tearjerker director

Time flies.

"Heartbeat" has become a thing of the past.

Nothing stays hot forever, and even more so with movies.

Accompanying his wife and children, and occasionally gathering with friends, this kind of life is plain and warm.

However, he has been a little bored recently, perhaps because he has been idle for too long.

However, sometimes it is very strange that he has not triggered a single movie during this time.

This made Li Yi a little unaccustomed to it.

On this day, Li Yi opened the special page of the long-lost Penguin Video Micro Film Festival.

In fact, the Penguin Microfilm Festival can be said to have a deep relationship with him. The first short film "Trading" he shot was when the Penguin Cup Microfilm Festival was held.

Of course, he doesn't have any particular purpose, he just wants to be idle.Want to look at things, find inspiration.

With the outbreak of the domestic market, the Penguin Cup International Micro Film Festival has also attracted the favor of many new directors at home and abroad.

The number of short films is much higher than in those years.

Of course, the quality is also uneven. In this year's Micro Film Festival, there are actually quite a few short films with quite good quality and creativity. After all, there are more works registered, and the works that stand out naturally have higher quality.

Unfortunately, what made Li Yi a little depressed was that he still didn't trigger any movies.

"What are you looking at?" Mu Qing came back from the outside, saw Li Yi frowning and staring at the screen in a daze, she couldn't help but walked to Li Yi's side and sat down, and asked.

"A work from the Penguin Cup International Micro Film Festival!" Li Yi replied.

"What? Didn't catch your director Li Da's eyes?" Mu Qing asked with a smile.

Li Yi shook his head and said: "Actually, there are still a few good works, but there is nothing special about it."

"What about you? How about the salon?" Li Yi shook his head and asked.

Mu Qing was going to participate in a filmmaker's salon, and Li Yi had received an invitation before, but he didn't particularly like the atmosphere there, mainly because his status was too high, so if he attended this kind of salon, the taste would be different. changed.

"The atmosphere is not bad, this time the theme of the salon is a movie adapted from a real event." Mu Qing said with a smile.

"Oh? Movies based on real events? It seems that the production of such movies has not been high in recent years, right?" Li Yi was taken aback for a moment, then asked.

"Yeah, it's mainly a market issue." Mu Qing shook her head.

Li Yi nodded. Not all directors can be like him. Now, he almost rarely makes that kind of purely commercial movies.

And when he makes a movie, he doesn't care as much about the movie's box office prospects as in the past.

A film adapted from a real event, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was considered the pinnacle of this type of domestic film, and there has been basically no surpassing it since then.

Not to mention surpassing, most of the movies adapted from real events seem to be difficult to achieve any great results.

Naturally, the production of such films has become less and less.

"Actually, movies based on true stories in foreign countries have a good output, and many of them have a good box office and reputation. Why do you think it doesn't work well in China?" Mu Qing asked.

Li Yi smiled and said: "It's not that it's too bad, but movies based on real events are often more sensitive. Everyone knows that even movies "based on real stories" still need some creative freedom. When adapting real life into a movie, the creator usually condenses certain events, strengthens or even creates a new story, makes some characters more black and white "good" or "evil", and all of these, It’s all about making it easier for the audience to understand the film. And it’s pretty routine in filmmaking.”

"Is there any problem with this? It is adapted from a real event. Since it is an adaptation, it will definitely add different thinking. The story is only based on a real prototype, and it is impossible to completely copy the real event!" Mu Qing said.

Li Yi nodded: "That's for sure, but that's the problem. When adapting this kind of movie, the filmmakers didn't consider how these narrative adjustments would affect the people in the real story. After all Their real-life friends and family are still alive.

Discontent among living friends and family of the people in these true stories abounds with earlier films based on true events.

No matter how good a biopic is, or how many awards it wins, it's important to remember that the character seen on screen was once a real person, and sometimes even the most trivial, well-intentioned adaptation decisions, Also affects the way the world remembers the person forever.

But often times, this is the most difficult to control! "

"The biggest difference between movies and real events is that movies need to fill in many things that do not exist in real events, such as a person's character, or his friends, or his way of life, etc., etc. It is very difficult to shoot according to the prototype of the real event, because the viewability of the movie will be much worse if it is shot in that way, it is difficult to choose.”

There is definitely a difference between making a film and being real.

For example, movies need conflicts and points that can attract the audience. There may be these points in real events, but the process of real events, the time span, etc., are often very long, but it is impossible for movies to fully show these points. , so it is only possible to use a certain thing, a certain lens to focus on the display.

But these shots, these events, may not be satisfactory.

Another one, even if it really restores real events, are those real events really suitable to appear in front of the public?

"And some events, because they are sensitive in themselves, or have attracted a lot of attention, such events, from a commercial point of view, may be more suitable for adaptation, but often such events, most of the adapted movies are It is difficult to satisfy people, and at the same time, some things are very sensitive and can easily touch people's nerves."

"But why are such foreign films produced so much?" Mu Qing asked curiously again.

"Hehe, take a closer look, what kind of movies are those movies based on real events in foreign countries!" Li Yi said with a faint smile.

"We also talked about this point, but we couldn't grasp the point." Mu Qing frowned.

"It's very simple, the bottom line is even lower!" Li Yi said with a smile.

"Bottom line?" Mu Qing was puzzled.

