Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

This morning's misunderstanding was told by Su Yun as a small anecdote in the boring filming career during lunch.

And after learning at the dinner table that Su Yun, the director, was so close to Zhang Querong, who was the lead actor, because they were old friends who had known each other for nearly ten years, Liang Jiawei blushed a lot with embarrassment.

After all, they are all outstanding young people who can be counted in the local area, and they are also young men and women with good looks and personalities. Newspapers and magazines will write about their scandals from time to time to fight for sales. The girl fashion magazine he made before, In order to keep up with the trend of young girls, I also pay attention to and write something about the popular stars in the group. Naturally, I know a few scandal objects of Su Yun.

In particular, Zhang Querong only collaborated with Su Yun in "My Three Dead Ex-Husbands" at the beginning of the year. He also had "Song of Youth" before, and both of them were acting couples. Indispensable.

And the most important point is that Zhang Querong, whose star fortune is not going well at present, is obviously not as prosperous as his friend Chen Baiyang, who has already made a fortune in the music world, but Su Yun has given him several movie resources one after another. Not to mention, even in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Chen Boyang was found to act as his partner... This seems so abrupt under the unspoken rules of today's circle that whoever is popular has the most resources.

Of course, if the reason for this unreasonable allocation of resources is that Zhang Querong is Su Yun's "insider", then it is so reasonable that people have nothing to say.

Liang Jiawei, who can only be regarded as half an insider at present, can't help thinking wildly: I have only heard that the entertainment industry is dangerous to female artists, but I didn't expect that male artists are also in danger...

Even if it is a young, beautiful and wealthy "rich woman" like Su Yun, if she doesn't like it, it will only cause trouble.

It wasn't until noon when he went back to the rental house to eat nervously that Liang Jiawei finally let go of his mind: Fortunately, it turned out that he was thinking too much.

Interrupted by this episode, Liang Jiawei, who was the first male lead and was filming in a place like the Walled City, seemed to relax his tense spirit, and he became more natural during filming.

It is just in line with the gradual adaptation state of the hero after staying in the city for a period of time.

For Liang Jiawei, a talented, hard-working and honest leading actor, Su Yun used it with confidence and ease: Although Liang Jiawei was brave enough to say "I was not very good when I was young" in the interview on the talk show World mudslides, but in fact, in the golden age generation in the Hong Kong circle where the relationship was chaotic and scandals were frequent, he was one of the few big-name male artists who didn't have any melons.

Moreover, he is not only dedicated to love and marriage, but also very dedicated to his work. Unlike the above-mentioned [-]-[-] male stars who never waste a single bit of acting skills, Liang Jiawei handed over a full-fledged movie with both quality and quantity. homework.

Therefore, he can often become one of the few bright spots in all kinds of bad movies, and he is a typical "no matter how bad the project is, I have to do my job well" who loves his job and works hard...

That is to say, after discovering Liang Jiawei's dedicated personality during the cooperation, Zhang Querong fully understood the reason why Su Yun would praise him as a newcomer to take the lead: In addition to the strong recommendation of Du Lifeng, the co-director, Liang Jiawei and the actor's fit be taller than him.

It's not that he can't play the leading role, but that the complex and intertwined light and dark character of the leading role is not suitable for his current youth idol path; Being scolded for the plot is no more popular than the love dilemma of the second male lead.

These days, people still have a clear innate favorability and treat them differently between positive and negative roles. Playing a classic villain is like being remembered for a long time. Therefore, artists are generally reluctant to take on villain roles, lest they will have negative opinions on their future acting career. make an impact.

Especially for young idols like Zhang Querong, who just relied on the upright image of Sir and Mei Yanshuang to become a screen couple, and the image of the music scene is also a youth idol who sings and dances vigorously. Even if he is willing to challenge himself to take on the villain, it has to be justified. Originally a love-crazed idol type.

It can't be Liang Jiawei's current "artistic" type who does bad things with good intentions and overly alludes to reality.

