Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 122 New Film, Black-skinned Sports Student
Next, Lu Jiang first conducted a comprehensive study of the rules.

Finally found that the rules this time were very simple.

Just turn on the camera and select any shot in the work to shoot. Once you are done, it is considered "turned on".

There are no messy prefixes such as review, project establishment, opening ceremony, and degree of restoration.

It also doesn't say that the game must be completed before the skills can be fully bound.

It’s just as simple as “get it as soon as you turn it on, and it’s bound for life”, which is very refreshing.

However, there are still some things that I am not very satisfied with.

That means it must be a work in the golden box.

In other words, if you want the skill, you have to consume a golden work and a golden box at the same time.

This also cuts off the path to bugs.

Originally, Lu Jianghao wanted to combine the rest of his works into gold to improve his skills.

Anyway, those works have been copied down, and without the golden finger, the most that can be done is to have some impact on the singing skills.

But now that there is no way to fix the bug, I can only express my regret.

But this is already very good.

Gold box + gold works.

If the work is good.

In addition to being able to inherit battle records, you can also brush up on skills, which is pretty good!

After studying the rules, Lu Jiang then looked at the skills themselves.

But unfortunately, there are only entry explanations for the skills at present.

If you want to know the specific effect of "Physical Strengthening", you probably have to get the skill first.

Lu Jiang felt that it was worth it even if it was just to strengthen his physique a little bit, so he was not in a hurry at all.

Then, Lu Jiang finally turned his attention to the work.

The work produced this time is called "Lobster".

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is a 2015 dystopian film.

It was nominated for the Palme d'Or and the Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and ultimately won the Jury Prize, which is one of the most important awards in the main competition unit.

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2017.

The results are really good!

Just because this film won the Cannes Jury Prize, it must have been well made.

This is such a great honor.

Cannes is recognized as the boss of the three major cities.

Among the three major awards, Chinese filmmakers have won the least number of times.

So far, the only people in mainland China who have won major awards are the great poet, Zhang Yimou, and Jiang Wen.

Among them, the Great Poet won the highest honor, the Palme d'Or, while Lao Mouzi and Jiang Wen won the second prize.
In Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wong Kar-wai, Li Haixiang and the ancient King Hu have all won awards, but except for Hou Hsiao-hsien, the others were third prize or above.

Last year, Tony Leung Chiu-wai won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and was hailed to the skies.

Therefore, if we can successfully inherit the achievements this time, the benefits will be self-evident.

Even if it only wins the last prize in the Cannes main competition unit, it is still a Cannes award.

Winning an award is both an honor and a profit.

Movies that win awards at the three major European film festivals are very profitable.

This is a low-budget film with only a few scenes in the entire film. It was originally filmed in Europe in 2015 with a cost of only 400 million euros.

If converted to the mainland now, if the film remuneration is not counted, it is estimated that even two million RMB cannot be spent.

So, you have to take good pictures!

"Son, it's time to eat!"

At this time, Lao Lu urged for food, so Lu Jiang took back the golden finger.

Eat first, then you will have the energy to shoot.

Compared to Cannes, money and so on.

Nothing is more important than skills now.

"Here, the Australian lobsters have just arrived, let's replenish our bodies."

"What a coincidence."

"What's a coincidence?"

"I just wanted to eat."

"So this is what we call a father-son bond. Come, eat more. It's all yours."

Over the next three days, Lu Jiang watched the movie several times and completed a rough restoration of the script.

His right hand is fine, but his right clavicle is fractured, which still affects his writing.

Fortunately, he has plenty of time now.

On the day the script was completed, Situ Zhaodun also came to Lu Jiang's house as agreed.

Earlier, Lao Zhao was leading students in filming, so he only expressed his concern over the phone.

I just returned to Beijing yesterday and wanted to come over in the evening, but Lu Jiang felt that it would be too tiring for the old man to travel back and forth, so he made an appointment for today.

At noon, Lao Zhao came.

After some caring and condolences, they had a family dinner at the Lu family. During the tea session after the dinner, Lao Zhao brought up business: "Let me see the script."

This is what I said on the phone yesterday.

Since you want to inherit the achievements, you need Lao Zhao's help.

Lao Zhao attached great importance to Lu Jiang's idea of ​​finally making a movie.

After all, he was the seeded player.

