Chapter 587: Later and General
This time to write the script for his new movie, Wu Yuan is not simply copying and pasting.
He plans to combine the two films "Dear" and "Orphaned", gather their essence, remove their dross, and make a perfect script.
This is still quite a test for him, although it is said that there is no need to write a script completely from scratch, but how to concentrate the advantages of these two scripts and integrate them reasonably is not easy.
Fortunately, after so many years of directing and screenwriter career, Wu Yuan can be regarded as experienced.
I've never eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run.
With twenty years of experience in his previous life and more than ten years of experience in this life, Wu Yuan's own screenwriting ability is now above the passing line, and he dare not say that he has become a top international screenwriter, but the screenwriting level is definitely stronger than most directors.
Although talent in this line is very important, experience is also very important, and besides, Wu Yuan is not an untalented screenwriter and director.
He can be admitted to the directing department of the film academy in both lifetimes, and he must have talent, and it is not low, but he lacked some opportunities and opportunities in his previous life, so he has worked hard at the bottom for many years.
Now that he has the opportunity, his talent is gradually being realized.
The level of director, from the beginning of the fledgling, has grown to the top in China, the world's first-class, including Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Nolan and other outstanding domestic and foreign directors The skills and abilities have been learned and integrated by Wu Yuan.
In terms of screenwriting, he is also trying to be original, "Love Letter", a low-cost romance film, has a very good reputation and evaluation after its release, although there are shadows of "Your Name" and "Untouchable Lovers", but it is also better than blue.
It was also the success of this movie that brought confidence to Wu Yuan, and this time he dared to play script fusion.
In this way, for the next period of time, Wu Yuan was staring at the post-production of "The Martian" in the United States, and at the same time perfecting the script of the new movie.
He also plans to call this new movie "Darling", but the core story has changed.
He intends to keep the main story line of "Dear", that is, the husband and wife work hard to find their child, all the way to the end, in a remote village, where they see a boy who looks like a missing son, however, the "mother" in the boy's mouth is not the heroine, but a village woman named Li Hongqin......
The main story of "Dear" is definitely better than "Orphaned", whether it is the plot structure, the degree of conflict and sensationalism, it must be more immersive and resonant with the audience.
However, Wu Yuan does not intend to give up the advantages of "Orphaned".
In order not to repeat the shortcomings of the "dear" story in which the protagonists and their husbands were too strong and there were too many "looking for relatives" characters, resulting in insufficient length and not enough fullness of the protagonist's husband and wife, Wu Yuan deleted the "Dear" story, when the protagonist and his wife were looking for relatives all the way, they met many helpless fathers and mothers like them on the way.
Although these plots can aggravate the sensationalism of the movie, the village woman who secretly took the eldest child, and the child-seeking man full of stories played by Zhang Yi have a lot of stories and their own helplessness, but these characters have no effect on the promotion of the story itself, but instead disperse the audience's attention to the protagonist's husband and wife.
This is very good in "Orphaned", the story of orphans completely revolves around Lei Zekuan, who has been looking for his missing son for fifteen years, and Zeng Shuai, who was abducted at the age of 4.
The two of them, an old man and a young man, walked all the way, looking for their children and parents all the way.
Although the plot is scattered and there is no very clear main line, the images of these two characters are three-dimensional and plump.
Therefore, after watching "Dear", everyone often does not have a deep impression of the protagonist couple, but after watching "Orphaned", they will definitely remember Lei Zekuan.
Therefore, Wu Yuan absorbed the advantages of "Orphaned", and in the process of writing the script, the perspective was always on the couple looking for their abducted son.
Such a long perspective can allow the audience to better substitute and resonate with the story of the couple.
In addition, he also absorbed the road movie color of "Orphaned", although it will not let the couple drive a motorcycle around China for fifteen years like Lei Zekuan, but it also allows more stories to be "on the road", rather than making endless coincidences and misunderstandings.
The story foundation in "Orphaned" is based on a large number of investigations and interviews, and the truth alone is enough to move people's hearts, which Wu Yuan recognizes and tries his best to integrate into the script.
It can be said that he is trying to combine the advantages of the two films, and intends to make a benchmark work on the theme of finding relatives and fighting abduction.
It takes time, and it takes a lot of polishing and revising the script to finally make a satisfactory result.
At the same time, when Wu Yuan was busy with post-production and scriptwriting in the United States, the era of light and shadow in China was also busy like a machine with a motor.
"Soul Ferry: Yellow Springs" completed post-production as early as the end of last year.
With the news of the finalization of this movie confirmed within the company, the actors and creators of "Soul Ferry: Yellow Springs" have no idle time.
Whether it is director Liu Meichuan, or the leading actors such as Zhu Yilong and Yang Rong, their hearts are tensed, and they are preparing for the release and publicity.
This launch of the Xianxia Cinematic Universe in the Light and Shadow Era may not have received much attention from the outside world, but it is definitely an S-level valued project within the company.
Contrary to the previous normality of movies in the era of light and shadow that did not pay much attention to variety show publicity, it was only in May, and the crew of "Soul Ferry: Yellow Springs" began to record a large number of variety shows.
From Mango Channel's "Everyday Upward" to Blue Whale Channel's "Run, Brother" to Jingcheng Channel's "Luyu Appointment", and even Taiwan's "Kangxi is Coming" has a recording itinerary.
Yes, the show "Run, Brother" has already appeared.
This is a collaboration between the variety show department of the Light and Shadow Era and Blue Whale Channel.
When he was doing "Actors Please Be in Place" before, Wu Yuan asked the company to dig up a group of excellent Korean variety show producers and PDs, of course, this group of people was not raised for nothing.
After the recording of "Actors Please Be in Place", without Wu Yuan's instructions, the company's variety show department began to "copy" Korean variety shows by itself.
I have to admit that now in Asia, it is indeed the most successful and best outdoor variety show in South Korea, which really needs to be learned.
And "Running Man" is the hottest outdoor variety show in South Korea at the moment, and it is even very popular in Asia, the company's variety show department noticed it at the first time, and with the company's connections in South Korea, it quickly bought the Chinese copyright of this variety show, and cooperated with Blue Whale Channel to launch the domestic version, that is, "Running Brother".
This show happened to be recorded in June-September this year, and it is planned to be broadcast in the summer!
The crew of "Soul Ferry: Yellow Springs" has become the guest of invitation for the second episode of this show to promote the movie!
It's all just for this movie to be released and a big hit! (End of chapter)