Chapter 1071: Screening (II)
Two blockbusters were released at the same time and at the same time, and the tragic battle at the box office was something that all film companies try to avoid.
Now to make and shoot a blockbuster, I basically start preparing for it one or two years in advance, and when I just started preparing for filming, I announced that I decided on the schedule I wanted to release.
In addition to the fact that the filming itself takes so much time, on the other hand, the main thing is to try to avoid this kind of blockbuster schedule collision.
Even during the Chinese New Year when blockbusters are piling up, some film companies still try to stagger the premieres of their own big productions.
There is a one-week interval to avoid minimizing even if there is a shock.
Like "The Legend of the Snow Fox of Liaozhai" and "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" were released in just two days, which is definitely a rare scene.
The vast majority of studios will avoid this situation, even if it is postponed or a week earlier.
Because everyone knows how influential it will be for two blockbusters to premiere at the same time.
A film that may have had good box office results is likely to fail to recoup its costs because of poor box office performance, and it may fail to recover its costs in the first place.
To be honest, in this month, the entertainment industry has been very puzzled by Xiao Bufan, Zhonghuang Entertainment and Shengli Pictures, the two giants, who are so obsessed with colliding with "The Legend of the Snow Fox of Liaozhai" and "The Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", are they so confident in the movie "The Legend of the Snow Fox of Liaozhai"?
The fight in the film industry at the box office has always been a winner-take-all, and there are many losers.
Isn't Xiao Bufan afraid that his own investment will be wasted?
Of course, Xiao Bufan knows and understands very well the rules of the film industry where the winner takes all and the loser loses, but he has learned everything since he was a child, but he has never learned to back down.
Years of pride made him reluctant to take a step back.
Besides, he is also full of strong confidence in his own films, and the production cost of the other party is claimed to be 1 billion Chinese yuan, so what? The production cost of "Liao Zhai" is also nearly 200 million Chinese yuan, plus the investment in publicity, it is estimated that it has already exceeded 300 million Chinese yuan, and it is about to approach 400 million.
Another most important reason is that Xiao Bufan doesn't want to bow his head to Yang Ming.
Since Yang Ming was born in the entertainment industry, he has snatched too many honors, and those honors may have belonged to him.
Therefore, he chose to collide, even if he smashed into the publicity expenses that could almost make another "Liao Zhai" before the release, he did not hesitate to do so.
But now it seems that things are not as simple as he thought.
Xiao Bufan pursed his lips, his face was gloomy, and he sat in his office, staring at the mobile phone on the desk viciously.
The movie tickets for all the screenings of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" tonight are all sold out, and the attendance rate of all the screenings is basically 100%, and the venue is full, and it is difficult to find a ticket.
Such an amazing performance made it really difficult for him to be happy, because he didn't do the premiere of "Liao Zhai" yesterday, in addition to the first full show, the attendance rate of the next few shows was also very high, and it was almost not a star and a half compared with "Three Kingdoms".
The most important thing is that the attendance rate of "Liao Zhai" tonight has dropped by half, and the theater chain has decided to reduce the film scheduling rate of "Liao Zhai", and then put this part of the resources on "Three Kingdoms", which makes Xiao Bufan swallow this breath.
He chose to collide with "Three Kingdoms", and the consequences of the premiere of "Three Kingdoms" the day before have been slowly reflected.
The winner takes all, and the loser loses.
"If you want to shrink, there are no doors. Xiao Bufan muttered viciously, and then picked up his mobile phone and started to make calls.
Don't forget, in addition to his identity as the popular king of the entertainment industry, he also has another identity, that is, the identity of the heir of the Xiao family, and he believes that those theater companies will never dare to reduce their movie scheduling rate without authorization.
In the theater, "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" is still being released.
The epic battlefield pictures have made countless audiences enthusiastic, the exquisite retro character shapes make people feel relaxed and happy, and the exciting plot has made all the audience pay attention to it.
Zhuge Liang begged for help from Eastern Wu and wanted to join forces with Wu to fight Cao, this scene has been said countless times among the people and is well known by every Chinese.
followed by Yang Ming's appearance, which made everyone's eyes shine.
It's so handsome.
All the guests stared at Zhou Yu played by Yang Ming on the screen, and everyone wanted to see if Yang Ming really had the strength to play against Yang Chaowei.
