Chapter 44: Plans for the New Year
On Chinese New Year's Eve in 1982, a small life came to this world, the landlord's hot mother gave birth to a daughter, the boy's expectations were disappointed, casting a cloud on the fragile family, Xiao Budian was taken to the hospital, only Ye Tian was left at home, Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year, are spent alone, lonely as snow, years like knives, Haoyue goes west, Jin Wu rises, unconsciously, Ye Tian is one year older.
has nothing to do, in addition to writing a few scripts, Ye Tian also took a few days to draw the storyboard script of "Get My Father-in-law", and the jokes in his memory were drawn on the paper one by one, because there was plenty of time, Ye Tian changed a lot of dialogue.
If the movie is exactly the same as the novel, why should the audience go to the cinema, Jin Yong's novel is so popular, and it is not a box office hit when it is made into a movie.
The script, also known as the director's script, is the intermediate medium that converts the text into a three-dimensional audio-visual image, and is a script in which the director divides the literary content of the entire film into a series of filmable shots for on-site shooting.
In the 21st century, unlike the 80s, the text-only script laid the foundation for filming, but it could not be directly used for filming, and the director also had to write a part-shot script according to the content of the script and his overall concept, which is what Ye Tian is doing.
The role of the storyboard script is mainly manifested in three aspects: first, the script of the pre-shooting; the second is the basis for post-production; The third is the reference of length and budget, and there is no director in Hong Kong to make storyboards, the reason is very simple, it is too wasteful of time.
Nowadays, Hong Kong movies like to be in a hurry, and it is common to finish a movie in a month, and the star starring has several film appointments at the same time, and the schedule is limited, so the crew works tirelessly to catch up with the shooting.
Hurry up for specific performance, Ye Tian once heard a real story, Hong Jinbao only had a story outline before filming "The Loser", Hong Jinbao is the director or the starring actor, and also serves as a martial arts instructor, after the start, he can only wait for the screenwriter to pass the script to be filmed that day, when the screenwriter Huang Shanyao is unreliable, he can only play freely that day, starring Yuan Yuan, Lin Zhengying, director Hong Jinbao, soundtrack Chen Xunqi, everyone is on the shoulders together, after the filming of the day, the next day screenwriter Huang Shanyao continued to write according to the plot, and so on, a movie is finished, In terms of plot, everyone has the credit for several people, and this habit has gradually turned Hong Kong films into industrial productions.
The formation of this industrial characteristic of Hong Kong films is the first two years, from Xu Ke, Xu Anhua and other filmmakers to return to Hong Kong, the "** tide" surged, many cutting-edge production companies have sprung up, breaking the monopoly of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and the Shaw Brothers has been operating for many years The "Oriental Hollywood" studio system and style have gradually declined, after the rapid growth of the Golden Princess, Hong Kong films have presented a prosperous situation of "three kui heralds and a hundred flowers blooming", from planning to filming to public screening. The process of the film industry also presents the characteristics of Hong Kong's unique rapidity, mobility, flexibility and improvisation, which not only lays the foundation for the prosperity of Hong Kong films, but also lays the groundwork for the rapid decline of Hong Kong films. If we discuss the root cause of the decline of Hong Kong films, too hasty creation and speculation should be one of the reasons, today's Hong Kong films are booming, waiting for films, Hong Kong filmmakers are mostly in a group of dramas at the same time, just shoot with their heads down, there is no need to worry about losing money at all, improvisational, flexible, rapid, and speculative shooting advantages have also become an important cause of the sharp increase in Hong Kong film production and the sharp decline in quality.
"Get My Father-in-law" is Ye Tian's first movie, which is very commemorative, I would rather spend more time than shoddy production, and I also expect it to earn the first pot of gold.
Fan Jianqiang, a psychiatrist with no house, no car and no deposit, followed his girlfriend home, ready to meet his future father-in-law, as soon as they met, Fan Jianqiang was shocked into a few cold sweats: his father-in-law Su Bohu was so rich that he really wanted his life! But what's worse is that he knows all his ulterior secrets! Seeing that his prospective son-in-law would ruin his reputation at any time, Su Bohu tried his best to drive Fan Jianqiang away.
Although it is a relaxed urban comedy, there are a lot of comedy elements, but inspiration and warmth have always been the core themes of the story, and the whole story has clear logic, rigorous clues, funny but not small at the same time, it looks relaxed and pleasant, and the plot is remarkable, especially the surging strong love and family affection, which is very suitable for the whole family to watch together, like this reflects family life' Light comedy's urban inspirational comedy is a very popular and easy to shine theme, especially in Hong Kong, where the pace of life is fast, a lot of pressure is accumulated at work on weekdays, and it needs to be released, the best way is to watch movies, as long as the movie makes people laugh, it will definitely sell well, and the box office of "Best Partner" in Xinyicheng has exceeded 25 million, breaking the record of 17 million in last year's "Modern Bodyguard", and the box office has entered the era of 20 million.
