fantasy blockbuster era

Chapter 182
"Brother Hu, what are you?"

On the second day after returning to Xuanyu, Zhang Yang came to the screenwriting department to check the script writing progress.

What came into view was that Hu Kaitian was sitting at a round table with a group of employees of the screenwriting department who were dressed almost the same, each holding a script in their hands, and they were arguing fiercely.

Seeing Hu Kaitian sitting around the round table with an unshaven beard, oily face, matted hair, but very energetic Hu Kaitian, Zhang Yang was a little confused.

This image shows how many days I haven’t taken care of my personal hygiene!

How many people's jaws will drop when it gets out!

"Ah? Bro, are you back?"

Hu Kaitian, who was arguing with someone, suddenly woke up and was surprised to see Zhang Yang.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yang, he rushed forward, completely ignoring the screenwriters beside him who were still discussing fiercely with him, and said happily: "The script is finished, please read it quickly, if there is no problem, I am going to create it right away." The group starts up."

Hu Kaitian, who was approaching, had a strange smell on his body, and Zhang Yang's nose wrinkled involuntarily.

“Brother, it’s been a long time since you cleaned your clothes, it’s already smelly.”

Haihua is not like those cities in the north, nor does it have four distinct seasons like those in the central part.

It is like spring all year round and the temperature is high, so even in November, people living in this city need to take a bath every day to clean themselves.

Otherwise, every two days, the body will be full of sweat and the smell of dirt.

Hearing what he said, Hu Kaitian seemed to have discovered the abnormality in himself at this time.

He raised his arms and smelled his armpits. A strange smell lingered on the tip of his nose, extremely sour and refreshing.

Hu Kaitian sneered and said: "I got used to staying in the north, and I was obsessed with changing the script during this period of time, so I made it what it is now."

Then, he waved his hand and said: "However, these are all trivial matters. Read the script first. Let me tell you, screenwriter Li is amazing."

"There is nothing to say about the script modified by him. Even from my point of view, I can't find any faults."

"The speed is fast, the revision is good, it is faithful to the original work, and the feeling of writing the original work is amazing! During this time, discussing the script with him, I also feel that I have learned a lot."

Hu Kaitian kept praising Li Xiaoqiang's level.

Zhang Yang knew that Li Xiaoqiang was very talented in screenwriting, but he didn't know that even a famous director like Hu Kaitian thought he was great.

Li Xiaoqiang, who just graduated last year, wrote the script of "Dragon Snake 1" by himself as required.

The lines, character design, and plot in it all have a clear context, and he has also modified some of the inconsistencies in the original work.

At that time, Zhang Yang knew that Li Xiaoqiang was capable.

Otherwise, he wouldn't really be promoted to the position of head of the screenwriting department later on.

In the past two years, under the leadership of Li Xiaoqiang, the screenwriting department has written better and better scripts. Zhang Yang originally considered whether to use the system to improve his screenwriting ability.

But at this speed, it's completely unnecessary.

The speed of Li Xiaoqiang's improvement is simply a genius among geniuses. In just three plays, he has not lost at all to the so-called well-known veteran screenwriters in the industry.

"Of course, Xiaoqiang's level is still there. By the way, what about others, why didn't they see him?"

Looking around the entire office area of ​​the screenwriting department, I didn't see Li Xiaoqiang.

In the past, whenever you came to the screenwriting department, you would inevitably see Li Xiaoqiang sitting there thinking hard in front of the computer screen, or discussing the plot with the staff of the screenwriting department, but this time he came back and saw no one else.

"Screenwriter Li went home to rest." Hu Kaitian said with lingering fear: "He works so hard, he wrote until 2 o'clock in the morning yesterday and didn't get off work. I came this morning and saw him sleeping in the office. I saw him He was really sleepy, and the dark circles under his eyes were too heavy, so I persuaded him to go home and rest, if this continues, I'm afraid his body won't be able to bear it."

Thinking of the last time he saw Li Xiaoqiang, he also looked like he was not well rested and mentally exhausted. Zhang Yang couldn't help but nodded.

"It's really ruthless! I have persuaded him a long time ago, but I have not listened to it. I didn't expect him to listen to your advice."

"Why do you listen to my advice!" Hu Kaitian smiled wryly, "He only listened to my advice after finishing his work. He didn't listen to anyone before he finished his work."

He handed the script in his hand to Zhang Yang and said, "Look, this is the finished script of the first season of "Shading the Sky" that I found on his desk this morning. There are two other copies, one "Yangshen", a copy of "The Romance of the Dragon and Snake: The Martial Arts Conference".

What I discussed with you before was the script of the first season of "Shading the Sky".

Before going home, he gave me the script of "Shading the Sky", and the other two were put away in a safe in his office. "

"I also admired him after reading the script of the first season of "Shading the Sky", not only his work attitude, but also in this script, he put some of the things we discussed before, the original plot, the characters The movements and expressions are all perfectly integrated, and this is what really shocked me!”

Zhang Yang took the script, flipped through it, and found that it had been completely written.

