Chapter Seventy-Three: Watching the Film
Just when there was a lot of talk about "Time Prisoner" on the Internet, the movie channel organized a viewing party. Because it is an internal viewing party, there are no idle people, only the main creator of the crew, the people of the movie channel, and several leaders of Nortel.
"Yo, isn't this Director Li? Why don't you say hello to me in advance?" Tao Hongbo, the head of the advertising department of the movie channel, was about to go to the screening hall when he suddenly saw Li Junwei, the marketing director of Lenovo, and immediately greeted him.
Lenovo is a big customer of the movie channel, and the God of Wealth comes to the door, so he naturally greets him with a smile.
Li Junwei saw Tao Hongbo and explained with a smile: "We are the sponsors of "Time Prisoner", and now that the film is finished, I will come over to see the effect." ”
Tao Hongbo was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "As for it, the matter of tens of thousands of yuan is also worth your trip?"
Li Junwei laughed: "I definitely won't come for tens of thousands of yuan, but "Time Prisoner" we Lenovo can pay a million, which is related to the next promotion of our company's products, of course I have to take a look." What, not welcome?"
"One million?" Tao Hongbo was surprised for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Welcome, how can you not be welcome? If we had known, we would have sprinkled water to remove dust and cleaned the road surface for the arrival of Director Li." But you're not kidding? Lenovo really paid a million in sponsorship fees, how could it come up with so much money?"
Li Junwei smiled faintly: "We have made an advertising placement for our products, and you will know it at a glance, and I came today to see the advertising effect." ”
Tao Hongbo was stunned, he was not interested in "Time Prisoner", and the quality of the movie had nothing to do with him, but now he was interested: "I was just about to go over, let's go together." ”
The two came to the screening hall where the film viewing party was held, and there were already many people sitting inside.
Li Junwei saw Zhang Ran standing in the middle of the crowd, laughing with the people from the movie channel, and walked over and said, "Zhang Ran, I came to support you, hoping to see a satisfactory work." ”
Zhang Ran nodded with a smile and said, "Director Li, don't worry, I believe you will think this is a good movie after watching it." ”
"A good movie doesn't mean that the audience will like it, we are more inclined to the audience's opinion, just like in the art circle, they all think that Zhang Yimou's movie is much better than Feng Xiaogang's, but the audience prefers Feng Xiaogang, this is the choice of the market, we are the market, and we must conform to the market. ”
Zhang Ran said confidently: "I believe that "Time Prisoner" is a movie that the audience likes. ”
Li Junwei smiled: "I'm looking forward to the movie!"
Zhang Ran is really confident in the quality of "Time Prisoner", I dare not say how thought-provoking and enlightening it is, but the story is absolutely wonderful and will definitely be popular with the audience.
Science fiction films are a scarce variety in China, not only science fiction films, but also good commercial films are scarce varieties in China. Forrest Gump's "The Shining Fierce" is as bad as shit, and the score of Douban in later generations is only 2.6. is such a outrageously bad film, and it has a box office of 10 million, which shows the audience's enthusiasm for domestic commercial films.
Now the fourth generation of domestic directors has begun to retire from filming, and the fifth generation occupies the mainstream, and this part of the people is deeply influenced by European films, especially the **tide, and the **tide itself is anti-story, so most of the fifth-generation directors pursue the artistry of the film, and light stories. Although the film is now in the market, the director's creative thinking has been fixed and it is difficult to reverse, so the current situation is that everyone wants to make a good commercial film and want a good box office, but due to their own problems, they can't tell a story, and they can't tell a story well, and there are almost no qualified commercial films on the market. The only exception is Feng Xiaogang, who is an artist and rose from the bottom, and he knows what the audience likes to watch.
Zhang Ran has memories of the future and knows the techniques of Hollywood films, and he has considerable confidence in storytelling.
The screening soon began, and the screening room fell silent.
The words "prisoner of time" appeared on the big screen, followed by the names of the crew members, producer Yan Yueming, producer Qiu Yuanxu, and director Zhang Ran.
After the subtitles, the movie begins.
Night, guesthouse.
A man in black came out of the hotel carrying a man, and then two more men in black walked out.
A black man: "He's finally dead!"
Another said: "He killed so many children, and he was innocent!"
Most of the people at the scene have read the script of "Time Prisoner" and know what is going on, but Zhang Huijun and several of their school leaders are confused, not to mention science fiction films, how can they come out of an ordinary hotel, and they are dead, it feels like a criminal investigation film?
The next story greatly surprised them, not like a criminal investigation film, but like a ghost movie, Cao Lin is too weird, he obviously just went upstairs, but two seconds later, he came in through the door again, just like the female tenant who lived next door said, he is not a human, he is a ghost!
