There were rustling sounds in the conference room, and about twenty men and women were communicating in low voices.
These people are generally very young, with an average age of about twenty-five or six.
According to the current situation in film and television, young screenwriters represent a lack of experience. Even if they join a screenwriting team and participate in the creation of scripts, they will only be scratching the surface and writing side effects, and they are not qualified to touch upon the core parts of the script.
But in the face of the film and television screenwriting, in the face of the new concepts proposed by Chu Xuan and Han Sanping, in the face of such a new thing, Liu Yi and several teachers changed their minds.
Since it is something new, they think it is more acceptable for young people to participate.
Ideological conflicts are often difficult to deal with. Basically, it is a situation where the mother-in-law is right and the public is right. The stubbornness in each person's heart is almost the result of no one trying to convince the other.
The artistic ideas of the older generation of practitioners in the cultural industry are deeply ingrained, and these people are asked to abandon the traditional method of dramatization and accept new methods. Liu Yi and the others are afraid of quarreling with these people.
Besides, since we want to cultivate the personnel background of the film and television screenwriters of Brilliant Era, it is obviously more beneficial to start cultivating these people from the beginning. Then these people will be dependent on Brilliant Era and tied to Brilliant Era.
"What exactly is the new drama model?"
"I do not know."
"Then why did you come?"
"During the training period, food and accommodation are included, as well as round-trip tickets. If you don't pass the assessment, you don't have to spend money to go back home. If you pass the assessment and officially join the job, the benefits will be half as high as those of your peers, and there will be additional incentive bonuses. Why not come?"
Some people are online novel authors, some are traditional literature authors, some are magazine editors, some are press writers, and some are typesetting and proofreading practitioners...
The professions are different, but the common denominator is that they are practitioners of writing work.
For them, the current literary work industry is extremely unstable. The best place to go is at major TV stations to participate in program script creation or copywriting. Although the income is not high, it is better than stability.
But TV stations are not just for those who want to go. There are more wolves than meat, and a high degree of education is required. As a result, most practitioners do not have a ticket to get started.
As a result, most people muddle along in the industry, submitting manuscripts to major news agencies, magazines, novel websites, and literary departments of entertainment companies. If they pass the manuscript, they will get the royalties and live a good life for a few months. If they don't pass the manuscript, they will continue to eat instant noodles every day.
Code words and wait for the opportunity.
Such a life is very unstable and boring, and sitting at home working at a desk all day long makes them have few friends in life.
Maybe they are lazy, or maybe they really have a dream of writing, but there are still many people who persist in the industry.
The Human Resources Department of Bright Times entrusted a headhunting company to help. From the list given by the headhunting company, under the joint recruitment of the Human Resources Department and the Literature Department, the attractive salary and benefits made these people sign up one after another eager to join Bright Times.
Liu Yi led a group of screenwriting teachers from the Literature Department to conduct simple questions and answers to these people via email or QQ as interviews, and finally shortlisted about twenty people.
"Yes, I have been a screenwriter for two years, and this is the first time I heard that screenwriters can get a fixed salary."
"Indeed, in this writing industry, we all depend on the weather. Once we submit the manuscript, we will get the royalties. If not, we may have zero income for a year and a half. The bright era provides screenwriters with stable income and jobs. This is alluring.
too big."
"If we continue like this, Brilliant Era will become a holy land for screenwriters."
When Liu Yihe's human resources department was recruiting people, they didn't say anything about screenwriting and filmmaking, and just used high salary and benefits as a gimmick. For these people who are living on the edge, nothing is more important than money.
As the old saying goes, when you have money, let's talk about dreams.
This high-salary benefit is obviously very effective. At least when Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei first came in, they could still see the passion and longing for the future in these people's eyes.
"Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei!" A woman with wavy curly hair covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice when she saw the two appearing. She seemed a little excited. She was obviously a fan of the young couple.
The rest of the people heard the sound and looked around, their eyes lit up when they saw Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
Some people think about whether they can see Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei when they come to Bright Times for training, but Bright Times Entertainment and Bright Times Film and Television belong to two office buildings. In this case, the chance of seeing the young couple seems slim, but
Unexpectedly, the young couple came.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei smiled back and waved.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the young couple came to the last row.
"Teacher Gong, Teacher Ye, Teacher Yang." They greeted each other and sat down side by side.
Gong Geer, Ye Junzi and Yang Dongxu nodded slightly. Together with Liu Yi, these three are known as the "Big Four" of the Bright Times Literature Department. They control the company's drama resources and are responsible for the creation and guidance of scripts. They are also the core figures of screenwriters in film and television.
