Chapter 580 Questioning
Lu Yanhe has been saying that he should star in a dance theater play, not only to give this theater a look, but also to send a signal——
This theater is not a fooling around. Even he, Lu Yanhe, is willing to star in one of the plays. The rest of you don't have to be so cautious and wait-and-see.
The script for "Silent Stairs" has just been written.
Lu Yanhe read the script and nodded.
The quality of the script is very good. The whole story takes place in a house, which is a bit like a script kill - it is a very classic "Blizzard Villa" suspense story.
"This script is pretty good, I'll act in it."
Lu Yanhe nodded, jumped up and the theater released the first batch of film lists, which were divided into three parts:
[When it’s popular, let’s show it off]
1. "The Silent Staircase" starring Lu Yanhe.
2. "The Intern" starring Yan Liang.
3. "Love Negotiation" starring Jiang Yuqian.
4. "Lies and Love" starring Cheng Hai.
[Big IP, for newcomers]
1. "The Adventures of a Girl" (adapted from the popular short story of the same name by Ming Yin Gao).
2. "Whirlpool" (adapted from the popular short story of the same name by Liu Jiazhen).
3. "Uncertain Ringtone" (adapted from Bai Yugao's popular short story of the same name).
[New cooperation, under negotiation]
Huang Kairen, Jiang Jun, Zhen Hongyu, Zhang Lan, Li Yuefeng, Bao Zhenzhu
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The last line concludes: New theater, new mode, new gameplay, let’s do it for real!
Jump Up Theater originally attracted attention because it was a new collaboration spearheaded by the magazine Jump Up, and because Lu Yanhe participated in it, relying on his miraculous aura of success, it attracted much attention.
Now the release of the first batch of film lists has shocked the entire Internet.
Especially when the names of Lu Yanhe and the other leading actors are listed above, except for Cheng Hai, who is a bit weak, who among the others is not the most popular among the popular?
They all came to act in one of the films, not caring about its experimental and risky nature, not caring about the high possibility of failure.
This makes many actors in the entertainment industry who are hesitant because of this wonder, have they not caught up with the best opportunity?
At this time, the monthly sales of "Jump Up" magazine, which had always been stable at around 200,000 copies, suddenly experienced new growth. While the March issue was reprinted twice, the pre-sales for the April issue were also sold out. Record.
Because everyone was interested in this theater, they suddenly became curious about what kind of novel could lead to such a large-scale film and television adaptation plan.
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In order to build momentum for this theater, Chen Siqi accepted an interview with an entertainment news documentary program on Yuehu TV.
The theme is why we want to do jump theater.
"The main reason is of course because I want to add something to the magazine and brand of "Jump Up" and expand its influence." Chen Siqi said bluntly and did not tell lies, "From having this idea to finally finding the Platforms like Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video that share the same goals and work together have actually gone through a lot of twists and turns. Fortunately, Yan He’s cooperation with them on "Friends" gave us a basis for communication, and they are still More willing to listen to what we want to do.”
"After we expressed our ideas, I was actually a little nervous. Because I had never done anything like this before, specifically doing a theater and only adapting a novel that had been published in a magazine. I actually found it very difficult for a long time. Realization, I didn’t expect that after discussion and evaluation, everyone thought it would be a good idea to give it a try.”
"In the process of advancing this project, I am actually more and more determined to do this. You know, for our authors, it is actually very difficult for short stories to be adapted into film and television dramas. Its main adaptation The channel is the movie, but you also know that such opportunities for adaptation are more difficult. With such a fixed theater, in fact, for many of us authors, it can earn them a copyright fee at the most superficial level. It also allows them to be known to more people.”
"As for the film and television drama industry, I actually told Yan He that because this is ultimately a test product, mostly experimental in nature, we don't know whether it can succeed. There is no need for him to use his hard-earned experience to accumulate so far. The audience’s popularity and everyone’s trust in him come to endorse this theater.”
"But Yan He said that this theater is actually of great significance to the film and television drama market. It gives many directors who have no chance to prove themselves and many good actors who cannot get acting opportunities more opportunities. Go and prove yourself.”
"Just for a theater like ours, there are more than fifty plays a year. Of course, each play is very small, only about two hours long. Even so, it is still more than fifty projects. Throw it aside. Kai Yanhe, Sister Yuqian and other popular actors who came to sample, we In theaters, to be honest, it is more important to use actors who may not be familiar to people in ordinary times, and to use directors who are capable and talented but lack an opportunity to direct independently, because the budget of our theater is still relatively tight. , I have never done it before, everyone is afraid of losing money.”
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Following Chen Siqi's explanation, Jump Up Theater officially announced the premiere time.
This theater will open on the first Sunday in May.
The first drama to be aired was "The Adventures of a Girl" with a brand new cast.
Immediately, some netizens went to the comment section of the Jump Up Theater and asked: Why not put Lu Yanhe or Jiang Yuqian in the first play? Let's have a good start to attract the audience?
