Chapter 473: The agent couple, ambushed on all sides
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All the air battle scenes in the film need special effects synthesis, and Chen Tiandu also needs to edit the actors into special effects shots, even during the shooting, the model production department produced many steel suits and fighter planes for the film, penetrating many skyscrapers, and debris when the building topples over. The steel suit requires the most CGI special effects, and as long as there is a suit in every shot, special effects shots are indispensable, which is undoubtedly a huge project.
Fortunately, this is not the first time that he has cooperated with special effects artists, and with today's technology, as long as you can imagine the picture, it can basically be realized. He only needs to grasp the general direction of these work carried out at a rapid pace. Naturally, he does not need to be personally responsible for the specific details. …… Even if he has to be in charge himself, he must understand special effects production. In fact, many big Hollywood directors always have a feeling of being powerful and useless in the face of special effects. Only a few special effects maniacs will plunge headlong into special effects studios to conduct secret research, such as Cameron, George Lucas, etc.
In addition to focusing on the post-production of the two films, the animation company is finally on track.
The animators traveled to the hometown of Sichuan pandas in China at public expense, and also filmed a lot of precious materials. Such as Qingcheng Mountain, Stone Forest, Zhangjiajie and other famous scenic spots. Finally, I have a good idea of the scene and the characters.
As a result, Matrix Animation's first film, "Kung Fu Panda", also began to be slowly produced.
This is also a slow job, which makes Chen Tian, who is used to the fast pace, a little uncomfortable.
Once there is a problem in the work, feedback to him can be done in a short time. And then...... Chen Tian was "unreasonable" and idle again.
But he was born to work hard. After a vacation and attending Robert Downey Jr.'s wedding. began to find a job for himself again - "Agent Couple". His next film is already quietly in the works.
The outline of the screenplay for this film was registered with the Screenwriters Guild several years ago. Film companies that pay attention to Chen Tiandu are no strangers to this. Originally, Chen Tian was going to play with Kate Beckinsale, but now that he has married Kate back home, the plan must change.
Peck analyzed the market research for him: "The audience won't like to see a real couple, performing together on the big screen. Even if it's a couple, it doesn't have to work, it will make the audience dance the play, and they will naturally think that you are not what you are in the movie, and the result will naturally be ......"
Chen Tiandu carefully recalled the successful Hollywood movies. It seems that there is really no husband and wife working together at the same time, at most it is a couple file. But there are not many successes, unless it is a youth idol drama. Even if it is a youth idol drama, it will not choose a couple to shoot at the beginning, most of it is fake and true during the filming process.
The results of this investigation made him dare not take risks even if he had always been confident. He is indeed confident, but not a fool. Self-confidence must also be justified, that is called true self-confidence.
Chen Tiandu told Kate about the result, and Kate was a little regretful, but this was a reasonable thing. There's no need to change anything. What's more, at this stage, she is not keen on filming at all, and the child is still too young. She can't see her children for a day, and she can't even sleep. At this juncture, how can you let go of your children and go to filming.
So, the matrix began to look for actors for the heroine.
As soon as the news came out, it can be said that it set off waves in the Hollywood actress circle, and auditions were flooding.
"Jessica Alba?" She has just finished filming "Fantastic Four", the film is scheduled to be released next year, and her popularity is climbing rapidly. Chen Tian was very excited, but reason still prevailed over emotion, "I'm sorry, this role needs to be a little more atmospheric, your appearance ...... It's so sweet. ”
"Anne Hathaway...... You are a good actor, but you just finished filming "The Princess Diaries 2", which is too youthful and does not meet the requirements. …… Well, next time a suitable character will think of you. Come on. ”
"Natalie? Don't make a fuss, this is an action drama, the plot is very young, and there are exciting love scenes...... You say you don't mind, but we mind, it's not right for me to stand with you and draw in the wrong style. ”
In addition, Drew Barrymore, "Mean Girl" Lindsay Lohan, Heath Ledger's girlfriend Naomi Woz, Rachel McAdams and others participated in the audition. In the end, there are thousands of choices, and there are not many actresses who meet the requirements.
This character needs action scenes, and has the temperament of a killer, preferably a little sexy. Angelina Jolie is counted as one, and the new Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is the second, Charlize originally had the most opportunities, but was excluded by Chen Tiandu for the first time, for inexplicable reasons. I can only have other suitable opportunities in the future and try again, but not this time.
Scarlett Johansson barely counts one.
When she auditioned again, she found that Chen Tiandu and Angelina were filming husband and wife scenes together, which always seemed very awkward, so she regretted not being selected. Scarlett Johansson became the most hopeful, but she didn't think that she and Chen Tian would definitely win the role after messing around in the elevator for one night. Her agency team helped her analyze the role carefully, and she carefully prepared it herself. On the day of the second audition, she schemingly wore a black leather coat imitating "Trinity", with a deep ditch at the neckline, showing off a more proud and sexy upper circumference than Kate.
When this shape appeared in the camera, everyone gasped, and even Chen Tian couldn't say anything.
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The flowers are similar every year, but the films are different every year.
