Chapter 652

"By the way, do you have any ideas about the director?"

It seems that this is just a passing question, but it explodes in lanli's ear like spring thunder. Today's conversation can't compare with the shock of this sentence: Why did the leader of the production department ask his opinion on the director candidate? He's not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.

Aware of Langley's undisguised surprise, Jeff couldn't help laughing. "Ha, now I finally believe that you are only 21 years old." This joke made Lan Li come back to himself, and a smile appeared in the corner of his mouth, "I'm just asking for your opinion. It's like we were talking about the script. "

Generally speaking, there are two forms of formal promotion of film projects, either with the protagonist as the core or with the director as the core. Hollywood is a typical producer center, they control the life and death power of the whole crew; But when it comes to the style of the work, especially the commercial film, the first thing for the producer is to determine the leading role or director, and then take them as the core to carry out the follow-up work——

Can the first version of the script continue to be used? Or do we need to make corresponding changes? What is the extent of the revision? Do you just need to change the screenwriter? Do you need to cooperate with a famous actor to adjust the role of the protagonist or supporting actor?

Can the selection of cast cast cast spark between male and female protagonists? Whether their image setting is in line with the director's presupposition of film style, or vice versa, whether the director's style is in line with the self-image requirements of famous actors? How should other supporting actors choose? Do they need to play with old actors or choose second - and third line actors?

Photographers, lighters, art directors and so on, they all need to choose according to the director's style. The demands of Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan are definitely different, and the demands of famous directors and new directors are definitely different. Major directors have their own team, or style tendency; And some new directors don't even form their own style, so naturally they don't have too many requirements.

In addition, the production cost must also be taken into consideration. Is the budget cost of $100 million too high or too low? According to the name of the director or the leading actor, increase the budget or cut the budget? How will the arrangement of the cast of the whole cast be adjusted?

The progress of the preliminary work of "tomorrow's edge" is very slow. The main reason is that Jeff hopes to invite big names such as Brad or Tom to play the leading role, and they all have relatively familiar directors, such as Tom. Every step of his work, the director has to go through his nod; Brad also browses the director's waiting list and gives his own opinion.

So far, the director of "tomorrow's edge" has not been determined. Of course, while selecting the leading actor, they are also looking for directors who are willing to take over the "edge of tomorrow". Now, before the director, the actor was unexpectedly determined, which is an accident, but not an accident.

To be honest, it means that the whole cast of CASS will be relatively young; Moreover, Langley is not a first-line actor at all. Even among the second-line actors, he is still a new face, which means that the director will play a more important role in the process of making the film.

But Jeff is not an ordinary person. Because of a "memory fragment", he signed five works with Christopher Nolan, including the "Batman prequel" trilogy, which is not ordinary people can have. In lanli, he saw something different. He thought that lanli's opinions might bring surprise.

"Or are you looking forward to Christopher Nolan?" Jeff's ridicule made Lan Li come back to himself and he couldn't help laughing.

"To be honest, I really didn't think about it." Just as Langley said, he is an actor, a pure actor, not a screenwriter or producer. When reading a script, his only angle is the actor's perspective, plus the audience's perspective at most. So, he's telling the truth.

According to the track of his last life, Doug Riemann became the last director. It must be admitted that Doug has accomplished an excellent task.

Doug is a director with his own style. The style of fighting scenes in his works such as "espionage" and "operation Smith" is undoubtedly praiseworthy. The camera scheduling also has the quickness, accuracy and ruthlessness of commercial films. His advantage lies in the scene scheduling, the disadvantage lies in the narrative and characters. Such characteristics are also embodied in the "edge of tomorrow" of the previous life.

Undoubtedly, he is a good commercial film director, but what if we look for someone else to take charge of the "tomorrow's edge" guide? Is Doug the best choice? Langley never thought about it. It's an interesting topic.

"First of all... Paul Greengrass." After a moment's meditation, Langley gave his first choice. The director of the second and third films of "spy film", the iconic hand-held photography style, gave the film pseudo documentary and the style of the first perspective, and pushed the series to the peak.

Jeff gently retracted his jaw. "Portable photography?"

