In fact, being a director is really fun sometimes.
Especially some plots are impossible to happen in reality, so you naturally can't judge what your reaction was at that time.
Just like this plot in "The Love between Ghosts and Humans".
How would you say it feels for a person to see himself dead and lying in the arms of his fiancée?
Who knows!
After all, there is no Ah Piao in the real world. Anyway, you haven’t encountered it before, right?
So, it's very interesting at this time. You can't blame Rogers for not understanding it. In fact, who can say what the appropriate reaction is at this time?
Self-justification is very important here. This is Li Yi's movie, so naturally, whatever Li Yi thinks is, as long as it can be self-justified and logically consistent, it will be OK.
Understanding what Li Yi wanted, although Rogers failed again in the next shooting, he passed it quickly and smoothly.
Shooting a scene four or five times is actually nothing.
The same is true for subsequent scenes, because many times, some plots that are close to reality are easier to film. Even though "The Sixth Sense" said that there are ghosts, the answer was not revealed until the end, so during the actual filming , no different from reality.
But "The Love of Ghosts" is completely different. There are interactions between people and ghosts, and because of the setting, the filming was sometimes bumpy.
Of course, "The Love of Ghosts" is always just a feature film, there is nothing too complicated, and there are no big scenes. In addition, in Li Yi's split-shot script, it can be said that there are very few useless shots.
In this way, it is naturally more trouble-free than other directors.
When other directors make movies, they cannot think of the possibility that this shot may not be used when shooting. Many willful directors can even shoot a lot of unnecessary shots. Sometimes they even add a little something if they feel it. But Li Yi had no such concerns.
Therefore, when the movie was completed, Hollywood's top editors treated Li Yi as a monster when editing according to Li Yi's requirements.
In fact, the same was true for "The Sixth Sense" before this. The editor at the time also had an extremely ridiculous feeling.
"Li, I feel like you already have a complete movie scene in your mind. This is too exaggerated!" Lemon, the top editor in Hollywood who has won the Oscar for Best Editing many times, looked at Li Yiwen in surprise. road.
"Of course! I always think that's what a director should be like! Isn't it?" Li Yi didn't mean to be modest at all about this, because humility is not popular here, and those who are capable can just speak out.
"OH, MY GOD! This is the funniest joke I have ever heard, Lee, do you know? Some directors shoot thousands of minutes of footage, and many of them have no idea what the purpose is, or even Many directors themselves don’t understand where these shots are to be used. It’s so easy to work with you. It’s amazing!” Lemmon said with an exaggerated expression.
"Yeah, Li, I suddenly had an idea, which may be very helpful in promoting this movie!" Suddenly Lemon's eyes lit up and he said.
"Oh? Lemon, what do you think?" Li Yi was a little surprised. It's outrageous for you, an editor, to suddenly become concerned about publicity!
"Your magical ability, I think it is a very big publicity stunt! The total length of the shots shot does not exceed three hundred minutes, which is simply a miracle! And except for some shots that are too long, none of the others are abandoned Lens, God, do you know what this means?" Lemon said with a look of amazement.
"No, no, no, Lemon, you don't understand. As an editor, especially an editor like you, you may think this is amazing, but for ordinary audiences, they don't understand movies at all, and maybe they don't understand movies at all. I don’t want to know about editing, so I don’t think this stunt can attract the audience.” Li Yi shook his head lightly.
It's not that Li Yi hasn't thought about this, but in fact, as he said, many ordinary viewers don't understand how many shots are taken during movie shooting, and they can't be like professionals like Lemon. That way you understand how terrifying it is.
Many viewers may even naturally think that making movies is like Li Yi's, isn't it?
Yes, don’t think it’s strange, but that’s really what many people think.
In their view, once the script is written, doesn’t it mean that they will shoot directly according to the script? What's so surprising about this?
As for the shooting process and how this shot was taken, some people may be curious, but most people don't care about these things.
What they always see is the finished product, and that stuff behind the scenes is, honestly, too complicated for the average person.
This is the same as people who play games don’t care how your game is made.
"NO, Li Yi, you are wrong. This is not the twentieth century. The Internet is now very developed. The general public is not as ignorant as you think. Just think about those online film critics. As long as the publicity is in place, this will definitely be a huge success." It's a gimmick." Lemon still insisted.
Li Yi shrugged and shook his head: "OK, I will tell the person in charge of publicity and distribution of Dean Pictures, but I don't think it has any hype value."
However, what Li Yi didn't expect was that Dean Films attached great importance to this matter, especially Catherine, the person in charge of the promotion of "The Love of Ghosts", who felt like a treasure.
Especially after Catherine learned that almost all of Li Yi's past movies were shot this way, the way she looked at Li Yi became a little wrong.
"OH, MY GOD, Li, is this true? It's so unbelievable, how is this possible?" Catherine said excitedly.
And what happened next really made Li Yi see the methods of these people in Hollywood.
Dean Pictures set out to find many editors who had worked with Li Yi. Of course, most of them were editors from Hollywood and Europe.
At the same time, we also found several well-known Hollywood editors to come forward and give their own opinions.
So the publicity that stunned Li Yi began to work hard.
"Amazing Chinese director, he was born entirely for movies! There is not a single wasted scene in "The Love of Ghosts"!"
"Lee shocked Hollywood editors by playing out his movies in his head before they were shot!"
At the same time, they interviewed a lot of editors.
Seth, the famous European editing master who has collaborated with Li Yi on "Cinema Paradiso".
