Ever since I received the "enlightenment" from Steven Spielberg, he told Yi Feiyang that as a director, you should not be too serious about some things, and you cannot do it yourself. If you have done everything yourself, what will your subordinates do?
Inspired by this "inspiration", Yi Feiyang decided to leave the animation design and production to Mike and John, so that he could have time to take care of other things, such as...writing scripts...
Seeing Yi Feiyang's resolute attitude, the others had nothing to say. Looking outside, the originally cloudy sky suddenly began to rain heavily, and a huge thunder struck, making everyone's ears hurt.
Fatty Gao Jiabao said: "Look, even God is angry!"
"No, God doesn't even look down on it!" Rabbit Bill shook his head.
"Then the script should be ours!"
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Dong-dong-dong, suddenly someone knocked on the door.
In the middle of the night, it was raining outside again, and suddenly someone knocked on the door. This situation shocked everyone.
It's so late, who will come to the company?
Opening the door carefully, a wet head popped out and asked, "Is Mr. Yi Feiyang here?"
"Ah, yes, he is here, but who are you?"
"I am... James Wan!"
Yi Feiyang never expected that this guy James Wan would suddenly come over in the middle of the night, nor did he expect that as soon as he saw him, he would say: "Dear Mr. Yi, I have terminated my cooperation with Lionsgate Pictures. The script of this drama
, always belongs to you only!"
Yi Feiyang was stunned. This matter has gone too far, right?
I originally thought that it would be OK to give the script outline to James Wan and then ask for some royalties from Lionsgate Pictures. Unexpectedly, James Wan suddenly backtracked and withdrew the script from Lionsgate Pictures and braved the heavy rain.
You have to leave it to yourself like a drowned chicken, so what kind of plane are you doing?!
Then James Wan said to Yi Feiyang solemnly, "Yi, I want to follow you!"
This line... looks very familiar. It seems to be a poorly used plot in those Hong Kong gangster movies.
"Give him a towel and let him wipe the rain off his body first," Yi Feiyang said.
After a while, after James Wen finished cleaning up, Yi Feiyang asked him what happened.
Under Yi Feiyang's inquiry, James Wen explained the reason for the incident in detail.
It turns out that after Yi Feiyang left Lionsgate Pictures, the more he thought about it, the more James Wan felt that he was very despicable and very dance-floor. Although the outline of the story was just picked up by himself, the scripts he wrote were all written according to the outline. Now,
Not only did Yi Feiyang not get angry, he also encouraged himself to keep doing it well, which severely condemned James Wan's conscience.
Therefore, James Wan boldly told his boss Gusta about his idea and said that he could not do this. What was the difference between such behavior and a thief?
Gusta, who is the boss of Lionsgate Pictures, initially reassured James not to think too much, that the matter would be over, and that he had to finish the script now.
But James boldly asked to withdraw from the production of the play and withdraw the script.
Gusta was a little embarrassed. It turned out that when James Wynn came to Lions Gate, Gusta was not optimistic about him, so he didn't sign a contract with him. It wasn't until he read the script that he thought this young man was good and a talent, and then he was busy
He took the script to submit for review, and even put aside the matter of signing the contract. Now James Wan has full power to take the script back.
For the first time, Gusta regretted that he was not cautious enough, but he had no choice. James Wynn insisted on leaving Lions Gate, and he couldn't stop him. Besides, Gusta also admired James Wynn's courage to correct mistakes.
Spirit, although Gusta likes to snare talents, he prefers to snare those with noble character. Thieves will not be welcome no matter where they are.
So after some attempts to dissuade him failed, Gusta had no choice but to give up James Wen's script, and helplessly watched the fat in his mouth fly away again.
…
After figuring out the truth of the matter, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but laugh or cry. He was not a good person. If he were a thief, he had already stolen three plays from his previous life...
No matter what, seeing James Wan being so sincere and running over in the heavy rain, Yi Feiyang had no choice but to accept his joining and announced that from now on Fantasy Pictures would have one more capable person.
What a talent!
Only Yi Feiyang knows how unbelievable this James Wan was in his previous life. Now that he has taken the initiative to embrace him, how can he turn him away?!
I just feel sorry for Gusta, who lost the script and lost the talent. But now is not the time to worry about others. Yi Feiyang and his staff are facing a very real problem, how to shoot this "Saw"?!
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There is a classic saying in Hollywood in the United States, “Comedies and horror films are the easiest types of films to succeed in making big gains with small efforts.”
If you are short of money, you make comedy movies; if you are still short of money, then you make horror movies!
