Entertainment: God-level director

Just as others laughed, a boy with long hair who looked like an artist raised his hand.

“What’s wrong with this classmate?”Lin Ran looked at him and said.

The others gradually became quiet, all staring at the long-haired boy.

The long-haired boy was not shy at all. He stood up and asked:”Teacher Lin, I like art films, and I want to make art films in the future. , I would like to ask, do you need to consider the audience when making art films?”

Hearing this question, many students in the audience also started thinking about it.

Commercial films must consider the audience, but what about art films?

It shouldn’t be necessary.

After all, art films express the director’s own thoughts and opinions. If If you consider the audience at every turn, is it still an art film?

“Alain Resnais, you should know this, right? Lin Ran asked with a smile.

“You know, the director of”Hiroshima Mon Amour”.”

The students in the audience responded loudly.

To the general audience, Alain Resnais is a very unfamiliar name, but to students from the acting and directing departments, it is very familiar, because for them””Hiroshima Amour” is so famous.

Alain Resnais established the film narrative structure of unskilled flashback in”Hiroshima Ammon”, and broke the three time and space of past, present and future in the editing. It is a very special moment in the history of film. an important movie

“Alain Resnais once said that it is best not to invest more than 750,000 US dollars in my film, because my audience only has so many people, and my films are extremely niche. If it exceeds 750,000 US dollars, I cannot guarantee that I can recover the capital. , causing investors to suffer losses.

Masters like Alain Resnais must consider the audience, how can we not consider it?

Considering the audience and the market does not mean that you should give up your artistic ideas and artistic pursuits, but it will make your art last longer.

You are newcomers now. Whether you want to make art films or commercial films after graduation, you must understand that if you lose money to investors on your first film, you will probably end your career as a director.

Therefore, I suggest that the cost of your first film should not exceed 5 million, and it is best to control it within 2 million. This way, you can go to major film festivals and sell it to movie channels and video websites, and you can successfully make a comeback. This will make it possible for you to direct the next movie. If it exceeds 5 million, it will be very difficult. Lin

Ran said seriously

“Thank you, Teacher Lin, I understand.”

The boy who asked the question nodded his head in an educated manner, and other students who wanted to make art films also nodded, thinking that what Lin Ran said made sense.

There are many graduates from Nortel every year, and many of them fell in love with the first film. The work was released, and then there was nothing more.

If he had no background, he would be very rich. Which film and television company would invest in a failed new director?

“Many students may think that they can consider it before they are famous, but once they become famous and there is no shortage of investors, they can completely follow their own ideas.” At this point, Lin Ran looked at the audience.

Many students started to express their opinions. Nod, that’s what they think

“This kind of thinking is unacceptable. You should all have heard that Sunglasses King always goes his own way when making movies, often being delayed and over budget. Sometimes investors are almost thrown off the building, but there is still no shortage of movies to make.

But you have to remember that the King of Sunglasses is a real master. In the history of film, he is also a film master who can enter the TOP50. In fact, his movies do not really lose money, but the cycle is too long.

How many of you think you can reach the level of the King of Sunglasses?”

Lin Ran looked at everyone and asked.

People who engage in art have always been very arrogant and always feel that they are the most awesome. But at this time, no one dares to stand up and say that they are more awesome than the King of Sunglasses.

There is no way, let’s just talk about art. Achievement, the King of Sunglasses is a true master. In the film circle, his status is much greater than that of Li Yu, who won two Oscars for Best Director.

Even Li Jin himself said in an interview: Wang Jiawei is a real genius , and he himself is considered a talent at best.

Let alone reaching the level of the Sunglasses King, it is very unlikely that these students will reach the level of Section Chief Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia, so for them, the Sunglasses King is completely someone they look up to.

“Let’s continue talking about the Midas formula. The eighth point is that the movie must have a lot of special effects to make the movie look extremely cool.

This is also easy to understand. The reason why Hollywood movies are so popular around the world is not because of how good the stories are, but because they have the best and coolest special effects in the world. Most audiences go to Hollywood movies for the special effects..”

After a pause, Lin Ran continued:”The last key point of the Midas formula is to refuse to use big-name stars and use actors who are not worth A-list.

Because the movie is an adaptation of a popular work such as a comic or novel, it has a large number of fans, and the movie does not need big-name actors to sell well.

More importantly, more money can be spent on production to make the film more sophisticated.”

“Teacher Lin, this seems wrong. Nowadays, there are big-name stars in Hollywood blockbusters, such as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.. I have seen news before that Robert Downey Jr. has now become one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.”

As soon as Lin Ran finished speaking, someone put forward different opinions.

“When Robert Downey Jr. starred in”Iron Man 1″, his salary was only 500,000 US dollars, and the production cost was 1.4 US dollars. This was very consistent with the rule of not using big-name stars at the time.

《After”Iron Man 1″, Burt Downey Jr. became popular, and his salary also increased accordingly. However, because he is loved by many fans, although his salary is high, according to the ratio of star salary and return according to Hollywood statistics, it is not bad, so Marvel keeps using him.

But as the box office of the”Avengers” series of movies continues to rise, so does Robert Downey Jr.’s net worth. In”Spider-Man: Homecoming,” he only played 15 minutes and earned $15 million. This made Marvel Studios increasingly dissatisfied with Robert Downey Jr., who was withdrawn from Marvel after”Avengers 4″.”

Lin Ran replied with a smile.

After talking about the nine elements of the Midas formula, Lin Ran began to analyze it with specific examples, such as Disney, the company that took the Midas formula to the extreme.

“Today I focus on Midas Company. I am not asking everyone to follow a rigid formula, but this formula conveys several very important concepts, that is, you must clearly know who the target audience is and what the target audience likes. , so as not to make very obvious errors.”

An hour and a half passed quickly, and almost everything that needed to be said was covered. Lin Ran finally concluded.

Bang bang bang~~~

When Lin Ran finished speaking, the audience immediately applauded enthusiastically.

Lin Ran’s class today allowed them to learn a lot of useful and practical knowledge, and many of them felt like they had a sudden enlightenment.

You know, what Lin Ran said has not even been taught by school teachers, because it is circulated privately in Hollywood. If you have not been in Hollywood, you have never heard of it, how can you teach it to students.

But Lin Ran taught them this screenwriting formula without reservation, which moved them very much.

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