Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 493 You Want Your Girlfriend to Be a Beggar!

Beijing.

Under the neon flashing night, the nanny car is passing through the avenue where cars come and go.

On the sofa in the nanny's car, Chu Xuan looked down at the phone in his hand, and hung up the call with a beep, with a playful smile on his face.

"You guys are so funny." Sitting across from her, Wang Jinhua had an embarrassing expression on her face. She had heard all the conversation between the two of them just now, and in the end she was able to gossip about a small matter of washing clothes, which is really interesting.

Chu Xuan smiled without saying a word, put away his mobile phone and raised his legs, leaning his head to the window to watch the bustling night scene outside.

Thinking back to the phone call with Concubine Liu Yi just now, the situation that the two places are separated by thousands of miles, the way of communication between the two of them gradually has a tendency to rejoice in enemies.

Although he and Concubine Liu Yi have been apart for a long time and miss each other more and more, but this kind of communication situation also makes both parties feel more fun.

"It's very interesting." He secretly pleased.

Seeing Chu Xuan's appearance, Wang Jinhua's thoughts probably drifted to the United States again. This young man in love just can't be separated, and once separated, he thinks about it every day.

Wang Jinhua shook her head amusedly, looked at Chu Xuan with the eyes of an elder, and smiled at the corner of her mouth.

The next moment, she thought about today's dinner again, as if she had thought of something, she couldn't help asking: "When Chenglong was talking at the end, I think you seem to have something to say, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Chu Xuan was slightly taken aback.

For this sci-fi movie, everyone showed a strong interest in the dinner, so we can eat from noon to the current night.

When exchanging topics of interest, the conversation tends to get more and more exciting, not to mention drinking some wine, it will only make you more excited.

When it was time to end the show, Cheng Long probably expressed his feelings and said something from his heart, as well as some suggestions.

"Every star in China wants to go to Hollywood."

"However, no matter how big the actors in Huaguo are in China, if they are lucky enough to come to Hollywood, they will only play supporting roles, and they will not even have many lines."

"Li Lianjie and I were just lucky. We borrowed Li Xiaolong's light. They just needed Huaguo Kungfu there. After Li Xiaolong was at peace, Li Lianjie and I joined his closing ceremony just in time, and started Kungfu again. prologue."

"That's all."

"Besides, Huaguo actors go to Hollywood to play leading roles? This will never be possible in the future, and this situation will not change."

"Unless America ceases to exist, unless America has no capital, unless Hollywood starts over from ruin."

Cheng Long was a little lonely when he said these words. In his heart, he always hoped that more Huaguo actors could go out of the world, so that Huaguo could be known and understood by more people.

But the situation in Europe, America and Hollywood has already been thoroughly seen through his ten years of hard work, and his wish may be hopeless in this life.

"Even if this is the case, we can't keep fighting in the nest, it's so boring."

"Old Tang just revealed the concept of this series of movies, which gave me a preliminary idea."

"If this is a series of movies, then I will take Xuanzai and Sissy in the first movie, change to two new faces in the second movie, change again in the third movie, and change again in the fourth movie..."

"Everyone in the series of movies knows that as long as it becomes popular, its popularity will last and be full of feelings."

"Enthusiasm and passion go hand in hand, so can the members of the protagonist group of each film have a certain reputation overseas? Can they become popular internationally?"

"I think it's possible."

"This situation is equivalent to that actors in our country do not need Hollywood's film and television resources, but only rely on our own film and television resources, and they can also achieve international effects."

"Let our people go to Hollywood, groveling and sticking a hot face to a cold ass, it's too inferior. Every time I see this kind of scene, I feel very bad. I believe you will feel the same."

"Everyone here, think about it? Mr. Du, you Yinghuang has overseas resources, not to mention Huaying Group, and Bright Times is not short of money. Even if you fail once or twice, there is nothing to lose. If you are willing to try in the future, I will be happy." I would be happy to take the lead and invite one or two superstars from Hollywood to join us in our film."

When Chenglong said these words, he was very passionate, as if he had found a new pursuit in the stage of entering old age, and he would always ignite some enthusiasm.

But this matter is too big, and after listening to Chenglong's sudden words, there is no time to think about it, so everyone present just give up.

Only Wang Jinhua noticed Chu Xuan's thoughtful appearance, obviously thinking about something because of Chenglong's words, probably because he didn't want to say much at the dinner, Chu Xuan didn't say much after recovering.

Now there are only two siblings in the car, so Wang Jinhua asked about it.

Chu Xuan withdrew his eyes from looking at the night scene, and looked at Wang Jinhua: "Brother Chenglong's words really touched me, but it's a bit early to consider whether it's international or not. Judging from Hollywood's current status in the world, It will be thankless for the company to take the international route now."

