China News Service, Beijing, August 16th (Reporter Wang Shiyao) Director Luoluo's fourth film "Meet You" is currently in theaters. Unlike the previous three films, which were adapted from IP novels, this time the original script + non-class protagonist's With the lineup back on the big screen, it seems difficult to do that without worrying at all.
However, Luoluo believes that although every director cares about movie ratings, she chooses to trust the audience, because she can learn a lot from the audience's feedback and promote herself to improve a little bit.
When a writer crosses over to become a director, Luoluo chooses to start with an IP novel, because there is a basis for the original work, there are many existing materials that can be used when making the script, which lays a good foundation for the work.
At the same time, this is also a double-edged sword. When the framework of the story has been established and most people understand the direction of the whole story, how to adapt it can give readers of the original book a better viewing experience, and get their approval, it becomes a problem. too easy.
Facts have proved that this is indeed not an easy task. In order to avoid falling into the controversy of the "polarization" of the audience's word of mouth, this time "Meet You", the director and screenwriter Luoluo did not choose to adapt the existing IP, but instead Original scripts create new stories.
Love is an eternal topic, and Luoluo described "Meet You" as a standard romance.
However, several films shot in succession are all BE (Bad Ending, which means regrettable and sad ending), which makes people wonder if Luluo is pessimistic about love?
Movie "Meet You" poster.
Photo courtesy of the film party
Luoluo said that love itself is a particularly big problem, and we will see many of our weaknesses and ignorance in love.
"Maybe the audience in the movie theater has had the experience of failing in love, which is much more than the first love at the beginning and then succeeded. So I felt that the ending should be like this from the time of writing the script, because it is very It's true." However, she finally emphasized a little that her future works will not be BE.
She is accustomed to being called "Luo Dao". When asked if she had any plans to publish a book in the future, she told a reporter from Chinanews.com that she would not give up writing, because when the director's pressure was too great, she would not be able to write. more freedom.
She also revealed that she still writes something from time to time to record the good things in life.
Movie "Meet You" poster.
Photo courtesy of the film party
The excerpt from the interview is as follows:
Chinanews.com: "Meet You" is a brand new story. Compared with previous works adapted from novels, what are the differences?
Luoluo:
The original three works are all based on the original works, especially "Sadness Against the Current" is a very well-known novel and a big IP, and many people have read it.
The most obvious feeling at the time was that when writing the script, there were a lot of materials to use, there was an existing story framework, at least there was a foundation, and the foundation was particularly good.
It's just that there will be limitations, because there are original content, and many people have seen it, and he knows what your story is about.
Therefore, there will be pressure when adapting, and I hope that the final remake can be recognized by the readers of the original work.
When we were preparing the movie "Meet You" this time, it was a story about building a high-rise building from the ground, and there was nothing I could easily use. I wrote it myself from scratch.
So on the premise that everything can be written, the problem is that nothing can be written.
A pair of lovers, whether it is a boy who is lively and cheerful, or a girl, how they meet... You can write hundreds of different ways.
I actually got stuck on this script for a long time, although I am also very procrastinating.
Movie "Meet You" poster.
Photo courtesy of the film party
Chinanews.com: What was the inspiration for "Meet You"?
Luoluo:
At the beginning of the preparation, we decided to make a special standard romance film, which is about a pair of very ordinary boys and girls who may be often seen around us.
How will the story of such a young couple develop?
There may be a particularly sweet and innocent encounter, and then from falling in love to entering a state of work, two people will face big or small things, each of which is the common problems in our lives.
In the end, they parted ways and embarked on their own different lives.
Chinanews.com: Are you satisfied with the characters portrayed by the male and female protagonists Li Wenhan and Xu Ruohan?
Luoluo:
I am very satisfied.
I like the two actors very much, and I think they have played Yu Jiaoyang and Zhou Can alive, which makes me very much believe that there must be such two people in the world, not on the screen.
Maybe I'll pass them on the road, we've been on the same subway...they're like real lovers, I've always considered myself lucky in choosing actors, every time I choose actors that never I was very disappointed.
Chinanews.com: The male and female protagonists are not from a professional background. Did you worry before shooting?
Luoluo:
I said that it is impossible not to worry, because not only about them, but more about myself.
Because whether the last two actors are well played depends on whether I have filmed them well so that their characters can be established in this film.
So in the end all the worries came down to me, and instead I felt like they made me make this movie.
Movie "Meet You" poster.
Photo courtesy of the film party
Chinanews.com: Do you care about the movie's rating? How do you feel when you see a movie getting a low score?
Luoluo:
It's useless for me to worry. When the film is finished, I give it 100% to the audience.
And the audience will also give a particularly objective and serious evaluation.
People also pay dozens of dollars to come in to watch a movie, and they are forcibly held in their seats for nearly two hours. Of course, they can comment on anything they see.
It's just that what I can do is to try to do the best in all the previous links and avoid some things that may affect the audience's perception.
Are you saying the director doesn't care about ratings?
Of course every director cares about ratings, but I still believe in the audience, you can learn a lot from their feedback and make progress little by little.
Chinanews.com: Is your current work center shifting to movies? Do you have any plans to publish books in the future?
Luoluo:
Yes, because publishing a book now is a kind of healing for me.
The responsibility and pressure of making a movie is really too great. As a director, I hope that everyone's efforts and hard work are worth it, and the work has a sense of accomplishment.
Relatively speaking, I’m very free when I’m writing, I can write whatever I want, just stay there alone, which is very different from when I’m shooting a movie.
I still write something from time to time. For example, during the filming process, I may have a lot of insights sometimes. I think that such moments are beautiful and worthy of being recorded. I will not give up writing.
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