Chapter 11: Tomb robbery begins

Liang Xiaolong, I see this name again. Disney is in a script drought? After "Tomb Robbery", we will start filming this Chinese child's script "The Sun is Like Me", and look at the profile of the Sun Like Me - this is a spiritual competition, and a nineteen-year-old Chinese child also understands the psychological process? There is no doubt that after "Tomb Robbery", Disney's other investment failed. -- Los Angeles Times

Liang Xiaolong, I saw this name again, so I decided to check his old background. God, he's just a student at the University of California School of Economics, a little guy with developed economic cells but no artistic cells. Disney actually filmed two of his scripts in a row, whether Disney is crazy, or the audience is starting to like films without artistic surnames. -- The Hollywood Morning Post

Liang Xiaolong, violent maniac. According to his alumni rumors, Liang Xiaolong is a martial arts master and a violent maniac, he can run to the boxing club to kick the gym for a momentary pleasure, and injure several people in a row, such a violent maniac can also write a script? Shit! -- Chicago Sun

As soon as Disney's official website announced the start of filming of "The Sun Is Like Me", the media immediately set off another storm, lashing out at Liang Xiaolong as always. In the face of the media's criticism, Disney did not make any response, and Bruce Leung did not make any response, either training Brandon and Rachel in the rehearsal room every day, or watching "Montage Theory" and "Long Shot Theory" at home, Bruce Leung is now also forced to lay a foundation for himself: "If you want to put all classic films on the screen in advance, you must not only be ruthless when pirating scripts, but also ruthless yourself, and maybe you can mix the title of legendary editor and legendary director." ”

In order to see the new movie as soon as possible, Liang Xiaolong is unscrupulous, not only to be a pirated editor, but also to be a pirated director, maybe he will have to be a pirated actor that day and grab a few classic roles: "But so what? No one will know, people will only praise me, will only treat me as a legend, and put me on the stage, this is the highest level of piracy! ”

Liang Xiaolong is very shameless, but shameless people can always hear good news, and Julia soon called again: "Xiaolong, I have to thank you, Disney has agreed to shoot "Never Compromise", and the conditions are the same as before, and the box office will be 10% of the 100 million part. Liang Xiaolong smiled, this kind of condition seems to be a loss, but there is history to testify, he can definitely make a lot of money from Disney: "Disney is really generous, maybe I will be able to invest in the film myself next year." ”

"Kids, it's not a good thing to over-inflate your self-confidence." Julia laughed and scolded, but Liang Xiaolong didn't care: "Sister Big Mouth, are you so unconfident in yourself?" Isn't it just a box office of over 100 million, and it's no problem to exceed 200 million, and then I will be able to get more than 10 million draws. ”

When Disney once again announced the start of filming "Never Compromise", the name Bruce Leung was on the editorial list again, and the media went crazy again. The Los Angeles Times wrote: Are the current scripts all processed on the assembly line? It's only been a few days, and this Chinese kid has written three scripts in a row, can this kind of fast-producing script have quality at all? Poor Julia, after last year's "I Love Trouble", she will be officially defined as box office poison, and maybe next year she will completely fade out of the entertainment industry.

Compared with the Los Angeles Times's criticism as always, the Chicago Sun is much more objective this time: Why would Disney shoot a new writer's script one after another? This question has caused me to delve into it, maybe we can find out the reason from the contract they signed, "Tomb Robbery" has a global box office of more than 300 million, more than 5% of the part; "The Sun Is Like Me" and "Never Compromise" have a global box office of over 100 million, more than 100% of the commission, where does this Chinese child's confidence come from? And for the filming of these three films, Disney invested more than 100 million yuan, where does its confidence come from? Perhaps, we will only know after the release of the film. I'm looking forward to the release of the film to see if Liang Xiaolong is a river crossing dragon or just a river worm.

But anyway, this week is a week for Liang Xiaolong, and the name Liang Xiaolong frequently appears in major entertainment media, and they are all looking forward to the release of these three films. Anyway, as long as they can whet the appetite of readers and ensure the sales of the newspaper, they can immediately forget how they attacked Liang Xiaolong before.

"The filming locations have all been found, the props team and the actors are all in place, and they are ready for location shooting." Stephen was not idle this week, not only to know the script by heart, but also to look around for filming locations and guide the props team to set up the scene: "The first location is the ancient desert city, selected in the Las Vegas desert, this scene is the most important, you let Brandon prepare." ”

This scene is the main scene of the main character, O'Connor and his army, entering the desert to find the ancient city, and fighting the tomb guards in the ancient city, which is also the highlight of the whole film. Moreover, the script has been revised by Liang Xiaolong, and O'Connor will use more double knives and throwing knives to fight the enemy in this scene, and the scene will be more exciting than the original gunfight.

