Compared with the lack of interest in "The Crucible" and the many doubts in "The Anchorman", the third movie "Uncle" finally made Lin Chengxun understand what star power is. He discussed it with the crew in advance, leaving aside interviews with media reporters.
Even before the filming of the movie officially started, some tabloid paparazzi were already hanging around the set.
Lin Chengxun did not drive these people away, but instead asked the staff to send some coffee. In the entertainment industry, as long as there is a desire, the "help" of reporters and paparazzi cannot be avoided. Although once there is an interest dispute between celebrities and paparazzi, it is inevitable
There will be fights with each other, but there is also a harmonious relationship between Qiao Mei and D Club.
The new drama was launched, funds from CJ Entertainment, S Entertainment, YG and other companies were secured, and sponsorship funds such as cars, venues, clothing, mobile phones, watches, etc. were also in place. Lin Chengxun looked at the financial statements in his hand, and "
"Strive for excellence (big dog)" with four words, with a wave of his hand, he did not choose to set up a scene studio and directly decided to shoot in real scenes.
Ring building, golf course, bar and dance hall, even the final parking lot scene, etc., Lin Chengxun personally led the team to repeatedly explore all the main scenes involved in the script during the past three months, and it was not until the previous week that he made a complete decision.
The crew, lighting, photography, special effects, and art director are all veterans of "Extraordinary Anchor". Song Changhao of CJ Entertainment has made great contributions in this regard. There is no place where Lin Chengxun has to spend money.
No, even the Ministry of Culture of the Peninsula wanted to get involved after learning about the team of the movie "Uncle" and the promotion trend of foreign releases.
The title of producer was placed on Song Changhao's head.
In the first scene, Lim Sung-hoon chose the first confrontation between the three protagonists, which was the scene after Won Bin used his wallet to grab the knife. The overseas mercenary played by Su Ji-sub came forward to demand Zheng Xiaomi's mother who was hiding in Won Bin's pawn shop.
At the same time, the prosecutor played by Kong Liu traced the clues here; three people, indoors, outdoors, downstairs, had a triangular confrontation.
The shooting method of the movie itself is to artistically reorganize, edit and splice the multi-threaded scenes after shooting. The director will worry about the waste of funds for setting up the scene or the actors' schedules. Movies are rarely shot according to the story sequence of the script, and "Uncle"
The filming plan, arranged by Lin Chengxun, was to start with martial arts dramas and then literary dramas.
Thinking about the first confrontation scene, Lim Sung-hoon looked at Won Bin, who was not far away and was cultivating a relationship with Kim Sae-ron, who played Zheng Xiaomi. He was quiet and restrained, just like the character he played in the movie script, taciturn and face-friendly.
But Zheng Xiaomi is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Be a listener and listen to "Zheng Xiaomi" talk about his childhood troubles, inner sadness and the innocence unique to children.
And standing a little further away was So Ji-sub, who was completely opposite to Won Bin's temperament. He stood there with an imposing manner, a ghostly smile on his lips, his eyes were surly and sparkling with evil, and his black hair was streaked with bright red.
Her headband was tied into a single ponytail, and she was wearing a very textured black leather trench coat with a red background. The rivets on her pants and boots were shining brightly. She was extremely coquettish, ghostly and dazzling.
Won Bin and So Ji-sub have very different images in the movie. One is a retired special forces soldier within the Chinese system and has a reserved personality. He has very few lines in the whole movie, and most of them are answers to the little girl "Zheng Xiaomi"
; And the other person is an illegal mercenary overseas, with a flamboyant personality and a lot of gossip. In his heart, human life is just a number for recording.
These two images are like silent water and exploding fire; water and fire are incompatible. At this time, the appearance of Kong Liu, the prosecutor, has meaning, showing a point outside the confrontation between the two, forming a temporarily stable triangle.
"Gaming engineer, cold light on the upper layer, warm color filter on the lower layer and warm light source!" Lin Chengxun held up the drawing board and shouted to the lighting engineer. Unlike many non-professional directors who prefer natural light, Lin Chengxun prefers artificial lighting. He has been using it since "The Furnace"
Lin Chengxun is very familiar with the use of light to enhance the relationship between characters and the tension of the atmosphere and the sense of picture. Unless he encounters a scene that requires realism, Lin Chengxun rarely uses natural light.
"For photography, here I need to use a panoramic picture that is frozen for half a second, and the shot prediction is expressed with a pseudo-balanced composition. Take a look at my storyboard here and try to express my ideas as much as possible." Lin Chengxun pointed to the story.
Ban said.
"Pseudo-balanced?" The main photographer handed the camera to the assistant, and was confused, because the handheld camera and the balanced water composition are somewhat conflicting. In order to pursue the stability of the picture, the balanced composition often chooses to shoot on the slide, while
Handheld videography is the pursuit of realistic sports lens shooting.
"See for yourself. If you don't understand, ask me again. I'll set up the lighting first." Lin Chengxun said irritably. Once he got into work, it would be difficult for him to maintain a peaceful mind. Moreover, the movie "Uncle" contains Lin Chengxun's insecurities.
His small ambition allowed him to maintain a detached and peaceful attitude in this movie, which was really difficult for him.
Fortunately, the photography team is also from an old team. It is the peninsula photography master who has worked with "The Extraordinary Anchor". After working with Lin Chengxun in a movie, he knows Lin Chengxun's personality to some extent, so he will not care about Lin Chengxun's attitude. He took over
The storyboard, the ritual sense of the picture on the storyboard made his heart twitch violently. The tension between restraint and publicity relied on a third party to maintain this fragile and solid triangular composition. A strange balance was formed between the three points.
The storyboard showed a plan view of the second floor of a residential building. Lin Chengxun used a pencil to outline the upper floor composition with endless dark shadows. A simple man in a ponytail windbreaker leaned against the door frame with a half-smile on his face and chewed something in his mouth.
The chewing gum puffed out a big bubble, and his eyes widened, staring at the person in the pawn shop; the person in the pawn shop was naturally the protagonist of the play, the pawn shop owner played by Won Bin. He had curly hair on his head and was a little rickety.
The figure was slightly bloated in a leather jacket. He was pointed at by a man in a ponytail trench coat with a gun, but his expression was still numb. With his right hand behind his back, he slowly reached for the dagger wrapped in his wallet;
The confrontation between the two people on the upper level is extremely tense; while on the lower level, in the warm blank space, a man wearing a prosecutor's uniform raises the corners of his mouth and twists his legs into a T-step and walks around, just like the "Young Master" in "The Narcissist Detective"
Went to the wrong set.
Three people, three points, formed three straight lines connected together in the storyboard, forming a fragile "stable" triangle. The photographer was stunned, and suddenly realized that if any one of these three points was lost, the entire story would be lost.
Stable, no longer able to form a whole. Without the prosecutor, retired special forces and mercenaries will be unable to coexist; and without one of the other two, only the prosecutor and the "two heroes" of special forces/mercenaries are left to face each other.
, the story seems too bland and cliched.
The future life is terrible!
The photographer sighed with emotion and asked the photography team to start the crane operation. Lin Chengxun's storyboard made his heart completely hot.