Chapter 215: Finalized
Time came to May 1st in a blink of an eye, this day was as plain as usual, but there was a trace of waves, because today has unconsciously arrived at the launch conference of "Looking for the Dragon".
For ordinary people, this is just an ordinary thing that can no longer be ordinary, but for netizens who pay attention to the entertainment industry, after this period of publicity bombardment of "Looking for the Dragon", they are looking forward to today's press conference.
They want to know if the participating actors have their own idols, and today is another day of fierce news for the media, especially the production budget of "Looking for the Dragon" is as high as 300 million, which is a figure that can only be reached by the box office of countless Chinese films! It can be said that Qin Feng once again refreshed the amount of investment in Chinese films.
Since the filming was mainly in Inner Mongolia and Beijing, the launch conference was held in the most important hall of the management office of Huairou Film and Television Base.
After all, "Infernal Affairs" has also been filmed here before, and now "Looking for the Dragon" is known to everyone, now who doesn't know and doesn't know the name Qin Feng, so there is no need for Qin Feng to speak, the management office not only provides the venue for free, but also takes the initiative to contract the layout of the press conference, after all, they also hope that more and more big crews will come here to shoot, so that the reputation of the film and television base will be hit, the performance will go up, and there will be more tickets.
In the backstage lounge, Qin Feng saw a group of actors, so he greeted everyone: "Everyone has arrived, hard work." ”
"Director Qin, good!" Chen Hai and the others hurriedly got up and greeted Qin Feng.
After chatting for a while, the staff came to inform, and then everyone walked to the press conference.
The entire venue is nearly 2,000 square meters, which is considered a large hall, but there are rows of reporters sitting inside, and a group of photographers around are adjusting the camera angle.
When Qin Feng and the others walked into the venue, the originally discussed scene became even more lively.
The reporter at the bottom couldn't help but sigh with emotion, in just a few years, Qin Feng has gone from an unknown little person to a person standing on the top of the pyramid today, the TV series he has made have set countless ratings records, and the movies he directed have broken countless box office records.
The investment in the third film will be as high as 300 million, which is a box office that many directors can't reach in their lifetime, and this is just the cost of people's film investment, which is really impossible to play.
Judging from the amount of film investment, Qin Feng is now a benchmark for Chinese films, for many small directors who are still struggling on the road to making profits from commercial films, there is really no harm if there is no comparison, and people are more popular than people.
Therefore, this "Looking for the Dragon", which has not yet started filming, has attracted the attention of countless media and melon-eating netizens, and the Weibo topic has already exceeded 100 million.
The discussion in the audience did not last long, and after everyone on the stage took their seats, Qin Feng's assistant Faye Wong once again made a cameo appearance as the host of the press conference.
"Welcome all media reporters and friends to come to the press conference of the movie "Looking for the Dragon" ......"
"First of all, I would like to invite Director Qin to speak..."After Qin Feng said a few words briefly, he came to the reporter's question session.
"Hello Director Qin, can you briefly talk about the movie "Looking for the Dragon", what story is it about?"
"The full name of this movie is "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon", and we have also done some publicity on the Internet during this time, this movie is a drama film of oriental fantasy, action, suspense, and adventure.
It is probably about a few people who accidentally found that the lovers who died on the grassland many years ago are still alive, and then entered the grassland, found a thousand-year-old tomb, and then used some ancient techniques to explore a thrilling adventure, the specific content can wait for the movie to be released, everyone will go to the cinema to watch!"
The reporter didn't give up and asked, but Qin Feng just didn't say the specific plot, and then turned the target to Chen Hai.
"Hello Chen Hai, it's the first time to appear in such a big-cast movie, how do you feel? Will you worry that your acting skills can?......'t keep up?" reporters always like to dig all kinds of pits to make you jump, if you accidentally land, then the next day the news headlines will be read.
"First of all, thank you very much Director Qin for giving me the opportunity to star this time, I am very honored to work with all the outstanding actors, I believe that under the leadership of Director Qin, we will definitely make an excellent movie and give back to the audience who support us..."
"Hello Yang Xue, this is your first time starring in a movie, it is Director Qin's big production, as a freshman acting student, the starting point can be said to be very high, can you share your feelings?"
"Actually, I made my debut as a child star, so I also starred in some big directors' movies when I was a child, and I also got the opportunity to perform this time by my own ability, and I am very grateful to Director Qin for giving me the opportunity to star this time.
Then, like all Director Qin's fans, I like Director Qin's movies, so I hope he can make more good movies. Yang Xue also responded to the question, although she is not well-known, she has seen a lot of big scenes, so she is familiar with this kind of reporter's question.
