Hearing Yang Ye talk about creating a "ghost blowing lantern universe", the audience couldn't help but whisper.
Huang Zhan asked: "Aye, your idea sounds very shocking, but what does the ghost blowing out the lamp mean? Is it taken from Du Fu's poem?"
Yang Ye said: "You are "The mountain ghost blows out the lamp, and the cook talks about the dark night"? "
The literal meaning of this poem is that the mountain ghost blows out the lamp, and no one talks in every house, describing the deep night.
Huang Zhan said: "Yes!"
Yang Ye replied: "There may be some connection, but this sentence was told to me by Blind Man Chen, not made up by me. The rule of Touching the Gold Captain is that after entering the ancient tomb, you cannot open the coffin immediately to retrieve the treasure, but must find it in the tomb chamber Light a candle in the southeast corner. If the candle goes out, you will exit the tomb; if it does not go out, you will take the underworld weapon. It is also their term for the treasure in the tomb."
Huang Zhan said: "That means. If the ghost blows out the lamp, does it mean that he doesn't agree with you taking his things and is going to start killing people?"
Yang Ye shook his head: "It's just a description, it means that danger is coming, it doesn't mean that there is real danger. Ghost."
"Since there is no real ghost, why does the candle have to be placed in the southeast?"
"Because in our ancient Chinese culture, Pay attention to the five elements and eight gates, which are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The eight gates are rest, injury, life, Du, scene, death, surprise, and openness.
To the southeast is the Gate of Death, and to the northwest is the Gate of Life. The east and south of the tomb designed by the ancients was a dead corner, where the air was least circulated.
If the candle lit in the southeast corner goes out or changes color, it means there is insufficient oxygen in the tomb and it is full of toxic gases.
This is a danger signal, so you must evacuate from the living door in the northwest corner, because the northwest door usually has a ventilation hole. "
"It's so interesting that this is what happened. I'm looking forward to it. Please hurry up and tell the story of Blind Chen! ”
Everyone was confused. Who is Blind Chen?
Yang Ye explained quickly, saying that he heard the information about tomb robbing from a blind man named Chen in Kowloon Walled City.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to know so many details.
As for Blind Chen? Already dead, dead with no evidence!
Kowloon Walled City is a mixed bag, and it is not unusual for a tomb robber who escaped from the mainland to live there.
Although there was no way to verify what Yang Ye said, it was reasonable and everyone believed it.
Because it is better to believe this than to believe that Yang Ye has really robbed a tomb.
Yang Ye is a famous person. Every place he has visited over the years can be verified. If he had no chance, he would never have done this.
All in all, the premiere of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon" was a complete success.
The next day, all major media outlets were full of praise.
“The Secret of the Dragon premiered shockingly, Hu Bayi is more professional than Indiana Jones!”
"Creating an oriental fantasy adventure, Yang Ye declares war on Spielberg."
"The Ghost Blowing Lantern universe opens, and the Dragon Hunting Technique is just the introduction to the story."
Various sensational headlines from the media After bragging, the film critics naturally praised it.
Baiyang Pictures even advertised heavily on ATV.
Suddenly, all the ticket booking calls from major theater chains in Hong Kong were inundated with calls.
On the release day, citizens flocked to the cinema to see it.
The theater bosses laughed from ear to ear, counting the money until their hands cramped.
But some film companies are worried and can only choose to avoid the spotlight.
Throughout the first ten days of July, only a few small-budget literary films such as "Singles" and "The Man Who Never Takes Off His Socks" were released, as well as "Night Passion" by third-level director He Pan.
He Pan is a famous photographer who also makes movies. He specializes in making Category III films and is famous for his beautiful images.
Famous ones include "Jade Futon", "Three Degrees of Temptation", "I'm Crazy for You", etc., all of which are worth watching.
Since Hong Kong’s film classification system was established, not many Category III films have been produced.
The real explosion of tertiary films was after 1993. When the market was in recession, everyone began to take advantage of the sidelines.
Even a popular girl idol like Li Lizhen started to take off her clothes, so what else can others say?
Take it off, take it all off for me!
This can be regarded as a wave of benefits given to movie fans after the Hong Kong film failed!
……
Chen Long is preparing for his new film "Eagle Project".
After watching "The Secret of the Dragon", he felt that the filming of his "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" was too rough.
And the script of "Eagle Project" is also very rough.
So he couldn't sit still anymore and came to Yang Ye to discuss how to play the treasure hunting adventure.
Chen Long is a person with strong learning ability, or it can be said that he is good at imitating.
In Chen Long’s films, you can see that he borrowed a lot of ideas from the comedy masters of the silent film era.
Including Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Chaplin, etc.
Chen Long realized early on from the films of these comedy masters the essential nature of "action" as a visual language understood by the world.
Since then, Chen Long began to follow the path of Hollywood's silent comedy predecessors.
In Chen Long's own documentary "The Legend of Jackie Chan", he personally gave an example: the classic clock tower scene in "Plan A" is a collage of Lloyd's "Safety First" and Keaton's "Three Ages".
