I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

"Film festival? But the Yannan College Student Film Festival is in November?"

Mei Juan didn't quite understand why Lu Jian suddenly became interested in these things.

"It's not that, it's overseas, Venice, Cannes, and Berlin, three film festivals."

Lu Bian corrected.

"You're not kidding?"

Mei Juan asked subconsciously.

"It's not long since your last movie was released, and you can come up with a new movie, and you still have to go to those art film festivals?"

If the other party wasn't Lu Jian, Mei Juan must have thought that she was out of her mind.

"That's right, because it's my first time participating in this event, there are a lot of things I don't understand, and I hope sister Mei can help me a lot!"

Lu Jian said sincerely.

The news about Lu Jian's participation in these international film festivals spread quickly.

At this point, the Palme d'Or is only three months away.

At the beginning, people only thought that the production speed of this movie was faster than the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but it didn't take long, as the information about the new movie of Lu Yi gradually flowed out, people didn't know the name of this movie. aroused great interest.

Because Lu Yi didn't make a horror movie this time, nor did he make an epic blockbuster.

He wants to try the style of literary movies!

For a while, the writers of certain movie rating websites who had been slapped in the face by Lu Yi quickly became active again. Just like the Chinese New Year, speculation and analysis on Lu Yi emerged in endlessly.

At the end of February, the movie progressed smoothly, and Lu Jian also produced the first trailer.

At the same time, he saw an article appearing on many social media.

Dare to Try or Extremely Expansive?Lu Jian's Transformation Road".

The third monthly ticket in October plus 3/3

===371. Contributor Sharply Comments on Lu Lian's Transformation===

Lu Jian clicked on this report.

The report was written by a film critic. He once criticized Lu Lian for not thinking ahead, and would only stay in his comfort zone to make horror movies. Now that he stands up, he probably sees that Lu Lian has really transformed, so he needs to point out Take a look at Jiangshan.

【...A director should have the style of a director. I admit that Lu Juan has advantages in shooting horror films and blockbusters that focus on special effects, but he is still a newcomer in the field of literary films, and Lu Juan's previous The film style is obviously not suitable for literary films, and his attempt this time will inevitably encounter setbacks...]

【...To put it simply, I think that Lu Juan wants to make a new movie based on his own past achievements. He is inflated. In fact, is Lu Juan's movie really good?If high box office is good, can it be said that the quality of those superhero movies is better than classic movies? 】

【...The reason why Lu Juan's movies can get such a high box office is related to the domestic audience's retaliatory viewing after being influenced by European and American movies for a long time. The quality of his movies is not as good as the current results. In other words, virtue does not match...]

【...I am not optimistic about Lu Lian's works, not because of personal likes and dislikes, but because rashly stepping into an unfamiliar field will definitely lead to failure, and Lu Lian is now praised so highly by the domestic industry , if he falls down at that time, others may think that domestic films are not good, which is a serious blow to the domestic film industry that has just started! 】

After reading this report, Lu Jian was a little bit confused.

This is the person who said before that Lu Lian was self-styled, immersed in his comfort zone, and unwilling to try new themes. Now it is the same person who says that Lu Lian changed his style and tried new themes because he was arrogant. Let you say good and bad things, put it aside What about three-dimensional defense?

This article has aroused a lot of attention and discussion. Regarding Lu Yi's new movie, audiences and industry insiders are mostly divided into three attitudes.

The first is to look forward to Lu Jian's new work, and feel that Lu Jian, who has been so good in every movie since his debut, will definitely be able to create brilliance in new fields.

There is another kind of opinion that is similar to the point of view in this report. He thinks that Lu Juan will definitely overturn. He is a horror film director, and he knows a shitty literary film?

The last type is passers-by. They think that they should wait for Lu Jian’s movie to be released before watching it. After all, he has not shown his level before, and standing in line early is easy to get slapped in the face. This is commonly known as the fence-sitter.

The production of the film is going on in parallel.

The entire film is about 120 minutes long, and the first 100 minutes or so are all about growth, healing, and a journey of warmth.

And the ending at the end took a sharp turn, reflecting the cruelty of the world.

At the end of March, in time for the deadline for submission to the exhibition, "All Quiet in Spring" finally completed the final production work.

Bai Qiquan watched the finished film again.

It always feels like something isn't quite right.

"This movie seems to be short of something, it just feels short of breath."

Bai Qiquan muttered to himself.

This movie, if you look at it as a youth romance movie, is quite excellent. It expresses the girl's innocence, growth, throbbing, and regret very clearly. The picture is very good, the scenery is excellent, and the plot is relaxed.

But, is such a movie really made by Lu Jian?

In Bai Qiquan's words, this movie is too bland.

Although I know that literary and artistic films are all so plain that they are kneeling in the truth. A literary and artistic film that cannot make people fall asleep is not a good literary and artistic film, but is this film really Lu Yi's style?

Director Lu must have really been stimulated by something, right?

After the film completed the registration work for the exhibition, Lu Yi released the first trailer.

Bai Qiquan was not involved in the production of the trailer, so it was the first time he saw this trailer.

Click on it, and the first thing you hear is the sound of the piano, which is soft, gentle, bit by bit, and deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The screen lights up, and a sakura color covers the field of vision.

It was cherry blossoms falling all over the sky, and the warm spring sun shone on the girl, making her more dazzling than the sun.

"My family told me since I was a child that you will go to the shrine shrouded in the cherry blossoms and become the existence above ten thousand people."

The entire trailer is composed of a girl's monologue. She walks in the spring when the cherry blossoms are falling, practices archery in the scorching summer, and the maple leaves are dyed red. She makes tea in an elegant posture. In the snowy winter, she wears red and white clothes. The girl in the maiden costume looked up at the fluttering catkin-like snowflakes.

