Hollywood, California.

William Entertainment Film & Television Culture Company.

This is the temporary headquarters of the Oriental Group in North America, and the external name is William Entertainment, but internally, he also has a name: the North American branch of the Oriental Culture and Entertainment Group.

Although it is a North American division, it is responsible for all of Oriental Entertainment's overseas businesses.

But at present, except for the pre-acquisition business of a few companies, as well as the company's own self-operated business, most of the business is on consolidation.

Li Zhifan also accepted Fang Xiao's employment as the general manager of William Entertainment, and became the de facto second-in-command of the North American branch of Oriental Entertainment.

The number one is from the headquarters of the domestic Oriental Group, and he has followed him since the early days of Fang Xiao's business, and this leader is responsible for foreign affairs and financial power, and most of the time is in China, he doesn't know anything about entertainment, and he only looks at the growth line and integration progress of the company's business.

In fact, in addition to Walt Disney Pictures, DreamWorks and William Entertainment, Oriental Group has also acquired a number of small studios, but these studios have now been integrated, some of which are under William Entertainment and some of which are part of Dreamworks.

Fantasy Crafts is pure content production, and it has always been, and it is more focused on professionalism.

William Entertainment is a comprehensive entertainment company that integrates distribution, production, artist training and planning, and also has several branches in music, television and Internet.

Disney Film and Television used to rely on Disney as the main body to produce and distribute film and television works adapted from the characters in the amusement park.

Li Zhifan, the second-in-command, is in charge of the content project, and it is also the first content output war fought by the three companies after being acquired by the Oriental Group.

After this battle is fought, Oriental Entertainment will be able to gain a firm foothold in the United States and carry out follow-up actions, such as changing its name.

However, if this battle is lost, although it will not be completely finished, it will also be a big loss of vitality, and the pace of Oriental Entertainment's overseas development will be postponed for at least another two years.

Since we want to make content, according to the current situation, making animated movies bigger and adapting live-action movies are the two best projects, because Dreamworks' animation production technology is top-notch in the world, and Walt Disney is among the top five in the world in terms of adapting live-action movies in addition to animation, second only to those Superman manga live-action movies.

Morning.

in the conference room.

To Li Zhifan, a Chinese who came from afar, these Americans are still quite polite.

After all, it has been acquired by a Chinese consortium, with a salary paid by Chinese, and Li Zhifan is the general manager and their top boss, so he is naturally respectful.

And the basic ones who can enter the senior management are all human beings.

Some people say that the impression of Americans is very direct, that they are all deceiving students, and there are more treacherous and slick people in the United States, except for artistic elements, most of them are very thoughtful.

At least that's what Li Zhifan sees in the conference room now.

Everyone greeted him with a smile, and even greeted him with a smile, and even asked for warmth, concerned about his quality of life in the United States, whether he was unaccustomed to the water and soil, and some female staff continued to send documents under the pretext of bringing him a cup of coffee recently.

"I'm not here to manage the company, I'm here to oversee the content!"

Li Zhifan said bluntly, "One supervision, one production, this is my job, now the company is officially integrated, everything is on the right track, we need new business and new projects, so that the company can continue to move forward." ”

As he spoke, Li Zhifan took out two documents and handed them to the vice president next to him: "Please ask your assistant to copy the two documents and send one to each member present." ”

"Okay!"

The vice president turned his head and snapped his fingers, and the assistant sitting behind him immediately came up, took the two documents, and went to the printer in the corner to copy them.

Li Zhifan continued: "I already have a general understanding of the company's previous works before I came, Disney film and television has always been very successful, but that is Disney's success, although film and television have become our family, but this glory does not belong to all of us, the same is true of Fantasy Works, so we have to start from two aspects first, please look at the materials I provide!"

Oriental Entertainment has only acquired a part of the shares of Disney Film and Television, but it is now a major shareholder, and it is under the wholly-owned William Entertainment of Oriental, and the current president of Disney Film and Television came to attend the meeting.

In the future, in addition to producing film and television works related to Disney characters, Disney will also start to produce more and richer live-action movies through William Entertainment, and with the strong partner of Dreamworks, it will only be more powerful.

Soon, the two documents brought by Li Zhifan have been sent to everyone.

One of them is related to Disney film and television, Li Zhifan first said on this: "Mulan is a very famous historical and cultural figure in China, and as early as the 90s, Disney has produced the animation of "Mulan", I believe that Disney is very familiar with this character image and historical background, then our first project is to start "Mulan" The live-action film is being developed and co-produced by Disney Studios and William Entertainment, and I'm going to provide the script and production advice, and I'm going to be the executive producer, and after a while, Mr. Rick, you wait a minute, come to my office, and I'll give you the script and talk about the project. ”

Rick is the current president of Disney Pictures, although he is such a manager, but he also worked step by step in the entertainment industry, and previously served as the president of a technology company, but because he loves art too much, after the five-year contract expired, he returned to the entertainment industry again and entered Disney.

For the filming of a live-action film, a lot of research, discussion, and market research are required in the early stage.

Li Zhifan said that he wanted to do "Mulan", and even he had a script, which made Rick look confused and at a loss, so he had to nod his head and stumble and say, "Oh, oh! OK!"

"Okay, let's talk about the next one!"

Li Zhifan smiled slightly, and set his eyes on Sylvo, the president of Dream Works, "The second project is related to Dream Works, because it is an animated film, so I will be directly involved in the work of director, screenwriter and producer, of course, I have never learned to draw, and all the work in painting needs to be completed by the most capable artists of Dream Works, but I can provide all the creativity in the storyboard." ”

Sylvo was shocked, you don't know how to draw and want to direct an animated film?

