The door was opened, and the door was opened.

As soon as Yan Wei opened the door, he saw the back of an acquaintance walking hurriedly into the distance.

He raised his voice and shouted, "Fang Rong?"

The back in the distance turned around, "Teacher Yan?"

Fang Rong quickly walked towards him and said with a smile, "Teacher Yan, why are you here?"

"Let's talk about movies."

"Oh, you're busy, I'm going to the TV series department. I'm going to shoot a TV series next, and I have to discuss it."

"Wait a minute, let me ask you, does Director Chen like shadow puppets?"

Fang Rong was stunned.

Shadow puppetry?

Based on experience, he had come into contact with the art project written by Chen Xiao.

If he had come into contact with it, he would know it, right?

Fang Rong touched his chin and said hesitantly: "I guess he not only likes it, but can also sing it? Just ask him directly. I'm going to be late, let's talk about it another day."

After saying that, Fang Rong waved and trotted away.

Yan Wei was left standing there in surprise.

...

Two minutes later, Chen Xiao came back after making a phone call.

The two read for another five minutes and closed the script.

The head of the group, Luo Ruisong, held the script in both hands and exclaimed: "Director Chen, you have chosen the repertoire very well. How did you choose it?"

"Ask the AI ​​to roughly lock the range, and then watch a few of them and pick them out. Do you think there are more suitable repertoires?"

Luo Ruisong smiled, "Director Chen is really humble."

A few days ago, he met a young man who had watched a few shadow puppet shows and said that he understood shadow puppets, talked about it, and gave advice.

Look at him, he can sing, but he is so low-key, acting like a layman, and asking for advice humbly, which really gives them enough face.

Chen Xiao, who was sitting opposite him, looked at the gratified smile on the head of the group, and a question mark appeared in his mind.

Didn't he just say that he asked AI and went to watch a few movies himself?

Is that modesty?

Where is modesty?

Chen Xiao was puzzled for a moment, stopped thinking about it, and got to the point.

"You two are experts. However, the crew needs to combine the plot to insert appropriate puppetry clips. I will tell you to briefly talk about metaphors, please see if it is appropriate. If it is appropriate, I will trouble you to help find suitable artists to perform and dub Fugui. Do you think this is okay?"

Yan Wei nodded, "No problem, you say."

Chen Xiao picked up the script, "First of all, from the overall point of view, shadow puppetry itself has metaphors."

As he said, he opened the script.

Luo Ruisong sighed: "It is manipulated by the times, right?"

"That's right. But it's not just the times. To put it in a broader sense... it's fate. This statement is not very scientific, but it is very suitable for generalization."

Luo Ruisong nodded.

He had only watched it for about ten minutes, so he really didn't think too much about it.

After hearing this explanation, he now realized why this movie is called "To Live".

As a small person, fate plays tricks on him again and again, and he has no choice but to live.

He sighed and said:

"That's true. Fugui lost his family property in the gambling house because he was designed and manipulated by others. Later, he was always tricked by fate."

Just when he had a stable life, he was caught by the national security file to be a soldier and left his family.

After finally returning home, his daughter was mute again.

After a few days of peace, his son was gone again, and the one who committed manslaughter was Chunsheng who survived in the trenches.

The daughter finally grew up and found a good husband, but died in childbirth.

Alas...it seems that the hands behind the shadow puppets are a bit sinful.

"The meaning of shadow puppets is a bit... sad. By the way, Director Chen, I have one more question, when will this movie be released?"

"At the beginning of the winter vacation, it will not be released during the Spring Festival."

Luo Ruisong breathed a sigh of relief.

If you release it during the Spring Festival, it will really make the already poor goodwill worse.

Chen Xiao looked at his expression and guessed his depression.

He continued to add: "However, in addition to being manipulated, from a holistic perspective, shadow puppets have another metaphor."

"What else?" Luo Ruisong was slightly surprised.

Although he did not immediately think of the term manipulated characters, he had this feeling when he watched it.

