Chapter 59
The online appropriation of K country’s culture not only affected the filming of two horror films, but also affected the settings of two historical films.
The audience was able to dig out a lot of details from just a ten-second trailer and poster.
After all, the concept and elements of horror films were only exposed by Qu Xiaomeng and others, without any actual pictures presented, but they do exist in historical themes.
The director in Country K who is in charge of filming historical themes is named Jin. He has previously filmed many movies and TV series on historical costume themes. Now, with this favorable wind, his previous works have also been dug out by careful netizens, and many suspicious clues have been discovered.
For example, Korean clothing, which often appears in clothing, is extremely similar to my country's Ming Dynasty Hanfu, so the other party often blurs the details. For example, the Ming Dynasty jacket and xiapei, etc., are obviously unique elements of my country's Ming Dynasty Hanfu, but they are used extensively by the other party. There is also the previously famous horse-faced skirt controversy, and netizens also found that it was called Korean clothing by the other party, etc.
As for ancient buildings, even more cultural elements have been appropriated, from the overall style and structure to the coiled dragon patterns, stone carvings of mountains and landscapes, and even some patterns and the texture of wood and stone. There are significant differences between the two countries, but many elements in Director Jin's film and television dramas have borrowed from elements unique to my country.
There are also some details, such as Chinese knots, martial arts, lanterns (burning lanterns), Suzhou embroidery and even candied haws, etc.
Fortunately, netizens nowadays are no longer tolerant of K-country directors like Director Jin. They have directly dug out all these things one by one, translated them into K-language and English, and corrected the mistakes one by one on social media.
Internet users in Country K were initially resisting this trend, but the examples they cited were completely untenable, and in the face of my country's rich historical records, they gradually dared not make any voices.
Director Zheng also released the design drawings of the costumes and palaces for his short film at this moment, and wrote down the concept and source of each design in the design drawings, even down to the details such as the hair and makeup of a resident of the city at that time, and even the moss and patterns on the walls.
These materials are very solid and detailed, and obviously they are not achieved overnight. Director Zheng Mao already enjoys a high reputation internationally and is good at historical themes. Screenwriter Chen Si and art director Chen Si also have a very deep cultural background. The two of them joined forces to release these materials, which almost wiped out those netizens from country K who were still resisting.
On the other hand, Director Jin blamed the design company and art director for all the design work, but the latter did not respond. The reaction of both sides is very tragic. Who is really the author of the art?
It goes without saying who has been "imitating" the cultural heritage.
In the end, Director Jin had to issue a statement saying that some of the content of his short film would be re-adjusted and redesigned, but he did not say how it would be adjusted.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can sense that this time, these film and television creators are going to be in a state of panic.
In fact, Chinese netizens did speak out when cultural appropriation occurred repeatedly, but they didn't care at all. It was not until this time when the truth was revealed on such a high-profile international stage that they realized the problem.
Of course, this campaign to set the record straight did not happen overnight. There are many hot topics on the Internet, and foreigners are rarely interested in the cultural disputes between the two Asian countries and are likely to forget about it.
Therefore, Chinese netizens have not only made a lot of series of popular science videos, hoping to expand their influence through long-term positive cultural output, but also made a lot of short videos, emoticons, etc. about Chinese culture to facilitate their dissemination on the Internet.
After all, there is strength in numbers, and people believe that if they continue to do this kind of subtle output, they will be able to achieve the purpose of cultural propaganda in time.
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Although the above controversy was caused by the short film of Qiao Yiqiao and Director Park, the scope of discussion has gradually moved away from their short film. Later, it was Zheng Mao and Director Jin who were at the center of the storm. He knew that Director Zheng must be very busy recently, and even replied very slowly to the greetings he sent via WeChat, so he didn't bother him too much.
He has been preparing for the shooting of his own short film. Currently, all the interior scenes of the studio have been set up and he will be able to start shooting soon.
Before the filming, Qiao Yiqiao experienced a farewell.
Sabri is going to study in Country A.
Relying on that horror short film and her rich past experience, she successfully got an admission offer to the directing department of a very good university in Country A, as well as a full scholarship.
Although Sabri had been postponing her departure, it was now March and she had to go abroad for a six-month preparatory course before enrolling in September.
