Chapter 138: Making a Movie (1/3)

Pure suspense and thriller themes are actually not very popular in China, and the box office of "Master of Hypnosis" and "Master of Memory" is less than 300 million...

Therefore, whether it is "Internet Lost" or "The Night the Comet Comes", Lu Xiaoran's expectations are around 200 million.

Making money is for sure, otherwise, he wouldn't have made these movies...

However, no one expected that including Producer Lu, the attendance rate and market feedback would be so strong, the total box office of "Internet Lost" has reached 480 million, and the single-day box office is still 4 million, breaking 500 million is a foregone conclusion, "The Night the Comet Comed" is even more fierce, and the attendance rate and average number of people per game are twice that of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2"!

Orange Ticketing's final box office forecast for "Comet" has been adjusted from the previous 200 million to 600 million...

But I still have to look at the performance of the four new films released on the 8th: "Cold War 2", "Big Fish and Begonia", "Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff", "To Youth, So You Are Here"...

Many distribution companies don't understand why Orange is so crazy to release a new work...

Aren't you afraid of squeezing the box office results of the upcoming "Internet Lost"?

Facts have proved that it has indeed been squeezed, but it has not had much impact, and the film scheduling rate has stabilized at more than 8% - almost the same as "So... Married to a black fan" is the same...

Approaching 50,000 screens, the audience can't eat enough at all!

Good content will definitely continue to pay!

......

Lu Xiaoran just paid attention to it at the beginning of the release, and turned two film reviews praising "Comet"...

After all, he is still filming!

By the way, the photographer of "Wushuang", the invited Kwan Zhiyao, the photographer of "Cold War"...

Why invited him?

The Hong Kong flavor in Hong Kong films can only be captured by photographers who are familiar with Hong Kong!

What is the Hong Kong flavor of Hong Kong films?

Is it a crowded and disorderly street or a lawless small world Kowloon Walled City?

These are just video results, not Hong Kong flavors...

At its peak, Hong Kong films produced 300 films a year, and there was no government subsidy, which led to many Hong Kong films being very rough in terms of picture quality, scenes and costumes, and lacking thrilling scenes.

So how do you attract an audience?

The directors have gone to great lengths to mix the dialogue with the soundtrack, the sound effects with the lighting, the colors and the movements, etc., in order to make it pleasing to the eye or shocking.

Therefore, Hong Kong films that can be called excellent rely on small and ingenious ideas to attract the audience!

The small characters and the big spirit on the subject matter, the opposition between black and white, the vulgarity and romance of the content, the roughness and delicacy of the image...

When they arrive in the mainland, they are not familiar with these cities, and they can't shoot fireworks, so it is naturally difficult for the audience to empathize!

Knowing this, of course Lu Xiaoran would not find a mainland photographer to shoot "Wushuang"...

In fact, Hong Kong photographers love natural light, they think that natural is the best, Lu Xiaoran interfered a little, many lenses, a little old, with a sense of the times - old is the overall light with some dim tones.

is now filming a restaurant scene, which is the first time that the painter played by Zhou Yunfa and Li Wen played by Liang Jiahui meet.

The location is a mid-range restaurant.

"Mr. Li, I'm curious, how did you manage this 'knight, death and devil' to be so realistic?"

Zhou Yanfa sat on the chair, his hands naturally resting on the table, looking very self-contained...

Through the monitor, Lu Xiaoran really felt the charm on his body!

Fa Ge feels both close and a little distant...

Impossible to expect...

Liang Jiahui, who was wearing glasses, turned his head to look at the surrounding environment, and after seeing that there was no abnormality, he whispered: "The imprint on the copper plate, you can estimate the depth of the carving by looking at the authentic handwriting." ”

"Drawing paper is more complicated, 400 years ago, a metal screen was used to press the pattern on the dust-free paper, like the watermark of a banknote, and the paper can be soaked in calcium carbonate and lignin to create a texture. ”

"Most of the inks used by connoisseurs are vegetable oils, which dry quickly and steadily, while I mix walnut oil, soot and turpentine..."

Zhou Yanfa nodded again and again...

Obviously, he already has a crush on this man!

"Am I like to be in the chemical industry?" asked Li mockingly.

Fa Ge smiled, looked at the surrounding environment, and then said, "We shouldn't come here, we should choose a good place, and then open a bottle of good wine to be worthy of an artist like you." ”

"An artist like me is still more suitable for beer. ”

Liang Jiahui lowered his head a little embarrassed...

"You underestimate yourself too much, everything to the extreme is art, the pinnacle of art is unparalleled in the world, as long as you have the heart, fakes can also be better than the real thing. ”

Liang Jiahui raised his head and suddenly asked, "You are also making fake paintings?"

"I'm making a real painting, a real painting that even the best experts can't tell!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yanfa leaned forward and accentuated his tone: "Let me tell you, there is only one protagonist for a million people in this world, and those who are the protagonists are people who can reach the extreme. But first of all, you have to find the right stage!"

"If you want to be the main character, call me...", as he spoke, he handed over a business card with a phone number on it and the two traditional characters "painter".

got up and patted Liang Jiahui on the shoulder, and left first.

"Click... Very good, passed!"

......

Lu Xiaoran's crew is the most professional in the mainland, or the most professional in the whole industry, and every day there are arrangements for work, shooting, refreshments, including the lounge...

Of course, the premise of all this: the shooting went well.

And then what...

It's really smooth, especially when filming Zhou Yanfa and Liang Jiahui, basically you don't need to go a second time, as long as you say it, he will definitely give it to you!

So, it's not for nothing that these old guys can mix for decades.

It's just that every time you take a break, the two protagonists will flash people...

The reason is very similar, as long as it is filming in Hong Kong, every time the crew has a lunch break, Liang Jiahui will take the time to go home, even if he looks at his wife and says a word or two...

Fa Ge will hide in the lounge and eat with his wife.

"Tsk, this is love!"

Chen Baixiang nodded: "... They are indeed very affectionate and have been through so much!"

"Oh?"

Chen Baixiang: "In the past, I didn't do this as safely as I am now, many people have been threatened by the underworld to make movies, and if they don't shoot, they will be coerced and intimidated in various ways, and Liang Jiahui was also coerced back then!"

Director Lu became interested: "Really?"

"Of course, Burning Island!"

“... I know that scene, the five major movie stars and the most popular Taiwanese actress of the year, I am still thinking about how much it cost to shoot this film!"

"I didn't spend a dime, I was shot at gunpoint!"

Uncle Nose, Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, Leung Jiahui on the same stage...

Tsk, it is said that they were all 'invited' to film!

"It used to be so miserable, but now it's much better, but unfortunately, we're all old!"

Director Lu waved his hand: "... is not old, many old actors are good enough to act!"