Chapter 403 Beautiful Village Girl, Main Theme
Chen Linfeng deliberately reduced external publicity. During the opening ceremony, reporters were not invited at all.
For him now, he has no worries about publicity for his new film.
With most of the media focusing on his new movie, keeping it a little secret will actually arouse the curiosity of movie fans.
"Your Name" has many outdoor scenes. In addition to places like Swan Lake and Yubengshen Lake, there are also scenes in mountainous villages and metropolitan cities.
The latter is okay. Although the former is set in the mountains, the shooting location will not be chosen in a remote place.
After all, there are a lot of people in the crew, and if you bring equipment and other equipment, it must be easy to get in and out.
Chen Linfeng found the mountainous area in the western part of Central Plains Province. It seemed to be surrounded by mountains, but in fact the transportation was okay.
In fact, this is more in line with the setting of the original film.
Although it is a mountainous area, judging from the process of the male protagonist going to find his dream place in the animation, the transportation is quite convenient.
This in itself is also a cultural strategy of Neon. Even if it describes a mountain village, it will make people feel that this kind of place is warm and simple, but not backward.
Invisibly, the audience has a good impression.
Chen Linfeng naturally needs to study hard.
Therefore, even the mountain villages where the photos were taken have hardened roads. Although the villagers maintain a simple ecology, their living standards are not bad.
Focus on depicting the original ecological environment here and the simple friendliness between people.
This location was selected from several alternatives.
Their first journey is now here.
Corresponding to the location, Liu Qianqian’s dress must no longer be fairy-like, but must look like a girl from a mountain village.
Referred to as village girl.
Although she is a beautiful village girl.
She has a single ponytail, a classic Chinese blue and white school uniform, no makeup, and a face full of collagen.
(My sister’s school uniform image is probably like this, my sister will have some changes)
She looks like a good-looking country girl.
For this reason, the makeup artist put a lot of thought into it.
It looks like I don’t have any makeup and just rely on my natural beauty, but it actually took a long time.
The effect is simpler than regular makeup, but it still looks good.
"How is it? Does it look good?" Liu Qianqian started to sneer and turned around in Chen Linfeng's direction.
"Yeah, it looks good." Chen Linfeng replied habitually.
Liu Qianqian pouted, feeling perfunctory.
When she was about to say something, Chen Linfeng asked first, "The next role for you will not be easy. Are you ready?"
This mainly refers to the scene where the male protagonist possesses the female protagonist. The difficulty is mainly in the female protagonist's performance of the male protagonist's anger.
Liu Qianqian is becoming more and more dissatisfied. Even now, she is still looking down on me.
She hammered her chest, and her entire body posture suddenly changed, looking like a boy's movements.
It is indeed stylish.
Liu Qianqian has experienced so much, and in terms of acting skills, she has indeed reached the level of a mature actor.
It's just...
Chen Linfeng said strangely, "Even if you want to perform, don't use this method. It's not big to begin with, so don't make it smaller."
"It's a matter of size. !?" Liu Qianqian was so angry that she rushed over and wanted to give him a blow.
“I’ll hammer you down first.”
“I said it wrong, I said it wrong, and I won’t make you smaller again no matter how hard I hammer you.”
"Say it again!"
While the two were fighting, Guo Fan walked out of the room.
He didn't seem to see anything, "Director, the set has been prepared, do you want to go and have a look."
Liu Qianqian always gave face to outsiders and stopped immediately.
Chen Linfeng coughed, "Okay, let's go in and have a look."
The place they were in was a regular farmyard.
However, because the heroine is the leader of her hometown, relatively speaking, it is better than an ordinary house. It is a typical two-story self-built house for a farm family.
The heroine’s room is in the east room and she lives with her sister.
My sister gets up early every morning, and then calls her sister for dinner.
So there is the scene where the story begins.
Chen Linfeng walked into the room. The two beds had been set up, and various other daily necessities were also placed in place.
These people in the team have been following him for a long time and have a deep understanding of his requirements.
In many cases, the setting should have a sense of life and should not appear empty. The audience should feel at a glance that there are really people living here.
