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    No, I can't lose to a plagiarist!  Honas-Caron's face kept changing. He thought for a few seconds and finally came up with an idea: "Mr. Cheng, I didn't realize you were so good. I have a long lens here. I didn't know how to take the photo for a while. I don't know.  Can you help me? "The content captured by the camera from the time it is turned on to the time it is turned off is one shot. Generally, a shot that lasts more than 10 seconds can be called a long shot.  Long shots have very high requirements on the director's lens design and scene planning, which is a great test of the director's skills.  Cheng Peng looked indifferent, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "I'm not a director who's not very good at taking long shots, but it's okay to help you!" "Damn, how arrogant!"  Jonas-Cuar¨®n was so angry that he almost jumped up. If he hadn't been at the Golden Globe Awards, he would have really wanted to punch this guy: "Very good, I'm looking forward to you telling me how to shoot this shot! Wait a minute,  I¡¯ll write out the lines!¡± A few minutes later, Honas-Caron handed the lines to Cheng Peng and briefly introduced the background of the story.  Cheng Peng looked at the lines in his hand and smiled. Just as he expected, it was a long shot in "Children of Men".  In fact, he was able to tell the location of the camera just now. He did not see it through the storyboard, but recognized it as a shot in Alfonso Cuaron's film "Children of Men", a film for which he had done animation.  Film, studied repeatedly.  There are two extremely classic long shots in "Children of Men", a 4-minute long shot in a car and a 6-minute long shot of a street fight. If you test him with the long shots in this movie, it's like putting food in your mouth.  .     certainly.  The lines written by Jonas-Cuar¨®n are somewhat different from those in the movie.  The dialogue is not refined enough.  There are also problems with the details, and the script may not be mature yet.  Cheng Peng looked at the lines in his hand and said calmly: "There are five people in this scene, the driver, the hero, the heroine, the nanny, and the black girl. From the plot you described, it is impossible for a black girl to be next to a strange man.  Therefore, there must be a woman to separate them, either the heroine or the nanny. The heroine is the head of the organization, so it makes sense to sit in the co-pilot; and when the enemy appears, the nanny is the first to notice it and screams.  If the nanny is sitting in the passenger seat, the camera cannot capture her front and the panic on her face, so the nanny sitting in the middle is the best option." Honers-Caron's heart sank.  The character's position design was the same as what he and his father had in mind, but it wasn't difficult.  The difficulty is setting up the camera: "What should I do with the camera?" "There are five people sitting in the car and the space is limited. It is impossible for the photographer to sit in the car and shoot. It is very difficult to shoot with a long lens. If you want to use a long lens  A special shooting device must be designed for filming. This device is placed on the roof of the car and can be moved freely like a camera. At the same time, the seats in the car will adjust their position to match the movement of the camera. The windshield can even be lifted to allow the camera to move from the car.  "As soon as he said this, Honas Cuaron and Alfonso Cuaron looked at each other with shock in their eyes. After repeated consideration, they came to the conclusion that this guy was just  You can tell after just one look.  What a monster!  Cheng Peng smiled faintly and said: "I'm not good at technology, I can only provide an idea, so don't ask me what is going on with that device, I don't know! To be honest, I think you should spend so much on technology.  Instead of working hard on the script, there is a flaw in the plot design of this scene! "Honers-Caron couldn't help but ask: "Where is the flaw?" "The beginning of this long shot is full of dialogue, which is quite complicated.  It¡¯s boring and makes the audience feel bored, and the male protagonist feels too cold and unlikable!¡± ¡°Likeable? This protagonist is not a likable guy to begin with!¡± Cheng Peng shook his head and said: ¡°It¡¯s a commercial movie.  If the protagonists are not likable, how many people will watch "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Because everyone likes Captain Jack Sparrow. If the audience doesn't like it, it means there will be no box office, and it may fail at the box office.  There is no chance of directing. If you want to stay in Hollywood, you must remember this!¡± Jonas-Cuaron was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. A Chinese director came to tell him how to do this as he grew up in Hollywood!  In Hollywood, is there anything more disgusting than this?  But he knows that this is indeed the case in Hollywood. His father Alfonso Cuaron almost returned to Mexico because of the box office failure of "A Little Princess" and "Great Expectations": "If the character's personality is changed, the whole story may have to be overturned!  " "You don't need to change the character's personality. You can arrange a small detail to show the character's warmth or humor. This way you can win the hearts of the audience. For example, the last scene of the movie "Face Changing"??The ending was that Travolta took the little boy home, but initially the producers thought this was a bad idea and insisted that Travolta go back alone.  After the filming of the film was completed and previewed in advance, the audience's score for the film was only 65 points. Almost everyone was asking what happened to the little boy.  Only then did the producer realize that he was wrong, apologized to director John Woo, and reshot the ending. When the film was screened again, the film received a high score of 92 points!  A few seconds of footage makes such a big difference!  ¡± Honas Cuaron looked at Cheng Peng dumbfounded. This guy really knows Hollywood movies. Maybe I blamed him wrongly. He is not a plagiarist! Alfonso Cuaron is not a director who is good at telling stories.  