After asking the crew for the room numbers of the teachers, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei wanted to say hello to Zhao Jian first, but they didn't know that Zhao Jian had already gone to the studio to look at the scenery.
I came to Huang Lei's room and knocked on the door. Not long after, the door was opened.
Huang Lei opened the door halfway and looked around. When he saw it was Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, he couldn't help but joked: "The two big star producers are back?"
Big star producer...this title made Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei laugh and cry.
Huang Lei thought that the two of them were looking for something to do with him, so he opened the door wide and motioned for the two of them to go in.
Chu Xuan grabbed Huang Lei's shoulders and led him out.
"Brother Lei, I need help." He said.
"What's the matter?" Huang Lei reached out and closed the door.
"It's about the graduation film micro-film." Chu Xuan walked with him in the corridor of the hotel.
Huang Lei raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right. Remember, I'm going to remind you both."
"You must remember, otherwise you won't be able to graduate." Liu Yifei walked beside Chu Xuan.
Huang Lei smiled slightly and said: "It's good to know. What type of short film are you going to make? Youth? City? Campus?"
"Brother Lei, you have the same idea as me at the beginning!" Liu Yifei glanced at Huang Lei and said.
Huang Lei was slightly stunned. What was his initial thought? Does that mean it's not one of these themes?
In his imagination, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were of the same age and with such good looks, they were just right for filming urban, youthful, and campus micro-movies. This type of micro-movies were also the subjects chosen by many senior Beijing Film Academy students in the past.
First, it’s easy to shoot, second, it doesn’t cost much, third, the script is simpler, and fourth, it fits their basic characters.
Just hearing what Liu Yifei said, it was obvious that the themes they chose were not these. Now he was interested and wanted to see what tricks Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were going to play.
In Huang Lei's eyes, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei first invited Liu Yi. Without thinking too much, they knew that Liu Yi was asked to help polish the script.
Then Wen Muye was invited.
Huang Lei nodded. Wen Muye had made several short films of good quality in school. The teacher in the directing department praised him highly, so he was recommended to let Wen Muye join the crew of "Zhu Xian" to study.
In his opinion, it was a good choice for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to choose Wen Muye as the director of their micro-film, and it would also give Wen Muye a chance to practice.
Senior brother and senior sister lead the junior brother, Huang Lei also praised in his heart.
However, the people Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei invited out next made him stunned for a moment.
Zeng Zhengzong from the special effects team? Zheng Min?
"You want to shoot martial arts? Fairies? Mythology?" He guessed several themes in succession. After all, he hired a special effects teacher. This was also his subconscious idea.
Liu Yi, Wen Muye, Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min were called out by Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and they became curious.
On the sofa in the suite, everyone took their seats and looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, waiting for them to speak.
"Dear teachers, Sissi and I want to make a special effects science fiction micro-movie as our graduation project. We have a rough outline of the story and would like to ask you to help us as consultants." Chu Xuan said sincerely.
"Special effects science fiction?!" Huang Lei said in a stunned voice. He really didn't expect that the micro-movie that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were going to shoot would be of this subject. Not only had it never appeared in a school graduation film, but it was also a vacancy in the domestic film and television industry.
Instead of taking a more conservative path, take an unknown path?
However, the next moment Huang Lei grinned again.
Both Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei became famous at a young age. In just two or three years, they reached high-level positions in the industry and became producers at a young age. This is simply not a path that ordinary people can develop.
Therefore, the thinking of these two people cannot be judged according to common sense. Whether it is the group portrait of "Zhu Xian" or the current science fiction film that has never been done in China, it is obvious that the thinking of these two people is very out of the ordinary and is not subject to the current domestic film and television industry.
The impact of market style.
In his view, the word "jumping away" means that if you fail, you are messing around; if you succeed, you are advanced and ahead of others.
But no matter what, with the support of the brilliant era, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have the confidence to "escape".
Moreover, there are indeed no films of this type in China, so it would be a good idea for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to try their hand at micro-movies.
As for the cost of special effects? Chu Xuan is not short of money either.
In this way, Huang Lei had nothing to say, and only Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei dared to play like this.
"What's the story?"
Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min became interested, but they did not expect to be surprised by being called out by Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
Whether it is visual effects technology or film and television original paintings, they all serve the display of film and television special effects.
In what type of movies can special effects be brought to the extreme? Naturally, science fiction, disaster, magic, and fantasy.
Those who have worked in Hollywood are most interested in this type of movie, because once they get a job in this type of movie, they can not only hone their skills to the greatest extent, but also learn a lot.
