Back to the Republic of China as a director

"No, no, no, no! You are such a liar! I can't let you shoot my book!" The book yelled, "Good guy, you are so good at talking, I think you are really proficient in film skills, and you said you don't need to learn... …I didn’t expect to know nothing!”

Ji Shuangyu was also speechless.

Oh, what is this called...

"Don't worry, I'll explain this to you, okay?" Ji Shuangyu tried to appease Shu.

It’s okay for him to say that. As soon as he said it, the book immediately climbed five meters away. I told you all."

Ji Shuangyu: "...What kind of urban legend am I!"

Why does it sound like the kind that is designed to deceive old men and old ladies.

He looked at Zhou Siyin again.

This time, even Zhou Siyin hesitated and said: "If you just want to shoot opera films, you can take the equipment back, but you don't need to take the book of nonsense... I will talk about it later when you learn it well."

Ji Shuangyu cried and complained: "Brother Big Tou, you also think I lied to the equipment."

"??" Zhou Siyin: "Who is the big head??"

He really felt that Ji Shuangyu cheated on the equipment, this is nothing, he will give him a set if he wants it.

There are also opera films now. The first Chinese film in its history is also an opera filmed.It is also a big genre to directly shoot traditional operas with cameras and show them.

However, they want to make a serious movie about the book, and if they want to compete with imported movies, they probably won't be suitable for a "novice" like Ji Shuangyu.

Ji Shuangyu just felt that he couldn't argue, so he sorted out his emotions and said seriously: "I just haven't seen such a high-tech... equipment! In fact, I know all about the old equipment. But the principle is similar, as long as you get familiar with it a little bit. Brother Qiu , boss, you believe me."

Zhou Siyin: "Who is the boss???"

Shu looked at him suspiciously, "Really? Why doesn't it sound like me."

"Think about it, if I don't know at all, after he explained, wouldn't I have to ask, what is the use of the stabilizer?" Ji Shuangyu argued very hard, "Besides, these are all foreign objects. How to divide the shots and how to edit your novel has an idea."

The book's wild words revealed deeper doubts: "What is the sub-camera?"

Ji Shuangyu: "Before filming, I did the detailed work and drew the script so that it would be clear at a glance during filming."

Shu Huayan suddenly looked disappointed, "It's over, whoever makes a movie is still like this, the article is natural, and a master can get it by chance! Haven't you heard a sentence? Movies are art created by the director on the spot!"

Ji Shuangyu: "..."

...Fuck, am I mature and advanced or is it my fault? !

In the early days, especially the period of silent films, it was very crude. The director's ideas might be written on the sleeve, and there was a lot of improvisation on the set.It was not until the sound film period that the script began to be gradually perfected, and the split-shot script was born.

"Well, take the camera back first, let's discuss this matter again, and let Shu Lianyan calm down first." Zhou Siyin comforted him. He usually scolds Shu Lianyan, but this story is what Shu Lianyan and the bookstore eat. The opinion of the book.

This copyright book is also a lie, and he can't shoot it alone without the approval of the bookstore.

"You wait, I'll prove it to you later!" Ji Shuangyu pointed at the book and said nonsense.

As if being threatened by the boss, the book flinched, leaned against the corner of the wall, and muttered to himself: "He's coming to incite, he's coming to incite, how can I escape..."

Ji Shuangyu: "..."

For the first time, he regretted a little, why did he always talk about it before.

And Zhou Siyin was still thinking, what kind of name is Big Touge? Is it a very intimate nickname? ?

……

Ji Shuangyu called his apprentices, moved the equipment back, and stood by the side of the road, still depressed, "Has my reputation been ruined?"

No, he just fooled a few investors!

While putting the equipment on the car, Liu Liang stretched his neck and said, "Master, I believe in you! Don't talk about movies, I agree with you if you want to perform a circus!"

Mr. Lianyan didn't have much to say in front of him, but as a disciple, Liu Liang was now firmly on Ji Shuangyu's side.

"...Forget about the circus, as long as you have the heart. It's better to be an apprentice, trust me." Ji Shuangyu said and glanced at Brother Big Head.

Zhou Siyin: "..."

He laughed and said: "I don't believe you, will I ask you to move the camera back? This one cost 500 yuan, and there is this audio player. I was going to buy it in the West. I am afraid that it will take too long and let others The production company resold it at a high price. Do you really think I have been taken advantage of?"

He realized that the boss was actually me, and I was taken advantage of!

Ji Shuangyu: "Haha I was just joking, thank you boss."

