Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 715 Pioneers

Wang Yuan, Cai Yinong and Li Guoli were lamenting the "luxury" of the splendid era. Jack and Ailand were equally surprised after being translated by Liu Yifei.

2000 million is used every year to maintain the operation of the literary company, with the purpose of cultivating screenwriters that are in line with industrial operations, and it is still in the experimental stage without asking for anything in return for almost two years.

"This is almost impossible in the West." Jack shook his head.

Judging from the prices of goods on both sides, the 2000 million yuan in China is estimated to be 2000 million US dollars in the United States.

In the eyes of Western capital, if you use this 2000 million US dollars to go around the financial market, your luck will double in a year.

Doing something that won’t pay off in the long run? It is absolutely impossible for Western capital to do it.

Even if it were him, he would be more willing to use the 2000 million to invest in a movie.

A group of people followed Liu Yi to the third machine. The third screenwriter could receive the content written by the first two screenwriters.

When the software reads the two contents, the scenes, plots and dialogues are automatically spliced ​​together to form a complete plot in a literary script.

After taking a look at the content, the screenwriter wrote——

[Wu Xiaobao: I can’t go to school when I’m sick. My father leaves early and comes home late every day to make money to buy me medicine and doesn’t spend much time with me. My life is so boring every day.

Fortunately, there is Uncle Jock who lives opposite me. He is so awesome. He can turn himself into a fun clown and can even throw three balls into the air without losing any of them.

Uncle Jock is also kind. Every time I ask him to play the clown out of boredom, he always agrees.

Look, I came to him to play the clown again this time, and he immediately agreed to it, hehe.

Jock: I don’t know how many years I have left to live. Anyway, there is only one day left. I don’t know how to describe this feeling, and I don’t know how to face my declining body.

Everyone in the apartment knew about my situation. Some people looked at me with caring eyes, while others looked at me with disgust. I didn’t dare to go out for a while. I am a human being, not an alien. I don’t want to see them, no matter whether they are good or evil. Strange gaze.

The little girl who lives opposite me has leukemia. Hey, two seriously ill patients live together. Is this considered fate?

The little girl didn't know what late-stage cancer was and often said she would be fine soon. Every time I saw her innocent look, I was very happy. She was also the first person who didn't treat me as a patient.

The little girl laughs every time she plays the clown, and her smile is pure. Perhaps this is a rare light that I will see in the rest of my life.

What I look forward to most every day is waiting for her to knock on the door. Playing a clown to make her happy seems to be my motivation to live.

Listen, she's knocking on the door.

I rubbed my face, smiled, and walked toward the door. 】

The content ends here, and Wang Yuan, Li Guoli and Cai Yinong are a little confused again.

"This is... a biography of a character?" Wang Yuan was doubtful.

This was obviously a biography, but he didn't dare to confirm it, which was actually unbelievable.

In the script creation process, it is usually just a matter of classifying the plot structure of each character.

For example, the content in front of him, according to his screenwriting concept——

[Wu Xiaobao is sick and cannot go to school. Her father has to make money and cannot accompany her. She is bored. This is motivation.

Wu Xiaobao knocked on Jiao Ke's door and asked Jiao Ke to play the clown to make her happy. This is the process.

Qiao Ke regarded Wu Xiaobao as the only light in his life and readily agreed. This is the result. 】

This is the plot structure, and it is written in the third person. All the plot structures of the character in the script are connected, which is the character script of the character.

As for first-person biographies, isn’t this what actors should do?

In order to better sort out the character's mood and to better understand the character in depth, after receiving the character script, excellent actors often write a biography of the character as a reference for performance.

However, the scene before him was equivalent to the screenwriter doing the work that the actors should do, which somewhat broke his perception.

Liu Yi crossed his arms and said: "There are only a few actors who can write biographies. Most actors have no writing experience and do not have the writing thinking. Let them write biographies and it will cost them their lives."

Everyone nodded slowly, this is a fact.

The supporting characters are okay, and the biographies of the characters can be written in tens of thousands of words.

The biographies of the important supporting characters and the male and female protagonists would require 100,000 words.

How many actors have the patience, determination, reading comprehension and writing skills to write a first-person "short story" that requires strong emotions before acting?

The basic cultural literacy of actors is on the market, which is destined to be something that only a few people can achieve.

Liu Yi added: "An actor's condition is not something that can only be achieved when he or she is there. Once the condition is found, it may not necessarily be what the director needs."

Performances that actors think are very good are often not recognized by the director because they do not conform to the director's concept of the entire play.

If the biographies are included in the script creation, the biographies must also be the result of the unanimous tone set by the director, producer and director team.

This biography has been approved by the director in advance, so the actors can just follow the interpretation of the biography and figure out how to perform well.

