China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 559 Space Science Fiction Drama

"What is the reason for the disappearance of the earth? It even includes the moon. Why don't you explain this?"

Wang Yuefeng, the head of the screenwriting team of "Death on Mars" asked with some confusion. In Chen Jingxing's past works, including those of DreamWorks, some science fiction backgrounds and settings are all for a reason.

Even the somewhat obscure "Interstellar" has clear or vague hints about the expansion of the sun and the settings of wormholes and black holes. Even the deus ex machina is clear.

The first draft of the script "Death on Mars" given to him was somewhat devoid of context, especially as to the reasons for the disappearance of the earth and moon.

Wang Yuefeng can be regarded as an old man at DreamWorks and has handled many scripts. He is responsible for adapting the script of the upcoming "Sky Warriors" movie, and he was also designated to be responsible for the script of "Death on Mars".

Even if others have no opinions, he still wants to ask clearly.

After all, what Chen Jingxing handed him was only a simple first draft, and the complete script still required him to bring other screenwriters in the team to complete it.

Wang Yuefeng's question also made other "Project Review Committee" participants in the conference room who were looking down at a few thin pages of paper raise their heads. Obviously this is an issue that everyone is concerned about.

"If we have to trace the origin, there are many reasons. It could be an alpha particle flow with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers reaching the speed of light, or it could be some kind of light particle weapon..."

The earth is gone, human beings are gone, and there are only two people left in the empty and silent universe. School Nuwa, Fuxi, Adam and Eve are useless. That is a myth. The reality is that two individuals cannot maintain a population unless there are a large number of people.

Diverse genetic reserves, so humanity is destined to be destroyed.

In the context of the disappearance of the earth and the doomed demise of mankind, nihilism, which was originally difficult for ordinary people to perceive, immediately emerged.

Finally, we waited until the spacecraft was shrouded in the low-pressure area of ​​the storm, and after launching, we also missed the appropriate launch window.

Moreover, the contact friction between the spacecraft and the atmosphere in low-Earth orbit causes the stall altitude to continuously decrease.

This can definitely be called the most twists and turns of space express delivery. With the scenes between the male protagonist on the ground and the intelligent robot, as well as the previous foreshadowing, there is no problem in lasting two hours.

To make a TV series with a theme like "Death on Mars" and a story like this, the cost would be quite considerable.

The first draft of the script he gave is actually only a small part of the complete story of "Death on Mars". After the male protagonist discovers that there is another human being on the space station orbiting Mars, he decides after an ideological struggle to allocate half of the Kunlun Station's supplies to the spacecraft.

The process of transportation to the space station.

"Can it be made into a part two or a trilogy?"

Because the sandstorm cut off the communication between heaven and earth, the male protagonist tied the communication antenna to himself and remotely controlled the spacecraft to dock during the storm.

On the 70-meter-long mechanical arm of the space station, the heroine needs to stand on the mechanical arm and wait quietly for the spacecraft to pass by, and then hold the safety lock and fasten the safety lock to the door handle of the spacecraft's escape cabin within five seconds.

As the director appointed by Chen Jingxing, Wen Zhi'an seemed to have mustered some courage at this time: "How about making it into a TV series? I think TV series are very suitable for showing such a complex and low-spirited story, and the audience will buy it more."

Wen Zhi'an still has doubts: "If this is the case, the story seems too hasty. The heroine will not starve to death in a short time when the supplies are transported to the space station. Then what? If it ends at this time, it would be unavoidable.

It seems too incomplete, more like a half-finished product.”

Chen Jingxing looked at Wen Zhian with some surprise: "Are you willing to do so?"

Wen Zhian thought thoughtfully: "Nihilism and existentialism?"

Therefore, except for a few people such as Xu Wenshen who had some headaches, others had no difficulty understanding Chen Jingxing's science fiction fantasy.

No one has the obligation to tell them how the ant nest was destroyed."

More propellant had to be consumed to achieve orbit change. The originally scheduled three docking opportunities could only be achieved once, and the probability of success was only 2.477%.

This fantasy docking plan cannot be completed normally, and the heroine of the space station can only be allowed to step out of the cabin and manually capture the spacecraft.

The entire process must first complete all material transfer and spacecraft maintenance work within a limited number of days.

However, due to the tragic undertone of "Death on Mars", the deeper it explores nihilism and existentialism, the more it naturally deviates from the commercial value of the film.

But when the heroine reached out to reach it, she found that the distance between her and the spacecraft escape hatch handle was five centimeters.

"To me, there is not that big a difference between movies and TV series, and if it can be made into a TV series, it will also be China's first space science fiction drama. This is not comparable to ordinary TV series."

Xu Wenshen rolled his eyes: "Space science fiction TV series? Do you want to do charity?"

