"Brother Hu, you are ......"

On the second day after returning to Xuanyu, Zhang Yang came to the screenwriting department to check the progress of script writing.

What catches my eye is Hu Kaitian sitting at a round table with a group of almost equally dressed screenwriting employees, each holding a script in their hands, and arguing fiercely.

Looking at Hu Kaitian, who was sitting around the round table, with a scruffy beard, a shiny face, and knotted hair, but he was very energetic, Zhang Yang was a little confused.

This image has not taken care of personal hygiene for many days!

How many people's jaws will be shocked when it spreads!

"Huh? Dude, are you back? ”

Hu Kaitian, who was arguing with others, suddenly woke up and was surprised when he looked at Zhang Yang.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yang, he pounced on the ground, completely ignoring the screenwriters next to him who were still discussing with him fiercely, and said happily: "The script is written, you hurry up and take a look, if it's okay, I'm going to set up a group and start shooting immediately." ”

Hu Kaitian, who was closer, had a strange smell on his body, and his nose couldn't help wrinkling.

"Brother, how long has it been since you cleaned it, it smells."

Haihua is not one of the northern cities, nor is it as distinct as the four seasons of the central cities.

It's like spring all year round and the temperature is high, so even now in November, people living in the city need to bathe and clean every day.

Otherwise, every two days, my body will be full of sweat and dirty smell.

Hearing him say this, Hu Kaitian seemed to have discovered his abnormality at this time.

He raised his arm and sniffed his armpit, a strange smell lingered on the tip of his nose, extremely sour, extremely high.

Hu Kaitian sneered: "I'm used to staying in the north, and during this time, I was obsessed with changing the script to make it what it is now." ”

Then, he waved his hand and said: "However, this is all a trivial matter, you read the script first, let me tell you, Screenwriter Li is simply a god." ”

"The script that was changed by his hand has nothing to say at all, and even in my eyes, I can't find anything wrong."

"It's fast, it's changed well, it's true to the original, and the feeling of being able to write the original is amazing! During this time, I also felt that I had learned a lot by discussing the script with him. ”

Hu Kaitian constantly praised Li Xiaoqiang's level.

Zhang Yang knew that Li Xiaoqiang was very talented in the screenwriting industry, but he didn't know that even a famous director like Hu Kaitian thought he was powerful.

Li Xiaoqiang, who just graduated last year, wrote the script of "Dragon and Snake 1" by himself according to the requirements.

The lines, characters, and plots all have a clear context, and he has also modified some inconsistencies in the original book.

At that time, Zhang Yang knew that Li Xiaoqiang did have the ability.

Otherwise, he would not have been really promoted to the position of head of the screenwriting department in the future.

In the past two years, under the leadership of Li Xiaoqiang, the screenwriting department has written better and better scripts, and Zhang Yang originally considered whether to use the system to improve his screenwriting ability.

But at this rate, it's completely redundant.

Li Xiaoqiang's speed of progress is simply a genius among geniuses, and in just three plays, he is not inferior to the so-called well-known veteran screenwriters in the industry.

"Of course, Xiaoqiang's level is still there, by the way, what about others, why didn't they see him?"

Looking around the office area of the entire screenwriting department, I didn't see Li Xiaoqiang.

In the past, as long as I came to the screenwriting department, I would inevitably see Li Xiaoqiang sitting there meditating on the computer screen, or discussing the plot with the employees of the screenwriting department, but I didn't see anyone else when I came back this time.

"Screenwriter Li went home to rest." Hu Kaitian said: "He works too hard, he didn't get off work until 2 o'clock in the morning yesterday, and I came to see him sleeping in the office this morning, I saw him sleeping in the office, I saw him really sleepy, and the dark circles under his eyes were heavy, so I persuaded him to go home and rest, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand it." ”

Remembering the last time he saw Li Xiaoqiang, he also looked badly rested and mentally exhausted, Zhang Yang couldn't help but nodded.

"It's really ruthless! I have advised him a long time ago, but I have never listened, and I never imagined that he would listen to you. ”

"Why listen to me!" Hu Kaitian smiled bitterly: "He was busy with all his work, so he listened to my advice, and no one listened to him until he was busy." ”

He handed the script he was holding to Zhang Yang and said, "Look at it, this is the script of the first season of "Covering the Sky" that I found on his desk in the morning, and there are two more, one for "Yang God" and one for "Romance of the Dragon and Snake: Martial Arts Conference".

What I discussed with you before was the script for the first season of "Covering the Sky".

Before going home, he gave me the script for "Covering the Sky", and the other two were put away in the safe in his office. ”

"I also admired him after reading the script of the first season of "Covering the Sky", not only his work attitude, but also in this script, he perfectly blended some of the things we discussed before, the original plot, and the characters' actions and demeanor, which is what really shocked me!"

Zhang Yang took the script and flipped through it, and sure enough, he found that it had been completely written.

