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Chapter 780 Producer-centered system with Huaguo characteristics

The "Three Kingdoms" series of films will also try to adopt a producer-centered system to produce.

Although the director-centered system and the producer-centered system have their own advantages, in comparison, the director-centered system reflects the director's personal level, ideas, etc., while the producer-centered system, more commercially oriented.

Of course, this model is actually not so easy to realize in Huaguo at present, because the "Three Kingdoms" series of movies is definitely not a small scene, but a big scene movie.

It is difficult for ordinary directors to control, but most of the directors who can control this kind of large-scale production are directors who have been famous for a long time, and most of the time, they are relatively strong ones.

In fact, the biggest feature of the producer-centered system is the control of costs and the final editing rights.

In Huaguo, basic directors have the final editing rights.

As a result, once the director hopes to express some of his own ideas through the film, it is often contrary to commercialization.

After all, when ordinary audiences watch movies, it’s entertainment, brain-burning or something, which is used for publicity. Movies that are really too brain-burning, I’m afraid they are destined to hit the box office.

Because most viewers prefer to watch movies without their brains. After all, the pressure of life is already so great. Watching movies is for relaxation. , the audience has long been impatient.

Lin Xiao checked the relevant movies of the Three Kingdoms in the system. The most famous one, or the one with the largest investment, was called "Red Cliff", but it turned out to be dumbfounded.

What the hell is "every woman is responsible for the rise and fall of the world"?
This is the consequence of a typical director-centered system. Why are there such weird lines?Is it because of the screenwriter?Not so.

On the contrary, if the screenwriter has the right to speak, as long as he is a professional screenwriter, such weird lines will not be used in historical films. Isn't this ridiculous.

Of course, the "Three Kingdoms" series of movies is not entirely based on a producer-centered system, but the final editing rights must no longer be given to the director.

Lin Xiao did not direct the first "Three Kingdoms: Heroes" in the end, because it will involve many real big scenes.

Although he already has a lot of experience in big movies, he is really not sure about this kind of movies.

The director of the first "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" finally selected three candidates. One is an old director of CCTV, Mourning, who is good at shooting historical documentaries.

One is Li Ke, a famous costume film director in Huaguo.

Li Ke has filmed "Jing Ke Assassins the Qin Dynasty" and "Jin Yiwei" and other historical-related films, many of which have big scenes, especially "Jing Ke Assassinates the Qin Dynasty", which is known as the best historical epic film in Huaguo.

But Li Ke is not like Mourning, who is capable but not famous. On the contrary, Li Ke is very famous, so it is a big problem to persuade Li Ke to give up the final editing rights.

However, the reason why Li Ke is one of the candidates is also because the box office of Li Ke's films in the past few years is not so good, so when negotiating, the other party has no strong capital.

The last candidate is Zhou Chuanming.

Zhou Chuanming is the youngest of the three directors, and of course it is only compared to the former two.

Zhou Chuanming was also the director of CCTV before, but he jumped out later. Zhou Chuanming has no experience in directing movies, but Zhou Chuanming has directed several historical dramas.

So there is still some ability, but the experience is obviously lacking.

However, Zhou Chuanming's advantage is obvious, that is, although he is a TV drama director, he is quite famous, but because he has never directed a major movie, he is the one who is most likely to accept giving up the final editing rights.

Lin Xiao, who was in charge of selecting candidates, was the chief examiner, and at the same time, Xu Xiaodong, the producer of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", was also confirmed.

Xu Xiaodong has rich experience in film production, which Long Teng recruited from the Hollywood film and television giant DSN through headhunting.

He has served as an associate producer for many films, yes, he is an associate producer, not because of his lack of ability, but because, in Hollywood, for a Chinese American, this is almost the ceiling.

That's why Long Teng didn't have to work too hard to dig him out.

Xu Xiaodong has served as an associate producer for many blockbuster films and big productions. He has rich experience. The key point is that he is familiar with the Hollywood producer model, but he has never been able to act alone. It can be said that he hit it off with Long Teng.

Next, Xu Xiaodong will serve as one of the main producers of "Three Kingdoms: Heroes", and he will be the executive producer.

In other words, the main work will be done by him.

Therefore, in terms of director selection, Xu Xiaodong naturally needs to have a certain right to speak.

The first person Lin Xiao and Xu Xiaodong met was director Mourning.

Mourning was very talkative and said that he could not have the final editing rights, but Mourning was used to filming documentaries.

Both Lin Xiao and Xu Xiaodong were a little worried about whether Mourning could make this kind of commercial film well.

"Director Mo, you should have read the script of "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", right?" Lin Xiao asked.

"I've seen it." Mourning nodded.

"So if you were to direct this film, what angle would you shoot it from?" Lin Xiao asked again.

"I think that since "The Meeting of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" is a meeting of heroes, it should not focus too much on a certain character, but proceed from the overall situation. I have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which has obvious bias. I think that if we follow the novel's If it is shot in a biased way, then this film will lose its original historical flavor. Therefore, if I were to direct, I would make some fine-tuning of the plot, focusing on the sense of the times and the environment, rather than focusing on these heroes. "

Obviously Mourning has done some research and done a lot of homework.

However, Lin Xiao shook his head secretly in his heart. Mourning was born in documentary filming and had never made a movie. So, obviously, in this regard, he still uses the idea of ​​documentary filming.

It is short of directly saying that "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is simply scribbling history. If a novel does not have any biased position, then it is not a novel, but a history book.

For a commercial film, if it is made according to Mourning's ideas, it is clear that the investment will be in vain, because what is the difference between a film made like that and a documentary?
Commercial movies either bring funny, touching, or refreshing feelings to the audience. These are the most important things, not those humanistic feelings, historical sense and so on.

If you want to popularize historical knowledge, wouldn't it be better to talk about "Three Kingdoms"?
After seeing off Mourning, Lin Xiao asked, "Producer Xu, what do you think?"

"Mr. Lin has already made a decision?" Xu Xiaodong said with a smile.

"But I still want to hear Producer Xu's thoughts." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"My idea is very simple. Director Mo is not suitable. Why do people like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? I think the main reason is that it is a novel with a clear standpoint, followed by others. " Xu Xiaodong said.

"If a novel does not have any biased position, then the reader's sense of substitution will be gone, even the author himself has no position. How do you let the reader substitute?"

(End of this chapter)