MTL - You Don’t Understand The Pain Of Being Popular-Chapter 104 Day 104
When Yao Bianliang woke up the next day, he was pleasantly surprised to find something—
The content that came to her to contribute finally gradually became normal.
Even among them, there are excellent scripts that are obviously of excellent quality.
"It seems that the reminder I posted is really useful."
Yao Bianliang rubbed his chin with his fingers, while thinking about it, he happily threw these manuscripts to Assistant Chen.
"Assistant Chen, please find someone to help me with a preliminary screening," she said, "I have listed all the specific requirements, you can refer to this."
After a pause, as if thinking of something, Yao Bianliang added: "It's still the old rule. The quality of the script can't be too good, but it can't be too bad. It's better to be at the middle or lower level."
Assistant Chen: "..."
Well, his assistant needs to screen scripts again.
Assistant Chen sometimes has the illusion that if he works under Yao Bianliang for another two years, he may develop into an all-around talent.
"Okay, I'll give you feedback tomorrow."
The screening of scripts lasted for nearly two days. Firstly, Assistant Chen conducted the preliminary screening, and then Yao Bianliang personally conducted the fine screening.
After thousands of choices, finally, a script caught Yao Bianliang's eyes.
"With the ancient court church as the background, a beautiful love story with national style?" Yao Bianliang's eyes lit up the moment he saw this script.
This seems like a good subject!
The genre of song and dance movies itself came from the West.
If it is a theme with a modern background, you can still refer to Western shooting techniques, so it is not that you have no clue.
This is why, in the current domestic market, several well-known musicals have modern backgrounds.
Can an ancient background theme make a song and dance movie? Of course it is also possible to shoot.
However, the difficulty in this is too great.
There is no soil for the growth of singing and dancing themes in China. If you want to shoot national style singing and dancing themes, you can't refer to the West, you can only refer to Peking opera, opera, etc. for creation.
This difficulty is no less than opening up a whole new field.
There is a shortage of talents in the Chinese music scene, not to mention that composers and arrangers are required to understand movies and be able to cooperate with the creation of scripts and plots, which is as difficult as heaven.
"It's really a good subject." The corners of Yao Bianliang's lips rose slightly, and he continued to read the plot of the script.
This is a story that happened in the court workshop. The heroine is a singing girl in Xianyin Temple, and the hero is a musician in the workshop.
The two met each other, knew each other, and fell in love with each other, but in the end they became strangers under the mistake of yin and yang, and never saw each other again.
There is no criticism of the feudal society, nor does it involve class struggle. This is just a love song in troubled times.
This common story of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies is not only monotonous and clichéd, but also nothing new.
Apart from beautiful writing and gorgeous rhetoric, there is no merit.
"It's perfect." Yao Bianliang was heartbroken.
Such a script can just meet the requirements of the system, but at the same time, there is nothing outstanding about this plot.
These days, entertainment methods have long been diversified. Novels, animations, film and television dramas, and short videos emerge in endlessly. The hot spots that the public pursues are changing every moment.
And this script is obviously still stuck in the routine plot decades ago, and the public has long been tired of watching it.
Coupled with the fact that the script style is more than literary and commercial, even if the script is perfectly filmed and released successfully, the box office will definitely not be too high.
not to mention…
"The content of this plot seems to be very different from the original "Spring Revlon." Yao Bianliang was thoughtful.
She still remembers how "Revlon in Spring" perfectly presented the life of a prostitute by virtue of the ups and downs of the plot and the style of criticizing the feudal society.
If "Spring Revlon" is a story with profound connotations, then the script of this song and dance movie is a superficial and poignant love story without depth.
The heroines are also prostitutes, and they all have a miserable fate, but the focus of the script is completely inconsistent.
The former is an elegy for low-level prostitutes and a criticism of feudal society;
The latter is a sad song of love, lamenting the impermanence of fate and the vicissitudes of the world.
This is a clear set of control groups!
Yao Bianliang's mood became hot.
Didn't An Hua Chuan focus on the love story of a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman at the beginning, and finally succeeded in hitting the street?
Moreover, although Anhua's biography revolves around the element of love, his plot is so sweet and has a large audience.
And what about this musical movie?
It's just about love, it's still a very unpleasant poignant sadomasochism!
Today, with the proliferation of popcorn movies, comedy movies are the mainstream. As for tragedy movies, basically there will not be much market.
Not only that, in the script of this song and dance movie, the hero neither has a prominent status, nor does he have extremely strong abilities and skills
—He is just an ordinary person in the torrent of history.
Even in sadomasochism dramas more than ten years ago, the screenwriters would give the male protagonist a high status. Whether it's your son or the prince's president, it's impossible for an ordinary person to be the hero.
Therefore, the script of this song and dance movie is not pleasing in all aspects.