Starting from the opening class reunion of Mount Tai, it was written that Ye Fan joined the Taixuan faction and became a disciple of Li Ruoyu, the guardian of Humble Peak.

However, he only flipped through it and didn't look at it carefully

He picked up the script, rolled it into a roll, held it in his hand, and said, "Since you have finished writing, you can take me to bring the other two scripts as well, and I will take a good look at them." ”

Then, he glared at Hu Kaitian again.

"And yourself, hurry up and take a good rest, after I finish reading the script and confirm that there is no problem, in a few days it will be the actor audition, start the film, and then there are a lot of things waiting for you, how can you do it if you don't have a good spirit!"

"Hey, got it."

Hu Kaitian smiled embarrassedly.

That is, I really want to shoot "Covering the Sky", and I am very attentive to this drama, and most people in the screenwriting department are in this state of work that forgets to sleep and eat, otherwise with his temperament, he would not be so raunchy.

"Let's go."

Zhang Yang was quite speechless.

Passing through a desk, I came to Li Xiaoqiang's office on the innermost level.

Hu Kaitian took out the key and opened the door.

"The key was given to me by screenwriter Li, and he usually keeps it himself."

After entering the door, the room was neatly furnished, and there was a safe in the corner.

"I don't know the password to the safe, he said you do."

"Well, he told me."

Zhang Yang nodded.

The most important thing in the screenwriting department is the script.

Before filming officially started, the script was kept in this safe, for fear of being stolen by someone with a heart and causing an accident.

Li Xiaoqiang once told him the password.

Walking to the safe, Zhang Yang entered the password, while Hu Kaitian stood at the door and turned his head to look out of the door.

'Kacha' a few times.

The safe door opened, there was nothing extra inside, and two scripts lay quietly.

Zhang Yang took out the script and took a look, it was "Yang God" and "Romance of the Dragon and Snake: Martial Arts Conference".

Smack!

Close the safe door.

"Alright."

Hearing his voice, Hu Kaitian turned around.

"That's fine, the key is for you."

Hu Kaitian handed the key in his hand to Zhang Yang and said, "The task is complete, then I'll go back and sleep and recuperate." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help but open his mouth and yawn a few times.

I didn't feel that I was immersed in the script before, but when I saw Zhang Yang get the script in his hands, he relaxed in his heart, and immediately felt that the fatigue of this period of time instantly came to his mind, and he just wanted to sleep in the dark at this time.

After taking the key, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Well, then you can go back first, and when I finish reading the script, I will convene a meeting of various departments to prepare for the start-up." ”

"Okay."

......

Sending Hu Kaitian away, Zhang Yang took the script and returned to his office.

The three scripts were spread out on the table one by one.

Today's task is to go through all three scripts.

Although he trusts Li Xiaoqiang very much, he still has to check the crucial content of the script to ensure that there are no problems.

The first thing I watched was the script of the first season of "Covering the Sky".

In the original book, after entering the Big Dipper Star Domain, Ye Fan's age became eleven or twelve years old because of taking holy medicine, and his body also became a teenager.

According to the content of the first season of the script, even when he arrived at the Taixuan faction, Ye Fan was still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager at most.

In the movie, the content of this period was somewhat deleted, and the actor in his youth was not Hu Qu, but another small actor, Xu Weiluo.

The young actor Xu Weiluo has red lips and white teeth, has acted in several TV series, and his acting skills are not to be said, and his temperament is also in place.

However, in the TV series, it is obviously impossible for him to star in all twelve episodes of the first season.

After all, Xu Weiluo is young and can't afford such a big scene in the first season, and his performance is too thin.

Therefore, in the script given by Li Xiaoqiang, Xiao Yefan will only appear in the early part, and after entering the Lingxu Cave Heaven to cultivate, he will be brought over in the future to make him grow into a teenager.

At this point, another problem arises.

Ye Fan, played by Hu Qu in the movie version, is already an adult.

He himself is also in his 30s, and it is obviously not suitable for him to play Ye Fan in this period.

What to do?

Zhang Yang thought about it and decided to use AI face swapping technology.

During the shooting, Hu Qu was filmed as usual, but in the later stage, through computer synthesis, the young version of Hu Qu's face when he first debuted was installed on his current body.

In this way, Hu Qu's appearance has not changed much, but in terms of temperament and details, it is all the same as when he was young, and it is also in line with Ye Fan's age at this time.

Moreover, the actors have not been replaced, and the audience of the movie version is naturally acceptable.

Moreover, this shooting method is not too complicated, shooting or shooting as usual, and the AI can change the face in the later stage.

This AI face-swapping technology is often used on many small websites with stimulating content, and the faces of many female stars will be placed on other people's bodies, so that some moviegoers can get alternative satisfaction.

This kind of technology is just right for use in "Covering the Sky Season 1".

Of course, the face swap in the TV series will not be as blunt as on the small website.

During the shooting, the largest variety of facial image movements of Hu Qu will be collected, and the most high-end AI technology will be used to make it impossible for uninformed audiences to see the clue at all.