"No, it's not." Lanli shook his head with a smile. "I like his narrative style, steady with sharp, and into his own style. Of course, there's editing. "

In addition to the second and third films, Paul also shot "Thriller 93", "Captain Phillips", "Bloody Sunday" and other works, including two Oscars and a Berlin Golden Bear award. His narrative ability, rhythm control and connotation mining all show his ability, not just commercial films.

Paul is a journalist, which makes his narrative angle have a special flavor, which is one of the reasons why Langley especially likes Paul's works. Imagine the "edge of tomorrow" of the combination of "spy 3" and "Thriller 93", which is really exciting.

"And then Edgar Wright." When lanli said the name, Jeff looked surprised. Then lanli nodded with a smile and said, "yes, you heard me right."

Edgar, the director of "Shawn the zombie", "hot blooded detective", "the end of the world" and "crooked boy Scott". In short, this is a director with distinctive personal style and black humor, while maintaining a childlike innocence. In Edgar's lens, he is full of fantastic ideas and unique humor. When he is in charge of the guide tube, the style of "tomorrow's edge" may be far different from that of the previous life, which can ensure that the entertainment will be booming.

Jeff laughed cheerfully. "I didn't expect you to love the style of comedy so much."

If you look at Edgar's list of CO stars, you can see that his playboy style is far away from top actors. Because it's not in line with their public image. But lanli himself likes it very much. What he is looking forward to most is the "ant man" directed by Edgar. Unfortunately, Disney is not bold enough and interferes in Edgar's creation excessively, which leads to strong differences. In the end, he failed to make the trip and changed the director at the last moment.

"Tomorrow's edge" is not a comedy, so I have nothing to worry about. As a matter of fact, I've made up my mind about what it would be like if I were to play "crooked boy Scott."

Jeff gaped. It's still imaginable to imagine the Langley version of the vampire; But the Langley version of nerd otaku?

On the contrary, Lan Li is getting more and more excited. The same script, with the style of different directors in mind, presents different versions. The lens, lighting, editing, composition, and even the narrative style and details are all suddenly new, and then replaced by the actor's performance style, which presents a different perspective. It's so refreshing.

Later, Langley gave two more names. One was Matthew vaugh, who led to "Hai Bian Wang", and later became the director of "X-Men: the first battle". Later, the "ace agent: secret service academy" which caused hot discussion was also his directing work; Another is Francis Lawrence, whose first work is "hell detective", and later leads to the second and third books of "I am legend" and "hunger game".

Both of them are directors with unique directing style. The former is praiseworthy for the use of fast splicing lens and the stimulation of color to visual effect. The disadvantage is that the narration is too straightforward. Lanli's personal favorite is "X-Men: the first battle"; The latter's research on lens tone and composition is very distinctive, especially the relationship between light and shadow effects and role setting. "Hell detective" is impressive. Unfortunately, these characteristics were lost in the "hunger game" later.

It's easy to shoot a commercial work, but it's extremely difficult to shoot an excellent commercial work.

Langley can't guarantee that other directors will be able to do a better job than Doug Riemann, but at this moment, his brain is filled with infinite possibilities. This feeling is quite wonderful.

Finally, Langley mentioned Doug's name, which surprised Jeff a little bit - because Brad also recommended Doug just now. If it's Doug, Brad's interest in "tomorrow's edge" will also rise. It seems that their previous cooperation experience is very wonderful.

However, Jeff did not comment, but showed a smile, "although you have not thought about the director, but obviously, your understanding of the script and the role is enough." After that, Jeff stood up and said, "let's go. We've been here long enough. The party is coming to an end. We haven't started to enjoy it yet. There are many familiar old friends. Let me introduce them to you."

Back to the party, it was still a drunken carnival. No one seemed to realize the departure of lanli and Jeff. Then, as a promoter, Jeff brought lanli into today's afternoon pool party. Hollywood's top social circle opened a door for lanli for the first time.

Little by little, that sense of reality enters into the body, and his next work is thus defined as "the edge of tomorrow.". More importantly, the track of history is shifting. This time, the "edge of tomorrow" will be different from the previous version. Will the ending be the same?