Shenhao with a learning panel

Li Shixian sent a message to Wang Jianmu: "Brother, are you busy, I have something to ask you."

After sending it, I came to the study room, tidied up a bit, and the mobile phone on the desk rang. I walked over and saw that it was Wang Jianmu, so I quickly connected it.

"Brother, what's the matter?"

Li Shi briefly explained the situation.

After listening, Wang Jianmu said directly: "Brother, I used to be an action director for a few years, but at that time I just didn't want to stay at home, and I didn't want to develop into a director in the past, so I just did my job and only focused on action design and direction. I don’t know anything about casting actors, but I know a few directors, and one of them has been the assistant director of several TV dramas, so I can ask you if necessary.”

Li Shi immediately said: "Then that's great, please brother Wang to help me get in touch."

"Okay, just wait for my message."

After a while, Wang Jianmu called again: "I called him but he didn't answer, maybe he was busy, working on the production team, there are often days and nights, so I have left a message for him, and he will definitely respond when he sees it." Call me back, but it might not be until tomorrow."

"it's okay no problem."

Li Shi expressed his understanding.

After thanking Wang Jianmu again, they chatted a few more words before hanging up the phone.

He stood there and thought for a while, then turned to Zhang Jingyi's WeChat, and edited the message: "Junior girl, long time no see, do you have time to chat?"

After sending it, put the phone directly into the trouser pocket and continue tidying up the study.

Put all the manuscripts into several big boxes, then dug out the notebook, took a pen and started to write a short story shooting plan - he found that it was more difficult to make the story into a short film than he imagined, in order to ensure smooth production To produce a quality film, and express my thoughts on calligraphy as much as possible in the film, I think it is still necessary to sort out my thoughts.

"The first step: the core and outline of the story, and the biography of the characters. (Completed)"

"The first step: the text script. (The third draft will be released tonight. Remember, in addition to reviewing the story itself, you must also review the calligraphy-related parts) (unfinished)"

"The second step: storyboard script. (After all, it's the first time to shoot a short play, try to draw a storyboard to ensure the quality of the finished film) (First find a storyboard sketch on the Internet to learn) (unfinished)"

"The third step: main role selection. (male lead, to be determined) (female lead, tentatively named Zhao Lu) (county calligrapher, to be determined) (early secondary roles: heroine's parents, high school principal, etc.) (later secondary Role: elite male, big wave female, etc.)”

……

Based on his previous experience in filming, Li Shi sorted out the steps, and immediately had a good idea of ​​what to do to make a short story film, and felt much more secure in his heart.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Seeing that there was no movement on WeChat, he put the mobile phone on the desk.

I fetched the tablet, turned it on, searched for the shot sketches on the Internet, and soon found the shot script of Zhang Yimou's movie "Hero".

After downloading, because I have never touched it before, I still had the mentality of facing difficulties at the beginning, but after looking at it, I found——

"Hey, it doesn't seem difficult for me to draw this."

I have the advantages of painting skills and drama image imagination, as well as script ability.

After Li Shi carefully read the storyboard script of this great director who is called "National Teacher" by netizens, he immediately tried to write a storyboard imitating the painting.

What he chose was the parting scene between the male lead and his first love, Yu Ye.

【A certain scene, rainy night street, outside】

(near First Love's house, ten o'clock at night)

Figure

1 [Special or close] (steps step on puddles, water splashes everywhere)
Figure

2 [near or middle] (first love's snow-white and smooth calf enters under the reflection of street advertising lights, from calf, thigh to buttocks, from buttocks to waist) (highlights the whiteness and smoothness of the skin)
……

He wrote very fast, and in a short time, he roughly drew the storyboard of the scene.

"When the script comes out, I will imagine the screen according to the script, and then draw the screen. This is the shot script."

"It doesn't have to follow Lao Mouzi's model completely, as long as you can understand it yourself."

"Chinese, photography, painting... The things I have accumulated in front of me feel like I am preparing for being a director, hi!"

"so easy!"

What Li Shi was most worried about before was the position problem when shooting short films, but now he finds that after the storyboard picture is drawn, how to set the camera position will come out accordingly.

Immediately, he had more confidence and expectations for the first short story film he was going to make.

After retreating for such a long time, Li Shi is also a little tired, and the calligraphy creation is temporarily put aside.

