Chapter 39 Dean
The script seminar on the next day was held at this hotel at 8:30 on time. When Ling Jiayin, who finally arrived, arrived, arrived at the conference room and found that one more was in addition to the few people yesterday.
"Hello, Mr. Chen." Looking at Chen Fang, who was a little serious, Ling Jiayin hurriedly said hello, and then looked at everyone with a suspicion: "Am I late?"
"Puff~" Qin Mohan pushed a hand and sat beside him pretending to be cool, and explained to Ling Jiayin: "He is the extra who I invited to play the dean, haha..."
Hearing Qin Mohan's words, Chen Fang immediately stood up and walked out the door. Qin Mohan grabbed it with one hand, then put his hands together and asked him to stay, then sat down again.
Although the other people were somewhat suspicious of whether Chen Fang could play this role well, they didn't say much because of the other party's identity. After all, the role of the dean doesn't have many scenes, so he'll just take a few more films.
Today's main job is to talk about the lines. When Rao Xiaozhi saw that everyone had arrived, he sent some of the lines he modified with Guo Fan last night to everyone. When he sent them to Chen Fang, he hesitated for a moment and handed him a copy.
Chen Fang and Qin Mohan came very early today, and came over to meet Rao Xiaozhi and the others at around 7 o'clock. When they knew that Qin Mohan was about to let Chen Fang play the role of the dean, the two hesitated for a moment, but they still agreed.
Guo Fan and Rao Xiaozhi, adapted from the drama, know that there are some niches, and they really don’t have much confidence to succeed in the box office. That’s why Niu Hao asked Qin Mohan, a actress with acting skills and traffic, to save the scene. Now that Chen Fang is the supporting role, it is even more a huge gimmick. It can be expected that there will be greater topicality, which also represents huge benefits.
Among the Chinese directors, the fifth generation of directors is the most passionate generation. They are the first people in China to receive training in formal colleges and universities to pick up the directing microphone. After experiencing the Cultural Revolution, they were eager to show the culture and humanities of China to the world. Therefore, in the early days of reform and opening up, the West also urgently understood China and achieved a lot of success.
The sixth generation of directors is a relatively miserable generation. They graduated in the 1990s and caught up with the great development of the TV drama industry. The film market shrank sharply, and limited investment was taken away by the fifth generation of directors who had already achieved success. Therefore, the sixth generation of directors made some films that reflected the dark side of society in order to cater to the Western world's vilification of China, and won many awards, but they were banned from China.
After two thousand years, the Chinese film market gradually recovered, but the sixth-generation directors who had already gone astray could no longer find their correct path. At this time, Niu Hao, Xu Zheng, Guan Hu, and Chen Sicheng, the directors born in the 75th century, began to harvest the market. Most of this group of directors changed from other majors and graduated from informal director majors, so they were not summarized as the seventh-generation directors.
The group of directors born in the 1980s are different from the fifth, sixth and even Niu Hao. They have richer theories, more images from the West, and they understand market laws and better understand flexibility.
They are a generation who witnessed the reform and opening up of China and their rapid rise. They will consider box office and profits. You cannot say that they are philanthropic, because they know that only by bringing benefits to investors can they like you and support you.
Moreover, Guo Fan has a bigger demand. He took a fancy to a movie plan from the Wild Fox Company, which made him not want to offend Chen Fang.
After getting the script, the others first went to a larger conference room next door to leave the lines to be familiar with the script.
After actually getting the script, I opened it and read it briefly. Chen Fang couldn't help but smile bitterly. No wonder she suggested going to the next door to answer the lines, and she also said that she would not delay her familiarity with the script. I just thought about how many lines a photographer character similar to "Returning to Twenty" could have. But when Chen Fang actually read it, she realized that she had fooled her again.
Although the role of Dean is not a main supporting role in this drama, his appearances are crucial.
Since you have accepted it, then think about it carefully. It is not a calm style to give up halfway through things. Unless you don’t accept it, he will do his best.
He didn't feel much about this script, but after reading it carefully, he suddenly discovered something fun.
On the surface, this drama is a master personality, six subordinate personality, and then An Xi's master personality is gradually separated from the six personalities under the treatment of the dean. The six personalities no longer know An Xi, which makes a strange and absurd scene appear.
So what if the dean is also An Xi’s subordinate personality? Will it be more brain-burning? What if An Xi is the subordinate personality of the dean? Just like "Inception", in addition to the first level of dreams, there is also the second level and the third level...
If you think about it carefully, this idea is completely understandable. First of all, all the arrangements and clues were derived from the dean, and in the end, An Xi killed six people and was also planned by the dean. Just like the dreammaker in "Inception", this closed mental hospital may have been constructed by the dean, so the dean is the madman.
The more Chen Fang thought about it, the more interesting he felt. He took out paper and pen and drew two logical diagrams according to his own ideas. One was that An Xi was the master personality, and the dean was her hidden subordinate personality, which represented the normal thoughts she wanted to obtain and helped her get rid of the subordinate personality. The other was that the dean was the master personality, and An Xi was his first subordinate personality, and the others evolved on the basis of An Xi.
