While the Backstreet Boys were preparing for a TV show, Zhou Yanren had already arrived in London.
This time he came alone. The filming of "Sense and Sensibility" has reached the middle and late stages. The crew is currently filming in Wiltshire. Zhou Yan went to London first to take a look at the film.
Because the filming took place in the UK, Columbia handed over the development and printing of the film to the local Phantom Entertainment Company in London.
In other companies, it is not that convenient to watch movies, and there are many movies developed, so it took Zhou Yan nearly four days to finish watching the movies.
After watching the film, he went directly to Wiltshire.
The crew shot at Trafalgar House and Wilton House in Wiltshire, respectively, for Barton Manor and the London Ballroom in the film, and at Mompeson House, which was used for Mrs. Jennings' villa.
When Zhou Yan arrived, the crew had just finished filming a scene at Wilton Villa.
An Li saw Zhou Yan at a glance, raised his hand and waved to him, then he said a few words to the side, and walked over with the deputy director Chiesa.
"Zhou Yan, you are finally here." An Li said with a smile.
Chiesa also said hello, "Y, long time no see."
"Sorry, I was really busy some time ago."
"Have you finished shooting your new movie?"
"No, there are still some scenes that have not been shot, and there is a lot of post-production work. "
An Li said with a smile, "Don't worry, look at what we have started before you, and the filming has not been completed yet, let alone the post-production work."
< br>"After all, what you are shooting is a masterpiece. Unlike us, most of the scenes were shot in one place."
Zhou Yan saw the films they made and knew the hardships involved. An Li shot a lot of scenes in this film, so long that Zhou Yan felt that if he were to edit it, he might have to make a film that would be over three hours long.
If the pace is slowed down a bit, Zhou Yan even thinks that An Li and the others could consider making it into two parts, the upper and lower parts, with a combined duration of four hours.
A longer film will definitely be able to express the thoughts of the director and screenwriter better, but the audience may not like it.
According to An Li's character, he will not be too willful to persist for a long time.
“Recently, there has been a lot of excitement about Colombia reshooting “The Sixth Sense”, but I’m more curious, why don’t you be the director yourself? Your own script has already been filmed again. It must be handy.”
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Isn't that boring?"
"That's true." An Li nodded.
The same movie, or even the same theme, is boring if repeated.
Chiesa next to him glanced at Zhou Yan with a playful smile on his face. He did not think that Zhou Yan did not want to be the director of the remake of "The Sixth Sense". Colombia invested so much in this movie. Qian, how could it be possible to invite a Chinese director to direct?
An Li was able to direct "Sense and Sensibility" solely because An Li had won a film festival award before and also lived in the United States.
What does Zhou Yan have? The biggest achievement is that "The Sixth Sense" took over 10 million at the box office.
"I heard that the company is planning to hire a well-known screenwriter to re-adapt "The Sixth Sense". The remake of "The Sixth Sense" may be different from the original version." Chiesa said.
Hearing what Chiesa said, An Li said with some regret, "The structure of "The Sixth Sense" is already very perfect. If it is adapted too much, it may destroy the original structure and the effect may be greatly reduced. "
After saying that, An Li felt that he had made a mistake, so he added, "Of course, some well-known screenwriters will always come up with some genius ideas that will make people's eyes shine."
Zhou Yan. Then he looked at Chiesa with some confusion, because there are two screenwriters for the remake, and he himself is the first screenwriter, which means that Zhou Yan can basically decide whether the remake will be significantly changed and how it will be changed.
There aren't many changes that need to be made in this movie. Most of them are changes in details. The overall structure will not change at all. As An Li said, the overall structure of this movie is no longer easy to change.
Once the structure is changed, it is completely different from the original story.
Therefore, Chiesa's words made Zhou Yan a little confused. He didn't know where he got the news. Maybe he also listened to the rumors outside.
Colombia spreads a lot of false news, but I didn’t expect that Chiesa, a Colombian, would believe these false news.
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, they can change it however they want. Since it has been handed over to them, I don't have to worry about it."
An Li nodded and said, "It's a very good mentality to have, and..."
