Chapter 88 The State of Chinese Cinema

After all the work was done, Cao Cao was also thinking, it was almost time to practice, it was time to find a movie or TV series.

At this time, it should be high-profile, let the entire media know its existence, and pave the way for future films.

What should you choose for the shoot? It can be simpler, not too complicated.

In the process of directing, I should try to abandon the technical techniques of the previous time and space, and use the technical techniques of the director of this world alone, to see what I can understand and what kind of achievements I can achieve.

When you truly master the relevant technologies of this time and space, and then integrate them with the previous time and space, I believe that your directing skills will break through the original level and go to the next level.

What should I choose?

Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and finally set his sights on a special TV series......

Cao Cao finally thought about it, and finally decided to shoot "Love Apartment".

There are many reasons for this.

First, it has a short plot, which can save shooting time. It is modeled after the season-based model of enough American dramas, each season has a complete plot, and the length is smaller, as if it were the first season, just 20 episodes.

Second, the investment is not large, just in an ordinary apartment, and the scenarios involved outside only account for a small part, and the investment of three or four million should be enough.

Third, it is light-hearted, interesting, and more acceptable, and boutique comedy will always be liked and will never go out of style.

Fourth, there are a lot of Internet hot words in "Love Apartment", once this Internet hot word appears, it will definitely cause countless sensations.

"You must give me an online line tonight, otherwise, I will write your name on the tablet."

"Since ancient times, no one has died, and he has to die early and late."

"Don't say he's got water in his head? The premise of brain water is to have brains!"

"Three stinkers, stinky to death Zhuge Liang."

"The left eye jumps, the peach blossoms bloom, the right eye jumps, the chrysanthemums bloom."

"I'm sure I'm going to be chopped into potato chips."

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In the former time and space, the production of "Love Apartment" can be said to have gone through ups and downs, its creative source was just the result of a chat, and then it has been hesitant and did not dare to start filming, even when filming started, the decision-making team did not have much confidence in it.

Cao Cao has the exploration of his predecessors, so he can naturally run forward boldly.

Teacher Zeng's indecisiveness, Sister Yifei's fierceness, Wanyu's ice and snow intelligence, Guan Gujun's serious persistence, Meijia's cute and unrestrained, and Ziqiao's cynicism.

I like Teacher Zeng's voice, admire Sister Yifei Aoyi's flash, envy Ziqiao's ability to speak, and often laugh at Guan Gujun's "very good" Chinese that he always understands.

A not luxurious apartment, two ordinary suites, inhabited by seven young men and women with different backgrounds, different identities, and different ideals.

It's a place where humorous stories that seem ordinary but fun happen every day. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's bizarre, sometimes it's romantic, sometimes it's touching.

Cao Cao filtered one side in his mind, then mobilized the system, opened the script editor in the computer, and started writing the script.

This time, Cao Cao is ready to copy it directly, as long as he changes some inopportune lines.

Scene after scene, plot after plot kept popping out of his fingers, and soon, Cao Cao completed the writing of the first episode of the first season.

Episode 1: Wedding Smash Bros.

Lu Zhan, a talented young man who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a major in computer science, returned to China after his studies and met Lin Wanyu, a rich girl who ran away from Lin's company at the airport.

Hu Yifei was living in the apartment at this time, and the resident Zeng Xiaoxian had a fierce conflict over the implementation plan of the wedding. After a "lifetime" wedding, the couple proposed to name the apartment - Love Apartment.

"Love Apartment" officially kicked off.

As the sky gradually darkened, Cao Cao turned on the bedroom light and continued to write the script.

At this time, the door was opened, and Tang Xiao walked in.

"Hey, Cao Cao, are you writing a script? Tang Xiao saw that Cao Cao was not knowing what to do at this time, and poked his head out curiously.

"I'm writing a script......" At this moment, Cao Cao's stomach began to growl.

Tang Xiao looked at the script on the computer with bright eyes, and quickly reacted, and asked, "Cao Cao, you haven't eaten yet, do you want me to order a takeout for you?" I just happened to have a takeaway order here, and the meal was good. ”

Originally, he wanted to say, 'I'll go down and pack the food for you', but he felt that it was too much of a trace and not beautiful, so he changed his words in time.

"Okay, thank you!" Cao Cao didn't think anything was wrong, he just thought Tang Xiao was good.

"The reason why I wrote the script is because I feel that I have learned a lot, and this time I want to start my own practice, try it as a director, see how good my level is, and accumulate more experience."

"TV script?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Yes, I'll show you when I'm done."

Tang Xiao said: "Fortunately, it's not a movie script, and now I want to make a movie...... Hey, it's hard! ”

Tang Xiao no longer continued to explore Cao Cao's script, and said: "Now I heard that many students in film schools are a little confused about this major, and now the way out for film directors is very difficult, the current cinema chain has basically been controlled by several major cinema companies, and the threshold for movies is relatively high. ”

Tang Xiao said: "Some time ago, many people in the forum were discussing the future of this director's industry. When they choose this major, it can be said that thousands of people have crossed the single-plank bridge, and it is difficult to succeed, and there are very few successful people. ”

Cao Cao has been understanding the current situation of films in this time and space during this time, and the more he understands it, the more he feels that the current situation of the director industry is in a sick period. There are two main points: first, the current system does not support the training of newcomers enough, and it can even be said that it is ignored; The second is that the voice of the theater chain is greater than that of the distributor, and the share is extremely high, making it difficult for film production to move forward in the same place.

It is difficult for newcomers' movies to be taken seriously, and the movies that are made, unless they are absolutely sure, will not be put on the screen by the general theater company.

In the Chinese film industry, whether it is the system or the atmosphere, the support for young directors is not enough. Youth film awards, publicity, etc. will be a big difference compared with old directors.

And a movie is successfully filmed with hard work, and after strict screening of one out of ten thousand, it can only be released in theaters.

This is only the first step, and there is the second step of the cheat: when signing a contract with the theater chain, the theater chain has always demanded a very high profit share - 67%! And the publisher only takes 33%!!

“33%？！” When Cao Cao heard the news, he was shocked.

You must know that in 2013, the issuer's share was 43%.

And at that time, there was also a very sensational 'distribution and cinema game incident': the film distribution company felt that the cost of the film was gradually increasing, and the profit was gradually decreasing or even close to none, and finally formed a distributor alliance to ask the cinema alliance to reduce the share by 2 percentage points, and threatened to stop supplying films if it did not decrease.

In the past, the most common sharing method in the North American market, where the film industry is most mature, is that the distributor gets 70% of the box office revenue in the first week, 60% in the second week, and 50% in the third week and beyond.

Compared with 43% of China and 70% of North America in the previous time and space, 33% of this time and space is obviously extremely cheating! And it's a death pit!

When Cao Cao saw the results of this cheat, he was extremely painful, and he was no longer so anxious to enter the film industry.

As for the online video station, movies that have not been tested on the big screen will have very little attention from the audience, and even if it is a good movie, it is easy to pounce, just like a TV series. And the production cost of movies is much higher than that of TV series, so it is even more impossible for people to watch them for free, unless they are bad movies.

Therefore, Cao Cao will never let his movies be rejected by the theater and appear on the online video station.

Unless there are special circumstances......