I just want to copy books quietly

And at the top of the list is the online viewing of "Old Boy", which is now available for pre-order.

It's only 300 coins. No matter how poor Yang Liqi is, he won't have this little money. He placed an order immediately and waited quietly for 12 o'clock.

……

"I have a cold, really," Li Sanming pinched his nose, and said into the microphone, "Really, listen to my nasal voice. I'm sorry! I'll feel better tomorrow, and I'll go to your house again!"

"Baby, I'm fine, don't come to see me, you can play by yourself."

"okay, see you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, the famous film critic Li Sanming leaned comfortably on the back of his chair, lazily manipulated the mouse to open the "Coldplay Video" client, and found "Old Boy".

Looking at the time, there are still a few minutes.

So he hummed a ditty and went to boil water to make a cup of strong tea.

When I came back again, I found that the name of "Old Boy" was already on, and it was available for on-demand.

He can't wait to hit play.

The opening title is still the little animation of Kua Fu Chasing the Sun.

Out of respect for the producer, Li Sanming didn't drag to skip the opening title - it was actually very short, more than ten seconds, if it wasn't finished, it was over.

After the opening animation ends, there is a shady scene.

And there is explosive music coming out, as well as a penetrating voice.

Anyone who is familiar with pop music can tell that this is the voice of Diva Duan Xiaochen.

"You have to love even after you die, and you won't be happy if you don't get to the bottom of your heart."

"How deep is the feeling, only in this way is it enough to confess!"

Then the screen brightened suddenly, and under the blurred lights, there was a simple stage.

Under the stage are countless waving arms, crowds jumping wildly, and the distorted light makes this scene look like a group of demons dancing wildly.

On the stage, there are four impressively cool figures, all wearing grimace masks to cover their faces.

The clothing and styling of each of them must have been carefully designed, which is very in line with the current people's aesthetics.

Li Sanming made a note in his heart: the costume and styling designers have improved compared to the last movie.

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Well, the lighting is also good, and the camera is even better than in "Those Years". The texture of these shots is too prominent, which makes people get goosebumps.

The sound fades away, and so does the picture.

In the next scene, four people are sitting in a dilapidated minibus.

Several people took off their grimace masks, and sure enough, there were Duan Xiaochen, Jiang Youxi, and two actors, Li Sanming couldn't recognize them, they should be fresh meat in Zhumenghuyu.

One is handsome, while the other is chubby but has lively eyes.

A very common technique is used here: next to each person's picture, their identities are marked with subtitles.

For example, next to Duan Xiaochen is: lead singer, Chen Zilin.

The label next to Jiang Youxi is: Guitarist and songwriter, Lin He.

The chubby one is: Stars and Stripes Chinese, drummer, Dong Pingpang.

Another handsome little fresh meat is marked as: Bass player, Zhou Guorui.

In the car, everyone seemed very excited, having just finished a great show.

Only Chen Zilin looked gloomy.

Lin He noticed it, and asked her in a low voice: "What's wrong with you, aren't you happy?"

"No. Let me tell you one thing." Chen Zilin finally spoke.

Everyone stopped and looked at her.

"A music company wants to sign me, and the conditions are very good, and they will collect songs and release an album for me immediately."

After a moment of silence, Lin He smiled and said: "This is a good thing, why are you so unhappy. Driver, please turn around and go to the bar in Lujiao Lane. Let's go celebrate and return if you don't get drunk!"

Zhou Guorui and Dong Pingpang also smiled and patted Chen Zilin on the shoulder.

"Come on, Future Queen!"

"You are the best, you have a voice that has been kissed by an angel!" Dong Pingpang said in Chinese with a weird accent.

Next, a few scenes were used to show everyone seeing off Chen Zilin, and Chen Zilin joined the music company.

Then use newspaper headlines and news headlines on portals to reflect Chen Zilin's rapid rise to fame.

Afterwards, the line of Chen Zilin was not described again, and the camera turned back to Lin He.

A few shots were given to Lin He, and the progress of the plot was narrated through Lin He's inner monologue.

"Chen Zilin is gone, flying to a higher place. I am very sad that the band has lost the lead singer, and I am also very happy that my friend has been recognized and has a better future."

"I was dismissed by the school, but it doesn't matter, I still have a band and music."

"The band is already well-known. We released news in the circle that we were going to find a new lead singer. Soon, many people who claimed to have a good voice came over."

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Chapter 505 What kind of fairy combination is the Grimace Band?

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"There is a man who is crazy, but his voice is really good. He said his name is Wang Zhang, and his dream is to surpass Jiayong Yixi."

The camera was shown to Peng Sizhang, obviously through the skillful hands of a makeup artist, he was made up to the age of about 20 years old, looking like a young man full of vigor and spirit.

He said loudly: "From now on, I will be number one in the world! Follow me, and I will lead you to become the number one band in the world, surpassing the Walker Band!"

In the camera, several other friends sneered.

But as soon as Peng Sizhang opened his voice, their expressions changed.

Peng Sizhang sang a popular song by the Walker Band at that time: "Among the crowds, there are you and me, we meet and know each other and ponder each other..."

Well done!I didn't expect Peng Sizhang to go well with rock and roll, I haven't heard him sing rock and roll much before.

Li Sanming was a little surprised.

However, thinking of the news that was reported by major websites before, Hemingway admitted that Ghostface is real, and Peng Sizhang is indeed a member of Ghostface.

At that time, many reporters went to find the fans of Ghostface, and found a lot of first-hand information.

For example, through recording comparison, it was confirmed that the lead singer of Ghostface was indeed Peng Sizhang.

And the guitarist of Ghostface, judging from his stature, is really Hemingway himself.Oh, at that time, his name was still Lin Ke.

