Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Science fiction movies have been an important category of film genres since the birth of film art, and under the category of science fiction movies, there are many subtypes such as cyberpunk, steampunk, space opera, interstellar adventure, gothic science fiction, etc.As the main display type of "film spectacle", science fiction films are the favorite of commercial films on the one hand, and have become outcasts of major film festivals on the other hand.Basically, sci-fi movies are destined to accompany the prince to study at the film awards or film festivals.If you are lucky, you may be able to win technical awards such as visual effects and editing; if you are not lucky, it is really just a glimpse.

Li Wei is very clear about what the judges and the audience need respectively, and it depends on how he finds a balance between them.To put it simply, the judges' favorite movies are nothing more than epic films and biopics, and in a nutshell, it is "human nature".Whether you show the good side or the dark side of human nature, as long as you can perfectly express it through the audio-visual art of film, then you will be the darling of the judges.In fact, this kind of tear gas film about human nature is also a great weapon for commercial films.The reason is simple, the audience loves to see the protagonist live a life worse than them.As long as you don't kill the protagonist, the audience will watch with great enthusiasm and sympathy for how you torture the protagonist in the story.

Therefore, this "Mom" filmed by Li Wei is a human ethics film under the cloak of science fiction, and Li Wei goes directly to the common tear point of all human beings—the relationship between mother and child.You know, the two taboos in commercial movies are dead children and dead pets.Because children and pets represent the beauty and light of the human world, and they are the softest part of everyone's heart.If you kill children and pets, it will undoubtedly be a sharp knife piercing the bottom of everyone's heart.If your follow-up plot doesn't come back, then the irritated audience will definitely step on the bottom of your movie.

"Director Li, are you sure the script is like this?" In Li Wei's film studio, the screenwriter team asked with the final script.

In the films directed by Li Wei, Li Wei is usually signed by the screenwriter (writtenby) or ranked first among the screenwriters.Due to the rules of the film industry, screenwriters can only sign up to three people, so many people can only be linked to screenplayby.Of course, screenwriters get a share of the box office, but script writing is gone.In addition to the screenwriter responsible for writing, the screenwriting team also has a screenwriter assistant responsible for collecting information, and a script doctor who finally revises the script.

There are also two types of script doctors. The internal ones in the screenwriting team are mainly responsible for correcting typos and layouts; while the external ones are mainly responsible for correcting the professional knowledge points of the script for errors.Of course, the script doctor charges a one-time fee, and he is not named and does not participate in the box office share.Now the scripts for Li Wei's final review include literary scripts (mainly for actors) and storyboard scripts (mainly for directors and photographers).

The screenwriting team has to admire Li Wei's talent in screenwriting, and he can always repackage some simple stories.In fact, it is no wonder that some people say that "there are a lot of articles in the world". In fact, there are only a few types of movie scripts.If you have to go back to the source, then all scripts have the shadow of plagiarism.Fortunately, copyright law protects expression rather than creativity, otherwise the film industry would be completely doomed.Because the film industry is becoming more and more developed, resulting in more and more types of film works, it makes the audience feel that the plot of the film is becoming more and more routine.

This can be regarded as a disadvantage of film development, but it is also an advantage at the same time.Just like in company management, countless employees scolded the KPI management system for not being able to accurately quantify their work.But it is undeniable that under the current system, KPI is indeed a relatively fair and equitable measurement method.When movies are art, directors can create whatever they like; but when movies are commodities, everyone has to dance in shackles.

For Li Wei, who is both a producer and a director, Li Wei is considered an outlier in the film industry.Li Wei's films can pursue artistry to the extreme with the permission of business.Therefore, so far, Li Wei's films are still pleasing to both sides.

"That's the script." After reading the script, Li Wei found that it basically met his needs, so he nodded and approved the work of the screenwriting team.

After communicating with the screenwriter team, Li Wei immediately asked the driver to drive him to Yukun City, which is close to Donghai City.Although Yukun City and Donghai City do not belong to the same provincial administrative region, because the two cities are adjacent to each other, and the subway and bus lines of Donghai City have been extended to Yukun City, many people also regard Yukun City as Donghai City Affiliated counties and cities.And Yukun City, which embraced the golden thigh of Donghai City, tried its best to absorb the economic capacity of Donghai City, hoping to get some broth to drink from the golden rice bowl of Donghai City.

Yukun City currently has two ideas, one is to absorb those small and medium-sized white-collar workers from Donghai City to live in Yukun City.After all, the house price in Yukun is currently only one-third to one-fourth of that in Donghai City, and the buses, railways, and subways in Yukun City are directly connected to Donghai City. Even if you drive by yourself, there are high-speed intercommunications. Small and medium-sized white-collar workers who couldn't afford a house in Donghai City moved to Yukun City one after another, but they created several lively communities in Yukun City.

