Screenwriting is important.

For TV series, screenwriters and scripts can be called the soul, and for movies, it seems that it is not so important, everyone says that the director is the soul of a movie. Therefore, many directors are more willing and yearning to make movies, and they will feel that the TV series director LO and the film director are high.

The script and screenwriter are only part of the movie, and even for many big directors, the script is simply dispensable, because it is generally accepted that film is a comprehensive art of sound and light, not like a TV series, which simply tells a story - but in fact, if you study the history of film in the world for decades, especially the development of film in the past two or three decades, you will find that the script is equally important to the movie.

Especially for a commercial film, the script is extremely important.

Looking at the history of film, all commercial films that are big hits, whether Chinese or foreign, either the director himself is particularly good at storytelling, or the director is simply a screenwriter, or the director is a person who respects screenwriters very much.

No exceptions.

In another time and space, during the glorious decade of Hong Kong films, almost every one of those big-selling directors was a senior screenwriter, Wang Jing, Tsui Hark, John Woo, and so on.

Spielberg is particularly good at telling stories and shooting stories, James Cameron is an absolute top storyteller, although Michael Bay's story is full of loopholes, which won the nickname of "Exploding Bay", but in fact, he is very clear about what the audience likes to watch, and the rhythm of the story is quite good, and then to the Nolan brothers of the bull fork, and so on.

Looking at China, most of the films that were praised by everyone in the early days of the national teacher were adapted from the original work, and even if they were adapted from the original work, they must be handled by professional screenwriters, and the director could not shoot how he said - the reason is very simple, there were no commercial film companies at that time, and if you wanted to make a film, you had to go through the process of film studios everywhere, and there were screenwriters in the film studios.

And to be honest, even if the national teacher's "Red Sorghum" won an award in Berlin and became famous for a while, but in the system, he is just a cutting-edge director, and he is not such a big brand and can do whatever he wants.

Therefore, "Red Sorghum", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and "Alive" were all filmed really well. Those movies, although they may not have brought much economic benefit to the national teacher, really laid a solid foundation for him as a national teacher, and became the biggest source of his later money.

Later, when the business became popular, the national teacher was highly sought after, and the power in his hands was unlimited, and he could shoot as much as he wanted-because everyone thought that it was Zhang Guoshi! He was such a dick, how could I interfere as a layman?

Then, he really began to do whatever he wanted, so his film began to be unwatchable from the story!

No matter how master you are, no matter how well you have lens aesthetics and color aesthetics, the story is told like that scum, how can I give you a score of more than two stars? Give you two stars, one of which is for "Alive"!

Because "Alive" is almost worth six stars.

Far from it!

In the current time and space, the problem is almost exactly the same.

A group of big directors, once they reach a certain height, they really feel like no one is in their eyes, from Qin Wei to Du Weiyun to Liu Chengzhang, all show off their skills, and then, they pounced.

On the other hand, Li Qian, from his debut in the TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady", to the immaturity of the camera in "My Sassy Girlfriend", to the maturity of "Huang Feihong", the outbreak of "Red Sorghum", and then to the near-completion of "The Matrix", his ability to express himself in other films other than storytelling has always been steadily improving, but the box office of the movies he made has always been the top in China in the market environment at that time.

Why? Why is "My Sassy Girlfriend" a young shot and just as a big seller? Let him, a rookie director who is just starting out, become famous in one fell swoop in the position of film director?

And when it came to "The Matrix", it actually soared like this?

To put it bluntly, there is only one reason, he always insists that the story is the core of a commercial film!

No matter how awesome the technical means are, no matter how talented the director is, they must be used to serve the story in order to create an excellent and good-looking commercial movie. Otherwise, once the focus is shifted away from the story, whether it is focusing on art, humanistic connotation, or dazzling special effects, it will inevitably face failure of one kind or another.

For example, the king of sunglasses, who has been making literary films for a hundred years and lives by winning awards, finally reluctantly told a story seriously, but in fact, the story is not very good, but on the premise of maintaining the original forced style, the box office suddenly exploded!

Do you really think that so many viewers across the country are going to the king of sunglasses?

