Zhang Qiuxi has also seen some emotionally themed stories, and she is not resistant to these, on the contrary, she is also very willing to watch romantic and beautiful love scenes, which will also become one of the factors that attract her to watch. In "Love Apartment", although her favorite character is Lu Ziqiao, she also likes Lu Zhanbo and Lin Wanyu very much.

There is also a thunderous Taiwanese drama "The Ultimate Three Kingdoms", and because I think the feeling between Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang is very good, I have also watched a lot. It's not that she hates emotional dramas, but she hates all kinds of bloody entanglements and tragedies, isn't it simple and beautiful, why do you have to be entangled in pain?

Zhang Qiuxi has never been in love in his life, let alone studied any love, Zheng Yuan's thoughts really can't be understood, so he can only spread his hands again and say: "Director Zheng, what I understand about this kind of thing is what others say, I don't have any feelings, I can't understand it at all." ”

Seeing that Han Xue and Li Yue were also at a loss, Zheng Yuan said: "Probably only after experiencing it can you understand, it's normal for you not to understand." In fact, what I want to express is such an idea, even if you are deeply in love, even if there are no irreconcilable contradictions, you may not be able to stay together for a lifetime. ”

"In other words, tell a story of fate coming to an end?" Zheng Yuan said this, Li Yue probably understood a little, although he couldn't understand it, but he could still understand the literal meaning.

"Although I don't quite understand it, many people should empathize with many people in many details of this kind of thing, and if we don't understand it, it doesn't mean that others don't understand. I don't think there's a problem with such a theme. It depends on how the story is told. "Han Xue has a happy love life, but it doesn't mean that everyone is happy, if you change to someone with a similar experience. I will definitely be able to communicate better with Zheng Yuan.

"Romance movies are all comedies, and such a tone is destined to be a tragedy, so I think it's better to be cautious. Of course, if it's not for the box office, you don't have to care. Zhang Qiuxi kindly reminded him, and then felt that just to help Zheng Yuan express his thoughts, there was no need to scruple about anything.

Zheng Yuan smiled bitterly and took the thick manuscript paper on the table. "Although the purpose is clear, I can't tell what kind of story to use to encapsulate this idea. I wrote a lot and I was not satisfied with it. ”

Zhang Qiuxi took Zheng Yuan's script, and Li Yue also came over to look at it and said: "Since it is because of the insights brought by my own experience, it is better to simply use my own story as a blueprint." This may be the best fit for purpose. ”

Zheng Yuan said: "I thought so at the beginning, but since I want to make a movie, I should pay attention to the movie, and if I shoot it according to my own experience, the story will be too bland." Life is to find truth in the ordinary, but the movie needs to have an impact, and it is too light to convey my thoughts. ”

"Art comes from life and is higher than life?" Han Xue suddenly thought of such a sentence, art needs exaggerated ingredients, and it really can't be too bland. Otherwise, the audience will not be able to accept it at all, let alone feel anything.

Zhang Qiuxi didn't speak, and kept reading Zheng Yuan's script. There are already dozens of outlines in total, some of which have been written in great detail, and some of which are just an idea. There are many versions of the story, and it can be seen that the first ones are indeed based on her own experience.

In the middle and back, although he jumped out of this circle, he could still find some shadows. It can also be said that the theme that Zheng Yuan wants to express has not changed. It's just that the story is really unsatisfactory, either too bland or too bloody.

Most romance film and television works can be scolded with dog blood. In fact, it is the dramatic tension, and it is better to be scolded by the audience like this than to be as plain as clear water, and the audience is too lazy to watch it. And the vast majority of people's feelings, whether good or bad, are relatively bland, not as thrilling and bizarre as in film and television works.

And movies need these elements, so many viewers will feel that romance films are fake, and the need for art to be exaggerated has become nonsense in the eyes of many people. Zhang Qiu didn't speak for a long time, Han Xue and Zheng Yuan chatted in a low voice, and still couldn't help asking, "Ah Qiu, do you see anything?" ”

"The biggest problem is probably the timeline." Zhang Qiuxi raised his head and said a sentence and then turned back, Zheng Yuan put a lot of effort into this, even a cursory browsing is not something that can be read in a short time.

"I think so." Li Yue nodded and said: "Director Zheng's stories, the time span is several years, some are brought through the camera, and some even say that after a few years, no matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be a movie." ”

"I found out after I finished writing this, and it feels like a walk through the camera, and it can't make a deep impression on the audience, and it's too abrupt after a few years." As a director, Zheng Yuan still knows very well where the problems with her script are.

