This story and character are basically like this, a story about a person struggling to survive in the last days and trying to save all mankind."
After all the auditions were over, they signed contracts with their respective actors and talked about the scenes.
Li Qian also gave Liu Ye a brief talk, and then continued, "However, although he did save the world in the end and became a legend, he is not a high-profile figure, except for his status as a military expert on viruses.
Outside, he is just an ordinary person.
After evacuating the city to undergo a test, when his wife was prompted by the instrument to be suspicious, he asked the security staff to take the test again and show his identity as a colonel. The security staff reluctantly agreed to take the test again and finally let her go.
As one of the countless people waiting in line there, we would hate this privilege, but if it were us, 90% of the people would do the same thing.
This is human nature, and this is what your character must maintain throughout the movie. Even if you are the only one in the whole city, or maybe even in the whole world, and everyone else has become a zombie, as the only human being, you must have human nature."
Liu Ye, who had been listening attentively, couldn't help but said, somewhat puzzled, "Director Li, what do you think of this person's humanity?"
Li Qian smiled and asked, "Brother Ye, what do you think is the biggest difference between humans and animals?"
"Are you smart enough to make and use tools?"
“I personally think that the biggest difference between humans and animals is that animals are completely driven by instinct and desire, but humans are not like that. When encountering danger, animals will keep running forward, while humans may run forward while running.
If you stretch out your foot to trip the person next to you, you will pull the person in front of you.
At the same time, some people may see the person next to them falling and help them run together. This is all human nature.
You are the only one in the whole city, without morals, laws, or any form of restrictions, which means that you can live completely according to your heart regardless of anything.
But in this way, you lose your humanity, so even if there are no restrictions, you still have to live like a human being."
Live like a human being?
The more Liu Ye talked about it, the more confused he became. Judging from the script, although the male protagonist in the movie is in danger, he is safe most of the time and does not live like a human being.
Li Qian explained, "In the movie, you have to live like a normal person, including all the details of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. For example, as a military medical expert engaged in research, your daily life is clean, tidy, and orderly.
, even under this background, I habitually place the dishes and chopsticks neatly when eating, and dress appropriately when I go out during the day.
These trivial matters and behaviors in life should be in contrast to this lonely environment and the instinctive zombies. People have requirements for the living environment and quality of life. Not only the living habits and comfort they have always maintained, but also the audience
It turns out that you are a normal person."
...
For more than an hour, Li Qian didn't talk about any plot with Liu Ye, but just talked about this character.
In literature, there is a saying that first-rate works sell the world view, second-rate works sell the characters, and third-rate works sell the plot.
Let’s not talk about whether it makes sense or not. In fact, movies have similar aspects.
The world background of "I Am Legend" was constructed by Li Qian. Although it is the end of the world, it is limited to one city.
The characters are even more important, not to mention that this is a movie with only one actor in 80% of the scenes.
After character analysis, the rest is up to him to think about.
"That's it for now. There's at least a month left before filming begins. Brother Ye, go back and prepare yourself."
"Don't worry, Director Li, I will think about it carefully."
I auditioned for three Li Qian movies and finally got the role. Although the process was a bit confusing, for Liu Ye, who was undergoing a transformation, the role in "I Am Legend" was absolutely crucial to his acting career. No need to
Anyone who says it will perform it well with 120% attitude.
...
After Liu Ye and Chang Jihong left, Li Qian came next door, and Su Lun, Deng Chao, and Tong Liya were also chatting.
"What about Brother Chao? This time the character is melancholic and talks less. It's quite different from you." Li Qian smiled.
The movie "Warm and Bright" is a romance film with a bit of science fiction elements, but unlike ordinary romance films, the personality matching of the male and female protagonists is rare.
The heroine is okay, there are quite a few heroines with this image of being sassy and clingy, and Tong Liya will have no problem playing her.
However, the male protagonist is very reserved, taciturn, and dull. He gets a little panicked when meeting strange girls.
