Chapter 86: Havoc in Heaven (24)
Sounds familiar, right? Most of these are dramas that had invited Chen Linfeng. Because Chen Linfeng did not accept the invitation, they turned to Cao Jun to take over.
It can be said that the appearance of Chen Linfeng cut off Cao Jun's luck. It was Chen Linfeng who temporarily gave up acting in order to write a novel and gave Cao Jun a glimmer of hope.
Although it is a bit shameless to say so.
After that, there was a formal press conference, with questions from various reporters.
As the protagonists, Chen Linfeng and Shu Chang sat in the middle with Yu Shengming, and the other actors sat on both sides.
The focus of reporters’ questions was mainly on Chen Linfeng and Liu Xiaoqing.
Needless to say, Chen Linfeng has been extremely popular in the past few years, and because he doesn’t go abroad much, the audience is even more interested in him.
Liu Xiaoqing appeared in a new work for the first time since she was released on bail last fall.
However, the reporter at this time was still a little bit professional. After chasing the two people and asking some questions, under the control of the host, he returned to the normal start-up inquiry of the TV series.
"I would like to ask Chen Linfeng, you haven't appeared in a TV series for several years, why did you take this show this time?"
"Because this show is very good, whether it is the director or other actors, including the script, they are all top-notch , I am very happy to be able to play a major role in such a drama."
"Jiao Enjun, do you agree with what Chen Linfeng said?"
"Of course..."
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After the interview, the director took a symbolic shot and ended the morning activities.
Although filming started today, in the afternoon, the director was not in a hurry to make shooting plans immediately. Instead, he gathered all the actors together for a script reading.
Originally, as a director born in Hong Kong Island, Yu Shengming did not have this habit.
But who told him to film a sequel to Journey to the West that had explosive ratings? Now that he is filming a new drama, he has a baggage in his heart, thinking that it cannot be much worse than the previous drama.
In order to improve the quality of the new drama as much as possible, Director Yu learned from mainland directors and held this reading session before filming started.
I just finished the press conference today and it was the most crowded. All the actors were sitting together. The nine-year screenwriter and the director were sitting next to each other. If the actors had any questions while reading the script, they could just ask them directly.
A staff member first began to read the narration, telling the story of San Sheng Sheng and Liu Yanchang, and then Erlang Shen suppressed his sister.
There is not much content in this scene. Park Si-yeon, who plays the role of the Three Madonnas, does not speak Chinese, so the staff did the lines for her, and the transition was quick.
Sixteen years later, when Chen Xiang grows up, Chen Linfeng begins to read his own lines.
He has memorized the entire script, and now he is just looking at the script and saying the lines in a boyish tone.
Yu Shengming listened, feeling a little inconsistent.
It’s not that Chen Linfeng didn’t speak the lines well.
But in the early stage, Chen Xiang was a person who had no knowledge and skills and was not meticulous in his work. The most classic thing was that his elders criticized him. He always felt that he was good at talking and doing things. This was very different from Chen Linfeng's own experience.
Yu Shengming was not sure if he was the only one who felt this way, so he lowered his head and wrote it down in his notebook.
Chen Linfeng himself did not feel any sense of disobedience. He was fully engaged in the reading.
He has also been a screenwriter himself, and he always ponders and polishes his lines. Now when he speaks his lines, he always pronounces them in the way he is accustomed to. The meaning may not change, but the feeling of saying it will be better.
Chen Linfeng will specially write down these changes in his notebook that have better effects.
Others are not so bold, but they still have different opinions on some lines, and they interrupt the reading from time to time to communicate with the screenwriter.
The purpose of the script reading itself is to allow the screenwriter and actors to communicate and reconcile the script, and finally reach a consensus, thereby reducing disputes after filming begins. This script reading lasted for three days. The plot at the beginning was okay, but as we went to the back, Chen Linfeng felt that there was something wrong with the script.