It's a pity that in the era when Ghostface was active, the Internet was not so developed, and there were not many audio-visual materials left.

Li Sanming was really looking forward to what kind of fairy combination the Grimace Band was.

But in this movie, Peng Sizhang and Hemingway will be reunited again, which is really exciting.

Then, a few short shots were used to show the story of Peng Sizhang's band performing everywhere and becoming famous after Peng Sizhang joined.

Then the camera showed Lin He again.Lin He's monologue: "The band became popular, and then Wang Zhang also went solo."

Lin He continued his monologue, very briefly describing his personal experience after the band disbanded: he tried to be an independent musician, but because his works were not commercialized enough, he was still lukewarm.

Later, due to making a living, I joined a small music company, but after a short time, I became unhappy and left.

Then go to the training class as a tutor, teach people musical instruments, and just mix it up.

Li Sanming pressed the pause button to sum up.

This paragraph is really refined to the extreme. In just a few seconds and a few short shots, a plot is clearly narrated. This is the basic skill, it is the use of camera language well, and it is knowing how to tell a story.

And what is commendable is that these shots are not only used for narration, but the composition is also very beautiful and artistic.

And Jiang Youxi's performance has also improved visible to the naked eye, and her eyes and micro expressions are in place.

For example, Hemingway only used 19 seconds of footage to tell about Lin He's work as a tutor and his life experiences.

Screen 1: Lin He demonstrates the use of Guqin.Below are the students, all very young, seven or eight years old.

Picture 2: Lin He corrects a student's movement.

Screen 3: Lin He looks out of the window, the camera turns to his front, his expression is lonely, behind him is an empty classroom with scattered musical instruments.A magpie chirped in the treetops, in stark contrast to his expression.

Picture 4: The name of the remedial class flashed by: Little Star Music Class.

Screen 5: Lin He takes out the key to open the door.This was obviously his own home.

Picture 6: In the small room, a piece of paper is blown down by the wind, and there are dense music scores on it.A woman's hand picked it up and asked, "What is this?"

In the voiceover, Lin He's voice came: "It's nothing, it's just garbage."

Li Sanming watched it in time, it was really only 19 seconds, and he explained it very clearly.

It can be seen from this: Lin He's heart is depressed.Lin He was forced to teach children musical instruments because of life.

Thinking of what Wen Xinran said in "Those Years", wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Also, Lin He has a girlfriend now - not sure if it's a long-term relationship.

Also, Lin He seems to have given up on his dream.

In just 19 seconds, so many things have been explained clearly, which is a test of the director's basic skills.

Keep looking down.

The screen switched, and the face of the middle-aged Lin He, the character played by Hemingway himself, appeared on the screen.

He is still teaching children musical instruments, but the words "Xiaolin Music Classroom" appear on the flashing screen, indicating that he is no longer working for others, but running training classes by himself.

At the same time, his expression became milder, and he occasionally smiled, making him appear more open-minded.

It gives the impression that he has accepted his current life.

There is no subtitle like "xx years later" in the movie, and there is no electronic clock, calendar, etc. to express the passage of time.

But some small details in the shots, such as changes in the style of mobile phones, such as the style of clothing, all reflect the changes of time.

What's more interesting is that there is another small detail: in a hotel that Lin He passed by after returning home from work, in a flash before, there was a red signboard in front of the hotel, which read: Congratulations to Linghu Chong for his outstanding performance The grades admitted to Fidelity University.

But in the current timeline, Lin He passed by the same hotel on his way home, and saw the signboard saying: Congratulations to Mr. Linghu Chong and Ms. Yue Lingshan for their wedding.

Here Du Caige played a stalk that the whole world could not understand.

But careful audiences and film critics can see that a boy is about 18 years old when he is admitted to university, so it is more reasonable to be 27 or 28 years old when he gets married. Through this clue, Director Hemingway showed that the passage of time has almost passed. for 10 years.

Of course, this is not surprising, many directors have played similar easter eggs.

Next, the director used a few shots to portray the current Lin He, such as shopping for vegetables, communicating with parents of students, and cooking fried eggs and pancakes in the morning.

At the same time, there was also the woman beside him, who also only heard his voice but could not see her, and apparently had changed girlfriends.

And there is a shot showing Lin He's room, which is a little more spacious than the previous room, and the decoration is more beautiful. There are musical instruments in the bedroom, but there are no wedding photos, which means that Lin He is not married yet, or has already divorced.

The camera shows Lin He buying a newspaper on the way to the training class.

Next was the teaching process, and I gave some fragmentary shots, and the newspaper was always in the shot.

Even the dubbing is the voice of Lin He lecturing, and the picture is a newspaper being pressed by a sheet of music.

These shots can easily let the audience understand that this newspaper will definitely play a role in advancing the plot.

Seeing this, Li Sanming nodded involuntarily.

Hemingway's style of filming—at least in these two films—is not deliberately cryptic.

Although sometimes I will go around, feint a shot, or lay a foreshadowing, hide an easter egg and so on.

But most of the time, it is a concise and clear narrative, so that even less focused and lower-educated audiences can easily understand it.

This is easy to say, but it is easy to do, hehe... There are definitely no more than 20 directors who can do it.

Most directors, not because they are not capable enough, but because they have not realized this truth at all, or simply do not want to let ordinary people understand his films, lamenting that "this audience is not good", "the music is high and few", "the current audience does not understand art. It’s gone”, while continuing to shoot some obscure things.

After watching this short few minutes, Li Sanming can already assert: even if the filming of this movie is not good and the story is old-fashioned, it will definitely not lack audiences, and at least it will definitely make a small profit.

Commercial films are actually like this, tell a story, tell the story clearly, and you can collect money.