Perfect Life

Screenwriters are important.

For TV series, screenwriters and scripts, they can be called the soul. For movies, it seems that it is not so important. Everyone says that the director is the soul of a movie. Therefore, many directors are more willing and yearning to make movies. They think that TV drama directors are low, and movie directors are taller.

Scripts and screenplays are only part of a movie, and even for many big directors, the script is simply dispensable, because everyone recognizes that the movie is a comprehensive art of sound and light, not a simple story like a TV series. ——But in fact, if you study the decades of film history in the world, especially the history of film development in the past two or three decades, you will find that the script is equally important to the film.

Especially for a commercial film, the script is extremely important.

A closer look at the history of film shows that in all commercial films that sell well, whether Chinese or foreign, either the director is very good at telling stories, or the director is simply a screenwriter, or the director is someone who respects the screenwriter very much.

No exception.

In another time and space, during the glorious ten-year period of Hong Kong movies, almost every one of the top-grossing directors was a senior screenwriter, such as Wang Jing, Tsui Hark, John Woo, and so on.

Spielberg is particularly good at telling stories and making stories. James Cameron is an absolutely top story master. Although Michael Bay's story is full of loopholes, he won the nickname of "Explosive Bay", but in fact, he Especially know what the audience likes to watch, and the rhythm of the story is quite well grasped, to the Nolan brothers of Niucha, and so on.

Putting our sights into the country, most of the films that were praised by all in the early days of the national teacher were mostly adapted from the original work, and even if they were adapted from the original work, they had to be written by professional screenwriters, and the director could not shoot how they wanted to shoot - the truth is very reasonable. Simple, there were no commercial film companies at that time. If you wanted to make a film, you had to go through the process of film studios all over the world. There were screenwriters in film studios. This is not allowed by the system.

And to be honest, even if the "Red Sorghum" of the National Teacher won the award in Berlin and became famous for a while, but within the system, he is just a cutting-edge director, and he does not have such a big brand to do whatever he wants.

Therefore, "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern", and "Alive" were all well done. Although those movies may not actually bring much economic benefits to the national teacher, they really laid a solid foundation for him as a national teacher and became the biggest source of his money making over and over again in the later period.

Later, when it was commercial, the national teacher was highly sought after, and the power in his hand was infinite. He could shoot whatever he wanted-because everyone thought that it was Zhang Guoshi! He is so **** up, how can I, a layman, intervene?

Then, he really started to do whatever he wanted, so his films became unwatchable in terms of storytelling!

No matter how masterful you are, no matter how good the lens aesthetics, the color aesthetics, and the scumbag storytelling, how can I give you more than two stars? Two stars for you, one for Alive!

Because "Alive" is almost worth six stars.

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In the present time and space, the problem is almost the same.

All the great directors, once they reach a certain height, really feel a little arrogant. From Qin Wei to Du Weiyun to Liu Chengzhang, they all showed off their skills, and then they rushed.

On the other hand, Li Qian, from his debut in the TV series "Legend of the New White Snake", to the immature grasp of the camera in "My Sassy Girl", to the maturity of "Once Upon a Time", the outbreak of "Red Sorghum", and then to "The Matrix" His ability to express other films other than storytelling has always been steadily improving, but the box office of his films has always been the top domestically in the market environment at that time.

Why? Why is the scene of "My Sassy Girl" so young and so popular? Let him be a rookie director who is just getting started, and he has become famous as a film director in one fell swoop?

And when it came to "The Matrix", it soared into the sky like this?

To put it bluntly, there is only one reason. He always insists that the story is the core of a commercial film!

No matter how powerful the technical means and how talented the director is, they must be used to serve the story in order to create an excellent and good-looking commercial film. Otherwise, once the focus deviates from the story, whether it focuses on art, humanistic connotation, or dazzling special effects, it will inevitably face failure in one way or another.

For example, the King of Sunglasses, who has been making literary films for 100 years and lived by winning awards, finally reluctantly told a story in a serious way. Under the premise, the box office suddenly exploded!

