Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 463 Attending Class ([-])

In the eyes of everyone, Liu Yi opened the browser on the laptop, but did not do anything extra.

Everyone was curious and didn't know what Liu Yi was going to do when he opened the browser.

I didn't have time to think about it, just looked up at Liu Yi, looked at them and said, "As we all know, no matter before or now, most of the film and television dramas have original novels, and the corresponding scripts of film and television dramas are all adapted from the original novels."

The people present nodded, even those who were not professionals understood that this was the case, and any ordinary people should know that this is the case if they think about it casually.

"What about the original? If there is no original novel, how do you write the script?"

Hearing Liu Yi's words, some people raised their eyebrows, surprised for a moment, original?

The next moment, they knew in their hearts again, isn't "Hope" an original?
With this in mind, they also focused on the issue itself.

How to write the script without the original work?
"The chief screenwriter must formulate the outline and story structure of the original story, and then the screenwriter will design and write the plot of each story stage according to the outline and story structure."

A guy with broken hair and glasses replied, obviously he was born as a screenwriter to be able to answer fluently.

Liu Yi gave him a "huh", nodded and smiled: "But I don't want to show you the outline and story structure, so how do you think I will let you write the script?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, their eyes were shocked, and those who were screenwriters were even more shocked.

What did they hear?Without reference from the original novel, without a story outline and story structure, how to write a script?Write it out of thin air?

The outline is to let the screenwriter know roughly what the story is about, and the story structure is to allow the screenwriter to control the rhythm of the story when writing the script.

If these two most basic things are not shown, how about writing a ghost script?
I don't even know what to write, so how do I write it?
They were very surprised, but the smile on Liu Yi's face calmed them down, and turned to anticipation.

Brilliant Times emails told them before coming here that they are sincerely invited to participate in the exploration of a new script creation model.

When Liu Yi said this, it seemed that he was about to reveal the answer, which aroused their strong curiosity.

Under everyone's gaze, Liu Yi put his hands on the keyboard again and started typing.

The address bar of the browser was quickly entered with a URL that did not know where to go, and there was a "snap" sound of Ambow pressing the Enter key, and the webpage jumped to another page in an instant.

Brilliant Times Screenwriter Factory? ?
Seeing the site name on the webpage, everyone was stunned.

"This is an internal website developed by the company's technical team. It is dedicated to the creation project of screenwriters. It is intended to speed up the process of script creation, thereby improving the efficiency of script formation."

After the words fell, everyone was surprised, a website dedicated to screenwriters?
The status of screenwriters is low, and the creation is unstable. Most entertainment companies in China do not have their own fixed screenwriting teams.

Even if there is a regular team of screenwriters, there are only a few people in that team. How could the company behind it develop a website for a few people?
But the scene they saw in front of them let them know that that's what Cui Can did in that era.

It is unprecedented and unheard of to develop a website specifically for screenwriters, and it is estimated that few people in the industry will even consider this aspect.

They were dumbfounded for a while, not knowing what to say, and developing a website for screenwriters was a bit beyond their current cognition.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at the curtain with great interest, and developed a website for screenwriters, which is a functional website that combines the industrialization process of screenwriting. This idea was proposed by him.

His purpose of proposing this idea is to completely transfer the work of screenwriting from offline to online, and borrowing the convenience of functional programs may reduce the cumbersomeness of the script creation process, thereby improving efficiency.

He just proposed this concept, and whether it can be achieved depends on Liu Yi and the others. Only those who are truly professional know how to design a website to improve efficiency.

It is a relatively simple project to purely build an internal website that does not need to be opened to the outside world, and it does not cost money. It can be done with 20 to [-] yuan.

The film and television company also has its own server to save some time in assembling the server. The outsourced technical team invited by Liu Yi developed it a month ago until now.

A few days ago, I heard from Liu Yi that some of the functions of the website have been completed, and the training can be supplemented with lectures. He and Liu Yifei came here today not only to attend the class, but also because they are curious about this website and want to see this website. What is the content of the website designed according to his ideas.

