Chapter 44: April 3rd
On April 3, 1998, "Titanic", the most gorgeous giant ship in the history of film in the 2O century, finally landed on the Chinese market.
This day, afternoon. The school did not arrange classes, and Wang Qinian and several people went to the cinema to watch this blockbuster.
After coming out, except for Wang Qinian, everyone else was shocked and depressed.
Because, this movie, whether it is from the visual impact of the special effects of the movie, or the plot, music, etc., can be called a classic.
Business and art were two paths that were almost difficult to combine, but "Titanic" perfectly combined them.
The rest of the crowd was completely bluffed by this blockbuster and almost lost the courage to make a movie!
However, Wang Qinian, as a person who has come over, will not be so easily bluffed by accepting the influence of more excellent films and television in the future. Besides, he has not only seen the current 2D version of "Titanic", but also the future 3D version. Therefore, his immunity is stronger, and after watching it, it is just pure appreciation.
""Teknik" is awesome! But it was built with $250 million! Wang Qinian said with a smile, "Judging from the box office figures, although it is very amazing, in fact, the shooting costs and publicity expenses add up, and there is no box office of six or seven billion US dollars, which is a loss-making business!" Even if this movie achieves so many box office results, in the end, how much net profit investors can get, I think, should only be 500 million US dollars in after-tax profits! This kind of blockbuster is a big gamble. The bet won, actually...... The yield is not high either! If you lose the bet, even if some Hollywood movie giants don't get it right, they can go bankrupt! ”
After Wang Qinian said this, everyone suddenly had a little spirit.
"Look! Our film is a film with a small cost of 3o yuan, even if it loses, it will not lose anywhere, and we are at most equivalent to spending money to pay tuition to the film industry. But if you shoot well and make money, the imagination space is huge! For small-budget movies, we don't compare special effects with blockbusters, and we don't compare superstars and publicity with them. We compare sincerity, shoot the sincerity we should have, shoot what the audience wants to see, and we can also get good results! Wang Qinian emphatically said, "As newcomers, there is no need to compare the box office with "Titanic", this is a headache for big directors like Zhang Yimou!" Our goal is to make a movie first and release it, and it is a huge success to be released! ”
"So what is the box office target for "Gate of Destiny"?" Hao Yi asked.
"The goal, 10 million is not too little, 100 million is not too much!" Wang Qinian said completely by putting the satellite.
"Poof, this is!" The crowd burst into laughter.
"It's not bragging, it's good wishes! In fact, if you aim for 10 million, even if you get a 35% discount, it will be a box office of 35 million. Wang Qinian said with a smile, "Besides, after "Titanic", the domestic film and television industry has been greatly stimulated, and it must be the pursuit of blockbusters. Blockbuster films, naturally, reduce the output, but make room for our small films! We must have confidence and prove to the audience that domestic low-cost movies will also be good-looking! From the perspective of return on investment, good-looking low-budget movies have a significantly better return on investment than many blockbusters! ”
"In addition, the way of making commercial films is essentially to make more money and lose less, and always win undefeated, so that investors are full of confidence in you, so the scale of investment in the movies you make will continue to upgrade, and in the end, it will be like Cameron to make a blockbuster with an investment scale of 250 million US dollars! Cameron also went from making low-cost films, gradually, more and more money, can pull more funds, can use more resources, and has grown to the point where he is now. Therefore, our goal of "Gate of Destiny" is to make money, and the higher the box office, the more beautiful the rate of return, and the more investment can be attracted to our future films! ”
"That's right! Brother Nian said it well! Wang Qinian's words began to arouse everyone's fighting spirit and confidence.
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On April 4, the crew of "Gate of Destiny" began to enter the preparatory stage.
As a student of the film school, the school is actually a huge treasure trove of talents. But even every student, not every student has the opportunity to participate in film and television works often and get the opportunity to exercise.
Wang Qinian took advantage of everyone's "fame as soon as possible" and the exercise of wanting to film, and did not care about the salary, and pulled some cheap labor.
"Senior sister, the opportunity is rare, although the salary is not much. But this movie is a work of conscience and sincerity. You are playing the heroine, if it is released in the future, if you don't get it right, you will be popular! Listen to me, a movie actor is a profession that eats with fame, and before he is famous, he will not hesitate to change his fame at a price. After fame, there is a future...... So, don't care, the salary at the beginning, it's good to have to act! ”
"Yo, isn't this Haibo? Haven't acted since I entered school? This won't work! The most important thing in the acting department is acting, you look at Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming of the class of 96, they started filming soon after entering the school, and they are destined to have a bright future in the future. Therefore, it is not a matter to study with your head bored! To combine theory with practice, there is almost a lot of fear of filming. Even if you don't mix up your acting skills, you are familiar with your face! What, if you want to play the protagonist, no, the protagonist is decided, give you a villain! ”
Under Wang Qinian's flickering, he deceived the classmates of the same acting department to take the bait. Zhang Jingjing, Huang Haibo, Wen Zhengrong...... The salary is 2ooo yuan.
Of course, they will be fed and accommodated during filming.
And the question of auditions for these actors? Hi, Wang Qinian thinks that there is no necessity, acting, the director does not have to let the actor achieve the image in his mind.
Sometimes, it may be more natural to give the script and let the actors think and figure out the plot on their own. acting in strict accordance with the director's requirements may make the performance of the whole play too deliberate.
In addition, Wang Qinian is very confident in the students of Beiying.
can be admitted to Beiying, and generally belong to good seedlings.
Even if some of them were not popular later, it can only be said that they themselves do not have idol temperament and star aura, and they cannot be remembered by the audience, which does not mean that they cannot act well.
For example, in the acting class of the 97th Beiying, most of the actors are powerful, but they are not famous. Later, Li Xie and Huang Haibo's acting skills proved to be good, but they could only be a little red, not a big hit.
In addition, Zhang Jingjing and Wen Zhengrong are not very famous, but later the circle evaluated her two, both of whom were recognized as good acting skills. It's just that Zhang Jingjing later became a drama actor and shined on the drama stage. Wen Zhengrong is not pretty, but she is also one of the actresses who is recognized as having good acting skills.
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