Chapter 187 The wanted criminal and the little boy
"The Chinese special forces fighting against the nine-nation coalition forces is a bit ridiculous."
Xu Zheng was speechless after reading the script.
"It's not nine, to be precise, it should be opponents from seven countries. One fell to death during the airdrop, and there was also a couple of international killers. They were together." Wu Jing immediately corrected.
Does it make any difference?
Xu Zheng and Wen Muye were still a little confused. This script was too ridiculous.
Retired Chinese special forces, Nanbang Taekwondo master, Muay Thai master, the top thug of Neon's largest gang, African mercenary, former member of Milijian Marine Corps, underground boxing champion, international killer couple, and England's MI6 agent.
These ten people were captured by a crazy international criminal group on a small island in the Pacific and used as tools for a different kind of gambling.
This story is a bit outrageous, but the protagonist kills all the other nine people step by step...
"Wu Jing, your script is too funny."
Before Wu Jing could say anything, Li Qian laughed, "There's no rule that says movies can't be spoofs, right?"
"But it's too obvious. The Nanbang people, the Neon people, and the Mi Lijian people all got beaten up by you." Xu Zheng smiled bitterly.
"This is a typical thinking problem."
Li Qian shook his head, "American movies often parody other countries, especially polar bears and us. Why can't we do what they do?"
"Put this reason aside and think about it again. Isn't this script particularly simple and straightforward, yet refreshing and gripping?"
Xu Zheng and Wen Muye then thought about it and realized that it was really like this. The plot was very creative, with Chinese retired soldiers beating people from various other countries, including killers, gangsters, boxing champions, mercenaries, and agents.
Moreover, several of the characters with more scenes are not given to the protagonist like pure supporting roles in action movies.
A Muay Thai master who carries the hope of his family's life and sneaks to Hong Kong to work.
A killer couple who have a deep relationship and have been through life and death countless times.
An African mercenary who misses his wife all the time.
Their endings all make people sigh and feel unbearable.
However, Xu Zheng also has another worry, "If this film is made, there may be controversy."
"Controversy doesn't matter, as long as the majority of the audience thinks it's good to watch, it's entertainment in itself."
What kind of movie can be without controversy? Only if no one sees it is without controversy.
Even though "Bright Sword" is so popular, there are also a lot of criticisms on the Internet, saying that the director blindly filmed it and that people like Li Yunlong were not in line with social conditions and had been shot countless times in that era.
There were no major problems with the script, so Li Qian let Wu Jing prepare it by himself. He already had the experience of directing and acting in a movie.
Moreover, nearly 90% of the scenes in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" are on the island, mainly the fight between nine people.
"Brother Jing, that's it. We'll discuss the specific details in the evening. Then you can find a few martial arts directors who are familiar with all kinds of fighting to draw the storyboard together. It's best for the action of this film to be more realistic, and then everyone will draw the storyboard according to their own needs.
Each character’s identity requires different fighting actions to be designed.”
"No problem, I'm familiar with this area. I've also been studying various martial arts sets during this period." Wu Jing nodded. This is essentially a pure action movie. All the scenes are either fighting or about to take place.
He is also good at fighting and action scenes, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident.
The crew still had to shoot, and Wu Jing had been on the road all day, so he went back to the hotel to catch up on his sleep.
There was still a while during the lunch break. Li Qian continued the topic and smiled at Xu Zheng and Wen Muye.
"How about it? In fact, the plot of commercial movies is quite simple. Find a type and entry point that makes the audience happy to watch. Don't make the filming too complicated. Be straightforward, and then find some details that can touch people's hearts. This is basically
It’s just a qualified movie.”
Xu Zhengdao, "I probably understand that the core of a road comedy like "On the Road" is the hilarious story of two people with very different identities getting along with each other along the way, and meeting all kinds of people along the way.
, is it this model to dig out some touching places and shining points of humanity as embellishments?”
"It's almost the same, but it still depends on your degree of completion, and don't deliberately sensationalize it."
Li Qian nodded and warned, "But the ending must give people hope and a vision for the future. Kind people will definitely live a good life, good people will have a good destination, and the audience must have a sense of identity and universal understanding."
We have the same values, so don’t deliberately create a disturbing ending.”
The director will definitely have to change the script. Basically, there is no director who doesn't change the script. Xu Zheng is a very artistic person, so Li Qian still has to watch it and don't change it.
Many directors like to make sense in their movies. They don't care what the audience thinks, they just want to instill their own thoughts into the audience through the movie.
This is the case with "Jinling! Jinling!", which was released just a few months ago. As the most promising young director in China five years ago, his professional level was also one of the best among directors of the same generation, but the movie was made like that.
There are too many ideas. 99% of the people in the country have a unified view on the Jinling Massacre, but Lu Chuan wants all viewers to accept his own understanding.
If you are teaching the audience, you might as well go home and read a book or watch a Hammer movie.
It is inevitable to have personal issues when making a movie. After all, people's thoughts are different. It depends on whether this level can be controlled well.
...
