This director needs to apologize

There are a lot of stories in Chapter 331

In fact, regarding "Negotiation Expert", Chen Yiming has not yet gotten angry with Duan Yining.

After shooting two commercial films in a short period of time, Chen Yiming did not guarantee that Duan Yining would definitely take it.

If Duan is not interested in making a sequel after playing "The Usual Suspects", he will start Plan B and introduce the evil way of face-changing, which will only continue the world view and not the actors.

The sense of immersion is naturally inferior, but as far as the movie itself is concerned, it still makes sense.

Therefore, Chen Yiming is not worried about the concerns of Tian and Li.

"Don't think about the actors for now. The focus now is the story. If you direct it, how will you shoot this script?"

Both of them knew that they were about to enter the examination, so they did not answer immediately. Instead, they lowered their heads and flipped through the folders over and over again.

Chen Yiming was very fair and prepared two copies of the information.

Half an hour passed, and they were taking a short break after filming in Studio 4. Here, Li Zhun spoke first.

Li Zhun said with a slight hesitation, "Generally speaking, major life turning points are often caused by great changes in life. For a tough guy like the hero, the bad luck that is inflicted on his relatives and friends is worse than the misfortune that is inflicted on him. , will have a more significant effect.

Chen Yiming shook his head and said, "I have no inclination. I have given you the information. How you operate it is your business. When we meet again, I will only be a member of the review committee and be responsible for voting on your proposals."

Tian Li also became serious after hearing this. Indeed, the two of them were blinded by the aura of director Zhengyin, so much so that they ignored the difference between "The Negotiator" and "The Usual Suspects".

Chen Yiming spread his hands and said with a smile, "That's the frame of the story. Isn't it the job of the director and screenwriter to fill in the details? How can we just stop thinking about it if we can't figure it out?"

Tian Li, who was still reading the information, raised his head and said, "It doesn't matter."

Li Zhun immediately climbed up the pole and licked his face and asked, "Teacher Chen, after looking at the entire story outline, the male protagonist gave me the impression that he is a strong-willed, confident and even arrogant person. Such a person will encounter an internal injustice." To be treated fairly, do you want to give up your persistence and fall into the shadows?

What's more, he has a happy family, and he is not a single man who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. "

He looked at Tian Li again, who noticed his gaze and looked up. Chen Yiming continued, "You two are not in a zero-sum competitive relationship. If you one-sidedly emphasize independence during the preparation stage, there may be two. The result that all the proposals were rejected was unforeseeable.”

When planning "The Usual Suspects", Chen Yiming also took on more than half of the screenwriting work. Before handing over the project to Wang Wei, the plot and the story lines of the characters had already been set up. What they and Wang Wei did , mainly filling in the content of each paragraph. Strictly speaking, it should be called line scriptwriter.

So if I were to make things right, I would choose to sacrifice his wife. When a person has nothing to lose, it is easier to recognize himself and more likely to act according to instinct. "

Chen Yiming was happy, "Should I test you or should you test me? Okay, as long as Xiaotian doesn't think it's unfair, you can say hello."

After roughly browsing the information, there were as many as seven or eight character lines in it. Li Zhun and Tian Li asked themselves in unison, could such a large project be completed by themselves?
They were not thick-skinned enough to cry out that it was unfair, and protested to Chen Yiming that Wang Wei should only be allowed to eat ready-made food.

Chen Yiming nodded and responded, "Yes, it is indeed a bit strange, so if the story evolves like this, what do you think the reason would be?"

That's right. Many times, working in isolation from each other does not lead to independent ideas. The greater chance is that the two cobblers have a clear understanding of each other and then "contribute" proposals that are similar but equally mediocre.

Soon, the two changed their relationship and began to share their thoughts and discuss them heatedly.

Li Zhun was keenly aware of Chen Yiming's implication, "Teacher Chen, do you position "The Negotiator" as more than just a commercial film?"

Chen Yiming continued to nod, "It's very good. It conforms to Hollywood's usual routine. If it is a commercial movie, this step is almost enough."

"Teacher Chen, there is something I can't figure out about this story. Could you please explain it first?"

This is not the case in "The Negotiator". Chen Yiming only circled a construction site and marked the entrance and exit. The foundation of the construction site has not been laid yet.

Not only do they need to compile lines, but they also need to carefully design character motivations and action logic.

Li Zhun was speechless. Didn't this come back again? I just asked you because I couldn't figure it out.

After all, among colleagues with similar levels, I can think of everything you can think of, and there is no IQ crushing.

Unique and ingenious creativity and ideas are mostly generated by a large number of collisions of inspiration. Only full discussion and thorough exchange of opinions can expose the deep-seated positions and persistence between people.

At that time, the differentiation of proposals will naturally take shape. Otherwise, how could so many partners and groups in the art field disintegrate? Isn’t it true that after going deeper, different ways will not lead to each other?

Wang Wei, Duan Yining and Yu Hewei, who were walking out of the studio, also noticed the trio in the corner of the studio next door. Seeing the heated argument between Tian and Li, they couldn't help but come closer to listen out of curiosity. After a while, the three of them also became interested. Wang Wei and Lao Duan became even more unscrupulous. They directly picked up the folders spread out on the table and started flipping through them.

