Entertaining Children

  Chapter 257 Screenwriter

  Xiao Yao promised that the day after his father recorded his first album, his senior year of high school officially began.

  Compared with elementary school and junior high school, Xiao Yao is low-key and restrained in high school. At least since he was in high school, he never did self-study other foreign languages ​​in Chinese and English morning reading classes, or kept reading about fashion photography magazines during breaks. On the one hand, the knowledge of high school is more difficult. It is not as basic as elementary and junior high school. It has been printed in the memory of Xiao Yao from his previous life, and he does not need to spend time on relearning. On the other hand, it is also because after high school, Xiao Yao no longer has the desire to learn other foreign languages ​​or photography knowledge as he did in elementary and junior high school. So although Xiao Yao entered high school as a star, in high school, he behaved more like an ordinary student than in elementary and junior high school.

  In the life of the school, Xiao Yao behaved step by step, focusing on his study like an ordinary high school student. But in his free time on weekends, Xiao Yao devoted all his energy to his new album.

Xiao Yao himself has a lot of experience in the recording studio. In addition, he manages the lyrics, music, and composition by himself, and he does not need to spend time memorizing lyrics and scores like other singers, so the simple recording does not cost Xiao Yao. Too much energy to prepare. His energy is mainly put on the script creation of the MV.

  As mentioned by Xiao Siqi, Xiao Yao was really interested in writing the script, and he wanted to write the script of the MV by himself.

  Eleven songs, of course not all of them will be shot in MV. According to Xiao Siqi’s idea, the initial plan is to shoot the MVs of three songs, and then keep the images from the self-playing and self-singing "Lazy Songs" video that Xiao Yao previously released on Weibo, and re-match the sound effects of the official version. , It can also be used as an MV after synthesis. In this way, a four-song MV for one album is enough.

  As for the three new MVs to be shot, Xiao Siqi gave the choice directly to Xiao Yao himself, letting him decide which three to shoot. In other words, it depends on which three songs he plans to write or can write MV scripts for.

  In this way, Xiao Yao will also have to think about which three songs to choose to shoot. After some consideration, plus inspiration from some MVs he watched in his previous life, Xiao Yao finally selected three songs and wrote his preliminary shooting ideas.

  The first song chosen to shoot the MV is his first song created by Xiao Yao under his own name-"The Brightest Star in the Night Sky". This song is an inspirational rock song with some melancholy flavor. Since it is an inspirational song, Xiao Yao planned to take the struggle and feelings of young people as the theme, and designed a small group of four people with three males and one female as the protagonists to show life and emotional fragments at various stages from when he was a student to entering society. The inspirational taste of this song. At the same time, Xiao Yao is also preparing to star himself in one of the four small groups.

The second song selected by    is the most special and most impressive song in the entire album-"The New Drunken Concubine". For this very special song, Xiao Yao's MV script is not so special. Xiao Yao's MV did not intend to film an ancient story about Concubine Yang. Because the most glamorous and dazzling part of the whole song is the singing of Jing Yun, so Xiao Yao directly connected the MV of this song with Peking Opera. He is going to shoot some clips of Mei Qingchang’s students learning Peking Opera practice, interspersed with some scenes of Qing Yi performances in Peking Opera, in this way to express the connection between this song and Peking Opera, and at the same time, it can be regarded as doing some publicity for Peking Opera. . In the MV for this song, Xiao Yao is prepared to not show up from beginning to end.

  In the MV of the first song, Xiao Yao is one of the leading actors. The MV of the second song Xiao Yao does not participate in the performance at all. When it comes to the MV of the third song, Xiao Yao is ready to play alone. The last song Xiao Yao decided to shoot for the MV was the folk song "Those Flowers". With such a song that is reminiscent of the era of fluttering white clothes, Xiao Yao plans to fully demonstrate a literary style. The MV of the whole song has no plot, and it is all spliced ​​by the singer, that is, Xiao Yao, playing and singing himself in various environments. It can be said that the play is stream of consciousness. The most important thing is whether you can find several scenes designed by Xiao Yao, and whether you can make the pictures beautiful and beautiful.

