(Happy Lantern Festival!)

When Shen Changlin works on projects now, he basically creates a framework and then finds a screenwriter to fill it in...

His ability is limited to the general direction and small details, which is really not good at all!

Including the script for "I Am a Witness"...

Of course, he didn't treat the screenwriter badly. The remuneration was definitely the highest in the industry, and he also gave him the right to authorize.

The same goes for the script of "The Band of Thieves". He put together the framework. In addition to Zhong Wei, Dong Runnian was hired to write the specific script...

Together with Shen Changlin, the three of them meet and discuss various things every day.

Save your life~

Occasionally, Yang Fan, Guo Songjiang, cinematographer Han Qiming, and special effects director will also join in, because when discussing the script, they will directly draw the storyboards, scenes, props, etc., and Lao Guo and Yang Fan will directly give the budget.

The special effects supervisor is responsible for controlling Shen Changlin's whimsical ideas - you have to tell us what we can do.

As for the script, once the logic has been straightened out, the rest will be easy to handle. The general framework follows "The Thieves" and adds elements of revenge. The male protagonist really wants revenge and uses the Thieves to steal the treasury...

Dong Runnian was a little dissatisfied: "The plot after that will be very cliché!"

"...Genre films cannot be good..."

Shen Changlin also figured it out...

No need to be so entangled, the logic is smooth, the pictures are stunning, and there are a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women. This is what a top commercial film should be like.

"Do you have any recommendations for actor selection?"

"For this kind of pure entertainment film, it's best to use actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan!"

Shen Changlin shook his head: "...he is too old."

Yang Fan interjected: "I don't think it's necessary for China and South Korea to co-produce... You only have five actors!"

Well, originally the plan was to have ten actors...

China and South Korea each contribute half.

I also thought about adding a group of Korean thieves before...

I still reject this idea. If there are too many people, it will easily distract from the main plot, and the audience will find it inexplicable. In a commercial film, if the audience finds it inexplicable, it will definitely fail!

"It's okay, let's do "The Thieves" first, and we'll do "Treasure League" later..."

"Do we need to prepare the script?"

"Let's make preparations...I will definitely take the photo!"

"The Band of Thieves" and "The Treasure Hunter", two large-scale commercial films, established his position in Asian commercial films in one fell swoop.

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April 2nd, Film Archive, Young Directors Symposium.

Ning Hao, Lu Chuan, Gao Qunshu…

Shen Changlin also attended...

Everyone is talking about Hollywood.

Shen Changlin felt the deepest. One month after its release, "Search" had a box office of 402 million.

A pretty good result, but it could have been better!

The opponents are too strong. "Alien Battlefield", "Wrath of the Gods" and "Pursuit", three movies monopolized the market at the end of March. Otherwise, "Search" would have already earned 450 million!

Human beings have always been strict in disciplining others and lenient in disciplining themselves.

Referred to as double standard.

If other movies meet Hollywood blockbusters and can still earn 400 million at the box office, he may think, 'It's already very good, what else do you want?'

If it were him, he still had some complaints in his heart...

Damn it, how does the General Administration do things? Why do they put so many movies in it?

It's normal, just like... Nie Yuan, Brother Yuan said in an interview before, "There are some things that people don't dare to say, but I dare to say them. We actors know this profession better, and the actor industry is easier to have feelings for. You can think of two or three We were together for months, fell in love, and were together every day. The relationship grew slowly.'

Very strong.

Therefore, he asked his wife Xiying to withdraw from the industry.

What was the result?

He fell in love with an actress from the same crew and divorced his wife!

Tsk tsk.

Why is Shen Changlin so distracted? Because it is Lu Chuan's time to speak, and he is talking about the impact of doubling the share of imported Hollywood films on Chinese films...

Just some cliche stuff, boring!

I thought of "Search", and then I thought of "Sister Tao". This film was quite unlucky. When it encountered "Search", its market performance was directly reduced by half...

Then he suddenly woke up because Lu Chuan was crying again...

With choked eyes, he said: "The filming of "The King's Feast" was very touching this time. I learned a lot through this film. I can no longer have a coquettish mentality. What we are facing now is a steel giant. We must be strong. I I will use industrial methods to do the next drama without being coquettish.'

"The King's Feast" was originally scheduled to be released on July 5th, but it is now unavailable.

In fact, the post-production process was not completed. According to the post-production director: It is not commercial at all, so how can it compete with "Painted Skin 2"?

But explaining 'non-commercial reasons' to the outside world gives people the feeling that they are stuck in censorship...

Shen Changlin rolled his eyes...

With an investment of more than 100 million, it’s now said that ‘you can’t act like a baby’…

Host Yin Hong smiled: "When it comes to commercial films, Director Shen should have a say..."

Shen Changlin took the microphone: "What I understand as commercial films are genre films. Hollywood has been studying them for a hundred years. We can make them according to the rules summarized by them and combine them with our own market and we'll be done!"

"It's too general. Can you be more specific?"

"It's just about figuring out what your selling point is. The selling point of war movies is the war scenes, and the selling point of comedy movies is the baggage..." After a pause, Shen Changlin suddenly asked: "By the way, speaking of this, I want to ask Senior Brother Lu Chuan "The King's Feast" is based on the theme of "Hongmen Banquet". Of course, the movie restores the Chu-Han War. The audience went to the theater to watch the big scene. I don't understand how such a movie can be postponed. There are also people saying that there is a censorship card. Not allowed to be released? Can you explain it?"

Lu Chuan didn't look at him and answered directly: "What I understand about "The King's Feast" is not the Hongmen Banquet. It is about the fate of an era and the fate of a group of people. It is not a meal at all..."

Shen Changlin was shocked, and Lu Chuan continued: "What I want to express is a brand new Chu-Han historical movie, which only tells the story of Liu Bang's life of power. I want to make a movie that is useful to China's current and future..."

"So you spent 100 million on investors just to tell your understanding of Hongmen Banquet?"

Lu Chuan also wanted to explain that Shen Changlin ignored him: "I have said before that the biggest problem with Chinese films is that too many Chinese filmmakers, to put it bluntly, are the mainstream of Chinese filmmakers, are too keen on emphasizing and maintaining As an "artist" myself, I still don't understand and disdain purely commercial films."

"I always think that movies will change China and movies will affect the world... In fact, movies are just movies. If you want your movies to be seen by more people in the world, in addition to improving the production quality of the movies, you still have to rely on the country's economic strength. In the final analysis ,National strength determines everything!”

"Chinese movies must first be recognized by the Chinese audience, just like a chef must be widely recognized by a group of diners, chefs and society, rather than hiding in a small circle and praising each other like the masters of the Republic of China."

"This is my opinion..."

The place was a little quiet.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what Shen Changlin said, but... in the early days in China, filmmaking was considered a privileged tool, which resulted in many directors being used to preaching to the audience and telling the audience about the director's feelings, and they were also accustomed to this superiority.

This is a habit that has been formed over a long period of time, and it is difficult to change your mentality all at once...

Really, if we don’t talk about anything else, just talking about the fifth generation, Ah Mou is just a special case. Most of them are poetry reciters. They are like Tianlong people. They live in their own small circle and feel that they are better than the audience...

——A group of media including the main creator told us that aesthetics should be diversified through "The Young Lion".

I need you to tell me when I'm riding a horse?

It’s you who are hyping up the aesthetics of the underworld at the opening ceremony of the Japan-Benz Olympic Games, and now you are jumping out to tell us that aesthetics should be diversified.
Chapter completed!