my time as a director

Li Qian opened the file, looked at the two pieces of paper sandwiched inside, and said, "Why don't I tell you about it and my idea."

"Director Li, tell me quickly." Guo Fan was impatient.

"What's the rush? It's not a bridal chamber. I'll drink some water first."

Li Qian smiled, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then opened his mouth.

"This time it's a horror theme, tentatively named Great White Shark."

Jaws?

A horror movie about alien beasts?

Qi Yukun asked with some uncertainty, "Director Li, is it a bloody horror movie?"

For NetU, the market for bloody horror films is indeed bigger than that of suspense films, and it can even be said to be one of the most popular themes.

But since Li Qian can even make suspense films that are not ghosts and ghosts, there should be no need to make bloody horror films that don't have much technical content.

"It's not a horror movie, it's a thriller." Li Qian corrected, "Although there are elements of horror and suspense, it's essentially a thriller."

"The story is very simple. A shark attack occurred in a seaside resort. The security captain of the resort proposed to close the beach, but it was summer vacation, and the person in charge of the seaside resort was unwilling to suffer losses. When the situation escalated, it was decided to announce that the deceased was in a boating accident, and asked someone to hunt and kill sharks quietly.

The shark hunting team quickly caught a shark, but a marine biologist concluded through analysis that the shark that attacked humans was a giant great white shark, and the shark caught was not the murderer.

But the person in charge determined that this was the killer shark and opened the beach the next day.

As a result, someone was attacked by a shark soon after, and the last expert fishing expert, the responsible security captain, and a marine biologist set foot on the journey of the shark.

Finally, in the far sea area, they used the flesh and blood they dropped to attract the great white shark. This huge shark not only escaped from their trap, but also began to attack their fishing boats. The captain hit the oxygen cylinder in the shark's mouth with an air gun. "

Li Qian simply finished the story, but everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

An ordinary story that couldn't be more ordinary, without any bright spots, they never imagined why Li Qian chose such a story, which is completely different from the sniping phone booth.

Li Qian also knew their doubts, and continued, "It's a very simple story, but the quality of a movie has nothing to do with the story."

"In my vision, the shark doesn't appear for a long time, not even in the middle of the plot, and it doesn't appear in the first attack.

A person is swimming on the surface of the sea, we give a shark's underwater perspective, and then the camera turns to the surface of the sea, suddenly the person is suddenly pulled by something, struggles violently in the sea, is dragged by the shark, and then sinks into the water , leaving only scarlet on the sea.

The reason why it is a thriller is mainly to set off the atmosphere through sharks that have not appeared. For example, a large number of tourists are playing in the water, and the feet of the crowd in the water are watched from the perspective of sharks. The audience knows that something will happen, but they don’t know when it will happen. .

Familiar dorsal fins appeared on the surface of the water, and the crowd fled in panic. It turned out to be a prank by two children.

It’s a bit like a wolf is coming. First, the audience repeatedly made the audience feel that the shark was coming and eating people, but it was all a false alarm. When the audience was relieved, the shark suddenly appeared again, and the impact on the filmmakers and audience would be greater. bigger.

Repeatedly, through the dorsal fin of the shark, the shadow under the water, the suddenly overturned surfboard, and friends fighting each other and pushing each other into the water, the emotions of the audience are mobilized, making the characters in the movie and the audience mistakenly think that it is a dry shark. Yes, there is a heart hanging from beginning to end.

Only the fewer appearances, the better the effect. If it does not appear, it will hit the nerves of the audience, exciting, exciting, fearful, and screaming again and again..."

Li Qian roughly talked about his idea. This Jaws movie should be a very old movie, because the movie's style, graphics, and sharks that can't be faked should be at least 20 years ago.

But Li Qian checked the information and found no trace of this movie.

Therefore, he used it unceremoniously. Although the plot is simple, the structure and rhythm of this movie can be said to be perfect. It vaguely made Li Qian see the shadow of Jurassic Park. Rhythm has the same purpose.

