Chapter 498: A Script with Hundreds of Millions of Details

Liu Ming talked freely in Duoyu Production Department.

"During the communication between Mr. Zhang and Mr. Pu, Mr. Pu repeatedly emphasized his four requirements and affirmed Mr. Zhang's script many times. It is obvious that Mr. Pu has seen the final effect he wants through Mr. Zhang's simple script."

"But Mr. Pu did not mention the details, which need us to improve. First of all, we have to rule out the low-level cognition that the film Mr. Pu wants is a bad film!"

"So our task is to find a perfect way to make a good film under so many conditions and make the 360 ​​million investment back in multiples!"

"The script must be able to withstand scrutiny and meet the quality requirements of commercial science fiction blockbusters, so as to guarantee our box office."

"Mr. Zhang's original story outline is: alien spaceships landed in a certain area of ​​the earth, and then began to invade the earth. Humans and aliens kept rubbing against each other, and that place was The protagonist of the film, Da Zhuang, is a reporter who cares a lot about his hairstyle. He thinks that humans and aliens are both intelligent life forms and should make peace. Then he goes to the Alien Forbidden Zone alone and starts a passionate relationship with the aliens. In the end, he moves the aliens with his emotions and makes them leave the earth and become ambassadors of peace between the two civilizations. "

"After adding a little bit of details, the real story is like this."

"On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, an alien spaceship suddenly appeared over Cape Town, South Africa. Troops from various countries swarmed in. Before we retreated into the spaceship, we found that the aliens seemed to be very calm and hostile. After research by scientists, it was found that the social structure of the aliens was similar to that of ants on Earth, but we seemed to have lost the ant front, which posed a threat to humans. Because they look like standing shrimps, they are called shrimp people by humans: , the United Nations decided to set up a settlement of Liars in Cape Town, South Africa, called the Alien Forbidden Zone.

Later, because the Liars reproduced too little, the United Nations decided to relocate the Liar settlement. Because the task was too large, the United Nations outsourced the work of Liar population statistics to a company. The protagonist Xiao Zhuang was an employee of that company and also a reporter. I cherish my hairstyle very much. I seem to be rude, but in fact, I am the same as others. I don’t treat the shrimp people as human beings. I think the shrimp people are a group of advanced creatures who can only dig garbage. In the Alien Forbidden Zone, I am like a prophet who knows everything.

When Xiao Zhuang was doing statistics and interviews, he broke into a shrimp residence and found a laboratory. He found a can of mysterious liquid and was sprayed in the face before opening it. Then my body had a normal reaction and ended up mutating into the appearance of a shrimp.

It was said by the division. , Xiao Zhuang was forcibly put into a bag by the company and transported to the laboratory, ending the endless and inhumane experiment. I was surrounded by shrimps that died in the experiment. Because the shrimps' weapons were very advanced, hundreds of years ahead of humans, but they could only be opened by our genes. The protagonist had the conditions to use them before mutation, and became the most expensive experimental subject in one fell swoop.

So, the news exposed me and falsely accused me of having sex with the shrimp man. My wife also broke off her relationship with Xiao Zhuang due to your father's deception and lobbying. My colleagues who knew the truth also persuaded me to surrender. I escaped to the alien restricted area with help. A shrimp man saved me from coma. The friendly shrimp man said that if I returned to the mother ship, I could cure my disease. Xiao Zhuang found that at that time, all humans were greedy. Only the beautiful shrimps that I once despised were sincerely helping me. I decided to help the shrimps escape back to the mother ship, and I stayed alone to resist the pursuit of the army. The shrimp man vowed to come back to find me and must wait for me to come back! In the fierce battle between Xiao Zhuang and humans, the spaceship took off. ”

Zhang Yang: “.”

Ma Xing: “.”

The two of them pondered for a moment, stared at Wu Ma, and asked in unison: "What about before?"

"The movie was over before!"

"Crap!"

"Shit!"

"The good thing is to learn, learn to break up the chapters from the dog authors who write online articles, right?"

"People can, at most they should"

Zhang Yang and Ma Xing looked at Wu Ma with resentful eyes, as if they were watching a big movie about to be launched, the network suddenly got stuck, the heroine's movements froze on the screen, and the hero's ecstatic voice stopped abruptly.