We believe that people are accidentally abandoned in this absurd world. We believe that the essence of human beings is the choice made by human free will and bears the consequences, and the meaning of human existence is born in the confrontation with nothingness.

The advantage of "Death on Mars" is that through the disappearance of the earth, it can directly push the nihilistic atmosphere that is difficult to create to the audience.

But the production costs are not high, not to mention animation. Even "Black Mirror" has only five episodes per season because of its small number of episodes, so the average cost per episode is only over 10 to 20 million.

"Once Upon a Time on Earth: Overture" does not involve many space elements, so it is not considered a space science fiction drama.

This is the problem-solving process of existentialism.

In Chen Jingxing's opinion, the discussion of nihilism and existentialism is the most precious value in the connotation of "Die on Mars".

Think about it, the biggest source of talent in the screenwriting circle is the "Drama, Film and Television Literature" major. This is an art exam major, and the professional assessment is film analysis and literary knowledge.

Coupled with the unreasonable income distribution of the domestic screenwriting industry, low attention, inbreeding, and handicraft inheritance, it can be said that the biggest obstacle to the development of science fiction themes in the country is not special effects, censorship, or screenwriting.

Chen Jingxing looked at everyone's confused expressions and explained: "The mass of an object will increase with the increase of speed. When the speed of an object approaches the speed of light, its mass will tend to infinity, and it can be regarded as a kinetic energy weapon.

And because of the Martian storm, the sensor failed, and the first-stage rocket separated early. The estimated orbital altitude of the spacecraft was still 65 kilometers away from the orbit of the space station. It did not enter the parking orbit, but flew out of an elliptical orbit.

But of course film and television works do not encourage suicide. After making the audience realize that they have fallen into nihilism, you have to find meaning for them.

Not to mention scientific thinking, literary literacy may not be as good as that of Chinese students from good liberal arts universities.

However, after so many years of training and experience, the screenwriters and directors of DreamWorks can be regarded as semi-civilians even if their scientific literacy was not high before.

But Chen Jingxing soon shook his head: "I'm afraid that's meaningless."

And why give the exact reason?

Everyone can see that the bottom layer of this story is tragic. What I want to express is that the earth is nothing more than a speck of dust to the universe, and human beings are even smaller to the universe, not even counting dust.

Then, in despair, the male protagonist had a flash of inspiration. The spacecraft no longer had propellant to complete the second orbit change, but the space station still had enough fuel.

Use positive energy such as love, emotion, and understanding to help you reshape the meaning of your existence in the face of the huge nothingness.

Under the ultra-high-speed propulsion, the space station arrived at the designated position and was ready to catch the spacecraft that was about to pass by at a height of 63 meters below.

In short, it's just chicken soup. Obviously, the "nihilism and existentialism" problem-solving method appears to be more advanced in chicken soup. At least it seems to be better than "The Center of the Earth", "The Martian", and "Interstellar" which simply emphasize courage.

, wisdom, and the themes of human nature are more otherworldly.

Similar to it are "Rick and Morty" in the past life plane, "The Instant Universe", etc.

Seeing that Wen Zhi'an was about to make a triple jump, he became a film director after directing "Once Upon a Time on Earth: Overture". Film directors and TV drama directors are of course different, especially directing an industrial science fiction blockbuster, which is very important to him.

The status and bonuses are unmatched by TV series.

The heroine could only hold on to the safety lock tightly and use all her strength to jump towards the emergency escape hatches. In the silent space, she held on to the hatch with one hand and the lock floating in the air with the other.

Detained on the spaceship.

"bingo!" Chen Jingxing snapped his fingers.

Of course, there are good screenwriters and gold medal screenwriters in the domestic screenwriting circle, but the overall level is really worrying.

What is the meaning of your existence?

What else makes sense?

There is an error in the calculation. This inconspicuous number in the massive calculation and deduction represents the distance between life and death.

Hollywood's "Roma" and "Game of Thrones" are all TV series with an average episode cost of tens of millions of dollars. Isn't our DreamWorks famous for daring to make breakthroughs and pioneering? I think there is no harm in giving it a try."

"Okay, boss, everyone understands. Everyone understands the theory of relativity." Xu Wenshen stopped Chen Jingxing's eloquence with a headache: "Then, on behalf of the liberal arts students here, I will continue to ask, these possible guesses in the script

Is it just a guess? Doesn’t it set a definite background?”

From a structural point of view, it is actually only one-fifth of the entire story. The complete story is about transporting supplies to the space station, survival on Mars, the incident of the comet hitting Mars, the crash of the space station, and the final journey to Mars.

Chen Jingxing had already prepared: "The earth is gone, and there are only two humans left in the universe. How can they study the reason for the disappearance of the earth? They can only guess.

