Chapter 266 Preparing for the release of "Inception" and "Source Code" in North America
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This matter has been troubled for a long time, and Su Li's initial plan was to find an actor with better acting skills in China to play, and he was to play an inconsequential supporting role. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
After that, he wanted to find the leading actor of the original "Inception" movie to perform, but he was frightened by the sky-high salary and felt that it was unnecessary to spend so much money on it.
Now, he himself is more and more inclined to play the leading role in the play.
First of all, only I have seen "Inception", and only I know how the actor in it performs, and he can play the actor well. As for the question of age - in fact, it is not a problem, you must know that when you "source", you can also draw Su Li more than ten years old through special makeup techniques.
This is not an easy task for Su Li and the crew, he has to wear a lot of makeup effects every time he films, which is a bit annoying, and he spends a lot of time on it every day of shooting.
Su Li is a little entangled in this issue, but it is not yet to the point where he has to set the protagonist, and he still has a few months to go. He has only roughly determined a few supporting roles now: he wants Yang Mi to play the dream builder, in fact, the dream builder even has more roles than the heroine in the movie, which can be regarded as some of his own selfishness.
He plays the leading role by himself has his own benefits for the movie, and even more benefits for himself, he knows that "Inception" will eventually go to the whole world, and if he plays the leading role, then his influence may have to expand to the world!
The other supporting roles should also be well chosen, and the heroine has not been determined for a while (well, I don't know who to do myself, let's think about it, and then talk about it in the book review area.) Whether it is the heroine or other supporting roles, they all need to have a certain amount of acting skills, preferably handsome men and beautiful women, but the acting skills can't be bad, after all, this is a movie that is going to the world...... The tycoon's son is ready to find Wu Yanzu, this person's acting skills have gradually improved after nearly two years of training, and it is not difficult to control such a role.
The actors of several other people were a little entangled, and he pondered in his heart for some time but was not completely sure. Fang Zuming, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and the article have all been considered, but they have not yet made a final decision.
In terms of controlling the plot of "Inception", Su Li did not dare to revise it arrogantly, after all, the original script of others was already very perfect, and it was easy to add to it as soon as he went out, and he would even ruin the whole movie when the time came. He mainly pondered the lines of some actors, and he tried his best to use easy-to-understand lines to show the deconstruction and context of this movie.
The original "Inception" is a brainstorming, the plot is suspenseful, the world view is vast and complex, and some settings are even more incredible than fantasy novels. The structure of the film has been widely discussed since the release of "Inception", and he wants to make the lines a little more accessible and the translation work a little easier - again, "Inception" is a movie that is going to go to the world.
In the processing of lines, Su Li has to add some things a little, that is, some Chinese allusions, the most important thing is naturally 'Zhuang Zhou Mengdie', Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, to a certain extent, it is similar to "Inception".
After the release of "Inception", many fans originally had a mature and invincible worldview, and they also felt that "Inception" was enough for entertainment, and the worldview was completely absurd...... However, every time I think of the spinning top that keeps leaving suspense at the end, many people still can't help but stand on their hair - is the world we live in real?
Even if science and technology have been developed to the point where they can send people to the moon, even if the world we live in every day can be seen and touched...... However, it is really possible that we are living in a dream, someone else's dream...... If we think differently, then the world we live in may really be just a false world, and everything we can see is deception, which is even more terrifying than the projection world that Plato said!
This question does have something in common with Zhuangzi - how can you be sure that it must be Zhuang Zhou Mengdie and not Butterfly Dream Zhuang Zhou?
Therefore, Su Li also added some innocuous things about Zhuangzi in it, which on the one hand can make the Chinese audience feel more comfortable, and on the other hand, it can also make foreigners interested in Zhuangzi - it can be regarded as a little contribution to the promotion of ancient Chinese culture, not to mention, such a spiritual commonality is indeed mysterious.
The modification of the plot Su Li is minimized, he never thinks that he will be better than a Hollywood screenwriter team, will be better than the original "Inception", his modification is likely to only make the movie more stringent or even a bad movie.
He's only slightly changed the setting and a little bit of the plot - a big part of the reason for these changes is actually to save money...... The original "Inception" spent money too quickly, and those distorted and blurred worlds, collapsed and collapsed time and space, and the construction of mysterious worlds required too much investment. What's more, there are also fierce gunfights and hand-to-hand combat...... Su Li slightly removed most of the places in the original movies that were just for special effects, and at the same time, turned several gunfire scenes into fist collisions that the Chinese are quite good at, which can ensure that the commercial surname can also save money, the scale of the chase on several streets should be slightly reduced, and the explosion scene should be slightly reduced.
