Chapter 196: Ambiguity (Three Watches)
[500,000 words, brothers, donkey brother, I have done my best! 】
The story structure of Hollywood is different from that of Chinese audiences, people use a story that is too simple to be simple, with stars and special effects, and when they get it, some people will buy it, but if you dare to do it in China, you will have to collapse yourself sooner or later, because the contrast is too strong.
Hu Yifei has learned the lessons of "Prison Break", and now he has to be completely localized.
After the May Day holiday, "Prison Break" was released on Fujitai in Japan and got off to a good start. The entire Japanese TV station is hotly discussing this TV series from the mainland, and Hu Yifei is really popular all over Asia now.
The news was transmitted back to China, causing many netizens to send congratulatory messages, "A certain person sent a congratulatory message, congratulations on the overseas ratings of "Prison Break" Changhong" and other comments, which almost blew up the circle of friends.
Not only did Japan's ratings become popular, but South Korea hit another peak in ratings, which also triggered a big discussion about the future of Korean TV dramas.
South Korea is a country of free speech, and they were previously mired in the quagmire of bitter dramas and couldn't extricate themselves, until the emergence of "Full House of Romance" gave them another form of development of Korean dramas. Then there were several wonderful dramas one after another, but in a blink of an eye, Hu Yifei played the American drama template again, and this time he played even better, as soon as he got started, it was the peak of "Prison Break", how can people catch up.
Hong Kong TVB TV has also introduced many mainland dramas before, and they have achieved good ratings, but it is estimated that there are not many that are really memorable. "Returning the Pearl"? No kidding. But since "Prison Break" landed on Hong Kong Island, it immediately set off a wide range of plot discussions. Young people are particularly active, discussing the rationality of the plot, the suspense points of the plot, the future trend of the plot and other aspects...... At least so far, Hu Yifei's dramas can be watched.
Even the older generation of film and television industry leaders couldn't help but be convinced: "Use the pen of making movies to shoot such a TV series." I have to say, it's a big bet. ”
"I rarely watch TV dramas, and now I'm attracted to them." "Very good, the emergence of such innovative young people in the mainland is also a kind of pressure and a huge challenge for young people in Hong Kong. Because there are endless young people in the mainland, but we in Hong Kong have never seen such young people with the power of the king to appear. ”……
In Taiwan, Hu Yifei already has a good audience base, and now it has set off a wave of popularity. Fans spontaneously set up a fan club for him and formed a fan group, and his outward heart is so strong, I don't know how many local celebrities will taste it.
The same scene is seen in other countries and regions in Southeast Asia.
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Writing detective and suspense novels in the pre-Internet era requires anticipating readers' reactions in advance, and this process is irreversible.
When the medium is changed to TV, the format is changed to dramas, and the feedback from the audience is given in real time through the Internet, the situation becomes more and more interesting.
It is both a market act, where the audience votes with a remote control, and the ratings are leveraged to determine the life and death of the story; On the other hand, for suspense dramas, it is a process of intellectual competition between screenwriters and audiences. The writers are dealing with hundreds of millions of people who love the story and the characters, who are passionately guessing the direction of the plot, or in a way, everyone is trying to continue to write each episode, and you have to surpass them to win them, and you have to be able to justify themselves, and you have to have content and details, how difficult it is.
However, it is this extraordinarily cruel process of natural selection that allows screenwriters and the entire industry to survive the fittest and evolve rapidly.
No self-improvement effort can compare to the pressure of the environment, so the audience sees that Hu Yifei's ability to ambush the pen, shake the burden, control the rhythm, render the atmosphere, dig quickly and fill in the pit in time is much stronger than that of traditional fiction writers. I often hear people complain that the show only shows two episodes a week, which is too difficult to wait, but in fact, this just leaves room for interaction.
"Prison Break" is such a typical example, and the core selling point is suspense.
In the narrowest time (Mirin's sentence has a death limit) and space (forbidden prison), contradictions and suspense emerge one after another, making people breathless. For this reason, Hu Yifei really did not hesitate to force himself to death, and every time there was a slight turnaround, he would immediately extinguish it, which made people fall into deeper despair. Even if you don't believe in the plot, you will become more and more concerned about how the screenwriter will finally complete this story, and many times you will think in your heart after watching it, this can be neat, see how these guys end up next week.
The character of Mi Shuai is very similar to Andy in "The Shawshank Redemption", determined, tenacious, quiet, and a natural strategist.
Unlike Andy, who works alone, Mi Shuai must rely on a large group of notorious dangerous people to rescue his brother in a very limited time (Andy is a decade of work), and also deal with the interference of powerful forces outside the prison, which is much more difficult than "The Shawshank Redemption", the real impossible.
Such a huge suspense and temptation stimulates you to have to pay attention to him and think about his future fate.
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With huge popularity and attention, the news of Hu Yifei's new play spread almost quickly.
Brain-dead fans unconditionally supported it, but Hu Yifei still waited until May to form the "Source Code" crew. Fan Binbin hasn't contacted Hu Yifei for a long time since the last time he pushed down and reversed the ignition. Every time I want to take the initiative to contact, I am annoyed that Hu Yifei is in a state of being imminent to her. Seeing the news of Hu Yifei's new play this time, he finally let go of his reserve and hurriedly made a phone call, "Hey, is there a role I can play?" ”
"Don't you have a drama appointment?"
"Yes, a Hong Kong movie "A Thousand Machines Change 2", and a "Love Crazy Sage". Relying on Huayi to take over the drama for me is just nonsense, I knew that I should have joined your company in the first place. ”
"That's not bad, it's a big production. Our company is too small to fit a big name like you. What's more, the production cost of my new drama is much less than that of these two films. ”
Fan Bin was polite, gritted his teeth and scolded Hu Yifei for pretending to be confused: "But I also want to act in your movies, those movies look good, but they are all like that." ”
"Heh, when did you start tabooing?"
Hu Yifei said in her heart, she doesn't know if it's good or bad if she can think like this, and running on the road of acting is of course very good in the long run. But how can there be so many good movies to choose from in the coming year, most of them are bad movies, and most of them will not be able to do so. Anyway, anyone can use it, since she wants to play it, she will give it to her, "Okay, there are two female characters, one is silly Bai Tian who attracts attention with her smile and figure, and the other is a female soldier scientist with a bit of psychological activity, but her status is the second female, but the role is also very heavy, which one do you choose?" ”
Fan Binbin didn't think about it, and blurted out, "I choose a female soldier!" There are too many face-selling dramas, and the second female is the second female. ”
"Then you have an empty schedule, start filming in a few days, and come over and get the script back to study it when you have time."
With the influence of CP in "Prison Break", it is still there, and it can also spend less publicity money.