The annual summer war is on the stage, heroes from all walks of life, you sing and I appear, it's so lively. Even on the other side of the ocean, the Chinese film market is also experiencing fierce competition.
As the saying goes, the layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway. In this biggame that divides the big cake of the Chinese film market, all kinds of gods have used their means to stage a film marketing group meeting, which also makes the fierce schedule war more exciting.
In the past, the domestic summer season has always been a stage for Hollywood blockbusters, and in recent years, those so-called domestic blockbusters have generally been selected during the Chinese New Year. This year is also a year of great production, including Huayi's launch of "No Thieves in the World" directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Liu Dehao and Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu". Both were announced to be released in the New Year's schedule.
Throughout the summer. Domestic movies are weighty. Only the sci-fi movie "Source Code" launched by the matrix and "Ambush on All Sides" launched by the new picture. They will compete with Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Day After Tomorrow", "Spider-Man 2", and "Troy".
Zhang Yimou took the last train of martial arts fever with "Hero", and he made a lot of pressure in China. This time, this "Ambush on All Sides" has been launched one after another, and it is scheduled to be released nationwide on July 16. The starring actors of this movie are none other than Liu Dehao, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhang Ziyi.
In contrast, Gao Shuqun, the director of "Source Code", is a little immature, he was only a TV series director before, and was promoted by Chen Tiandu to direct this movie. And the movie lineup has also accumulated Liu Dehao, Li Jiaxin, Fan Binbin, Huang Bo and others, and their fame is not weak. But none of this is important, the important thing is that the film producer and screenwriter is Chen Tiandu.
That's all there is to it. It's enough to cheer up 100% of the new picture.
"Source Code" is scheduled to be released on July 24, a week later "Ambush on All Sides". And this time is also the time when the domestic summer vacation really opens.
The two sides coincidentally played a luxurious marketing model, with big names gathered and a large amount of investment. As a result, the casting turmoil that never started filming and the on-site progress after filming started have received the highest degree of attention.
All of this can be summed up in one word, and that is "luxury".
All the elements are so luxurious that it's impossible not to notice its presence, and some of them are bound to pull many people into the cinema: you may be a fan of Chen Tiandu or Zhang Yimou, you may be a fan of many star actors such as Liu Dehao. You may be a fan of big war scenes, and you may be a fan of science fiction. Want to see if Chen Tiandu can save domestic sci-fi ...... The marketing of both sides is so "gorgeous".
If it is changed to the past, the new picture will start to play hole cards if it is not guaranteed, and it will begin to discredit and suppress competitors. This is exactly Zhang Weiping's forte, and it is also the bad atmosphere of domestic film promotion at this stage. But not now, the matrix cinema chain has become the largest cinema chain in China, and in just a few years, it has developed to the scale of 36 theaters and 240 screens. It occupies the first-tier main ticket warehouse cities in China.
Which one of the moviemakers will offend them.
So Zhang Weiping was very restrained and only did his own propaganda.
He announced early that the distribution rights of "Ambush on All Sides" in North America have been sold for 115 million yuan, and the distribution rights in Japan have been sold for 85 million yuan. The fact that North America can sell so high is entirely due to the box office of "Hero" of more than 40 million US dollars. This kind of marketing of honor has also won a lot of attention.
But the media doesn't think so, since it's going to be in the ring, it must be put together to watch. Everything that "Heroes" has to be analyzed and compared with "Source Code". In contrast, the matrix is much simpler, they distribute it directly by themselves, and they take the same box office share and peripheral income as North American movies, and they are responsible for their own profits and losses.
The forced grid is not on the same level at all.
In the competition of various hard powers, the new pictures are all inferior.
But the real competition of the movie is the content, no matter how big the exaggeration is at this time, if you can't get the real thing when it is released, it will die down immediately. Even if you seize the opportunity with marketing publicity, in the end, you will only start high and go low.
It didn't last long, and soon it was summer.
"Ambush on All Sides" was the first to be released nationwide, and it was just fresh at the beginning. The theater is a flood of movie-watching.
But after watching it, except for the beautiful picture, there is no content at all.
There are good reviews that have received money, but it also seems to have a narrow range.
As Sohu commented: "The film's exquisite selection of scenes is the consistent style of Zhang Yimou, who was born in art." The peony workshop in the film is a high-end entertainment venue in the Tang Dynasty, the entire 360-degree rotunda is gorgeous, and all the carved beams and paintings are finely carved in various peony shapes. I heard that the set of the Peony Pavilion cost two million. The bamboo forest shrouded in mist in the film is framed from the bamboo sea of Si|Chuan|Yong|Chuan; A sea of flowers, silvery birch forests and picturesque mountains are taken from Ukraine's Ksovo National Forest Park. ”
"The costumes break through the vulgar shapes used in previous martial arts movies, and show unique features from the fabric to the shape, such as fast clothes and hats. In the scene at the Peony Fang, Takeshi Kaneshiro's satin pants and boots with fine embroidery, Zhang Ziyi's long skirt, three-meter-long water sleeves and embellishments all express the customs of that era. "To be continued...... I1292