The Chinese name of   MV is music video, which involves both music and performance. It is also a rare project that requires cooperation between the music department and the performing arts department of Qijia Studio. Therefore, when Xiao Yao took out the three MV shooting plans that he spent a lot of time and hard work on, the reviewer was not just Xiao Siqi, but Ye Jiaying was also one of them.

  "This is the MV shooting plan I wrote." At this time, the three of the Xiao family were sitting on the sofa in the living room at home, and Xiao Yao handed what he had written to Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying. Because the MV of one of the songs has no plot at all, so instead of using the word script, it became a filming plan.

   "You're very fast, it's only two weeks, and I have all the ideas for the three song MVs." Xiao Siqi smiled and opened the bound paper in his hand.

"The recording of the album is almost finished, and the shooting of the MV later should be on the schedule. I'm not going to be fast." Xiao Yao said, "Look at it first and talk about your feelings, if you can't. I have time to make changes. If it doesn’t work, I have time to find a special MV screenwriter to rewrite it."

After two weekends and a total of four days, Xiao Yao’s new album has been recorded for eight songs, and now only the most complicated soundtrack is left, and the most difficult song "The New Drunken Concubine" has not been recorded yet, but in music With the hands in place and the recording of the accompaniment, Xiao Yao can finish it in a day at most.

   "No? No? It's not like you said if you are so unconfident." Xiao Siqi teased Xiao Yao.

   "Okay, take a good look at your shooting plan. Bayi did this for the first time. It's also prudent." Ye Jiaying hit Xiao Siqi.

"Uh...I don't feel it when I look at this, it's mainly you to judge. I only judge the quality of the finished product after the filming. Looking at the script...the shooting plan is not suitable for me. I don't have that of your actors. This kind of imagination that turns words into clear pictures in your mind." Xiao Siqi said. But even though he said that, Xiao Siqi lowered his head and looked at it seriously.

  After a while, Ye Jiaying and Xiao Siqi finished watching and looked up at Xiao Yao together.

   "How is it?" Xiao Yao said a little nervously. Xiao Yao has been studying for at least a period of time before doing what he has done before. This time he wrote the shooting plan, but it was the first time that Xiao Yao used his own imagination to do something that he was not familiar with, so it is also possible to be less confident.

"Not bad," Ye Jiaying smiled and nodded, commenting, "The three MVs are totally three different styles. The most special song "The New Drunken Concubine" was filmed in the most conventional way. But because of this. The song is special enough, so the MV doesn’t need to be surprisingly shot. "Those Flowers" does not see much, pure stream of consciousness, mainly depends on the selection of the scene and the shooting methods of the director and photographer. Can you make the picture The key is to shoot beautifully. It is easy to judge when the finished product is obtained. Um... this one has to find a director and photographer who is more skilled in this area to shoot."

Ye Jiaying drew out the most script-like filming plan, and then said: "But I am most interested in the MV script of "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky". This theme is very interesting and the plot design is also very attractive. I think You can expand this story, or even turn it into a movie or a TV series. Are you interested in changing it into a movie or TV series script? At that time, I will leave you with a main role, write and act by yourself, It’s amazing to say it."

   "Mom, are you a criminal of an occupational disease?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, "We are discussing making a MV. Why did you get involved in movies and TV shows all of a sudden."

"I don't think there is any problem," Ye Jiaying smiled. "The shooting plan for these three MVs is the same. I will keep them first. After we contact the director of the MV, I will show this to the director again and listen to it. The director’s idea, but I don’t think it should be a big problem."

   "Si Qi, what do you think?" Ye Jiaying looked at her husband again and asked.

   "I have no comments." Xiao Siqi said, "Anyway, I only participate in the production of the soundtrack and the final review. You can make the decision on how to shoot the video."

