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Chapter 248 "The Mermaid" Is the Eco-Friendly Version of "Avatar"?What has changed? (Add more monthly tickets)

He Fang emptied his mind and let his thoughts fly.For a while I was thinking about making movies, for a while I was thinking about scripts, for a while I was thinking about the industrialization of movies, and for a while I was thinking about actresses...

"Well, yes, that's right, don't worry..." Zhang Yuqi was on the phone with someone, and she still held the sausage in her hand and ate it.

He Fang suddenly understood Cao thief's hobbies, it really felt different.

"Hey, director, are you dealing with me?" This time Tian Jingtian found He Fang and expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Huh? How should I say it?" He Fang was very surprised.

"Why do I see you give Zhang Yuqi a small stove several times, but not me?" Jing Tian asked.

"????" He Fang was stunned, this girl found out about his relationship with Zhang Yuqi?

Then he glanced at Tong Weidong next to him, who turned his head and pretended not to see him.

"Hiss, cough, that's not what you think." He Fang explained.

"What's that like? I met her again yesterday, and she said you were going to tell her the script." Jing Tian said.

"... Cough, that... your situation is different now." He Fang took out a cigarette and lit it in a panic, hiding his embarrassment.

"Why is it different?" Jing Tian was puzzled.

"You, you can't be preached too much now, because your role is to be a mermaid with a pure mind. I have taught you too much now. Your thinking is messed up. How can you play a simple mermaid?" He Fang finally found a reason.

"Oh?" Jing Tian was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and seemed very sensible, "Then I understand."

Jing Tian seemed to have figured it out, and when she was about to leave, she suddenly turned around and asked, "Then when can you guide me alone?"

"..." Tong Weidong suddenly glanced at Jing Tian with eyes like a 'silly girl', but immediately returned to normal.

In fact, he was shouting in his heart: "Silly girl, don't let this scumbag guide alone, he will point at random, and you will regret it for the rest of your life if you make a mistake..."

But is Tong Weile's voice useful?When he thought about how many actresses were trying to get He Fang to mess around with their heads, he felt that these women were really... unfeminine, without female virtue...

"This, let's talk about it later, let's talk about the next play, you don't need to direct this play alone." He Fang found an excuse.

"Oh, that's fine." Jing Tian left.

He Fang turned his head to look at Tong Weidong, and then stared at him like that.

"Do you want to have your salary deducted?" He Fang asked.

"Boss, I'm responsible for protecting your safety, and then prohibiting those with evil intentions from approaching you. And they...you seem to want them to have evil intentions..."

"Pfft!" He Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then can you keep it a secret for me in the future?"

"Yes, boss."

He Fang shook his head.

……

What is the story of "The Mermaid"?It is about a rich man who, for his own benefit, then circles the sea for profit but destroys the marine ecology.

It just happened that the mermaid family lived in the sea they wanted to confine, so the mermaid family started a struggle with humans in order to prevent humans from destroying their homeland.

It's a pity that it failed in the end, and human beings continued to destroy the ocean...

Strictly speaking, this is an environmental film. It was originally a serious topic, but it was made into a comedy form, which is ironic on the other hand.

It's just that Stephen Chow's original film is still flawed. For example, the final fighting scene is not exciting enough, and the climax is not in place.

Then the meme is a bit old, plus the love mode of the domineering president falling in love with me, in general the routine is a bit outdated.

After all, Zhou Xingchi is in his 50s, and it's hard to say whether their stalks and routines are suitable for young people.

There are some problems with this movie as a whole. Although the problem makes many viewers unable to tell, this is the biggest problem.

One of the biggest problems is that the 3D of Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid" is really not as good as without 3D. Why do such an urban film have 3D?Just a gimmick.

So, where should we change this point? The reason why the original 3D looks like a chicken rib is because the picture has no sense of depth, layering, and color, and there is no 3D picture that amazes the audience.

These are things that He Fang needs to change. This situation cannot happen. In order to add some 3D effects, He Fang added images of the underwater world in the new film, and used contrasting images, such as the unpolluted seabed and the polluted seabed.

Added a plot that allows Liu Xuan to have part of the ability to breathe underwater, and then go to the underwater world with the mermaid.

Only with comparison can we truly show how destructive human beings are, and it can also give the audience a novel perspective.

In addition to the 3D enhancement, there is also the need to strengthen the conflict. The original mermaid really has no major conflicts.

The biggest conflict was the struggle between the Mermaid Clan and Liu Xuan, and then there was a conflict between Liu Xuan and Li Ruolan, and then Li Ruolan brought people to destroy the Mermaid Clan.

With these two conflicts, there is nothing left.

Therefore, such a plot makes people unable to see the ups and downs, the climax, and the story is too flat.

After watching the movie, I feel like there is nothing to remember, or nothing to talk about.

It's less interesting.

The siege of the mermaids in the back is like a play, and the rescue of the mermaids is also like a play, and then there are a lot of nonsense plots in the middle...

In short, the whole movie is not like a serious blockbuster, but like a random work.

This has to be changed. He Fang cut off all these branches, kept the main line, and then expanded the conflict.

For example, all the nonsensical nonsense plots that Stephen Chow finds funny are reduced. There is a lot of nonsense, which is funny but not funny. It is meaningless to keep such things.

The plot like an octopus blocking a car halfway, and then fighting with two bodyguards for its whiskers lasted for more than a minute. Is it funny?Does it help the plot?Is it just a waste of time to play down the conflict?

