Chapter 283 What I Want to Photograph is You
The main thing is that the story is simple.
The story of Lin Qingyue's new movie can be summarized in about two to three hundred words.
It was two students who often transferred schools due to their parents' work relationships. They transferred to the same school. Then they were attracted to each other because of their shared experiences. They had a good impression of each other and agreed to enter a high school together.
As a result, the female protagonist transferred to another school and left. The two could only communicate through letters. Then the male protagonist also had to transfer to a far away place. It took a long time to communicate through letters, so the male protagonist encouraged her. He had enough courage to take the train alone to the heroine's city to meet her before transferring to another school.
The two people who met met kissed under the cherry blossom tree, and they firmly felt that they could always be together.
Then the timeline jumped to the new environment where the male protagonist transferred to another school. There was a girl named Xiaohua in the new place who liked him, but found that the male protagonist’s heart had never stayed for her from beginning to end.
Then the timeline jumps again. In the city many years later, the male protagonist and the female protagonist, who is already engaged to someone else, pass each other at a train crossing
That’s it. That’s it. thing.
There are no fierce conflicts. The whole story is filled with character psychological monologues and stream-of-consciousness scenes.
If it were released as a commercial film, many viewers would definitely fall asleep while watching it.
Even as a literary film, it is a bit too fresh and fresh, so Wu Mu doesn’t quite understand what Lin Qingyue wants to shoot.
Looking at his confident look, Lin Qingyue became interested, as if she wanted to test him, "Then what story do you think this film is about?"
What's the story?
On the surface it is naturally a love story.
The male and female protagonists like each other and still miss each other many years later. The second female protagonist likes the male protagonist but can only keep secretly in love.
But
Wu Mu thought for a moment, "I think this is a story about reality."
"How do you say it?" Lin Qingyue was very interested. asked.
“Two boys and girls who liked each other when they were students, no matter how firm and passionate they were when they liked each other, but as time went by, the distance grew further, and there were no common topics, the relationship eventually faded away. .”
It couldn't be more realistic, just like a man and woman in a long-distance relationship in reality.
At the beginning, I felt that the other person was the only one in my life, but the more we talked, the less we had anything to talk about. As time went by, it ended with regret.
“But the first half is very realistic, and the second half is not so realistic. Normally, this difference in school days will not be so remembered when you grow up. After all, we are not close relatives, and we don’t have such a big emotional foundation. , usually the most is to miss it.”
In the story, after many years of separation, the male protagonist still can’t let go, which seems a bit illogical to him.
“That’s right, that’s right.”
Lin Qingyue held her chin up, not saying whether Wu Mu understood it correctly.
Wu Mu simply asked directly, "Director Lin, what is the theme you want to shoot?"
"The theme I want to shoot." Lin Qingyue paused mid-sentence and said with a smile. , "You'll know after the filming is over."
Huh?
Are you even showing off your skills?
Wu Mu looked at Lin Qingyue with subtle eyes, "Director Lin, when you make a movie, won't you be like the French director before, who didn't tell the story, asked the actors to reshoot over and over again, and then kept the shots they wanted?" ?”
Why are all the directors he knows like this?
Wang Ren is also like this when making movies. Could it be that directors of art films like to be riddle men and not speak human words?
Lin Qingyue looked at him funny, "How dare I ask you to reshoot over and over again? The main reason is that I don't want you to have a preset position, and then the performance will specifically rely on my ideas."
“Isn’t it a good thing for actors to rely on the themes that the director wants to shoot?” Wu Mu asked strangely.
"Normally, it's a good thing, but I think you should be able to perform my ideas if you act in a normal state, so telling you at this time may make you act unnaturally."
Wu Mu This is really strange. What exactly does Lin Qingyue want to shoot? Do you think he can do it well under normal circumstances?
Making a movie is different from filming a TV series.
Even if it is just a small-investment literary film, the investment is more than ten times less than that of Wang Ren's drama, and funds are even tighter.
But the requirements for each item are obviously more detailed.
It's been three days since Wu Mu joined the cast, and the movie hasn't officially started shooting yet.
These three days were spent reading around the crew, setting makeup, and getting the main actors familiar with each other.
Especially let Liu Miao, the girl who played the second female lead before, be familiar with Wu Mu.
Wu Mu also found out through chatting in the past few days that Liu Miao was actually an outsider who had never made a movie or been on any camera.