Zhou Yu, who was wearing a battle armor and training on the battlefield, showed a unique demeanor in every move.
Then the tentative collision dialogue between him and Yang Chaowei as Zhuge Liang made everyone feel incredible, it seems that in the process of playing against Yang Chaowei, Yang Ming does not seem to fall behind at all, maybe his acting skills are not as brilliant as Yang Chaowei, but at least he has entered the house, and the most important thing is that Yang Ming's performance is really good.
"Not bad. ”
"I didn't expect Xiao Yang to really be able to play against Yang Chaowei. ”
"There will be two Yangs in the future!"
"Old man, are you sure that Yang Ming studied directing in your academy? It seems that your academy is also chaotic!"
"Get out of the way, this is a genius, you know? old and immortal!" ......
The old dean and the older generation sat near Yang Ming, so Yang Ming listened to their discussions, and he was covered in cold sweat, and the communication between the old guys was too strong.
But I have to say that Yang Ming's acting skills did surprise everyone.
Previously, although Yang Ming had many eye-catching performances in his own movies, it was basically without the actor competing on the same scene.
So his achievements in acting skills are not recognized by everyone.
But now that he has played well against Yang Chaowei, no one will mention his acting skills in the script in the future.
Yang Ming heard some discussion around him, and in the dark, a faint smile appeared on his face, it seemed that his efforts were still worth it.
has two lifetimes of life experience, plus he had a certain acting foundation in his previous life, and after two or three years of training in this life, this time he completely broke out, maybe now he can't be compared with Yang Chaowei and Bao Guoan, who are powerful actors, but at least he is not left behind, if he meets the right role, then he can play at a super level.
This time, Zhou Yu's role is a super-level performance for him.
The plot on the screen continued to be re-released, and when the scene of the grass boat borrowing arrows appeared on the screen, countless people were amazed.
The idiom of borrowing arrows from a grass boat may be one of the most familiar idioms for countless Chinese people, but when they really saw the movie picture of this member, countless people were shocked by the picture of ten thousand arrows made by special effects.
It was an eye-opener for everyone, and maybe they had just noticed the grass boat before, but who would have thought that this arrow would be so spectacular?
Yang Ming looked at the screen, listened to the exclamations in his ears, and was not proud, his attention was still on Zhuge Liang played by his senior brother Yang Chaowei, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he was right to decide to let Yang Chaowei play Zhuge Liang.
Yang Chaowei's version of Zhuge Liang in this world is too fantastic.
If Bao Guoan used his powerful aura to create a domineering and heroic Cao Cao, then Yang Chaowei used his expressive acting skills to play a Zhuge Liang who is close to a demon, vividly, without the frivolity of the previous life, nor the mysteries of the previous life.
Through his eyes, mannerisms, and speculation about the role, Yang Chaowei played the role of Zhuge Liang into three points.
Of course, Yang Ming is not bad, Zhou Yu's handsomeness, talent, and demonic sin are also vividly interpreted by Yang Ming.
Maybe others only think that it is his demonic talent, but no one notices his usual unremitting efforts.
However, celebrities have always been like this, others may only notice your glamorous side, and never think about how much sweat is behind it.
Zhou Yu played by Yang Ming appeared, so Su Su followed suitably not long after.
Su Su, who plays Xiao Qiao, amazed countless people as soon as he appeared, Su Su's costume style is so beautiful, as if she is a fairy who came down from the painting, and does not eat fireworks in the world, this beauty even makes all the audience not want to have any change in the camera, and will always stare at Su Su alone.
But Yang Ming knew that compared with the script in his previous life, Su Su's role was much less, especially in the previous life version, the reason why Cao Cao conquered the south and the Battle of Chibi occurred was entirely because of a woman, and this woman was Xiao Qiao's bloody bridge, which was deleted by Yang Ming without hesitation.
What are you kidding, how could Cao Cao, who is known as the number one hero in the past, go to war because of a woman?
This is simply a big joke and an insult to the IQ of all audience fans.
After the original version of the previous life was released, it attracted countless criticisms and scoldings about this bloody episode, and it can be said that the biggest problem with the original version of Lao Wu in the previous life was that it was too insulting to the IQ of fans in this bloody plot.
Therefore, after Yang Ming wrote this script, he deleted this plot without thinking about it, it was too crooked.
It makes people laugh just thinking about it.
