Images Started to Move Chapter 7

In order to cater to the overseas Mark Liet, Feng Xiaogang had actually hesitated for a long time about changing his style.

However, as James Wang said, as long as it is his comedy, the audience will definitely go to watch it, and he doesn't worry about the box office at all.

Feng Xiaogang has absolute confidence!

He said slowly: "I know that there is a lack of dramatic conflict. Hegel's comedy theory mentions dialectics and the theory of contradiction. It does not necessarily require direct conflict. Comic effects can also be produced through dialectics.

Just like when Youyou, Lucy, and King Louis discuss Taylor's reincarnation after his death, there is no conflict, and the comic effect is created through dialectics.

Wow, Ethan Tang never expected that Feng Xiaogang, who later often satirized academic directors, would actually quote from classics.

That did have a comedic effect, but it was still undercut.

In order to cater to Taylor's influence on the elite white people and Western audiences, this scene discussing Taylor's reincarnation was presented using computer animation.

Because there is a plot that teases Taylor, saying that she was a big white director in Hollywood and was reincarnated as a black girl in Africa.

This is already a serious form of discrimination. In order to avoid disgusting Western audiences, animation is used to express it, but the effect is much weaker than a live-action performance.

Or they choose to sacrifice the experience of mainland audiences for the sake of overseas audiences.

Ethan Tang didn't say anything. It was not something he could decide.

I am too lazy to talk about this anymore, and Ethan Tang will not mention this aspect in the following discussion.

Returning to the script itself, Max Shi put aside his previous unhappiness and conceived the plot according to Feng Xiaogang's requirements.

Without conflict, the whole film cannot be carried through with comedy, and can only be filled with jokes and gags.

The mockery of products such as "Funny Cola", "Laughing Haha" drinks, and "Masterlon" contact lenses reflects and ridicules reality, and that's basically it.

However, after Ethan Tang traveled through time, he had a certain understanding of the various requirements of the current film and television industry.

Advertising signs are not allowed on Tiananmen Square; even cars with advertising signs are not allowed to pass through, nor inside the Forbidden City.

But the funeral scene in "Big Shot" was filmed in the Forbidden City. Not to mention the cars covered with advertisements, there were a lot of advertisements of all kinds.

In response to this question, Feng Xiaogang said nonchalantly: "I am filming a movie, it's different!"

James Wang echoed: "Right, right. Besides, Ridiculous Coke and Bird of Prey beer are just satires, and they can't be called advertisements."

President Han also spoke up: "I will try my best to coordinate this issue when the time comes."

This is a bit of double standards. Everyone knows that "Ridiculous Coke" is Coca-Cola, and the logos are similar.

In fact, it is not surprising when you think about it. This time, "Big Shot" satirizes the pervasive advertising placement, and Feng Xiaogang is the one who has brought advertising placement to the extreme in movies.

The 20 advertisements in If You Are the One 2 had an implantation cost of 60 million yuan, which directly recovered the cost.

After cursing himself, he joined in.

No wonder there were more and more black spots later.

In a comedy like "Big Shot", there are all kinds of restrictions, and Ethan Tang is a little tired.

In order to please Western audiences, Taylor, a bright and upright character, stands there, like a nail in the movie, the kind that cannot be removed.

It is more annoying than discussing main-theme movie scripts with other film studios. At least main-theme movies are for the purpose of serving the main theme.

"Big Shot" is a comedy film, but the primary purpose of its creation was not to focus on comedy. Instead, it had to give in to overseas audiences and abandon the comedy effect.

The successful Feng Xiaogang is no exception, just for the illusory international Mark Liet.

In this era, domestic filmmakers are all yearning for foreign Mark Liets.

Zhang Yimou's film "No One Less" was screened at Cannes last year, but was rejected by Cannes for over-glorification and political propaganda because of a scene of raising the national flag.

The school is not allowed to raise the national flag, which shows how deep the prejudice of Westerners is towards us. They only accept films that reflect the dark side of society, the more negative the better.

Now, those domestic filmmakers who yearn for foreign films are half fools who can’t see it, and half are pretending to be stupid and can’t see it.

Feng Xiaogang's Lunar New Year trilogy has reached its peak in China, and he has also begun to think about entering the international Mark Liet.

