Half an hour later, everyone finished reading the script, and no one spoke immediately, Guo Hao, who was like a thin monkey, unscrewed the water bottle, poured a sip, and then lowered his head and said nothing.

"How?" Lin Yu urged, "Second brother, you come first." ”

The second child said with a red face, "Okay, okay, we're going to make a lot of money again, isn't this script more exciting than the ghost movie?" Take it to release a big movie, quack is reliable! ”

The rest of the dormitories nodded in agreement.

Zhou Ye sighed, and said convincingly, "A very mature commercial movie script is definitely an upgraded version of the ghost record, the story has become more complex and blameless, the only thing that needs to be considered is this market, whether we are welcome in horror movies or not." ”

"Horror movies have always been a desert and unpopular theme in China."

"This doesn't need to be considered." Guo Hao took over, "There has always been a market for horror movies, and it's big, the problem is that there is very little excellent content!" ”

"This has caused a contradiction in market demand and content, and this cemetery meets ......, which can be regarded as a very mature commercial script, the only problem is ......"

Guo Hao glanced at Lin Yu, his eyes were weird, "This script is too Westernized." ”

Without giving Lin Yu time to react, Guo Hao continued, "A group of young people who aspire to make movies, and then go to explore the behind-the-scenes story of a documentary-style horror movie, and finally they are all buried in it. ”

"Okay, this story is fine, but the way it is presented is very problematic."

"What is a university in our traditional mind? The rules and regulations are to study, and the gate of the campus will not let you out, even if you are in a school like Chinese opera and Beiying. ”

"At least in the inherent perception of ordinary viewers."

"Then, you whole up a few college students, what are you doing, searching for horror movies, going to explore, and then burying ...... in them, for example, local horror movies are not popular?"

"You make up a "Graveyard Encounter" and point to it and say that it is very popular."

"Even if you think it's a parallel world, the local audience can't substitute it, plus, the traditional domestic horror elements tend to be close to Chinese-style horror, the messy things of the ghost bride, your entire mental hospital. Should the layout of your psychiatric hospital be localized? ”

"Why are you going out on the street, the police don't care, what do the neighbors think of you?"

Guo Hao unscrewed the water bottle in his hand, took a sip of water, and said lightly, "I'll just say a word, because this is a horror movie, and it's also a pseudo-documentary movie, just hit the word 'real', you can't have the slightest logical flaw, otherwise you won't be able to stand, otherwise the whole sense of substitution, authenticity, and credibility will completely collapse." ”

"Anyway!" Guo Hao tapped his finger on this script, "The idea is very good, but it is difficult to practice, and there is a ninety percent probability that it will be filmed like this, it is directly an excellent script, and it is a mess of production." ”

"At the end of the day, ...... script, this script is too Westernized." Guo Hao glanced at Lin Yu and said strangely, "Lin Yu, you don't seem to have any experience studying abroad, how can you have this kind of problem when writing a script?" ”

"Your ghost series is also a westernized smell, but fortunately, it can't be seen in the house."

Lin Yu remained silent, "Then what do you mean?" ”

"It's simple, just go abroad and shoot it." Guo Hao said, "Since the taste of the script is Westernized, then simply Westernize it all, first, in the audience's cognition, everything in the West is very vague to them, no matter how you shoot, you will not resist their 'subconscious' cognition, which amplifies the credibility of the movie." ”

"Secondly, in the traditional concept of the Chinese people, Western universities are very open, have a high degree of freedom, and have a high degree of organizational activities."

"In this context, it is normal for you to have a whole group of international students to explore in the name of practical activities."

"Moreover, even if it is a recording of daily life, it will give people a sense of freshness and exploration, and it is by no means a familiar daily flavor in China, which is torturing the audience's daily cognition in the slightest."

"Move to a foreign country and solve all problems." After saying this, Guo Hao did not continue to express his opinions.

Yes, Guo Hao said it too accurately, Lin Yu and Zhou Ye couldn't help but take a deep look at Guo Hao, and he saw through the biggest problem of this script at a glance, the style didn't match.

Not very credible.

