061 The current state of screenwriting
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After everyone talked about it for a while, Hong Jinbao got back to business, "Shaoyi, a big screenwriter like you should be very sensitive in thinking and very inspired, do you have any good ideas for the script I mentioned?" ”
Hong Jinbao may not have it if he asks others, but Chen Shaoyi has a lot of movies in his head, and all of Hong Jinbao's movies are available, and he can still have a good idea that suits him.
Chen Shaoyi deliberately smiled and asked, "Brother Sanmao, your style is kung fu comedy, so are you going to shoot kung fu comedy?" ”
Hong Jinbao shook his head and said: "Kung fu comedies now the audience only recognizes Ah Long, and mine is no longer the mainstream, so I'm going to do something different this time, of course, kung fu can't be lost, after all, this is my own signature, and I don't know what kind of love or love is filmed." This is the first work I made for my new company, so I thought that this film would be an instant hit, and at the same time, I would give you something new to make it easier for everyone to remember my new company. But you know that it's okay for me to design martial arts movements in my head, but it's difficult to come up with good script ideas, so Shaoyi, you, a big screenwriter, have to help me. ”
Chen Shaoyi was reminded by Xu Guanwen before, and he was skeptical of what Hong Jinbao said, this Hong Jinbao also likes acting; He knows that Hong Jinbao has made many movies by himself, and the scripts are all made by himself.
In fact, Hung Jinbao's doing this is also the mainstream of the Hong Kong film industry at present, because screenwriters are not very valued at present, and there are not many screenwriters who can write good scripts; Moreover, screenwriters who can write good scripts are not willing to just sell scripts, just like Chen Shaoyi thought, the remuneration for simply selling scripts is the lowest, so many screenwriters who can write good scripts will choose to change careers to become directors and shoot their own scripts.
Now almost all directors in the entertainment industry come from this, of course, there are some like Hong Jinbao, Chen Long and others, who come from chores, actors, etc. Take Xu Guanwen as an example, it was because he created the script of "Ghost Horse Double Star" that he wanted to be a director himself.
And the screenwriters who can write good scripts are all old people like Xu Guanwen who have been up and down in the entertainment industry for many years, and few can do it at a young age like Chen Shaoyi, so everyone was shocked by Chen Shaoyi's age before. And it is logical for screenwriters who have been up and down in the entertainment industry for many years to change careers to become directors.
And screenwriters who change careers to become directors don't have much time to continue writing scripts, even if they occasionally write one or two works, they are kept for themselves. Just like Xu Guanwen, who can expect to get the script from his hands? Over time, there are many screenwriters in the circle, but there are fewer and fewer good screenwriters, and screenwriters who can write good scripts are even rarer, which also causes the circle to pay less attention to screenwriters.
It's really useless for any company to pay attention to screenwriters, and when they become talents, their hearts will go in the direction of directors, and the company has cultivated a screenwriter talent in vain; There is a more worrying problem, that is, after the screenwriter turns to a director, the style of the film is very similar to the original company, which is creating a potential opponent for himself, such a thankless thing, small film and television companies are unwilling to do it, and they will not do it. What can be done is only Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, the two giants in the film industry, but they don't have a good way for screenwriters to jump ship.
Just like this time Hong Jinbao wanted to come out and start a company, even if Jiahe was unwilling, he had to agree to release people in the end, you can stop people, but you can't stop people's hearts. If Jiahe forcibly retains Hong Jinbao, it may end up being a falling out between the two sides and cheapening competitors for nothing.
What film and television companies like to do the most is to ask big writers to help write scripts at a high price, and the writing and ideas of big writers are still very good, especially adapting their own works, which is even more handy, so that the script of the film and television company has a certain stability, and it will not be too bad, and the box office has a certain guarantee. And these writers generally don't leave their own writing industry and come to compete with them. Of course, it is not that there are no writers who want to change careers to become directors, there is only Qiong Yao who is a more successful example in this regard, and the vast majority of others, including Gu Long, ended up in a dismal end, losing their underwear, which also makes many writers dare not touch the forbidden area of movies again, and honestly write scripts for others, easy and practical, and without risk.
Therefore, a big screenwriter like Chen Shaoyi, who can write high-quality scripts, is still very valued in the circle, and Chen Shaoyi does not have his own film and television company at present, and he is the best object that everyone is willing to cooperate with.
Chen Shaoyi didn't express his suspicions, and he didn't care if Hong Jinbao could write the script by himself, but directly reassured Hong Jinbao and said: "Brother Sanmao, since you don't like simple kung fu comedy, then we can add some new elements to it." ”
"Oh, Shaoyi, what do you have a good idea, let's hear it."
Hong Jinbao himself didn't think that Chen Shaoyi could have any good ideas, after all, Chen Shaoyi and himself had only just met, and he definitely hadn't thought about designing any good ideas for himself before. For Chen Shaoyi to come up with a good idea so quickly, Hong Jinbao was shocked at the same time, but also extremely looking forward to what the new element Chen Shaoyi said, and whether this new element could help him break through the shackles of kung fu comedy and take his career to the next level.
Xu Guanwen was also full of curiosity about what good ideas Chen Shaoyi could give Hong Jinbao, and felt that a big screenwriter was a big screenwriter, just by contacting a group, he was able to come up with good ideas, and he secretly praised it in his heart, and he also looked at Chen Shaoyi expectantly.
Under the expectant eyes of the two curious babies, Chen Shaoyi replied unhurriedly: "Brother Sanmao, there is still a genre of film in Hong Kong movies that I haven't had much contact with, do you know what it is?" ”
"What film? Could it be a science fiction film? I said Shaoyi, I can't afford to shoot a science fiction film, the investment cost is very high, and if the box office is not ideal, I will lose my life. This is not called a one-shot shot, but a one-shot sunk. Hong Jinbao replied exaggeratedly.
Chen Shaoyi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Sanmao, how could I suggest that you go to make a science fiction film, isn't this a trick for you?" ”
For Hong Kong science fiction films, not to mention that Hong Jinbao is not optimistic, Chen Shaoyi is even more optimistic, Hong Kong people have a very vague definition of science fiction, and feel that as long as it is related to aliens, it is a science fiction film. The Hong Kong film industry has really made science fiction films, but to be honest, it is really thunderous, how domineering Shaw Brothers' "Interstellar Blunt Tire" was when it was promoted, it was related to the American Hollywood blockbuster "Star Wars", claiming that it was no less than "Star Wars", and as a result, this "Interstellar Blunt Tire" was called the king of bad movies in Hong Kong film history by later generations, the fighter in bad movies, and the wisdom of poor Honggu I was ruined in this film; What else is "Guan Gong vs. Aliens", just listening to the name is already thunderous, five thunders, and thunder, it is not as good as "Peach Blossom Man vs. Chrysanthemum Monster".