Sabri was reluctant to leave China, Yizheng Entertainment, and Qiao Yiqiao, and even wanted to turn down the offer in order to complete the filming of "Nuo".
It was Qiao Yiqiao who had always been thinking about Sabri's study abroad and urged her to go abroad as soon as possible, which made Sabri make this decision.
Moreover, this school is known as the cradle of famous Hollywood directors. Qiao Yiqiao knew that he could not teach Saburi anything by her side. At most, he could help her explore.
From this perspective, letting Sabri study abroad is the best choice.
Early that morning, Sabri quietly packed his luggage and looked back towards the Yizheng campus.
The moon was low in the sky, but the lights were still on everywhere in Yizheng campus. She knew that people from various groups were still making final preparations for the filming of "Nuo".
She really didn't want to leave.
She feels that the days she spends filming here with everyone may be the happiest years of her life.
Everyone here is so nice that they are unforgettable. Their diligence, bravery and kindness almost healed Sabri's broken heart.
She took an online taxi and arrived at the airport.
Sabri was afraid that he would not want to leave after seeing them, so he secretly booked a plane ticket and planned to leave quietly.
But unexpectedly, before she reached the boarding gate, she was suddenly called.
"Sabri!"
With tears still in her eyes, Sabri turned around and saw Qiao Yiqiao and Xiao He.
These are the two people who helped her the most.
Xiao He smiled and said, "Sabri, you are so rude. You left without telling us. If this happened at the table, I would have made you drink three glasses of wine."
Sabri looked at them and suddenly burst into tears.
They were obviously so busy, but they knew she was leaving and came to see her off in person.
How could she not be moved by this?
"Okay, okay," Qiao Yiqiao looked tired, but still smiled, "Why is such a beautiful girl crying all the time? It's not like we won't see each other again. There will be many opportunities to go back to Country A. We will look for you."
Xiao He also laughed: "That's right, you have to work hard, you are our connection in Country A!"
Sabry burst into laughter, resisting the urge to cry, and said word by word: "I will definitely remember you. I will remember every one of you."
"I know," Qiao Yiqiao smiled, "I wish you success in your studies. If you have time, come home often. This is your eternal home."
"Yes!" Sabri nodded seriously, "You must...must be successful. I will pray for you every day!"
"no problem……"
"Sabri!"
Before the three people finished saying goodbye, they suddenly heard a voice.
The three looked in the direction of the voice and saw an acquaintance carrying a lot of bags.
Mike Lee approached quickly: "Aha! You are really good. You left secretly without telling me!"
Sabri was shocked: "How did you know I was going abroad today?"
"I figured you were about to leave, so I've been waiting outside the gate of Yizheng campus for several days," Mike Lee patted his chest, "Let's go to Country A together."
“But how did you buy the plane ticket…” Sabri had not yet recovered from the shock.
"Someone just cancelled his ticket for your flight," Mike Lee walked up to Sabri, "Tell me, is this fate?"
"Nonsense," Sabri blushed, "Are you really going to Country A?"
Mike Lee's crazy straight ball: "Where you go, I will go."
Sabri: “…”
The shy foreign girl didn't say a word for a long time.
But when Qiao Yi Qiao saw her expression, the panic about the future disappeared.
Qiao Yiqiao patted Mike Lee on the shoulder and said, "You must take good care of Sabri and don't bully her. We have some connections in Country A, too. Do you understand?"
Mike Lee stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, sir!"
The flight had already started checking tickets, so Qiao Yi Qiao didn't say anything else. Together with Xiao He, he saw off Sabri and Mike Lee.
Qiao Yiqiao was not sad.
He believes that as long as one loves movies, they will meet again after going around in circles.
…
After seeing off Sabri, Qiao Yi Qiao made a new friend.
Panavision sent the set of Auto-Panatar lenses that Director Park had rented previously.
Qiao Yi Qiao took the photography crew to try it out on the spot.
This set of lenses is really easy to use. Even if you just take some casual photos, you can see excellent results.
He also signed a contract with Panavision to rent the lens for two months.
Qiao Yiqiao and Xiao He calculated carefully and left plenty of time, so two months was enough to shoot the entire "Nuo".
