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Chapter 451 Propositional composition is a headache

A hotel in Shanghai.

A group of people sat around the dinner table, discussing the proposition composition given above.

After the Shanghai Film Festival concluded, the seminar organized by the Film Bureau concluded with success and victory.

The leaders and directors of the competent department and the National Film Group left after a cordial exchange. The National Teacher, Chen Kaige, etc. also said hello to Chen Jingxing and left with somewhat solemn expressions. Only a few of the younger generation

The director and owner found a restaurant together to get together.

It was said to be a casual gathering, but in the end, not only Chen Jingxing, Guo Fan, Tian Xinye, Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, but also relevant industry insiders such as Wang Lubing, Wu Yan, Dong Sheng, etc. came to the dinner table. It can be said that this

Almost half of the entertainment industry is gathered in this room.

Among them, Wang Lubing is the president of Bad Monkey Pictures, Wu Yan is Wu Jing’s sister and the general manager of Wu Jing’s company, and Dong Sheng is the operations director of Huanxi Media.

However, Chen Sicheng and Guo Fan did not call the executives of their own companies. Although Tian Xinye also had his own company, it was mainly for the convenience of investing in the film projects he was responsible for. The rule of DreamWorks has always been that directors can participate in the investment of films they shoot. Tian Xinye

I don't have much interest in signing artists or making external film and television investments.

There may not be any relationship between these directors, and it is difficult to say that this is a circle. If we must say it is a circle, it is actually formed with Chen Jingxing as the core.

Guo Fan, Tian Xinye and Wu Jing are contracted directors from DreamWorks. DreamWorks is one of the producers of Chen Sicheng's "Tang Detective" series, and the first film was only able to be launched quickly with the investment of DreamWorks.

Ning Hao is considered to be a classmate of Chen Jingxing, as is Chen Sicheng. On the contrary, Xu Zheng has little interaction with DreamWorks, and is relatively close to Ning Hao. Huanxi Media was co-founded by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng.

Netizens have ridiculed that the main theme of blockbusters in recent years is that the air force is jealous of the public security, navy and army, and the public security, navy and army are jealous of the space agency.

Since DreamWorks is strong in science fiction, it would make it easier for DreamWorks to film the main theme of science fiction well.

Chen Jingxing came up with an idea.

"Gravity" is all about the sky, so that's fine. In "The Martian", the National Space Administration is so impressive.

Therefore, compared with Chen Jingxing's DreamWorks group, Ning Hao is also the leader of his circle, and he is quite interested in making platter movies.

In a certain sense, DreamWorks has received half of the exemption, because in recent years, the so-called military action trilogy - "Mekong", "Red Sea" and "Spike II", as well as the space series - "

"The Center of the Earth" and "Mars", it can be said that DreamWorks' main theme commercial blockbusters are the best.

For example, Chen Jingxing came up with three animated trailer short films to promote "The Matrix". These three short films are highly rated online. But if these three short films are lengthened and made into a movie, it would be a big project.

And the audience's evaluation may not be that high.

After all, movies are about completion. It’s very difficult to make a 90-minute film that has a beginning and an end, and it’s even more difficult if it also requires narrative and script quality. That’s why feature films are the crown jewel of video art.

Therefore, "Black Mirror II" has a very high status in the eyes of many film critics and audiences. This is because its feature film production is much more difficult than the first season of "Black Mirror". The 45-minute science fiction sketch was extended to 90 minutes.

Maintaining the quality of a feature film without degrading is a test of screenwriting and production capabilities.

"You escaped unscathed."

"Oh, it's all your fault at DreamWorks."

But platter movies actually reduce the difficulty. It is not too difficult to make a short film with a story of ten to twenty minutes interesting and interesting. In other words, the difficulty is much lower than that of a feature film.

The huge amount of information and fast pace crammed into a short film will applaud and even surprise the audience, but once it is lengthened and filled to at least 90 minutes, the amount of information will be diluted and the pace will be slowed down, making it easy to become mediocre.

However, this kind of platter movie is somewhat unpopular, just like the so-called variety show movies, which are relatively low on the contempt chain.

The righteousness of what Guo Fan said made everyone nod secretly. They really earned this "special treatment" from DreamWorks.

Ning Hao launched an attack on Chen Jingxing: "You said you made the main theme movie like that before, are you digging a hole for us, are you digging a hole for yourself?"

Although there are also major theme blockbusters such as "Eagle Attack" that are lagging behind, this cannot change the fact that DreamWorks has raised the upper limit of theme movies to a very high standard.

"I've actually thought about it before. If it doesn't work out, just have the whole platter." Ning Hao had obviously thought about this problem a long time ago.

At the seminar, it was no surprise that the topic composition was explained above. The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Korean War naturally required a number of outstanding cultural works with the main theme.

Of course, this is definitely not a forced apportionment, but no one will really refuse. Everyone has to do their part, and you can invest by yourself or attract investment. If you don’t want to invest by yourself, take out the project and let Guoying invest.

