Lin Zixuan came to the Xinqiao Hotel in Beijing to participate in a discussion meeting on the Olympic bid.
Xinqiao Hotel is the designated office of the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee, and the entire sixth floor is their office, with more than 100 staff members from the General Administration of Sports of China.
They have only one mission, which is to bid for the 2008 Olympic Games for Beijing.
In '93, Beijing bid to host the Olympic Games in 200, but it ended in failure.
This time, the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee has done a lot of preparatory work, and the municipal government has given full support and put forward the slogan of "New Beijing, New Olympics".
Promote the Olympic bid with development, and promote development with the Olympic bid.
The government has increased the construction of infrastructure, so that the capital is on par with the international metropolis.
The Chinese people have great expectations for this Olympic bid, and as a world power, it would be a pity if it has not held an Olympic Games.
Everyone's attention to this matter is very high, and it has risen to the level of dreams.
In May, Zhang Yimou served as the chief director of the TV film for Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games.
According to the rules, representatives of each of the bidding cities will make presentations at the IOC plenary session of the selected host city, and a television film will be shown for about five minutes.
The main thrust of the TV film is to convey a spirit and an idea to those present who will remember the city.
How to understand the Olympic spirit, every country, every city, different cultural background, each has a different understanding, we need to explain it clearly in five minutes.
Zhang Yimou has been busy with this for half a year.
The first is to find ideas, which are not something that someone can come up with in their brains, but the result of brainstorming.
He gathered writers, painters, advertising and film creators, directors, choreographers, cinematographers, and so on, and everyone met and chatted about what kind of film they wanted to make.
He even solicited ideas for TV films from all walks of life through the website.
When all kinds of ideas are brought out, they must be carefully considered whether they are suitable or not, whether they can reflect the spirit of Huaguo, and whether they can impress others.
In the end, a few ideas that have been recognized by everyone were selected from it and photographed.
It's not about making just one TV movie, you have to make several, and then choose the best one among them.
Creativity and picture are two different things, if you don't shoot it, you will never know how it will work, don't watch a five-minute film, it is no less difficult than making a movie.
This is a TV film for the Olympic bid, and after filming, it will be shown to the leaders of the country and will be tested by the people of the whole country.
After half a year of hard work, Zhang Yimou and his team screened out five plans and entered the actual shooting stage.
This time, many insiders were invited to discuss the shooting plan, including the person in charge of the film and television company.
Zhang Yimou is the chief director of TV films, and I need to mobilize resources from all parties, such as I need a director, cinematographer and actor from your company, etc.
Among these plans, some start with folk customs, some show the spiritual outlook of the people in Beijing, and some propose to focus on athletes.
Some people feel that we should pay attention to Chinese elements, and Gong Li is well-known and representative in the West.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is very popular abroad, should you add a little bit of martial arts, such as tai chi.
Everyone has their own opinions, how to integrate tradition and modernity, how to show China to the world, this is a problem that Zhang Yimou needs to consider.
After introducing several plans, Zhang Yimou talked about his understanding of TV films.
"We can't desperately talk about the greatness of tradition and say that the Olympic spirit was expounded in our country more than 2,000 years ago.
We can't give lessons to others, even subtextual lectures, it's not advisable.
What we do is let them watch the TV movie, hey, suddenly they like this country a little bit, and they like China a little bit emotionally, and that's enough. ” "For the new capital, some people may understand it as a thing, a building.
If we exhibit our cultural activities, folklore, it will be too late.
The screen will provide some information for people who have never been to the capital to see, oh, this is what the capital looks like. ” "We don't have to educate others: there are such tall buildings in the capital, and the people in the capital don't wear robes and horse coats.
At the meeting, there were people who put forward a lot of things to be filmed, everything to be expressed, and nothing to be missing.
If none of them are missing, the result is nothing. ” "When you feel that you can't miss a single one, you can't miss a single one for five minutes, your charm, what is your purpose, our purpose is to make their hearts move a little bit, not to conquer, because it's only five minutes.
Art is important in simplicity, give him a little freshness, give him a little surprise. ” Lin Zixuan listened to Zhang Yimou's explanation and felt that Zhang Yimou knew how to do propaganda in a way acceptable to foreigners.
This alone is more suitable for making this TV film than most directors in China.
There are also good directors in China, Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang have their own strengths.
What's the difference?
Let's put it this way, Jiang Wen is suitable to be the chief director of the military parade, Feng Xiaogang can be the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, and the Olympic Games are Zhang Yimou's stage.
It's not that it's irreplaceable, but at present, in the domestic director circle, he is the most suitable.
Zhang Yimou entered the international film industry in the 80s, and it is his advantage to understand how Westerners view China.
Lin Zixuan and Zhang Yimou have contradictions, but in such a major event as the Olympic bid, they will definitely support Zhang Yimou.
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This is not a personal matter, it has risen to the level of the country and the nation, and everyone must work together.
Zhang Yimou invited Lin Zixuan to participate in the discussion meeting, he borrowed someone from Lin Zixuan, and he wanted to find Lin Xiaoling as an assistant director.
"I've seen Kobayashi's eagerness, the last three minutes are smooth, the camera sense is strong, and the most rare thing is that I also capture the feelings."
Zhang Yimou praised, "The reason why I am looking for Xiaolin is because of this, if we talk about shooting gorgeous pictures, we can't shoot advertising film directors, they have more tricks than us, new technology, line by line, and even some TV film directors surpass us."
But if we talk about grasping emotions and paying attention to the perspective of communication between people, this is what we are good at when making feature films. ” Zhang Yimou is talking about the picture of longing for the sequel at the end, celebrating the arrival of the new century.
Lin Xiaoling used five groups of staff to capture the lives of ordinary people in various parts of the capital, and finally edited out a three-minute picture, showing the style of the people in the capital in the new century.
In the eyes of the audience, it passed all of a sudden, and it had little to do with the plot.
But insiders think that those three minutes are quite exciting, achieving the unity of picture and emotion.
Zhang Yimou feels that this kind of processing can be used in the filming of the Olympic bid TV film.
Lin Xiaoling has made documentaries and feature films, and can combine records and stories well, capture the instantaneous emotional changes of ordinary people, and bring visual and emotional double impact to the audience. t1706231537: