Chapter 289 Movie Dream
Lin Han liked the picture of SpongeBob SquarePants. Netizens have a big idea and actually regard SpongeBob SquarePants as a three-body person.
In fact, in the first two novels of "The Three-Body Body", the earth has always been shrouded in the shadow of the Three-Body Aliens. No author has ever dared to write this way. He wrote about the rise and fall of the Earth and the Three-Body Civilization. As a result, there is no specific description of the Three-Body Man throughout the article, and the Three-Body Man has never truly arrived at the Earth.
This is probably one of the most exciting parts. People who dare to write like this will either become gods or fall for the streets. Liu Cixin did it. He used his own brushstrokes to firmly attract readers and preserve some mystery.
The one-hour question-and-answer session made Lin Han feel the same enthusiasm of science fiction readers in different countries. They like science fiction novels and Lin Han’s novels, which is enough.
In fact, after this session, the Hanlin Academy's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon people quickly translated and organized what Lin Han said, and sent it back to the domestic forum, Weibo, so that more people can see it, which can help them better understand the novel.
This not only solved some doubts, but also made readers feel more expectant about the latter two novels. Now the official Weibo of Renmin University Press officially announced that "Three-Body 2: Dark Forest" and "Three-Body 3: Eternal Life of Death" have entered the printing stage and will be launched as scheduled.
This news inspired many readers. They were watching European and American readers enter the carnival stage at this moment. They had already watched the first part of "The Three-Body Problem". At this moment, they could not control their bodies' power and wanted to spoil it!
How popular is Lin Han’s novel? No one of them can say, but the data released by Qiandu Index gives the most powerful proof.
Qiande Index, which keeps up with the trend, released this issue's writer's influence observation table, which gives a line chart of search volume changes in Lin Han's career. In the picture, you can clearly see that there are obvious changes in the search volume about Lin Han.
Since the announcement of directing the film "Out of the Solar System" in 2016, Lin Han has the initial search volume, which was completely incomparable to the present, probably a comparison between fireflies and bright moon.
The first small peak appeared after the movie was released. The bad reputation of the movie was blamed on him in all aspects. Everyone was probably curious about who could make the novel so badly, so the search volume was quite high.
After nearly a year, Lin Han was in a state of disappearance, so the search and attention quickly fell. At that time, no one remembered that this person had a sense of existence except for some black fans.
In December last year, "Rural Teacher" was released, greatly refreshing people's cognition, so the search volume began to rise steadily. In January this year, the novel "I, Robot" swept across the Galaxy Award, and the topic never stopped.
Since then, Lin Han's search volume has never gone down again, from a plain to a plateau, with a basic height. The next true peak is that his novels have topped the best-selling list in the United States, won the Hugo Award, and were praised by major mainstream media reports. After that, every novel will fluctuate slightly.
The recent peak is Ao Guanhai’s previous praise. The search volume of the name Lin Han is among the top three among writers, and it is not inferior to a number of entertainment stars.
Of course, the most surprising thing is his science fiction novels. From the announcement of the novel's name to the launch of pre-sales and official releases, the highest search volume has even been millions!
These people may not buy Lin Han’s books, but they only need to pay attention to them. These people are also influential.
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"Dear, Penguin Publishing Group asked you if you want to go to North America to participate in the signing event. They will give you the appearance fee and the treatment of top writers. Although the sales of "Three-Body Problem" this time are very good, it seems to be a little different from "Jurassic Park". Alex is a little worried that your appeal will decline."
Lin Han finished everything now. He lay on the sofa watching TV, turned his head and said, "This is normal. You have to consider the type and content of the novel. The story background of "Jurassic Park" takes place in the United States. North American readers have a sense of immersion, and there is also free publicity."
The quality of "Three-Body Problem" is indeed good, but the content is mainly based on China, and it is naturally inferior in culture. In fact, Lin Han originally thought that sales would decline sharply, but he did not expect that the decline was almost none.
Even if he is a hardcore Three-Body Fan, he would not blindly think that "Three-Body" can kill Ying and destroy the United States, and it would be amazing to achieve such good results.
"Jurassic Park" is not only a science fiction element, but also adventure, thriller, etc. It is easy to be accepted in terms of storylines. Readers can see the protagonist's adventure and escape passage. This is probably simpler and clearer than the writing method of recalling memories interspersed with reality in "The Three-Body Problem".
