mesbooks Chapter 140 What Is It Like To Be A Literary Queen? (2, Ask For Automatic Subscription)
Chapter 140 What Is It Like To Be A Literary Queen? (2, Ask For Automatic Subscription)
Hao Xiaolei was really a little nervous. After all, she had learned about Boss Shen's background before coming here.
Not to mention anything else, just the fact that he had a net worth of tens of billions made her stunned.
They are real rich people!
And it's the kind of rich man who can look at himself with disdain.
So to be honest, Hao Xiaolei is a bit hypocritical.
But she couldn't help it, she had starred in too many literary films before, and even broke up with her boyfriend just to star in Lou Ye's "Summer Palace".
As a result, the movie was released, but it was banned. All my hard work was wasted.
Now that she is thirty years old, she can't continue to be the same as before, so she wondered if she could change her way of acting.
Thinking of this, Hao Xiaolei took a deep breath, looked at Shen Fei and said, "Boss Shen, would you like to sign me?"
"ah?"
Shen Fei was taken aback when he heard the words, but he didn't expect that Hao Xiaolei would be so honest and directly express her thoughts to herself.
But if you think about it carefully, it fits her character very well.
In her previous life, Shen Fei's deepest impression of Hao Xiaolei was that she had a very direct personality. Otherwise, she would not have made it clear during the interview that she was concerned about the shortcomings of the performances of the ten young actors.
To put it nicely is called outspokenness, and to put it bluntly, it is called outspokenness.
But at that time, her status in the circle was high, she was a veteran of the acting school, and it was no problem to say a few words.
"I don't want to make literary films."
It seems that because of her first words, Hao Xiaolei became a little bolder and said frankly to Shen Fei: "I want to make some commercial films. After all, at such an old age, I have to make money."
After finishing speaking, she looked at Shen Fei with a bit of embarrassment and said, "I'm single now, so I have to buy a house in Yanjing."
"Um, don't you make money from making movies?"
Shen Fei blinked and asked curiously.
In fact, he asked this on purpose.
After all, in her previous life, Shen Fei was very aware of the status of these actors in literary films.
"What kind of money do you make?"
Hao Xiaolei said with a wry smile: "Literary and artistic films are inherently niche. You are like Director Lou Ye, whose budget for a film is only two to three million. Do I have the nerve to ask for a high salary? I can give you one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, just It’s already pretty good. One film for a few months, two such films a year, and the days go by.”
Shen Fei laughed immediately after hearing this.
to be honest.
He knew very well that Hao Xiaolei was telling the truth.
Domestic literary and artistic films are so miserable.
In fact, in Shen Fei’s view, when we are talking about whether a film is commercial or literary,
It is necessary to pay attention to one question, that is, where is the boundary between business and literature and art?
In the field of film, a hundred flowers are blooming, and various types of films have been released in endlessly.
In fact, it is difficult to truly define the so-called literary and commercial films.
Some people say that the ones with more literary themes are literary films. In fact, there are many counter-examples that can be cited.
Because, any movie has the values and themes he wants to convey.
This kind of transmission of values and themes is something that every movie will undertake. Therefore, it is partial to define literary films and commercial films based on whether the theme is literary or artistic.
There is also a saying that literary films are films that mainly tell stories, such as "Schindler's List" and "Gone with the Wind".
But in Shen Fei's eyes, this statement is unreasonable, because this kind of movie is obviously a commercial blockbuster.
"Schindler's List" and "Gone with the Wind" are both standard big investments and big productions. "Schindler's List" used two big-name celebrities, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, who were very popular at the time. actor.
"Gone with the Wind" even included heavyweights such as Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Havilland, who were popular at the time, and invested a lot of money to create grand scenes.
Literary films refer to works that are created through the integration and balance of comprehensive human factors such as skill, will, and imagination. This high aesthetic pursuit widens the distance between the work and ordinary people.
It does not attract the audience's attention with exaggerated movie stunts and incredible or fascinating storylines, but focuses on some deep thoughts such as life, human nature, and philosophy to express human emotions.
Through the director's artistic shooting techniques and the actors' artistic performances, it enables the audience to deeply feel the beautiful human emotions and arouse emotional resonance, thereby achieving the ultimate goal of film shooting.
Later generation Shen Fei watched a movie. The low-budget literary film "The Unknown Man" managed to break out in front of many blockbusters, and achieved a box office counterattack of 800 million yuan with its excellent reputation, which surprised people who are not optimistic about literary and artistic films. It also injects confidence into the creators of countless low-budget films.
An equally successful example is "Wonderful West and East", which achieved a box office of 750 million yuan.
Of course, "Wuwen Xidong" is not actually a literary film. After all, there are many big names in it, and its box office appeal is actually very strong.
To put it bluntly, the reason why literary and artistic films want to succeed is very simple.