"The website has three modes, screenwriting mode, coordinating mode and director mode."

"At present, only the screenwriter mode has been developed, and you don't need to pay attention to the other two modes for the time being. Now I will use this website to use the screenwriter mode to tell you about your specific workflow after you join the bright era. "

Hearing this, everyone was very interested.

Using a website for screenwriting?
This is something very new.

It's also a way of working that feels advanced.

Liu Yi entered the account password, and then logged into the website.

The website is clean and white, but many places are still blank, obviously the functions are not yet perfect.

Under everyone's attention, the cursor clicks on a tab called [Creation Library], and the page jumps again.

"I wrote a few samples on the website in advance. Everyone is a smart person. You should take a look and you will know what's going on."

As Liu Yi said, he operated the mouse and clicked on a tab called [Get Proposition Book] on the current page.

Everyone saw text appearing in the originally clean and empty module——

[Proposition category: a category of propositions.

Period: Modern twentieth century.

Scene: luxury cruise ship.

Main character 28: Chu Feng, male protagonist, [-] years old, mechanical engineer, sunny and handsome, upright, affectionate, and humorous.

Main character 24: Liu Qian, the heroine, [-] years old, a psychiatrist, beautiful and generous, elegant, decisive, good at weighing pros and cons.

Character relationship: Fiancée couple, love is added, and there is no turning point in the relationship line.

Starting point of the event: the wedding scene.

Starting atmosphere: happy.

Turn of events: A tsunami occurs before the marriage is completed.

Turning atmosphere: panic.

The end of the event: the rest of the people died, and the hero and heroine survived on the rooftop.

Finishing atmosphere: Dead end.

Screen: large panoramic group portrait. 】

Seeing the text presented on the webpage, people who are not screenwriters are curious.

Chu Feng?

Liu Qian?

Isn't it the hero and heroine in "Hope"?
Some people turned their heads to look at Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, the young couple were also amused, they didn't expect Liu Yi to use their roles as an example.

It was the first time to see such a function and interesting label definitions, and the young couple was as excited as the people present.

These people turned their heads back, and thoughtful, as if they had a clear understanding.

The eyes of several people who were screenwriters also showed high interest, and they quickly understood the meaning. A young man wearing a peaked cap and pigtails couldn't help but said: "Mr. Liu, according to the above standard definition To write a plot?"

Liu Yi stood up and nodded slightly: "Not bad."

Under everyone's gaze, Liu Yi stretched out his hand and patted the curtain lightly: "With these definitions, do you still need to read the outline of the story? And the structure of the story?"

He shook his head, asked himself and answered: "No need at all."

Concubine Liu Yi blinked, and turned her head to see what Chu Xuan wanted to say, but private communication was not very good during class, so she pondered what Liu Yi said by herself.

The propositional tags and text definitions on the web pages are clear and streamlined.

Characters, character designs, scenes, event beginnings, event turning points, event endings, picture effects...all the elements needed for a plot are available.

If you are a non-professional, it may still be difficult to write a wonderful plot based on these labels and definitions.

But for screenwriters, these labels and definitions have given screenwriters the basic conditions for writing plots.

As Liu Yi said, with these labels and definitions, the plot can be written without looking at the outline.

But if you don't look at the structure of the story, how to grasp the rhythm and cohesion of the story?

A lady in a white suit had the same doubts as Concubine Liu Yi: "Ms. Liu, I don't know the previous plot, and I don't know the following plot, so how do I know that the plot symbols I wrote do not conform to the rhythm of the whole story? Does it fit the context? "

Everyone looked at Liu Yi, waiting for him to clarify.

Liu Yi stretched out his right hand to pick up the teacup from the table, and pointed to the curtain with his left hand: "As long as you write the most exciting plot possible in your mind according to the definition of the above criteria, the rest has nothing to do with you."

Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, Liu Yi put his fingers on the [Event Ending] label on the curtain: "The start and end of the event are fixed, which means that the beginning and end of the current plot are fixed, so you need to worry about the rhythm of the story? Worry?" contextual cohesion?"

