Chapter 979 Make It Into a Classic in Commercial Films

For Li Mu, creation is a kind of realm. Once you enter the realm, it is like being isolated from the world and wandering in the sea of ​​creation. This feeling is hard, but it is extremely pleasant. ． Fastest update

When creating the movie script for "Fast Pursuit", Li Mu really found the highest level of creation. The entire script was written in one go, seemingly sloppy, but it contained many of his careful thoughts and improvements.

"Fast Pursuit" is based on the story of Wei Lan's kidnapping, but on this basis, Li Mu has made a certain degree of change in the way of artistic creation, and made certain additions and subtractions in the background and plot.

Among them, minus the cause and effect of the real identity of myself and Wei Lan, and directly cut into the male and female couples, making the story lighter and more convenient when starting;

The emotional scenes of the male and female protagonists in the play have been increased, which is equivalent to adding a new main line to the entire rescue theme, that is, the development line of the relationship between men and women;

The contrasts and conflicts between various characters and plots in the play have been increased. The plots are constantly high and high, and the rhythm is well controlled.

The core main line of the story is that the heroine is kidnapped. In the 100-minute movie, this main line begins with the heroine being targeted by the kidnappers, being successfully kidnapped by the kidnappers, the kidnappers hiding all kinds of clues professionally, the more the police investigate, the more and more they get into a dead end, and finally almost. Despair, the progression of the whole rhythm will push the plot to a key point that is most nervous and anticipated. At this time, the male protagonist's inspiration flashes, and the tension that has been progressing before is completely released in an instant. This is a huge contrast. , which will surely excite the audience.

Li Mu felt that the control of this rhythm was like constantly pressing a spring to the extreme, and then releasing it in an instant. Only in this way can the release of kinetic energy and emotions be maximized.

In addition, the relationship between the male and female leads from not understanding each other, on the verge of breaking up, to cherishing each other and getting back together. This emotional line itself is also a huge contrast, although the foreshadowing of the emotional line is somewhat dog-blood But I have to admit that the emotional scenes in most movies are themselves a big collection full of dog blood. The reason why the emotional scenes of some movies are touching and classic is not that they are divorced from the nature of dog blood collections. But it's more dramatic.

"Titanic" is about a high-class girl who is dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by her parents, dissatisfied with the rich second-generation fiancé, disobeyed women's manners, cheated on the cruise ship, and cuckolded her fiancé. A large part of the reason why it can become a classic is because in the final shipwreck accident, the male protagonist sacrificed himself for the female protagonist, and used his own death to maximize the tension of the plot, which made hundreds of millions of viewers cry.

If at the end of "Titanic", the male and female protagonists arrived in the United States safely by boat, and then eloped together and lived a life without shame, then this film will naturally not become a classic.

Li Mu naturally has no ambition to create a classic movie.

All he wants is to make this script into a film and television work with excellent commerciality, which is the real product manager thinking.

A product manager never wants to build a product that will be called a classic, he just wants to build a product that will be most popular with users and will get the most money out of their pockets.

Li Mu has been working on products for a long time, and not only is the commercial pursuit of the product very clear, but also the analysis of users is very thorough. Therefore, when he actually completed the script of "Fast Pursuit", his keen product smell told him that this The script is already perfect in terms of product architecture, and whether it can succeed after it is transformed into a product depends on the specific development process.

A good commercial director is essential, and in addition, the casting of the film is equally important.

Li Mu felt that since this film had to be produced by Makino Imaging, he must be a producer, not for anything else, just to ensure that the film can reach the quality of a commercial good film, and he must make this film. A classic in commercial films.

After the script was completed, Li Mu spent several hours proofreading again and again to confirm that everything was correct, not even a typo or a single punctuation error. After that, it was already the morning of the third day.

The exhausted Li Mu slept until one o'clock in the afternoon, so that Li's father and Li's mother were a little puzzled. Why did his son lock himself in the house most of the time when he finally came back?

But Li's father and Li's mother didn't ask too much out of respect for Li Mu, but Li's mother was quite distressed by Li Mu's upside-down work and rest time.

After one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mu walked out of the room with his hair like a chicken coop. When Li Ma heard him coming out, she hurried to the front and asked with concern: "My son woke up, is he hungry? You keep the rice, it's still hot, hurry up and eat a few bites while it's still hot."

Li Mu rubbed his eyes, his stomach grumbled for a while, he smiled and said, "Mom, I just woke up from hunger..."

