Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 820 When did you feel that I didn’t show it?
ps: Everyone go to bed first, I will stay up late to write.

In response to Liu Shishi's question, Zhou Mo's answer was just three words.

"do not know."

Liu Shishi: ???

For a moment, she felt like there was something wrong with her ears.

"I don't know. I don't know what it means."

Zhou Mo lay on the sofa, like a salted fish without dreams: "I don't know, because the subsequent script has not been written yet."

Liu Shishi was killed, so the person in front of her might be a fake Zhou Mo.

Everyone in the circle knows that Zhou Mo is a super workaholic.

From the beginning to the end of the year, not only did I basically not have a single vacation, but my work efficiency also remained at a very high level.

But now, you tell me you didn't write the script.

Liu Shishi paused for a long time before finally asking:
"Why?"

Zhou Mo threw his arms open and placed himself on the sofa in the shape of a Chinese character “太” (Tai). “Your sofa is so big and comfortable… The reason is that it is not necessary.

Anyway, you already know the rest of the story, right? It's about a new leader emerging among the remnants of the Dark Walker, and everyone works together to defeat him.

This kind of script is very procedural and is handed over to the company's employees to produce one month before the second season of "Night Watch" starts shooting. I mainly want to focus on the exclusive plots of the four characters of "old, weak, sick and disabled."

The script of "Night Watch" can, to some extent, be regarded as Zhou Mo's attempt at TV drama shooting. He tried to focus on the character's personality first and then arrange the plot.

This common sense comes from a book I read last year that revolves around the question of "which comes first, the plot or the characters?"

Plot first, characters second, and characters first, plot second, are the two major ideas in the creative field. There is no distinction between good and bad, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

In the past, Zhou Mo had always been accustomed to arranging the plot first and then thinking about what kind of characters were needed to carry out the plot.

The advantage of doing this is that the plot is very coherent and there will be no obvious plot conflicts.

However, there is a high possibility that the character will be turned into a tool, marginalized during filming, or even disappear completely.

The idea of ​​putting characters first and then plot is exactly the opposite.

It is easier to create excellent and attractive characters, but it is easy to cause conflicts in the plot.

Why Zhou Mo didn't rush to write the subsequent plot this time.

It was because he first tried to arrange independent personal stories for the "old, weak, sick and disabled" and in order to avoid conflicts with the main storyline in the future, he simply put the writing of the main storyline on hold.

After listening to Zhou Mo's explanation, Liu Shishi basically understood what he meant.

"What about your personal storyline? How is it going?"

"Anyway, your character has been almost written, and we just need to perfect it a little bit."

Liu Shishi's eyes lit up and she immediately started to pull Zhou Mo.

fast!
let me see.

Zhou Mo was helpless and simply printed it out for Liu Shishi to read.

Liu Shishi looked at it for more than half an hour.

The subsequent settings for Xiaotian are as follows.

In the plot of the first season, the script has repeatedly hinted to the audience that Xiaotian was not in her current situation a long time ago. She could speak and see things.

In the second season, the script will first explain Xiaotian’s eye problem.

To sum it up in one sentence, there is a lion hidden in her eyes...ah, no, it is a mysterious power. This power is so huge that it can cause great damage if it cannot be controlled.

In order not to hurt others, Xiaotian sealed his eyesight.

When Liu Shishi saw this, she almost couldn't hold back.

Unfortunately, she had watched "Dragon Tribe" and knew that unlucky kid Lu Mingfei.

On the document in her hand, the line "There is a lion in the eyes" was deliberately widened and darkened, and then deliberately crossed out.

"You really have... a bad taste." Liu Shishi glanced at Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo laughed: "Hey, you don't know, writing a script is a very tiring thing. If you don't have some fun, it's easy to stop writing... You will know if you continue reading."

Liu Shishi shook her head and continued to look down.

Later, Xiaotian released this ability in a battle to save his teammates. This time, the power in Xiaotian's eyes did not cause damage, but played a protective role.

Seeing this, Liu Shishi's heart suddenly tightened.

Her first reaction was not how the plot was written, but whether Xiaotian would never wear his eye mask again after taking it off.

So after that, does she also have to open her eyes and start acting?

Fortunately, her worries disappeared immediately on the next page.

Xiaotian put on the eye patch again. When her teammates asked her why, Xiaotian's answer was very simple:
"Because it can give others an illusion and help them out at a critical moment."

Liu Shishi raised her head, unable to describe the feeling in her heart.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Mo asked.

"Is it a bit hasty that Xiaotian put on the eyepatch again?"

Zhou Mo asked her back: "Then why do you think it's sloppy?"

Liu Shishi thought for a while and said, “Generally speaking, aren’t key skills like Xiaotian’s eyes disposable tools?

After use, it must be taken offline by various means.

For example, if it is overloaded, or its foundation is damaged during use, it will be destroyed along with the enemy, and it will not be online again until a long time later at a critical moment..."

Zhou Mo smacked his lips and looked at Liu Shishi with a strange look.

"Good fellow, your attitude towards your role as an actor is even more cruel than that of me as the creator. You actually want to destroy such a beautiful pair of eyes."

Liu Shishi immediately explained: "I also saw this arrangement in some works. Only by limiting the number of times these 'key props' are used can the importance of this plot be reflected, and how rich Xiaotian's thoughts are.

Zhou Mo nodded slightly: "What you said is one situation, but there are many ways to limit the number of times an item can be used.

For example, Xiaotian is still unable to control this power, and the use of this power consumes a lot of her physical strength. It doesn't mean that only losing it can highlight the plot.

If you lose your eyes in this scene, then I want to ask you, if you want to use your eyes again in the future, you will need to arrange a lot of plots.

The play "Night Watch" is generally quite light-hearted, and there is no need to deliberately use tragedy to limit the direction of the plot.

During filming, we could have arranged a scene after this battle where Xiao Tian failed to control the power in his eyes and almost hurt Li Xin's character, and then buried everyone again."

Liu Shishi suddenly realized that Zhou Mo's arrangement was indeed much easier than hers.

She glanced down at the setting collection in her hand again.

Seeing this, the setting collection has actually ended.

However, there were still some questions in her mind that had not been answered.

"Since there are secrets in Xiaotian's eyes, then there must be secrets in her voice as well?"

"of course."

Liu Shishi was delighted. Since there was a problem, there would definitely be more plot to be used to solve it later. Wouldn’t the richness of the plot come soon?

She inquired, "What is the secret of the throat?"

Zhou Mo paused for a moment, hesitating whether to tell Liu Shishi about his plan, then thought again, since he had already told half of it, there was no need to hide the rest.

Solving the mystery now will also help Liu Shishi prepare in advance.

"Xiaotian's language has a certain effect of following one's words, but this effect often develops in a negative direction."

Hey!
It's really an amazing ability.

Liu Shishi knew that in any work with extraordinary abilities, as long as there was an ability like "words come true", there would be no bad one.

"It's a pity that it's negative."

Zhou Mo explained: "It has to be negative, otherwise the subsequent plot won't be able to develop."

Liu Shishi can certainly understand that an ability that is too invincible is not suitable for the protagonist, otherwise it will easily cause the plot to go out of control."

"So what kind of plot are you going to arrange later to reveal this ability to the audience?"

Zhou Mo suddenly smiled and asked back.

"What if I told you that I have been demonstrating this ability to the audience?"

(End of this chapter)