Disaster Artist

The Golden Book Award has been nominated for eleven times, but Mai Jiaan has never been able to take the stage to receive his award. In a blink of an eye, next year will be his 40th anniversary.

However, what is even more cruel and more real is that Mai Jiaan is not the only one who is "ignored" and "forgotten".

in addition:

Si Xuefen, a costume designer, was nominated for sixteen times without winning.

Xiang Shoujun, photographer, was nominated for nine times without winning.

Shu Junfei, sound engineer, was nominated for ten times without winning.

Etc., etc.

So, is their professionalism not strong enough?

Obviously not.

Awards, of course, require more or less luck; moreover, awards season is so complicated that it can't be simply blamed on one cause.

One of the many complicated reasons is that the attention of the technical department is relatively low, and the professional threshold is higher. Even actors, screenwriters, producers and other industry professionals may not be able to really say each technology. the pros and cons.

Therefore, when voting for the Golden Book Award, a small number of people simply did not check the option of the technical department and gave up voting; another part of the people chose to take advantage of the situation - just check the popular works directly, or choose with themselves The best picture of the same is also checked by the way.

As a direct result, popular films often sweep the awards, while the really outstanding works in the technical department may not win awards.

It is precisely because of this that, at the Golden Book Awards ceremony, the technology sector that was first awarded can more or less be able to see the popular trend of the best film.

Starting from Mai Jiaan, to many other behind-the-scenes technicians who have been nominated for many times but have never been recognized, no one can deny their strength and contribution, so the industry has "nominations rely on strength, awards rely on luck". Claims, especially in the tech sector, are even more so.

Therefore, Lu Qian always firmly believes that the award is the icing on the cake, but it cannot prove the real strength; and the only thing that can test the quality of the work is time.

Some works are very popular, but gradually annihilated in the long river of time; some works, no one cares, but like alcoholic beverages, the longer they are, the more fragrant they are, even breaking the shackles of the times, showing the power of art to shock the soul.

Time always carefully and slowly carve out the truth in its own way. This is how classics are created. What people need is a little patience and a little more patience.

His gaze returned to Mai Jiaan.

From the moment he conceived the entire project blueprint of "Love", Lu Qian already had a puzzle in his mind:

Photography, lighting, soundtrack, scenes, performances.

All are indispensable.

But it is precisely because of this that Lu Qian tried to break his inertial creative thinking and sought some different chemical reactions. He bravely broke the framework and let Su Ziyi and Chen Mu both freely choose whether to continue to collaborate on this work.

The only thing left is Bai Cheng.

On the surface, Bai Cheng's presence in the crew is not strong, but in fact, Bai Cheng has always been the first step in Lu Qian's creation of the entire project.

Two people build the whole world together. Only when the "world" exists, the style is determined, the color is determined, and the temperament is determined, and other parts can start.

Bai Cheng is undoubtedly the most aware of the creative intentions and thinking in Lu Qian's mind. When working in the crew, Bai Cheng is often the link between Lu Qian and the crew. Even Ji Xu and Su Ziyi often ask Bai Cheng some things.

Regarding the composer, Lu Qian has also been looking for suitable candidates, which is obviously not an easy task.

Each composer has his own color, the understanding of the work, the interpretation of the music, the understanding of the director, the presentation of emotions, etc., all are different, and the sparks that collide are naturally different.

This time, Lu Qian hopes to continue the style of "tourist" and break the framework of "tourist", be bold and take risks, deviate from the track, and even make the audience feel uncomfortable to some extent——

Originally, "The Lover" is a bold and crazy story. Whether it's Ai Qing's choice or the direction of the story, it's all about the energy that stimulates the heartburn all the time. Compared with the dark humor of "Tourist", the movie is more Leaning towards noir thrillers, this also places more demands on the soundtrack.

Finally, Mai Jiaan entered Lu Qian's line of sight.

For Lu Qian, Mai Jiaan's soundtrack style is special, bold, weird and full of vitality.

Mai Jiaan's use of strings, drums, electronic music, piano and other musical instruments always brings surprises, which is also Lu Qian's favorite place.

Lu Qian had such an idea in his mind. According to the characters of Wang Si and Ai Qing and the color of the story, with different soundtracks, the edges and corners of the characters were quietly outlined to further create a psychologically suggestive viewing effect.

But the problem is that Lu Qian's understanding of the soundtrack is really limited, and he doesn't know if it's feasible. After all, the overall style still needs to be unified, otherwise the soundtrack is like patching, and the final work will be the same. This doesn't work without completeness.

Therefore, Lu Qian needs a music composer like Mai Jiaan. On the one hand, he has a solid soundtracking ability; on the other hand, he dares to break the inherent framework.

In fact, there are countless top scorers in the industry. Strictly speaking, Mai Jiaan cannot rank in the first queue——

Even with so many nominations for the Golden Book Award~www.novelmt.com~, there are many composers with more nominations than Mak Jiaan, and there are also many composers who have won more than one hand.

Objectively speaking, Mai Jiaan belongs to the forefront of the second echelon in the entire industry. From excellent to master, it seems to be so close to the door.

However, for Lu Qian, Mai Jiaan is more suitable for him than the "masters" in the first echelon.

In some sense, Mai Jiaan is the perfect choice.

One thing to say, in the project of "Love", Lu Qian has indeed made a lot of new attempts, otherwise, a scorer like Mai Jiaan would never have entered Lu Qian's waiting list; but now , Since Zhang Benqing and Dong Ruixian have already joined, why not go further?

At any time, it is exciting to be able to cooperate with the big players in the industry. Just like the cooperation with Chen Mu and Su Ziyi, the spark of the collision of ideas can always produce more chemical reactions, which in turn makes the film even better. better.

This is also one of the most wonderful parts of making art.

But there is a small problem:

Will McCain willing?

Obviously, even if he lacks the affirmation of a Golden Book Award trophy, even if he is never called a "master", Mak Jiaan will never lack invitations for works:

In fact, his schedule is completely packed.

Upon learning of Lu Qian's invitation to collaborate on the soundtrack, Mai Jiaan - who should be his assistant - quickly replied to the email:

Thank you very much for Lu Qian's invitation and favor. However, his schedule for the next six months is already full. It is a pity that there is no way to accept Lu Qian's cooperation invitation. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!