Watching other people's movies sell well, Ye Tian's heart is hot, he has already written five scripts, and if he shoots any one, he can earn millions, get rich overnight, and still need to work for TVB?
In the original play, Fan Jianqiang is played by Xu Zheng, the soul of the movie, Ye Tian has thought about it for a long time, and he can't think of a replacement, the comedian has one next to him, but Zhou Xingchi is still very tender, and his acting skills can't be on the stage, and his father-in-law Su Bohu is not difficult to find, the original father-in-law played by Xu Shaoxiong, who works in TVB with Ye Tian, is the actor of Zhu Cong in Weng Meiling's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
On the last day of the winter vacation, he was busy until late at night, Ye Tiancai completed the storyboard script, and at the same time, he was satisfied, but at the same time, he thought of another problem, everything is ready, only funds are owed, and money is needed to make a movie, and the amount is not expensive, and he only has more than 100,000 yuan in his account, which can only be described as a drop in the bucket.
"plus the actor's salary, it will cost at least 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, and there is still a difference of 600,000." Ye Tian frowned, and secretly made up his mind, no matter what, he must shoot "Get My Father-in-law" this year!
Cut out the salary budget, this can be omitted, but it really can't be done, so I asked Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, and Liang Jiahui to help, and the other actors will pay half of the salary first, and then pay the other half after the film is released, so that the difference is less than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Can you earn 500,000 in a year?
Writing a novel?
"Knock knock knock."
At three or four o'clock in the morning, there was a weak knock on the door, Ye Tian, who was thinking about his thoughts, rubbed his red eyes, if he was given a gun, he would probably rob the bank, thinking about money, and almost went crazy.
"Little one, why are you crying?"
Outside the door, Xiao Budian was holding the cloth bear doll, a pair of big eyes were redder than Ye Tian, and there were still two tear stains on his pink cheeks, he had just cried, at this time, there was a quarrel below, and a baby was crying, Ye Tian was stunned, and then sighed secretly, are you going to move?
"Big brother, mom and dad quarreled again, it's all Meimei's bad, and I can't persuade them." When Xiao Budian saw Ye Tian, his mouth pouted, and he cried again, and threw himself into Ye Tian's arms, and after a while, Ye Tian's two trouser legs were full of snot and tears.
"Be good, don't cry."
"Mom and Dad won't be noisy for a while."
"Big brother, is it okay to tell you a story?"
Ye Tian picked up Xiao Budian and patted his petite back gently, since giving birth to the girl, the two sides quarreled in the next three days, if it weren't for Xiao Budian's feelings, Ye Tian would have moved away.
"What kind of ability does a big man have to embarrass a woman, and she has the ability to give birth by herself."
Ye Tian sneered, very disdainful, closed the door, and then looked at Xiao Dian in his arms, who was already asleep, took a tissue, gently wiped his eyes and nose, and carefully put it in the center of the bed, Ye Tian lay down on the outside and covered the quilt.
After sleeping for three hours, when I opened my eyes, the sky was already bright, and the whole person was stuck in Ye Tian's arms, and his little hands were tightly tugging on Ye Tian's pajamas, huha, laughing all the time, I don't know what to dream.
"February 11th, school starts today, it's better to get up early." Ye Tian didn't want to wake up Xiao Budian, so he took off his pajamas and changed into warm clothes, denim jackets, and his pants and shoes were all new.
Coming out of the bathroom, there was a smell of burnt paste from the kitchen, Ye Tian ran into the kitchen with a toothbrush, and the landlord's hot mother stood alone on the edge of the stove, her hair messy, and she let the eggs burn.
"Sister Hua, be careful!"
Ye Tian poured a bowl of water into the pot, turned off the gas, opened the window, and the burnt smell dissipated a lot.
"Ahh I'm sorry, the eggs are burned, Tianzai, are you okay? ”
"Where's my brother-in-law?"
"I'll leave before dawn."
"Oh, that...... Today's training class is in class, I'm eating outside, Meimei is upstairs, you better go and have a look, she's worried about you. Ye Tian cleaned up the stove, and he didn't know what to comfort, for the sake of being small, he must solve the conflict between the landlord's family as soon as possible, and the source of the conflict is still in the superintendent of the marine police.
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PS: I wrote more than 4,000, I feel very bad, it took two more hours to revise, and there are less than 3,000 left, it's almost a little, I can't let the book friends wait, so I passed it on, sat all morning, my back was itchy, I had lunch first, preview: seven o'clock in the next chapter. Are there any referral tickets?