thousand cups

Working with Jiang Mo can grow rapidly.

Their filming locations are often very bad.Of all the film crews that Mingzheng has been in, this is the poorest crew. Everyone spends their money in half, saving as much as they can, trying to use the least budget to produce the effect that Jiang Mo wanted.

The story line of a movie is actually very simple and clear, but sometimes simple things are more difficult to shoot, depending on how to shoot and what the focus is.

The outline of the story is that the male protagonist Zhang Xu and his fiancée Jian Ting set off for a hike in Yubeng before getting married. One night while camping, his fiancée was taken to a secluded place by two donkey friends whom he met along the road, intending to violate her.After Zhang Xu heard his girlfriend shouting, he came and beat them seriously. One had his leg broken, and the other had his eye pierced.After sending his girlfriend back, Zhang Xu returned to commit violent acts twice, and there were many aggravated acts, so he was sentenced to prison for intentional injury.The film started officially after he was released from prison, and it talked about a period of hopeless life he faced after he was released from prison.

After Zhang Xu was released from prison for several years, the world he saw was completely different, and his life was turned upside down and completely collapsed.His fiancée committed suicide while he was in prison, but his parents and the person who committed the crime reconciled because the other's family has been "atonement".The parents hope that Zhang Xu will "let go" of himself and reconcile with his own life, stop being entangled in the past, and start over.

Zhang Xu left home and went to Yubeng again.

Because the natural real scene is difficult to coordinate, Jiang Mo's arrangement is to shoot the scene of Yubeng first.They didn't find a well-developed scenic spot. The real scenes they chose were all deep in the mountains, where the roads were basically not repaired. This was a test for all the staff.

Poor is poor, but Jiang Mo has very high requirements for shooting.Ming Zheng discovered from the very first scene that the director had a lot of ideas.

The opening scene is Zhang Xu entering Yubeng with his bag on his back.He used a pseudo-long shot for a full 15 minutes.The protagonist is carrying a black bag, walking in the mountains and forests at dawn, humming an out-of-key song as he walks forward.

This shot, Jiang Mo said, was to capture a blurred sense of time, connecting the "past" of Zhang Xu's coming to Yubeng many years ago. He wanted to blur something and put together the rain at the same time and place.Because of the need for real scenes and specific weather, the entire crew will be busy with this shot for a very long time.He used the rain in the same space to do a time-space transformation, framed the rain at different times in one shot, and used images to break up the distance between time and space.

But it seemed too risky to put a long and dull shot at the beginning. This kind of shot is the most demanding and prone to flaws.It was so long at the beginning, it was all camera language, and there was not a single line. This was too much a test of the audience's ability to accept it.

After the first shot that day, Mingzheng thought about it, and asked Jiang Mo whether to give up using this shot. It was too long, and if the shot was not good, it would discourage the audience.After Jiang Mo listened, he didn't refute him anything, and took him to the monitor in a raincoat to watch it again, and the surrounding staff also held umbrellas to watch it.In the dark forest, everyone was staring at the rain-soaked figure on the monitor.

He captured the characteristics of this place, wild, mysterious, everything is gray, the whole picture is like a dream and reality, making it difficult to distinguish.Watching and watching, you will be taken in by the charm of the image itself without anyone noticing it.

It's hard to say what his style is, he's not like anyone else, there's a unique appeal in the camera, it's hard to tell.

After watching it for a while, Ming Zheng was convinced.Among other things, this shot alone is a complete showmanship, and it looks very arresting even without rough cuts.At first glance, it feels strange, but there are some strange aesthetics, which is quite interesting.Looking again, you will find that his shots are very brilliant, with almost no flaws on the technical level.

This is someone who can shoot, there is nothing to say.Ming Zheng said convincedly, "I won't talk too much from now on."

Jiang Mo smiled: "It will be even better after finishing it later. It's enough for you to act well, don't worry about anything else. You have to trust the director, I can make you very charming."

Ming Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, Director Jiang."

Jiang Mo nodded, took the walkie-talkie and said, "Before it's dark, let's take another shot and call it a day, everyone gets their seats."

