nucmednet Chapter 122 Aesthetics
Chapter 122 Aesthetics
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Regarding this!
Wang Xiaohao was speechless.
No wonder this guy makes so many bad movies!
Wang Xiaohao discovered that Sun Xuyang's emotional intelligence was entirely focused on interpersonal skills.
He wasn't very interested in filming.
This guy actually has acting skills.
If the director pushes him a bit, his acting skills will come through.
But if you don't push him, his acting skills will remain just like that!
When acting opposite Jin Ningxin, his acting skills were adequate.
But now that he's noticed Wang Xiaohao starting to dislike him, this guy puts in a tremendous amount of effort into his acting, and his skills improve dramatically.
Wang Xiaohao was speechless!
However, thanks to the full efforts of the two lead actors, the filming went very smoothly.
Wang Xiaohao has already taken up a lot of Sun Xuyang's time, so it's better to film all of Sun Xuyang's scenes together so that he can leave.
In fact, Sun Xuyang's role as Qiu Ye didn't have many scenes to begin with, and it mainly consisted of appearances with Bo Zi.
So it took another ten days or so for Sun Xuyang to finish filming!
There will probably be a few scenes where Sun Xuyang will be asked to reshoot, but he can leave the crew now!
Next, Wang Xiaohao led the crew to Northeast China to prepare for filming winter scenes.
The most vivid and memorable scenes in this film seem to be set in winter, amidst the endless snow.
And now, it's snowing in Northeast China!
Movies are a magic of light and shadow, so there will be two filming locations in winter.
One is a city on the northern coast.
Another one is a village in Northeast China.
These were all locations that were scouted in advance.
And now, in that village in Northeast China, it has started to snow heavily.
The film crew rushed over and began filming the most memorable opening scene of the entire movie, Love Letter.
The reason Wang Xiaohao suddenly thought of making the movie "Love Letter" was because before he traveled through time, he suddenly heard the devastating news of the original female lead's death.
Suddenly, I had a sudden inspiration and thought of making this movie.
He had seen this movie a long time ago in his previous life, probably on a movie channel or somewhere.
I was quite young at the time, and I only half understood what I read, mainly because the characters kept changing.
Just like he complained above, the two female leads were played by the same person.
And both the male and female protagonists are named Fujii Itsuki!
However, the role of the girl in "Girls' Generation" was played by a different actress.
Wang Xiaohao was completely dumbfounded!
He always thought it was just that he didn't understand.
Later, I happened to read a few film reviews and realized that many people hadn't understood them at the time.
I even thought it was a ghost story... a story set in a parallel universe!
It has to be said that people's comprehension skills were really lacking back then!
Let alone "Love Letter," even "Ashes of Time" has received reviews saying that not only Chinese audiences but also foreigners can't understand the plot. They just think it's amazing and gave Wong Kar-wai an award.
Wang Xiaohao also believed it to be true at the time!
I figured the foreign judges definitely wouldn't understand...
The reason I couldn't understand it was simply because I hadn't watched enough films, and information wasn't as readily available back then!
Aesthetic appreciation is not just based on innate intuition; it is also a skill that can only be acquired through training!
As long as it's within the same framework and the same aesthetic system, even if there's a language barrier, there will never be a situation where professionals can't understand it.
Film is the art of images, the art of light and shadow!
Why can movies travel all over the world, but television can't?
This is because movies rely on visuals to convey messages, while television conveys messages through language and dialogue.
The visuals are the same all over the world!
And the technical and aesthetic systems of film are universally applicable!
On Douyin (TikTok), some commentators even directly mentioned Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" when discussing what constitutes "ugly calligraphy"...
It is clear that no matter how good the art is, people without aesthetic training simply cannot tell the difference between good and bad!
Of course, it is also related to the fact that ordinary people have never seen the original or a high-definition copy, so they cannot directly see the beauty of the brushstrokes!
When Wang Xiaohao first saw the original calligraphy copybook, he had only one feeling: all the characters were three-dimensional, as if they were alive and dancing!
You can even clearly see the order of each stroke, and the density and dryness of the ink.
Without professional training, all one can do is judge whether a character looks good or not!
Neatness is considered beautiful, while irregularity is considered ugly!
The same applies to movies, especially art films. It's not just about the storyline!
A person with a good eye for film can still glean more from the composition, visuals, and metaphors of foreign films, even if they don't understand the story language.
This is the kind of professional film aesthetic that is universally understood throughout the world!
Instead of being a bunch of nonsensical scribbles that nobody understands.
It's not that even so-called professionals can't understand it; they just get together and spout nonsense, offering random praise and criticism!
They have their own system!
This is true of all systematic art forms!
This isn't something experts made up to fool laypeople!
Of course, we live in an era of ordinary people, where everyone is adept at deconstruction and likes to deconstruct sacred and authoritative things into the vulgar and ordinary.
This is actually not a bad thing!
It's actually a good thing!
However, if it goes too far and becomes populism or even anti-intellectualism, then it's all over!
Look at our old Europe and America, isn't this the place we've come to?
When Wang Xiaohao watched "Love Letter," even though he didn't understand the movie at the time, he could vaguely sense a certain emotion surging beneath the calm surface of the film!
Good movies give you this feeling... that even if you don't understand the plot, you can still feel a certain emotion.
When Wang Xiaohao remakes this movie, he naturally wants to add his own emotions.
Otherwise, even if it's a one-to-one replica, what you end up with is still a beautiful-looking puppet that has no soul.
Or rather, industrial waste!
This is also why Wang Xiaohao chose to make this film.
He wanted to challenge himself, and it was also a learning process!
His first film, "My Sassy Girl," had already taught him how to shoot low-budget commercial films. It was essentially a replica of the original, a fairly standard production.
In the second installment, "Beautiful Legend," Wang Xiaohao basically copied the original without adding much new content.
Although he was aware of some problems with "Beautiful Legend", he was not capable of making too many changes to it.
Moreover, the reason why "Beautiful Legend" has become a classic among moviegoers is precisely because of its appeal to both highbrow and lowbrow audiences. The subject matter is profound and sharp enough, but the filming techniques are quite down-to-earth.
If we go a little deeper, it might be more professional, but it might not be very user-friendly for the general movie audience!