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Chapter 590 Tang An VS Zhou Xingchi! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
Zhou Xingchi can be regarded as one of the actors most familiar to domestic audiences. When Hong Kong films were introduced to the mainland, the four types were the most popular.

Cheng Long's kung fu comedies, Zhou Runfa's gangster films and gambling films, Li Lianjie's martial arts action films, and Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical comedies.

One actor a year, Zhou Xingchi in a hundred years, this is how fans evaluate him.

Although it may be exaggerated, it is enough to prove Zhou Xingchi's weight.

If it were someone else, his fans would be ashamed to suffer such a loss.

Although he is known by some as only vulgar and funny to please the audience, the hat of a nonsensical actor cannot be taken off his head.

The same is true for Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and Zhou Runfa. The former two were sprayed with no acting skills, and the latter almost became the king of bad movies.

That year, Li Lianjie won the best actor with "Certificate of Fame", and a lot of people questioned it.

The four actors who have achieved the ultimate in genre films are also the only actors who can put their own labels on the movies they star in.

In the Greater China region, they are also some of the most famous and influential actors.

Tang An, Zhou Runfa, Cheng Long, and Li Lianjie, had all met several times, but this was the first time seeing Zhou Xingchi.

It can be seen that his condition is not very good, after all, it is 7000 million yuan in cash, no one will not care.

Everyone loves money, whether they are making commercial films or literary films, many artists also love money.

Zhou Xingchi said in an interview before about his view on money: Because of course money is, I hope to earn a little more money. When I was poor when I was a child, I hope that I can earn a little more money with my own ability if I have the opportunity. This is absolute. .

Sometimes making money is not what I want to make money this time, what I want to eat, what kind of housing I want, what kind of car I want to take, people sometimes you have to keep reaching some goals. "

When asked whether this goal has an end.

His answer was: "There is no need to have an end. In fact, you are a process of constantly reaching your goals. But, I still believe in doing things well. This is the core thing, and making money is a supporting component."

Don't think that Zhou Xingchi loves to spend too much money, he wants to support the entire company, and the 7000 million is the money that should be given to the company.

It took a few years to produce a work, and finally waited until the box office of "Journey to the West" was not bad. While waiting for the dividends, I continued to shoot the next film that required more investment. The company also needed funds to operate.

Although his condition was not very good, Zhou Xingchi cheered up.

"Hello, Director Tang."

"Director Zhou, please allow me to call you Master Xing, our generation basically grew up watching your movies."

Tang An and Zhou Xingchi shook hands and said sincerely.

Zhou Xingchi smiled and said, "Director Tang, you are welcome. The movies you made are also very good. I have watched them many times, especially "The Wind". The stream-of-consciousness techniques such as flashbacks and hallucinations, as well as jumping techniques, to portray the psychology of the characters, I also used them in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons."

"Director Zhou praised it a lot. In fact, I think the camera language in "The King of Comedy" is excellent. I have done this film no less than 10 times in the past few years.

The relationship between the front and back scenes of the film is precise, concise and clear.

The switching of the lens is quick and the image efficiency is extremely high.

The scheduling of long shots is crisp and neat”

Zhou Xingchi chatted about movies, and Tang An followed up his conversation.

From Zhou Xingchi's first address as "Director Tang" instead of "Director Tang", Tang An knew that he knew the purpose of his visit, and this address was actually a polite refusal.

But it's okay, let's talk.

Uncle Benshan can make people limping, maybe he wants to cooperate after chatting with Zhou Xingchi.

Even Zhou Xingchi, who is aloof and proud of a movie that can make the number one director in China praise him, is a little bit complacent, and the smile on his face is no longer so cold, but a little stretched.

After listening carefully to Tang An's analysis of the camera language in "The King of Comedy", he was not humble, but nodded while listening.

After Tang An finished speaking, he continued, "It may be that I was in such a similar state when I was shooting. At that time, the concept was very clear, and I felt like I was writing like a god."

"I also played "The Sound of the Wind" seven or eight times, and I think the best ones are those between the flashback shots and the shot jumps.

The most impressive thing is that when Li Ningyu was insulted, she looked up and smiled, and the camera immediately flashed to Liu Linzong reading a love poem for him, her shy smile like a girl, without this flashback, the artistic conception would be much worse.

