Chinese Entertainment 2017: Starting from the Top Writers

Chapter 331: The Young Man Finishes Filming, Flowers Bloom on the Road
June 2, afternoon.

Comedy master Charlie Chaplin once said: Comedy uses panorama, tragedy uses close-up.

This sentence is vividly demonstrated in Charlie Chaplin's classic film "City Lights".

Following the creative technique of "using close-ups to depict tragedy", Lin Li also used a large number of close-ups and close-up shots during the filming.

Especially for Chen Nian played by Zhang Zifeng, her face was spared to fill the entire camera.

This kind of shot that captures faces at an extremely close distance is a very subjective shot, and even has a strong sense of oppression.

For example, now, Lin Lizheng was directing the photographer to use a close-up shot of Xiaobei's facial movements with trembling eyebrows and tightly clenched teeth after he watched the video of Chen Nian being bullied.

The shooting light hits the actor's head from directly above, and the light and shadow effect highlights that Hou Minghao is staring at the extras playing the police officers. When he said "You don't have to act", his eyes were like a beast facing death, making all the onlookers feel that he is here to "die" in the face of this interrogation.

"Cut! This one passes!"

"I declare that our young you has finished!"

Lin Li stood up from in front of the monitor, holding up the loudspeaker, and shouted to the crowd.

"It's finished..."

"Woo! It's done!"

"Long live the director!"

"Director Lin, you have worked hard!"

Lin Li was also very happy when he saw everyone so excited. He held the loudspeaker and coughed, and everyone immediately quieted down.

"Everyone, please clean up the scene. We will hold a wrap-up party in the hotel banquet hall tonight. Thank you all for your hard work over the past month."

"it is good!"

Now everyone was even happier and shouted in unison.

Lin Li looked around the scene with his hands on his hips, feeling a lot of emotion. After more than a month, the third directorial work in his life was finally completed today!

And after the experience of shooting the first two films, this youth film can be said to be the culmination of his shooting techniques. He is confident that when the audience sees this work, there will be enough surprises!

In addition to a large number of close-ups and close-ups, he also put a lot of effort into color and tone this time.

For example, in Chen Nian’s exam preparation environment, he used large areas of cold colors. Although it was a high-key and bright environment, this cold color tone gave the youth era, which should have been high-key and bright, a chilling feeling.

Under his careful design, the time and space shared by Chen Nian and Xiao Bei are all on the street corners or in Xiao Bei's home at night. At this time, although the picture presents a dark atmosphere, there is always a dim light that gives the two a hint of brightness and warmth.

Therefore, the bright but depressing campus and the marginal but warm dark corners of society became the main narrative space in the entire filming process, giving the entire picture a sense of reality from the inside out, from emotion to performance.

Lin Li is looking forward to seeing what the audience will think of this work after the film is officially released.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the entire hotel banquet hall was booked by Lin Li.

"Director Lin, I toast to you and thank you for giving me this opportunity."

At Lin Li's table, in addition to several leading actors, there were also heads of various departments of the crew headed by Shang Wei. At this time, Hou Minghao was the first to raise his glass to thank Lin Li, and then he raised his head and drank it down in one gulp.

Lin Li stretched out his hand and gestured to press down: "Sit down and talk."

After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Director Lin, I won't say anything else. From now on, just give me a call, and I'll be there whenever you call, even if it's just a minor supporting role."

Hou Minghao looked at Lin Li in front of him and said seriously.

From tragedy to youth, Lin Li gave him two chances, turning him from an unknown to a hot movie actor in the circle. It is no exaggeration to say that he is his mentor.

Huang Jue was the second one to pick up the wine glass with a smile: "Director Lin, I won't say any more. I'll just say one thing, Director Lin is really amazing! His reputation is not in vain! Let's have a drink."

It only took Huang Jue a short time to go from being suspicious of Lin Li at first to admiring him now.

He was particularly impressed by the imaginative ideas and tricky shooting angles.

As an old actor who has been working in various major film crews for many years, he still has this insight. He has a hunch that the movie Better Days may set new box office records!
What else could Lin Li say? He shook his head helplessly and continued to drink it in one gulp.

As a result, when everyone saw it, they all came over to toast.

Some supporting characters, people that Lin Li was not very familiar with, also came over to toast him. Lin Li was not afraid, after all, drinking was his area of ​​expertise!

After that, the crew members finally got to see their director’s legendary talent!
When the wrap party was going on a little after ten o'clock, there were no more than ten men left standing in the venue!

Newbies like Hou Minghao and Yin Fang had already crawled under the table. Even a veteran bartender like Huang Jue was already resting his chin on the table, shaking his head.

"Come on, Mr. Huang, let's go for another one."

Lin Li put his arm around Huang Jue's shoulders and spoke with great pride.

"Director Lin, I'm not coming anymore! I really can't come!"

"I, Old Huang, am impressed! Your alcohol tolerance is incredible! I won't dare challenge you again! Your alcohol tolerance is a bottomless pit!"

Huang Jue waved his hands repeatedly, propped himself up and ran out, staggering and almost bumping into the pillar of the banquet hall. Fortunately, his assistant helped him.

