director of the millennium

Chapter 155 Invitation from Berlin, wrapping up and visiting
After the Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony.

No matter how big the debate is on the Internet about winning this year’s Golden Rooster Awards.

Wu Yuan kept his ears to the outside world, all his thoughts were devoted to the filming of "Painted Skin".

The actress who just won the Golden Rooster Award, even though it was a double-yolk weekly news, honestly put the award-winning matter behind her and started filming seriously.

The entire crew was like a large precision instrument, operating precisely and orderly.

As the most experienced director in China with large-scale production crews, Wu Yuan was quite comfortable during the filming of "Painted Skin".

I think back then, when I was dreaming, he made six movies with an investment of over 2015 million from 2020 to [-]. Although he was an executive director, he also traveled all over the country with the crew, directing hundreds of crew members.

In comparison, it is not difficult to get a "Painted Skin" crew.

Not to mention that the key staff of the "Painted Skin" crew all studied with Wu Yuan in "Pirates of the Caribbean 1".

The filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" involved nearly a thousand people, and they have been trained for such a big scene, let alone "Painted Skin" with only more than 300 crew members?
From the Gobi Desert in Yinchuan to Hengdian and then to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the crew traveled from north to south, from the lonely smoke in the desert, to pictures of small bridges and flowing water of people. Not only did they appreciate the great country of the motherland, but they also made countless beautiful scenes for the movie. screen.

Movies of the fantasy and magic genre are very aesthetically pleasing.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" rough seas and Caribbean islands full of pristine beauty.

The Egyptian desert and the magnificent pyramids in the "Mummy" series.

The Middle-earth continent in "The Lord of the Rings" only exists in fantasy.

Any fantasy or magical movie pays great attention to using the screen to bring a different look and feel to the audience.

Including Chen Kaige's "The Promise", which also pays great attention to the aesthetics of the screen, presenting the audience with a fantasy world in his imagination.

Of course Wu Yuan also pays great attention to this.

Compared with directors in Hong Kong who are used to pettiness, Wu Yuan is more generous in filming, and tried to find some scenic spots that can reflect the regional characteristics and grandeur.

Of the 1.5 million shooting budget, except for 8000 million used for special effects, most of the remaining money was spent on various outdoor scenes and transition shooting.

The money is well spent, because such a magnificent real-time shooting scene is the ultimate picture beauty that no special effects can achieve. Only real shooting can show the beauty of the great rivers and mountains of the motherland without reservation.

After becoming more and more familiar with directors such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, and after communicating more and more, Wu Yuan still learned some film art concepts from these fifth-generation directors.

He is also increasingly advocating to shoot real scenes as much as possible to capture the beauty of nature and the beauty of the combination of characters and nature.

Instead of first thinking of using special effects when encountering a problem.

The person he is now is completely different from the person he was when he first woke up from the dream at the age of 16 and was influenced by the era of special effects in the dream.

Wu Yuan thinks this is a good thing, and he also hopes that he can pass on the visual aesthetics of the fifth generation of directors, instead of being overwhelmed by the later special effects supremacy.

In this way, Wu Yuan took the crew around the country. It was really hard work, but the filming was also really fun.

While Wu Yuan was filming "Painted Skin", he also received a phone call that surprised him.

Roland Emmerich, the chairman of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival, personally called him and invited him to bring his new work to the Berlin Film Festival next year!
It was no longer a secret that Wu Yuan had a new award-winning film after the Golden Rooster Awards ended, and was reported by various reporters.

Although this news did not cause much of a stir in China, most movie fans are mainly focused on "Painted Skin", and don't care much about an award-winning literary film.

But this news was immediately known to European filmmakers who pay close attention to Chinese-language films.

As for why European filmmakers pay so much attention to Chinese-language films, this is a long story.

Who is it that the fourth and fifth generation directors have gained fame and influence in Europe for decades?

The current three major European film festivals also need the support of Chinese-language films. Every year, Chinese-language films enter the main competition units of the three major film festivals.

Excellent Chinese-language film directors have always been the object of competition among the three major European film festivals.

Wu Yuan, a talented director who won the Berlin Best Director Award before he was 20 years old, is naturally also the object of the three major competitions in Europe.

As soon as he heard that he had a new award-winning film, Roland Emmerich immediately called Wu Yuan.

Faced with this warm invitation call, Wu Yuan could only say haha, neither agreeing nor rejecting, using the dragging technique.

No way, the film "Love" is really not suitable for the Berlin Film Festival.