Wang Jinhua nodded slowly, waiting for Chu Xuan's next words.

"But Brother Chenglong's words gave me an idea." Chu Xuan said: "We don't need to create a series of movies like "Resident Evil", with only one or two protagonists from beginning to end."

"We can consider Disney's Marvel line. Under the same movie universe, different protagonists will develop a huge world view. When these protagonists are all popular, the box office appeal of this series of movies will be extremely strong."

Wang Jinhua raised her eyebrows, thought for a while, and said, "Marvel, first launch a Superman, and then launch a Spiderman...The protagonists of each movie are different actors, and then let the plot lines produced by different actors support more The huge world view eventually forms a movie universe."

Chu Xuan nodded, and folded his hands together: "My default thought before was that Sissi and I will support the entire series of movies."

"But now my other idea is to put aside the sci-fi plans that have been made so far, and then make any Liaozhai magic series movies, Shanhaijing monster series movies, or similar Resident Evil movies."

"Sissy and I only acted in the first part, trying to make the film as popular as possible, then let Huang Xuan and the others act in the second part, let other artists from the company appear in the third part, the fourth part, the fifth part... and so on. repeatedly."

"In this case, if it works, let Huang Xuan and the others become famous in the domestic film circle first, and then consider how to take them out of the world after they have the capital in China."

Wang Jinhua lowered her eyebrows, pondering.

The idea proposed by Chu Xuan, regardless of the difficulty or feasibility, at least let her hear a very huge ambition.

According to this idea and model to develop the company's film business, if it finally succeeds, it will lead to batches of artists taking root in the film industry.

Not only Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying, but also Li Kuang and Hu Jun were also inspired by the development of this film.

"But there is one premise." She raised her eyebrows to look at Chu Xuan, but said in unison with Chu Xuan.

The siblings looked at each other in blank dismay, and then each smiled slightly.

"Tell me." Wang Jinhua laughed.

"The company's film and television industrialization must be successful, so I can use this idea." Chu Xuan said.

"I've thought of one." Wang Jinhua nodded: "Disney's Marvel system can be successful because Disney has a complete film and television industrialization industry chain, which can make the film production process on the assembly line, so that it can launch one after another in a short period of time. The movie is popular with one actor after another."

Chu Xuan put down Erlang's legs, put his hands on the back of his head and leaned back on the sofa: "This is also a loophole in Brother Chenglong's thinking."

"Let's look at this idea later, let's talk about the initial industrialization of film and television first."

"Different from the series of movies, the script and characters of each movie in the so-called movie universe are brand new."

"The time span of each film may make the so-called cinematic universe a lifetime series if the entire process of filmmaking is not accelerated."

"Under the inclination of resources, it will seriously delay the development progress of the rest of the company."

"Well, we'll talk about it later." Wang Jinhua nodded.

Chu Xuan's way of thinking, the ambition displayed is still very tempting.

If it can be done, it will drive many of the company's artists to emerge in the film industry, thus accelerating the company's film career.

Wang Jinhua kept this line of thought in her heart, and secretly kept it in mind.

"Sister, go to bed early, good night." The nanny's car stopped at the gate of the villa, and Chu Xuan got off to say goodbye.

"Good night." Wang Jinhua nodded slightly, and then said: "Wash the clothes."

Chu Xuan paused, turned his head and couldn't help but say, "I'll wash it when I get back."

Wang Jinhua happily closed the car door with a "bang", and got off in front of the gate of her own villa.

It's late at night, and people who have been busy all day sleep peacefully.

……

The next day, Chu Xuan got up early in the morning, called Concubine Liu Yi to greet him as usual, and went straight to the Brilliant Times Film and Television Company after washing up.

Because Liu Yi was entangled in various affairs and couldn't leave, and Tang Ji needed Liu Yi's help in designing characters, his screenwriting team stayed at Brilliant Times Film and Television Company.

Chu Xuan was very interested in designing the roles of himself and Concubine Liu Yi, and since he was in his own company, he enthusiastically participated in it.

For constructing a complete script process, generally there is a story structure and related settings first, then there are general characters, and then there is a story outline, followed by designing characters to make the characters three-dimensional and full, and finally writing the plot script.

The sci-fi movie "Army at the City", which has already been named, is currently in the stage of script planning and character design.

For any film and television drama, the character is the soul of the story world, and the quality of the character design will directly affect the quality of the work.

Here, Tang Jili's screenwriting team and Liu Yi's screenwriting team joined forces to design as bright characters as possible for this sci-fi movie.

