Originally, all the work on "Eternal Dragon Sword" was going well, everything was going well, and the day when it would be finished was not far away.
As a result, Xiao Qian arranged for something big to come over.
Of course he knows Zhang Dabeard.
While they were busy filming the Four Great Classics, he was still the assistant director of Modutai, just following others and eating dust.
In terms of qualifications, reputation, and influence, he is inferior to others.
This arrangement left Chen Weizhou scratching his head.
Fortunately, Xiao Qian got through to him quickly.
"He is here to study. You are still in charge of the crew. His thoughts and opinions are not important. You don't have to listen. Not only that, you also need to let him understand how our Starlight creates martial arts dramas. He, in
You are just a student there."
That's it, with Xiao Qian's guarantee, Chen Weizhou finally felt a lot more relieved.
Although Zhang Dabeard is quite old, he is really energetic. Otherwise, he would not be seventy years old... Ahem...
After he came to the crew, he immediately discovered that Starlight's film and television production model was completely different from his inherent knowledge.
"Director Zhang, this is our script writing team. Their job is to transform novels into practical scripts for film and television dramas."
When Chen Weizhou introduced him, Zhang Dabeard was confused.
"Director Chen, a play is the director's hard work, and the script is the core. Aren't you in charge of the creation of the script?"
Chen Weizhou shook his head with a smile.
"No need. Our company has formed a mature system on how to adapt novels into scripts. The script writing team will extract important elements from the novels and arrange the plot in the most rational way."
Zhang Dabeard's face was wonderful, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.
A director is not responsible for script creation, which makes him always feel empty.
"This is the polling team."
It is another very unfamiliar type of work, which makes Zhang Dabeard confused.
"What do they do?"
"Because Mr. Xiao's novels have a universal foundation among the people, everyone has different opinions about the characters in the book. When adapting film and television, if it cannot meet the ideas of the majority of the people, then the creation of the characters will be the same as
It was a failure. What the polling team did was to collect opinions in major online forums, summarize the public’s views on the characters in the book, and then extract elements with selling points and provide them to our director team to help
We do the casting and character development.”
Master Chen explained it again.
"Just think of it as market research in ordinary business activities."
"hiss……"
This time Zhang Bearded finally felt powerful.
When Starlight was filming, there was no script yet, but she was already mingling with the audience.
No wonder every work produced here is a hit.
The reason why such a department was added to the crew was because of Xiao Qian's experience.
In his previous life, he was a fan of Jin Yong's books. He often visited various forums, debated with different people, and really appreciated many powerful analysis posts.
To be honest, some people's analysis of characters and plots are really eye-opening and enlightening.
Finding the parts with a high degree of recognition from these Internet opinions, and then making reasonable optimizations and applying them to the shaping of the characters is bound to be more scientific than blind casting.
At the very least, if Zhang Dabeard can do this, he will definitely not do such outrageous things as casting Master Huang to play Wei Xiaobao, Li Yapeng to play Guo Jing, Mr. Zhou to play Huang Rong, and Zhou Bujie to play Yang Kang.
The actor is a good actor, but they don't match each other.
"This is the costume design team."
Zhang Bearded was shocked again.
"Isn't Fudaohua a department?"
Chen Weizhou is strange.
"Of course not. Costumes are costumes, props are props, and makeup is makeup. They all have different functions. How can they be arranged together?"
Zhang Dabeard clicked his tongue, finally having an idea of the luxury and meticulousness of Starlight.
But when he saw the pattern prepared by the costume team, he couldn't help it.
"This costume... isn't pretty enough."
Chen Weizhou took a closer look and found that the drawing he was holding marked one of Zhang Sanfeng's clothing styles.
"Zhang Sanfeng has a nickname, whether in books or in history, called the Sloppy Taoist. He himself is a slovenly person, so naturally he is not very clean. Therefore, his clothes are shabby and dirty, which reflects the
Show his characteristics."
Zhang Dabeard insists on his own ideas.
"But Zhang Sansan is an expert outside the world. Can the audience accept such a costume?"
