In fact, being a director is really fun sometimes.
Especially some plots are impossible to happen in reality, so you naturally can't judge what your reaction was at that time.
Just like this plot in "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans".
How would you say it feels for a person to see himself dead and lying in the arms of his fiancée?
Who knows!
After all, there is no Ah Piao in the real world. Anyway, I have never encountered him, right?
So, at this time, it’s very interesting. You can’t blame Rogers for not understanding it. In fact, who can say what the appropriate reaction is at this time?
Self-justification is very important here. This is Li Yi's movie, so naturally, whatever Li Yi thinks is, as long as it can be self-justified and logically consistent, it will be OK.
After understanding what Li Yi wanted, even though Rogers failed again in the next shooting, he passed it quickly and smoothly.
Shooting a scene four or five times is actually nothing.
The same is true for subsequent scenes, because many times, plots that are closer to reality are easier to film. Even though "The Sixth Sense" is said to have ghosts, the answer was not revealed until the end, so during filming
, no different from reality.
But "The Love of Ghosts" is completely different. There are interactions between humans and ghosts, and because of the setting, the filming was sometimes bumpy.
Of course, "The Love of Ghosts" is always just a feature film, there is nothing too complicated, and there are no big scenes. In addition, in Li Yi's split-shot script, it can be said that there are very few useless shots.
In this way, it is naturally more trouble-free than other directors.
It is impossible for other directors to think about the possibility of not using this shot when they make a movie. Many willful directors can even shoot a lot of unnecessary shots. Sometimes they even add a little something when they feel it is coming.
But Li Yi had no such concerns.
Therefore, when the movie was finished, Hollywood's top editors treated Li Yi as if he were a monster when editing according to Li Yi's requirements.
In fact, the same was true for "The Sixth Sense" before this, and the editor at the time also had an extremely ridiculous feeling.
"Li, I feel like you already have a complete movie scene in your mind. This is too exaggerated!" Lemon, the top editor in Hollywood who has won the Oscar for Best Editing many times, looked at Li Yiwen in surprise.
road.
"Of course! I always think that's what a director should be like! Isn't it?" Li Yi didn't mean to be modest at all about this, because humility is not popular here. People who are capable can just speak out.
"OH, MY GOD! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard, Li, do you know? Some directors shoot thousands of minutes of footage, and many of them have no idea what the purpose of the footage is, and they don't even know the purpose of it.
Many directors themselves don’t understand where these shots are to be used. It’s so easy to work with you. It’s amazing!” Lemmon said with an exaggerated expression.
"Yeah, Li, I suddenly had an idea, which may be very helpful in promoting this movie!" Suddenly Lemon's eyes lit up and he said.
"Oh? Lemon, what do you think?" Li Yi was a little surprised. It's outrageous for you, an editor, to suddenly become concerned about publicity!
"I think your magical ability is a very big publicity stunt! The total length of the shots shot does not exceed three hundred minutes, which is simply a miracle! And except for some shots that are too long, none of the others were abandoned.
Lens, my God, do you know what this means?" Lemon said with a look of amazement.
"No, no, no, Lemon, you don't understand. As an editor, especially an editor like you, you may think this is amazing, but for ordinary viewers, they don't understand movies at all, and maybe they don't understand movies at all.
I don’t want to know about editing, so I don’t think this stunt can attract the audience.” Li Yi shook his head lightly.
It's not that Li Yi hasn't thought about this, but in fact, as he said, many ordinary viewers don't understand how many shots are taken during movie shooting, and they can't be like professionals like Lemon.
That way you understand how terrifying this is.
Many viewers may even naturally think that making movies is like Li Yi's, isn't it?
Yes, don’t think it’s strange, but that’s really what many people think.
In their view, once the script is written, doesn’t it mean that the film will be shot directly according to the script? Is there anything strange about this?
As for the shooting process and how this shot was taken, some people may be curious, but most people don't care about these things.
What they always see is the finished product, and to be honest, the things behind the scenes are too complicated for ordinary people.
This is the same as people who play games don’t care how your game is made.
"NO, Li Yi, you are wrong. This is not the twentieth century. The Internet is now very developed. The general public is not as ignorant as you think. Just think about those online film critics. As long as the publicity is in place, this will definitely be a huge success."
It's a gimmick." Lemon still insisted.
Li Yi shrugged and shook his head: "OK, I will tell the person in charge of publicity and distribution of Dean Pictures, but I don't think it has any hype value."
However, what Li Yi didn't expect was that Dean Pictures attached great importance to this matter, especially Catherine, the person in charge of the promotion of "The Love of Ghosts", who felt like a treasure.
Especially after Catherine learned that almost all of Li Yi's past movies were shot in this way, the way she looked at Li Yi became a bit wrong.
"OH, MY GOD, Li, is this true? It's so unbelievable, how is this possible?" Catherine said excitedly.
And what happened next really made Li Yi see the methods of these people in Hollywood.
Dean Pictures began to find many editors who had worked with Li Yi. Of course, most of them were editors from Hollywood and Europe.
At the same time, we also found several well-known Hollywood editors to give their own opinions.
So the propaganda that stunned Li Yi began to work hard.
"Amazing Chinese director, he was born for movies! There is not a single wasted scene in "The Love of Ghosts"!"
"Lee shocked Hollywood editors by having his movies play out in his head before they were shot!"
At the same time, they interviewed many editors.
Seth, the famous European editing master who has collaborated with Li Yi on "Cinema Paradiso".
