"Blow up the White House, blow up the whole United States!"

Since the second day of the "Independence Day" project, ABC and Fox Cable Network and other media under Wang Jie have launched a round of vigorous advance publicity for "Independence Day", among which the advertising slogan shouted by Fox TV has quickly become one of the popular words in North America.

"The young William's creativity and desire for destruction are in the Hollywood directorial world, after "Life and Death" destroyed Santa Monica and "Death Island" blew up San Francisco and Alcatraz, he finally decided to go out of California and lock in the whole United States in the new film "Independence Day", maybe the entire North American continent will sink in his endless explosion......"

Sitting on a campus bench, Natalie Portman put down the newspaper in her hand and asked Anna next to her, "Where is this madman going to blow up?" White House, Statue of Liberty, or Empire State Building?"

"Hey, why didn't the newspaper mention the release time of the film?" Natalie Portman put away the newspaper in dissatisfaction.

"Can you be smarter, Miss Portman?" Anna twitched, deliberately closing the distance, "It's called Independence Day, and it's going to be released during the Independence Day holiday." ”

"That's right. Natalie Portman nodded, "There will be no shortage of movies to watch next July." ”

"Are you sure you'll have time?" Anna pushed her shoulder, "We're going to be in high school after this semester, you should be going back to Israel, right?"

"Yes, my mom asked me to go back to my ancestors for a few years. Natalie Portman sighed and asked, "What about you, Anna, what are your plans? to Los Angeles or New York?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Anna seemed to be thinking.

"It's not as good as this. Natalie Portman made random suggestions, "Don't you also like King William Rothschild's movies? Just go to Los Angeles, where you can learn film and television knowledge in the future, and maybe one day become director William's assistant!"

"Hollywood isn't as simple as you think. ”

Compared with Natalie Portman, who came from a wealthy background, Anna had a more realistic vision, did not mention this aspect again, and simply changed the topic, "Natalie Portman, have you noticed that Director William seems to have walked into a misunderstanding." ”

"Misunderstanding?" Natalie Portman shook her head, not understanding.

That's right, his last two films have been huge commercial successes, notably "Death Island," which now exceeds the global box office of Forrest Gump at more than $450 million. ”

As a more senior movie fan, Anna can still analyze some of her own experiences, "His explosions, car chases and visually striking shots are indeed very attractive, but! These are very pure sensory stimulation! It is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue! Now Director William's idea is obviously to attract people with larger, more and more exciting explosion scenes, maybe "Independence Day" will still be successful, but this success is based on the consideration of the commercial film market. ”

Originally from a wealthy Jewish family, Natalie Portman naturally understood that the social impact of commercial films was very boring, and after thinking about it, she finally nodded slowly.

"So, director William has to go back to making more literary films like 'Rain Man' in his early years?" she asked.

"I think that's true. ”

This is a private conversation between friends, and Anna does not hide her random thoughts, "If "Independence Day" is a super hit, then his next film must change his thinking, no longer simply use explosion and visual impact as a selling point, but to work more on the story itself and emotional conflict, otherwise it will be a regressive ......"

She shrugged.

"Oh, Anna. Natalie Portman exclaimed, "You really should be a professional film critic." ”

"Professional film critics, they're all a bunch of men with no real male function......"

Even though she was just a student who was still learning junior high school knowledge, Anna's words were still full of disdain, "I just want to teach real men how to have sex!"

Natalie Portman couldn't help but laugh when she heard her friend's funny words, and then went over and hugged Anna, "It's so nice to be with you, I can't bear to part with you." ”

"Me too. Anna patted her on the back, "I'll always remember watching movies together, laughing together, crying together." ”

Wang Jie, who is far away in Los Angeles, will not know that a pair of fans in New York are worried about his directorial future, and the preparation of "Independence Day" is more complicated than the previous two films, and the difficulty of filming is second only to "Jurassic Park".

"Stanton, I've seen your sketches. ”

In the office of Industrial Light & Magic, Wang Jie held a stack of sketches, and just called the heads of several departments such as special effects, art and painting, and said quickly and concisely: "The appearance of aliens is too simple and friendly!"

"Listen to my description!"

Although there are the same words in the script, Wang Jie deliberately emphasized that it will definitely attract more attention, "They come from the red dwarf Grace galaxy 25 light years away, organic lifeforms, like locusts, with multiple antennae, flat skulls, fragile bodies, and no vocal cord structures. ”

"In terms of weapons, a super large luxury mothership, a large laser pillar launcher, a green shield, and a small spaceship!"