That moment was a dilemma.

But the last moment, Ma Xing, as a director, reacted immediately.

"Good! Good script! Even if you just listen to him narrating, the huge plot tension is already overwhelming! It is definitely a hardcore science fiction movie! Without that script, you really have no confidence that you can shoot something good. By the way! Your junior brother will definitely be very interested! "

Compared to the excited Ma Xing, Zhang Yang's expression was a little strange.

The story Wu Ma just told me seemed to have nothing to do with what I wrote later, but it also seemed to have nothing to do with it.

"Is that your script?"

Wu Ma looked Zhang Yang in the eyes with certainty: "No, that's what your script looked like before you added a few details."

Zhang Yang asked: "Xiang Chen asked that it was an emotional story with a sci-fi background, and he wanted to fall in love with an alien. Does he have that element?"

Wu Ma asked back: "Who said that emotions can only include romantic relationships? Is friendship across races strong and shocking enough?"

Ma Xing: "Hiss~ It's too low! The idea is too low!"

Zhang Yang thought about it for a while and felt that it was more reasonable and more interesting than the initial version he had just finished writing, but in reality it did not exceed his story outline, and it was still mainly based on the friendship between the protagonist and the alien.

The first theme also touched on trust.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yang was shocked to find that the script that Xiang Chen had perfected and supplemented actually completely met Xiang Chen's requirements and the outline of the script I wrote later!

It was just that the details were not enough.

However, Xiang Chen had one request that was the most puzzling.

"Xiang Chen also said that the special effects should be the best, but the most expensive, and the expensiveness should have a little bit of cheapness, so that the audience can see that you have invested so much money, and it is best to bring some psychological comfort to the audience. How to do it during filming?"

"Well, that may be beyond the ability of a screenwriter. Maybe you can ask Director Wu what Liu Ming's request is expressing."

Xiang Chen is also omnipotent.

"There is no such strange request?" Ma Xing was also shocked. Although I have been in the film and television industry for more than ten years, I have never heard of such a strange request.

After spending money, you still want to shoot a cheap feeling?

People come to watch movies to enjoy themselves, but he actually makes the audience feel psychologically comfortable?

Is that a disease?

It's the boss who gave me a little investment and let me make an international film.

No problem!

But Ma Xing did not directly express his opinion, but said cautiously: "You are not specialized in science fiction. Maybe you can answer this question when your junior arrives."

Xiang Chen took a deep breath: "Anyway, since Liu Ming asked so, there must be a reason."

The other two nodded in conviction.

Liu Ming always gave us a bad idea and deliberately let the movie flop, right?

The seventh day.

Pu Zong, a Hollywood turtle science fiction director, came to Shaoyu Company.

It can be seen that the 10 million director's fee has little effect on people's subjective initiative.

I said as soon as I opened my mouth: "Do you know what kind of film your boss wants to make!"

Eight people: "!!!"

Zhang Yang: "Details, details!"

Before Xiang Chen learned that there was a company with few people and little money over there, he set off from Shanghai to Kyoto overnight last night. He talked with Ma Xing in detail about the content of the new script and the boss's four seemingly strange requirements.

My first reaction was that the boss was messing with us and deliberately made us make a bad movie.

But after Ma Xing's psychological counseling, and the fact that every decision Xiang Chen made would make the company lose money, I thought about it for a whole night. Finally, I figured it out!

Before taking a sip of tea, Mr. Pu said excitedly: "What seems to be a reasonable request actually hides their boss's precise guidance for the film! Their boss only gave the only way to write the script, and also gave you a bird's-eye view of how to shoot and arrange the shots."

"In fact, their Liu Ming wanted to shoot that movie that way"

"Have you heard of pseudo-documentary? A movie that looks like a documentary, but looks like it was shot by a real camera on the surface. The shaking of the lens, the blur of the picture, and the ordinary marks make the audience mistakenly think that it is a documentary!"

