Vol 3 Chapter 191 discuss

    “I believe you have read the information in your hands, this is the general idea,” When everyone present closed the things in their hands, Sean continued to speak, in a very sincere tone, ” I’ll admit, it’s pretty complete, but it’s a bit too cliché overall.”

    It’s not just cliché, it’s rubbish. Harvey Weinstein grunted inwardly. A young actor who is very interested in going to Hollywood, suffered a lot and wanted to give up, and was finally discovered by a well-known old actor to become a big star. After he became famous, the old actor began to go downhill, so that he got depression and wanted to commit suicide; But in the end, inspired by the young actor, he cheered up and starred in a movie together after hardships, both of which won people’s praise.

    Just shit! Weinstein then added in his mind. Scripts like this abound in Hollywood, but it’s really embarrassing to say that it was the product of a few months of work.

    It is not easy to write a love letter to Oscar, but this one is so bad that it has no value at all – well, it is not worthless at all, in fact, the idea is still very good Operational, almost all inspirational movies follow this routine, the only difference is whether they can be made well.

    If you want to make a good work according to the current script, you need at least the top people of Spielberg and Scorsese level, Sean can persuade They directed this script that was clearly tailor-made for him?

    And, even if they say yes, the quality of the movie is pretty good, and those old film school guys won’t necessarily like it. They would like to see the Oscars or the film industry being touted, but not so direct, as Weinstein, who has dealt with them countless times, can be sure.

    But Sean obviously should have realized that, so he won’t invite so many people over and hold brainstorming, but unfortunately Weinstein won’t think it will have any effect. Brainstorming sounds cool, and sometimes it does have some influences, but as soon as it is boasted by some people, it changes its taste immediately. Brainstorming will do the trick.

    Unfortunately, this is wrong. You must know that creating this thing requires inspiration. When inspiration comes, you can say anything, but if inspiration is gone, there is nothing you can do. If the probability of one person wiping out inspiration is 1%, then the probability of several people hitting inspiration together is at best 2%. You can try it, but it is a very stupid behavior to fully hope on this.

    At the same time, Sean was still doing the persuasion work: “It is indeed a difficult and troublesome job, but everyone sitting here either knows me very well, or Hollywood’s best Great writers and producers, so we’re bound to have a brilliant spark.”

    It has to be said that these secretly touted words are indeed contagious. For a few seconds, Weinstein wanted to say a few words, but he finally decided to remain silent.

    “I think the timeline may be pushed back a bit,” someone quickly said, “It may not be very pleasing at the current stage, and we can’t make the movie so that it looks like Like a Sean biopic, so… maybe we can set it back in the ’90s?”

    “In the 1990s, there were “Schindler’s List”, “Forrest Gump”, “Titanic”, and “American Beauty”. There are not so many special effects now. It depends on the plot to win. With this as the background, if we make up a character and put it in it, like “Forrest Gump”, it will definitely surprise people.” The person continued.

    Silly idea, audiences may like it, but the Film Academy definitely won’t. Weinstein commented in his mind.

    “It’s better to put it in the 80’s, it’s the darkness before dawn,” someone immediately stood up to retort, “As we all know, in the early 80’s, even if we had the Star Wars series, there was the “E ·T” has “Jaws”, but the film industry as a whole is still in a downward trend. If it is not adjusted, it may enter a cold winter. But at the same time, there are countless excellent actors and directors in this period. They are 90 The glory of the era has laid a solid foundation, and if we really want to bring a virtual character into reality, this is the best opportunity, and the feeling of being old is stronger.”

    Obviously, he’s captured the fondness of a film school gang, which is nostalgia, very nostalgia.

     However, some people disagree: “If this is the case, it is better to put the time in the 1950s and 1960s, which is the golden age.”

    “Yes, even if we know what the so-called golden age looks like, in the propaganda, it is an era that countless people envy. It’s more suitable for the 80s.” Someone immediately echoed.

