a group of shots were taken, Jin Dong noticed that Fang Yi only took pictures of his hands and notebook, so he asked him, "Can I take a picture of the protagonist's back from behind? His upright and tall back is writing text."
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Fang Yi was amused, "Brother, this kind of shot doesn't make any sense. Ours is a short film. It only lasts forty minutes. It's enough to explain things clearly. There is no need to add acting skills to the details."
Because Jin Dong is always teased for having a fatherly look, but this time he played a real father, and he did an excellent job. Fang Yi couldn't help but said to him sincerely, "Brother, I have been told before that acting
The method must match the medium. Our current medium is short films. I guessed the lens you designed. Is it because when the male protagonist gets old, he becomes hunched over when writing? This symbolizes that a long time has passed."
Jin Dong nodded desperately. He felt that he had found a soulmate.
Fang Yi said, "But when you turn to the last few pages of the notebook, doesn't it clearly indicate that a long time has passed?"
Jin Dong was convinced by him and stopped making any demands after that.
The filming of the scene in the office was quickly completed. Fang Yi left the scene with the camera crew, and the props team came back to arrange the scene and simply set up a ward.
During this period, Fang Yi announced that he would take a break from work, but he himself went down to the underground garage with Jin Dong with a camera. Da Peng also followed.
We need to shoot a scene of Jin Dong smoking. In the story, Jin Dong has traded away most of the time he has available every day. Now only five minutes are left, which is where Jin Dong is alone in the car. He wants to smoke and rest here.
, he didn't dare to go home, because this was the only time that belonged to him.
Fang Yi is already very famous now, and is a big star compared to ordinary people. Many of Souhu's employees came down to watch them after dinner and formed a big circle.
Jin Dong took the initiative and said, "Director Fang, we can't use my Hongqi car, right? We should use an ordinary car? But where can we find an affordable car? There is a Mazda over there, let's use it."
Fang Yi ignored him and clapped his hands, "The movie needs to borrow a real car as a prop. The price of the car should not exceed 200,000. The lower, the better. Is there any kind person who can provide me with one?"
"have!"
The person who answered was Da Peng. This guy’s car was a second-hand Santana. It was in tatters and couldn’t be air-conditioned in summer. Jin Dong sat in it and was sweating. It was so hot that he had to take off his suit and shirt.
The buttons are also unbuttoned.
Smoke another cigarette.
After finishing smoking, he still had to put his suit back on and continue to pretend to be an elite. Dongfang Yi didn't tell Jin Dong about these things, he was subconsciously adding to the drama.
However, it fits the character quite well.
After the filming, when we returned upstairs, Jin Dong jumped into the hospital bed and played the role of a patient. He fell ill due to overwork.
What do you mean? Jin Dong traded in the last five minutes of smoking and alone time, and finished writing in his notebook, so he fell completely ill. Tangtang, who plays the daughter, couldn't squeeze out tears and could only drop eye drops.
He was howling there.
Fortunately, Jin Dong's father is played very well. His attitude of always telling you how to do things would be annoying if you were to do it normally, but as a seriously ill old father, it makes people cry.
It reflects the mountain of fatherly love.
"Click!"
Fang Yi asked Jin Dong to get up, "Brother, your shot is finished. You're finished."
Jin Dong was still thinking about it, "What? Is this the end?"
"Yes, that's it. We are a micro-movie."
Jin Dong got out of bed and looked for Fang Yi, "Director Fang, money is not a problem, but I'm not good at acting. What kind of scripts and roles did I accept before..."
Fang Yi could only say, "I will have the opportunity to work with you again in the future."
"Have you agreed?!" Jin Dong said excitedly and seriously.
Then take a picture of the words on the notebook. It says that for every promotion and salary increase, how much time in life is lost... There is no transaction record.
Just a man's ordinary diary.
What do you mean? As far as conspiracy theories go, the so-called transactions are all hallucinations produced by Jin Dong in the hospital bed when he was unconscious and recalled the decades of life since he became a father. In fact, there has never been such a magical thing.
Notebook, there is no supernatural temptation to make transactions, everything is his self-choice in life.
Audiences often don't understand this kind of footage, but it doesn't matter. Understanding it as supernatural doesn't affect the viewing experience.
Finally, Fang Yi himself appeared on the scene. He and Jin Dong's daughter Tangtang took wedding photos, indicating that another newlywed couple was born. At the same time, in Tangtang's shoulder bag, a black notebook was lying quietly.
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Destiny begins to turn around.
"Click!"
Fang Yi announced that the short film has been completed. "The film will be online within a week, I promise."