In a blink of an eye, it was already February of the following year. After four full months of filming, the actor filming of "Soul Epidemic" was officially announced to be completed.
Editing, choosing music...it was time for Wei Lan to work alone again. She once again contacted Mr. Nie Chengan for the music of this film. With the experience of their last collaboration, Wei Lan knew that he was fully capable of creating such a grand yet eerie music. So she sent the script to him during editing and received an interested response from Mr. Nie.
Of course, this time there is no need to use up favors, Wei Lan can invite him at the normal price.
The shooting period in the holographic film era is generally not long, the longest being about 2-3 months. The shooting time this time is the longest of all Wei Lan's current film production periods. The difficulty lies mainly in the fact that it is difficult for the actors to perform to a level that satisfies Wei Lan. She needs them to show the state of a real mental patient, which cannot be fooled by simply pretending to be crazy and stupid. It took a lot of time just to adjust the actors' emotions.
February to April is the award season. During this time, in addition to the most popular Golden Tripod Award, various other awards are also presented.
The Film Association Awards presented the Best New Actress Award of the year to Wei Sijia, and Su Yining's performance in "Rural Teacher" and "The Queen" also won her the Progress Award from the Actors Guild, which can be said to have completely wiped out the negative impact of the Golden Raspberry Awards.
When receiving the award, Wei Sijia and Su Yining both expressed special thanks to Wei Lan.
Wei Sijia: "It was Director Wei who helped me recognize my own path. I will continue to work hard on this path in the future."
Su Yining: "The person I want to thank the most is Wei Lan. If it weren't for her, I don't know if I could still act well after winning the Golden Raspberry Award."
Even though Wei Lan's last update on Weibo was to announce the start of filming of a new movie, many netizens still came to leave messages.
"It's been half a year, when will the new movie be released, Director Wei? Come on!"
'At least make it more dynamic!'
'There is no Director Wei in the world, but her legend is everywhere.'
The excitement of the onlookers did not affect Wei Lan's work progress. Her workaholic nature came back. During this period, her life was a standard routine of going back and forth between the company and home, and she devoted herself to the post-production of the film.
Compared to Director Wei who turned a blind eye to the film, the actors in the movie did not forget to promote the film when participating in various activities.
Of course, at this stage, no matter how the media interviewed them, they did not reveal the specific content of the movie, but only talked about some daily interesting things that happened in the crew.
Although the hunger marketing tactic is not new, it is still very applicable to Wei Lan, who has always been full of mystery. In addition, this is a movie full of mysterious elements, and keeping it mysterious before it is released is in line with the theme of the movie.
More than half a month passed, and on March 4th, when everyone was about to forget about the incident, Wei Lan suddenly updated a Weibo post.
The trailer for "Pandemic" was released without any warning to movie fans.
The gentle sound of cello rang out faintly from the darkness, and the piano sounded twice.
The video showed the heroine played by Chu Mo. She was wearing a white coat and looked like a doctor, walking in the hospital corridor.
The view shifted to her face. She raised her chin slightly and smiled at the camera: "After a while, you will find out that all the patients here are talented."
The scene expanded to show Gu Yun in a hospital gown. He looked a little haggard, but his expression was stable. However, when he heard these words, he looked at Chu Mo with some confusion.
Chu Mo shrugged: "This hospital only accepts mental patients who are worth studying."
Gu Yun pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking of, with a slightly mocking expression. Then he glanced at Chu Mo's doctor's attire and asked, "What about you? What kind of research are you doing here?"
Chu Mo said seriously: "Being studied."
At the right moment, a nurse called out from the side: "Huo Yin, your free time today is over."
This scene made the audience who clicked on the trailer for the first time smile. The funny elements contained in the trailer are almost Wei Lan's established style.
Then, accompanied by rhythmic music, a fast-paced segment centered on Gu Yun's perspective appeared.
In what seemed to be a rehabilitation room in a hospital, a pretty girl looked at Gu Yun and said with an evaluating expression:
"If we talk about threat level, you're probably D-level."
Gu Yun raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "Is it... not a threat?"
The girl explained: "It's not that there is no threat, it's just that it has no effect."
“……”Gu Yun’s expression froze.
In the cafeteria, Qiao Jiamu, who looked like a boy next door, was sharing his thoughts with Gu Yun with great interest. He looked like he was discussing sports and girls with his classmates, but what he said was very confusing:
"Do you know about four-dimensional vision? Time, like space, is horizontally spread out and observable..."
Gu Yun was eating while discussing with him casually, with a look of disbelief on his face: "I'm confused. Do you have the four-dimensional vision you mentioned now?"
Qiao Jiamu shook his head: "Of course I can't see it now, I'm just trying to find a way to open this vision."
Gu Yun took a mouthful of rice, chewed it with big mouthfuls, and asked in a somewhat slurred voice: "You mean, after you have mind vision, can you see my past and future?"
"Of course." Qiao Jiamu said excitedly: "In the four-dimensional vision, when I see you, you are in a superposition state. You are alive and dead, awake and asleep, eating and pooping..."
Gu Yun put down the rice in his hand, not knowing whether to swallow or spit out the rice that he had just put into his mouth.
"Hahaha……"
The audience who watched most of the trailer burst into laughter. At this moment, it felt just like the line Chu Mo said at the beginning - this mental hospital is full of talented people.
After talking to three mentally ill patients with obvious characteristics, Gu Yun frowned and said to the camera with a helpless look on his face:
"These are just fantasies in your mind. They will never happen in reality."
Until this point, it seems like a movie about the interesting thoughts of a mentally ill person.
However, just as the audience was becoming interested in these funny jokes, the picture suddenly switched, the music rhythm stopped, and the low and soft sound of the cello rang out.
Yang Xingyuan sat with his knees hugged in an empty room. The only light in the room was a single cold lamp above his head.
He turned his face towards the camera, and the light from overhead cast his outline in black and white. His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood.
He had no expression on his face, and even looked a little stiff, but within this stiffness, there was an indescribable weirdness.
At this time, Yang Xingyuan said in a dream-like voice:
"Yeah?"
His dark eyes looked over, as if he was looking through the screen at the audience on the other side.
Just one glance pulled all the audience out of the relaxed rhythm they were in. Their hearts tightened and an uncontrollable sense of creepiness arose.
The picture went black, but the sound did not disappear.
The gloomy sound of the organ sounded, accompanied by the whispering of countless men and women in one's ears.
The subtitles slowly appeared.
On March 18th, mystery descended and the epidemic spread.
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