Chapter 164: Adaptation Ideas
Feng Zikui sat aside and didn't speak, he was only in charge of the contract for Lin Fusheng on this trip, and now it was not his turn to speak, he was observing Zhao Yan, before today he didn't know who Zhao Yan was, and he didn't know the book "Full Moon Scimitar", after getting off the plane, he checked it on the Internet, and only then did he know that this person and this book.
A martial arts novel written by a 17-year-old boy, the first novel, Lin Fusheng was silent for half a year, and he wanted to pick up the director's microphone again, but he chose to adapt such a novel?
Feng Zikui didn't have time to read the content of this book, but how good can the first work written by a 17-year-old boy be? Maybe some fanciful ideas, but what about human nature? What about the plot? Can you really do a good job of character building? Can a movie hold up with just a little novelty in the story?
After seeing Zhao Yan, after this moment of observation, Feng Zikui's opinion changed slightly, at least the young man in front of him looked different from most teenagers of this age.
It seems to be more stable and brighter.
He's pretty tall! 17 years old is so tall, at least 1.8 meters, right? What did you eat to grow up? It's too immodest to grow so tall at 17 years old, right?
The last thought that flashed through Feng Zikui's mind was a bit funny, but it was understandable, he was less than 1.7 meters tall, and his height had always been an eternal pain in his heart.
"Let me help you write the script?"
This request was beyond Zhao Yan's expectations, Xiao Mengyue was also sitting next to him at this time, but she didn't interject and listened quietly to Zhao Yan and Lin Fusheng talking about things.
Lin Fusheng nodded, without a smile, his eyes were calm.
Zhao Yan glanced at Xiao Mengyue beside him, then looked at Lin Fusheng, thought for a while, showed a smile, and asked, "Have you finished reading all this book?" ”
Lin Fusheng snorted, and his calm eyes kept looking at Zhao Yan.
"I'd like to hear your thoughts as the original author. Your book doesn't have a lot of words, but if it were a movie, there would definitely be something that needed to be cut and changed, and if you were to write the script, what do you think you would focus on? What do you most want to convey about the whole movie? ”
Feng Zikui looked at Lin Fusheng in some surprise when he heard this, I want to ask you such a profound question to a 17-year-old young man, can he answer it?
Feng Zikui was still puzzled, Zhao Yan squinted, already thinking.
If he writes the script of "Full Moon Scimitar", how will it be deleted? What is expressed?
Like "Rebirth: Dacheng Sword" from beginning to end with cool as the core? No way! Ding Peng's encounter in the early stage of "Full Moon Scimitar" was too bitter/forced. is deceived by the first love and knocked off the cliff after failing in the competition, this is not cool in front, unless it starts with Ding Peng being beaten into the cliff at the beginning, but if you change it like this, the story will lose its tension......
According to the original? It seems to be a little bit worse, Liu Ruosong abused Ding Peng so badly in the front, Ding Peng took revenge in the middle of the movie, what is the rest of the plot in the back? After taking revenge, continue to upgrade and fight monsters, and then make a feud with the Qi Practitioner. Repeat defeat and revenge one more time?
It's okay to write novels like this, it's okay to shoot TV series like this, and the storylines of novels and TV series can be divided into several parts, like a volume and a season. But the movie is so engaged, and the momentum is inferior! It's not those realistic literary films.
When Zhao Yan was thinking, Lin Fusheng, Feng Zikui, and Xiao Mengyue did not interrupt him at the scene, and the three of them saw Zhao Yan squinting. can see the thoughtful look in his eyes, Lin Fusheng is patient, Feng Zikui and Xiao Mengyue will naturally not be impatient.
Only filmed the first half of the plot of "Full Moon Scimitar". The movie ends here after Ding Peng defeated Liu Ruosong and successfully took revenge? Or just the second half?
