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Chapter 798: "Death Is Coming" or "Chainsaw"?

Among all the movie genres, Jiang Xia watched the least literary films, followed by horror films. "Music Text"

Don't mention domestic horror movies, who likes to watch it, it's a real warrior.

Jiang Xia didn't dare to watch the horror movies of the island country, how many years has the most well-known "Curse" and "Midnight Bell" come out, Jiang Xia didn't dare to watch it at all, even the legendary "Zhu Bajie's Back Daughter-in-law" plus a barrage, he didn't dare to watch it.

It gives you nightmares when you see it.

The only horror movies he watched were North American plasma horror movies.

Plasma horror films, in Jiang Xia's opinion, can only be bloody films, not horror films.

Just watching some large-scale American dramas, I don't know how much of that kind of plasma gushing picture, so in plasma movies, Jiang Xia is not afraid, what he is afraid of is the kind of psychologically depressed horror movies.

Among the horror films in North America, there are two series that cannot be mentioned, one is "Saw Horror" and the other is "Death is Coming".

Two very successful series of movies, and they are also Jiang Xia's favorite two series, classic cult movies.

Cult movies are a general term for a type of film, which is highly regarded by some niche audiences, with unique shooting techniques, strange themes, unusual styles, and strong personal styles.

It is difficult to define whether a movie is a cult movie or not, because cult movies contain many elements, violence, science fiction, horror, black comedy and other types of films, which can become cult movies.

However, after years of summarizing, some rules or characteristics have been summed up: low value, vulgar exaggeration, hybrid elements, subculture, self-proclaimed system, leading fashion, and artistry.

What is the specific meaning of each one, Jiang Xia doesn't quite understand.

After all, Jiang Xia has not taken a serious film course, and he is really unfamiliar with some conceptual things.

Compared with these two series, Jiang Xia prefers "Death is Coming".

Although "Chainsaw" is amazing, Jiang Xia doesn't like that kind of cruelty very much, in comparison, "Death is Coming" makes Jiang Xia like it even more, the unique "death design" makes people have an inescapable "fate", which is very good.

However, if you choose to shoot, Jiang Xia is more willing to shoot "Chainsaw".

The first film in the "Chainsaw" series was released in North America in 2004 and collected $55.18 million at the box office, but what about the cost?

$1,200,000!

What about the shooting time?

It took 5 days to prepare for filming and 18 days to shoot, for a total of 23 days!

Such a horror movie, except for the fabulous "Smart: Ghost Shadow", Jiang Xia really doesn't know which one is stronger than "Chainsaw". Even that "Smart: Ghost Record" is a little inferior to "Chainsaw", because the sequel is not powerful, and it is far less successful than "Chainsaw" with six films.

The reason why "Smart: Ghost Record" is a myth is because its cost is $11,000, which is only $11,000! However, the box office is a total of $198 million worldwide!

Mythical data, mythical comparisons.

Three actors, three crew members, a total of six people, filmed for a week, setting such a mythical figure.

Even Jiang Xia has to admit that this data is simply unsurpassable.

The only thing that can be surpassed is estimated that Jiang Xia will find two new actors in this world, in China, and then shoot "Smart: Ghost Shadow" at his home for more than a week, in this way, it is estimated that the funds can be controlled below 10,000 yuan, which is converted into US dollars, and it is estimated that it is only 2,000 yuan.

But it's just a thought, because the cost of a movie doesn't mean it's really a cost.

Although the production cost of "Smart: Ghost Record" is only 11,000 US dollars, the publicity cost is at least a million US dollars, and it may even be millions of US dollars.

It can be seen that the success of a movie is inseparable from publicity.

Even if Jiang Xia does not participate in publicity, in the promotion of the movie, he has never said that he will not publicize it.

His songs can be without any publicity, sooner or later someone will hear them, and they will find that the songs are good, but the movie is not, the movie pursues short-term benefits, and people can't enter the cinema in a short time, and they can't get back much box office just by word of mouth. Society is becoming more and more impetuous, and there are too few movies that can really rely on word-of-mouth to counterattack.

Jiang Xia's movie reputation is okay, but he also attaches importance to the power of propaganda and doesn't dare to relax too much.

When "Death Comes" first came out, its degree of amazement was very high, especially the "death design" kills people by coincidence, and a small mistake can make people die unexpectedly.

