Living in the Hong Kong Film World

Chapter 593 Preparing the Crew
Hearing Feinan's description, Zheng Zhengqiu became more and more excited.

A corresponding picture has already appeared in his mind.

On the curtain, the characters in the movie are moving, they are speaking, and with the opening and closing of their mouths, the audience can also hear their words...

When a movie like this comes out, it will definitely be a hit!

What's more, there is such a wonderful script!

Although Zheng Zhengqiu has also written movie scripts, they are all adapted from opera scripts. If you just read the scripts, they are no different from novels.

But Feinan's script was different. If he were to evaluate it, he could only use one word to describe it, and that would be professional.

This script is written entirely from the perspective of filming, including the position of the camera, how the props are placed, how many actors are needed for each scene, and how the actors move are clearly marked.

Even when he was with Lao Bu in Asia, he had never seen such a professional script.

"Mr. Fei, dare I ask, is this script written by you?" Zheng Zhengqiu asked tentatively.

"I wrote it."

Feinan readily admitted.

"Mr. Fei is so talented!"

Zheng Zhengqiu couldn't help but praise: "Your script, I'm afraid it will revolutionize the entire film industry!"

"It's not that exaggerated, I just want to make some money."

Feinan waved his hand.

Zheng Zhengqiu was about to say something, when a person came in from outside the house and hung his coat on the hanger.

"Zhengqiu, are you here?"

Seeing Feinan, the man asked casually.

"You're back?"

Zheng Zhengqiu got up and introduced: "Come on! Du Yu! Let me introduce you to Mr. Fei, a genius!"

The man was a little puzzled, but he still came forward and shook hands with Fei Nan: "Hello, Mr. Fei, my name is Dan Du Yu."

"He is a painter for our newspaper and a very good photographer."

Zheng Zhengqiu introduced a sentence to Fei Nan, and immediately rushed to Du Yu and said, "Du Yu, Mr. Fei has brought an excellent script, come and see it!"

"Script? What play?"

But Du Yu was puzzled, and came to the table, took the script handed over by Zheng Zhengqiu, and flipped through it.

"what?"

He saw the storyboard script in the script and couldn't help being surprised.

He worked as a painter in the Xinmin Daily. "Liberation Pictorial" is the first women's pictorial in China, and all the illustrations in the newspaper are from him.

Because of their different majors, he and Zheng Zhengqiu have different concerns. The storyboard script in the script aroused his great interest.

Although the paintings in the script are rough, and the characters are egg men with only heads and limbs and no facial features, the movements and angles are described very accurately.

In addition, Feinan unconsciously imitated the brushwork in the Hong Kong comics he watched when he was young, making the movements of the characters in the camera look very sharp and full of impact.

"What kind of painting is this?"

But Du Yu muttered something, and Zheng Zhengqiu couldn't wait to urge him: "You read the text, read the text."

Reluctantly turning over the script, Du Yu browsed the text of the script.

Although there are many alterations in the text, one black and one white, but in Du Yu's eyes, it is so streamlined, capable, and clean.

In the main text, apart from the limited description of actions and scenes, there are only large paragraphs of lines without any nonsense.

He soon had the same question as Zheng Zhengqiu, not understanding why he had to write so many lines.

He learned of Feinan's vision for sound films from the excited Zheng Zhengqiu, and he also showed the same excitement as Zheng Zhengqiu.

Soon, his expression became a little fanatical, because he suddenly thought of another aspect.

If the movie can make a sound, then I'm afraid there will be another terrifying publicity channel!

You know, the biggest source of income for the Xinmin Daily, apart from direct income from newspaper subscriptions, is the rental of advertising space in newspapers.

The sales volume of "Liberation Pictorial" is not large, but the price of advertising space also ranges from three to five yuan to dozens of yuan, so the supply of advertising space is still in short supply.

No way, there is only one publicity channel now, and that is newspapers.

The circulation of newspapers is limited, because there are not many literate people in society, and most people are illiterate and cannot read newspapers at all.

It's the same with movies, audiences generally don't like to put words in the picture, because many people who can afford to watch movies are also illiterate, they just look at the picture.

But it would be different if a movie with sound was produced. If the characters in the screen could speak, that would be amazing.

Even if the people in the movie say "Liberation Pictorial is good", I'm afraid their "Liberation Pictorial" will be sold out!

If that's the case, the movie's propaganda power is terrifying.

The coverage of newspapers is so large, and there are only so many people who are willing and able to subscribe to newspapers, and they are all elites in society.

But even so, the Nanking government's control over newspapers is quite strict, because this is the only way for ideas to spread widely, and it affects key groups in society.

Movies are different from newspapers. Movies are still a luxury entertainment product at the moment. Most people regard them as Western dramas and watch them for fun. That's why Mr. Zhuo's dramas in the United States sell so well.

The government has also moved the idea of ​​a movie, and some video materials were shot during Yuan Datou's period, but no one watched them.

If the sound film really works, then this may develop into a terrifying propaganda weapon!

I have to say, but Du Yu's thinking is very advanced. You must know that even the first radio station in China has not yet been established in Shanghai. Means to hear the sound coming from the machinery.

"Mr. Fei, you brought this script here, do you want to publish it? Or..."

But Du Yu was a little afraid to ask.

He could see the weight of this script, and he really wanted to hear from Feinan that it could be made into a movie.

But he is also very clear that there is basically no market for films with Chinese as the main body, and Asia Film Company has also closed down because of this.

It can be seen from the script that if you want to invest in the shooting of this movie, you must spend a lot of money, and the film alone will be an astronomical figure.

With so much money, I am afraid that not many people will choose to invest in a movie.

There is no shortage of movies in the current market, and audiences recognize foreign movies, so there is no need to do such thankless things.

But if it is not filmed, it would be a pity for such a good script.

But Du Yu felt a little uneasy, and he glanced at Zheng Zhengqiu as if asking for help.

Zheng Zhengqiu had the same idea as him, seeing his wink, he couldn't help but start to think, how much cash can he get?

Feinan smiled lightly, and said bluntly, "You two, I am here this time to make this script into a movie."

"I know that the two are the most professional filmmakers, and I would like to invite the two to prepare the crew to make this movie as soon as possible."

"Don't worry about the investment. I will be responsible for everything. The initial investment is 1 yuan, if it is not enough, add more."

"I don't know what the two intentions are?"

But Du Yu and Zheng Zhengqiu looked at each other, and both saw the excitement and excitement in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)