Chapter 49: The Later Period
Adapting this kind of thing, if it is changed well, it is not called plagiarism, it is called tribute!
Of course, the market doesn't care if you plagiarize or not, as long as you can make money!
Because of the wall, the audience does not know much about foreign films, especially non-Hollywood blockbusters.
That's what "Love Apartment" does.
You complain about plagiarism, and he laughs at you!
Yang Qing's book is called "Nightclub", adapted from "Gas Station Attack", Korean comedy in the past two years, no, it should be said that Korean movies have sprung up!
There are many reasons, the most important thing is that there are a lot of talents, and they are all very modest and willing to accept the judgment of the audience, unlike some of our creators, who will always fall into a self-congratulatory mode inexplicably, turn a deaf ear to the audience's scolding, throw a sentence of "they know a fart", and continue to explore their own artistic path...
Many directors really think that it is not easy for them, and they have spent so much effort to make a movie, why do you want to scold me? Do you know how hard I work?
People paid for tickets on horses!
There are some excellent works in Chinese films, and there are also a few great directors, screenwriters, and actors, but our overall industry level is not a healthy pyramid structure, but more like a pushpin structure - there are only a few that really rise to the top, and most of them are at the bottom.
Frankly speaking, "Gas Station Attack" is not a good movie, although it is quite funny, but I don't understand what the movie wants to express, gangsters are all failed dreamers?
"Nightclub" tells the story of a supermarket that takes place 24 hours a day, the scenes and props are very simple, and there are not many actors needed.
The plot is extremely ingenious, and it's hilarious...
It's a model of low-budget comedy.
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When he returned to Beijing, the first thing Lu Xiaoran did was to call Yang Qing and ask him to take the script to Orange Imaging and wait for him.
He's going to take care of the post-production.
can only care, he understands Mao's post-production, and what is really responsible is the post-production team.
It's like filming "Border Storm", everyone, including Lu Xiaoran himself, thinks that the director is the most important, and when he really arrives at the scene, he understands the importance of photography!
Aperture, focal length, and lighting all need to be controlled by photography, and the shooting skills of a photographer directly determine the texture of a movie.
This is also the reason why Lao Mouzi's debut film can play so slippery - he was originally born in photography!
Of course, there are also special geniuses, such as Quentin, who was born in Junye Road, who doesn't know photography at all, and can play with his personal style.
In fact, the auxiliary device gave an opinion, and he suggested that Zhou Jielun sing "In the Name of the Father" as a movie promotion song...
Therefore, the person who wrote the book is really Nima and naΓ―ve - where did he get the money to invite Zhou Jielun? Even Zhou Jie can't afford it!
The production team settled the accounts, leaving only 800,000 yuan for post-production, of which 600,000 yuan is special effects, and 200,000 yuan is used for subtitles, editing, and soundtracks...
Of the estimated 8 million, only 6.6 million was spent, and the remaining 1.4 million was counted in publicity and promotion...
The materials of "Border Storm" have all been handed over to Du Yuan's studio, Du Yuan was the editor of the Western Film Studio and the queen editor of Lao Mouzi, and the films before "Hero" were all cut by her.
Several of Ning Hao's commercial films were also edited by her.
She has an open-minded style, understands multi-line storytelling, and is willing to experiment with multi-line storytelling!
In fact, the editor's job is not to plywood, nor to edit according to the storyboard, this is all basic.
A good editor is more about feeling how the material can be handled according to the conflict between the characters in the story, discovering and creating, and adjusting the relationship between their shots.
"Be solemn, the pace doesn't have to be so fast..."
"Yes, in four chapters... One more time at the end of the last supper..."
β... Trouble Mr. Du Yuan. β
After detailed communication between the two parties, Du Yuan and his apprentices stayed in the editing room, nervous and busy.
Lu Xiaoran still has to be busy with the soundtrack...
The soundtrack of "Border Storm" has a high proportion, and the original soundtrack artist is looking for Zuo Xiaozu Mantra.
That's right, it's the public knower!
The specific process should be:
If the government wants to build a subway, it needs to pass through his house and prepare for land acquisition.
Zuo Xiaozu wanted more money and did not agree to the demolition, so he got persecution paranoia and thought that the government was going to forcibly demolish his house, and also moved the household registration of the seven aunts and eight aunts from the big city to the house in his village, shouting on Weibo every day to defend the house, and once won the support of Han Shao and others.
Han Shao also adapted Haizi's poem - I have a house facing the sea, but it was forcibly demolished.
The situation was awkward at one point...
Then, as soon as the planning bureau settled the accounts and felt that it was impossible to pay more money, it changed the design, expropriated the house of a person next door, and gave the person compensation and the house...
Then, Zuo Xiaozu cursed depressed...
This person is a bad pen, so, according to Ning Hao's recommendation, Lu Xiaoran immediately looked for it...
The special effects piece, he followed.
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Compared with Ning Hao, Yang Qing is much more miserable...
He was originally a student of the Film Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, and after graduation, he hid from his parents, gave up his job at the TV station, and applied for Nortel...
Some are geniuses, some are not...
He has been in the Beijing film and television industry for ten years, and he has been crawling at the bottom and the edge.
In those years, he worked as the kind of gunman screenwriter without authorship for many TV series, and also worked as various assistants in various crews - props assistants, photography assistants, art assistants, etc.
He has also directed some bad TV series, and he doesn't care if the drama can be broadcast in the end, what he values is being able to exercise himself in an all-round way in this industry.
In the past few years, Yang Qing's reputation as a "screenwriter" has been spread in the circle.
Beijing's film industry is really iron-clad, it's too difficult for newcomers to get ahead, and the rivers and lakes are very sinister...
"I used to plan and write a screenplay for a big director, and when the filming started, he told me to get out, and then, the movie was released, and the story, characters, and important episodes of the whole movie all came from my creativity, but the screenwriter's signature became that director!"
Lu Xiaoran decisively became interested: "Who?
"You know what?"
β... Just gossip!"
Yang Qing changed the topic: "What do you think of "Nightclub"?"
"It's not bad, but the cost has to be controlled, less than three million, you can fight!"
"I know. Yang Qing nodded, and added by the way: "My book has been registered with the China Copyright Center..."
β... Do you want to register your copyright?"
Lu Xiaoran was stunned, so should he also register the copyright of "Border Storm"?
"You don't need to. Yang Qing smiled bitterly, probably thinking of the bad experience before...
"Okay, this book is fine, I want it!"
Control the cost and increase publicity, "Nightclub" should have the potential to get 30 million box office, Lu Xiaoran even thought about the actors...
Yang Qing was anxious: "No, I didn't want to sell..."
"Huh, what do you want to do?"
"I want to be a director myself..."