Li Ma hurriedly dragged him and went to the restaurant, complaining that his work and rest was too messy, and he didn't pay attention to his body at all, while she served him dishes and meals, brought it to her, and said to Li Mu, "Hurry up and eat, your dad just called Come and ask me if you are awake."

Li Mu asked, "Where is my dad?"

"It's in the department store." Li Ma said, "The progress of the project there is more critical recently. My dad and I have to go there every day."

Saying that, Ma Li looked at the time and said, "You, you can't stay up late tonight if you say anything, do you hear me?"

Li Mu nodded: "I know, I won't stay up late tonight."

Li Ma said: "You will lock yourself in the house when you come back this time. It's mysterious. My dad and I have never told other relatives about your coming back. This is the third day since you came back. , did you say you're going to tell them about your return this time?"

Li Mu thought about it and said, "Why don't you say it. I'm afraid I won't have much time to stay at home. There are still a lot of things to do in Yanjing, so I won't tell anyone this time."

Speaking of this, Li Mu suddenly thought of Su Yingxue, and he didn't know what she was doing at home. Although he promised her to go home as much as possible, when he really came back, he was delayed for two or three days because of a script. School is about to start in two days, and I don't know if she is still in Haizhou.

When Li Mu heard what Li Mu said, she nodded supportively, and said, "Then don't tell anyone, you can rest at home for two days, and then you can go back to Yanjing quietly, otherwise you will have to pay for all kinds of entertainment. You're going to be suffocated."

Li Mu smiled and said, "My mother still loves me the most."

"Jing is talking nonsense." Li Ma rolled her eyes at Li Mu and said, "You eat first. Mom will go to the company. I have something to deal with this afternoon. I'll come back early when I'm done. What do you want to eat at night? Mom will buy it for you. Do."

Li Mu said, "I can do anything, you decide."

Li Ma smiled and said, "Then mother decides by herself."

Li Mu discovered that his family was actually a workaholic.

I don't need to say it myself, I wish I could take my life, the same goes for my parents, good guy, it is also a kind of energy to forget to sleep and eat when I am busy with my own business. When my son came back, he didn't disrupt their work at all. rhythm.

Ma Li left, and Li Mu was at home by himself. While eating, he sent a message to Su Yingxue, asking where Su Yingxue was now.

Su Yingxue replied, "I've already arrived at school. I arrived this morning. How about you?"

Li Mu said in surprise: "Go back so soon?"

Su Yingxue said, "Yeah, today is the 7th, and the class starts tomorrow. If you don't come back, it will be too late."

Only then did Li Mu realize that a National Day holiday had already passed like this.

At this time, Su Yingxue replied again: "Where are you?"

Li Mu wanted to say that he was in Haizhou, but when he thought that if he said that he was in Haizhou, he would have missed meeting Su Yingxue in Haizhou. Back to Yanjing in two days."

Su Yingxue didn't think much about it, and after a few more chats, the two stopped texting.

After dinner, Li Mu called Wei Lan and wanted to tell her that the script had been completed. In Li Mu's opinion, the first audience for this script must be Wei Lan.

Wei Lan thought that, given the actual situation of a super busy person like Li Mu, the script of this movie would probably not be seen until at least the end of the year, but she never dreamed that Li Mu called after more than 20 hours. The first sentence I said was: "I have finished writing the script and sent it to your mailbox. You can take a look at it first. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, feel free to bring it up and I will revise it!"

Wei Lan thought she was dreaming: "Write it out so quickly? Are you kidding me..."

Li Mu said, "When did I lie to you?"

After that, Li Mu said again: "I'll send the script to your yy mailbox later, you can take a look first."

Wei Lan couldn't hide her excitement and said, "Then you can send it to me, and I'll read it!"

"Okay, wait a moment."

Li Mu hung up the phone, went back to the room, turned on the laptop, and sent the script file of "Fast Pursuit" to Wei Lan's yy mailbox.

After a while, Wei Lan's yy head flickered, made a "yeah" gesture, and said to Li Mu, "I'll take a look!"

Li Mu replied to her: "Okay, look, I'll take a bath."

After fighting for the script for so long, Li Mu was a little sloppy, just like when he was doing closed development in a small start-up company back then.

At this moment, Wei Lan, who was far away in Yanjing, opened the email sent by Li Mu with great anticipation. When she saw the attached file called "Fast Pursuit", she smiled and said to herself: "Not a bad name!"

After all, Wei Lan couldn't wait to open the document, she especially wanted to see, in Li Mu's pen, how to interpret the legendary story that he saved her...