Do you really think that so many viewers across the country are rushing to the force of the king of sunglasses?

To put it bluntly, let’s look at the story first.

And back in 2004, in this time and space, the story of "Dragon Inn" was definitely top-notch - in fact, no matter which time and space, this story is a pretty good story.

Although Jin Han is still a profound literary director in his bones, he is also a person who has filmed youth idol dramas such as "Meteor Garden" and "Full House" after all. He can tell stories.

Telling the story smoothly, but always ensuring that it is not cliché, and showing a little bit of the literary director's grasp of the language of the camera lens, that kind of beauty... is his biggest pursuit of this film.

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After the interview and interactive session, the shock of the guests and reporters over the "estimated box office of 600 million" has not dissipated, and the movie has already started.

But this film, Li Qian has seen three versions.

He even watched the current version of the film over and over again, five or six times in a week. Jin Han is the director, Fang Baijin is the producer, but Li Qian is the first producer. How the film is made is up to Jin Han and Fang Baijin. In the end, Li Qian will be in charge of making the final decision. So he had to watch it over and over again.

And so... no matter how good the movie is, I've watched it so many times, plus I've played it in another time and space I don't know how many times, it's really not addicting.

Of course, in his opinion, this version is better than Xu Xia Ke's version!

In terms of art skills, it is hard to say that Tsui Hark is more powerful than Fang Bojin. In terms of his ability to control the camera, he has no advantage in the face of a technical maniac like Jinhan, an academic tycoon.

The only thing is, I don't know if it's a preconceived relationship. The proprietress in Tsui Hark's version is really too successful in Li Qian's opinion, and the impression that the role brings to Li Qian is really too deep. , so that, although He Yingyu is absolutely outstanding in this version, the proprietress's performance is absolutely brilliant, even in Li Qian's opinion, rushing into this role can already help this girl book the end of this year. Best Actress, but...not as good as the original.

This is really impossible.

Of course, he is the only one who has seen Maggie Cheung's version of "New Dragon Inn" in this world.

For all audiences in this time and space, He Yingyu's version of the proprietress and Jinhan's version of "Dragon Inn" are their first impressions of this story and this movie.

They will also be preconceived.

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Whether it is for publicity or not, Jin Han is happy to describe Li Qian, the producer and screenwriter, as the main creator of "Dragon Inn".

As a matter of fact, now that he is first involved in commercial film production, of course he is not too confident, and of course he is more willing to win more favorable factors that make the film a big box office.

Pulling He Yingyu into the group to play the boss's wife Jin Xiangyu and mentioning Li Qian in every interview are just part of this strategy.

But in fact, this film is really unique "Golden Han style".

The long shots of the desert are majestic and atmospheric, yet delicate and soft. Many shots are taken with unusual elegance. The light and shadow, light and shade, depth, and characters are very poetic.

To be honest, he is by no means ashamed of his background in the Suncheon Film Academy.

Moreover, he made He Yingyu and Cheng Suping very beautiful - he was originally chosen to shoot MVs for Liao Liao and He Runqing, and later asked him to direct several idol dramas for Minghu Culture. It was indeed because of this at first, because He is very good at shooting the most beautiful angle of the actress through his own training and capture.

Simply put, this film has an epic quality.

But Li Qian looked lazy.

He did not sit in the first row like Jin Han and He Yingyu. Except for the needs of publicity, although he has control everywhere, he has been trying his best to downplay his influence on the film.

He hopes this will foster Kim Han's confidence in directing this type of commercial film.

The movie was shown for more than ten minutes. He sat in the fourth row and quietly turned his head to look back. The guests, audience, film critics and reporters watched with great concentration.

Bai Yujing suddenly leaned over and bit his ear, "It feels like a great shot!"

Li Qian also bit back, "Lao Jin is already very powerful."

Bai Yujing nodded.

After looking at it for another five minutes, she came over again, "You have been very busy recently? I heard that you are staying in the company every day, either writing in a daze or picking up girls. Why don't you come to me for a drink?"

Li Qian turned his head and glanced at her, thinking what am I looking for you for!