Judging from the successful movies, the answer is ready to come out, that is to have excellent production.
The script of "The Unknown" is strong enough, the story is complex but can be justified, and there are a lot of laughs in the middle, and the actors performed superbly.
"Wonderful West and East" has stars such as Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Zhen, etc., but what touches the audience more is the youth stories of the characters embracing their ideals. These stories not only contain ambitious and passionate feelings about family and country, but also have subtle emotional discussions. moving.
This shows that literary and artistic films are not synonymous with obscurity. A good literary and artistic film also needs a good-looking story, and good-looking literary and artistic films can also be welcomed by the market.
The concept of a commercial film is relative to an art film.
Commercial films refer to films that take box office revenue as the highest purpose and cater to the taste and appreciation level of the public.
For example, "Schindler's List" used so many big stars and directors to support the film, and it also had an easy-to-understand script and story. It spent so much money, but it was actually just for the box office. So from this perspective , This is a commercial film.
Shen Fei once conducted a special research in his previous life. In his opinion, there are basically three general characteristics of commercial films.
On the one hand, commercial films combine a variety of commercial elements [such as popular stars, well-known actors, complex special effects, large investments, large-scale publicity, and simultaneous nationwide or global release, etc.
In addition, commercial films, especially commercial films in the United States, have huge investment and greater box office returns, but not every commercial film is successful.
Moreover, the main function of commercial films is entertainment and leisure, the success of commercial films depends mainly on the box office!
In fact, there is no accurate definition so far, and the distinction between literary and commercial films is not clear.
Many excellent commercial films are not inferior to literary films in terms of thought and exploration.
On the contrary, many literary and artistic films are far inferior to commercial films in terms of narrative, lyricism, and expressiveness.
Moreover, many films cannot be clearly classified at all. They not only have commercial elements, but also have literary spirit, and this compound trend is becoming more and more obvious.
The best art film, and certainly the best commercial film.
Although this statement sounds a bit nonsense, Shen Fei thinks it is actually very reasonable.
Hao Xiaolei is a very good actor, and her performance skills in literary films guarantee her acting skills. Shen Fei knows very well that if she switches to making commercial films, she should be a very marketable actor.
After thinking for a while, he nodded with a smile and said, "If that's the case, then you can join my company.
It's not that complicated.
A good actor is good for the company and can make the company make money. Of course Shen Fei is willing to sign the contract.
and.
Shen Fei feels that Hao Xiaolei and others, including Qin Hao, just haven't caught up with the good times.
Wait another ten years, and they will find that their market is actually very big!
Shen Fei remembers very clearly that she once met a producer in her previous life, who made it clear: "Now it is much more difficult for you to make money with a youth comedy than with an incomprehensible art film."
That's right.
Ten years later, that's it.
Literary youth was respected and their integrity was praised.
What I don’t understand is the style, but the high box office is a miracle.
The god-making era of domestic literary and artistic films did not appear until ten years later.
Shen Fei finds it ridiculous when she thinks about it. Pure market behavior seems destined to be accompanied by a certain degree of overcorrection.
At this point, there is no essential difference between a swarm of youth films and a swarm of literary films.
After Chinese films entered the commercial era, there was never a moment when literary and artistic films were held in such high esteem as later generations did. Oh, this big literary and artistic concept “has to be coupled with a documentary pseudo-documentary suit.
The spring breeze of "Twenty-Two" and "Kang Rinpoche" exceeded 100 million, blowing yesterday.
Hot money such as Maoyan and Taopiaopiao poured in collectively.
Yilian, Elephant Movies and even private theaters are gradually growing.
From investment to distribution, every chain of literary and artistic films is gold-plated.
But are domestic literary films really good to watch?
In fact, Shen Fei doesn't think so.
In the years before his rebirth, the performance of Chinese-language films in overseas film festivals was clearly undergoing a major setback.
In China, some literary and artistic films are promoted to be too magical after being commercialized.
"A certain actor will win all the Best Actors in the coming year", "A certain movie is destined to shine overseas", "A certain literary film can set a new box office record".
Domestic literary and artistic films seem to be full of quality, crushing those commercial films that are full of copper odor, just waiting for "tasteful" audiences to discern.
But when the answer to the mystery is revealed, many people are confused.
But the advantage of literary and artistic films is that they occupy the commanding heights of the genre. You can say that they "didn't understand"!
The people’s circle of friends needs to be decorated with style, and the new stories of capital need to be enhanced by literature and art.
Literary films may be destined to experience a wave of praise and exciting troubled waters.
"real?"
Hao Xiaolei was very happy and looked at Shen Fei in surprise. She had no idea that Shen Fei would agree so happily.
I originally thought that Shen Fei would hesitate. After all, he didn’t have much experience and had only made some literary films.