That is to say, Liang Jiawei, who prefers art and has a bit of a gentle personality, doesn't mind this kind of role but finds it challenging. He is willing to follow Su Yun and Du Lifeng to go out to shoot locations every morning and evening.

In view of the special spatial structure of the Walled City, many people don't know about the rain, let alone the problem of lighting - Du Lifeng has been troubled by the problem of lighting for a long time since he confirmed that most of the scenes were shot on site.

He even wanted to use the relationship between Su Yun and Kubrick, and the f/0.7 lens that Kubrick used to shoot "Barry Lyndon" to ensure the low-light scenes in the Walled City. Shooting: In the 60s, this head was used by NASA to conduct lunar exploration missions and take photos of the back of the moon. It is one of the lenses with the largest aperture in the world.

When the aperture of this lens is fully opened, in low-light scenes where only candles and natural light are used as light sources, the shooting effect and noise control are by no means comparable to ordinary lenses.

And the depth of field and out-of-focus shot are even more beautiful—the so-called oil painting-like picture in "Barry Lyndon" is mostly due to the contribution of this god.

Then Su Yun, who finally had the opportunity to use the black technology camera that comes with the system, decisively rejected his request. She just said that with the development of technology, she just developed a new type of camera that can also meet the needs of shooting low-light scenes, so there is no need I borrowed a 0.7 lens from afar.

Faced with this reply, Du Lifeng has nothing to say: except that Su Yun is the master and he is the deputy, and Su Yun's black technology has always been very confident; If something went wrong with the Walled City, his whole family would not be able to pay for it if it was sold.

Since Su Yun promised that the effect had to be good, it was because of the material problem that it could only last for a month or two before it had to be scrapped-this was barely enough for Xiangjiang's production speed.

The "fastness" of Xiangjiang's production is largely due to the cooperation of the crew and personnel, as well as the pursuit of speed and economy.

I also have to thank the scenes of sewage flowing and dripping water everywhere in the Walled City. Many people wear long-sleeved trousers and hats when walking in the streets, even in summer, which can just protect them to the greatest extent. candid behavior.

Yes, that's right, candid shots.

The male protagonist of "The Rooftop Postman" is a postman who runs around the city wall every day to deliver letters. In addition to showing the miraculous architectural complex of the city wall from his perspective, he can also show most of it from the side. The daily life of ordinary residents in the Walled City.

In order to pursue the maximum "reality", Su Yun proposed to use candid filming method to film the postman's part of the story in a more documentary style.

This approach also appeared in "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" ten years later, and because of this documentary style and tortuous plot, it won the 49th Venice Golden Lion Award for Best Film in one fell swoop.

Su Yun tried to get Leiber, who used to be their guide and participated in the filming of the commercial radio station's Walled City program, to try. Then, after finding a place to hide and shoot with a fixed camera for half a day, she went back to the rental house to meet with Du Lifeng. After comparison and inspection-in the end, both parties agreed that some "realistic" plots adopt the mode of candid filming reality.

However, even though she and Du Lifeng each hid in a place and took dual-camera shooting, the method of secretly fixing the camera position for candid shooting was still not as convenient as serious shooting.

In order to pursue multi-angle and multi-camera materials, Su Yun and Du Lifeng basically followed the filming all the time when they pretended to be volunteers and Liang Jiawei filmed personal scenes: morning and evening light are the best, so they can be used to shoot rooftops and Outdoor scenes that require light; and the time outside of these two time periods happens to be able to sneak shots of real life by walking around the streets pretending to be volunteers.

After the day's filming was over, the group returned to the rental house to get together one after another: they also wanted to split up and go home to hide from others, but unfortunately the unscrupulous developer of the new building they rented was too ignorant.

In order to save money, it's fine if the foundations are not built much. Anyway, the buildings in the walled city play a strange role of supporting each other.It will not be reduced to the point where it will fall when the wind blows.

The problem is that it is such an 11-storey building, and the stairs are reluctant to be built, so they are directly attached to the next building, and the stairs of the next building are used...

