Millennium director

This time when writing the script for his new movie, Wu Yuan didn't just copy and paste it.

He plans to combine the two films "Dear" and "The Lost Orphan", gather the best of them, discard the dross, and create a perfect and beautiful script.

This is quite a test for him. Although it is not necessary to write a script completely from scratch, it is not easy to combine the advantages of these two scripts and combine them reasonably.

Fortunately, after so many years of career as a director and screenwriter, Wu Yuan has gained experience.

Even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs running away.

With twenty years of experience in his previous life plus more than ten years of experience in this life, Wu Yuan's own screenwriting ability is now above the passing line. I can't say that he has become a top international screenwriter, but his screenwriting skills are definitely not as good. Better than most directors.

Although talent is very important in this industry, experience is also very important. Besides, Wu Yuan is not an untalented screenwriter and director.

Having been admitted to the Directing Department of the Film Academy in his two lifetimes, he must have some talent, and it is not low. It is just that he lacked some opportunities and opportunities in his previous life, so he worked hard at the bottom for many years.

Now that he has the opportunity, his talent is gradually being realized.

The level of directing has grown from a fledgling stage to the top domestically and internationally. The skills and abilities of outstanding domestic and foreign directors such as Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Nolan have all been learned and mastered by Wu Yuan.

In terms of screenwriting, he is also trying to be original. "Love Letter", a low-cost romance film, received very good reputation and reviews after its release. Although it has the shadow of "Your Name" and "Untouchable Lover", it is also It is said that green comes from blue and is better than blue.

It was also the success of this movie that gave Wu Yuan confidence, and he dared to play script fusion this time.

In this way, for the next period of time, Wu Yuan was in the United States focusing on the post-production of "The Martian" while also perfecting and writing the script for the new movie.

He also plans to call this new movie "Dear", but the core story has changed.

He planned to keep the main story line of "Dear", which is that the couple worked hard to find their child, and finally ended up in a remote village, where they saw a boy who looked exactly like their missing son. However, , the "mother" in the boy's mouth is not the heroine, but a village woman named Li Hongqin...

The main story of "Dear" is definitely better than that of "Lost Orphan". Whether it is the plot structure, conflict, or sensationalism, it must be more immersive and resonant for the audience.

However, Wu Yuan does not intend to give up the advantages of "Lost Orphan".

In order not to repeat the shortcomings of the "Dear" story where too much effort was made and too many "family-seeking" characters appeared, resulting in insufficient space and insufficient fleshing out of the characters of the protagonist couple, Wu Yuan deleted the shortcomings in the "Dear" story. When the protagonist couple searched for their relatives, they met many fathers and mothers who were just as helpless as them.

Although these plots can increase the sensationalism of the movie, the village woman who secretly takes care of her older child and the story-filled man looking for a child played by Zhang Yi all have many stories and their own helplessness, but these characters contribute to the story itself. It has no effect, but distracts the audience's attention from the protagonist couple.

"Lost Orphan" does this very well. The story of Lost Orphan completely revolves around Lei Zekuan, who has been searching for his missing son for fifteen years, and Zeng Shuai, who was abducted at the age of 4.

The two of them, one old and one young, are like a road movie, walking all the way, looking for their children and parents.

Although the plot is very scattered and there is no clear main line, the images of these two characters are three-dimensional and full.

Therefore, after watching "Dear", people tend not to be very impressed by the protagonist couple, but after watching "The Orphan", they will definitely remember Lei Zekuan.

Therefore, Wu Yuan absorbed the advantages of "The Lost Orphan". During the writing process of the script, the perspective was always focused on the couple looking for their abducted son.

Such a long perspective allows the audience to better understand and resonate with the couple's story.

In addition, he also absorbed the road movie style of "The Orphan". Although it did not make the couple like Lei Zekuan, who drove a motorcycle around China for fifteen years, it also made more people The story is "on the road" instead of creating endless coincidences and misunderstandings.

The story in "Lost Orphan" is based on a large number of investigations and interviews. The truth alone is enough to touch people's hearts. Wu Yuan recognized this and tried his best to integrate it into the script.

It can be said that he is trying to combine the advantages of the two movies and intends to make a benchmark work on the themes of family search and anti-trafficking.

This takes time and requires repeated polishing and revision of the script to finally produce a satisfactory result.

At the same time, while Wu Yuan was busy in post-production and writing scripts in the United States, the domestic light and shadow era was also busy like a machine that started its motor.

"Soul Ferry: Huangquan" completed post-production as early as the end of last year.

With the news of the film's release confirmed within the company, the actors and creators of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" have no idle time.

Whether it is director Liu Meichuan or the leading actors such as Zhu Yilong and Yang Rong, their hearts are tense and they are preparing for the release.

This work, the launch of the Xianxia movie universe in the light and shadow era, may not receive much attention from the outside world, but it is definitely an S-level project within the company.

Contrary to the norm that movies in the previous light and shadow era did not pay much attention to variety show promotions, in May, the crew of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" began recording a large number of variety shows.

There are recording schedules from Mango Channel's "Tian Tian Shang Shang" to Blue Whale Channel's "Running Brothers" to Jingcheng Channel's "A Date with Lu and Yu" and even Taiwan Island's "Kangxi Is Coming".

Yes, the show "Running Man" is already here.

This is a joint production between the variety show department of Light and Shadow Times and Blue Whale Channel.

When he was working on "Actors Please Take Your Place", Wu Yuan asked the company to recruit a group of outstanding Korean variety show producers and PDs. Of course, these people are not in vain.

After the recording of "Actors Please Take Your Place" ended, the company's variety show department began to "copy" Korean variety shows without Wu Yuan's instructions.

I have to admit that in Asia, South Korea’s outdoor variety shows are indeed the most successful and best. This is something we really need to learn from.

"Running Man" is the most popular outdoor variety show in South Korea at the moment, and is even popular throughout Asia. The company's variety show department noticed it immediately, and relied on the company's connections in South Korea to quickly buy this show. The Chinese copyright of the variety show has cooperated with Blue Whale Channel to launch the domestic version, which is "Running Brothers".

This program was recorded from June to September this year and is planned to be broadcast during the summer!

The crew of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" even became invited guests in the second episode of this program to promote the movie!

Everything is just for this movie to be released and become a big hit! (End of chapter)