The reason why Cao Cao wanted to conquer the south was because of the Chibi War, and that was Cao Cao's ambition to swallow mountains and rivers!
Yang Ming mainly highlights this point in the modern version, and at the same time, he also blends Cao Cao's suspicious personality and the ideological struggle of whether to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne and change the world into the plot of the current version.
Undoubtedly, Cao Cao is a very controversial figure, he is a hero, no one refutes it, but he has never plotted to seize the Han dynasty in his life, which is inconsistent with his usual domineering style.
At the same time, with his extremely high personal charm, he is a fierce general like a cloud and a strategist like rain, but he is a suspicious person, otherwise he would not have beheaded Cai Mao and Zhang Yun because of a small counter-plot by Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, and cut off his foundation, which has a very contradictory conflict with his character.
This is the current version of Cao Cao portrayed by Yang Ming, and it is also the real Cao Cao in history.
Such a character with a complex personality, if someone else plays it, Yang Ming is really not at ease, but fortunately, Bao Guoan has been pondering the character of Cao Cao since he received the script, and finally Cao Cao is now lifelike on the screen.
Of course, during the filming process, Yang Ming also exchanged the character of Cao Cao with Guoan.
Time passed minute by minute, the script of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" slowly unfolded, and countless audiences were immersed in the movie and couldn't extricate themselves, whether it was the upcoming war or the blood-boiling picture, the audience was addicted to it and forgot the time.
In particular, a majestic gossip array battle made countless people stunned, and many people thought it was made by special effects, but only some directors watched it carefully for a while, and figured out that maybe Yang Ming did not use special effects, but really used tens of thousands of people.
This young man really dares to shoot!
It is estimated that in addition to the state-owned film studios making those military-themed main theme movies for decades, with the cooperation of the military, there can be this kind of real scene of 10,000 people war, and it is really rare in this era.
After all, these scenes can be made up for by skills and editing, as well as special effects production, and no one expected that Yang Ming would really use tens of thousands of people to shoot this scene.
To be honest, in his previous life, when Yang Ming himself saw the gossip array in the movie screen, he was also shocked for a long time, and called Lao Wu too much, this can also be filmed, not to mention that there is no precedent for Chinese movies in this world to shoot a battlefield scene in a costume film as generously as Yang Ming.
It can be said that when the gossip array appeared in the movie screen, many guests said that the guests at the scene, that is, all the theaters in East Asia where "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" was being screened, the audience who saw this scene was also stunned, no one thought that the so-called gossip array could really be seen in the movie, how many people would have to shoot it!
Yang Ming heard the sound of inhalation around him, and a smug smile appeared on his face.
It seems that it is definitely a worthwhile deal to pay a lot of money to get the support of the military.
You must know that in this version he filmed in this life, the gossip array is an enhanced version.
In his previous life, Lao Wu filmed the gossip array, there were absolutely no more than 10,000 people, Yang Ming used at least nearly 20,000 people in order to shoot this scene, and in order to shoot this scene, he almost didn't scavenge the extras in the entire Dongyang Film Base, and almost made the other crews in the base unable to film, which shows how much price he paid.
Now it seems that everything is worth it.
Everyone who watched this gossip war was enthusiastic and surging, but some people couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, now that the movie has been running for almost 90 minutes, why hasn't it reached the Red Cliff War, will this movie have 3 hours?
You know, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun haven't been killed yet!
When these two people are killed, and then there is a Chibi battle, it is absolutely impossible to have an hour.
But if Yang Ming really made this movie into three hours, it would be too exaggerated!
Just in some people's doubts, the gossip war on the screen is over, and then the plot still has nothing to do with the bitter meat plan and the anti-plot scheme, which makes some people's hearts more and more confused, what Yang Ming is doing, it's almost 2 hours, and the Chibi War has not started yet.
At this moment, in a Cao Jun camp juju competition, in the sound of drums, the screen was dark, and it was transformed into Zhou Yu holding a torch in the sand table of the two armies against each other, and a fire lit all the ships that symbolized the warship, and suddenly four big words appeared on the screen: The Battle of Chibi, followed by four small words: next decomposition.
The Battle of Red Cliffs, next time decompose!
"Holy!"
"That's the end of it?"
"Yang Da, this is too torturous......, isn't it?"
Many people also suddenly realized that Nima, it turned out that it was divided into two episodes!