948 Sun Shucai (2/3)
As the most magnificent and splendid period of history in China for five thousand years, if you want to interpret it through a movie, you will naturally have an epic cast.
After Yang Ming told the old dean his ideas, ideas, and casting plans, he was frightened. However, after a while, the old man seemed to be back to his youth again.
, my blood is boiling all over, and I can’t wait to have a big fight.
"If it weren't for the fact that my old arms and legs couldn't move anymore, I would have wanted to go up there and enjoy the theater!" the old dean said with a sigh.
Although the old dean has been engaged in education at Yanjing Film Academy for decades, he has also directed many works and even had some guest roles. Therefore, after hearing about Yang Ming's huge filming plan, he
It is inevitable that I will feel a little moved in my heart.
However, the old lady obviously did not want to be in front of her husband.
"Just you? I guess you are not qualified enough. Your name has never been associated with the Golden Dragon Award." The old lady had just been sitting on the sofa listening to Yang Ming chatting with the old dean, and at the same time she was helping Yang Ming peel apples.
At this moment, he cut one off, handed it to Yang Ming, and continued to attack the old dean: "This is a Golden Dragon Award-level cast. If it were me, it would be about the same. Yang Ming, don't you think so?"
When Yang Ming heard what the old lady said, he was almost frightened and didn't dare to pick up the apple. He really didn't dare to answer this.
In desperation, he hummed a few times, took the apple, lowered his head and ate it.
"Huh!" When the old dean heard his wife's words, there was no abnormality in his face. It can be seen that after years of training, his psychological quality has become very good.
This is indeed the case. He is highly respected in the film education industry, but he doesn't have many successful works, unlike the old lady who won the Golden Dragon Award for Best Actress back then.
At this time, the old lady asked Yang Ming kindly: "When the time comes, if there is a role suitable for your wife and me, don't forget me. In terms of acting skills, I will not lose to anyone."
Yang Ming listened to these domineering and confident words, and sighed in his heart. The old lady did have the strength to say this, and in his opinion, the artists of the older generation may not be as good as the current emperor in terms of popular elements.
Superstar.
But in terms of their quality and professional skills as actors, the older generation of artists are definitely much better than many so-called big-name stars today.
"Definitely, definitely." He nodded quickly and promised.
When the old dean saw Yang Ming's appearance, he snorted slightly unhappily, but the old lady's eyes widened and he curled his lips without saying anything else.
Next, because the old lady was interested, she began to ask Yang Ming how he planned to film the film. The old director did not continue to read the script and joined in to discuss the pros and cons of Yang Ming's script.
"It is impossible to completely copy history. If it is shot like that, it will be just a historical documentary and not in line with the current development trend of movies." Yang Ming thought for a while and said seriously.
Although he desperately wants to make films with distinctive Chinese culture become the dominant players in the global film market overnight, obviously that is definitely impossible.
If we really want to film strictly according to history, not to mention foreign audiences, even local audiences will not buy it, and they will probably become drowsy after watching it.
It is necessary to add commercial elements that have proven successful in commercial films.
"Talents, beautiful ladies, beauties and handsome guys are indispensable; war scenes, thousands of troops, arrows raining down, these can all be created with special effects; in addition, the duel between generals can also include elements of kung fu, but not
Exaggeration!" Yang Ming expressed his thoughts one by one.
But he still felt that it was not enough. He thought about two classic Three Kingdoms movies in his previous life and compared them. Yang Ming said hesitantly: "I want to create another character besides Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang's battle with Cao Cao. Through this character,
The Three Kingdoms has an anti-war meaning, which is very popular abroad."
"Well, that's a good idea." When the old dean heard Yang Ming's suggestion, his eyes flashed and he nodded.
To be honest, the character Sun Shucai in Director Wu's "Red Cliff" in his previous life was a similar character.
The character Sun Shucai has no real person in history. He is just a fictional character created by Director Wu and the screenwriter at that time. The innocent and poignant friendship between him and Sun Shangxiang is also a highlight.
Of course, the line "You are not stupid, you are honest." is also one of the important reasons why many people remember the role of Sun Shucai.
Countless moviegoers in previous lives were shocked by the opening and closing of "Red Cliff" and the magnificent war scenes, but they were also shocked by the shocking lines that kept the outside scorched and the inside tender, and they were also overwhelmed by the cuteness/embarrassment of Yu Liang's broken back in the end.
outside.
This is also an important reason why the film achieved an unprecedented box office of 320 million yuan at the time, which was enough to be recorded in the history of the Chinese film industry, but it received mixed reviews in terms of word-of-mouth.
What Yang Ming has to do is to retain the classic aspects of his previous life and carefully modify them for the audience's complaints.
Especially for the lines, he had to arrange for people to deliberate on them sentence by sentence.
The historical span of the Three Kingdoms is very large. Even if there are two movies, it is impossible to include all of the Three Kingdoms in one movie. Therefore, this movie revolves around the Battle of Red Cliff.
"Are you going to make this movie into 3D?" the old dean suddenly asked a question.
Yang Ming was stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted, thought about it seriously, shook his head, and said: "No, although some of the scenes will have better visual effects if they are shot in 3D, it is not worth the audience spending twice as much money to buy this.
A ticket."
The most magnificent scenes in "Red Cliff" are undoubtedly the ancient war scenes, such as straw boats borrowing arrows, burning chain boats and other famous historical classic scenes. Even so, Yang Ming felt that there was no need to film it in 3D. Without aerial combat, it would not be possible.
There will be three-dimensional war scenes and they will be shot in 3D. No matter how good the visual effect is, it will be very limited.
And even if it is 2D, Yang Ming believes that the pictures and visuals will not belong to any commercial blockbuster.
In the past life, those unscrupulous film companies used 3D to cheat money for any movie they made. Yang Ming also suffered a lot. In this life, he does not want the special Chinese 3D version habit from his previous life to be brought to this life.
The three of them spent the whole morning discussing the script and characters of "Red Cliff". At noon, Yang Ming did not leave. He helped the old lady prepare lunch and settled it with the old dean.
The old dean was so happy that he took a bottle of good wine that he had collected for many years and drank a few glasses with Yang Ming.
After lunch and a short rest, the old dean continued to discuss the plot of "Red Cliff" with Yang Ming without even taking a lunch break.
With the previous version as the backbone, Yang Ming only needs to correct some bugs in this life, but what makes him more confused is whether the character of Sun Shucai should be further improved.
If that happens, Sun Shucai will become a supporting role that cannot be ignored in the movie. After it is released, will the majority of Three Kingdoms fans accept this role?
Chapter completed!