The script of "Buried Alive" is quite thoughtful. The protagonist is an American, a driver hired by a multinational company, working for CRT Company. He was hijacked somewhere in Iraq and buried alive underground. The robber left him a flashlight and a
He also had a cell phone, two light sticks and a knife. He also had a small bottle of wine, a bottle of medicine and a lighter. The robbers asked him to call himself to raise US$5 million.
The background of the entire story is not an attack or revenge by terrorists against American soldiers. It is just the process of an Iraqi who lost his job due to the expansion of American companies in Iraq and embarked on a criminal path. In the eyes of this robber, Americans are all guilty.
Money. But throughout the hostage rescue process, what the film shows is that as ordinary Americans, they are also poor and have no guarantee of life.
Throughout the process of struggling to save himself, the American named Paul called 911, the State Department, the FBI, the companies he worked for, family members, friends, etc., but he was all met with varying degrees of indifference, blame-shifting, and agency bureaucracy.
The film is quite satirical, and it also explores the relationship between people in modern society.
It has connotation, depth, low-key writing, and simple content. This is a very suitable script for Shao Shuaijun's current penniless situation.
Such a script made into a movie is not suitable for large-scale screening in terms of positioning. In fact, "Buried Alive" was originally sold at the Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Lionsgate for US$4 million. The distribution rights were small-scale.
After the screening, it earned a box office of 20 million US dollars. After the DVD was released, the sales were quite good and it made a lot of money.
In order to move the story to the Chinese background, Shao Shuaijun had to re-frame the content. Fortunately, the whole story is not the content, but the connotation that is attractive. It is not difficult to change it. First of all, the place where the story takes place is still somewhere in Iraq.
Under the desert, he is still in a coffin, but the protagonist has been renamed Luoshan.
Luo Shan also called many agencies, most of which were American agencies. After all, the war in Iraq had just ended and it was taken over by the United States. The agency that finally came to the rescue, Shao Shuaijun, luckily changed it to the troops sent by the Chinese government. Disparagement
By defeating the American emperor and elevating the country, the final review of the film will be easier.
The general content of the story was completed quickly, and the rest was carving. As a small-budget, single-character, single-scene movie, if you want to avoid becoming boring, you must work hard on the details. Shao Shuaijun had to go back and forth.
The highlights of the American version of "Buried Alive" and the various sub-shots of the Chinese version of "Buried Alive" are a time-consuming task.
Early the next morning, Shao Shuaijun was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone. He revised the script until late last night and fell asleep very late. When he answered the phone, he was still confused.
"Hello, who's there?"
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Shao Shuaijun? I am the assistant to director Zhang Yimou. My surname is Pang."
"Hello, Miss Pang."
"It's like this. Director Zhang read the script you handed in yesterday and wants to talk to you in detail. Do you have time to come to our crew this morning?"
"Yes, I'll be there right away. I'll be there in thirty minutes."
"Okay, I'll pick you up outside the set."
After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun washed his face and brushed his teeth, bought breakfast on the street, and hurried to the crew of "House of Flying Daggers". Under the leadership of Miss Pang, he went to the studio of the crew and met the famous
Director Zhang Yimou. As the flagship figure of the fifth generation of directors, Zhang Yimou has been very popular in the past two years. The movie "Hero" opened the era of domestic blockbusters, and the most popular and anticipated "House of Flying Daggers" in recent times has won the title of "House of Flying Daggers".
Absolutely all mainland directors.
When Zhang Yimou met Shao Shuaijun, he was shocked. He thought that the person who could write "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" would be at least thirty or forty years old, but he did not expect that he was a young man.
"Did you really write this script?" Zhang Yimou couldn't believe it.
Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Of course." Facing big directors, he was not embarrassed. Although he was not famous in his previous life, he drank and dined with many big directors. In the entertainment industry, it is said that big directors are big, and small ones are also very small.
When I'm young, I get to know more about all kinds of people as I've been around for a long time. Big stars and small actors are all human beings, there's no difference.
This calmness made Zhang Yimou look twice: "It's not simple. Are you eighteen years old this year?"
"Just turned eighteen."
"Tsk, tell me how you came up with the idea of writing such a story?"
"The story originated from an elder I knew, and I wrote it on a whim. In order to restore the background of that era, I also consulted many opinions of the older generation. Director Zhang, what do you think of this script?" Shao Shuaijun edited it.
An excuse.
"I'll tell you the truth. I like the script very much and plan to buy it. But I won't be filming it now. I already have a filming plan this year, which is also a literary film. If you write a script, you definitely don't want to be buried. I will definitely film it.
, but it will take a few years. I will make up for it in terms of price. How much do you plan to price it?"
Shao Shuaijun knows that Zhang Yimou will film "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" this year, and he doesn't care whether "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" is filmed now or not. As for the script, Amy published the original work in 2006. What if the two conflict with each other? When Shao Shuaijun wants to come, Ai
Mi only started writing novels in 2005. He could wait until later to make money. He would go to his door to solve the problem and put an end to the situation where Li Gui bumped into Li Kui...
"I'm just a newcomer. I don't know much about the rules in the industry. Director Zhang, please set a price." Shao Shuaijun kicked the ball back. A well-known director like Zhang Yimou would not blackmail him.
Zhang Yimou thought for a while: "How about this, a flat price of 150,000 yuan?"
150,000 is much better than Shao Shuaijun imagined. According to the current script price on the market, 100,000 is basically the ceiling price. The extra 50,000 is probably because the script moved him. After all, Zhang Yimou himself was a person of that era.
, otherwise I wouldn’t have competed with others to film “Hawthorn Tree Love” later.
"OK."
After signing the contract, getting money, and transferring money, it was almost noon. Zhang Yimou planned to treat Shao Shuaijun to a meal, but Shao Shuaijun declined. Drinking and eating was the thing he was least good at, especially with people he didn't know well.
After returning to the rental house, Shao Shuaijun immersed himself in the creation of the script. It took him three days to finally sort out the scene script, and then wrote the actor's script. As the name suggests, the actor's script is a script for actors. Here is
Only two characters appeared and spoke, the protagonist and the woman in the mobile video.
But the person the protagonist calls has a lot of dialogue.
After spending another day to incorporate props, equipment, lighting, scenes, etc. into the script, "Buried Alive" was officially launched, and now it was time to find the protagonist.
The protagonist of the American version of "Buried Alive" is the popular Hollywood movie star Ryan Reynolds, and his salary alone is as high as 2 million US dollars. But Shao Shuaijun feels that he is not of much help to the film. This kind of film does not win by attracting attention, but has a connotation.
On the one hand, the acting skills of the actors are also on the other hand.
Just find someone who is good at acting and has no reputation. There are many such people in Hengdian.