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The quality of a movie not only depends on the director's ability to lead the overall situation and the screenwriter's skills in telling stories, but is also closely related to core elements such as photography, art, sound, special effects, and actors.
"I Make Movies in China" is a five-episode documentary series produced by Time Network , telling the stories of the workers behind the scenes during the film production process. The story includes both the sharing of film workers' experiences and experiences, as well as their professional ideals and innovative beliefs that they always adhere to in the face of setbacks and challenges.
It can be said that this documentary is not only a "film class" that shows the professional history and professional experience of filmmakers, but also a "survey report" that can see the small things from the core areas of film production and then understand the path and development direction of Chinese film creation.
Today, let’s talk about the story of the famous Chinese photographer and photography director Cao Yu and the “calligraphy-like” cinematography .
Cao Yu, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, majored in photography, won numerous awards in the field of photography.
San Sebastian International Film Festival Best Photography Award, Asian Film Award Best Photography Award, Asia Pacific Film Award Best Photography Award, Hong Kong Film Award Best Photography Award, Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award Best Photography Award, Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award Best Photography Award, etc.
These awards are a kind of recognition and a spur, which makes him never stop moving forward and never let go of his love for light and shadow.
In his own words, it is: "(Photography is) the only tool I can master to express myself in full."
The first time I felt the charm of cinematography was when I was in middle school. Cao Yu saw . In the movie " Last Emperor " directed by Benardo Betorucci , photographer Vittorio Storaro showed a legendary history and a stormy life with free and poetic lenses.
He was both surprised and excited. It turned out that the camera could be as freehand and elegant as writing calligraphy, combining artistic conception and reality, creating an artistic beauty that can be experienced differently from the direct visual perception.
From then on, he began to come into contact with photography, from the initial shooting of his family's life, to the Beijing Film Academy for professional study, until after graduation, he entered Beijing Film Studio and became a professional photographer.
He believes that compared with photography, photography work is more difficult, and more details need to be grasped, and more emphasis is placed on the texture of the picture and the visual experience presented.
He wants to make different changes in different movies, just like calligraphy has different fonts and different stroke combinations. Each movie in has different picture composition and expression forms, which requires photography to meet the actual needs of the movie and become the finishing touch of the movie.
The easiest translation for photography is to take photos of light and shadow. There will be shadows, and there will be shadows. If there is shadows, you need to make up the light appropriately. Photography cannot be separated from the combination and use of various lights and comprehensive regulation, and this is one of the photography changes that Cao Yu wants to pursue.
In 2019, Cao Yu won the Golden Rooster Award Best Photography Award for "The Legend of Cat Demon".
In the video, Yang Guifei The lens of a smile when she looks back fully reflects the role of light in photography.
In order to use the lens to show Yang Guifei's amazing beauty "looking back and smiling with a hundred charming smiles, the six palaces have no color", Cao Yu and the photography team have to put some effort into lighting up the characters.
At first they just used conventional methods to light up the light, but found that it was not enough to present the stunning and dazzling lens beauty. So, they placed some candles on the side and under the actress's face to fill up the light.
has added a row of LED light strips, allowing the actress's entire skin to have a warm luster, a light source setting that is closer to modern photography.
In order to further highlight the agility and charm of the characters' eyes, the photography team used Tetuli lights to modify the light in the details of the facial features.
Finally, in order to match the movement of the lens, an electronic dimming platform is also needed to allow the light source to change appropriately with the movement of the lens.
This is how the most important "hundred charming" picture of the whole film is completed.
and " Demon Cat Legend " set up light sources in the studio and perform photography, the scenes are mostly outdoor "Nanjing! Nanjing! 》 is to combine natural light with traditional single light sources to highlight the sculptural sense of the characters, and then demonstrate the character's temperament and power.
In the highlight of the church, in the crowd, the raised hands were like sailboats riding the wind and waves towards hope. This sense of mission and belief requires a more natural source of light.
Cao Yu's photography team opened the church window in advance and calculated the time when the sunlight shone into the church.
When the sunlight finally shines on these hands, the dust floating slightly around further highlights the hand with clear light and shadow, and the spiritual power symbolizing hope and courage.
is to show "Nanjing! Nanjing! 》, Cao Yu searched for inspiration from the music, used shoulder-carrying photography to find music that matched the character's emotions and the rhythm of the film, and then listened to the music and swayed the shot naturally as the character moved, as if playing a musical instrument, allowing the rhythm of the shot to resonate with the inner heart of the character.
When filming "Kexili ", Cao Yu was moved by the stillness of Kexili. The scenery in front of him was as quiet and moving as if time had come out of the painting. The filming of "Kokexili" has allowed Cao Yu to regain his gradually forgotten passion for life and his persistent belief in the photography career.
Cao Yu believes that painting art is the foundation of the cultivation of photography art. When he was filming "The Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Kaige, he brought a box of albums to communicate with Director Chen to the background tones of the film.
Many backgrounds with blue-green as the main tones in "The Legend of the Demon Cat" refer to the blue in the shadow of the light source in Edward Monk painting.
" Eight Hundred " is an early work of Picasso . It uses yellow to contrast the blue and green color, and the color of the picture is softer and delicate, thus setting off the cruelty and heroic plot of the play.
Although he won so many cinematography awards, Cao Yu always focused on the changes and transcendence of the next movie.
does not mean that the previous accumulation and design should be completely overturned, but that innovation and change in a certain aspect or in a certain detail.
Because he knows that his talent is limited, and the expression and innovation of photography art are infinite. He can only try his best to do it and make progress as much as possible, and then he will feel a sense of satisfaction and happiness.
Of course, this must be derived from his infinite love for photography art and his firm belief in innovation and transcendence.
Director Chen Kaige once presented Cao Yu with a calligraphy work, which reads: "With the five-color Buddha's light pen in the sleeve, we will make up for the wordless stele of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."
As Cao Yu said, photography is like calligraphy, but they are grinding ink with light and shadow, writing with lenses, and looking for the artistic beauty of lens language and self-expression in the flowing lens brushwork.
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The clouds are light and the wind is light and leisurely, it is the time to make friends. Here are rational analysis of the various aspects of life in film and television works; there are the words of green feelings in the football world; there are the true insights of emotional communication in a better life; and there are in-depth thinking about the power of moving forward in a personal growth. While conveying the core socialist values, we pay attention to our efforts and growth along the way, and hope that we can all become better selves.
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