However, if the background is changed to China, there are still many things that need to be changed. For example, the identity of the hero can no longer be a policeman, and there will be no mayor who wants to suppress this matter.

Most readers may be surprised to choose Jaws, but I still try my best to write some movies that rarely appear in China Entertainment. After all, many movies have been badly written in recent years. It's not an unpopular good movie, otherwise everyone hasn't seen it, and there is no sense of substitution. There should be many readers who have seen sniper phone booths and Jaws.

Finally ask for a recommendation ticket!

Chapter 33 Attention of big companies (recommended tickets please!)

After everyone listened carefully to Li Qian's idea, Qi Yukun suddenly said, "So, the essence of this movie is to create an atmosphere and mobilize emotions. Through the illusion of sharks appearing again and again, the audience will always be on tenterhooks. It will catch the audience off guard and release the accumulated fear of the previous few times at once, which is more effective than any bloody and terrifying scenes."

Guo Fan stroked his chin and said, "That is to say, it is not sharks that scare the audience, but the danger that is about to appear. When the atmosphere is in place, whether it is sharks, tigers, lions, monsters, dinosaurs, etc. It's all essentially the same."

Zhang Zhonghua said, "It's a bit like Jurassic Park. There are almost no horror scenes in this film, and even blood can't be seen, let alone brutal biting or bloody flesh. The setting of the characters makes the audience scream, which is more exciting, tense and terrifying than simple visual low-level fear."

Li Qian nodded, "It generally means the same thing, but there is still a big difference between sharks and dinosaurs. Dinosaurs, as long as they appear, can scare the audience, even if the characters in the movie and dinosaurs are separated by electricity. iron fence."

"But sharks are different. There are sharks in many aquariums, separated by a layer of glass, we will not be afraid at all, but if you go to the beach to swim, and I tell you that there are sharks in the sea, even if you know that I am scaring you, you will not be afraid. It will be a little bit scary, if you are a timid person, a little wind and grass can scare you to roll and crawl ashore."

"The shark that exists but does not appear is the greatest fear. This is the most important point of my Great White Shark."

Li Qian finally sets the tone for the film.

Everyone probably understood what Li Qian was thinking, and they no longer had any doubts.

Although the script and storyboards haven't been released yet, the script and storyboards of the sniping phone booth are enough to prove Li Qian's ability.

At the same time, I am also looking forward to the release of the Jaws script and the shot script.

There is no problem with the story, and then we start to discuss the preparatory work in the early stage.

"Old Zhang, you should get in touch with the photography equipment and underwater equipment."

Zhang Zhonghua nodded, and asked again, "Two machines this time? Probably not enough."

Li Qian thought for a while and said, "Two machines are definitely not enough, and now we have enough funds, let's rent four sets."

"Then Lao Qi and Lao Guo, you go to recruit people. For staffing, three photographers in charge of the camera, a makeup artist who leads his own team, and the props team must have experience in bloody horror films. These three departments are the main ones."

Although the shark only played for a few minutes, there were quite a few people biting, and there must have been some bloody scenes. The makeup artist had his own team to use, and the props team had to cut limbs.

"Gao Yang, go find the location and the underwater studio. I'll go to see the scene in two days."

That's all the preparations in the early stage, and the specific things have to wait for the script and storyboard to come out.

"Then Director Li, shall we use prop models or CG special effects for the shark?" Guo Fan asked.

"It is estimated that there is not enough time for the prop model, I will go to contact and have a look, and then make a final decision."

The model of the shark is relatively simple. A marine expert in England spent 11 pounds to build a bionic robot shark fish, which can accommodate people and equipment for close-up observation of sharks, and is regarded as the same kind by sharks.

It can move freely, and its mouth can bite. Judging from the pictures in the news, its appearance is basically the same as that of a shark.

But it is time-consuming, and there is no prop company in China that has done it.

For special effects, you can start preparing in the early stage, and the total amount of special effects shots should be about 3 minutes.

The shark that really showed its face for 3 minutes, supporting a movie, is still a very big test for the director.

Things are arranged, and each prepares for his own affairs.

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