Reveal how the popular IP novel "Chosen Heaven" was adapted into a film and television drama

the current market environment is not good for original writers who are not well-known for IP, which makes them a little frustrated.

original title: how did a big IP novel become a film and TV drama? an exclusive interview with Jin Yuanyuan, one of the scriptwriters of "choosing Heaven", she said-- Gulinaza was scolded a lot, and the screenwriter had to recite

for the post-90s who grew up watching online literature and Lu Ji fans, the metaphysical fairy drama "choosing Heaven" must be the first choice.

according to the ratings of 52 cities on May 3, the score of "choosing Heaven" in non-prime time is 1.022%, even ahead of "Surgical Wind" and "thinking Beauty" in prime time.

however, in the eyes of the public, the gold content of the champion is not high: the original work is a big IP novel that has been serialized for nearly three years, and the two stars have tens of millions of Weibo fans. At present, the show's Douban rating stays at 4.6, and the advantages of its own traffic are gradually turning back: the original fans' zero tolerance for adaptation, fans' zero tolerance for idols, and some hard wounds caused by poor plot connections-which almost all point the finger at the writers.

Jin Yuanyuan, one of the screenwriters, must know a lot less than the original author, but the straightforward girl went so far as to like netizens' complaints about the fast plot on Weibo a few days ago. The reporter started with the word "like" and interviewed her.

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Why is the plot not coherent? Jin Yuanyuan pointed out the root cause: a role was deleted.

the main line of "choosing Heaven" is that Chen Changsheng led a small team to upgrade and fight monsters all the way, and almost the whole process was a collective battle. One of them folded sleeves, which was played by a Korean at that time, but the producer decided to delete the whole character after careful consideration.

"there are many plays with broken sleeves, and there is a very complete emotional line between the seven rooms. Once removed, it will lead to incoherence in the plot. We're sorry, too, but it's all finished and we can't fix it. "

this can also explain why the mouth shapes and lines of many actors do not match. From filming to dubbing, lines undergo a lot of irresistible changes.

Jin Yuanyuan's regret as a creator also happens to be what the audience is not satisfied with.

"netizens' comments on the role of Xu Yourong are very polarized. In fact, when creating, we try our best to maintain her character in the novel-cold and passive, which contrasts with the fall of everything we have to try. Just looking at the words is fine. Once the performance comes out, the impact will be great. "

Gu Linazha, who plays Xu Yourong, has also been scolded a lot. Jin Yuanyuan feels that this pot has to be memorized by a screenwriter: "that's what the original person is supposed to be." We also thought that if we did it again, we could change it a little more humanely and have a fuller relationship with longevity. "

other fairy fantasy dramas adapted by IP have some common problems of procrastination, but "choosing Heaven" has been rejected by some original fans for moving too fast, compressing the fight.

at this point, Jin Yuanyuan is a little confused. "there are more than 600 fight scenes in the play, and each win or lose has an impact on the plot. If it is all filmed into a big scene, there will not be enough time at all. Wu Zhi is also very desperate! "

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in addition to Jin Yuanyuan, there are three screenwriters: Chu Xiidao, Yang Fou and Yang Mo, but she is the only one who has screenwriting experience.

Jin Yuanyuan is from Tianjin. She graduated from Zhejiang University. She was not a drama art troupe major. Because of her interest, she worked as a film and television planner for several years. She participated in the production of TV dramas such as "New drunken fighting Jinzhi", "Jiupin Sesame official", "Yang Menhu" and "Subway". Later, she moved to TV station to work as a program planner. The first screenwriter was suggested by my good friend and Hong Kong screenwriter Kuo Po-hsien: "I took the job of Qianshan Twilight Snow. Come and write it together."

after that, she participated in the screenwriting of "the most Beautiful time" and "Golden Marriage". After becoming independent, she registered a screenwriting studio in Hengdian. One day, another good friend and online writer Chu Xidao called: "I answered the Book of choosing a Day. I can't handle it alone. Why don't we join us?"

Jin Yuanyuan said that the team made a total of four or five major adjustments in one year. Although the story and background of Chronicles of Heaven are false, the characters are emotionally real. If you do enough of this, you will have a sense of substitution. This is the most important part of adaptation. "

before formally writing the diversity script, the team will hold a meeting for a few days to discuss the outline and diversity content, mainly focusing on how many original works to retain and how to grasp the general direction. In the process, the screenwriter "will also play different roles. We all love acting."

for example, when adapting according to the threshold set by the copyright owner, Xu Yourong appeared too late and almost didn't recognize Chen Changsheng until the end of the play. But it is unrealistic for TV series, and the novel can always maintain a character state that does not advance, and TV series need each episode of characters to have changes and conflicts.

"We also want to satisfy book fans, but we also feel that book fans are only a small part of the audience. Um. There are great differences here. "

after the script is handed over, there are many unexpected results for the screenwriter. The writer has a WeChat group that stares at the plot and discusses in real time every day, "Oh, how did this change to be like this?"

Jin Yuanyuan's previous works are all romantic, but in the Book of choosing Heaven, they mainly repair immortals, upgrade and fight monsters. Here the writers also hide a little selfishness, "since there is Lu Han, we should put some small pink plays, beautiful fresh meat should be fully displayed ah!" I think Lu Han is good at choosing scripts. Chen Changsheng fits him very well. He is pure and cute. Frankly speaking, he doesn't need much acting skills. He also acted quite beyond my expectation, and he acted better than some other fresh meat. "

one of the problems to be solved in the adaptation is that the original work is still serialized, and the adaptation should determine the direction of the characters accordingly. For example, for the character that will appear later in the original work, we can't write him to death now.

"death is the ultimate expression of emotion. But this is a series, no matter how abusive the protagonist ends, he is still alive, and all the dead are minions. To be honest, I like Game of Thrones, but it's a pity I can't play it (laughter). "

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Jin Yuanyuan said that there was no too much interference in the screenwriting stage, and at most he was asked to choose a name. For example, the name "Yin Xingdao" of "Pope" was called to him temporarily.

"he put a lot of effort into writing this novel, and the adaptation is to operate on his baby." At this point, Jin Yuanyuan is a little sad. "from the attention of IP, I really took advantage of the Book of choosing days." But if you put it in the whole development chain, the screenwriter is the king of the pot. "

Jin Yuanyuan's current screenwriting works all have the original work "Tuo Di".

"generally speaking, it is good that 1/3 of a 500000-word novel can be used in the script, and a volume of 25 to 30 episodes is the most appropriate. But the actors are signed according to the department, and the scenes and props must be cost-effective. The Book of choosing Heaven is much used in the original, and some novels are really fine. "

then why not try your own originality?

"of course I do, but for a little screenwriter like me, life is more important."

Jin Yuanyuan's screenwriting studio is now working on two adaptation projects at the same time. This year, there are still 106 episodes unfinished. "I feel like my body has been hollowed out."

and every time she says she wants to try an original screenplay, the editor with a better relationship will directly refuse: "you don't have IP data, the concept can easily be stolen, forget it."

the current market environment is not good for original writers who are not well-known for IP, which makes them a little frustrated.

Edit: nancy