Audiences who love Su Shuangtian will certainly not choose it, and audiences who love sadomasochism will not like it either;
Audiences who are keen on popcorn movies are unlikely to pay attention to this show, and audiences who love movies with profound connotations will not give it a look.
"This is the rhythm that keeps all the audience out." The corners of Yao Bianliang's lips twitched slightly, and he couldn't help feeling emotional.
She couldn't believe it. After this kind of movie was broadcast, could it still become popular?
With such thoughts in mind, Yao Bianliang looked down at the signature position in the lower right corner.
—He Qiuyang, an unknown screenwriter.
The work of this person cannot be found on the Internet, and his name can only be found in some related topics.
Judging from the current information, this person has been engaged in the creation of musical stage plays, but due to the monotonous and boring creation style, he has not created any successful works.
Coming to her to submit a manuscript is probably just with the mentality of giving it a try.
"It seems that this screenwriter is the talent I'm looking for!" Yao Bianliang was in a good mood.
With such a script, why don't new movies hit the street?
She immediately sent a message: "Assistant Chen, please help me contact this screenwriter He."
After the script is finalized, the next step is the actors and composer.
In terms of finding actors, Yao Bianliang already has experience, so it is not difficult to find the right one.
"Now, the most important thing is to compose and arrange music." Yao Bianliang was thoughtful.
In song and dance movies, the tune is one of the most important components.
As the saying goes, "Bad dramas come out of divine comedies". Although some dramas are not exciting enough, they have very beautiful theme songs.
It is not uncommon for songs to be popular but dramas not to be popular.
And song and dance movies are obviously different from conventional film and television works—
The weight of songs in the movie is extremely high, a good song can even drive the whole show and make it a household name.
This is something Yao Bianliang never wants to see.
"You have to figure out a way."
There are system restrictions, and it is impossible for her to find a layman to arrange the music.
Nowadays, there are good and bad people in the music scene. Yao Bianliang himself is not a professional, and he listens to songs on weekdays only according to his own preferences, and he can't tell that a song is good or bad at all.
If one is not careful, it is easy to find excellent talents.
"Maybe, it's time to find some professionals to help me make a judgment." Yao Bianliang thought for a while, took out his plan book, and carefully wrote down his arrangements and ideas.
———
As time goes by, the two-month holiday is about to end.
During this time, Yao Bianliang was very anxious every day.
"Hey, why is it so difficult to find a suitable arrangement?" She was going bald recently.
She is just a simple actress!
Whether it's a director or a screenwriter, she knows a thing or two about her major.
But in terms of music production, Yao Bianliang really has nothing to do.
Sitting next to Yao Bianliang, Yu Yiqing picked up a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth: "Sister Liang, didn't you say that you have hired professionals to help you identify songs?"
It was a holiday at this time, and the weather was just right, so the two went to the forest hut to soak in the hot spring.
Yu Yiqing has no plans recently, and the schedule is relatively free. But for Yao Bianliang, this is her last leisure time.
"Don't mention it," Yao Bianliang couldn't help sighing when he heard Yu Yiqing's question, "The key problem now is that not only I can't judge the quality of the songs, but also I can't judge the professionals I invited."
Now, Yao Bianliang invited professionals to help her eliminate many excellent works. But for some reason, she always felt uneasy.
Judging from her previous perspective of picking people, she might choose professionals who are holding back.
Music appreciation is a very subjective thing in itself. Who knows if these professionals will also have a day of being blind?
Yao Bianliang had heard many inspirational stories in that world in his previous life.
For example, a talented composer who submits a song hits a wall everywhere and is not appreciated. After being rejected by hundreds of companies one after another, he finally succeeds and becomes popular.
Yao Bianliang was very worried that such a thing would happen to him.
She was worried about the professionals she invited, but she didn't dare to go into battle herself, so the matter was delayed like this.
"Actually, it's not just the composer," Yao Bianliang said, "I didn't even find a suitable actor."
Yu Yiqing nodded and sighed: "It is indeed not an easy task to find outstanding talents who can both sing and act. These days, any star who looks a bit good-looking wants to be in the film and television industry, Crowded in the music circle."
When Yu Yiqing first debuted, he planned to develop in the direction of the music scene.
However, in today's environment, whether it is a singer acting or an actor singing, it is very normal.
So under the arrangement of the brokerage company, Yu Yiqing participated in the "Actors PK Competition" and entered the show business circle.
Although she has become a transparent little actor, she still has a good understanding of the music scene.
When Yu Yiqing said this, he seemed to think of something: "By the way, I heard that Yuehui Entertainment plans to launch a variety show called "Best Music Producer" recently, and they are also looking for music talents everywhere. Maybe you can learn from it."
Yao Bianliang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words: "The best music producer?"
