"Sense and Sensibility" is a popular movie at this year's film festival. It is originally adapted from a famous novel, and it has grossed more than 60 million US dollars at the box office in North America. Therefore, the tickets for this show sold out the fastest and best.
Zhou Yan is an "insider", so of course he doesn't have to buy the tickets himself, as someone has already arranged it.
After entering the movie palace, Jia Guoping said with a smile, "I also took advantage of you and sat in the first row."
Zhou Yan smiled, in fact, the first row The movie-viewing effect is really not the best. If you want to have a good movie-viewing effect, you still have to sit back.
As soon as they found their seats, they saw Bregman and his friends sitting nearby.
Basically the main creative staff of "Sense and Sensibility" are here, even Alan Rickman is here.
The movie was about to start now. Zhou Yan just waved and said hello to them, but did not go over to chat.
Jia Guoping glanced at An Li and the others, "That's An Li, right?"
"Well, it's him. Next to him is the producer Bregman, and The hero and heroine."
"How many of the creative staff of "The Spring of the Cowherd Class" are here? You are not the only one."
"Of course not. Li Xuejian and Zhu Lin arrived two days ago, and Sister Feng also attended the opening ceremony."
Zhou Yan turned around and looked, "They should have come to watch this one, but no I know where it is."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a few people waving to him. When he looked closely, it was Xu Feng and the others.
Beside Xu Feng sat Li Xuejian and Zhu Lin, and Zhang Youan also came.
Just when Zhou Yan was about to wave in response, another person waved to him not far away. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be Hou Hsiao-hsien.
There are quite a few familiar faces in this scene.
Zhou Yan waved to the two groups of people. The movie was about to start now, so he turned his head and went to watch the movie seriously.
Zhou Yanke was so familiar with this movie that he didn’t know how many times he had watched it over and over just when he was composing the soundtrack for the movie. Later, he attended the premiere of the movie and watched it again live.
However, Zhou Yan does not feel bored, because now he watches movies not only from the perspective of an ordinary audience, but also from a professional perspective.
A two-hour movie, I watch it over and over again, and every time I can see details that I haven't discovered before. As a master, An Li is very good at adding details to the movie, and ordinary audiences You may not notice it when watching it, but these things will definitely not be in vain. It is precisely because of the processing of these details that the movie is so excellent.
Now Zhou Yan has lost a lot of direct pleasure when watching movies, but he can find some different kinds of pleasure.
The screening of "Sense and Sensibility" was very successful. When the movie ended, the audience applauded for a long time.
As one of the creators, Zhou Yan was also very happy to hear the applause.
At the end of the show, An Li and Bregman walked up to Zhou Yan.
"I thought you weren't coming." An Li said with a smile.
"It's not unlikely that he won't come this year. After all, 'Cowherder's Spring' is also a favorite to win the award. We watched this movie two days ago, and it was so well shot," Bregman said.
At this time Alan Rickman also walked over from behind, "Mr. Bregman is right, "Springtime of the Cowherd" is a very good movie, this movie It’s tailor-made for you, the music in it is so beautiful.”
Brigman laughed, “This was originally a movie he wrote, directed and performed, so of course it was tailor-made. "
Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson also came, and the latter said, "I heard that this movie did very well at the box office in China, right?"
" It's okay." Zhou Yan smiled and said modestly, "The main reason is that the original version is very good, and I was just inspired by the original version."
"I have seen the original version of "A Cage of Nightingales". Although the story is generally similar, the feeling is completely different. Especially in terms of music creation, your version is obviously much better." An Li said.
Zhou Yan didn't want to answer this, so he changed the subject and said, "Is "Sense and Sensibility" going to be released in Europe?"
"It was released in Spain yesterday and in Norway today. , the UK and Italy, and will be released in Belgium, France and Australia in a few days," Bregman replied.
Zhou Yan nodded. In this way, several major ticket warehouses in Europe and Oceania are covered.
