Chapter 90: Seconded Actors (3/4)
"Cheng Long is about to star in Shen Xudong's new work "Glory of the Tang Dynasty"!"
Shen Xudong's new movie "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" is about to start filming, starring Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao! ’
'China Film confirms that "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" will be launched soon, and China Film, Jackie Chan Emperor Pictures and Taihe People's three companies will be responsible for the investment and production..."
In the next few days, the news about "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" has swept the screen...
Shen Xudong felt quite strange, because his name was written in many titles...
Yes, "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" is a script he wrote, but... Cheng Long starring should be the point, right?
There is no precedent for putting a screenwriter's name in the title.
Well, it's the Chinese drama that asks for it!
When China Film announced the launch, the major media deleted the word 'Shen Xudong'...
Shen Xudong...
I didn't continue to be interviewed, after all, the project hasn't started yet!
Besides, "The Best Family" needs him to be in charge.
By the way, "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" won the first prize in the sketch competition.
The teacher asked him to give an acceptance speech, and by the way, he shared his creative method, Shen Xudong did not hide his secrets:
"The current audience is not the same as before, and the horizons are very wide... Because there is still piracy on the Internet, many veteran fans are not weaker than many of our famous directors..."
"How do you get them to recognize your work? I think the first point is that there must be a complete and logical main plot,"
"In fact, the creative mode of flying paper slips that was popular in Hong Kong films in the early years has lagged behind the times... Fly a note, say you don't have a complete script..."
Back then, how were Hong Kong films created?
The two owners who paid for the money sat together to discuss, "It's a bit interesting for me to watch gangster movies" and "That's it", and then found the director and actors, everything is ready, only the script is needed...
What to do?
It doesn't matter, let's shoot.
The screenwriter writes a little, let's shoot a little, in those years, everyone didn't use a computer to write, they all faxed today's scenes to the crew after handwriting, so it was called "Flying Paper Boy", and the Paper Boy finished working after flying!
Including "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Crazy Boy" and many other movies flew out like this.
When Xu Ke asked Ruan Jizhi to write "A Chinese Ghost Story", Ruan had never written a ghost movie, and he was beating a drum in his heart, and Tsui Hark said to him: "Just write the female ghost as a public relations lady." The female ghost Nie Xiaoqian, like the public relations lady, is also fierce at night, but she doesn't dare to come out during the day; They are also trying their best to cheat men out of their money. ”
When John Woo directed "The True Colors of Heroes 2", he didn't even have a flying paper boy, just a story outline...
So how did they create so many classics?
It's very simple, I have caught up with the peak of a group of people's creation!
We often talk about good sentences and good articles, that's what it means, Xu Ke's later movies can still find a lot of interesting paragraphs, but on the whole, it's bad!
"The second point, watch more movies, increase your reading volume, don't try to write new things, the more you watch, the more you will find your ignorance, many new directors and screenwriters think that they are avant-garde and experimental, in fact, even a senior fan can blow him up, because what he wants to express may have been rotten as early as 50 years ago, which is the scourge of watching too few films."
"The third point..."
……
After winning the award, I was supposed to have a meal with the actors of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" to celebrate, but Shen Xudong had something else...
asked Zhao Xin to entertain him, and flew directly to the crew of "Beauty Scheming" in Hengdian...
It's not that the senior sister is itching, it's really something.
Art communication is important, but you can't just think about art all day long.
In fact, the filming of "Everyone's Scheming" went quite smoothly...
Three groups, Wu Jinyuan, Liang Xinquan each brought a group, Zhou Shen and Liu Lu brought a group...
The behind-the-scenes working group of this crew is completely copied from TVB: the division of labor is meticulous, and the screenwriter is subordinate to the creative department and is responsible for creating stories; The three directors belong to the production department and are responsible for making the script into film and television pictures.
The creative department is led by Qin Wen, Shen Xudong is the chief screenwriter, and the episode script of "Beauty Scheming" is created by Qin Wen.
Why is Shen Xudong the chief screenwriter?
On the one hand, the script of "Beauty Scheming" was indeed written by him, and on the other hand, he is famous!
Especially after "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" announced that Cheng Long would star, there were more than a dozen TV stations that contacted "Beauty Scheming".
The additional benefits of fame belong to yes.
……
Shen Xudong arrived at the crew of "Beauty Scheming".
Of course there is...
Li Xiaoran resigned as Nie Shen'er, and needed to find a new actor to top...
It's outrageous!
It's been filming for more than a week, and if you don't act, you won't act.
is still the same sentence, the temptation of "Seven Swords" is too great - people's agent is called Chang Jihong, a typical agent whose fame is greater than his strength, he has no vision, and he has no strength...
Of course, in order to show her guilt, Li Xiaoran recommended her good girlfriend Xie Na, and then was directly rejected by the crew...
For no other reason, it's just that I can't look down on it!
Shen Xudong arrived in Hengdian, went directly into the production team, pushed the door and asked, "Are there similar actors?" ”
Chen Xi didn't raise his head: "It's almost, it's all filming, I can't squeeze out time!" ”
Shen Xudong took out the materials prepared in his bag: "... Then find a new person! ”
"Who?"
"I know two good ones, one is Tong Yali, a newcomer to Chinese opera this year, dancing, and very good in shape;"
"I'll see!"
Zhuang Liqi took the information and looked at it...
Shen Xudong continued: "There is another one named Guo Zhenni, who is in the same class as me, which is not bad!" ”
Production director Wang Yan has a different opinion: "... But Nie Shen'er is the second female lead, and she has a lot of rivalry with Chen Hao, so we can't use a newcomer to play with Chen Hao, right? ”
Shen Xudong was speechless: "It's not that I can't find anyone, let me tell you, these two people were originally the candidate actors of "The Best Family", depending on who you want, the remaining one has to be left to me!" ”
"Ahem," Zhuang Liqi suddenly said: "The actresses who are the main actors in your "Best Family" are Qin Lan, Yan Danchen and Zeng Li, right?" Or, let Qin Lan over? ”
“… What are you kidding, Qin Lan is the female number one..."
Shen Xudong resolutely disagreed: "Besides, people may not be happy!" ”
"We've contacted her..."
"Huh?"
Shen Xudong looked at Chen Xi, who was also surprised...
It seems that she did it without her!
Shen Xudong was angry and said: "You have all contacted you, and you still let me come over?" Playing tricks? ”
Zhuang Liqi hurriedly explained: "You are the producer of "The Best Family"... Always ask for your opinion... If you don't let them go, we can't help it..."
"Okay, I'll call Qin Lan and ask her to come to Hengdian..."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something: "Qin Lan seems to be Qiong Yao's contracted actor, can she play a bad role like Nie Shen'er?" ”
Zhuang Liqi said: "No problem, I discussed it with her agent..."