I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 245 [My rules are rules]

"Originally it was just an idea, but when I came to the scene and saw this section shot by Director Lu, I suddenly understood how to make a horror film."

"Just like what you said at the beginning, there is a text description in the script of 'Bixian': 'At night, she was lying alone on the bed, and suddenly she heard a slight breathing from behind. After turning around suddenly, A high-pitched scream...'"

"Judging from the description alone, the scene is at home, the time is late at night, and the character is the heroine. As a director, through these simple details, I can still imagine the basic sense of the picture. There is a relatively clear picture in front of me. Fragments.”

"But the question is, as far as the picture described through these words in my mind is concerned, is it scary? Can it give people a sense of horror? Can it be an important part of a horror movie?"

"Those three questions came to my mind, and the answer was obviously no, it's not enough."

Although it is December, the students in Liancheng seem not to be afraid of the cold. As long as it doesn't snow, they will run and play basketball on the playground despite the cold wind.

Driven by this fiery atmosphere, the people watching nearby were not so cold.

Lu Zhengyi followed Zhang Yu, Bai Wei and Li Chuanxin to sit on the stone auditorium, each holding a lunch box and talking while eating.

As a director, Li Chuanxin has a very strong descriptive ability.

The other three people present are also engaged in this industry. Following his words, they can more or less have such a simple picture in their minds.

First there is the room, which is probably a room filled with various small objects. There are also dolls, pillows and other objects on the bed.

Then there's the time. If it's night, there must be no lights on.

But not turning on the lights does not mean that there is no light source in the room. The moonlight outside the window and the lights from the surrounding buildings penetrate into the house along the windows, bringing a relatively dim light source.

Then there is the character, a young girl lying on the bed on the right side.

In order not to put pressure on the heart, many people are accustomed to sleeping on the right side.

And the background of the story is a group of students playing pen fairy, so the girl may have a pimple or an acne mark on her face.

Then, as a breathing sound suddenly sounded in the camera, the girl suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, looked back, and then started screaming.

This……

"Even if I pay attention to the scenes, props, and characters, the level of horror that can be captured according to this description is still relatively low." Li Chuanxin took another bite of food, "Compared to directly shooting a scene that arouses fear. In the picture, I think I should leave it blank.”

As soon as he said this, Lu Zhengyi and Zhang Yu looked at each other, then laughed.

Similar conversations they had discussed on previous shoots.

It's just that we don't use the word 'blank' to summarize it.

"What do you mean?"

Bai Wei was the only one present who looked confused.

"Xiaowei, if you were to direct this scene, how would you choose to shoot it?" Zhang Yu asked with a smile, "That is, where do you think the shot should be placed? What should you do with this storyboard?" How can I write it to meet the needs of the subject matter and create a thrilling atmosphere?"

Next to him, Li Chuanxin glanced at Bai Wei in surprise, and then glanced at Lu Zhengyi.

Seeing that he didn't make a sound, he didn't bother him anymore and waited for the other party's answer.

"How to take pictures..."

It has been almost a month since we were filming in the alien space. During this month, Bai Wei has learned some basics from Zhang Yu, such as storyboards and other things, and he can still understand them.

After a brief thought, he replied sheepishly, "If it were me, I would put the camera on the protagonist's face. I mean, um, a close-up, yes, a super close-up. The close-up is just like the trailer of The Grudge that Director Lu shot."

"No, that's not right. The camera should be behind the protagonist."

"Wait, I feel like that's not enough. We can start with a long shot. We can start shooting before the protagonist goes to bed. From the perspective of the back, we follow the protagonist as she brushes her teeth and washes, and finally goes to bed. We follow her all the way until the end. Lying on the bed, 'I' finally made a gasping sound that woke her up."

Bai Wei was a little embarrassed at first, but as he told the story, the picture in his mind seemed to become clearer and clearer, and he began to come up with more ideas.

As the real "old man" on the crew, I have been following Lu Zhengyi from filming in the village to the current scene notes.

Although Bai Wei still has many skills to learn, his vision and knowledge are very broad.