Often in a film and television drama, there are about six types of characters: subject, opposite, A-type auxiliary body, B-type auxiliary body, output body, and object.

Take Zhang Xiaofan in "Zhu Xian" as an example, the subject is Zhang Xiaofan.

What hinders the main story line is the antithesis, such as Qihao, which hinders Zhang Xiaofan's emotional line; such as Daoxuan, which hinders Zhang Xiaofan's growth line, which can be called antithesis.

It is the auxiliary body that can make the subject or the three-dimensional desire or realize the desire, such as Tian Linger, who made Zhang Xiaofan love, and the same is true for Baguio. These two characters can be called auxiliary bodies.

It is the output body that can express the value of the script, the central idea and the output of opinions. For example, Zhou Xiaohuan has a line "He hasn't done anything bad. If he brings an evil thing, he must be bad?" It is the output body.

Finally, it is the object that can help the subject or the object in the process of achieving the goal.

For example, if Zhang Xiaofan wants to improve his cultivation, he needs the Heavenly Book, and the Heavenly Book is the object.

For example, Zhang Xiaofan needs something but doesn’t know where it is, so he needs Zhou Yixian to help with fortune-telling, and Zhou Yixian is the object.

The object can be a person or a thing.

These six types of people and objects must be thoroughly understood by every screenwriter.

Only after a thorough understanding can we think clearly about the connection of these six types of systems in the story.

Only by finding the connection between them can we design the story nodes more clearly.

A story has ups and downs, and a node is needed to maintain the ups and downs. This node may be the opposite body, the auxiliary body, the output body, or the object.

When the nodes of the whole story line are set up, the character and changes of people, or the functions of objects are designed according to whether the nodes are opposite or auxiliary, etc.

When the main body comes to this node along the story line, the climax will naturally erupt.

Finally, according to the causal relationship between the two nodes, the foreshadowing plot is designed.

When the foreshadowing plot between all nodes is designed, the final script outline will be formed.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to see that the design of an original story is to design the climax first, and then design the foreshadowing in turn.

This is also what Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei learned when they were the producers of "Zhu Xian".

Nowadays, it is also a rare learning opportunity for Yu Chuxuan to create original blockbuster movie scripts.

However, compared to the output body and object, the main character naturally attracted him more attention.

However, compared to the character design of TV dramas, the character design of movies is much more difficult.

There are many TV series, and there are many plots that can be used to pave the way to set off the character of the characters and so on.

There is not enough time for movies, and there are not so many opportunities to pave the way for characters, so when designing movie characters, it is necessary to let the characters reflect a distinctive personality and an eye-catching image as soon as possible.

"What do you think?" Liu Yi sat on a chair, raised his head and asked Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan wandered around the office area, looked left and right, and absorbed useful knowledge points from the exchanges of various teachers.

Hearing Liu Yi's question, Chu Xuan stopped next to him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You are a gold medal screenwriter, ask me a beginner?"

Liu Yi smiled, looked down at the information, raised his hand holding the fountain pen and scratched his head: "The background setting is that the living standard is in ancient times and the daily life is not very important, and the time node is in the modern age, which requires a lot of work. The contrast effect, but such a contrast can not let the audience play..."

Liu Yi put down the hand scratching his head, turned the fountain pen in his hand, and looked up at Chu Xuan: "In this case, what do you think about Qianqian's image? If it is clean, tidy, and white, it will be as good as it is." There is a conflict between the painting styles in this background, if you deliberately make it ugly, it seems unnecessary."

Chu Xuan raised his right hand, which was encircled by both hands, and stroked his chin with two fingers, with a pensive expression on his face.

Liu Yi is right, if Concubine Liu Yi is allowed to appear in such a background painting style in a normal image, if she is too beautiful, she will appear out of place.

But if Concubine Liu Yi was deliberately made ugly...

In his view, this is the next best thing to do.

"I can only find a way from the makeup." Chu Xuan said in a low voice.

"Yes, I can only work on makeup." Liu Yi nodded, took the thermos cup and twisted the lid to drink water.

Chu Xuan pondered while thinking: "The hair is disheveled? The one who doesn't look like he hasn't done his hair well for a long time; wear plain clothes, such as linen? A little bit of dust on his face, it seems that he doesn't pay attention to daily life."

"Pfft——" Liu Yi sprayed out the water he just drank, which attracted the curious attention of the screenwriting teachers nearby.

"With disheveled hair? Wearing sackcloth? There is dust on his face? Isn't this a beggar?" Liu Yi felt amused.

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth turned up, and he took out his mobile phone: "I'll make a call to ask for my opinion."

"You will be scolded by Qianqian." Liu Yi looked like he was watching a play.