Zhao Yan thought for a while, and then vetoed this idea, "Full Moon Scimitar" is only about 200,000 words in total, it is not a huge work, it is impossible to make two movies, such an adaptation idea will definitely not be recognized by Lin Fusheng, and Zhao Yan also hopes that Lin Fusheng's movie can present all the content of the book as much as possible.
Zhao Yan suddenly felt a little regretful, if he had known that this book would have a chance to be made into a movie so soon, when he sleepwalked as Lu Yang in the dream two times before, he would have watched the "Full Moon Scimitar" movie adapted from the world in the dream on Lu Yang's computer, in that case, there is a reference now.
It's too late to regret it now, keep thinking!
A line is missing! There is a lack of a main thread that connects all the characters and plots in the book! Liu Ruosong, Xie Xiaofeng, Ziyi Hou, and Qi practitioners.
Zhao Yan recalled the plot of "Full Moon Scimitar" published by himself, he didn't see the full version of "Full Moon Scimitar" in his dream, and he continued to write this "Full Moon Scimitar" published by him, and now the characters who appear in this version of "Full Moon Scimitar" are not only Liu Ruosong, but also the sword god Xie Xiaofeng, the purple marquis who cultivates Zixia Gong and is ready to find the sword god for revenge, and the later qi practitioner.
Just look at the text version of the novel, the storyline of this book is twisty and bizarre, and there are many wonderful things, but if the movie is also filmed according to this plot, the whole story seems to be relatively scattered, lacking a main thread that runs through all the plots!
Main line, main line......
Zhao Yan thought about it, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and the clue of Ding Peng's revenge was defeated by defeating Liu Ruosong, and the revenge was over, which means that here, the main line of revenge is gone!
But what if this main line is replaced?
Xie Xiaofeng, the sword god who cultivated "Sword Spectrum to Warse Off Evil Spirits", Ziyihou who practiced Zixia Gong, and Qi practitioners who could perform swordsmanship, Zhao Yan was reluctant to delete these plots, so he had to change the plot and main line in front of this book!
As long as you choose a main line that can run through all the plots, and then modify the previous plot, the coherence and completeness of the whole story will be complete!
Since the main line of Ding Peng's revenge was broken after Liu Ruosong's death, what if Ding Peng's killing of Liu Ruosong was not revenge at all, but his obsession with challenging the major masters of martial arts at the beginning and wanting to make a name for himself?
At the beginning of the book "Full Moon Scimitar", the reason why Ding Peng wanted to challenge Liu Ruosong, the owner of Wansong Villa, was to make a name for himself and fulfill his father's last wish before his death.
Zhao Yan remembered that at the beginning of the book, Ding Peng had defeated three extremely famous swordsmen on the rivers and lakes before challenging Liu Ruosong, and Liu Ruosong was only the fourth famous swordsman in his debut challenge.
Before the 20-year-old Ding Peng debuted, he practiced swords for 13 years, practicing for seven hours a day, which means that in the thirteen years he practiced swords, he practiced swords for 14 hours every day, practicing until the palms and soles of his feet were worn through. The deepest obsession in my heart is to get ahead.
If the result of the previous duel with Liu Ruosong is changed to Ding Pengsheng and Liu Ruosong die, then Ding Peng will continue to challenge Ziyi Hou and Sword God Xie Xiaofeng, as well as Donglai Qi Practitioner, wouldn't it seem logical?
It's not close!
When Ding Peng debuted, he used a sword, which was a swordsmanship of the Meteor Outside the Sky, so he couldn't change the name of the movie to the Meteor outside the Sky, right?
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Zhao Yan was still thinking about it, but Lin Fusheng and the others noticed that Zhao Yan's expression was getting more and more excited, as if they had thought of some good adaptation ideas, Feng Zikui and Xiao Mengyue hadn't done much. Lin Fusheng, who had always had expectations for Zhao Yan, subconsciously sat up straight, looking faintly excited.
