Chapter 336 Three Major Plans

Liu Xixi followed him in without thinking, and continued to be curious: "What happened?"

"It's not a big deal, but I have to rush over. I'll celebrate your birthday when I come back."

"Okay, are you going to the production base now?"

"To Hengdian."

"I'll go with you. I have nothing to do these days anyway."

"No, I'll be back the day after tomorrow. I don't dare to take up your lazy time."

"Okay, tell me when you come back."

Liu Xixi was finally persuaded to leave.

After the two came to the underground garage, one took a nanny car and the other drove a sports car and left separately.

Lu Ping'an didn't have much time to think about Liu Xixi's affairs now. His attention was all on the set.

Something happened on the set.

But it wasn't a big deal.

On the contrary, it looked like a small matter.

But it looked a little weird to Lu Ping'an.

The blasting team of "1937" started testing the blasting effect on the set a week ago.

The results were good at the beginning. Just when I finished chatting with Fan Xiaopang at noon today, there were three misfires.

At first, such a situation was not taken seriously, because such things are not uncommon after all. It was a misfire, and it didn't explode. Just deal with it.

At most, the blasting team introduced by Hengdian Lao Xu sighed that they were unlucky. They had three consecutive explosions, which made Hollywood colleagues laugh.

But it was different for Lu Ping'an, who had just got the buff skill.

Every time there was a misfire on the set, the buff skill icon in his mind flashed once.

No need to guess, this was obviously the buff at work. If there was no buff bonus, it would definitely cause an accident, and it would be an accident that caused casualties!

And the intervention of a potential crisis can be said to be accidental, but if it happened three times in a row, then the matter is likely to be unusual.

So Lu Ping'an made a prompt decision and called Hengdian Lao Xu and his own camera R&D center to ask them to cooperate to do something.

At the same time, he also had people lock on all the relevant personnel of the crew, not to alarm them, and not to let them run away.

In addition, he also held a phone in his hand.

The last time he went to a confidential place, Lu Ping'an talked about the death threat, and the leader gave him a number.

If something goes wrong, use it. If nothing goes wrong, just treat this number as if it doesn't exist.

Faced with this situation without evidence, Lu Ping'an still decided to report it first.

The other party's attitude was quite good. After knowing Lu Ping'an's relevant plan, he gave some suggestions and then said to keep communicating.

Lu Ping'an was relieved. That night, he came to Hengdian, nominally to see the set, not involved in the misfire incident.

Hengdian Xiao Xu met at the airport, and the two chatted about the set all the way.

The set was set up in Hengdian, in addition to being familiar with the Xu family in Hengdian, it was naturally because the soft and hard conditions here were very mature.

This is a familiar place for making anti-Japanese war dramas. If you need guns, there are guns, if you need cannons, there are cannons, if you need people, there are also extremely skilled teams for the site construction work, and there are also people related to blasting.

The key is that the weather here is good, not very different from the climate in Nanjing, and it rarely snows in winter. It is more suitable for the requirement of one shot to the end than some places in the north, which can greatly reduce the chance of mistakes.

We can’t wait until it snows while we’re shooting, which is much more troublesome than rain or sandstorms.

Hengdian is also very positive about this cooperation.

About 9 days ago, we received the cooperation request, and the next day, Xiao Xu cleared a more suitable site.

Half of it is vacant land, and half of it is broken walls and ruins, which is very suitable for "Nanjing City".

This means that the workload of setting up the scene has been reduced by at least half.

The remaining half is to repair it according to the script.

The team is already working on it, and it is expected to be completely completed in about one and a half months.

The progress is very fast, so the blasting team began to test various blasting effects.

Xingchen has little experience in blasting scenes, so it’s right to try more.

As a result, the problem was found in this test.

In response, Lu Pingan continued to remain calm. At present, except for him, the entire crew in Hengdian did not know that the purpose of Lu Pingan’s visit this time was actually for a few misfire explosion points.

In fact, what Lu Pingan was going to do was actually being done.

Work log backup, hidden monitoring equipment installation, personnel background investigation, etc.

Xiang Guoqiang doesn't have much experience with this kind of thing, but there are many people with experience in the market.

I don't know if he can be found out, but it's meaningful to take precautions anyway.

Then Lu Ping'an and Xiao Xu had dinner and talked about the movie, then returned to the hotel, and Ning Hao followed in.

"What's wrong, so mysterious?"