Just like the current shot, other directors may need to think for a while before they can give the answer, but he is different. As long as he recalls how Lu Zhengyi usually arranges it, he can complete a simple shooting by imitating this shot language.

He even extended and added some of his own understanding in the process.

Of course, this is just the learning stage. Only when Bai Wei slowly develops his own style can he be considered a real director.

Next to him, Li Chuanxin's eyes lit up. The shooting idea proposed by the recorder suddenly made the simple scene just now a little more scary.

"Oh, this is blank space!"

As Bai Wei talked, he understood what Li Chuanxin said just now.

"Horror movies are different from ordinary movies in that they cannot show everything in front of the audience."

"We have to hide the scenes that are scary to the 'protagonist' and leave enough time for the audience to imagine."

"Let them piece together the audience's own horrifying picture through the information collected by their forward brain."

Compared to the pictures shot by the director, what is more terrifying than the pictures made up in one’s own mind?
Just like the scene just now, if it were shot according to his ideas, the audience would only be faced with a protagonist staring at the camera and screaming.

At this stage, as long as there are no problems with the previous plot shooting and an atmosphere has gradually been created that allows people to stop and think and recall past fears, then that emotion will burst out at this moment.

The audience will make up the ghosts they have seen in their minds. '

"Probably so."

Lu Zhengyi nodded and recognized the shooting technique Bai Wei just said. After all, this method was what he had used before. "Of course, this is not the only method. I hope Director Li can find more in the future." Let me learn the shooting techniques to create a scary atmosphere.”

His tone was sincere.

Li Chuanxin was slightly stunned. He could feel that the other party's words were not polite.

"Actually, I was looking forward to it when the filming of the previous Nightmare movie started." Lu Zhengyi looked at him, "The domestic horror film market is still very young. Just in the past year, apart from me, there were no directors of domestic horror films. Just the terrors in the night.”

"If the follow-up to Nightmare hadn't gone astray at that time, not only was it not suitable to be called a horror film in terms of quality, but even the marketing techniques had become shabby, making this contest a vicious competition, I actually had planned to After the film was released, I helped promote it.”

"Because I understand that it is impossible for our crew to be the only one producing in this market. There needs to be more directors in the country trying to make horror films. Only with healthy competition among everyone can we come up with better ideas."

"Since Director Li can say what he just said, I believe he is interested in horror films. He knows that this type of film is not that easy to complete."

"It doesn't just have a good book, it doesn't just have a shooting technique, it doesn't just have special effects... it can be done well. It's too easy to scare a child who is not mature enough and full of imagination. But It is too difficult to make a horror film that scares an adult who is numb and depressed under the pressure of work and life." Due to the improvement of the classification system, horror films in this world have more restrictions on shooting and production. Since my previous life, things have gotten much better.

But because of this, the difficulty has also increased.

The basic viewing age for horror movies is directly set at adulthood, and even as reviewers watch the content of the film, this restricted age will gradually increase.

Although there are still children who will look for resources to watch, most of them watch pirated copies or wait until the film is offline from the theater and use their parents’ ID cards to watch it on online video platforms. In this way, it is difficult to judge the data of the film. The impact is reduced.

And it is not easy to make adults fear.

Instead of spending energy to study, make a niche horror film, and do something thankless, more directors are more willing to make dramas and romance films.

Not making enough money, it’s too difficult to make satisfactory films, and there are better choices... These are all reasons why the film and television industry in this world has a sufficiently complete classification system, but before Lu Zhengyi came, the horror film The quality still hasn't improved.

"……Been taught a lesson."

For Lu Zhengyi to say such words, Li Chuanxin was surprised and a little ashamed at the same time.

He could tell that people really liked making horror movies, so he chose this category.

And what about Li Chuanxin himself?In fact, in a sense, he also chose to join because he valued the current hot horror film market and there were no directors capable of entering the market. He wanted to seize this opportunity.

He is more interested in money and fame than love.

Lu Zhengyi looked at the unnatural look on his face and could probably guess what he was thinking, but he didn't feel contempt.

After all, this is how normal people should think.

How many people like him can really do something for the so-called 'dream' or 'interest'?
Most people are like themselves in previous lives, forced to give up some overly idealistic ideas and accept reality for the sake of life.