Seeing that Chen Yiming didn't say anything, Yu Hewei also came up to watch together.

It didn't take long to flip through several pages. After flipping through, the three of them stopped talking. They looked like statues, not knowing whether they were listening or watching.

What Tian Li and Li Zhun were arguing was exactly the question Li Zhun asked Chen Yiming just now: how to make the hero's change at the end more reasonable.

Li Zhun insists that the hero's wife should be "sacrificially sacrificed". Although it is a bit vulgar, it is effective enough and easy for the audience to understand.

With his wife implicated in death, it is only natural that the male protagonist can honestly face his inner adventure factor, and the audience will not feel disgusted. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that he abandoned his wife and children?

Tian Li believes that there is no need to deal with it so dramatically. What he is more concerned about is the inherent tragedy of the story frame.

The so-called tragedy is the collapse of the endogenous structure. In other words, whether the hero is framed or the hero's wife is "sacrificially sacrificed", they are just accidental events. The core of tragedy is that specific events are accidental and bleak. Destiny is inevitable.

There is a famous saying in the art field, tragedy is the destruction of beautiful things for people to see, and the more destined this destruction process is, the more useless the protagonist's struggle is, and the stronger the sense of tragedy.

Tian Li asked Li Zhun whether it was the male protagonist who turned dark because his wife died, or whether it was because everything happened naturally, the crisis was solved by the male protagonist with great efforts, and in the end the male protagonist still had no way out, which would make the audience more interested. What about the aftertaste?
Obviously, the second type has greater processing power, deeper memory, and more discussion.

It can only be said that Chen Yiming was quite foresight, and the two of them parted ways now.

Li Zhun's way of thinking is a typical commercial thinking. What he wants is that the audience can happily spend an hour and a half in the theater without using their brains, and then walk out of the theater without complaining that the movie ticket money was wasted.

Tian Li's way of thinking is more literary and artistic. He doesn't care about the audience's misunderstandings and obstacles during the movie viewing process, but cares more about his own theme expression. At the same time, he also believes that the audience can recognize and appreciate the metaphors and metaphors in the film. hint, and then gain pleasure from it.

There is no telling who is right or wrong. Both methods have successes and failures. For a medium-cost feature film like "The Negotiator", either method is fine, and the risk-to-benefit ratio is not much different.

Wang Wei also joined the discussion after hearing this, "Old Tian, ​​Old Li, you two are arguing unnecessarily. This is not a disagreement on principle. Let's compromise and let the death of the hero's wife not be a dramatic plot death. It’s a tragic fate, it’s the best of both worlds!”

Tian Li and Li Zhun looked at Wang Wei as if they were mentally retarded. Nonsense, who doesn't know that Moisturizing Things Silently is more advanced? The problem is that the movie's duration is there, and it's not like a TV series that can last for thirty or fifty episodes.

"The Negotiator" is a two-hero drama between the lead male and the second male, not a love story between the male protagonist and his wife. Isn't it putting the cart before the horse by putting so much effort into writing on a role-player?

While the three directors were having a heated argument, Duan Yining came up to Chen Yiming, pointed at the folder in his hand and asked, "Yiming, the second male lead in this book is the one I'm playing, right? He looks very familiar."

Chen Yiming nodded readily and admitted.

Lao Duan pouted and commented, "It doesn't look very interesting at first glance. Do you want me to take over?"

Chen Yiming shrugged, "It's up to you. If you are willing to act, I can't ask for it. If you want to take a break, I can wait for you. If you are not interested, I will change the person or change the script."

Duan Yining acted as if he didn't know Chen Yiming, pretending to circle around him while tutting, "Who are you? You are not Chen Yiming. Chen Yiming would not be so kind to me."

I have to say that the veteran actor is an experienced actor, and even the jokes were performed with an earth-shattering performance. The three directors quarreling over there and Yu Hewei, who was concentrating on reading the information, were all attracted to it.

Chen Yiming ignored him, but looked at Yu Hewei and said with a smile, "Teacher Yu, please tell me what you think after watching this."

Yu Hewei and Chen Yiming were not familiar with each other. They didn't exchange a few words with each other last time they had dinner in Bangkok. These days, they rarely see each other in the studio, and the two rarely communicate with each other.

He is a very reserved person off-screen. When he is not filming, he mostly sits quietly in the actor's rest area. He is completely different from the wild and violent policeman in the center of the camera.

Now that it was rare for him to leave the studio by himself, Chen Yiming's question seemed a bit like making excuses.

Seeing Chen Yiming's question, the others stopped talking and looked at Yu Hewei and other people waiting for his "high opinion".

Yu Hewei was silent for a while and then said, "I think it is more logical for the wife to file for divorce at the end.

Behind every successful man, there is a forbearing woman, but there is a limit to a woman's forbearance. Only when the woman is unwilling to continue to be forbearing can a man truly realize what he will lose. "

His words silenced everyone present.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what Lao Yu said, there were a lot of stories in it.

(End of this chapter)