Chapter 438 Godfather-level screenwriter

On the way home, it was late, and the distant and untouchable skyline, the sunset was like blood, and a few pieces of sunset were like broken and cracked rouge, which made people's hearts smudge heavily.

Zhou Shaoming drove the car, he didn't talk much all the way, his mind was full of the pathetic figure, not understood by the world, even if he tried his best, he couldn't change all the pain.

But Rick, desperately, used his humble power again and again to tell the world that it is not just a human being.

"Those Japanese people are really annoying, I used to think that they were all educated and high-quality people, but I didn't expect them to be so low." Christina hugged Maria, who was tired of playing and had fallen asleep, and still said indignantly.

"They have always been like that, living in this world wearing a mask of hypocrisy, whenever well-meaning people give them help and make them strong, they will tear off those false feelings, nod their heads and bow down when they see people, revealing the true face of the wolf's ambition." Zhou Shaoming gritted his teeth.

Like all Chinese, Zhou Shaoming is very uninterested in the Japanese, not to mention the disgusting guys he met today.

"I originally thought that you had no intention of arranging a few despicable Japanese in Resident Evil, but now it seems that you did the right thing!" Christina's eyes fluttered, and she smiled coquettishly.

"It seems that I have not done enough, I want to reveal the true face of the Japanese to the world!" Zhou Shaoming suddenly became more impulsive.

Perhaps, other Chinese cannot let the world understand the horror and hypocrisy of Japan, but they themselves have the most impressive weapon in the world!

Movie!

Never pretending to be big in words, Zhou Shaoming prefers to give the enemy the most fatal blow in action!

After returning to Christina's farm and putting her to sleep, Zhou Shaoming put on his pajamas and sat under the moonlight. Look at the charming idyllic scenery and summon the director system.

"Wow, that's a nice view, host." Little Lori's voice appeared.

"Well, that's good, but I didn't call you out to let you see the night view." Zhou Shaoming lit a cigar and walked slowly on the farm in the moonlight, trying to make his mind sharper and more perfect.

"Haha, do you want to make a movie again? Go ahead. Which one do you want to make? ”

"I remember that in the original time and space, there was a movie called Dolphin Bay, and I only vaguely remember that it was about the slaughter of dolphins by fishermen in Taiji Town, Japan, so you can tune out that movie and show it to me." Zhou Shaoming settled down, sat on the lush grass, leaned against a tall oak tree, and said lightly.

"Okay, Host."

Not much. The entire information and images of "Dolphin Bay" began to appear in my mind.

In Wakayama Prefecture, the southernmost part of Japan's main island of Honshu, there is a small village called Taiji Town, facing the Pacific Ocean. The cliffs are high on three sides. The town of 5.96 square kilometers is home to about 3,600 inhabitants, about one-third of whom are engaged in fishing. On the surface, the town boasts a love affair with cetaceans (dolphins are among the cetaceans): a model of a smiling whale is set up in the center of the town. The ferry boat is painted in the shape of a dolphin, the stone slabs on the ground are printed with anthropomorphic dolphin figures, and there is a temple dedicated to the whale spirit in the town...... It's packed like a theme park. Yet behind. But there is a hidden murderous intention.

In the early 17th century, during the Edo period, the fishermen of Taiji invented the spear whaling method, and the "whale town" Taiji became the birthplace of traditional Japanese whaling. In modern times, whaling is an important source of income for local residents. In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued a ban on commercial whaling, but a year later, "limited whaling" "for research purposes" still existed, and the number of dolphins and calves killed in Japan increased threefold. Every year, an average of 23,000 dolphins are "legally" rounded up by Japan. In the small town of Taiji alone, more than 1,500 dolphins are handled.

Currently, there are about 80 aquariums in Japan, and nearly half of them are home to cetaceans. Dolphins that are captured usually die within two years. And the unsuccessful dolphins have become a meal on the plate of the public. 5,000 tons of dolphin meat appeared on the Japanese market, but most ordinary citizens would not have thought that they had eaten dolphin meat because the packaging said that whale meat.

The footage was a complete shock to the camera crew. After the slaughter began, the blue-green water instantly turned a shocking red, watching the children and parents being slaughtered, these dolphins, who are second only to humans in the world, screamed and struggled, and then their lives disappeared, from there to nothing, only the fishermen smoking cigarettes, laughing and talking in the bloody water, and the corpses of the dolphins floated up and down in the water, piling up and down the boats.

"Dolphin Bay" is a documentary that is not intended for commercial purposes, but it has a strong emotional color and a tragic feeling that is speechless.

Perhaps feeling the throbbing in Zhou Shaoming's heart, the director system also gave a message:

In later worlds, scientists generally believed that dolphins were the second most intelligent animals in the world after humans, and it was necessary to consider treating them as if they were their own kind. It's cruel to treat them as playground playthings,

Zoologist Lori Brown of Emory University in Atlanta. "Neuroanatomical studies have shown that humans and dolphins are 'telepathic' and that there is some incomprehensible connection between the two species," Marino said. ”

Chimpanzees with three-year-old IQs have long been thought to be smarter than dolphins, but recent research suggests that dolphins, especially bottlenose dolphins, are actually the most intelligent species outside of humans. They have their own personalities, a strong sense of self, and even plan for the future.