Everyone is full of friends, and the friendliness is 100+, but each other is not suitable for further progress, then even if I drink, I will not look for you, I will go to Miss Cheng Suping, how good it is to accompany you to drink and sleep, the key It's because she has a low alcohol intake. After the two of them drank two bottles of red wine, Miss Sister's skin was rosy all over her body. It's not like you are an old alcoholic who doesn't get drunk after a thousand cups. What's the point!

Of course, this is definitely not the case, so Li Qian said, "I'm recording a song recently, so I don't drink alcohol!"

Bai Yujing raised his **** at Li Qian covertly.

It's purely an excuse to record a song, have you ever heard of a singer smoking a pipe and cigar every day during the recording? Of course wine should be drinkable too!

Then she asked again: "How many songs have you recorded? When will it be finished?"

Li Qian didn't think much about it, and said, "I've recorded six songs, but don't worry, I want to go out and play for a few days recently, so it's a vacation."

Bai Yujing said without hesitation, "Where are you going? Can you take me with you?"

Li Qian was a little embarrassed for a moment, snorted for a while, then leaned over and whispered, "Xiaobing has just been busy for a while, pestering me, and has to go out for a vacation, I'm going out with her."

Bai Yujing rolled his eyes, not very happy.

Obviously, Li Qian is going to take Xie Bing out on vacation, and she is not suitable for being a light bulb because you are affectionate with me.

Li Qian had no choice but to say: "Go back, go back! Go back and wait, let's find a place and go together!"

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The movie is good, but Bai Yujing is a little depressed.

When the movie was over, a group of creators were very excited, as were a group of reporters and the audience, and the applause seemed extraordinarily warm, and as soon as the applause fell, many reporters tried to ask questions.

Seeing that many reporters stared at He Yingyu and Jin Han eagerly, just like hungry wolf staring at meat, the premiere ceremony temporarily decided to add an interview session.

Anyway, the movie is released, and the more publicity it is, the better.

In fact, the first appearance of the Jinhan version of "Dragon Inn" in this time and space brought a movie viewing experience to more than 200 audience members, which was absolutely shocking.

Unlike traditional martial arts films, it does not focus on the heroic and righteousness, or on the height of the chivalrous characters, but condenses the grand background of the times and the complex character struggles into a small frontier inn. Inside, it is like a textbook-like Xiaojing and a big love.

And the three protagonists in the movie are exceptionally brilliant.

Zhou Huai'an from Zhou Zhiyu, Qiu Moyan from Cheng Suping, of course, to say the most eye-catching, must be the innkeeper Jin Xiangyu played by He Yingyu~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Every move is coquettish to the bone.

The key is that this character can stand up - what is standing up? From the perspective of storytelling, a person has his own unique personality, identity, status, hobbies and other basic personalities, which cannot be regarded as standing. Everything this character does, his every move, must follow his own character.

In the story that happened in "Dragon Inn", the three characters all stood still.

Especially the proprietress, Jin Xiangyu, not only stood still, but was extremely alive!

Therefore, at the beginning of the additional interviews, everyone first directed the questions to He Yingyu.

With the global box office explosion of "The Matrix", all fools know that He Yingyu has become famous worldwide. She can even be regarded as the most recognizable and popular China in the world except Liao Liao. female too.

And now, after the invited reporters and film critics watched the premiere of "Dragon Inn", everyone's intuition did not hesitate to convey a message: this drama He Yingyu is going to explode again!

This acting is simply bursting!

Definitely the pinnacle of her debut and fame!

It is completely scheduled for the rhythm of the two major domestic film awards at the end of this year!

Then you can imagine, of course, you have to interview a few more quickly, and some will be written after the movie is released!

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Bai Yujing.

After the movie was over there, and the organizer temporarily decided to add another interview session, Lao Bai was bored and came out with a lot of people who decided to leave after watching the movie.

When she got back to her car, she called her assistant directly and asked her to book a flight to France for herself - anyway, she had nothing to do in China for the time being, and she didn't want to take part in the show, so she continued to stare at the wine Zhuang's negotiations go!