Lu Ping'an didn't hide it: "I suspect someone is doing something in the crew."

Lu Ping'an told Ning Hao about the misfire.

Ning Hao's first reaction was naturally that Lu Ping'an was a little scared.

But he still took it to heart, especially when Lu Ping'an asked about the camera being with him, he was extremely sure.

The small handheld stable camera is small, but it is actually very large, and there is only one such camera in Xingchen, even in China, or in the world.

If it breaks down, it will take a long time to repair, so he will naturally not let others take care of it.

Lu Ping'an is worried that the buff will affect the casualties of personnel, but the casualties of equipment are not within the scope.

So the two of them hit it off.

Ning Hao then asked, "Have you really caught some clues?"

"It's hard to say now, but it's definitely better to keep an eye out."

"That's true."

Ning Hao nodded, and then said worriedly, "If this is really the case, you have to think about the worst case scenario."

Let's not talk about whether there are "enemy agents". Even among ordinary crew members, this kind of thing is not new.

They placed undercover agents, sabotaged things, leaked scripts, and even recently someone poisoned a certain crew, causing about a hundred people from that crew to go to the hospital in the middle of the night.

In the face of interests, anything bad can happen.

Nothing happened for the next two days.

Lu Pingan was still not relaxed. Liu Qianqian asked when he would come back. Lu Pingan was postponed again, which made her a little depressed. However, Lu Pingan didn't care, and even put all the planned talks with the three major European companies in Hengdian.

Hu Qingquan was a little confused at first, but after knowing Lu Ping'an's suspicion, he directly agreed, and then pulled people from the three major universities from the capital to Hengdian.

The next day, Lu Ping'an met filmmakers from the three major film studios in Hengdian. Two of them were relatively familiar. One was director Ken Dalo whom he had seen in both Berlin and Cannes, and the other was the old man from Venice, China. Tong Mark Muller.

When people from the Big Three come over, Hengdian Lao Xu will naturally come out to take advantage of the situation, which is helpful to Hengdian.

Lao Xu also felt that Lu Pingan was very generous, so Lu Pingan happily accepted the offer.

After walking around Hengdian, before the banquet started, everyone sat down and talked about the movie.

Regarding "1937", Hu Qingquan actually did not tell them what kind of film it was shot in.

Because this was a matter of secrecy set in from the very beginning of the death threats.

Since you are going to use technology to win prizes, it is best not to miss out on what technology it is in advance.

There is a question of time involved.

If the filming is almost finished now, or the film is about to be sent for awards, then it’s okay to make it public.

Otherwise, Lu Ping'an is not the only one in this world who can take one shot to the end.

If it is copied by others, the technical advantage will definitely be much smaller.

So in fact, the only people in the company who know about the situation are the heads of each department, Hu Qingquan and a few friends of Lu Ping'an.

To the outside world, I can only say that I will use more long shots to show my artistry. For example, this is what I said to the current three people and Hengdian Lao Xu.

But who would have known that Lu Ping'an was really going to take a shot to the end.

Even if they know, almost no one thinks you can take good photos.

So when Marco Muller and others came, their attitude was actually not that fanatical, just out of their respect for the new star Lu Ping An.

Last year, "Brokeback Mountain" was the brightest star in international art films. This star landed in Venice, which made the Venice Film Festival very famous. Cannes was a little unconvinced. Berlin was the first to regard Lu Ping'an as his direct descendant. The film festival is also very dark.

So this time Hu Qingquan said that Lu Ping An is going to make another art war movie, and the three natures will show enthusiasm.

What they want is to compete for the right to premiere. If the movie is good, it will be no problem to be shortlisted or even awarded in advance.

The three major companies are also in a competitive relationship, and the competition for ground is fierce in this regard.

There are many movies in film history that have been locked in the three major awards before they were even finished filming.

For example, "Apocalypse Now" directed by Coppola, which is said to be one of the greatest historical war movies, won the Palme d'Or before it was even finished.

Wong Kar-Wai's "2046" was announced as a candidate for Cannes before filming was completed, and then it was not until just before the opening ceremony that the final edited version was sent to the film festival.

There are many more movies like this.

In short, three major awards will always give a lot of privileges to famous artistic directors.

This is probably the case for Lu Pingping now.

Of course, it depends on the form and content of the movie.

In this regard, after Hu Qingquan signed a confidentiality agreement with the three, he gave the script and talked about the story of the movie.