Seeing that the rightful owner had arrived, the conference room slowly became quiet.
Liu Yi walked up to the front lecture, opened his laptop, took out the USB flash drive and inserted it into the interface, then started the projection, while saying: "We got together a few days ago, and everyone is familiar with each other."
A few days ago, on the day when the people were assembled in Beijing, Liu Yi and Gong Geer invited these people to dinner on behalf of the company.
Under normal circumstances, any company might not treat new employees so enthusiastically.
But these people are different, and some of them are likely to join the core work of screenwriting and filmmaking in the near future.
And today's twenty or so people are the first batch of talents, and we will continue to recruit people in the future to create a dedicated team of screenwriters for the film and television industry in science fiction, costume, fantasy, modern and other types of genres.
Liu Yi and Gong Geer cannot train all the time. Of course, these veteran screenwriters have more important things to do.
Then for the new batches of newcomers in the future, we need the guidance of the current personnel who need to be trained and have passed the examination.
Therefore, the salary and benefits offered by the company are very high, and the treatment given to them is naturally different from that of staff in other departments.
"It is difficult for us to get mixed up in this industry." Liu Yi pressed the remote control to let the curtain fall automatically. He sat on the chair and faced everyone: "But our company intends to have in-depth discussions and research on screenwriting, which requires many like-minded friends.
participate."
"Everyone is sincerely invited. I, Mr. Chu, Producer Liu, and Teacher Ye, Teacher Gong and Teacher Yang welcome you all."
Everyone was smiling, applauding and turned to look at Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and the others. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei waved their hands to them warmly, and they turned their heads back.
"Many people have doubts about what exactly we are asking everyone to do." Liu Yi paused and looked at the many curious faces: "The explanation is very complicated, but it is nothing more than one sentence: improve the efficiency of script creation."
Everyone was surprised. Improve the efficiency of script creation?
They finally knew the purpose of Glorious Era, and they never expected that Glorious Era would devote great efforts to research this issue.
When they think about it, any company wants to improve the efficiency of script creation. After all, time is money. The faster the script is created, the timeline for revenue is shortened, and the relative profit efficiency is also improved.
But, how can this thing be improved?
Script writing is a mental activity. If the screenwriter is not inspired, you can't write it even if you force him to write with a knife.
At this point, everyone had different thoughts and became curious.
"At this stage, everyone will stay in the capital for two months."
"This month, I, Teacher Ye, Teacher Gong and Teacher Yang, each teacher will train you for a week and teach you something every afternoon."
Everyone nodded. They already knew about the training in advance via email and QQ.
"Next month, we will start the proposition assessment. I can tell you in advance that the type of proposition is science fiction."
Science fiction?!... Everyone was a little surprised. They knew there was an assessment, but they didn't expect that the subject of the assessment was science fiction.
Many people nodded in understanding at the next moment. "Hope" is a work of the Brilliant Era, so it looks like what was predicted on the Internet. Is the Brilliant Era really going to create a complete science fiction movie?
Some people are interested. Domestic science fiction entertainment industry is still limited to certain magazines, and there is almost nothing in this field in movies and TV dramas.
The Brilliant Era wants to engage in science fiction and invites them to participate. Does that mean they are asked to write the script?
Facing new and unknown things, this moment successfully aroused their curiosity.
"I'm here to tell you something this week."
"Today is also the first day of training. I will briefly talk about the creation and framework of scripts, how to improve the efficiency of script creation, and everyone's future development path in the company."
What Liu Yi said was something that everyone was happy to hear, and everyone was in high spirits.
"If you have any questions during my presentation, please discuss them together after I finish speaking."
Everyone nodded.
Some people who have never been a screenwriter adopt a learning attitude.
Some people who were screenwriters before also looked like scholars in front of Liu Yi, a gold medal screenwriter.
Seeing that Liu Yi was about to start speaking, everyone got very excited.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were sitting in a row at the back. They looked at each other with interest in their eyes, as if they were back in their old school days.
"What is the script?" Liu Yi said, waving his hand: "When facing this problem, don't think about some complicated theories, and don't use so-called professional jargon that sounds confusing to explain it."
"What is a script? In a simple sentence, it is the basis for the content of film and television dramas and the core text of the art of film and television dramas. This sentence alone is enough to explain the status and importance of the script in the composition of various parts of film and television dramas."
After hearing what Liu Yi said, everyone understood, but at the same time they lamented the importance of scripts, but the status of screenwriters is so low in the industry.