After the lunch break, I have to continue working. "A Perfect World" has only been filming for two days, and there are many scenes. Compared to the previous two movies, running around is probably a bit more tiring.
What I shot today was not long after the movie started. The male protagonist and his companions escaped from prison in the early morning and were looking for a car to escape. The companions went to steal the car and saw a single mother of a family making midnight snacks. They became malicious. After all, they were in prison.
Food and women are beyond the reach of criminals.
"Okay, everyone, get ready and clear the place!"
Executive director Xu Zheng began to direct the crew to prepare for filming.
Originally, Li Qian wanted Xu Zheng to be the assistant director and Wen Muye, who had received professional education, to be the executive. However, Wen Muye did not have any experience in film and television crews.
He is not like Su Lun. Although Su Lun had not graduated yet when filming "Moon", she joined the crew at the age of 17 and knew all the work of the crew very well.
Although Xu Zheng has never studied directing, he has directed plays and filmed movies for so many years, so he is more suitable.
"Scene 12, one shot at a time!"
"start!"
Although it had been two days since the machine was turned on, Xu Zheng was still very excited as he was doing the execution for the first time, and his shouts startled everyone.
But I'm also more nervous.
Liao Fan plays the role of the accomplice. His appearance is completely opposite to that of Zhang Hanyu, and he plays a bad guy with a bit of evil nature.
At this moment, Liao Fan was sitting in front of the dining table, devouring his food like a starving ghost.
But in the other hand, he was turning the pistol leisurely.
I am anxious to eat because there is no good food in the prison, but I am leisurely because the sky is high and birds can fly.
The two states were performed perfectly. After all, he had just been nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
There must be parallel imports among the Taiwanese actors nominated for Golden Horse Best Actor and Best Actress, but the mainland actors who can be nominated are all excellent in acting. After all, the competition is too great.
After devouring a few mouthfuls, Liao Fan swallowed the food in his mouth heavily, let out a long sigh of relief, then shook his head and smiled at the single mother, "It's a bit tasteless. Is there any chili sauce?"
The frightened mother tremblingly handed him a jar of chili sauce, but Liao Fan grabbed her wrist, pulled hard, held her in his arms, and kissed her face directly.
As the saying goes, a sow in prison can compete with Diao Chan, let alone a living woman.
Wu Lei, who was woken up shortly after, came over with a confused look on his face, and Liao Fan slapped him in the face.
Just when Liao Fan pressed his mother on the dining table, Zhang Hanyu kicked her over with a fierce kick from behind.
The pistol fell right in front of Wu Lei. He got up and looked at the scene in front of him with some fear, feeling a little at a loss.
Zhang Hanyu glared at Liao Fan, but instead of grabbing the pistol, he squatted down and looked at Wu Lei.
"May I have your name?"
"Leilei."
"Okay Leile, pick up the gun and give it to me."
"Give me the gun." Liao Fan threatened Wu Lei loudly.
"Shut up!" Zhang Hanyu yelled at him again.
"Pick it up and give it to me."
Wu Lei did as he was told, picked up the gun, and walked tremblingly to Zhang Hanyu.
"Put it up and face me." Zhang Hanyu said.
Wu Lei did as he was told, holding a gun in both hands and pointing it at Zhang Hanyu's head.
"Say, raise your hands."
Wu Lei still did as he was told and whispered, "Raise your hands."
"very good."
Zhang Hanyu laughed and gave him an approving look. A man should protect his mother at critical moments.
"Okay, stop!"
After taking a shot, Li Qian shouted to stop and looked at the photographer Zhang Zhonghua.
Zhang Zhonghua made a positive gesture, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the shot just now.
Only the photographer can see the complete effect. The picture transmitted from the 2-inch monitor screen of the focus operator in front of Li Qian can only show a rough composition and the actor's performance.
I passed it in one go and it went surprisingly smoothly.
Needless to say, the acting skills of Zhang Hanyu and Liao Fan are both actor-level.
Although Wu Lei is only ten years old, the role of a little boy is simple and nothing complicated. Moreover, a child is like a blank sheet of paper, which is actually easier to portray.
However, it’s better to be on the safe side.
"Guaranteed, do it again."
I shot it two more times and there were no problems before I ended this shot.
While the crew was preparing for the next scene, Wen Muye stood by and asked for advice, "Director Li, as the male protagonist has been a gangster since he was a child, isn't it a bit strange to hand a gun to a child at this time?"
Li Qian shook his head, "The male protagonist also depended on his mother when he was a child. As a single mother, he was often harassed by gangsters. As a child, he protected his mother like a man when he was a child, so he did not hesitate to stop the mother who wanted to rape the little boy.
's accomplice.
There was such a big commotion, and no man had come out of the house yet. He obviously noticed that this was also a single-parent family. It reminded him of when he was a child, and a wanted criminal broke into the house. In order to protect his mother, he accidentally killed the wanted criminal.
Letting the little boy pick up the gun is also teaching him to protect his mother. From here on, the male protagonist begins to teach him how to be a real man. Maybe in his heart, even if he is really beaten to death by the little boy
It doesn’t matter, because that’s what I did back then.”