This is a pure love story between two old people. It mainly discusses marriage, illness, and love without any political views.

Even if Wu Yuan is a direct descendant of Berlin, it is impossible for him to go to Berlin with such a movie. He really won't win a big award.

Movies like "Love" can only be taken to Venice and Cannes.

September in Venice this year has come to an end, and the only choice left for Wu Yuan is the next year's Cannes Film Festival.

It's not just him, Wang Xiaoshuai is filming "Green Red", and he doesn't plan to take it to Berlin either.

Next year's Berlin Film Festival, only one mainland film will participate, and that is "Peacock" by Gu Changwei.

Well, it’s the movie where Jiang Wenli slaps the mistress on the set
Although she was beaten, Zhang Jingchu deserved the Silver Bear Award.

Wu Yuan didn't plan to go to Berlin to join in the fun, he'd better go to Cannes with his brother Wang Xiaoshuai.

Speaking of senior brother Wang Xiaoshuai, Wu Yuan had to lament the magic of fate.

The filming of "Green and Red" has already started, and the leading actor in this movie is actually Li Bin.

Even if Wu Yuan cut off "17-year-old Bicycle", Li Bin still appeared.

I don't know where Wang Xiaoshuai found him.

In fact, Wu Yuan didn't know that when Wang Xiaoshuai was preparing for "Green Red", he really thought about asking Wu Yuan to play the leading role again.

After all, the heroine of this movie is still Gao Yuanyuan.

It's just that the current Wu Yuan is no longer Wuxia Amon, how could he invite Wu Yuan to play the leading role?

I'm embarrassed to even mention it.

This idea just circled in his mind, and Wang Xiaoshuai wisely chose to find a new actor.

So Li Bin, who was studying in the capital, was discovered by him.

"Blue and Red" is currently being filmed and is also targeting next year's Cannes Film Festival!

The pair of Nortel brothers will be rivals competing on the same stage next year.

Years ago, on January 2005, 1, "Painted Skin", which had been filming for nearly four months, was finally announced to be completed at Hengdian Film and Television City.

After taking a final photo with all the crew and actors and having a final dinner, the crew immediately disbanded.

The actors naturally went to other work and announcements.

The contracted staff of the Light and Shadow Era will go back for the Spring Festival holiday, and then head to North America to join the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to continue their unfinished training.

Wu Yuan did not return to the capital immediately. Instead, he took his assistant Xiao Zhang and went to the Xiangshan Film and Television City next door to Hengdian.

Xiangshan Film and Television City, this place is not ordinary, it was completely invested and built by Big Beard.

In May 2003, Zhang Jizhong built a "Sculpture City" here in advance for the filming of "The Legend of Condor Heroes". This is the first phase of Xiangshan Film and Television City.The Shendiao City was built completely in accordance with the Song Dynasty style, covering an area of ​​5 square meters.

The total investment for this first-phase project alone has reached 1.2 million yuan.

Although Big Beard's personal life is always criticized, his excellence and generosity in TV series production make him the No. 1 TV series producer in China.

For the filming of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", a film and television city was built in Yunnan Province, and for the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the Xiangshan Film and Television City was built.

Of course, these film and television cities are also for long-term business after they are built. They can receive dozens of crews for filming every year. Zhang Jizhong also has a very good business acumen.

This is also the reason why he stopped doing TV dramas later.

On the one hand, he is really old, and on the other hand, several film and television cities have developed, and the film and television cities alone can earn a lot of money every year, so there is no need to spend time and risk making TV dramas.

But now he is still very ambitious in the TV drama production industry before he sits down to collect money.

Wu Yuan brought Xiao Zhang to Xiangshan Film and Television City to visit the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

When "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was filming in Jiuzhaigou, Liu Yifei had a filming accident and experienced the biggest danger since filming. She was almost washed away by the flood.

At that time, she was filming a scene of crossing a waterfall. She was the first to rush into the waterfall. The water was cold and her body was too thin. When she was stimulated, she couldn't stand still and was washed away.

Fortunately, the place where she was standing was on a steep slope, and there were rocks to block her fall.

Huang Xiaoming and the assistant director also reacted quickly. When Liu Yifei fell down, they rushed to catch her and saved the day.

After the incident, the crew suspended the filming and let Liu Yifei rest for two days.

During the two days of rest, Liu Yifei called and sent text messages, weeping and complaining to Wu Yuan, which made one hear tears and the listener was sad.

On the phone, Liu Yifei was very aggrieved, crying and wanting Wu Yuan to visit her class.