Then we encountered a Martian storm on the eve of launch.

DreamWorks is not without tragic undertones. It has produced successful non-movie works with profound themes, such as "Black Mirror" and "Aquila Warrior" and "Special Forces", which are known as animation masterpieces.

If "Death on Mars" is made into a drama, it will probably last ten to twelve episodes. If the actors' remuneration is better controlled, plus we don't pursue 3D shooting or IMAX images, and we are in Shanghai.

The virtual production base has been completed. With the current mature virtual production technology, I think it can reach around 300 million.

Now that the space trilogy has ended, making another space work will certainly not just repeat the space trilogy. "Death on Mars" is not the fourth part of the space series, but it must take another step forward in thought.

, of course, we can’t say this is a move forward, but it must be different from the space trilogy.

The tragic tone of the entire story of "Death on Mars" becomes more and more intense as it goes on. Although its problem-solving process against nihilism is quite exciting, and the large number of dramas may seem lengthy, the character arcs of the characters are quite brilliant, far better than those in "Mars".

The characters in "Rescue" are much more fleshed-out.

However, during the only docking opportunity, the sensor failed and the spacecraft hit the space station head-on. The docking failed, the space station lost a module, and the spacecraft rapidly fell towards Mars.

If the audience can feel huge inspiration and motivation from the protagonists' meaningless struggle against nothingness and absurd status quo, then the movie will be successful.

The spacecraft cannot quickly dock with the space station. It must first enter the orbit of Mars, adjust its attitude while flying around Mars, and slowly perform maneuvering orbit changes.

That is to tell you that your existence is meaningless, the earth is meaningless, human beings are meaningless, morality is meaningless, and everything you think is important has no meaning to the universe and is absurd.

Many of the truly top-level screenwriters in the industry are non-scientific writers, novel writers, designers, and even cross-industry practitioners who have no job at all.

If we also add the plot behind it, I'm afraid it will be too much for the upper, middle and lower parts, if it doesn't damage the arc of the characters.

Ning Weiqiang, the only one among DreamWorks' Four King Kongs who has never made a movie, also took on "Special Force" after completing "Person of Interest III".

There are very few domestic screenwriters who have graduated from the Chinese Department.

The story of "Die on Mars" is a meaningless existential problem-solving process against nothingness. This bowl of chicken soup is undoubtedly the highest level of positive energy.

Xu Wenshen was a little excited. It would be great if a story could be divided into multiple movies.

There is quite a feeling of "seeing the truth of life clearly and still loving life".

The propellant returned to the spacecraft through the space station propels the space station to quickly lower its orbit to catch the falling spacecraft.

Chen Jingxing hesitated: "This is indeed only half a story, but we need to consider the balance between business and art. The ending here will have the least impact on the film's commercial box office."

After laughing, Wang Yuefeng, the head of the screenwriting team, and the other directors present looked at Chen Jingxing, waiting for answers.

However, maneuvering orbit requires consuming thrusters, and the spacecraft has limited propellant.

And the most important thing is that just the plot of transporting supplies to the space station is already quite full, enough to support a movie.

But if it is actually filmed, it will definitely not do well at the box office. How can the audience follow you and approach the inevitable despair and death? Even if the film is explaining how we should face the inevitable despair and death.

Wen Zhi'an continued to persuade: "Furthermore, the investment in "Elysium" and "Dynasty" is also very high, no less than industrial movies. The investment in "Person of Interest III" also exceeded 200 million, and the average episode cost was close to 10 million.

According to the special theory of relativity, when the speed of matter with mass is extremely close to the speed of light, not only length contraction and time expansion will occur, but also..."

Just like a person holding a drink spilled a few drops of water and flooded an ant nest on the ground, two surviving ants who left the nest helped each other and insisted on the meaning of the ant nest by confirming each other's meaning.

"Try it with a few hundred million?" Xu Wenshen thought that it would be crazy to complain. Then he saw the boss's thoughtful and emotional expression, suppressed the words that came to his lips, sighed, and secretly complained in his heart. As expected, he did not change his true colors, and there were

Once you have money, work hard.

If DreamWorks was short of money, of course he would have plenty of excuses to stop it, but the problem is that DreamWorks is not short of money.

One "Interstellar" and one "Inside Out" have a combined global box office of more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. The income from split accounts and copyright distribution has not been fully obtained, but almost 900 million yuan has been withdrawn, and there is no time to invest and spend it.

"Okay." Chen Jingxing agreed: "Then make an evaluation, come up with the budget and revenue forecast, as long as we don't lose money...as long as we don't lose too much, we can do this, and we will also make a space science fiction drama for domestic audiences."

(End of chapter)