Chapter 871: Shadow Puppetry?
Yan Tao was scared.
is afraid that his ability is not enough, which will not only live up to Mr. Meng's trust, but also disappoint thousands of fans......
But he couldn't refuse.
Meng concluded that he was married and had children, and his age was not young, and in order to balance his career and family, it was only a matter of time before he took this step.
Follow Brother Meng and eat nine meals a day!
PD benefits are so good, Yan Tao doesn't want to be a white-eyed wolf, so he took this task very decisively.
Of course, that's next year.
The current work is still based on "The Lego Movie"!
The idea of the building block movie is based on the star product of Lego "magic bricks". So after discussion, everyone unanimously decided to name the film "The Lego Movie".
Simple and straightforward!
As soon as the audience saw the title of this film, they immediately realized that this was a "big movie with building blocks".
After all, Lego's [magic bricks] are very popular and famous, and when it comes to "Lego", everyone subconsciously thinks of building blocks, and when it comes to building blocks, it will also associate Lego......
Filming of the film began at the beginning of the year.
With the help of Lego engineers, Yan Tao solved the problems of "building block scenes" and "building block props", and the production progress was rapid progress.
Not surprisingly......
At the end of the year, around the Spring Festival at the latest, "The Lego Movie" will definitely land in theaters and present the audience with a visual feast of building blocks.
It's August!
New dramas that were launched during the summer vacation, such as "Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Seven Stars" and "Ultra Monster Girl", have come to an end one after another.
These are all "daily dramas"!
Including "Robot Little Eight" and "Garden Baby", all of them are broadcast in the "two episodes a day" broadcast mode, and the first round will be broadcast in a few days, and the second and third rounds of rebroadcasts will be prepared.
There are only four weekly dramas!
According to the order of broadcasting, they are "Ultraman Dyna", "Thunder Golem 2", "High Speed Sentai Turbo Company" and "Kamen Rider AgitΩ".
These four weekly dramas occupy the 19:35-20:05 schedule of Big Bird Satellite TV's "Monday~Thursday" evening, and one episode is broadcast every day.
From the standpoint......
Dyna performed well in China, without pressure throughout the whole process, and has won countless weekly ratings championships from the beginning of the broadcast to the present.
AgitΩ is in the Neon Gods!
Ajituo is in China, the ratings are relatively average, and the audience feedback and discussion are not as hot as the previous work for the time being, but ......
Ajita is in neon, and he is simply the supreme supreme who swept the audience. It doesn't matter what kind of mother-in-law and housewife love comedy you have, you have to kneel down in the face of Ajito.
It's a polar reversal!
The evaluation of Ajituo by domestic audiences is very average, thinking that the plot of Ajituo in the early stage is too vague, unlike the empty self that starts with the topic, which makes people have a headache.
But the neon side is different.
Neon audiences think that the "Three Main Characters" and the "Dawn Incident" designed by Ajituo are very interesting, and Ajituo is like a "suspense drama", which makes people more and more energetic the more they watch.
Meng Lang believes that both of these statements are correct.
There are too many things laid down by Ajito, which leads to too slow heating in the early stage, and today's young people don't like to use their brains to read books or watch dramas, so they don't like domestic audiences.
But this style is precisely what neon audiences like the most.
That's why the Neon ratings are so high!
Compared to Dinah's mediocrity, Ajito's polar reversal makes the high-speed team much more normal.
The Super Sentai series has always been known for its "stability".
Other series may have occasional ups and downs, and even suffered a very severe Waterloo. But in the Super Sentai series, none of that exists.
Steady as an old dog, you know?
No matter what happens in the outside world, no matter how strong your competitors are, you can always trust that tights are perverted and that Super Sentai will never let you down.
It's that outrageous!
As the successor to the Super Beast team, the high-speed team creatively integrated the "vehicle" and adopted the high school student protagonist, and achieved very good results.
Harvest unanimous praise at home and abroad!
As for the ratings......
Well, don't mention this!
Anyway, no matter how high your ratings are, do you sell toys? Do you have a super fit robot? Do you have a turbo transformer?
Don't underestimate the high-speed team!
In addition to the above three PD "self-made dramas", PD also has an investment drama, the second season of "Thunder Puppet".
This work is very ......
The ratings are not high, and the derivatives do not sell well, the only commendable thing is that the reputation is excellent, and there are countless fans.
After all, it's a niche work.
The positioning of the thunder puppet is niche, it is originally a product of "enclosure and self-sprouting", and Meng Lang does not expect to make a lot of money from it, as long as it does not lose money, it is very good.
In the past two years, Thunder Studio has grown rapidly after receiving PD capital injection. It is said that they have recruited several masters of craftsmanship from the people, and they plan to try the "shadow puppet hero TV series".
This aroused Meng Zai's curiosity.
He has seen shadow puppet shows, and when he was a child, he went to the Lantern Festival, and the most anticipated show was the shadow puppet show, especially the appearance of "Monkey King", which made him enjoy watching thieves when he was a child.
But this thing is made into a TV series, I'm afraid it's not that simple......
Shadow puppetry is usually very short, because shadow puppet making takes a lot of time and energy, and the master who manipulates the shadow puppet can also be very tiring during the performance.
If it's made into a TV series?
Even if PD has money, he directly solves the problem of shadow puppet making, and also invites a large number of experienced shadow puppet manipulators.
But they're tired!
A fight scene, filmed more than a dozen times, the shadow puppet master hiding behind the scenes, I'm afraid his hands are sore, right?
"Well, I'm not against you doing this. Carry forward the traditional culture, this kind of thing is willing to do even if it loses money, but I don't think I can rush it!"
Meng Lang nodded: "Let's not shoot the TV series first, let's make a micro-movie, and the duration is controlled within 60 minutes." Find a feeling, accumulate experience, and take a look at the audience's reaction. ”
"Okay, Mr. Meng!"
Thunder Studio thought about it and felt that Mr. Meng's words were very reasonable.
They were in a hurry.
With no experience at all, he recklessly started the TV drama production plan. Losing money is a trivial matter, and Mr. Meng will not blame them.
But what if the shooting is not good and the "shadow puppetry" is discredited?
Or listen to Mr. Meng's words, first make a micro-movie with a duration of less than 60 minutes, and try the water to see the effect.
If it's okay, then go ahead and do it.
If the effect doesn't work, and the audience doesn't approve of this form, then go back to the furnace and reinvent it, and then think of other ways.
Their ideas are interesting.
Shadow puppetry, in itself, is monotonous and boring.
However, they plan to add "gorgeous special effects" to the traditional shadow puppet play through the "later stage", so that the shadow puppet will "live", and the traditional craft of "shadow puppetry", which has gradually faded out of people's field of vision, will glow with new brilliance.
Meng Lang is very supportive of them.
It may be that if you do this kind of project, not only will you not make a penny, but you will also have to lose a lot of money. But people live for a lifetime, and they can't just stare at "money".
Although Meng Zai likes money, he also likes traditional Chinese culture. If he can make some contribution to the "revitalization of traditional culture", he is also willing.
It's like doing charity!