Shingo Yoshizaki's surprise is not without reason, although he has not worked with Rin Chihara for a day or two, admitting that he is indeed a rare good screenwriter, but screenwriters and directors are two different things.

It is difficult for screenwriters to create scripts, and there is a saying in the industry called "picking cakes on the road", which is specifically used to talk about screenwriters - imagining twists and turns of the story and characters with souls out of thin air, which is basically the same as the difficulty of you picking out a cake out of thin air from the road, all out of nothing.

However, it is also difficult for the director to draw the storyboard script, and the difficulty direction of the two is completely different - the director needs to go one step further on this foundation, and to transform a single text into tangible pictures and sounds, he must have a very broad range of knowledge, including but not limited to crew coordination, scene scheduling, artistry, audio-visual language, art design, action performance, photography, post-editing and other professional knowledge.

For example, when the screenwriter draws a line of words, the director often needs to consider many things when drawing the script of the storyboard:

Is the scene panorama, medium, close-up or a close-up?

Is photography pushing, pulling, shaking, shifting, or following?

Is the associated shot faded, switched, or dissolved?

Is it better to have a warmer or cooler tone? Should you use different colors to distinguish different characters and scenes?

In terms of composition, how can you make the audience feel comfortable?

How can dubbing enhance the audience's immersion in the scene?

Do you want to add background music to set off the atmosphere? What type of music is added? Where to cut in and where to fade out?

How many seconds does it take, is 1 second too long, is 0.5 seconds too short?

What does the actor need to perform here to fit the overall tone?

Even if the script just says that the actor walked out of the grocery store, the director has to consider the style of the grocery store - is it an old Showa-style grocery store or the current new grocery store, which can keep the audience from playing, and make the scene more in line with the main tone of the play?

In short, the screenwriter imagines the story out of thin air, which is considered an ingredient, and the director's secondary processing is considered a chef, if he is not good at making a storyboard script, and refuses to rack his brains with many "seasonings", no matter how good the ingredients are, he can spoil you, so in the TV production industry, young genius screenwriters are rare, and young genius directors are even rarer, just because of being this "chef" There are so many things to consider, full of complex details, and young people often don't have that experience, and it is not enough to just have a flash of inspiration.

What is most needed to make a storyboard script is not a flash of inspiration, the screenwriter of that thing is enough, but more needs solid basic skills and rich practical experience.

Right now, Rin Chihara is trying to draw a storyboard script, and Shingo Yoshizaki didn't think about grabbing power, but he was indeed mentally prepared to help him make a big change, but after reading a few pages in a row, I felt ...... I can't change too many places, Chihara Rin has thought about it very carefully, almost everything that can be taken into account, and the storyboard thinking is very mature, the key points of the action and the plot turning point are stuck very accurately, it's like I've worked out countless films.

He determined the strength of Chihara Rin people, and which line has always been respected by strength, his attitude involuntarily changed, and he didn't dare to hold the mentality of big changes anymore, and changed to a similar attitude to the main creative director of Fujii Arima, and began to focus on checking and filling in the gaps, especially for some of the complexities of a multi-frame storyboard in one shot, to judge whether there will be any conflicts that cause confusion among the audience, and then write down his own suggestions, in case we go back and discuss together- It is impossible for the gods to be completely incorrect in creating this thing, and there will always be some small problems, which is normal.

Shiraki Katsuruma is still there polishing the literary script over and over again, and is occasionally called over by Chihara Rin to help check something, and Chihara Rin gradually and completely indulges in the complex thinking of script creation, and his spirit is highly focused.

The production of TV programs, especially TV dramas, is really like making a precision instrument by hand, or like solving a difficult equation with a lot of unknowns, even if he has the original version to refer to, it still feels very big - some things are not something you can find the process by looking at the answer, or you need to try it again and again, and it looks like a combination in your mind over and over again, otherwise you don't know how people made this effect, and I don't know if I can make a better effect.

With all his heart, he forgot what he ate at noon, and his mind was full of things like "time expansion", "character action shaping", "multi-camera change", "man-machine simultaneous movement", "sound effect change", "scene building" and the like, almost squeezed into a pulp, and when his stomach rumbled again, he remembered that there was something else to do, and suddenly looked up at his watch, and found that it was already 7:25 in the evening, and he was almost depressed......

It's over, it's too late to go to the kitchen to eat, and last night I thought about grabbing both hands, both hands should be hard, but the first day of busy work was busy at this point, and the work hasn't finished yet, so it's not appropriate to leave now.

He hesitated there for a moment with the pen, and judged in his heart whether to put aside his work first to find Hakuma Ningzi, or stay and continue to work overtime, after all, everyone is in good shape now, and the efficiency is very high, it is a pity to leave, and Yoshizaki Shingo noticed that he stopped, looked over, and asked tiredly: "Chihara, is it stuck?"

He took the opportunity to stretch his waist and stop working, and admired the "sitting skills" of Chihara Rin - this young man sat for a day, except for one toilet and never left the chair, so he was embarrassed to run around and be lazy, and directly got a backache, I can only say that it is good to be young, at least there is nothing wrong with the prostate.