"Hello everyone, I'm Seth. I once collaborated with Lee on "Cinema Paradiso"." Seth said to the camera with a smile.
"Mr. Seth, you are the editor of "Cinema Paradiso". It is rumored that Li's movies rarely contain waste scenes. It is even said that his movies are already played in his mind before shooting begins. Is this true? ?" the interviewer asked.
"Yes, you can't imagine how shocked I was when I received this job and saw the footage. He is simply the hand of God, the hand of God in the movie!" Seth was exaggerated. said.
"You know, his movies are not only about the fact that there are no useless shots, but the key is that the materials he shot can be viewed as a complete movie just by gluing them together in the order they were shot!" Sai Te added.
"It's like, as if he already has a complete movie frame."
Afterwards, many editors who had worked with Li Yi came forward to speak out.
Not only that, many editors in Hollywood have also been invited by Dean Films to popularize some basics of film editing. Of course, what is popular is not the editing technology, but what they see and hear.
The first reaction of many Hollywood editors was disbelief, unimaginability, disbelief, etc.
Then they cited many cases of cooperation and presented a lot of data.
Many people also said, why doesn’t Hollywood give the final editing rights to the director? It’s because directors often have too many ideas of their own, too many things about art, personal perceptions, etc., which can easily make a movie very bad.
But Li Yi's movie is completely different. Even James Dean from Dean Pictures said that the final editing rights of Li Yi's movie are not important at all, because all the shots of Li Yi's movie are given to anyone. Editor, as long as you edit according to the script, it will be OK.
Then a gust of wind began to sweep through.
I have to say that sometimes the power of money, or the power of capital, is so powerful.
Because this time "The Last Days" was jointly invested by four Hollywood giants, competitors did not target "The Last Days" in this regard.
This also led to the fact that when they unanimously wanted to blow this wind, they really couldn't stop it.
Li Yi also underestimated the curiosity and ease of acquiring knowledge in this era.
In the early years when the Internet had not yet emerged, many people had no way of getting started even if they wanted to know relevant knowledge in this area.
But the Internet makes this easier.
Even if you don’t understand, can you surf the Internet?
Because you don’t need to understand these things too deeply or professionally. If you only need to know basic common sense, it will be too easy.
For this reason, many people on the Internet began to question this matter, because in their opinion it was simply impossible.
Of course, this kind of doubt was also deliberately raised by Dean Films.
The purpose is to cause controversy, and controversy will make the topic more popular.
Many Internet experts began to come up with various evidences, and many professionals in the film industry also came forward to express their own opinions, saying that this is simply impossible!
Yes, this is almost universally accepted, how is this possible?
However, many of the editors who have worked with Li Yi are famous. One of them is very likely to lie, but if two, three, or four of them say so, then everyone has no choice but to lie. Believed.
What's more, many actors who have worked with Li Yi have also confirmed this matter.
"It's hard to imagine that when I saw the finished movie, I was dumbfounded because I found that all the shots I shot were shown on the big screen, and not a single shot was cut!"
"When working with Lee, you never have to worry about your scenes being edited out, because his movies have been carefully edited from the beginning of filming, and not a single scene is a waste of money!"
"His magic is something that people who have never cooperated with can never imagine!"
Etc., etc.
For a time, Li Yi blew up a strong wind on the Internet in North America.
Anyway, for many netizens, it is just unclear!
Two words, that is: awesome!
The netizens on the Chinese side were all happy. While shouting that they were awesome, they were also extremely proud. After all, Li Yi was from China!
"Damn it, I've heard of it before. I always thought it was a lie, but I didn't expect it to be true. Isn't this so damn outrageous?"
"Suddenly I felt that such a director is a monster. I even doubted whether he had already shot these movies before?"
"How much money will this save? How much does it cost? If it were in the film era, he would be even more awesome, right?"
"Awesome Director Dog, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Klass is awesome!"
"I suddenly thought of Mr. Wang from Hong Kong Island. It is said that he once made a movie. In three years, several best actors and actresses were dragged along. Then while filming, he suddenly felt that none of the previous films were good, so he re-filmed them all. Compared with the dog director, it’s incredible!”
"Haha, those people always like to talk about art, what are we talking about now? The movies made by their dog directors want box office and awards, but not only do they spend less money, but they also take less time!"
For a time, Li Yi was clearly not in the country during this period, but his legends were circulating everywhere on the domestic Internet.
In North America, the biggest advantage is that the movie "The Last Days" became a hit before it was released.
Of course, more people are curious about what Li Yi's so-called magical film without a single discarded shot is like?
Some people may say, aren't Li Yi's previous movies the same?
But the problem is that everyone always likes the new and hates the old, and Dean Films mainly promotes the movie "The Last Love".
Of course, this is not the only way to promote propaganda.
Soon, the second wave of publicity came.
I have to say that the style of Hollywood is freedom, or in other words, the bottom line is really low.
For example, this time, Beth and Rogers.
He directly said in an interview: "Anyone who plays a movie like "The Last Love" will have a hard time not falling in love in the end! Because it is too romantic, too sweet, and too sad!"
And Rogers was no less generous: "How to play a character who continues to love even after death is really difficult, but when you get involved, you will find that everything is so real, I don't even need to play"
Yes, the two are in love with each other and do not shy away from media paparazzi. What is even more outrageous is that both of them attribute their "love" to the movie "The Last Love".
They said that at first, they just wanted to find a feeling, but in the end they were captured by the plot!
(End of chapter)
