I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 697 Daily Life (This is the chapter)
There is not much to say about the filming of costume dramas, especially "Cang Lan Jue" which was basically filmed in the studio.

The crew was quite considerate and used outside forces to perform many shots.

For example, in order to act out the scene of being trapped by evil spirits, the martial arts teacher held an elastic rope and pulled Shen Liang to perform the feeling of struggling to move forward.

The tense and strained state he showed was because he was wrestling with that martial arts teacher...

So, the expression is very ferocious...

By the way, the special effects team of "Cang Lan Jue", MOREVFX, used real-time rendering technology, which is to combine the modeled background special effects with the actual shooting. After the shooting is completed, you can directly see the post-production.

This is a special effect that only movies can afford!

Shen Liang has a good relationship with the person in charge of MOREVFX, so the price of renting this equipment is not very high, equivalent to 50 million for 3000 days...

Later, this technology will also be used in the filming of "Shushan"...

Since Xiaotian finished her last sutra-collecting trip, she has been living in Shen Liang's residence. However, she has a lot of scenes to play, and often Shen Liang gets off work while she is still filming.

This is normal. The shooting schedule of "Cang Lan Jue" itself is very tight - it will be launched in July next year, scheduled for the summer vacation, and completed in August, leaving less than a year for post-production.

By the way, Shen Liang always felt that it was a bit of a waste for Xiaotian to play a sweet girl...

Her eyes are so big, a bit like a Barbie doll...

Every time, it felt like she was going to faint.

Ahem...

She is quite suitable for Zhang Shaohan's style, dramas like "Love Killing 17"...

Youth is not only about white chrysanthemum petals, but also lies and death!
If there is a chance, let her act in a horror thriller... or just play the role of an evil girl...

The studio bought the adaptation rights for two scripts, "The Witch" and "The Villain".

Cooperating with Wu Jing's Dengfeng International, we are preparing to create several female action films.

"Witch" is pretty good. This theme is actually quite old-fashioned. It tells the story of a special organization that specializes in transforming human bodies to make them people with super powers. One of the most powerful little girls escaped from this organization...

The plot of "The Villain" is simpler. It tells the story of a female killer who was trained to be a killing machine and then seeks revenge on a killer organization after learning about her life experience.

But this kind of action movie requires actresses to be very skilled...

It's a bit tricky.

But she is quite suitable...

She is 1 meters tall, with long limbs, straight shoulders, big chest and thin waist, and an upright and graceful figure. Coupled with her childish looks, the contrast of her playing this kind of evil girl is very strong!

Oh, Liang Ge is reading a script called "Frozen Canine Teeth".

Adapted from the novel by Japanese female novelist Nominamicho, which won the Japanese Naoki Prize.

This psychologically violent work tells the story of an experienced policeman and a rookie female detective teaming up to solve a wolf-dog serial murder case.

This novel is very good, but not easy to adapt. The author focuses most of his energy on gender confrontation - nearly half of the novel is used to describe the gender discrimination the heroine encountered in the task force.

This novel is quite valuable in its portrayal of the survival dilemma of Japanese working women.

By placing the heroine in an extreme working environment surrounded by men, her discomfort is fully displayed.

But the story itself is not interesting. "Frozen" is a mystery novel.

It has all the elements: a mysterious motive, strange tools, and a bloody series of murders.

However, during the reading process, readers will have strong doubts about its nature as a detective novel.

The possibility of deep reasoning is limited because of one of the core issues of the story - "wolfdog committing crime".

No matter how well a wolfdog is domesticated, its function in a murder is too simple; all it can do is bite.

This crime method is so straightforward that even without forensic identification, the criminal police at the crime scene can roughly determine that it was an animal that killed the person, not to mention the wolfhound hair and claw marks left at the scene. When the author conceived the story, she had already put shackles on her creation. Since she chose to use animals as a means of committing crimes, she needs to bear the simplicity of animal behavior.

This is a double-edged sword. There is little room for reasoning, and the author can only turn to the setting of suspense about the motive of the crime, as well as the exploration of the protagonist's daily life and work and the excavation of his inner world.

Therefore, the movie adaptation is not very good. Japan has made a version starring Yuki Amami.

South Korea also made a version of the film, renamed "Howl", directed by Liu Ha, who made "The Despicable Street" and "The Cruel History of Mazhou Street", and starring Song Kanghao...

The effects are not very good!

The Douban score is no more than 7 points!
After Memories of Murder, Song Kang-ho has become a guarantee of quality, and there are very few movies that do not exceed a score of 7...

Shen Liang has seen "Howl", and I can't say it's bad, but the narrative is a bit confusing. You don't know what the director's focus is, and the protagonist has been replaced by the dog...

The dog's revenge, its mistress, a young girl, was kidnapped...

Too much warmth, but not enough reasoning!
Coupled with the usual black police in Korean movies, it seems quite childish...

However, after reading the script in his hand, Shen Liang felt... it was okay. After the adaptation, the focus of the script was on gender discrimination.

By the way, there is also a satire on the police...

This is easy to do, you can shoot it in Southeast Asia!

After thinking for a while, Shen Liang called Chen Jiadong and said, "This topic is not bad. The cost is controlled below 5000 million. We can do it..."

“Is 5000 million too little?”

"It's not a small amount. Such a niche movie will only have a box office of 200 to 300 million at most. Let's find Tian Xiwei for the female lead... For the male lead, you can contact Lei Jiayin or Yu Hewei..."

Chen Jiadong was stunned for a moment: "You don't want to act?"

"How can I act? The male lead is a middle-aged man... Didn't you read the script?"

“…They said the script was good and recommended it to me…”

"Next time, please read the script first... I am now collecting scripts suitable for me to act in. Damn! I am dead!"

After hanging up the phone, Shen Liang cursed inwardly, "idiot", then looked at the time, it was almost 9 o'clock, he sent a message to Xiao Tian, ​​"I'm live streaming, don't disturb me!"

Then he opened the study door...

……

As a top star, Shen Liang
His schedule would be considered scientific only if it covers at least two years or even five years!

However, he has passed the busiest stage...

Let me put it this way, with his current status, as long as nothing serious happens, there is no way that anyone can bring him down!
But he is very ambitious...

Mainly because I feel a little guilty.

After all, the movies he starred in before are all blessed with memories...

And the box office is very high!
The most feared thing about box office myths is that they are broken...

Once it is broken, it is difficult to rebuild it!
So, he was actually quite anxious...

We need to ensure both the quantity of works and the box office performance of the works we produce...

It's hard.

Because the Mesozoic generation occupies the majority of the market.

He can only cast a wide net and collect high-quality scripts...

In addition, I also roughly talked about the type of script I want - a cool drama, a realistic cool drama. If that doesn't work, I can find some historical figures, such as Huang Chao...

It was really rewarding. The studio recommended a script called "Zhang Jiao"...

(End of this chapter)