Actually, An Li wanted to say that if the remake was too good, it might not be a good thing for Zhou Yan.
The original version and the remake will definitely be compared together. If the two are similar, then the original version will basically have the advantage. But if there is too much difference between the two, others will question Zhou Yan’s directing level. .
On the contrary, if the remake is not good, it will deepen people's impression of the original version.
An Li believes that even if this movie can be made better than Zhou Yan, it is probably impossible to crush him, so Zhou Yan is basically invincible.
"By the way, you've also seen the film. Do you have any new inspiration for the soundtrack?" An Li asked, changing the subject.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I have some ideas, but they are not comprehensive. After all, the films I watch are all messy, and I don't know which films you will eventually stay. I have done all the special shots for some special shots. The notebook is in my bag."
An Li stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me. Let's read it while we walk."
Zhou Yan nodded and took out the notebook and handed it over. In the hands of An Li.
Then the three of them walked towards the rest area.
After arriving at the place, An Li was looking at Zhou Yan's record book carefully. Alan Rickman, who was not far away, saw Zhou Yan and walked over with a smile.
"Mr. Y, I haven't seen you for a while. Did you just come today?"
Alan Rickman is wearing a costume and speaks in an accent that sounds like something from the 18th or 19th century. Little aristocratic style.
"Well, long time no see, Mr. Rickman, I was in London a few days ago and just arrived here today."
Hearing that Zhou Yan was in London a few days ago, Alan Rickman was surprised, "Yeah, I was in London yesterday. If I had known you were in London, I would have definitely invited you to see my new play "The Winter Visitor"."
"Did you star in it?"
"I'm the director." Alan Rickman smiled.
Zhou Yan said regretfully, "That's a pity. If I knew about your drama performance, I would definitely go and support it."
"How long are you going to stay here this time?"
“I’m afraid I’ll have to stay for a long time this time, because I have a concert here in July.”
"Is this your personal concert?" Alan Rickman's eyes lit up.
"Well, it's my personal concert."
"Do I have the honor to participate?" Alan Rickman asked proactively.
“Of course, if you have time.”
“The filming of the movie has come to an end, and I won’t have many shots in the later period, so I should be able to have time to listen to it live.”
"In that case, I'll leave you a ticket later... Is one ticket enough?"
"I may need two."
"Okay, I'll leave you two. Zhang."
"Leave one for me too," An Li, who was looking at the record book, suddenly said. Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave one for you too."
At this time, An Li put the record book on his lap and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't let you stay in vain. I will give you the ticket money when the time comes."
"Haha, I won't make money yet. This is the price of your ticket.”
“Then I’ll thank you in advance. I think these things you have memorized are almost the same. Basically, the idea is the same as before, but I have broken down those few songs. It’s more detailed. I’ll have to trouble you later.”
“It doesn’t matter, it was originally my job.” Zhou Yan thought for a moment and then said, “Actually, besides the soundtrack, there are a few other things. A small question, I want to ask you."
"What small question?" An Li asked with raised eyebrows.
He would not simply treat Zhou Yan as a composer. Zhou Yan's talent in movies made him attach great importance to Zhou Yan's opinions.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a little trick."
"Well, tell me."
"The first one was Marianne playing "Dream" When dubbing this piece, a note was wrong. There is actually no problem here, but when dubbing the sound later, the wrong note must be dubbed, otherwise it will not be right. "
Alan Lee. Kerman smiled and said, "As expected of a musician, he can notice such details."
Zhou Yan said modestly, "It's not a difficult thing."
"Well, I've written this down. Are there any others?" An Li asked.
“Yes, the second one is still related to this paragraph. Colonel Brandon gave Marianne a piano. Pushed up the garden path and finally moved into the house. In this case, if you play it directly without tuning it beforehand, it is unlikely that the pitch will be accurate."
"The third one is also the same as the instrument. Relatedly, in one section, a violinist was wearing a jaw guard when leaving the church, but as far as I know, this thing only started to exist in the 20th century."
Hear Zhou Yan finish. These two points of conflict, An Li and Rickman looked at each other, this is too subtle.
