Volume 1 Chapter 403 Finished
Previously, several groups of moving images of lickers had been synthesized by computer, but Lin Xiaozhi was not satisfied after watching it.
In terms of special effects, at this time, he did not have enough skills in using computer-generated motion character graphics, so he couldn't get the kind of effect he wanted.
In desperation, Lin Xiaozhi could only invite a professional painter to design several sets of realistic pictures of the licker according to his requirements, and then invited a professional simulation prop design company to design a few sets of mock suits of the licker at a high price, so that the real actors could wear the simulation suit to play the licker, and then use the computer special effects in the later stage to synthesize those difficult actions and scenes that could not be done in reality.
The actor who plays the licker is named 'Che Paul,,Born in 59, he was originally a contracted artist in HR,Unfortunately, because he does not meet the talent selection requirements of the wireless executive,In H, he can only occasionally receive some rape and funny roles.,Sometimes it's difficult to eat without a scene.。 When ATV launched a big poaching of HR last year, he was seeking to renew his contract with H, and he immediately sensed that this might be an opportunity, so he decisively gave up continuing to contact H and submitted his resume to ATV. Relying on his burly figure and appearance, he got a five-year contract from ATV.
Although Media Asia also has its own signed artists, the number is still too small compared to Yin ATV. Fortunately, Lin Xiaozhi himself is a shareholder of ATV, and when he filmed "Resident Evil", he found many artists from ATV to participate.
Although special effects will also be processed in the later stage, it is necessary to rely on real people to play the 'licker', which has very high requirements for makeup and props, and this piece happens to be the weakness of the Hong Kong film industry.
There are very few excessively bloody scenes in Hong Kong films, and the 11 films "Liwang" released in early April this year can be said to be the bloodiest in Hong Kong films, but there are not many films like it in the entire history of Hong Kong films, not to mention how many films are shot a year. Where like Hollywood movies, from the Living Dead series to all kinds of perverted murderers and more, countless classic 'death, images) have been created.
Because of the lack of experience in death, the props team in Hong Kong still dealt with death to the point of being shot, being knifed, and splashing a little syrup and tomato juice casually. The lack of experience in makeup and props made Lin Xiaozhi, the director, the most tired person, not only did he do a good job as a director, instructed some artists on how to act, but also paid attention to the makeup and props in person. Especially for the filming of these scenes near the end, the difficulty of filming skyrocketed after the appearance of the licker, and the shooting speed naturally slowed down, and people were tired enough.
However, despite the hard work, seeing that the movie is gradually approaching the end of filming, both Lin Xiaozhi and the members of the crew are silently persevering.
After the time entered June, with the arrival of the summer season, the Hong Kong box office market was re-active
The battle between the two blockbusters "Lame Hao" and "Across the Seas", which was released in May, has been separated after a month of fighting. Although Wu Yusen's "Across the Seas" won him back word-of-mouth and box office, he was still crushed all the way in the face of Hong Kong's first biographical underworld hero, "Lame Hao". At the end of the five-week release, relying on the box office appeal of Fa Ge, Zhang Guorong, and Zhong Chuhong's iron triangle, "Across the Seas" finally achieved a local box office of 34RU million Hong Kong dollars, becoming Wu Yusen's best film since "The True Color of Heroes".
However, when "Lame Hao", which was only screened for four days more than him, was painted, the box office in the local port had exceeded 40 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally defeated "The True Colors of Heroes" with a box office of 40.37 million.
The box office fire of "Lame Hao" also stimulated the Hong Kong film industry.
Due to the long-term lack of attention to screenwriting and imagination, the Hong Kong film industry has gradually become more shoddy since the mid-80s. No, "Lame Hao" became a hit, and many smart people in the industry saw it, first Yongsheng waved money to the brothers, and did not hesitate to offer a salary of 3 million Hong Kong dollars for Lau Dehua, who had already filmed the scene of "Resident Evil", and asked him to participate in a movie based on Lu Le, one of the four major detectives in Hong Kong in the fifties and sixties.
At the same time, "The Four Detectives", "The Dragon and Tiger Brothers of the Four Families", "The Legend of the Blue River: The Anti-Flying Group", etc., or under the banner of the black and white masters of Hong Kong in the past, or Yu Crisp played the edge ball, and for a while, the entire Hong Kong film industry actually had nearly 20 scripts with the same theme, some of them either started to recruit and wait for the start, some were running around to pull investment, and even the script had not been finished yet. All of a sudden, all the major film companies in the industry are inevitably vulgar, and most of the new scripts created by screenwriters are based on this genre.
The arrival of June means that this year's Hong Kong summer file is here again. This year's summer file is undoubtedly much heavier than the previous two years.
