Our story has been a bit dull recently, mainly because we have no fun, and Lu Chuan is a top rich prospect for people who have fun in a specific circle.
What was his mistake in choosing the voice of Mr. Zhou?
The fault was that Mr. Zhou had a bad voice. She had a leaky voice. Although this kind of timbre can even give extra points when acting in a crying voice, it is a taboo in documentaries, because documentaries strive to have no subtitles and the dubbing should be effortless for the audience.
It's a show if you put in all the effort.
Why did you choose Jiang Wen in the film "Ocean"?
Because Zhang Mazi actually has great lines.
Mr. Zhou is a great actor. In 2008, he collaborated with Deng Chao in "Li Mi's Conjecture" and transformed a dark and incomplete film into a completely different style. It was almost like an "extremely painful romance film".
When the film participated in the Spanish Film Festival, entertainment reporters asked director Cao Baoping: "This is not your style. Was the original film not a romance film?"
The director did not answer directly, but said helplessly: "She (Mr. Zhou) is pure and crazy..."
At the end of the film, the male protagonist played by Deng Chao left a video message expressing his love. Mr. Zhou responded based on the video he saw, either crying or laughing. The camera kept switching between Deng Chao and Mr. Zhou——
It was originally a wonderful distance drama, and Deng Chao's character was extremely tense. He went through a transformation process from a scoundrel to an affectionate man, and the secret was finally revealed at that moment.
However, even with this plot buff bonus, Deng Chao was still ruthlessly killed by Mr. Zhou.
She was so powerful, but Lu Chuan chose to use her weakest point to give full play to her. For example, he asked Zhuge Liang to fight in front of the battle, Lu Bu controlled the government, and Cao Cao supervised the harem.
——After saying so much, Fang Yi actually only thought about it for a moment.
Then following the lines given by Lu Chuan, Fang Yi paid attention to the screen and read:
"China is a magical and mysterious land."
"She is vast and ever-changing; from the eastern coastal plain, through mountains and forests, to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau..."
"Countless lives were born in this vast land. Every life is a note of this magnificent poem..."
Lu Chuan leaned against the wall with his arms folded, listening quietly to Fang Yi's voice in the monitoring headphones. Thinking of what had happened in recent years, Director Fang was no longer on the same level as him.
The year before last, in a discussion organized by the China Film Group, Han Sanping spoke freely, saying that costume blockbusters were no longer popular and now that they could not be sold overseas, they had to create domestic blockbusters of the new era.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty hesitated.
Zhang Yimou was bolder and said that if someone offered him money, he would be willing to give it a try and he would not be afraid of being scolded. He would just like to learn the operations of Hollywood.
Jiang Wen is a dead pig who is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water and just shows off. It means that each generation has its own mission. People of his generation grew up in a big house. If you ask him to make a blockbuster, he really can't do it.
Without that experience, there is no way to think about it out of thin air.
The directors who made "Star Wars" in Hollywood were influenced by the space struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. We didn't have that atmosphere, so naturally we couldn't make it.
In the end, Han Sanping could only talk empty words.
The wonderful thing is that now there is Fang Yi, who is really a member of the next generation. When Shenzhou-5 ascended to heaven, Fang Yi was still a young man, and his world view was formed under that situation.
Therefore, after Fang Yi achieved success, he became the only hope for the new generation. Working with Fang Yi is now a high level for Lu Chuan, so he was worried about conflicts between the two before coming. As a director, Lu Chuan must stick to his own opinion. He has
He was so stubborn, but he didn't want to offend Fang Yi.
But today’s dubbing, after listening to it for several minutes, I couldn’t find any flaws.
After listening for a while, I can only say that it is indeed Fang Yi.
Lu Chuan was relieved.
During the intermission, the recording assistant handed Fang Yi some water. Lu Chuan took it and said, "I'll give it to Director Fang. Thank you for his hard work."
He went up and praised Fang Yi a few words, and then said: "Director Fang has real skills. This diction is not very peaceful, but has the feeling of reciting poetry, but you have done it so that it will not be difficult to pronounce..."
He took the initiative to ask, "What do you think of my previous choice of Mr. Zhou?"