However, the sequel to "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is getting worse and worse, because the mode is too single, and the only highlight of the story can only be the new "death design".

Jiang Xia likes it, but the reason why he doesn't want to choose it is that the cost of "death design" is too great, and the waste of energy is too high, and now he wants to prepare "The Hangover" at the same time, but also try to come up with a horror film as much as possible, and "Chainsaw", which has a low cost and short production cycle, is more suitable for Jiang Xia.

Why didn't you make "Smart: Ghost Shadow"?

It's a very simple question, Jiang Xia didn't finish watching this movie.

At first, he was called away after watching half of it, and then, thinking that it was a horror movie, he didn't want to watch it. This is a psychological horror movie, if it weren't really exaggerated, Jiang Xia wouldn't have thought of watching it. Since he was interrupted in the first place, of course he didn't look at it, and he wouldn't go for abuse.

Watching psychological horror movies, Jiang Xia often can't sleep easily, but plasma horror movies are fine, but they can arouse appetite.

If someone has watched a medical dissection video, they will find that after watching the dissection video, they often feel hungry instead of nauseous. If you go to see the autopsy in person, it is estimated that some people will not be able to stand nausea, but just watch the video, they will not be disgusting, they will only be hungry.

Jiang Xia knew this, it was when he was in college in his last life, he took a medical elective. Elective classes are generally held in the evening, and that day, Jiang Xia and the others had all eaten, and when they went to class, they knew that they wanted to watch the anatomy video, and they were all quite scared, for fear that they would accidentally get nauseous. However, after reading it, more than eighty percent of the people in the entire class went to the cafeteria that was about to close to eat, and the remaining twenty percent went to the supermarket to buy food.

However, Jiang Xia was not hungry when he watched "Death is Coming" and "Chainsaw", especially "Chainsaw", which is indeed a bit cruel and disgusting, but it just looks, but the real situation is more interesting.

The fire of the stove looked wrong at the time, it was the light of the red and yellow lights. The man whose throat was cut was made of silicone, which everyone is familiar with, and all these movies are made like this, and some are made of pigskin. There are a few other cases, all of which are more interesting.

The crew filming, even if it is a horror movie, is often full of jokes.

A professional actor can perform a professional model on a sweaty BMW while riding on a horse.

The two series of movies have their own advantages and disadvantages, Jiang Xia finally chose "Chainsaw" and decided to write the script of "Chainsaw", and then pull people to shoot.

The cost of a movie may not be high, but if the cost of publicity is high, it is also exaggerated.

Jiang Xia carefully calculated that if he did not participate in major film festivals and was released directly, "Chainsaw" would need at least four million US dollars in publicity funds to achieve the desired effect. If you go the way it was, go to a film festival, and then make a name for yourself and release it again, you can save a lot of publicity money.

The specific situation, Jiang Xia is also going to take another look, mainly to see how Director Louis is doing, and Jiang Xia is ready to collide with him. He went to promote the release, and Jiang Xia followed, he went to the film festival to make a name for himself, and Jiang Xia was the same, Jiang Xia was consumed with him.

Compared with Tom Statham's comedy movie set for Christmas, Jiang Xia's comedy "The Hangover" has not yet started filming, and it may not be in time. Louis's horror film has just begun to be filmed, and Jiang Xia will definitely be able to collide with him.

Jiang Xia has not yet figured out the script of "The Hangover", and he has no time to shoot it in the short term.

Jiang Xia really wants to bump into Tom Statham, but now it seems a little difficult, and when it is actually filmed and then released, it is estimated that it may not be able to catch up.

Cheng Xin said that she bought a lot of theaters, but even so, it is difficult to suddenly add plugs to the schedule.

Eating with the actors, Jiang Xia thought about his own affairs.

When he went home in the evening, Jiang Xia continued to write his things, but there was one more "Chainsaw".

The next day, a new week.

The MV for "Upton Funk" was released, and at the same time, the song "Upton Funk" finally appeared with the MV on major music platforms around the world.

Many viewers who like this song go to see it at the first time.

The MV is a ****, just look at the legs, you know that it is the legs of a beauty.

Walking forward, accompanied by the rhythm of the music, the camera turns to the six people of the Y band and Jiang Xia.

Seven people were greeting each other in a black way, and it was hip-hop.

