As for this drama, for a drama lunatic like Zhan Reed, it’s a bit overwhelming as soon as he reads the script.
Fan Keqin smoked a cigarette and drank some tea nearby, and even started writing songs again to wait for him. It was probably around eleven o'clock, and I finally finished reading the script. After I moved away from my eyes, I still felt that I still had some unfinished thoughts.
Zhan Reed said: "It's really good, wonderful. The character creation, conflict expression, and tension are all shown. Even the gunfight scene, you may need to think carefully about how to shoot it. In addition, I feel that this It’s totally fine to just take pictures.”
Fan Keqin still appreciates Zhan Ruide's words. There is a kind of director who, no matter how wonderful the script is, will not shoot it and will have to change it beyond recognition in order to show off his ability as a director. As a result, the finished film is simply out of tune. After watching it, people feel like they are on pins and needles, like a lump in their throat, like a thorn in their back.
This is because they can't tell what is good and what is bad. Even if you know that this book is good but not your own, you must change it. For example, it is a very good quality book, so I just need to take photos of it. But no, the plot has to be changed, and then after that, it can be extended according to the changed plot. So much so that it becomes a slight difference and a huge mistake. But on the other hand, if there is something really wrong with the book, and you say you won’t change it and continue to take pictures, it won’t work. Because there are flaws, it doesn’t look good when photographed.
What is Fan Keqin’s book now? Especially storyboards. For example, the first thing written on the first page is the first shot, and the first shot is a close-up:
A pair of rough hands, black, about 70% new, the cuffs of a black coat are exposed from the camera, reaching about the wrist level. The background is a white wall, but the white is not that pure. It has naturally turned yellow over the years after painting. This hand holds a coffee cup. The coffee cup is the kind used in ordinary coffee shops. It is wide at the top and tapers from the middle to the base.
The shot was taken at an angle of about 40 degrees, revealing the pure white drink inside, which allows people to see that the cup is filled with normal milk. The coffee is steaming slightly, and the hand is holding it steady. The camera follows the coffee cup until the cup is lifted and he takes a sip. The camera focuses on the protagonist's mouth and begins to say the line: "What's the matter?"
That's right, this paragraph is just an opening shot of just seven or eight seconds, and Fan Keqin wrote so much, more than 200 words. All the details of the scene were described in detail. And this shot is still a close-up. If there are many characters involved in the shot, the background is complex, and the shot is slightly longer, then he may have to write eight to nine hundred words, or even thousands of words, for one shot.
The reason why he did this was because he learned it from a guy named Alan Moore in his previous life. Of course, this guy is a comic artist. Everyone knows his masterpieces, including The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and Swamp Thing. Among them, the most famous one is Batman’s old enemy the Joker in The Killing Joke, which is known as the most classic Joker. The way he laughs wildly and covers half of his face with a camera can definitely be said to be one of the best images of the clown.
When this guy draws comics, he is willing to write a script like this, a small-frame comic, and he will write down all the details in words. His habit led to him being instructed by a famous film company to purchase the scripts he wrote. Because what he writes, you can just take pictures of it. Whether it's plot, continuity, or structure, the movie has a well-written shot and a super-detailed script. You don't have to bother at all, just follow what he writes and a movie will come out.
However, this guy Alan Moore is very arrogant. At first, he thought that the things he wrote and the comics he drew would definitely not reach the height of his original works when filmed. It will definitely be shot in a mess. So I am very opposed to having my work made into a movie.
But then Director Zack showed up and then he shot an Alan Moore production, Watchmen came out. Alan Moore acted normally and didn't say anything after watching director Zack's Watchmen. In the past, whether his work was adapted into an animated film or a live-action film, he would find fault or even directly curse. But this time, after he saw Zha Dao's Watcher, it didn't happen. It can be said that Director Zha really captured the essence of his work. And that movie was indeed very well received by the audience.
The model of Fan Keqin's split-shot script is the model of Alan Moore. Some are written in great detail. But Alan Moore wrote the text for comics. Fan Keqin just wrote for the movie. This is why Zhan Ruide could even see the picture directly in his mind after watching it.
Fan Keqin said: "Thank you, can you take it back and have a look? After that, if you are interested, we will start preparing the crew and discuss it with Zhang Shan first."
"Okay." Zhan Reed said, "Then I'll take it back and take a closer look. I'll find you later."
After Zhan Reid said that, he got up and left directly. Good guy, I really don’t want to stay for a minute longer when I have achieved my goal. But that's normal. For such a lunatic, he doesn't know what to talk about if he stays.
After Fan Keqin sent him out, he looked outside the door and found that no one was there. So after closing the door, he gently locked it, quickly returned to his seat, took a piece of paper from the side, and quickly wrote down his own inferences about the boy's father answering the phone with a pen. superior. Then rolled it into a small paper stick. Put it in his pocket.
Then Fan Keqin put on his coat, opened the door and went directly to the fourth floor, where he found Miss Tong. The latter was not very busy at this time. After seeing Fan Keqin, he got dressed and the two of them went out. Of course, his four bodyguards are still following him. Just not very close.
On Nanjing Road, there is a restaurant owned by the Tong family. However, the two of them did not go. Instead, they pursued romance and went to a French-style Western restaurant. Yes, this was also proposed by Fan Keqin.
After ordering the dishes, the two of them started eating and drinking. On the way, Fan Keqin went to the toilet once. In the last stall of the bathroom, he hid the small paper stick in a corner above the right partition.
This is one of the agreed upon ways of delivering information. Someone will come and pick it up. Then Fan Keqin left the toilet calmly...
