Chapter 1226 Cucumber or Tomato Juice

Character portrayal is the most difficult aspect of commercial movies. In superhero movies, in addition to the protagonist, there are several characters that can be remembered. It is precisely because of this that the character of the Joker was able to gain so much recognition when he was born. s concern.

The Harry Potter movies, the Star Wars movies, the Alien movie series, it seems that everyone remembers some weird and eccentric looks, rather than individual characters that are not distinctive enough and do not have enough space to portray.

Everyone’s perception is not wrong. Instead of wasting time and space on a supporting character who may not be remembered at all, it is better to make a non-human creature with a weird shape more vivid, so that it will be easier for everyone to remember. live.

"Biography of the Galaxy Heroes" focuses on characterization. It is very difficult. Every screenwriter knows it very well. They never thought that someone could have such great ambitions. If the characterization is not long enough, it may not be possible to portray it. , once the length is a little longer, it is likely to result in the failure to express all the set plot within the specified time.

It’s not that no one has done this before, but the probability of success is actually very low. You still need to find actors in reality. If you don’t have a budget, you can’t find good actors. Good actors and well-known actors have the inherent advantage of being recognized by the audience. This is equivalent to saying that you are a supporting actor. It's a big name. No matter what role this supporting character plays, the audience will subconsciously pay attention to this character.

Using non-big names, it is difficult for everyone to remember the shining point as soon as it comes out. Therefore, when Chen Hao proposed to redefine the role with depth, everyone was actually not confident enough.

"Genius staff officer, Sun Minghao, is a new member who has joined the protagonist's special operations team."

What all the screenwriters thought was even more beautiful was that Mr. Chen actually chose the craziest way to discuss something that they thought was very difficult for everyone to study together.

We work one character at a time, without fear of consuming time or energy. Everyone concentrates all their attention on one character within a unit of time until everyone determines what characteristics this character has.

"I plan to use Chinese actor Huang Bo for this role. Everyone will set the character's characteristics based on the actor's characteristics."

Wow!

Wow, this is the master, the real controller of a big series of movies. I don’t need to choose the characters, and I don’t need to discuss with anyone what kind of characters to use. As long as I think, I can directly In the script setting stage, actors are selected to set the characters.

In the projector, photos of Huang Bo appeared. They were not artistic photos, nor photos that deliberately looked ugly. They were mostly stills and life photos, interspersed with some short videos that were classic scenes from his movies. Everyone Sit together and watch.

Among these screenwriters, there are screenwriters from Asia and Chinese, and most of them are Hollywood screenwriters. Because of "Lost", Huang Bo, as the second male lead in that series of movies, now has a certain reputation in the international market. He is not that kind of handsome guy, so he is destined to play non-male roles. There is a huge market in Hollywood. Everyone is willing to find an actor with such an image who will not steal the show, who is good at acting, and who has a very good actor. He has great comedy talent and works very hard when filming. Like Sun Honglei, Liao Fan and others, he has better development space outside than handsome actors.

"Still have long hair and claim to be handsome, funny?" Someone made a suggestion, thinking that this genius should have a certain funny image.

"You can be pretentious and think you are cool." Everyone's opinions still favored this type. Chen Hao put forward his own idea: "What if he always holds a cucumber and gnaws it? The more the brain is running at a high speed, the more You have to eat cucumbers and then talk while chewing something in your mouth. At that time, the whole state and voice left a very deep impression. The key is whether such an image will give people an unpleasant feeling. Realistic feeling.”

Well!

Everyone felt like they were choked. The scope of this unbridled imagination was completely beyond their imagination, and they suddenly jumped into another train of thought. Why can non-human creatures have all kinds of incomprehensible behaviors to show their personality? Why can't humans have more characteristics? Is it really so important whether it is reasonable? If it is important, would it break the rhythm of the entire film by occasionally inserting one or two unreasonable ones?

"I'm actually not sure whether this is appropriate, so I came to discuss it with everyone. Our drama is not a traditional drama, but it is also not an absurd comedy. If I were to position "The Legend of the Galaxy Heroes", it would be a drama. Brilliant stage play, everyone takes turns to appear on stage, show yourself here to the fullest, you sing and I will appear on the stage, on the earth, in the universe, on the ground, in large spaceships, people fight against each other, people against aliens, I don’t have that big ambition I want to include all the fantasies about outer space, but I always think about what kind of pictures can attract the audience, especially when doing dramas, how can the audience be emotionally attracted by the pictures and the plot, and always maintain a sense of excitement? I don’t want to be distracted and hope to remember every scene completely.”

