Chapter 1346: Nothing special about father and fatherly love story
Time flies.
"Pumping Heartbeat" has become a thing of the past.
Nothing can stay popular forever, especially movies.
Spending time with my wife and children, and occasionally getting together with friends, I live a peaceful and warm life.
However, he has been a little depressed recently, perhaps because he has been idle for too long.
However, sometimes it's strange that he didn't trigger a single movie during this period.
This made Li Yi a little uncomfortable.
On this day, Li Yi opened the long-lost special page of the Penguin Video Micro Film Festival.
In fact, it can be said that the Penguin Micro Film Festival has a deep connection with him. The first short film "Deal" he shot was at the time when the Penguin Cup Micro Film Festival was held.
Of course, he has no special purpose. He just wants to take a look at things and find inspiration.
With the explosion of the domestic market, the Penguin Cup International Micro Film Festival has also attracted the favor of many new directors at home and abroad.
The number of short films is much greater than in the past.
Of course, the quality is also uneven. In this edition of the Micro Film Festival, there are actually many short films that are quite good in quality and creativity. After all, there are more works registered, and the ones that stand out will naturally be of higher quality.
Unfortunately, what makes Li Yi a little depressed is that he still hasn't triggered any movies.
"What are you looking at?" Mu Qing came back from outside and saw Li Yi frowning and looking at the screen in a daze. She couldn't help but walk to sit next to Li Yi and asked.
"A work from the Penguin Cup International Micro Film Festival!" Li Yi replied.
"What? None of them can catch your eye, Director Li?" Mu Qing asked with a smile.
Li Yi shook his head and said: "Actually, there are still a few good works, but they don't have any special feeling."
"What about you? How is the salon?" Li Yi shook his head and asked.
Mu Qing was going to attend a filmmaker salon. Li Yi had also received an invitation before, but he didn't particularly like the atmosphere there. Mainly because his status was too high, so if he attended such a salon, the smell would be...
changed.
"The atmosphere is not bad. The theme of this salon is a movie based on real events." Mu Qing said with a smile.
"Oh? Movies adapted from real events? The production of such movies seems to be low in recent years, right?" Li Yi was startled for a moment, and then asked.
"Yes, it's mainly a market issue." Mu Qing shook her head.
Li Yi nodded. Not all directors can be like him. Now, he rarely makes purely commercial movies.
Moreover, when he makes movies, he is no longer as concerned about the box office prospects of the movies as he used to be.
Movies adapted from real events, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" back then, can be considered the pinnacle of this type of domestic film, and it has been basically unsurpassed since then.
Not to mention transcendence, it seems difficult for most movies adapted from real events to achieve very good results.
Naturally, the output of such films is becoming less and less.
"Actually, the output of foreign films adapted from true stories is quite good, and many of them have good box office and reputation. Why do you think it doesn't work well in China?" Mu Qing asked.
Li Yi smiled and said: "It's not that it's not that good, but movies adapted from real events are often more sensitive. Everyone knows that even a movie "based on a true story" still requires some creative freedom. When turning a person into a
When real life is adapted into a movie, creators usually condense certain events, strengthen or even create a new story, and make certain characters more black and white "good" or "evil", and all of this,
It’s all to make it easier for the audience to understand the film. And this is quite routine in film production.”
"Is there any problem with this? It is adapted from a real event. Since it is an adaptation, different thinking will definitely be added. The story is only based on a real prototype, and it is impossible to completely copy the real event!" Mu Qing said.
Li Yi nodded: "That's for sure, but the problem is that when adapting this type of movie, the filmmakers did not consider how these narrative adjustments would affect the people in the real story. After all,
Their real life friends and family are still alive.
Earlier movies adapted from real events have left many friends and family members who are still alive in these true stories dissatisfied.
No matter how good a biopic is, or how many awards it wins, it's important to remember that the character you see on screen was once a real person, and sometimes even the most trivial, well-intentioned adaptation decisions can make things worse.
It will also affect the way the world remembers this person forever.
But often times, this is the most difficult thing to control!”
"The biggest difference between movies and real events is that movies need to fill in many things that do not exist in real events, such as a person's character, his friends, or his behavior, etc., etc., these are all
It’s difficult to really follow the prototype of real events, because if you shoot it that way, the watchability of the movie will be much worse, so it’s hard to make a choice.”
There is definitely a difference between making a movie and reality.
For example, movies need conflicts and points that can attract the audience. Real events may also have these points, but the process of real events, the time span, etc. are often very long, but movies cannot fully show these points.
, so it is only possible to use a certain thing or a certain lens to highlight it.
But these shots and these events may not necessarily satisfy people.
Another thing, even if it is true to restore real events, are those real events really suitable to appear in front of the public?
"Some incidents, because they are sensitive in nature, or have attracted a lot of attention, may be more suitable for adaptation from a commercial perspective. However, most of the movies adapted from such incidents are often
It is difficult to satisfy people, and at the same time, some things are very sensitive and can easily touch people's nerves..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But why is the output of such foreign films so high?" Mu Qing asked curiously.
"Haha, take a closer look at what types of foreign movies are based on real events!" Li Yi said with a faint smile.
"We have also talked about this, but we can't quite grasp the point." Mu Qing frowned.
"It's very simple, the bottom line is lower!" Li Yi said with a smile.
"Bottom line?" Mu Qing was confused.
