Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 345: The Made-up TV Drama Year

From the beginning, when Mark saw the unclear background of the protagonist in the script, he knew that the director had ambitions to make a sequel.

This is a good thing. He also hopes that it can be made into a series so that he doesn't have to gamble on Chen's future. Now this one can become a good resume.

After the props, the next step is to choose the location.

There are some scenes set on the streets of Paris in the film, which needed to be shot in France.

However, for some scenes that do not have landmark characteristics, you only need to choose a place to shoot in Emilyken.

Mark had already asked people to select several places, and Chen Linfeng spent the next few days to determine the most suitable location.

Finally, and most importantly, the actors.

Mark gave Chen Linfeng a surprise.

In the early plot, there will be a famous singer, and the protagonist will be responsible for his temporary security.

In order to show the protagonist's skills, Mark actually invited Taylor Swift to be a guest actor.

Although Taylor Swift, who later became famous, had just emerged at that time, she was not someone that could be invited easily.

"Mark, are you sure she's only charging for a cameo?"

"Of course, we can sign the contract as soon as you agree."

Chen Linfeng said in surprise, "You are a little beyond my expectations."

Mark shook his head. "Chen, this is also your contribution."

"Mine?" Chen Linfeng was a little confused.

"Yes, you are not an unknown person in Emily Ken's music circle."

Indeed, several of these instrumental music albums have received very high professional reviews.

Mark said meaningfully, "Maybe it's because of your undefeated record that those singers want to try their luck."

No, it's just pure superstition, right?

Also, how did you spread the word about me? Why do I sound like a mascot?

But as long as the result is good, Chen Linfeng won’t worry too much.

The other actors are mainly the protagonist’s ex-wife, partners and colleagues, as well as villains.

Although these roles are formal, they are not particularly critical.

Chen Linfeng only made sure that their basic skills were fine, and left the rest to Mark to handle.

A few days later, Van Long also came to Los Angeles with his team.

In the previous life of "Taken", the action scenes were really not that good, and the shots and editing in this aspect were also obviously poor.

Fang Long's team has been filming for many years and is best at action scenes, and is especially good at handling multi-person fighting scenes.

They even developed a special method of shooting and editing.

Therefore, Fang Long’s participation is indispensable in the preparation of the film.

Spending so much on film remuneration and giving some investment to Yinghuang is not just for Fang Long.

Over the following period of time, Chen Linfeng and Fang Long had a detailed discussion on the fighting and chasing scenes in the film.

In the original film, when Liam Neeson was chasing the gangster who kidnapped his daughter, the gangster was agile and dared to jump off the overpass (there was a car underneath to cushion the impact).

Instead, Liam Neeson didn't jump and could only stand on the viaduct and watch.

If the gangster hadn't been hit by a car and killed after taking a few steps, he would have really escaped.

This kind of plot setting is absolutely unreasonable if it is applied to Fang Long.

There is also a car chase scene where a gang prostitution camp is initially discovered and the protagonist escapes with a rescued girl, which is not satisfactory.

At least the sense of tension was not enough, the shots were rather messy, and it was at night and in a shantytown, so the lighting was not enough, and the viewing experience was not very good.

This may be related to the director. The original director was a photographer who turned director after many years. "Taken" is only his second film in his career, so relevant experience is probably insufficient.

However, these are not a problem at all for today's crew. It can even be said that these are their strengths.

If you look at Van Loong’s previous films, you will know that the car chases and fighting scenes, as well as the corresponding shots and editing, have always been the highlights.

Chen Linfeng's team has been top-notch in lighting since their debut.

When Chen Linfeng was writing the script, these paragraphs were not specified in detail, leaving them to Fang Long to express freely.

This is not just for the quality of the film itself.

Due to Fang Long's personality traits, he always likes to keep everything in his hands.

If he is not given any important work, it will be bad and may even lead to conflicts.

In this way, while keeping some constraints, giving Van Long some creative freedom may better stimulate his potential.

And Fang Long did not disappoint him. He discussed with his team for almost half a month and delivered a good answer.

Contains a series of exciting chases, parkour and fighting content.

It would only be more reasonable if the protagonist was chasing closely and the villain was only concerned with escaping and not paying attention to the surrounding situation and was hit and killed by a car.

"This is just a preliminary plan and will be further improved later."

Chen Linfeng calculated it carefully and said worriedly, "It's a bit over time. It was less than two minutes before, but now it will take at least five minutes."

If we take into account that some of the action scenes later on may add further length, then the total length may be at least 10 minutes longer.

There are also some new additions, including some mainland hotel settings, so the total duration may exceed 120 minutes.

This will seriously affect the film's revenue, and it cannot exceed 2 hours in any case.

After listening to the story, Fang Long became anxious, "Xiao Chen, this scene..."

Chen Linfeng stretched out his hand to stop him, "I know your design is very brilliant, and I can't bear to give up. Don't worry, it won't get stuck." Fang Long breathed a sigh of relief.