From the beginning of the classmate reunion climbing Mount Tai, it wrote that Ye Fan joined the Taixuan School and became a disciple of Li Ruoyu, the guardian of the humble peak.

However, he only glanced through it briefly and did not read it carefully.

He casually picked up the script, rolled it into a roll, held it in his hand, and said, "Since it's finished, take me to bring the other two scripts, I'll take a good look."

Then, he glared at Hu Kaitian again.

"And you yourself, hurry up and take a good rest. After I read the script and confirm that there is no problem, in a few days it will be the actor audition, the machine will be turned on, and there will be a lot of things waiting for you after that. How can you not keep your spirits up!"

"Hey, I see."

Hu Kaitian smiled embarrassedly.

That is to say, I really want to make "Shading the Sky" and I am very concerned about this film. In addition, most of the people in the screenwriting department are working like this. Otherwise, with his temperament, he would not be so slovenly.

"Let's go."

Zhang Yang was quite speechless.

Passing through a row of desks, we arrived at Li Xiaoqiang's office on the innermost floor.

Hu Kaitian took out the key and opened the door.

"The key was given to me by screenwriter Li, and he usually keeps it himself."

After entering the door, the furnishings in the room were fairly neat, and there was a safe in the corner.

"I don't know the password to the safe, but he said you did."

"Well, he told me."

Zhang Yang nodded.

The most important thing in the screenwriting department is the script.

Before the filming officially started, the script was kept in this safe, just for fear of being stolen by someone with a heart and causing an accident.

Li Xiaoqiang once told him the password.

Walking to the safe, Zhang Yang entered the password, while Hu Kaitian stood at the door and turned to look outside.

There were a few 'clicks'.

The door of the safe was opened, there was nothing extra inside, and there were two scripts lying quietly.

Zhang Yang took out the scripts and saw that they were "Yangshen" and "Dragon Snake Romance: Martial Arts Conference".

pat!

Close the safe door.

"All right."

Hearing his voice, Hu Kaitian turned around.

"That's fine, here's the key."

Hu Kaitian handed over the key to Zhang Yang, and said, "The mission is complete, then I'll go back and sleep to recharge my spirits."

As soon as the words fell, he couldn't help opening his mouth wide and yawned a few times.

He didn't feel immersed in the script before, but now seeing Zhang Yang got all the scripts, he felt relaxed, and immediately felt the exhaustion of this period of time rushing to his mind, and now he just wanted to sleep in the dark.

After receiving the key, Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Well, then you can go back first, after I finish reading the script, I will call a meeting of various departments to prepare to start the machine."

"it is good."

After sending Hu Kaitian away, Zhang Yang returned to his office with the script.

Three scripts were spread out on the table one by one.

His task today is to go through all three scripts.

Although he trusted Li Xiaoqiang very much, he still had to check the crucial content of the script to ensure that no problems would arise.

The first thing I read was the script of the first season of "Shading the Sky".

In the original book, after entering the Big Dipper Starfield, Ye Fan became eleven or twelve years old because of taking the holy medicine, and his body also became a teenager. After that, as time passed, his cultivation base increased, and he slowly grew into an adult .

According to the content of the first season of the script, even in the Taixuan School, Ye Fan is at most a fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenager.

In the movie, the content of this period is somewhat deleted, and the actor in his youth is not Hu Qu, but another young actor Xu Weiluo.

The young actor Xu Weiluo has red lips and white teeth. He has acted in several TV dramas.

However, in the TV series, it is obviously impossible for him to star in all twelve episodes of the first season.

After all, Xu Weiluo is young, and he can't afford such a big scene in the first season, and the performance is too thin.

Therefore, in the script given by Li Xiaoqiang, Xiao Yefan will only appear in the first part of the scene. After entering the Lingxu Cave to practice, he will be taken over later to let him grow into a teenager.

Here comes another problem.

Ye Fan, played by Hu Qu in the film version, is already an adult.

He himself is also in his 30s, so it is obviously not appropriate for him to play Ye Fan in this period.

what can we do about it?

Zhang Yang thought about it and decided to use AI face-changing technology.

During the filming, Hu Qu shot as usual, but in the later stage, through computer synthesis, the face of the young version of Hu Qu when he first debuted was installed on his current body.

In this way, Hu Qu's appearance has not changed much, but in terms of temperament and details, it is all the same as when he was young, which is also in line with Ye Fan's age at this time.

Moreover, the actors have not been changed, and the audience of the movie version can naturally accept it.

Furthermore, this kind of shooting method is not too complicated. You can still shoot as usual, and AI can change the face later.

This AI face-changing technology is often used on many small websites with exciting content. The faces of many female stars will be placed on other people's bodies, which makes some moviegoers obtain alternative satisfaction.

This kind of technology is suitable for use in "The First Season of Shrouding the Sky".

Of course, face-changing in TV dramas will not be as rigid as on small websites.

During the filming, Hu Qu's most diverse facial movements will be collected, and the most advanced AI technology will be used, so that uninformed audiences will not be able to see the clues at all.