Bai Qiquan was instantly taken aback.

Not only because he has watched the movie they produced and learned about the girl's experience, but also because of the strong expressiveness and sense of substitution of this picture.

With the background sound of the soft but not noisy piano sound, it makes people feel like a relative who grew up with the girl, watching her grow up step by step and become an excellent person step by step.

In this trailer, the feelings of girls are vividly reflected. Although they are just some daily scenes and trivial daily chores, all things are done by beautiful girls, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye.

"To be able to create such a girlish scene, Director Lu is really amazing."

In Bai Qiquan's cognition, male directors generally pay more attention to the visual presentation under the big frame, and the purpose of the shot is stronger. Like boys visiting shopping websites, they usually search for the target product directly, place an order and pay for it in one go.

Such shots will appear very "hard", easy to analyze and deconstruct.

For the shots of female directors, emotionality is more important. Sometimes, the shot is just a carrier, and the meaningless shots will appear in the film. At this time, the emotions will be shown through music, the artistic conception between the front and back pictures, etc. When you When I feel that this scene is meaningless, maybe the director really didn't think about anything at the time, and just thought it should be put here.

Such a lens will be more "soft".

For example, in this trailer, if the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter change directly, it will make people feel, "Oh, this is to show the heroine's past experience", but Lu Yi cleverly inserted a lot of scenery into it, There are many shots of insects, vegetation, and flowers that no one appears. In fact, it would not be inconsistent to change these shots to other shots. It seems that they are just making time.

But in fact, these pictures have successfully relieved and paved the way for the audience's emotions. After watching the clips of the four seasons, the audience can only sigh with emotion, she is so beautiful, she is so cute, and she is so gentle.

I have to say that after watching this trailer, Bai Qiquan felt that he has completely fallen in love with Amber.

===372. Does art deserve him===

At the same time, Ms. Merritt Leslie in France also saw this trailer.

She is a freelance writer and film critic. She started as a drama critic in her early years, and later involved in movies, TV dramas, stage plays, operas and other fields. As a French tradition, women are better than men. She is also a judge of the Palme d'Or one.

Ms. Merritt, known for her harsh comments and vicious eyes, once publicly dissed an actress who tried to switch from film to Broadway stage performance, causing her to be attacked by the media and audience, and she has since retired from acting.

Because of this, some people call her the "Queen of Cannes", which means that as long as she speaks out, it is basically determined whether a film will win the Palme d'Or.

As a theatrical film critic, Ms. Merritt is naturally at the upper end of the chain of contempt.

In this circle, it's normal for those who make movies to look down on those who make TV dramas, and those who act in dramas look down on those who make movies. It's just that most people stay on the sidelines. Even if they really have something in their hearts, they won't say it. Similarly, what she hates the most is that people who make cheap entertainment such as popcorn movies come to meddle in the fields of theater or art movies that she likes.

All directors who have "convicted records" get low marks from her without exception.

Not only did she have a low score, but she also wrote articles to criticize, in front of the director and actors.

Therefore, when she heard that Lu Jian was going to participate in the selection of the Palme d'Or, her first reaction was that another arrogant guy came.

"These people don't understand art at all. As I said earlier, they think that their clichéd films can fool the public and make money. They try to use one or two awards to make money for themselves. Ha ha, it's ridiculous."

Ms. Merritt snorted.

In her opinion, many directors of commercial films don't understand clearly, thinking that if they can make blockbuster movies, they can make artistic movies. In fact, Ms. Merritt believes that these people don't understand art at all. What they do , is sullying art.

And Lu Jian is one of them.

This cutting-edge young director from the East has won the fifth box office in global film history with one film, and has also received praise from the public.

Ms. Merritt hadn't seen that one movie, she never offered to go see a commercial movie, the better it sold and the higher the box office, the more she hated it.

She believes that art should be noble, pure and has nothing to do with money.

Therefore, when the director of an award-winning art film passed away due to poverty and disease, Ms. Merritt also published an article in which she highly praised the director, believing that he did not associate with those businessmen and defended the film with his life. Art.

Some people think that Ms. Merritt's thinking is extreme and pathological, but it is also her personality.

After Lu Yi's trailer was released, Ms. Merritt didn't plan to watch it, but everyone around her praised the trailer.

For example, Ms. Merritt's colleague, Michael Vivo, who is also a film festival judge, is full of praise for the artistic conception of this trailer.

"Let me tell you, this movie can make everyone fall in love with this trailer alone. It has been a long time since I have seen a work that can touch my heartstrings just by the picture!"

Hearing this sentence, Ms. Merritt felt even more that Lu Lian couldn't be so arrogant.

"You guys have such high expectations based on just one trailer. Has the recent film industry become such a bad state?"

She muttered and clicked on the trailer.

For a split second, Ms. Merritt felt a gust of warm wind.

She has been to the island country before, and has seen the appearance of cherry blossoms falling all over the street, but at this moment, what she sees is an even more gorgeous cherry blossom rain.

Among them, a girl is walking among the falling petals.

The first time Ms. Merritt saw her, she felt a youthful vigor, a gentle and kind temperament, as if anyone could be kind to her and be friends with her.

As time passed, although Merritt had never seen this girl before, he felt that if he could see her in reality, then the two of them would definitely be able to talk about everything.

Unknowingly, this trailer is over. Although it only presents the life of a young girl, it has already given Ms. Merritt unlimited expectations. She wants to see the girl's subsequent experience and learn more about her. I want to become a character in the movie and get in touch with her.