Liu Yi raised three fingers: "There are three types of scripts, literary scripts, shooting scripts, and storyboard scripts."
He glanced at everyone: "Some friends have not been exposed to this industry, and may not know it. Some of the screenwriter friends here must understand it. Regardless of whether they understand it or not, I will briefly talk about the uses and structures of the three types of scripts.
."
In the eyes of everyone, Liu Yi opened the word document and seemed to be preparing to explain the differences and functions of these three types of scripts with examples.
Liu Yi typed on the keyboard, and text appeared in the word document as he typed——
[At noon, the clouds were thick and there were signs of a storm.
Liu Da stood under a tree, and Liu Er was hung from the tree.
Liu Da raised his head and stared indifferently, while Liu Er was left speechless.
At this time, Liu Da slowly approached.
Liu Da: If you offend me, you should be able to imagine the ending today.
Liu Er's breath became weaker and weaker.
Liu Da: Today next year I will burn paper for you.
Liu Er's eyes turned white and he slowly suffocated to death.
Liu Da looked coldly and turned to leave.
There was a "boom" and there was a heavy rain.]
"I wrote it casually, so I don't care about the modifications in the writing. Don't be ridiculous." Liu Yi raised his head and said.
Everyone raised their lips slightly and looked at the words in the word document on the curtain.
"This is a literary script type plot. Its format is to write the scene first, roughly describe what is happening in the scene, and then write the dialogue." Liu Yi looked at everyone.
Seeing everyone nodding, Liu Yi continued: "It is very simple and easy to understand, but the biggest feature that distinguishes it from novels and magazine stories is that you only need to write the names of the characters before the dialogue, and do not write any expressions or detailed actions of the characters.
description on."
Seeing some people looking confused, Liu Yi continued: "Why? Because after splitting and reorganizing the character plots in literary scripts, a character script for each character will be formed."
"The character script is a script for actors, and each actor's performance style and performance effect are different. If you have determined the expression and movements of each character, but it is not suitable for this actor to play, then you
The script you write is equivalent to limiting the performance of the actors."
"So, whether it is domestic or foreign, literary scripts do not mark the characters' expressions and movements before dialogue, do not interfere with the actors' performance thinking, and allow the actors to play and the director to direct the play. This is the development of the global film and television screenwriting industry for decades.
Results over the years.”
"It is also the rule that screenwriters now use in literary script creation, and it can be regarded as a standard format."
The person who was a screenwriter nodded, and the person who was not a screenwriter suddenly understood a creative format and some meanings of literary scripts.
Liu Yi raised his finger: "Above, I mentioned the two steps of script creation. The first is to write a literary script, and the second is to split and reorganize the literary script according to the character's plot to form a character script for the actors' reference."
Seeing everyone nodding in understanding, Liu Yi continued: "Well, since actors act according to literary scripts, we can draw a conclusion that the scenes presented on the screen in any film and television drama come from literature.
content and sequence in the script.”
"In short, literary scripts are for the audience."
"The quality of a literary script will directly affect the audience's perception."
"This is the status of literary scripts, which are the cornerstone of film and television dramas."
Everyone nodded while understanding, absorbing the information points Liu Yi said.
Liu Yi picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said: "The film and television drama has the content provided by the literary script, and the actors are ready to go with the character script. The next step is to combine the two and put them into action. This is the director's job
Already working."
Liu Yi put down the tea cup and said: "But literary scripts are just two-dimensional text language. They do not have a three-dimensional sense and give people limited imagination. They cannot make it concrete or dynamic in their minds."
"So, we have to make it move and change it from a plane to a three-dimensional space."
"In the words of the industry, it is to make it look like a lens, converting the language of words into the language of the lens."
Everyone nodded, and some people were taking notes with pens and paper.
Liu Yi manipulated the word document and said: "How to convert a literary script from text language to lens language? For this reason, through the exploration of senior screenwriters, shooting scripts were derived from literary scripts."
"What's the shooting script?" He asked himself, typing on the keyboard with both hands.
Everyone looked up and saw new text appearing in the word document——
[Screen number: 1; scene type: large panorama; content: big tree; camera position: upward shot; sound: gasping.
Lens number: 2; scene type: large panorama; content: Liu Da; camera position: back shot; sound: the sound of feet stepping on leaves.
Shot number: 3; scene type: medium shot; content: Liu Er: camera position: flat shot; sound: weak breathing.]
Seeing this, the sound of typing on the keyboard suddenly stopped.
