Chapter 238 The Birth of a Movie Promotional Song

During the break during the filming period the next day, Yang Lingyue saw Chen Xi holding a piece of paper writing and drawing. Was he composing lyrics?

I walked over and took a look, oh, that’s interesting. I saw these four sentences:

“Where has the time gone/I haven’t even taken a good look at your eyes yet/I spent half a lifetime on daily necessities and salt/In the blink of an eye, all that’s left is wrinkles on my face.”

It seems that he called these two people over to do the soundtrack. Because of the elderly theme, Chen Xi had the inspiration for this song two years in advance.

After a while, Dong Dongdong, who was holding two cups of sour plum soup, saw Yang Lingyue and his girlfriend sitting together, talking and laughing on a piece of paper. He quickly walked over, looked at Yang Lingyue with wary eyes and asked:

"What are we talking about?"

"Dongdong, come and see." Chen Xi waved excitedly when she saw her boyfriend coming.

Dong Dongdong sat down next to Chen Xi and looked over. He couldn't help but be surprised: "I just walked away for ten minutes and wrote the lyrics?"

"Yes, we did it together. Yang Lingyue is so awesome." Chen Xi was still a little excited.

Dong Dongdong felt a little dark in front of his eyes and his hands were shaking a little.

Yang Lingyue stood up and said with a smile: "Dong dong dong, come over and compose music together."

"Ah?" Dong Dongdong didn't react for a moment.

"Oh shit, let's go."

Yang Lingyue waved his hand and took the lead towards the piano in the activity room of the nursing home. This was a real piano. After all, there was a scene where the elderly sang "Ah, Goodbye, Friend".

Pianos are rented, not just pianos, but many large items are rented, and most small items are bought.

When the elderly actors and creators who were resting saw the director approaching the piano, they immediately swarmed over and sat casually on the stools.

Yang Lingyue also had some thoughts after looking at this scene, so he waved and said: "Old Chen, monkey, come here."

After the two came over, Yang Lingyue spoke of his thoughts:

"Chen Xi and I wrote a song. The song will come out in a while. I will sing it again and you will adjust the camera position to shoot. Two aspects: first, the shot of me playing and singing; second, the real reaction of the old people when they listen to the song."

"The director is awesome, do you want to shoot the MV by the way?" Chen Lin took the lead and asked.

"Using it as a movie insert or a promotional song?" Or is it Wang Zizhao who knows Yang Lingyue better.

"You are both right. This song is probably not suitable for an interlude, it is too sensational. But it is still very suitable as a promotional song. When the time comes, a MV will be cut out of the shooting scenes for promotion. Okay, let's arrange the camera location. Let me talk to the actors," Yang Lingyue explained.

At this time, Zeng Li looked at her boyfriend's extremely fast-talking arrangement, and knew that this was another burst of creative inspiration, and her beautiful eyes were full of smiles and expectations.

Dong Dongdong and Chen Xi looked at each other, they are so stupid/so talented!

"Teachers, let's pause the filming for a moment. Our film's soundtrack engineer Chen Xi just wrote a song. Dong Dongdong and I will compose the music right away. Please wait a moment. I'll sing it to you in a moment. This song is for you. gift.”

The veteran actors and creators applauded and expressed their expectation.

"No, no, most of the lyrics were written by the director." Chen Xi waved his hands repeatedly.

Dong Dongdong looked bitter and said in a low voice: "Boss, I, I have no idea now."

Yang Lingyue sat down in front of the piano and said, "You write down the score, and I'll play."

"Slow down." Dong Dongdong quickly took the sheet of music handed over by Zeng Li.

Yang Lingyue glanced sideways, "I really want to be fast. I can't do it fast just because I have the melody in my head, but it's almost the same with the music score."

"Boom."

Yang Lingyue pressed the first key...

About ten minutes later, the first version of the score came out.

Most of the old people know the rhythm of music. The tunes are simple, but soothing and gentle, with a touch of sadness.

Dong Dongdong was indeed a great man. He looked at the score he had written down, frowned and pondered for a while, and then started to make changes. Yang Lingyue gave up his position at the right time.

Three minutes later, Yang Lingyue sat in front of the piano again and said into the microphone: "Everyone around, go aside and take a shot. Just let the actors react normally. Don't perform."

After a lot of busy work, everyone roughly understood the director's intention and became excited.

"The old tree in front of the door sprouts new buds

The dead trees in the yard are blooming again

Half-survival, a lot of words

Hidden in a head of white hair

Little feet in memory

Meaty little mouth

Give him your love all your life

Just for the sound of "Dad"

Where has the time gone?

I’m already old before I can fully feel young.

Give birth to a son and raise a daughter for a lifetime

All I can think about is children crying and laughing.

Where has the time gone?

Your eyes are blurry before I even take a good look at them

Half a lifetime of daily necessities

In the blink of an eye, all that's left is the wrinkles on his face

..."

After singing the song, the emotional female actors such as Lu Zhong and Wu Yanshu wiped away tears one after another. The male actors also wiped away tears, but most of them restrained themselves and were also very emotional.

Yang Lingyue didn't hit the high notes, and he couldn't hit them, but he showed his performance skills and got choked up once while singing, and even shed tears during the second verse.

This song can indeed easily touch people's hearts, especially the children of elderly parents, or the parents themselves. Coupled with Yang Lingyue's somewhat natural "deliberate" acting, it's a little bit silly, but the effect is real, making men silently and women cry, regardless of age.

Except for a few people who were in charge of the camera who were a little excited and thought they had captured a very good shot, the rest of the main creators were also deeply affected by this song.

After a moment of silence, Yang Lingyue stood up and bowed to express his thanks.

The whole audience burst into incomparable applause.

Yang Lingyue thought: It's stable. With the blessing of this song, the box office can at least make back the investment.

"Stop the shooting in the morning. Everyone take a break and adjust. Start work early in the afternoon." Yang Lingyue said so.

Everyone dispersed.

This was also a helpless move. He wanted to calm the old people down, and he wanted this kind of real effect. This was the only way. Fortunately, it only delayed the shooting for two hours, and he could make it back.

"This song is called "Where Did the Time Go?" Zeng Li came over and asked.

"Yeah." Yang Lingyue nodded.

"Do you want to sing it? I think there are still flaws." Zeng Li then said her real problem, afraid of hurting her boyfriend's self-esteem.

"Fix the sound, it's just a promotional song, saving costs, do we have to find a well-known singer to sing it?" Yang Lingyue said as a matter of course.

"Director, come and take a look at the shooting materials." At this time, Chen Lin called out.

Zeng Li wrinkled her nose and muttered that her boyfriend was thick-skinned.

The more Yang Ling looked at the material, the more satisfied he was. When the actors' real performances were edited with some of his singing and playing, and some clips from the movie, he didn't believe it would be another tear-jerker.

"Lingyue, I have some ideas." Wang Zizhao said at this time.