To put it bluntly, first of all, let's look at the story.

And back in 2004, when the story of "Dragon Gate Inn" came out, it was absolutely top-notch - in fact, no matter which time and space, this story is quite a good story.

And although Jin Han is still a literary director of that depth in his bones, he is also a person who has filmed youth idol dramas such as "Meteor Garden" and "Full House of Romance", and he will tell stories.

tells the story smoothly, but always ensures that it is not clichéd, and can always show a little bit of the literary director's grasp of the lens language, that kind of beauty...... is his greatest pursuit of this movie.

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After the interview and interactive session, the shock of the guests and reporters about the "estimated box office of 600 million" has not yet dissipated, and the movie has already begun.

But Li Qian has already seen three versions of this film.

Now this public version, he even watched it over and over again, five or six times in a week-Jin Han is the director, Fang Baijin is the producer, but he Li Qian is the first producer. How to shoot this movie is a matter for Jin Han and Fang Baijin, what kind of cut it will be taken out to meet the audience, and in the end, Li Qian will be responsible for making the decision. So he had to watch it over and over again.

So again...... No matter how good the movie is, I have watched it so many times, and I don't know how many times I have watched it in another time and space, it is really not addictive.

Of course, in his opinion, this version is better than Xu Xiake's version!

In terms of art skills, it is difficult for Tsui Hark to say that he is more awesome than Fang Baijin, and in terms of the ability to control the camera, he does not have much upper hand in the face of technical maniacs like Jin Han, an academic bull.

The only point is that I don't know if it's a preconceived relationship, the boss lady in Tsui Hark's version, in Li Qian's opinion, is too successful, and the impression that that role brings to Li Qian is too profound, so that although He Yingyu is absolutely extraordinary in this version, this boss lady is absolutely brilliant, and even in Li Qian's opinion, just rushing this role, she can already help this girl book the best actress at the end of this year, but ...... Not as good as the original.

There's really no way around it.

Of course, he is the only one in this world who has seen Maggie Cheung's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn".

For all audiences in this time and space, He Yingyu's version of the proprietress and Jinhan's version of "Dragon Gate Inn" are their first impressions of this story and this movie.

They will also have preconceived notions.

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Whether it is for publicity or not, Jin Han is happy to say that Li Qian, the producer and screenwriter, is the main creator of "Dragon Gate Inn".

In fact, now that he is first involved in commercial film production, of course, he will not have too much confidence, so he is of course more willing to win more favorable factors to make the film a box office hit.

Pulling He Yingyu into the group to play the boss lady Jin Jiyu, and mentioning Li Qian every time in an interview is just part of this strategy.

But in fact, this film is really a unique "Jinhan style".

The long shots of the desert are majestic and atmospheric, but they are delicate and soft, and many of the shots are extremely elegant, light and shadow, light and shade, shade, and characters, and the picture is very poetic.

To tell the truth, he is by no means worthy of his background in the Suncheon Film Academy.

Moreover, he filmed He Yingyu and Cheng Suhua very beautifully - he was originally selected to shoot MVs for Liao Liao and He Runqing, including later asking him to direct several idol dramas for Minghu Culture, and it was indeed because of this at first, because he is very good at filming the most beautiful angle of the actress through his own training and capture.

To put it simply, this film has an epic texture.

But Li Qian looked lazy.

He didn't sit in the front row like Jin Han and He Yingyu, except for the needs of publicity, although the control was everywhere, he has been trying to downplay his influence on the film.

He hopes to develop Kim Han's confidence in directing this type of commercial film.

After the film was shown for more than ten minutes, he sat in the fourth row, quietly turned his head to look back, and the guests, audiences, film critics and reporters all watched with great concentration.

Bai Yujing suddenly leaned over and bit his ear with him, "I feel like it's a great shot!"

Li Qian also bit back, "Lao Jin is already very powerful. ”

Bai Yujing nodded.

After looking at it for another five minutes, she leaned over again, "You've been very idle lately? I heard that you stay in the company every day, either writing in a daze, or picking up girls, why don't you ask me for a drink?"

