Middle-aged directors shoot youth growth films again
The title of Summer Future is easily reminiscent of Chen Zhengdao's famous work Summer Lightyear, which is also a youth film. 15 After making another youth film, Chen Zhengdao teased himself that he had changed from a young director to a middle-aged director, and his understanding of youth films had changed greatly. He hopes to redefine youth movies through this work. "For me, youth is not a specific age stage, but refers to being able to be an ideal self, eventually growing up in the long process of growth, being able to recognize the life and people you want, or being lucky enough to find someone who loves you. At this time, adolescence really ends. "
On this basis, Chen Zhengdao hopes that "Summer Future" can be passed on to the audience: No matter what age you are now, try to be what live high wants, which is youth growth. "This film is dedicated to all audiences who are in adolescence and have not finished yet, no matter how old you are."
In Summer Future, Chen Chenzheng, played by Zifeng Zhang, suffered a double blow from the failure of college entrance examination and family changes, and because of a lie, she was accidentally thought to be in love with Zheng Yuxing, the campus network star played by Leo. In the unsolved youth, the two men joined hands to face all kinds of growing problems, bravely faced their true selves and witnessed each other's growth and transformation after the summer passed.
The details of the plot are full of contemporary flavor.
It's been 15 years since midsummer, and the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the lives of boys and girls are completely different from before. The first shot of "Summer Future" is a vertical screen of Tik Tok and video; High school students use smart phones to study and socialize and become online celebrities with tens of thousands of fans. When I am lonely, I even tell Siri the secret of my heart. When parents and teachers hear the news of campus love, they no longer regard it as a scourge ... The plot and details in the film are full of contemporary flavor.
In Chen Zhengdao's view, when he was a child, his information was not so smooth, and it took him a lot of time to find a good friend. Nowadays, young people are born with new media and social networks. No matter what they like, they can find their companions through the Internet and other channels. Massive information has broadened their horizons. "However, it is even more difficult when they have to face themselves or say something from the heart. When I was a child, I had a crush on someone who could write love letters and send text messages. It's different now, and there may be more secrets hidden. " Chen Zhengdao admits that this is where he is interested in today's young people. He is still exploring, and Summer Future is an attempt.
In A Light Year in Summer, adults rarely show up, but in A Summer's Future, there are many family plays, especially the mother and daughter played by Hao Lei and Zifeng Zhang, which are impressive. In this regard, Chen Zhengdao said with a smile that his attitude towards his family, parents and elders was somewhat "frivolous", but when he matured, he took photos of himself when he was young and had a deeper understanding of his family and parents. He believes that one of the biggest conflicts in the film is that parents think they live longer, because they love their children too much, so they want their children to take a safer road, but the children don't agree. "The movie is about the process of parents and children letting go of each other. How do parents learn to respect their children? How do children understand that parents are not controlling themselves, but loving them? There is no threshold for becoming a parent. Children can't choose their own parents, but they can grow up with each other. This is also a core idea that the film wants to express. "
Zifeng Zhang and Leo have the advantage of being young.
Chen Zhengdao said that Zifeng Zhang and Leo were chosen as the hero and heroine because they are very close to the age of the characters. "Youth movies should be like this. It doesn't mean that we find some people to play young people's lives as youth movies, and youth itself is a state. " He thinks that the greatest advantage of Zifeng Zhang and Leo is that they are young.
Zheng Yuxing in the film likes electronic music, and her dream is to be a DJ. Leo specially learned to play CD and guitar, and invited friends to play CD for them at home. At the end of the film, there is a scene in which Zheng Yuxing vomits. At first, Leo and Chen Zhengdao discussed whether it was necessary, but later they thought it was necessary to shoot. He asked Chen Zhengdao how to shoot it, and Chen Zhengdao said, we can make props for you, but Leo felt that the effect was not real, and he also searched some online recipes for spoofing bloggers, "trying poison", and tried several times to complete the performance.
If two young actors provoked the beam of Summer Future, then Hao Lei, Zu Feng and other senior actors who played the elders added a lot of depth and thickness to the film. "I have never been a parent. Hao Lei and Zu Feng will give me a lot of experience in this area when shooting and share their parent-child relationship. " Chen Zhengdao said that in the film, they play a pair of middle-aged adults who are still pursuing love. Compared with the "children's group", the "adult group" is still tinkering with love. This unconventional relationship makes the story look particularly interesting.
Editor Jin Liwei
Process Editor wuyue