Unboxing, Director!

Chapter 39: Bold or not?

"Shooting starts on Saturday. Treat me to dinner? I'd have to eat king crab. Haha, just kidding. See you then."

After winning his first advertising endorsement, Fan Binbin called Lu Jiang to share his joy.

But there was no mention of a pay increase during the call.

His tone was as relaxed and generous as usual.

So Lu Jiang didn't know that his formal invitation had completely made Fan Binbin make up his mind.

He now only cares about the purple treasure chest that just dropped.

The purple treasure chest from Fan Binbin, the heroine of the hit song MV.

Without any hesitation, open it directly.

After a flash of purple light, "The Wind Rises" from the song "Buy Chili Peppers with Coupons" appeared before my eyes.

This song can almost be regarded as the most popular song in 2017 and 2018. It is also one of the rare songs that has been bombarded with crazy short videos but has not been too common. The lyrics and music are excellent, ethereal and pure, and extremely contagious.

But in this era, its ability to break out of the circle is likely to be greatly reduced.

But no matter what, this is a good song. The place name "Nagano" can be used after some modification. With it, the new album has a refreshing new style of music.

Watch the MV again.

This MV is also not the original version of Buy Chili Peppers with Coupons, but an edited version of many Japanese animation works.

The edited version can even turn purple, which must be the reason why animated films are difficult.

In this film, Goldfinger provided production and filming assistance for the hand-drawn animation.

In other words, Lu Jiang’s animation skill tree has now been lit up, and he can make a 2D cartoon at any time.

not bad.

But Lu Jiang doesn’t have this idea at the moment, let’s talk about it later.

With "The Wind Rises", the new album has seven songs.

One more song missing.

In fact, there are several other songs in the short film "2b Youth's Life Without Drunkenness", such as "Love Until Death".

It was sung by Huang Bo when he walked into the second private room.

Because it appeared in the short film, Goldfinger also gave this music a name.

It’s a pity that there are only a few lines sung by Gao Chao, and his singing skills are also based on Huang Bo.

It's completely useless.

So if you want a complete song, you still need a separate treasure box.

Lu Jiang looked at Gao Xixi.

These days he has finished the script and storyboards for "Not Drunk". It's time to get Gao Xixi's treasure chest of "I hope the host will do a good job in his graduation work".

Soon we arrived at Gao Xixi's house.

The two of them had made an appointment earlier, and today was the day to show him the script of "Not Drunk".

When they met at the place, Gao Xixi didn't waste any time and directly asked for the script.

Then soon, after seeing the script and the breakdown diagram, Gao Xixi's expression began to change.

The plot of "2b Youth's Life Without Drunkenness" is very simple.

The protagonist got drunk and lost his way in the KTV, breaking into strange private rooms one after another, each of which was a bizarre little world.

The protagonist experiences bizarre real-life events, reflecting social contradictions and the real life of young people.

There are five original box plots in total.

The protagonist walked into the first house and found himself so poor.

When I walked into the second house, I felt like there were friends everywhere.

When I walked into the third house, I found that I was gradually moving away from my youth.

Entering the fourth house, you encounter power and oppression.

Finally, I walked into the fifth house, away from the frustration and pain of life, found my friends in the blurred shot, and embarked on the way home.

The plot is simple, and the metaphor of each box can be understood at a glance.

Putting aside the one-shot approach, Gao Xixi believes this script is more than sufficient for a college graduate's graduation project:

"Right, this is what directing students should shoot. Not bad!"

In his opinion, although the MV plots that Lu Jiang had made before were very popular, they were indeed not difficult.

Just like idol dramas, it relies on handsome men and beautiful women and melodramatic plots to attract audiences. Anyone can make this kind of work.

But "Not Drunk" is different. At least compared to the melodramatic MVs, this script is deep enough.

Moreover, the essence of this work is not the plot, but the "one-shot" approach.

How daring is it to shoot one take in this day and age?
The answer is: very big!
The value of a one-shot film varies in different eras.

If it were 2009 now.

Then students in the directing department can list at least four works shot in one shot in one minute.