Looking at the director's style from Ming Zheng's perspective, I just find it fresh.

His approach to work is free, but also professional.If you ran to him with the script and asked him how to act and how he felt.He will ask you back, what do you think?Let's discuss it together.He seldom gives you any direct instructions. He gives you pointers on your performances. Most of the time he just watches, encourages, and gives you a general direction. He only comes out to talk about his requirements when your performance is very wrong.Working with him will give you a great sense of accomplishment, because he gives you complete respect and room for growth. Instead of teaching you to act directly, he will lead you to act in some ways, so that you will improve without knowing it.He respects and cherishes every member of his staff, and will listen carefully to everyone's opinions, not in a perfunctory way, but to make you feel that he is trying to understand your thoughts, and communicate with you after digesting them. Listen first. , Let's talk again.He has his own set of theories, chatting, you seem to be convinced by him unconsciously.

He respects others very much, and that respect comes from the heart, so Ming Zheng can fully understand why everyone listens to him so much.

Mingzheng likes the free and open atmosphere of this crew very much, and also likes working with this director who seems to be eccentric but actually easy to get along with.

Mingzheng was not sure when grasping the overall feeling of the characters, so he still asked him for an accurate answer.Jiang Mo thought about it that day, and then replied him: "Zhang Xu's state is not collapse, not hysteria, but the state before the volcanic eruption. I hope it is a kind of numbness after calming down, just like there is something in you that has never healed. The wound, that wound is bleeding every day, it is a kind of dull pain. Do you understand?"

Painful, very accurate.Mingzheng thought about it and said he understood.

Most of the time, Jiang Mo stayed behind the monitor and controlled the audience silently. He didn't talk much, but as long as he opened his mouth to raise something, he would make people feel very taught and reassured.

He would direct and drink while directing.No one dared to say a word about him. After all, he could give you some very accurate instructions when he was drunk. Mingzheng even felt that the director would be a little weak on the set when he was not drinking...withered.Might as well let him drink some wine!

When he wasn't filming, he would hang out with the crew all day long without putting on airs at all, and he had never seen such a person who could have fun while suffering.Mingzheng saw them gathering on a meadow to bask in the sun after a meal one time. Not far away, local Tibetan residents were smoking cigarettes and grazing cattle.A few staff members surrounded Jiang Mo, and a group of people were listening attentively to what he said.

Mingzheng thought he was talking about his work, so he hurried over to listen, only to find out after listening for a while that Jiang Mo was telling them about... the astrolabe?Tarot?He also spoke clearly and logically.

Mingzheng listened for a while, and the more he listened, the more amusing he became, but he didn't say a word. He sat down and listened to their gossip for a while, feeling that he had learned a lot of strange knowledge.After a while, they ran to the other side to watch the passing mules and horses, but Jiang Mo didn't follow, and stood on the grass for a while, thinking about the details of the scene in the afternoon.

Mingzheng asked him suddenly: "I heard we're running out of money again?"

Jiang Mo glanced at him: "Why are you worrying about this?"

Mingzheng thought for a moment, then asked him mysteriously, "Shall we make some money?"

Jiang Mo: "...how do you make money?"

Mingzheng said: "Isn't it the rainy season? When I was shooting that day, I saw a lot of wild mushrooms on the mountain. If I go deeper, there should be matsutake. I will look for matsutake."

Jiang Mo: "..." I'm so speechless, what should I do.

Mingzheng was eager to try: "What do you think?"

Jiang Mo supported his forehead and said: "The guide said that it's not safe to go deep, so don't give me that idea, just stay here!"

Mingzheng argued: "What's the matter? I'm from Yunnan. I lived in the mountains when I was a child. I also told you that I know how to do martial arts. How could something happen in the mountains!"

Jiang Mo waved his hand and insisted: "This is not negotiable, you are the male lead, if something happens to you, the show will be ruined."

Ming Zheng hesitated to speak for a long time, then turned his head and left.

