Chapter Seventy-Two: Chinese Film Report
Welcome to this issue of China Film Report, I am Jwell, today we first focus on the domestic film "Time Prisoner", which is a science fiction film invested and filmed by the movie channel, more behind-the-scenes stories follow my colleague Yao Miao into the movie set......"
At the beginning of the day, the lights were at their peak, and in the student cafeteria of Peking University, Wu Wenbo, who was eating with his head down, glared when he heard the host's words, and the food in his mouth spewed out.
Sci-fi films, I heard them right, right? There are domestic directors who are going to make sci-fi films!
Wu Wenbo is a fan of science fiction, likes science fiction movies, likes to read science fiction novels, is a loyal reader of "Science Fiction World", and even because his whole life has been changed because of science fiction.
As a loyal reader of "Science Fiction World", Wu Wenbo must buy every issue. Before the college entrance examination in 99, Wu Wenbo habitually bought "Science Fiction World" in July. He still remembers the July of that year, the color page is an article about memory transplantation written by the editor-in-chief Alai, and the opening story is a novel about memory transplantation by a singer.
Unexpectedly, a month later, Wu Wenbo actually saw the content of "Science Fiction World" in the college entrance examination, and the topic of the college entrance examination essay was: If memory can be transplanted! Wu Wenbo still remembers the feeling when he saw the essay topic at that time, his mind was blank, then excited, and then ecstatic, just like winning 5 million!
At the end of the Chinese exam, many students at the school gate were discussing, and many were cursing this essay, because they never expected that such a question would be used in the college entrance examination. Wu Wenbo was laughing, it was too easy for him, he had never memorized his composition, and he had never read any composition papers, but his composition was full of marks that year!
The victory of the Chinese language gave Wu Wenbo great confidence, and the next few subjects were extraordinary, and the college entrance examination score was nearly 50 points more than usual, and he was finally admitted to Peking University.
It's been two years, and now Wu Wenbo is the president of the Peking University Science Fiction Association, and he still buys "Science Fiction World" and still likes to watch science fiction movies. It's just that every time I see the wonderful stories on "Science Fiction World", I can't help but think, what a good story, if only it could be made into a movie.
Therefore, when he heard Zhang Ran on TV say that many stories in "Science Fiction World" could be changed into scripts, he thought so, and nodded again and again: "That's right, we have a lot of good stories, but unfortunately there are no directors who know the goods!"
The other people in the cafeteria whispered when they heard that the director was going to make a science fiction film, but it was basically mocking.
"There is no science fiction factor in China at all, our culture does not believe in science at all, has no enthusiasm for science, and cannot understand everything in the universe from a scientific perspective!
"From the word science fiction, science, China has no science and technology and science, there is no such foundation; fantasy, Chinese have never liked the future, and education also guides you to face reality." First, there is no science, and second, there is no illusion, what kind of bullshit science fiction movie are you making? Don't think about it!"
"It can't be said that Science Fiction World is still some good science fiction. Everything has to have a beginning, if you don't shoot well, you won't shoot, you will never be able to shoot, and it's always good to practice more. ”
At this time, the program began to play the scene of Zhang Ran and their green screen shooting, the tattered car shell, with black film pasted on it, which looked extremely rough.
This confirmed everyone's speculation, and everyone spared no effort to ridicule: "Look at it, I'll just say! Just this? It's a tattered thing at first glance, and this can also make a science fiction movie, it's just an international joke!"
"It looks like Xiali, how ugly and ugly it looks, and there is black tape on it, what kind of thing is this, it's so ugly!"
"I still want to learn Hollywood, what the hell is this learning, it looks nondescript!"
"This level is at least 50 years behind Hollywood, and it can't even catch up with the level of "Star Wars" a few decades ago, and I won't even watch this kind of movie!"
At this time, the host Yao Miao said: "Everyone must be very curious, what the effect of the green screen will be like, let's take a look." After saying this, the shot of Cui Xinqin driving appeared, and the car slowly landed on the ground from the air like a flying saucer, stopping steadily, followed by a sci-fi shot of automatic door opening.
The entire cafeteria suddenly fell silent, and the people who were still talking about being fifty years behind in technology just now had their eyes widened one by one, their mouths wide open, and they had a hellish expression.
How is it possible, this is not scientific? It's obviously a pile of rags, how did this come about?
Only Wu Wenbo was laughing, he was smiling so happily, as if he had returned to the examination room two years ago and saw the essay topic "If memory could be transplanted". Just laughing and laughing, tears fell.
Sci-fi, my Chinese sci-fi!
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In a beautifully decorated living room in Beiping, a man with an ugly face and a mouth of buckteeth sat down on a sofa, sat on a leather sofa, and drank slowly with a cup of tea.
