Verse 77: Preparation
The script of "Terminator" is very simple, it was written in more than an hour, and the difficult part is in the storyboard and concept art.
Unlike the two movies he made before, "The Terminator" is a sci-fi thriller, there are future sci-fi war scenes in the film, and the Terminator itself is a mechanical body wrapped in flesh and blood, which requires Duane, the director, to design the image, but it is not just a text description that can be understood by the crew, so Duane took out a notebook and drew the things in his mind little by little.
First of all, there is the concept art of the Terminator: all-metal architecture, human-like skeleton design, infrared electronic eye, titanium alloy covering, cable wires, hydraulic pipes......
As the ballpoint pen in Duane's hand slid back and forth, his imaginary image of the Terminator appeared in the notebook: a large vertical cylinder in the middle, four smaller cylinders on the side, and many black lines were drawn on the five cylinders, and on the top of the large cylinder in the middle was a large circle, and there were several small circles in the large circle.
The room was quiet, and the dim incandescent light poured from overhead, spread out on the notebook, illuminating the image of the cylindrical man clearly.
The tip of the pen in his hand rested on the notebook and did not move, Duane stared at this surreal, postmodern cylindrical figure for a long time, and sighed helplessly.
He really had no talent for painting.
Sad, sad......
As a director, the ability to draw storyboards is very important, and many directors themselves have extremely high drawing skills, such as Xu Ke and Xu Dadao, whose level is comparable to that of a professional cartoonist, but Duane, who can draw the Terminator as a cylindrical man, obviously does not have this ability.
He was originally an ordinary child, he studied all the way since he was a child, and he only took art classes in elementary school, and he had long forgotten that his current level is Cheng DΓΉ, who draws a chicken pecking rice diagram, how can he draw something as complex as the Terminator?
Duane held the pen, a little in the notebook, a little, and looked out the window silently: learn to paint, well, you have to learn to paint, and the hero and heroine also have to find it. The heroine asked Zhu Qian if she could do it, if the asking price was too high, forget it, anyway, this heroine doesn't need such good acting skills, if the male protagonist is ...... I can't think of any suitable candidate for a while, so I'd better leave it to the people in the actors' union to worry about, anyway, he won't act by himself anymore - acting is too tiring, directing and acting is even more tiring, he really doesn't want to do this kind of thing anymore. The photographer also needs to find one, Kang Junan's style is not very suitable for this play, but maybe he can come over and try it first, he still has the ability......
There are too many things to consider, and after thinking about it, he doesn't know how long it took, he heard a slight sound of the door opening and closing, presumably Song Zhen in the living room finally went to sleep, and Du An finally had the feeling of sleepiness and went to bed.
It was already past ten o'clock when I got up the next day, and after washing up, Du An's went directly to DreamWorks with the script, and he didn't look for Shu Yu, so he solved the lunch in the canteen of the building first, and then went to her office.
Seeing that it was Du An, the secretary who was about to stand up smiled at him, said hello, "Director Du is early" and sat down, without stopping him.
Duane knocked on the door.
"Please come in. β
Pushing the door in, I saw Shu Yu bowing his head and holding a pen to write and draw on a text, and he didn't raise his head when he heard him come in.
He walked over to Shu Yu's desk and threw the script on her desk.
Smack, a soft sound.
Shu Yutou raised his head slightly, glanced at the book, stopped the movement in his hand, pushed Wen JiΓ n aside, and took the book over and turned it over. The book was very short, and it only took five or six minutes for her to roughly skim through it, and then Duane saw her put down the book and look at herself.
"New movie?"
Du An nodded, his eyes swept over her head, and saw that the chopsticks were still stuck behind her head as he did when he first met Shu Yu, and couldn't help but speak: "DreamWorks is also a company with assets of more than 100 million yuan, you are such a big boss, why do you always use that chopstick as a hairpin? β
As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt like he was getting a little closer to the style of a billionaire -- he has been adjusting to the life of a billionaire early lately.
"My mom left it for me. β
Shu Yu replied to the words of this nouveau riche with a word, and Du Yin shrugged his eyebrows and stopped talking: The dead are the greatest.
"If you want to shoot it, you can shoot it, but you can't shoot it for the time being. β
Shu Yu said: ""Fengyue" has not been released yet, and it can collect some more money if the screening volume is reduced for another week, so "Fengyue" will have to wait for at least another week, and its box office is so high. β
Duane had no objection to this, "It's okay, I just want to learn to paint, and if you ask me to shoot now, I won't be able to shoot for the time being." Speaking of Fengyue, Duane remembered one more thing, "Have you gone overseas?"
Shu Yu said: "In August, Lu Fanghe has already paved the way, and the screening conditions and quantity in the two main markets of North America and Europe are good, and Asia and South America are also okay. β
Du An, however, thought of a farther place, "Then what should Lu Fang do if he leaves? Those people in your company follow behind his ass, have they stepped on the way of distribution channels?" This is also the plan they set at the beginning, first follow Pony Film and Television, and see if they can use this to establish their own distribution channels.
"He's not leaving. Shu Yu said.
Du Anhuo looked at Shu Yu for a while, and then laughed, "A little ability, does Qi Sheng know?"
Shu Yu had already taken the text just now, bowed his head and scribbled it, and said "I know".
Du ane didn't ask any more: this must be another unknown transaction, he is not from DreamWorks after all, and he and Shu Yu are only in a cooperative relationship, it is inconvenient for him to inquire about the secrets of other companies, and he doesn't want to ask if Shu Yu doesn't want to say anything.
He just needs to know that when the two work together in the next movie, they will no longer be divided by the third distributor.
After chatting casually with Shu Yu again, seeing that she was busy with work, Du An's humorous retreat and was about to go to his office to surf the net for a while, but stopped when he passed Shu Yu's secretary's desk.
"Fei Fei,"
Fei Fei is the name of Shu Yu's secretary, and her full name is Ling Fei.
"When you have time, help me find an art teacher, the kind who can come to teach painting. β
Let Du An go find it by himself, I really don't know where to find it, Shu Yu, the secretary, is different: I heard Shu Yu say that she has a lot of connections in the circle, even if she doesn't know her, there are always people she knows.
"Okay,"
Ling Fei immediately responded with a sweet smile, looking at Du An with watery eyes, wanting to hear if he had anything else to say.
It's good to have a secretary, and it's okay to have a secretary to do something...... What the hell.
Duane didn't notice her demeanor, thanked her, and went to his office in a daze.
This "Director Du's Office" was sealed after the crew started filming, and it was opened again after the film was released, and it was still only a rhythm of food, no establishment, and no salary.
As soon as I turned on the computer, the phone rang before the minesweeper was turned on.
An unfamiliar number.
"Who?"
Duane is also idle now, no matter what the number, take it first.
"Hello,"
On the other end of the phone was a rough man's voice, "Director Du?"
"Yes. β
As soon as he heard yes, the voice of the man on the other end of the phone immediately became enthusiastic, "Ah, Director Du, that's the case, we are here in the 'Lu Yu Appointment' column group, we want to invite you as a guest in the next issue, now I want to ask your general intention first." I don't know when you're free, why don't you make an appointment and we'll meet and talk about it in detail?"
Du An sat up straight, "Lu Yu has an appointment?"
This is the top three talk shows, with a long history and old brands, and if you can be on it, it means that you are famous all over the country.
In terms of the current heat, it seems that it is indeed time to come to yourself......
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