"Most of the domestic successful film adaptations are positive, such as "I'm Not the God of Medicine." Although it contains sensitive topics such as "exorbitantly expensive drugs," in fact, the film does not have too many
Instead of discussing this issue, it focused more on the character Cheng Yong and did not criticize it.
Furthermore, those movies adapted from major events highlight positive things! So naturally, there won’t be any problems! After all, movies are more about beautifying than vilifying!”
"But foreign movie adaptations are different..." Li Yi said calmly.
As long as Hollywood makes money, they really don't care about those things.
However, this did give Li Yi some inspiration, and he might be able to get inspiration from some news about real events.
Li Yi really doesn't want to make movies based on real domestic events, because it's really thankless.
A movie can never please all audiences, and if it is a fictional story, then it is okay, after all, it is just the movie itself, but if it is adapted from real events, then if you are not careful, you will be sprayed to death!
Even if sometimes it is not the director's original intention, it will still be misinterpreted.
When "Dear" was originally filmed, Li Yi's halo was bright enough. In addition, this kind of movie itself is not entirely adapted from the story of one person, but the story of a group, but even if
That's right. Back then, many people said he was eating steamed buns made of human blood.
Therefore, if you want to make this kind of movie, Li Yi still thinks that foreign countries are more suitable.
Of course, not all events are suitable for adaptation, and Li Yi will definitely not touch those particularly sensitive events.
In the Internet age, information spreads too fast. Of course, there are more and more convenient ways to obtain information.
Li Yi began to look for some hot foreign news.
Trying to find news that can inspire you.
Mu Qing also helped Li Yi read it.
However, what Li Yi was definitely not watching was news like gun battles every day.
I also read some more interesting news, for example, there was a more interesting news about animals.
The news is that a mother dog actually raised a litter of lion cubs, and they got along very harmoniously.
It can only be said that the world is huge and full of wonders.
What made Li Yi even more inexplicable was that this kind of movie suddenly triggered memories of this kind of movie.
And there are two of them.
One of them is that a dog raised a lion cub, and the other one is even more exaggerated, and it completely matches the news, a dog raised four lions!
These two movies are both about dogs. Li Yi is very familiar with this kind of movies. For example, "The Story of Hachiko" is a dog movie.
That’s not how he got his nickname as a dog director.
The first part was actually a little better, but the second part, to be honest, was particularly troublesome to shoot.
Because the plot of the first part about a dog raising a lion is not long, nor is it the main part, but it is the second part. To be honest, it was really difficult to shoot.
Because 80% of the entire movie is about the dog and the four little lions.
Animal movies are really difficult to make.
Dogs are actually a little better, but how the hell do you take a picture of a lion?
Of course, it can be made with CG special effects, but Li Yi actually doesn't like using a lot of special effects to make this kind of movie.
Because it is an emotional movie, no matter how good the special effects are, it will always feel fake.
But I have to say that this movie is really special. There are very few dialogues in the whole movie. However, it is a movie that does not have much dialogue, but it is really well shot.
However, the original version is relatively old, and when it was produced, the dubbing and editing were somewhat inferior.
Li Yi shook his head and kept it for now.
This kind of movie may not be that brain-consuming to shoot, but it certainly takes a lot of effort!
As he continued to read, Li Yi quickly became confused about whether to laugh or cry again, because he saw another news about dogs.
Li Yi thought for a while, and he could only blame it on the abomination of big data, right?
This news is also a strange story about dogs. It tells about a child who dreamed that he was a dog and stayed with his owner for ten years.
The child was telling this dream at home, and his parents tried to find the "owner" in the child's dream. Miraculously, they actually found it.
Moreover, the other person’s family did have a dog whose name was exactly the same as the one in the child’s dream.
I have to say that the world is so big and full of wonders.
And this actually reminded Li Yi of another movie, also about dogs, and it actually had some similarities with this anecdote.
Has big data also affected my golden finger?
Li Yi was a little dumbfounded. Did he get into trouble with his dog?
To be honest, Li Yi didn't really want to film it, because he had already filmed several films before, and when he thought about it, it would be difficult to surpass "The Story of Hachiko" and "A Dog's Purpose".
And the first movie I remember seems to be a follow-up to the popularity of "A Dog's Purpose"?
At this time, Mu Qing's eyes suddenly turned red.
"What's wrong?" Li Yi couldn't help but ask.
"Look at this news, it's so...desperate!" Mu Qing said and handed the tablet to Li Yidao.
Li Yi took it and looked at it curiously.
This news came from the British side, and Li Yi quickly understood why Mu Qing's eyes turned red.
Because, after watching it, he also felt extremely depressed.
The story takes place in England. A terminally ill single father wants to find an adoptive family for his three-year-old son before leaving...
Li Yi can even feel the reluctance and suppressed despair of the single father in the words.
This single father is not a celebrity. It can even be said that he is more ordinary than ordinary!
Why do we say suppressed despair?
Because he is terminally ill and his life is not long, but he has a three-year-old son. The key is that he has no other relatives except his son.
A movie suddenly appeared in my mind. In my memory, it was also adapted from a true story. It was almost exactly the same as this news.
That movie is called Obscurity!
It was not a very successful film and did not perform commercially well.
But Li Yi had an inexplicable urge to make this movie, because this story is really...
He didn't know what words to use to describe it.
This is just a "nothing special story about a father and father's love", but what is ordinary and special, small and great about love?