This is Liu Yifei when she was playing the role of Little Dragon Girl, and she also had a filming accident. She was weak, aggrieved and helpless. How could Wu Yuan have the heart to refuse?

Wu Yuan had no choice but to promise her that when the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" moved to Xiangshan, he would visit her.

Wu Yuan, who has always kept his word, came to Xiangshan immediately after "Painted Skin" was finished.

Xiangshan Film and Television City is actually a city imitating the Song Dynasty. Liu Yifei mainly filmed some scenes where the little dragon girl was looking for Yang Guo in the folk city after she came out of the tomb of the living dead.

Without any advance notice, Wu Yuan and Xiao Zhang walked near the set.

There are special staff guarding the periphery of the studio, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

But who is Wu Yuan?

With his face, there is no film crew in China that he cannot get into.

Facing the staff blocking the way, Wu Yuan just took off his sunglasses and mask and stunned him.

"Director Wu?!" The young stage manager with hair on his mouth rubbed his eyes vigorously, fearing that he had made a mistake.

"It's me." Wu Yuan smiled and nodded: "I'm here to visit the class, can you let me in?"

"There is another car behind. I brought fruit to the crew of "The Condor". You can find a few people to move it together."

"Okay!" The stage manager was excited. He immediately straightened his back and agreed, then extended his hand to greet me and said, "Director Wu, please come in."

"The crew is filming on the street on the left, you can just go there."

"Okay, thank you." Wu Yuan nodded to him, and Xiao Zhang who was following Wu Yuan skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes and gave it to him.

Xiao Zhang noticed that although the director was young, the two fingers of his right hand were yellowed by smoke, and he looked like an old smoker.

Amid the show manager's thanks, Wu Yuan took Xiao Zhang into the City of Divine Condor.

The ancient-style city covering an area of ​​40 square meters is not small at all, and the city is now filled with extras in costumes.

It took Wu Yuan and Xiao Zhang some time to find the crew that was filming on an antique street in the city.

A street that can accommodate two carriages parallel to each other is lined with various small stalls. The stalls are filled with various snacks and snacks, which are still steaming.

The extra actors playing the role of hawkers are enthusiastically hawking along the street.

Among the group of passers-by wearing plain and simple clothes, Liu Yifei in a flowing white dress stood out very conspicuously.

She wandered aimlessly in the middle of the street, looking left and right. She walked to a stall selling steamed buns and looked at the buns in the steamer that were shaped into little rabbits, little tigers, and puppies, with a smile on her face. A curious look.

Not to mention whether there would be dessert buns with such a shape in the Song Dynasty, and even if there were, would they be sold by vendors along the street.

Liu Yifei's simple and curious expression, combined with the cute and beautiful snacks, makes the picture really pleasing to the eye.

She picked up a bunny-shaped bun, exchanged a few words with the vendor, smiled brightly, and left with the bun in her arms.

"Hey, girl! You haven't paid yet!" the vendor shouted.

"Very good, click!" Director Yu Min's voice came from behind the remote monitor.

The extras who were walking back and forth on the street immediately stopped and simply sat down on the spot.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan also stepped forward, "Qi Qian, you did a good job."

Hearing a familiar voice, Liu Yifei, who was about to go to the monitor to see the effect of her shooting, stopped, looked back, and saw Wu Yuan standing outside the set, looking at her with a smile.

A bright smile instantly appeared on her face, and she ran towards Wu Yuan, holding her clothes.

Liu Yifei's reaction attracted the attention of all the studio staff. Zhang Jizhong, who was checking the shooting materials with Yu Min, also looked over curiously.

"This is."

"Director Wu?"

"Director Wu is here?!"

In an instant, the set exploded.

Yu Min stood up from the director's chair in a jerk, took three steps in two, and went up to meet Zhang Jizhong together.

However, Liu Yifei was faster than them.

Liu Yifei, who trotted up to Wu Yuan in a few steps, made a very bold move.

She opened her hands and threw herself on Wu Yuan, hugged his waist, raised her head and pouted, tears welling up in her eyes, and she shouted with great grievance: "Brother~"

Seeing this, Yu Min and Zhang Jizhong immediately stopped in their steps. They looked at each other blankly, and they both saw strong doubts in each other's eyes.

Something is wrong with these two people? !
　I have received everyone's criticisms about the plot of the Olympics.

　　I am reviewing and reflecting. Newcomers always have to grow through setbacks.

　　If you don't have the ability to dig a hole and lay the groundwork, don't engage in this kind of plot. It is indeed my problem.

　　Will pay attention next time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)