I stayed at home for a few days during the Spring Festival, except for occasionally visiting relatives and friends, I rested at home, watched TV series, and pulled a film by the way.

Also, the earthquake in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry that is being serialized on the Internet will occasionally be chased.

On February 22, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Lantern Festival, Li Qian returned to the capital.

After resting for half a month, my family and my family also rested for a period of time a year ago, and my energy has all recovered, and I can continue to devote myself to new work.

In the studio, everyone has already returned, and they are all busy with their own things.

The location of "Jaws: Revenge" has also been determined, and the crew has also been formed with the help of Guangxian, and the indoor studio is set up in Huairou Film and Television Base.

And "127" hours, it depends on how Deng Chao prepares, after all, this movie is his one-man show, and what the whole drama can be filmed, 80% depends on his performance.

There was nothing to do, so Li Qian went into retreat and wrote his own script.

The movie "Moon" is a science fiction film.

Science fiction films, even if they are fantasized, must ensure a certain degree of rigor, at least so that ordinary audiences will not feel disobedient when they watch it.

And as a commercial film, theatrical conflict is also necessary.

Of course, this is not a conflict for the sake of conflict, but a conflict for the sake of the box office.

And it's not a literal conflict between people, but all the plot arrangements, the conflicts between characters and backgrounds, reality and truth, are all to better attract the audience.

Literary films and commercial films, in Li Qian's understanding, the most direct difference is here.

In Li Qian's memory, there are two movies of the same type, which can intuitively express this difference.

"Orphaned" and "Darling".

Two films that also abduct and sell children, no matter which movie is better, is a matter of director's level, and the two films use completely opposite narrative techniques.

This kind of theme, it is not difficult to shoot touching, after all, the advantage of the subject matter is here.

However, it is extremely difficult for this theme to sell well.

"Dear" took advantage of the biggest advantage of this theme and made sensationalism to the extreme.

It is extremely rare for a director with this skill in China to have this skill.

The movie "Moon", if you look at it according to the first half, can easily become a simple niche movie, about people, clones, robots, and human nature.

And two-thirds of the way through, it may be going down the road of sci-fi action movies.

After all, a movie with only one actor, one person plays two clones each, and if you want to sell out, you will end up killing the energy company, or simply activate the remaining dozens of clones, and have a big war, which will be even more popular.

In spite of this, if this were the case, the first two-thirds would have to be changed, and the whole movie would not be the original one, but would have become another movie with the same idea, but completely different content.

The core of the movie "Moon" is still emotion.

Loneliness, love, and two clones who shouldn't have existed, and finally understand each other and fulfill each other.

Because of love, so lonely, in solitude, firmly believe in love.

However, love is mutual, and the love of clones No. 5 and No. 6 for their wives in the movie is an implanted memory, which only exists in the memory and is one-sided.

It is not easy to let this kind of unilateral implanted love in memory be displayed in front of the audience in an all-round way.

And there are very few shots of their wives appearing in the tape, and it is only a videotape, and there is no interaction with the two clones at all.

Difficult.

The plot is very simple, and if the script is really written, it is also easy.

However, the script is not used for filming, Li Qian has to carefully consider and consider the script while writing the script, and the storyboard is the key.

Moreover, the original version actually has a lot of things that can make people reverie, and Li Qian also has to think about whether some places should be explained clearly in the movie, or continue to leave blank.

For example, if you want to make a big reversal at the end, you can make a "real person" who originally returned to Earth more than ten years ago, but was actually killed by Clone 1, and he continued to live on Earth instead of a real person.

However, in this case, the original setting that clones only have a lifespan of three years due to genetic defects will have to be changed to a lifespan of only three years due to radiation and other reasons.

Whether there is radiation on the moon or not, and whether the original energy helium-3 in the lunar soil has radiation, you have to consult the relevant experts.

Li Qian imagined that picture in his mind, the approaching clone 5 was willing to stay, misleading the people sent by the energy company, and the clone 6 took the opportunity to escape back to Earth and expose the energy company's conspiracy.

Just when all the truth was revealed, the camera turned, and Clone No. 1, who had replaced the real person, looked at Clone No. 6 on the news, a seeping smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered "No. 6." ”

In this case, the final thriller is enough.

However, it doesn't make any sense, it's just horror for the sake of horror, and it also destroys the atmosphere that was created before.

To make it more classic, in the end, Clone 5 died, and Clone 6 was intercepted and killed on his way back to Earth.

So the humans who solved the two small mistakes went on to wake up the next clone 7 and let the clone continue to work.

This particularly depressing and terrifying ending is like knocking a hammer into the audience's heart.

It can make this movie have a better reputation among professionals, but if it can sell at the box office, there will be ghosts.

While writing the script, Li Qian also attended the press conference of Qi Yukun's "Jaws: Revenge" at the end of February, after all, he also hung the title of producer.

As a sequel to the phenomenal Internet University "Jaws", and this is Li Qian's previous work, the formation of the press conference is much larger than that of the original press conference of "Frequency of Life and Death".

However, the protagonist of today's press conference is not the director Qi Yukun, but Li Qian himself.

The main question for the reporters was why Li Qian didn't direct his own film and his new film.

There is no need to reveal the new movie now, and Li Qian doesn't know anything.

