The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 535 "Parasite" is launched
At 2011 o'clock in the morning on October 10, 13, there was still sunshine on Hong Kong Island, neither cold nor hot, and accompanied by the gentle autumn wind, it was perfect for traveling.

In front of a residential building in Kowloon, the cast of "Parasite" gathered together.

Li Shengyao took the loudspeaker and announced that "Parasite" was officially launched, and then firecrackers sounded.

A pair of Southern-style lion dancers danced in the street, accompanied by a small Chinese-style band.

Such a lively scene quickly attracted many passers-by to watch, and many people took out their mobile phones to record the scene at this time.

Liu Dehua is naturally the person who gets the most attention.

However, Lee Sheng-yew was surrounded by more reporters.

"Director Li, "Parasite" has started filming. What are your expectations for the movie's box office and artistic achievements?"

"In terms of box office, I hope to break [-] million US dollars. If it's an artistic achievement, it will naturally win a big award."

Although Li Shengyao's last movie "1937" received more than 6 million dollars in mainland China and more than 4000 million US dollars in Europe and the United States, it was not enough to reach [-] million US dollars, not even [-] million US dollars.

You must know that "1937" is a war movie after all, with big scenes and one-shot gimmicks.

A movie like this doesn't cost $[-] million.

Now it is very difficult for "Parasite" to break [-] million.

The reporters looked at Li Shengyao and were a little surprised. Why was Director Li so unreliable this time?

"Director Li, is this difficult?"

"Let's wait and see."

In his previous life, "Parasite" was not released in the mainland and earned US$[-] million. Lee Sheng-yew believes that with the box office in the mainland and the background of Chinese-language films in Southeast Asia, there is great hope that the global box office will exceed US$[-] million.

"Director Li, the great Hollywood director Martin Scorsese said that today's superhero movies are bullshit, with no creativity and all routines. He also said that you are the expectation of today's film industry. What do you think?"

Hollywood's great directors, including Coppola, Scorsese, and Ridley, all have very strong personal styles and they all have their own ideas.

They have all criticized Hollywood superhero movies on different occasions.

As a practitioner, Li Shengyao supports them from the bottom of his heart.

Superhero movies, especially Marvel movies, are being produced in batches, starting with "Iron Man" in 2008 and continuing to 2020, harvesting box office like crazy.

They have made a lot of money, but it has to be said that the development of superhero movies has made Hollywood giants inert. They are too lazy to develop excellent original feature films, making the once diverse and exciting Hollywood stereotypes and routines.

Movies like this actually have no role in promoting the development of the industry.

Of course, it has nothing to do with him whether Hollywood dies or not. He hopes that movie fans around the world will get rid of Hollywood as soon as possible.

In provincial movies, the captain of the Magnesium Kingdom saves the world at every turn, but in reality the soldiers of the Magnesium Kingdom go around wreaking havoc and stealing oil from all over the world. It’s disgusting to watch.

"I haven't watched a superhero movie recently, so I can't comment on whether it's good or not, but I'm very happy with Old Martin's expectations. I hope he will like "Parasite"."

Li Shengyao accepted the interview for about 10 minutes and then left.

In the studio, the actors were putting on makeup, and Chen Kexin and Wu Junru also came over.

The Golden Rooster Awards are about to be awarded. Several male actors of "China Partners" produced by Chen Kexin will participate in the Golden Rooster Awards. "China Partners" production will be suspended for a week.

He came over to visit the "Parasite" class.

Regarding "Chinese Partner", Chen Kexin still has some emotional processing, which is not very clear. He wants to talk to Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao heard Chen Kexin's words, smiled and nodded, "I got off work at noon, let's have a meal together, and then we will have a good talk."

After saying this, Li Shengyao ignored Chen Kexin, but came to the center of the set and stood on the open space to simulate walking.

The first scene we shot today was the protagonist's family having dinner in their semi-basement.

The studio where Lee Sheung-yao and the others are currently located is a semi-basement.

It is actually quite difficult to find such a house. After all, Hong Kong Island has a lot of land and a lot of high-rise buildings, but there are relatively few low-rise buildings.

Soon after, the four members of the male protagonist's family finished putting on makeup. Li Shengyao waved to Liang Jiawui, Ding Jiali, Bai Yu, and Song Yi, and then led the four of them to their seats.

Not only the directions where the four of them sat while eating, but also the positions of the hero's daughter and son using the wifi in the toilet, squatting on the toilet, and lying under the window, he demonstrated them one by one.

"do you understand?"

"No, then follow me two more times."

