What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 30 Plan B
During this period of time, the effective clicks of "Lovers at the Table" basically follow the predicted curve, breaking through 500 million in the first ten days of November, which has already reached Yangshu's initial expectations.

"Legend of Miyue" was in a hurry, director Zheng Xiaolong was very anxious, he kept eating melon seeds, and could kill a catty every day.

The investment in this movie is too big. The combined remuneration of Sun Li and Liu Tao is already [-] million, so it's hell if you don't worry about it.

Although he is engaged in grassroots work in the crew, Yang Shu has learned a lot from the scene and can understand his anxiety.

High-quality goods come from the infinite pursuit of details. In the crew of "Langya Bang", Yang Shu once disagreed with the lip color of Liu Tao's character.

Liu Tao plays the princess of the King of Yunnan in the play, the wizard commander in charge of [-] frontier cavalry in the south of Daliang.

In "The Legend of Miyue", she is in the first half of the play, and her lip color is also purple pink, which is the same as Miyue played by Sun Li.

But after the two started fighting in the middle and late stages, their lips turned red, and their aggressiveness seemed to be significantly enhanced by several ranks.

Later, Yang Shu went back to watch "The Legend of Zhen Huan". Sun Li did the same in the Qing Palace, and her lip color kept changing. It seems that Zheng Xiaolong cared about the details of the image, and it was highly integrated with the plot.

However, the shooting does not follow the plot, but is disrupted according to the optimization of the work. Therefore, as a director, he must check all the details including the lip color, so as not to be confused or even go wrong.

The details of costume dramas are very complicated. In mainland China, the director is responsible for the system, and he has to take full responsibility for the final success of the work. Anxiety is naturally inevitable, not to mention that he may have invested a lot in it.

Other people's problems are simple. Yang Shu and others just need to do their own jobs well, and they are relaxed and happy to be satisfied with Xiao Quexing: ""The Lover at the Table" is still on air for one month, so it shouldn't be a problem to raise another 100 million yuan."

Ruhe's promotion stopped after a month, and Nie Wen didn't call again. "Lovers at the Table" is like a wheat field that has more than half been harvested. Everyone is contentedly waiting for the golden ending.

But it does not mean that this project is over. Yang Shu is very concerned about the evaluation and feedback, especially the ones that are written in more detail and can give specific opinions on some details. All excerpts are collected and sorted.

Liu Man is somewhat disapproving of his seriousness: "Creation is a very subjective thing. Once it is influenced by the opinions of the audience, it is easy to cater to it, and it may lose its independence. In the end, no one can please anyone."

This must have been taught to her by the teacher in the classroom. It has a college atmosphere. The reason is correct but it does not apply to the current situation.

What Yang Shu is doing now is commercial creation, not Yangchun Baixue's art films, if he doesn't cater to the audience, he can't cater to the teachers in the academy.

In fact, Liu Man was just talking about theories, and every suggestion he made in his actual work was also catering to the market, especially in terms of the subject matter and genre selection of new works.

On the morning of the release of "The Lover at the Table", Yang Shu's stroke was stimulated by the unexpected number of hits. At that time, he came up with an idea to combine three or four stories into one work to increase the capacity. Attractiveness can also save publicity costs.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I realized that this infuriating energy did not break through the cerebral thrombosis, but caused the cerebral thrombosis. It is not a good idea to make a collection. In fact, it is like putting several eggs in one basket and betting on success or failure. work.

At present, the platform has not limited the duration of a single work, and there is no need to take the initiative to standardize it. Each episode of "WanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWanWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaible

Yangshu’s foresight subconsciously influences decision-making, causing the fact that it is too hasty. In fact, it will take a year for platforms such as Douyin to occupy the short video market before various film and television platforms will conduct market segmentation and rigidly increase the duration of the work.

Liu Man also meant the same thing: "With how much money you have, you can do as many things as you want. There is no need to stay close to the length of traditional movies. We still shoot the stories separately. No matter how many we shoot, as long as one work is successful, we are done."

Jiang Shiyu also thinks this way of thinking is more reliable: "Our life may not be more heroic than others. I don't want to start over after a fall. It is more stable to take small steps and fast."