As for Deng Chao, as far as Li Qian knew him, he was just a joke, and he was getting worse.
Before Deng Chao said anything, Su Lun smiled and said, "Boss, in fact, Brother Chao used to be a melancholy and decadent literary young man."
"Come on, he is still a young artist, so I am not an art master."
Li Qian couldn't connect Deng Chao with young literary and artistic people. When we were chatting before, he heard Deng Chao say that he played the role of a transvestite in the graduation drama "Cuihua Pickled Cabbage".
, no one knows about Chinese opera.
Moreover, the few funny comedy movies he starred in in my memory are really unbearable to watch. I guess the women's pole dance in "The Breakup Master" was inspired by Deng Chao's graduation drama.
"You're the only one who can return it to me, Master, until your beard turns white."
Tong Liya scolded him, then picked up the phone on the coffee table, pulled out a photo, and placed it in front of Li Qian with great interest, "Look, Brother Chao was so cool before."
I go.
It really is.
In the photo, Deng Chao is holding a guitar and singing with a sad look on his face. His slanted bangs extend beyond his mouth and almost reach his chin.
Typical melancholy and decadent style.
"Well... this is the look of a campus TV series a long time ago. The decadent style was popular at that time, and girls liked it too. For a while, I also pretended to be a melancholy young man."
Recalling how stupid he was back then, Deng Chao couldn't help laughing as he spoke.
Well, it is true that decadent youths were very popular in the past and were especially popular with girls.
However, this look is completely different from the look now, especially from the look in "The Breakup Master" and "Bad Angel".
Since I can handle this character of the male protagonist, I have nothing to worry about. If you think about it carefully, the famous movie "The Young Emperor" was actually a reserved and melancholic character. No wonder he acted so well.
"However, Brother Chao, your style has changed too quickly. Are you stimulated by something, or is it that the girl you like doesn't like the decadent style?"
Li Qian suddenly started gossiping, and Su Lun and Tong Liya, the two junior sisters who were in the drama, couldn't help but be curious.
Deng Chao said quickly, "No, I don't have a girl I like, so don't talk nonsense."
"oh..."
"Don't joke about this now. We just got the certificate, and she suddenly became a little sentimental during this period."
Well.
The legendary premarital phobia?
Li Qian and the others probably understood.
Deng Chao added, "Actually, it's also because I got to know Sun Li. When I'm alone, I can feel all kinds of melancholy. But if I do this again after having a partner, I'm afraid she will inevitably think that I can't be together with her."
Are you happy? Otherwise, why are you not happy at all? So you slowly and unconsciously changed."
...
Then Li Qian came to Guo Fan's side again, and he had many actors.
The male and female protagonists of "Time Planning Bureau" are Hu Ge and Liu Yufei respectively.
Guo Fan's choice was somewhat beyond Li Qian's expectations, but it was also reasonable.
Although neither of them has much experience on the big screen, Hu Ge is actually quite suitable for the leading role, but he looks a bit young.
He is 28 years old and still looks like a 20-year-old boy.
In the movie, he looks a little more mature. After all, although his age is fixed at 25, he didn't only live for 25 years.
Moreover, Hu Ge has also experienced life and death, and his whole person is far more mature and stable than his appearance.
As for Liu Yufei's heroine, who is an ignorant, simple, and somewhat rebellious wealthy daughter, the main thing is not to play the role of the little dragon girl.
The coldness in the movie is very different from that of Xiao Longnu. It all depends on how Guo Fan trains her.
Liu Shishi, Li Qing, and the round-faced sister-in-law Liang Zhao Liying brought by Deng Chao are Liu Yufei's mother, grandmother, and grandma. They are expected to attract a lot of laughter when they appear. Li Qian is looking forward to it and can't help but say
.
"The four of you stand together and let me take a look."
Following Li Qian's instructions, the four girls also stood in a row.
"In order, grandma is standing on the far right." Li Qian pointed to the youngest Zhao Liying.