The official Weibo also replied, saying: The objective reason is that the two plays they starred in have not started shooting yet, and the broadcast time has not been determined. The more subjective reason is that we hope to remind us of the positioning of this theater through such a broadcast: to tap into the fresh blood of the film and television industry.
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"Lu Yanhe is really ruthless. He created such a Jump Up Theater. It will be lively in the future."
When Luo Yuzhong went out to have a meeting with others, many people were discussing the Jump Up Theater.
For this new thing, just like Lu Yanhe's weekly broadcast, sitcom, and simultaneous broadcast at that time, it made the industry feel confused.
"Young people have to play with it, and new things come out from time to time."
"What new things are there? Isn't it just that the number of episodes is getting smaller and smaller? Now it's good to just make a two-episode series. It's better to release it directly in the cinema. Is this still a TV series?"
"Look at what you said. A two-episode series can't be a series? Xiao Lu is doing a good job. Making something new may bring different creations."
"Have you read the novels in the magazine "Jump Up"? Either some youth fantasy, or secret love confession, or suspense and reasoning, all things that young people like to read, not realistic at all."
"What is realism? Do you have to be bitter and vengeful to be realistic? "Someone immediately retorted, "At least there is such a magazine now, which constantly discovers new authors to create short stories and has different IP content."
"Do I need to say more about the significance of Lu Yanhe's theater to the film and television industry? I heard that they have signed many new directors and new actors to work in this theater now."
"It sounds so nice, but in fact, they are all newcomers that Yuehutai and Northern Lights want to sign, and they have been training for a long time, and they are using this to practice."
"Whether these people are all newcomers who have signed contracts or not, this theater has brought new things and new trends. How can this not be a bad thing?"
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Listening to the gossip and arguments of the people around him, as Lu Yanhe's teacher, Luo Yuzhong said nothing.
At this time, he didn't interrupt.
The controversy caused by the Jump Up Theater was actually completely foreseeable. Because any new thing will inevitably be accompanied by some "conservative" doubts and opposition.
Luo Yuzhong admires the two young people, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, because they never talk without doing, and they dare to do it.
Both of them are action-oriented, daring to take risks and try new things.
Chen Siqi failed in her Qingchong Project and was laughed at by many people. She was not discouraged by this and did not dare to try new things. She turned around and started to do Jump Up Theater.
Lu Yanhe made art films, sitcoms, wrote his own scripts, and broke up and got together with Beijing and Taiwan. Every attempt at transformation attracted controversy, but in the end, he shut up all the BB people with his dazzling achievements.
Regarding what these two people wanted to do, Luo Yuzhong did not want to participate in the discussion at all.
"Director Luo, what do you think of this Jump Up Theater?"
"Director Luo, don't be partial to Lu Yanhe just because he is your student."
"Will this Jump Up Theater have an impact on our current shooting mode?"
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Everyone talked about it.
"I don't know." Luo Yuzhong's answer surprised everyone. "A new thing may succeed, just like Friends, which led to the revival of our sitcoms, or it may fail, just like the Green Onion Project. But for young people who want to do new things, whether it succeeds or not, I definitely support it. We are a creative industry, and we must keep coming up with new things."
"Will Director Luo consider directing a jumping play?"
"This theater mainly provides opportunities for new directors. I won't compete with them for opportunities at my age. In fact, this is a point I agree with. New directors have no experience. If they are asked to make a long play of 20 or 30 episodes right away, the difficulty and requirements are high. A short play of only three or two episodes is also difficult for new directors. More friendly and easy to get started. With experience, you will have a better idea of what to do when shooting long dramas. "
"I heard that the dramas in this theater only have one week to shoot. Can this guarantee the quality of the shooting?"
"For a script of 30,000 to 40,000 words, you have made a good shooting plan in the early stage, coordinated all departments, figured out the storyboards, and set the daily shooting tasks. Is one week a short shooting time?" Luo Yuzhong said, "I have read the scripts of several dramas in the Jump Up Theater. The stories they chose are not the kind of high-difficulty dramas with large scheduling. In terms of the shooting volume, one week is more than enough to shoot. You should not look at this theater with the conventional shooting thinking. The positioning is different and the shooting mode is also different."
Old guns like Luo Yuzhong actually know why it is so important to control the shooting time within one week.
Time itself has never been the determining factor for whether a drama is good or bad.
You should know that in the history of film, many classic movies actually took only more than ten or twenty days to shoot.
The number of their shots is much more than that of the dramas in the Jump Up Theater.
To put it bluntly, domestic TV dramas are still weak in management and operation mechanisms, resulting in a lot of waste of resources and time. This time, the Jump Up Theater used the shooting mode of "Friends", putting all rehearsals and preparations in the front, and only shooting on the scene to further improve the efficiency of shooting.
"Director Luo, won't you work with your students on another play later? You haven't worked together since "The Golden Age", and Director Chen Lingling is about to work with him for the third time."
"It's coming soon, just wait and see." Luo Yuzhong said with a smile.
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Alas, I just finished my work and caught a cold + fever. I wanted to write more for the recommendation today, but my brain is really dizzy. It's just nonsense to write more, so I'm going to sleep first. (End of this chapter)