Unexpectedly, Shen Fei agreed directly.
Although Mr. Shen looked at him with a somewhat unscrupulous look, even a little aggressive, Hao Xiaolei somehow didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and instead stood up proudly.
So proud!
Women, of course, need to be more confident.
"Of course it's true."
Shen Fei smiled and said to Hao Xiaolei: "But don't worry, if you have a good book in the future, the company will still support you in shooting it.
This is the truth.
In fact, most people have serious misunderstandings about the definition of artistic films.
For example, in the early days, many people narrowly defined art films as films with low box office, few stars, rough production, and a dull rhythm, and were exclusively for overseas film festivals.
This kind of inherent impression has caused the public to drift away from literary and artistic films to a certain extent.
For ordinary viewers, the "labels" of early literary films are incompatible with their own aesthetics.
The weakening of market demand has caused literary and artistic films to struggle extremely in the market.
Therefore, many early films had to draw a clear line from "literary and artistic", even if they were really literary and artistic films.
For example, "Fireworks in the Day", which won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, is a standard literary film in every dimension.
But after returning to China, the film used a perfect commercial operation.
Outstanding star starring, Berlin Golden Bear Award blessing.
The most important thing is to draw a clear line between this movie and "literary film" and announce it as a crime genre film.
The prospect of the overall market is uncertain, so the seeded players who can most break the literary film turn their backs and pretend that they are commercial films.
But then, "Fireworks in the Day" took over 100 million at the box office, and the film studio immediately changed its tune, saying that this movie broke the box office record of domestic literary films.
Such struggles make sense, and successful market performance makes it self-defining.
With the success of blockbuster films such as "Fang Hua" and "Wu Wen Xi Dong" in the market, the concept of "literature and art" as a marketing strategy has become more and more radical.
The market is on the rise. As long as the film has a good reputation and no clear blockbuster logo, it is considered a "pseudo-concept" of literary films.
The market uses its own logic to make absurd definitions of literary films, which in turn greatly misleads the market itself.
The public believes that literary and artistic films should be like "Youth" and "Wuwen Xidong 183", open and close, full of emotions.
Capital believes that there are many literary and artistic films that exceed one billion yuan, and literary and artistic films have quickly become a red sea of hot money pouring in.
Shen Fei actually scoffed at this.
In his view, after the influx of hot money, a large number of directors of literary and artistic films will frantically experiment with many unrealistic literary and artistic ideas.
Frames of unbearable black and white long shots, sentences full of illogical dialogues and even monologues.
Every penny spent on capital has turned into a more refined audio-visual language, attracting more non-core users, and making more people feel that the product is not the right version and does not know what to say.
But actually. No matter what kind of consumption upgrades are carried out, niche literary films will not completely become mass entertainment.
The original intention of hot money is to make a small fortune, and the violation of the two concepts contains a huge crack.
The aesthetic improvement of the general public may not be able to keep up with the speed at which literary and artistic films are being chased by capital.
The vast majority of audiences are still more able to accept the impact of narrative, and it is difficult for literary films with a strong experimental style to match the public's consumption demand for movies.
You can expect that after the release of "Children of the Rivers and Lakes", even if the box office is poor, the word-of-mouth will not collapse.
But you can't imagine the ending of "The Last Night on Earth" after it is released.
The bubble of literary films is more like a ticking time bomb. Once a high-profile film causes huge disappointment, it may quickly bring the entire category back to its original shape.
In Shen Fei's view, compared with classic literary films, too many literary films in later generations have to be patient to watch. The sense of form of the film is greater than the depth of content.
It may be malicious to say "mystery", but at least it does not have enough ideological support.
Scratching the boots of the three-part life, busy pretending to be full of soul tremors, the result turned into hypocrisy.
And when the general public is disappointed with each "landmark" literary film, will this newly ignited flame be extinguished again? Especially for many propagandists, it is difficult to
The "strongest" and "best" labels are attached to literary and artistic films, so that the public can raise their expectations.
But every dissatisfaction in the actual viewing experience is the word-of-mouth overdraft of the entire literary film category.
Shen Fei thinks that making a small-budget literary film is like rock music. You just shake your hands and shout in dirty places. If you have to force people to sit in a auditorium in a dress to listen, even if there is an audience, he will not accept it.
There is no distinction between literature and art in movies, only good or bad.
And the bubble of literary and artistic films that has been promoted will eventually burst on the faces of everyone who promotes it.
The signing of Hao Xiaolei gave Shen Fei an ambition. He felt that maybe he could create a queen of art films.
Of course.
This also requires Hao Xiaolei's cooperation. After all, if she can't make herself comfortable and satisfied, why would Shen Fei spend a lot of money on her?
There is no free lunch in the world. Every gift from fate has already been marked with a price secretly!
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