Chapter 3 This man is from the earth
After Qiao Qian sent Huo Que back, she left.
With time, Huo Que looked up some things related to this world on the Internet. Valentine said tough in front of him, but it was obviously impossible for him to really give up making movies, not to mention on the premise of knowing that there are no classic movies on Earth in this world.
Whether it is Huo Que on the earth or Huo Que in this world, they all have the dream of being a director, and now that they have the opportunity, how can they give up lightly?
He specifically typed in a few nouns, such as Steven. Spielberg, James. Cameron, Luc. Besson, Zhang Yimou, etc., but none of these people are online.
After taking a reassuring pill, Huo Que looked at the time, it was November 26, 2006, he turned out his mobile phone and made a note on this day, and the remark only had two words "rebirth".
Next, Huo Que was thinking about what to do next.
He is not the same as he used to be now, because he has countless classic movie scripts in his head.
He was thinking about whether to write a better script and submit it to the film company immediately and get the first pot of gold, or follow Jiang Yunfan's previous route and find a sponsor to make a low-budget movie by himself?
In fact, these two paths can be taken, according to Huo Que's understanding of movies, writing a script for a classic movie on the earth can definitely be sold at a good price, but this also has a drawback, which can only prove that you are a good screenwriter, and you are still one step away from completing the ideal of directing.
Huo Que pondered for a while, and then thought of a feasible way, to find a low-cost but popular movie on the earth to shoot, first, it can solve the current economic difficulties, and second, it can also live a director's addiction, and even make himself famous.
In fact, there are many such movies on the earth, such as "Blair the Witch", which cost more than 30,000 euros, but the final box office result was a terrible 300 million US dollars.
But in the end, Huo Que vetoed the idea of making "Blair the Witch", because horror low-budget movies that rely on documentary gimmicks have already appeared in this world, and there are follow-up imitations, but the results are not satisfactory.
He thought of another DV movie, "Ghost Shadow", but in the end, this was also vetoed by him, the reason is still the same, this movie that always relies on gimmicks to make money has appeared, after all, it is the 2006 year of this world, and those geniuses are doing everything for the box office and fame, so these ideas have long been discovered by them, if they make this kind of movie now, maybe there will only be a dismal result at the box office.
Sighing in frustration, Huo Que thought a little helplessly, how good it would be if he was reborn ten years ago, then the creativity is definitely a lot, and now it seems that if you want to take a shortcut, you can only write a script to make money, and then make a movie.
Which movie to write about?
Huo Que thought about it carefully, and while he was searching in his mind, he suddenly thought of a good idea.
In the film industry of the earth, no matter which country it is in, there will always be two dark horses pouring out under the entrainment of several blockbusters, what do they rely on? In addition to a few gimmicks, it is more about the excitement of the plot and the novelty of the film, that is, no matter where it is, the plot and novelty of the film are very important.
Squinting, Huo Que began to search for those highly creative feature films, of course, in addition to this, it must also meet the requirements of low cost and high return.
Suddenly, Huo Que's eyes narrowed, the corners of his mouth slowly pulled up a range, and the name of a movie came to mind.
"This Man is from Earth".
This movie was not released in China on Earth, but after being discovered by netizens, it was regarded as a classic. Of course, there will always be some objections to this kind of alternative work, but Huo Que likes this movie, the rhythm and atmosphere of this film are very comfortable, and the entire plot of the film takes place in a small living room, all relying on the dialogue between the characters.
The shooting technique is very innovative, there are no ups and downs and suspenseful plots, there is no love that goes through life and death, there are no hot and dizzying special effects, and there is not even the most fashionable flashback, some are just a few people sitting around the fire, facing all kinds of questions and answers, art, religion, history, geography, calmly, eloquently, it is a clash of ideas.
For an hour and forty minutes, the tension was always maintained. The right music, the right love, the right loneliness, the right cleverness, the right death. That's what made "This Man from Earth".