Therefore, most of the dolphins in the aquarium died within two years because they could not accept such a fate, but they could not get rid of it, so they chose to commit suicide.

In addition, dolphins are animals with their own "culture", and a certain "fashionable" behavior of a dolphin will be imitated by other people of its kind.

A study has shown that bottlenose dolphins are able to identify themselves from a mirror and can even use the mirror to examine various parts of their body.

Some dolphins can also learn a simple signature language.

Scientists are taking steps to rediscover dolphins, arguing that they should be treated as "quasi-humans" rather than animals.

But the Japanese are slaughtering them!

Rick's pathetic eyes. The hateful face of the Japanese, as well as the dolphin that screamed in the blood and water, and could not escape from the clutches of death, made Zhou Shaoming can't help but clench his fists fiercely.

The documentary must have no box office to speak of, but in order to let those poor dolphins suffer less harm as soon as possible, and in order to let more people in the world know earlier that the sinister soul of the Japanese under the false mask, Zhou Shaoming felt that something had to be done!

Destiny. Let yourself see this movie.

"I want to make this film, even if I can't make a penny, even if I lose all my investment, I have to do it, I have no choice!" Zhou Shaoming said softly, the heart that had always been hanging suddenly landed steadily, which made him more determined by the feeling of unloading a burden.

My choice, yes!

"Okay. Host, please select the difficulty. ”

"Difficulty?" Zhou Shaoming smiled, I'm not even afraid of losing money, what difficulty are I afraid of?

"Let's get started!"

The light and shadow flickered in front of him. A grid is like a flame rising into the sky.

"Selected Difficulty: Change!"

Zhou Shaoming was a little surprised, change? What is that?

The hosts wanted to change "Dolphin Bay" from a documentary to a different type of film, asking that the film would change the perception of dolphins and Japan by more than 5% of Americans. Released this year! ”

Turning a documentary into a different genre?

It seems like it's a bit difficult!

Zhou Shaoming hurriedly wanted to ask more, but the director system had no sound.

It seems that everything will have to be handled by itself!

The moonlight shines through the thick oak foliage. Messy and colorful cast on the ground, in the air with wildflowers and grass, small fluttering fireflies floated faintly, in the silence, Zhou Shaoming felt the restlessness in his heart.

In addition to creativity, it can be said that the whole film needs to think, understand, and construct the language of the shot.

Well, change, I'm coming!

Back in the room, Zhou Shaoming was still thinking hard, thinking about what type of movie "Dolphin Bay" would become.

Horror, sci-fi, cops, war, suspense, magic, disaster, drama, and romance.

These are the most common genres, and you can choose from them when you change from documentaries to other genres.

Horror movies are impossible, what I want to shoot is a touching story, change the world's perception of dolphins, how can horror be used to influence people?

Besides, dolphins are cute animals, they can't be scary, and great white sharks are almost the same.

Science fiction is also unrealistic, what needs to be revealed is the present, not the future.

Police and bandits, wars, suspense, magic, and disasters, even more so that they can't even stand the edge, all of them are excluded!

Zhou Shaoming crossed out all those words, and now only two movie genres are left, that is, drama and romance.

Many people may think that romance is one of the drama films, and the relationship between the two is indeed more subtle, and many times, the label of the same movie is drama/romance, and both.

Feature film refers to a movie with the theme of a story, compared with other types of films such as action or romance films, which drive the progress of the story with action or love, a feature film mainly uses the plot changes of the story or the development of the character's personality to drive the progress of the whole set of films.

Romance films, on the other hand, are genre films that focus on the expression of love, and take the heroes and heroines overcoming misunderstandings, twists and turns and ups and downs in the process of love as the narrative clues, and finally achieve an ideal happy ending or a tragic discrete ending.

From the perspective of the goals and results that "Dolphin Bay" wants to achieve, Zhou Shaoming can only choose one of them, or a combination of the two to express his thoughts and change everyone's cognition.

Integrating the understanding and difference between the two types of films, Zhou Shaoming quickly came up with two sets of plans.

One is to show the truth about the massacre from the perspective of the Animal Protection Society, or ordinary people.

The advantage of this plan is that it is closer to a documentary and easier to operate, but the disadvantage is that the possibility of doing well at the box office will be very small.

Although he is not afraid of losing his investment even if he makes up his mind, Zhou Shaoming doesn't like that ending, it is certainly better to have a bumper box office and achieve his goals.

The other is through the eternal theme of the destruction of the world, those touching love stories, telling and instilling their own ideas from the side.

The advantage of this scheme is that as long as the screenwriter does it well, the lens language is beautiful and bleak. There will always be a large number of young men and women who come to watch the movie, and there is no need to worry about the box office results, it will definitely not be weak.