Jiang Mo thought he was annoyed by his harsh tone, but he thought he wasn't very strict just now, so Ming Zheng couldn't say that... really rebellious.Still puzzled, Ming Zheng wandered out of the small wooden house rented by the crew, carrying a black bag, touched Jiang Mo, and opened it for him to see.

Jiang Mo leaned over to take a look—mushrooms, all mushrooms.There are actually a lot of matsutake on it.

Jiang Mo: "... When did you pick it?"

Mingzheng: "... When we went to see the scene yesterday, you were talking to the photographer in front, and I picked it up, and I wanted to show it to you, but you were talking about the camera seat and didn't pay any attention to me." He paused, "The matsutake must be sold quickly, we can't put it away." He paused again, "Why don't we make these for the show tonight? But I feel like it's a waste, it's all money..."

Jiang Mo stared at him for a few seconds: "...Go to Xiao Chen and ask him to sell it in a nearby restaurant." After a pause, "Don't pick up any more mushrooms, think about it, don't think about it Money, listen to me."

Mingzheng retorted: "Then we are short of money! According to your meticulous filming method, I estimate that it will take a year or so to film, and the budget can't afford it."

Jiang Mo said helplessly: "The producer has found some more. I can get a house with a small loan. Don't worry about it. Besides, the money from selling mushrooms is not enough to make a movie!"

No matter how small a fly is, it is still meat.Mingzheng sighed: "If I had known before I came to shoot your film, I would have transferred more money to save and lend you, and I would have brought money to join the group. My family has blocked my card now... otherwise we wouldn't have So tight right now."

Jiang Mo said: "How much can you give me? You even brought money into the group, do you think you are the rich second generation, big brother?"

Mingzheng said seriously, "Do you believe me when I say I am?"

Jiang Mo said loudly: "If you transfer 500 million to me now, I will believe it."

Ming Zheng: "..." Speechless.

After chatting for a few words, Jiang Mo got up and went to find the photographer.They also have a night show in the evening, and they will start work after dinner.Walking into the small room, a group of staff members were chatting about the next few shots, the weather, and details of how to communicate with the extras.Jiang Mo picked up his own cup on the table, poured some tea, chatted with them for a while, and after a while, the reporter came in with his mobile phone, saying that Tang Li couldn't get through to him, and asked him to answer.

Jiang Mo took the phone while drinking tea, and asked him, "Did we talk?"

Tang Li said on the phone: "It's settled. When I wrote him the script and your handwriting letter, I didn't know what to do. As a result, he read the script and the role you gave, and he agreed without even asking about the salary." gone."

Jiang Mo said calmly: "I guess he will agree. It is impossible for a person like Zhou Manyun to refuse a good role. He still likes movies."

Tang Li asked him again: "But are you really sure that Zhou Manyun is suitable for our film? If you want to use his previous influence to promote the film, I don't think it makes much sense. He is not as good as before, and he hasn't filmed for many years. Movies, the outside world gives him more polarized evaluations, you still have to consider this." After a pause, "But his advantage is that it is cheap."

Jiang Mo clicked his tongue: "How I use him is my business, don't worry about it, just sign."

Tang Li smiled: "Okay, I got it." After a pause, "Oh, by the way, the investor I was looking for said that he wanted to watch your filming for a while."

Jiang Mo walked out of the cabin slowly, looked at the mountains and white clouds in the distance, and smiled softly.

"Is the investor's surname Shen?"

Some things really can't be stopped, and you can't listen to them.

Tang Li said: "Oh, you guessed it too." After a pause, "Chaowen repeatedly asked me not to say anything, just in case you would blow up... But I feel that I can't hide this from you. Do you think Just blow it up, don't involve me."

Jiang Mo smiled: "I want to blow it up, I will deal with him when he comes."

Tang Li also smiled: "I've hung up, I'm going to print out the contract and go find Zhou Manyun."

The phone hung up.Jiang Mo returned the phone to the reporter, went to the back room to find out his dead phone and recharge it, found Shen Chaowen, and sent a message: When will you arrive?