However, the mystery is soon revealed, and Cao Lin is a future criminal who is sentenced to time imprisonment and lives the same day forever. When the two time policemen sent Cao Lin from the future to the present, a strong lightning bolt swept by, lighting up the entire alley, and then Cao Lin and the two time policemen appeared out of thin air, which felt like a terminator. Of course, Cao Lin and the others are all wearing clothes, not as smooth as the Terminator.
At this point, the feeling of a sci-fi film is finally out.
Halfway through the movie, Zhang Ran saw from the performance of the on-site viewers that "Time Prisoner" was successful.
Especially when Cao Lin saw the little girl being killed, holding her corpse and crying loudly, Zhang Huijun and they were secretly wiping their tears. Zhang Huijun They have watched countless films, and it is much more difficult to impress them than to impress the audience. Now that Zhang Huijun and they are all wiping tears, then ordinary viewers should be moved.
The film soon comes to an end, and the scenes forty years later are eye-catching, especially the shot of the car flying down from the sky, the splashing dust, and the strong metallic feeling when the door is opened, all of which give people a strong visual shock.
At the end of the 90-minute film, the audience burst into warm applause.
"Time Prisoner" is undoubtedly a particularly gripping movie, suspense, surprises, and happy endings, some elements of Hollywood blockbusters, can be seen in this film.
Although due to cost factors, there are no big scenes, and the picture is not clear enough, "Time Prisoner" is positioned as a TV movie and is not released in theaters, which is enough to play on TV. To achieve satisfactory visuals on the big screen, the time and cost of post-production need to be at least doubled.
Although many people present had read the script, they were still moved, especially the best ending, Zhang Ran re-revised it and gave everyone a surprise.
"It only cost 1.2 million, and it was shot so well, it's incredible!"
"In fact, there are not many special effects shots, only lightning, crashes and flying cars, but they have the finishing touch, so that the sci-fi sense will come out!"
"The story is so exciting, it's very gripping, the front is very suspenseful, and the back is very touching!"
The people in the film and television department were smiling happily one by one, and they congratulated Zhang Ran one after another, and they all had a light on their faces if they could make such a great film. At least in the future, when people say that movie channels will only make rural films, they can pat their chests and say, we will also make science fiction films, haven't you watched "Time Prisoner"?
Yan Yueming was a little excited, holding Zhang Ran's hand and praising constantly: "Amazing! To be honest, when I first invested money, I really didn't expect to be able to shoot to such an extent, let alone imagine that I could shoot so well! It's amazing!"
Zhang Ran smiled and was about to be modest, Yan Yueming continued: "It's a pity for me to watch it now, such a good film should be made into a movie and released in the cinema, so that the audience can watch it in the cinema, and it's a pity to make it into a TV movie!"
Zhang Ran said with a smile: "It's nothing to be sorry for, if I don't make it into a TV movie, go to other film companies, and when the boss hears about science fiction, I'm afraid he will kick me out." Now at least I have finished work, and when I talk to others, I have something to prove my ability. ”
"This is the truth, just like a girl, when she was young, someone proposed marriage, she disliked others, this is not good, that is not good, she refuses to wronged herself, she gradually gets older, and in the end she becomes an old girl, and she can't marry if she wants to!" Yan Yueming was in a good mood and joked with Zhang Ran, "Zhang Ran, you are a smart person, I believe you have a bright future." ”
"Director Yan praised it, I'm still a newcomer, and I'm not familiar with this circle, Director Yan, you have a lot of connections, and I have to ask you to continue to take care of it in the future." ”
"Of course that's fine. Newcomers are good, newcomers have the courage to forge ahead! At present, domestic films are taking the road of marketization, and this road is very difficult. "Time Prisoner" made me see the hope of domestic commercial films, we can't always engage in literary films, we can't be engaged in literature and art, and film studios can't survive without the development of commercial films. As a filmmaker in the new era, you must have the courage to be the first in the world, as long as you don't violate the laws and regulations of the country, anything beneficial must be used to try!"
Zhang Ran nodded and said: "Yes, we have joined the WTO, there will be more and more Hollywood blockbusters, if we can't improve our film standards, we can only watch our market become a dumping ground for Hollywood movies." ”
Li Junwei is very satisfied with the implantation effect of "Time Prisoner", mP3 does not appear in many scenes in the movie, but it is very important and very impressive. Lenovo's placement was definitely a success, and as for how effective the final advertisement was, it depends on the ratings of "Time Prisoner".
However, he is quite confident in the ratings of "Time Prisoner", with the gimmick of science fiction movies, the movie is good enough, and it is broadcast in prime time during the Spring Festival, coupled with the hype of the movie channel, there is no reason why the ratings are not high.
Li Junwei looked at Zhang Ran, who was talking and laughing, and thought to himself that it was really the same as he planned, this kid is really a rare talent!
(I'm going back to class for a while!Ask for collections, ask for recommendations!)