Chapter 884 Roman Holiday
The first shot at the beginning of the movie is a bird's-eye view that presents the audience with a magnificent square, European-style buildings and scenery. Combined with the sound of symphony music in the background, it shows the audience the European style of the last century.
Yes, last century.
The film's camera style has a very old-school film texture, which makes people understand naturally that the story took place quite a long time ago.
If the names of the leading actors, Lin Fan and Xia Yan, were not written in the film's opening credits, the audience would have thought that this was a movie shot decades ago!
If we remove all the color tones in the movie, replace it with black and white, and then tell the audience that this is a movie from the black-and-white era, I guess everyone would believe it.
Especially after these European-style scenes, the movie screen directly presents a "News Flash", which is so simple that it seems to be typed out in TXT, and is accompanied by a report on the radio: "Now special report, news during Princess Anne's visit..."
"Hiss!" Tao Zheng couldn't help but gasp, "What a joke! If I didn't know that this movie was just finished, and I took out all the colors, no matter who I showed it to, I'm afraid no one would believe that this is a new movie!"
Ge Wei also felt his scalp tingling! In this circle, there are not no film geniuses, on the contrary, there are many. Although there are not many geniuses who can make both critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies, there are some.
But there is really no one like Lin Fan who can make a new movie have the texture of an old movie!
Who knows what Lin Fan’s brain looks like?
Less than two minutes into the film, Ge Wei had a feeling that "Lin Fan is going to go crazy again": as long as the plot of this film flows smoothly, it will definitely be mentioned in all major award ceremonies this year!
Some media reporters and film critics also noticed this and began to think about how to write the next essay.
However, fans are not so discerning. Most of them think that the beginning is quite interesting and seems to be different from other movies, but when they think that this is Lin Fan's work, they accept it well.
According to the radio broadcast, after Princess Anne completed her three-day visit, she went on to visit several other cities. The last stop of this visit was the one mentioned in the title of the movie: Rome.
But when the image of Princess Anne appeared in front of the audience, everyone was stunned!
"Wow! That's Yanyan?"
"Oh my god, this temperament is too good!"
“Yanyan’s manners are also superb!”
"The most important thing is the shape, so beautiful!"
"I always thought Yanyan looked like a fairy who had strayed into the mortal world. Now I realize that Yanyan is not a fairy at all, she is actually a born princess!"
"This waving posture is also very beautiful, although it is a little strange... Is it true that all Western princesses wave like this?"
The man even imitated Princess Anne's gesture and waved, then realized: "Why is it that Yanyan's waving is so beautiful, but I wave like an idiot?"
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Princess Anne, played by Xia Yan, has a very retro overall look, but as we all know, retro looks are very dependent on temperament and demeanor. If not done properly, retro looks will become old-fashioned, and elegance will become artificial.
But Xia Yan managed to pull off this retro makeup and styling. Far from looking rustic or artificial, it only highlighted her elegant temperament.
At this moment, all the audience felt vaguely in their hearts that Xia Yan had successfully created another classic screen image!
In the movie, after a week of visits, the princess and her guests came to a grand ball organized by the ambassador. This one shot showed Princess Anne's overall temperament vividly, which moved the audience, not to mention the guests in the movie who admired the princess's beauty up close.
Princess Anne entered the ball accompanied by the general and came to her seat under the gaze of everyone. When the princess was about to sit down, the general stopped her.
It turns out that the princess can only take her seat after all the guests on the scene meet her in turn.
Faced with pairs of guests coming to pay their respects, Princess Anne had to cheer herself up and shake hands and exchange pleasantries with them one by one.
But Princess Anne, who appeared to be well-mannered and behaved perfectly, secretly took one foot out of her high heels under the cover of her long skirt.
But Princess Anne accidentally knocked her high heels off, causing her to almost lose her balance. However, Princess Anne had seen big occasions before, and on the surface she was very stable, without revealing any abnormality.
If the audience did not have a God's perspective and noticed that the princess was secretly looking for her shoes with her feet, they would probably be deceived by her calm appearance.
All the guests at the scene were deceived by the princess.
However, after all the guests had been introduced, the princess had to sit down. As soon as she sat down, the shoe that she had been unable to find came out from under her skirt.
There was also happy laughter in the screening room: This princess is so cute.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
In the movie, the ball band started playing live music, and the princess was still trying to put her shoes back on, but no matter how hard she stretched her feet, she couldn't reach the shoes.
This scene was discovered by the officials behind the princess, but with so many people at the scene, it was difficult to say anything directly, so they could only signal the countess with their eyes.
The Countess also discovered this, but she seemed to have accepted her fate and closed her eyes helplessly, trying to pretend that she didn't see it.
Finally, the general had an idea and came to the princess and invited her to dance. The princess stood up as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, took the opportunity to put on her shoes, and danced with the general, resolving the embarrassment.
After the light-hearted and joyful segment, the audience obviously discovered that Princess Anne did not like such occasions at all, did not like such endless visits, and did not like to act like a princess when interacting with everyone.
But what can we do?
She is a princess. This is her job and her responsibility. She has no choice but to accept it.
After the ball, in her room, Princess Anne showed her lively and active side, which was completely different from her elegant and intellectual image during the day and in public.
She would complain that she didn't like wearing a nightgown and said she liked to sleep naked. She would also run to the window barefoot to listen to the noisy sounds downstairs. She would also lose her temper and refuse to see the doctor after hearing about the endless schedule.
But after the doctor injects him with a sedative to help him relax, he will thank the doctor for his kindness.
He couldn't help laughing when he saw the general who came with the doctor falling to the ground due to sleepiness.
At this point in the movie, all the audience had a clear and three-dimensional understanding of Princess Anne: elegance and playfulness, quietness and liveliness, these completely opposite characteristics are combined so perfectly in her.
(End of this chapter)