For example, why are domestic campus love dramas not filmed well? Because readers default to you as an empty thing when reading, no matter how bad it is, if you adjust the age forward by 20 years, the strangeness will come, you probably make it up, and no one will accuse you of not.

But when you fall into the movie, it's completely different, it has a clear sense of picture and substitution, and every Chinese person has almost completely experienced their high school and college years.

People have their own "stereotyped" impressions of what high school is and what college is.

As a result, in the campus drama, he fell in love, had a miscarriage, and had an abortion at every turn,...... Of course, I don't deny that some high schools are like this, but what is the high school that many people experience?

It's books, it's a weak body, it's a poor man, and there will be some love, but everyone is a jerky fledgling, and these are things that are generally in line with a person's cognition.

When you make a movie, you are immediately challenging the audience's perception of what is "high school" and what "university", how do you convince people and how do you have a sense of substitution? ?

For example, let's look at some of the books that write about universities and about roommates.

It's me who asks you to bring food, it's calling each other dad, it's playing cards and sticking notes on your face, this is a roommate who conforms to the public's perception, a roommate under normal circumstances.

is not intrigue among boys, and they are more scheming than the old fritters in society.

Even if you are a few tall and handsome roommates, it is not reasonable in itself!!

Who has so many handsome guys in their dorm?

Guo Hao is worthy of being a genius director who later made local films, and now he is only in his freshman year, and he has keenly captured the natural problems that exist in Lin Yu's script.

Lack of substitution.

There is a great probability that it will not be convinced and accepted by the audience at all.

And Guo Hao also proposed the simplest and crudest solution...... which is to directly move it abroad and seize the blank space in the audience's mind, so that there is no need to bother to fight with the audience's subconscious.

"Huh?" , Lao Wu's face changed suddenly, "Go abroad to shoot, it's very troublesome, visas, procedures, and people are not familiar with the place, are people willing to rent land for us?" ”

"And I want to rent a university."

Zhou Ye pursed his lips, and then immediately shut up.

He realized the gap between himself and Guo Hao, he could skillfully read the maturity and commerciality of a script, but Guo Hao was even more ingenious, he was closer to the audience!

These are things that can't be learned by learning, just two words, "talent"

Yes is yes, no is no.

"Guo Hao is right." Lin Yu touched his chin, "You can't lose a big one because of a small one." ”

"It's more troublesome to shoot the first movie abroad, but you can't be afraid of trouble."

"Sooner or later, we're going to have to face this kind of problem."

"I'll change that later."

Guo Hao's face softened slightly, "Then the whole thriller section of these things, all need to be adjusted...... winter vacation, take advantage of the winter vacation, we collectively asked the school for leave, and then flew abroad." ”

"In three months, I will try to finish the filming, and then I have to contact some people who have shooting experience in foreign countries to ask for advice, rent land or something, all need to be discussed."

"It's better to go to someone first, after all, it takes a lot of work to set up a mental hospital." Guo Hao looked at the forest fish.

"I see, okay, I'll go." Lin Yu nodded, no nonsense.

"I'll go back first." Guo Hao yawned deeply and said with drooping eyelids.

"You don't have a lot of manual work." Lin Yu's eyebrows jumped and kicked him in the ass, "Look at your pimple face, why do you stay up late every day, you look so weak that your feet are floating." ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Guo Hao's face suddenly turned red, "You are slandering, slandering!" ”

"Slander my innocence out of thin air!"

……

Lin Yu stayed in the dormitory and continued to revise his script, and this time it took five days before and after to give his new script to the liver, which seemed to be good.

"Whew, why did I think there was a problem before, the feelings are here."

"In this way, it is all smooth!" Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Lin Yu finally received a call from Liu Hui.

"Ah Yu, we've finished reviewing your script."

"How?" Lin Yu put down the pen and asked.

"A very mature commercial drama, compared with the ghost record, is more mature and up a notch, and it is indeed a good script, but the market still has to be verified to know."

"After all, you know, the domestic supernatural market is very deserted, in the past five years, there have been more than 100 supernatural movies released, but only 12 have exceeded 100 million at the box office, only 300 million have broken 300 million, and only one has broken 400 million."