Yang Shu put forward the idea for everyone to expand their thinking, but in fact he also denied it, and followed the trend: "Then follow our original idea and continue the series of "World Wonderful Events". We can shoot as many episodes as we have money."

Fantastic Studio’s start-up capital is estimated to be only about 55 yuan, and a part of it has to be reserved for start-up expenses. No matter how frugal you are, the cost of a new drama should not exceed 45 yuan. This is a major premise, and the creative plan must be based on this.

The cost of "Lovers at the Table" is 30, and the cost of actors and directors accounted for nearly 20. It is a bit top-heavy, and a large number of crew members have been deleted, but it also proves that the production cost can be reduced to a very low level.

Some people are already working on web series, and 50 yuan is enough to shoot five or six episodes. If they are crudely produced, ten episodes can be done.

Yang Shu and Liu Man re-planned and calculated. If the cost of the main actors, director and screenwriter is not counted, and only a fully-staffed film crew is formed and the rental fee for shooting equipment is added, the production cost of a work can be controlled within 15, then 45 Wan still has a lot to do.

However, it is impossible for the director, screenwriter, and leading actor to be cost-free, and the three of them have reached a consensus after full consultation in this regard.

The consensus is "Plan B."

The content of the plan is to rely on self-reliance, just like the filming of "Lovers at the Table", writing, directing and acting by myself, and all three of them signed B, which can save a lot of upfront expenses.

As for whether to continue to invite celebrities to participate in the show, the three of them also agree, and they can invite them according to the needs of the plot.

"We can mobilize some contacts, use the popularity and trust gained by "The Lover at the Table", try to negotiate a B lottery as much as possible, do a VAM project, and push the settlement until after the broadcast."

Yang Shu called it "Plan B". Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu said, "Why do these three words sound so bad when you say them well?"

A B-signed star was unimaginable two months ago, but now with the success of a drama, it has a certain degree of persuasion.

And this is still a small project, the B signing is not very risky for stars, and it doesn't even matter.

Of course there are connections, Yang Shu and Director An are getting better and better, she has a wide range of celebrities, Liu Man can also borrow Liu Tao's network, and Guo Minkai and his coal mine art troupe are the latest network of contacts .

Jiang Shiyu suggested: "It's best to assign Captain Guo a role in the new play, even if it's a cameo, he's very interested in working with us again."

This is no problem, Dapeng is filming "Diaosi Man" every episode invites guest stars to help out, and he uses his connections.

Signing B may get a higher return than the film salary, but it is also more risky, Jiang Shiyu put it bluntly: "We use our contacts to sign stars for B signing, if we can't make money, it will be a bad brand, and it will be difficult to get along in the industry in the future. "

This can't be considered a failure, otherwise it wouldn't be called a bet.

Liu Man suggested that Yang Shu himself be the director: ""The Lover at the Table" is actually written and directed by you yourself, so I will stop trying to sell you dog meat. Your screenwriter and director will continue to get the B lottery."

She doesn't suggest Yang Shu and doesn't intend to be humble. The resources of the three people's joint venture are tight, and they can no longer play tricks.

If Liu Man does not give up her dream of directing, she can create more suitable opportunities in the future to help her realize it.

In this way, the director, screenwriter, and main actors really don't have to consider the cost too much, and it's not too late to divide the money after making money.

Yang Shu suggested that in addition to the starring role, Liu Man should also act as a producer and take on more work.

She readily agreed: "Don't worry, let me manage the money, no one wants to take advantage of us."

Jiang Shiyu is the most professional actor among the three, this time she will be arranged to star in a play, and of course she will also do other work at the same time as in "Lovers at the Table".

She was very excited about this: "This is my first play, so I must choose a good script."

Everything seems to be following the pattern of "The Lovers at the Table", except that this is a bigger and better version.

Heraclitus said that one cannot step into the same river twice.

In fact, there is no need to step twice, as long as you step into the river, even if you stand still in the river, the river will not be the same river one second after the second.

River water is constantly changing, and so are most things in the world. There is no model that can be completely referred to.

Next, it was difficult for the three of them to agree on what subject matter to shoot, and it took a long time to make a final decision after repeated weighing and trade-offs.

　In the past two days, in order to grab more recommended tickets, I changed it to the early morning update, and then changed it back to around noon and [-]:[-] every day for the convenience of rest, thank you.

　　


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