The two of them were talking, when someone from the other side of the road stretched his neck to watch for a long time, trotted over, slowed down when he got close, paced over, and said with his hands behind his back: "It's really a world where we don't meet each other! My nephew, I heard that you are also in Shanghai, and I was wondering if I could meet, but I just happened to meet you."

The person who came was Zhou Siyin's second uncle, Zhou Ruojuan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, seemed to have finished recuperating, and said this without blushing.

Zhou Siyin: "Let's go, get in the car."

Ji Shuangyu: "Okay."

Zhou Ruojuan: "..."

Zhou Ruojuan stopped in front of them, took out a movie brochure from her pocket, and hummed, "Don't be complacent, kid, I didn't come to Shanghai for you, but for the movie I invested in!

"I heard that you also want to learn from my uncle to make movies? Haha! The film market is not that simple. If you have time, come and see the movies that my uncle voted for, and I will improve. This is very different from the new and old dramas. Science & Technology."

The brochure in his hand was exactly the movie he was investing in, and the promotional advertisement said something about a well-produced blockbuster, with beautiful women like clouds blabla, and the title of the movie was "Dream of Mandarin Ducks".

Zhou Ruojuan couldn't be more proud, when the film was released, the production company and the movie theater would split the accounts, and he would get [-]% from the company and other investors.

This is just the first round of screenings of the first film, and there will be a second round, a third round, and the second and third films in the future. I will make a fortune hahahahahahaha!

Hey, it's a pity that Kunlun Bookstore is in the hands of Zhou Siyin, otherwise it would be a great publicity tool.

Zhou Ruojuan once again looked at Zhou Siyin with hatred.

Zhou Siyin sneered, and was about to scold him, when Ji Shuangyu stared at the manual and said "ah", and said, "I thought of it! I thought of what to shoot!"

He was thinking about taking a photo to prove the book's false claims, but when he saw the large advertisement on the back of the manual, he suddenly thought that it would be better to make a commercial.

Zhou Hanque's fountain pens have started mass production, and they will be on the market soon. Shooting a commercial for the fountain pen to warm up, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone, and don't waste film, that thing is also very valuable.

Hurry up then, take pictures before returning to the capital...

Ji Shuangyu had a burst of inspiration, pulled Zhou Siyin and jumped into the car.

Zhou Ruojuan looked confused: "Wait, what are you shooting? A movie? Are you here to shoot?"

The car started to start, and he pounced on him and slapped his face, "What movie do you know! Do you know what a close-up shot is?! Ji Shuangyu, if you two want to enter the movie market, just wait for me to—"

close-up?again? ?Do you only understand this?

"Fuck you, idiot! No one knows movies better than me!" Ji Shuangyu yelled out the window of the car going away.Anyway, there is no one else, so there is no need to pay attention.

Zhou Ruojuan: "..."

……hateful!It's just too arrogant! !

He stood on the spot to calm himself down, stroked his chest and showed an inscrutable smile: "What a brat... Think about it, you will have to wait for a few months before you can make something that looks good to you." , it’s really hard to bear.”

"The filming is over!" Two days later, Ji Shuangyu rubbed her eyes and said.

"The filming is over?" Zhou Siyin told Ji Shuangyu that he was going to shoot a commercial, and asked him to contact the theater, but he never expected that Ji Shuangyu's action would be so fast.

Ji Shuangyu thought of her second uncle, and said, "Slapping the face is expensive!"

In just two days, the day before they were scheduled to return to the capital, Ji Shuangyu handed over the edited commercial to him, and asked him to release it in theaters in conjunction with the launch of the pen.At this moment, Ji Shuangyu's eyes were still bloodshot, obviously she had stayed up all night.

In fact, two days, for the current professionals, shooting a short film is not too fast.But that is based on the current rough standards, and there is no need to pay too much attention to camera movement, lighting and editing.

Zhou Siyin felt fast because Ji Shuangyu was not even familiar with the machine two days ago.Now, it's all cut

"I've said it all, I'm just not used to such... such an advanced machine!" Ji Shuangyu gritted her teeth faintly when she said it. got used to.

What's more, there are no monitors yet, so it's very inconvenient to control the effect on the spot, and the editing is all done by hand, so he's almost blinded.

Ji Shuangyu thought, television should have been invented, and he had to find a chance to get one as a monitor.

Zhou Siyin always felt that Ji Shuangyu had something more to say, but he couldn't tell.After all, this is indeed the latest machine...

