Where is the mind empty, let the mind fly. One will think about making movies, one will think about the script, one will think about the industrialization of films, and the other will think about actresses......

"Well, yes, yes, don't worry......" Zhang Yuqi was talking to someone on the phone, and he didn't forget to hold the grilled sausage in his hand and eat it.

He Fang can suddenly understand Cao Thief's hobby, this really feels different.

"Hey, director, are you dealing with me?" On this day, Jing Tian found out where he was and said that he was discussing.

"Huh? How so? He Fang was very surprised.

"Why have I seen you open a small stove for Zhang Yuqi several times and not open a small stove for me?" Jing Tian asked.

“？？？？” He Fang looked confused, he and Zhang Yuqi were discovered by this girl?

Then he glanced at Tong Weidong next to him, Tong Weidong turned his head and pretended not to see it.

"Shhhh He explained.

"What is that? I met her again yesterday and she said you tell her the script. Jing Tian said.

“…… Ahem, that ...... You're in a different situation right now. He Fang was a little flustered and took out a cigarette to light it, hiding his embarrassment.

"How is it different?" Jing Tian was puzzled.

"You, you can't be preached too much now, because your role is a mermaid who needs a simple mind, I'm instilling too much in you now, your thinking is messed up, how can you still play a simple mermaid?" He Fang finally found a reason.

"Oh?" Jing Tian was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and seemed to be very reasonable, "Then I understand." ”

Jing Tian seemed to have figured it out, and just as she was about to leave, she suddenly turned around and asked, "Then when can you guide me alone?" ”

"......" Tong Weidong suddenly glanced at Jing Tian with a look like a 'silly girl', but immediately returned to normal.

In fact, he was shouting in his heart: 'Silly girl, don't let this scumbag guide alone, he will point randomly, and if you point wrong, you will regret it for the rest of your life......

But is the voice of a child useful? As soon as he thought about how many actresses squeezed their heads and wanted to let him mess with the guidance, he felt that these women were really ...... No women's morals, no women's virtues......

"This, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it in the next play, you don't need to direct this play alone." He found a reason.

"Oh, okay then." Jing Tian is gone.

He Fang turned his head to look at Tong Weidong, and then stared at him like that.

"Do you want to be deducted from your wages?" He asked.

"Boss, I'm in charge of keeping you safe and then forbidding ill-intentioned people from approaching you. And they ...... You seem to want them to have bad intentions......"

"Poof!" He Fang couldn't help but laugh, "Then can you help me keep it secret in the future?" ”

"Yes, boss."

He Fang shook his head.

……

What is the story of "The Mermaid"? It is about a rich man who destroys the marine ecology for personal gain, and then circles the sea for profit.

It just so happened that there was a mermaid clan living in the sea where they wanted to be confined, so the mermaid clan waged a struggle against humans in order to prevent humans from destroying their homes.

Unfortunately, in the end, it failed, and humanity continued to destroy the oceans......

Strictly speaking, this is an environmental film, which is supposed to be a serious topic, but it is made into a comedy form, which is another aspect of satire.

It's just that Stephen Chow's original film is still flawed, for example, the final fight scene is not exciting enough, and the climax is not in place.

And then the stalk I played was a little old, plus the domineering president fell in love with my love model, and in general, the routine was a little old.

After all, Stephen Chow is in his fifties, and it is difficult to say whether their stalks and routines are suitable or not.

The movie as a whole is a bit of a problem, although the problem makes many viewers unable to talk about it, but this is the biggest problem.

One of the biggest problems is that Stephen Chow's "Mermaid" is really not as good as no 3D, why do you make such an urban film 3D? It's just a gimmick.

So, where to change this, the reason why the original 3D looks like a chicken rib is because the picture has no sense of depth, layering, color, and no 3D picture that amazes the audience.

In order to add some 3D effects, He Fang added pictures of the underwater world in the new film, and used contrasting pictures, such as the unpolluted seabed and the polluted seabed.

Added a plot that allowed Liu Xuan to have some ability to breathe underwater, and then went to visit the underwater world with the mermaid.

Only with contrast can we truly show how destructive human beings are, and also give the audience a novel perspective.

In addition to the 3D enhancements, there is also a strengthening of the conflict, and the original mermaid really doesn't have any major conflicts.

The biggest conflict is the struggle between the mermaid clan and Liu Xuan, and then Liu Xuan and Li Ruolan have a conflict, and then Li Ruolan brings people to destroy the mermaid clan.

Just these two conflicts, there is nothing left.

So such a plot makes people can't see the ups and downs, can't see the climax, and the story is too bland.

After watching the movie...... It doesn't feel like there's anything to remember, or there's nothing to talk about.

It's a little less interesting.

The mermaid in the back is like playing at home, and saving the mermaid is also like playing at home, and then there are a lot of nonsense plots in the middle......

In short, the whole movie doesn't look like a serious blockbuster, but like a casual work.

This has to be changed, where to cut off all these branches and vines, keep the main line, and then expand the conflict.

For example, all the nonsensical nonsense plots that Stephen Chow finds funny are reduced, there is a lot of nonsense, funny but not funny, there is no point in keeping such things.

Like the octopus, the plot of stopping the car halfway, and then fighting with two bodyguards for fish whiskers, for more than a minute, is it funny? Does it help with the plot? It's just a waste of time to drag out the conflict, right?

There are a lot of such rotten plots in the film, which are not funny and drag down the rhythm.

