To say that film shooting in this era is definitely not as professional as in later generations. After all, movies have only been around for so many years. Therefore, generally speaking, compared with later generations, it is really like a grassroots team.
But also because of this, sometimes the crew is assembled very quickly. The morning after Zhan Reid returned, this very pure filmmaker came to the door again.
Fan Keqin looked at his unwashed hair, unwiped face, dark circles under his eyes, and red eyes. I already knew that this kid probably didn't sleep all night when he went back. It took me all night to revise the script. Okay, just not sleeping all night should be fine.
So after Fan Keqin read the script again, Zhan Reed still made some old mistakes. It's still a bit boring in some places, and of course there is some foreshadowing, but his foreshadowing has a hint of the brand of this era, and there are no ups and downs at all. So Fan Keqin followed these things and pointed them out one by one.
In fact, normally speaking, everyone will find faults. For example, if a dish is delicious, what is not delicious about it? Although you are definitely not a chef, you can still find many faults, and so can others. But the key is whether you can give a specific feasible suggestion after you have finished picking out the faults.
Otherwise, future generations would not want others to find faults with them, because everyone can do this, and they can do it themselves, but the vast majority of people only find faults, but cannot give any specific feasible suggestions. This is annoying. Some real experts are not the kind of public intellectuals who stink on the streets. He is a real expert, especially one who is really capable. He will pick out the problems and at the same time give you some reasonable suggestions. Therefore, identifying talents, such as company recruiters, can actually be distinguished in this way. It is not uncommon for this person to be able to see the shortcomings, but whether he can give feasible suggestions is the key.
This is the case with Fan Keqin. He first pointed out the flaws in James Reed's script one by one, and then gave his own suggestions for modification. For example, in Jen Reed's script Dead End, a section introduces a former victim and tells her past. This gives a side profile of the murderer who has never been seen, and at the same time allows the audience to have an understanding.
What is reflected in James Reid's script is that the victim is also the only survivor. After being investigated by the police, he recounts with fear the situation of a dead game he participated in after being caught by the murderer. What is presented in the script is that the survivor is questioned by an old policeman in the police station.
This method is actually correct in this era, but Fan Keqin's suggestion is that this paragraph is too ordinary. How to put it in perspective, it's very boring. So after he found out the problem, he immediately gave feasible suggestions. At the beginning, a rotating scene is presented, through the injured makeup of the survivors, and the scene of the police taking notes with pen and paper. Presenting it for a few seconds is enough.
Then the survivors began to talk about their experiences. At this time, a flashback technique was used to directly film an experience of the survivors at that time. A cold room, a gramophone, and the survivors were fixed on seats with a very scary-looking device on their heads.
When the survivor wakes up, he first touches the head of the gramophone. A linkage device can be designed here, and then the gramophone starts to say "game begins".
Following the survivors, in order to escape, they finally broke free. Just as they stood up, they fell into the murderer's plan and triggered the timer device on their heads. Then in order to survive, the survivor had no choice but to act according to the murderer's previous message, put aside the stomach of a person on the ground, took out the key, and finally opened the mechanism on his head and escaped.
After Fan Keqin said his suggestion, Zhan Reid fell into excitement again. Through yesterday's contact, Zhan Ruide already knew that Fan Keqin, the head of the art department, was really capable. After listening to Fan Keqin's advice yesterday, he did not sleep all night and kept revising the script until morning.
Now, Zhan Reed had made preparations before coming, bringing with him the script, notebooks, and several pencils. As Fan Keqin spoke, he took notes. He doesn't know how to sketch, but he can draw. What's the meaning? Just for the sake of speed, the handwriting looks like "dog crawling". It's a big swipe, but that's okay, as long as he can understand it himself. His purpose was to write down the suggestions given by Fan Keqin.
In fact, this guy James is really good at directing. Don’t think that those who study directing cannot be screenwriters. In fact, professional directing majors also require you to learn certain screenwriting disciplines.
After listening to Fan Keqin's suggestion, this guy was really a "drama madman" or, more accurately, a "director madman?" Anyway, he took his notebook and left immediately, and waited until he was about to get off work in the evening to come again.
Fan Keqin was encouraging of this kind of professionalism, so he once again helped Zhan Ruide read the book. Not to mention, this time Zhan Ruide completely grasped the key points that Fan Keqin said, and the changes were really good. After Fan Keqin read it, he only made some suggestions in a few small places. Finally, he told Zhan Ruide not to stay up late anymore. He hadn't filmed the scene yet and he was sick.
Zhan Ruide is really convinced by Fan Keqin now, so he is very obedient. However, there are few places to be revised this time, so after the revision is completed, he has a good sleep and continues to ask Fan Keqin to help him polish the script the next morning.
That's it, with director James Reed's "crazy drama" spirit, the script was completely finished in only three days. The company's big boss, Zhang Shan, was really ruthless about the filming of the company's first original movie.
He personally acted as the producer and even did all the work of the producer. Form a crew, form a prop team according to the list provided by Zhan Reed, and keep an eye on the produced props. Form an art team and inspect the scenery. Set up a lighting team, makeup team, etc.
Of course, Zhang Shan actually wanted to be a producer, but Zhan Ruide suggested that for the quality of the film, he wanted Fan Keqin to be his producer again. But Fan Keqin is definitely not very cold, but still, in order to cover his identity, the more art-related work he does, the better. Then his cover identity becomes more real. And Fan Keqin's identity is becoming more and more solid, so Hua Zhang's identity will be the same, becoming more and more real. After all, the two of them are husband and wife now...