    Not so stupid. Weinstein remarked in his mind. The technique of adding virtual characters to real historical events can be used like “Forrest Gump”, but it needs to be used in the entertainment industry… Again, the film academy would not like to add real historical characters to films in this area , that is a natural avoidance mentality.

    Then, the first debate started in the living room, those who supported the 1990s, some who supported the 1980s and 1950s, in general, those who supported the 1990s were the least, and those who supported the 1950s At most, nostalgia is a good card after all, and neither the 90s nor the 80s are that old.

    Weinstein was still drinking beer on his own and did not join the discussion. If he only talked about the nostalgic background, he actually had a better choice in his heart, but he was too lazy to say it, but …

    “Why don’t you think about the 1930s?” A voice suddenly rang out, and the sound of the previous argument suddenly disappeared, and everyone in the room followed the sound.

    It was Eric Reese who spoke very little before, but now he held his chin and looked like he was thinking. After getting good grades in “Wiretap”, he finally picked himself up and is now doing well in both film and TV.

    “We all know that the first major technological update of the film industry was in the 1930s, and yes, I’m talking about the sound film eliminating the silent film,” Rees said here, slightly improving “This is the most far-reaching change in film history. Before that, people needed a live band to listen to the music when watching a movie, and they needed subtitles to fully understand what the story was telling, but the subtitles weren’t too many, so It affects the performance of the actors, but with the advent of sound movies, everything changed.”

    He paused at this point, organized the following words before continuing: “The cinema no longer needs a band, the movie no longer needs the eye-catching subtitles listed separately, and the actor’s performance no longer needs to be So exaggerated, their performances can be closer to reality. Many studios that have been slower to change have declined, and many actors who have made famous silent films have begun to feel out of place. Charlie Chaplin once publicly boycotted sound films. So , put the male protagonist in such a strong conflict environment, feel the wave of sound movies instead of silent movies, feel the confusion and discomfort, but finally changed himself, this kind of inspirational and old rhythm, the film school will definitely like.”

    After listening to this, the people present did not speak, but this situation of not speaking already represents their attitude. If other factors are not considered, Reese’s suggestion does have a great effect Operability.

    So they quickly looked at Sean together, he was the one who made up his mind, and Sean pondered, then turned to his assistant: “Write all this down, Emma, But the 1930s are the focus of the test.”

    Then he turned back: “Well, now we have a further discussion based on the background of the 1930s, the sound film instead of the silent film, how to improve the story and make it more interesting some letter?”

    It’s just a small improvement, if you don’t realize where the biggest problems are, no matter what era you set the background in. Weinstein shrugged imperceptibly.

    “So are we going to continue with the original setting?” Someone asked, “A story about a young actor and an old actor encouraging and helping each other?”

    “Why not, isn’t this a good inspirational story?” Someone echoed.

    “But there are two problems here,” someone else held a negative attitude, “First, there are no important female roles, don’t forget, there are also many veteran female members in the Film Academy; second, this That kind of character doesn’t capture the character of Sean in the show, does it?”

    “Then we will replace one of them with a female character? But if it is the old one, it would be inappropriate to replace it with a female character, if it is the young one, but the perspective of the story revolves around the young one, Shaun might be able to play that role well, but that’s a supporting role at best.”

    “Then flip the outline of the story and position the old actor as the protagonist, for example…The male protagonist is a big-name star in the silent film period, but he is about to be eliminated by the times because he failed to adapt to the sound film. When he was the most hesitant, he met a young girl who was new to Hollywood, the energy of the other party infected him, and finally cheered up through mutual help, and they also successfully came together.”

    “In this case, the male lead can’t be very old, and this is once again a cliché, isn’t it?”

    “What should I do, let them maintain a pure friendship, do you think the audience are all fools?”

    “Then let the male protagonist get married, and then get divorced because of the decline of his career, so he and the female protagonist get together.”

    “That’s worse, it’s not worth encouraging on the big screen, even if it’s the norm in Hollywood.”

    “What’s worse, haven’t you thought about it, how much time and money would it take if we want to make the most famous people of that time appear on the big screen?”