Chapter 371: Pseudo-long shot like this
In the evening, Cheng Long made an appointment with Zhang Chen for a drink.
When people come to visit the class at his invitation, they should be treated well.
Afraid of not being lively enough, Cheng Long also called Xu Guanwen, Chen Musheng, Ying Cai'er, and Gao Yuanyuan to accompany him.
"I originally called him Hei Gu, but Hei Gu's personality tends to be shy. If you are not familiar with him, he will be embarrassed..."
Hei Gu is Gu Tianle.
Cheng Long explained for Hei Gu that Zhang Chen naturally didn't care.
"I've heard of Director Zhang's name a long time ago. I'm lucky today. When I see him in person, I'll pour him wine~" It was Ying Cai'er who spoke.
Ying Cai'er, originally from Shandong, was born in Taiwan, grew up in the United States, and debuted in Hong Kong.
Her personality is a bit carefree, unlike Gao Yuanyuan who is next to Zhang Chen, who can only quietly make vases.
"Our Cai'er is really good at talking." Xu Guanwen praised from the side, and it was obvious that they had a good relationship.
During this time, Gao Yuanyuan remained silent, and even Zhang Chen could feel that she was out of place here.
The atmosphere is always more relaxed when a woman is around.
Ying Cai'er was very talkative, and she was also involved in scandals in her early years. She was once one of the protagonists of the "Men" incident, but she was lucky enough to survive. Later, her life was good, and she married love.
Zhang Chen didn't have any bad feelings towards this person.
"Come on, let's raise a glass and thank Director Zhang for coming to visit the class..."
Cheng Long suggested and everyone raised their glasses.
Zhang Chen quickly joined in the toast: "It's good that I didn't cause any trouble to the crew."
"Why bother? You came to visit the crew to bring something to talk about. We thank you before it's too late. If Director Zhang can help direct a few more scenes, the stunt will be even better..."
Chen Musheng was quite good at seizing opportunities, so he decided to target Zhang Chen.
But Zhang Chen doesn't care. It's very common in the circle to help each other. You help me and I help you. Besides, this is Cheng Long's crew, which is not shabby.
"Brother Zhang Chen~"
While talking, Cheng Long signaled Ying Cai'er to fill up Zhang Chen's wine, but this time before Ying Cai'er could take action, Gao Yuanyuan first picked up the wine bottle and helped Zhang Chen fill up the wine.
Cheng Long saw this and smiled and said: "This is the first time Yuanyuan has given someone a full glass of wine. We usually eat together, but she never takes the initiative."
Zhang Chen heard that Cheng Long's words were a bit of a pun, and he remembered that Gao Yuanyuan begged him to come to the crew. He guessed that Cheng Long might have some ideas, but was frustrated by Gao Yuanyuan.
I vaguely remember Cheng Yong's yin and yang surpassing Da Meiyuan's during the promotion of "Baby Project" in the previous life, and comparing it with the attitude towards Kim Hee Sun in "Myth", I guess she didn't succeed.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen simply said: "Well, Yuanyuan and I are friends, and I recommended her last drama."
He silently swore his sovereignty.
There was no clue on Cheng Long's expression, and he probably wouldn't care too much about it.
Seeing that Zhang Chen's wine was full, he raised his glass and said, "Brother Zhang Chen, I'm going to give you a toast alone. I was supposed to go find you, but you saw that I really couldn't leave, so I had to let you go." Thank you for your hard work..."
Zhang Chen replied with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I just happened to have never been to Guangxi, so I just treated it as a tourist."
The two of them finished the drink in one gulp, and Cheng Long said: "Can you tell me more about the parkour movie you told me about last time~"
Zhang Chen did not pretend to be pretentious. He told the story of "Violent Street" and said it bluntly: "The biggest highlight of this film is parkour. So far, this is a track that no one has developed, but no one has developed it." It also means there are risks. To be honest, I am not sure whether the audience will accept it..."