Just return to work in China, the domestic film and television industry does not make such films and television dramas, and capital is not willing to spend money in this area, making it difficult for special effects practitioners like them to take on jobs.
Now I heard that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei said they wanted to make a science fiction movie with special effects? Even if it is just a short film, they are very interested.
"Let's read the story first." Liu Yidao said. He knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were going to work on their graduation work, so he also knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei must have called him to help with the script.
Science fiction? He has never written such a script, and there are not many screenwriters in China who have written science fiction scripts.
Just because you haven't written before doesn't mean you can't do it, it's just that you don't have the opportunity to get exposed to scripts in this area.
Now that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have given him the opportunity to contact this unknown field, he is still very interested.
Even if it is just a script for a science fiction micro-movie, it means that he has gone one step further than his peers, right?
"Dear teachers." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei distributed photocopied manuscripts, which contained a rough outline of a science fiction story they had thought up during the twenty days in Star City.
Wen Mino received a manuscript and felt excited.
I heard that the conversation just now was about the short film of the graduation work of the senior brother and senior sister. If the senior brother and senior sister can ask him to come, it is undoubtedly to let him be the director.
Although he didn't know whether it would be possible, he was both excited and moved by this trust.
Moreover, as a student in the directing department, he started taking genre film courses in his freshman year, including science fiction. He often read the theoretical knowledge in the textbooks using foreign blockbusters as examples. As a young man, based on his unconstrained imagination, he and his classmates naturally
I also have great fantasies about science fiction.
If he has the opportunity to lead a science fiction film, this is something he is looking forward to very much.
He held the manuscript paper and lowered his eyebrows to look at it.
[One year, the earth's ozone layer suddenly and slowly dissipated, the sun's ultraviolet rays gradually spread and irradiated the earth, seawater evaporated, buildings burned and collapsed, and humankind perished instantly.
Subsequently, the sea set off huge waves hundreds of meters high and flooded the city, major earthquakes occurred frequently around the world, and toxic gases inexplicably emerged from the ground and spread on the ground.
In just one year, cities collapsed or sank into the sea. The earth was covered with thick poisonous gas, and the survivors could only live in the dark underground world.
Human beings around the world call this year: the year of the end of the world.
Thirty years later, scientists worked together in the underground world to develop an interstellar spacecraft. Under the attention of the world, a group of scientists took this spacecraft to leave the earth and headed for unknown star fields, intending to find a planet suitable for human survival.
Although this seems unbelievable, it is the only hope left for all mankind.
Therefore, this interstellar journey is called by humans: hope.
After a long journey, scientists still have not found a planet suitable for human survival, but they have not found nothing. They have collected a lot of cosmic information and data through the artificial intelligence brain of the spacecraft, and have developed one after another with this information and data.
Theoretical technology.
Perhaps, even if they do not find a planet suitable for human survival, they can still find a solution to human survival if they return to Earth with these data theories.
However, when passing through an unknown star field, it was pulled and interfered by mysterious gravity. The spacecraft malfunctioned, the brain went into sleep, the gravity system failed, and the oxygen system leaked.
The entire spacecraft suddenly fell towards a planet. In the process, the scientists on board died one after another due to lack of oxygen or impact.
When the spacecraft crashed on an unknown planet, only a man and a woman were left alive.
The structure inside the spacecraft was not damaged, but the lack of oxygen forced them to find ways to leave the closed cabin as soon as possible and find a way to survive.
They went through each cabin and saw the tragic death of scientists in the cabin. They were extremely sad.
With this grief, they found a hatch to open the spacecraft. Faced with the unknown situation outside, when they plucked up the courage to open the hatch...
They discovered that this is a planet suitable for human habitation.】
"This story attracted me. It feels like a literary science fiction film." Huang Lei moved his body to make himself sit more comfortably.
"The so-called hope finally fell on the heads of the male and female protagonists, but the story ended abruptly, with no follow-up and an open ending." He said.
"It's a big brain," he added.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other without saying anything, waiting for what the other teachers would say.
"The story itself is good. The final ending is a double tragedy. The first is the tragedy that almost all scientists die, and the second is the tragedy that a planet suitable for human survival is finally found but almost all people die. So all the tragedy
The responsibility rests on the shoulders of the male and female protagonists, but as Teacher Huang Lei said, this is an open ending with no follow-up." Liu Yidao.
In his opinion, although the story outline has no details and the logic in some places does not make sense, the details and logic can be filled in by the screenwriter. Just reading this story is still more attractive.
However, if this story is changed into a script, there is still a big problem.