As the most famous commercial director in China, Feng Xiaogang has been in a bad mood recently, he likes Zhao Benfu's novel "No Thieves in the World" very much, and wants to make this story into a movie, but now he is facing two major problems.
First, this story is about a thief, and the film bureau is worried that teenagers will imitate it, and it is difficult to pass the trial, and the script must be changed, preferably with the police, but how to change it is a big difficulty;
If these two major problems are not solved, "No Thieves in the World" will not be filmed.
Feng Xiaogang rubbed his temples, picked up the remote control, and pressed a channel casually, ready to watch TV and relax.
In the LCD TV, Yao Miao pointed to a big green cloth and said, "Is it really okay to shoot like this?
Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Green screen shooting is a commonly used technology in Hollywood movies now, some scenes are not suitable for real shooting, such as the shot of the plane in the sky, such as the shot of the train, and the shot of our car in the sky, you can use the green screen technology to shoot in front of the green background, and then cut off the green background in the computer and replace it with the real background, you can ...... it with real reality."
Bang Bang -
The cup in Feng Xiaogang's hand fell to the ground, turned into fragments all over the ground, and the whole person fell into a state of sluggishness, you can use this method, you can shoot like this, I know how to shoot "No Thieves in the World"!
"Xiaogang, what's wrong?" Xu Fan, who was cooking dinner in the kitchen, poked his head out and asked when he heard the noise.
"It's okay, I thought about how to shoot "No Thieves in the World"!" Feng Xiaogang shouted and quickly dialed Wang Zhongjun's phone, "Zhongjun, have you watched TV?" The green cloth technology mentioned in "China Film Report", "No Thieves in the World" can be filmed with this!"
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Alai locked his bicycle in the carport, picked up the "West China Metropolis Daily" in his pocket, and walked to the editorial office of "Science Fiction World" while flipping through it.
As soon as I walked to the door, there was a lively discussion in the editorial office. Alai wondered, why is it so lively today, coughed, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Editor-in-chief, have you watched China Film Report?" asked a slightly chubby man.
"I usually only watch news programs, not entertainment news? What's going on, and which celebrity is there a scandal?"
"We have a director in China who wants to make a science fiction film, and that director is still a fan of our "Science Fiction World", he said that many good stories in "Science Fiction World" can be turned into excellent scripts, and he also mentioned Lao Wang's "Seven Shells"!" A tall, thin young man with glasses said excitedly.
"This director is very eye-catching, Lao Wang's "Seven Shells" is really good, but don't have too much hope for domestic science fiction movies, science fiction films can't be done without money, how can our domestic film companies have money. It's too early to make a science fiction film!" As the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World", Alai has his own views on science fiction movies.
"Editor-in-chief, you can't say that, science fiction doesn't necessarily need a big investment, the cost of "Killing in Another Dimension" is only 350,000 US dollars, just more than 2 million yuan, and people shoot it very well! We have a lot of novels like "Science Fiction World", Lao Wang's "Song of Life", He Xi's "Love Farewell", none of them need a big investment!" The young man retorted.
An editor next to him added: "There's a futuristic shot on TV of a woman coming down from the sky in a car, and it looks really good, and I'm definitely going to watch the movie then!"
"Oh, that's amazing, then I'll see it then!" Alley was immediately interested when he heard this.
At the same time, the various science fiction forums on the Internet have exploded like a pot, which has triggered extremely heated discussions, and in just one night, the information of "Time Prisoner" is like a spring breeze, spreading rapidly in various science fiction forums and movie forums.
"Why do you want to release the clips of the movie in advance, it's only broadcast during the Spring Festival, isn't this an appetite, how can I survive these months!"
"It's really good, it looks like it's feeling!"
"I really want to watch it, it's just broadcast for dozens of seconds, it's really not fun!"
"The director also watched "Science Fiction World", he said that many novels can be changed into scripts, which novels do you say are suitable for making movies? I think it would be great if Da Liu's "Full Band Blocking Interference" could be made into a movie, and "The Wandering Earth", if it is made, it will definitely not lose to a Hollywood blockbuster!"
""Full-Band Blocking Interference" will definitely not be filmed, the novels have been changed to Russia, how can the movie be made! I think He Xi's "Exotic" can be made into a blockbuster, and Liu Weijia's "The Town Under the Tower" is also very good!"
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In the heated discussion, the appetite of many sci-fi fans was hung, and everyone was full of anticipation for "Time Prisoner", except for a few discordant voices that occasionally popped up, and the Internet was almost full of cheers.
(The pit budget will be encountered later, which is considered foreshadowing, not the number of words.) Thanks to "Jelly's Book, Book Friend 150530032309312, Shui Jinghe, 5Lookingfor" for rewarding, asking for collection, asking for recommendation!)