After hearing this, the faces of the three filmmakers changed slightly, and then Marco Muller was the first to praise: "Wow, a very good story."

Obviously, the story seems a bit simpler.

There is artistic sublimation, but not much. There are metaphors, but they are not powerful enough, and this aspect is also very sensitive. If the metaphor is too strong, it will touch some things. After all, this is the theme of China during World War II.

So the first impression of the three of them was: I am afraid that this time they will be in vain.

However, when Hu Qingquan talked about the filming format of the movie.

The three people shouted: Impossible!

There are actually quite a few movies that have one shot to the end and are over 60 minutes long.

For example, Hitchcock's "Rope" in 1948, "The Time Code" in 2000, "Russian Ark" in 2002, and "Nine Lives" in 2005, which was composed of nine short films.

There is also the Italian drama film "No Cut" released in 2003, also known as "The Day of the Little Brother".

The quality of these one-shot movies may be high or low, but the world's film industry is actually no stranger to this expressive language.

But "1917" also has its own strengths.

First of all, it is a war movie. The biggest difference between this kind of movie and a "talkative one-shot" movie is the difficulty.

Most of the chatty movies are literary dramas, with a few people in a room, chatting and talking, and the problem is solved.

Of course, war movies are indispensable for big scenes. Big scenes + a large number of people, plus one shot to the end. Thinking about this kind of difficulty makes your scalp numb.

This is also the reason why before digital photography came out, almost no one took a shot of such a big scene.

It's too difficult and too expensive!

Not only that, digital photography has editing advantages that film photography doesn't have.

In addition, with the development of technology, various post-production technologies have become more and more mature.

So after 2008, when digital cameras and other technologies began to gradually become popular and developed, there were more and more one-shot, or "pseudo one-shot" movies, and many blockbusters emerged, such as "Birdman", which won four awards including the Oscar for Best Picture in 2014.

So now, when the three people knew about the shooting techniques of "1917", they all shook their heads and shouted that it was impossible.

Of course, they didn't really think it was impossible to shoot, but they thought it wouldn't be very good if they shot it.

Because Hu Qingquan said that this time, we have to combine various light and shadow arts to perfectly combine artistry and plot.

They know the plot and have just read the script.

It's very simple, but this is from the perspective of general movies.

But to perfectly combine artistry?

How to reflect the light, shadow, sound and picture art effects presented by lens language, soundtrack, editing lighting, etc., under the premise of one shot?

We are all filmmakers and know the difficulty.

The advantage of one-shot is that it is extremely immersive, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is easy to make the movie enter a boring stage at a certain moment.

In general, movies use other shots to supplement and transition.

But for one-shot movies, you really have to consider the skills.

So the more the three people thought about it, the faster they shook their heads. They felt that if they came, they would definitely not be able to find any decent solutions in such a short time.

However, the three people's interest is also getting higher and higher.

Movies, dreams.

Lu Pingan is also a capable person.

If this dream can really be created by him, and the effect is as good as Hu Qingquan said, then it goes without saying that his family will definitely not let go of such a seemingly impossible movie.

So there are only two questions next.

The first is when to shoot it.

The second is to which company to send it.

Let's not talk about the first point first, the main thing is the second point.

In fact, the inclination of the three companies is already obvious.

The Berlin Film Festival, which regards Lu Pingan as a direct descendant, has a high demand.

Kendallo said that if "1937" is really good after it is filmed, then it has artistic value and political preferences brought by the subject matter, which is very suitable for the Berlin Film Festival.

The deadline for submitting films to the Berlin Film Festival next year is late November for others, but for Lu Pingan, it can be postponed to the end of December. If the film is not completed by then, you can watch the film first, and it is okay to submit the film in January.

This is the advantage of the direct big director.

Venice is also very interested. One-shot represents the pioneer. If the artistic performance is guaranteed, it is naturally a professional counterpart.

And Marco Muller also gave time privileges, saying that most people are in May, but Lu Pingan can be as late as July.

Cannes is the least interested among the three.

Mainly because Cannes awarded the one-shot film "Russian Ark" in 2002, which is a bit redundant.

Of course, if "1937" is well shot, it is not impossible to win the award. After all, the lower limit of this movie is very high.

But there is no special privilege in terms of time, unless the film is really good.

Everyone chatted for a long time until it was time for dinner.

Then they had dinner together in the evening, and Hu Qingquan and Lu Ping'an sat down to chat at night.