Chapter 197: Filming and Box Office (4/5)
Major earthquakes are often followed by heavy rainfall.
From a geological point of view, this is because the huge amount of energy accumulated in the earth's crust is released by earthquakes and converted into heat, so that a lot of water vapor on the surface of the earth is evaporated into the air, and the water vapor will turn into rain when it encounters cold air.
So, regardless of whether it is Wenchuan or Tangshan, after the earthquake, it rained continuously for two whole weeks!
There are a lot of group performances, which is a test for makeup artists...
When Zhang Junsheng arrived at the scene, the makeup artist was already busy.
After the earthquake, almost everyone was injured, and if the actors were clean, it would be fake.
So, scar makeup is needed.
However, there are too many group performances in this scene, close to more than 500 people!
It is impossible for every group actor to wear scar makeup, so it can only be done by the actors in the close-up scene, and the actors in the long scene can be simplified, sprayed with blood, and smeared with mud on their bodies.
"This can't work, the camera hits her, I need to see the very dirty kind of wound!"
After the group performance finished makeup, Zhang Junsheng checked it and was a little dissatisfied...
Brad Peyton was surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Junsheng to even care about group makeup!
In Hollywood, the crew has their own duties, and the makeup team is responsible for the makeup, and they are the ones who decide whether the makeup is reasonable or not!
“… This is the director-centered system, so many of our movies are obviously very good directors, but the effect is very divided, because the costumes and props can't keep up, and the director's aesthetics stay in the last century!"
Guo Fan explained.
There is no way, the biggest problem with the director-centered system is that many directors are obviously not good at the field, he can also intervene, and it is still the final decision!
Therefore, in our idol drama, the domineering president is actually wearing Metersbonwe...
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Under normal circumstances, rain scenes are filmed on cloudy days, but now it's March, and if you choose a cloudy day, the weather is too cold!
In order to take care of the feelings of the actors, the crew deliberately chose a sunny day with relatively high temperature.
The crew specially arranged several huge black flags in the air to block the sun, so that the entire shooting area was in shadows, and the effect of a cloudy day was arranged.
As for the rain scene, Zhang Junsheng decided to use the scene he saw in the crew of "Inception" that day.
The high-pressure water cannon is hoisted by a crane, and at the same time, a bunch of rain sprayers are arranged at high altitude so that the rain can cover a large area.
For today's shooting, Zhang Junsheng is responsible for panoramic shots, as well as long moving shots;
The second camera crew was responsible for the close-up shots of the extras.
This not only speeds up the shooting, but also allows the extras to suffer less.
At about half past nine, the scene was prepared, and the scene reporter held the loudspeaker: "Each group will be in place immediately, we are ready to shoot!"
The group performers immediately took off their raincoats and came to the designated position according to the requirements of the crew, the corpses lay on the spot, the rescuers stood on the ruins, and the people in charge of moving around were also prepared.
"It's okay to get on the radio!"
"Lights OK!"
"Unit 1 is fine!"
"Unit 2 is OK!"
As the leaders of each group confirmed, the field notes played the board: "Action!"
With a click, it officially began.
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Many people have talked about this problem, and after the earthquake, there were very few cries in the whole of Tangshan, at least not as many people imagined.
When great grief strikes, people can't cry at all!
Xu Fan wailed hoarsely, "God, you bastard!"
It feels a bit fake...
Therefore, Zhang Junsheng filmed this paragraph, except for low sobbing, most of the close-ups were numb...
Especially Yan Bingyan, she was sad and blamed herself, last night, she was originally going to let her daughter stay in the hospital with her, and she was temporarily transferred, and she came back to live...
The camera gave a few close-ups, and then, the camera panned, all kinds of figures appeared in the lens, after a short pause, the rocker arm quickly rose into the air, and the whole scene switched to a large panorama, the wreckage and ruins all over the ground, on the huge ruins, there were hoarse cries for help...
"Click, it's over..."
The staff who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly walked over with ginger soup...
Ginger soup, hot water, dry towels, hair dryer, and even hot water in the bathroom...
These are all prepared by the crew in advance!
Anyway, with the cooperation of the Tang*shan Municipal Government - they will try their best to meet any conditions!
Just when Zhang Junsheng was busy filming, "People in Embarrassment" was released for fifteen days and lost the throne of the single-day box office champion.
The film market in April is highly competitive!
"People in Embarrassment" maintained the box office champion for two weeks, with a total of 378 million box office results, which would have been a big blow in previous years, but unfortunately it ran into the bug of "Avatar"!
They directly won the box office results of 1.7 billion yuan...
How do you blow?
Excuse me?
Two "Ip Man" entered the April film industry, "Ip Man: The Legend of the Grandmaster" and "Ip Man Prequel"...
These two films are under the banner of 'Ip Man', and according to the meaning of the distribution company, they both belong to the 'Ip Man' series, why should they be released in the same month?
Probably want to join forces to snipe "People in Embarrassment"?
It turns out that Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" is more authentic!
won a box office score of 22 million on the first day of release, directly planting the single-day box office champion of "People in Embarrassment", and ending the opponent's third weekly champion by the way...
As for "The Prequel of Ip Man", it was released for three days, and the box office did not reach 4 million, and the theater directly decided to treat it coldly...
can only say that there are too many bad movies in the same period, what "Stupid Thieves Story", "Pirated Love", "Macau 1949", no one watched it at all!
Otherwise, "The Prequel of Ip Man" is not a cold treatment, and it is very likely to be taken down directly!
"Ip Man 2" focuses on Zhen Bullet, and this time Feng Jinbao and Huang Xiaoming, the 'No. 1 student in the mainland' - that's how the draft is written!
The last one hit the Japanese, this one hit the Americans...
won 70 million box office results in the first weekend, and pressed "People in Embarrassment" under him for three consecutive days...
Even so, in the third week of its release, the weekly box office of "People in Embarrassment" still had 97 million, with a cumulative box office of 475 million, setting a new high at the mainland box office of Zhang Junsheng's movie!
At the same time, it also created a new box office high for domestic comedy films!
There is still at least a week before the next gear, and the performance of "People in Embarrassment" will definitely get the key to the postponement, and the industry is very optimistic that "People in Embarrassment" can refresh the box office of domestic films...
is probably a star who thinks that today's audience likes things that are down-to-earth, so when Huang Xiaoming promoted "Ip Man", he said, "Zhen Bullet is responsible;
The box office results of "Ip Man 2" also hit a new height of domestic kung fu films!
Zhen Dan finally became the third kung fu superstar to play the flag!
It's a pity that this kung fu superstar ushered in his own era and was destroyed by someone with a heart...