Just like now, there is a small desk near my sister's bed, with homework books, textbooks, and pencil boxes neatly placed on it.
On the chair next to me, there is a schoolbag hanging with a pattern of Pleasant Goat on it.
This is also by design. My sister is the type of good student. You can tell from the fact that she often wakes up early and calls her sister.
But for a child of this age, it’s not like he has to put away his homework books and other things that he has finished writing the night before.
This neatness and orderliness can also reflect her character.
Many other items are also like this, either they are indispensable daily necessities, or they conform to the identity setting.
Chen Linfeng looked around carefully, pointed at his sister's bedside and said,
"Here, in addition to the meaningful headband, add a few other types. Girls love beauty after all, so this is not the only one."
He pointed to the wall again and said, "Use a ballpoint pen or a ballpoint pen on this. Pencil, draw some patterns or write some words, you can think of the specific content yourself, children always like to scribble when they are young. "
Chen Linfeng picked three or four places in total, all of which were minor repairs. Enhance the sense of atmosphere.
“As I said before, pay attention to life.” He emphasized.
“Good director.” The staff from the props team responded.
Guo Fan watched from the side, thoughtfully.
The last time he was on the set of "Infinite World", he mainly learned about crew management and special effects. This time he followed Director Chen at a close distance. It felt like he could really learn something.
Guo Fan was amazed when he thought of several storyboards he had seen before.
Although I heard that Director Chen usually doesn’t draw much like this, this time he drew a few key diagrams, which are really beautiful.
Chen Linfeng turned to the lighting team and asked, "Has the lighting been adjusted?"
Liu Qingshan responded, "Okay."
"Where's the radio?" Chen Linfeng looked at Guo Fan.
Guo Fan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "It's all ready."
"Okay, as soon as the scenery is reset, you will notify all departments and then confirm it again."
“Good Director Chen.”
Chen Linfeng is very satisfied with Guo Fan's ability. He is worthy of being the most famous young director in future generations, and he does have a lot of skills.
Among other things, his level of detail is unparalleled, and his organizational and communication skills are also very strong. This time, Guo Fan coordinated and ran errands with him for the three students he was taking.
The other two, one is still in the location selection team and has not returned, and the other is outside with the assistant director to help train the villagers, who will leave the country during the subsequent filming.
In general, these three people can get started immediately and do a good job. Chen Linfeng's work is accordingly easier.
It’s so easy to use. It can not only train tool people, but also reduce your own work.
Chen Linfeng felt that he had found a shortcut, and he felt happy.
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After the morning shooting, Chen Linfeng went out and saw the village chief approaching.
"Comrade director, can I discuss something with you?" the village chief said sheepishly, rubbing his hands.
“Village Chief Yang, if you have something to say, just tell me.”
"That's right, the county knows that you are filming here, and is thinking of coming over to inspect it sometime, but is too embarrassed to disturb you, so I will come over and ask first."
Chen Linfeng thought for a while and said, " No need to disturb me. It depends on when the leader is free."
He has encountered this kind of thing a lot in the past few years and has long been used to it.
Actually, the village I found this time is considered good. The people in the village are indeed relatively simple and willing to help with many things.
The village chief comes from time to time to ask if there is anything he can do to help, without disturbing the crew's operations.
As long as they pay a little money, the cooking can be left to the villagers. The place where the crew currently lives is a place specially set aside by the villagers.
As mentioned before, I asked villagers to act in a play, because they were very willing to cooperate.
Chen Linfeng heard that the village chief held a special meeting to emphasize the importance of the crew and asked everyone to cooperate.
Judging from his performance, he should know that filming here will be good for their village in the future.
In addition, the money was sufficient, so everyone cooperated happily.
When Chen Linfeng met such a real person, he was very willing to get in touch with him, and he became more familiar with him after two visits.
In fact, this situation is relatively rare.
When he was filming on location, the crew sometimes encountered unpleasant situations.
Many times, it is the local people who are not satisfied.
You must know that Chen Linfeng is not the kind who is reluctant to spend money, but he cannot resist others wanting more.