The scene of Bai Xiaonian being tortured is the best part of the transition in my opinion. The night when Bai Xiaonian was taken away, only a dark castle was left. When he was tortured, he quickly cut back to the empty corridor. , echoed Bai Xiaonian's screams, not dragging his feet at all. "

Tang An nodded and said with a smile, "Actually, more considerations are due to the inability to make these punishments appear on the big screen. In addition, every actor is very important, and the length of the film needs to be compressed, which can only be expressed in this way." The cruelty of punishment."

Then he talked about "The King of Comedy". This film is definitely the pinnacle of comedy films. Tang An said that he has done more than ten pull films. It is absolutely true.

Content, mise-en-scène, camera movement, scene, editing, sound, picture, rhythm, performance, camera position. Shot by shot is stripped out separately, and every shot of the movie is analyzed in detail to understand Zhou Xingchi's complete shooting process.

Make more than ten pull-ups, analyze and record the content, scene scheduling, camera movement, scene, editing, sound, picture, rhythm, performance, camera position of each shot one by one, and can reproduce exactly the same movie .

Because everything involved in every shot and every second has been analyzed, which means that you have restored all the director's shooting process on the spot, which is more clear than watching him shoot ten times with your own eyes, and even the director himself is not as clear as you.

Tang An simply asked Zhou Li to take out the laptop and analyze it second by second and frame by frame.

There are several laptops that I carry with me at all times, some are dedicated to handling company affairs, and some are specially used to analyze movies, with some professional software installed.

Open the software, play "The King of Comedy", and skip to the parting scene of Zhou Xingchi and Zhang Bozhi's one-night stand.

"This scene simply took my breath away, and I played it at least 30 times.

When Liu Piaopiao went out, Yin Tianchou was peeping at the window, but he didn't tell when he got up and came to the window!This is a very important lead audience moment.

There are no lines in this front-back scene relationship, and the spatial relationship formed by the iron bars on the window perfectly presents Yin Tianchou's temptation and shrinking mentality.

Liu Piaopiao left, Yin Tianchou turned to face himself in the mirror.Regret and reluctance.At this time, I did not forget to bring the details of the characters' lives, and the photos on the wall formed an interesting tension with the expressions of the characters.

Then there is a surprising jump, jumping directly from Yin Tianchou's face to Liu Piaopiao's face, this is a moving shot, and she also has a lonely expression when she walks away.

Originally thought it was over like this, Yin Tianchou appeared in the same set of shots again, following the direction she was walking, and the moving camera moved him over. "

Perfect performance, a one-night stand parting scene changes the status of the characters several times in a row.

Faced with Tang An's analysis and praise, Zhou Xingchi shook his head and smiled, "Actually, my original idea was to keep the characters' hearts from being too simple, but the shots should not be too lengthy. After all, it's a one-night stand, so I can't use a lot of shots to express the characters' inner feelings." It is complicated, so I chose this kind of jumping shot."

Tang An nodded. Movies are not TV dramas after all. To put it bluntly, TV dramas have the camera pointing at the characters to shoot character performances. Compared with movies, there is no difficulty at all.

As long as you have a good script, the actors have good acting skills, and meet the requirements of the role, you can even find a directing student who has just graduated.

Tang An continued to analyze, followed by that classic dialogue.

Yin Tianchou: "Hello!"

Liu Piaopiao: "How is it?"

Yin Tianchou: "Gone?"

"Yes!"

"and then?"

"work!"

Yin Tianchou put his hands into his trouser pockets: "Is it okay not to go to work?"

"Will you support me if you don't go to work?"

Yin Tianchou drew out his right hand and made a goodbye gesture.

After watching this set of shots, Tang An sighed, "This pros and cons is concise and clear, perfect without redundant expressions and lines."

Zhou Xingchi said, "I also want to avoid being verbose. After all, I didn't show too much of the relationship between the two of you before. At this time, it's inappropriate to use too much language to sensationalize."

"That's right, too many dialogues are too abrupt. Instead, it's better to show their previous relationship and emotional changes step by step in the parting scene." Tang An agreed.

Continue to analyze.

