China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 695 Personal Full-time Director
"It's okay. I'm not the one who gets scolded the most anyway." Li Yu said indifferently.

Li Muge swore that he really wanted to hit someone.

Although he knew Li Yu was joking, he still had an urge to hit him.

In China, the director is the center of the society. When a drama is well made, people will generally say that the director is awesome.

Because ordinary audiences cannot access the production team behind the scenes, the director is the most exposed member of the production team.

Similarly, if there is a problem with a TV series, people will also blame the director.

There were people who scolded the screenwriter, but definitely not as many as those who scolded the director.

After the tragic ending of "Hotel Del Luna" was broadcast, Li Yu was also criticized, but he was criticized less than Li Muge.

"Sometimes the audience is difficult to please. If we follow the conventional routine and the final ending is a happy family reunion, they will say it is too cliché and the ending is always the same. If we really give them a different ending, they cannot accept it and say it would be better to have a happy family reunion." Li Yu said with a serious expression.

"Yes, so there is another saying in the industry that you have to listen to them, but you can't listen to them completely. If you don't listen to them, you will die miserably, and if you listen to them completely, you will die even more miserably." Li Muge also said.

"Since they don't like the sad ending, just cut a happy ending for them. It's just a matter of spending a little more money," Li Yu added.

When a TV series is being filmed, not all shots will be included in the feature film.

There are some dramas where more behind-the-scenes footage has been exposed, and fans of the drama will find that some particularly great scenes have been deleted. They are not in the main film, but only in the behind-the-scenes footage.

There are also some dramas where the director knows that a certain ending may be controversial and may not satisfy all the audiences.

They will shoot two or even several endings and finally use the one they think is suitable.

The rest of the ending is shared in the form of highlights so that everyone is satisfied.

For example, in the famous horror thriller "Orphan", the director shot two endings.

The heroine Esther suffers from pituitary hormone disorder. She is actually 33 years old, but her appearance is that of a child.

Esther is a psychopathic murderer.

In the first ending, she killed her adoptive father and her "brother", and finally had a thrilling fight with her adoptive mother on the lake. In the end, she was kicked into the cold lake by her adoptive mother, ending her sinful life.

This ending is undoubtedly the most gratifying.

But the director shot a second, more detailed and terrifying ending.

The battle in the ice lake did not happen at all. The heroine did not die. She killed her adoptive parents and their entire family, and then dressed herself up again as an innocent nine-year-old girl.

It implies that she will deceive the police with her girlish appearance, continue to return to the orphanage, wait for the next family to adopt her, and then the cycle will repeat.

Li Yu has been a director and screenwriter for so many years. Of course, he knows that he will be criticized for writing a tragic ending in an idol drama.

So he also wrote two endings for "Hotel Del Luna".

One tragic, one joyful.

Both endings were filmed, but the ending in the feature film is tragic.

Li Muge only needs to re-edit the happy ending and release it in the form of a behind-the-scenes footage, and the problem will be solved.

At that time, those who like tragic endings can substitute them into the tragic ending, and those who like happy endings can substitute them into the happy ending.

The ending was decided, and Li Yu gave Li Muge another script, which was "Dream of Splendor".

Liu Yifei has returned to the TV industry after many years, and this drama is still about ancient idols. The prospects for this drama are very good, and of course it should be produced by Hualiu Company. As for the director, Li Muge is definitely the best choice.

Costume dramas are Li Muge’s comfort zone, and he can handle ancient idol dramas like this one well.

The quality of "Dream of Splendor" itself is very good, and coupled with Li Muge's expertise in photographing beautiful scenery and beautiful women, the final effect must be very good.

Li Muge took the script and read the plot of the previous episodes, and finally came to the conclusion that Li Yu's performance was still so stable.

"Who will play the leading female role? Could it be Miss Jing again?" Li Muge asked curiously.

He felt like he was about to become Da Tiantian's full-time director, and he had shot many works for Da Tiantian.

"It's not like that this time. Tiantian has to go film a movie. She won't do a TV series even if you ask her to. The actress this time is Liu Yifei." Li Yu replied.

"Liu Yifei?" Li Muge was very surprised.

Even without "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Liu Yifei is still very capable in fighting. The foundation laid for her by "Tian Long (Devils' Condor Heroes)" and "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is really solid.

Li Yu later filmed a movie for her called "Dreaming in the Film Circle", allowing her to show off her achievements in the film industry.

Compared with her previous life, she has one less representative work in the television industry, so it is a little worse.

In the film industry, her performance is better than in her previous life. At least she has a very good representative work.

However, with her strong vision, she eventually made herself a box office poison, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"Isn't she a movie star? After her career in the TV industry reached its peak, she has been focusing on making movies. I heard that someone asked her to act in a TV series before, but she felt it was shameful, so why did she agree to do it now?" Li Muge found it very difficult to understand.

"I want to correct something. It was not her who agreed to shoot the film. She asked me to help her write a TV script. It was she who wanted to shoot the TV series herself." Li Yu testified.

His advice to Liu Yifei at the time was that instead of failing in the film industry, it would be better to star in a good TV series and gain face.

Finally, Liu Yifei came to his senses and really wanted to come back to act in TV series.

Even without Li Yu's suggestion, she would still return to the TV industry in disgrace after filming "Mulan".

It's different to come back after playing Mulan and to come back before playing Mulan.

She came back before she finished playing Mulan and starred in a pretty good drama. People would say that she has been away from the TV industry for so many years, but she only returned once and was still the dominating goddess.

After she came back after starring in Hua Mei Lan, even if the drama she starred in was good, people would say that she came back because she couldn't make it in the film industry anymore.

There's a huge gap between the two.

One is to go back to the old road after trying the new road to the end, and the other is to go back to the old road without going to the end of the new road. They are completely different in the eyes of passers-by.

"She wants to return to the TV industry for two reasons. First, her performance in the film industry in recent years has been very poor, and she has become a box office poison. Second, I wrote the script for this TV series, and there is a high probability that I can help her gain a good reputation.

Moreover, the barriers between movie stars and TV stars are becoming thinner and thinner. Only those who are popular and can make a lot of money are the big brothers.

I heard that even a big-name movie star like Zhang Ziyi is planning to get in touch with TV resources.”

Although Li Yu doesn't like it very much, he has to admit that we have really entered an era where traffic is king.

What does it matter if you have acted in movies and won the Best Actor Award? Without traffic and popularity, no one will care about you.

Class is important, but it cannot be relied upon to make a living.

(End of this chapter)