Chapter 42. The old fox and the female director
When Sun Yi said these words, the entire conference room fell silent for an instant.
Ten pairs of eyes looked at him at the same time, with curiosity, surprise, doubt and disdain in their eyes.
Tian Zhuang took the lead to break the deadlock and asked doubtfully:
"Sun Yi, what did you say?"
"Well, I said that I wrote a script about patients. The basic outline and segmented plot have been written. I..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.
"Humph, young man, don't be ignorant of the sky and the earth. Your job is to study. Is it so easy to write realistic scripts? Do you have this experience at your young age?"
It's Jiang Wei, the director of the Department of Literature, and the expression on his face is very serious at this moment.
Wang Jinsong laughed, looked at Jiang Wei, and said:
"Director Jiang, in ancient times Gan Luo worshiped the prime minister at the age of twelve. We must not underestimate young people. You will know if the script is good or not. Besides, Director Jiang, an authoritative screenwriter, is here for us.
Should we give young people a chance?"
While Wang Jinsong was protecting the calf, he gave Jiang Wei a little pat, but the latter said nothing.
Then Wang Jinsong looked at Sun Yi and said half-jokingly:
"Come on, our great talent, take out your work and let us read it."
After listening, Sun Yi took out the script and wanted to hand it to Wang Jinsong. Unexpectedly, Director Tian Zhuang reached out to take it first, took out a pair of glasses from his arms and started reading.
After a long while, Tian Zhuang glanced at Jiang Wei, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, handed the notebook to Wang Jinsong, and said with approval:
"Not bad. It's a good book and very complete. Director Wang, your acting department is really full of talents."
Wang Jinsong laughed and did not accept the script, but declined:
"Since Director Jiang is a big player in the industry, I won't read it for now. I'll let Director Jiang check it and give me some advice."
After hearing what Tian Zhuang and Wang Jinsong said, Jiang Wei was also a little curious, so he simply took it and read it carefully.
"Act 1,
Location: Hospital, operating room.
Male protagonist: (Voice-over) Insomnia, amnesia, aphasia and imbalance, hemiplegia, retardation, schizophrenia, there are many possible sequelae after surgery. If I'm lucky, I will continue to live with one of them..."
The identity of the male protagonist was revealed in the first scene. A patient, through several serious surgical sequelae, expressed that the male protagonist's disease is definitely a serious one.
"Well, that's a great idea." Jiang Wei had some expectations in his heart.
Keep reading, the more you read, the more frightened you become.
Typical Hollywood script creation model, three-act structure.
In the first act, the triggering event, the male protagonist and the female protagonist are both cancer patients, but they have completely different attitudes towards life after the disease. One is optimistic, the other is decadent. When the two meet and collide, all kinds of sparks are created. The audience is directly involved.
Get into the characters and the story.
The second act, conflict. Describes the lifestyle of the male and female protagonists' respective families facing the disease, as well as the changes and life goals of the male and female protagonists after contact with each other, and uses progressive dilemmas to allow the audience to maintain and enhance their investment in the story.
The third act, no, it's the second and a half, uses the sudden crisis encountered by the male and female protagonists to mobilize the audience's emotions, amplify them, and create resonance.
The final third act introduces the climax through the ending of the story of the male and female protagonists, bringing the audience into thinking about the story as a whole.
After reading it, Jiang Wei was very shocked. He changed his opinion. He really couldn't imagine that an 18-year-old freshman majoring in acting could write such a complete and structurally realistic script. What's more,
Needless to say, the story is quite strong.
Jiang Wei looked at Sun Yi, a big boy with a faint smile on his face. He looked confident, as if he was confident.
After thinking for a moment, he handed the script in his hand to Xue Xiaolu next to him, and said sincerely:
"It's okay. It's a complete story. The lines are not rigorous enough. It uses a youthful love style to avoid the heavy reality of the subject matter. I can only say that I have some ideas. Xiaoxue, please take a look."<
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After Sun Yi heard this, he felt a little unhappy. I had only written the script for two days and the lines hadn't been polished yet. Of course it wasn't rigorous. If you shoot a realistic subject based on pure reality, the artistry would be enough, but no audience would like to see it.
.
After hearing this, Tian Zhuang became unhappy and said: "I think this book is very good. If your literature department can't get it out in a short time, I will use this book."
After hearing this, Jiang Wei's eyes lit up and he followed Tian Zang's words and continued:
"It's not impossible to use this script, but if it is shot in the style of youth love, the expression of various emotions in the story must be delicate, it is best to be shot by a female director."
Jiang Wei discussed the matter and what he said was quite reasonable. Tian Zhuang nodded and said:
"Indeed, female directors are better at this aspect." After saying this, Tian Zhuang thought for a moment, frowned slightly, and continued: "There are no female students in this directing department."
This is what Jiang Wei wants, so he immediately picks up:
"Right, Lao Tian, as a professional director, you can see it, and I agree with it. But there is no one in your class. My little teacher Xue happens to have many years of experience in screenwriting. She is also planning to become a director, so why not let her try
Try it, and you can give me some guidance."
When Tian Zhuang heard this, he realized that this old fox was waiting for me here, but the words had just been spoken, and he didn't know how to refuse them for a while.
After Sun Yi heard this, he thought about it carefully and remembered it.
Xue Xiaolu is also a well-known female director in later generations. "Ocean Paradise" and "BJ Meets Seattle" are all excellent works. The expression of the characters' emotions is very delicate. This book is very suitable for her.
Tian Zhuang thought for a long time, and he felt that Sun Yi's book was quite good. It met the requirements of the subject matter, had a strong story, was very novel, and had a high degree of completion, which could save a lot of preparation time.
In the end, I had no choice but to nod in agreement and agree to use Xue Xiaolu as the director.
After hearing Tian Zhuang's agreement, Jiang Wei immediately changed his face, and said to Sun Yi with a smile: "Student Sun Yi, are you interested in transferring to our literature department? You have written this script very well, and I think you are very suitable to be a screenwriter.
, would you consider it?"
It turns out that what Jiang Wei did just now was intentional. He had the intention to let Xue Xiaolu be the director, so he made a trick.
After Tian Zhuang heard this, he knew he had been fooled, so he laughed and scolded: "Old Jiang, you scholars are so smart."
Sun Yi also noticed it, and secretly thought that Director Jiang was an old fox among old foxes. He was so shameless.
Sun Yi did not agree and was vague.
After the script was circulated around, Teacher Cui read it and asked with a smile:
"Sun Yi, this script of yours is tailor-made for you, right?"
Sun Yi suddenly blushed and scratched his head in embarrassment, causing everyone in the room to laugh.
At this time Xue Xiaolu interrupted:
"Classmate Sun Yi, what is the name of your script?"
Chapter completed!