However, Ethan Tang still fulfilled his duties and offered his opinions.

Anyway, I saw it all in the movie, so I just think of it as giving it back to Feng Xiaogang and helping him save some time.

Although the entire movie relies on gimmicks, jokes and gags, it can't be too abrupt.

As long as these are strung together into a smooth story, it will be a rare masterpiece in this era.

The discussion was mainly between Feng Xiaogang, Max Shi and Mark Li, with Ethan Tang occasionally interjecting.

Such a harmonious scene made the Wang brothers, Martin Chen, and President Han all breathe a sigh of relief.

Moreover, every time Feng Xiaogang and Max Shig were stuck on a plot, Ethan Tang was always able to put forward his own opinions in time, which made Feng Xiaogang very satisfied.

Even if Max Shi was dissatisfied with something, he would not argue about it. He was the screenwriter, but the director had the final say in the film.

I stayed in the conference room the whole day, and for lunch I just asked the canteen to cook some dishes for me.

It was getting close to evening. After a day of discussion and completing the overall planning and setting of the script, we finally had time to go to the hotel for a good meal.

The one who treated the guests was Victor Wang, and the first one to raise the glass was President Han.

I celebrated the fact that I had successfully finalized the content of the third draft of the script today, which was a good start for the script writing. I also expressed my gratitude to Mark Li and Max Shi.

Of course, there is also Ethan Tang.

Except for Feng Xiaogang and the two screenwriters Shi Jian and Mark Li, everyone else present could see that today's meeting went so smoothly, largely thanks to Ethan Tang.

Han Sanping even toasted Ethan Tang himself, put down his glass and said with a smile: "Xiao Tang, you are a literature major, have you ever written a script yourself?"

As the object of flattery by countless directors and screenwriters, President Han actually took the initiative to ask about other people's scripts, which surprised the Wang brothers.

Even Max Shi, who was pouring wine for Feng Xiaogang, stopped his revenge for the deletion of his script and looked at Ethan Tang.

Ethan Tang was also surprised. His heart skipped a beat and he realized that this was his chance. He nodded and said, "I wrote a low-budget script before. When I went on a business trip with Director Su to attend meetings at other studios, several studios liked my script very much, but they were all short of funds."

It's a low-budget film, and other studios approved it, but they just didn't have the money to shoot it.

"What's the story? Is it a comedy too?" Han Sanping asked curiously.

Although Han Sanping didn't say much today, he was there to keep the situation under control in the conference room to prevent the noise from getting too intense.

However, the process of this seminar is still clear.

Feng Xiaogang and Shi Jian had argued for several days before. Feng Xiaogang was not satisfied and asked Shi Jian to change

However, Feng Xiaogang was unable to say what specific changes should be made and how to make the best changes in a short period of time, and there was a lack of a practical plan.

When Max Shi saw that you want me to change it, but this is not allowed and that is not allowed, and you don’t say what you want to change it to, I won’t change it.

It just so happened that Ethan Tang gave Feng Xiaogang a plan today, and it was a plan that could be used to let Max Shi make specific changes, otherwise it would not be so easy to convince Max Shi.

What’s even more amazing is that the script was only given to the planning center three days ago, and Ethan Tang had it for three days at most. It is truly rare that he could come up with such a good plan in such a short period of time.

Han Sanping also vigorously supports commercial films. What the industry lacks are directors who can make commercial films and screenwriters who can write good commercial scripts.

"It's a suspense horror film, a story about love and life." Ethan Tang said.

Suspense or horror?

Han Sanping was a little surprised. Judging from the comedy skills Ethan Tang showed today, it was far from suspense anyway.

And there was also a story about love and life. When he heard the word "life", Han Sanping frowned subconsciously.

Feng Xiaogang was also a little surprised. He thought Ethan Tang was of the same kind as him, but he didn't expect him to be the same as those people in the academic school.

He shook his head with some regret. What was there for a young man to talk about in life?

The Wang brothers were not very interested either. Suspense and romance are very niche subjects. The only movies that can attract audiences these days, besides relying on big Hong Kong stars, are comedies.

"Tell me in detail." Max Shi was a little interested and planned to listen and then teach Ethan Tang what life is.

"I named the script "A Ghost Story"

Ethan Tang smiled and began to dictate his script.