Douban's New Attempt to Enter the Film Industry: Invite Film and Television Professionals to Participate in the Adaptation of Works

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"Here, we will continue to publish popular readers, there are potential for adaptation of Douban reading original works, invite film and television industry professionals to participate in the film and television adaptation of works." "Here, we will continue to publish popular readers, there are potential for adaptation of Douban reading original works, invite film and television industry professionals to participate in the film and television adaptation of works."

after nearly a month of delay, a new page of Douban's secret reading test has finally been launched. This new column, called "Film and Television adaptation", is another new attempt for Douban to enter the film industry. "here, we will continue to publish the original works of Douban Reading, which are popular with readers and have the potential for adaptation, and invite professionals from the film and television industry to participate in the film and television adaptation of the works."

original title: Douban is about to start delivering ammunition to the film industry.

after nearly a month delay, a new page of Douban's secret reading test has finally been launched. This new column, called "Film and Television adaptation", is another new attempt for Douban to enter the film industry.

" here, we will continue to publish the original works of Douban, which are popular with readers and have the potential for adaptation, and invite professionals from the film and television industry to participate in the film and television adaptation of the works. "Douban said in a statement at the top of the page.

according to statistics on Douban Reader, since its launch in May 2012, it has attracted a total of 20943 authors and contributed 7320 exclusive works to the platform. Now, Douban wants to adapt some of these stories into film and television works, so that these stories can survive in a visual way.

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unlike previous new products," Film and TV adaptation "is not a feature that is open to all users. Only these two types of users who have been authenticated as "screenwriters" or "producers" are allowed to enter their respective backgrounds.

the screenwriter can choose a story from the Story to be adapted and write a screenplay outline of no less than 5000 words. Douban Reading will select the excellent script outline for centralized presentation, and it is possible to subsidize the screenwriter to turn the story into a complete script.

producers can select stories from "Story works to be adapted", check Douban's recommended adapted screenplay outline, and contact Douban for copyright purchase. The copyright of these works is still owned by Douban, while the screenwriter has the opportunity to participate in the development of film and television projects, become a signed screenwriter and receive corresponding remuneration.

there are 20 stories to be adapted in the first batch, of which 16 are short and medium-sized novels with less than 50,000 words. The most popular topics in today's film market are love, suspense and fantasy.

such as "the Man chasing the Sun" is set in the future. Due to the shortage of resources, the human world has adopted different schedules. Some people can wake up for 8 hours, while others can only wake up for 5 hours. The story revolves around the love between two protagonists who are assigned at different times and know each other by passing notes.

A number of people in charge of project development in film and television companies told reporters that Douban Reading introduced their new business to them in the form of offline communication meetings in the past few months, peddling these works.

although some of these stories still make studios worry that they are too literary and difficult to sell, under the general trend of diversity and classification of themes, Douban, a "story and script maker", is still welcomed by film and television companies. So far, at least eight works have been sold, including "White House" and "my boyfriend says I am suffering from depression". Buyers include Huatze Pictures, Gongfu Pictures and other well-known film and television companies.

Douban currently has the largest film scoring system in China, and moviegoers are used to determining their viewing choices through Douban scores and real-time short reviews before the movie is released. When questioned by the Water Army and Brush points, founder and CEO Yang Bo also explained to everyone through an open letter why Douban's score was still fair.

in the past few years, Douban has also been trying to make more business connections with the film industry. Online booking and seat selection, which began in 2012, has proved to be a failed attempt, and this time starting with your best "editor" may be a more likely direction to success.

judging from the current situation, Douban shows no sign of getting involved in the development of specific film and television projects. Whether this can be done in the end depends on whether Douban can continue to produce attractive stories and scripts and sell it to the studio at what price.

now the scarcity of good stories and good scripts in the mainland film market makes the business look promising. Maybe in a year or two, we will see the LOGO of Douban Reading in the list of producers at the beginning of the movie.

Edit: vian