He liked the novel "Full Moon Scimitar" very much, he originally wanted to adapt the script by himself, but after thinking about it for two days, he couldn't find any ideas, and he didn't know how to adapt this novel, he encountered the same dilemma as Zhao Yan just now, according to the original book, the storyline seemed scattered. is more like a TV series than a movie, not according to the original book, but he can't think of a good idea to include most of the original plot, and he is reluctant to delete the sword god, purple clothed marquis, and qi practitioner who appeared in the middle and late stages of the book, just like Zhao Yan.
He loved the book "Full Moon Scimitar". I like the book as a whole, otherwise the adaptation will lose its meaning, not to mention, if the plot changes too much. There are too many characters deleted, and fans who have read the original book will definitely spray the movie and him Lin Fusheng like dogs after the movie is released.
"There it is!"
Zhao Yan suddenly opened his half-squinted eyes. smiled again and said to Lin Fusheng.
"Oh? Tell us about your thoughts! ”
Lin Fusheng subconsciously leaned forward, his eyes much brighter than before.
Zhao Yan smiled and glanced at Xiao Mengyue beside him, Xiao Mengyue replied with an encouraging smile, and quietly held the back of Zhao Yan's left hand on the table with one hand to give him strength.
"My train of thought is that at the beginning of the story, Ding Peng still challenged Liu Ruosong, the owner of Wansong Villa, but, unlike the original book, Ding Peng's challenge this time was smooth and successful! Liu Ruosong was defeated cleanly under Ding Peng's extraterrestrial meteor, and even, the beginning of the movie can start from Ding Peng's challenge to the three swordsmen he defeated in front of him, one challenge after another, victory after victory! First is Shi Ding, the master of Qingping Sword, then Ge Qi, the eldest disciple of the Huashan faction 'Chasing the Wind Sword', followed by the head of the Iron Sword Gate 'Songyang Swordsman' Guo Zhengping, and then the fourth Wansong Villa owner Liu Ruosong, the sword god Xie Xiaofeng, after Xie Xiaofeng, Ziyi Hou took the initiative to find Ding Peng, Zixia Gong debuted, but still defeated in Ding Peng's hands, if you want to make Ding Peng's image brighter, you can let him collect his sword after defeating those people in front, and not kill people, Ding Peng only needs to be famous! At the same time, as he defeated one famous swordsman and even the sword god one after another, Ding Peng's meteor was also famous.
Then, he went to challenge the last top master with the name of Sword Immortal, well, the Qi Practitioner changed to Sword Immortal! However, this sword immortal was not sure that he could defeat Ding Peng, so he used a beauty trick before Ding Peng met him, deceived Ding Peng's Extraterrestrial Meteor Sword Spectrum, and finally not only defeated Ding Peng, but also slandered Ding Peng's trick Extraterrestrial Meteor was to steal his sword immortal's swordsmanship, Ding Peng not only failed in martial arts, but also faced a ruined reputation, and the sword immortal wanted to abolish his martial arts......"
The faster Zhao Yan spoke, the more excited he became, and Lin Fusheng became more and more excited when he heard this, and suddenly interrupted Zhao Yan's words and asked: "Do you mean to move the plot of Ding Peng's challenge to Liu Ruosong, and Liu Ruosong's beauty trick to the last plot?" Then Ding Peng was knocked off the cliff, met the fox clan, met Qingqing, and learned the full moon scimitar? and then a decisive battle with the Sword Immortal, thus setting off the high/tide of the whole story? ”
"No, no, no! Not exactly! I have one more thought! ”
Zhao Yan shook his hand, his eyes lit up, and when he talked about Xingtou, he had forgotten that Lin Fusheng was the buyer of the film adaptation rights of his novel, and at this moment he only wanted to say everything he had just thought. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you Xiaomeng Weiyi and HWQ for rewarding 100 points, and thank you to the old book friend for rewarding 11888 points and becoming the helmsman of this book!