At that time, Cheng Long called him, and he really had a flash of inspiration and thought of "Violent Street".
But after he thought about it carefully, he found that "Violent Street" was still too thin. Parkour is a niche after all. It was indeed a good attempt by Cheng Long to make this film, but he was not sure whether it could exceed 100 million yuan.
After all, the box office of Yuan Kong's "Violence District" is not incredible, it can only be regarded as a small profit.
Cheng Long couldn't hide his disappointment. He called Zhang Chen over this time because he wanted to have a good chat about the new movie. It was best to finalize it as soon as possible.
But after listening to Zhang Chen’s detailed analysis just now, I felt a little nervous.
He did get to know parkour a little bit recently. As Zhang Chen said, it was too niche.
It's good to absorb its elements and integrate them into your own action style, but as a selling point of a movie, it's a bit lacking.
"What about "Rescue 2", is it possible for us to collaborate on it?"
Cheng Long was still unwilling and could only settle for the next best thing.
"Taken" is a global hit. As long as Zhang Chen is not stupid, he will definitely make a sequel.
But Zhang Chen shook his head: "The "Hurricane" series is an entire universe. I have designed the interactive characters in advance. Adding a character rashly may cause a chain reaction. It's not that it can't be added, but I have to think about it carefully..."
Zhang Chen was reluctant to let Cheng Long get involved in the "Hurricane Rescue" series, as the styles were a bit different.
"By the way, when I met Pete years ago, he said that New Line was interested in restarting the "Rush Hour" series. Didn't they contact you?"
Cheng Long shook his head: "No, it may be that I don't know yet after contacting me. I'll ask Gillian later~"
Gillian is Lin Fengjiao, Mrs. Cheng, and also Cheng Long’s manager.
The air fell into a brief silence, and several people around him were dumbfounded.
Zhang Chen rejected Cheng Long, twice in a row?
They have always known that Zhang Chen is a great director and that his movies have done well at the box office and have set a new box office record in Hong Kong.
But it wasn't until now that I truly understood Zhang Chen's status.
Even Cheng Long had to beg him.
Especially Gao Yuanyuan, she was really shocked beyond measure. A pair of beautiful eyes stared intently at the man in front of him, as if they were meeting him for the first time.
"Director Zhang is here to stay for a few days. Do you have time to help shoot a few scenes? I watched "Hurricane Rescue" and the action scenes were shot really well..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Chen Musheng took the initiative to change the topic.
Xu Guanwen and Ying Cai'er next to them also echoed.
"Of course, no problem." Zhang Chen agreed.
He is a director, and it is a routine operation for him to come to visit the class and shoot a few scenes.
Chen Musheng was just joking, but Cheng Long had other thoughts. Maybe it could actually work.
"Taken" relies on action scenes to carry the box office.
However, I have never been satisfied with the action scenes in "Baby Project", so I just wanted to learn from Zhang Chen.
Thinking of this, he put down the wine glass: "Just like the scene this afternoon, I was really anxious to shoot it..."
Zhang Chen comforted: "Uncle Long, don't worry, this is normal. When making movies, sometimes it's common to spend a day or two working on a shot."
"No, I'm anxious because I know the scene isn't good enough, but I don't know how to make it better..."
I’m not afraid that you have too many ideas, but I’m afraid that you have no ideas.
Cheng Long is in this state now.
Speaking of this, the few people around me couldn't help.
Xu Guanwen never shoots action scenes, so he can't provide any advice in this regard.
Chen Musheng is very familiar with Cheng Long. They have collaborated on three dramas in a row, "Who Am I", "New Police Story" and "Baby Project". Everything that Chen Musheng is familiar with, Cheng Long is also familiar with.
Ying Caier and Gao Yuanyuan can be ignored.
Zhang Chen immediately caught the key point of Cheng Long's words, thought about it, and asked tentatively: "Do you think the scene this afternoon was dangerous, but not amazing enough?"