I won’t talk about the first two. After all, for a musician like Zhou Yan, it’s not difficult to spot these two gangsters. You just need to think a little more.
But the third one is a bit scary. Zhou Yan actually knew that the jaw guard was only used in the 20th century.
Their crew has a special historical consultant, but the historical consultant did not find this problem.
But An Li does not blame the historical consultant, because this is too detailed.
An Li feels that few people will notice this third gangster even if the movie is broadcast.
"Well, I have memorized these questions, and I will correct them later."
These are not difficult to correct.
The first one doesn’t even need to be changed. Just follow what Zhou Yan said, and correct the wrong sounds when dubbing the voices later.
As for the second one, they could add a tuning plot and not even require reshoots for the main character.
The third one, it’s not a big deal if this scene is deleted.
Zhou Yan smiled, "There is one more..."
"And?" An Li asked in surprise, "Is it related to music?"
"No, during the wedding, Bu Langdon first searched the pocket and threw all the coins out, but the second time, he threw out more coins from the pocket. Actually, these two shots were not put together, but I feel like you. It may be cut like this later, so I’ll remind you in advance.”
An Li said thoughtfully, “Well, I’ll remember it.”
Chiesa couldn’t help but say, “ Mr. Y, can you confirm the situation of the jaw ring? Do you have authoritative information to prove it?”
Zhou Yan shook his head, "That's not true. I just read some relevant introductions before. What I said is not necessarily correct. You can go and verify it."
"Then we must go to Steve Let's confirm," Chiesa said.
An Li waved his hand, "No need to confirm."
"Why?" Chiesa asked doubtfully.
“Because confirming this thing is a very waste of time. Instead of spending time to confirm whether it is true or false, it is better to simply delete the scene, or even shoot a new shot, which is better than It’s easier to verify.”
Chiesa pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Zhou Yan also nodded. An Li was right. It is very difficult to verify this kind of thing.
This is not the Internet age, where it is easy to find information. First of all, they don’t even know where to go to verify, when did the violinist’s jaw guard first come into being? The question itself is too tricky and too small. Public.
So, the easiest solution is to delete the scene directly. If you can't bear to part with the scene, then reshoot it. It is not too difficult for them to make up a scene.
An Li thought for a while, then asked Zhou Yan with a smile, "Do you want to make a guest appearance?"
Zhou Yan had a surprised look on his face, "Am I going to be a guest?"
"Well, you are going to be a sound engineer, but it only shows the back." An Li smiled sheepishly, "To tell you the truth. , Our crew does not have a professional tuner during this time, so we can only rely on you.”
The scenes related to musical instruments in the movie have been filmed, so of course it is impossible to have professional musical instrument-related people. It's here.
“I can actually be a guide.”
“Guidance takes time, and it may not be professional. Wouldn’t it be most efficient if you just act? Don’t worry, you won’t be paid less.”
"Okay, then do we still have to go to Trafalgar Villa to reshoot?"
Barton Manor was shot at Trafalgar Villa. If we need to reshoot, we should go there too. Just fine.
An Li shook his head and said, "No, just find a room here in Wilton, and after you finish shooting, just cut it in."
"Well, that's a way. .”
……
An Li did what he said. After finishing the originally planned scene the next morning, he re-shot the sound adjustment scene.
Zhou Yan changed clothes, put on a wig, and tuned the piano.
There was no frontal shot of Zhou Yan throughout the whole process, and most of the time, Marianne and the others were following him around the piano.
It was originally a very simple set of shots and was shot very quickly.
When the filming was over, An Li smiled and clapped, "Congratulations Y, it's finished."
Zhou Yan thought An Li would just casually shout "Okay", but what he didn't expect was that the staff came over with a bouquet of flowers and held a simple closing ceremony for him.
Seeing this scene, many people at the scene burst into laughter.
Zhou Yan held the flowers and said with a smile, "Thank you to the crew for the flowers..."
Before he finished speaking, An Li said, "No need to thank you, this bouquet of flowers is from you I bought it with my film remuneration.”
This time, the laughter became even louder.
Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't matter, as long as you don't let me give you any more money." (End of Chapter)