What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 200 A Kind of Children's Game

Movies are visual arts, and Yang Shu is always an esthete, no matter what he shoots, he must look good.

It can be seen from "Love Letters from Heaven" and "Warrior" that he is good at color and composition, precise and grand, with a classic style.

Professionals really want to attack Wu Jing and say that he is a layman with a few shots, but there are obvious pioneering attempts in "Wonderful Events of the World", playing various art styles very smoothly, although he has tried it a little, it also shows that he is an expert.

Yang Shu disdains to show off his skills. His works do not participate in judging or awarding, and he does not need to prove himself in front of his peers. Ordinary audiences don't care about some gaudy styles and ideas.

Truly beautiful things are common. Movies are commodities. If the audience can’t accept them, they are defective commodities. It’s very annoying to spend money to watch fake movies. Many filmmakers can’t understand such a simple truth.

Photography and art are the most important test of the director's aesthetic ability. Yang Shu pays special attention to these two tasks, and Ning Song's success as a buddy is largely due to the same aesthetic concept.

Zhang Yimou holds the top spot in literary and artistic films, which is obviously inseparable from the fact that he learned photography at the time, as can be seen from his enthusiasm for color adjustment.

Feng Xiaogang's artistic sensibility in commercial films is also inseparable from his art work back then. His watercolor paintings are still of a certain standard.

The art of science fiction films is particularly important. After all, this kind of subject matter is based on imagination. If the picture cannot shock the audience, the story will be pale.

Da Liu said to Yang Shu: "I have seen some special effects in Director Zhang's version of "The Three-Body Problem". In fact, it is not bad. There are many bright spots in the art design, but it is a pity that it cannot be connected with the story."

These materials have been scrapped, and a lot of money has been wasted.

Yang Shu has seen some promotional designs of that version, and also watched the short trailer, the art is indeed not bad, and it inspired many people at the beginning.

Most of these must be out of feelings, and domestic science fiction films must be supported and encouraged to be designed to this level.

Now it's his turn to shoot, the standard is naturally different, he is embarrassed to tell Liu that those special effects are not very good, there are shadows of Hollywood everywhere, but he doesn't quite like them.

Since "Love Letter from Heaven", Yang Shu has already had a mature and stable art team, which is more than enough to complete "Warrior".

If the film artist is only used as a technical job, these people are enough to shoot anything, but the design of the various worlds of the three-body, in particular, needs to be avoided instead of craftsmanship, which requires truly creative artists to join.

He still put the original team of artists in charge, spread heroic posts in the art circle, and solicited the original design of "Three-Body" at a high price.

There is no need for fanfare, and the general public does not care about it. "The Three-Body Problem" has just started, and there is no need to speculate on it.

The person in charge of the art team is Li Weiyuan, who is very supportive of this nationwide plan for soliciting ideas and will start soliciting manuscripts immediately.

He was just in charge, and there was only one judge for the manuscript, and that was Yang Shu.

For such an important creative link, he must personally select and check it, and will not hand it over to others.

There is no real shortage of design talents in China. In fact, there are a large number of high-level creative personnel in the fields of painting, game design, and advertising. What is lacking is the environment and opportunities for industrialization.

Creativity also needs to be constantly tempered and grown. The good artists in Hollywood are not because of good genes, but because the industry supports a large number of talents to join, and at the same time, the entire world market supports them to continue to improve themselves.

There is still a big gap in this aspect in China, and the market is far from as big and strong as imagined, and the output of excellent teams is also unstable. If you refuse to put down your body and do some ordinary jobs that are just right, you will be full and hungry .

For example, "The Return of the Great Sage" filmed by Tian Xiaopeng the year before last was superior in its art work, and it was indeed top-notch. Everyone thought there would be a follow-up, but there was no.

Although the plans of "The Great Sage Havoc in Heaven" and "Deep Sea" were announced, they were still plans for the next seven or eight years.

Director Tian and Yang Shu shared the same hobbies, and later announced that they would shoot "The Three-Body Problem", but there was no further details.

Yang Shu's "Three-Body Problem" cannot end without a problem, and any difficulties must be overcome.

On December 12th, when 30 was coming to an end, "The Beginning" was settled.

The final click and advertising share is 28.12 billion. After deducting production and publicity expenses, the after-tax income is 26.19 billion.

The producer of "Warrior" shared a profit of 26.52 billion, and Tiange Media, as the publisher, had a net profit of 13.61 billion, a total of more than 40 billion.