This means that the global box office of "Sense and Sensibility" will soon be determined.
Although it will be released in many countries and regions in the future, it will not affect the overall situation. The total population of Europe is not large, and it is mainly concentrated in a few countries. Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain are the traditional big vote banks.
"Then after the awards ceremony is over, the box office data in the past few days should be available."
"Yes." Bregman nodded and said nothing more. .
The reason why they scheduled the release time here is of course because they wanted to rely on the Berlin Film Festival to promote the movie, just like they scheduled the release time of "The Sixth Sense" near the Oscars. Same.
If "Sense and Sensibility" can really win the grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival, it will definitely have a positive impact on the box office in these countries.
Everyone knew this, but Bregman couldn't say it in front of Zhou Yan. After all, Zhou Yan was also their competitor now, and "Spring of the Cowherd Class" was also competing for awards.
Actually, Bregman felt that "Spring in the Cowherd" was really well shot, even better than "Sense and Sensibility". Zhou Yan's talent was fully demonstrated in this movie.
As Alan Rickman said, this movie is tailor-made for Zhou Yan. Music and education are closely related to Zhou Yan.
And compared to the "love" theme of "Sense and Sensibility", the theme of "Spring in the Cowherd" is obviously more profound. He is sure that "Spring of the Cowherd Class" will definitely be a movie that can stand the test of time.
But Bregman does not regard "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" as a rival in his heart, because their goal is to win the Golden Bear Award at this film festival, and "Springtime of the Cowherd Class" "The possibility of winning the Golden Bear is very low.
Even though the Berlin Film Festival is more friendly to new directors than the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, it still won't award the Golden Bear to a director in his twenties.
Zhou Yan is really too young, and his age is his biggest disadvantage.
It is difficult for a director who is not yet twenty-six years old to achieve success in such a major film festival.
If Zhou Yan is not twenty-five years old now, but forty-five years old, then the possibility of him winning the award is very high. You don’t even need to be forty-five. If Zhou Yan is thirty-five now, he is very promising.
...Zhou Yan did not stay in the movie palace for too long. He quickly returned to the hotel with Jia Guoping.
There was another movie to be screened at the Movie Palace, but Zhou Yan was not interested, and he was indeed a little tired after traveling a long distance, so he went back to rest first.
In the evening, Zhou Yangang and Jia Guoping had dinner and were chatting in the room when there was a knock on the door.
"It should be Sister Feng and the others." Zhou Yan said, got up and opened the door.
But when the door opened, Zhou Yan found Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman standing at the door.
"Emma, Allen, why are you here?" Zhou Yan said unexpectedly: "Are you two just the two of you?"
Alan raised the script in his hand, "I'll bring the heroine to discuss with you The script."
Zhou Yan then remembered that he had promised to help with the soundtrack for his movie "The Winter Visitor". At that time, Allen had said that he wanted Emma to play the heroine.
"You two, please come in." Zhou Yan stepped aside.
Entering the room and seeing Jia Guoping, Allen smiled and greeted, "Mr. Jia, we meet again."
"Hello." Jia Guoping responded with a smile.
"Alan is going to make a movie. I will be the soundtrack and Emma is the heroine. They came to talk to me about the script." Zhou Yan explained.
"Then I'll go back to the room first, and you guys can chat."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, you go back first."
Although Zhou Yan didn't think Jia Guoping was here No problem, but after all, it involves Alan Rickman's unfinished script, so we should take their feelings into consideration.
After Jia Guoping left, Alan Rickman handed the script to Zhou Yan, "I have made some modifications to the script, please take a look."
Zhou Yan took the script and took a rough look at it.
Soon he finished reading the script, because the story had not changed much from before, there were just a few more details.
It used to be a literary script, but now this one is more like a movie script.
It can be seen that Alan Rickman has been seriously thinking about how to make this script into a movie during this time.
