Chapter 166 Mission Refresh, "The Truman Show"!

As soon as the words fell from his mind, a lot of knowledge entered his mind.

From thousands of years ago to the present, the culture, thoughts, and political knowledge of countries around the world entered his mind.

News about the film industry, public papers, etc. also entered his mind. Even reports and comments from other countries were translated into Chinese and poured into his mind.

Five minutes later, Chen Xiao sat up and rubbed his forehead.

This knowledge is not particularly in-depth, but it covers a wide range. For directors who need to cover a wide range, it is indeed good stuff.

The system really gave it well this time.

However, just as Chen Xiao was about to open his mouth to praise it in his heart, he heard a voice.

[Start the task: shoot a contemplative art film. ]

[Reward: One golden lottery opportunity! ]

The smile on Chen Xiao's face froze instantly.

The company has just started, and the task is to shoot an art film?

This dog system is not praiseworthy.

Art films focus on expressing artistic appeals, attaching importance to aesthetic significance, innovation in content and form, and artistic expression.

There is a large space for interpretation and it can withstand the test of time.

But most of them don't make much money.

In fact, not only art films, but also many movies that need to be savored do not make much money. For example, "The Shawshank Redemption" ranked first in many charts in his original world. When it was first released, it lost a lot of money at the box office.

Commercial films make money. Commercial films cater to the mainstream ideology of the audience and the environment, and their main purpose is to make money.

The company has just been established, and they want to make money.

Or change the task refresh ticket and change the task.

But what if after the refresh, he is asked to shoot a love variety show or something like that, wouldn't that be even more terrible? Once again, it's better to shoot a stage play.

Chen Xiao thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, and planned to list the reasons for brushing or not brushing, and weigh them.

Not brushing, the reason for keeping the task is that the art work is more interesting and can help him leave his name in film history.

The reason for refreshing is that the company has just started, and I want to make money while doing the task...

Hey, wait a minute.

Chen Xiao threw away the pen and snorted.

Stupid.

I'm used to making movies by myself, and I forgot that there is a company!

He went to make art films and gain fame.

Write scripts, let the company make commercial films to make money.

Only children make choices, adults want everything!

What the hell, I won’t do it anymore, just make art films.

Chen Xiao directly opened the system and clicked on the category of art films.

The system labeled many film and television works as "art films", but many works are not simply art films, but have the attributes of art films.

Chen Xiao propped up his chin and flipped through the system for a while.

This time he found two principles for finding movies.

One is to be simple and localized. Because I want to take a break for a while, I want to find a movie that needs less changes.

The second is to have universal values.

This is also the idea of ​​most of his next movies.

This is to make money and expand the audience. It is also to make some contributions to the country.

Directly spreading Chinese culture, the audience is too small. Like "Farewell My Concubine" does have an effect overseas, but the effect is really limited, and it can only attract people who are already interested in China, opera, and art.

Because of this, in his original world, apart from Kung Fu movies, few Chinese-language movies have made waves in the global market.

Some foreign movies, with the skin of universal values ​​such as freedom, fairness and justice, add their own culture at the bottom and successfully spread around the world.

So he did it.

With the skin of universal values, add Chinese culture at the bottom. This makes it easier for the global market to accept and feel close to China.

With the two views of easy localization and universal values, Chen Xiao quickly searched for movies.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xiao's eyes lit up.

"The Truman Show"!

The worldview in this movie is fictional, so it is easier to change it.

The movie tells the story of Truman being adopted by a film and television company and becoming the protagonist of a reality show, attracting the attention of audiences around the world. He has lived in a studio called Taoyuan Island since he was born. All the people around him are actors. He lives a life of surveillance without knowing it. After an accident, Truman began to doubt his own world. He found that the behavior and identity of the people around him were abnormal and he was terrified. He decided to escape from this small town. After many obstacles, he successfully left this world.

Of course, there are a lot of things that can be interpreted in it, this is just a simple summary.

Although the world is fictional, there are still many places that need to be localized, such as Truman's name.

But compared with "Forrest Gump" and "The Shawshank Redemption", it is much easier to change.

Okay, let's do it. We'll talk about the adaptation later. For the time being, let's call it "The Truman Show".

Chen Xiao yawned and wrote down the title on a piece of paper.

The art film has been decided.

Then we need to determine the cash cow that will be handed over to the company to shoot.

The company is just running now, so each department should arrange a task first.

The TV series department will shoot "Home with Kids", and the film department will fully support him in shooting.

Then there are the variety show department, animation and animation department, and online business department (online short dramas, etc.).

Let's wait for variety shows, it's a bit laborious to do.

Let the animation and animation department make money.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao opened the mall again and flipped through animation and animation.

The first work, the picture quality cannot be bad. The company has enough equipment and talents, so we try to make it as beautiful as possible.

If we want to make it faster while maintaining the quality of the picture, we have to start with the length.

Forget about masterpieces with hundreds of episodes, they are too long.

Find a short one that makes money, and it is best to go abroad to make money and seize the market.

Fifteen minutes of flipping.

Chen Xiao's eyes stopped on an animated film - "Mi Xue Bing Cheng"

No, I made a slip of the tongue.

It is "Frozen".

Its first and second parts were two of the top three animated film box office in the world before, and the first and third were both it. And both ranked in the top 20 of the global total box office.

With the company's technological level, it is not difficult to make it. But the animation and animation must be finely polished.

What is the problem with the animation and special effects in this world?

It's not that the technology is not good enough, but the script is bad, the aesthetics are bad, to put it bluntly, it's not enough effort.

Try to make this movie as good as possible with the current level, and it can be made into a big IP in the future, which is a sure money-making artifact.

It is estimated that there will be many college students, even male college students, dressed as princesses and singing "Let it go".

This is it.

Let's shoot the first one first. He will provide the script, character design, and music. However, the character image needs to be slightly modified because the original style is too European and American.

It's settled. The company's piggy bank depends on you!

Chen Xiao directly exchanged two scripts, stood up and stretched.

Then he took out his mobile phone, opened the calendar recording software, and sorted out the current work.

Currently, the two that have been completed and are being broadcast or will be broadcast are "The Godly Chef Xiao Fugui" and "Kung Fu".

The former has already started broadcasting and is expected to end its premiere in late February.

As for the latter, it will be released globally on February 15, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and will premiere for one month.

He doesn't need to take care of these two things.

Next, this year's sitcom "Home with Kids", the movie "The Truman Show", and the animation "Frozen" will be made.

The script of "Home with Kids" has been sorted out. Situation comedies are more daily, and the screenwriter does not need to interpret the connotation at every turn. The script is mature, the actors and the core team are selected, and his workload can be almost ignored.

Others...

Chen Xiao picked up the desk calendar on the bedside table.

Today is January 28th.

There are still 18 days until the Chinese New Year.

I want to go skiing in Heilongjiang Ice City before the New Year, but there are too many people during the New Year.

Then use three to five days to write the script of "Frozen" and hand it over to the animation department for preparation.

Then go traveling, sort out and adapt "The Truman Show" when I have nothing to do, and start work after the New Year or in March.

That's it.

Chen Xiao roughly inputs the schedule into his mobile phone, then opens the chat software to see who to invite to travel to Ice City.