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The selection of the protagonist of "The Gate of Happiness" took a lot of trouble.Gu Yuren was originally appointed to play the role, but now it has been changed, so it is not easy to find a suitable actor.

This story is mainly from the perspective of the male protagonist, telling his emotional experience from the age of 16 to his 30s.Therefore, an actor must have a certain life experience in order to be able to act out the vicissitudes of life of a comrade.Gu Yuren positioned the protagonist as an actor around 30 years old. At this age, most actors with good acting skills are in full swing. Many people are taboo about this subject. Either they have no acting skills and only good looks, or they only have good looks but no acting skills. .

Gu Yuren and Yuan Yuan listed all the actors they knew who were suitable for this role, and contacted them one by one. When they first heard that Gu Yuren was making a movie, they all expressed their interest. When they heard about the subject matter, they all said To think about it.Although everyone is selling rot these days, when it comes time to shoot this subject, many people are afraid to take it.

There are also those who expressed interest, but there is no schedule in the near future, and it will be available in a year.If you wait until a year later, the day lily will be cold.Just when Gu Yuren was hesitating whether to take the top spot himself, Ning Xiuwu called: "Xiao Yu, have you found a suitable actor for your film?"

Gu Yuren said, "Not yet."

Ning Xiuwu said: "Xiao Feng said he wanted to play this role, do you think it's suitable?"

Gu Yuren was taken aback: "You mean Feng Yiqing? Doesn't he have a schedule?"

Ning Xiuwu said: "There is still a month or so left for him to finish filming. You will start the film a little later, and he will come to your side when he finishes shooting here. What do you think?"

Gu Yuren weighed it in his heart, and a one-month delay was not too far away, so he agreed. Feng Yiqing's image is more handsome, so he is quite suitable to play a comrade.So this movie, which was originally scheduled to start in April, was postponed to May, just to wait for Feng Yiqing.After the number one male is decided, it will be easy for the others.Funding is not a problem either, they are all invested by themselves, purely literary films, the cost will not be too much.After three months of preparation, the movie finally started in full swing.

Because of the sensitive subject matter, Gu Yuren did not do any publicity or hype for "Gate of Happiness", for fear of attracting unnecessary attention and causing trouble.

When he was filming "Blossom", Gu Yuren invited Hua Tai'an to supervise the production of films for him in the future, and Hua Tai'an readily agreed.Later, when Gu Yuren decided on this subject, he was afraid that the old man would be prejudiced against comrades, so he might not be willing to supervise the production for himself. Unexpectedly, the old man agreed: "Existence is reasonable. What we make movies is to be brave enough to reflect the society. Reality, restore the facts. Art has no boundaries." Gu Yuren and Yuan Yuan admired the old man's open-minded and transparent concept, and this is the real artist.

"The Gate of Happiness" tells the story of an introverted male protagonist who discovers his unique sexual orientation at the age of 16. He has experienced a crush and failed, and his first love boyfriend who has been in love for seven years has to marry and have children. After coming out, being squeezed out by colleagues, unemployment and other setbacks, I encountered the trough of life, but I never slipped to the bottom line of morality, and finally found my own happiness.

The narration at the end of the script is: Happiness is a very simple thing, it is psychological satisfaction and happiness.The door of happiness is opened by itself, you need to stick to it, if you close it or give up, happiness will be far away from you.

In fact, this story does not have a specific prototype, but a true portrayal of the entire gay community. It is often difficult for gays to achieve happiness because they are afraid of pressure and close their doors, lack responsibility and give up, and are discriminated against and not understood by society.What the story wants to express is that, in fact, all of these are not the greatest resistance to your happiness. The greatest resistance to happiness actually comes from yourself. The path you choose determines the result.

The filming location of the film was set in Beijing, and Yuan Yuan completely stopped his work to follow the group.Although it was the first time for Gu Yuren to officially shoot a movie, because he had made micro movies and commercials before, he was quite familiar with the operation.