You must know that romance films have always been the medicine for the box office explosion, from 1997, the North American box office broke 600 million, Titanic; In 1990, the sixth sense of life and death love (human and ghost love is not over) with a box office of 210 million, and even the 2005 year of gay love, which told the story of gay love, and the box office score of 83 million US dollars, are all movies that make people talk about and go down in history forever.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. Zhou Shaoming himself is not very old, and his love with Christina is also a smooth road, he does not have a deep understanding of love, and he is not confident that he can write a good script.

Moreover, focusing on love will dilute the ultimate goal of "Dolphin Bay", so that when people remember the tears or smiling faces of their lovers, they forget the pain of dolphins, which is unacceptable to Zhou Shaoming.

For a while, my heart was numb. I don't know what to do, and I feel very uncomfortable.

Forget it, after returning to Los Angeles, go directly to a few well-known screenwriters. Let them help me with this idea, I still need to learn and improve!

This time, I can't copy any classic romance movies!

Having made up his mind, Zhou Shaoming put his mind at ease. Holding Christina's charming and sweet body, she fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Zhou Shaoming said goodbye to Christina's parents. With a lot of laughter and joy, Christina returned to Los Angeles and couldn't wait to get to work.

After settling Christina, Zhou Shaoming rushed out in a Ferrari, and at this time there was only one choice, that is, to return to his own movie dream factory, Supernova Pictures!

All the way, Zhou Shaoming walked quickly.

"Smith Chow! I'm so happy to see you, how about it, this time I went to meet Christina's parents, it went well! Jon smiled and greeted him with a hug, then trotted to get the carefully prepared red wine.

"It's not bad, her parents are very nice to me, and I can talk to them quite well." Zhou Shaoming unceremoniously collapsed on the comfortable sofa in Jon's office, cocked Erlang's legs, took the red wine he had poured, and took a slight sip.

"Haha, can it be bad? You're now a well-known person in the United States, a super cinematic director. To know how many parents want their daughters to marry you and how many girls want to go to bed with you! Jon laughed, and then said mysteriously, "My secretary, Vivien, fantasizes about getting a different look from you!" Haha, Smith Chow, you know, that's my secretary! ”

After all, Zhou Shaoming was young and thin-skinned, and his face was slightly red when he was said by the veteran on the Fengyue field: "Hey, I said man, don't talk about this topic, okay?" Christina will screw my ears off when she finds out! I'm here to find you something. ”

"Something? Do you want to make any movies again? Jon was overjoyed.

Time and time again, Zhou Shaoming has never disappointed himself, has not disappointed the fans who support him all over the world, Jon has admired Zhou Shaoming to the point of blind confidence, he knows deeply that as long as Zhou Shaoming says that he wants to make a movie, it will definitely be a box office hit and a sensation in the United States!

"I have an idea, but it's very immature, I want to ask you to put me in touch with a few well-known Hollywood screenwriters, preferably screenwriters who are good at feature films or romance films, and I have to make sure that this film can reach or even surpass my previous films." Zhou Shaoming's eyes were full of determined light.

"Okay, no problem, let me think about it first, dramas and romances? HOHO~~ Is Smith Zhou nourished by love, and wants to break through himself and try new genres? Jon sat back in the chair and quipped.

"I enjoy the nourishment of love every day, and now I just want to try something new!" Zhou Shaoming didn't dare to continue the topic of love with his labor, and hurriedly corrected it.

"OK, I'd like to think about which screenwriters are more suitable for your requirements." Jon stopped talking, he turned on the computer and began to look for a screenwriter who had a good relationship with him and was suitable for Zhou Shaoming's requirements.

"I want the top! Don't introduce anyone to me, time is precious, man! Zhou Shaoming took a sip of red wine, his face was also slightly red, and reminded Jon.

"You know, your opinion is God's will! In this way, I will take you to meet someone, you can tell him the story of the movie you want to express, and let him help you choose a suitable screenwriter! Jon thought for a moment, then stood up.

"Who?" Zhou Shaoming put down the bottle of red wine with some reluctance.

"Robert. McGee, the godfather of screenwriting adored by the entire Hollywood screenwriting community. In 1981, McGee was invited by the University of Southern California to teach "Stories" and produce a TV show in Hollywood. Mr. McGee's "Stories" program has become the world's largest storytelling and writing organization, serving more than 40,000 participants, including screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, television workers, industry executives, actors, producers, and directors. Jon put away the red wine and threw Zhou Shaoming a playful smile.

"Hey, that sounds good, godfather screenwriter!" Zhou Shaoming was a little excited.

Of course, of course, only the top screenwriters can be worthy of their own movies.

"You have to know that the students who graduated from the "Story" class have won 35 Academy Awards, 165 Oscar nominations, 170 Emmys, 500 Emmy nominations, 30 Writers Guild of America Awards, 180 Writers Guild of America nominations, 25 Directors Guild Awards, and 50 Directors Guild nominations! His students wrote "Air Force One," "Back to the Future," "Evaporation Order," "Sleepless in Seattle," "A Beautiful Mind," and "Forrest Gump"! Just impress him, and I'm sure McGee will choose the best candidate for you. (To be continued......)