Therefore, the later plot must be conflicted, so that Liu Xuan decided to turn off the sonar after discovering the truth about the mermaid clan, but it turned out that the sonar was not as simple as he thought, which was related to the interests of many people.

The mermaid clan is also thinking of new ways, they can't blindly wait for Liu Xuan to turn off the sonar, so they came up with the first trick and move the rescuers.

Someone was sent to contact the curator of the Museum of Rare and Exotic Beasts, and asked him to hold the token of the old patriarch of the fish clan to move the rescue troops in the South China Sea.

Liu Xuan didn't give up, he went to Shanshan again, he wanted to help them. Although the mermaid clan was hostile to Liu Xuan, but with Shanshan's support, Shanshan blew a bubble on Liu Xuan's head, and then took him to swim into the sea, he saw the world under the sea, and also saw the cruelty of sonar to fish, which provoked him to go back and turn off the sonar to protect the environment.

But just when he went back to convince the company's board of directors, his assistant betrayed him and told Li Ruolan about Liu Xuan going to find a mermaid.

So Li Ruolan and the others discovered the mermaid tribe, and then the research team and the board of directors began to research a new plan.

When Liu Xuan returned to the company to meet the board of directors again, everyone applauded him, and then Liu Xuan knew why they applauded, it turned out that they thought that Liu Xuan helped them break into the mermaid clan and help everyone catch mermaids to make more money, and they had already laid a big net and waited for the mermaid clan to take the bait.

Liu Xuan was confused, how could it be like this? Li Ruolan threatened him, this is his last chance, stand with the board of directors, everyone will not be held accountable, and continue to make a fortune.

If it is stopped, then Liu Xuan will be doomed.

Liu Xuan could only watch as the vanguard went to hunt the merfolk clan, and by the time he and these managers arrived, the merfolk clan had already retreated.

Liu Xuan snatched the weapon and threatened everyone to stop fighting, and then turned off the sonar.

At this time, the angry Li Ruolan saw that Liu Xuan was stubborn, so she directly kicked him into the sea and ordered everyone to continue hunting.

Liu Xuan stood in front of Shanshan, and he was hit by a few arrows. And when the merfolk have no way out, the sonar system is destroyed by something.

When Liu Xuan and the merfolk fled excitedly, Liu Xuan saw that various ethnic groups were besieging the sonar equipment at the bottom of the sea, and some ethnic groups joined the battle and had a decisive battle with the human invaders.

This war was fought extremely fiercely, and although it was inconvenient for human beings to be in the sea, they relied on advanced weapons and did not fall behind.

In the end, Liu Xuan, under the leadership of Shanshan, commanded the mermaids and sea creatures to defeat the human race and detain Li Ruolan.

……

Probably such a change is the direction, where must ensure that the movie is exciting, instead of making the movie look mediocre and the audience can't remember anything after watching it.

He Fang can't afford to spend his reputation now, and every time a movie appears that makes the audience score low, his appeal is one point lower.

Either you let the audience see what they want to see commercially, which is exciting, or you let the audience see the artistic expression, your brain. You can't fill it with indiscriminateness, this is the principle, otherwise I'd rather make one less movie.

Maximize the 3D effect value, make the conflict exciting, remove the boring branches, and of course, the comedy effect must also be pulled, at least not the old stalks of the last century.

The actors of "Mermaid" are Deng Chao still playing Liu Xuan, Zhang Yuqi still playing Li Ruolan, Shanshan is played by Jing Tian, and Octopus Starling is played by Shen Teng, Shen Teng's comedy ability is still very strong, and now he still has the face of a school grass, and he has a bit of good looks.

As for how he found Shen Teng, he felt that Shen Teng who participated in "Happy Comedian" was a little interesting, so he asked Hu Kai to find him to participate.

The other actors also changed again, because it was impossible for him to use the people from the Hong Kong team.

For example, the fourth master found Feng Xiaogang to make a cameo, Director Feng still likes acting very much, but few people ask him to act, and his acting skills are not bad.

And the revised script Siye became one of the shareholders involved in Liu Xuan's project and a staunch supporter of Li Ruolan.

……

"Oh, Director He, you're a bit of a mermaid war." Feng Xiaogang came to the crew the day before the start of filming, and after reading the script, he knocked on the cigarette ash and said.

"No, it should be said that mermaid wars are not unusual, and what is interesting is the mermaid wars applied to modern cities. The key is that the concept of environmental protection is also introduced, and the story logic is not abrupt. I thought that the story of this kind of mermaid was either in cartoons or science fiction films, but I didn't expect it to appear in urban films, which is really interesting. ”

Feng Xiaogang further explained.

"Haha, Director Feng, it's too famous, I'm just blindly combining." He Fang said modestly.

"You're not a blind combination, I think your story has the meaning of the urban version of "Avatar", "Avatar" talks about human invasion of other people's territory, and your "Mermaid" is also a human invasion of the mermaid's territory, the male protagonist of "Avatar" finally betrayed the human race to help the Na'vi tribe, and Liu Xuan in you went against the board of directors to help the mermaid clan, and even the development of the final decisive battle reversal is similar."

"Hehe, you see this? There is no way, the brain can't open a new brain hole, so I have to learn from it. He Fang does not deny that his revision is borrowed from "Avatar".

"Hey, your creative idea is interesting, the environmental version of "Avatar" is really interesting." Feng Xiaogang seems to have discovered a new world, and it turns out that he can copy the story like this.

(Ask for a commuter pass)

(End of chapter)