He read the movie script carefully many times and found it to be really wonderful, which was the main reason why he was willing to follow the instructions.

When it came to using a gun, Van Loon did not comment.

Even in some torture and murder scenes that were clearly different from his usual style, he tried his best to restrain himself.

But he still didn't want to completely abandon his past strengths.

Chen Linfeng also thought so. A big part of the reason he invited Fang Long was because he saw that he could complement the work.

He did not care much about the global box office of more than 2 million US dollars in his previous life, and hoped to increase the overall box office by improving the quality of his works.

Since it’s hard to compress the exciting scenes, well…

The only thing we can do is to compress the previous plot a little bit.

The setting of the protagonist's ex-husband slows down the pace a bit.

Originally, the protagonist's daughter's stepfather's greatest contribution was to have enough money to arrange a plane and fly to France in time to carry out rescue.

But after the introduction of the mainland hotel setting, these can all be done by mainland hotels.

Because of the protagonist's past experience, he had the capital to ask the mainland hotel to help arrange the flight.

Then the role of this rich stepfather would seem redundant.

Originally, in the third part of the previous life's "Taken", this stepfather had a lot of roles.

But the third part did not receive good reviews.

He had originally planned to refer only to the two films in his previous life, and starting from the third film, he could directly stitch in the plots of other action films.

After careful consideration, Chen Linfeng found Mark and cancelled this plot. Naturally, the cast would also be adjusted.

In the evening, Liu Qianqian called as usual.

"Xiao Feng, Chinese Paladin 3 is now on air."

"Really?" Chen Linfeng asked with great interest, "What do the audience think?"

Liu Qianqian was speechless, "You are still thinking about this. It has only just started airing, how can we know the specific reviews so quickly?"

"Oh, that's true. Who do you play in the play? I think you can tell me now."

Chen Linfeng had asked about this before, but Xixi didn't say anything at that time.

When Liu Qianqian thought of this, she wanted to complain, "Boss Cai wanted me to play the role of Fairy Xiyao at first, but I thought it was just a cameo, and Xiyao can't really be considered a cameo.

Later, she deliberately added a scene of the descendant of Nuwa, and let Zhao Linger come out to guide Zixuan, which was similar to Li Xiaoyao's appearance. "

"Is it possible?" Chen Linfeng's eyes widened. "Isn't Zhao Linger dead?"

"Yes, so the script says that Zhao Linger appeared through blood inheritance and is a spiritual being."

Chen Linfeng exclaimed, "They really know how to write a story to get you to make a cameo appearance. But this is normal. The plot of Immortal III happened before Immortal I. If Li Xiaoyao can appear, why can't Zhao Linger appear?"

"But it still feels weird." Liu Qianqian has played several generations of The Legend of Sword and Fairy games, so she really can't get used to it.

But at present, the audience feels it’s okay. Most people have never played the game and don’t think there is anything wrong with it.

"The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1" was filmed before "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and the timeline is ahead, there is nothing wrong with that.

Even many viewers who have watched "Chinese Paladin 1" were inspired by this, and Liu Qianqian's appearance was highly praised.

Cai Yinong’s goal was achieved.

But the game fans will probably curse even more harshly.

Chen Linfeng also showed some concern about the ratings of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3".

After all, Liu Qianqian participated in the guest appearance and also paid attention to this.

"So far, it's pretty good. Although it was first broadcast on Lizhi TV, the ratings of this drama in other places are not bad. Many places have topped the ratings list of the month. For example, in Guangnan, the highest ratings in some cities even exceeded 14%."

"That's indeed not bad," Chen Linfeng nodded.

The highest regional ratings and the national average ratings are completely different concepts.

But the maximum can reach 14%, which is not too bad on average.

Liu Qianqian said, "I also noticed a piece of news."

"Well, you said."

"Some media said that this year is similar to 2005, which was also a year of explosive growth in the quality of TV dramas.

At the beginning of the year, there were "Reply" and "My Captain, My Regiment", and now "Xian III" is being aired and the ratings are also very good.

Next up are "The New Three Kingdoms" and "The New Dream of Red Mansions". They also include "Sherlock Holmes". They say the TV drama market will definitely become more and more developed in the future. "

Liu Qianqian brought this up because this phenomenon is somewhat inconsistent with what Chen Linfeng said before, that the TV drama market will gradually go downhill starting from 07 and 08.

"Ah this..."

Chen Linfeng was a little speechless. If it weren't for his influence, this would have been the case.

The dramas mentioned above, except "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and "My Captain, My Regiment".

The others either appeared because of Chen Linfeng or were indirectly influenced by him.

For example, "The New Three Kingdoms", according to the information released so far, it is definitely not as good as the old version, but it fully possesses the qualities that an excellent TV series should have.

It shouldn't have been like this.

Does this count as slapping yourself in the face?
Chen Linfeng could only force himself to save face, "Maybe it won't work next year. Of course, this excludes the dramas produced by Long Lin."

(End of this chapter)