"Most of the domestic successful film adaptations are positive. For example, "I'm Not the God of Medicine", although there are sensitive topics such as "sky-high priced drugs" in it, in fact, the film does not have too many I discussed this issue more, but focused more on the character Cheng Yong, and there was no such thing as criticism.

What's more, those movies adapted from big events all highlight positive energy!So naturally, there is no problem!After all, movies are more about beautifying than uglifying! "

"But foreign adaptations are different," Li Yi said calmly.

Hollywood really doesn't care about that stuff as long as it makes money.

However, this gave Li Yi a little inspiration, and maybe he could get inspiration from some real event news.

Li Yi really didn't want to touch the film adaptation of real events in China, because it was really thankless.

Movies can never please all audiences, and if it is a fictional story, then it's okay, after all, it's just the movie itself, but if it's an adaptation of a real event, then if you are not careful, you will be sprayed to death!

Even if it is not the director's original intention sometimes, it will still be misinterpreted.

When "Dear" was filmed, Li Yi's aura was bright enough. In addition, this kind of movie itself does not mean that it is completely adapted from the story of a certain person, but the story of a group. That's right, it was also said by many people to eat human blood steamed buns back then.

Therefore, if you want to make this kind of movie, Li Yi still thinks that going abroad is more suitable.

Of course, not all events are suitable for adaptation, and Li Yi will definitely not touch those particularly sensitive events.

In the Internet age, the speed of information dissemination is too fast. Of course, there are more and more convenient ways to obtain information.

Li Yi began to look for some foreign hot news.

Trying to find news that can inspire your cheating fingers.

Mu Qing also helped Li Yi watch it together.

However, what Li Yi watched was definitely not news like gun battles every day.

But I also read some interesting news, for example, there is an interesting news about animals.

The news said that a mother dog raised a litter of lion cubs, and they got along very well.

It can only be said that the world is full of wonders.

What made Li Yi even more inexplicable was that this f*cking sudden event actually aroused the memory of this kind of movie.

And there are still two.

One of them is that a dog raised a lion cub, and the other one is even more exaggerated, which completely matches the news, that a dog raised four lions!

These two films are both about dogs. Li Yi is very familiar with such movies. For example, "The Story of Hachiko the Loyal Dog" is a dog movie.

That's not how he got his name as the dog director.

The first part was actually a bit better, but the second part, to be honest, was very troublesome to shoot.

Because the story of the first dog raising a lion is not long, nor is it the main body, but it is the second one. To be honest, it is really difficult to shoot.

Because 80.00% of the whole movie is about the dog and the four little lions.

Animal movies are really tricky.

Dogs are actually better, but what about lions?
Of course, it can be produced with CG special effects, but Li Yi actually doesn't like to use a lot of special effects to make such movies.

Because it is an emotional movie, no matter how good the special effects are, it will always make him feel fake.

But I have to say that this movie is really special. After the whole movie, it can be said that there are very few dialogues, but it is such a movie without too many dialogues, but it is really well shot.

However, the original version is relatively old, and when it was produced, it was a bit poor in dubbing and editing.

Li Yi shook his head, let's save it for now.

This kind of movie may not be so brain-intensive to shoot, but it must be a lot of work!
Continuing to watch, Li Yi quickly couldn't laugh or cry again, because he saw another news about dogs.

Li Yi thought for a while, but it can only be blamed on the hatefulness of big data, right?

This news is also a strange story about dogs. It is about a child who dreams that he is a dog and has been with his owner for ten years.

The child was only talking about this dream at home, and his parents tried to find the "master" in the child's dream. The amazing thing is, what the hell did they actually find.

Moreover, the other party's family did have a dog once, and the name was exactly the same as the child's dream.

I have to say that the world is so big that it is full of wonders.

And this actually reminded Li Yi of another movie, which was also about dogs, and there were some similarities with this anecdote.

Has big data also affected my golden finger?

Li Yi couldn't laugh or cry, did he let himself and the dog have sex?

To be honest, Li Yi doesn't really want to shoot, because he has already filmed several films before, and in his mind, it is difficult to surpass "The Story of Hachiko" and "A Dog's Mission".

And the first movie I remember before, seems to be a follow-up work after "A Dog's Mission" became popular?
At this time, Mu Qing's eyes suddenly turned red.

"What's wrong?" Li Yi couldn't help asking.

"Look at the news, it's really desperate!" Mu Qing said and handed the tablet to Li Yidao.

Li Yi took it and looked at it curiously.

The news came from Yinglun, and Li Yi quickly understood why Mu Qing's eyes were red.

Because, after he saw it, he also felt extremely depressed.

The story takes place in England, where a terminally ill single father tries to find an adoptive family for his three-year-old son before leaving.
Li Yi could even feel the reluctance and repressed despair of the single father in the words.

This single father is not a celebrity. It can even be said that ordinary people cannot be more ordinary!

Why do you say depressed despair?
Because, he is terminally ill, and it won't be long, but he happens to have a three-year-old son. The point is, he has no other relatives except his son.

A movie suddenly appeared in my mind. In my memory, it was also adapted from a true story. It was almost exactly the same as this news.

That movie was called "In Obscurity"!
It wasn't a very successful film, and it wasn't a commercial success.

But Li Yi has an inexplicable urge to make this movie, because this story is really interesting.
He didn't know what words to use to describe it.

This is just a "no special father and fatherly love story", but love, what is ordinary and special, small and great!