To solve these problems, the filming of the entire first season is basically not a big deal, just shoot normally according to the script, and with Hu Kaitian's director ability, he can basically handle it with his hands.

As for the plot, the plot of the entire first season is relatively simple.

That is, according to the original work, all the plots that were not filmed in the movie version were fully filmed. Of course, some branch plots that did not happen to the protagonist and have little relationship with the main story will be slightly deleted.

Overall, it is very in line with the plot development of the original work.

It will not be like some so-called film and television works adapted from novel IP. Except that the name is the same as the original work, the content is completely different.

Starting from the class reunion, climbing to the top of Mount Tai, and then pulling the coffin in Nine Dragons, Yinghuo Ancient Star, Crocodile Ancestor in Leiyin Temple, reaching Beidou, ancient forbidden land, eating holy medicine by mistake, cultivating in the Lingxu, the tomb of the Demon Emperor in the Eastern Desolation, escaping from the Lingxu, and provoking The Jiang family, meeting Li Xiaoman, Elder Han refining medicine, re-entering the ancient and forbidden land to collect medicine, straying into the demon tribe's land, getting to know Duan De, Yan Ruyu's persecution to warm and nourish the demon emperor's heart, Ji's besieged to capture the holy soldiers, getting to know Ji Ziyue, entered the Tongyou River, broke into the ancient bronze palace, forced to cooperate, and finally worshiped Taixuan, learned the secret of the nine secrets, and ended up becoming a disciple of Zhuofeng Li Ruoyu.

The plot of the entire first season is roughly like this.

Although the content of this part of the plot seems to be a lot, the actual shooting is very simple.

Some unimportant plots can be covered in a few minutes, and with Zhang Yang's consistent length of more than 60 minutes per episode, it is possible to explain them all.

In addition, many foreshadowings related to the following texts will also be reflected in the first season.

Such as green copper, such as the ancient sacred body, such as the bronze fairy palace, such as the emperor, all of these will be filmed in the first season.

These key points are also stated in Li Xiaoqiang's script.

Moreover, although Zhang Yang's plan for the drama version of "Shading the Sky" is to shoot season by season, the actual operation is different.

Many TV dramas, after the first season may be filmed, the broadcast volume is too low, so they just cut it off and stopped filming!

Zhang Yang will not do this.

When the first season is finished and released, let Hu Kaitian and others rest for a while, and then the second season will be filmed immediately.

I will only consider the audience's opinions in the first season, and make slight revisions in the second season, and I will definitely not stop filming!
In this way, the audience will not have to wait too long, and there will be a feeling of chasing after the show, which greatly increases the stickiness of the whole show to the audience.

In addition, there are important points to pay attention to.

Although the protagonist's cultivation level is still relatively low in the first season of "Shading the Sky", it is a huge fantasy world!

What is the biggest feature of the fantasy world?
Enough mystery!Enough fantasy!
So the scene must be big to look good!
Even if it is a TV series, it must not be shoddy when filmed.

The [-] million funds are used to make TV dramas. If you just think about it, what scenes can't be filmed?
He told Hu Kaitian that in Xuanyu's filming, everything should be shot to the best, as good as it can be, don't save money, saving money is irresponsible to the show and the audience!
and so.

Even for scenes that are not very important, they must be made into fantasy scenes and cannot be made like those shoddy movies.

Scenes such as the Bronze Immortal Palace, the Ancient Forbidden Land, Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and Taixuan Mountain Gate do not require you to be the same as the movie version, but you must also use the most pious and focused attitude within your ability to make it as clear as possible. Do your best so that you can give the audience the best viewing experience.

In addition, such as the battle scenes, let alone these.

In addition to light and shadow, sound, and other external feedback must also be in place.

Also, it must be noted that the battle scenes must be distinguished!

What Zhang Yang hates the most is that the masters of any level in the play have similar effects when fighting.

He has repeatedly told Hu Kaitian that he must pay attention to this point, and don't behave the same in battle no matter what master he is.

The scenes played in the Sea of ​​​​Bitter Realm must have a certain range, and the Fate Spring Realm has another performance, and the higher-level realms must be stronger than the other!

Level, combat power, and cultivation realm are always the most detailed and basic things in fantasy films!
Directors like Hu Kaitian who joined Xuanyu from the outside may not necessarily pay attention, so Zhang Yang repeatedly urged him.

As for Wang Fei, it goes without saying on his side.

Both of them have the same shooting concept.

As for the special effects, in addition to the battle scenes, the visions of cultivation as described in the original work should also be filmed clearly and clearly.

The immortal king comes to the nine heavens, the Yin and Yang life and death pictures, the green lotus planted in chaos, the stars shining in the blue sky, the beautiful rivers and mountains, the golden lotus planted in the bitter sea, and the bright moon rising in the sea, all these must be photographed.

When necessary, narration or text can be supplemented to reflect the strangeness of these visions.

All in all, we must let the audience watch it refreshingly and clearly!

(End of this chapter)