Chen Weizhou smiled.
"Whether he or she is a worldly expert depends on the actor's performance. Clothing is a bonus, but it is not necessary."
When he first supervised the production of the Four Great Classics, he received unanimous praise. This made Zhang Dabeard very confident and not easily convinced.
"Your costumes are too messy. In addition to the Shaolin sect, it is almost difficult to distinguish the Wudang sect, Emei sect, Kongtong sect, Mingjiao, etc. We can use different colors and styles to make the groups of characters distinct.
The effect."
Not only did he speak, he also used paper and pen to quickly draw several pictures.
His art skills are very good and his paintings are lifelike.
"Director Chen, take a look, would this be better?"
Zhang Dabeard is very proud of his concepts and designs, and wants to gain enough say in Chen Weizhou.
However, before Chen Weizhou could speak, a young man passing by suddenly said something.
"What is this? Why are you even wearing armor? What are the martial arts sects and people in the world doing wearing armor?"
"Pfft..."
People around me wanted to laugh but felt it was rude, so it was very difficult to endure it.
Zhang Dabeard sat down for a moment, intending to argue, but suddenly realized that what he said was indeed correct.
People in the martial arts world are flying high and low in armor, and they really look nondescript.
When Chen Weizhou saw it, he didn't want him to mess around anymore.
"In martial arts dramas, most of the characters are reckless, and action performances are required, so the costumes should not be too complicated. Otherwise, the shapes and costumes will fill up the scene, making it difficult for the audience to see what the actors' movements are.
Why? This is putting the cart before the horse. In martial arts dramas, martial arts action always comes first."
The Jin Yong drama with a big beard in the previous life had this problem, the costumes were too gorgeous.
As a result, during the action scenes, the whole screen was filled with wild hair and big sleeves fluttering. Coupled with slow motion and freeze-frame, the audience could not tell whether the move was parting the mane of a wild horse or a regretful move, and the sense of immersion was naturally there.
Very bad.
Many people say that TVB's costumes are insincere, and one set of clothes is used by several crews. But costumes, like props and makeup, are only suitable or inappropriate.
What is suitable is good, what is inappropriate is bad.
The Five Mountains Sword Sect wearing armor, no matter who they are, the leader of the Beggar Clan with disheveled hair, and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms of Tai Chi, how can you make the audience get involved?
"This is the action design team. The person in charge is Yang Nian. She is Yang Zhen, Yang Yue's sister. She is very spiritual."
Seeing three or five people holding the novel "Eternal Heaven and Sword of the Dragon", constantly designing actions. The drawings next to them were stacked one foot high, and Zhang Dabeard was once again surprised.
"Action design, is it so troublesome?"
This question made Yang Nian dissatisfied.
"Action design is of course troublesome. In martial arts novels, there is a distinction between superior and inferior martial arts. So when designing actions, the audience must be able to recognize at a glance who has high martial arts and who has low martial arts. In short,
If the supporting character can't be more powerful than the protagonist, wouldn't that mean there is no distinction between priority and priority?"
Just like the beginning of the 19th version of "Eternal Dragon Sword", when Yu Daiyan and others grab the dragon slaying knife, the fighting scene is extremely dazzling.
It flies back and forth on the water surface, swaying freely, and can easily destroy tall waterwheels.
But what is the level of Yu Daiyan’s martial arts in the book?
You photographed Yu Daiyan so well, how should Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao, Miejie Shitai and others come out later to design their actions?
Yang Nian's words made Zhang Dabeard's mind thunder and lightning. It was the first time he discovered that there are so many ways to do martial arts dramas.
Originally, Xiao Qian asked him to learn from Chen Weizhou, but he thought it was demeaning to him. But now, Zhang Dabeard suddenly burst out with strong enthusiasm when facing an unknown field.
In the following days, he would get up early every day and go to bed late every day, trying to integrate what he learned into his own knowledge.
He can be seen in every corner of the entire crew.
And his diligence really impressed everyone.
If a successful director is like this, do other people have any reason to be lazy?