If it wasn't for the purchase of Tiange Media, the income of "Warrior" would be only a little higher than that of "Beginning". Labor and income are really a bit upside down.

In any case, 2017 ended perfectly, and the annual revenue of Wonderful Studio exceeded [-] billion.

2017 seems to have passed in a blink of an eye. Whenever the new year turns, Yang Shu will think of the famous line in Feng Xiaogang's movie: "1997 has passed, and I miss it very much."

That is an old word 20 years ago. Yang Shu does not miss 2017. He has experienced it twice in different worlds. In comparison, the future is worth looking forward to.

On New Year's Eve, the three of them prepared some fruits, made homemade drinks, and nestled in the audio-visual room to celebrate the New Year together.

The house is so big, with a total of [-] square meters, but after more than a year of running-in, the three of them like to gather in the audio-visual room most.

Firstly, this is Yang Shu's small world, and here is a feeling of entering his world.

Second, it's small, more warm and popular, and it won't look empty when you sit together.

Three, here is also big enough, the most advanced audio-visual and network equipment can connect to the outside world, which is both secretive and not lonely.

The Jiangsu New Year's Eve party is played on the screen on the entire wall, and there will be Sister Tao's program later, so you have to turn it on whether you want to watch it or not, and you can't ask about it afterwards and appear indifferent.

Encouraged by "The Beginning", most of the evening was spent talking about plans for web dramas and TV dramas for the next year.

There is nothing to talk about Yang Shu's work, "Three-Body Problem" is busy enough, maybe there is no need to think about other things in the next two or three years.

The main topic is what Liu Man will do next. She is a bit reluctant to go back to being a film and television star, but to continue on the road of director.

Yang Shu decided not to shoot "The Devil's End is Coming".

Although it has been discussed for a while, Liu Man is still a little reluctant: "We really don't want to shoot? I have always heard that I like this subject."

The original plan was to continue filming the anti-Japanese theme "The Doomsday of Devils is Coming" this year, which would still be the story of the Weishan Lake area in Zaozhuang, and by the way, consume some of the costumes and props left by "Warrior".

However, with the release of "Warrior", the market situation has changed, and the war theme that had once cooled down has become popular again. Checking the filing information on the Internet, within two months, there have been dozens of projects ranging from anti-Japanese to anti-American.

Yang Shu's attitude is very firm: "We created this trend. There will be a large number of war scenes in the next year and a half. The audience may soon be tired of looking at it. If I really want to shoot, I will wait a few years and don't get together to join in the fun."

Jiang Shiyu inserted a piece of melon and handed it to Yang Shu: "We don't have a script reserve, if we don't shoot "The Devil's Doom Is Coming", what will Manman do next, take on other people's movies with me?"

She has been invited to a lot of plays, and I have been choosing scripts, but after a few months, I haven't picked one that I am satisfied with. I feel that she is a little lazy and doesn't want to leave home to go out to work.

Liu Man is quite stubborn: "I still want to direct, I'm not used to being ordered around by other directors."

This is of course an excuse, and there are not many directors who dare to yell at her now.

She pushed the poplar: "I don't care, if you don't make "The Devil's Doom Is Coming", then hurry up and make me a new movie."

Yang Shu leaned on Jiang Shiyu's body with all his strength: "You can do it as you like, I'm not a faucet, just turn it on and it will crash."

Jiang Shiyu pushed him away: "Don't be soft-spoken, be serious and talk about serious things."

Yang Shu had no choice but to stand upright and sit upright, and said the idea he had prepared: "If we want to shoot, we will shoot the ones that no one else has shot before. I have an idea. After thinking about it for a few days, I was worried that I would not be able to go to the trial. Later, I thought it was not impossible to avoid it." , can still be filmed and broadcast smoothly.”

Hearing this, Liu Man's eyes lit up, and he inserted a cherry and handed it to him: "What good idea do you have?"

"Do you know that there is a children's game called One Two Three Wooden Figures."

"Who doesn't know this, there are many similar games in many places."

"This is a strange story. It tells the story of 456 marginalized people who were trapped in their lives. In order to compete for a prize of 1000 million US dollars, they participated in a life-and-death escape game organized by a mysterious organization."

"These people were locked up in a mysterious place and participated in children's games such as '123 wooden figures', 'tug of war', 'playing marbles' and 'cuttlefish game'. If they lost, they would die. After 6 rounds of games, all of them were eliminated. 455 people, in the end only 1 winner left with the prize money."

Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu shook their heads frequently.

"No, I won't shoot this."

(End of this chapter)