The reporters pouted, they didn't believe it, and they asked all kinds of questions about her, but fortunately, Yang Xue coped with it well, otherwise she would have fallen for the reporter...
Later, he interviewed Zhang Zifeng, the number one female in the movie, and several other leading actors.
The interview lasted for more than two hours, and after sending off the reporters, everyone went to the five-star hotel next door to the base for lunch.
After lunch, I went back to rest, and the first shot will be filmed tonight.
And then the Internet was already full of news about the launch conference of "Looking for the Dragon".
After Qin Feng arranged his work, he went back to his hotel room to rest, waiting for tonight's shooting.
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On June 18th, more than a month has passed since the start of "Looking for the Dragon".
It is summer now, and the filming has also reached a critical moment, and in the high temperature of summer, the actors are wearing four-layer costumes, carrying a heavy equipment bag, and hanging Weiya to do somersaults, which is quite difficult and has a lot of shooting tasks.
Before dawn, Qin Feng got up early, and the staff also went to wake up the actors who were still asleep.
The scene to be filmed today is the scene where Hu Bayi learned that Wang Kaixuan went to the ancient tomb alone to hunt for treasures, and was very worried about Wang Kaixuan's life, so he decided to save Wang Kaixuan in his previous life.
At this time, Qin Feng was pointing to the crew to do the scene arrangement, these props were specially made for the movie after careful research, so the layout was also very exquisite, and the ancient tomb after the arrangement was more mysterious than in the original book, thrilling and realistic.
Several actors who will have a role, Chen Hai (Hu Bayi), Wang Bo (Wang Kaixuan), Zhang Zifeng (Shirley Yang)... After they were all dressed in costumes and waiting on the side, Qin Feng came over to greet them after instructing the staff to arrange the scene.
"How is it, how was it that I slept well last night?"
Several people replied one after another: "It's all ready, just wait for the director to shout to start!"
After chatting for a while, the staff came over to inform that the venue had been arranged and the equipment was in place, and then Qin Feng returned to the camera, picked up the guide tube and shouted: "The actors are in place, all departments are ready, 3, 2, 1, action" The last scene begins.
Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang tried their best to find Wang Kaixuan, but Wang Kaixuan had been held hostage by Ying Caihong and his party played by Gao Hong, and he had long been unable to get out, and the rescue was not successful, but he put himself into it and joined the ranks of treasure hunting.
At this time, Hu Bayi and the three had already figured out the details of Ying Caihong and exposed the true face of this organization.
On the way to the coffin of the tomb owner, Hu Bayi and others started a battle of wits and courage with the villain, but in the end they failed, allowing the villain to get the key, the coffin was opened, and the tomb owner and the other side flower appeared. It was as if we had gone back to twenty years ago, the world of the tomb was on fire, and the disaster had cooled down again.
Hu Bayi suddenly discovered that the fire when the disaster came came from the other side of the flower, and it was the light from the other side flower that started the disaster process of the tomb world, and only by breaking the other side flower would the disaster of the tomb world be prevented.
Hu Bayi desperately jumped on the coffin, came to the front of the tomb owner, and was about to take away the other side flower from the tomb owner's hand, but he hallucinated, and the dry corpse tomb owner he saw became his first love Ding Sitian, and then fell into the dream world of the two.
Ding Sitian is Hu Bayi's first love, and was the most delicate flower in Hu Bayi's life, in the days when he lost Ding Sitian, he missed it all the time, because he felt very guilty and blamed himself, "Xiao Ding is me because of me, I'm sorry for her." ”
Hu Bayi, who was immersed in hallucinations, faced the tomb owner who was incarnated as Ding Sitian, Hu Bayi seemed to hear him say to him: "Break the flowers on the other side, you will never see me again, do you really want to do this?"
Hu Bayi suddenly woke up a little, and said to the phantom: "You are not Ding Sitian, you are an illusion, not real, you are just my memory, my fear, you want to pull me back to the past." ”
Phantom Ding Sitian asked rhetorically, "Don't you want me?
Hu Bayi continued: "I will never forget Ding Sitian, she sacrificed her life, not to make me feel guilty for a lifetime, but to let me live well." This time, Hu Bayi's voice was firm and powerful, and finally got rid of the torture of Ding Sitian's illusion on him, and resolutely took away the flower from the tomb owner.
Just as Hu Bayi was about to smash the other side flower, Wang Kaixuan, who had also fallen into a fantasy, intercepted Hu Bayi and snatched the other side flower, Wang Kaixuan said excitedly: "The other side flower, it's the other side flower, I found it, it's Xiaoding's, no one wants to take it away from me."
