"The so-called ever-changing, what the audience likes to watch, in fact, the core is always the same, but many times, a shell is changed, a mode is changed. ”

"It's true to say that in Hollywood, screenwriters are often just able to provide a direction and a little inspiration for a movie, but it just shows the importance of screenwriting. ”

"What are the characteristics of assembly line work? It is industrialization, it is to fill in some popular, original things, and anyone can do these things, so why are there so many bad movies? The reason is precisely that the direction provided by the screenwriter is this inspiration. ”

"Just like the biggest difference between a machine and a human is that a machine has no emotions and can't think, while a human can. ”

"For example, "The Dedication of Suspect X" is a suspense film, and there is no innovation in the subject matter, but "The Dedication of Suspect X" is directly different from other suspense crime films from the beginning, directly revealing the whole process of murder, which is actually an innovation. ”

"Innovation is not necessarily innovation in the plot, sometimes the story telling mode of the work is innovative, sometimes the story is innovative at the beginning and the end, and some types of films may even be directly old-fashioned models, but if the time is right, it is also an innovation. ”

"For example, "You at the Same Table", this kind of theme, plot, in fact, is not innovative, but why is it successful? This kind of theme has appeared many years ago, and the plot in it is not how amazing, but why can it succeed? Because this is a film about 70- The movie of the youth memory of the post-80s, if it appeared 10 years ago, maybe not many people would like it at all, but now that the post-70s and post-80s generation have gradually grown up, it can evoke their youth memories, and what is sold is not the plot, not the star, but the feelings, which is also an innovation. ”

"There is no model that can be mainstream forever, such as the most popular big IP + small fresh meat model, which is actually a certain degree of innovation, but how long can this model remain successful? ”

In fact, many people understand what Ye Qiu said, but when it comes out of Ye Qiu's mouth, it is obviously more convincing, because he succeeded.

Unlike Yuan Zhi's speech, Ye Qiu's speech did not pause in applause from the audience.

Many people may have some ideas in their hearts, but they are not sure if they can succeed, and Ye Qiu's statement as a successful person may coincide with the thoughts in their hearts to some extent, they will think, oh, it turns out that Ye Qiu also thinks so.

After Ye Qiu's speech, interspersed, Deep Blue TV, Mango TV, etc. announced some good news about the TV series and movie scripts for the coming year.

For example, every year the TV station will solicit some scripts from the screenwriters, which may be custom scripts, or other scripts, once the script is filmed into a TV series and broadcast on the TV station, then the TV station will give the screenwriter some incentives and so on.

It can be regarded as providing another income channel for some screenwriters who are not well paid.

may be a TV series, and the extra bonus for the screenwriter may be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, but for those screenwriters who are not famous, this is already a high bonus.

However, the most attractive thing is that the most popular screenwriting conference is not the speech session, but the screenwriters summit forum.

Starting from the first Screenwriters Conference, the Screenwriters Summit Forum will invite some well-known screenwriters at home and abroad every year to exchange and discuss some views, topics, and problems existing in the industry.

Different from speeches, at the screenwriters summit forum, there are often screenwriters with different views, or-for-tat, who ask each other questions on the spot, and there will be some dry goods for a long time.

This year's Screenwriters Summit Forum not only has absolute celebrities like Ye Qiu participating, but also 'celebrities' like Yuan Zhi who have amazing words for a long time to participate, as well as some popular screenwriters in China.

The theme of this year's forum is: The Disadvantages of Imitation.

The first to speak was the vice president of the Screenwriters Association, the famous screenwriter Tang Qi.

Tang Qi took the lead in making an opening speech: "When it comes to literary and artistic creation, we often say: innovation is the life of literature and art, and originality is the power of competition. But there has always been a phenomenon in the industry, that is, following the trend and imitation. ”

"When a work becomes popular, there will be many imitation works immediately, and our theme today is to discuss the disadvantages of following the trend and imitation, the disadvantages of the industry, and how to improve and change this phenomenon. ”

"I'll throw bricks and stones, first of all, I say my personal opinion, I think that following the trend and imitation is the biggest disrespect to the original, but also the cancer of the entire industry, the original author worked hard, racking his brains to write the work, but the imitator only needs to be on the basis of the original author, a little modification to take out the grandiose sale, and make a profit. ”

"For this reason, I once proposed to the association that relevant regulations be issued within the association, and the screenwriters who imitate and follow the trend should be removed from the association and informed to the public. Because they have lost the spirit of originality, the spirit of innovation ......"

Many people can understand Tang Qi's hatred for followers, because Tang Qi once had a work that was all the rage after being filmed into a TV series, but soon there were imitation followers, and what made Tang Qi most indignant was that because the other party operated properly, as a result, the works that imitated followers were more popular in the market.

There are even some strange remarks, saying that following the trend and imitating to this extent has surpassed the original Tang Qi, so is the words of following the trend and imitating not tenable at all?

In fact, it is, and it's not uncommon.

There are some screenwriters who write a book, and when it comes to the investor, they may not be negotiated because of the conditions, and as a result, the other party directly imitates his script, leaving aside the original author, and directly enters the filming stage.

As a result, some scripts were obviously released first, but because the film and television works did not appear, they were preempted by imitators.

If it is simply plagiarism, then there will naturally be legal sanctions, but imitation and following the trend are different from plagiarism, and laws and regulations are sometimes difficult to define.

The original author has a bitter word.

There is also an encounter like Tang Qi, it is clear that he is the original, but in the end, because the other party is more successful in business, Tang Qi is beaten upside down.

In fact, this kind of thing was also seen in Ye Qiu's previous life.

In particular, a famous director and screenwriter who is called X plagiarism by netizens has almost always been imitating and following the trend, and even on the road to plagiarism, but the works copied by X are often on par with the original work, and even more successful than the original work, making the original "factual copy" become a "controversial copy".