That's why he has been a little worried about Lu Jiang these days. He feels that Lu Jiang has gone astray, and he regrets why he supported him to shoot "Meteor Garden" to gain experience.

That's not supporting him to practice, it's clearly pushing him into the fire pit!

Now, Lu Jiang has gone from being a pop singer to becoming a seed director because of the Golden Lion short film, and now he has become an idol actor.

Although the director's ability was also mentioned, basically only "idol drama director" remained.

Heartache!
Fortunately, Lu Jiang still knows what he is doing.

In response to this, Situ Zhaodun decided to go over the script with him carefully in an effort to further persuade him to "pull back from the brink of error."

Then start reading the script.

The story told by the whole movie is very simple.

In the future dystopian society, single men and women are considered guilty. Once single, they will not be able to live in the city and will be centrally managed.

To escape punishment, one must find a matching partner within 45 days. Failure will turn the offender into an animal of their choice and be exiled to the forest.

And you can't just find a partner casually. The two people must have something in common, such as being lame or having poor eyesight. It's very rigid and stressful.

The concentration camp is a hotel where single men and women from all walks of life gather.

Single people are not even allowed to take care of their own needs in hotels, otherwise they will be punished.

If you really need something, the hotel waiters will help you solve it, but they will just do it for the sake of politeness and will not do it for real.

If you want to be serious, then get out of being single.

The male protagonist is frustrated in middle age. His original partner found a partner who is "more compatible" and left him. The male protagonist, who is forced to be single, is taken to a "concentration camp", but after trying several times, he still fails to get out of being single. Due to an accident, he escapes into the big forest next to the hotel.

The rules in the big forest are just the opposite. Being single is not a crime, but being in love is a capital crime.

As a result, the protagonist found a "partner" here.
The entire script seems to be about common social issues such as love, marriage system, and singleness.

Lovers appear to be loving and dependent on each other, but the reality is not always so rosy. Finding a perfect match is almost impossible, and many people hide and distort their true selves in order to do so.
But if you look closely, whether it's a hotel that forces people to find a partner or turn into animals, or a forest that forces people to remain single and cuts off their lips if they kiss, they are all wrong and extreme.

The setting in the film is completely different from reality, yet very similar. Just like people who believe in a certain religion think that those who don't believe in their religion are pagans and should be destroyed.

Just like in today's society or the later Internet, such examples are everywhere.

Some people extend their personal or group preferences and standards to all human beings, forcing others to accept these standards. Violators will be punished, attacked, or even destroyed, and those who have different preferences from their own will not be allowed to exist.

It's either black or white, with no middle ground allowed. It's extreme to the point of death, and the pressure is so high that it's suffocating.
So this is actually a film that satirizes extremism.

From a certain perspective, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a political satire film.

To the left or to the right, this is indeed a question that needs to be viewed in the context of development.

But you can't just go left or right.
Looking at the script, Situ Zhaodun's brows were frowned and smoothed, smoothed and frowned again.

After reading it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that you were quite upset by the rumor."

"What rumors?"

"Don't play along with me. I heard someone say you're just an idol drama actor and not worthy of being in 'Hero'."

The irony of this script is extreme.

Come to think of it, when Lu Jiang was filming an idol drama, wasn't his attitude towards her also extreme?

We only see him "degenerating" and destroying the current industrial ecosystem.

However, they fail to see the positive aspects that the popular idol dramas have brought to the current entertainment industry in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau. For example, when counting the current popular male stars in Asia, there are no longer only those from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Of course, this does not mean that idol dramas are all white.

Just like the irony of this script, it cannot be taken in an extreme way.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiang quickly figured out what Situ Zhaodun was thinking.

This "Reading Comprehension" score is quite high.

Why didn’t I think of it before?

He then took over the conversation: "Well, there's nothing I can do. The prejudice is too strong, it's either black or white. I can only fight back in this way."

Then he asked, "Do you know who wants to mess with me?"

"How would I know that? You have to ask yourself who you have offended."

"If we're talking about offending someone, Zhang Weiping is the most innocent. He and I really have no connection at all. On the contrary, the people in the Taiwanese music scene, Xie Tingfeng's side in Hong Kong, and Huayi are the most suspicious. This is just what I remember. There are many more who secretly want to mess with me."