Screenwriters are being taken more and more seriously as a profession, and Chen Hao is one of the first producers and directors to elevate them to a higher position. He is willing to share his creative ideas with them here, and is also willing to give them his collective signature, and even Participate in the final box office share as a collective, provided that their contribution is large enough.

"Then this character can be tried with a comedy effect, a genius brain, a waste-like body..." Someone suggested an extension direction.

"The habit of eating cucumbers is quite visual. Is it possible that a genius' brain also possesses extraordinary strength? If he eats cucumbers when analyzing problems and acting as a consultant, he can also show his super strength when fighting outside. I also want to eat cucumbers. Once this character becomes popular, will it become a popular trend and lead to the sale of cucumbers?”

"Then it's better to find a branded product and just charge a sky-high implant fee."

"There is no shock of cucumbers. The most common things in families in life have the same effect, such as tomatoes and radishes. If you replace them with others, they will lose a little sense of absurdity. I think this absurdity will appear in the characters." , even if he does nothing, everyone will remember such a character.”

"What if you drink tomato juice? Will it give people a panicked feeling? When it first came out, the bright red juice felt easy to carry and full of visuals. We can make a brand ourselves afterwards. Healthy fresh tomato juice drink?”

More and more people are joining the discussion. Every screenwriter who can be selected into the crew of "Galaxy Heroes" is not easy. Once the mind is opened, a point will be detonated as soon as it is brought up. And this is what Chen Hao wants. This feeling is that he can finalize his old partner Huang Bo without anyone's nod, and he can also finalize the plot without anyone's nod, but he wants this feeling even more, even if what he proposed is rejected, After everyone sits together and chats, they can come up with better ideas.

If it is a plot, there may be subjective will, and it is difficult to be convinced by others. You feel that what you think of is the best. Even if your heart starts to waver, you are unwilling to admit it with your mouth, for fear of making people think you are worse than others. When it comes to the setting of a supporting role, everyone's subjective willingness is relatively low. They don't feel that it is shameful that the suggestions they put forward are not as good as others. It is easy for them to reach consensus because of one person's brilliant ideas. This is exactly what Chen Hao wants most.

Just because he wanted this feeling, he smiled and started to take out the supporting roles individually. From morning till night, everyone was drinking and chatting while finalizing the roles. In order to make it smoother, he came up with We need to finalize the actor first. If you think the actor is not suitable, we can change it. Don’t worry about whether it’s a big name or not. If it’s a really important role, super big names can be invited, but for ordinary roles, we’ll give more consideration to those who don’t have enough international reputation but are in the role. There are well-known actors in various countries. Island countries also have good actors, India also has good actors, and a small European country also has national treasure-level actors.

Mr. Chen selects actors for his super sci-fi blockbuster.

This reason is enough. Who doesn’t want to come? It can be said that as long as it is a supporting role with certain characteristics and a good role, except for the super celebrities who have been famous for a long time in the Hollywood 20 million club, the rest are all over the world. , it’s really easy to ‘pick and pull’, even if it’s a cross-border one, you can send an invitation and receive a reply in the shortest time. Chen Hao specially designed a role for Gaga. She doesn’t have many roles, but she appears in the play. The invitation was sent out after recalling the excitement during the shooting. The next day, Gaga flew directly to where Chen Hao was. The two of them sat together and talked about the animation effects. It was decided at that time that no matter when the shooting started, she would definitely come up with corresponding measures. She has enough time to shoot the film, and she also implicitly stated that if necessary, she can also compose or sing songs for the film. You, Mr. Chen, are a musical genius. If you want to play the theme song, we will definitely not be able to steal it from you. But if you want to play the Stars version or lack a soundtrack, etc., just ask and we can work together in a more in-depth way.

Pay?

Gaga laughed directly and said: "We all know that Mr. Chen has the habit of giving out red envelopes after a movie becomes a hit. If the movie really becomes a hit, my role will not embarrass you, so I will shamelessly wait for your big red envelope."

What's this?

This is the confidence that others have in Chen Hao. It is nonsense to increase the salary. If it is too low, it will also affect your own worth. It is meaningless to say the so-called friendship price. It is better not to give it up. I will wait until the movie is really popular. I will ask for the friendship price. Why don't we sell you a favor? We are very confident in your amazing masterpiece.