The little girl quickly stood up.
"not bad."
Li Qian crossed his arms, glanced at them a few times, smiled and nodded.
Although the youngest and youngest-looking Zhao Liying plays the role of grandma, the scene itself is a bit of a prank, and it only appears for a few seconds, so it is insignificant.
Besides, each of these ruling classes has lived for thousands of years, and age has no meaning to them.
Guo Fan also chose Chen Kun to play the heroine's father, the president of the Time Bank, an old monster who has also lived for countless years.
Demon.
This is the characteristic of this role, rather than looking for a mature and stable young man.
"Brother Kun, we finally have a chance to work together. You and Liu Yufei have worked together before. This time you play her father. You still have to adapt to the role and don't have any barriers." Li Qian smiled.
Chen Kun smiled bitterly, "I am almost a year older than Sissi, so it is normal to say that I am a generation older than him."
In fact, Chen Kun didn't want to take this role at first. He had several dramas on his hands, but he still wanted to play the role for a young man.
Although I don't care about it, most people in the industry care about this position.
But the script and the characters are so interesting. Playing an old monster who has lived for countless years and is in charge of the time bank is Liu Yufei's father. You know, they were childhood sweethearts in "The Family" seven years ago.
"Don't worry, Director Li, our Sissi will be fine too." Liu Yufei's mother also responded quickly.
The leading female lead in a movie produced by Li Qian, this role is enough for their mother and daughter to turn over.
And in the entire industry, I am afraid that few companies will give them the role of female lead, otherwise they would not have had a movie role in the past year.
"Director Li, I will definitely play this role well." Liu Yufei also agreed.
"Follow Director Guo carefully and forget all about similar roles like Wang Yuyan and Little Dragon Girl that I played before." Li Qian warned.
The only other character left is Liao Fan, who plays the time policeman who has been chasing the protagonist, but in the end, he died midway because he failed to replenish the time in time.
Time: The police run out of time when chasing criminals, who are also the targets of exploitation by the ruling class.
There is also the role of Brother Hu's mother, which Guo Fan has not yet cast. This is different from Liu Yufei's mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. At least the affection between mother and child must be expressed. His mother's death is the climax at the beginning.
It is not easy to say that it is not easy to be able to play the mother of a grown man even though she looks under 30 years old.
But for actresses, a 40-year-old plays a 30-year-old, and a 30-year-old plays a 20-year-old.
In this age group, it’s easy to just choose Zhang Ziyi, but it’s too famous and expensive.
"Look for it slowly. In "Frequency of Life and Death", I was looking for Deng Chao's father. Now, Lao Guo, you are looking for Brother Hu's mother." Li Qian smiled.
"Pfft..."
These words made several girls couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then they immediately held it back.
Even though he has experienced life and death and is relatively mature and stable in his heart, Brother Hu is still full of dark streaks.
It's okay, it's not their first movie, they have enough ability and experience to do their own thing well.
Under the eager eyes of several agents, Li Qian left the hotel without staying long and boarded a plane to Shanghai.
"I Am Legend" cannot be produced entirely in CG. After discussions with the special effects company, we still plan to use real scenes.
Real scenes do not mean that everything is shot directly on location. That is impossible. Real scenes are combined with special effects.
Although domestic technology is not as good as Hollywood, the background is real, and that is enough.
In fact, it sounds simple. First, shoot the material from multiple angles, then erase all the people, combine the clean multiple images into a 2.5D image, and process the buildings in the image to create the apocalyptic effect needed for the movie.
Then put the characters in and add some dynamic materials of wind and grass.
This is all easy to say, but the subsequent rendering is painful and long. Whether the special effects are good or not depends on the subsequent rendering.
However, for some difficult and iconic places, Li Qian still hopes to be able to shoot on-site. This will have to be discussed with the government to see if he can cooperate with Magic City Optoelectronics to give him a little time to shoot on-site.