"Then call Shu Yaoyan to take a look." Zhou Siyin went to find Shu Yaoyan.

As soon as the people heard that Director Ji had filmed a screen commercial, they all followed suit. There was an internal screening in the conference hall of the hotel—as a big hotel, there is also simple screening equipment here, and they can show some newsreels for guests. , Scenic films and the like, this is the first time to put screen advertisements.

Ji Shuangyu didn't hide it from anyone during the filming. After all, he needed people to do odd jobs and make props. He also hired Lin Xunfang and Jinque as the leading actors, and musicians to play the soundtrack.In such a short time, of course it is best to use ready-made materials.

When Yu Jianqing knew about it, he was even more stunned, and said, "No wonder Mr. Ji said that he must set up a film major."

Although I don't know the exact level, but in the case of being rejected by the Shanghai film industry, at least they have a guaranteed teacher!

——Anyway, everyone's level is average. According to him, knowing how to use a machine is good. Coupled with Mr. Ji's aesthetics, the designation is better than many directors who have worked on it.

The book was carried to the best viewing position feebly.

The others looked at him, and then at Ji Shuangyu, and they didn't know what to say, and they were a bit in a dilemma.

Director Ji wants to make a movie, and also wants to make a novel by Mr. Gossip.But Mr. Shu Wangyan felt that he was new to film, and he was a little hesitant...everyone had vaguely heard about it.

Mr. Shu Wangyan is right, but they also want to support Director Ji!

Jinque still thought, otherwise, give Director Ji some time to study, she believes that with Director Ji's aesthetics, he can design a good-looking picture in just a few times.

——Although Jinque also participated in the filming, she also knew nothing about Ji Shuangyu's filming techniques and could not understand it. She only knew that Director Ji did not understand the machine sometimes on the set, and even searched for it from others. coming notes.

But still the same sentence, this is not an obstacle, our director Ji must make super fast progress!

"Okay, it's ready, let's start playing." Ji Shuangyu had already turned off the lights, and everyone stopped whispering and focused on watching the projection.

The first thing that appears on the screen is a slender and beautiful orchid finger, holding a brush and thrush, and suddenly jumps to dyeing lips, and then cuts to raising hands to tie hair, draping clothes and sleeves, and buttoning buttons... Each action is only short-lived. picture.

This is a process in which the canary puts on a costume, but the way of expression makes everyone stare dumbfounded.

The edited movements are refined, which does not affect understanding at all, but the rhythm is extremely fast, even secretly stepping on the beat of the Beijing opera accompaniment as the background sound, which makes people even more refreshing to watch, and can't help but think about it.

Jinque herself couldn't recognize that this was taken by her!

Just at the beginning, Shu Yaoyan straightened his back and widened his eyes.

This is a way of expression that has never been seen before. These short pictures are cut together, but they are not condensed at all. They are natural and smooth, perfectly connected, and easy to understand!

Events that may have taken a few minutes to express in the past are presented in a dozen seconds, and the effect is even more eye-catching.

Seeing their reaction, Ji Shuangyu thought, "Jump Cut" is really a critical hit now.

Jump cut is a kind of editing technique, also known as middle extraction method.It is a very common editing technique in later generations to only extract key actions from sports, but now that the rhythm of most films is still dull and procrastinated, this is simply a visual crit.

Prior to this, the videos everyone watched all emphasized the smoothness of the lens.If you shoot people changing clothes, then it must be a coherent movement.

Jump cut, and it is a very mature jump cut edited picture, but it breaks the traditional thinking. Even people who do not understand film technology will be shocked when they see it for the first time.

Going on down, this Jinque is playing the heroine in "Luoyang Spring", and then there is a scene where she writes the formula. Jinque turns her wrist, holds the brush, and swishes it generously. The camera closes up the text.

And the subtle sound of her falling paper rubbing against each other was also played, the swishing sound seemed to be in some rhythm.In the case of non-stop sound, a group of montage shots reflect the encounter of the heroine.

On the stage of Peking Opera, the story needs to be explained in several scenes, but here, it is explained in a few shots.

And the voice of the writing combined with the lifelike shots made people's mood inexplicably tense along with it. The editor got every point in place, and the invisible rhythm caught everyone's eyes.

Especially those who are familiar with the plot will also bring it in.

Then, from the close-up of the gorse dipped in ink, after the camera zoomed in and out, the brush turned into a fountain pen——

The writer, of course, also became Lin Xunfang, and times have changed accordingly.

Such a transition made the people present feel miraculous!