He got the script early. He didn't feel it when he read it before, but when he read the script around, his feeling was different.
After all, when the actors read their lines, their perspectives are different, closer to the state of performance, and they can understand the subtleties of the plot.
In the end, Chen Linfeng couldn't hold it back and went to see the director at night.
"Uncle Yu, are you busy?"
"Xiao Feng is here, I have nothing to do, come in and sit down."
Yu Shengming was confirming the details of tomorrow's shooting when he saw Chen Linfeng coming over. He put his things on the table and waved for him to come over.
Chen Linfeng held the script in his hand, sat next to Yu Shengming, spread out the notebook, and said, "Uncle Yu, I have some suggestions for the script, can you tell me?"
Yu Shengming Ming smiled and said, "You guys are still trying to make this whole thing for me. If you have any opinions, just tell me directly. I believe that with your level, you won't mention it randomly."
"It's mainly about the growth line of the protagonist.
In the beginning, Chen Xiang always did things just about right, and then suffered a lot and grew up. I think the screenwriter designed this very cleverly. ”
"But what?" Director Yu knew that there must be a sequel to these words.
“But he grew up too late. From knowing his life experience to being hunted by Roaring Sky Dog and being chased by his uncle, he also experienced the hardship of the death of his elders during this period.”
< br>This is what Chen Linfeng didn't understand, "If you can't grow after so many experiences, then this Agarwood is too heartless."
Yu Shengming pondered for a moment, "Your theory is certainly good. , but it cannot be said that the original script is not good. It is normal for the young man to grow slowly, and Chen Xiang is not untouched at all.
What's more, if he doesn't make mistakes, starting from becoming a disciple of Sun Wukong, the plot will be blind. Yang Yang, the scene in the Heavenly Palace will not end well. What reason does Yang Jian have to suppress a nephew who does not make mistakes?"
"This is what I want to say next," Chen Linfeng clapped his hands,
"The scene in Heavenly Palace is obviously modeled after Monkey King's classic Havoc in Heaven in Journey to the West, but it is exciting to the end. , there were setbacks in the process, such as being caught and thrown into the alchemy furnace,
but it was also force majeure in the face of a powerful enemy, and the great sage quickly escaped from trouble and fought against Lingxiao, achieving the climax of the trouble in the palace. "
Yu Shengming listened quietly.
“Looking back at the current troubled Heavenly Palace, Chenxiang is unreliable in all kinds of ways. When the Jade Emperor wanted to pardon him and the Three Holy Mothers several times, he pretended to be the Jade Emperor and tore up the book of life and death. It simply made people think that he was unreliable. Know good and bad.
In the middle, there are many mortal plots interspersed, which makes the scenes in heaven incoherent, which directly weakens the audience's pleasure when they see Chen Xiang gain great mana and ability. ”
The most important thing is that the protagonist’s highlight role has been eliminated in this way.
Otherwise, a character similar to Monkey King’s Havoc in Heaven should not be completely overwhelmed by the light of Erlang Shen in later generations. Cover up.
In his previous life, Chen Linfeng read a lot of online articles and American dramas. In his opinion, excellent works have their own characteristics in terms of plot
But the handling of the explosion of excitement is similar. , we will try our best to avoid emotional incoherence
Leaving a hook to make readers curious about the subsequent plot is one thing. When it’s time to make readers happy, you can’t drag it out or push back on the protagonist to make readers unhappy.
When he was writing novels in this life, he had always paid attention to this issue.
Yu Shengming opened the script that Chen Linfeng brought. The lines drawn on it with a red pen were all key points marked by the points just mentioned.
There are also some text annotations on the book, such as "After testing, the protagonist has memorized five thousand books, but there is no change in behavior" "Sun Wukong's ability is too weakened, and there is no Vajra Indestructible Body" "Xiaoyu The plot of the parents is a bit lengthy," "The overall strength of Heaven is too weak," etc.
It can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it.
(End of this chapter)