"Heartbeat" can be praised as one of the must-see romance films in life, the purest romance film, a true childhood sweetheart romance film, etc. It has its own uniqueness.
Although Li Yi did not think about adapting it locally, many plots in it are still enough to impress movie fans in any country.
Because some things may have happened under different circumstances, but they are more of a hook that can easily evoke memories buried deep in people's memories.
Of course, "Pumping Heart" was not that easy to shoot.
First of all, this is a movie with a boy and a girl as the protagonist. I don’t know if it’s because of the original filter or preconceptions. At least at this moment, if Li Yi chooses an actor, he will definitely compare it with the original character.
However, this kind of movie is naturally not suitable for China.
After all, playing house in childhood was only limited to very, very young children.
If you are a middle school student playing this kind of house game, call your parents every minute.
Therefore, Li Yi will definitely go to Hollywood to shoot this movie.
Li Yi quickly came up with the script for "Thumping Heartbeat".
Li Yi went to Hollywood again, which is definitely not good news for some people, such as Zhao Guangming.
He is still thinking of encouraging Li Yi to continue filming the "Mission" movie next year.
But for those directors in China who are dominated by the devil and fearful, this is definitely a great event, and it is enough to restrain themselves without setting off firecrackers to celebrate.
What? You said that Director Gou is going to make a more literary film this time?
Stop talking about it. Is there any difference?
In Hollywood, James Dean was very enthusiastic about it. In fact, not only him, but also several other giants in Hollywood were also attracted by Li Yi.
There is no way, the benefits are so exciting!
The films Li Yi made earlier earned them huge profits.
And the return on investment is really scary. Of course, more importantly, Li Yi is different from other Chinese directors in that he really understands the North American market.
Another point is that the investment in Li Yi's movies is generally not high. Although he himself has to take a lot of profits, who allows him to create huge benefits?
You get what you pay for!
However, in fact, "Pumping Heartbeat" is really not new in terms of story.
It's even a bit cliché, and everyone can understand this.
Because if you simply extract the "love line" in the film, you will find that this is just a love story of "I fall in love with you, but you fall in love with me; I fall in love with you, but you fall in love with me."
.And such a love story is undoubtedly "bad street" and "bloody".
Many people say that in Hollywood they pay more attention to scripts. Li Yi thought so at first, but after filming several films in Hollywood, he realized that this was really a rumor.
In fact, it cannot be said that Hollywood does not attach importance to scripts, but what they value is "celebrity scripts." Note that the first is a famous screenwriter, or a famous director, or a famous producer, and then the script.
Hollywood has a green light system, but in fact, it has nothing to do with the script!
Most of the time, even Li Yi's projects need to go through this system, but for a great director like Li Yi, this process is more of a formality.
The fact is that the story script Li Yi presented was just because it was cliche and bloody that made them feel relieved immediately. Isn't it strange?
No, not surprising at all!
If Li Yi comes up with a very innovative and special script, unless the creativity is really amazing, otherwise, they will be worried about the risks.
But what he came up with was a very "ordinary" script, which in the eyes of people like James Dean, reduced the risk.
The project of "Pumping Heart" naturally passed the green light system as quickly as possible.
The bulk of the investment in this film was Li Yi's salary.
The rest was just drizzle.
The movie project has been approved, but the issue of casting is before Li Yi.
Dean Pictures looked for several well-known Hollywood child actors of the right age for Li Yi. Unfortunately, after Li Yi auditioned, he was not satisfied with them.
In fact, the reason is very simple. On the one hand, it is the original heroine and the original filter brought to Li Yi. On the other hand, it is also because of the age issue.
To put it bluntly, the age of the heroine in "Heartbeat" is mainly around eighth grade, teenage girls.
This age actually has embarrassing advantages among actors.
Li Yi wants to choose a clean heroine, especially in terms of eyes and temperament, she must have a natural sense of innocence.
But what kind of world is this?
What kind of circle is the entertainment industry?
It can be said that none of the female child stars of the right age in the first round met Li Yi's requirements.
Because these people are child stars, their acting skills are not really that important in Li Yi's film. What matters is the feeling.
But these young actresses are not to say that they are not beautiful. In fact, on the contrary, these youthful young actresses are actually very beautiful.
However, they have been in the entertainment industry for many years, and their temperament cannot meet Li Yi's requirements.
As we all know, Li Yi doesn't like to use new actors, but sometimes he makes exceptions, such as this time.
"New actor?" Carlos couldn't help but frown.
"Yes, I suddenly felt that in fact, we shouldn't choose from these already well-known actors at all, because the heroine I need is pure natural, an actor who has not been assimilated by the entertainment industry, so newcomers
I think the actor will be a good choice." Li Yi said calmly.
Carlos thought about the script of Li Yi's film, and then nodded.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, Li Yi has no expectations for the box office of "Pumping Heart". After all, the original film did not get any good box office.
I didn't even get any decent awards.
What's interesting is that this film is much more famous in China than in North America. Some people say it's because the film is too subtle and fresh, and is more suitable for the East than for the West.
But he just wanted to make this film.
Of course, in my memory, the reason why this film failed at the box office has a lot to do with its lack of attention. After all, this is a fresh and fresh film, which can be said to be a niche literary film.
Back to business.
Different directors have different understandings of movies. Li Yi didn't understand what the original director wanted to express, but he had his own understanding.
So naturally there will be different requirements in terms of casting.
