New Age Artists

Chapter 410: In the blink of an eye, the world has changed (23)

The original version from Guangshui to Hankou deliberately chose bad angles.

Shen Santong simply captured the inequality between regions in a normal way and did not cater to the discriminatory perspective.

It’s too late.

The audiences of the University of Tokyo are relatively stable mentally, have no defects in their beliefs, and do not have the bad mentality of the people in so-called developed countries.

The audience for films with a discriminatory perspective is very small, and there is an obvious box office ceiling.

Breaking 100 million is the limit.

In the scene chosen by Shen Santong, the section in Guangshui can be a little dilapidated, but it is not necessary near Hankou.

I also changed the car to a better bus as the original one was too broken.

This scene is a mixture of interior and exterior scenes.

Among them, the snow scene part was shot ahead of time, leaving only the literary scenes.

The original version: The road was blocked, a landslide occurred ahead, and the driver stopped the car.

Li Chenggong learned that the traffic jam might last for two days and one night at most, so he asked the driver to take a detour around the village.

He is responsible for whatever goes wrong.

The reason Shen Santong took a detour was not a landslide, but heavy snow that caused the road ahead to be closed.

Li Chenggong was unwilling to wait for emergency repairs and snow removal, and asked to take a shorter route.

The environment of Shen Santong's version of the village is much better.

It is close to Hankou and can be reached by tractor. The village is better off economically and has a cement road, making the detour option reasonable.

The biggest change is in the order of the plot.

In the original version, an old man was pulling an old lady on a cart. The old lady was eating dates and suddenly came out from the intersection. The bus was unable to react in time and hit her.

A date pit was stuck in the respiratory tract, everyone was arguing, and Niu Geng came to save him.

Shen Santong changed it to an old man riding a tricycle carrying an old lady, who first got choked by eating dates, and then the tricycle blocked the road.

We have reached the climax of this branch's plot.

Shen Santong watched the actors' performance carefully.

When the driver saw the tricycle blocking the road, he stopped the car far away.

Li Chenggong urged the driver: "Go forward, why did you stop?"

The driver turned around and lectured him: "You are ignorant. Didn't you see that there are people blocking the road ahead?"

As he spoke, the driver started talking about the 1980s and 1990s, a time when bandits and robbers were rampant.

The driver said: "At that time, if it was like this, people might have died."

"Back then, if you encountered a road block like this, you couldn't stop or open the car window, you had to rush through."

The driver's tone became sad when he said this: "I heard from some seniors that many drivers who stopped their cars did not survive."

moment.

Li Chenggong was so stunned that sweat broke out on his face.

Niu Geng was unaware and pointed out the problem: "It's already 09, there are no car bandits or road bullies anymore."

The driver said: "Life has become better and not so chaotic, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take the small road."

A well-mannered passenger, looking out of the car in deep thought, heard the discussion and recited a line: "In the blink of an eye, the world has changed. Back then, 'electricity and telephones upstairs and downstairs', now it seems that what was said was done."

Shen Santong asked He Bing to play the role of the driver. He was the Sha Zhu in "Siheyuan" and the protagonist of "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty".

The director Chen Ming, who was asked by the passengers to make a cameo appearance, only showed his voice and the back of his head, without showing his face.

After reading it, Shen Santong praised: "Teacher Chen, the lyrics are really good, and Teacher He, the play is really good."

Director Chen Ming said: "Your play is interesting."

He Bing also nodded: "One leaf tells the coming of autumn. With just a few lines, I found that Director Shen's film is very different from today's commercial films."

Times change and life improves.

These elements are rarely seen.

The plays of the fifth generation directors, the sixth generation directors, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan directors often depict a time period that is restricted and static, with only a small portion of the time being captured.

Even if time does flow, it rarely shows that life is moving forward.

Shen Sandong said: "I just use movies and popular methods to recall the past."

He Bing asked worriedly, "Will the audience accept this? Will it look awkward?"

At this point, He Bing was afraid that Shen Santong would misunderstand him, after all, he was a famous movie director.

Moreover, some directors are very averse to others giving them feedback on their films, especially different voices.

He quickly explained: "Director Shen, I don't have any problem with your movie."

