Chapter 895: Adaptation Is Not Random Editing

The filming workload of "Mulan" this time is very heavy, because there are many large-scale war scenes and transitions across the north and south, so it may be a bit difficult to finish the film in three months like those previous movies.

Wu Yuan set a four-month shooting period for this movie, from November to early March, because there was a one-week holiday during the Spring Festival.

He is not the kind of director who allows the crew to continue filming during the Spring Festival. In fact, he almost always bypasses the Spring Festival when making movies, except when he was filming "Doctor Strange". Because it is a Hollywood movie, the crew and crew It’s not until the Spring Festival, so I will shoot during the Spring Festival.

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In this regard, Wu Yuan is still very considerate of the crew. After all, everyone's work is not easy.

"Should we go back to Jiangcheng for the Spring Festival next year?" Thinking of the Spring Festival, Wu Yuan asked his wife again.

This year's Spring Festival, due to the epidemic, Wu Yuan was not in the country, and Liu Yifei did not run around, so the family did not go to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year.

According to the custom in previous years, the family usually returns to Jiangcheng once every other year, mainly because Liu Yifei and her daughter go back to visit their grandma. After all, her grandma is getting older.

Especially this year, there is a great-granddaughter, who must be taken back to meet grandma together.

"Should we be able to go back?" Liu Yifei frowned and her tone was a little uncertain. After all, although the prevention and control measures are very good and the number of confirmed cases in the country is no longer increasing, who knows what the situation will be like at the end of the year. ?

"It's okay. We have a private plane. We can just take it back to Jiangcheng." At this time, Wu Yuan became proud. This private plane was really useful. It avoided the risk of taking public flights. You can go wherever you want, and you can be sure not to come into contact with strangers during the entire journey, which is extremely safe.

"Leslie went to Venice on a private plane, and she brought the male and female actors with her." Wu Yuan said proudly: "If I hadn't lent him the private plane, with the current severe situation in Europe, they might not have Got two yang and three yang.”

"That's right, I haven't even flown on the private jet you bought." Liu Yifei clapped her hands and coaxed her daughter with a bright smile: "Our lovely Qingqing hasn't flown on it either."

One-year-old babies can fly on airplanes. They only need to wear earplugs to reduce the impact of noise on the baby's ears.

"Okay, then our family will go back to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year!" Wu Yuan said decisively.

For him, he no longer had any relatives in the capital. Following Liu Yifei back to Jiangcheng for the New Year would have a more Spring Festival atmosphere. After all, the Liu family is a big family.

"But let's finish filming "Mulan" first. I hope this movie can help you return to the international spotlight."

In recent years, Liu Yifei's international influence has indeed been decreasing year by year. After all, she has not made any more Hollywood movies since "X-Men".

These days, if you want to find a movie with a brilliant female protagonist in Hollywood, and it has to be an Asian female protagonist, the chance is simply too low. It is indeed very rare to have a "Mulan". In the end, Wu Yuan Everyone hopes this movie will be successful!

It will definitely succeed!

Ten days later, the "Mulan" script, co-written by four domestic screenwriters and four Disney screenwriters, was finally finalized to Wu Yuan's satisfaction after several revisions.

Adaptation is not random editing, drama is not nonsense.

Although this sentence from Teacher Six has become a meme, it does still have some truth.

It's very difficult to make a good adaptation, and you can't just write a joke.

"Mulan" itself is an animated film adaptation of "The Poetry of Mulan". If Disney had adapted this story entirely based on the Chinese historical background, the animated film "Mulan" would not have been a global success.

If you want a story born out of traditional Chinese historical legends to break cultural barriers and be popular around the world, you must be culturally weak.

What is weak culture?

To put it simply, don’t add too much profound Chinese culture into the story.

Therefore, in Disney's "Mulan" animated film, there is no strict study of who the emperor is or who the Chanyu is, and the origin of Mulan is also vague.

The whole story focuses more on Hua Mulan's wonderful adventure after joining the army for her father. People watching this movie do not need to study the background era in which the story takes place, nor do they need to study Chinese culture to understand this story.

If "Mulan" is made like "A Hundred Thousand Miles from Chang'an", which is full of Tang Dynasty culture and poetic life, maybe Chinese audiences will burst into tears and sing loudly, but 99 out of 100 foreign audiences will Everyone will be confused and can't understand it at all.

Therefore, Wu Yuan does not intend to add too much profound Chinese culture to the live-action movie "Mulan".

The final version of the script is similar in style to the original animation, taking the "bottom" route and focusing only on Mulan.

From the beginning of her carefree life in the countryside, to when Khan had to join the army to replace her elderly father, to when she came to a strange military camp and faced an army of all men, how to adapt and how to blend in, And he grows into a strong soldier who is not inferior to men.

Of course, she also had a good partner Mushu along the way to help her solve problems and overcome difficulties. At the same time, she also met several comrades in arms in the military camp. When they discovered her daughter's body, they helped to conceal it.

The main plot of the story is to defeat the priestess under the grassland leader. In a gorgeous battle, Hua Mulan, who was her own "prince", defeated the witch and the witchcraft monsters she summoned with the help of her comrades, and finally won the war, returned to the capital, and accepted the emperor's commendation.

The whole story is not very colorful, but it is a typical Hollywood personal hero movie, except that the protagonist has changed from a male to a female.

The rhythm of the whole story and the setting of the main characters are almost the most classic Hollywood routines. It can be said that familiar shadows can be found in countless Hollywood classic blockbusters.

It's just that the background of the story takes place in China, and the protagonist who leads everyone to victory has changed from a male protagonist to a female protagonist.

But that's enough!

Disney's princess movies have always been aimed at the female market, and the female market is the main force!

As for the tickets sold to male audiences, they all watched with their girlfriends or wives!

In the context of various female boxing movements in Europe and the United States, such a movie that advocates "independent women" is the most suitable movie for the current film market. At least it caters to the international female film market very much, and men can also accept it. After all, no man doesn't like to watch beautiful girls.

It can be said that "Mulan" is a "John Wick" or "The Bourne Supremacy" made for women!

As long as there is no force majeure, Wu Yuan believes that this movie will definitely allow Liu Yifei to gain international top influence again under Disney's global operation! (End of this chapter)