movie " stop and go " is currently being screened. The film won three awards for best film, best screenplay and best supporting actress at this year's Beijing Film Festival. Long Fei was very surprised and pleasantly surprised to win the award. He said , the inspiration of the film is actually the trivial stories and emotions of daily life, so the audience can easily immerse themselves in their real life, as if this is the story of a neighbor's family, showing the ordinary and humorous undertones of life in the laughter and curses. It is both hilarious and touching.
The traffic jam scene was relatively difficult to shoot.
The movie "Stop and Go" was directed by Long Fei, written by Huang Jia, Hu Ge, , Gao Yuanyuan, starring Yue Hong, Zhou Yemang, Jin Jing, Gan Yun Chen stars, Liu Jun, , Liu Yiwei, make special appearances. The film revolves around the story of Wu Di (played by Hu Ge), an older young man who decides to return to his hometown after hitting a wall in a big city. The sudden "intimate relationship" puts Wu Di's family into a "dog-jumping" mode. Depressed, he meets his old middle school Classmate Feng Liuliu (played by Gao Yuanyuan), and a series of unexpected stories happened.
Long Fei directed the family comedy "The Sofa Sleeper" in 2017. He found that many viewers like this style very much. ""Stop and Go" actually continues the style of this new comedy, and "The Sofa Sleeper" "Stop and Go" is a less traditional genre film. The creation is inspired by the fragments and details of our lives. We hope to use the details of life and the richness of the characters to create jokes and create a story. "Life flow comedy."
In Long Fei's view, the most basic thing in a movie is the script. "Huang Jia gave me this script. After reading it, I liked it very much and thought it was worth doing." I will give some of my reference opinions, and she will incorporate them into the script after digesting them. What we want to write this time is about ordinary people's lives, some daily and interesting things, and sometimes the power of an ordinary person. It is limited. When there are so many dissatisfactions or setbacks in life, you can only stop, but the purpose of stopping is to continue on. Every character here has his own ideas, his own outlook on life and his life. At the same time, everyone will face their own hearts and original intentions, and know what they want. This is what our film probably wants to convey, " said Long Fei, "Stop and Go". It is a film that belongs to the life stream. It is all about the small things in life. There are no big ups and downs, and there are no extreme emotional outbursts. "But when we want to achieve a comedy effect, we need to have a sense of being off the ground."
Because it is a family comedy, Long Fei admitted that the filming difficulty was not particularly difficult. "The only relatively big problem is the traffic jam. That scene was very hot that day and there were a lot of vehicles involved. Fortunately, the actors were very cooperative and the team was very professional. They worked together and successfully filmed the scene. "
I hope to make the characters unique and extreme.
The relationship between Wu Di and his family in the film is very interesting. Long Fei said that when the screenwriter Huang Jia showed him the script, "I felt that we had a chance to create a family relationship that was different from the traditional Chinese family. There are both There are some common features that everyone is familiar with. For example, the father is more traditional and has a temper, but at the same time, you will find that the mother is more playful and has her own spiritual pursuits. We hope to make the characters here unique and extreme, similar to those in usual movies. The traditional family relationship in the play is a little different. "
In the film, his mother has the greatest influence on Wu Di. Long Fei said that Wu Di was able to be loyal to his heart in the end and stick to his choice without forgetting his original intention. It has to do with mother's influence.And Feng Liuliu is equally important to Wu Di. When Wu Di was in a stagnation stage, Feng Liuliu played a very important role in promoting him. "The two people were relatively strangers when they first met. Later, they gradually became familiar with each other and became more and more familiar." The reason why they didn't get together in the end was due to the fact that the two people have different values, their growth background, life background and their life loads. For example, Wu Di may be more idealistic, except for Youyanjiangmi. In addition to tea and the like, she hopes to have spiritual pursuits and self-satisfaction. Feng Liuliu needs to survive under the pressure of reality, because after all, she has children and is divorced. "
The actor acted with care, and I was moved watching it.
Several actors in "Stop and Go" dedicated their superb acting skills. They portrayed the characters as real, cute and unique, which impressed the audience. Long Fei also said that he was very moved by the actors' performances. "When an actor plays a heart-wrenching moment, what you watch can also reach your heart, so many scenes will particularly touch me. The scene with my father by the river, the scene with Wu Di recalling his mother in the kitchen , and the last few scenes where Wu Shuang and Wu Di were walking on the mountain road, they all moved me very much. "
There were many surprises for Long Fei during the filming. "The little details added by Hu Ge and the little actions he thought of. For example, there was a scene where he was filming when he was returning home. A lonely figure walked up the stairs, but he suddenly chose to sit there and look at his phone silently. It seemed like it was late at night, but he was unwilling to go home alone. This was particularly in line with Wu Di's character at that time. The feeling of that kind of character is better than walking. For another example, the rain scene by the river was indeed set as a rain scene in the original script, but we were worried that it would be difficult to control, so we changed it to a sunny scene. After filming on the riverside, when we were filming the scene of waiting for the bus at the station, the storm suddenly started to really storm, and we restored the settings in the original script. It can be said that it was God who helped us."
Long Fei admitted that as a new director, it was very difficult for him to work with the actors. Communication and communication with other departments are challenges for him. “I am still in the process of learning in this aspect, but thanks to a good script, the screenwriter has done a very clear job in character setting, so, We have reached a tacit understanding and consensus in the early stage of communication with the actors, and the communication during the filming was smoother than expected. "
Hu Ge was very relaxed, and Gao Yuanyuan worked hard.
Talking about meeting Hu Ge for the first time, Long Fei said. He said that he had a very good impression of Hu Ge, "Actually, we didn't expect Hu Ge to come at first. Fortunately, he liked it very much after seeing the script. After meeting, I felt that he was very sincere and easy to get along with. His entire performance His interpretation of this character is very relaxed and very suitable for this role. And the most important thing is that his understanding of this script is very consistent with our original intention of writing this script. This is what makes me happy. We are particularly happy. Yuanyuan's arrival also gave us a big surprise. She also worked very hard when learning dialect. I saw that she often took the initiative to communicate with the dialect teacher and practiced non-stop whenever she had time. She even asked for some accents to be added to the Mandarin dialogue to make the character more down-to-earth. Her desire to seek breakthroughs is particularly rare. After we met Yuanyuan for the second time, she contacted a documentary director. , she studied with the director for half a month to observe and learn what a real documentary photographer is like. After joining the group, she also kept practicing with the handheld camera, tripod and other equipment, so she only acted in this role. Especially handy."
As for the title of the film "Stop and Go", Long Fei believes that this kind of stop is necessary, "Many times life is very helpless, and sometimes you will stop when you can't go on. Coming down and stopping is also an opportunity for you to think about your original choice and why you chose to take this path. After you have thought it through, or when you have the opportunity to start again, you can continue walking. This is the so-called stop-and-go. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
editor/Cui Wei