He turned on the TV and watched the latest new dramas and variety shows at random. After scanning around, he found that they were all idol dramas. The key quality was still very low. Some other directors' film storyboards are viewed as comic strips.

"Tsui Hark's storyboards are different from Lao Mouzi's. They are very delicate, and even the dust of riding a horse is shown."

"Haha, Jiang Wen is such a sloppy painter."

……

Li Shi is in a relaxed mood. Through different storyboard scripts, he can feel the differences in the styles of these great directors, which is quite interesting.

When it was quiet, he suddenly heard cicadas chirping outside the window, at first he thought it was an illusion.

"This is the twelfth floor."

Listening carefully, it was indeed the sound of cicadas, and I heard it right.

He got serious, his hearing was excellent, and he soon discovered that the movement was coming from the green belt of the community downstairs.

Get up, take the phone and take the elevator downstairs.

Today's weather is very good, sunny, but it will be three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun has already slanted westward, and the sunlight under the community has long been blocked by tall buildings.

Walking along the cicada's cries, I felt that the cicadas were getting louder and louder, and soon I really found a small insect on a five-needle pine.

As soon as Li Shi approached, it stopped barking.

When I was farther away, the cicadas I used to hear in my hometown when I was a child sounded again.

The sound of cicadas came to my ears, and it might be noise to others, but Li Shi was in a good mood when he heard it. He just felt that this was a small surprise that he encountered today!

He found a bench in the shade and sat down, thinking nothing of it for a while.

Until the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated, he took it out and saw that it was Zhang Jingyi who replied to the message.

"Senior, I was working before, and the phone was turned off. I just saw it later. Now I have time. What can you do?"

Li Shi thought about it, and felt that it would be better to make a phone call, so he asked, "Is it convenient for you to answer the phone?"

No, Zhang Jingyi called directly after half a minute.

"Senior, long time no see."

"Long time no see, it's like this, I'm going to..."

Li Shi briefly explained the whole story, and then asked her about their filming and casting.

Zhang Jingyi's voice was very flat, without too many tone fluctuations, but she spoke directly, without hiding it, and directly told Li Shi in detail about the several casting auditions she had participated in since entering the industry.

"My suggestion is, senior, before you look for an actor, you should first have a clear vision of what the role is like, so that the goal will be clear... I heard that some great directors often know the role at a glance when they choose actors. You know if this is the person you want."

At the end, she suddenly sighed softly: "However, most things in the world are unsatisfactory. People living in this world always have to compromise, not with others, but with themselves."

Li Shi was originally thinking about his imagination of the main characters, but he blinked when he heard this, thinking, her tone is not right.

What is wrong with this, depressed?
After chatting for a few more words, I thanked the other party and hung up the phone.

He got up and went upstairs, but when he got into the elevator, he was still thinking about Zhang Jingyi's strange state and all the bad rumors in the entertainment circle, unlocked the screen, typed and sent a message: "Sister, thank you again You have told me so much, and it has helped me a lot, but I don’t seem to be in a good state listening to you, did you encounter any unhappy things?"

You help me, I help you, apart from their status as high school alumni, the two are barely friends now.

Zhang Jingyi's typing speed was also relatively fast, and the message was quickly replied: "I am really not in a good state. It may be that the role I played this time is too deep in the play."

The two chatted without a word.

Zhang Jingyi talked about her situation. It turned out that she played a young girl murderer this time. She experienced a particularly miserable experience. She was raped by school bullies twice... and finally killed everyone who hurt her.

"I am a monk halfway, so I can only take the experience school approach. I really listen, see and feel, and act in a way of empathy, so I am deeply involved in the drama."

Li Shi was stunned, assuming this kind of role emotionally, this school girl was cruel enough to him.

He asked, "Is there any way to make a show?"

Zhang Jingyi: "Yes, after a long time, the play will naturally come out, time is always the best medicine for healing - otherwise, replace it with another emotion, such as playing a special role, or..."

Li Shi asked curiously: "Or what?"

After a while, Zhang Jingyi said, "Senior, let's change the subject."

……

After five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Shi asked his assistant Zhang Huijing to bring him five dishes and one soup. After eating and drinking, he went to bed early and integrated the added physical attributes of calligraphy promotion to (professional-).

After waking up at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, the physical attributes increased to 34.9.

He moved his body out of the bedroom, feeling the urge to punch the floor through.

"It can't really smash, even if it doesn't smash through, with my current strength, if I hit it with all my strength, I'm afraid everyone upstairs and downstairs will mistakenly think that something exploded."