Liu Yi raised his head and faced everyone: "This is a shooting script. It is very different from a literary script. But if you think about it, it has a three-dimensional space that is not available in literary scripts."
A man in white clothes with a crew cut raised his hand: "Teacher Liu, what is the difference between this and the storyboard script?"
He is not a screenwriter, but he has read some scripts.
In his vague impression, the shooting script written by Liu Yi was almost the same as the storyboard script in his memory.
He was a little confused.
But the next moment, something clicked in his heart. Liu Yi had said that he would wait until he finished speaking before asking questions. He couldn't help but ask questions. Wouldn't it have a bad impact?
Liu Yi didn't care about this. Seeing that many people had the same confusion on their faces, he didn't say anything and started typing on the keyboard again.
[Screen number: 1; scene type: large panorama; content: the big tree hanging Liu Er; camera position: 45-degree upward shot; action: pushing the camera; sound: gasping.
Shot number: 2; scene type: large panorama; content: Liu Da's back walking forward; camera position: back shot; action: flat shot, fixed; sound: the sound of feet stepping on leaves.
Shot number: 3; scene type: medium shot; content: Liu Er’s dying state: camera position: flat shot; action: panning the camera upward from the bottom of the tree to Liu Er’s face; sound: weak breathing.]
Liu Yi stopped typing on the keyboard, looked at the crowd and said, "What difference did you find?"
A person with a Chinese-character face said: "The content is more detailed, and the camera has movements."
Seeing that many people are still confused, Liu Yidao said: "Why is there such a difference between this before and after? It's very simple. The shooting script is for the director's reference, and the storyboard script is for the director to shoot."
"What does that mean?"
"After the screenwriter writes the shooting script, he submits it to the director for review."
"The director tells the screenwriter his artistic thoughts and ideas, as well as the effects to be achieved by filming the script, and then the screenwriter writes a split-shot script based on the director's ideas."
"The reason why the shooting script is left blank with key details and camera movements is because these two parts are filled by the director, not the screenwriter."
"The reason is very simple. Movies and TV series are made by directors, not screenwriters. The screenwriter has done the director's work, so what does the director do?"
"And if the screenwriter's ideas do not match the director's, but the shooting script is fully written, it will limit the director's thinking and performance."
Liu Yi smiled: "Don't think this is a trivial matter. Words have a great influence on people. If you fix all the details, even the most imaginative people will be limited in their imagination."
"This involves things at the neurological level of the human brain. People's subconscious will be deeply affected by the things they see at first sight, but we are talking about the script, not this."
"You just need to know that the shooting script is equivalent to the blank copy of the storyboard script, and the director has to fill in the gaps."
"To sum up, when writing a literary script, the screenwriter can completely follow his own thinking and write the story in his mind."
"When writing a shooting script, the screenwriter can make preliminary arrangements for the shots."
"When writing a split-shot script, the screenwriter is the director's ghostwriter and must write according to the director's artistic direction."
"This is the difference and structure of the three types of scripts."
After listening to Liu Yi's words, the men and women who were screenwriters applauded. Although they also understood these things, they also gained something from Liu Yi's more thorough explanation just now.
The men and women who were not screenwriters were silent for a moment. After absorbing some information, they applauded along with those present.
After the applause fell, Liu Yi said: "The above is the structure and steps of script creation, and also includes what the screenwriter should do at each step."
He looked at everyone and asked, "Everyone should have a rough understanding of it."
Everyone nodded slightly to show understanding.
Liu Yi nodded: "This is the current script creation process, but what I am going to say next is to break this process to improve the efficiency of script creation."
Everyone's hearts were shocked, and the important point came.
From what Liu Yi just said, we can see that the current script creation process is from literary scripts, to shooting scripts, to storyboards, including literary scripts and character scripts.
Although what Liu Yi said was a general situation, they could still understand and figure out the workflow by imagining the production process of film and television dramas.
Now Liu Yi wants to break it?
They were surprised, especially those who were screenwriters. In their understanding, this creative structure is a process that has been maintained for decades. Some people may think of accelerating a certain link in this process, but no one would think of it.
Should the whole process be broken down?
This completely changes the rhythm of the creative process.
Chu Xuan crossed his hands and leaned back in the chair. Before, he and Liu Yi had been thinking about and discussing big-picture issues every day. He didn't know the details. Seeing that Liu Yi was about to talk about the key points, he
Got some interest.
Liu Yifei opened the small white backpack in her arms, took out a notebook and pen, opened the notebook and placed it on the table. She was spinning the pen in her right hand while looking up at Liu Yi, waiting for his story.