She is a freshman at Beijing Normal University. She was walking on the road when she was spotted by Lin Qingyue who was passing by. She then felt that she was a good fit. After a brief trial, she was roped in to make a movie. .
An ordinary student, who was only a high school student a few months ago, no wonder he seemed so nervous when he saw Wu Mu before.
However, after three days of contact, she quickly became less nervous, but she was a bit
over-the-top, this was too over-the-top!
Imagine that you suddenly meet a celebrity who is much more beautiful than Gao Yuanyuan and Liu Yifei in real life, and then this person is extremely kind and treats you like an ordinary friend around you, without any contempt. And impatience, everything is settled and every sentence is responded to.
Liu Miao feels like this now. She feels dizzy. Every day when she opens her eyes, she just wants to go over and chat with Brother Wu Mu.
Seeing her holding the script and going to Wu Mu to discuss the plot, the talkative Lou Ziwen burst into laughter, "Ah Miao, you have to be careful, Director Lin will have to wear small shoes for you if you keep going like this."
Director Lin, will you put on some shoes for me?
Why is she wearing small shoes for me?
Liu Miao's face was blank and she had not yet reacted.
After she came to her senses, her face suddenly turned red, "I, I don't, I just don't understand something here and I want to ask Brother Wumu."
After explaining for herself with a slight stutter, she couldn't help but ask, "Are Brother Wu Mu and Director Lin dating?"
Lou Ziwen spread his hands, "How do I know this? I don't dare. Ask about this, or you might get fired one day because the camera was moved five millimeters to the left.”< br>
He said in a narrow-minded manner: "If you want to attack your brother Wumu, be careful of Director Lin. She is a formidable enemy. Even though she looks smiling on the outside, she actually has a lot of thoughts in her heart. He's a smiling tiger."
"I really don't have one." Liu Miao's face turned red.
Well, I really didn’t dare to have any big ideas. Although she was very high-minded, she was not stupid. How could she really dream that Brother Wumu would be with her.
Even without Director Lin, there are still two powerful enemies known on the Internet, Mo Mo and Sun Yueqing.
And if she can be so arrogant to someone who has been chatting with her for three days, then she doesn’t know how many people are secretly there.
After three days of preparation, on the fourth day, the crew was finally about to officially start filming.
Lin Qingyue’s preparation for the power-on ceremony was very simple and she did not invite the media for interviews.
The location was chosen as her previous alma mater, Yanshan Middle School. After the camera was turned on, the filming would begin directly in the school.
The school allocated half of the old teaching building for her to use.
It is some distance away from the main teaching building, so it does not delay students' classes.
However, she didn’t invite the media, but she couldn’t help but the media came over on their own.
Wu Mu’s popularity on the Internet has not come down yet, and it is the time when the popularity is high.
The dozen or twenty media outlets that received the news all blocked the school gate and were stopped by the guard.
Lin Qingyue thought that the impact would not be good, so she simply asked the media reporters to come in and take pictures of the opening ceremony.
Looking at the flashing lights and the dark cameras in the audience, Liu Miao, who had begun to get used to it in the past two days, suddenly became stiff.
Wu Mu, who was next to her, looked at her and said amusedly: "You are also a top student at Capital Normal University, why are you worse than me, a scumbag who dropped out of junior high school? It is too embarrassing for your alma mater. Come on.”
This is not the same thing.
And you are a scumbag who dropped out of junior high school!
Liu Miao tried hard not to embarrass her alma mater.
Not many media came to pay attention to her. The Q&A session was all about Wu Mu.
"Wu Mu, what do you think about your return to the top?"
"Wu Mu, your new album sold 8.2 million copies across all platforms, do you think you can survive? Ten million?”
“Wu Mu, what do you think about your return to fame after going through twists and turns?”
It’s still a matter of top charts and album sales before.
His new album has now sold 8.2 million, but the growth rate has slowed down significantly. The system still failed to cash out the entire profit card for him in one go, leaving him with a little tail.
Wu Mu did not answer any of these questions, "Today is the launch of Director Lin's movie, so we won't talk about things other than Director Lin's movies."
The media reporters had no choice but to turn around Ask about movies.
After the opening ceremony, the crew went directly to the set that had been set up to prepare for the first shot.
The first rule of thumb for the crew is to choose simple shots.
The male protagonist Xiaoshu is sitting in the classroom. On the desk, half pressed under the textbooks and notes, is an unfolded letter. This is the first letter sent to him by the female protagonist Xiaoli half a year after she transferred to another school. A letter.
