Chapter 67 The Wonderful Use of Silicone
After the press conference of Longsheng Films, it was definitely a sleepless night for reporters all over Hong Kong, and they went back to catch up with their own manuscripts. Their attitude towards Li Yihua can be said to be different. The more famous media have given blessing evaluations; Smaller media still plan to report on Li Yihua's relationship as a starting point; The gossip-based media have chosen Li Yihua to challenge the media to report.
The screenwriter of the newspaper got the script presented by the reporter, and with professional sensitivity, he felt that it was an attractive news. Coincidentally, they chose to remove the original typography and use this news as the main page to increase sales.
When the first light of dawn shines on the ground, it is an absolute happiness for the printers who have been busy all night, because they can finally rest. Truckloads of ink-scented newspapers also began to appear at the newsstands, bringing a touch of noise to the early morning tranquility.
"On-screen couples turn into official couples!!"
"Golden Boy and Jade Girl Combination---- Li Yihua and Wang Zhuxian!"
"The rookie director openly challenges the Hong Kong media!"
"Li Yihua splits his legs and his new love, and his new love Wang Zhuxian!"
Various themes attract the attention of readers, and correspondingly, the sales of newspapers are also rising, and newspaper owners are happy to smile when they see everyone. That's it, one to ten, ten to hundred...... Li Yihua and Wang Zhuxian's popularity has also become popular, and the exposure rate is comparable to that of first-line stars, and their relationship is discussed on the streets and alleys, which has not happened for many years.
Fortunately, after Li Yihua's temper, the gossip reporter no longer blocked Wang Zhuxian's door, which allowed Li Yihua to reach the company without hindrance.
"Andy, I didn't expect your temper to attack, not only to start the company's popularity, but also to make you and Ah Xian popular, I can't believe it?" Fu Baorong took a pile of newspapers and walked towards Li Yihua with a happy face, he couldn't have imagined such a result.
"What the media needs is news, and what we provide is news. To put it bluntly, our relationship with the media is a relationship of mutual use and mutual help, we use the media to expose or hype some gossip news to enhance our attention and popularity, and the media uses our news to enhance the popularity of the newspaper and the company, and both parties can achieve their desired goals! Thus also helping themselves and getting benefits! ”
Li Yihua flipped through the newspaper that Fu Baorong took, looked at the attractive headlines on the newspaper, and showed an expression that was not as expected. He had expected mixed reports yesterday, but he didn't expect it to be much.
"Andy, sometimes I find that you are not just a filmmaker, but a philosopher who has a deep experience of life, how everything comes to you, there is a different set of theories." Looking at him talking eloquently, Fu Baorong was puzzled for a while, how could he analyze the problem so thoroughly at a young age.
Li Yihua didn't expect Brother Fu to come up with such a sentence, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to stand there and smile honestly. hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Brother Fu, how are the props used in "Chainsaw" prepared?" ”
"I've been busy lately, so I really forgot about it." Fu Baorong patted his head and said with a look of remorse.
"It's okay, I've been busy lately, so let's go take a look."
All the literary scenes of "Chainsaw" have been filmed, the gunfight scenes have also been filmed, and the next thing is the horror scene. The success of "Saw Horror" is due to the sensory stimulation caused by visual stunts, and the psychological fear induced by plot development. "Chainsaw" is inseparable from the sensory stimulation of horror scenes, releasing the fear and anxiety in the audience's hearts, satisfying people's curiosity at the same time, and acting as a placebo, so it has a pastime function that cannot be replaced by other films.
The so-called horror movies and thrillers are actually not strictly divided into "Chu River and Han Boundaries", and they are often "You have me, I have you." Generally speaking, ordinary horror films focus on external sensory (visual and auditory) stimulation (ghosts and bloody scenes), while thrillers emphasize inner psychological tension and participation, becoming a more advanced and deeper aesthetic experience of watching movies. This is also the reason why today, when China's film classification system has not been introduced for a long time, the domestic media and film production personnel do not dare to publicize "horror films" in a big way, but only make a fuss about "thrillers": after all, "pretending to be a ghost" is afraid of frightening children, and second, it is easy to fall into the suspicion of spreading "feudal superstition".
Today's horror films are often intimidating in terms of visual effects, but so-so in terms of suspense. Li Yihua's version of "Chainsaw" not only strengthens the suspense, but also enhances the visual effects in the bloody scenes, using a lot of cinematography and makeup stunts to enhance the thriller visual effects, and at the same time the plot is extremely sensational and terrifying.
They came to the props department together, looked at the 40-square-meter room, and saw all kinds of severed hands and feet, severed heads, one by one placed on the display shelves like exhibits, Li Yihua, who walked in for the first time, felt a chill down his spine. Although the room is small, this pins on Li Yihua's hope. When they walked in, they saw Huang Hai, the prop master, holding the props.
"Hai Tsai, how is the prop making?" Before Huang Hai could speak, Li Yihua hurriedly asked, hoping to hear good news.
"Mr. Li, it's almost finished, but there is still some follow-up work that has not been completed." Huang Hai saw the two company CEOs and hurriedly gave up the tools at hand.
"Then give us an introduction, I'm very curious, how the prop master makes horror props." Looking at the room full of stumps and broken feet, Liu Yihua, who was curious and baby-like when he came to this place for the first time, still humbly asked for advice.
"It's a severed head, in addition to the plasma"
Huang Hai looked at the curious two, pointed to the stump and severed foot on the shelf, and introduced the two of them one by one, how the props were made, and their use.
Looking at the more old-fashioned props, Li Yihua frowned and asked, "Aren't there any new props?" These props weren't up to my requirements, I needed ultra-realistic props, not these dead things. ”
"What? Ultra-realistic, how is that possible? "Huang Hai has done so many prop masters, but he has never heard of super realistic props.
"Hai Tsai, have you ever heard of silicone fake leather? Using them as props, coupled with the rendering of plasma, is sure to be more than twice as good as the current props. ”
Li Yihua remembered the use of silicone fake leather commonly used in later generations, in combination with practice. When you close your eyes, you can think of rivers of blood, corpses lying on the ground, and some of them still don't close their eyes, which definitely makes the audience creepy.
"Silicone faux leather?"
Li Yihua introduced to Huang Hai: "For example, when filming a throat-cutting scene, a thin layer of silicone fake skin was pasted on the actor's neck, and many catheters filled with artificial plasma were sandwiched inside. As soon as the filming started, the actor used a knife to cut the fake skin on his neck, and the staff hiding behind quickly squeezed out the plasma through the catheter, causing the effect of squirting blood. ”
Seeing that Huang Hai listened carefully, he instilled the principles of the production of horror props in later generations to Huang Hai one by one, hoping to make qualified props.