"I haven't seen the movie, but based on the script, I think we just need to find a dark song for the murder scene at the beginning and the end, or find a tune that is often used and change it... There is a part in the middle where the protagonist reads
When the hostess takes off her clothes, the music that plays should have a layered feel..."
After eating, the two talked about the soundtrack again, and Cheng Yanqiu began to seriously analyze how to use the soundtrack in "The Tuner".
Cheng Yanqiu's interest in music scores exceeded Yu Dong's imagination. When she talked about music scores, the light in her eyes could not be concealed.
Yu Dong quietly listened to his wife's music plan for "The Tuner" and saw the light in her eyes, followed by a gentle smile.
Seeing Yu Dong staring at him, Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said, "Don't just listen to me. You are the screenwriter. Please give me your opinions."
"I have no objection at all. I think what you said is very good. It's the same as what I think. But one thing I don't know if it can be realized is to play a soothing song a little darker."
"Yes." Cheng Yanqiu nodded, "The emotion of the piece is not only related to the notes, but also to the techniques used by the performer. Just like the song "Happy Birthday to You" you played before, although it is a very cheerful song
It’s a song, but it has a dark feeling after you play it.”
"..."
"Are you trying to make me nervous by playing a soothing song?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Yes, although the protagonist was very nervous at that time, he actually wanted to make the atmosphere less tense, so he would not take the initiative to play a dark song. He would rather use a soothing song to make the atmosphere less tense.
The killer relaxes."
"In this case, the atmosphere of the movie will be a little worse."
"No, the soundtrack is one thing, and the sound effects are another. Jia Zhangke can just add some sound effects to the film to enhance the tension. For example, the sound of approaching footsteps, the harsh sound of the door closing, etc."
"In that case, I understand." Cheng Yanqiu nodded, "Actually, when I saw the script before, I actually had music for the movie in my mind."
"Then Jia Zhangke has really found the right person."
Yu Dong smiled and stood up to put away the dishes. Cheng Yanqiu also picked up his apron and prepared to wash the dishes.
"I'll do the washing up." Yu Dong took the apron from Cheng Yanqiu's hand, "Comrade Luoluo's hands should be well protected and reserved for playing the piano."
"Then you, a great writer, should protect your hands and keep them for writing."
Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "A writer's hands don't need to be protected. You can tell just by looking at Yu Hua's hands."
"Actually, you don't need to pay too much attention when playing the piano. Not many of my classmates have good-looking hands. Bai Yan, do you remember? Her fingers are a little deformed."
"Then I didn't pay attention."
Yu Dong took the bowl to the kitchen, and Cheng Yanqiu followed him there, leaning next to him and watching him wash the dishes.
"Speaking of Bai Yan, she has gone to Rome now and never comes back for a year. I saw her last year... Oh, by the way, when we chatted last time, she also told me that she saw a literary script that was very good.
, and said that she would bring the script to me to read when she comes back."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Bai Yan actually pays attention to literary scripts?"
"Mainly because the script was related to piano, and she thought the story was quite good."
"what story?"
"It seems to be about an orphan who was abandoned on a ship. He became a very good pianist by teaching himself. He only got off the ship once in his life. She didn't say anything else in detail."
Yu Dong stopped washing the dishes for a moment. Why did he feel that this story was so familiar?
It sounds similar to the movie "The Pianist on the Sea", the only difference is that the male protagonist in the movie never got off the ship.
"What's the name of this story?" Yu Dong pretended to ask casually.
"I can't remember what the story is called, but the hero's name is very special, it's 1900."
really.
That's right, it's "The Pianist on the Sea".
In this way, the movie should be an adaptation of this literary script.
The director of "The Pianist" is the famous Giuseppe Tornatore, who is also the director of "Cinema Paradiso" and "Beautiful Sicily".
Among the three movies, Yu Dong's favorite was "Cinema Paradiso". He was deeply shocked when he saw this movie for the first time.
"Did Bai Yan say who wrote this literary script? Where did she read it?"
"I didn't say that." Cheng Yanqiu shook his head and smiled, "Why, it seems that you are very interested in this story?"
"Really interested."
"If you are interested, I will ask Bai Yan for you later."
Yu Dong nodded, "Okay."
In fact, Yu Dong was interested in this literary script, and he didn't necessarily want to film it. He just thought it was a coincidence that he could hear the original work of "The Pianist on the Sea" from a friend of Cheng Yanqiu.
With this kind of fate, he naturally became a little curious, and it was with this curiosity that he asked.
In addition, if it is really necessary to film, there will probably be no money invested in deep space.
The box office investment of this kind of movie is not low, but if the box office is not good, you have to rely on selling movies to make money back.