"Yes, yes, yes~" Cheng Long kept nodding.
"I feel that the action scenes in "Baby Project" are not memorable. For example, when people talk about "Who Am I", they will think of the roof of the Rotterdam Building, and when they talk about "Red Zone", they will think of the jump in the parking lot. ?”
"Yes, yes, this is it~"
Cheng Long only felt that Zhang Chen's every word spoke to his heart, and at the same time, he looked forward to him even more.
"Do you have any good ideas to make the action scenes exciting~"
Zhang Chen shook his head, "If you ask me to design more dangerous moves for you, then no. If you just want to deepen the audience's memory, then you can think of a way~"
Yuan Kong, Married Family Class and Hong Family Class are like this. You do a dangerous move, and I will do an even more dangerous one. They achieve success by constantly raising the upper limit of the audience.
It was quite effective at first, but slowly I discovered that it not only killed my opponent, but also killed myself.
Cheng Long's action scenes are like this, they become more and more dangerous, he is injured at every turn, and he almost died several times.
Hearing Zhang Chen's answer, Cheng Long was a little disappointed at first, but when he heard the last sentence, he became hopeful again.
"What do you mean by deepening memory? Please tell me in detail~"
Not only Cheng Long, but also several others looked over curiously.
Seeing that he was the center of attention, Zhang Chen did not show off and said directly: "Have you all watched "Hurricane Rescue"?"
A few people on the opposite side nodded their heads.
"Do you still remember the six-and-a-half-minute long shot in it? That's what I'm talking about~"
Long shot?
Several people didn't know why.
Zhang Chen continued: "Your previous action style focused on portraying a scene, constantly increasing the level of danger to strengthen the audience's memory points, but after reaching a certain level, you found that you could not continue, because when the manpower was limited, you just If you’re not afraid of death, you don’t really want to die.”
Cheng Long nodded when he heard this. The past two years had indeed reached a bottleneck.
Zhang Chen continued: "So I suggest you change your approach. Take your scene this afternoon as an example. You jump on the air conditioner outdoor unit. It only takes ten seconds at most. When the audience sees you jumping on the outdoor unit, their emotions just get up. The shot ends and the emotion cannot be conveyed
And if we use long shots, for example, we redesign all the previous chases, fights, escapes, and jumping off buildings, and use editing to merge them into one long shot, the audience's emotions will continue to progress. Isn't this a memory point? ? ”
After Zhang Chen finished speaking, the scene suddenly fell into silence.
Zhang Chen knew that they needed a digestion process.
Chen Musheng is the director and needs to know more about the camera. He kept simulating the feasibility of what Zhang Chen said in his mind, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out how to do it.
Zhang Chen said that he wanted to combine several scenes together. Which scenes were they?
How do they fit together?
He knew that the long shot in "Taken" was a pseudo-long shot. It was actually several shots spliced together through editing and transitions, making it visually feel like a complete shot.
But how to do it specifically, I can't figure it out even if I think about it.
While he was still thinking hard, Cheng Long on the other side suddenly agreed: "Okay, I will do as you say. Tomorrow you will take the photo, how to shoot, how to shoot, we will all listen to you..." < br>
Having already mentioned this, Zhang Chen naturally would not refuse.
"Then let's break up early today. I need to take a look at today's material and the scenes I mentioned. They all need to be redesigned..."
Although the pseudo-long lens does not have to be shot exactly like the real long lens, it still requires a lot of effort to achieve a complete conversion between them.
He only shot six and a half minutes of the long shot in "The Rescue", but he planned it for several days. During the filming, there were hundreds of people outside the scene to cooperate with him.
The long shot of "Baby Project" definitely cannot be that complicated. At most, it can be as close as the scene of Hu Bayi's gang fight in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Longling Labyrinth" in the original time and space.
(End of chapter)