"Okay, then it's settled." Ye Jiaying clapped her hands and turned to Xiao Yao. "Now let's discuss the issue of adapting the script. Do you think it is better to change this story into a movie or a TV series? There is a version each for the movie and the TV series?"

"Mom, it took me a long time to write the MV script for these few minutes. Now you let me write one or two hours of movie scripts and how many hours of TV scripts? Let’s not say, can I? It can be written that I am a third year in high school this year. Would you let me spend all the weekends of the third year in writing scripts?" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

   "That's right, study is very important, and rest is also very important." Ye Jiaying nodded.

Xiao Yao was about to breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Ye Jiaying went on to say: "But I always feel that you have this talent and you can't just waste it like that. And your studies have been very good. The third year of high school has started for half a month. Seeing that you spent more time studying than usual when you were at home. Apart from going to the recording studio on weekends, and playing musical instruments and photographic equipment at night, how do I feel that you are lazy? You used to What about the courage to try everything and the endless thirst for knowledge?"

"What?" Xiao Yao glared, and murmured in his heart, "This is still my mother...well, it's not my mother, but this is the stepmother who has been cherishing herself for ten years for fear of getting tired. ?"

   "My son is someone who has a girlfriend now," Xiao Siqi said faintly from the side, "It is estimated that all his thoughts are on Duo'er now."

   "Oh," Hearing Xiao Siqi's words, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a hint of understanding in his heart. Ye Jiaying’s performance is probably also related to her recent efforts in music. In the past two years, in addition to participating in a variety show as a guest and taking a set of promotional photos for the national men’s basketball team, Xiao Yao has either formed a band for Oscars when he went to the United States, or participated in "The Voice of China" and released an album after returning to China. , Are all related to music. In terms of acting, I haven't filmed in a few years. I haven't shown an obvious interest in acting recently, but if I wrote a script, would I not want to act? When Ye Jiaying talked about writing and acting those words just now, it seemed to be very heavy.

  Understanding this, Xiao Yao was also speechless to his parents. He has long seen the secret battles of his parents on the direction of his future entertainment career. It used to be grandfather Xiao Chengru and father Xiao Siqi. Now with the addition of Ye Jiaying, he is also on the same front with grandfather Xiao Chengru. Since it was a secret battle, they naturally said that they hadn't clearly stated or asked Xiao Yao what to do. They always used the method of guidance and discussion, so Xiao Yao also cooperated with them pretending to be unknown. Now it seems that the more they play, the more interested they become.

"Actually, I didn't say that you will write this script by yourself. I also know that you have never written a script for film and television works before, and you have no experience in this aspect." Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao discussed, "Do you think this will work? , I’m looking for a special film and television screenwriter, and use your MV as a framework for adaptation. The final screenwriter’s name will also have your name."

   "Is this letting me take advantage of it?" Xiao Yao frowned.

"Of course not, I know that you are not the one who takes advantage of this." Ye Jiaying said, "I mean, you don't need to do the handwriting, but you, as the original creator of the story, participate in the process of writing the script, and adapt it at any time. Keep in touch with the screenwriter, like to provide some advice, or want to join in the scene, the plot or something, you tell the screenwriter your ideas, and he will make specific improvements. In this case, the script is completed by you together. Yes, your final signature is justified. And in the process, you can also learn some script writing knowledge from those professional screenwriters and accumulate some experience. In the future, if you have a new story, good ideas When you think about writing a script yourself, it’s easier. What about this idea?"

   "Really a very good idea." Xiao Yao was moved. I have a lot of plots and passages of excellent film and television dramas in my mind. I can tell the screenwriter directly and let him improve the content of the script. It does not need to spend too much time and energy on my own. By the way, follow the professional screenwriter to learn about the writing of film and television scripts.

   "Well, I promised." Xiao Yao thought for a while, and finally nodded, "But there is a condition. You have to wait until the MV shooting is over."

   "Of course." Ye Jiaying said happily, "I'm not Zhou Bapi, I want you to spin."

  Xiao Siqi rolled his eyes helplessly.

  (End of this chapter)