Li Shi came to the kitchen, drank three boxes of milk in one go, took a bag of bread, took a bottle of water, put on his sneakers and went downstairs.

When we arrived at the gate of the community, after eating, we threw the bag into the trash can on the side of the road and walked to the river.

It would be almost twelve midnight.

The river is windy, but there is no one there.

He walked to a place where there was no surveillance, opened his fists, and played a routine with each move.

I punched all the boxing styles I learned three times. Although I didn't sweat much, my body was warm and comfortable, and my blood and energy were all flowing.

"It's a pity that with my current physique, in such a place, it's not easy to completely let go of my hands and feet, unless I go to the activity base in the suburbs. But... I will go back to Baoqing and Zhaoyang for filming in a while, and the plan is to do a For the small town series, I must go often, but I can still get a residence there."

"Also, find time to go to the mountains to have fun."

Li Shi thought about the sea view villa again.

"It's also arranged. I will occasionally go to the beach for vacation in the future. It's quite pleasant to eat abalone seafood by the sea or in the sea, and enjoy the colorful flower buds!"

It was almost one o'clock in the morning when he returned to Phoenix Bay. He took a shower before checking WeChat and found that both Zhang Huijing and Zhao Lingfang had sent him messages at night.

The little assistant was reporting about the actor interview tomorrow, while Zhao Lingfang told him that the script had been revised and sent to the work mailbox.

After each reply, Li Shi took the tablet and turned it on, logged into the mailbox, downloaded the third version of the script sent by Zhao Lingfang to the tablet first, then went to the study room, connected the printer with Bluetooth to print it out, and then took the thick physical script, Pulled out a pencil from the desk, came to the subject, sat comfortably on the massage chair, and started to read.

The third draft of the script was already perfect, so he quickly read it through first, and he felt pretty good.

Then I started to use my imagination, and while reading, I transformed the text into pictures and scenes in my mind. As the text was turned page by page, the whole story was also staged in Li Shi's mind.

When he encountered something that was wrong, he marked it with a pencil, and after the second pass, he began to modify it.

There are not many flawed places, and the correction will be completed after three times and five divisions.

Looking at the whole script again, every character suddenly became extra three-dimensional in his heart. The male advocate Shan who looks like a dog and the heart is passionate, the first love Zhou Yan who looks pure and rebellious in heart, and the seemingly stern but warm-hearted Principal Peng...

"Although I made a short film, the core of the characters is still relatively rich. It's hard to act. The stupid way is to directly find someone who is more similar to the character."

He slept for a few hours before merging physical attributes, but now Li Shi is very energetic. He got up and went to the study room, took a stack of A4 papers, and started to draw the storyboard script directly.

It was relatively slow at the beginning, but after getting familiar with the routines of storyboard creation, the speed increased instantly, and there was no one around, and only the sound of friction in the study could be heard.

Suddenly, the notification tone of the WeChat message broke the quiet atmosphere in the middle of the night.

Li Shi stopped writing, picked up his phone and checked the time first.

It was 46:[-] in the morning.

Looking at the message again, it was from Zhang Jingyi, with an inexplicable sentence: "Senior, are you willing to trap me?"

what does this mean?
Li Shi was in a daze for a second, then suddenly remembered that "sleepy" is the dialect of his hometown, which means "sleep".

The old family said "I'm going to sleep", which means "I'm going to sleep".

That's what Ah Q in Brother Xun's novel told Mama Wu in the same way.

and so--

Li Shi was shocked, and he recalled it instantly.

Looking at the screen again, I found that the other party had withdrawn the message.

Li Shi frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered that she was too involved in the drama: "Should I pretend that I didn't see it, or... answer something?"

This was the first time Li Shi encountered such a thing, and even a wise man like him didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

After hesitating, he clicked on the profile picture and entered her circle of friends.

The latest news was posted three days ago: Successful completion, happy and happy! (cake) (flowers)
In addition to the emoji package in the copy, there is also a photo taken during the finale. In the photo, she is wearing a white coat, standing there holding flowers, pretty and pure, with a smile on her face, and she even compared a caring hand to the camera. posture.

No matter the copy or the photos, there is nothing unusual about it.

At this moment, perhaps to cover up the previously withdrawn message, Zhang Jingyi sent another message: "Senior, can I go and watch while you are filming?" (End of this chapter)