Within a few days, "127 Hours" was also launched, but the movie was much more low-key, and Li Qian did not attend.

It's still early to be released, and it's too wasteful to promote it now.

Two movies have been launched in succession, and ordinary people don't know the situation, but insiders know it clearly.

There were mixed reactions to Li Qian's investment in movies for his two assistants.

Some people feel that it is too risky to waste the fame of the sequel to Jaws and just hand it over to a newcomer.

As for "127 Hours", not to mention, "Jaws: Revenge" has the first foundation, and the cost is not high, so it will not lose money.

"127 Hours" is not a sequel, even if it is a small-budget movie, plus Deng Chao, who has just become popular, it should not be a loss, but just throwing millions to an executive and an assistant director also makes insiders scoff and treat the director as child's play.

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However, Li Qian couldn't hear the industry's discussion of him, and he didn't go out except for taking the time to attend the press conference of "Jaws: Revenge".

On March 12, it took 20 days for Li Qian to complete the script of "Moon".

There are basically no changes overall, and the core elements of the original are retained.

Throughout the whole film, the one-sided love and family affection in the first two-thirds, and the two clones who sympathize with each other in the back two-thirds help and understand each other, support each other and fulfill each other on this moon hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the earth, and give up their lives.

Of course, there is also the robot, which is also a character throughout the film, who has the same feelings as humans and can express his emotions through simple expressions such as smiley faces, frowns, etc.

As a robot programmed by humans, there is nothing to be done about it, and it can only helplessly hide the truth.

Eventually, the robot reminds the clones that it has recorded their actions and that it would be dangerous for humans to view them, so he offers to format himself and shut it down, after which it will automatically restart.

Robots and clones can be self-sacrificing, which can be regarded as an irony, mocking those humans and adding some lofty meaning to the movie.

The robot has already found Lu Entai's dubbing during the Chinese New Year, and he speaks without emotion, but it is a big challenge to be able to hear the dubbing of the robot with feelings.

The robot itself is emotionless, and it does not have a human face that can tell the emotions of its speech through facial expressions.

This voice can't be cold, it must have a somewhat magnetic and rich voice, even if this voice is said without emotion, but there is a warm feeling when you listen to it.

Lu Entai studied Shakespeare's plays at Oxford, and Shakespeare's dramatic language is similar to poetic language and has a strong lyricism.

It's not that you have to use the lines of Shakespeare's plays to match this robot, that's definitely not good, but that style of language, unique lyricism, is somewhat helpful for dubbing.

Let the lines without emotion be spoken, and the audience can feel the changes in the inner emotions of a robot.

And as another aspect of science fiction movies, special effects can never be bypassed.

The special effects of the original version are not troublesome, I don't know if it is a lack of money or why, the special effects are almost the same as nothing, they are all simple models.

After all, it is a science fiction film, and it must have a sense of science fiction and technology, and let the audience immediately substitute it into the background.

And there are no particularly complicated special effects, even if you do a little better, the cost will not be too large.

That, the most important thing is the actors.

One person plays two roles, and most of the time the two clones are in the same frame, appearing in one shot, and many of them are frontal shots.

Two clones, although they are both implanted with the memories of the same person, are indeed people with completely different personalities and temperaments.

And the physical condition is different, one is approaching, and the other has just been activated.

Actors are a big problem, and Li Qian didn't have a suitable candidate for a while, so he had to audition.

But don't be in such a hurry, there are very few scenes in this movie, and it shouldn't be a big problem to finish filming in the early month, and the special effects are mainly to make some models and post-rendering.

Moreover, you have to find an executive director, and it's not easy to do without an assistant.

Li Qian asked Guangxian to help him send a notice to recruit an executive director and find a suitable assistant.

Immediately afterwards, Li Qian flew to Qiongdao to see the filming of the crew of "Jaws: Revenge", which did not seem to be going very well.

accompanied by Tong Liya, during this time Li Qian was busy writing scripts, and the two had little time to get along, it was rare that Li Qian was not busy, and he had to go together, and by the way, he went shopping on Qiongdao.

On the plane, Tong Liya took a moment to read the script of "Moon" and was shocked.

"Li Qian, you also said that this is a lonely movie, obviously very moving. ”

"Where is it not lonely, you can't just watch one or two episodes. ”

"This plot is so well written, Clone 6 brought Clone 5 back from the breakdown car at the beginning, and finally the dying Clone 5 was willing to die in order to confuse the eyes of humans, and Clone 6 carried Clone 5 back from the base to the breakdown car. ”

Tong Liya said with some sadness, "He hugged him back and saved him, but in the end he hugged him to death, it's so touching!"

"There's something wrong with what comes out of your mouth. ”

Li Qian didn't feel a chill, "It seems to have become a sci-fi beauty." ”

And it's two identical clones, isn't that ......

Tong Liya gave him a blank look, "Where do you want to go, I just feel very moved, and the clone 5 in the last malfunction car looked at the spaceship that Clone 6 was riding on and left the moon, slowly closed his eyes, and he must be very moved when he shoots it!"

"This is the last emotional outburst, and if you can't move the audience, you're not blind. ”

"Then who are you going to find to shoot, one person plays two roles, or two people who look the same and have completely different personalities. Tong Liya asked.

"There is no suitable candidate, take your time and see, there is still time. ”

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