"It's really hard for you to be an Asian idol, but I have to say, you are really capable. You can compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan for the cake. You are brave!"

"No matter how brave I am, I can't withstand their long-term encirclement and suppression, so I can only continue to open up new battlefields. They said I was just a drama director, so I will continue to show off my identity as a director."

"You have to win an award, and it has to be a European award, otherwise it's useless."

"Then take it."

"Why do I hear that you are very confident about winning the award?"

"Who made me your apprentice?"

"Don't flatter me. Let's be honest. This script is good, much better than your 'Undrunk'. But this is a feature film, and the competition intensity is not on the same level as for short films. This script alone is not enough to win a European award. Tell me how you plan to shoot it."

"Here's what I think."

There were no problems with the script ideas, so the two of them entered into the actual shooting discussion.

The movie "The Lobster" is still very interesting from the perspective of gimmicks.

A dystopian world with a strange setting.

When you actually watch the finished film, you can see a lot of things that the script can't show.

For example, the camera settings and performances are all carefully designed.

The shot composition, lighting, costumes and props are very exquisite, but they complement the story setting and character performances.

This weirdness under the exquisiteness makes the whole movie look absurd and strange with a sense of distance.

The heroine's emotionless and neutral narration.

The characters performed stiffly and woodenly like puppets.

As well as various hilarious scene designs, dialogue designs, and action designs.

This sense of distance that goes against the ordinary viewing experience can produce a unique black humor effect, but without the open and close of other black comedy movies, it is just more "black" and more "absurd".
So this is not just a simple low-budget movie.

It is not inferior, but rather very powerful.

Goldfinger said that this is also one of the important reasons why the film won the award.

Therefore, it is quite difficult to reflect this darkness and absurdity in the language of the lens and to restore the degree to the level of inheriting the achievements.

Fortunately, apart from the lines that need to be worked on, there are few other parts of the script that need to be adapted. For Lu Jiang, it is not difficult, he just needs to copy it.

Lu Jiang described the storyboard design and various details in it to Situ Zhaodun in detail.

In Situ Zhaodun's view, Lu Jiang in front of him was a shining super seed.

It wasn't until dinner time, when the two of them paused for an important moment, that Situ Zhaodun asked, "Which award do you want to vote for?"

"Cannes, how about it?"

The tone was as if the jackpot was already in the pocket.

Situ Zhaodun also suddenly realized that at this moment he really felt like he had a big prize in his hands.

Fortunately, he quickly regained consciousness, but did not refute it. He simply said, "I'm going to Bashu to shoot a film on July 7st. Please finish the script as soon as possible."

"it is good"

After dinner, the two discussed until late at night, and Situ Zhaodun simply slept at Lu Jiang's house.

Then he left after lunch the next day.

Lu Jiang continued to polish the script.

The script review for film shooting is different from that for TV series.

The initial review for a TV series only requires 1500 words, but a movie requires detailed content.

Lu Jiang’s script is still rough and needs to be polished.

Now there is only a little over a week left until July 7st, and we have to catch up and have Situ Zhaodun submit it for review.

With him here, I believe the film shooting permit will be issued soon.

However, for skills, whether or not they are reviewed has no effect at all.

So Lu Jiang immediately asked the company's people to come to Lu Jiang's house with filming equipment.

For the first shot, Lu Jiang chose an empty shot from "The Lobster".

That was the scene at the beginning when the male protagonist was alone and sad at home.

There’s no need for anyone to appear in the camera, just take a picture of the empty room.

I don't care about quality, as long as the shot composition and length are the same as the original film.

So on June 6th.

"The Lobster" completed the first shot without any actors, project or specific plan.

Once the shot is complete, turn off the camera and store the film.

A stream of information suddenly flashed through Lu Jiang's mind.

[Congratulations on obtaining 'Physical Enhancement']

Soon, Lu Jiang felt a cool sensation on all the wounds, and his healing speed was greatly accelerated.

At the same time, my whole body feels warm.

At this moment, I feel my body is full!

I don't know to what extent it can be strengthened.

But Lu Jiang knew that even now, although he still had injuries and his appearance had not changed, his physical fitness and various functions had already reached the level of a top dark-skinned athlete!

If Fan Binbin experienced this at night, he would be horrified.
Lu Jiang smiled.

This is what a real golden finger should look like!

(End of this chapter)