Chapter 245: The Filmmaker
There is no doubt that Cameron's "Avatar" will set off a craze for shooting 3D movies.
2.7 billion US dollars, which is more than 18 billion in RMB.
It's really amazing.
"What do you think of my movie?" Tsui Hark asked again.
"Of course it's good. Gan Jing really thinks so, not a compliment, he guesses if Director Xu is going to appease himself like this - do you think my movie is good, so it's not obedient?
However, the conversation did not continue as he had imagined, and Tsui Hark did not show his credentials to suppress Gan Jing, even if it was an easy thing to do.
Tsui Hark was silent for a while: "Movies are constantly evolving, and I'm always working on them. ”
This sentence is a bit headless and brainless, and as Tsui Hark is concerned, there is no need for him to use the label of hard work to show himself.
When Gan Jing was pondering, he saw Tsui Hark take out a stack of manuscripts from his arms.
"Look at it. ”
Curious to take it, Gan Jing opened it and took a look, and found that there were many characters depicted on it with pencils, and if you looked closely, it seemed to be the characters and scenes in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor".
"This ...... Is this a storyboard? You drew it?" Gan Jing was surprised.
Storyboarding is a diagram that illustrates the composition of an image before the actual shooting, and is a decomposition and preset for the shooting.
Gan Jing had seen these things before when he was filming, but he saw them from the art director and set designer.
He flipped through these manuscripts, and without hearing Director Xu's answer, he carefully studied these storyboards, and found that the drawings were quite professional, and even the facial expressions were in place.
"Is this drawn by the director?" Gan Jing couldn't help but ask again.
Tsui Hark nodded and said slowly: "I'm used to painting these by myself, and I basically draw them before every play." He smiled suddenly, with a little childlike pride, "I'm showing you that I want to tell you that what I just said is serious." I'm really trying. ”
Looking at the lifelike storyboard in his hand, Gan Jing was stunned.
Tsui Hark let him watch, stopped and continued: "The times are advancing, movies are developing, and I am also trying to keep up. Where is the future of cinema? A clear answer is 3D. ”
"That's why I'm going to shoot "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", and I want to learn from it. Hollywood is already very strong, and if I or we can't keep up, then what is the future of Chinese cinema?
"You know that watching a 3D movie requires focusing, right? The human eye focuses very slowly, and there must be an interval of 1-2 seconds to have a sense of distance, so you can't frequently cut the lens or quickly change the distance when shooting 3D. ”
Tsui Hark pointed to his head, and said with a hint of childlike pride: "This is what I just learned." ”
Gan Jing's gaze has been removed from the storyboard, looking at the director's expression, and there is a respect in his heart - there was also a respect for a great director who has proven himself before, but now it is completely different.
"This is my first 3D film, I need to learn, I need to think about the application of this trend, only in this way, can I not fall behind the times, so that I will not be helpless in front of Hollywood. Tsui Hark looked into the distance, "But learning has a price, the film has a reputation for ruin, I can accept this, this is the price I have to pay for trying." ”
"But the movie can't lose too much money, if it loses too much...... Tsui Hark turned his head to look at Gan Jing, "Then no one will ask me to make a movie from now on." That's a shame, isn't it?" There is a surprising conceit in this sentence.
Gan Jing already understood what Tsui Hark meant.
He has to learn and keep up with the times, which requires a price and a compromise - the compromise is that the film needs to have people who bring traffic, and it needs to be driven by the fan economy, which is the bottom line for the box office.
A good film will not lose money, and a bad movie will probably not lose money if it has a star.
So in the face of pressure from the management, Tsui Hark may not like to use some actors, but he still has to use them.
He is a great director, but there will also be room for compromise on capital.
Despite this, he still lives up to being a true filmmaker – walking ahead and not being afraid to be ahead.
The two were silent for a while, and Tsui Hark took the storyboard manuscript that Gan Jing silently handed over, stuffed it into his arms, and asked, "What is your goal in Hollywood?"
Gan Jing was a little ignorant, he had already made several films, but he was still a little stunned when he was suddenly asked such a question.
After a while, he replied, "I want to be the one who gets the most attention." Then he added, "And it's fun to make a movie, I think it's good to do something interesting." Yellow skin is relatively weak abroad, and it is also interesting to be able to break out of such a situation. It's still interesting to stand on the stage and be noticed by other Chinese people and give them encouragement. ”
Gan Jing lives in a meaningful purpose, life is the meaning of the world, so it is interesting.
Tsui Hark pondered for a moment: "The expression of young people now is really interesting. ”
"...... "This is a complaint, right? This is a complaint...... Right?
"Then you need to do more. Tsui Hark's gaze gradually became interesting, much more lively than before, "Let's start with this first 3D film you participated in, how about it?"
Gan Jing nodded after a while, and he didn't mention Li Yuchun's matter again.
The two continued to walk forward, Gan Jing thought about everything Tsui Hark said just now, and suddenly said: "Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" just released is 3D, and their special effects team seems to be good. ”
"That's natural. Tsui Hark smiled, "The domestic special effects we chose are also very hard, but there is still a bit of a gap in the effect, but they are also accumulating experience." ”
Gan Jing said: "I know people from Disney and Warners, can I find a space for cooperation? Isn't it all about letting them come over, benefiting from cooperation, and driving people in China?"
Tsui Hark looked at Gan Jing and showed a smile: "You can try it." ”
"Okay, I'll get in touch first and see what the situation is. Gan Jing nodded and said, "Let's start with this 3D movie." ”
Start trial and error, start improving.
Tsui Hark was on the way, he bowed his head and agreed, and said, "Let's go, I've been talking to you for so long to settle you, I'm really hungry." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickened his pace, and walked forward with joy as if he had obtained some kind of treasure.
Gan Jing was still unhurried, and when he saw Tsui Hark's gray hair from behind, he felt respect and motivation.
Director Xu said just now that he had settled himself, but he didn't mind this statement at all, but hoped that there would be more such directors in China to settle himself.
However, if you have leveled yourself and have a friendship, is it better to speak when you put forward other filming opinions?
Well, it must be so.