Wu Mu basically didn’t have to do anything in this shot, and he didn’t have to make any expressions on his face, so it wasn’t difficult at all.
"Everyone, just look at the blackboard just like normal class, don't look back." Lin Qingyue reminded the other extras in the classroom.
The extras are professional extras found, but the teacher is Lin Qingyue’s previous teacher Qiu.
She also appears as a supporting role.
Teacher Qiu was also nervous, "I haven't made a movie before, so I don't know if I can do it well."
Lin Qingyue comforted, "It's okay, the full view of everyone is only for one or two seconds. Appear as a background board, teacher, just do it like a normal class."
"Everyone, get ready!"
When the scene was ready, Wu Mu, who had already put on makeup and changed into clothes, sat down. on the seat.
"Camera ready!"
Three cameras were pointed at Wu Mu at different angles.
“Action!”
The clapperboard snapped.
Everyone on and off the court was looking at Wu Mu curiously, wanting to see if his performance was really as amazing as what was rumored in the industry.
Then I discovered that there was indeed something.
Chief photographer Lou Ziwen looked at Wu Mu's slightly tilted face through the lens and secretly praised it in his heart.
The part about the drama actually did not require specific angles or anything like that. It just asked Wu Mu to look at the letter on the table.
After all, it’s just a shot of a few seconds, and you won’t be able to pick out the details to that extent.
But Wu Mu made a slight sideways movement for himself.
In this way, the way he sits in the row by the window and is slightly sideways facing the blackboard looks more detailed.
Secondly, after turning a little sideways, the parts of his face that are not exposed to the sun will have more shadows and appear more textured.
These small improvements cannot be said to make the lens much better all of a sudden, but it is indeed better than the original one.
This person seems to be very sensitive to the lens and light and shadow. He seems to be born with an idea of how to present better effects.
Lou Ziwen thought to himself.
Well, how can I be insensitive? I am a natural born actor!
His talent coupled with his preparations in advance, and filming such a simple scene, isn’t it just a matter of casualness?
Wu Mu thought confidently and carried out the actions he had planned.
He was sitting on a chair, holding a pen in one hand and resting his hand on the desk with an expressionless face.
Then
"Click!"
Lin Qingyue shouted stop.
Huh?
NG?
Wu Mu was stunned for a moment and looked at Lin Qingyue in confusion.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qingyue also seemed to have a confused look on her face, looking at the monitor with somewhat puzzled eyes.
After staring at the monitor and frowning for a few seconds, she turned to look at Wu Mu, "Wu Mu, can you have another one?"
"Okay."
Although it was a bit baffling, Wu Mu didn't care and started shooting again.
He repeated his previous actions.
But the result is still.
“Click.”
NG again.
Lin Qingyue was still looking at the monitor with a frown and confusion, seemingly even more puzzled than Wu Mu.
“One more.”
The set was rearranged.
“Click.”
Director Lin also said that you won’t click repeatedly!
Wu Mu looked at Lin Qingyue funny, forget it, just say something, what's wrong, what effect do you want to achieve.
Lin Qingyue must have thought of their previous chat and couldn't help laughing.
She waved to Wu Mu, "Wu Mu, come and take a look."
Lin Qingyue asked the monitor to play back the scene, "Wu Mu, why did you choose to place your hands like this? Your eyes seemed to be eccentric. Previous point.”
What’s the problem here?
Wu Mu didn’t quite understand, “I moved my hand to slightly cover the envelope, and looked up to pretend to read the class notes.”
“Xiao Shu is a regular student. The transfer student has a much more mature personality than his peers and does not fit in with his peers, but he pretends to be gregarious, which can be seen from the fact that he helps absent classmates on duty and has many classmates going to and from school together. "
"So when he read the letter from Xiaoli, he probably subconsciously didn't want to be known by his classmates, so he took these actions."
Wu Mu explained.
No matter how you think about this logic, there is no problem. His acting talent has been certified, and he can intuitively feel that this will have a better effect.
And there was nothing wrong with his acting. His very subtle and natural movements could be seen even after Lin Qingyue looked at the monitor several times.
After listening to his explanation, Lin Qingyue sighed, "What you understand is correct. It is okay to do it according to the script, but it is not what I want to shoot."
"What do you want to take a picture of?"
"What I want to take a picture of is you."
Huh?
Huh?
(End of this chapter)