The second is to absorb entrepreneurial companies and companies with large demand for land in Donghai City.Entrepreneurial companies don't have much capital, so they naturally like Yukun, which is not far from the East China Sea but has lower prices. As for companies with good money like Kirin Group, they also invested in the construction of Kylin TV City here.Due to its small size, the original Kylin Broadcasting City can only meet the needs of Kylin Broadcasting Company to produce programs and shoot small TV series.That's why Li Wei invested in Yukun City and built the Kylin TV City, which is three times the size of the Kylin Broadcasting City.

In order to keep this golden phoenix, Yukun City deliberately extended a part of the Donghai Expressway to the vicinity.Therefore, it took Li Wei just over an hour to feel Kylin TV City, and his destination was No. 20 studio in Kylin TV City.This is the largest and most advanced studio in Kylin TV City.The rental price of this studio is as high as [-] yuan a day, but everyone who has rented it agrees.

Shooting sci-fi movies is inseparable from green screen technology, so people from the CG department rushed over early to make preparations.Although sci-fi movies need to use a lot of CG technology to create scenes, these scenes are mainly long shots or medium shots, and the close shots still need to be completed by the cooperation of props and art departments.It is not easy to see flaws on the screen in this kind of scene that mixes virtual and real scenes.

In addition to making medium and long-range scenes, CG also has a role in making special effects.For the sake of safety, the level of blasting in the modern film industry is actually far lower than that of earlier films.The earlier movies really used gun|powder to explode, but now they use air cannons and electro-optic technology to explode on the spot, and then use CG technology to create earth-shattering effects.

At this time, Li Wei was watching the future scene synthesized by the CG department in the office on the side of the studio, but after watching it, Li Wei frowned and said: "It's not exaggerated enough! Think about it, in the era we set, artificial intelligence has already It replaced most of the work of humans. Therefore, the industrial technology of that era must be at least 100 years ahead, especially artificial intelligence robots, ordinary intelligent robots, ordinary robots and natural people. How should these four images be set? Not only must be able to To see the difference between them, it is even more important to see their level difference. If the audience thinks that ordinary robots seem to be more powerful than artificial intelligence robots, then our design will fail completely. Also, future buildings can be very tall, Vehicles don’t just stay on the ground either. By the way, what happened to the motion capture system we commissioned? That’s the key!”

"The motion capture system has been sent over, and we are debugging it." The person in the CG department replied.

This system is made according to Li Wei's idea, mainly used to capture human's movements into the computer, so that the imaginary objects in the computer can move.According to Li Wei's setting, the artificial intelligence robot is mainly played by human actors, so there is no need to worry about the authenticity of the movement.Ordinary intelligent robots are completely simulated by computers. If they move according to the movements designed by the computer, they will appear extremely stiff.That's why Li Wei thought of the big killer of the motion capture system. Fortunately, modern technology is very advanced, and Li Wei's idea is not complicated to realize.But after the entire system was completed, the CG department felt the power of the system.

After communicating with the technical department, Li Wei also felt the artistic direction team.The art direction group is actually a big group, and the costume design, make-up, hairstyle and other departments all belong here.It’s okay if it’s a fashion drama, but if it’s a historical drama or a science fiction drama, art direction is a big job.As the director and screenwriter, Li Wei has communicated with them before, and also checked the design layout, and now what he needs to see is the final draft.Because the actors have been confirmed, the clothing sizes of the protagonists are already ready.As for the supporting roles and extras, they are naturally in accordance with the size required by the plot.If it is too big or too small, then you can only ask you to lose weight or gain weight as soon as possible, otherwise the crew will have to find another person to come and shoot.Because it is not a special shooting date for the stills, Li Wei asked a few staff members of similar body shape to show the effect of the lower and upper body.

After finishing all this work, Li Wei went to his production office. At this time, besides the producer himself, the supervisor, production coordinator and director of production on behalf of the company had arrived, and there were several partner production companies Co-producers representing their own interests were also sent.Seven or eight people were discussing the current preparatory work in the conference room. After confirming that the preliminary work was correct, Li Wei ordered: "Then let's start shooting according to the scheduled date. We will hold a start-up ceremony the day after tomorrow, and let The crew went into the studio to shoot. This is our venue, and the security is basically done well, so there is no need to worry about the leakage of the studio. The problem now is that although it is a sci-fi film, there are still some shots that need to be shot on location, which may require coordination Good luck to the local government and the police.”

The person in charge of the production coordinator said: "We have already communicated about this point. The enthusiasm of Yukun City is very high. Now they not only want to attract small and medium-sized white-collar workers from Donghai City to live here, but also want to create a network technology and film and television Production is a new type of industry with two leading heads. They currently say that they can only provide convenience for filming, but in the future they are willing to provide tax relief and even tax rebates."

"Since that's the case, ask them, if the Qilin theme park lands in Yukun City, what preferential treatment will they have?"

Li Wei is still very coveted about theme parks, after all, this is a big money maker for entertainment companies.The city of Auckland on the earth plane can rely on theme parks to make a fortune, but can't Yukun city?Li Wei feels that there are too many cooperation contents in this aspect.

To be continued...