After chatting for a while, when it was time for dinner, Zhao Kui'e went to cook, Lu Yan remembered the topic when he entered the door, and asked, "What kind of book do you say is a good book?" ”

Although he has acted in a lot of dramas, he really can't make a particularly accurate judgment on which films can be popular and which ones can't, just like "Yongle Heroes' Children" and "Tianlong Babu" are both from Zhang Jizhong, but the popularity of the two is not at the same level at all.

Chen Baoguo leaned on the back of the sofa and said: "Generally speaking, it means that you can make money, win awards, and have artistic grades."

Seeing Lu Yan rolling his eyes, he smiled and said: "Of course, you may not be able to meet one of these books in a few years, not to mention none, but only, in case you meet a director who is not very good, no matter how good the book is, you have to smash it into your hand." ”

Moving a more comfortable position, Chen Baoguo continued: "What is a good script, it depends on which angle you are talking about, or whether you want to do business or art, in the current film and television creation and production, the screenwriter's optimistic films are basically not favored by investors, art is too metaphysical, the audience watches TV, the picture is relaxed, too profound and difficult to be accepted by the audience."

After all, art also depends on money, and the things that investors are optimistic about are too commercialized and have no substantive content.

On the other hand, what the government is optimistic about and actively advocating, the main theme is too strong, to put it bluntly, it is fake and empty, and the audience might as well watch TV dramas and watch news broadcasts on different stations."

"So a good book has to look for a gap between investors, the government and art, to put it bluntly, take advantage of loopholes everywhere, play side balls, in order to seek a balance between the three, which can take care of commerciality without losing artistry, of course, it can't go against the main theme, even if CCTV invests in films, it can't escape this law."

Lu Yan listened to the clouds, Chen Baoguo said too broadly, so he said: "Is there a real standard?" Or positioning. ”

Chen Baoguo thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, let's talk about the script itself, what is a good script, is probably the most common and most difficult question to answer in our film and television industry, dealing with all kinds of scripts every day, but really have to define which type is good and which type is bad, I'm afraid it will be impossible to escape the blame of metaphysics and not understanding the laws of artistic creation, isn't there an old saying, the vitality of art lies in its lack of certain rules."

In terms of subject matter alone, you say that the main theme is good, but the main theme is indeed bad, which has been proven by a large number of facts; You say that action movies are not good, but action movies are also great, and Li Xiaolong has already proved it; You said that it is difficult to write heroic characters well, but there are many heroic themes that are well written, and the box office is extremely high.

As far as the way of creation is concerned, it is not right for you to say that the theme comes first, and the things created are conceptualized, and "created by order" cannot write anything good, but there are a large number of good works created by theme first or "ordered literature", and it is certain that there will be a large number of good works created through theme first and "ordered" in the past, present and future.

There are also people who say that having a good story should be the minimum requirement for a good script, which is true, film and television works must first be liked by someone to watch, in order to talk about others, in order to achieve the various expectations it originally wanted to achieve, but there is also a situation, that is, in the same work, I often hear two diametrically opposed opinions, just like the "Dragon Babu" you filmed before, some people say that its story is twists and turns, some people say that it is made up and full of loopholes, some people say that it is very good-looking, and some people say that it is very bad-looking. ”

Chen Baoguo took two cups, poured two cups of turquoise tea from the glass teapot on the table, pushed one of them to Lu Yan, and said, "Taste it, Ming Qian Maojian." ”

Lu Yan picked it up and asked, "Do you still like to drink this?" ”

I tasted it, it wasn't hot, I drank it all, I didn't drink anything, I felt that it was not as good as a cup of cold white.

Chen Baoguo saw him drinking like a cow in one gulp, and scolded with a smile: "How can you drink like this, you are a violent thing." ”

Lu Yan smiled "hehe", he really didn't have any hobby for this thing, he wasted time and didn't talk about it, and he couldn't quench his thirst.

Chen Baoguo put down his cup and continued the topic just now: "Take the American Academy Award as an example, it is an American Academy Award, and most of the judges are composed of experts, professors and artists.

In the United States, where art and the market are better solved, what is a good script, I'm afraid it's not a big problem, artists combine their creative purpose with rich market returns, coupled with political factors, so Hollywood has produced a large number of masters, and they then promote these film and television works with a distinct Hollywood mark to the world, so cities and villages around the world are almost everywhere filled with the "American spirit", As a result, American film and television has formed a pattern in which it dominates the market in the world unimpeded, creating huge profits for the government every year, and becoming the third pillar industry of the United States' export trade.

Seeing that Chen Baoguo's tea was finished, Lu Yan poured him another cup, Chen Baoguo smiled and said: "It's far away, or the script, in today's market economy, investors hope that the money invested in film and television works can be the same as the money invested in other industries, which can increase in value and return, which is of course beyond reproach. It is necessary not only to confirm one's own artistic pursuit, but also to reflect the value of individual survival.

Therefore, some people have raised the issue that film and television creation should be "unified with the three sexes", and it has to be echoed and supported by people from all walks of life.

But the key thing is that in the process of practice, the requirements of the "unity of the three sexes" for artistic creation are often turned into three forces, and if they are not good, they will collide with each other and hinder each other, so that the specific creators are at a loss, and the final result is that either one of the "sexes", the more powerful party has the final say, so that the work has some focus, or simply a "sex", you like to see it or not, or the "sex" is equally divided, and the work has become a lukewarm swallow of water, looking at nothing, but it tastes tasteless. Instead of calling it a work of art, it is better to call it a manual directly!

And in the process of making film and television, there is another important problem, that is, the creative personnel.

Before the film and television drama entered the filming and production, it would be too arbitrary to say which script could make a good film and which one could not be made, no one is a fairy or a prophet, why should you draw conclusions about things that have not happened yet!

The script does not decide everything, in the film and television industry, whether it is a decision-maker, a screenwriter, or an investor, no one has given up the creation and production of film and television because of the unknowability of the future, so the practitioners in the circle are also snowballing more and more.

There may be many reasons for this, but it is also one of the reasons why everyone has a standard in his heart that he thinks is a good screenplay, although this standard is often proven wrong in the face of facts.

If the script excludes political factors, in fact, it has only one criterion, that is, whether it can meet the production requirements of specific groups for film and television.

The main function of the script is the operability of the filming and production, and then the creators complete the artistic creation of their respective division of labor through this operation process.

To put it simply, it is the story that is well written, the director can shoot it in suspense, the characters are well written, the actors can give full play to it, the picture atmosphere touches the inspiration of the composer, only then can good film and television music come out, the script leaves room for imagination for re-creation, and the actors, directors, composers, etc. who create for the second time can show their talents in sound and painting, and then there is the generation of ideology, artistry, and visibility that each audience group needs.

In this sense, the artistic accomplishment, political level and understanding of the market of the second-degree creators directly determine the future fate of each film and television work they decide.

According to my personal experience, a good script is nothing more than a few points, the first point should be novel in terms of subject matter or angle, the second point is the problem of script writing skills, the writing method is good, can tell a story, and can attract people, the third point is that the picture feels good, and the dialogue is relatively small, the fourth point is that the plot is cleverly designed, and the skills such as coincidence, reversal, baggage, and suspense are arranged in place, and the last point is the style of the work, such as the main drama and the light theme, therefore, a good play not only needs a good book, but also needs a level of producer, director, The full cooperation of the actors. ”