Shen Santong said unconcernedly: "The story should have logic. 'Upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones.' This is a description of the beautiful vision of socialism in the 1950s."

"Fifty years have passed. Have you done it?"

“Standing in 08, looking back, it’s obvious that we did it!”

"Has the public security situation improved compared to 20 years ago? Obviously it has improved."

"This is the reality, and there is enough factual basis to support the creation of the film." In fact, if you ask the elderly people in your family, most of them will say that socialism has been realized.

I never dreamed of having a life like that.

Shen Santong understood He Bing's concerns and was not trying to make trouble on purpose.

But the current movies already have a line and form an atmosphere.

Even if it is just describing the facts, it will be considered false and empty.

Shen Santong thought this atmosphere was wrong.

If you have done it, you have done it. It’s not bragging, it’s just stating the facts. Is that not okay?
Continue shooting.

After expressing his feelings, the driver moved forward at the urging of Li Chenggong.

When the old man saw that his wife was gasping for breath, he called his son to come over.

When the son saw the bus parked in front of his parents' tricycle, he thought there had been a car accident, so he waved for help and called on the villagers to come over.

The old man wanted to explain, but he was more worried about his wife's condition.

I was not good at speaking and couldn't explain myself clearly, which made me very anxious.

Seeing the two sides clashing.

Niu Geng, who was in the car, was observing carefully.

While everyone was confronting each other, he warmed up.

He seized the opportunity, picked up the old lady and used first aid.

The old lady was rescued and the misunderstanding was resolved.

The bus passengers and the villagers can be said to have known each other through fighting.

The car broke down due to a fluid leak, so we stayed in the village to eat together.

Compared to the original version, the car is not dilapidated, and the land in the village is a cement road, not a muddy path.

We will give close-ups to the pretty girls and handsome boys in the village, and find students from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy to play the roles.

The spirit displayed is simplicity and enthusiasm.

It is not a color of barbarism, backwardness or poverty.

Shen Santong did not blindly exaggerate.

Compared with the city, the material conditions are indeed much worse, but the spirit is high and positive.

After the bus interior scenes were shot, the crew moved on to the farmhouse scene.

In the original version, Niu Geng saved the old lady, and the old man no longer pursued the matter of the car crash.

The people in the car got off to eat, but there was nothing to eat in the muddy yard.

The car broke down, so the old man found a tractor to take Li Chenggong, Niu Geng and the handsome guy to Hankou together.

Shen Santong made some changes to suit the atmosphere of the Spring Festival and match the time point of the 29th day of the lunar year in the movie.

The old man entertained the group.

Then someone suggested that everyone contribute money together, and they bought a pig from a family, and then started the farm barbecue session.

Shen Santong said: "Everyone eats as much as they want and it becomes lively. It will definitely be enough."

This scene was filmed in a village near Wuhan, with help from the leaders of the propaganda department and cooperation from local cadres.

The extras are the crew members and some people from the village.

Shen Santong slaughtered three sheep and a pig, and took pictures of the scene of separating the hot pork.

We made dumplings on the bus and noodles when we got off. Everyone worked together to make dumplings and ate them with great enthusiasm.

The whole scene took place in the village brigade headquarters, with all kinds of Spring Festival elements.

The movie camera gave the propaganda slogan a vibrant look.

After eating and drinking, the old man arranged a tractor to take Li Chenggong and Niu Geng to Hankou.

The handsome guy played by Huang Xiaoming only appeared on the train and did not appear in this branch line. The appearance of the handsome guy in this section was a bit abrupt.

The subsequent plot of the movie is that the two arrived in Hankou and met a female scammer at the bus station.

Niu Geng was deceived, and Li Chenggong took a long-distance bus to Changsha alone.

The heavy snow caused the road to be closed and the car returned.

He met Niu Geng who was waiting at the bus station, and the two stayed overnight in a hotel.

The next day, when I was taking the ferry, I saw the female scammer. I chased her and sent her to the police station.

Then I bought a lottery ticket and won a van.

Shen Santong did not buy lottery tickets here, but bought some food, which saved up 200 yuan, enough for two draws.

Then the wind blew and the lottery ticket flew away, and the two chased it all the way.

The wind changed direction and blew back.

The two drove the van to Changsha, and a famous scene took place on the way.

(End of this chapter)