Rin Chihara sighed secretly, the storyboard of the first episode also has a meaning of setting the tone for the whole season, and I finished the first draft early and changed it a few more times, and after it was completely determined, it was determined that it could not be changed again, so ...... Work first, live after work, it doesn't matter if Baima Ningzi waits for a day.

He immediately returned his attention to the script, and said with a smile: "No, I'm just a little hungry, Shiraki-kun go get some food and come back, Yoshizaki-kun, let's continue - about this part here, I feel that it is better to shoot with multiple cameras with multiple lenses at one time, which saves time and effort and produces good results, but the actors' positions and camera movements are a little uncertain, and the effect I want is like this......" He scribbled a sketch on the paper, arrows flying all over the sky, similar to preparing to attack a certain position, and asked directly," Yoshizaki-kun helped to see how to design the ideal. ”

Shingo Yoshizaki immediately came over, he has been on the set for more than ten years, and his experience is still rich enough, with the design, the specific operation will not be difficult for him, and he immediately began to point out and suggest, "Simpler, three cameras are almost enough, and four are used for insurance." The No. 1 camera moved from here to shoot in parallel with a wide angle, and the No. 2 camera ......"

The three of them worked until half past twelve at night, and then finally had a rough idea of how to shoot the first episode. Shiraki Katsuruma didn't hesitate, he didn't care about washing, he directly found the sleeping bag and got in, he was very sleepy after a day of high-intensity mental work, and he needed to sleep, and Yoshizaki Shingo also called his wife to ask for leave, and asked Chihara Rin to help him testify that he didn't go to drink and didn't fool around, and then he also found a sleeping bag and lay down directly.

Rin Chihara looked at the time, sighed, and decided that he must go to the restaurant for dinner tomorrow, and then go to sleep directly - it will take more than half an hour to go home, and tomorrow it will take more than half an hour to come, it is not cost-effective, and he will sleep directly in the office.

The next day, it was Iori Murakami who called them up, and then discussed with Rin Chihara alone about separating the "Human Observation" working group.

The working group of "Human Observation" itself is super bloated, and the original plan was to allocate more than half of the capable personnel to "Hanzawa Naoki", but now it's almost time, Murakami Iori has preliminarily determined the list, and Chihara Rin and she are already too familiar to be familiar anymore, and she doesn't treat her as a woman at all, rubbing her eyes and looking at the list, and then made a request: "Ordinary staff, you can just make up your own mind, that is, I still need an older executive director, you can find this as soon as possible." ”

According to the preliminary shooting plan, he plans to use a script for the three directors of "Hanzawa Naoki" to start construction at the same time, he counts one, Naogo Yoshizaki counts one, then there is still one missing, but unfortunately Arima Fujii refuses to come, otherwise there is no need to add more people to the team.

Iori Murakami nodded, ready to go back to inspect the directors in the production bureau, and then asked with concern, "Do you want to start preparing the theme song?"

She is already declaring the budget, and she will not be short of money, so it is easy to do things if she has money in this circle, and she is no longer the poor and sour appearance of "Shiqi" - she is ready to show her ability, this time she will release a classic according to the singers and lyricists anyway, and ensure that the big production will have a "120 points" theme song according to tradition.

She was full of confidence, but Rin Chihara refused to cooperate with her, and after thinking for a while, she said directly: "No, I don't want the theme song this time." ”

"What do you mean?" Iori Murakami was surprised, "Chihara, now we are not short of money, although we can't waste it, but we don't need to save on the façade of the TV series." ”

In this book, the theme song of any popular TV series will be sung for a long time, which is a good gimmick that can help increase ratings, and it is really necessary to squeeze money to get it right, let alone not lack money now - this is almost traditional, and she really can't understand it.

Rin Chihara smiled directly: "The situation is different, we want to make this drama an 'orthodox TV series', and the audience is adult professionals, and they don't need the theme song to help set off the atmosphere and make people cry, so ...... Let's not want that, just let the audience focus on the plot, and it will be more effective to let them spontaneously move the experience of the protagonist. ”

Iori Murakami didn't mention it, he forgot about it, the original version of "Hanzawa Naoki" did not have a theme song, but used dignified pure music as a start, but increased the thickness and attractiveness of the original drama, significantly accelerated the overall rhythm of the series, and improved the degree of engagement, Chihara Rin felt that it could be copied - most American dramas in later generations also gave up the theme song This kind of rhythmic thing, and he is confident in the script and shooting, he doesn't need to do any gimmicks, and he is ready to win simply by relying on plot and character building!

With the most ingenious and pure punch, give the audience a fatal blow!

Murakami Iori didn't agree very much, but Chihara Rin is the general person in charge of "Hanzawa Naoki", and his decision is the final decision, she has no way to object, so she can only acquiesce, and handed over a stack of materials to Chihara Rinren, sighing: "This is part of the list of actors I screened out according to the requirements, you can take a look first and find out if there is anything you like." ”

Rin Chihara nodded, and immediately began to look through it.

Sakai Masato's type of super excellent actor is not easy to find, and if the TV series wants to be brilliant, the villain must also be on the same level as the protagonist, don't have the phenomenon of pressing the scene, it is also difficult to find.

This should actually be regarded as the biggest difficulty of this show, but it is a hundred times more critical than whether there is a theme song or not, and he watched it very seriously for a while.