China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 735 Can You Be a Little More Promising?
Liu Yifei looked at the thick stack of storyboards and was completely stunned.

Just flipping through it, she found that every storyboard was so exquisite that it could be published as a comic.

"Li Yu, aren't you too meticulous? Have you become a storyboard fanatic now?" Liu Yifei said in surprise.

"This is just a little bit more than normal. I'm mainly worried that you'll die, so I made it a little thinner than usual.

I certainly don't deserve the title of storyboard madman. In the history of world cinema, the real storyboard madman is Hitchcoco.

He regards storyboard design as a key factor that cannot be ignored in the success of a film, and he is one of the directors who has taken storyboard design to the extreme.

He often proudly said that anyone could direct his movies because he had already shot the movie in his mind beforehand.

Then he would draw the movie in his mind into a very detailed storyboard, and the storyboard he drew could almost be copied onto the screen like a photocopy.

So he felt that the directing process was a tedious job, and many times he was too lazy to look at the viewfinder when shooting on the set.”

Li Yu did not dare to be overconfident. He felt that he was still far from being a true storyboard fanatic.

However, this has something to do with one's growth experience and hobbies and habits.

Hitchcock started out as a storyboard artist for commercials, then became a film editor, and finally a director.

Storyboard artist is his profession, so he does it to the extreme.

Similarly, Feng Xiaogang used to work in art, so sometimes he likes to make some colorful storyboards.

"Who is Hitchcock? I've never heard of such a director, but he sounds like a very powerful one." Liu Yifei couldn't find any information about this person in his mind.

This time, Li Yu would not laugh at Liu Yifei's narrow-mindedness.

Because Hitchcock died in 1980, Liu Yifei and Li Yu were not born yet.

Liu Yifei is an actress by profession. She doesn't need to know so many directors who have passed away. It is enough for her to deal with living directors and perform her own roles well.

Li Yu is different. Li Yu is a director by profession. He has systematically studied the development history of world cinema and knows the major events that have occurred in the history of world cinema.

Like Hitchcock, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture and the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.

In 2007, the English film magazine "Total Film" ranked him first among the greatest directors in history.

It’s possible for an actor like Liu Yifei not to know such a big shot, but it’s a bit unreasonable for a director like Li Yu not to know him.

Li Yu not only knew this person, but also saw many of his works, although those works are very old now and have little interest to general audiences.

"You just need to know that he is a great director. He has been dead for many years. It's normal that you don't know his name," Li Yu replied.

Liu Yifei didn't dwell on this question too much: "You are so concerned about the movie Mulan, so you should be directing it yourself, right?"

Liu Yifei has asked this question more than once.

Although Cao Qing is also a very reliable director, he has made successful commercial films such as "Mojin: The Lost Tomb".

But when faced with the choice between an excellent director and a top director, Liu Yifei would choose the top director Li Yu without hesitation.

Li Yu is too steady. Her most successful time in the film industry was led by Li Yu.

Of course, he hopes that Li Yu will still be responsible for directing the movie "Mulan".

"My storyboards are so detailed, it doesn't matter who directs. You have to believe in Director Cao's ability."

Li Yu immediately added: "I will serve as the producer and supervisor, and generally do not interfere with filming matters." Liu Yifei is also a smart person, she understood what Li Yu meant.

Generally he doesn't interfere with filming, but if something really happens, Li Yu will still intervene.

There will be no problem with that. With top director Li Yu helping to supervise behind the scenes, Liu Yifei is very confident that she can replicate the success of "Dreaming in the Movie Circle" this time.

She even began to fantasize: "Does my Hua Mulan have a chance to rival Qiu Ya this time?"

Li Yu was speechless: "Can you be more promising? The protagonist of the movie "Dreaming in the Movie Circle" is Xia Luo. No matter how outstanding your Qiu Ya is, she is still inferior to Xia Luo.

This Hua Mulan is a true heroine-led movie. As long as you take good care of yourself, you will be the absolute and only protagonist, and no one can take away your glory. "

With Li Yu's words, Liu Yifei became more hardworking in the future.

She wants to improve so much. After so many years of failure, it's time for her to make further progress.

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After a while, according to Cao Qing's report, the actors of "Mulan" had participated in a one-month collective training.

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The day of leaving the boot is getting closer.

Hualiu Company also released some promotional posters and makeup photos.

This move attracted heated discussions among many netizens, or to be more precise, arguments.

Tissini officially announced the filming of the live-action version of Mulan first, and then Li Yu and Hualiu Company said they wanted to film Mulan.

The time difference is so close that no matter how you look at it, it seems like a scam.

So Li Yu's fans, Liu Yifei's fans and another group of people had a huge argument.

"It's so funny. There's a reason why domestic movies are not as good as foreign movies. Such a big director actually took the lead in playing fraud. They want to make a live-action version of Mulan, and you also make a live-action version of Mulan.

By the way, wasn’t the achievement of a certain big director in Hollywood also imitating the slow-movie superhero movies?
The story of "Aquaman" is extremely old-fashioned, and similar routines and slow power have been used dozens of times.

In my opinion, he doesn't deserve the title of a great director at all, he is just an opportunist."

"Can an opportunistic director win the Palme d'Or at Cannes? Can an opportunistic director win the Best Actress at Cannes and the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at Berlin? Man, you are kidding me."

"Who says you can't win big prizes by taking shortcuts? Wasn't the best movie of another Palme d'Or winner in China directed by his father?

If someone can win the Palme d'Or by relying on his father, is it uncommon to win the Palme d'Or by taking shortcuts?"

"It's just a scam. If someone wants to make a movie about Mulan, he also wants to make a movie about Mulan. If it's not a scam, what is it?"

"Which rule says that domestic directors are not allowed to make Mulan while foreigners are making it?

Director Li said that although they are both Mulan, their spiritual cores are completely different.

Tisney's Mulan is a classic Chinese historical story told from a foreigner's perspective.

Hualiu Company's Hua Mulan is a classic story in the eyes of Chinese directors and screenwriters."

The two groups have their own opinions, and before the two movies are released, no one can convince the other, and this war of words will continue for a long time.

(End of this chapter)