Lu Zhengyi doesn't care if other people come to make horror movies because of money and fame.

As long as they can produce a film quality that is worthy of the ticket price paid by the audience, they should get the rewards they deserve.

But the kind of crew that hires a few well-known actors and idols to make a pretentious movie, enters the horror film market to take advantage of the dividends, and pockets the money, leaving a lot of chicken feathers in the end, corrupting his efforts to lead If the market rises, that will definitely not work.

This is not the result of any noble moral character, but just because Lu Zhengyi is currently the leader of the domestic horror film market, so other directors must abide by these rules if they want to enter the market.

He doesn't care what the current rules are in the domestic film industry or what the requirements are for other types of films.

But now the audience in the horror film market only recognizes themselves, so now they have the final say.

……

……

With a test shot in the morning, the afternoon shooting went much smoother.

Not only are the student troupes in the rows of seats, but even Zhou Ziyun on the stage is very natural.

But this scene is actually not difficult to interpret. It is not difficult for an actor to give a confident and generous speech.

"Director Lu, if you are not satisfied with this filming period, we can make another appointment."

As night fell, the vice principal of the school, guided by Assistant Wang, came to the shooting scene in a friendly manner, "There will be another month of New Year's Day. There will be no classes in the school during the holiday, and the students who choose to stay in school will have nothing to do. We can I’ll lend you the venue for another day.”

"Don't bother with this, Principal Fan." Lu Zhengyi shook hands with him politely, "The students at your school are all great. Today's shooting went very smoothly. This shot was OK. Thank you very much for your school's support of our crew. support."

"Is that so..."

Principal Fan looked a little regretful.

If it is a junior high school or high school, the school may give more consideration to leasing the school as a filming location, but most universities will not refuse.

This is a good opportunity for school enrollment and social practice activities for students on campus.

"Director Lu, now that the filming here is over, I wonder if we have time to have dinner together."

Immediately afterwards, Principal Fan proposed the idea of ​​having dinner together.

This allows you to get to know a young and promising director, and I believe most people will not refuse.

"I'm sorry, Principal Fan." Ke Zhengyi replied quickly, "We are already in December now, and it will be almost the Chinese New Year in a while, so our crew is currently in a hurry. "

At this point, he looked apologetic.

Needless to say what follows, Principal Fan has already fulfilled the position of vice principal, and of course he understands everything.

"Yes, yes, it's almost the Chinese New Year." Principal Fan nodded with understanding, "We Tang people still attach great importance to the Chinese New Year. If we can't be at home on New Year's Eve, the family can sit down and have a meal together. , which is always not satisfactory.”

With that said, he took the initiative to say goodbye, "In that case, it's time for me to get off work."

"Director Lu, you guys should be busy first. I'll leave first."

"As for the auditorium, if you are too pressed for time, you can leave first. Someone will come to clean up tomorrow."

Lu Zhengyi smiled and replied, "Principal Fan is joking. We borrowed the venue and must clean it up before leaving. Otherwise, I don't know what the media will write about it when they find out."

"Hey, those of you working behind the camera have to take care of every aspect."

Principal Fan's expression remained unchanged and he replied, "Okay, then I'll leave first."

Lu Zhengyi followed politely to see him off until he was delivered to the entrance of the auditorium, and then walked back slowly.

Later, Li Chuanxin, who stayed on the set in the afternoon to observe, watched this scene silently.

From the first time he met Lu Zhengyi, to having dinner together later, to now watching Principal Fan send off, he gave off a sense of maturity far beyond his years.

Especially when he was talking to Principal Fan just now, his sophistication in dealing with people made him forget that he was just a young man in his twenties.

Being able to maintain such a temperament after becoming famous at a young age, Li Chuanxin believed that he would definitely not be able to do it if he were at the same age.

However, he then thought about Zhang Xueming, who had sat down together to discuss cooperation in publicity when Guzhai Real Record was released, and he accepted it for a while.

The couple are quite similar.

This is probably what a wealthy family can cultivate from a young age with lots of effort, money and effort.

(End of this chapter)