Chapter 89 Myth Project

"Full-time" has great potential in terms of painting style and content, but it cannot stand that this is someone else's project. In the future, the commercial potential of this IP, no matter how big it is and how much money it makes, has nothing to do with Dimension Entertainment , They only earn a production fee if they die.

However, "Task Force" is limited by the style of the original work, coupled with the unique painting style selected by the animation project, the upper limit of the performance of this work is not high, and the ceiling effect is obvious. No matter how well the future sequels are done, it will be difficult to achieve much improvement on the existing basis.

But in any case, these two projects, in the long run, even if one is done every year, it will be a stable income of tens of millions.

Fan Zhe did not give up the idea of ​​these two projects, but increasing investment must be impossible.

In his conception, the third season of "Full-time" has been negotiated, and if the price is right for the fourth season, he will continue to do it. After all, it is a cash flow; the overall content of the "Task Force" project has been planned for about six seasons , It is expected to be completed in two to three years, and whether it will be an animated movie to make a wave of money in the follow-up, the live-action drama should not be considered.

No matter what, these two projects are estimated to provide a total of nearly 100 million yuan in funds for 'Dimension Entertainment' in the next two years, and they will not give up.

With this money, it is more confident to start other projects.

At the same time, the work "Evolutionary 4.6 Billion Ensemble" will also have obvious ceiling restrictions. However, if Tang Zhiqi could win the ranking in the 'Science and Education Competition' in Shangjing, she might earn a lot of money.

This project will still be done, but Fan Zhe is thinking, if Dimension Entertainment wants to take it to a higher level, does it need a more popular work that will be more acceptable to the audience?

There is no such work among the copyrights that 'Dimension Entertainment' currently owns. The only "Hell Apartment" that has not yet entered the development process is still a horror-thriller theme.

How about self-made without copyright?

It is not impossible to completely construct a copyright that is entirely your own, and there are many possible themes.

For this, Fan Zhe has always had an idea—to be a traditional Chinese mythology.

Among the ranks of traditional myths, the most famous one is Journey to the West. There are countless works derived from this theme. There are some that are poorly done, and some that are well done.

But Fan Zhe's ideas don't stop there.

Journey to the West is not the only traditional mythology.

According to the current understanding of Fan Zhe, from the perspective of the entire history of China, it seems that it can evolve into a myth system.

In addition to Journey to the West, there are a large number of works that have also tried to build content in this area.

For example, the theme of prehistoric times, from Hongjun's preaching, Pangu opened the sky, Lich Wars, Nuwa's Creation of Man, Three Emperors and Five Emperors and other prehistoric wars to the battle of the gods, the battle between Buddhism and Taoism, etc., is fundamentally based on the theme of the Romance of the Gods and Journey to the West. Ji Ji and a series of vernacular novels evolved from novels.

From the myths of the ancient times before the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there are many, many things to be discovered; and when it comes to Fengshen, it is a magnificent mythological era.

Further down the evolution, is it possible to extract many mythological elements from the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods? Linking themes such as Taoism, Confucianism, and Mohism with higher-level myths will also be a very vital theme. "Qin Shi Mingyue" has been explored here, but Fan Zhe believes that the content of this part can be further explored.

In the back, "Fantasy Three Kingdoms" represents the connection between the theme of the Three Kingdoms and mythology; Journey to the West in the Tang Dynasty, both Buddhism and Taoism were introduced into it; work……

This series of traditional myths are connected, in fact, there is a thread to follow, and each has representative works. Among these masterpieces, there are traditional myths created by the ancients and products processed by modern Chinese.

But generally speaking, Fan Zhe believes that this era still lacks a work with sufficient influence that can link all these things together to form a complete mythology system.

This work is not enough to use text as a carrier, nor can animation. The best model is still to learn from the West. Like Marvel, several blockbuster films are released every year, creating a box office of more than 10 billion US dollars. , with the immeasurable value of IP, then it is possible to create such a system in the true sense.

There is no doubt that even with the 'dimension' system in hand, this is a hell-level difficulty.

For example, exporting to the outside world, due to well-known reasons, the country has a relatively good acceptance of Western fantasy themes such as magic and knights, but traditional Chinese-style myths are not so easily accepted by the Western market.

And even in China, it is difficult to play this game.

The first one is the copyright issue.

This copyright does not refer to what kind of copyright Fan Zhe needs to make this thing. Wu Chengen has been dead for hundreds of years, and his ashes can't be found anywhere. Can he jump out and ask Fan Zhe for copyright fees?

However, it is precisely because of this that the problem will be relatively large.

If Fan Zhe can use it, so can others. A character like Sun Wukong is okay, but what if it is a character that is relatively less well-known by the public? For example, if Dimension Entertainment made popular characters like 'Emperor Jun' and ended up being used by others, that would be very annoying.

Of course, direct appropriation of images, or even lines, is definitely not a violation of copyright; but just such a name, plus an image that is a bit similar but not exactly the same, how to judge this kind of character that originated from traditional mythology? This can be troublesome in judicial practice.

Content issues are also serious.

In traditional Chinese mythology, the system is very chaotic. There are only a few gods, such as Donghuang Taiyi, Dijun, Dongwanggong, Haotian God, Ziwei Emperor, Jade Emperor... just these will be confused, there is no standard setting, and there is no recognized work to illustrate. It is very difficult to make.

What's more, in the story, there is no ready-made one that can be used. Good special effects alone are not enough. For works of art such as movies and animations, storytelling is absolutely indispensable, otherwise "Zhong Kui Fu Mo" back then would be the end.

The risk of an original script is much higher than that of an adaptation based on a hot IP that has become popular. The latter has the original work anyway.

But no matter what, Fan Zhe is still quite excited about this big plan.

This matter, of course, has all kinds of difficulties and troubles, and it will be a very vast project.

This is a big plan. Fan Zhe is going to set it up first. As a long-term and backup plan for the company, it cannot be done in a short while. It is better to accumulate slowly. Wait until the future, when the strength is stronger, and then do this aspect Content.