"Hello everyone, I'm Seth. I once collaborated with Lee on "Cinema Paradiso"." Seth said to the camera with a smile.
"Mr. Seth, you are the editor of "Cinema Paradiso". It is rumored that Li's movies rarely contain waste scenes. It is even said that his movies are already played in his mind before shooting begins. Is this true?
?" the interviewer asked.
"Yes, you can't imagine how shocked I was when I received this job and saw the footage. He is simply the hand of God, the hand of God in the movie!" Seth was exaggerated.
said.
"Did you know that his movies not only have no useless shots, but the key is that the materials he shot only need to be glued together in the order of shooting, and it can basically be viewed as a complete movie!" Sai
Te added.
"It's like, it's like he already has a complete picture of the movie."
After that, many editors who had worked with Li Yi came forward to give their own opinions.
Not only that, many editors in Hollywood have also been invited by Dean Films to popularize some basics of film editing. Of course, what is popular is not the editing technology, but what they see and hear.
The first reaction of many Hollywood editors was disbelief, unimaginability, disbelief, etc.
Then they cited many cases of cooperation and presented a lot of data.
Many people also said, why is the final editing right not given to the director in Hollywood? It is because many times the director has too many ideas of his own, too many things about art, personal feelings, etc., which can easily make the movie too bad.
Oops.
But Li Yi's movie is completely different. Even James Dean from Dean Pictures said that the final editing rights of Li Yi's movie are not important at all, because all the shots of Li Yi's movie are available to anyone.
Editor, as long as you edit according to the script, it will be OK.
Then a gust of wind began to sweep through.
I have to say that sometimes the power of money, or the power of capital, is so powerful.
Because this time "The Last Days" was jointly invested by four Hollywood giants, the competitors did not target "The Last Days" in this regard.
This also led to the fact that when they unanimously wanted to blow this wind, they really couldn't stop it.
Li Yi also underestimated the curiosity and ease of acquiring knowledge in this era.
In the early years when the Internet had not yet emerged, even if many people wanted to know relevant knowledge in this area, they had no way of getting started.
But the Internet has made all of this easier.
Even if you don’t understand, you can surf the Internet, right?
Because you don’t need to understand these things too deeply or professionally. If you only need to know basic common sense, it will be too easy.
For this reason, many people on the Internet began to question this matter, because in their opinion it was simply impossible.
Of course, this kind of doubt was also deliberately raised by Dean Films.
The purpose is to cause controversy, and controversy will make the topic more popular.
Many Internet experts began to come up with various evidences, and many professionals in the film industry also came forward to express their own opinions, saying that this is simply impossible!
Yes, this is almost universally accepted, how is this possible?
However, many of the editors who have worked with Li Yi are very famous. One of them is very likely to lie, but if two, three, or four of them say so, then everyone has no choice but to lie.
Believed.
What's more, many actors who have worked with Li Yi have also confirmed this matter.
"It's hard to imagine that when I saw the finished movie, I was dumbfounded because I found that all the shots I shot were shown on the big screen, and not a single shot was cut!"
"When working with Lee, you never have to worry about your scenes being edited out, because his movies have been carefully edited from the beginning of filming, and no shot is a waste of money!"
"His magic is something that people who have never cooperated with can never imagine!"
Etc., etc.
For a time, Li Yi caused a storm on the Internet in North America.
Anyway, for many netizens, it’s just unclear!
Two words, that is: awesome!
The netizens on the Chinese side were all happy. While shouting that they were awesome, they were also extremely proud. After all, Li Yi was from China!
"Damn it, I've heard of it before. I always thought it was a lie, but I didn't expect it to be true. Isn't this so damn outrageous?"
"Suddenly I felt that such a director is a monster. I even doubted whether he had already shot these movies before?"
"How much money will this save? How much will it cost? If it were in the film era, he would be even more awesome, right?"
"That's great, Director Dog. I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it! Klass is awesome!"
"I suddenly thought of Mr. Wang from Hong Kong Island. It is said that he once made a movie. In three years, several best actors and actresses were dragged along. Then while filming, he suddenly felt that none of the previous films were good, so he re-filmed them all.
Compared with the dog director, this is incredible!"
"Haha, those people always like to talk about art, what are we talking about now? The movies made by the dog directors want box office and awards, but not only do they spend less money, but they also take less time!"
For a time, Li Yi was clearly not in the country during this period, but his legends were circulating everywhere on the domestic Internet.
The biggest benefit here in North America is that the movie "The Last Days" became a hit before it was released.
Of course, more people are curious about what Li Yi's so-called magical film without a single discarded shot is like?
Some people may say, aren't Li Yi's previous movies the same?
But the problem is that everyone always likes the new and hates the old, and Dean Films mainly promotes the movie "The Last Love".
Of course, this is not the only way to promote propaganda.
Soon, the second wave of publicity hit.
I have to say that the style of Hollywood is freedom, or in other words, the bottom line is really low.
For example, this time, Beth and Rogers.
He directly said in an interview: "Anyone who plays a movie like "The Last Love" will have a hard time not falling in love in the end! Because it is too romantic, too sweet, and too sad!"
And Rogers was no less generous: "How to play a character who continues to love even after death is really difficult, but when you get involved, you will find that everything is so real, I don't even need to
play"
Yes, the two are in love with each other and do not shy away from media paparazzi. What is even more outrageous is that both of them attribute their "love" to the movie "The Last Love".
They said that at first, they just wanted to find a feeling, but in the end they were captured by the plot!