Su Li can be said to be budget-conscious in these places and doesn't want to waste a penny.
After these adjustments, "Inception" can be won within an investment of about three or four billion.
Actors, props, venues are cheaper. Special effects may be better, but they are far less expensive...... Burning Shadow Special Effects Studio is a local Chinese special effects team or a special effects studio owned by Li Guang Entertainment, so the cost of "Inception" is much cheaper.
Combined with several factors, the cost of "Inception" is much reduced, and it should not be difficult to take it for about three or four billion.
ββββββ Su Li also began to travel around for the film, investigating suitable locations.
The city in Inception chose Su Li to think about it, but he still chose Kunming.
After all, Su Li went out from Yunnan and was very familiar with the city. Kunming is not too big in provincial capitals across the country, and it is much simpler to rent out venues and other things, which is also very important for Kunming to promote itself, so Kunming ZF quickly gave Su Li a satisfactory answer, and at the same time will use the police to close the road.
These things Su Li didn't choose because of his hometown, but completely for the sake of the movie.
There is also a part of the footage to be shot in Shanghai, which is very well thought out.
The original Inception was not only filmed in the United States, but also in some other countries. They also have to switch some urban styles, and maybe even go to Los Angeles to shoot some exterior locations...... The background setting of the protagonist Su Li has changed a lot - their service target is still the tycoon of Yuben, but the background of the protagonist is Chinese.
The protagonist is suspected of the death of his wife and wanders around the world, only to meet the tycoon and start a new plan...... Thinking of these shootings, Su Li himself also has a little headache, there is no doubt that this is his biggest action since he entered the film industry, and the luxury and grandeur of this film can be called the first in the history of domestic films...... Su Li, who has to take on such a task, is not yet 22 years old...... If "Inception" can be as successful as the original, it will definitely be a shot in the arm for Chinese-made movies, after all, the total box office of the original "Inception" is 810 million...... U.S. dollars, converted to Chengren people's currency, that's 6 billion ...... The world will also really pay attention to Chinese films because of this, and in the future, Su Li wants to make Xianxia movies with Chinese characteristics and draw a clear line with the so-called magic movies, and only then will he have his own basis for being accepted and recognized by the world.
In fact, Source Code lays a bit of a foundation for Inception, and Inception will lay the real foundation for Su Li's globalization strategy.
ββββββLet's go back to May 20, when "Source Code" was officially released at the North American Film Market.
There are contractual restrictions between Le Guang Entertainment and those foreign theater companies, and Le Guang Entertainment has also invested in the promotion of the United States.
It's just that most of the publicity investment has fallen on the head of Liguang Entertainment Company, after all, the evaluation of this movie by theater operators is that it is not painful or itchy, and they don't want to put much effort into it. Despite Source Code's Asian box office stunt, they couldn't believe Source Code could have shocked the U.S. box office.
So, in the end, they chose an attitude of a little publicity but not too much effort to make this movie.
When "Source Code" was released, not too many Americans knew about the movie, and they knew very little about "Source Code", and many of them just stayed on the glimpse of the poster and did not pay much attention to the movie.
Chinese movies in their eyes, as long as they are not familiar faces like Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, and John Woo, most of them will choose to ignore their surnames...... Su Li ...... Who's this? They had never heard of it.
Actors and directors are all unknowns...... As for the film's soaring box office in Asia...... What does that have to do with them? They are at the center of world film culture, so why should they focus on Asia?
As a result, the box office premiere of "Source Code" in the United States was really a bit deserted, with a few people sitting in the sparsely populated theaters, and the attendance rate was less than 15%.
"Damn, we're really losing." Most of the cinema operators who negotiated with Su Li are now complaining.
It wasn't until later that an arrow stabbed some people in the knee ......ββββββ cast of "Inception"...... I hope you can give advice, for the heroine and the supporting actor, I have thought of a lot of people. The heroine I have thought about Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, Lin Chiling and many others, but I feel that everyone with acting skills will be disgusted, and those who have no acting skills are too inconsistent, tangled...... By the way, this week's comments were overwhelming! The essence has been used up, thank you for your support, seeing this situation, I feel full of motivation when I write something, the weekly recommendation vote is about to break 1500, I am also smiling, plus the power of the reward, although the subscription is still not good, it is slowly growing...... Thank you!
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The box office of "Source Code" in North America will naturally have a turning point, so don't worry.
(To be continued)