The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of vitality in the foggy city. Chapter 207: Long Shot (Part 2)
This chapter's subtitle: This is not a movie! I repeat, this is not a movie!
"How could this happen?"
Our Master Yuan stood there muttering to himself.
"Mr. Yuan, it's always like this!" Jin Dianfei, standing nearby, laughed bitterly and said, "That long shot at the beginning was so difficult to shoot!"
"Uh...oh...ah!"
When Yuan Yan heard this, she first showed an unhappy expression, then frowned in thought, and finally showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
It turns out this is really my fault!
As a film screenwriter, Yuan Da Time Traveler has as many creative ideas and plots as he wants.
However, as a film screenwriter in 1921, he neither understood the entire process of filming at that time nor had any realistic ideas about the film technology of that time.
When he came up with the idea of creating "Orphan of Famine", he was aiming for the highest-end historical epic film among all types of movies.
So what is the most stylish way to start a historical epic?
Is there any need to ask... Of course it is the long shot that audiences and film critics love the most.
As soon as Yuan Yan picked up the pen, the first thing that came to her mind was the 1958 film "Touch of Evil". The beginning of this movie is a terrifying and breathtaking 3 minutes and 20 seconds of one-shot.
Well, this long shot was too complicated in terms of spatial arrangement. It not only required a camera car, but even a crane. Besides, "Orphan of Famine" did not need to be so thrilling, so he had to PASS.
The second thing that came to mind was the 1964 Soviet film "I Am Cuba." The film's opening 3-minute, 22-second shot is widely considered comparable to the opening of "Beauty of Ages." Both long shots hold nearly the same status in world cinema history.
Or again, this shot also required the use of " high-tech" means such as slings, and it was a highly dangerous shot. Moreover, the opening of "Orphan of Famine" did not need to be so complicated and gorgeous, and the styles of the two did not match well. So he passed again.
By the way, the longest long shot in film history was also shot by Russians, and that was "Russian Ark" in 2004. This film is actually a long shot of 90 minutes and 28 seconds.
The camera takes viewers on a journey through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, covering all 33 exhibition halls, a total distance of over 2,000 meters. Of course, the wonders don't stop there: over 2,000 actors in various costumes, three symphony orchestras, and a variety of historical exhibits appear in the footage...
Finally, he thought of two famous long shots from the historical epics Schindler's List and Dunkirk, the first of which was the little girl in red, and the second of the beach attack. He then adapted these shots into his own film, Orphans of Famine.
Simply put, the village is used to explain the origins of the heroines, and then the escape is used to show the miserable situation in the countryside during the Irish Famine.
After writing it, our Master Yuan was quite complacent, thinking that he was indeed a talented and natural filmmaker.
It's a shame he was born at the wrong time and didn't have a good father. Otherwise, he could have written, directed, acted in, composed the music and lyrics, and even drawn the movie poster himself, making a movie like "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in Show Business" in a matter of minutes.
Thinking of his pride, he couldn't help but hum the theme song of the movie "People Must Fall" written by Director Bi:
Chasing dreams, chasing dreams, chasing dreams in the entertainment industry to make money, money, money, money, money, money.
We are pure, pure, pure, pure, pure, pure teenagers.
With my beautiful dream since childhood,
To become a great and proud rich second generation...
Listen, what great lyrics, they completely express the thoughts of those born in the 90s, 00s... and 10s, they are the strongest voice of the times!
Back to "Orphan of Famine", if screenwriter Yuan Da had given this script to an ordinary director, it would have been fine. He might have made some adjustments and filmed it, but of course the effect would not have been so good.
However, the director he entrusted the project to was a man with strong artistic aspirations, and this time he was determined to prove himself as the "Father of Film" - David Griffith.
As the saying goes, don’t bully the poor middle-aged.
Under the triple pressure of economic crisis, credit crisis and mid-life crisis, his little universe exploded!
Just when Yuan Yanshu finally figured it out, he heard a voice calling in his ears: "Ni...Ao..."
"Niaoao, is it really you?"
When he heard the sound, he looked and saw a village girl waving her hands at him.
The ragged, starving village girl cried heartbreakingly, "I'm not seeing things! I'm really fed up..."
"Ah ...
The village girl struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and ran towards him...
"Li, Li, Lillian?!"
Our Master Yuan finally confirmed that the actress playing the village girl was his "lover lady". At this moment, his heart could not help but feel sweet and warm.
Look, it turns out that I was right to love this big star the most!
The fact that she was so excited when she saw me showed how deep her love for him was and how much she cared for him.
It is said that it is the hardest to disappoint a beautiful woman, and then fall into a fire pit after being trapped.
"Lilianlianlian..."
Yuan Yan didn't care that she was in public and rushed towards the fire pit...that beauty.
Come on, close your eyes and imagine...
Under the bright spring sun, above the vast expanse of green fields, a handsome man and beautiful woman affectionately call out each other's names, running towards each other without hesitation. It's the most classic ending scene of a love movie.
When the two of them came to the center of the camera, hugged each other happily , lifted each other up and spun around a few times, and finally gave each other a long, wet kiss, that was the perfect THE END.
"oops!"
"Baji!"
Just as everyone was holding their breath waiting for such a grand ending, our "Ms. Lover" suddenly had a cute fall on the ground.
The superstar who fell to the ground tried very hard to support her body and stand up, but it seemed that she fell too hard and she just couldn't stand up.
However, she was so tenacious that she didn't give up, and she actually crawled towards her lover using her hands and feet!
"greasy……"
Finally, she was exhausted and could only say half of her lover's name before she fainted with her head tilted.
The hundreds of people present were completely dumbfounded.
There are such infatuated women in the world, and there are also such infatuated men. Today I have really opened my eyes.
As you can imagine, our Master Yuan felt so distressed when he saw that.
He used all his strength and rushed to the front of the superstar at the fastest speed in his life. He did not care about the hundreds of US dollars on his body, which would be worth tens of thousands of RMB in later generations. He rolled to the ground like a hungry tiger and hugged the unconscious Ms. Gish in his arms.
Yuan Yan, with tears in her eyes, burst into tears and said, "Li, Li, Lilian, I'm coming!"
A tear from his face fell on the lips of the "lover lady", finally waking her up.
"Ni, ni, ni, is it really you?" She called out in a low voice in an extremely weak voice.
"Lillian, it's really me!"
"It's good that it's you, it's good that it's you..."
"Neo, you're here..."
Yuan Yan turned around and saw David Griffith approaching them. He couldn't help but feel furious. A good person had become like this. It must be this old man's fault.
He said firmly: "Lillian, just wait, I will avenge you!"
Black flames spewed out of his "eyes of nothingness", vowing to burn the "Father of Movies" into ashes.
"Niao, wait a minute. I have something to ask you..." The big star struggled to pull his lover's clothes and said with difficulty.
"Lillian, just ask!"
The blush on Ms. Lover's face was the kind that only a person with a lasting moment of life would have, and she spoke clearly, "Niao, do you have anything to eat?"
