156 Differences between East and West
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Yuan Kui called in front of Liu Anran, but he still didn't know who Yuan Kui was calling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because Yuan Kui said it in Cantonese, Liu Anran understood a few words.
Liu Anran felt that if there was a person who could speak a lot of dialects to compile a codebook, it would be difficult to decipher it. Huaxia is too big, and there are too many dialects in various places.
"Andy, when did you first get the idea of making movies in Hollywood?" Yuan Kui hung up the phone and looked at Liu Anran and asked curiously.
His curiosity still comes from Liu Anran's youth, and he has also created a great reputation in Hollywood, the mecca of movies. There are more directors who want to go to Hollywood to make films, and the number of people who have fallen into the sand is uncountable.
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just to try my luck in the United States, and my luck is better, in Robert Jr.? With Downey's help, the film was able to be released normally. My success was accidental, and it didn't work in either Hong Kong or the mainland. Liu Anran said with a smile.
"For such a small-investment movie, if it is filmed on our side, it is not easy to hire suitable actors. And it is also a big problem to release it after inviting the right actors, and the theaters on our side are too concerned about the box office. ”
This can be regarded as an essential difference, although China has a large population, there are not many people who can willingly pay money to go into the cinema to watch a movie, which makes the cinema chain keep an eye on the money that sells movie tickets.
And what about the American side? It is common for them to go to the cinema to watch movies, and it has become a habit. Indirectly, it will drive the sales of food in theaters, which is the main source of profit for theaters. Otherwise, how could Liu Anran's "Ghost Shadow" win such a high box office share.
To put it bluntly, as Liu Anran Xiaobai, even if the quality of the film is very good, if it is released here, it will be a high incense to get 15%-20% of the box office profit, and the probability of not being released is greater.
"Director Yuan, in fact, I have always had an idea to make Chinese films break a path in the United States. In the future, if there is a good film, I will try to introduce it to the United States and distribute it. Now I have two Chinese directors in my company who are being trained, and although they are newcomers, they are very potential. Liu Anran said with a smile again.
"But this road is not so easy to follow, because of regional differences, even if our very good films are released in the United States, the box office may not be very high. After all, the only prize we can compete for at the Oscars every year is Best Foreign Language Film. ”
What he said was a bit old-fashioned, but with his current status, he wasn't talking big.
"Talents are withering, and I don't know when a group of new talents will emerge to revitalize the film industry." Yuan Kui said with a sigh.
"It's hard, it's too hard. Talent development doesn't happen overnight, and now there's more focus on the fame of the actors than on the quality of the script and the film. Liu Anran said with a smile.
"You're an industry insider, and you know how much the actors are paid for the films we are making now. However, in Hollywood's film investment, the actor's salary in the proportion of a movie is generally controlled between 10% and 30%, and the maximum will not exceed 40%. ”
"Just like the "Very Human Trafficker" that I am about to film, I will control the cost of the actor's salary at about 15%. The remaining 65% will be used for the film itself, and the remaining 20% will be used for the promotion of the film. ”
Yuan Kui shook his head helplessly again, what Liu Anran said was also the real status quo now.
Really speaking, both the film industry in Xiangjiang and China is a little unhealthy now, and it pays too much attention to the appeal of movie stars.
This is also a helpless thing, if you want to collect the investment of the film, you have to rely on the fans of these movie stars to support the show, and over time, the incongruous situation of the film in the future will become more and more serious. The proportion of remuneration for movie stars is getting larger and larger, and the money spent on films will be less and less.
This is the difference between Eastern and Western films, and there is already a healthy film production mechanism on the Hollywood side. You can imitate other people's shooting techniques and plots, but you can't imitate the essence of others.
Just like the current Hong Kong-made movies are all products produced in small workshops, the selection of materials is not precise, the workmanship is rough, and the quality is high and low. Hollywood is a modern big factory, although the products are all produced on the assembly line, but the quality is excellent.
"If I have a role in a future film that needs Chinese actors, I will try to use Chinese actors as much as possible, so that they can really experience what it is like to make a movie in the United States." Liu Anran continued.
If you want to be influential in the Chinese film industry, you can't just talk about it. If you don't do something, who will pay attention to you? In a few years, there will also be some Chinese movie stars who will develop in the United States, and they will be able to operate it themselves when the time comes.
"Anyway, I visited the meta-director in the action design of this film, and the action style you designed has been accepted by the American audience, and I really don't dare to use other big directors at will." Liu Anran smiled again and pulled the topic back.
"Andy, you're so polite. In fact, every time I participate in foreign film shooting, I will have different degrees of understanding. Yuan Kui said with a smile.
He felt that he could talk to Liu Anran very well, and he also felt that although Liu Anran was young, he saw the problem very thoroughly. Can it be thorough, Liu Anran is from the future, and he is very clear about the quality of films in the Chinese film industry.
Anyway, it was just small talk, and when it came to the filming of "Very Human Trafficker", Yuan Kui also briefly talked about some future shooting plans. He's definitely going to bring some people over, right? Statham directs the movements, otherwise he wouldn't be able to keep himself busy.
The peacock on the side sat quietly, looking at Liu Anran, who was talking to Yuan Kui, she was unconsciously a little fascinated, and she didn't know how she felt about Liu Anran now.
Including the teasing of Liu Anran in the past two days, she can't tell whether it's because of fun or because of her sincerity. After thinking about it for a while, she felt that she was still doing it because it was fun.
This little boss is really interesting, obviously very, but he doesn't dare to take action, even if he treats other women, he is at most a mouthful, and he doesn't dare to really take advantage of others.
Over the years, I have seen too many people of all kinds as bodyguards, and rich people like Liu Anran are looking for women, and sometimes they have to stand outside to sentry.
Just from the point that Liu Anran has a thief's heart and no thief's guts, he is a little cute. (To be continued.) )