The camera turned back to **** again, and the beauty continued to walk forward, cutting the camera over there, and a row of black leather shoes were beating neatly on the floor.

Watching the beautiful woman walk by, the time for the prelude also passed, and it came to the main song.

Jiang Xia's costume image is all learned Mars brother, and even the MV is almost exactly the same, so what others see is Jiang Xia wearing a small red suit and a retro bowler hat.

As a movie actor, Jiang Xia's famous image in North America currently has two, one is Geralt and the other is Yuan Jie.

Geralt is an incredibly dark character who is thoughtful in his every move. Yuan Jie is an extremely serious character, a general leads the troops, kills resolutely, and has strong iron and blood.

Jiang Xia can perform these two roles well, and the audience in North America recognizes Jiang Xia's acting skills.

Compared with acting, Jiang Xia's music, they don't listen much, specifically only two songs.

A pure music "Overture to the Dead", and an ending song "Chrysanthemum Terrace" of "The City is Full of Golden Armor".

Before the release of "Upton Funk", everyone thought that Jiang Xia would create music songs like "Chrysanthemum Terrace", and then Jiang Xia shocked them with a classic funk music.

For the impression that Jiang Xia gave before, this is a subversion, and funk music is not serious at all.

Jiang Xia's previous two characters and two pieces of music were all serious, but suddenly they were not serious, and it was a little difficult for them to accept it.

Especially after this MV came out, it was more difficult to accept.

The movements in the song are all taken out by Jiang Xia, very ashamed, the frequency of the calf shaking is very difficult to imitate, and the chorus interlude, the neat dance movements of the five people, are even more impressive.

The angry movements, the lyrics of the riots, and the seamless cooperation.

The impression given by the Chinese was completely subverted by Jiangxia.

Who has ever seen such a wave of Chinese?

The North American masses feel as if they have been deceived by Jiang Xia, is this Jiang Xia's nature?

If the North American masses are just curious, the people in China are already going crazy.

"I'm sure I didn't wake up, this is still Jiangxia?"

"I wanted to use one word to describe Jiangxia, the first thing I thought of was cheap, and then I thought about it, this is not very suitable, and I thought of another word, Sao, it feels very suitable. ”

"The guy upstairs finally found the right word, and I'm wondering how to describe him. ”

"This song is so joyful, although I can't understand the lyrics, but it's very good to watch the MV. ”

"I can't control my legs anymore, what should I do? What should I do?"

"My neck is not mine anymore, I am moving unconsciously. ”

"My whole person is not mine anymore. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that I knew Jiang Xia, I wouldn't have been able to associate that person with Jiang Xia who sang fairy tales. ”

"Billboard number one, that's the song?"

"Is there a wild translator coming out, what are Jiang Xia's lyrics singing?"

"You don't need to know what Jiang Xia sings, you just need to shake along. ”

"This is not the prince of love songs I know, Jiang Xia, definitely not. ”

"Sounds good. ”

"Leg shaking Divine Comedy. ”

"The cells in the whole body are moving with it. ”

"It's strange, I don't understand it, why does it feel good?"

"I just learned the way I walked in the music video, and I was beaten five times in ten minutes. ”

"Have you noticed that Jiangxia's music style has changed a little too much?"

"What's trending around the world right now?"

"The songs weren't good at all, so I just listened to them all night. ”

……

Not only netizens, You Fangfei personally called and asked, "What's going on with your MV?"

"Isn't it pretty?" Jiang Xia asked with a smile.

"It's a bit cheap. You Fangfei replied sincerely.

"That's it for funk music. Jiang Xia said, "By the way, my selection album is ready to prepare, with no matter if you don't understand it as the core, with enough 30 songs, it can be released in North America after a while." ”

"Rest assured, I'm all set. You Fangfei said, "How are you filming?"

"Not bad. Jiang Xia said.

The two hung up the phone after chatting for a few sentences, Jiang Xia was still in the process of filming, and he couldn't answer the phone for too long.

In addition to You Fangfei, Cheng Xin also called to ask, Zhang Pengpeng also called, and even Xia Junmei called to ask, why did she shoot such a MV, Jiang Xia can only talk about the music style.

After a total of fifteen minutes of rest, Jiang Xia answered six calls, and it can be said that the business is quite busy.

When filming was about to start, a group of actors exclaimed: "Jiang, your MV is really amazing!"

It was so loud that it startled Martin.