Rao Xiaozhi was not very calm all morning. Although his eyes were on the actors who were thinking about the lines in front of him, his mind was on the master next door. This master usually looked easy-going and had no airs, but he was in his identity. What should he do if he had anything to be dissatisfied with and needed to adjust the plot? However, this worry became a reality at noon.
Taking the logical diagram of the relationship between the characters handed over by Chen Fang, Rao Xiaozhi felt a little unhappy, but he still tried to resist and did not show it. For the first time, he envied Guo Fan for handling the shooting scene without having to deal with this old man at home.
Qin Mohan pushed Chen Fang and scolded: "This script is quite mature, what are you changing?"
Chen Fang smiled and said to Rao Xiaozhi: "Director Rao, don't worry, I don't want to change the script. Your script is very mature, but I thought about it and don't know if there is such a possibility? That's why I drew a logical diagram of the relationship between this character."
Listening to the discussion rather than order in Shenfang's tone, Rao Xiaozhi felt relieved, and then looked at the two pieces of paper in his hand seriously. The more he looked, the more frightened he felt, the more he felt this setting was even more incredible.
Rao Xiaozhi stood up excitedly and said to Chen Fang: "Mr. Chen, thank you. I'll call Lao Guo and let him come and take a look. Your current setting is more brain-burning and deeper than our original script." After saying that, he greeted Chen Fang, and then ran outside the door to contact Guo Fan.
Qin Mohan took the two pieces of paper that Rao Xiaozhi had fallen with a surprised look and looked suspiciously. The more she looked, she became more and more frightened, and she showed a surprised expression to Chen Fang.
Qin Mohan came to Chen Fang, looked at his eyes and said, "What do you think in your head? How could you set the dean as an auxiliary personality? If this is the case, there would be no normal person in this drama."
Chen Fang looked at her curiosity-seeking face, reached out to pinch her face, and let go when she reached out to open it, and said with a smile: "Maybe I'm not a normal person at all. Looking at the dean's setting, I was thinking, since the name of this film is "Hello, Madman!", what if the dean is also a madman? Just ask the dean a few questions about unity, how do you prove that you are not a madman? So it's better to simply turn the dean into a madman, isn't this more fun?"
"Oh, you're really crazy." Qin Mohan reached out and pinched his head twice: "Is your heads jumping when you learn music? That's why you can create those music?"
Guo Fan came very quickly, and he was also paying attention to the situation in the hotel. When he received a call from Rao Xiaozhi and knew that Chen Fang wanted to propose to modify the script, Guo Fan was scratching his head, and the thing he was most worried about happened. Then he hurried to the hotel conference room, but before he could speak, he found that his partner was excited, including the other actors, who were also thinking and nodding frequently.
Seeing Guo Fan come in, Rao Xiaozhi immediately called him to his side and handed him the two copied characters' logical diagrams: "Guo Zi, here you are here. Let me show you this. The idea proposed by Mr. Chen just now, I feel that if it is added to the plot, it will definitely become a more brain-burning reversal plot."
"The dean is also an auxiliary personality?" Guo Fan glanced briefly and found that Rao Xiaozhi was nodding. Then he looked carefully and became more happy. The more he looked, the more he felt happy. This setting is much better than their initial version. First of all, there are a lot more reversals, and if this reversal is added in the end, it will definitely make the audience's spine cold. In the end, the dean designed to kill six auxiliary personalities, is it redemption or wants to occupy the main body? Who is the madman? This is even more intriguing.
"How about it, this setting is more plump than our original script." Rao Xiaozhi looked at Guo Fan's expression and couldn't help but say: "And with this setting, even if the special effects of the mental hospital are rougher, they can have a perfect and reasonable explanation."
Several other actors also believed that this setting is more dramatic and can better demonstrate the character's personality when performing. Two more experienced actors, Jin Shijie and Wang Xianhui, agree that the use of the dean is to hide the auxiliary personality, while Zhou Yiwei and Zhang Xinyi, a few young people, prefer that the use of the dean is the master personality, which is more reversal and can become a classic.
Only Guo Fan, who had just arrived, was a little calm. He asked a question that he could not escape: "If all the settings are crazy, I'm afraid I can't pass the review. Director Niu's "No Man's Land" was banned for several years because of this reason."
This is a specific factor in China Film and Television. In the films screened in China, it is forbidden to appear all bad guys or villains, and the plot is too dark and has no good side. This is because of the imperfect rating system in China. I am worried that such a film will cause a huge psychological shadow on underage moviegoers.
Several people did not come up with a specific answer on whether the dean's setting is feasible, but if the dean is also a supportive personality, it would be better to pass the review, and at least it would be more obscure. In the end, Guo Fan still suggested to follow this plan. He and Rao Xiaozhi changed some of the plot and finally made two preparations, one was to directly add it to the plot, and the other was to add it to the easter egg if it was not reviewed.
Chapter completed!