Ning Hao has his own Bad Monkey Pictures and is also a major shareholder of Huanxi Media. It can be said that in terms of directors' achievements in the capital market, he is second only to Chen Jingxing. Although these two companies are not listed, their current valuations are

In total, there are tens of billions.

Finally, there is "Spike III" that Wu Jing is preparing. The three main themes of the film have been recognized by the above.

In fact, their real difficulty was not that they couldn't produce a work with the main melody, but that the official standards were obviously not low. They were not allowed to answer casual essays, and this was not a college entrance examination essay.

Therefore, the evil thing about Chen Jingxing is not how fast he makes movies. In terms of movie shooting cycle, DreamWorks is not fast at all, but the high-level scripts are written too fast.

How can it not be uncomfortable to have such a high mountain in front of you?

Chen Sicheng complained to Chen Jingxing and Guo Fan.

Otherwise, why would domestic directors hire them?

Projects and scripts must be shown to the superiors in advance. If the superiors think that your project is not good enough, they will not recognize it and will not let you fool around.

Moreover, Chen Jingxing also produced the last part of the space trilogy, "Interstellar", and Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth", which are both science fiction blockbusters with the main theme.

Among them, movies are the top priority. After all, domestic movies have performed very well in recent years, and leaders still have relatively high hopes for this propaganda position.

"What does it mean to escape unscathed?" Guo Fan retorted: "DreamWorks has accounted for half of the domestic main theme movies in recent years, "Mekong River", "Operation Red Sea", and Jing Ge's "Spike II", if we continue to

In addition to director Chen's "The Center of the Earth" and "Mars", when it comes to the main themes of the filming, our DreamWorks has shed blood and sweat, which shows that the people of the country and the leaders are sharp-eyed."

"How about you make a whole movie together, one person shoots one section, and hires more stars. With your appeal, the actors will definitely be fine, and there are commercial guarantees. The completion of a short story of ten to twenty minutes is more guaranteed, and the difficulty is

It will also be greatly reduced.”

What's more important is that everyone has their own movie plans. It takes a lot of energy to make a high-quality and high-finished movie. It makes people's scalp numb just thinking about it.

Guo Fan listed the credit and hard work of DreamWorks. On the one hand, it convinced others, but on the other hand, it made everyone feel resentful.

Of course, we have only passed the first level, which is the film tribute to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China - "Interstellar" and "The Wandering Earth" are considered gifts, but DreamWorks still has to participate in the tribute to the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

At that time, the film bureau and the National Film Bureau will also coordinate preferential treatment during the schedule, and tax exemptions will also be provided.

CNSA's reputation is already as famous as NASA's, purely because of movies.

This means having merit and qualifications.

After all, in terms of production quality, popularity among young people, and even its ability to export overseas, DreamWorks is the only one in the country and is irreplaceable.

Platter movies have a long history in China, and are even considered a type of love movie. For example, the movie "Northern Love" made by Chen Sicheng is a platter movie, with a total of five stories.

Of course Chen Jingxing had a headache, and other directors had even more headaches.

At least he has the status of a composition, and he has summoned a group of directors. Stars are definitely flocking to them, and even the remuneration does not cost much. These days, actors who can get into the main theme composition are also a reflection of their celebrity status. Eighteen-tier

Celebrities who want to participate cannot find a way to enter.

No matter how great your achievements and hard work were in the past, you will still be able to take advantage of them this time.

In this way, at least it will not be difficult to succeed in business, and you can also have an explanation for the above.

To be honest, the military action trilogy has reached a relatively high level in this genre, and it is not easy to surpass or create something new.

Why are official expectations and standards so high?

Isn’t that still the fault of DreamWorks?

Not only are there military action movies with a main theme, but there are also sci-fi blockbusters with a main theme. The sci-fi blockbusters with a main theme are even more powerful and can be exported overseas.

In previous years, we met and said hello at award ceremonies such as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, but it was the first time we had a gathering together today.

Ning Hao also has his own movie plan. He really can't spare the energy to complete a high-level feature film. It's not easy to save a high-level movie script. It takes three to five years to polish the script and two months to shoot the movie. This situation is too normal.

Chen Jingxing also had some headaches about this.

"I heard that "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is about to be released? Lao Ning, don't come with me and make a surprise attack. The success or failure of "The Matrix II" depends entirely on you."

After sharing their worries about the topic composition, Chen Jingxing began to care about the movie that Bad Monkey Pictures was going to release in the summer.

Wang Lubing, the president of Bad Monkey Pictures, said with a smile: "Director Chen, you don't want to be so shabby to us. We should be afraid of you. The initial intention of "The God of Medicine" is to be released in early August. We must avoid your "The Matrix II"

"ah."

"Eh? Wait..." Ning Hao asked: "Why do you, Director Chen, care so much about our little movie? You know that our movie has just been renamed? I'm a little flattered."

(End of chapter)