Of course, this scene is not the only one outside the ancient city, but also the filming of two opposite expeditions coming on a camel, and Eve opening the Bible of the dead to resurrect the mummy. This aspect requires the director's directing ability to be extremely high, because he has to split the shots in the script and then complete the shooting of the same scene at one time, otherwise the back and forth will not only waste time, but also increase the production cost.

Therefore, the production cost of a film is largely directly related to the director's ability. If Cameron, the director of "Titanic", comes and uses this master's surname to pursue perfection, the production cost may increase by tens of millions of dollars.

"I love hearing good news like this, and Brandon won't let you down." Liang Xiaolong is not looking forward to the release of "The Sun Like Me" and "Never Compromise", because he has not made any changes to the scripts of those two films, although there is a difference in time, but the results will not be too different. But "Tomb Robbery" was operated on by him, in his words: Although I can't see new films for the time being, at least I can see different old films, which can be regarded as a kind of psychological comfort. It's like watching a remake of a classic movie in a previous life, although it is an old bottle of new vinegar, you can always find a shining point.

In the rehearsal room, Brandon and Rachel trained hard, from newcomers to blockbuster heroes and heroines, and they both cherished this opportunity very much, so they didn't need Liang Xiaolong's supervision at all, and they wouldn't let up. Moreover, after a week of training, they can be considered decent to play Chinese kung fu, and after stunt processing, they will definitely have a strong visual impact.

"Handsome guy, beauty, I have good news for you, tomorrow we will go into the Las Vegas desert to shoot the location." As soon as Liang Xiaolong's words fell, Brandon and Rachel cheered, to be honest, although it was voluntary, Liang Xiaolong's training was really hard, and now that the film started, the training was over, and they had no reason to be unhappy. Of course, what is even happier is that the film will start shooting, they will be able to go to the screen a little earlier, confirm their status in Hollywood, and then there will be a continuous stream of film appointments and advertising endorsements......

"You don't have to train today, have a good rest, don't be on the set tomorrow and have no energy at all." Liang Xiaolong reminded: "Also, we may have to live in the desert for a few days, during which the temperature difference between day and night is large, you must be prepared not to catch a cold." Also, you have to take sun protection measures, especially Rachel, I don't want to see a black beauty on the screen after the film comes out. ”

"Black beauties are also beauties, not to mention my natural beauty." Rachel playfully threw a wink at Liang Xiaolong: "After the film is released, I will have a flower messenger to strengthen the group." ”

"Brandon, are Hollywood beauties so narcissistic?" Brandon disagreed with Liang Xiaolong's question: "No, Rachel is too modest, after the film is released, she will have a flower messenger of the division." ”

Early the next morning, Liang Xiaolong followed the production team to Las Vegas by plane, and was escorted into the desert by the convoy. There were a lot of people on the set, including fifty or sixty crew members, plus two hundred dragon sets and more than 100 horses, which was very lively. Brandon was pulled away by the makeup artist as soon as he came, and today's scene was almost his one-man show, and Liang Xiaolong was also pulled to the set by Stephen to check the layout of the scene, and then he also had to think about integrating the prepared action with the scene, and if it couldn't be integrated, it would have to be modified. This made Liang Xiaolong further realize that being an action director is not an easy job, especially for blockbuster action directors, all aspects must be taken into account.

"This scene is very difficult to film, hundreds of horsemen rushed over at the same time, and then people kept being shot and falling from their horses, if the protective measures are not done well, it is easy to get injured." The bigger the scene, the more difficult it is to shoot, especially this kind of scene where thousands of horses are running together, many of which are not controlled by humans. Of course, shooting such a big scene is not like going out at the same time in the film, it is often divided into several small units, and then shooting more shots, and when the film enters the post-editing, leave what you need and delete what you don't need.

When all the departments are ready, the film will officially start filming, and in the first scene, the soldiers line up on the city walls, the commander escapes, and Benny and O'Connor have dialogue. This scene is a literary drama, and there are not many lines, so the filming process is also very smooth, followed by the scene of thousands of horses running together, several cameras are shooting from several angles, and then there are constantly stuntmen falling from the horses. These scenes are only a few tens of seconds of footage if they are placed in the film, but the on-site shooting takes several hours to complete, and several of the stuntmen were not lightly injured and were directly sent to the hospital.

"Just these ten seconds of footage can make a small investment film." Stephen couldn't help but sigh lightly, counting all the expenses, these dozens of seconds of footage actually cost nearly two million dollars, and it was completely enough to make a small investment movie. In fact, this is also normal, the total production cost is 70 million, the length of the film is more than 130 minutes, and the average value of each shot is more than 500,000 US dollars: "Fortunately, there is only this one big scene, otherwise 100 million US dollars is not enough to burn." ”;