For example, the 08 Turkish movie "The Heroes"

The 07 Colombian film "85 Minutes to Live"

00 American film "The Time Code"

The famous "Russian Ark" in 02, etc.

Going back in time, there are many more famous one-shot films.

For example, the 2010 Uruguayan horror film "The Silent House"

2012 American film "The Acting"

2013 Indian film "Agadam" 2014 French film "Birdman"

There is also the very famous war movie "2020" in 1917.

Faced with numerous "one-shot" style movies, later audiences have less filters for one-shot movies.

So when some directors say they want to make a one-shot movie, many people's first reaction is to think that there is nothing great about it.

But it's different now.

Now in 99, if we really want to list the world's most famous, truly one-shot movies, it would be hard to say.

The answer is: there is currently no true one-shot movie in the world.

Most of them are just pseudo one-shot or long-take movies.

And each long shot basically does not exceed ten minutes.

The earliest use of long shots to create a pseudo one-shot film was Hitchcock's Rope in 1948.

However, the first truly one-shot movie was not released until 02, which was the Russian movie "Russian Ark".

When the movie came out, it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Why did the concept of one-shot appear so early, but the real one-shot movie only appeared in 02, and then there was a boom.

The reason is simple: the emergence of digital film technology.

A roll of film can only shoot a maximum of 10 minutes, but digital technology has no limit.

So, in the final analysis, one-shot is the product of technological innovation.

Only by fully entering the era of digital shooting can we achieve true one-shot shooting.

Now, Lu Jiang wants to use film to shoot the entire film in one take.

Even if it's only 16 minutes.

If only he could actually film it.

It can be said to be the world's first truly one-shot short film.

The value of short films and feature films is naturally different.

But Lu Jiang is a student.

This honor is a perfect match.

So the question is: “How do you achieve this?”

Gao Xixi asked.

"I have my own way."

Lu Jiang is full of confidence.

In fact, it is not difficult. Gold Finger has already provided all the technical solutions. All you need to do is make a few small inventions. It’s just that the things haven’t been made yet, so it’s difficult for him to explain.

Gao Xixi couldn't help but be curious: "Can you tell me about it?"

"You'll know then."

"You're still cheating on me."

"Oh, it's hard to explain this kind of thing in a short time. I'll explain it to you when you come to the set later."

"alright."

Gao Xixi no longer insisted and began to discuss scheduling issues with Lu Jiang.

The difficulty of shooting from one shot, in addition to the technical aspects, also tests the director's scheduling ability.

The whole film has five boxes and hundreds of actors, and it was completed in one shot within 16 minutes. This is not an easy task.

At the same time, Lu Jiang is the protagonist, which increases the difficulty of the performance.

There is no guidance in Gold Finger for this aspect.

However, Lu Jiang was still full of fighting spirit.

As a director, this is what you should do. You can't rely on cheats to solve everything.

After some discussion, Gao Xixi was convinced that if Lu Jiang could really make this film, even if the result was a little worse, he would have no problem going directly to the undergraduate program of the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama.

As for Nortel
Gao Xixi did not jump to conclusions. He thought it would be better to show the script to his teacher first.

"Let me leave the script here for now. I'll show it to my teacher later."

As soon as Gao Xixi finished speaking, the blue treasure chest above Gao Xixi's head fell down, and at the same time, two translucent blue treasure chests appeared in Lu Jiang's mind.

Obviously, Gao Xixi wanted to help Lu Jiang find a capable person to check the process.

It has to be my uncle!

Lu Jiang was very satisfied: "Okay, then I'll leave first and contact you later."

"Not Drunk" won't start filming right now anyway, so it's not a big problem to let Gao Xixi show off first.

Sitting back in the car, Lu Jiang opened the box directly.

After a flash of blue light.

"Exclusive Memory" appears.

Another high quality song.

This song by Jordan Chan in 08 is also his representative work.

Sorry, Pheasant
Lu Jiang opened the MV, listened to the music, and stepped on the accelerator.

Now all 8 songs are complete.

It's time to start working on a new album.