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Chapter 37 Award-winning formula (please read~)

After the trial screening at the factory, the release of Xu Sanguan's Story of Selling Blood will also be put on the agenda.

But before that, it still needs to be sent for review, and then it can be approached by China Film for distribution.

The film has been sent for review, but it did not pass the review and is now being called back for corrections.

Obviously the script has been approved, but the feeling after the movie is made is incomparable to the few lines of text in the script.

Just like at the end of the script, Xu Sanguan cried when he came out of the hospital, with only this sentence.

However, under Jiang Wen's performance in the movie, the sadness and sorrow through the screen make people feel a powerless suffocation.

So the problem arises, the ending of the movie is too tragic and it needs a brighter ending.

If you change the ending, you will lose a certain amount of tension. Movies are different from novels. Novels can be slowly recalled after reading, but what a movie wants is the shock when watching it.

At this time, Chen Shiping and the main creators of the crew sat together to discuss how to change the ending of the movie.

It's just that Chen Shiping didn't speak, he just lowered his head and wrote something. He had no objection to changing the ending. The movie was going to be released in China. It was really not good to be too sad. Life wasn't that bad after all.

Tian Cangchang had a heated argument with Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing. Neither Tian Cangchang nor Jiang Wen wanted to change, but Liu Xiaoqing was determined to change the ending.

This was the conflict between investors and creators. The three of them quarreled to no avail, so they all turned their attention to Chen Shiping.

Now only Chen Shiping can make the final decision. They have become accustomed to listening to Chen Shiping's opinions during the filming process, and now they all leave the final decision to him.

The pen in Chen Shiping's hand rustled on the paper, and every stroke written by the slightly curled tip was very round. Each word looked like a fat baby squeezed together, harmonious and complete.

However, the ink came out quickly, and the pen tip quickly ran out of water. Chen Shiping flicked the pen and continued writing.

Liu Xiaoqing noticed this scene and thought about giving Chen Shiping a new pen later.

After more than ten minutes, Chen Shiping put down the pen in his hand and said, "Let's change it. We'll wait until after the trial."

After saying that, Chen Shiping handed over the plot he had just finished writing, which was the original ending of Xu Sanguan's Blood Seller.

Tian Chuangbang originally wanted to argue, but the worst thing he could do was go to trial, so what's the point!

But then I thought about it, what does this movie have to do with me? Didn't I see that the subtitles said Chen Shiping's work, just be a tool man.

Jiang Wen is not very happy now. He feels that his performance was so good in the end and the character has already reached his own ending, so why should he change it.

"It would be wrong to change the ending."

Before Jiang Wen could finish speaking, he was grabbed by Liu Xiaoqing with quick hands and eyes. Now that he had passed three to one, don't come out and cause trouble again.

Jiang Wen, who was isolated and helpless, watched Liu Xiaoqing shake his head at himself, and finally could only hold his words in his heart.

Auditing is really life-threatening. It doesn’t work this way and that doesn’t work either. There is no freedom at all.

Chen Shiping could see what Jiang Wen was thinking, so he explained: "The movie is made for the audience. A better ending will lose a certain impact, but it will improve the overall tone of the movie."

Jiang Wen sighed silently, feeling that Xu Sanguan's role was such a pity.

But the original author doesn't have any objections, so what if he has an objection? This is not his own work.

Even the director Tian Chongbang couldn't speak, so what could he do as a young actor?

Chen Shiping is really too strong. Everyone in his crew has to listen to him, which is very frustrating!

I will never make a movie about Chen Shiping from now on!

Jiang Wen subconsciously turned his head to look at Liu Xiaoqing, praying silently in his heart that she would not invest in Chen Shiping and then ask him to play the role, otherwise there would be no way to refuse.

At this time, Tian Chuangchang asked after watching the subsequent plot: "What about those who participated in Cannes? Do we also need to change?"       "Change! Otherwise, foreigners will think that they will really live by selling blood all their lives. In fact, we are also developing and progressing. .”

When Chen Shiping said this, he suddenly thought of tea eggs and pickled mustard. He went to buy some to try tonight.

After discussing the results, subsequent reshoots were also put on the schedule, and it was just a matter of spending some money on a few shots.

It took me a week to complete the final shots, and I sent them for review without stopping. This time, the superiors did not continue to embarrass me and passed them directly.

Otherwise, Chen Shiping would really have to go to the factory director and cry. The director of the Guangxi factory dared to challenge him again and again in order to support him. We at Beijing Film Academy can't do anything wrong.

It must be released after passing the review, but the factory put forward different opinions on this point.

The studio wants to wait until after Cannes before releasing the film. This will better boost the box office and is also a form of invisible publicity.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the film can be shortlisted, so the final decision is to decide the release time after being shortlisted.

Almost everyone is confident about whether they can be shortlisted, but they are still a little worried.

Chen Shiping was very confident that the film would be shortlisted.

If you do a set of data analysis on the films that have been nominated for Cannes and the films that have won awards, you will find something very interesting.

Several keywords can be extracted from 80% of the award-winning works, such as drama, men, life, love, youth, and life.

Xu Sanguan’s film has all of these award-winning elements, and it is also an independent production, which is very consistent with Cannes’ film selection standards!

Is this a ZZ correct sense of déjà vu? Each film festival will have its own standards and preferences.

If you want to make a movie that will definitely win awards, it's actually quite simple. Sometimes creation is like a formula.

Producers can make a great movie if they master this formula.

The production and quality of Hollywood movies are very good because they master and skillfully use this formula.

Chen Shiping will not blindly pursue commerciality, but this does not prevent him from learning this production formula.

If Xu Sanguan can't win the Palme d'Or, then Chen Shiping will use this formula to make a film that will definitely win the award!

Simple application of big data analysis~

No film festival is pure, and wherever there are people there will be their own preferences and weaknesses.

For example, in our own film festival, if Chen Shiping wanted to win an award in China, it would be very simple. He would just make a subject that they could not refuse to award.

At the end of November, Chen Shiping sent the film to Cannes film selectors, and at the end of December, he received a reply that it had been successfully shortlisted.

As soon as the news came out, domestic media rushed to report the news, and the media began to line up to make appointments to interview Chen Shiping.

Popular movies, movie reviews, Shanghai Film Pictorial, China Film Information News, Cultural News, etc. are all available.

There are even writers who want to interview Chen Shiping and then submit articles to foreign media.

Independent production marks the progress of the domestic film system and is news worthy of the attention of foreign film media.

As the end of the month approaches New Year's Day, Tao Huimin has arrived in the capital after receiving a transfer order from the film studio.

But no one came to pick her up when she came out of the train station, not even Chen Shiping.

Tao Huimin felt a little disappointed, but he quickly comforted himself. Chen Shiping was busy now. There were so many reporters to interview, so he couldn't hold back and be ignorant! Be a good wife!

Tao Huimin took the bus to the factory with her big and small bags.

She still doesn't know if the factory has allocated a dormitory for her. If there is no dormitory for her, then she should live with Chen Shiping.

I think it might be too soon if I am still a little shy.

ah! Be reserved! Tao Huimin touched her red and hot face, secretly hoping that Chen Shiping would take the initiative to bring it up.

(End of this chapter)