Although science fiction is the most global literary genre, the cultural differences between China's science fiction exported to the United States or Europe are still very obvious.
For example, the rich Western Christian culture is not mainstream in China, so the West is not very accepting of issues such as cloning and creating life, but the controversy in China is not that significant.
Chen Jiaxuan said with some regret: "You are the lazy one. If you attend a few sales signing and programs, your sales may increase."
"I'm working and rest. I was busy writing novels and adapting novels for half a month. Now I finally have time to relax. What do you know what I have experienced? I went across the ocean to sign up for sale, and I didn't want to go there for a million dollars." Lin Han reached out and patted Chen Jiaxuan's back of his hand, comforting him, "When you see the best-selling "Jurassic Park", you have to see how much resources it spent behind it to promote it."
As a person in the entertainment industry, Chen Jiaxuan immediately thought of the movie "Jurassic Park" that was still under preparation. The novel was best-selling, but Paramount put a lot of effort into developing this IP in all aspects. Of course, the first link to make the novel more famous.
"The Three-Body Problem" does not have this treatment for the time being. Although many companies have taken a fancy to Lin Han's popularity and the quality of the novel "The Three-Body Problem", Lin Han did not want to sell it in a short time.
He plans to leave "The Three-Body Problem" to himself. As a director and author, he will have the opportunity to shoot the "The Three-Body Problem" movie himself, which will not be given to others no matter what.
Readers of "The Three-Body Problem" have more or less imagined the way a novel is made into a movie, but how many people can make a movie like Lin Han? Reborn in this world, he has carried so many novels, but none of them is actually written by himself, but the movie is different. This movie can be his real work.
When Lin Han was on Earth, he saw the rash adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem". The movie was postponed indefinitely, Kong Ergou resigned, the special effects team was replaced, and the shooting materials were abandoned. Anyway, there was no news when Lin Han came over, as if the entire crew had disappeared.
You can't be in a hurry to shoot movies. "Harry Potter" took more than a year in the preparation stage, and then there were global casting, shooting and post-production. As for James Cameron's filming, it was even more difficult to make movies.
Science fiction films are not romance films, they need to be prepared from all aspects. Simply put, they are the brewing period, preparation period, shooting period, post-production and distribution.
During the brewing period, we need to find good investors and sponsors to establish the shooting of film projects and improve the script, and at the same time we need to establish the director, the investor establishes the project and the main creative team, and establish a preparatory team.
After the producer receives the funds, the producer hires the producer director. The producer director is responsible for leading the production department, ensuring that the crew can complete the tasks on time, and ensuring the director's various requirements.
After that, the producer and the director had to come forward to invite the director team, photography team, artist, recording, clothing, makeup, props and other departments. After these departments gathered, the main creators discussed the theme of the story and the shooting content. At this time, the filming cycle could barely begin.
To determine the creative intention, determine the list of actors, find the shooting venue and the setting of the venue, the main creative team of the film also requires professionals to set the concept in the early stage. Even with the assistance of the original work, this still takes a lot of time and needs to be repeatedly overturned and modified.
The most important thing in a science fiction movie is concept setting. The concept designers design a lot of movie-related shapes based on the director and script requirements, especially the design of key characters and scenes, in order to lay the foundation and world view of science fiction movies.
Now both of Lin Han's novel adaptations are stuck at this stage. "Jurassic Park" is repeatedly polished in the hands of Paramount and Spielberg, and "Martian Rescue" is even more troublesome because there is no experience in shooting science fiction movies in China, which is far inferior to the mature science fiction movie production in Hollywood.
After the early concept is set, it will still need to be transmitted to the model prop production team. Top prop production talents in China have always been very scarce, and such characters are also extremely rare in Hollywood.
After the props and costumes are made, the actors need to try out the costumes and make partial adjustments. After the final makeup photo is completed, the entire preparation period will be considered to be over.
During the shooting period, everyone was more upright, mainly because the actors performed, and some of them were filmed in front of the indoor green screen. Many times, the actors needed to use their imagination.
Many times, when you watch the behind-the-scenes footage of some science fiction movies, you will find that the actors are really amazing. They obviously have nothing in front of them, but they can show various expressions and actions.
The success of science fiction movies is basically due to post-production design, except for storyline, theme, and actors.
Special effects production is the key to the appeal of science fiction movies, and it costs money and time.
Chapter completed!