Liu Yi continued: "In the process of reforming the creative method, we want to help the actors write the character biographies in one step. If the actors have objections to the character analysis of a certain plot of the character biographies, they can discuss and negotiate with the director. Discussion can at least save a lot of communication costs.”

The advantage of character biographies is that every actor understands them, and it can greatly help actors save time in understanding the characters and the play.

But actors write character biographies according to their own ideas, and the creative ideas of the entire script are the ideas of the director and producer.

It is definitely impossible for the two concepts to be completely consistent. It is normal for actors to be shouted "Ka" one after another for their seemingly good performances, because the concepts are inconsistent.

This is also a common situation in the market.

No production team has ever stipulated that actors must write character biographies. This completely depends on the actor's self-consciousness.

In order to give actors who cannot write character biographies a strong performance direction that meets the director's standards.

In order for actors who can write character biographies to have something to refer to when they join the team, they can save communication time and shoot more efficiently.

In order to save the sunk cost of directors directing plays and performance coaches telling plays, biographies are written for each character during the script creation process. This may seem to increase the workload of the screenwriter, but it solves the workload of a large number of actors and directors. .

This back and forth has increased some funds for script creation, but the improved shooting efficiency can reduce more crew funds.

"This is incredible." Li Guoli sighed with emotion.

He didn’t know when this creative model was created. If it had existed a long time ago, then she just wanted to say that it’s no wonder that the dramas of the Bright Era are of high quality. The performances of almost all the actors fit well with the overall drama framework. From beginning to end, The look and feel is very comfortable, and it is difficult to find the point of drama.

If dozens of actors with complete plot roles each have a biography of their own character, and it is something that the director team and screenwriter team set the tone for, as long as the actor has a foundation in acting, it does not matter how good he can act, but the performance The direction also does not deviate from the style of the overall framework of the play.

This will lead to a result that no matter how the shots of all the actors are edited in post-production, the style of painting when put together will be highly unified and consistent.

The fragmented fragments are highly consistent with the style of painting. This is the quality that film and television people pay most attention to.

Texture directly affects the audience’s movie-watching experience.

"This is a bit overwhelming." Cai Yinong sighed.

Let the actors themselves understand the characters and the play? This is the process from 0 to 1.

Now the director team and screenwriter team give actors strong reference texts. This is a qualitative change from 1 to N.

Everyone has a biography. In her opinion, this is the industrialized system of screenwriting, which is forcibly improving the level of actors. Even low-level actors can become third-rate actors, third-rate actors can become second-rate actors, and second-rate actors can become first-rate actors.

The final result is that all members' acting skills are online.

This "acting skill" does not necessarily mean that the actor is excellent, but that there is a character biography that fits the general direction and style of the play, which greatly improves the actor's understanding of the performance and the performance state. The performance state will also be highly consistent with the overall style of painting.

If the painting style is highly consistent, the audience will feel comfortable watching it.

When the audience feels comfortable watching it, they will subconsciously think that the actor's acting skills are good.

But there is a drawback. This kind of creative model can only be found in Glorious Era. An actor can perform at a high level in the drama of Glorious Era. If the actor is not good at it, then the rest of the crew will be exposed and his shortcomings will be exposed. .

But no matter what, for a large group like Bright Times, improving the quality of its works always has more advantages than disadvantages.

Furthermore, actors can improve shooting efficiency, thereby saving shooting funds, which is even more beneficial.

The screenwriter industry in this dazzling era has only seen three links, and each link gave her greater shock. It was really a great experience.

"Awesome." Wang Yuanru sighed.

He doesn't want to say anything or think about anything now. He obviously hasn't finished observing the creative mode of a group of five people. He is afraid that there will be something more shocking later, so he can only praise it with "awesome" at the moment.

Everyone followed Liu Yi's footsteps to the fourth machine, and the fourth screenwriter received the creative content of the first three screenwriters.

The screenwriter looked at the content and immediately wrote in a form in the software——

[Shot 1: Orientation: Next to the wardrobe; Scenery: Panorama; Movement: panning from left to right; Angle: squinting flat shot; Content: Qiao Ke opens the door to see Wu Xiaobao; Scene sound: the sound of cooking Chinese medicine.

Shot 2: Orientation: next to the small table; scene range: panoramic to close-up; movement: pushing the lens towards Jock; angle: flat shot; the rest is the same as above. Shot 3: Orientation: behind Wu Xiaobao; scene: close-up; movement: fixed; angle: flat shot; the rest is the same as above. 】

The content ended here. Wang Yuan was stunned and held his head: "F*ck! Can you write down the positioning of the camera?!"

What did he see? The positions of the three cameras are marked!

Is this a storyboard? It’s still the same idea just now, it’s about composing the shot!