Fang Yi told the truth: "It's not suitable."
“Where doesn’t it fit?”
Fang Yi said what was on his mind.
The analysis silenced Lu Chuanqian and he handed him the water. Lu Chuan's hands were shaking because of the bad feedback he received.
After a while, he asked again, "I seem to be bad at selecting actors, Director Fang. You are very successful in this area. How did you choose them?"
Fang Yi almost spit out a mouthful of water.
——When you cast Jiang Wen back then, you should have known that you had a poor eye for actors. Do you only understand the result now?
"How do you ask this question?"
"The documentary "We Are Born on Earth" is not long, so this year I am mainly preparing for a costume film of mine, involving the history of the Chu and Han Dynasties... At that time, I initially selected nearly a thousand actors, and I selected people until they were dizzy.
I didn't choose a suitable 'Yu Ji' either. In the end, the seven actresses came out with the highest scores, but I went back and watched the interview videos over and over again, and I couldn't stand any of them."
Fang Yi: "Zhang Yimou was almost the same when he chose someone to play "The Hawthorn Tree". I remember that he went through all the acting schools in Beijing, but there was no suitable one. Finally, he found a high school student who came to take the exam..."
Lu Chuan nodded, "You talked about the industrialization of movies. In fact, the process of selecting actors is like that. I don't know how to industrialize it - we are different from Hollywood. Some things have to be done by the director himself. For example, if you cast
In a group, if you let those big-name actors come to audition, and the assistant director and screenwriter sit on the table and make demands, the big-name actor will think that you are insulting me, that there is something wrong with your brain..."
He poured out his bitter words to Fang Yi, "This is not the worst. The worst thing is that I could find the actors directly with just one phone call. We would make an appointment to have a drink and eat, find out the schedule, and then we would finalize the matter.
Come on... It's not the case now. Directors no longer have a direct channel to communicate scripts with actors. If I want to meet an actor, I have to go through four or five messy agents..."
Finally, he concluded, "To be honest, I don't feel that the industrialization of film is good."
Although Lu Chuan was not good at business, he did not go against Fang Yi. Fang Yi comforted him, "You can't say that the train is not good just because the train can't run as fast as the carriage at the beginning. The reference point for the industrialization of movies is Hollywood.
That's the way it is in filmmaking, everyone performs their own duties - the casting director is responsible for casting, and you are the director, so you have to wait at least two or three rounds before you find time to participate."
Lu Chuan said blankly: "But the status of a director like you is reduced, isn't it?"
"If a crew has hundreds or even thousands of people -" Fang Yi waved his hand to stop Lu Chuan from interrupting, "it is impossible to do everything by yourself. The position of a director is not achieved by taking over everything."
Lu Chuan finally understood and blurted out: "Fang Yi, are you different from us?"
"What's different?"
Lu Chuan stopped answering, thinking to himself, aren't you carrying the red flag and opposing the red flag? If you do this, the director will eventually become a tool.
Is the film still a personal expression of the director?
He didn't dare to say these words and kept it in his heart. After the dubbing was over, he kept praising Fang Yi for his good dubbing. He hurried home and called his father, a veteran screenwriter, and told him what he had done today.
thing.
Director Fang is not a new force in our circle at all, he is not from our group! In the end, if he continues like this, he will bring down everyone’s platform.
However, Lu Chuan's father was very calm after hearing this and told him not to cause trouble.
Lu Chuan said helplessly:
It's a big deal if he keeps doing it.
It’s no wonder that Fang Yifeng’s reputation is so good, and there are also news that slander him. You did something to ruin my future and destroy my job. You are great, what should I do?
Why don't I blackmail you?
"I'm just questioning, just like Fang Yina's news. I don't spread rumors. Can't I question it? Is there such a tyrannical thing in this world? I am also having a healthy discussion and I have the right to speak."
His father then asked him to read the latest issue of "China Screen" and said: "This report has been reprinted in the "Daily" and "Military Daily"... I mean that his current approach has been finalized, and you can continue to go your own way.
, it’s not illegal; but don’t publicly sing the opposite, that’s the behavior of a fool.”