Chapter 75 Color Aesthetics
Every detail requires doubled effort.
Li Mingyang has watched the original film many times, and it is not difficult to edit. It can be cut directly and very quickly.
But I had to slow down in terms of color grading. Due to the poor shooting time, many scenes had to be rushed and had to be corrected later.
In the process of film shooting, color and optical design are indispensable. The emphasis and matching of different colors often set a tone for the entire film.
At the same time, it also renders and hints at the shaping of the characters. Therefore, the arrangement of tones in the film is carefully considered and is a key point in expressing the characters' emotions and relationship development.
As a romance film, Bouquet is definitely the best in terms of color.
Li Mingyang wanted to use post-production correction, but in this era, the software used in film and television post-production is too outdated, so he can only adjust it bit by bit.
The future? It's all for fools.
Since the beginning of the film industry in 10 years, the iteration speed has been super fast, especially when AI is widely used, it becomes even more stupid.
In the entire story of the bouquet, from the colors of the scenes where the male and female protagonists appear, such as the lights in the store, the lights in the room, the lights on the street, the sunlight during the day, etc., the most common color in the pictures is warm color, that is, yellow .
It often represents warmth and softness. Generally, when paired with couples, it will release a sense of affection and ambiguity. This gives the film a more relaxed and pleasant tone, and also indicates that the ending will be more cheerful. melody.
Another color that often appears is blue. It is a cold tone and often represents melancholy and sadness. The design of this film often lays blue in a dim environment to imply the cooling and emotional cooling. The atmosphere of loneliness is often switched with the warm colors in the picture to express the dynamic changes in the relationship between the two.
The two main colors in the film, yellow and blue, are contrasting colors in terms of color, and at the same time they are a pair of complementary colors in optical terms. Therefore, the combination of these two colors represents a kind of contradiction and coordination. .
In addition to using light sources to create the contrast between blue and yellow to express the characters' inner conflicts, the film also uses the yellow and blue combinations worn by the characters themselves to create complex and contradictory inner emotions.
The most prominent thing is the heroine’s nails. Her nails are only painted in three colors, namely blue, yellow and red.
Similar to the rules of the tone of the picture, blue represents inner melancholy and sadness, and yellow represents inner warmth and joy.
So when Aju paints her nails blue, her mood is dominated by melancholy, while when she paints her nails yellow, her mood is dominated by joy.
After the love blogger she follows dies, she will still think optimistically about love. She will be happy at that time, even if this joy is surrounded by sadness.
In the end, it will be Xiaomai who confesses his love instead of Ah Juan, because during the few days of dating, Ah Juan’s fingernails were painted a melancholy blue. What dominated her mood was the worry that the relationship had not yet been confirmed, and that she was afraid that he would become nothing more than a friend.
After Xiaomai's confession successfully established the relationship, Aju put on a yellow scarf, and her worries were immediately surrounded by joy.
The visual design of the film here is very vivid. The entire background is blue. Wheat is dressed in brown and yellow and blue jeans, and Aju is wearing a yellow scarf with blue nails. They each have blue and yellow tattoos on their bodies. Contrasting colors.
It shows the inner tension and joy of a couple who have just established a relationship. Both of them have mixed emotions at the moment.
When two people have strong emotional interactions, the tones worn by both parties are often alternately complementary with yellow and blue.
The two were moved to tears by the story. The colors of their clothes were yellow and blue.
As the relationship between the two changes from warm to cold, the complementary yellow and blue tones in the clothes of both parties will also decrease accordingly.
Until the end, it turned into gray and white without any hue.
As for red, it symbolizes a beautiful change in the first half of the film, and in the second half of the film, red symbolizes a tragic turning point, which is completely opposite to the first half.
In the first half of the film, the male and female protagonists are about to kiss, go to bed, and live together... red appears in every scene.
In the second half of the film, every time the color red appears, it foreshadows more and more conflicts and cracks in the relationship between the two. They decided to break up. On that day, Aju painted her fingernails red for the first time and also put on red clothes. They looked at the red Ferris wheel, full of sentimentality, and both understood that the emotional tragedy had come to an end. .
It was the first time for post-production of a theatrical film. Li Mingyang was very cautious. Then during the color grading process, he compared it with the color conflict in his memory. It was obviously a very complicated matter, but in the change of color Getting better and better.
When the color correction was completed, Li Mingyang went to watch the film he had made. He couldn't believe it was a film he had made. He was in a daze.
He suddenly became enlightened. The bouquet adopts the color rhythm. His rhythm talent comes into play, allowing him to play for a long time!
Wu Zhikui watched the movie in shock, which was very different from the original version, and his heart was filled with huge waves.
He was the photographer of the bouquet, and he shot almost all of the footage.
But after being edited and graded by Li Mingyang, he felt that what he had shot was all rubbish...
"Director Li, you are too strong. You have criticized this film like this. I feel like a king of sunglasses.”
“Haha! Salute, salute!”
It took too long to do the coloring.
Li Mingyang gave up composing his own music and switched to ready-made soundtracks. Huace happened to be cooperating with the largest copyright agents, Universal and Sony.
After getting the music library, Li Mingyang started to score.
Movie soundtrack can enhance the atmosphere and mood of the movie, providing the audience with an immersive auditory experience through the level of the music, the speed of the rhythm, the development of the harmony, etc., thus enhancing the appeal and performance of the movie. force.
The importance of soundtrack to a movie is self-evident.
It’s too troublesome to do it yourself, so Li Mingyang just bought it ready-made.
"Director Li, why don't you do it yourself? The soundtrack is too expensive! It feels like it will cost at least hundreds of thousands," Wu Zhikui said.
“It’s a province, it’s a province that shouldn’t be. The soundtrack of Little Days and the soundtrack of Hong Kong and Taiwan are so classic and can resonate with the audience. I can arrange music, but sometimes originality cannot be avoided. Song copyright, any attempt to circumvent copyright patents will be caught by the old gangsters."
"Isn't it shameless to do this?"
" Music copyright is so profitable.”
Wu Zhikui nodded and said doubtfully, “There’s no need to buy the original sound, you can sing it yourself!”
"You can sing?"
Wu Zhikui shook his head, "You sing!"
"I sing? If I could sing, I would have hung Jay Chou up and beaten him. I am tone deaf. . ”
“Ah! It’s true!”
Li Mingyang didn’t explain, put on his headphones and looked for the music he wanted.
(End of this chapter)