The next day, after a small opening ceremony, "Nuo" officially started filming.
What they have to complete first is all the studio shooting content.
According to industry practice, some simple scenes need to be performed on the first day of filming.
After much thought, Qiao Yiqiao felt that the easiest scene was the one at home at the beginning.
Although there are many actors in this scene, all of them are the main actors, but after all, there is already pre-shooting content as a foundation, and the actors are all very experienced, so it should not be complicated to shoot.
Qiao Yi Qiao asked them to walk through the scene first, and then started shooting.
This one went very smoothly.
It's almost a pass level.
Whether it is Teacher Bai Qiu, his two apprentices, or Li Wei, their performances are all remarkable.
This is entirely due to the countless rehearsals and practice before.
Qiao Yiqiao also felt comfortable scheduling shots based on pre-shot content.
But when Qiao Yi Qiao reviewed the footage, he still found some problems.
In this scene, there is a large mirror in the home.
The camera and microphone were both exposed in the mirror.
This gave Qiao Yi Qiao a bit of a headache.
After all, the problem of bloopers did not exist at all in the pre-shooting. They didn't even think that this big mirror would be a blooper when they were setting up the scene.
Qiao Yiqiao made a brief self-examination.
He should have thought about this matter because he lacked experience.
So they shot a few more takes, this time at slightly offset angles to avoid the mirror.
The effect is still good.
Qiao Yi Bridge re-shot several sections according to the previous design.
There are only two solutions to bloopers - either avoid them, or use special effects to erase them in post-production.
As a money-saving madman, Qiao Yiqiao naturally chose the first option first.
But we have also made preparations for the second option.
This made the Qiaoyi Bridge take longer than expected, but no matter which route was taken, the effect was good.
In addition, Xiao He had reserved a lot of time when he made the announcement before. After all, there was sufficient funding this time. Two months was plenty of time to shoot a 20-minute short film, and Qiao Yi Qiao had time to polish each shot carefully.
The subsequent filming went smoothly, whether it was the Nuo opera dance of several people at home or Li Wei's crazy escape outside the house, the results were very good.
The successful application of pre-shooting was fully demonstrated in this shooting.
The problem of being exposed is more complicated than imagined.
The store's scene art team designed a shape similar to the Bagua formation, and a mirror was hung on each of the eight walls.
The mirrors reflect each other, so Li Wei would be exposed no matter how he stood in this scene.
However, the camera scheduling for this scene is still very complicated, requiring the camera to circle around Li Wei in the scene.
It doesn't matter if you turn around.
But they forget that the light in the mirror changes all the time, and the light also changes in the reflection.
This little incident forced the entire crew to stop working and wait.
The pressure was put on Qiao Yi Qiao again.
Everyone looked at him, waiting for his decision.
Using special effects is of course the simplest solution, but erasing the bloopers in the eight mirrors not only costs a lot of money, but the effect cannot be guaranteed. After all, it is difficult to create an effect where eight mirrors reflect each other's content.
However, Qiao Yiqiao, who is a fan of real-life photography and money-saving, does not want this to happen.
After thinking for more than ten minutes, he suddenly thought of the simplest solution.
In the silent film era, many special effects were created through parallax.
Moreover, at that time, many complex long shots were formed by splicing short shots together. This kind of splicing is very useful in fast-moving shots because it is easy to hide editing points in fast movement.
When Qiao Yi Qiao thought of this, he felt that he was ridiculous.
Although pre-shooting solves many problems, you cannot rely on these high-tech methods whenever a problem arises.
Sometimes there are really simple and cheap ways to get the shot done.
Qiao Yiqiao immediately began to make arrangements: "Remove the seven mirrors and leave only one."
The artist on site understood immediately and did as he was told.
Then, this shot is the one with only one mirror reflecting.
This shot was repeated eight times.
After that, Qiao Yiqiao said, "Leave two mirrors in adjacent positions, and then shoot again."
This shot was repeated eight more times.
After that, there are three mirrors, four mirrors, five mirrors...
In this way, for every second of rotation of this long lens, there are eight sets of mirror reflection solutions available.
The pressure of special effects work was instantly reduced a lot.