Chen Long believes that the most powerful stuntman is still a Hollywood filmmaker, and the real action comedy superstar is still Buster Keaton.
In the time and space Yang Ye was in, Chen Long also learned a lot from Yang Ye.
Although he actually realized many things by himself, Yang Ye just told him in advance.
How to shoot a treasure hunt adventure? Yang Ye told Chen Long: "You copied it too crudely and did not dismantle the structure of this type of film in depth."
Yang Ye was not just talking about "Brothers and Tigers" starring Chen Long. Brother", and "Legend of Wesley" starring Xu Guanjie.
"Mai Jia was still very enterprising back then. He dismantled the 007 series and then re-created a localized version of "The Best Partner" based on Hong Kong's characteristics. The result was a great success.
When it came time to film Wesley, this guy was addicted to stock trading and fooled around, so the box office was naturally not ideal. As for your "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers", it was already very good, at least better than Wesley by a large margin
<. br>But you were too obsessed with your own action features and destroyed the original structure of the treasure hunt adventure movie. As a result, the whole movie became very scattered, with good sentences but no good chapters!
In fact, according to my analysis, there are six major elements in how to shoot a treasure hunting adventure. As long as you understand it thoroughly, no matter how you shoot, it will not be bad. ”
Chen Long couldn’t help but laugh after hearing this.
More than ten years ago, Yang Ye taught him the nine keys to winning in Kung Fu movies, which are: superb skills, grassroots heroes, and social justice. , Kindness, Funny Kung Fu, Props and Places, High-Risk Actions, Never Say Die, Fist vs. Gun
This has benefited him a lot, and he still uses many of the tips.
Later, Yang Ye taught him the eight keys to a successful movie, which are: attractive title, subject selection, cast matching, concurrent opponents, theater analysis, publicity momentum, schedule advantage, and film quality.
Yang Ye even learned through practical operations that if you want a movie to be a hit, you don't just need to make a good movie. There are so many tricks in it.
And now, Yang Ye has transformed into a treasure-hunting adventure genre and has discovered six more key points. This is really awesome.
This is a little expert at summarizing the central idea.
Chen Long couldn't help but offer Yang Ye a cup of tea, then took out his small notebook and listened attentively.
Yang Ye took a sip of tea and said: "The first item is character introduction. Usually in the first paragraph of the movie, a simple adventure event is briefly told to introduce the protagonist.
Regarding this point, your "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers" and Xu Guanjie's "The Legend of Wesley" both did a good job, basically achieving the restoration of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". You all first go to steal a treasure, and there are some twists and turns in the process. After successfully stealing the treasure, you get on a plane and run away. Those natives kneel in front of the plane.
But this paragraph is not only good-looking, but also reflects the values of the protagonist and allows the audience to understand what kind of person the protagonist is.
The first scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is about Dr. Jones going through an adventure. You can see what his values are, but you have ignored this. ”
Chen Long thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.
When he was filming "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers", he added an inexplicable beer drinking scene just for fun.
The opening paragraph of "The Secret of the Dragon", although brief, shows the different personalities of the three members of the gold-finding team, their friendship, and it also makes it clear that they are not pure tomb robbers.
After Chen Long thought about it, he wrote down this item and asked: "It makes sense, what about the second item?"
Yang Ye said: "The second item, a task appears. Jane In other words, there is a treasure that needs to be hunted by the protagonist, whether the task is provided by the villain, the country, or the protagonist's personal needs.
We need to directly provide the treasure in the movie. Evidence, such as what book it comes from, a certain kind of physical evidence, or who said something.
All in all, the audience should understand the origin of the matter. For example, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", two officials went to find Dr. Jones, which led to the mystery of the Ark. This is a task given by the state. "
Chen Long nodded and corroborated Yang Ye's words with "The Secret of the Dragon Search".
Sure enough, after the first adventure of the movie, the scene came to the United States, and then there were people Please ask Captain Jin to take action, which leads to the mystery of the goddess's tomb twenty years ago. This is the mission given by the villain.
Thinking of this, Chen Long suddenly realized and wrote this down.
Yang Ye continued: "The third item is the treasure hunt map. Where the treasure is hidden, only the honest ones know. The villain wants to get the map, but the good guy owns the map, so a conflict arises.
We should have a wonderful showdown between the good and the bad in this section, and of course the good will win in the end and go to the treasure house. And the villains have not failed, they will follow.
For example, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Jones first went to Nepal and asked Marianne for something. The villain followed, and a big fight broke out between the two parties in the bar.
This kind of scene is your strength. The staging of this scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" can be described as rubbish. You can make it ten times more exciting. ”
Chen Long corroborated this with "Searching for the Dragon". Under the coercion of the villain group, Wang Kaixuan finally remembered that he had been to this place twenty years ago and found the correct ancient tomb. location, leading everyone into the map.
Yang Ye continued: "The fourth step is the pass code. At this time, both the good and the bad guys have entered the map, and the movie has reached the most exciting stage of clearance.
