After Li Yi returned home, he began to "copy" the original text of "The Gift of the Magi".
I have to say that a masterpiece is a masterpiece, even if you just look at the text, it is just a short story, let alone the director, even ordinary people can feel the sense of the image that comes from the pavement.
Of course, the era when the story of "The Gift of the Magi" takes place is very different from this era.
But the essence of this short story will not change due to the changes of the times.
Look at the first paragraph: one dollar and eighty-seven cents. It's all here. Sixty cents of it was collected in copper coins. These coins were paid one or two at a time to the grocer, vegetable vendor and butcher.
I had to beg for nothing. Although I didn't say it clearly, I always felt that this kind of bargain was too stingy. At that time, my face turned red. Della counted it three times. After counting, it was still one piece.
Eighty-seven cents, and the next day was Christmas.
In Li Yi's eyes, it almost doesn't take much thinking to know how to shoot.
Of course, there is still a difference between the language of the lens and the language of the text.
For example, how the money was saved, if it were shown through the lens, the order would be reversed.
After reading the original text several times, Li Yi began to draw the storyboard script.
There is a big difference between a director's script and an ordinary script.
Of course, for Li Yi, these are all things he is familiar with.
The main thing is to highlight a sense of the picture. I think this picture needs to be shot from what angle, what kind of lighting, what kind of colors, etc.
These all need to be shown in the director's storyboard.
"The Gift of the Magi" actually has a bit of a "suspense" narrative.
The bright line is that the hostess Della is worried about preparing a Christmas gift for her husband. She doesn't have enough money to buy the gift she wants, so she has to think of other ways.
And these will be shown through the lens.
Face the audience directly.
On the other hand, there is a hidden line when the husband buys gifts.
It can be said that the biggest feature of this short story is the reversal.
The moment of reversal at the last moment brings a great feeling to people.
Short stories, to a certain extent, are incomparable with micro-movies and short films.
Because the length of the story is not suitable for filling in too much plot, this is true for short stories and short films.
The script of this kind of short film will naturally not take too long for Li Yi.
The storyboard script was quickly produced.
Then it was time to find actors.
The main actors in the short film "The Gift of the Magi" are actually two male protagonists and a female protagonist, but the male protagonist's role is very small. It can be said that this is more of a female protagonist short film.
Because the story is told from the perspective of the heroine, more scenes of the heroine are shown.
But short films like this have very high requirements for actresses' acting skills.
In fact, Li Yi also has short films in his memory. Unfortunately, the stories are good, but most of them were shot by amateurs.
Therefore, the actors are also relatively amateurish, giving the impression that they are inferior and have no flavor at all.
In other words, it is difficult to show the essence.
In fact, it is a very simple truth. In fact, many viewers can tell the difference between amateur and professional at first sight.
The first is the setting of the scenery and the use of lenses.
For amateur photographers, most of the time, the lens follows the protagonist, which seems very monotonous. They rarely do multi-camera shooting. In terms of lighting, color adjustment, etc., it is also obvious that they are amateurs.
The place.
When Li Yi makes a film, even a short film, it is absolutely impossible to make do with it.
Li Yi started preparing a short film and looking for actors.
On the other hand, Penguin Video in China, about the Penguin Cup International Internet Love Themed Short Film Festival, is also really
It's in full swing.
After all, it is an online short film festival, so early screenings and the like are all held directly online.
Of course, for this short film festival, Penguin Video also spent a lot of money on publicity and various activities to attract netizens.
And Li Yi's name is naturally a weapon for publicity.
Penguin Video released the news early on that Li Yi, the famous Grand Slam director and the king of short films, will customize a "love short film" for the Penguin Cup International Online Love-themed Short Film Festival.
The short film will premiere at the awards ceremony on May 20th!
Initially, Penguin Video wanted to use Li Yi's short film as the opening short film, but after final consideration, they decided to make it the finale.
According to Yan Wenwei, he was afraid that Li Yi's short film would absorb all the heat in advance and make other participating short films embarrassing.
After all, what is Li Yi's identity, status and strength?
Even for this time's competition, with the temptation of huge bonuses and film investment funds, there are indeed many directors from all over the world bringing their own works to the competition.
There are also some amazing short films among them, but sometimes, it’s really more than just the quality of the short films. Short films of the same quality are more accurate, even if it is the same short film, shot by Li Yi and shot by others,
Those are definitely two completely different influences.
Because director Li Yi's works have long become synonymous with quality in the eyes of countless movie fans!
In fact, online short film festivals and offline short film festivals each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Generally speaking, in fact, most of the time, offline short film festivals are still quite far away from ordinary netizens and movie fans.
Unless it is a relatively popular short film that has been picked up by Amway, otherwise, unless it is a die-hard fan who pays special attention to it, most of the time, it is actually difficult to get a real opportunity to showcase it.
Of course, the quality of offline short film festivals is usually higher, but in fact, this is not a good thing for short film directors who are eager to be recognized.
To put it bluntly, many short film directors are actually using short films as a stepping stone to show their own strengths and characteristics.
After all, only a few have won the award, so what about the remaining short films?
There aren't even many opportunities to show off.
Because most of the time, there are too many entries in short film festivals.
But offline, the time that can be broadcast is limited after all.
But the online short film festival is different. Penguin Video’s special section of this short film festival will display every short film.
Although the same wonderful short film is more likely to gain more exposure, at least other works can also obtain some resources as long as they are good enough.
For many short film directors, this is what they want to see.
