Disaster Artist

"...So, has the director considered making some adjustments to improve the situation?"

Obviously, this is not the first time that Jiang Paifeng has faced similar problems. Both Gate Pictures and Blue Whale Pictures have asked and put pressure on them many times before and after. This is also the reason why Jiang Paifeng is irritable——

The starting point and consideration of the producer is very different from that of the director. It is difficult to reach a consensus in the dialogue between the two sides, and every communication is a torment.

At this moment, when Lu Qian raised this question again, Jiang Paifeng's first reaction was irritability, but this time he didn't break out, instead he fought hard.

One by one, put the facts and reason.

"Adjustment?"

"How to adjust?"

"The lighting, shots, scheduling, sound, and actors are all in place. This is the picture we are after, including the emotional details of the script. Everything is clearly there. How to adjust it? If you adjust it. , may deviate from the original track.”

"The shooting of the whole movie has entered the final stage, and if you change the style rashly, you may need to move the whole frame, and even have an impact on the overall style. If the quality of the finished product is affected, the internal preview will not pass, and you will only ask for it. I will reshoot it, and it will cost more."

"So, what do you want from me?"

"The correct solution is to be patient, wait slowly, and look for the state, but the last thing you have is patience, a reminder every day, a meeting every three days, there is no end to it? I have more meetings with you than I am on the set. It's been a long time, how do you ask me to complete the director's work?"

With a crackle, all Jiang Paifeng's emotions were released. Obviously, he was under great pressure during this time, and he was lucky if he didn't collapse.

The crew, a little quiet.

Because all the pressure is on the director, Jiang Paifeng bears all the responsibilities, and the pressure and accusations from the producer are all piled on Jiang Paifeng's shoulders.

The crew knew that the filming process was seriously behind schedule and that the producers would definitely put pressure on it, but they had absolutely no idea how serious the situation was.

until now.

Jiang Paifeng completely forgot that the surrounding crew members were there. After the dam was opened, all the negative emotions were vented like this, and the heavy burden on his shoulders finally relaxed a little, even Jiang Paifeng himself did not realize it. , quietly exhaled.

"Human Removal Project" may be just an ordinary commercial movie for others; but for Jiang Paifeng, it is a turning point in "Lian Po is old enough to be able to eat".

He is different from Hou Xiaochuan.

Hou Xiaochuan is a director who needs creative inspiration. With the increase of age, the activity of creative inspiration will inevitably decline, but as long as Hou Xiaochuan insists on creation and remains active, once he catches an inspiration, he can still make a comeback. Because Jiang Chenghai, the elder brother of Jiang Paifeng, is the same.

But Jiang Paifeng knows that he is a live director. He is like an assembly line team leader. He knows all the links of his assembly line work, but he cannot change the track and learn another set of assembly line operations. Therefore, once there is no job opportunity, It may never be.

Jiang Paifeng needs the "Human Removal Project" to prove that he is still an excellent production line director. Maybe he lacks the talent for a flash of inspiration, but he can still continue to output commercial films above the average level, and he can still complete it. Medium-budget commercial blockbuster work.

He needs this opportunity.

However, the lag in the filming was a heavy blow. Even Jiang Paifeng himself could not help but begin to question himself, and the pressure from the producers was rolling down in layers, and he was almost unable to keep his spine straight. straight--

He's too old to learn new things, too old to keep up with changes, too old to change himself to suit others. Valley

Looking at Lu Qian in front of him, Jiang Paifeng was a little sad. At the age of twenty-two, he was as prosperous as a sunflower, but he had already received so much praise, and he was still continuing to climb the peak of his career.

After speaking, the light in Jiang Paifeng's eyes dimmed slightly.

Lu Qian couldn't understand the vicissitudes of Jiang Paifeng. After all, he had not experienced all the ups and downs, and his life experience was not enough to understand them; but Lu Qian could understand Jiang Paifeng's powerlessness and confusion.

Creation, that's what it is.

When you are trapped in it behind closed doors, review your work over and over again, thinking that you know every detail, even if there is a problem, you can understand; but the fact is, it is precisely because of this familiarity, like a cobweb, Trapped by oneself, it is easy to ignore the truth.

Therefore, creation requires the collision of inspiration, the exchange of opinions, and the speculation of ideas. Otherwise, how is the spark born?

"Director Jiang, obviously, everything is on track, but we're slightly off the track, and things have to be adjusted..."

"How to adjust?"

Before Lu Qian could finish speaking, Jiang Paifeng slammed back with a straight sentence, and then continued to ask questions.

"Lighting? Photography? Script?"

In fact, if there is a problem in a scene, or the shooting state is not right, there are many possibilities. Every aspect of the entire crew is possible. If Jiang Paifeng is like Jiang Paifeng, he firmly believes that there is no problem in every aspect. There is no need to adjust the link, it will go into a dead end.

In Lu Qian's view, there are many ways to change the emotional energy of the scene, such as lighting, photography, composition, and even lines, etc.; however, these variables are relatively fixed, that is to say, this is Jiang Pai The most confident and familiar part of Feng, if Lu Qian changed it, it would be equivalent to implanting his own style into Jiang Paifeng's movies, which might disrupt Jiang Paifeng's own formula.

So what should I do?

"Director Jiang, we want to present a scene that meets our expectations. Adjustments are always objective, sometimes they are adjusted, and sometimes we are adjusted. The only thing I can be sure of is that the picture in my mind is delayed. If it doesn’t appear, there must be something wrong.”

"Then ~www.novelmt.com~ Since you can't start adjusting from the framework, it's better to adjust from the variables."

Lu Qian's words made Jiang Paifeng's brows frown slightly again. The difference is that this time it is not irritability and anger, but thinking, and the confusion in his eyes also emerges, "Variable?"

Lu Qian didn't give an answer directly, but just smiled at Jiang Paifeng's gaze.

Jiang Paifeng thought for a while, "You mean... acting?"

Lu Qian still didn't give an affirmative or negative answer, kept smiling and stared at Jiang Paifeng.

It was precisely this attitude of being non-aggressive but secretly completing guidance and control that made Jiang Paifeng calm down. Instead of waiting for Lu Qian's answer, he turned his head to look at the studio with a deliberate look in his eyes:

Adjust the performance?

This seems to work, but the question is, how should it be adjusted?

To be honest, training actors, this is really not Jiang Paifeng's strong point.