Comedy...

The kernel is a tragedy!

In fact, it is a kind of inductive summary...

Most theories of drama are inductive summaries that are deduced backwards.

Because there is drama first, and then there is drama theory!

Academics like to summarize theories and then interpret them themselves.

The core of comedy can be tragedy or not.

Chen Peisi said that the reason why people laugh is actually a manifestation of a sense of superiority.

Where does the sense of superiority come from?

I'm good and you're not good, I'm okay and you can't, and if I'm not right to you, it's bad.

He believes that the principle of comedy lies in constantly building a difference, and the laughter is the difference...

It also makes sense that comedy is based on the mismatch and inequality of some aspects of the event, and only with such differences can there be a comical effect.

The manifestation of these differences is tragedy.

Shen Xudong believes that the core of comedy is usually some laughable plots, scenes and dialogues, which make the audience feel happy and relaxed through exaggeration and comical techniques.

In addition, comedy will also empathize and reflect on the audience by revealing and ridiculing human weaknesses and flaws.

Shen Xudong wrote on his blog: "Mainland comedy will definitely develop in a blowout, on the one hand, comedy and horror are the two magic weapons of small and broad, but in the domestic situation, in addition to the folk genre, horror films are basically on the streets, betting on local comedy is a weapon for countries to fight against Hollywood blockbusters; Comedy, on the other hand, requires empathy, and this can only be understood by creators who are rooted in the ground! ”

In other words: comedy needs to be down-to-earth, and it is difficult for people from Hong Kong and Taiwan to really understand mainland culture...

Returning to the interview, the on-site media then asked: "He said that in terms of sincerity, including the presentation of the film, "People in Embarrassment" is definitely the best work of the three comedies... He also praised you and Bao Qiang for being actors who were selected by the big waves and suitable for comedy... What do you think? ”

Shen Xudong's original words: Comedians are actually very scarce, the cake is very large, and there are very few people who share the cake.

To be precise, it should be "the cake is very large, and there are very few people who can share a bite of the cake." "Can you want how difficult it is for an actor who can be accepted by more than a billion viewers and most of the audience buys it?

Xu Zheng nodded: "This question, when we chatted together, he said it, and my opinion is the same as his: comedy is much more difficult than being traged!" Especially the language stalks, all from the violation of expectations, and now it is the era of information explosion, many jokes, spoofs, and cold jokes have been well known to the majority of netizens. If you want to be in front of the audience, it's even harder! ”

"Comedians... A lot of times, it's not the line itself that's funny, it's the person who says it! ”

After talking about tall things for a while, Bao Qiang also arrived, and the two went directly to the screening room...

……

company, Shen Xudong is pondering the actors of "33 Days of Broken Love"...

The heroine will definitely use the white lily.

Others are not suitable.

Shen Xudong is thinking about the actor!

First of all, second-tier actors must be excluded.

The entertainment industry is like this, first-class stars are docked with first-class resources, second-rate stars are docked with second-rate resources, and there are few skipping grades.

If there is, it must be the luck of the nobles who brought it up and cultivated it in the previous life.

"33 Days of Broken Love" must be a high-quality resource - Shen Xudong wrote and directed himself, these words represent quality!

The white lily is not well-known, so you must choose a famous one to bring it.

Age 30 years old,

Those who meet the requirements are those who are obviously on the rise: Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Tong Dawei...

Crest... Without "Struggle", he is still brushing his face.

There is Ma Yili, the little man's posture is very stable, and it is not difficult to get on the top.

Thinking of heraldry, Shen Xudong suddenly thought of Wang Lei, who replaced heraldic Xiang Nan...

No, Wang Lei's temperament is not suitable!

In the same way, Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, and Liu Ye are not good...

Speaking of which, Brother Xiao Ming is quite unlucky, he just filmed "Sharpshooter", and the "King of Guns" by Zhang Guorong that he 'borrowed', Brother Xiao Ming played the role of Zhang Guorong!