We should set up many very delicate and dangerous levels here, and only the protagonist has the ability to lead everyone out.
How the protagonist solves the puzzle and passes the level is the biggest highlight of the movie. ”
Chen Long once again used "The Secret of the Dragon" to prove that in the first level of entering the ancient tomb in the movie, several people were poisoned and turned into zombies. The situation was very dangerous.
< br>At this time, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang's magic weapons descended from the sky. Hu Bayi used the Dragon Seeking Technique to successfully lead everyone out of the predicament.
As expected, the puzzle-solving section was not only exciting and exciting, but also included. The plot of Bagua is so mysterious that it makes people confused.
Awesome, awesome! Classmate Chen Long was taking notes.
Yang Ye said: "The fifth is the test of human nature. In the last part of the movie, both the good guys and the bad guys saw the treasure.
This is the most critical link, the climax of the movie. It is also a link that expresses the theme of the movie.
When they actually get the treasure, the villain often makes the wrong choice, bringing the blame and his own destruction.
The honest choice often has to be echoed. In the beginning of the movie, his values determine the choices he makes.
We also need to use this paragraph to reveal the theme of the movie and express our definition of the story.
For example, in the latest movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" about the choice of the Holy Grail, the villain chose a gorgeous Holy Grail, but the gorgeous Holy Grail actually brought death.
But Jones chose a very simple Holy Grail. The simple Holy Grail is truly magical and can lead to eternal life. He won the final victory. ”
Chen Long once again used "The Secret of Seeking the Dragon" to prove it, and found that Hu Bayi also faced such a choice. He finally smashed the other side flower and got rid of his obsession of more than 20 years.
This plot does echo the dream at the beginning of the movie, and the villain Sister Hong pursues the flower of the other side with all her strength, thus destroying herself
It's amazing. He didn't expect that Yang Ye could analyze this theme so thoroughly and use it flexibly, turning it into a Chinese theme without any sense of violation.
Yang Ye said: "The last one is to escape. After killing the villain and obtaining the treasure, the underground palace must collapse at this time.
And the protagonist is in crisis of destruction. There is no time to escape, and then you can make a sequel."
After Yang Ye said the six points, he made another concluding speech.
“These six items can be said to be the links that must be completed in the treasure hunting adventure movie. As long as you follow them carefully, the story will be very complete and it will be on the passing line.
Of course, you can do some personalized processing based on the characteristics of your movie and your own actual needs.
For example, in the "Treasure Hunting Map" section, "Dragon Hunting Technique" relied on an accident. Through Fatty Wang's memories, he accidentally found the location of the goddess's tomb.
Another example is the test of human nature. Hu Bayi overcame his inner dilemma and made the right choice. ”
Yang Ye’s final summary coincided with Chen Long’s own confirmation in his heart.
Chen Long wrote down these six items one by one, put down his notebook, and clapped his hands.< br>
He was really convinced because Yang Ye really understood this genre.
"Boss, no wonder you were able to make this movie so exciting and complete. I really admire it. I think it's even better than "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Yang Ye smiled and said: "You think it looks good because this Eastern story can resonate with you emotionally. In fact, I have also made an extra layer of effort based on this type."
< br>“Oh? I’d like to hear the details!”
“When we tell a treasure-hunting adventure story, we can’t just let the protagonist simply complete some actions, defeat some monsters, overcome some levels, and finally Defeat the bad guys.
Instead, some changes should occur in his heart, so that the audience can integrate into his emotional world. With emotional resonance, the audience will never forget your work.
According to my understanding, generally speaking, in this type of movie, we should set up a triple resistance for the protagonist. "
Three levels of resistance? Chen Long was very interested and wrote and wrote down, while Yang Ye talked eloquently.
"The first level is external resistance. For example, dangerous nature, thrilling underground palaces, mechanisms, traps, etc. "
"The second level is the resistance of the villain. Villains are often more powerful than the good guys, have more advanced tools and manpower, and always threaten the good guys. ”
"The third level is inner resistance. Because the thing that is truly difficult to defeat is human nature."
Yang Ye also took "The Secret of the Dragon" as an example.
“The biggest highlight of "The Secret of the Dragon" is actually the knot between Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan towards Ding Sitian who died to save them.
They are in order to complete the gang. Ding Sitian looked for the promise of Bianhua, and then came to the Goddess Tomb again and began the adventure.
The crisis they finally defeated was not the threat from the tomb dungeon, nor the threat from the villain, but from the threat. For their own victory over their own hearts
Only by achieving this can the growth of a character be completed and the entire story be sublimated.
For me, the three settings are sufficient to make it a complete movie. "
Chen Long sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. I think my "Eagle Project" will definitely be more exciting than "Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers". ”
Yang Ye knew that the "Flying Eagle Project" was a trap.
However, Chen Long now listened to Yang Ye's words and changed his mind. Maybe he could get over it.
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Who knows? (End of this chapter)