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Volume One: The Screenwriter is also Crazy Chapter 274: The Charm of Man

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    At the end of May, most universities, middle schools and primary schools, whether in the United States or South Korea, begin to have holidays, and the summer vacation is also coming.  <<Top>><<Point>>Novel "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still in the midst of intense filming, but it is going very quickly and is already at the end. This is because as a director, Lee Chung-hee took all the unnecessary shots.  Cut off.  As we all know, the length of film used to shoot a movie is about ten times the length of the finished film. In other words, when making a movie, 90% of the shots will be deleted in the end, and the rest is only ten of them.  Just one part.  Because of this, although Lee Chung-hee worked hard to improve and even left for a period of time, he only needed to shoot all the shots in the original drama without wasting any shots, so he had plenty of time.  The movie that originally took about five months to shoot has only been in the final stage for more than a month.  Unlike when the movie was played, the last part of filming was not the part where Jack Sparrow was tried in Port Royal, then escaped and returned to the Black Pearl. The filming of that part ended early from the beginning on Paradise Island.  .  The last part of the shooting schedule was shot at the treasure location, which was the climax of the middle stage of the whole drama. This location was the same as the original drama. Perhaps, because in "Pirates of the Caribbean" apart from the male and female protagonists and the director,  Other than that, everything else is the same, so let's keep everything else basically the same, but with some nicer changes in the details.  "Guys, these gold coins are worth a lot of money, so don't throw them away casually." When setting up the scene.  Li Zhengxi said to the prop master and set staff with a smile.  These gold coins named Aztec are really valuable.  It cost almost one million U.S. dollars to make 8,222. The movie said there were only 822. The reason why we made so many more was to use them as prizes for movie promotion.  There were many other gold coins at the scene, which were relatively cheaper. The total cost of so many prop gold coins was less than 200,000 US dollars.  Assistant director Susan was arranging lighting at this time.  She also discussed with Li Zhengxi that the filming had been going on for almost two months. Although she didn¡¯t know why Li Zhengxi had so few storyboards and only shot about 260 minutes, she was the assistant director and Li Zhengxi was good in other aspects.  Given his professional standards and arrangements, she didn't ask any more questions.  "Just use soft lights on all sides of the cave," Susan glanced at Li Zhengxi, "to bring out the gloom in the middle, and then hang a very bright light above Captain Barbosa's head and use hard light"  " "It doesn't need to be above the head." Li Zhengxi shook his head and thought for a while before replying: "Just hit the hard light from a square and inclined plane, and then use soft lighting behind him. Be careful not to hit it directly.  On his body, that would create too big a shadow, but it should be hit on the gold coins on the ground. This would also make the gold coins around him shine more dazzlingly, and more truly reflect the allure of the treasure  ¡­.¡± In the original play, it was just a simple overhead hard light, which seemed a bit rough. Because of the limited use of props, it was impossible to create a scene full of gold, so lighting is very important here.  Of course, it's not just that. There are also actors' performances, which are directly lit by top lights. The actors' performances are full of gloom. Although the plot here seems very good, it is actually contrary to the overall plot. "Pirates of the Caribbean" has become  After the film, a critic from The New Yorker pointed out that the atmosphere of the entire film was not taken into account. This is not a dark and obscure film.  By lighting the face front and back, the expression on the face will not be too gloomy, and the character's personality and drama will still be well handled by Geoffrey Rush.  Under the command of Li Zhengxi and with the reference of the system in his head, everything was carried out in an orderly manner. From the first day to the evening of the second day, the entire scene had been completely arranged. After everyone had dinner,  Then the filming started.  In the camera, Captain Barbossa grabbed Elizabeth's hand and said to the pirates below, "Who among us has not given her blood?" Then, amid the shouts of the group of thieves, he cut Elizabeth's palm open  .  Elizabeth¡¯s blood was ineffective, and then Turner rescued him, and the thieves began to pursue. At this time, Jack Sparrow, played by Lee Jung-hee, appeared.  "How did you escape from that island?" Captain Barbossa asked sinisterly and doubtfully, while Jack Sparrow still looked nonchalant and carefree, with a hint of ridicule in his tone.  When you left me on that island, you forgot something very important, brother!¡± It¡¯s been almost two months, and everyone is familiar with it. By now, except for laughing scenes or forgetting lines, it¡¯s not easy to shoot.  It will go more smoothly, it turns out that??It took two nights to shoot the scene. The genius Meng Mengliang, with a slightly proud smile, Li Zhengxi said, "I know who the person you are looking for is?" Then, there was a slightly excited sentence from Susan.  "Pass", Pirates of the Caribbean is finished.  However, she only seemed slightly excited. Susan was still a little confused. After all, the duration of the film taken was slightly shorter. It is not that there is no such situation. For example, there are even shorter ones. The shooting time  There are also those who are only ten days old.  