This movie has a lot of campus scenes, because the school is not on holiday, the movie will first shoot the part after the main character starts working.The first scene is the breakup scene, which takes place in a studio at the home of the protagonist and his first boyfriend.The protagonist comes home from work and finds that her boyfriend from a business trip has returned home. The protagonist looks excited and rushes forward to kiss her boyfriend. The boyfriend kisses him passively. When he wants to make further moves, the boyfriend shows some resistance. The protagonist finds something is wrong, and the boyfriend starts a showdown Talking about the breakup, the protagonist was irritated by the news, and the two began to quarrel.

This is a scene with intense emotional collisions, which requires very high emotional control ability of the characters.Especially for two actors who have just met, the first thing they do is a kiss scene, which is quite difficult.Playing opposite Feng Yiqing is a boy named Lin Nuo who has just graduated from the Film Academy for less than a year. Although he is relatively mature, in fact he still does not have enough experience, and his acting skills are quite jerky.It was very awkward for two straight men to play an intimate scene, and they couldn't find the feeling after several times of acting.

Gu Yuren yelled "Ka" for the seventh time, stopped and said, "Xiao Feng, you need to be more natural, don't be so reserved. They have been in love for seven years, and it is very natural to kiss each other when they meet. As cautious as the first time?"

Feng Yiqing said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry director, I always feel a little awkward."

Gu Yuren nodded: "I can understand. It's the first time I'm filming this kind of scene. I always feel a bit reluctant. In fact, the feeling of falling in love between a man and a man is the same as falling in love with a man and a woman. You imagine him as your Lover, it doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, this way you can kiss more naturally. Do it again. Everyone is in your position."

The boyfriend sat down on the sofa, and the protagonist entered the room. Seeing her boyfriend, she couldn't help but smile happily: "You're back? Doesn't that mean you won't be back until tomorrow?"

"Well, I'll be back early after I'm done." The boyfriend glanced at the protagonist and changed the channel with the remote control.

The protagonist didn't even change his shoes, he rushed forward and pressed his boyfriend on the sofa, pressed his forehead against him, and said softly, "Did you miss me?" After speaking, he kissed his boyfriend.The boyfriend responded to him, and the protagonist held his head, ready to deepen the kiss.

Gu Yuren called out: "Crack!"

Feng Yiqing got up and scratched his hair: "I'm sorry director, I was a little distracted." He tried hard to imagine the other party as a woman just now, but in the end, his mood was wrong for a moment.

Gu Yuren said: "Xiao Lin's mood is also wrong. When Xiao Feng approached you, you acted a little anxious. In fact, he has something on his mind, so he should be a little bit resistant. Teacher Yuan, come here, and we will demonstrate it to you." They watch."

Yuan Yuan, who was sitting behind the camera, was suddenly called by name, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Call me?"

Gu Yuren looked at him: "Well, you cooperate with me, we will give them a demonstration."

Yuan Yuan found that the eyes of the people around him were focused on him, so he couldn't help being a little stiff, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how to act."

Gu Yuren looked at him, Yuan Yuan couldn't resist, so he walked over and said in a low voice, "How do you act?"

Gu Yuren said: "You are more familiar with this scene than they are, so I don't need to talk about your emotions. Sit down and cooperate with me."

Yuan Yuan had no choice but to sit down. Gu Yuren came in from the door, saw Yuan Yuan, and smiled: "You're back? Doesn't that mean you won't be back until tomorrow?"

"Well, I'll come back early after finishing the work." Yuan Yuan glanced at him, then changed the channel indifferently.

Gu Yuren rushed forward and pressed Yuan Yuan under him: "Did you miss me?" After speaking, he rubbed his nose against Yuan Yuan's face, kissed his nose, and then kissed his lips, Yuan Yuan passively Pouting in response, Gu Yuren wanted to deepen the kiss, Yuan Yuan turned his head to avoid his lips and tongue: "I'm a little tired."

Gu Yuren stood up and said nonchalantly, "That's it. Do you understand?"

