Chapter 7 A New Structure
Although Zhang Dongmu has been planning for a long time, he is just a student after all, how can he cover the sky with one hand in school? If Xu Fu's work can cause a huge sensation in the society, it will attract the attention of the school. Then a casual sentence from the school leader can make the instructor and the selection teacher change their attitude, and select Xu Fu's work as the winner......
Things don't always go in the best direction. But it's not impossible! Clicking on hundreds of thousands of micro-movies is enough to appear in local newspapers and arouse public opinion.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. As soon as the senior sister wanted to target Zhang Dongmu, she saw a tall boy coming over and smiled very decently: "Senior sister, what a coincidence, I saw you here." ”
When Xu Fu saw this man, his eyes immediately turned cold. This man is Zhang Dongmu. Xu Fu had to be exhausted to get his salary back, and this person might be the culprit.
Zhang Dongmu didn't remember the Xu Fu, and said to the senior sister: "You are seeing a friend." Don't bother, right? ”
"You have something to say." Senior sister said coldly.
In order to become the president, Zhang Dongmu is making every effort to prepare his micro-film. His resources are much richer than Xu Fu's. is like a senior sister, even if she has a bad heart, she has to make preparations for him. Zhang Dongmu asked: "Senior sister, have the actresses' affairs been coordinated?" ”
The senior sister didn't like Zhang Dongmu, but she still had to do superficial work, and said, "No." The price of eight thousand a day is too low, and there is no famous professional actor to be found. ”
"Also, participating in school micro-movies can't increase their popularity, and it's understandable that they have to pay a high price. But this time we only got 150,000 sponsorships, and we couldn't raise the budget of the actors. In this way, I'll take care of the actress's affairs. Zhang Dongmu changed the topic and said, "Senior sister, have you thought about what I told you last time?" Can you jointly recommend me with the president? ”
In this award, each cadre of the film club can recommend one person. As long as the person who is nominated can produce the work within the time limit, he or she will be eligible for the competition.
The president recommended Zhang Dongmu. If the vice president, who is also the senior sister, also recommends Zhang Dongmu, then the teachers will vote for Zhang Dongmu without looking at the works. The odds of Zhang Dongmu becoming the next president of the film club have increased from 95% to 99%.
Senior sister didn't want to put the problem to a showdown so early. But since Zhang Dongmu asked, let's pierce the window paper. She didn't answer immediately, but lowered her head and looked at Xu Fu's story again.
This was the fourth time she had read it, and it was also the most serious she had ever seen, so serious that she silently read every word that made up the story in her heart.
After a long time, she raised her head, looked at Zhang Dongmu with her eyes, but pointed at Xu Fu with her hand and said, "I recommend him to participate." ”
Xu Fu was confused and couldn't figure out what was inside. And the muscles on Zhang Dongmu's face twitched, and a smile appeared in an instant: "Senior sister, this is to arrange an opponent for me." Well, everyone plays fair. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Dongmu looked at Xu Fu: "Classmate, then we have a gentleman's dispute." If you can come up with a good work and become the new president, I will assist you. ”
But Zhang Dongmu lacked heat after all, and he couldn't endure it well enough. After saying the beautiful words, he turned around and left. After he turned around, the smile he had just had just now disappeared suddenly, as if his face had changed, and it seemed a little distorted. Then he strode away.
Xu Fu said in surprise: "Senior sister, what do you mean by protecting me?" ”
"Nothing. It's about getting your work to compete in a school competition and try your luck. The senior sister smiled: "Don't be unconfident in yourself, your story is actually very good." Do you know what the man was going to shoot just now? The plot is a female fresh graduate who was a third party and was kicked and had to look for a job. This kind of micro-film ...... Ho ho ”
The senior sister laughed a little exaggeratedly. Xu Fu didn't feel happy and asked, "Do you want to do anything to participate in the competition?" I made this short film for the number of clicks. And the production time is very tight, and there is no extra energy. ”
"You don't have to do anything." The senior sister said: "Don't you want to click?" As long as you can win, the school will hang the link of your work on the official website, which can attract 10,000 or 20,000 clicks. ”
Xu Fu was not very moved when he heard it. One or two hundred thousand clicks may be a big number for people in the film club, but it is a drop in the bucket for Xu Fu. And he has a deadline, and the school's official website recommendation should not be of much use.
He reconfirmed: "You really don't have to deal with all kinds of paperwork and stuff like that?" ”
"You don't have to worry about it." The senior sister said: "You can conceive a good story according to the actual situation, and just shoot it." ”
Seeing that Xu Fu was still hesitating, she said again: "I really don't want to see the film club fall into the hands of the wrong people and become a tool used to enrich one's own pockets." As long as you participate, whether you succeed or not, you can help me. ”
Xu Fu did not understand the importance of participating. But when I heard that the senior sister said that it was not troublesome to participate in the competition, and that it could help her, I agreed. After all, what the senior sister said just now made Xu Fushao take a lot of detours. Returning the favor has always been Xu Fu's style.
"Senior sister, I'll go back and change the story now. After the story is changed, will I show it to you? Xu Fu said.