It's a pity that "Sharpshooter" has another protagonist: Mr. Chen...

The release of this movie is far away...

By the way, it was Lin Chaoxian who Huang Xiaoming got acquainted with in "Sharpshooter", so there were invitations to "Operation Mekong" and "Operation Red Sea"...

Uh, I let Brother Xiao Ming refuse politely!

Shen Xudong was putting aside his calculations, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and he looked up: "Come in!" ”

It's Zhao Linhai.

Shen Xudong immediately put on a smiling face: "What's wrong?" ”

“… There's a thing! ”

Shen Xudong poured him a cup of tea: "You say, what can't we say directly?" ”

Zhao Linhai took a sip of tea: "Do you know the box office of "Cao Cao"? ”

"You know, in the ten days of its release, the number of moviegoers was as high as 1,908,000, setting a record in the history of Chinese films..."

The Japanese audience has true love for "Cao Cao"!

Of course, the premise is that the plot is good...

The word-of-mouth of "Cao Cao" is bursting, and the satisfaction rate is as high as 95%...

The box office of "Zhao Zilong" is 29 million US dollars, which is already very high, and the box office of "Cao Cao" is as high as 22 million US dollars in ten days!

What is the concept?

That is to say, the final box office of "Cao Cao" is likely to exceed $50 million!

Unexpectedly, it set a new box office record for Chinese-language films - the previous highest was $33.99 million for "Hero".

Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" box office was 5.06 billion yen, but the exchange rate was different at that time.

It's not comparable.

Speaking of "Cao Cao", Shen Xudong remembered one thing: "By the way, because of "Cao Cao", the Japanese benzene copyright of "Zhao Zilong 2" was sold for 22 million US dollars, and it has been repaid!" ”

"Congratulations!" Zhao Linhai changed the subject: "... Then do you still want to do "Cao Cao"? ”

"I shouldn't be able to do it for the time being, Mr. Bao Guoan is also old... Even if you do it, you have to restart it, and choose another story..."

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong was puzzled: "Why are you asking this?" ”

"Changying wants to be Cao Cao over there..."

"Do it, Cao Cao has no copyright restrictions, anyone who wants to do it can do it!"

"They want you to be involved too..."

Shen Xudong scratched his head, hesitated, and then said: "I don't have time to think about this for the time being, you also know that the "Three Kingdoms" series is about to follow up on "Guan Yunchang" and "Zhang Yide"... I'm not even satisfied with the script..."

Zhao Linhai shook his head: "They don't want you to be deeply involved..."

"What do you mean?"

"It's you who pay, they shoot..."

Translated, the long shadow dominates...

Shen Xudong was a little angry: "Neurotic, right? Why should I pay? And why should I pay them to shoot it? Can't I find anyone myself? ”

"They have scripts... Would you like to take a look? ”

"Yo? Even the script is ready? ”

Shen Xudong watched Zhao Linhai take out a stack of scripts from his bag, and the cover said "Tongque Terrace"...

Tongque Terrace...

In that year, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he built Yedu and built three platforms, namely Tongque, Jinhu and Bingjing, which are the "Ye Santai" in the history books.

It is said that after Cao Cao eliminated the Yuan brothers, he stayed in Yecheng at night, and saw the golden light rising from the ground in the middle of the night and dug up a bronze finch the next day. Today, the bronze sparrow, also auspicious omen, Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he decided to build the bronze bird platform on the Zhangshui, in order to show its ability to pacify the four seas...

Of course, later generations learned about Tongquetai mainly because of Du Mu's "Red Cliff": Dongfeng is not with Zhou Lang, Tongquechun is deeply locked with Erqiao...

When Shen Xudong saw this title, he immediately remembered this project, isn't this "Tongquetai", the one starring Zhou Yanfa and Liu Yifei, one of the eight consecutive kneeling of Sister Tianxian...

(End of chapter)