Chapter 841: The Princess Calls (2/3)
Four answers, four different answers.
Yang Ming touched his chin and thought for a moment, the reason why these four people were arranged by Old Man Hong Su is that they probably represent people with different ideas about the future transformation of traditional action movies!
It seems that the success of several action movies in succession by Oriental DreamWorks has stimulated many people!
There are conservative, there are conservative, there are radical, and there is the flow of technology.
However, none of these people's answers are more in line with Yang Ming's taste, and Li Xiaofeng's idea of innovation is still a little interesting.
But Li Xiaofeng's innovation is too broad in scope, and there is no clear concept of a certain aspect.
Yang Ming sorted out his thoughts, and then said slowly: "This time, Old Man Hong arranged for the four of you to come over, originally I wanted to give you a test in Yanjing and take the pulse for you, but time does not allow, so I will bring you to the crew, and first experience how the fight scenes of Oriental DreamWorks are filmed!"
"In tomorrow's shooting, you have to watch carefully, remember every scene, and after the filming, tell me your answer again!"
At this time, Lu Wansong, who was the first to speak, couldn't help but ask: "Director Yang, what do you think is the most important thing in action movies?"
"Wan Song!" Li Xiaofeng turned Lu Wansong with his arm, reminding him to pay attention when he spoke.
Seeing this, Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's nothing, if you don't understand anything, you can ask it at any time." ”
After saying this, he continued: "It's 2003 now, the new century, but now the shooting of action movies is still the idea of the 80s, so many years, even if there is a little change, it is not very big, do you think it is appropriate?"
"Film is an industry that keeps pace with the times, from silent films to sound films, from black and white films to color films, no film technology is fixed, let alone film shooting?"
Hearing Yang Ming's words, Li Xiaofeng, Lu Wansong, and the four of them all showed thoughtful looks.
The appearance of the four of them was also seen by Yang Ming, and he still knew very well about the current industry of martial artists and action directors in the Chinese entertainment industry.
It can be said that there is a phenomenon in the group of action directors and martial artists, that is, the education is not high.
Lian Jiazi, when he was young, he dared to fight, dared to work hard, and then slowly became an action director because of his outstanding appearance.
In this circle, action directors basically come out like this.
Of course, it's not that you can't be a successful action director without a high degree of education, but that requires talent.
If you just rely on daring to fight, you can endure hardships in filming, and you will have a lot of effort, such an action director is destined to be eliminated by this industry.
"Why do we want to make action movies?" Yang Ming slowly said another question, but he didn't let the four of them answer this question, and then said forcefully: "The reason why we want to make action movies is because we want to give the audience a different feeling from other movies such as comedy, gunfights, suspense, horror, art, etc., and we want to bring the audience action and fight scenes with strong tension and audio-visual tension!"
"Since this is the case, then there is what we called action movies in the past, at that time, there would be kung fu of various sects, fights, and moves, and they could be made into action movies to sell for money, and the audience also bought them, but it has been this model for decades, and now that Oriental DreamWorks' new kung fu movies are out, the audience is starting not to buy it, so this means that the action movies shot by Oriental DreamWorks are more in line with the audience's mental enjoyment requirements for watching movies. ”
Hearing Yang Ming's words, although some of the four wanted to refute that their movies were not outdated, they thought of the successive kung fu movies of Oriental DreamWorks, so that as long as the entire Chinese entertainment industry shoots action movies according to the previous routines, no matter how many stars there are and how exciting the fights are, there is still no audience to buy it.
Shoot one and lose one, shoot one and the audience scolds one!
The reality is so cruel.
If you don't choose to follow up on innovation, then it means being eliminated.
"I'll tell you so much today, and when you start joining the crew tomorrow, after filming, I'll tell me the answer. Yang Ming waved his hand.
Subsequently, Li Xiaofeng, Lu Wansong and the four of them said goodbye to Yang Ming and left the room.
Looking at the backs of the four of them leaving, Yang Ming sighed, originally he wanted to see if there were good seedlings, but now it seems that the situation is not optimistic!
Even if these four people can learn from this shooting, it is estimated that they are just imitating them.
Yang Ming rubbed his eyebrows, there are too few action directors who can understand his thoughts in this life.
If you want to promote Chinese martial arts culture, kung fu movies are indispensable, but relying on Yang Ming alone, even if he makes kung fu movies non-stop, the influence he has achieved is very limited.
A single family is not big, and a hundred flowers bloom is spring.
What Yang Ming wants is not only the strength of Oriental DreamWorks, but also the strength of Chinese films.
Every foreign audience can blurt out as long as they mention Chinese movies: "Kung Fu, Shaolin, Wudang, Taijiquan, Xingyi Boxing......
This is what Yang Ming wants to achieve.
Just when Yang Ming was thinking about the reform plan for local kung fu movies in the future, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he picked it up, he looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then answered: "Hi, Charlotte!"
"Yang, why don't you call me all the time!" Charlotte said dissatisfiedly on the phone.
Yang Ming suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was really embarrassed to be questioned like this, the princess of the British royal family really helped him a lot, but during this time he was too busy, he was unskilled, and basically did not go to foreign Twitter to interact with many fans.
This made Charlotte a little dissatisfied at once, but the most dissatisfied thing about her calling today was not because Yang Ming didn't interact with her on Twitter.
"Let me ask you, why is your new film released in the United States but not in the United Kingdom?
"Huh!" Yang Ming was really a little speechless when he heard this, he couldn't say that he was afraid that foreign audiences would not be used to this kind of Chinese kung fu movie and know that it would fail at the box office!
Moreover, this little girl's hat is too big, but she is a British royal princess, and she seems to be able to represent the United Kingdom.
"Why didn't you speak, was it because you were ashamed?" Charlotte still didn't seem to want to let Yang Ming go.
Yang Ming hurriedly said: "Charlotte, it's definitely not what you think, you have to know that my new film is a kung fu movie with Chinese culture, and some of the things in it may have a big conflict with your Western cognition, so I decided not to release it in the UK, and wait for the release of the United States to see the audience's reaction, and then decide whether to release it in the UK." ”
Hearing Yang Ming's sincere explanation and comfort, Charlotte's anger in her heart disappeared a little, after all, she was a little girl who had not yet reached adulthood, her temper came and went quickly, and then she didn't seem to think about it at all and said: "It's okay, you can take your new film to the UK to be screened, and when the time comes, I will tweet that your movie is very good, and if I speak, others will definitely think it is good-looking!"
Yang Ming was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, how strong and confident he must be to say such a thing!
And how can there be a little suspicion of false advertising!