Liu Yi opened the teacup and took a sip of water, then put down the teacup to get the next proposition.

Everyone looked up, and the text on the web page changed——

[Proposition category: a category of propositions.

Period: Modern twentieth century.

Scene: rooftop.

Main character [-]: Chu Feng, the hero...

Main character [-]: Liu Qian, the heroine...

Character relationship: Fiancée couple, love is added, and there is no turning point in the relationship line.

Starting point of the event: Escape from the tsunami.

Starting point atmosphere: Eager to survive.

Turn of events: The helicopter comes to the rescue.

Transition atmosphere: Urgent and excited.

End of the event: Helicopter crash.

Finishing atmosphere: despair.

Screen: a large panoramic view of the hero and heroine. 】

Seeing another proposition, and this proposition was obviously following the proposition of the previous cruise ship, the lady in white suit understood, and she couldn't help saying "Oh~" in a long tone, "I understand! "

"The plot of the story is all broken, but it is coherent, but these don't need to be considered by us screenwriters."

"For us, it is enough to write out the complete plot of the obtained proposition. As for the follow-up plot, the screenwriter who has obtained the follow-up proposition is responsible, right?"

Liu Yi smiled and nodded: "Very correct."

Seeing Liu Yi's affirmative answer, the people present were surprised.

Only the current proposition is considered, and other propositions are not considered.

From another perspective, that is, the proposition is random, not coherent?

"Don't consider coherence, don't consider the rhythm of the story, just focus on writing the current scene..." A young man in a black jacket "hissed": "This definitely makes the difficulty of creation easier."

A lady in Huang Yi said with great enthusiasm: "Nowadays screenwriters write scripts. The whole stage of the story, including all the characters appearing in this stage, is written by one screenwriter. The logic chain is very complicated."

"Ms. Liu broke the staged story into several small plots. According to the demonstration on the website, we only need to write the propositional plots we get, and the rest of the plots are none of our business."

"This not only makes it easier, but also makes us more focused when creating, because we don't have to consider other too many elements."

For a screenwriter or author, the more considerations have to be made, the more difficult it is to create.

This breaks the whole story into pieces, and the connection between each piece does not need to be considered.

This……

"This is awesome! The creative process is subdivided to the extreme!"

"And each episode has a standard definition of the label, this is a norm, my God, is this not the rhythm of the industrialization of film and television?"

Industrialization of film and television? !

The people nearby looked at each other in blank dismay. Suddenly someone mentioned this, combined with what Liu Yi said, they suddenly felt a little bit, and that was the true purpose of the Brilliant Era.

The industrialization of film and television... The bright era is really brave!
Everyone's hearts suddenly stirred up. Now that the film market is only at the beginning of its rise, Bright Era is ready to start a career that others can't even imagine?
How awesome!
As for the success of Brilliant Times, it's not in their consideration. They just think that they seem to be able to participate in a big business, which makes it difficult for them not to be excited.

"It's so interesting." Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help praising when she saw the sound of communication in the room gradually rising.

Chu Xuan nodded and whispered: "The proposition is random. For screenwriters, it is equivalent to that they don't know which plots to write next. The curiosity and fun brought by this unknown can make a screenwriter work in the original boring fixed creation. Thinking becomes more flexible and interesting, and it can also make their thinking more divergent."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded again and again, feeling that Teacher Liu Yi and the others are really full of creativity, creating such a novel and interesting creative mode.

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, a young man in blue denim sitting in the front row couldn't help turning his head and laughing: "Write the story of this character today, and write the story of that character tomorrow, and everyone's character design is different. A creative method that ordinary screenwriters cannot experience.”

"And those labels and definitions just now are equivalent to the guidance given to us by Mr. Liu."

"With such guidance, it will definitely improve the writing level of the screenwriter, and also improve the screenwriter's ability to shape different characters and characters, so as to gain a wider accumulation of experience. Teacher Liu's creative mode is really brilliant!"

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi smiled slightly. These invited people were obviously very interested in the creative model proposed by Liu Yi, and they initially agreed with it.