Xu is about to go public, and Golden Harvest attaches great importance to this year's summer file. After winning the box office championship in May, Zou Minhuai is still not satisfied, and Golden Harvest still holds a sequel to last year's blockbuster movie "Cousin Hello Ye" waiting to be released, this movie is said to have been completed as early as the end of April, and it is no surprise that the release schedule is either June or July. In addition, Golden Harvest and Ni Zhen's Sunshine Film also jointly filmed a movie called "Baby Lucky Star", which is said to have invested more than 14 million, and it was also announced in mid-May.
This film, which is half invested by Golden Harvest and Ni Zhen's Sunshine Films, is directed by Chen Jiashang, and it is said that it also invited the famous Hong Kong child star - Ho Jianwei to play the leading role. Judging from some of the plots leaked from "Baby Lucky Star", this movie that may follow the well-known American comedy "Home Alone" will be a warm, witty comedy, but it also has the pulse of the summer file, as long as the movie is not too bad, the box office will not be too low.
In the face of this year's summer file, Xinyicheng, which has been silent for more than half a year, has finally issued its own roar, and will launch the sequel to "Prison Storm" - "Prison Storm" this summer.
is different from the past in history, which became the most swan song of the new art city, and now this "Prison Storm" is shouldering the heavy responsibility of starting the first battle of the resurrection of the new art city. It is said that in order to re-invite the box office to ensure that Zhou Runfa acted in this movie, Mecca personally invested 7 million, and forced a movie with a budget of only more than 14 million yuan to more than 20 million, which can be regarded as the largest investment in Xinyi City this year in addition to "Best Partner U".
However, slightly different from the original work, because Xu Jinjiang was taken away by Lin Xiaozhi in advance to film "Resident Evil", Mei Yanfang's rumored boyfriend Lin Guobin finally replaced him and played the role of the evil prison warden in "Prison Storm".
In addition, there is also a low-cost "Happy Ghost 5" in Xinyicheng, Huang Baiming is obviously not willing to accept this theme that has been filmed by him, and is still overconsuming the enthusiasm of the audience.
Compared with the two old giants of Golden Harvest and New Art City, this year's Yongsheng is also ambitious. At present, the movies that have been filmed and are waiting to be released include "The Supreme" directed by Du Qifeng, although Li Ming replaced Liu Dehua as the leading actor, but Yongsheng still invited the king of the music world - Wang Jie to serve as the other male lead, making it clear that Che Ma is ready to use the influence of the two in Taiwan to enter the Taiwan market. In addition, the Xiang brothers did not hesitate to open a sky-high contract to win over Zhou Xingchi to shoot "The Gambler", which is nearing the end of filming, with Wang Fatzi's post-production ability, it will not be a problem to get it done before mid-July, and it is not surprising that the film will be released in theaters in August.
What's even more daring to underestimate Yongsheng is that it also has at least one movie "The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo" that follows the trend of "Lame Hao" and is in the process of filming in a hurry, although director Liu Guochang is not well-known in the film industry, but he is also the number one person in the TV circle, I heard that he still has no less than Wang Jing's shooting speed, and his previous movie "Queen of Temple Street" was revealed to have only taken more than 40 days from filming to release, and still achieved a box office of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. "The Legend of Lei Luo" is directed by him, and it is difficult to say whether it will be filmed in July and August and released at the end of the summer season.
Facing three ambitious opponents, this year's Media Asia has prepared a lot of movies in this year's summer file. Not counting a few small productions with an investment of millions, there are two films with an investment of about 10 million that Huanya is preparing to release this summer, namely "Royal Sister 5" directed by Huang Yuetai and "Black Cat" directed by Xian Qiran. At the beginning of the year, although Ye Weixin also got a script from him, it is estimated that it will be difficult to release it in the summer with his shooting speed, but Liu Zhenwei privately came to him to ask him to invest in the joint venture between himself and Yuan Kui, two good brothers, and invited Zhou Xingchi to produce "New Jingwumen", which was completed in early May and was waiting for the release, and he has been pressing and waiting for the arrival of the summer file.
In addition to these movies, the biggest star in Media Asia's summer file this year is none other than the "Resident Evil" directed by Lin Xiaozhi himself. Although it was only started in early April, after dozens of days of filming in April, May and early June, on June 14, with the completion of the filming of the last set of shots, Lin Xiaozhi officially announced the completion of "Resident Evil", and after ending the intense shooting in the early stage, the film finally entered the post-production process.
The huge Media Asia Group almost began to run at full strength around this movie. After obtaining the resources and manpower of the entire group, although it will not be released at the beginning of the summer file, if the production speed is faster, there is still a lot of hope for it to be released at the end of the summer file.