Although Zhou Yan felt that the script had many shortcomings, he did not point out these shortcomings from the perspective of a director or screenwriter. Instead, he said with a smile, "Actually, the plot of this movie is relatively simple, mainly the lens arrangement and We need to put more thought into the line design. I think there is no problem with the line design now, Emma, what do you think?"
Emma Thompson nodded, "I feel the same way. , Allen read the script to me before, and I was deeply fascinated by the story. But to be honest, it is not an easy thing to film what is expressed in the script. "
< br>"Well, I believe Allen can do this. When is the movie going to be shot? This winter?"
"Yes, if there are no accidents, it will be shot this winter. We need to find a section A day when the weather is stable. "
The stories in "Winter Visitor" all take place on the same day, so it is best to shoot when the weather is stable.
Fortunately, the climate is relatively stable in winter, so this shouldn't be difficult.
There are still ten months left before the movie starts shooting. For Zhou Yan, there is no need to rush. Originally, the soundtrack intervention was relatively late and there was no preparation work in the early stage.
But Alan Rickman attaches great importance to it, and he does not regard Zhou Yan simply as a composer. After all, Zhou Yan is an excellent director and screenwriter. He also hopes to get some useful suggestions from Zhou Yan. , related to shooting.
The content of the chat between the three people completely exceeded the scope of the soundtrack. From script writing to subsequent shooting, Alan Rickman asked Zhou Yan many questions.
Zhou Yan had a good impression of Alan Rickman, and he also liked the script "The Winter Visitor", so Zhou Yan knew everything he asked for advice.
Sometimes, when you think about things alone, it is always easy to encounter situations where you can't push forward. But if you discuss it with a few people, you will suddenly become enlightened.
The same goes for Alan Rickman. He had many problems that he couldn’t figure out before, but after chatting with Zhou Yan and Emma Thompson for a while, he figured them out.
After all, when it comes to movies, both Zhou Yan and Emma Thompson have more experience than him.
While chatting, Zhou Yan couldn't help but expand a little more and talk about some specific issues.
“Actually, in the first scene, you set the scene where the heroine’s mother walks to the door of the heroine’s home, but I think it can be changed to another scene, such as the heroine’s mother walking on the endless snow. , not only does the shot look better, but it also reflects the heroine’s mother’s rush and long journey.”
In fact, Alan Rickman's design in the script also reflects the heroine's mother's long journey. For example, the heroine's mother is flushed and panting.
Alan Rickman used a lot of words to describe this scene. If you just read the script as a novel, there will definitely be no problem.
However, such a design may not be good when photographed, because it is not visually intuitive enough and does not stimulate the audience enough.
The lens designed by Zhou Yan can express more things and is more intuitive.
The most important thing is that it looks good.
Whether the shot looks good or not is very important to a movie.
In addition, in terms of lens processing, it is actually a bit simpler, because when shooting this scene, you only need to fix the lens and directly apply the classic composition.
Place the boundary line between the snow and the sky at one-third of the screen, and place the character's feet at two-thirds of the screen. This divides the screen into three equal parts. This is a common composition used in many movies. .
After listening to Zhou Yan's suggestion, Alan Rickman was very pleasantly surprised, "I have been considering whether to make some modifications to this lens. Your suggestion is really great. Moreover, if it is used With your shot, you have more room to play when doing the soundtrack later, right?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "That's right, for such a simple and layered shot, the soundtrack will be better. It is indeed easier. In other words, this kind of lens is more suitable for soundtrack.”
Movies need a soundtrack, but that doesn’t mean that every shot is suitable for a soundtrack. Some movies tend to make a mistake, that is, they like to pile up the soundtrack, and they will put some music wherever they are. In fact, for many shots, some music is added to the soundtrack. Leaving it blank is more appropriate.
For example, between the lens Allen designed before and the lens suggested by Zhou Yan, the former is obviously not suitable for matching music, while the latter is very suitable. (End of this chapter)