"Brother Jiahui sits here, Sister Ding sits here, Bai Yu sits here..."

For mainland movies, the director will naturally take the lead, but not in such detail. They prefer to let the actors figure it out on their own.

Li Shengyao almost acted out the plot that the actors were going to perform several times. After the actors were familiar with the moves, he let the actors rehearse by themselves, while he stood aside and watched.

At this time, the actors are rehearsing, the cameraman, lighting engineer, prop master, and assistant director are not standing aside in a daze, but are simulating shooting and following the actors.

Although everyone is moving, the set is very quiet. Everyone knows what they have to do, and it is busy but not chaotic.

After the actors had rehearsed for almost an hour, it was almost lunch time.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands and said, "We will take the last official shot. I won't stop and try to finish it in one go."

This plot is very short, about 3 minutes, and normally requires several shots to be edited together.

The reason why Li Shengyao asked the actors to finish the performance in one breath was to let them feel the feeling.

Everyone then started filming. First, the male protagonist and his family sat together to eat, and then the daughter and son went to the toilet to check the wifi signal.

Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali's performances were complete and smooth. Bai Yu's talent was good and her performance was quite satisfactory. Song Yi was a little nervous and she was a little stuck.

Li Shengyao didn't say much. He nodded, "Okay, let's eat first and come back in the afternoon."

He stood up and was about to leave. Song Yi followed him in small steps, "Director Li, how can Bai Yu and I embody different character traits in this plot?"

She was a little nervous. She knew that she had not performed well just now, mainly because she was not sure how she should act.

According to the script, this plot mainly reflects the hero's arrogance and inferiority, as well as his submissive wife.

The male protagonist's son and daughter are characterized by laziness and confusion.

Seeing that the two people had very similar personalities, Song Yi wanted to distinguish them.

After hearing this, Li Shengyao thought for a while and said: "In this plot, the most important thing is to reflect the personality characteristics of the male protagonist. The character design of you and Bai Yu is not the focus. The two of you can discuss it and make some small personal expressions, or Just take action.

Remember, don’t make big moves or dominate the scene. This plot mainly reflects the male protagonist. "

Song Yi nodded seriously after hearing this.

Li Shengyao then invited others to go to the restaurant for dinner.

Chen Kexin stood on one side and nodded slightly.

Wu Junru had been sitting for almost two hours. She could hardly sit still. She felt a little resentful in her heart. Seeing Chen Kexin like this, she couldn't help but whispered: "No, you are going to flatter him now."

After Chen Kexin finished filming "Martial Arts", no investors wanted him to be a director.

Later, in order to direct "Chinese Partner", I said a lot of good things to Lee Sung-yao.

Wu Junru was just joking.

Chen Kexin looked at Lee Sheng Yew who was walking in front of her, and then said in a lower voice: "If you have anything to do, please watch the filming on the set, especially for an excellent director like Lee Sheng Yew, you should learn from him. With his two successful abilities, you might be able to become a director." , one more way out." Nowadays, there is a lot of hot money, and many actors have turned behind the scenes and become directors.

Chen Kexin continued: "On the "Parasite" crew just now, Lee Sheng-yew did three things very well."

"Then three o'clock?"

"The first is that he led the actors to move, without any hints or scripts. He said the moves, positions, and lines of all the actors in this scene one by one several times.

Although he is young, it is very rare for him to remember such details, and he must have worked hard behind it.

The second point is that under Li Shengyao's guidance, the crew of "Parasite" worked very efficiently and orderly. Although many people gathered on the set, it was very quiet, and even the shouts of fans supporting Andy Lau could be heard outside.

The third point is that Lee Sheng Yew explained the role requirements to the actors in detail. He really understands movies and knows how to guide actors. "

Wu Junru heard this and waved her hand, "I know, he is very powerful, no need to say more."

Chen Kexin also wants to use Li Shengyao to inspire Wu Junru and let her learn some directing skills. In this case, Wu Junru will deceive investors' money to become a director in the future, which will be another way to make money.

He never expected that Wu Junru was not interested at all, so he could only shake his head with a wry smile.

When Chen Kexin mentioned Wu Junru, Zhang Mo stood aside and heard Chen Kexin's views completely.

Regarding Li Shengyao, she naturally admired him very much.

Wu Junru was not interested in studying, but she was full of interest. Every night when she returned to the hotel, she would recall Li Shengyao's handling and write it down in her notebook.

Liu Dehua followed suit.

There was no scene for him this morning, so he still stayed to watch the filming.