Liu Yi looked up at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and said: "It's the end of the world again, it's building a spaceship, it's interstellar navigation, and finally it's crashing. Not to mention the plot, the production time of these special effects alone is laborious enough. You should be
The homework is due in June, right?”
Liu Yi tilted his head slightly to look at Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min, and said, "Is this time enough?"
Although Zeng Zhengzong was attracted by the story, or to be precise, by the special effects scenes included in the story, he didn't think much about it. Based on his many years of experience in the special effects industry, he made a casual judgment and knew that time was indeed a problem.
“There is no storyboard script, and we don’t know the actual special effects shot times, so we can’t judge the approximate time of post-production. But looking at this story alone, taking a 20-minute micro-movie as an example, almost the entire story is made up of special effects. It took six months.
There is simply not enough time, and you still have to make preliminary preparations." He shook his head. Although he felt sorry for this, he must tell the truth.
Liu Yi, Huang Lei and Zheng Min, including Wen Muye, nodded. They also guessed this when they saw the story.
Huang Lei raised his eyebrows at Chu Xuan and said, "I don't have enough time, what should I do?"
Liu Yifei turned her head to look at Chu Xuan, who smiled lightly and said: "So I asked you to help me as a consultant. If this story can be made into a film within a limited time, that would be the best. If not, then Xixi and I can only
I have another story to think of."
Hearing this, Zeng Zhengzong and Zheng Min lowered their heads and continued reading the manuscript. They were not screenwriters. They could not solve Chu Xuan's problem and could only listen.
Wen Muye looked at Huang Lei and Liu Yi, wanting to see what the two teachers had to say. He hoped that the two teachers could give a good and implementable suggestion. He was also attracted by this science fiction story. If he couldn't film it, it would be a bit of a waste.
pity.
Huang Lei and Liu Yi began to think deeply, one crossed his arms and the other crossed his legs.
Privately, as a friend of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, he can also be regarded as a teacher.
Officially, he is the chief writer and producer of "Zhu Xian" and is also a colleague.
When faced with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's request for help, they were also thinking to the best of their abilities and years of accumulated experience to help.
For such a good-looking science fiction story, it’s just fun for them to help.
"This story has a logical structure," Huang Lei said.
"Yes. At the end of the world, humans live underground and build a spaceship to find planets to survive. In the end, the two survivors of the spacecraft crashed and discovered a living planet. The logic makes sense." Liu Yi nodded.
"But this logical structure is too big. Each link can actually be unfolded to make a story, but now it is integrated into a chain. If we want to explain everything clearly, we will not be able to make a movie, let alone a whole movie."
Micro movie." Huang Lei analyzed.
"Yes." Liu Yi slowly nodded.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei listened, leave professional things to professionals. At least in terms of screenwriting level, they are not qualified yet.
Huang Lei lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, then said: "We need to compress the structure. The last surviving man and woman will be played by Chu Xuan and Qian Qian, so let's focus the plot on after the spacecraft crashes, whether it's the end of the world ahead, or building a spaceship.
Okay, whether it’s interstellar navigation or the crash of a spaceship, it’s all covered in one go.”
Liu Yi looked at Huang Lei and said: "It's what I thought. Just look at the outline of the story. The male and female protagonists are looking for an escape route in the spaceship. They can set up a scene for shooting. No post-production special effects are needed. Then we will focus the main plot on
All it takes is inside the spacecraft, which greatly saves post-production time.”
Huang Lei said: "Then the end of the world and other plots in the front use CG images?"
"Yes." Liu Yi nodded, put down his legs, reached out and took out a pen from his arms, put the manuscript paper on the coffee table, and leaned over to start writing.
Huang Lei put down his arms and looked together with Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Wen Muye.
Liu Yi took the pen and wrote while saying: "The story between Chu Xuan, you and Qian Qian has an obvious and simple linear script structure with one line going straight."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded. The linear script structure is the simplest story frame structure based on three acts. With their understanding of script composition, they can only write a story with such a structure at present.
"The story itself is fine, but the composition of each link is too spread out. Teacher Huang Lei and I just said that a normal movie would not be able to complete the story you wrote, let alone a micro-movie.
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Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei listened quietly, also studying.
"So we have to break the structure into pieces and turn the linear structure into a non-linear structure."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei watched Liu Yi write and listened to what he said.
"The plot of the end of the world, the plot of the underground world, the plot of building a spaceship and the plot of the spaceship taking off, we use 2 minutes of CG scenes to show it to tell the audience what is going on, and this CG scene serves as the [prologue] of the micro-movie.
"
"As for the plot of the spaceship sailing in the space, the plot of the spacecraft crashing, and the plot of the deaths of scientists, it is most taboo to have too many characters in a micro movie. Due to the length, the branch plots will interfere with the main plot and fail to grasp the key points, so these three plots are not
Shoot and remove them all.”