There are many such rotten plots in the film, which are neither funny nor slow.

Therefore, the following plot must lead to conflicts, so that Liu Xuan decided to turn off the sonar after discovering the truth of the mermaid clan. Turns out, turning off the sonar was not as simple as he thought, and it related to the interests of many people.

The mermaids are also thinking of new ways, they can't just wait for Liu Xuan to turn off the sonar, so they came up with the first trick, to move the rescuers.

They sent someone to contact the curator of the Museum of Rare and Exotic Beasts, and asked him to carry the token of the old patriarch of the mermaid tribe to the South China Sea to rescue soldiers.

Liu Xuan didn't give up, he went to look for Shanshan again, he wanted to help them.Although the mermaid tribe was hostile to Liu Xuan, with Shanshan's support, Shanshan blew bubbles on Liu Xuan's head, and then took him into the sea. He saw the underwater world and saw the cruelty of sonar to fish, which further aroused his decision to go back and turn off the sonar to protect the environment.

But when he went back to persuade the company's board of directors, his assistant betrayed him and told Li Ruolan that Liu Xuan went to find the mermaid.

So Li Ruolan and the others discovered the mermaid tribe, and then the research team and the board of directors began to work out a new plan.

When Liu Xuan returned to the company to hold a board meeting, everyone applauded him. Only then did Liu Xuan know why they applauded. It turned out that they thought that Liu Xuan had helped them break into the mermaid tribe and help everyone catch mermaids to make more money. They had already set up a big net and waited for the mermaid tribe to take the bait.

Liu Xuan was stunned, how could it be like this?Li Ruolan threatened him that this was his last chance to stand with the board of directors, let everyone ignore the past and continue to make a fortune.

If it is stopped, then Liu Xuan will be lost forever.

Liu Xuan could only watch the vanguard go hunting the Mermaids, and when he and the management team arrived, the Mermaids had already retreated steadily.

Liu Xuan grabbed the weapon and threatened everyone to cease fighting, then turned off the sonar.

At this time, Li Ruolan, who was angry, saw that Liu Xuan was stubborn, kicked him into the sea, and ordered everyone to continue hunting.

Liu Xuan stood in front of Shanshan and was hit by several arrows.Seeing that the mermaids had nowhere to go, the sonar system was hit and destroyed by something.

When Liu Xuan and the mermaids were excitedly fleeing, Liu Xuan saw various groups coming from the bottom of the sea besieging the sonar equipment, and some groups joined the battle, and there was a decisive battle under the sea with the human invaders.

This war was fought extremely fiercely. Although human beings were inconvenient in the sea, they were not defeated by relying on advanced weapons.

In the end, under the leadership of Shanshan, Liu Xuan commanded the mermaid tribe and marine creatures to defeat the human beings, and detained Li Ruolan.

……

Probably such a change direction, He Fang must ensure the excitement of the movie, instead of making the movie look mediocre, and the audience can't remember what content after watching it.

He Fang's reputation can't afford it now, and every time there is a movie that makes the audience score low, his appeal will be lowered by one point.

Either you let the audience see what they want to see commercially, which is wonderful and enjoyable, or you let the audience see the artistic expression, your imagination.It’s a principle not to pretend to be good, otherwise I’d rather make one less film.

Maximize the 3D effect value, make the conflict exciting, remove the boring branches, and of course you have to pull the comedy effect, at least you can’t use the old stalks of the last century.

The actors in "Mermaid" are Deng Chao still playing Liu Xuan, Zhang Yuqi still playing Li Ruolan, Jing Tian is playing Shanshan, and Shen Teng is playing Octopus Myna.

As for how to find Shen Teng, He Fang felt that Shen Teng participating in "Happy Comedian" was interesting, so he asked Hu Kai to find him to participate in the performance.

The other actors were also changed, because it was impossible for He Fang to use the group of people from the Hong Kong team.

For example, Fourth Master asked Feng Xiaogang to play a guest role. Director Feng still likes acting very much, but few people ask him to act, and his acting skills are not bad.

After the revised script, Si Ye became one of the shareholders involved in Liu Xuan's project and a staunch supporter of Li Ruolan.

……

"Oh, Director He, your mermaid battle is a bit interesting." Feng Xiaogang came to the production team the day before the filming started, and said after finishing reading the script and knocking on cigarette ash.

"No, it should be said that mermaid wars are not uncommon. The interesting thing is the mermaid wars in modern cities. The key is that the concept of environmental protection is also introduced, and the story logic is not abrupt. I thought that this kind of mermaid story would either be in cartoons or science fiction films. I didn't expect it to appear in urban films. This is really interesting."

Feng Xiaogang further explained.

"Haha, Director Feng, it's too good to be true, I'm just making a random combination." He Fang said modestly.

"You are not a random combination. I think your story has the meaning of the urban version of "Avatar". "Avatar" talks about human beings invading the territory of other tribes, and your "Mermaid" is also about humans invading the territory of the mermaid tribe. The male protagonist in "Avatar" finally betrayed the human race to help the Na'vi tribe, while Liu Xuan in yours fights against the board of directors to help the mermaid tribe. Even the reversal of the final battle has the same effect."

"Hey, did you see this? No way, I can't think of new ideas, so I have to learn from it." He Fang does not deny that his revision is based on "Avatar".

"Hey, your idea of ​​creation is interesting. The eco-friendly version of "Avatar" is really interesting." Feng Xiaogang seems to have discovered some new world. It turns out that copying stories can still be copied in this way.

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