If it were those arrogant artists in Dreamworks, they would definitely get up and refute it now.

But Sylvo is different, he is a professional manager from the financial industry, but he has studied painting since he was a child, and in the eight years he has been on the job, he already knows a lot about the animation industry.

The director of an animated film is first and foremost responsible for providing the company with the idea for the film, and if it passes, development can begin, and development is only upfront work, not production.

In development, the animation film director is responsible for the supervision of the entire creative process, starting from the script, some directors are used to participating in the script creation themselves, and some will hand over the outline to an external screenwriter for writing, and then hand it over to a storyboard artist for repeated and iterative creation.

The animation director is the organizer, protector, guide, and primary participant in the story.

This includes directing voice actors and animators to perform the characters.

The final approval of all creative related matters is in the hands of the director.

The director may have seen every shot on the movie screen hundreds of times before the final version was passed.

After the preliminary development is completed, if the effect is good, you can move on to further production.

Like live-action film directors, animation directors need to lead, unite, and drive the entire huge production team, each of whom has different talents and temperaments, and must be able to communicate with everyone to ensure that the information is clear and effective, so that each department can operate normally within the production schedule.

In a mature industrial environment, animation director is a highly pure, high-risk, high-pressure job, and many animators who dream of directing an animated film may only see the director's glamorous side, but do not spend enough time and energy to observe how the animation director works.

In Sylvo's eyes, Li Zhifan is such a person, he knows that Li Zhifan has directed blockbuster movies like "Wolf Warrior", and the recent new film "Infernal Affairs" is also a hit in China, but in the field of animation directing, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach, it is useless to have a script, and it takes a lot of time to communicate with everyone's creative team, especially with storyboard artists.

Storyboard artists are also storyboarders, which is different from live-action films, in that live-action storyboards can be completed by the director himself, draw a sketch casually, and have a concept in mind, or you can find a professional storyboard artist with professional painting skills to make it, but this category is less, as long as you do CG movies, in order to facilitate lens processing and post-production during shooting, it will be used.

The storyboard artist of the animated film directly affects the quality of the work of the painter in the production, and most of the painters of the animated film are based on copying the storyboard, and carry out detailed operations, unless the director himself acts as the painter, but in this way, an animated film may be made for three years, five years or even ten years or eight years.

If the storyboard artist is so rough that the artist can't see the style, it can ruin the whole work.

Whether an animation director can fool a storyboard artist is a big science, and it's no easier than fooling investors and producers.

The flickering mentioned here is actually to let the storyboard artist operate completely according to the director's ideas and ideas, or even work harder and more attentively, rather than casually.

Painting this kind of thing, serious painting is also painting, improvising painting is also painting, to paint things live with aura, must devote yourself wholeheartedly, if the team of people are working as "work", only short and fast, then in the end there will definitely be an accident.

The most important thing for a director to lead the team is to bring morale and centripetal force, so that everyone can work hard in one direction.

Those who engage in art are more or less quirky, and powerful people often look down on others, making it difficult for them to work together.

Therefore, the "flickering" here is not the kind of flickering that bragging, but gaining their trust, giving enough respect to the masters, giving enough opportunities to newcomers, and creating a friendly atmosphere for everyone.

Sylvo couldn't see how good Li Zhifan was for the time being, and he didn't directly underestimate it, after being stunned and stunned, he regained his composure, anyway, the dream factory has been acquired, whether he can drive those uncles depends on the ability of the "general manager".

After the meeting ended, everyone left in whispers.

Li Zhifan called out to Slvao: "Mr. Sylvo, please go to the lounge and wait for a while, after I finish talking with Mr. Rick, let's go back to Los Angeles together." ”

Back to Los Angeles?

Srev was stunned, is this going directly to the Dreamworks?

But since the boss spoke, Srev couldn't refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay!

in the office.

Li Zhifan and Rick came in one after the other.

"Please be seated, Mr. Rick, this is the script!"

Li Zhifan took out the script from the drawer and handed it to Rick.

The script is written in pure English, on thick A4 paper, with printed parts and handwritten parts.

At first glance, Rick's first impression was: "This is beautifully written!"

"You can take it back and take a good look at it, and then find a few directors to study this script together!"

Li Zhifan said, "If you have any comments or questions, you can call me directly, Li Zhifan pointed to the blank space on the last page of the script, where his phone number is written. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look!"

Rick looked at a few pages, but couldn't see why, so he put it away.

Sylvo couldn't see how good Li Zhifan was for the time being, and he didn't directly underestimate it, after being stunned and stunned, he regained his composure, anyway, the dream factory has been acquired, whether he can drive those uncles depends on the ability of the "general manager".

After the meeting ended, everyone left in whispers.

Li Zhifan called out to Slvao: "Mr. Sylvo, please go to the lounge and wait for a while, after I finish talking with Mr. Rick, let's go back to Los Angeles together." ”

Back to Los Angeles?

Srev was stunned, is this going directly to the Dreamworks?

But since the boss spoke, Srev couldn't refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay!

in the office.

Li Zhifan and Rick came in one after the other.

"Please be seated, Mr. Rick, this is the script!"

Li Zhifan took out the script from the drawer and handed it to Rick.

The script is written in pure English, on thick A4 paper, with printed parts and handwritten parts.

At first glance, Rick's first impression was: "This is beautifully written!"

"You can take it back and take a good look at it, and then find a few directors to study this script together!"

Li Zhifan said, "If you have any comments or questions, you can call me directly, Li Zhifan pointed to the blank space on the last page of the script, where his phone number is written. ”

"Okay, I'll take a look!"

Rick looked at a few pages, but couldn't see why, so he put it away.