"This shot of telling Liu Piaopiao to leave is amazing. In the same shot, a small lift is used to raise the picture. There is no mission expression, and only the back of Yin Tianchou's head is shot. Half of the scene is shot of the ocean waves. Show Yin Tianchou's mood."

Tang An turned back and pointed at the camera where they were talking, "But here, the distance is only two or three seconds, and the seaside is still very calm, without any waves. This comparison is amazing!"

Next set of shots.

The mood has not calmed down, and immediately cut to the seaside road, there is a concise and clear relationship scene.

Too many unnecessary processes were saved. Yin Tianchou went out, went downstairs, ran, and didn't say anything. In a heartbeat, he caught up with Liu Piaopiao, which made the audience feel one surprise after another.

Liu Piaopiao pretended to be relaxed.

Yin Tianchou is hesitating.

A perfect shot cut, the presentation of this hesitation is not based on performance, but a shot cut, using the language of the shot to perform this hesitation.

The next scene is the most test of the director's skills. After the confession, the camera directly cuts to the back of the two, a panoramic back view, without any expression.

"I'll take care of you!"

Finally confessed!

The camera passed Yin Tianchou's back and rushed towards Liu Piaopiao.

This confession, let me support you, directly turned into a moving shot, rushing towards her!

This touch is beyond words, so it can only be presented in video, this is a movie!

The camera got closer and closer, approaching Liu Piaopiao.

The soul-stirring look back, with hair flying, can leave a mark on Chinese film history, just like the heroic Zhang Min riding on a white horse and looking back at Zhang Wuji.

It doesn't matter how good the acting is (of course the acting is good), the key is the sequence of the shots, and the moment the image is set up, whoever plays it (as long as it is a natural movie performance) is moving.

"You take care of yourself first, fool."

Liu Piaopiao left, Yin Tianchou felt sad.

This time is finally the end of this scene. The scene is very long. After she came out of the painting, he stood still.This scene is exactly the same as the first scene of the previous scene, and it is also hinted in the video that it is over.

The male and female protagonists must be together, this is the iron law of most film and television dramas.

At this point in the performance, the audience will respond with a little luck.

But then the car window moving camera, leaving his home just now, clearly tells us that the fight is over and they failed to love each other.

I finally let go of my vigilance and prepared for the next scene.

But the director lied to us and directly gave us a heavy blow to our hearts.

In the car, Liu Piaopiao was already crying.

Seeing this, Tang An closed the laptop.

He sighed, "Extremely concise, extremely accurate audio-visual language. Leading the audience, deceiving the audience, and carrying out sudden strikes in film techniques, in martial arts, it is Tianshan Zhemeishou.

If the cut is not directly showing the state of crying until leaving in the car halfway, but crying from scratch, it will be over, so that the audience will be prepared, and they will not be so moved.

This is the most critical point, which can be called the Great Teleportation of the Universe! "

Qualified, real performance.

There are too many who can act to this extent.

But there are not many genre movies that can divide the shots to this extent, lift the actors up with audiovisual language, and reach the pinnacle of empathy.

The director is the soul of a movie!

For nearly an hour, the two discussed a scene for nearly an hour.

It was almost time, Tang An and Zhou Xingchi shook hands, and said goodbye.

"Director Zhou, still remember that in "The King of Comedy", you had to get back your lunch box despite being beheaded.

Remember your sentence in "God of Cookery": I want to fight for my breath!I'm not proving how great I am, but I'm proving that what I lost must be brought back with my own hands! "

"Cooperate with me, Hantang Group will fully support your next movie, and prove to everyone that Wang Zhongjun will personally offer 7000 million hands!"

"I will think about it. It is very beneficial to chat with Director Tang today, thank you."

Zhou Xingchi nodded, his smile became more sincere and no longer cold, but it seemed that he was not very eager to cooperate with Han Tang.

After leaving the hotel, secretary Zhou Li asked with some doubts, "Chairman, will Master Xing agree?"

"will not."

Tang An shook his head regretfully.

"Why, didn't we have a good chat?"

"He is capable, confident and proud, not to mention that I am also a director."

In the end, Zhou Xingchi still called him "Tang Dao", basically there was not much hope for cooperation.

After chatting for a long time, I didn't fool around!
Tang An sighed, his verbal skill is not enough!
The king does not see the king!
(End of this chapter)