The more complicated the time and space, the more the charm of editing can be displayed.

Ji Shuangyu rushed to prove it to the book again, so when he dealt with it, he actually showed more skills than ideas, and he used whatever methods to attract attention.It must be clearly reflected: I am awesome.

Almost all transitions are transitions without special effects.There are two types of transitions, one is to use special effects such as fade in, fade out, page turning, freeze frame, etc. Transition without special effects is purely using the lens, such as the transition between similar objects such as pens and brushes, you can also use similar Action transitions... In short, there must be reasonable elements to be smooth enough, and it is more difficult.

The dynamic lens changes the scene cleanly, which can greatly impact the audience's vision!

The camera switches in three times and spaces, condensing the lives of two characters, and connecting them with pen and ink.

Finally, there are special effects. I saw that the text written by Jinque was enlarged and disassembled, and then reorganized miraculously, occupying the entire screen, and a female voice read out soothingly:

"Continuing thousands of years of writing and ink, writing to express life."

A line of small characters was typed below, which was also read clearly: "Hanxing fountain pen, specially written for Chinese."

The subtitles are written by hand, and the thickness of the handwriting varies obviously, somewhat like a brush, with the sharpness of a pen, but anyone with a little knowledge or who knows Ji Shuangyu knows that this word is Ji Shuangyu's handwriting, written with a pen.

There is no long and exaggerated advertising language, and endless chatter about the beauty of the product, but the four characters of Hanxing fountain pen accompanied by wonderful pictures have been engraved in people's hearts.

The conference hall fell into darkness again, but the scene was still silent.

……

Ji Shuangyu turned on the light, only to see dull faces...

"This...is it really an advertisement?" Yu Jianqing lost his voice.

Wei Kesheng also had a dull expression on his face. As far as this screen advertisement is concerned...what more do you want from the Shanghai film industry to support the teacher!

It's short in length, but unlike those newsreels, travel clips, or bland commercials, it's well-produced and feels more like a movie, but it's really promoting Hanxing fountain pens.

Ji Shuangyu has seen the film and television commercials at this time before. They are boring and ugly and ignored by the audience...or they are the annoying static advertisements that are often scolded by the audience.The better short-screen films are usually a direct shot of the product, factory, production place, etc., and then accompanied by exaggerated advertisements.

After all, close-up shots in domestic films are now considered advanced techniques.

Even if it is an overseas advertisement, the level is really not that high... It would have taken decades for the jump cut to appear.

At the end, Ji Shuangyu also used overprinting to create the effect of splitting and reorganizing the handwriting. He stayed up late for a long time for special effects that are very simple in modern times.

This kind of technology has not been used in China at present, and foreign films have long been used, but all kinds of overprinting are to show ghosts and the like.This usage is also refreshing.

Everyone came to support Director Ji with an encouraging attitude. At least the filming was not blurry and the lighting looked good, so they could definitely applaud Director Ji!People know how to use machines, and they have reached the average level of directors!

Who would have thought that seeing such a work...

Even the people who participated in the filming were fascinated, and it was hard to imagine how the short film they participated in could show such an effect.That sense of rhythm and sophistication stunned all viewers.

Most of them don't know the camera language and editing techniques, but it is obvious that this commercial uses special effects that people can only see in Western films, even the techniques that cannot be seen in Western blockbusters with large investment, and it is very beautiful. , The senses are greatly stimulated!

In addition, Ji Shuangyu also considered the cultural psychology and language habits of the audience in this era, and the results presented are naturally better.

Compared with modern times, the current film rhythm can be called procrastination. Just this screen advertisement, not to mention comparing with similar advertisements, even compared with the feature film, is also a dimensionality reduction blow.

After a long while, Liu Liang closed his mouth that had been open since the screening, and whined, "I'm going to be a film director—!"

My master is so powerful, it means that I will also be able to make movies in the future, and I will be very good! !

Jinque also said: "Seeing it makes me want to practice calligraphy again..."

"Don't talk about you," a musician touched his face, "I don't know how to read and I want to buy a pen."

Yu Jianqing stood up even more exaggeratedly, and said with a face full of disbelief: "This is actually a screen advertisement? This is something that everyone can see without extra money??"

Shu Yaoyan also slowly came back to his senses, he rushed over and hugged Ji Shuangyu's leg: "You didn't direct this play, I won't authorize it!"

The author has something to say:

Ji Shuangyu: It's not that you don't need to spend money, you can buy products after watching the advertisement...

Zhou Siyin: I am very satisfied!