Unlike this time, when the villagers wanted to come over and take a group photo, they had to wait for the crew to finish filming. Normally, they would not disturb them. It was too worry-free.
In the afternoon, Han Shanping came to the village.
He has long formed the habit of coming to the scene to see what's going on whenever Chen Linfeng is filming.
The two of them were wandering around the village chatting.
“The scenery in this village is quite nice.” Han Shanping boasted casually.
"Of course the places specially selected for filming must be good."
Chen Linfeng said proudly, "In fact, there are many such beautiful scenery in our country, but many film crews are unwilling to look for them and stay in the film and television city every day."
"That's true," Han Shanping nodded, "but you can't blame others too harshly for this kind of thing. After all, it can save some costs. Not everyone can make money with every film like you."< br>
Speaking of this, Han Shanping remembered "Sunset" which was released in China half a month ago.
This purely literary film, even if it does not have a wide audience in China, has received nearly 50 million box office so far.
Even if the domestic box office market is getting better now, it is amazing that this kind of literary and artistic film can achieve such results.
Not to mention, with the copyright quotations abroad and the box office of more than 40 million in North America, even the Oscar public relations money can exceed the coverage.
A film not only wins awards, but also makes a lot of money.
This is Xiao Chen who has never failed.
He now fully supports Xiao Chen’s use of real-life shooting to improve the quality of his work as much as possible.
Otherwise, the pre-production preparations for this film would not have been so fast. Normally, just selecting locations would take a lot of time.
This is the result of the help of all producers.
The two chatted a bit about the situation on the set of "Your Name".
Han Shanping mentioned another thing.
"After the release of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" last year, the effect was very good. Now we want to make another "The Founding of the Party". Xiao Chen, why don't you be the director? It's best to also play the leading role. .”
Chen Linfeng asked, "Will it still be the model of a group of celebrities?"
"What else can we do? Of course we must continue on the proven path."
"I I think the main theme is not limited to this one. In fact, we can try something else."
Han Shanping's eyes lit up, "Do you have any new ideas?"
"Special effects and past history. Combining these famous and exciting battles, such as the Fourth Crossing of Chishui, Taierzhuang, or the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, if they are singled out and made into war movies, there will definitely be people willing to watch them.”
Han Shanping lowered his head and thought, "I've never tried it before, but it's a way to go. It's just that the requirements for directors and special effects are quite high."
But now there are ready-made suitable candidates.
He looked at the other party, "Why don't you take the photo? I can fully support you."
Chen Linfeng waved his hand, "I have no idea about this at the moment."
The main reason is that the time is not right now, the main theme has almost become a negative word, and making a movie also depends on social trends.
If it were 16 years later, the situation would be different.
Han Shanping was slightly disappointed, and then brought up what happened just now, "Last time you said you didn't want to play the Fruit Party. What if I ask you to play our guy, Mr. Wu Hao, this time?"< br>
Chen Linfeng hesitated again and again. He was really interested in this, but thinking about his current plan, he still shook his head.
"My schedule is basically full and I really don't have time. If you ask me to play Mr. Desheng, I can really consider it."
"..."< br>
Han Shanping looked him up and down and said, "You don't even look at your appearance. How do you look like the teacher?"
Chen Linfeng immediately blushed, "It's similar in spirit, isn't it? ”
< br>Han Shanping was speechless, "I have the same virtue as Jiang Wen. He knows that the image does not match, but he insists on forcing it."
Although he knows who Xiao Chen admires, he still has to watch for things like acting. It depends on your own conditions.
Although that guy was handsome when he was young, he was not like you at all.
When Chen Linfeng heard him comparing himself to Jiang Wen, he immediately became unhappy.
He sneered, "Who is like him? Now he has already finished enjoying "Let the Bullets Fly". I am the only one left, wanting but not getting. We are no longer comrades in the trenches. ”
Yes, the split has begun.
Han Shanping was speechless for a moment.
"Then I'll go find Sissi and your brother. It should be fine."
"That's okay. They should be free. How about I tell you?"
"The relationship is good."
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(End of this chapter)