Chapter 575 Disadvantages Are Also Advantages

The so-called "step-by-step", "lack of originality", and "over-reliance on scripts" may be shortcomings and weaknesses for others, but for Kei Fujiwara, this is an extraordinary strength!

It is true that the director should not be a copy of the screenwriter. From script to movie, from words to images, it is a complete transformation. Shooting blindly according to the script will not only appear dull, but also lose the unique charm of the movie.

The same "Edward Scissorhands" was shot by Tim Burton and Quentin respectively. It is definitely two stories.

Therefore, it is said that movies are the director's art. This sentence does not deny the credit of the screenwriter, but the person holding the guide tube is truly the soul of a movie!

But TV dramas are different. The screenwriter is more important than the director. There is no need for the director to express his personal style too much.

American TV series are also filmed while they are being broadcast. If the ratings are not good, they will end after three episodes. If the ratings are good, they may be continued for more than ten seasons. In order to ensure the stability of the broadcast, and to ensure that the style of each season of the TV series does not have such a big difference that the audience will be lost, the director shoots step by step, like the executor of the script.

The shooting cycle is long and the workload is heavy. Directors often have neither the will nor the time to incorporate their own style, and this director has obviously not gotten rid of his habit of being a TV drama director.

Directors like him will probably only have a market fifteen years later, when the superhero film series suddenly emerges.

Fifteen to twenty years after the parallel world, the Marvel Universe was killing everyone in the movie market. While making a lot of money, it was also criticized by some movie directors as "Marvel is not a movie at all." Indeed, compared with previous movies, this kind of comic-book superhero movie is more like a big-budget TV series.

Everyone is the same, no matter who directs it, they can't shake the style of the movie series, and "The Incredible Hulk", which has a more special style in the entire series, is also regarded as the most failed work in the Marvel series. Even because of this failed work, the popular hero Hulk has been semi-refrigerated, and there is still no solo movie for him.

Except for this special case, most scripts are separated from the images. But Kei Fujiwara's script is different. His script can be copied and turned into images without any changes. Because what he wrote was not the original version of the script, but the text version of the movie that was cut out from the complete movie.

Fujiwara Kei nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction with this person.

But he still looked at the resumes of the other two people. One of the other two was a mixed-race black director, but he was so mixed up that it was hard to tell. He just looked white.

The racial classification in the United States follows the one-drop principle. As long as there is a black person in the ancestors and there is a drop of black blood in the body, they are considered black, even if they are as white as the skin of a wall. And this director is very good at movies with racist themes, and he often emphasizes his black identity in public and always makes a fuss about it.

Although he has aroused the dissatisfaction of local rednecks to a certain extent, there is nothing wrong with his behavior in Hollywood, a stronghold of the left and a center of political correctness. He enjoys the treatment of white people every day, lives in a high-end white community, mixes in white circles, and can also issue indulgences like black people and win twice.

As a director, he also has certain talents, but he is at the opposite extreme from the previous director. He likes to change the script, and no matter what kind of script, he will tend to focus on racist topics. Some film critics jokingly called: Jim (the name of this director) There can be nothing in the movie, even no male and female protagonists, but there must be a white racist who looks down on black people. This is the soul of his work.

He likes to revise scripts... and also likes racist topics... This is not good, so Kei Fujiwara rejected him silently in his heart.

Although Hollywood is a stronghold of the left, the European and American entertainment circles at this time were not as flooded with melanin as they would be twenty years later, and black people must be included in movies. If "Chainsaw" was filmed by this person, maybe he would give "Jigsaw" to a black man...

Well, it's not impossible, but at this time, American society was not so left-leaning. Most of the main roles in Hollywood movies were played by white people. It was better not to take such a commercial risk.

And the third one...is an Asian director.

Kei Fujiwara found it a bit funny. Did Daniel do it on purpose? You must collect all three colors.

This director is very young, the youngest among all directors. He is a Singaporean and only 25 years old. He has made a small-budget horror film with a profit rate of 500%. But it's a pity that the investment in that movie was only 200,000, and the box office was only 1 million. Most of it was earned through CD sales.

The director only earned 80,000 US dollars, but it was considered a small achievement. It was difficult to survive in Hollywood. For a new young director to earn 80,000 US dollars, it was very impressive.

Daniel also brought a CD of the director's works and played them on site for Kei Fujiwara to watch.

After Kei Fujiwara watched it, he suddenly became interested in this young director again.

The story is not particularly brilliant, but the director is very smart and uses many clever methods to add color to the story. He is also very capable of grasping the audience's psychology. He can always convey horror emotions when the audience is unprepared. He also controls the rhythm well. He is a very capable director.

It's a bit like Hitchcock.

Kei Fujiwara took another look at the director's age and determined that he was only twenty-three years old.

After Kei Fujiwara watched the movie, he watched it again. Daniel saw that he wanted to watch the movie again, so he turned to him and asked: "Are you interested in this person?"

"Interested." Kei Fujiwara nodded, "I think this person is suitable."

"Ruan is too young." Daniel said, the director's name is Ruan Minxiong.

"Why are you so old? Is being older an advantage?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

Daniel didn't say anything else. Yes, the man in front of him also became famous at a young age, so he might not have any prejudice against young people in terms of ability.

Fujiwara Kei glanced at Daniel: "Do you think he is not suitable? Do you have a more preferred candidate?"

"I prefer Ultraman Green," Daniel said.

Green Altman is the TV drama director who likes to copy scripts. Although Kei Fujiwara is also very optimistic about him, he admires the Asian director Ruan Minxiong more, but he does not intend to have differences with Daniel. He glanced at him and said, He closed his resume rather helplessly: "Since I invited you to be a producer, I am naturally willing to adopt your decision... But since you have already made your decision, why do you need to consult me ​​again?"

Daniel shrugged, "I regret it too. I thought we had a tacit understanding and you would choose this director. You must be a very arrogant screenwriter."

"Um?"

"Arrogant screenwriters are often unhappy with directors who change their scripts without permission. So you will be more inclined to choose a director who likes to respect the script. I wrote this sentence on my resume deliberately."

"..."

Daniel waved his hand: "You are the boss, the investor, and the producer. If we can reach an agreement with you, that would be the best. But it seems that my plan has failed now."

Old fox... Fujiwara Kei cursed in his heart, and then squeezed Yamane, "Okay, Mr. Ellison... I will just call you Daniel. Daniel, choose the person you think is the most suitable, but please, please put this Give me Ruan’s contact information. I admire this young director very much.”

"What, do you want to sign him?" Daniel asked.

"I think he has great potential, and he does have this idea. I plan to cultivate my own team of directors and producers in the United States, which is very important to me."

"Okay, I'll go back and send you his contact information by email." Daniel said, "Then it's decided. I'll start work when I return to China next week. I can start work in January. If everything goes well, it will be done before the end of April. If you can finish it...trust me, the workload of this movie will not be huge. By then, you will be able to see the results in your first attempt in the United States."