Because Americans like horror, just like Hong Kong people like kung fu, it has already become a habit in life.
You can see a kid in Hong Kong holding a Kung Fu comic and reading it with gusto, or you can see a kid in the United States always having a lot of vampire or werewolf magazines on his bedside.
These are two different cultural habits developed since childhood.
Yi Feiyang, who has been working in Hollywood for almost two years, certainly understands the meaning of this "classic old saying" and has verified its truth through his own horror movies.
Now, he is preparing to lead his troops to create another horror miracle--"Saw".
According to information known to Yi Feiyang in his previous life, "Saw" is a horror film produced in 2004 and directed by James Wan. The film was shot in only eighteen days and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004.
It was released one after another around the world on October 29 of the same year. It finally brought a box office of 55.18 million US dollars in North America. Due to the great success of the first part, a sequel was released almost every year until the seventh part!
This extremely successful horror film is not only loved by audiences in North America, but also has a large number of fans in China, which is far away across the ocean and has not been released at all. People are obsessed with the shocking scenes of blood flying and the self-flagellation of this drama.
Reflection on attitude towards life after losing one's heart.
"Most people live without knowing how to be grateful. But you can't, and you never will."
"Life or death is in your hands!"
This is the famous saying of Jigsaw, the founder of Chainsaw Gate. In this drama, the male protagonist "Tobin Bell"'s performance is completely comparable to the Oscar winner, making the murderer deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Unexpected ending, crazy beyond common sense!
This bloody killing game is different from previous horror films, such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and other classic movies. It has its own unique rules. In the final analysis, all the dead did not die because of Jigsaw.
Instead, he died because of his own fear of death. Jigsaw did not kill a game participant "with his own hands".
For this drama, Yi Feiyang wrote a script, and James Wan, who had just joined Fantasy Pictures, also wrote a script. The two scripts were compared and judged.
Yi Feiyang is not a professional script editor. In his unconstrained mind, the script focuses on creativity rather than the details of shooting. On the contrary, James Wan studied this profession himself, and the scripts he wrote are very close to the shooting conditions.
The necessary shot-by-shot script, and the shot-by-shot script is very detailed, including where to use a long lens, where to use an empty lens, where to shoot, where to rise, where to fall, where to swing, where to hang, where to
Check carefully where to zoom, and where to use the subjective lens, and not a single fragment is missed.
In the words of Rabbit Bill and others, the "Chain Saw" script written by Yi Feiyang follows the "Dali" route and is very abstract. Only if Yi Feiyang directs it himself, it is estimated that the filming will be faster; James -
The script written by Wen follows the "Da Vinci" route, which is very practical. Even an ordinary person, after getting this script, can shoot "Saw" to perfection.
Such comments make Yi Feiyang feel very embarrassed. He has always been known as a Hollywood talent. This is the first time he has encountered such a strong opponent. But fortunately, this guy is also Chinese and has joined his own company. I really don’t know.
What terrible consequences will there be in the future if he is let go to Lionsgate Pictures?
Yi Feiyang couldn't help but feel scared when he thought of this.
Talent, it’s safer to keep it in the palm of your hand!
…
In the next few days, Yi Feiyang led newcomer James Wan and began to make full efforts to produce the production credits, cast list, soundtrack, ideal camera positions and compositions, shot diagrams, required materials list, etc., all needed for a movie
Be prepared as much as possible.
In terms of actors, Yi Feiyang did not choose beauties such as Hathaway or Jessica to help out.
Kao, the film is a bloody horror film, and it is not good for beautiful women to appear. For actors in this secret room type, the better, the more ordinary-looking, the more popular, the better, so Yi Feiyang easily selected him from the company's reserve actors.
I picked up a few that felt good.
However, the actor who plays the leading role of "Jigsaw" has not yet been selected. Yi Feiyang is considering whether to invite an old actor from his previous life to star...
In addition to the fact that the male lead has not yet been decided, the entire crew is actually missing some of the most important props, which are the "seven weapons" in this drama.
As we all know, the cruel torture device designed by the male protagonist "Jigsaw" in the previous life of "Saw" is definitely the biggest highlight of the whole movie. The saw-tooth iron cap that can cut the head into two pieces, and the one that can chop a person into two pieces.
Guillotine, and automatic weeder with timer...
It can be said that this drama relies on these horrifying and exquisite props to create bloody scenes of flesh and blood.
Now Yi Feiyang takes James Wan to several prop shops near Hollywood to see if they can customize or rent these "murder props". (To be continued.)
