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Chapter 4 "This Man From Earth"

If you want to be a director, you must at least have a good script and plenty of money.

The script is easy to talk about, Wang Meng's perverted memory after traveling through time, plus the huge database of the previous world.

It can be said that unlike other directors, they are worried about a good script.

Since the script is easy to work on, what should I do if I pay?

After looking at my bank card, I found that I had nearly 30,000 pocket money.

Wang Meng thought to herself, this is the benefit of having a good parent. It seems that she has never owned such a huge sum of money in her previous life.

However, 30,000 has no effect on a movie.

Not to mention the minimum cameras, films, actors’ pay, plus the mixed lighting, audio, makeup, art, etc., this is much worse.

It’s not that there is no way. At least, Wang Meng just begs his parents and dare not say anything else, his parents can sponsor at least 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

If you lose your temper and find investment, Wang Meng believes that based on his interpersonal experience in his previous life, he can get one hundred million.

But this is not what Wang Meng wants. Although he doesn't know that his mind is not as good as Einstein, it is certain that he has understood and mastered all the director knowledge he has learned in this life.

In other words, what is lacking now is practical operational experience.

Of course, it cannot be said that as long as you have money, you can shoot big scenes like "Titanic" and "Hero" in your previous life.

At least some low-cost movies and TV series are fine.

Perhaps, there will be bumps and bumps in the actual operation, and I believe the ending will be beautiful.

Then, it seems that there is only one way, low-cost movies.

Don’t look down on low-cost movies. You can still make money and make a lot of money when you make it.

Just like the previous life's "Ghost Record", "Brightman the Witch", "Saw", "Suzhou River", etc.

It’s all a benchmark for making money with a small cost or getting a soft hand.

According to the situation in this world, the Chinese film boss in this world is still China Film, and the boss is still the third master, such as Huayi, Xinyi, Dengtian, Huanya, etc., and is still the boss in the Chinese film and television industry. For example, Tangren Film and Television in the Magic City, it is also a very awesome existence.

In this world, due to the early reform and opening up and thorough reform, the movies are actually classified.

This was something Wang Meng didn't expect.

Although it is a bit useless, there are only three levels.

G-level, suitable for all age groups; PG-level is thirteen years old and requires parents to accompany you; NC-level is thirteen years old and the ban is thirteen years old.

As a result, some horror movies can be filmed. Although the ~sex and erotic aspects are still strict and the political direction cannot be shaken, it doesn't matter. Wang Meng didn't think about filming ~sex and erotic movies.

"Yu Pu Tuan" and "All the Way West" are waiting for other gods to do it, and I won't be overwhelmed.

After seeing Wang Meng, he found that there was something wrong with him. It took nearly ten days to make "Buried Alive", "This Man from Earth", "Saw" and so on.

However, afterwards, I reviewed it and decided that the three main inspections were "Buried Alive", "Suzhou River" and "This Man from Earth".

As for "Saw" is indeed very good. Although, perhaps some people cannot accept China in this world.

However, it is certain that I still like blood, plasma, limbs, and perverted omena, and will definitely make money.

Choufei, the first movie, was so bad that Wang Meng was attracted by the name of a horror film director.

So Wang Meng gave up on "Saw" for the time being.

So... "Buried Alive", "Suzhou River", and "This Man from Earth" are the first choice.

"Suzhou River" seems to have a bad box office? Moreover, the male and female protagonists in it require very profound acting skills. It seems that the heroine in the previous time and space was Zhou Xun, who is an acting elf!

Wang Meng has no reputation, it doesn’t matter, but he doesn’t have money, so he has to give up.

"Buried Alive" is a suspenseful and thriller film released by Lionsgate in 2010. The film is directed by Spanish director Rodrigue Kotez and starring Ryan Reynolds.

The film was released in Spain in September 2010.

The film tells the story of an American construction contractor who was attacked by a group of Iraqi people while working in Iraq. When he woke up, he found that he was in a coffin and was buried alive. He had to escape every second with his mobile phone and a flashlight.

The film received 10 nominations at the 25th Spanish Goya Awards in 2010, and finally won three awards: Best Sound Effect, Best Editing and Best Original Script.

It seems that this movie won the awards and the cost is not high. The last world director Rodrigue Cotez spent nearly 4 million US dollars.

However, the main reason is that the actor cost 60% of the cost, and the filming was very exquisite at the beginning, so if Wang Menglai had not been able to make that much.

But... the starring actors in this drama almost completed a 90-minute one-man show alone. Ordinary actors are absolutely not good. Good actors can't afford them, and the production cost is a bit high.

give up……

Finally, after careful selection, Wang Meng selected "This Man from Earth".

Why? The production cost is low! Just add a few people who can barely act. The director of the previous life would be fine if he spent less than ten thousand dollars.

Actually, it’s no wonder that the director of this film was shot with DV, so the picture is not very exquisite. The only thing worth reading is the script, which is almost a script, which makes a classic movie.

With such a small cost and small production, no big star still won the American Saturn Award.

The movie is an independent film produced by the last world in 2007, directed by Richard Schenkman and written by Jerome Bixby.

Adapted from the last novel completed by science fiction writer Jelomi Besby during his lifetime.

As a small-cost independent film with a total investment of US$10,000, it successfully breaks away from the inherent routine of traditional science fiction films such as "laser plus metal", and advances in pure dialogue, performing drama-style soft science fiction.

Of course, the lines in it are definitely classics among classics.

Now that I want to adapt, the protagonist must be replaced by a Chinese, but the most difficult thing to adapt is the Christian believers in the film.

The Chinese in this world are still the same, not as pious as the Omes.

This is troublesome, and Wang Meng had no choice but to turn Jesus in the film into the ancestor of China Huangdi.

As the ancestor of Chinese people all over the world, his status is not worse than that of Jesus in Omi's mind.

That's it. The protagonist was Jesus in the movies of the previous world, and the Chinese version became Huangdi.

After the modification, it is roughly as follows:

Huang Cheng, a 35-year-old history professor at Fudan University, resolutely chose to resign after ten years of work. His colleagues came to see him off and expressed their confusion. The story kicked off.

In the seemingly simple house, Qi Baishi's paintings, Tang swords from the Tang Dynasty, and prehistoric stone axes are decorated.

As friends, historians, religious scholars, biologists, psychologists and other knowledgeable people gathered in it.

Huang Cheng, who claimed to have experienced 14,000 years, blurted out a shortened version of the history of human civilization, which made this final gathering evolve from a simple farewell to an academic debate that subverted the tradition, and used it to test the audience's thinking ability...

A simple room, a few cars, is the entire venue.

As for shooting, Wang Meng still used DV to shoot. She had such successful experience in the previous time and space, so it can not only reduce costs but also get close to restoration, so why not do it?

Unfortunately, after all, there is a change, just like changing Jesus with Huangdi, and the language in it cannot be copied.

Even if Wang Meng's head works well, she doesn't know how to use it. It seems that she has to check some information to fill in the conversation.

Wang Meng doesn't want to ruin a classic.

Not only that, some cultural relics have also changed, and some cultural relics information must be checked.

The plot has not changed, but the dialogue has changed a lot, becoming more suitable for Chinese audiences to watch.

…………

As he thought, a series of steps disrupted Wang Meng's thinking.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

The old girl Wang Tian, ​​watching her brother lying in front of the computer and thought, walked over.

"nothing."

Wang Tian picked up the script written by Wang Meng and glanced at it.

"Brother, this is a new script you wrote. It feels so good. Someone actually lived for 14,000 years and was still a caveman. Oh! He also became Huangdi!?"

"How is it? Is the script OK this time?"

Wang Meng looked at her sister's surprised look and felt a little fluttering.

"It looks good, it looks much better than yours before, but... why are there some blank dialogues? You haven't finished it yet?" Wang Tian saw that the conversation between the protagonist and a racist was not written.

"There is no dialogue with the professor of cultural relics and archaeology?" Wang Tian said: "Are you looking for information to fill in the dialogue?"

Wang Meng shook her head and sighed: "It's not that easy. Every line has to be meticulously crafted. I'm not a racist or a professor of cultural relics and archaeology. Why don't you find information slowly?"

"I'm really speechless to you..." Wang Tian gave Wang Meng a blank look and said, "You've become a nerd, so stupid. Just ask your uncle if you just want to."

Wang Meng was stunned and thought that his uncle in this life was a professor of cultural relics, and he was also a professor at Fudan University.

My uncle must know much more than me. Besides, Fudan University, the highest institution of learning in China, has a lot of professors, so I just want my uncle to introduce some of them.

"Bao!" Wang Meng stood up and kissed the old girl, and said happily: "Yes, why didn't I expect that Tiantian, you really helped me a lot."

Wang Tian was stunned...

"Oh, bastard, who asked you to kiss me?" Wang Tian was eighteen after all, and she felt embarrassed by her ever dull brother's sudden kiss.

"I am your brother, what are you afraid of?" After saying that, Wang Meng considered contacting his uncle.

Looking at his brother who was a little hysterical, Wang Tian teased and teased: "My nerd and literary youth, I have to go out for a walk during the holidays. Look, my head is rusted."

"Haha... No, just don't see me in the future, just look at me! My brother, I will become bigger and bigger."

"Oh, I really care..."
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