"What, you're going to make a movie about magic?"

Zhai Yu didn't expect Lin Xiaofan's choice to be magic, she thought about comedy, romance, action or suspense detective films, but she didn't expect it to be magic.

Lin Xiaofan: "It's not magic, it's a movie with a fantasy and love theme." ”

Zhai Yu was very helpless: "Lin Xiaofan, in our domestic film industry, magic and science fiction are the most difficult to film." Let's change the theme, it is best to be a romance film, the shooting cost is low, and if you find a few good-looking actors and actresses, many people are willing to watch it. ”

"I've already decided, I'm going to make a magical romance movie, I've already thought about the general plot direction, and I'm looking for someone to write the script. ”

Zhai Yu persuaded again: "Lin Xiaofan, it's really not good to shoot magic, if you make a modern urban movie, you can also receive a lot of product placement advertisements to increase some income." If you shoot magic, the revenue from product placement can be said to be gone. ”

"It's better without product placement, I usually watch movies, and I always feel uncomfortable when I see product placement. ”

Seeing Lin Xiaofan's attitude, Zhai Yu found that he was still looking at the problem from the perspective of the audience, and he didn't realize that he was an investor, and his purpose was to make money.

In the current film industry, for investors and filmmakers, how much money can be made from the film is the key, and word of mouth is not important.

This Lin Xiaofan is too stubborn. Zhai Yu complained in her heart, but she had no way to object. Lin Xiaofan is an investor and the one who paid for the movie, so he has the greatest right to speak.

The reason why Lin Xiaofan came up with the idea of making a magic movie was to see the photos taken by Ribier.

Since Ribier has a talent for filming, he can make movies if he is given a video camera. Lin Xiaofan's imagination of the three-clawed dragon appearing on the screen can definitely shock everyone.

The various scenery in the Warcraft Continent appeared in Lin Xiaofan's mind, and the beautiful and magical style would definitely open the audience's eyes.

They will only think that this is a movie with realistic special effects, but they will not think that the Warcraft continent on the screen is real.

In Lin Xiaofan's heart, this will be a movie that shocks the world.

"Zhai Yu, how is the matter with the crew?"

Zhai Yu: "The crew has almost been formed, and the director has not yet been determined, what level of director do you want to invite? ”

Lin Xiaofan: "You don't need to invite those big directors, just invite a director with a little experience." Also, I've already selected the heroine, so you don't have to look for it anymore, you just need to find some supporting roles. ”

"The heroine has been chosen, and which star is it?"

Lin Xiaofan: "The heroine is Wang Guli, my classmate. ”

"Wang Guli?" Zhai Yu had never heard of this name, "What works has she starred in?"

She has never acted in a movie, and has only acted in a few plays and sketches in the school's drama club. Her acting skills should be okay. ”

"Should it be okay?" Zhai Yu was about to collapse, she understood that Lin Xiaofan wanted one of her classmates to play the heroine of the movie, and she was still an acting lover who had never acted in a movie, not even a student of the acting department!

The starring role of a movie is very important, and a protagonist with poor acting skills can easily ruin a movie. And Lin Xiaofan made a hasty decision to let someone who had never learned acting to be the heroine.

The word "sloppy" is no longer enough to describe Lin Xiaofan's behavior, and it is more appropriate to use "nonsense".

Zhai Yu even wondered if Lin Xiaofan really wanted to make a good movie, she felt that Lin Xiaofan was more like a willful rich second generation, and it was enjoyable to make a movie with a ticket.

Her heart was half cold. Before that, she planned to show her skills and make a movie with a high reputation and high income, and make a name for herself in the film and television industry.

But now it seems that she made a bad movie that no one watched.

"Forget it, let him mess around, I'll earn my share of the money with peace of mind. Zhai Yu thought like this, she no longer had hope for Lin Xiaofan and this movie.

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In order to make this movie, Lin Xiaofan began busy preparations.

The main filming location of this movie is not on Earth, but on the Continent of Warcraft.

Lin Xiaofan's idea is very bold and exaggerated, using the shooting scene of the Continent of Warcraft as the main picture, shooting Wang Guli's footage on the earth, and finally using computer editing to synthesize various shots to form a magic movie.

Filming in the Continent of Warcraft will be very difficult.

Lin Xiaofan posted information on the Internet about the reward script, and he offered a reward of 200,000 yuan to solicit a movie script.

The subject matter of the movie script is limited, with a magical theme, with elements of love and adventure, but also an orc, a monster and a beautiful woman. The requirement for submission is a 20,000-word trial script plus an outline of the script.

If a movie wants to mix all these unrelated things, it must have a plot and logic, and it must be exciting and attractive, which is not easy.

The information on the reward script was posted by Lin Xiaofan on various screenwriters, writers, and writers' forums, as well as related post bars also have information on soliciting manuscripts.

Although the script is demanding, this is a huge reward of 200,000 yuan.

For well-known screenwriters or writers, 200,000 copies of movie scripts are nothing, but for more unknown screenwriters, this is definitely a high price.

Moreover, you only need a 20,000-word trial script and outline to submit.

After the information that Lin Xiaofan offered a reward for the script was released, in just a few days, his mailbox was crowded with various submitted scripts. Hundreds of nearly a thousand scripts are submitted every day, and he can't read them at all.

In desperation, he could only hand over the task of selecting scripts to Zhai Yu: "You find someone to help me screen the scripts, pick out all the interesting ones, and then give them to me to read." ”

Those who screen scripts mainly screen out scripts that do not meet the subject matter and requirements, and there are many people with poor ability and unclear language expression to submit.

Sift through these, and there's not much left. Remove those cliché and rotten street scripts, and there are very few for Lin Xiaofan to choose in the end.

The script, as Lin Xiaofan's most important thing, will finalize the final result.

In the past few days of waiting for the script, Lin Xiaofan is preparing for the filming of the Warcraft Continent.

All kinds of professional cameras, high-definition cameras, camcorders, miniature cameras, etc., Lin Xiaofan has prepared a lot. To shoot in such a complex environment as Warcraft Continent, various types of cameras are essential.

Lin Xiaofan's recent busyness has attracted the attention of several people in the dormitory.

Wei Kun: "Xiaofan, what have you been busy with lately? Every time I want to play black with you, you are not in the dormitory. ”

Lin Xiaofan: "Didn't I say I was going to make a movie before? ”

"Do you really want to make a movie? Do you need actors? I'm so handsome and chic, why am I also a leading actor? ”

Lin Xiaofan gave Wei Kun a roll of his eyes: "When the time comes, I will notify you if you need extras such as dead corpses, so that you can earn a big red envelope." ”

Tang Hui was also surprised: "Lin Xiaofan, do you really want to make a movie? Movies are such a thing, it is difficult for laymen to make money." ”

Tang Hui still wants to persuade Lin Xiaofan, in fact, he knows that even if they are people in the film and television industry, there are many people who lose money when making movies, not to mention that it is almost impossible for a layman to make money from movies.