Disaster Artist

"Alright, if you're talking about movies."

Lu Qian's calm voice came over, and Su Ziyi realized that his whisper had been heard, and hurriedly straightened his waist exaggeratedly and opened his chest.

"Okay, okay, that's great, we can finally start work."

Su Ziyi is a little friend that Lu Qianqian met at the filming site of a variety show.

Mingming is a lighting engineer with a movie dream, but because of the internship of the film crew, he cannot make a living, so he has to work odd jobs on different variety shows and TV dramas to make a living.

Many ordinary audiences often have such a misunderstanding about movies, that is, movies are "storytelling", so the director is also a storyteller, so that they can't tell the difference between a director and a screenwriter, and they can't tell the difference between a TV series and a movie. difference.

There is a saying in the industry that TV dramas are the art of screenwriters, dramas are the art of actors, and movies are the art of directors.

What's the meaning?

In the drama, the audience watched the stage up close, and felt the power of the actors' performance, and the test was the deep foundation of the actors' on-site performance. Especially in many dramas, the lines are very dense, and it is often difficult for the audience to enter the story immediately, so what the audience appreciates is the charm of the actors.

The TV series has enough space to carry the fate of the characters and the rise and fall of the story. The audience wants to watch the plot and follow the characters to taste the ups and downs. The screenwriter also plays an important role, and can even be said to be the core key to the quality of the entire series. The screenwriters of many classic series are often a team.

For movies, when you are in the cinema, you need to experience the light and shadow effects of the big screen, the world created by the picture, light, color, and sound. The story is very important, but how to tell the story and present the story is even more important. The director is the unique existence who stands behind the scenes and controls the overall situation.

It is precisely because of this that the great director Martin Scorsese (Martin-) will complain that Marvel is not a movie (cinema).

Here, what Scorsese is talking about is "the charm of light and shadow felt when watching a movie in the cinema", the unique charm displayed by the movement of mirrors, editing, composition and scheduling.

Of course, "Marvel Movies" has countless fans, which is beyond doubt, but the series of movies are more like TV series, focusing on the charm of the characters, and there is indeed no "movie sense".

So, how exactly should the movie feel?

Lighting, photography, costumes, sets, these are the foundation; shot scheduling, picture editing, sound effects, these are the frames; actors and scripts are flesh and blood, all of which are structurally integrated in the director's mind, like a work of art—

In fact, the sense of film has never been related to whether it is esoteric, profound, whether it can trigger reflection, or whether it has artistic value. Even popcorn commercial movies can also have a sense of film, such as "Avatar".

Director, who plays such a role, a good movie is never just about story and performance.

However, it is never easy to produce a work with a real "movie feel".

Because of chasing box office and profits, producers often pay more attention to big-name actors or top directors, ignoring the importance of photographers, set designers, stylists, editors and other behind-the-scenes teams. Among them, lighting engineers are rarely matched. The compliments were even summed up directly to the photography group without giving them a corresponding separate position.

In fact, an excellent lighting engineer can turn corruption into magic.

For a simple example, when an actor does not wear makeup, the lighting engineer can still cover up the actor's shortcomings and present the best silhouette by lighting; or, different scenes and different conditions use different lighting to substitute the audience's psychological hints. sense, can produce different effects.

The important role played by lighting engineers in the film industry is far from being recognized accordingly.

Su Ziyi is such a lighting engineer with big dreams.

Don't underestimate Su Ziyi's thin and frail body, as if the breeze blows, the clouds and fog will disappear with the wind, but those black eyes are always observing different environments and different lights. The effect is completely an idiot, and there are definitely two brushes in the study of lighting.

He was able to become friends with Lu Qian because Lu Qian could see the credit of the lighting engineer at a glance at the scene of the variety show, which made Su Ziyi very surprised—

Really good directors, even variety show directors and producers, attach great importance to the ability of lighting engineers, but they are only a small group of professionals after all.

Su Ziyi never imagined that an idol singer could see it.

In the sympathy of each other, Su Ziyi and Lu Qiancai got closer and closer.

When he learned that Ji Xu was preparing for his first film project, Lu Qian made a connection, and Su Ziyi became a member of the crew; later, Su Ziyi and Ji Xu also became friends. At the same time, he also took out his little savings to fund it.

Su Ziyi was even more excited than Ji Xu when he learned that Lu Qian might be in charge of the guide tube, and raised his hands and feet to welcome him.

Looking at Su Ziyi with a flattering smile in front of him, Lu Qian's spit words had already poured into his mouth, but he swallowed it and said sadly, "For the sake of money, I can only bear it. "

Such sincere and direct words made Su Ziyi laugh hehe, and kicked Lu Qian's calf inch by inch, "Call me a brother to listen to?"

Lu Qian rolled his eyes speechlessly, "If you can follow my thoughts and turn on the lights, it's no problem to call Dad."

In Lu Qian's idea, lighting will be a very, very important part of "unfriending", and it can even be said to be the invisible hero of the horror effect of the movie.

Su Ziyi's eyes suddenly lit up, which is why he expected Lu Qian to be the director, because he believed that Lu Qian knew the importance of lighting.

But obviously, at this moment, Su Ziyi still doesn't know how harsh and terrible Lu Qian is when he enters the director mode. He is making a deal with the devil.

I was joking just now, but now my eyes are shining and I am serious.

"Oh? How do you say it? Let me, the No. 1 lighting engineer in the future, take the pulse for you. If you have any problems, I can help you solve them."

After speaking, Su Ziyi also slapped his chest loudly, and the cowhide also hula-la along with him.

"Is there anything that Master Su Ziyi can't solve?"

Hahahahaha.

Hahahahaha.

The sound of chewing was so loud that it was difficult for everyone to ignore it. Suddenly, Su Ziyi's words were filled with joy, and then all eyes were projected.

Bai Cheng is fighting the fried chicken for 300 rounds. Obviously, the fried chicken is losing ground and unable to resist.

"What's up?"

Bai Cheng noticed the gaze projected from all around him, his chubby, tender and tender face lifted up, standing with Su Ziyi, he was completely the senior and second senior brother of "Journey to the West" - no, no, no casual association.

"A Qian, don't you want to eat? The fried chicken is really going to get cold."

Bai Cheng was serious, 100% serious, he didn't notice the swords and swords in the room at all, and looked at the fried chicken in front of him with sweet eyes.

When it comes to food, Master Bai Cheng is sincere and never jokes.