"So, at the beginning of the main film, I think it can start with the male and female protagonists trying their best to escape due to lack of oxygen in the cabin after falling from the spaceship."
Huang Lei folded his hands on his knees, bent over and looked at the manuscript paper on the table, and said: "A non-linear story structure that Hollywood dramas like to use, starting with the end?"
Liu Yi looked up at him, shook his head and smiled: "Yes and no."
He lowered his head and picked up the pen and continued writing, saying: "The end of the world is the beginning, building the spacecraft and searching for life planets in the universe is the process, and the spacecraft crashing is the ending. This is the three-act composition of the CG picture. The spacecraft crashing is the ending, but it is
The beginning of the main plot of the male and female protagonists seems to have a structure that begins with the end in mind, but in fact it is not. We can hide this beginning to increase the sense of suspense."
"Suspense science fiction?" Chu Xuan asked, raising his eyebrows.
Liu Yi nodded, "This is the best way I can think of to interpret your story."
Huang Lei frowned and said: "It was hidden at first. The audience didn't know about the crash of the spaceship? But you removed the plot of the crash of the spaceship. The audience didn't know about the crash of the spaceship in the first place."
Liu Yi said: "Not only does the audience not know that the spacecraft crashed, but the male and female protagonists also cannot know."
"The male and female protagonists are on the spaceship, how could they not know?" Liu Yifei said in a stunned voice.
Liu Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at Liu Yifei and said: "Leave the logic issues to the screenwriter, we only talk about the story structure."
"Okay." Liu Yifei said.
Liu Yi then said: "Suppose the male and female protagonists have lost their memory. Please understand this."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded, now they understood.
"So, the spaceship crashes and the male and female protagonists wake up, but when they open their eyes, they find that they are in a strange environment. Everything is unfamiliar, and the male and female protagonists do not know each other."
"When a man and a woman alone appear in such an environment, they will be suspicious of each other and wary of each other. In other words, Chu Xuan and Qian Qian will act as rivals."
"This is good!" Chu Xuan patted his thigh. He was looking forward to playing opposite Liu Yifei and was very interested in Liu Yi's ideas.
"You can also add a fighting scene." He suggested.
When Liu Yifei heard Liu Yi say that she wanted to act opposite Chu Xuan, she found it very exciting. After all, she and Chu Xuan had never acted opposite each other before.
But after hearing Chu Xuan's suggestion, she was startled for a moment, then turned her head and looked at Chu Xuan quietly, and said with a very dangerous look: "You want to hit me?"
Chu Xuan looked at her and said, "You can also hit me."
The corners of Liu Yifei's mouth gradually turned up, and she winked at Chu Xuan playfully.
Liu Yi, Huang Lei and others smiled.
"In the process of the male and female protagonists being suspicious and wary of each other, they discovered the lack of oxygen, and then they cooperated to find a way out while being suspicious."
"Then, I found the hatch of the spaceship and discovered that there was an unknown world outside and the stars in the sky. This ending may shock the audience even more."
"Then, we use CG images to pull the camera up and show the audience the scene where the spacecraft has crashed. The audience will understand that something happened to the spacecraft."
"Finally, CG lenses are used to immerse the entire spacecraft to reveal the corpses floating in the vacuum in the spacecraft, and the chaos before the spacecraft crashed and the scientists were killed are narrated through sound recordings or walkie-talkie conversations.
delivered to the audience.”
"In other words, the CG lens shows the corpse, and the sound comes from the walkie-talkie."
"Old Liu." Huang Lei gave a thumbs up and said: "He is indeed a gold medal screenwriter. He tells it with a sense of camera. I can imagine this scene. It is weird, suspenseful, and heavy."
Liu Yi waved his hand and said: "Think of a few more lines and use the voice of the walkie-talkie as a conclusion to highlight the theme of [hope], and give the final scene to the male and female protagonists to combine [hope] and the male and female protagonists."
Contact us, this micro-movie ends here.”
"Brother Liu." Chu Xuan smiled and clasped his fists and said, "That's awesome. I accepted it and learned from it."
This science fiction story between him and Liu Yifei is very simple if you look beyond the surface and just look at the structure.
After Liu Yi narrated it in a screenwriter style, the whole story framework is still there, but after the structure was broken and reorganized, it became a new way of telling the story, and the lens language is everywhere, which is quite awesome.
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If the script is written according to the structure Liu Yi said, from his perspective, it is a very good script.