To solve these problems, basically the filming of the entire first season will not be a big deal, just shoot normally according to the script, and with Hu Kaitian's directing ability, he will basically hold the handle.

As for the plot, the plot of the entire first season is also relatively simple.

is according to the original book, all the plots that were not filmed in the movie version are filmed completely, of course, some branch plots that do not happen to the protagonist and have little to do with the main line will be slightly deleted.

Overall, it is very much in line with the plot development of the original book.

It will not be like some so-called IP adaptation of film and television works, except that the name is the same as the original, and the content is completely different.

Starting from the class reunion, to the summit of Mount Tai, and then the Nine Dragons pulled the coffin, the glowing ancient star, the crocodile ancestor of the Leiyin Temple, arrived at the Beidou, the ancient forbidden land, ingested the holy medicine by mistake, the spiritual ruin cultivation, the tomb of the Eastern Wilderness Demon Emperor, escaped from the spiritual ruins, provoked the Jiang family, met Li Xiaoman, Elder Han refined medicine, re-entered the ancient forbidden land to collect medicine, strayed into the demon clan, met Duan De, Yan Ruyu forced Wen to cultivate the heart of the demon emperor, the Ji family besieged and killed to seize the holy soldiers, met Ji Ziyue, entered the secluded river to break into the bronze ancient hall, forced cooperation, and finally worshiped Taixuan, learned the nine secrets of all the word secrets, Becoming a disciple of Humble Peak Li Ruoyu ended.

That's pretty much the way the whole first season went.

Although the plot content of this part seems to be a lot, the actual shooting is very simple.

Some unimportant plots are brought over in a few minutes, and with Zhang Yang's consistent more than 60 minutes of each episode, it is completely possible to explain them all.

In addition, a lot of foreshadowing related to the later text will also be reflected in the first season.

For example, green bronze, such as the Ancient Holy Body, such as the Bronze Immortal Temple, such as the Great Emperor, all of these will be filmed in the first season.

Li Xiaoqiang's script also spells out these key points.

Moreover, although Zhang Yang's plan for the drama version of "Covering the Sky" is filmed season by season, the actual operation is different.

Many TV series, maybe after the first season is filmed, the broadcast volume is too poor, so I am too lazy to cut it off and stop filming!

Zhang Yang will not be like this.

Wait until the first season is filmed and released, let Hu Kaitian and others rest for a while, and the second season will be filmed immediately.

It's just that I will take into account the opinions of the audience in the first season and make slight changes in the second season, and I will definitely not stop filming!

In this way, the audience will not wait too long, and there will be a feeling of chasing fans, which makes the whole show sticky to the audience greatly increased.

In addition, there are important points to note.

Although the cultivation level of the protagonist in the first season of "Covering the Sky" is still relatively low, it is a huge fantasy world!

And what is the biggest feature of the fantasy world?

Enough mysterious! It's fantastic!

So the scene must be big to be good-looking!

Even if it is a TV series, it must not be shoddy when filmed.

500 million funds are used to shoot TV series, as long as you think, what scene can't be filmed?

He told Hu Kaitian that in Xuanyu filming, everything must be filmed to the best, as good as it can be, don't save funds, saving funds means not being responsible for the drama and not being responsible for the audience!

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So.

Even if it is not very important scenes, it must be filmed in fantasy scenes, and it can't be like those shoddy films.

Scenes like the Bronze Immortal Palace, the Ancient Forbidden Land, the Nine Dragons Coffin, and the Taixuan Mountain Gate can not require you to be the same as the movie version, but you must also do your best to do it within the scope of your ability, with the most pious and dedicated attitude, so as to give the audience the best viewing experience.

Not to mention things like battle scenes.

In addition to light and shadow, sound, and other external feedback must also be in place.

And be sure to note that the battle scene must be distinguished from the inferior!

What Zhang Yang hates the most is that any level of master in the play has the same effect when he fights.

He repeatedly told Hu Kaitian that he must pay attention to this point, and don't have the same combat performance no matter what master is.

The scene of the bitter sea realm must have a range, and the life spring realm has to have another performance, and the more advanced realm must be stronger than the other!

Level, combat power, and cultivation realm are always the most detailed and basic things in fantasy films!

A director like Hu Kaitian, who joins Xuanyu outside, may not necessarily pay attention, so Zhang Yang repeatedly advised.

As for Wang Fei, there is no need to say anything about him.

Both have the same shooting philosophy.

As for the special effects, in addition to the battle scenes, the cultivation vision described in the original book must also be shot clearly and clearly.

What immortal king is in the nine heavens, yin and yang life and death map, chaos seed green lotus, stars shine in the blue sky, splendid rivers and mountains, bitter sea seed golden lotus, sea rising bright moon these all have to be photographed.

When necessary, they can be supplemented by narration or text to show the peculiarities of these visions.

All in all, it must be refreshing for the audience to watch and understand!