But after all, this is a super blockbuster that is said to have an investment of 150 million U.S. dollars. However, according to the current budget, although she does not have the producer Bruckheimer to clearly understand how much money was spent, it probably does not exceed 60 million U.S. dollars.  , that is to say, less than half, or even one-third of the budget was used.  Therefore, after the filming was over, she ordered the crew to pack their things and said to Li Zhengxi, "Vincent, are you sure this is all right?" Seeing Li Zhengxi turned around and shrugged, "Uh, I mean,  Although I think the scenes I filmed are okay, they are only about 260 minutes long. Isn¡¯t that too short? " "I will edit it myself," Li Zhengxi understood what she meant. In Hollywood, the film is too short.  After filming, the power of editing rests with the producer, and very few directors have the final editing rights.  That is to say.  You shot it too short.  Too little material.  When the editor is unable to cut out a complete or good work, the film will be finished.  That¡¯s why Li Zhengxi said this to Susan. Sure enough, Susan was stunned for a moment when she heard what he said, but she still smiled and relaxed a little.  "Pirates of the Caribbean" is invested by Empire Pictures.  The ownership of this company belongs to the Lee family, to which Lee Chung-hee belongs, and although the nominal boss of Empire Pictures is Lee Chung-hee's second brother, Lee Moon-hee, more people believe that it is Lee Chung-hee who holds the real power of the company.  Just like Empire Entertainment, although in South Korea, as a representative, Jang Dongguo exercises almost all the rights of Empire Entertainment, everyone knows that it is just Lee Jung Hee trusting Jang Dongguo.  "How long do you want to cut it?" Li Zhengxi will cut it himself, he is the director.  Almost all the storyboard scripts were produced by him. It seems that he had already made a specific plan. Therefore, Susan did not question whether he could cut a good film, but asked him how much length he would reduce.  When she thought about it, it was about an hour and a half, which is the standard length of ordinary movies, but the answer she heard from Li Zhengxi was, "Well, maybe a little longer, about one hundred and forty minutes" "What?  ?¡± Susan didn¡¯t know that Li Zhengxi basically shot the scenes according to the original play, and there were almost no redundant scenes. When it came to editing, he just cut and sequenced the scenes, and deleted almost nothing.  There will be no extended version or director¡¯s cut in the future, only special editions such as outtakes.  "We'll talk about it when the time comes." Li Zhengxi couldn't say anything more to her at this time, so he didn't explain much. In short, we'll talk about it after the editing is done.  Seeing what he said, Susan had no choice but to chuckle and shrug. However, she did not question Li Zhengxi's meaning too much. Instead, she believed that he would produce a good work.  The reason is very simple, not only because of Li Zhengxi¡¯s reputation, but also because after getting along with Li Zhengxi these days, I know that he is not the kind of arrogant guy.  Of course, having no doubts does not mean that there is no worry, but it is useless to worry. Judging from Li Zhengxi's answer, it is obvious that he does not need her help in post-editing.  Over there, after packing their things, they took a boat to where they lived. Kate Beckinsale sat next to Li Zhengxi, looking at the fog in front of her, smiling, and suddenly turned to Li Zhengxi and said, "This is  It¡¯s the fastest movie I¡¯ve ever made for a super blockbuster. ¡°Pearl Harbor¡± took me almost six months!¡± ¡°The one with Michael Bay is the real big one,¡± Lee Chung-hee responded with a smile, ¡°Pearl Harbor.¡±  "Pearl Harbor" is Kate Beckinsale's first real blockbuster, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" is her second blockbuster. ""Pearl Harbor" has so many extras, and their war scenes are too  It's too huge. Sometimes, an explosion scene can be filmed for a week. Naturally, our cold weapons can't compare." Kate Beckinsale smiled. She just said it casually, as if she was looking for it casually.  Just a topic.  During this period of time, the two of them became really familiar and understood each other, but they did not create any great sparks. Instead, they seemed very dull. I don¡¯t know if they are restraining each other or if they really don¡¯t have that kind of anger.  .  "Are you going to film "Spider-Man" next?" Kate Beckinsale said calmly.? asked him, without looking into his eyes, just resting her head on his shoulder naturally, her eyes still looking at the foggy sea in the distance, even her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist,  Faint, a little confused.  "Not yet. The script is still being polished." Li Zhengxi shook his head. "It will probably be around this time next year. Sam Raimi wants me to write a script for him, but I don't have time." "Then what are you going to do?  ?" Kate Beckinsale still leaned on his shoulder and said in a calm tone, "You don't seem to have any specific plans for the future!" Li Zhengxi smiled and enjoyed this unrestrained conversation, because Kate Beckinsale  I leaned on his shoulder, but he didn't shrug, "Even if I don't have a specific plan, I still have a lot to do, company matters, scripts, novels, songs, etc" "Oh," Kate  Of course Beckinsale knows that he has seen that during his breaks in shooting, or other breaks, there are actually a lot of phone calls and he is busy doing various things.  "Since it's so hard, then don't be a star anymore," he said.  Kate Beckinsale finally raised her head and stared sideways at him.  "I think many people think so. You are not short of money, nor are you short of fame and fortune" "If I said it was just for the audience, fans, would you believe it?" Li Zhengxi smiled calmly,  Then he turned his head again, looking into the distance in a daze.  He really doesn¡¯t lack fame, fortune and money now, and he even doesn¡¯t want to be stared at by fans all day long.  Especially those crazy fans, but he is very willing to communicate with fans, just like the people in the Savage Fan Club, it is like a home.  ¡°Perhaps, the system is a reason, he can¡¯t escape, so he must continue acting, releasing records, etc., but.  In his heart, he really enjoyed every performance.  Almost all the time, when performing, he does it very carefully, it is not just a job.  That's because he likes acting and singing. It seems that before he was reborn, he was depressed and couldn't do anything if he wanted to perform or sing. Now that he has that ability, although some of it is directly improved by using the system, in addition to performance,  Skills also require hard work, which is rich and layered.  That¡¯s like life, so he really likes it, it¡¯s just a little tiring occasionally, not to mention, he has more ambitions.  There are too many things that even if you are close to each other, you can't tell them. Therefore, Li Zhengxi smiled again and said: "I like to listen to other people's songs and hum those tunes. I also like to watch movies and watch other people's performances.  I like the soundtrack, photography, etc., so I also want to join in. I think about occasionally humming my own songs and watching myself on the screen. I think it is a very wonderful life and it also represents me.  In creating all this, this feeling is very good, as if my life is full and complete now. It is money and fame. If there is no money, I will pursue it like others, but if there is more, I don¡¯t need to care.  I think what I am doing now is to create my life and make my life more, uh, interesting and beautiful. There are many words, but I think it should be called more meaningful" Kate Beckinsale.  As he kept listening, his eyes gradually shone, and at the end, he showed a sweet and charming smile, and he reached out his delicate hand to caress his handsome cheek without hesitation. There was a blurred light in his eyes, and he said: "You seem to want a few more  Yue is only twenty years old, but you look like you are forty or fifty years old." He suddenly chuckled, his eyebrows became brighter and more beautiful, and then he said: "But this is really attractive to women.  He's so young, but he has a mature demeanor, tsk tsk, he's so cute" The last sentence made Li Zhengxi almost roll his eyes, what does it mean to be so cute, but she came up to him and kissed him, which made him just shrug.  .  As he said before, if it were his previous life, he would only indulge in flashy fame and fortune. However, after experiencing so much, he has everything that too many people cannot have. He has already had it.  After understanding it clearly, not to mention completely seeing it through, I can already let go of many obsessions.  And this, for him, is indeed another very charming place for women. Maturity and elegance, with a lot of but indifferent demeanor appear in a young man less than twenty years old. That kind of fusion charm can undoubtedly  Give women the biggest impact.  Therefore, Kate Beckinsale seemed to have accidentally fallen deeper into the trap. During the closing party in the evening, she stayed beside Lee Jung Hee and seemed to have no scruples.  Fortunately, everyone knows that the two of them are usually very close. Of course, they are just close and nothing really happened, so they don¡¯t take it seriously.  "Thank you all very much," the closing banquet began, Li Zheng said??Picked up the red wine glass and tapped it with a spoon. This is a Western etiquette to express that he has something to say. Then after everyone calmed down, he said: "I still remember when I personally invited Geoffrey Rush.  The first thing he said to me was, "Why did you invite me?" It meant, boy, we are not familiar with each other at all, are you sure you won't mess things up" Amid everyone's laughter  , Li Zhengxi looked at Geoffrey Rush, held a wine glass and gestured to the cheerful him, and then said, "I think most people are like Geoffrey. It would be better if I was just performing. The problem is  I also took over the director's job, which is not a simple thing. Look at Susan complaining to me every day that she is too tired to eat. She also said that Woski made his own decisions, the prop master was very disobedient, and the actors looked like  It¡¯s not easy to manage, etc. You know, it¡¯s not just about me, it¡¯s also about making the entire crew work. ¡°So, I have to thank everyone, Bruckheimer, Susan, and the crew.  Everyone, it is you who support me and tolerate me that makes us a team that is as close as a family now. Well, a family shouldn't be separated, right? So, I won't say thank you here, because we are a family, and then  , what I want to say is that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is definitely not just the first one, it will also have a second and third part. When the time comes, we will get together again and have a drink and talk. So, guys, let's have a good time.  Lift up the wine glass, drink it" "Drink it!" Hearing Li Zhengxi's sincere words, everyone raised their glasses and drank in one gulp.  ¡°Another movie is over, but it¡¯s just about the shooting, special effects, editing, soundtrack, etc. It will take almost half a year to finish.  "However, it shouldn't be a big problem to release it in time for Christmas. Of course, Christmas is still far away now. Lee Chung-hee still has a lot of things to deal with, and in front of him, the beauty is already in his arms  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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