If someone says he doesn't know the movie or hasn't seen it, don't worry, if you're Asian, well, there's a TV series you absolutely know that "My Love from the Star" is based on the idea of this movie.
And the total investment of this film is less than 10,000 US dollars, but the profit is quite considerable, and the specific box office is not clear, there are not many countries where it was released at that time, but the DVD sold very well and was very popular.
This can be seen just by a few numbers.
On China's largest movie rating website, the film has been rated by nearly 140,000 people, with a score of 8.5, which is better than 95 percent of science fiction films and 89 percent of feature films. The top ranking is 181, and at 180th is the E.T Alien by the international director Spielberg.
One can imagine how popular "This Man Is From Earth" is in China on Earth.
The same is true abroad, on IMDB, the world's most influential movie rating website, there are still 130,000 people who have commented on it, with a score of 8.0 points.
You know, a score of 70 on IMDB is already considered a good movie, but "This Man is from Earth" is obviously not an ordinary good movie.
Evaluating the quality of a movie is not just based on its box office, just like "The Shawshank Redemption", which only has a box office of 28 million in the United States, was not very brilliant when it was released, but it is incredible that it is still profitable until 20 years later, and its ratings on various major websites are among the top three.
This kind of box office is not good, and there are many movies that are regarded as classics in the later period, and Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West" is also a clear example, if there is no Internet, then "Journey to the West" will always be buried. But it's only a matter of time before all the gold shines.
With a plan in his heart, Huo Que relaxed, and the current thing was to write the script of "This Man is from Earth". Vigorous and resolute has always been Huo Que's style of acting, since he has made a decision, he will do it immediately, walk to the desk, and start his creative journey.
Just when he was about to write, he was stunned to find that he was not a god, and he couldn't memorize every word in it. Does he have to write so much knowledge himself?
Just when he was at a loss, his mind seemed to be shocked, and then, a stream of information flashed into his mind clearly, and when he thought about the plot again, the film seemed to be playing in his mind, the lines appeared word for word, and the scenes reappeared scene by scene.
Overjoyed, he immediately went to check another movie, and surprisingly, the information of that movie jumped out as clearly as just now.
It's like he has a massive movie library in his mind, everything he has seen and what he hasn't seen, as long as he thinks about it, it will all emerge immediately, including the plot of that movie, the script, the release time, the global box office, the reviews of all parties, and even some behind-the-scenes footage.
Huo Que was overjoyed, with this skill, it would be difficult for the film industry in this world to be dominated by him.
Turning out the script of "This Man is from Earth", what Huo Que has to do is copy it.
In an hour or two, the script was copied, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he went to the Internet to check the information of all parties. What surprised him was that there was no conflict between the script and reality, and even Jesus was great in this world. Also, this movie is based on the novel of Jeromy Bess, Huo Que searched for it, in this world, there is no such person as Jeromy Bes, let alone this novel, of course.
The next thing is to prepare for filming, thinking of the scene where there are only one room, a few cars, and more than a dozen people, Huo Que felt comfortable for a while, this money doesn't need to find investors at all, he can do it himself, after all, he still earned some money while working in college, or he still earned some money doing summer and winter vacation work, otherwise he wouldn't dare to disobey his father's hospital and stay alone in Hollywood.
At this moment, the phone rang, the phone was called, and after answering, Josie smiled and said, "I went back to tell my dad about your situation, and he said that he was willing to introduce you to two friends who are interested in movies." ”
"Thank you." Huo Que replied: "I don't think so." ”
"Why?" There was a hint of doubt in Josie's tone, and a little joy. I wonder why this persistent person who has been persisting for more than a month suddenly gave up, and happily, he finally figured out this futile thing.
"Because I wrote another script, and I can do it myself without having to find investors." Huo Que said confidently.
"Uh." The joy that had just sprung up in her heart disappeared in an instant, and Josie cautiously asked, "Movie?" Or a DV documentary or a short film? ”
"Movie, almost an hour and a half movie." Huo Que replied firmly.