Chapter 37 A thing that helps crops grow
When Zhou Yan first searched for short films in his mind, the first thing that came to mind was the kind that was mainly performed by two people, and the scenes were composed of close-ups and close-ups. , a movie with simple actions and high artistic content.
But later he still felt that two people were too many, and thought of a movie that only one person could act in - Antfly.
"Antfly" is the early work of the great director Christopher Nolan. Like many people when they first started, Nolan didn't have a long time. The length of this short film is less than three minutes.
Nolan has many excellent films, but the one that impressed Zhou Yan the most was this early work "Antfly". He believes that this short film is more like a condensation of Nolan's film works.
Also, this short film is short, so it doesn’t take long to watch it many times.
If I had to use one word to summarize this movie, Zhou Yan thinks "matryoshka" is pretty good. The things the movie talks about are layered within each other.
In the black and white short film, a man appears in a dark apartment, holding a shoe in his hand, looking for and tapping something mysterious in a panic.
The man looked restless, he seemed to have not slept for a long time, and what bothered him should be the thing he was about to slap.
Soon, he found the target. Under a piece of clothing, the mysterious thing moved quickly on the floor against the clothes. It looked like a mouse.
The man chased after him and opened his clothes. There was a little man who looked exactly like him. He lifted up his leather shoes and took a photo, but he missed the shot.
After a chase, the man stopped the villain, who was also lying on the ground. He raised his right hand high and hit it hard, as if he was also beating something. Immediately afterwards, the man also raised his right hand high and hit the villain.
Just when the man was happy that he had captured the villain, a huge figure suddenly appeared behind him. A man who looked exactly like him raised his right hand fiercely...
The last scene of the short film is the black leather shoe on the ground. Obviously, whether it is the villain, the giant or the protagonist himself, they are all the same person. They are all doing the same thing, slapping a little boy who looks the same as himself. thing.
It’s just that when they slap their smaller selves, they are about to be slapped by their bigger selves.
When Zhou Yan saw this short film for the first time, the first thing that came to his mind was the face-to-face mirror in the barber's room. When a person stands in the middle, he will see countless versions of himself in the mirror, layer by layer, forever. end.
This is an imaginative short film with a simple story but a lot of details. To create a sense of tension and mystery in the film, you really need to put some effort into it.
Zhou Yan decided to write the script of "Antfly" first, and then draw scenes based on the written script.
When writing the script, Zhou Yan did not write it right away like he did when he copied the novels "The River Wet by Rain". He first divided the movie into segments and then summarized the story of each segment. into short text.
The short film "Antfly" can be divided into three parts. The first part is "What is a man looking for", the second part is "A man finds a little person who looks like himself", and the third part is "Slap yourself to death with your shoe."
These three paragraphs can be divided into many small paragraphs. For example, in the first paragraph, a person's eyes first appear, and then the man is taking pictures of something with his shoes, and then falls to the ground...
Because Zhou Yan didn't look. He had not read the script of "Antfly", so he could only "pull the film" in his mind first, draw out the general plot of the short film, and then fill in the specific content.
However, because he does not have a complete, high-definition movie in his mind, he can only "pull" a rough outline, and many details can only be enriched by himself.
Zhou Yan’s writing of the script is very clear, but it is not very fast. After one night, only one-third of the script is completed. You must know that this is just a script for a short film of more than two minutes. Not much.
However, Zhou Yan was not in a hurry. He was mainly doing it for training. It was normal to be slower at the beginning, and he could also expect that he would be even slower when drawing storyboards later.
...
Until December 10th, the snow in Qixian County had not yet come. All the scenes other than the snow scene had been filmed, and the crew had been shut down for more than half a month.
When the shutdown first started, the staff of each team felt that they were finally able to have a good rest. They felt that it was pretty good, so they just waited. They usually spent time playing cards in the crew, and occasionally had dinner together. , find some drinking buddies to drink.
If that doesn’t work, you can apply to the director and go to the town or even the county to have fun.
Two days a day are the happiest, two days and three days are okay, but after a week passes, most people start to get anxious.
If the snow doesn't come, the movie can't be filmed. We can't have so many people stuck in the mud in Qiao's courtyard. Moreover, actors like He Saifei and others are seconded from the troupe, and they all have their own characteristics. Their own affairs, no one wants to waste time here.
The one with the best mentality in the entire crew is probably Zhou Yan and his friends in the dormitory. Zhou Yan spends his days playing cards with the crew, chatting about the mountains, and then studying the script of "Antfly". If you understand the question, go ask Zhang Yimou and other masters.
If the crew really finished filming, it would really not be as convenient for him to ask questions now.
As for He Wuming, he has been so idle every day since the filming of the film. Only occasionally when He Saifei has a singing role, he will come forward to provide guidance.
Sister Feng told Zhou Yan before that He Wuming was the mainstay of the Yanjing Peking Opera Troupe and studied under a famous Peking Opera master that Zhou Yan had never heard of.
Zhou Yan expressed doubts about the idea that He Wuming was the mainstay of the Peking Opera troupe. He felt that Sister Feng was exaggerating. Whose mainstay was away from the troupe every day and would go to the crew to stay? In the evening of the 10th, Zhou Yan was tinkering with the shots of "Antfly" inside the house when he heard a loud noise coming from outside.
“Put these bags on the second floor.”
“There should be enough in the fourth courtyard, and then move a few bags to the second courtyard.”
“Don’t drive in a hurry yet.”
...
The yard has not been so lively for several days. Zhou Yan got up and prepared to go out to see what was going on. As soon as he opened the door, a pungent smell hit his face.
In the aisle, Jiang Mengfei was pushing several bags of compound fertilizer on a trolley to the second courtyard. He was wearing a mask, but he still tilted his head, looking like he was quite choked by the smoke.
Seeing Zhou Yan push the door open, Jiang Mengfei had a look of joy on his face, "Old Zhou, hurry up..."
Zhou Yan seemed to know what Jiang Mengfei was going to say, and before he could After saying that, Zhou Yan suddenly took a step back and closed the door tightly.
"Bang!"
Jiang Mengfei yelled with a curse, "Zhou Yan, did you agree to share the joys and sorrows? Just wait, I will pile more at your door later!"
Ren Whatever Jiang Mengfei said outside, Zhou Yan pretended not to hear.
He can help with other things, but he really can’t do anything about moving fertilizer.
He Wuming saw that he had just opened the door and then closed it. Hearing Jiang Mengfei's words, he asked, "What did he say he wanted to pile up at our door?"
"Something that helps crops grow."
He Wuming raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Feces?"
Zhou Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, thinking it had to be You, Teacher He.
“It’s chemical fertilizer.”
Hearing that it was chemical fertilizer, He Wuming suddenly said, “You can’t wait for snow, so use chemical fertilizer instead of snow, right?”
"Yeah." Zhou Yan nodded, and then lamented, "I heard Jiang Mengfei means that he will start spreading fertilizer tonight. The smell... I won't have a good time tonight."
He Wuming didn't take it seriously, " It feels good, and I don’t smell anything. Besides, it’s through the door.”
Zhou Yan smiled and said nothing.
......
Three hours later, He Wuming sat on the bed, covering his nose with a towel soaked in water, and looked at the door painfully, "Zhou Yan, is our door somewhere? Broken? ”
"It's not broken, it's fine."
"Then why is the smell so strong? How did it get in?"
"Whose door has no cracks."
"Zhou Yan, Is the window leaking? Should we get some paper to plug the crack in the door?”
“If it’s really plugged, we won’t survive.”
"Zhou Yan..."
"Teacher He, please accept your magical powers."
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