"Isn't there one that can be used?" Han Xue said and also came to Zhang Qiuxi's side to watch together.

Li Yue said: "I think one of them is still good, a couple met and fell in love, had a lot of good experiences and memories, and finally separated." It just feels too contrived, as if it's for the sake of separation, and you can express the theme. ”

Compared to others, this is indeed good, but there are still too many places to complain about alone. Zhang Qiuxi roughly read all the scripts and said: "Generally speaking, it seems to be two tones, one part is the same as the story told by Xiao Yue, the final breakup or divorce, and the beginning of a new relationship after separation, which is considered a comedy." ”

Zheng Yuan said: "This is also for the sake of the movie itself and the box office, and I also think that my idea is too pessimistic." Although I have been like this for so many years, I still think that if I make a movie, I should give the audience hope, and one fate is over, because there will be another one. ”

"Either way, the timeline is really a problem." Han Xue took a look at it, understood this problem more intuitively, and said: "If you want to use a span of several years to talk about a relationship, the duration of the movie is obviously only, and if you can, it is better to make it into a TV series." ”

Zheng Yuan shook her head when she heard this, sighed and said: "Actually, I have thought about it, but the shortest TV series has to be twenty episodes, and the whole TV series only tells about one relationship, and there is no other story, so it will be even more bland." ”

There are many romance TV series, but none of them only talk about love, and there are generally stories about work, career, and family. Although these factors are also to embellish the theme of love, Zheng Yuan doesn't want work or family conflicts, but simply wants to talk about fate.

Adding these elements to make a TV series is no longer the story Zheng Yuan wants to tell, and if these elements are not added, the audience will definitely go crazy after watching it. Han Xue didn't have a problem with this, looked at Zhang Qiuxi and said, "I don't know much about these myself, so I can only look at you now." ”

Zhang Qiuxi smiled bitterly and said: "Director Zheng, I think the timeline must be dealt with, maybe the time span can be shortened, it may not take a few years to end a relationship, right?" ”

"Actually, I think that the stronger the love at the beginning, the more impactful the separation will be at the end, and the more profound the theme I want to express." Needless to say, this must be Zheng Yuan's personal experience again, which relationship has not yet had a sweet period.

"Director Zheng, I feel that you should still jump out, but it seems that you are still thinking about your emotional experience, in that case, the timeline should not move, let's change the narrative method." In this way, Zheng Yuan's thoughts can be better expressed, and Zhang Qiuxi feels that it is better to follow her heart.

Zhang Qiuxi was blunt, but Zheng Yuan didn't hide anything, and said: "Although I understand that fate is over, I still can't help but linger, and I really haven't completely figured it out." But in fact, it doesn't matter anymore, people are helpless when they are here, and now that others are gone, what else can they do. ”

If it was because of her husband's death, Zheng Yuan was afraid that she wouldn't think about it so much, so Han Xue said: "Hey, these don't matter anymore, what matters is what narrative method to change." ”

Zhang Qiuxi said: "It's very simple, flashback." The heroine enjoys the current married life, but one day the male protagonist filed for divorce, she loves her husband deeply, but she can feel that it is irretrievable, so she agrees. ”

Han Xue and Li Yue couldn't help but look at Zheng Yuan, this is completely her portrayal. Zhang Qiuxi continued: "The heroine agreed to the divorce, but she couldn't accept this qiē, she became a little autistic and immersed in memories, trying to piece together the beautiful moments of the two people at the beginning, and used this way to show the bits and pieces of the past few years. ”

This kind of story spans too long, and it is indeed a big problem if it is narrated, and it can be extracted from it if it is flashback, let alone a few years, it is no problem for decades. Li Yue couldn't help but say: "I feel that this has become a story about broken love." ”

"Breaking up because fate is over is also a kind of broken love, so it's not wrong to say that."

"Divorce doesn't seem to have to be said to be out of love?" In Han Xue's impression, a couple breaking up or being abandoned by one party is considered a broken love, and the divorce of a husband and wife does not seem to say so.

"It's not important, but if it's a divorce, it feels like it's about married life. Anyway, I don't have to use my own story as a prototype, love can also convey my thoughts, so let's just tell a story of broken love, and set the hero and heroine as a couple rather than a couple. Zheng Yuan thought about it and decided, whether it was a divorce or a breakup.

"If you think it's OK, it depends on how you tell the story." Zhang Qiuxi provided advice, mainly depending on Zheng Yuan herself. (To be continued)