I did what I promised Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding is right, the flowers on the other side are so beautiful. At this time, Wang Kaixuan had fallen into an illusion and couldn't extricate himself, as if he saw Ding Sitian's figure in front of him, and heard Ding Sitian say to him: "Wang Kaixuan give me flowers." ”
Subsequently, Wang Kaixuan handed the flowers on the other side, but what Wang Kaixuan didn't expect was that it was Hu Bayi who caught the flowers on the other side, and after getting the flowers, Hu Bayi threw them directly into the sea of fire below.
Wang Kaixuan saw the flower on the other side falling, and shouted: "No" was about to jump down, but was grabbed by Hu Baya, Hu Bayi said to him loudly: "Lao Wang, this is all an illusion, it is fake, fake, and the guilt of Xiaoding is the obsession in our hearts." At this time, the flower on the other side had also fallen into the sea of fire below and was burned.
Hu Bayi continued: "It's been twenty years, let it go." Hu Bayi said to the burned flowers below: "Goodbye, Si Tian." The flower on the other side, which had been burned, also sent out Ding Sitian's response: "Goodbye." ”
And at this time, Wang Kaixuan has also woken up from his fantasy...
"Click!" Qin Feng shouted with a loud laugh.
As Qin Feng shouted "Click" for the movie, the actors who were still immersed in the performance also returned to reality and cheered with the staff.
"Wow! Great, it's finally finished!"
"If you don't get drunk at night, you won't go home"
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At this point, "Looking for the Dragon" has completed all the shooting tasks, and the next step will be the most important post-special effects production stage, the success or failure of this movie depends on the special effects, Qin Feng attaches great importance to this, so he has already arranged the special effects production.
The next day, at the press conference of "Looking for the Dragon", Qin Feng responded to the media's questions with sleepiness. Looking at Chen Hai and the others again, their faces were full of red, as if they drank water last night...
Thinking of this, Qin Feng pulled Zhang Zifeng after the press conference and asked quietly, "Zifeng, how much did I drink last night?"
Zhang Zifeng said: "I drank more than ten bottles, I can't stop it..."
Qin Feng, who wanted to quit drinking, didn't expect that he had drunk so much last night, it was a real headache, and then he went back to make up for sleep.
"Looking for the Dragon" was completed so suddenly, and after the press conference, fans reacted.
"The dragon quest is finished?"
"Hmm. Wait, what?
"I'll go, how long has it been since the movie was finished? Is it so fast?"
"It's been filming for nearly two months, this movie is mainly post-production special effects, didn't you watch what Director Qin said at the start-up press conference!"
"So, it's going to be a long time before I see the movie, so I really want to watch it now!"
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On July 15th, "Looking for the Dragon" officially began post-production, and the post-production of film and television is basically a process of initial cutting, formal editing, composition and selection, special effects recording, dubbing and synthesis.
This movie is mainly the production of special effects, so after Qin Feng completed the editing of the movie, he handed it over to professionals to produce the special effects of the movie.
The production and recording stage of special effects is a more critical stage, and the special effects will be produced in places that cannot be filmed now or the shooting effect is not good and the reality cannot be filmed, and the quality of the special effects production will affect the visual effects and overall effect of the movie, so Qin Feng attaches great importance to it, follows up the whole process of film special effects production, and puts forward some suggestions from time to time.
Qin Feng's plan is to prepare for the release in October, in line with the principle of slow work and meticulous work, the entire post-production does not pursue speed, but strives for excellence, so the progress of post-production is a bit slow, but it is still early before the National Day, so Qin Feng is not in a hurry.
On August 20th, the post-production of "Looking for the Dragon" was completed.
The whole film is a list of post-production staff, etc.,A total of 115 minutes.,It's a little less than the original.,But it's all the essence of the essence.。
On the radio and television side, the green light was given this time, and the audit was quickly passed, and the dragon mark on behalf of the broadcast license certificate was obtained.
At the same time, Yanhuang Film and Television's official Weibo also released the release date of the movie.
[October 1st, the dragon hunt is coming, are you ready?]
At the same time, the trailer of the movie was released, and just such a trailer made all netizens watch the climax, and they commented at the bottom.
"A real Chinese blockbuster!"
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Among the top ten hot searches that day, there were seven movies about "Looking for the Dragon", and countless fans were looking forward to it.
Various promotional and marketing efforts for "Looking for the Dragon" have also been launched, and this time the publisher is still a joint release of several companies from the original "Infernal Affairs".
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