"Mr. Liu, what does a class of proposition mean?" Someone suddenly asked.

Hearing this question, the people present gradually fell silent.

They were just attracted by this novel creative method, and were also shocked by the sudden industrialization of film and television, but they didn't notice some details on the webpage label for a while.

After hearing someone's question, they came back to their senses and looked up at the curtain.

For two consecutive propositions, there is a [Proposition Category] with a label of [One Class of Proposition], and they don’t know what it means.

Liu Yi answered their questions: "One type of proposition represents the description of the scene. You only need to write about the general atmosphere of the scene, not the dialogue."

"The second type of proposition represents the description of the dialogue. It only needs to write the dialogue of the characters, not the scene."

"Three types of propositions represent the description of special effects. According to the description of the scene, the surrounding environment and scenes, including weather, waves, cruise ships, and architectural changes, are detailed. The more details the better."

"The four types of propositions represent the shooting script. According to the description of scenes, dialogues and special effects, the shots are initially arranged. After communicating with the director, they are perfected into the final shot script."

It is said that people who are not screenwriters are only curious and novel, and don't have much experience.

Just looking at those friends who were screenwriters, they were shocked after hearing Liu Yi's explanation.

"Fuck, this is not only breaking the plot into several plots, but also breaking the plot into four parts!"

"This... How is this subdivided to the extreme? This is called the subdivision to the point of outrage! It's too thin!"

"I'm convinced. It's great if you don't consider the continuity and rhythm of the plot. Now don't consider the rest of the dialogue and special effects. If you do this, anyone can be a screenwriter! It's too simple!"

"Then you are wrong." Liu Yi shook his head, looking at the person who said "too simple".

Everyone looked at him, Liu Yi smiled slightly: "Simple?"

He paced back and forth, and said, "It's true that the rest of the teachers and I made the creative process extremely detailed and simple. But if it's simple, naturally, our requirements will be higher."

"How to let us take a look at the description of the scene and immediately imagine the picture."

"How to let us read a line and immediately think of the character and even the image of this character."

"How to let us take a look at the description of the special effects, and we can immediately feel the shock and catastrophe."

"How can we let us look at the shooting script, and then we can immediately make up the final film through the shots you arranged."

Liu Yi looked at a group of speechless people in the audience, and said: "The three-dimensional sense of the scene, the sense of the characters in the dialogue, the shocking sense of the special effects, and the sense of the lens of the script."

"If you participate in this job after joining Brilliant Times and fail to achieve the results of each part, then the manuscripts you submit on the website will be returned by me indefinitely until they meet the standards."

Everyone looked at each other, and hearing Liu Yi's words reminded them of an old saying: The simpler things seem, the harder they are.

Liu Yi's model makes screenwriting very simple, but how to write this very simple thing brilliantly?

With this in mind, they really wanted to lower the level just now. This seemingly simple thing is actually not simple.

"Hollywood standard?" someone asked half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Just now when Liu Yi said that he wanted to meet his standards, this person couldn't help but say Hollywood.

Liu Yi looked at him, and said kindly: "What does Hollywood have to do with us? The standards I'm talking about are the Huaguo film and television standards, the Brilliant Times film and television standards."

Everyone was stunned, Huaguo Film and Television is competing with Hollywood?Brilliant Times Benchmarking Hollywood?

Can this be understood as the bright era represents Huaguo Film and Television?
Crazy!

But who is young and not frivolous?They love this kind of company, so handsome!

The eyes of the people present were fiery, and their hearts were full of passion.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help laughing. This Liu Yi is indeed a veteran screenwriter who can easily arouse the emotions of the audience with words. These few words made the friends present feel excited.

Looking at the passionate peers in the room, the young couple looked at each other, and there was also a fighting spirit to fight for their dreams for no reason in their eyes.

Liu Yi clapped his hands, and everyone calmed down.

Liu Yi said: "After what I just said, everyone should also understand the general process of screenwriting work after joining the Brilliant Times."

"After the training this month, I will use this website to give everyone an assessment next month."