Seeing Li Shengyao leading Liang Jiahui and others to explain the shooting requirements in detail, Lao Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he fears most is meeting a director like the King of Sunglasses who lets the actors figure it out on their own.

He likes directors who can clearly explain every emotion and action.

At present, Lee Sheng-yew is such a director.

……

In just one morning, whether it was the actors, the assistant director, or people like Chen Kexin who came to visit the class, they all recognized Li Shengyao very much.

During lunch, everyone praised Director Li again.

At first, Lee Sheng-yew thought these people were pranking him, but later he realized that they were speaking from the bottom of their hearts. Then he smiled and waved his hands, modestly saying that he just did what a director should do and did not deserve praise.

After lunch, Li Shengyao chatted with Chen Kexin about "Chinese Partners" and gave Chen some inspiration.

He then returned to the set, took a short rest, and started preparing for the afternoon shooting.

Work started at two o'clock in the afternoon, with Lee Sheng Yew taking charge of the scene. No one dared to be late. The actors came over at [-]:[-], and then continued the rehearsal in the morning.

After rehearsing for an hour in the afternoon, Li Shengyao felt that the effect was almost there, so he started filming.

Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali, two powerful players, led Bai Yu and Song Yi. Although the two young people were a little nervous and immature, under the leadership of the two seniors, they became more and more mature and made rapid progress.

"Clap clap clap!"

Applause erupted continuously from the scene, and it was the workers who spontaneously applauded the actors.

They all felt that Liang Jiahui and his team acted well.

The morning was mainly for rehearsals, and the afternoon was mainly for filming.

The actors performed very well, and everyone was very satisfied and said it was very enjoyable to watch.

It can be seen that both Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali have carefully designed their roles, and their performances are particularly brilliant and full of charm.

The next two days were like this, mainly filming the plot in this semi-basement, focusing on Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali.

There was applause from time to time on the set.

"Director, Brother Jia Hui and Sister Ding did a great job."

Even Bi Gan, who rarely talks, was praising him.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly when he heard this.

Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali performed very well and gave their characters charm. Let alone the big screen, it was very satisfying to stand by and watch them act.

But Li Shengyao always felt that something was wrong. He felt that he had overlooked something important.

So Li Shengyao began to talk to the assistant directors about the filming in the past few days.

He also asked Ni Dahong and Liu Dehua about their feelings about watching the show.

In addition, he also found some reporters and asked these paparazzi what they thought.

The results were similar. Whether it was the assistant director, the actors, or the reporters, they all praised the four actors led by Tony Leung Ka Fai and felt that they completed the filming very well, especially Leung Ka Hui and Ding Jiali, whose performances were very exciting.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled and nodded. He was still a little puzzled. He was sure that he had overlooked something important.

So after Lee Sheng Yew got off work, he returned to the hotel, took out paper and pen, and carefully reviewed the shooting of the past few days. As a result, he worked until the early morning, and he still found nothing wrong.

After thinking about it, he took out the "Parasite" planning book and started again with the preparations for watching "Parasite" and the analysis of the film's themes.

At three o'clock in the morning, a slanting moon hung in the sky. The bustling Hong Kong Island was much quieter. The lights were still on outside, but there were very few pedestrians and vehicles. The whole city was resting.

Only the autumn wind blows occasionally.

After Li Shengyao read the planning book and the theme analysis of the movie he originally wrote, he finally found the reason why he was unsteady these days.

Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali did a good job, and they seemed to make their characters more charming and attractive.

However, this kind of character design is not in line with the style of the movie.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, "Parasite" was generally a restrained, restrained, and cold movie.

The creators try their best to present the plot to the audience from an objective perspective and let the audience think.

Under such circumstances, all the actors tried their best to hold back, including the leading actor Song Kanghao.

"Parasite" won awards at Oscars, Golden Globes, and Cannes, but not for acting.

The main creator hopes that the audience will focus on the plot and give the audience more to think about, rather than letting the actors attract the audience and let the audience be immersed in the actors' performances.

Therefore, "Parasite" requires the actors to act with restraint, and except for necessary emotions, other emotions should be given as little as possible.

Liang Jiahui and Ding Jiali had good intentions and designed many details to make their characters more attractive, but the movie does not need it.

Li Shengyao was very sleepy at this time. His eyes were red, but he was very excited.

He finally found the problem, and the next step was to correct it.

The filming has been started for several days, and now we are reshooting. I'm afraid the actors will have some ideas, but there is no other way. We have to reshoot.

Li Shengyao rubbed his eyes and planned to call all the actors over tomorrow to clarify the matter to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

(End of this chapter)