"And what Liu Ming said about spending a small price to make special effects and letting the audience see it is what he meant! Shooting a science fiction documentary that is so realistic that the special effects are made without any trace of special effects There are traces, and even the filming is a little cheap, so that the audience can immerse themselves in the movie. After watching it, there is no feeling that the alien forbidden area exists next to you. In this way, Liu Ming's purpose is achieved! "

"As for the physiological impact mentioned by Liu Ming, it is very complicated to cause the audience to adapt. Thai horror, American plasma, and European exorcism all use that technique in small quantities, which is to stimulate the audience's senses to achieve a normal feeling, and then let the audience's cerebellum consciously secrete a small amount of peptidomimetic, so as to relax the body. When the movie is over, it will realize that it is in a dangerous environment and the movie is fake. The sense of relaxation disappears, leaving only the slow joy brought by peptidomimetic hormones, so that few audiences will hate watching that type of movie and feel refreshed. "

"Liu Ming. Obviously that's what he meant. He wanted to add that kind of element to the movie, stimulate the audience through visual images, and produce physiological reactions. Disgust, fear, and terror are all fine. The audience will exclaim after watching it - so cool!"

"Then what do you think about the design of the alien shrimp in the script? Make that model well. The disgusting aliens will attract the audience's attention at the first time. The alien rejection psychology will prevail. They will follow the story at the beginning of the movie and consciously hate the aliens. They think that the advanced creatures are disgusting. But the previous plot is just the opposite. The seemingly clean and sunny humans are doing dirty things, and the shrimps have no low-tech weapons but have hurt a human. Even if they are oppressed by humans, they are willing to save humans. Finally, He promised the protagonist that he would come back to treat me. What an ironic comparison! "

"The more disgusting and beautiful you make the shrimp, the more touching the friendship between the shrimp and the human in this movie is! The contrast between the front and the back. Hiss~ You think it is too weak to compare with the quiet male teacher on Weibo who was exposed as a parent group in class!"

Zhang Yang, Wu Ma, Ma Xing: "?"

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up: "Detailed!"

Pu Zong said in confusion: "Uh, you have finished your analysis."

"Yes, you are talking about the contrasting male teacher."

Pu Zong: ".Uh, let's chat privately on WeChat later. You don't have many videos. Why don't we talk about business first?"

"Ahem! Yes. You think what Director Ma said is very uninformed! It is basically close to Liu Ming's idea." Zhang Yang's face became serious.

Wu Ma also nodded: "Indeed. In that case, it can perfectly explain what the conditions given by Xiang Chen mean. Are you still thinking that if you shoot it like that, it will become a bad domestic film? Have you ever thought that Liu Ming's real intention is that."

Ma Xing: "Junior brother, what you learned in there is really nothing. The next time I see him so nothing is next time. I hope that the last time I see him so nothing is last time."

Several people in the production department meeting room basically discussed and determined the script and shooting techniques of the entire movie.

We need to improve fewer details before that.

President Pu said with some worry: "You have some problems with the filming of science fiction movies, but you need to find a reliable special effects team, especially if you want to shoot a pseudo-documentary, you need a top-level special effects team in the industry to complete the filming within 11 months."

Zhang Yang waved his hand: "Spread the money! Give it to you! Any problem that can be solved with money is a problem. The company's 360 million investment is all real money invested in the film, just worry about it!"

Zhang Yang understood that some crews said that they invested hundreds of millions, but in fact, only half of the money could be distributed to the filming crew. As for what they did, those who understand will understand.

And ours was a real investment of 360 million, which is indeed a lot in domestic films.

Ma Xing was concerned: "What do you think about the selection of actors?"

"The leading actress must be a big fresh meat. Liu Ming has only that one requirement. As for the rest, we can just do it ourselves."

Ma Xing frowned: "Xiang Chen. Is he also going the way of a traffic star? I'm afraid."

In the industry, the eight words "big fresh meat" are basically equated with "good acting skills". Although our film is a science fiction film, the acting requirements for the protagonist who switches between humans and aliens are very low.

It is necessary to show the protagonist's arrogance, confusion, fatigue, fear, gratitude, relief, and other emotions.

If the leading actress fails, the impact on our movie with such a small investment will definitely be devastating.

The best case scenario is that the reputation will collapse and the money will be lost!

How will Liu Ming explain it to him at that time?

The question of how to choose the leading actress made several people fall into contemplation again.