Chapter 50: Industry Wonders (3/8)

"Focusing on the script and the story is really good in itself. However, if investors and producers hold the banner of "doing a good job in the script", but overkill, ignoring the development rules of the script and the investment of time and money, blindly testing the development direction, constantly asking the director and screenwriter to revise the script, or even revising it in person, I am afraid that the final result can only be that the investor and producer can not get a "good script" that they are satisfied with even if they scrap several batches of screenwriters, and even eventually cause a disaster in project development. ”

However, if investors and producers can't check and balance and restrain directors and screenwriters, and let them make creative attempts with confidence, it is difficult to ensure that the industry spectacle of "700,000 words, 118 easy drafts, and 10 months of shooting" like "The Ferryman" will no longer appear. ”

"Everyone's criteria for judging a good script may be different:

For screenwriters and directors, a good script should have a high level of ideological connotation and drama, have unique insights and shocking themes in subject matter and theme, be unique in structure and ending, seek novelty and difference in characters, and have unique dialogues and detailed descriptions. If it is an adaptation of the script, it involves more echoes and trade-offs with the original work.

But for investors, producers and directors, the script is only a half-finished product, and only after it has been shot into a movie by the director and met with the largest audience can it reflect its full concept.

For the audience, they walk into the theater for the subject matter and the actors, "blinded" by the technical presentation, and moved by the story, characters and emotions.

In fact, the audience does not care about how many difficulties there are in the middle of the filmmaking process, but only cares about whether the viewing of the movie meets their expectations and whether they are satisfied with this consumption. If the audience is not satisfied, there is no such thing as "no merit and hard work" in their dictionary.

Therefore, when we discuss how to make a good script, it is not a sitting discussion between screenwriters, but a discussion based on the script under the scope of production. ”

"I'm not going to have a project write a script more than five times anyway..."

"If you're not satisfied, then change someone..."

Hollywood doesn't have many good scripts, and the big studios know from the beginning that they are not just making movies, but "reproducible entertainment products in the form of movies." These products cannot be simply called movies, because although they are movies in form, they are a mixture of artistic, technical and commercial, and provide special entertainment that caters to ideology, social values and the consumption needs of the audience. ”

Above all, Hollywood wants these films to be "reproducible," not the unique, unrepeatable that art usually seeks. This is the creative production management of Hollywood films can develop into the thinking soil of the industry, they through professional research and analysis, from each project to accumulate successful experience, try to do one thing right, slowly develop to do ten things right, to do a hundred things right. ”

"The summit is doing the same now, after "Gravity", "The Martian", which was released in October this year, is a movie built in this way, and the box office is very good..."

"Yes, it's a genre movie!"

“… There must be people who like "All Channel Blocking Interference", we want to ensure that the mainstream audience loves it, and that's enough!"

"The Ferryman... I won't evaluate it, after all, the investment of 400 million... You said 400 million, it's not good to do something, I made a film... Okay, so be it!"

……

After the interview, Zhang Junsheng immediately returned to the room.

I didn't take a shower, and I just stuffed myself into a soft bed while lying sideways.

There is a big idea of sleeping in the dark.

Liu Sisi, who was wearing black underwear next to him, was lying horizontally with sexy long legs, crisp breasts and a small waist, waiting for Zhang Junsheng to collide, depressed...

She followed Zhang Junsheng to watch "All-channel Blocking and Interference", and she was so excited that she decided to treat her man...

"Could it be that the charm of the old lady has weakened?"

Ignoring Zhang Junsheng, who was already sleeping like a dog, she took off her clothes and walked into the bathroom naked...

The hot water roasted her body red.

She likes to take a bath with hot water, Zhang Junsheng washed with her once, and then there was no follow-up...

What he said was too hot!

How is it possible, 48 degrees of water, just right!

I looked in the mirror, my body was in an S shape, I looked at myself in the mirror, I was 28 years old, my body and appearance were at my peak, I smacked my mouth, and I felt more and more that I was a stunner!

Turned his head to look at Zhang Junsheng lying on the bed... Noticing that he has a little bulging little belly...

Suddenly a little self-pity.

The old lady is so good-looking, she still has to worry about her man going out to steal

……

It was already deep winter in the capital, and at night, there was unexpectedly fine snow.

A Volvo stopped at the door of the huge hotel, Zhang Junsheng got out of the car, looked up at the sky, and suddenly remembered the afternoon when "Assembly" was released, which was also such a night.

Time flies, it's been ten years in the blink of an eye...

"Where are you?"

“… Okay on the third floor, I'll be there right away!"

After the release of "All-channel Blocking and Interference", the roadshow promotion was launched, but Zhang Junsheng did not follow.

He will be the producer of the movie, and it is enough to receive an interview!

The main reason is that "All Channel Blocking Interference" swiped 1.2 billion box office results in the first weekend, and gave a box office prediction of 4.5 billion at a glance!

Thanks to "The Ferryman", "Railway Flying Tiger"...

It sucks.

On the second day of the release of "All Channel Blocking Interference", it directly won 54% of the film schedule, both the film schedule and the box office hit a new high...

The momentum surpasses that of "The Wandering Earth"...

In the box, Rao Xiaozhi and Song Xiaofei are all there.

After taking off his coat, Zhang Junsheng asked: "Why do you want to come here?"

“… Celebrate!"

“… What to celebrate?"

""All Channel Blocking and Interference" is a big hit at the box office, and "Love Saint" is scheduled for the Spring Festival!"

“… Well, next year's Spring Festival, there will be just a "Love Saint", if the box office fails to sell well, your reputation as a great director will be gone!"

Song Xiaofei raised his hand in surrender: "Don't, don't put pressure on me!"

Rao Xiaozhi, who was sitting next to him smoking, said: "... Don't worry, there is "The Ferryman" at the bottom, and the reputation of "Love Saint" is guaranteed to be not bad!"

Liu Sisi wondered: "Is "The Ferryman" so bad?"

Song Xiaofei nodded, "... It's really bad, it's not a movie at all!"

“… The most excessive thing is that Wang Jiawei fought hard for the movie!"

"What do you mean?"

He wrote a paragraph on Weibo: In fact, the world is big, not to mention the north and the south. Blindly seeking perfection is tantamount to resting on one's laurels. If there is a lack of success, there can be progress only if there are shortcomings. Ferryman, ferryman - I like it!"

"Then a group of celebrities ran over and said that I like it too..."

"It's normal, isn't this the case in the entertainment industry now, the film is well filmed, everyone is Amway together, the icing on the cake;