Sure enough, when Chu Xuan dialed the phone and uttered the sudden thought just now, he only heard Liu Yifei's unbelievable and dissatisfied voice on the other side of the phone.

"Chu Xuan! You want your girlfriend to be a beggar!!"

"Hahahaha..." The office roared with laughter. This young couple had such a dramatic scene, which made the screenwriting teachers very happy.

Chu Xuan suppressed a smile, propped his hands on the table, lowered his head and said to the mobile phone on the table: "I thought about it just now, it's very visual."

"You think about it, your hair is a little messy, with a loose ponytail tied at the back of your head, some hair on the left forehead, and one or two strands of bangs on the right forehead."

"Then wear plain clothes, such as dark cloth or sackcloth, to give people a feeling of being hungry and weak."

"But your eyes are firm, your face is cold, and you hold a bow. You bend down neatly to set an arrow and you can pierce Yang with a hundred steps. One arrow seals the throat, and an alien is killed."

"I think the contrast is great, don't you?"

"Huh?" Liu Yi's eyes lit up. He thought it was funny at first, but when he heard Chu Xuan's detailed description, combined with Concubine Liu Yi's appearance, he suddenly felt that it was okay.

"I have a feeling." Liu Yi said while constructing a picture in his mind.

"I really feel it." Chu Xuan agreed.

"Really?" Liu Yifei was dubious.

With disheveled hair and sackcloth, no matter how you think about it, she looks like a female beggar.

Can I hold it?

"Besides, you started with this image, and later let Brother Liu design a dress for you to show a queen-like side. This plot can form a second contrast between the front and back, I think it will be amazing." Chu Xuan said again , Say what's in your heart.

"I think it's also very good for you to use a bow as a weapon. Don't foreigners like elves, and the weapons of elves are usually bows and arrows. I think your face shape will also conform to the aesthetics of the European and American markets..."

Speaking of this, Chu Xuan paused, clapped his hands and said, "I think the idea I brought up is a stroke of genius!"

Chu Xuan faced the crowd and smiled slightly: "What do the teachers think?"

All the screenwriting teachers looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you.

After recalling the image of Concubine Liu Yi for a moment, they each expressed their opinions.

"It seems to be good."

"You can try."

"It depends on whether the talisman meets the needs of the plot."

"It also depends on the specific degree of matching with the painting style."

"..."

"I think you can try it first." Liu Yi said, after Chu Xuan expressed all his thoughts, he changed his attitude of thinking that Chu Xuan was joking just now, and agreed: "Construct the characters according to your idea first. Let's see."

The phone was silent for a while, and then said: "Brother Liu, make Chu Xuan's image ugly, don't be too handsome."

There was another burst of laughter from the nearby teachers.

Liu Yi raised his head and joked, "Are you trying to hurt each other?"

Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing, chatted with Concubine Liu Yi for a few more words, then hung up the phone.

Designing original characters is not that simple. Even with an idea provided by Chu Xuan, there are too many elements to consider.

In addition to the six major categories of the character system, there are also three levels of characters that need to be considered.

Common characters, such as alcoholics, gamblers, matchmakers, etc., only need to highlight their own set characteristics.

Flat characters endow one or more values ​​on top of their core characteristics.

A round character, while possessing a variety of values, has distinct personality traits and growth lines, as well as external or internal changes brought about by growth.

These three levels of character division do not mean that the designed role can only be one of the divisions, and it can also be multiple.

Just like the character image that Chu Xuan designed for Concubine Liu Yi just now, it is a common character, and the initial image only shows a contrast between frailty and heroism.

Concubine Liu Yi is the protagonist, so as the plot progresses, she will naturally grow into a flat character and a round character on the last layer.

But when to grow into a flat character and when to grow into a round character, this needs to be set and planned in conjunction with all the context of the story.

The design of film and television drama characters has always been a big project.

Chu Xuan saw that Liu Yi came to design a role for Concubine Liu Yi because of his own suggestion, and for several days he went to the literature department every three days, immersed in the creative atmosphere and never tired of it.

It's a lot of fun designing characters for my girlfriend.

It wasn't until May 5th when Wang Jinhua called that Chu Xuan came out of the creative atmosphere.

"Brother Liu, I'll take a step first." Chu Xuan got up from the chair.

Liu Yi looked at his watch: "It's still early, where are you going?"

"A manager from South Korea came to talk about cooperation. I want to go there." Chu Xuan said.

Hearing this, Liu Yi didn't ask any more questions, and said, "I'll come to the company to meet you in the afternoon, and we'll go to Ren Quan's shop for dinner together."

"Okay, let's go." Chu Xuan waved his hand, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)