Li Qian turned his head and glanced at her, and said in his heart, what am I looking for you!

Everyone is full of friends, and the friendliness is 100+, but each other is not suitable for further development, then even if I drink, I won't look for you, I'll go to find someone Cheng Suhua Miss how good, drink and sleep together, the key is that she drinks lightly, the two of them drank two bottles of red wine, and the skin of the young lady is ruddy, which is like you old drunkard, a thousand glasses are not drunk, what's the point!

Of course, this is definitely not something to say, so Li Qian said: "I've been recording songs recently, and I don't drink!"

Bai Yujing secretly raised his middle finger at Li Qian.

Recording songs, pure excuses, have you ever heard of singers who keep their pipes and cigars in their hands every day during the recording period? Of course, wine should also be drinkable!

Then she asked, "How many songs have you recorded, and when will you finish recording?"

Li Qian didn't think much about it, so he said: "I've recorded six songs, but I'm not in a hurry, I want to go out for a few days recently, which is considered a vacation." ”

Bai Yujing said without hesitation: "Where are you going?"

Li Qian was a little embarrassed in an instant, and after a while, he leaned over and whispered: "Xiaoice has just been busy for a while recently, pestering me, I have to go out for a vacation, I am accompanying her out." ”

Bai Yujing rolled his eyes, not very happy.

Obviously, Li Qian wants to take Xie Bing out on vacation, and people are tender and sweet, so of course she is not suitable to follow her to be a light bulb.

Li Qian had no choice but to say: "Turn back, turn back! When you turn around and wait for leisure, let's find a place and go together!"

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The movie is very good, but Bai Yujing is a little depressed.

When the movie was over, a group of main creators were very excited, a group of reporters and the audience were also very excited, and the applause was particularly warm, and as soon as the applause fell slightly, many reporters tried to ask questions.

Seeing that many reporters were staring at He Yingyu and Jin Han, just like a hungry wolf staring at meat, the premiere temporarily decided to add an interview session.

Anyway, if the movie is released, the more publicity the better.

In fact, the first appearance of the Jinhan version of "Dragon Gate Inn" in this time and space brought the viewing experience of more than 200 audiences at the scene was absolutely shocking.

does not focus on chivalry and righteousness like traditional martial arts films, or to highlight the loftiness of chivalrous characters, but condenses the grand background of the times and complex character struggles into a small Biansai Inn, which is simply a textbook-like small scene and big love.

And the three protagonists in the movie are all exceptionally brilliant.

Zhou Zhiyu's Zhou Huai'an, Cheng Su's Qiu Moyan, of course, if you want to say that the most eye-catching, it must be the innkeeper Jin Jiyu played by He Yingyu.

Every move, coquettish to the bone.

From the perspective of storytelling, a person has his own unique personality, identity, status, hobbies, and other basic personality, which cannot be regarded as standing. What this character does, every move he makes, must completely follow his own character.

And in this part of the story that happened in "Dragon Gate Inn", the three characters all stood still.

Especially the proprietress gold inlaid jade, not only standing, but also extremely fresh!

So, at the beginning of the increased interview, everyone first aimed the questions at He Yingyu.

With the global box office explosion of "The Matrix", fools know that He Yingyu has become famous all over the world, and she can even be regarded as the most recognizable and popular Chinese woman in the world except for Liao Liao.

And now, after the invited reporters and film critics watched the premiere of "Dragon Gate Inn", everyone's intuition did not hesitate to convey a message: This drama He Yingyu is going to explode again!

This acting is simply explosive!

Definitely the pinnacle of her debut and fame!

It is completely scheduled to be the rhythm of the two major domestic film awards at the end of this year!

Then you can imagine, of course, you have to hurry up and interview a few more words, and when the movie is released, you can write it!

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Bai Yujing.

After the movie ended over there, the organizer temporarily decided to add another interview session, and Lao Bai was not interesting, so he came out with many people who decided to leave after watching the movie.

When she got back to her car, she called her assistant directly and asked her to book a ticket to France for her - anyway, she had nothing to do in China for the time being, and she didn't want to take on the show, so she continued to stare at the negotiations at the winery!