"There is no one that breaks 500 million, let alone 1 billion."

"So we ......, not particularly optimistic, we calculated for you, if your investment cost is fifteen million, then your final box office cannot be less than 70 million, otherwise you won't make a cent."

"Even if your box office breaks 100 million, the profit is not as much as making a lot of money online, I advise you to think about it."

"It's not easy to make some money, and the first film, especially such an unpopular movie, might as well be handed over to the company to bear the production cost first, so that the risk is lower."

"In the future, you can slowly do what you want."

"We discussed it here, if your production cost is controlled at 3 million and the publicity and distribution cost is controlled at 7 million, we are still willing to give you a project and invest in your movie, and we will pay for it."

"We still believe in your achievements in the Ghost Series on the Internet University."

This tone is clearly not optimistic.

"Sister Liu." Lin Yu asked sincerely, "Do you have any problems reading my script?" ”

"Uh." Liu Hui paused, and then said bitterly, "Ah Yu, it's not a matter of whether the script is or not, it's too risky, it's not necessary." ”

"Your script is good, and there is no big problem, but the quality of a movie does not depend on the script at all, it only accounts for one-third at most."

"It also depends on the production, the market ......"

Lin Yu shook his head wildly.

Filmmakers are really half laymen guiding insiders, this problem is not uncommon, Guo Hao can see through the problem at a glance, they turn a blind eye, Guo Hao doesn't care about the worries, they are like a fish in their throats.

To put it bluntly, the level of a filmmaker, even if he has been immersed in this industry for more than two decades, is nothing more than a summary of what is popular nowadays.

Want to have a higher level of understanding? Don't talk about it.

hung up Liu Hui's phone and politely refused her request, Lin Yu sent the new script over and asked them to help send it to review the project, and the extra nonsense should not be pulled anymore.

Lin Yu is determined to shoot it himself, why?

Because the forest fish is short of money!

The more movies go on, the more Lin Yu is short of money, others are worried that the movie will not stand the test of the market, but Lin Yu is not worried, all he can come up with is what has passed the test of the market.

What if it's a problem with the production? Then find a crooked-necked tree and hang yourself.

You won't copy it, will you?

Liu Xianna ate the forest fish again, and he was helpless, but he also knew about the strong species of the forest fish in his heart, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Today's young people will not give up if they don't suffer!

After finishing the script, Lin Yu went home first and discussed this matter with his parents.

"What, you're going to make a movie in the United States?" Lin Kaihai was worried, "I don't know the people there, and I heard that the security is not good, you have a person. . . ”

"Can't you shoot it in China?"

Su Meijing also looked over worriedly.

"Dad, Auntie." Lin Yu picked the back of his head, "The script is restricted, there is no way, I can only go, I will find some acquaintances to take me there when the time comes, there is no need to worry about public security, it is not as exaggerated as advertised, I just don't go to the chaotic place." ”

Lin Kaihai couldn't be relaxed at all when he heard it, and he was still worried.

"I plan to go abroad first, and after the matter is finalized, I will take the team to make movies abroad."

"If you think about it, do it." Lin Kaihai paused and said seriously, "Dad has no other skills, I just know that you are more capable than me now, I can't teach you, and I won't persuade you blindly." ”

"Think twice before you act, and work hard when you are sure, even if you really lose nothing one day."

Lin Kaihai smiled and patted his son's shoulder, "Home is still here, Dad is still here, Auntie is still here, Qingtong is still here, you don't have to worry." ”

"Dad......" Lin Yu's eyes turned red.

"How old a person is, go ahead and do it."

Lin Yu is full of fighting spirit, but before doing this, he still can't be too reckless, first to do some investigation, first of all, the city, the state, second, the school, the mental hospital.

After the goal is determined, go and inspect them one by one.

In the end, Lin Yu painstakingly checked the information for almost a week, and finally identified several target points, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine and New Jersey.

In these states, there are suitable universities and abandoned psychiatric hospitals.

(End of chapter)