No wonder the first screenwriter wrote the scene in such detail. The various props and their locations look very graphic at first glance. It turns out that they are providing space for the arrangement of shots in the split-shot script.

If the description of the scene just now gave him a sense of light, shadow and space, the description of this split-shot script directly brought him to the shooting scene.

Lens No. 1 is next to the wardrobe in the southwest corner, forming a small wide angle with the doorway in the northeast corner. The male protagonist's back will look lonely. Then the camera pans to the right. The wide-angle lens slowly returns to a straight angle, so that the male protagonist's back appears normally. change.

Shot No. 2 follows Shot No. 1, and moves the camera straight forward, slowly seeing the smile of the male protagonist and the innocence of the little girl, breaking the dark and gloomy atmosphere in the room.

Shot No. 3 is behind the little girl, showing the male protagonist’s sunny and smiling face, which represents a complete change in emotion.

As a screenwriter, Wang Yuan can imagine these things.

However, it should be the director’s job to position the camera!

The screenwriter did the director's job, this...

"How many screenwriters do you have?" Wang Yuan asked.

Let’s not talk about the screenwriter and director, but let’s talk about positioning the camera. The screenwriter must have a director’s mindset to effectively position the camera.

The screenwriter in front of me must have a director's mind, otherwise the three shots would not be so well arranged, and each shot has a progressive effect of succession and transition.

If a screenwriter has a director's mindset, he must accumulate experience with the team in observing the director's filming.

This kind of screenwriter with profound experience in the team, each one is an outstanding person in the industry, and can very efficiently help the director solve some creative matters.

So he was very curious. If there was such an excellent screenwriter in one team, how many such outstanding talents would the entire literary company have?

Liu Yi looked at the dozens of people in the office area: "Everything you can see can be done."

Wang Yuan was shocked: "Holy crap! How did you do it?!"

These dozens of screenwriters all have directorial thinking. Instead of being chief screenwriters, they work as ordinary screenwriters here. Is this the foundation of Bright Times Literature Company? This really shocked him.

He calmed down and came back to his senses. According to the creative model he just saw, each screenwriter should only study some of the abilities he is best at, and is not as versatile as the chief screenwriter needs.

But even so, all this shocked his heart beyond measure.

It's not that he has low self-esteem, it's that he really has a feeling that any one of the people here is better than him in terms of creative ability.

"You guys are so awesome." Wang Yuan praised with emotion.

The screenwriters, men and women, were stunned to see a few boss-like guests, and they were also very honored.

The company only started to industrialize in March last year. At first, every link was not as detailed as it is now. It was Liu Yi, the boss, who led them to innovate, train in groups, and strive for excellence again and again, so that they had such a high-precision creative model.

Help actors write character biographies and provide actors with performance references.

It helps the director initially locate the shots of each scene and also gives the director the most intuitive reference template.

This will allow the crew to greatly speed up the shooting efficiency during the shooting process.

As for them, they should get bonuses, and this kind of creation also gives them greater room for imagination and creation.

Each person is only responsible for a small module, and a person's energy is limited every day. This will not deplete their energy and maintain long-term creative vitality.

Although there are standards in every link, which limits their breadth of thinking to a certain extent, this kind of work still makes them very satisfied.

"With such a script, firstly, it can give actors a reference for performance, and secondly, it can give the director an idea of ​​a shot template. I think I can also be a director." Cai Yinong was also completely convinced.

This screenwriting industry system only improves the level of actors, but can it also improve the level of directors?

This was something she never expected.

For short biographies, those with some writing ability can write something.

But no matter how strong your writing skills are, how can you improve the director's camera skills?

Before that, these were two completely unrelated things.

However, by adding an element to the storyboard and accurately positioning each shot, how much trouble does this save the director? From the side, it improves the director's level of presence.

But there is a premise. The camera positioning is not arbitrary or taken for granted. It must fully reflect the emotional effect that a scene should have.

The screenwriter of Brilliant Era has proven that he does not mess around and is also a professional in this regard.

There is more than one outstanding screenwriter with directorial thinking, and the Brilliant Era has cultivated a group of them!

"This year is worth 2000 million." Li Guoli affirmed.

From his perspective as a director, the industrialized screenwriting system of Brilliant Era seems to have no return on investment at this stage, but in the long run, if the stall is completely spread, the value will be too great.

It can speed up the production time of film and television dramas. The effect may not be obvious on one film and television drama. What if it is two, three or four movies?

One drama saves one or two months of production time, and four dramas saves seven or eight months of production time. Then these seven or eight months are the time cost.

If we use these seven or eight months to create another drama, we can earn back the 2000 million invested per year.

If we expand our efforts and apply them to movies from the Brilliant Era, the benefits will only be greater.