But apart from this, what else is there?

Shadow puppets also have a performance nature, being watched by people? That's Truman, right?

Chen Xiao was about to continue talking when he heard a slightly old voice-"Light? Right?"

It was Yan Wei who spoke.

"Yes." Chen Xiao nodded in admiration.

He is indeed an old predecessor who has been engaged in art for a lifetime. He can think of this layer after reading the script for more than ten minutes.

Shadow play, also known as lantern shadow play.

In addition to manipulating him

For artists, there is another indispensable existence - light.

Take Fugui for example. In the eyes of others, his life was played by the times, by others, and by fate.

But for Fugui himself, he also felt a lot of happiness. There is no lack of light in life.

A loving wife, well-behaved children, and an honest and simple son-in-law.

He has suffered and been happy.

Chen Xiao continued: "The two characteristics just now are from the overall perspective. Next, I will tell you about the clips you need."

Luo Ruisong smiled and said, "No problem."

Chen Xiao turned on the projector in the reception room, plugged the USB drive into the computer, and opened a folder containing videos.

This is a clip of shadow play he found on the Internet.

"Captain Luo, Teacher Yan. Let's skip "The Moon Comes Late" and watch the part of "The Trial of the Coral Tower."

Yan Wei nodded.

It seems that Director Chen also thinks that performing "The Moon Comes Late" in the casino to praise love is debatable.

Then go down and confirm other tracks.

He thought carefully about what track should be used for the part where Fugui was gambling enthusiastically.

With this in mind, he turned back to the part where "The Trial of Coral Tower" appeared.

"The Trial of Coral Tower" tells the story of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty taking the daughter of Pangqi as the Western Palace, called Pang Fei, and the father and daughter murdered the son of the main palace and plotted for the position of the crown prince. Bao Gong exposed the conspiracy of the two through trial.

In the movie, this scene appeared when Jiazhen, who was pregnant, came to the casino to find Fugui and persuaded him not to gamble.

Fugui felt embarrassed and yelled at Jiazhen.

What he didn't know was that he was about to lose the last old house in his family to his opponent Long Er. Not a tile or a piece of land was left.

Yan Wei just turned to this page and found that Yu Guangzhong's projection had changed color.

He looked up and saw a clip of "The Trial of Coral Tower".

Then he heard Chen Xiao's voice.

"Teachers, this passage uses this scene: Pang Qi was driven to the gate for the first time, and his daughter begged him. He was in great danger, but he thought he could escape unscathed by relying on the emperor's favor for his daughter. This corresponds to Fugui's imminent danger, but he had no idea. His daughter begged on her knees, which corresponds to his wife Jiazhen's persuasion."

"No problem, our troupe can sing this."

"Okay, thank you, let's continue and watch "The Investiture of the Gods."

As he said this, Chen Xiao flipped through the script in front of him and turned to the first place where this opera appeared.

At this time, Fugui lost the old house to Long Er, the owner of the shadow puppet troupe.

Long Er lent him the shadow puppet, and he began to sing shadow puppets to make a living.

"Wen Taishi was defeated by Jiang Ziya and lost Qinglongguan. This scene is used here to metaphorically represent Fugui's loss of his property to Long Er."

Yan Wei nodded, "It can be seen here, it's quite obvious."

Chen Xiao continued to flip down.

"The second scene is when Chunsheng and Fugui were captured by the People's Liberation Army. They sang a shadow play for the soldiers."

"The plot that needs to be sung here is that Guangchengzi used the Heaven-Flipping Seal and Wen Taishi quickly escaped."

"This refers to the remnants of the Nationalist Party being defeated."

"I'd like to trouble the teacher to sing it more passionately and happily. First, it's because Fugui and the other two were treated well and the atmosphere was relaxed; second, when Fugui was conscripted, he always wanted to go home, and if he ran away, he would be shot. Now the People's Liberation Army gave him a choice, to join the army or go home, and he was quite excited."

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