Chapter 131 World View and Chronicle

After finalizing the story characters in the Three-Body series, Wang Hao took out four bound project plans.

However, at this moment, Zhuo Ping suddenly said somewhat embarrassedly:

"I think in addition to the two sides, there can actually be a middle figure."

Everyone looked at him, but Wang Hao smiled.

"Teacher Zhuo, you want to talk about the protagonist in your movie "Game Era", right?

Don't worry, since I bought the film and television adaptation rights of that book, I will definitely make it. After all, I won't do business at a loss."

Everyone laughed in good faith, and Zhuo Ping also smiled awkwardly, "That's good! That's good!"

After the laughter died down, Wang Hao knocked on the table.

"Now that the characters and the main storyline have been roughly determined, our next work will focus on the following points..."

Wang Hao began to arrange the work in an orderly manner.

If the previous "Heart Labyrinth" series was successful with his support alone.

As the science fiction movie universe continues to expand and grow, slowly entering the second phase of the "Three-Body" series, he alone is no longer able to complete this huge project on his own.

So he needs manpower and like-minded partners to help him achieve this grand ideal.

Therefore, the first thing he had to do was to set up a general planning department to be responsible for the planning of the entire science fiction film universe. This was one of the reasons why he was holding this meeting today.

In this general planning department, there are both technical personnel like Zhang Yang who are responsible for special effects, as well as authors like Liu Cixin and Zhuo Ping.

In addition, people like Wen Pengcheng from the screenwriting department and director Li Qian are also members of the planning department.

Of course, Wang Hao, as the project chief planner, is naturally among them.

Their responsibility is to be responsible for the construction of the entire science fiction movie universe and lay a solid foundation for the formation of this movie universe.

What Wang Hao discussed with them before can only be regarded as the general framework of the entire second series. If it is really broken down, there are still countless tasks that need them to complete one by one.

Take the simplest question of world view for example.

Science fiction films, or other genres with grand themes such as magic films, fantasy films, and mythological films, in the creation of films, the foundation that is more important than the script is the world view.

In the creative process, creators need to consider the form and order of the entire world.

From the micro to the macro, the more detailed the construction, the more detailed it should be. Only in this way can the story appear more credible and more realistic.

You have to know that the world in which the story takes place is not completely detached from reality.

No matter how bizarre this story is, as long as human beings exist, it must have the shadow of the present and the genes of current civilization.

So building a world in a story is comparable to creating a real world.

Writing the "world view" is the first step in creation, and they have to rebuild this new world.

Because of the invasion of aliens, under the influence of this crisis, the political, economic, cultural, technological and other factors that constitute the world must be re-examined.

The relationship between countries, the relationship between countries and people, the relationship between people, the relationship between people and aliens, and even small changes such as clothing, food, housing and transportation, all require reasonable imagination because of the occurrence of this crisis.

What the audience can see in the movie is just the tip of the iceberg of this series, and the huge entity beneath the tip of the iceberg needs to rely on the solidification of the "world view".

In this regard, it is completely impossible to rely solely on Liu Cixin, the author of the novel "The Three-Body Problem". After all, a novel is just a novel, and he cannot explain everything in detail.

In particular, Liu Cixin's novels focus more on scenes and are imaginations of major social trends, so other people are needed to help fill in the details.

“So we first have to compile the chronicle corresponding to the Three-Body series, and then fill it in and polish it repeatedly until every stage is infinitely close to perfection.”

Wang Hao looked at the several members of the general planning department present and gave them a solemn reminder.

In its previous life, one of the core factors that made "The Wandering Earth" so successful was its careful polishing of its world view.

In that movie, every detail shows the care and thought of the entire crew.

In comparison, "Fengshen", which is also known for its film industrialization, only limits the polishing of its worldview to the visible content such as costumes, weapons, and architectural decorations.

The social background of the story, people's production and living styles, etc. are ignored, so that the final picture, which seems gorgeous and splendid, is actually empty and full of a light and superficial feeling.

"The ancient Roman philosopher Seneca said, 'One loves one's country not because it is great, but because it is one's homeland.'

Every person is made up of the environment, and every person bears the imprint of the times.

Therefore, only if we think clearly about the worldview, when we are writing the script, can we consider how different groups of people should react and what choices different characters will make based on the background of the times.

Only by thinking about the same thing in a common worldview can we keep the emotional core of our scripts consistent and integrate different scripts into the background story.”

Wang Hao combined what he had seen in his previous life and expressed his thoughts and work requirements. Everyone present nodded repeatedly and took notes carefully without showing any impatience.

Because they know clearly how special their work is.

This is a project that has never been seen in the history of Chinese cinema and an extremely rare feat in the history of world cinema.

Use countless movies to build a universe that is close to reality.

As long as they can succeed, this will be China's "Star Wars" and will definitely leave a significant mark in Chinese film history.

So no matter how complicated and difficult the specific work is, they are not surprised at all.

If this thing could be made easily, it would be a fantasy.

For a moment, the only sounds in the conference room were Wang Hao's voice and the rustling sound of writing.

After talking about the creation of the story content, Wang Hao began to instruct Zhang Yang and Li Kui about the special effects production.

This is also the foundation of the science fiction movie universe and the top priority!

After all, it is a science fiction movie, and the highlight lies in the word science fiction, so excellent visual effects technology is a must.

In this regard, there is indeed a big gap between the domestic film and television industry and Hollywood, but this does not mean that they cannot catch up.

You know, just ten years later, with the advancement and development of Chinese technology, many foreign special effects companies outsourced their special effects production work to Chinese companies and teams.

Why? Because China has a rich demographic dividend.

In the later stages of special effects production, it is simply a matter of piling up time and manpower. In this regard, China has a sufficient supply of highly educated talents and low labor costs, which can be said to be a huge advantage. They just need to tap into this advantage in advance.

Of course, this also requires a far-sighted leader who can show them the direction of development and progress.

Wang Hao is such an excellent leader.

(End of this chapter)

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