The people around applauded. Their performance just now was done in one go. It couldn't be more natural, and they didn't feel awkward at all.

Feng Yiqing and the actor named Lin Nuo nodded sharply: "Understood."

Gu Yuren patted his palms several times: "Okay, take your seats, let's start."

Yuan Yuan sat back to his original place, looked at Gu Yuren, and couldn't help but slander: This guy, he really dares to ask himself to be a demonstration!Fortunately, there is no sex scene in this movie, otherwise I would have asked myself to perform a sex scene.

Hua Tai'an looked at Yuan Yuan and laughed: "Little Yuan, have you ever tried acting? I think your performance is not bad."

Yuan Yuan's face couldn't help but get hot. He's not acting, he's acting in his true colors: "Director Hua, stop joking, I'm not a person who eats this bowl of food."

Hua Tai'an nodded: "That's right, you don't need to eat this bowl of rice, it's better to be a screenwriter."

Thanks to Gu Yuren and Yuan Yuan's demonstration, the first half of the scene was finally over, and then they started to quarrel and started to ng again and again.The first scene was filmed for a full day and it was not finished yet, which made people very tired.

Yuan Yuan suggested to Gu Yuren: "Why don't you divide a scene into two parts."

Gu Yuren said: "If the filming is divided into two parts, it will be difficult to match the emotions, and the quality will be greatly reduced. This is the only way for them to become film actors. For a good actor, whoever shoots the film is pieced together shot by shot. ?”

Yuan Yuan also understands that this is the reason why it is more difficult to make movies than TV dramas. A large part of the credit for TV dramas must be attributed to the editors, while movies are relatively less in this respect. How many lines, this is also the reason why movie actors are better than TV actors.

Yuan Yuan said, "Will the filming be finished in three months?"

"It should be about the same. I am not familiar with it in the early stage. It will take time to get used to it. It will be fine in a few days. If it really doesn't work, it doesn't matter if it is postponed." Gu Yuren said.

"Don't ask me to give a demonstration next time about today's matter, everyone is suspicious." Yuan Yuan was still a little bit worried when he thought of the demonstration today.

Gu Yuren smiled: "In fact, everyone knows it well, so you have nothing to worry about."

"How come? We didn't do anything, what did we say!" Yuan Yuan thought, could it be that today's demonstration was exposed?

Gu Yuren said: "Since I debuted, I have never been rumored, I have never had a girlfriend, and I have never been married. For an actor who is over [-] years old, isn't this suspicious? Those rumors are true or false, and some of them probably believed it. Now that we are working together to make a gay movie, it almost proves that we are a couple."

Yuan Yuan's expression was a little uncomfortable: "Then what should we do?"

Gu Yuren shrugged: "Cold salad, just take this opportunity to come out of the closet. No woman will come to seduce me in the future."

Yuan Yuan was taken aback: "Huh? When did a woman hook you up?"

Gu Yuren said: "I'm so handsome, and I'm a boss. I'm a typical tall, handsome and rich man. How could it be possible that no women hooked up with me? I didn't tell you."

Of course Yuan Yuan also knew that this matter must exist, but Gu Yuren didn't say it, so he pretended it didn't exist. Now that he brought it up, he was still a little bit hesitant: "It seems that there is nothing wrong with coming out of the closet, and I will follow suit from now on." You, I will go wherever you go, and see who dares to hook you up!"

Gu Yuren stretched out his hand to rub his head, and smiled: "You should have done this a long time ago."

After a week of filming, the actors got to know each other well, and the progress went smoothly.Indeed, as Ning Xiuwu said, Feng Yiqing is an actor who is very relaxed in front of the camera, and his acting skills are also remarkable. Although the rest of the actors are not as professional as him, they will soon be able to enter the play under his leadership.Both Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren felt that it was a wise move to invite Feng Yiqing to film this.

Although the director Gu Yuren's skills are a little rusty, but with Hua Tai'an as the guide, not only the filming went smoothly, but the level is also improving rapidly.Everything is developing in the expected direction.