Chapter 818: There is no good monkey, so I’d rather not shoot!
Actually, we can't blame Xia Yan and the others for being so gossipy, because an investment of 100 million yuan itself is worth gossiping about, not to mention that the person who made this decision was Lin Fan, who has always only made low-budget movies? In addition, the studio's work for this year has begun to come to an end, and everyone has not too much work on hand. With nothing to do, there is gossip delivered to the door. It would be a shame not to gossip about it for Lin Fan who provided this topic.
In particular, Liang Wen wanted to know: "Are you only going to make animated films? Are you not considering making a live-action film?"
Xia Yan was also very interested in this matter: "Although only one of the main characters in Journey to the West is human, and the others are monsters, if we are willing to spend money on modeling, the effect should not be worse than that of the animated film, right?"
To be honest, it is hard for people who have not watched the TV series "Journey to the West" to imagine that a crew relied on the actors' superb acting skills to make everyone ignore the crude modeling and scene design, and brought the monsters and demons in the original work to lifelike and vivid levels.
As a result, after the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" and "Journey to the West Sequel" released in 2000, all the remakes, secondary creations, and adaptations failed to inherit the essence of the original "Journey to the West", especially "Journey to the West Sequel", which was also produced in 2000, which pioneered the ghost-animal style.
But the ending song "Lovesickness" is quite nice.
"Compared to the actor's look and the set construction, the most important thing is the suitability of the actor who plays the Monkey King."
Lin Fan pointed out the difficulty of filming the live-action movie of Journey to the West: "Everything else can be done by spending money, but actors cannot be made with money."
Lin Fan is willing to attribute 80% of the huge success of the 1986 version of "Journey to the West" to the good choice of actor to play the role of Sun Wukong, and the remaining 20% will be shared equally by the others.
Liang Wen also felt the same way: "Indeed, I read your script of 'Havoc in Heaven', and then I brought all the actors in the industry who I thought were suitable into the role of the Monkey King, imagining the scenes where they played this role, but I always felt that something was missing."
"Born as a stone monkey, fatherless and motherless, lawless, punching the Yama Palace in the underworld and kicking the Crystal Palace in the East China Sea, daring to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace when he goes up to the Ninth Heaven, and able to obtain the Western Heaven Sutra when he comes down to the mortal world... Such a role," Zhou Yue shook his head repeatedly, "I can't think of anyone who can play it well."
Lin Fan spread his hands: "So here comes the question, if there are no good actors, why waste such a good script?"
If Blue Star China can really find an actor who is the same as the original actor, or can perform at 80% of the original level, Lin Fan would dare to make this play into a movie or a TV series.
You should know that the influence of Journey to the West is so profound that it is beyond words. When talking about the White Snake in Legend of the White Snake, children today may not know much about it, but when asking about Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, they will definitely get the answer.
Even if you don't know the entire content of "Journey to the West", you can still call out the name of the Monkey King!
How could Lin Fan not be greedy for such a work?
Unfortunately, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Without good actors, Lin Fan would rather just make this script into a cartoon or an animated film than just find any actor to star in it. This is not promoting Earth culture on Blue Planet, but ruining it.
Xia Yan felt very regretful: "Just giving up like this, what a pity."
Xia Yan still hopes that such a good script can be made into a TV series or a movie so that everyone can see Lin Fan’s work.
If not, then the animation is fine, it's just a pity.
Lin Fan consoled the others, and also consoled himself: "Let's make preparations for both situations. The animation film is being prepared, and we also need to start looking for actors."
If you can find it, start shooting. If you can’t find it, just give up.
Lin Fan also told Yang Hongxia about this matter and asked her to pay more attention to see if there are any suitable actors.
Yang Hongxia also knew how much an excellent actor could add to a play. Although she liked making money very much, she was unwilling to do such a thing as ending up with only a few tens of millions out of a project that could have earned 100 million yuan due to a mistake in some link.
What? You said that if you don't make tens of millions, you're a fool?
When you said this, have you ever calculated the damage that the "failed" works have brought to Lin Fan's personal image?
Needless to say, which one has a higher image value, the "victorious" Lin Fan or the ordinary Lin Fan who can also fail?
A failure might only result in a loss of tens of millions of yuan, which is tangible money, but this money cannot buy back the intangible damage to Lin Fan's image.
Therefore, it is impossible for Yang Hongxia to give up the animated film that can make good money and first make a live-action film for which there are no suitable actors.
As for the image and perception of "perfect victory", the pressure and burden it caused to Lin Fan may seem heavy in the eyes of others, but Lin Fan himself can't feel it at all.
Lin·has the resources of the entire earth·is he still afraid of challenges? Knowing that "Journey to the West" will not be filmed as a live-action movie for the time being, Liang Wen was disappointed, but he quickly cheered up: "While it is still in the preparation stage, I will learn some knowledge about animated films, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up with the development pace of our director Lin."
From Yang Hongxia, Liang Wen also learned that Lin Fan had prepared several scripts for animated films, all of which were waiting for investment and production. If he could not keep up with Lin Fan's development steps in time, he might only be able to play a role when Lin Fan made a live-action movie.
Maybe other assistant directors will join the company in the future... No, I have to improve my professional level quickly!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Liang Wen left in a hurry, and Zhou Yue was still lingering in front of Lin Fan and refused to leave: "Hurry up, the script is out, and the movie's interludes and soundtracks and so on, are they also out?"
Hurry up and take it out. Otherwise, do you think I won’t dare to touch you just because your wife is here?
As for Xia Yan, Zhou Yue was half of Xia Yan's teacher, a true senior. The elder was having a "friendly" and "harmonious" conversation with her boyfriend, so it would be better for her not to get involved.
Lin Fan looked at Zhou Yue, hoping that he would have a change of heart and stop pressuring him to work, but unfortunately Zhou Yue turned a blind eye and was as thick-skinned as a city wall.
In the end, Lin Fan was defeated and silently handed over a piece of music score. Zhou Yue's face suddenly broke into a smile. He reached out to take it, but Lin Fan didn't let go.
Zhou Yue: “?”
Lin Fan said sadly: "Teacher Zhou, this is the last song I wrote this year. There will be no more."
Zhou Yue nodded repeatedly: "I understand! If you want to listen to the new songs, I'll go early next year, okay?"
I will definitely not exploit you again this year! Enjoy your annual vacation in peace! Lin Fan then let go of his hand with satisfaction: "Okay, okay, then Teacher Zhou, see you next year!"
It's Chinese New Year~ It's Chinese New Year~ I wish everyone a happy Year of the Tiger~ Do you have any lucky money? I want lucky money~~~ (End of this chapter)