His movies are always visually beautiful, but the stories are mediocre. He knew this, so he asked: "You are right, do you have any good ideas?"  " "You can add a game, let the hero and heroine play a game, liven up the atmosphere in the car, and show the audience a harmonious and loving picture, so as to contrast with the subsequent death of the heroine!  " "The space in the car is limited, what kind of game is better?  " " Orally catch a table tennis ball!  " "Catching a table tennis ball orally?  " "The male protagonist holds a ping pong ball in his mouth and sprays it towards the heroine, who catches it with her mouth.  Then spray it back.  In this way, the whole screen becomes active.  Romantic and warm, it can form a strong contrast with the tragedy that follows!  " Alfonso Cuaron's eyes lit up and he thought this idea was great: "It's a good idea. That's why you let the hero sit in the back and the heroine sit in the passenger seat, so that there is enough space to play.  game.  So how did you plan the camera position for this long lens?  " Cheng Peng glanced at Honas Cuaron and smiled broadly: "I think it should be arranged like this. The camera starts from the male protagonist by the window on the right.  Turn to the center. At this time, the male and female protagonists are on an axis. This position belongs to the top angle camera position, which explains the environment in the car and the position of the characters from an objective perspective.  As the conversation between the characters begins, the camera slowly turns to the speaker and turns into an inside reverse shot" "The long shot inside the car in "Children of Men" is very classic. Cheng Peng watched it dozens of times and studied it repeatedly, and was familiar with it.  I remembered the movement of the lens very clearly and immediately described it in detail. Alfonso Cuaron and Walter Salles were both masters of long lenses. They knew how much effort and time it took to design a long lens.  There were gun battles, car chases, and explosions. It was very difficult. Cheng Peng said it clearly in one breath, how to place the camera, what camera position, and what angle. What's even more terrifying is that the design of the entire shot is extremely smooth.  There is no problem at all. The two long lens experts were dumbfounded. Isn¡¯t this called good at long lenses? After speaking, Cheng Peng looked at Honas Cuar¨®n and asked with a smile: "What do you think of this long lens?"  Is the arrangement reasonable?  " At this moment, Honas-Caron was not only shocked, but also shocked. He was completely convinced by Cheng Peng: "Mr. Cheng, I apologize to you. My attitude was very bad just now. Now I believe you are not a plagiarist!  " Cheng Peng couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and asked: "Plagiarism, what kind of plagiarism?  " Honas-Caron said in surprise: "Don't you know?  Mr. Blake-Snyder says you stole his idea and your beat theory is a rip off of his concept!  ¡± Hearing that Blake Snyder said he plagiarized, Cheng Peng was stunned at the time. He only had one reaction in his heart, go ahead, this fake Li Gui met the real Li Kui! His fifteen-node theory was indeed plagiarized.  Since Blake Snyder's book "Save the Cat", but that book was not published until 2006, he did not expect that Blake Snyder would come forward and asked: "What is going on?  ¡± In fact, the debate between Cheng Peng and reporters at the Venice Film Festival was reported by the American media, but they did not describe Cheng Peng¡¯s theory in detail. European filmmakers have always despised such formulaic routines, so his theory did not attract attention.  What attention? But when "Dark Invasion" was released in the United States, Weinstein posted the video of Cheng Peng's debate with American reporters in Venice on his official website. This video was like a bomb, attracting the unanimous admiration of many American screenwriters.  , this theory is so powerful that many screenwriters have found it as a treasure. This has also attracted the attention of Blake Snyder. Recently, he is planning to write a book, and the fifteen nodes are the core theory. Now this theory.  When I said it outright from someone else's mouth, his first reaction was that my idea had been plagiarized. He immediately protested through the Screenwriters Association, saying that Cheng Peng had plagiarized his idea, and even announced that he would sue Cheng Peng.  However, it is impossible to prosecute. His book has not been written yet, and there is no evidence to prove that Cheng PengHe is plagiarizing himself, but he just has this feeling. How can a Chinese know so much about Hollywood movies? There must be something wrong!  Horners-Callon¡¯s teacher happened to be Blake Snyder¡¯s friend. He mentioned the fifteen-node theory to Honers-Callon, so Honers-Callon concluded that Cheng Peng was a plagiarist.  Cheng Peng finally understood why Honas Cuaron provoked him, and felt helpless: "I don't know Blake Snyder at all, how could I plagiarize his ideas? The fifteen nodes exist in themselves, just like the opening, substitution,  The development, plot, and ending are the same. He can discover it, and so can I. How can it be considered plagiarism?" Honers-Caron nodded: "Your understanding and understanding of the script are shocking, given your level.  It is entirely possible to discover fifteen nodes. I believe you are not a plagiarist!" Cheng Peng nodded, but his heart was sinking. Honas-Kalon believed that it was useless. The key was to make everyone believe it.  Otherwise, with the reputation of being a plagiarist, his film may be in big trouble.  He was just about to think of a countermeasure when he heard the host on the stage loudly say: "What we are going to present is the Best Foreign Language Film Award!" Cheng Peng trembled and looked up at the center of the stage.  On the stage, the host paused and said loudly: "Scarlett Johansson is invited to open the lottery for us!" Amid the applause of the crowd, Scarlett Johansson walked onto the stage, smiled and waved to everyone, her hand  Holding an envelope with award results inside.  (To be continued)
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