Soon, Carlos found some actors of suitable age to audition.
This time, it's much better than before.
And Li Yi discovered a very interesting question. In fact, the actors Carlos hired were not new actors. They were also child actors. The only difference was that these female child actors, unlike the previous batch, were the largest.
The difference is that although these female child stars have rich filming experience, they are not that famous.
Li Yi couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Thinking of the heroine in the original version, it seems that she was also a female child star, and she debuted at the age of three and filmed many film and television works, but she was not that famous.
Thinking about it this way, Li Yi could understand the problem.
For child stars who become famous, they will naturally face more problems, but if they are not so famous, acting is more of a job, and they are underage, so they will be better protected.
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As for the filming location of the movie, Li Yi really doesn't need to worry too much. The main thing is that maybe the environment in the movie is difficult to see in China, but here in the United States, which is vast and sparsely populated, it is really
Quite a few.
Li Yi didn't know where the original filming location was, but Li Yi was quite satisfied with the several filming locations Carlos and the others found for Li Yi.
The movie started quickly and quietly.
Although it was not easy to shoot the movie "Heartbeat", Li Yi enjoyed it quite a lot.
Because he didn't have much ambition for this movie, he just purely liked this small and fresh feeling.
Speaking of China, there are actually quite a few fresh and fresh films, but here in Hollywood, there are really fewer and fewer.
During the filming process, Li Yi enjoyed the filming process because the two young actors, Li Yi, who was learning and remembering the Sunglasses King this time, did not directly tell them how to act. After all, they are different actors with different personalities.
The world and environment are different. Although Li Yi has the original version as a reference, he still feels that it would be more "realistic" to let the actors perform their own performances.
How do you say something?
What adults think of children of this age does not mean that these children are really like that.
Therefore, Li Yi drew more of a box and let them play their best within this box.
Because the psychological state of a child who is fourteen or fifteen years old is completely different from that of a child who is seven or eight years old, or seventeen or eighteen years old.
If they are seven or eight-year-old children, then they must be restricted and told how to act, because children of this age have not yet formed their own complete cognition.
But things are different at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Children of this age group already have their own set of cognitions. Even if they are not perfect yet, they already have the unique characteristics of their age group.
If you are seventeen or eighteen years old, you will become more adult-like.
Therefore, movies for this age group are actually the most special.
I have to say that the casting was really right this time.
The heroine, Marina, has very good acting skills and is very spiritual. She gives Li Yi the impression that she is very clean, but she does not lack spiritual energy.
At first, they were a little uncomfortable with Li Yi's directing style, which was like herding sheep.
A way to let them play freely within the box, but after quickly getting familiar with it, they began to really show their own level.
Li Yi didn't know how they developed such acting skills during their growth, but I have to say that there is really a big gap between many domestic young actors in the same age group in this regard.
For example, Marina, a young actress, is not actually that stunning and beautiful.
Regardless of the aesthetics of Lao Mei or Li Yi, she is not the kind of beauty with one glance.
But this just fits the setting of the character in the movie.
In fact, if she is really the kind of little beauty who is stunning at first sight, then why would the male protagonist bother her so much in the first place?
The beauty of first love is never external, but internal!
Another point worth mentioning is that during this period of time, Li Yi would also go out of his way to understand the current situation of their age group in this era.
As a result, Li Yi soon understood why a movie like "Heartbeat" did not make any splash in the country during the era in his memory.
Because, "Pumping Heart" is really very different from the mainstream children of this age group in the United States.
At the age of fourteen or fifteen, in China, it can be said that children have almost no time to think about so many complicated things, because learning is the first priority.
But here, aside from those families with elite education, the vast majority of children of this age are frighteningly mature.
Many people think that the heroine in the movie is a little too premature?
To some extent, it is.
Because she knows what she wants, and from this point of view she is indeed precocious.
But on the other hand, "Pumping Heart" is indeed more suitable for the restrained culture of the East.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because her precocity is in her mind, not anything else.
Therefore, Li Yi also sent a copy of this script to Zhao Guangming, mainly to see if such a film could be released in China.
The filming of the movie went very smoothly. After all, the movie did not involve anything complicated.
Of course, although Li Yi didn't have high expectations for the film's local box office, he certainly wouldn't tell James Dean and them.
In any case, in this world, this is Li Yi's work, and he still hopes to try whether this movie can achieve better results with the support of more resources.
Therefore, the way of announcement is very critical.
In fact, compared with the era in my memory, "Pumping Heart" still has advantages.
Because, as the saying goes, things must be reversed when they reach their extremes!
Therefore, after Li Yi communicated with Annie, the person in charge of the promotion and distribution of this film at Dean Films, they decided that the main banner would be contrast.
What contrast?
What kind of videos are most popular on the market nowadays?
Full of violence, surnames, high technology, etc., these are the mainstream of Hollywood nowadays.
If we conduct regular propaganda, we will inevitably repeat the same mistakes.
Therefore, Li Yi's idea is to be rebellious!
If it is said that degenerate culture is prevalent in Old America nowadays, then the movie "Pumping Heart" can be said to be a product of a cultural background that is not completely degenerate.
Does everyone like the prevailing culture?
The answer is not necessarily!
The scarcer anything is, no matter how niche it is, there will still be a market.
Just because of its scarce nature.
Moreover, in Li Yi's view, the main audience for this movie is not teenagers, but young adults and even middle-aged viewers.