"You have also seen the way of assessment, which is to obtain different propositions for a comprehensive test."

"Based on the principle of improving quality and efficiency based on individual differences, write scenes that are suitable for scenes, write dialogues that are suitable for dialogues, write special effects that are suitable for special effects, and write shooting scripts and shot scripts that are very imaginative."

Everyone was stunned and nodded slowly.

Although such an arrangement deprived them of some of the expected writing fun, it was still understandable.

Since the plot is also divided into four parts, let people who are good at each part write this part, the quality and efficiency will naturally be the highest.

"Under this creation mode, the goal given to me by the company is to improve the efficiency of the existing script creation." Liu Yi said: "But I have a bigger goal."

The corners of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi's lips raised slightly, and everyone looked at Liu Yi curiously, wanting to hear what Liu Yi's goal was.

"Because there are normative labels and definitions of labels in every proposition link of creation, then we can regard this creation mode as an assembly line that can repeat tasks."

"And everyone here, including me." Liu Yi looked at the back row: "Including Teacher Ye, Teacher Gong and Teacher Yang, as well as the teachers of the company's literature department, are the assemblers who complete the artwork on this assembly line. "

"While those present here and the subsequent batches of like-minded friends gradually adapt to this new creative mode on the premise of gradually improving their abilities, they are also accustomed to creating under the company's film and television standards."

Liu Yi looked at the crowd, stretched out his hand and pointed casually: "Then I have an expectation."

"Screenwriters with a type of proposition write the scene first, and after passing and composing the scene script, they take the script to arrange props and scenes with the art director and prop teacher."

"At the same time, the screenwriters of the second type of proposition write character dialogue according to the scene, and the screenwriters of the third type of proposition write special effects according to the scene."

"After going through and combining with the scene script into a complete literary script, proceed to select the plots of the characters from the literary script to form a character script to prepare for the audition actors."

"At the same time, the screenwriters of the four types of propositions write shooting scripts and shot scripts based on literary scripts."

Liu Yi raised his index finger towards the sky: "In the end, I want to reach a result. When the shooting script and shot script are written, the scenes and props have been arranged, and the actors have auditioned. Wait for the on-site assistant director to check the scene and confirm that it is correct. Start shooting!"

"Any film and television drama, as long as it goes through the creation of this model, then I will complete the whole process within half a year."

Non-screenwriters don't feel much, they just feel like a cow.

The screenwriters were shocked again and again. The script coordination, crew formation, scene layout, and actor audition started work almost at the same time?

How many departments does this need to coordinate?
How much upfront capital does this cost?
Is it true that Bright Times also needs to industrialize film and television in the process of crew operation?
And if all the pre-production work is completed in half a year, it will probably take one and a half years from the start of filming to the release.

It would be fine to spend this year and a half on ordinary film and television dramas, but if it is really done on special effects blockbusters, it would be awesome.

Those who are good at writing the part of the script that they are good at can guarantee the quality and efficiency.

If the quality and efficiency of the premise work are guaranteed, and the quality and efficiency can be guaranteed in the shooting and post-production...

Brilliant Times can quickly produce high-quality blockbusters. If we really want to do this, then the entertainment industry in the future will really be called Brilliant Times.

"Brother Liu has ideas." Chu Xuan nodded: "This goal is fine."

Concubine Liu Yi showed her face slightly, and said, "I hope it will come true."

Liu Yi sat back in his seat, opened the cup and took a sip of water: "I've finished what I'm going to talk about today. If you have any questions, you can ask them. Let's discuss them together."

Faced with a novel website and a novel creative mode, there are quite a lot of doubts in everyone's mind, and many people are eager to ask questions.

Concubine Liu Yi looked at her watch and whispered, "Let's go."

Chu Xuan looked at his watch, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, looked up at Liu Yi, turned his head towards the door to signal to leave, Liu Yi nodded imperceptibly.

"Teachers, let's go first." Chu Xuan greeted Gong Geer and the others, then got up and left the meeting room with Concubine Liu Yi.

(End of this chapter)