On October 12, 2019, a fantasy movie called "Eye of Perspective" was released exclusively on Youku, which ranked first in popularity among online movies continuously, reaching the top five in the movie list. This is adapted from the novel of the same name, "Eye of Perspective". 》IP works, in the online movie world where mutant animals dominate the screen, blaze new trails of their own.
Nowadays, it is not uncommon for online novels to be adapted into film and television works, especially the adaptation of "harem" novels with larger original scales. How to balance the scale of the original and film and television adaptations is an important issue, which relates to whether it can be reviewed and launched in the later period. Can the original fans be satisfied, and whether the adapted plot can attract audiences in the current market.
In this regard, Mr. Pang Kaiji, the producer of "Eye of Perspective" and CEO of Maiyu.com, told the story behind the IP adaptation of "Eye of Perspective".
"Perspective Eye" hot show How to "perspect" the mystery
novel "Perspective Eye" is one of the originators of perspective novels, the original author is the online literature writer Xinghui, the whole book is more than 2,500 chapters, main line To put it plainly, the protagonist Xu Qing accidentally obtained the "perspective" ability cheat, so he opened the harem, closed the younger brother, pushed the boss, and finally stood at the top. The original book contains a large number of erotic descriptions of bloodlines, the world of money drunk and gold, various characters wandering on the edge of law and crime, and human events that reverse black and white... These cruel stories that expose and reflect society are for adults. Said it is a spiritual baptism, let him know that the world where good and bad coexist is the complete and real world.
However, if you completely copy the original work to adapt the film and television works, it is not in line with socialist values.
"There is no film grading system now. Online movies are basically public places. We must take into account the guidance of the values of young people," Pang Kaiji said. "So IP adaptation should be considered comprehensively."
"Eye of Perspective" as a film Surreal supernatural power novels, in addition to "black", also tells about "white" things, and strengthens family, friendship and hazy love, making the protagonist Xu Qing more flesh and blood. After obtaining the supernatural power, it is not just for Satisfying your own selfish desires, but using it to protect the people around you, is to destroy the conspiracy of criminal groups, and ultimately become a super hero in the true sense. Therefore, the adaptation of the movie is more about starting from the connotation. In addition to the details of the abilities and the humor, it is necessary to tell the entire valuable story, so that the abilities can run through the whole main line, and at the same time make the original feel more refreshing. There is a sublimation of value.
In terms of actor selection, we must repeatedly try to figure out the original work. In "Eyes of Perspective", the aura flower He Landou plays Lu Yinxue, vitality idol Kong Shuhang plays Xu Qing, veteran Hong Kong star Liang Jiaren plays the master, Mike Sui, He Yunwei, Hong Bingyao, Liu Di and others also play characters in the drama with their own highlights. These actors who fit certain characteristics of the original characters make the whole movie more attractive.
The big scale change is it reluctant to compromise or revitalize
After repeated review, the movie "Eye of Perspective" planned and released by Maiyu.com was released. The original fan found that Xu Qing’s harem group had disappeared, and Xu Qing had also changed from a "human-shaped Teddy" to a "shy youth". Is this because of the helpless compromise of the radio and television censorship.
According to this, the producer Pang Kaiji said that it is not a compromise, but a selective preservation of the original work. Xu Qing in the original work is not the goal of life, that is the case. He is the incarnation of all people who can obtain supernatural powers, some people Like beauty, some people like money, some people want to be heroes, and some people just want to play the world, this is normal human nature. The direction of
's choice of film adaptation is "restrained humanity." This version of Xu Qing will be a little moved in the face of Lu Yinxue, anxious in the face of his brother's serious illness, and shaken in the face of the temptation of money, but he finally chose The justice he thought was used to prevent a sinful transaction with power.
When you stare at the abyss, the abyss also stares at you.
Therefore, in the face of desire, he chose to do something and not to do something. This is the basic principle that an extraordinary person with supernatural powers should maintain, and it is the true performance that an ordinary person should have after obtaining supernatural powers.
Therefore, the big change in the scale is not a compromise, but to allow some popular literary IP works to be appropriately adapted under the existing radio and television standards through imaging, so that good works can be put on the screen and rejuvenated. Is the adaptation of
ip the dance of shackles?
Some people often say that ip adaptation is to dance with shacklesIt’s difficult to start dancing, and Mr. Pang Kaiji believes that IP adaptation is actually to tap the connotative value of IP under the guidance of socialist values, as described in "Eye of Perspective": if you have abilities beyond ordinary people, you should Take the corresponding responsibilities. The road to adaptation is that you have a good story and you must find a way to make a good movie, but the adaptation seems simple, but in fact there will always be many obstacles and shortcomings. Instead of treating these as shackles, it is better to treat it as a shackle. It’s the mountains that we put in front of us. We don’t want to untie the shackles and show the dance, but to go over the mountains to participate in the dance party in our hearts. The road to IP adaptation is long and tiring, but it will be very valuable. It should have been a long way.
It is understood that Maiyu.com.cn, led by Mr. Pang Kaiji, has launched a "Shadow Man Ingenuity" plan in conjunction with a number of online literature and comics platforms and entity reading and publishing groups to carefully create and incubate IP, from script creation to actor selection, Directing the entire process of filming, post-production, marketing and distribution, breaking down the barriers of related links in the industry chain, connecting all the lines, using professional people to do professional things, so that professional teams and personnel in all links of the industry chain can cooperate with each other , And can not interfere with each other, polish every good film work with the spirit of craftsman. In addition to the IP-based film series "Eye of Perspective",
also has IP works such as "Tomb Road Chang'an" and "Wuyi Shenfu", which are bound to bring new changes in IP film and television adaptation. Let us look forward to it together!