As for the changes in light and shadow caused by mirror reflection.
After re-watching the footage several times, Qiao Yi Qiao was convinced that this change was actually much better looking than the original.
This is the limitation of the pre-shooting stage.
Unexpectedly, when it came to the actual shooting stage, although it brought a lot of trouble, it also brought more surprises.
…
In the following two weeks, Qiao Yi Qiao finished shooting all the individual shots of Li Wei and others.
Next came the relatively difficult shooting of the extras scenes.
Qiao Yiqiao had anticipated many difficulties.
But when it came to the actual shooting, it was unexpectedly easy.
Every extra knows what they should do and what the movements are.
Qiao Yiqiao originally thought that so many costumes and props for so many extras would cause a lot of trouble on the set.
But the best thing about the film industrialization process is that it brings a very useful process control system.
For every prop, from the designer to the structural engineer, to the production, polishing, aging treatment, maintenance, storage... every step has a dedicated person responsible.
Once during a filming, an extra broke the thermos cup prop he was holding.
But before Qiao Yi Qiao could shout, the props team had already taken out an identical spare thermos cup from the warehouse according to the number, and even the old texture on it was exactly the same.
The only troublesome thing in this process was the scheduling of the actors.
At most, there were thirteen extras in one scene.
This is a play in a school corridor. All the extras are doing their own thing. Some are chatting, playing shuttlecock, playing with sandbags, and some are explaining the questions and walking around...
After arriving at the scene, Qiao Yi Qiao found that due to the difference in height among everyone, the pre-shooting schedule did not look good, so he had to come up with a new schedule on the spot.
Arranging the movements of these people was not a big problem, and Qiao Yi Qiao quickly designed it in advance.
The difficulty lies in communication.
In this scene, everyone is wearing school uniforms, so when the executive director is conveying the movements according to the director's intention, it is difficult to shout "The person in red clothes, move forward!", "The person in green clothes, step back three meters" as in previous scenes.
Although everyone is a member of the gang and has their own nickname, it is difficult for the executive director to immediately respond to everyone's nickname when explaining the situation and making arrangements. What's more, sometimes nicknames such as "Squirtle" and "Pichu" are not easy to pronounce.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about it and finally decided to give each extra a number.
According to each scene, the extras in the first scene are A1-A10, the second scene is B1-B13, and so on.
He also asked the art team to make chest and back sticker number plates like those for athletes.
In this way, during the actual rehearsal, everyone will have a number written on them, and when faced with different dispatches, the executive director only needs to shout out the number.
I didn't expect this method to help
The props group.
In the past, they had to write the full name of each person on their costumes and props. If there were duplicate names, they would also write "Li Xiang 1" or "Li Xiang 2".
But now every actor has a number, and they can adjust the costumes and props arrangements according to the number.
Simple and easy to understand.
Qiao Yi Qiao also kept this experience in mind.
If we are faced with larger-scale plays in the future, with hundreds or even thousands of extras, numbering will definitely be the simplest way.
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After finishing the scenes for the extras, another three weeks passed and the filming was nearing its end.
In fact, apart from some bloopers and a small number of scheduling issues, the entire filming process went extremely smoothly.
On the one hand, Qiao Yi Qiao believed that this must be the result of the pre-shooting. On the other hand, Qiao Yi Qiao also felt that it might be related to the fact that he had filmed more dramas and gained more experience.
The focus of "Nuo" is on Nuo opera, but Li Wei's performance was excellent, and the extras also tried their best. Needless to say, the Nuo opera performances of the three teachers were outstanding.
The Nuo opera part was actually the smoothest to shoot.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought that the four months of practice were well worth it.
It seems that he is really a director who believes in the experiential method. He hopes that the actors can experience the roles for a long time, and then play their own characteristics on this basis.
As the filming was coming to an end, the soundtrack was also completed.
In previous shoots, there were only drum beats to facilitate coordination and action arrangement.
The soundtrack was composed by a guy in the gang who graduated from a music college, his name was Zhou Pipi.
I have heard Qiao Yi Qiao's music before. His style is very weird rock, which coincides with the soundtrack of "Nuo" this time.
The soundtrack of "Nuo" is actually a major highlight of this film.