"I've been very busy lately, and what you're doing is different from all the micro-films I've participated in in terms of thinking. I don't want to lead you astray, so I won't read the story anymore. You better do what you want. The senior sister said: "Where I can help you, at most, I will introduce you to some resources outside the school." ”
As she spoke, the senior sister took out her mobile phone, gave Xu Fu several numbers, and then said: "These are all great photographers and gaffers, and the price is quite reasonable." When shooting, you can figure out everything else on your own, but it's best to leave the lens to an experienced person, and the effect will be much better. And they bring their own equipment, so you can save a lot of money. Write down their numbers. By the way, what's your shooting budget? ”
Xu Fu's psychological expectation was 5,000 yuan, which was very shabby. But at this time, it was not interesting to talk big, so he said bluntly: "I don't have much money, only five thousand." ”
This price was a bit unexpected by the senior sister. She also thought that Xu Fu was a rich second generation and wanted to make a micro-movie ticket. Since the budget is only this, it shouldn't be, probably this boy really wants to try.
She thought about it for a while and said, "In my experience, if you hire professionals to participate in the shooting, the funds can last up to five days." ”
Xu Fu humbly asked: "Can you shoot in five days?" ”
"No one can say how long it will take. It's all up to you to prepare. If you can write the script thoroughly, draw the storyboard script vividly, the actors rehearse it foolproofly, every detail is considered, and you don't have to consider the weather, then let alone five days, it is possible to shoot it in one day, let alone five days. Senior Sister said.
Xu Fu's eyes lit up when he heard this. He has a concept of what the senior sister said. He has previously been involved in the creation of film scripts. He also probably knows what a "storyboard script" is, and there are storyboard scripts by big directors such as Tsui Hark and Zhang Yimou circulating on the Internet. As for the rehearsal...... He participated in a choir competition in elementary school, and a song was rehearsed dozens of times before he finally appeared on stage.
The senior sister continued: "But if you haven't thought through anything, you will repeatedly pull the skin when shooting." Everyone's morale collapsed, and they couldn't be busy for a month. ”
Saying that, the senior sister turned on the grievance mode again and told an example of failure. At that time, there was an inspiration, but the film club started filming without thinking it through. During the filming process, the director and the cinematographer had one idea, and the screenwriter and actors had another idea, and there was infighting throughout the whole process. Progress is also frighteningly delayed. In the end, the sponsorship given by the school was spent, and only half of the movie was made, but all the efforts of everyone in the early stage were yellow.
Xu Fu hurriedly took what the senior sister said to heart: prepare all the details before filming. There is no turning back from the bow, and the problem cannot be solved until after the start of shooting.
The senior sister looked at the time on her phone and said, "That's pretty much it." Call me if there is a problem. ”
"Thank you, Senpai." After Xu Fu thanked him sincerely, he hurriedly said goodbye. He's going to have to do it all over again, and he's going to have to hurry.
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No one is born to make movies. The inexperienced Xu Fu must be like this, he has no control, and he can't come up and engage in difficult group dramas. Referring to his senior sister's suggestion, he planned to make a story with a relatively simple structure that unfolded by two protagonists.
In fact, the one-man show is easier, but it is difficult to shine. Xu Fu sets up two protagonists, which can be regarded as a compromise method that takes into account the highlights and execution.
"Horror theme", "two protagonists", Xu Fu immediately thought of a successful example. He once saw a creative advertisement in Japan and was very impressed.
The main character of the ad is an office worker, and when he comes home, he opens the door and sees a female ghost vomiting blood. The infiltrating female ghost, coupled with the terrifying sound effects, is obviously terrifying, but the reaction of the office workers is completely out of common sense. Far from being frightened, he was indifferent.
The next few shots are of office workers seeing blood-vomiting female ghosts in various parts of the house. Even the protagonist can be seen lying on the bed and turning over, normal people have long been frightened crazy, but the protagonist has never been moved.
The advertisement reflects the boredom of urban people with the same life. But because the picture is extremely joyful, for a horror movie expert like Xu Fu, it is simply funny.
The mode of advertising is just right for Xu Fu. Male and female leads, indoor scenes, no special effects, full of highlights. Xu Fu planned to design a new story based on the structure of that advertisement.
Xu Fu still has his own class to attend today, but he doesn't pay much attention. After listening to it for a while, I wandered and thought a bunch of ideas piecemeal. Every time he waited until the end of class, he would seize the time to gather all kinds of scattered ideas.
By the afternoon, Xu Fu had roughly figured out the pattern. The story is relatively simple. The plot is the joyful process of an ordinary man meeting a female ghost.
When the male protagonist came home, he inadvertently attracted the female ghost. Next, the bridge of Kuso's classic Thai horror film "Ghost". In "Ghost", the most exciting picture is at the end of the movie, when the female ghost rides on the back of the male protagonist.
It's easy to spoof that scene, the male protagonist carries the female ghost into the house, and the female ghost hits her head with a "bang" when she enters the door. If the front succeeds in rendering a terrifying atmosphere, this time it will definitely be full of joy.