On April 29, Shen Ming ended his cameo trip to "Anti-Corruption Storm 4" and said goodbye to Lin Junping and Gu Tianlai.

He wasn't paid.

Minghui Company participated in the behind-the-scenes production, and knew that the total production cost was less than 80 million, of which the actors' salaries accounted for nearly half, Gu Tianyang took 20 million, Lin Jiadong took 6 million, Lin Feng took 3 million, and others like Zheng Jiaying, Tan Yaowen, Liao Qizhi, Zhou Xiuna, etc., plus one piece took 10 million...

After that, there are the staff, makeup artists, scene notes, prop masters, salaries ranging from 30,000 to 800,000, which seems very high, but compared with the house price...

By the way, in the fourth part, Zhang Zhilin made a cameo appearance, with not many shots, and he didn't get paid.

To sum up, these actors seem to be very good at acting because they are from a trick background, but if you watch too much, you will know that it is really an assembly line job...

In fact, there are also experiential schools in Hong Kong, you are like my brother, Liang Chaowei and Liang Jiahui, these three are all experiential paths...

The difference is that Liang Chaowei and Liang Jiahui have quite strong psychological qualities, and they turned to the method school in the later stage, and my brother is more miserable.

It's not good to experience too deep into the play, especially the kind of abusive characters, which is a harm to the actor's own life and life, and it's easy to be stunned when playing a dark role.

From a professional point of view, a good actor is one who can be pulled out immediately after acting, otherwise he is not professional enough!

After three days, Shen Ming has gained a little, and he will probably be able to switch different expressions at any time when he acts in bad movies in the future...

In fact, for the general audience, as long as there is no drama, it is good acting!

Of course, there is a big premise for all this, the actor himself can't be too far from the character, you look very ordinary when you step on the horse, why do you want to challenge the quirky role?

He was not very old, he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a water-green shirt, with a beautiful appearance, thin eyebrows and snow skin, and a pair of bright big eyes that were very agile and eye-catching. ’

Droplets of clear water slipped down from the ends of her jet-black hair and slowly flowed over her snow-white skin, as if even her face was beautifully almost transparent. ’

To sum it up: big eyes, girl, water-green clothes, white skin and snow, delicate, smart!

And then hey, I found a figure of fifty-five points, and I looked...

Can you respect us book fans?

I still have my eyes closed and I blow the beauty of the prosperous world...

……

Back to Hong Kong filmmaking.

This time, Shen Ming's biggest feeling was not his acting skills, but the director...

Most directors in Hong Kong are all-rounders, and they have basically done scene notes, photography, and props, especially people like Lin Delu who followed Wang Tianlin to do all the crew chores.

This led to the fact that he attached great importance to the sense of the camera when shooting.

That is, the editing has been considered in advance!

If the actor wants to perform an action, the director will think about where the force can be stopped, and then continue the action from another angle to achieve an action set.

I thought about the cut version in advance.

It may be that there is a problem in the film education in the mainland, and they do not pay attention to editing, and their understanding of editing is that they are technicians who listen to the director's words and execute.

There are several professional theaters, and there are basically no editing majors, all of which are editing courses.

As a result, these mainstream directors in the mainland have a big drawback: heavy shots and light editing.

Like the showdown on the roof of "Infernal Affairs":

After Andy Lau finished saying "Who knows", Liang Chao raised his gun and pointed at Andy Lau in anger.

This action, from Lao Liu's opening, immediately stretched the vista, started the music, and the artistic conception got up, at this time, the vista gave Liang Chaowei the action of raising his hand, and immediately took the middle scene to describe the action of raising the gun in detail, and by the way, a close-up showed that the gun was pointed at Lao Liu's head, and then a big close-up showed the eyes of Lao Liu who was pointed at the gun, a little pause, and another medium shot, and then when you didn't react, pull away, keep pulling away, and then pull into a panorama.

Birth of a classic lens!

And it can't be a free play of editing, there is no director to guide the camera to come over and over again, too much material...

The director must have a number in his mind in order to shoot a beautiful shot group, and only then can there be edited materials.

What would a mainland director do?

The biggest possibility is a long shot, or a variety of big close-ups...

"Crazy Stone" amazed the audience as soon as it came out, and among all the directors in the mainland, Ning Hao's narrative at that time was the most flowery, and the editing was the most colorful!

In the mainland, many directors are TV drama directors, what are their characteristics?

If you can save, you can save!

An action that can be represented by one shot will never be represented by two...

Director Zhang Li is the same!

The later stage of "Infernal Affairs" is at the level of a great god, Peng Zhengxi!

I must admit that the director is great and has a lot of materials, so that some can be played in the later stage.

By the way, Shen Ming also formed a good relationship with Lin Junping, who told him that Hong Kong must find him in the future, otherwise, he may be played to death...

He said, if Shen Ming entered the room at that time, the police checked the room in the next second, and then the media poured in, did you think about what would happen?

……

On May 2, Shanghai, Minghui Company, Shen Ming just arrived at the door of the company's office, and heard Dante roaring:

"I found that you guys are too floating? An independent film dares to offer a production cost of 30 million?

"What is the concept of 30 million?"

"The production cost of "Burst Drummer" is 18 million, and the year before last, the Oscar for Best Picture "Moonlight Boy" was less than 10 million!

"At present, the distribution channels of domestic art films are still imperfect, and it is impossible to accurately locate the audience, and the national distribution is equivalent to taking money and throwing it into the sea, and a large number of advertisements are hit on the people who will not go to the cinema to watch art films..."

"This director is a bad pen, a simple road movie, made to shoot in China, Japan and South Korea, he has never been on a plane, I don't know how much it costs to pull people to South Korea and neon, don't you know?

Dante is now the leader of Minghui's review team, and Minghui's company's positioning is very clear, except for films with Shen Ming's participation or leadership, it only shoots low-cost productions...

Make three or four films a year, as long as one of them explodes at the box office, you can recover the cost and get a good reputation.

"Ahem..."

"Brother Ming, are you back?"

"Hmm," Shen Ming nodded, then looked at the group of people who were being scolded under him, and asked, "What happened just now?"

"There's a script, they say it's good, but the budget is completely more than we imagined!"

“… What script?"

"What is it called "Watching the Sea", it is a few friends meeting to see the sea..."

"Zhou Xun's song?"

"No, it's the work of a rookie director..."

"Newcomers dare to ask for 30 million?"

Dante smiled: "Not only that, but he also has to sign a gambling contract with us, and the box office exceeds 100 million, and he wants a five-percent share... The box office is over 200 million, and he wants a 10% share..."

“… Is there such a person?"

Shen Ming is a little confused, isn't this stepping on a horse a popular online plot a few years ago?

"Recently, the new projects are more expensive than the other, and it is estimated that they were stimulated by "We Who Refund the Tickets"!"

“… What?"

"The movie directed by Liu Ruoying, with an investment of less than 60 million, was released for four days, and the box office was close to 1 billion, everyone is crazy!"

“… How many? billion?"

"Hmm!"

Won a billion box office in four days on the first weekend, what is the concept?

According to the most conventional box office calculation, three times the calculation, three billion, forty million investment, three billion box office?

, Liu Ruoying is the protagonist!

“… Brother Ming, you don't even know about such a big thing?"

"I've been busy attending the Northern Film Festival these days, and I don't have time to care about these, hurry, tell me about it!"

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