In the recent film market, "Young You" has become a hit. On the first day of release, the box office exceeded 200 million, and it is now approaching 700 million, and what is even more valuable is that as a domestic youth film, the Douban score of "Young You" is as high as 8.6.
It is worth mentioning the end credits of the film, some netizens found that on the special thank-you list at the end of "Young You", Lu Kaitong's name was typed out, and a box was added to the late her. This move made many viewers a little confused, who is Lu Kaitong? What does she have to do with this movie?
Lu Kaitong and Yu Jingping
Lu Kaitong was once a rare singer-songwriter in today's music scene, and the ending song sung by Cen Ning'er in "Young You" is Lu Kaitong's work. And "Young You" photographer Yu Jingping, is Lu Kaitong's closest person before his death, "Young You" the full and rich image texture is from Yu Jingping's hand.
Cinematographer Yu Jingping in the crew of "Young You"
"Young You" tells the story of how two teenagers who were changed by a school bullying incident protected each other and grew up together. The film combines the emotional complexity of teenagers with the adult world, based on reality, and shows the youth world with different temperaments. Anyone who has seen the film can feel that the photography of "Young You" is full of praise, under the palm of Yu Jingping, the image of the film presents a sharp style, and each shot is meaningful. According to Yin Fang, a young actor who plays a young police officer in the film, most of the shots in this film are handheld photography, and Yu Jingping, as a female photographer, carries the machine herself. In order to present a more realistic documentary style, she carries more than a dozen kilograms of machines every day, and it is common to follow the characters through alleys and stairs.
Yu Jingping bid farewell to Lu Kaitong
In August last year, Lu Kaitong fell to her death due to depression, ending her life at the age of 32.
Lu Kaitong
At that time, Yu Jingping was filming "Young You" in Chongqing, and after hearing the bad news, she urgently returned to Hong Kong to deal with the aftermath and personally pressed the cremation button. After that, she returned to the crew to continue her own filming work. A month later, "Young You" was completed, and Yu Jingping confided in her heart for the first time on Weibo late at night: "During this period, it was indeed painful and happy, half of it was you, and half of it was this drama that we all liked very much." ”
And the filming work also helped Yu Jingping survive the most difficult days to a certain extent. She considers herself lucky to be part of the extended family of the film "Young You". She also revealed: "Everything that should make me angry is still not particularly tolerant of me because of this difficult moment, and what should make me happy is not less, so that I can forget the pain, everyone's hugs, warm smiles and strict requirements are all strength." At the end of the article, she wrote "there will be a period after that", and the short four words were touching.
Many music fans remember that in 2017, Lu Kaitong won the Best Arranger Award at the Golden Melody Awards, and confessed to Yu Jingping on the stage, thanking her for making her life complete because of her, "I know that the world is not perfect, my music is not perfect, my people are not perfect, but with you, who still needs perfection." This sentence has touched countless people.
Today, the subtitles of "Young You" once again pull out the old past behind this, and this special thank you is still lamentable.
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