Chapter 48: The Same Time (1/8)
The end of the movie, the media access time.
"Good sci-fi is about portraying the wildest fantasies as real as a news report, and "Channel Jamming" does just that with the heavy, epic setting created by "Channel Jamming." ”
"How should domestic science fiction movies develop in the future?"
"First of all, don't be limited by certain frameworks, science fiction movies must be diversified and have a variety of styles. If you can't shoot according to a certain style and pattern, there is no future.
In addition, in order to establish an industrial system of science fiction films, this must be there. This industrial system is very professional, such as those who do starry sky stunts and spaceship stunts, all have their own specific specialties, and this system must be established.
It's important to have good original content. Original content comes from two aspects, on the one hand, we want good and influential science fiction works, which are too lacking now. In addition, science fiction movies are more suitable for originality than adaptations from literary works. We have a large number of screenwriters in other fields, but the number of screenwriters in science fiction is very small, and we must cultivate a group of high-level science fiction screenwriters in this regard. ”
""All-channel Blocking and Interference" and "The Wandering Earth" are projects developed at the same time, and we have built two major shooting bases in Suzhou * Zhou Film and Television City, because it is the first time to shoot a science fiction blockbuster, and we must achieve word-of-mouth success, because Chinese audiences and critics are good, how many science fiction blockbusters have they watched before? They already have a standard in their hearts, that is, the standard of Hollywood, which is a very, very high standard. ”
"Five years ago, we dared to spend 800 million to shoot "All Channel Blocking Interference" and 1.5 billion to shoot "The Wandering Earth", at that time, no one thought about the box office, what we wanted was to satisfy the audience, make the audience proud, and we can shoot what Hollywood can shoot!"
"Director Wu Ershan, I have known him for a long time, when I first filmed "Tangshan Earthquake", the five assistant directors, Guo Fan, Wu Ershan, Lu Yang, Han Yan and Su Lun, each of them had a debut challenge, Wu Ershan filmed "Knife and Laughter", he has an innate sense of smell for visual effects, and he has a sense of mission for movies, so we decided to hand over "All Channel Blocking Interference" to him!"
Wu Ershan and Guo Fan, these two have one thing in common, they will spend money!
Don't think it's easy!
"Knife Laughter" has been filmed for 6 million, and "You at the Table" has been filmed for 16 million...
is different from "You at the Same Table", "Sword and Smile" is a visual kei costume martial arts film, which pays great attention to the effect of scenes and costumes.
When he saw the finished film in the theater, Zhang Junsheng's first reaction was that this thing would cost at least 30 million!
As a result, people reported 6 million...
This reflects two points: first, steadfastness. Second, it will cost money and is cost-effective.
Don't underestimate this ability! Where a movie costs money and where it doesn't cost requires the wisdom of the director.
Lao Chen filmed "Wuji" back then, and spent millions of dollars to repair the palace in Hengdian, but as a result, what was the use?
It is said that the bird story of "Wuji" is not only about the palace!
The crew drove piles in Shangri-La's Tianchi, bulldozed a piece of alpine rhododendrons in the forbidden zone, and built concrete and steel frame monsters...
directly caused tens of millions of losses to Shangri-La!
Of course, people have the ability to directly bypass the Environmental Protection Bureau, the Forestry Bureau, and the local government approves it!
"I hope the box office is not lower than "The Wandering Earth", after all, this movie represents another kind of science fiction movie!"
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Due to the excellent theatrical reviews received by the in-house preview screening in advance, the scheduling rate of "All Channel Blocking Interference" is 42%...
That's a very high film schedule.
Up to now, there are only about the three major domestic directors, with years of word-of-mouth and influence, they can get more than 60% of the film scheduling rate in the early stage of the release, and even more than 80% at one time - when it was released, the national theater schedule was close to 80%, and the film released at the same time was Jia Zhangke's, and the bearer of the prestigious name of winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival could only get less than 10% of the film schedule...