Hearing Chu Xuan's praise, Liu Yi smiled and said: "In my humble opinion, it is the best way to tell the story of this micro-movie. It not only saves costs, but also saves post-production time, and the rivalry between the male and female protagonists.
The suspense and suspense points also increase the attractions, while also retaining the special effects of big scenes."
"Brother Liu is amazing!" Liu Yifei admired her. Like Chu Xuan, she couldn't believe that the story written by the two of them could be told like this? Non-linear story structure? Begin with the end in mind? And they learned new knowledge points.
"I like the structure of this story very much," she said playfully.
"It's really good." Wen Muye nodded repeatedly. A director has a stronger desire for a good script than an actor. After hearing the story structure explained by Teacher Liu, his desire to shoot increased sharply.
"This is literary science fiction." Zeng Zhengzong said.
"I have a sense of literature and art." Zheng Min nodded in agreement.
Huang Lei straightened up and leaned back on the sofa, saying: "Our teacher Liu is still very good. He not only injects artistry, but also retains commerciality, and also adds a lot of lens language. If the script is written according to this structure, it will be a good book."
"But there's only one question." Huang Lei said to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei: "It's nearly 20 minutes of micro-movie, with only you two actors from beginning to end, without any supporting roles to highlight you. Can you afford it?"
Liu Yi raised his eyebrows and then laughed dumbly.
He only focused on scripting the story of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei with his screenwriter's thinking under the constraints of the established time conditions. He forgot to write the script according to his idea. The only characters were Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
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It is very difficult for two actors to hold up a 20-minute big-screen performance, and for 20 consecutive minutes.
Chu Xuan turned his head to look at Liu Yifei, and Liu Yifei also turned her head to look at him.
"Challenge?" Chu Xuan said.
"I can express my emotions without hesitation when acting with you, so let's challenge it." Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows and said with full fighting spirit, as if she regarded Chu Xuan as her opponent.
"How do you prepare the shooting location?" Huang Lei asked.
Chu Xuan looked at Liu Yi: "Brother Liu, please help me and coordinate the script. According to this story structure, you can pay as much as you want. This is a private matter between me and Sissi. We pay out of our own pockets."
Everyone was delighted.
Liu Yi thought for a while and said: "Call three more screenwriters from the company. I will control the story structure, outline and character design. The screenwriter will write the plot and fill in the details and logic. If there are only two actors like you, there is no need to spend money on script coordination.
It takes too much time. Take a 20 to 30-minute micro-movie as an example. I took some time away from "Zhu Xian" to do this, and it can be completed in half a month at the latest."
Chu Xuan nodded and looked at Wen Muye: "Muye, then you and Brother Liu will co-ordinate the script and be an assistant. The main thing is that you have to figure out the script clearly, and then take the script to the "Tianlong" Film and Television City in Yunnan Province.
Is it feasible to set up a green cloth scene inside a spaceship in a special studio, and the props must be prepared properly?”
"I..." Wen Muye was stunned for a moment, and then confirmed with a hint of joy: "Am I the director?"
"Otherwise, why would I ask you to come here?" Chu Xuan smiled back.
Wen Muye was overjoyed, but then he concealed his joy and said: "Then about "Zhu Xian"..."
Huang Lei stretched out his hand and gave him a hammer and said: "You are just an assistant director, and you usually only do odd jobs. You are the same as you without you."
Wen Mino looked slightly embarrassed.
"For "Zhu Xian", I went to tell Brother Zhao to coordinate the script. Your senior sister and I will take the storyboard script with Teacher Zeng and Teacher Zheng to make the special effects budget. You and the teacher from the props team will make the scene, props and labor budget.
Report your budget to me when the time comes, and I'll give you a sum of money, and you can go to Yundian to set up the scene."
"The next stop for the filming of "Zhu Xian" is the Yandang Mountain Scenic Area, and the next stop is the final stop. It is also the film and television city on the Yunnan side. They are all in one place, so there is no delay on either side."
"Okay senior brother." Wen Muye responded.
"The arrangements are so complete, and you are leaving again?" Huang Lei asked with his arms folded.
Chu Xuan nodded and said: "In a few days, Bright Era will establish a film and television company. In the middle of the month, there will be a shareholders' meeting of Micro Entertainment, and there will be an awards ceremony on Micro Entertainment Night. The Chinese New Year will be at the end of the month. My mother-in-law is too lonely alone, so she asked us to accompany her to buy
New Year’s goods…”
Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Huang Lei raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Now that we're done, let's go to the set?"
"Let's go." Chu Xuan said, and Liu Yifei stood up.
Immediately, the group of people left the hotel and took a car to the set.