At this moment, he understood the structure and operation mode of the Bright Times Group. This literary company is definitely the core of the entire group. Its rewards are not its own profits, but its role in the production of TV companies and film companies. This is the purpose of establishing this company in Brilliant Era, and it is also the ultimate goal of the industrialization of screenwriting.

That's why he said that from a long-term perspective, it is definitely worth raising 2000 million people every year.

As for raising a group of white-eyed wolves, what should I do? This seemed to him an unlikely problem.

This creative model belongs exclusively to the Brilliant Era. Without the Brilliant Era, these people would not be able to find jobs at all. Which company or crew would want a screenwriter who only writes part of the script? This group of people is only suitable for the Brilliant Era, and they are only suitable for surviving under the screenwriting industry system created by the Brilliant Era.

"Oh my God!" Jack exclaimed.

Through Liu Yifei's eloquent translation, Jack and Grande realized it later.

Write a biography for an actor? Positioning shots in storyboards?

Is this what screenwriters do?

No, should I say this is the level a screenwriter should have?

If Liu Yifei's translation is correct, let the screenwriters of Haolaiwu and those who boast of the perfection of Haolaiwu's industrialization have a look. It is guaranteed to shock the jaws of these arrogant people.

After Liu Yifei's translation, the couple already had very detailed shooting scenes in their minds.

One shot is next to the wardrobe. Where is the wardrobe? In the southwest corner of a 30-square-meter single apartment;

A shot is next to a small table. Where is the small table? In the southeast corner of the apartment; what's on the small table? A kettle for boiling Chinese medicine.

A shot is behind the little girl. What is behind the little girl? It is the corridor between apartments. There is a height difference between the two characters, so this lens can capture the front of the protagonist and the interior of the protagonist's apartment. According to the angle described, you may also be able to see the kettle boiling Chinese medicine in the southeast corner.

This full sense of space in the picture...

"Oh my God!" Jack spread his hands and said in admiration: "You guys are really amazing. They have accomplished something that Hollywood has never done or even thought about. I have never experienced it before. Just a plot creation It gives me the feeling of filming on the spot, with a clear multi-perspective space, and you are doing an unprecedented feat."

Ailand nodded repeatedly: "Many people in Haolaiwu have misunderstandings about the Chinese film and television industry. These people should really come and see your industry. It's incredible."

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Yi smiled slightly. These people are not ordinary people. It is a very pleasant thing to receive their praise.

Liu Yi walked to the fifth machine and said: "This fifth person is the team coordinator and the first reviewer. He will review the content written by the first four people and observe whether there are any errors or omissions from an overall perspective. If there are any errors or omissions, they will be reviewed. Go back and ask the corresponding screenwriter to rewrite it. If there are no mistakes, submit it to the backstage as a whole, and our director team will conduct a second review."

Wang Yuan asked: "If the director team is not satisfied, will they call back?"

"Yes." Chu Xuan said.

Everyone nodded. The writing team was conducting an internal first review, and the director team was conducting a second review. The screenwriter responsible for internal coordination of the screenwriting team is undoubtedly an all-round screenwriter and should also be the leader of the team.

Looking at it this way, the operation mode of script creation of Bright Times Literature Company and the personnel structure of the team are already clear.

Fifteen people were divided into three groups of five, one group wrote the male protagonist, one group wrote the female protagonist, and one group wrote the supporting role.

If the quality of what is written is equivalent to the quality of the content they just saw, then this creative ability is really terrifying, and it also shows that the industrialization of screenwriting in the Brilliant Era is beginning to show its power.

But 2000 million a year is still a long-term investment. How many people can afford it, and how many people with affordable capital are willing to do it? There is only one company like Bright Times in the industry.

But if other companies do not change their development ideas, and wait for the industrialization of screenwriting in the Brilliant Era to take off, other companies in the industry will not even be able to eat the ashes of the Brilliant Era.

In the eyes of Cai Yinong and Li Guoli, after observing this industrialized creative model, the Brilliant Era seemed a bit unstoppable. They had a new look at Wang Jinhua's proposal to control Tang Ren's cooperation bargaining chip. They had previously disagreed.

In Wang Yuan's eyes, this seems to be a new world for screenwriters. It is different from the global way of creating scripts. For the first time, he has some admiration for Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Yi. Those in the industry who are clamoring for innovation What are these screenwriters who innovate and innovate again? This is called pioneering!

Jack and Grande believe that Brilliant Era is the Disney of the East. Disney can break out of the limitations of the entertainment industry and become the giant it is today. They also discovered this trait in Brilliant Era.

In their hearts, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Yi have become extremely creative pioneers in the film and television industry of the great Eastern country.

(End of this chapter)