After all, the sound effects in horror movies have always been the main factor in creating horror.
In the soundtrack, Zhou Pipi deliberately used a lot of original songs from Nuo opera and various folk instruments.
I heard that in order to prepare these soundtracks, he listens to various Nuo operas from all over the country every day, and now he is half an expert in Nuo opera.
On this basis, he also incorporated more avant-garde techniques such as electronic music.
After Qiao Yi Qiao finished speaking, he started listening.
The first thing I listened to was the music of the first scene, where the grandfather, father and mother performed a ritual for their son.
At first, there was a drumbeat in the silence
, and then the drum beats became more and more agitated. In an instant, a high-pitched suona sound cut through everything and hit Qiao Yiqiao's eardrum in an extremely impactful way.
Qiao Yiqiao:!
So scared!
After that, there is a very complex arrangement, which perfectly brings out the weird and fanatical atmosphere.
Qiao Yi Qiao couldn't tell what instruments they were playing, but he only knew that he had goosebumps.
After listening to the song, Qiao Yiqiao waved his hand.
Zhou Pipi immediately became nervous: "What's wrong, brother? Did I do something wrong?"
Qiao Yiqiao: “No…”
"What's that?"
"My heart can't bear listening to it anymore..."
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After the music was finalized, the shooting progress came to an end.
There is only one last scene left, Li Wei falls from the rooftop.
For this scene, Qiao Yi Qiao originally wanted to use a blower to shoot by hanging on a wire in front of a green screen.
The effect is pretty good.
But the only thing that made Qiao Yiqiao feel a little unhappy was that there was a scene in the middle where the actors were suspended in the air.
At that time, Xiao Wei happened to see his family's sacrificial dance. The whole space should have been in a state of near weightlessness.
In these few short seconds, Li Wei's acting skills were really put to the test.
In fact, Li Wei also acted out that shocked look.
But the effect is not good.
In the studio, it is impossible to achieve the effect of weightlessness, we can only create a feeling of "pause".
Li Wei's costume, hair, and even the broken Nuo opera masks around him all looked like they were suspended in mid-air, rather than moving slightly in a state of weightlessness.
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about it for a long time and felt that it was not a good idea.
These are the most important few seconds in the film and the turning point of the transformation between the Nuo world and the real world.
He couldn't accept that the shot didn't turn out well.
But how do you shoot weightlessness?
They used different wires and tried many times in different ways, but the effect still could not achieve the feeling that Qiao Yi Qiao wanted.
The entire crew stopped working again.
Stopping production just when the last shot was about to be completed was a result that no one wanted to face, and it greatly undermined everyone's morale.
Although Qiao Yi Qiao didn't want to be like this, he had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder after all.
In order to take this shot well, he began to look up information.
lose
There are only two ways to shoot a heavy film. One is to shoot it the way he did it, and then spend a lot of time and money on special effects.
But there is another way...
When the plane is falling rapidly, there will be a few seconds of weightlessness, and you can take advantage of these few seconds to take pictures.
There was once a very famous foreign director who used this method to shoot an entire scene of weightlessness.
When Qiao Yi Qiao saw this news, he just felt excited!
He immediately found Xiao He and asked him how much funds were left.
Xiao He gave a number.
Qiao Yiqiao calculated in his mind for a moment and felt it was reliable.
Moreover, this kind of real shooting not only has good results, but also costs much less than doing special effects at the end.
not to mention……
He really enjoys real-life photography (and saving money)!
Li Wei came up just at this time.
"Brother," Li Wei said unconfidently, "I know I didn't act well in the weightlessness scene. I will work harder next time. I'm really sorry for causing you to stop working for so long..."
"It's okay," Qiao Yiqiao patted Li Wei's shoulder, "It's my fault for not letting you experience weightlessness completely. Pack your luggage and we'll go shoot tomorrow."
"Ah?" Li Wei didn't understand. "What are you filming?"
Qiao Yiqiao looked relaxed: "It's a real scene of jumping off a building. I guarantee it will be unforgettable for you!"
Li Wei: ??? !!!
No way.
Although he is ready to devote himself to art...
But do you really want to sacrifice your life for this shot?!
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