In addition to the three of them, even Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", which had previously endured extremely high expectations at the box office, that is, it can get 47% at the top of the sky - no matter how high it is, it is close to impossible!
Because Yuehua Cinema Line is not optimistic...
Once you enter the Chinese New Year or summer file, even if it is a popular film, it is difficult to get a stable 4o% film scheduling rate in the second week of release!
This is the law of the film market, and no one can break it.
However, even the 42% scheduling rate is high enough!
Some of the movies with an investment of 800 million yuan, such as "Asura", were less than 18% of the films made on the first day of release...
Yuehua's distribution ability far exceeds that of other companies in China!
Of course, no matter how strong the distribution ability is, the film can't work, it should be pounced!
There are countless precedents in film history.
However, it is obvious that the reputation of "All Channel Blocking Interference" cannot be bad at all!
is a high-quality IP, Yuehua is willing to spend money, the actor team also has a good reputation, the plot is smooth, and the special effects are in place...
Everything means that this movie will at least be a good movie.
Of course, the premise must be that the works of the same schedule are not powerful, or not very powerful!
Which one is in the same schedule?
"The Ferryman"...
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The director of "The Ferryman" is Zhang Jiajia.
Zhang Jiajia is, of course, a writer who is very good at playing with words: the beginning of the story is always like this, and when it comes to the right time, he is caught off guard. The story always ends like this, two flowers bloom, and the sky is separated.
His sensitivity to life and his control of emotions are very high, whether it is the romantic characteristics with a little confusion in the early days, or the love chicken soup style of urban men and women today, no matter how many times he has watched it, and even has aesthetic fatigue, he still can't help but praise the sentence "This writing is really good", and the overflowing talent can't be stopped between the lines.
However, when it comes to movies, he's a little embarrassed...
"Let's put it this way, you drink with Wang Jiawei, and after a year or two, if you don't know how to direct, then you are a fool!"
"I learned two things from Director Wang: one is that 99% of the effort can be put in for the improvement of 1%, and the other is that no matter how far a work is achieved, as long as it is for the better, it can be overturned. ”
"For example, the average teacher who teaches you math must start with one plus one equals two, but if Wang Jiawei is your teacher, he starts directly from calculus, and the starting point is very high. He will tell you a lot of macro and realm things, and I want to learn them quickly, accurately, and steadily!"
Yes, the director is Zhang Jiajia, starring Liang Chaowei + Kim Sung-mo...
The main propaganda is still Wang Jiawei!
"Three years of preparation, 118 drafts of revision, 700,000 words of script, ten months of shooting, more than 20 celebrities collectively do things. ”
When it was released, the promoter of "The Ferryman" typed these lines...
When a few numbers were announced, Yuehua's group of people invariably talked about the revision of the 118th draft of the script in their circle of friends or private Weibo...
Of course, the talk is not enough for outsiders either!
What do the public need to know? It could be hard work and emotion, positive energy and conscience.
Just as Zhang Jiajia wanted to get down on one knee and drink a glass of wine with Liang Chaowei in front of everyone at the initial press conference of "The Ferryman"; just as he had to forward it on Weibo with a prize when he was first aided by an ambulance for a heart attack; just as he told reporters without regard to Zhang Yibai next to him after watching "Passing by Your World", this is the best love movie in China in ten years.
Maybe when the Oscar winner for Best Screenplay gave his acceptance speech, he didn't dare to say it, and the 118th draft of the script was revised. What does this mean? It means unprofessional, out of control, and more importantly, a project that is sloppy and directionless. It's like a face, I went to plastic surgery with a knife 118 times, and finally bravely said with an unrecognizable appearance, how beautiful and hard I am.
Yes, it seems that no one will investigate how bad the original face is. And why such a poor foundation is selected for sale.
Zhang Junsheng said privately: "118 draft, either Party A is a fool, or Party B is a fool, or both!"
Obviously, the conclusion is 'both'!
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