"Hey, Mr. Huang, slow down!"

"Take good care of Teacher Huang!"

Seeing this, Lin Li shouted to his assistant, and only felt relieved when he saw her nodding repeatedly.

"Okay, who else is dissatisfied? Hmm?"

Lin Li picked up the wine glass again and looked around at the few people who had not fallen yet.

"No, no, no!"

"Director Lin is a big shot!"

"Director Lin, we are convinced! Really convinced!"

Everyone begged for mercy. Zhang Zifeng, who was not drinking, covered his mouth and laughed, shaking his shoulders.

"Ha ha!"

Lin Li laughed triumphantly, feeling extremely refreshed both physically and mentally.

People feel refreshed when good things happen. He hasn't drunk so happily in a long time!
Around eleven o'clock, after arranging for the last person to return to the room, Lin Li also staggered back to the room alone.

"Huh..." Lin Li threw his whole body onto the bed, spread his limbs, and let out a long breath.

Although he was not completely drunk, he was indeed a little dizzy. His consciousness was very clear, but his limbs could not keep up with his brain.

Suddenly he felt the phone in his pocket vibrate. Lin Li reached down to his coat pocket, took it out, glanced at it with great effort, and was stunned.

Then he sat up from the bed and looked at the phone screen carefully.

"Oda"

After seeing who was calling, Lin Li's mind instantly became much clearer. He answered the call and turned on the speakerphone.

"Oda."

Lin Li spoke first and called out softly.

There was no immediate response from the other end of the phone, but Lin Li could hear breathing from the other end, and he knew that Xiaotian was listening.

"Xiaotian, I know you are listening, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Lin Li asked again.

"I saw on Weibo that you guys wrapped up today, and I thought you should be free at this time."

The voice that came out of Oda was stiff, not at all like the coquettish voice that she had when she used to call.

"Yes, we just wrapped up today. I just came back from the wrap party and was lying on the bed when you called me. Speaking of which, I'm still a little dizzy now, eh~"

Lin Li raised the corners of his lips slightly, and acted pitifully in a slightly exaggerated tone.

When he heard Oda speak, he knew that the cold war between them for the past two months was about to end.

"Hmph! Stop pretending. Don't I know how much you can drink?"

"But even if you have a good alcohol tolerance, you can't drink so much every time. It's not good for your health, Habar."

Lin Li could imagine Xiaotian's angry look and those big round eyes.

"I really feel a little dizzy. Today, several people can drink quite a lot. I only have one stomach. How can I drink more than so many of them? In the end, they couldn't drink any more, and I was almost done too."

Lin Li described it vividly, as if it were true.

Of course, that was not wrong, but his condition was not that bad.

"All he does is drink and drink. He doesn't take care of his body at all."

"Then you should go to bed early. I'll call you when you've had a good sleep."

Oda's voice was filled with blame, but more of it was heartache.

"Wait a minute, don't hang up Oda."

Lin Li quickly spoke into the phone.

"what happened?"

Oda's puzzled voice came from the phone.

"I haven't heard your voice in a long time. I want to hear it more."

Lin Li spoke out his true feelings. Yes, he lied to Xiaotian, but he also really missed her.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Oda's breathing could be faintly heard on the phone.

"Do you know how long we haven't seen each other?"

After a long silence, Oda's voice finally came from the phone again. From her tone, it could be heard that she was speaking angrily.

It can be imagined that Oda's expression at this moment must be a little aggrieved and a little angry.

What Lin Li says next will determine whether he can win back Xiaotian's heart and comfort her.

Lin Li glanced at the time on his phone, and then remembered that Xiao Tian, ​​the little arrogant, was sensitive to time, so he responded in detail:
"The last time we met was on Christmas. I went to visit you on set that day and saw Zhang Wanyi being attentive to you. I guess he hasn't been bothering you lately, has he?"

"Today is February 60rd, and it is nearly twelve o'clock. We haven't seen each other for about 9 days and nine hours."

After finishing speaking, Lin Li let out a breath.

Thanks to the benefit of rebirth, he has a good body and a good brain.

"If I don't call you, are you going to stop contacting me? Don't you want your little field anymore?"

After hearing Lin Li tell the time accurately, Tian Xiwei's grievances were mostly relieved, but she still spoke in a somewhat depressed tone.

She was afraid that after this incident, Lin Li would no longer love her as much as before.

"How could that be? You are my most lovely Xiaotian, my big-eyed cute girl. How could I bear to let you go?"

Lin Li felt a pang in his heart when he heard Xiaotian's aggrieved voice, and he tried to coax her in a very gentle tone.

"Will you still be nice to me like before?"

Tian Xiwei asked Lin Li for confirmation with some concern.

"Of course, you will always be my classmate Oda."

Lin Li responded to her with an extremely affirmative tone.

"Brother Ali~"

"Ok?"

"I miss you!"

Oda's voice sounded aggrieved and full of nostalgia.

"I miss you as well!"

Lin Li listened to the sobbing on the other end of the phone and responded gently.

——The flowers are blooming on the roadside, so you can go home slowly.

(End of this chapter)