After living for a period of time and discovering the truth, even Su Yun, who was used to the many tricks of real estate developers in later generations, was in a mess for a while because of it.

However, messy is messy, and work still has to be done.

After returning to the rental house, Su Yun and the others started from sorting out the materials, checking the map drawn by engineer Chen Changcun, and then arranging the shooting plan for tomorrow. Day after day, there was basically no major change.

As for the issue of the candid filming—it’s okay for the residents. After the filming is finished, the Welfare Association will take the lead in explaining and apologizing. Basically, there will be no problem. The drama, that is, the rare and the rich and the dangerous...

Generally, when encountering this kind of situation, the division of labor between Su Yun and Du Lifeng is very clear: Du Lifeng takes Zhao's camera to shoot at high places and far away, and Su Yun takes the black technology produced by the system. Invisible remote control photography device, hiding in a closer indoor place to shoot.

Anyway, the black technology of the system is powerful enough, even if she stands farther away, she can perform remote control operations through real-time feedback.

As for the reason why Su Yun hid closer, it was to hide Du Lifeng's eyes and ears.

After the most difficult big project of on-site shooting is completed, most of the indoor scenes of the opposite play can borrow the undismantled sets of the previous "Out of the Walled City"-this brotherly play is miserable to say the least, still Still being ordered to make changes here and there, I have to reshoot some footage for the revised plot from time to time, so I haven't been able to dismantle the sets of the few imitation walled city shacks.

Coincidentally, it is also cheaper for Su Yun, a colleague who wants to shoot the same subject: the fewer people sneaking into the walled city to shoot, the better, and the safer it is, it is enough for them to sneak in in disguise.

If the rest of the characters do not need to enter the walled city to shoot, the personal safety will be greatly improved, and then artists with better conditions can be found to perform.

For example, the actor who played the role of the leading actor's grandfather "Old Cao", after several twists and turns, finally invited Cao Zehua, who is known as the "silver hero" in the circle.

This well-known Cantonese film veteran, apart from being deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as a hero and detective, the anecdote that he lost a total of more than 60 million yuan in studios, theaters and other properties under his name in the 3s is also an anecdote that Hong Kong people never tire of. discussed for a long time.

Even in the spoof movie "Brothers in Hardcover", a character "Niu Dahua" was designed based on him, and he competed on the same stage with "Li Qi" and "Xie Yuan", two classic nostalgic characters.

What Su Yun fell in love with was his vicissitudes of mind, which had experienced supreme glory and also seen boundless darkness.

Although the role of "Old Cao" does not have many roles, it is the reason and guide for the male protagonist to enter the city, and at the end he will tell the male protagonist the final core idea that the movie wants to express, which requires extremely high acting skills, so It is absolutely impossible to be sloppy.

While sorting out the materials in the rental house, taking advantage of the spare time, Su Yun tried to draw a concept poster again.

After obtaining consent, Zhang Querong came over to take a look with great interest, and was immediately shocked by the artistic conception in the poster——

In the dusk, the huge plane occupies more than one-third of the top of the whole picture. Even the sunset like a salted duck egg is covered by this man-made steel monster for more than half of the figure, leaving only the golden red glow and Light still persistently lingers in the sky to reveal its existence, becoming the last confrontation between man and nature.

A pure black figure whose back was extremely small compared with the giant steel beast and the huge buildings ran on the rooftops of the tall buildings in the city wall.

The messy clothes, wires, and all kinds of sundries on the rooftop are intertwined into a strange and harmonious look. With the countless windows and plaques below, there is a faint feeling that even if you are born in the doomsday, you must do your best to implement the meaning of living in the present, but But it seems to have a carnival-like atmosphere in the future wasteland that transcends time and space.

And under the hand-painted headline of "Kowloon Walled City: The Rooftop Postman", there is even a line of small characters that seem to be written obliquely casually.

"The hell in your eyes may be some people's paradise."

The rooftop postman is the messenger from the "heaven".