From an artistic point of view, it is of course very valuable and has a strong later influence. But from a commercial point of view, it is not even as good as "Sniper Phone Booth".
But one thing is that Yu Dong likes the soundtrack of "The Pianist on the Sea" very much.
If he could participate in the filming of the movie, Yu Dong hoped to take Cheng Yanqiu to see it.
Since Cheng Yanqiu is very interested in scoring, maybe she can also participate. Even if she can't score the movie, she can still learn from the movie's scorer.
And after participating this time, I can also establish a relationship with Giuseppe, and it will be easier if I want to cooperate in the future.
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Within two days, Cheng Yanqiu asked Bai Yan the name of the script, which was called "1900: Monologue". It was a literary script written by the Italian writer Alessandro Barrico last year.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After knowing the script and the name of the author, Yu Dong called Yiliang and asked him to help contact the author to see if he could get it from him.
The film and television adaptation rights of the script were purchased.
Things were much simpler than Yu Dong imagined. Alessandro Barrico was well-known in Italy, so it was easy to find him.
When someone from Deep Space approached him and offered to purchase the film and television adaptation rights to "1900: The Monologues," he agreed immediately without any counter-offer to the $100,000 copyright fee proposed by Deep Space.
In fact, after Alessandro Barrico finished writing "1900: Monologues", he also tried to find several filmmakers to see if it could be made into a movie, but they were all rejected.
He was very surprised that deep space could find him this time. For him, the copyright fee was not the most important thing. What was important was that the literary script he tried to write could be turned into a movie.
Of course, the copyright fee of 100,000 US dollars is not cheap. The life of Italian writers is not very good, so they do not look down upon 100,000 US dollars.
After Yu Dong got "1900: Monologue", he was not in a hurry because "Sniper Phone Booth" had not been finished yet.
And even if he finished writing "Sniper Phone Booth", he was going to take a break first. Writing movie scripts continuously like this made him a little tired and he needed time to clear his mind.
…
What a coincidence is that when Yu Dong finished writing "Sniper Phone Booth", a new issue of "Harvest" also came out.
And his "Crowd" was also published in this issue of "Harvest".
As soon as Cheng Liye returned to the office after class, the department chair Shen Changhe came to him with a copy of "Harvest".
"Lao Cheng, have you read the new issue of "Harvest"?"
Cheng Liye raised his head and looked at Shen Changhe, "Not yet, have you come out? I have class in the morning, so I didn't pay attention. But you came here just to ask this? Is there anything special about this issue of "Harvest"?"
Shen Changhe laughed and said, "Old Cheng, don't you care much about your son-in-law?"
Cheng Liye looked strange, "How do you say this? I care about my son-in-law very much."
Shen Changhe laughed even harder. He walked up to Cheng Liye with the magazine in hand, then opened it and pointed at the catalog and said, "Look, Old Cheng."
Cheng Liye stretched out his head to look and saw the word "Yu Dong" written clearly on the catalog, followed by the title of the work: Crowd.
He raised his eyebrows and said unexpectedly, "Does this guy have any new works published in "Harvest"? I'm... Oh, I heard him say that he was writing a novel before, and he wanted to submit it to "Harvest", but in the later period, I
No more attention."
Mainly because they don't usually talk about literature.
When Cheng Yanqiu first brought Yu Dong home, Cheng Liye thought about having a writer son-in-law, which was quite novel... Of course, apart from the writer son-in-law, he had never tried to have any other son-in-law.
Anyway, I had some trial and error thoughts at that time, and talked with Yu Dong about a lot of literature-related things, and I also paid more attention to what Yu Dong usually writes.
But as time went by, we couldn't just talk about these things when we met, and the conversations between them gradually became more real.
Now when his daughter and son-in-law come to his house for dinner, he either asks them about life-related matters or invites them to play mahjong.
Seeing Cheng Liye's surprised expression, Shen Changhe said with a smile, "So I said that your father-in-law doesn't care enough about his son-in-law. You see, it's me. As soon as the new issue of "Harvest" came out, I told him about his new work.
finish watching."
"I heard from him that it seemed to be written on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, but I didn't see the manuscript."
"That's right, it's written on Shanghai Stock Exchange." Shen Changhe nodded, "It's very good and has great research value. I didn't come to you just to talk nonsense with you. I'm planning to start a research project in the department. Yes, let’s study this book together.”
Cheng Liye smiled and said, "It seems that the writing is indeed good. Do you want me to call Yu Dong over?"
"I want you to represent our department and invite Yu Dong here."
"I called him, do you still want to invite him?"
Shen Changhe waved his hand and said, "Old Cheng, business matters should be handled publicly, and don't mix personal feelings."
Chapter completed!