"In short, I want the audience to feel disgusted, annoying, and disgusted at the first sight of aliens, and they will think that they are a group of locust-like predators!"

Seeing that these people in charge nodded solemnly, Wang Jie waved his hand and asked them to leave and re-draw samples of aliens and motherships.

There was an aggressive knock on the door, and Drew Barrymore walked in, without any nonsense, and said directly: "Lianmei has temporarily finalized a $25 million publicity budget for the film, and if you can control the final production cost within $90 million, we will invest another $10 million depending on the response to the film's release." ”

Wang Jie nodded and said, "Go on." ”

"The props crew rented the interior of the White House, so we didn't have to recreate it, so we could save a lot of money. ”

It's good news that Drew Barrymore hasn't stopped, "Shirley Lansing and I have decided to advertise during next year's Super Bowl. Also, IBM, Coca-Cola, and Cadillac have decided to sponsor the film, so you'd better think about their scenes as soon as possible so that the studio can offer them a bid. ”

"Let's go see how Zach is doing. ”

After Drew finished speaking, Wang Jie took the lead in pushing the door and leaving the office, and went directly to Zack Schneider's office, who led his assistant to make the scene script. Zack Schneider is the assistant director selected by Wang Jie for this film, and the other assistant director is Wu Baige, who will be responsible for directing "Breaking Bad" after the film is completed, and Wang Jie has handed over the script to Drew Barrymore.

Commercial films require a clear plot structure that doesn't drag on the ground, and the synopsis of "Independence Day" is simple - aliens want to destroy humanity, humanity fights back, and finally wins - the film's camera script is designed around the counterattack of the crowd.

Preferred, a mysterious spaceship flies to Earth. Second, the administration found out that the Department of Defense and the White House were taking countermeasures. Third, the emotionally frustrated scientific genius plays chess with his father to relieve his boredom and discovers alien signals. Fourth, the Vietnam War pilots who were captured by aliens for experiments borrowed alcohol all day to kill their worries, and their work was a mess. Fifth, a good Air Force pilot does not dislike his girlfriend because she is a stripper with children, and finally comes together.

This series of events is not directly related at the beginning, each event seems unrelated, in fact, none of them is wasted, and in the end, they all have an irreplaceable role, and with the attack of the aliens, these events will eventually be intertwined.

Although this is a typical, cross-narrative technique, often used in films, is indeed prosaic, it is enough to tell the story clearly.

After telling Zack Schneider to find a suitable ad insertion scene, Wang Jie reviewed some of the scripts they had developed, returned to the office, and continued to think about filmmaking.

If a commercial film wants to succeed, it is not enough to just tell the story clearly, the most effective and powerful weapon is sensationalism! The so-called emotion of course refers to emotion!

Whether it is a line speech, action or explosion scenes, it is ultimately to arouse the resonance of the audience, so that most of the audience who enter the theater feel cool and feel happy, rather than like a literary movie, which makes the audience feel confused after watching it, which is to take the initiative to drive most of the audience out.

Explosions and action are the shots that Wang Jie is good at shooting now, in addition to these, the film also has the most basic sensational way, just like "Life and Death" and "Brave Death Island", good will inevitably triumph over evil in the end!

Demanding that the power of "good" win in the end is arguably the most basic law of commercial films!

This is not because the filmmakers are kind-hearted and afraid that the audience will learn from the bad, but because they are unable to put the "bad guy victory" in front of the audience based on commercial gains.

No one can deny that the mainstream audience mostly can't accept the ending of the bad guys' victory.

Even though the movie is just a virtual world, the public still likes to see the evil of the bad guys finally triumphed over by justice, and the bad guys get the severe punishment they deserve, just as the audience will not accept that Mickey Mouse has become a murderer who does all kinds of evil and Donald Duck has become a robber.

Moreover, mainstream society also needs this kind of film that is actually full of fairy tales, subconsciously reminding people that they are not living in a society full of dangers.

Although Wang Jie doesn't have to do it himself, as a director who controls the overall situation, every job must be reviewed and approved by him and the two production managers in the end.

"What, not satisfied with the script?" Wang Jie's heart skipped a beat, "You want to remove Area 51 and change the ending of the final battle?"

"No, no, General Joseph, it must be a civilian, not the president or the military, who destroys the weapons of the alien spacecraft!" Wang Jie specially emphasized, "This is the plot I designed after careful consideration. ”

"Tomorrow?Pentagon representatives will be able to arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow?" Wang Jie breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the names mentioned on the phone, "Tomorrow I will talk to Lieutenant Colonel Lunhuo in detail." ”