Huayu: Reborn in 97, transferring to the Central Academy of Drama's star-studded class

Jiang Lai had no idea that he had won an international award; at that moment, he was still filming in a remote mountain village.

Lou Ye finally understood what it meant to be riding high on success.

At the reception following the closing ceremony, people from all sides arrived in droves. Whether the film won an award or not made a huge difference.

After wandering around, Sister Ying brought back an old foreign man and an old foreign woman.

The old man's name is Gervin Tamsma, the curator and regional selector for the Rotterdam Film Festival, who is responsible for selecting films from Asia and South America to participate in their festival.

The old lady's name is Valerie Rizza. She is the artistic advisor for the Paris International Film Festival, and her job is similar to that of Gervin.

The old lady was the most excited, saying repeatedly, "This film is so perfect for romantic France, please make sure it's included in our film festival."

Finally, the old lady shyly expressed that it would be even better if she could be in charge of the film's distribution in France.

After considering it for a moment, Yingjie found the other party's offer, including the promise that the film would win awards, to be very sincere, so she turned her attention to Ge Wen.

After a moment's thought, Gervin said, "We in Rotterdam generally don't accept films that have participated in other film festivals, but I will strongly recommend them to the chairman. I don't hold any position in any distribution company, but I will introduce you to our Dutch distribution company, and you will definitely be satisfied with the price."

Miss Ying was extremely satisfied, as it offered both a gilded reputation and financial gain.

She glanced at Lou Ye, who was holding a glass of red wine and going up to everyone he met, saying, "I am director Su Zhou River."

The foreigners figured out what Lou Ye meant after a moment's thought, but still jokingly replied with a "Hello Su!"

Lou Ye smiled and responded, then skipped over to Ying Jie's side and asked, "Why do all these foreigners say 'Hello Sue'? Is it slang?"

Yingjie was too lazy to pay attention to him; no wonder this guy just asked the director how to pronounce it in English.

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In September, even the birch forests on the Bashang Grassland are dyed golden.

Now, Zhang Yimou no longer needs to pick and choose the time; every moment of the daytime is filled with the warm tones he desires.

After filming was completely finished for Li Bin's scenes, the crew held a farewell party for her. Although the conditions were simple, everyone was very happy and there was no sadness of parting.

"I will miss your Grandma Li." Zhang Ziyi leaned against the old lady's chest.

"Oh my, my little Ziyi is so good." The old lady said with a kind face. The two of them played mother and daughter in the play, and they also lived in the same house. The old lady really treated this little girl like her own daughter.

"I'll miss your Grandma Li too," Jiang Lai said eagerly as he leaned closer.

The old lady rolled her eyes at him. "Little Lai, when will I be able to hold my eldest grandson?"

Zhang Ziyi blushed with embarrassment, while Jiang Lai chuckled. In his previous life, he had never been a father, well, he had been that kind of father.

The next day, Yate personally drove the old lady back to Beijing.

The entire film crew also went to that birch forest hill.

For this film, Zhang Yimou used a Panavision 35mm film camera, which was also the first time such a high-end camera had been used in China. It was handheld, lightweight, and produced rich footage. In short, it was awesome.

The only drawback is that the camera cannot autofocus, meaning it can only be mounted still and cannot be carried around by the photographer.

It seems that even Zhang Yimou doesn't know what Dogma 95 is.

Back to the main point, if the camera can't move, how do the actors run? Running vertically within the frame is fine, but if they run horizontally within the frame, they'll go out of frame.

The older generation of filmmakers had some wisdom. Since it was difficult to set up a track car on the mountain, Hou Yong and Zhang Yimou discussed it and, with a tape measure, drew a concentric circle with the camera as the center.

Why draw a circle? To make the actors run around the camera.

Hou Yong used a tape measure to accurately measure the best position and marked the points on the circular path. The actors only needed to run around the circle according to the marks on the path, while Hou Yong could stand still and follow along in circles without worrying about focusing.

However, the ideal is very rich, but the reality is very harsh, and there are many difficulties in actual operation.

This scene shows Zhao Di knowing that Mr. Luo would pass through this grove after school when taking the children home, so she ran there in advance, hoping to run into Mr. Luo.

When Mr. Luo actually brought the children over, she was too shy to meet them, so she ran into the woods and followed from a distance, secretly watching them.

Doesn't that sound like something a stalker would do?

Actually, this is how it is when you're facing someone you like, no matter what era you're in.

After Hou Yong finished marking the area, Zhang Yimou first had Zhang Ziyi run around a few laps to familiarize herself with the terrain before filming officially began.

Zhang Ziyi, carrying a basket, started running after hearing "start," but he hadn't run two steps.

"Crack! Xiao Zhang, you can't keep looking down at the markings on your feet. Start over."

"I'm sorry, director."

While waiting, Zhang Ziyi carefully memorized the markings on the ground.

"Action!"

She started running again, this time without looking down, but Director Zhang still called for a stop.

"Xiao Zhang, your expression is off. Think about it, your sweetheart is right in the distance. You can see he's very happy. Let's start over."

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Ziyi adjusted her state and started running again upon hearing the instruction.

"Click! It's out of range!"

"Click! Look down again!"

"Click!"

"Click!"

These last few times, Zhang Ziyi's expression was completely frozen; it was no longer a matter of whether she could read the markings or not.

Director Zhang scratched his head helplessly. He knew it wasn't the actors' fault. The road on the hillside was difficult to walk on, let alone run. They couldn't run to the wrong spot, and they also had to keep up with the performance. It was indeed difficult to film.

"Take a break, we'll come back later." After saying that, Director Zhang ran to discuss with Hou Yong whether the mark could be made bigger.

Zhang Ziyi plopped down on the ground, expressionless.

Jiang Lai walked over with his hands behind his back, beaming.

"You're still laughing! You're still laughing!" Zhang Ziyi pouted and punched Jiang Lai hard with her little fists.

"Oh, it's alright." Jiang Lai took the little hand and sat down.

"This is not your problem. When I was filming 'The Dream Factory,' I really couldn't act out the scene where I cried in the earthen kiln."

"and then?"

"And then I was forgotten in the village for half a month."

Zhang Ziyi forced a smile.

"Just relax. When you start running, think about how you used to chase Liu Ye all over the classroom and beat him up."

"Pfft." Zhang Ziyi gave him a reproachful look. "How can that be the same?"

The two chatted and laughed, and soon resumed filming.

Hou Yong made the mark a little larger, so that it could be seen with peripheral vision without needing to look closely.

Zhang Ziyi picked up her basket and stood in her position, while Jiang Lai ran to Hou Yong's side. After Director Zhang called "action," Jiang Lai jumped around and made faces.

Zhang Ziyi was running when he turned his head to look at the camera and immediately burst out laughing.

Under the dazzling sunlight, a splash of red runs through the golden birch forest, joy and elation blooming from that smile.

Just like a spring breeze brushing across a lake, creating ripples, it unexpectedly amazes time.