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"Knocking on the Door of Heaven" and "Riding the Wind and Waves" have certain commonalities, with a literati atmosphere.

All over the world, a director with such a temperament is Woody Allen.

However, Xiaobai definitely doesn't want to be Woody Allen!

Although the movie of the strange old man has a bad audience, it is still niche in the final analysis.

So far, his highest-grossing work is "Midnight in Paris", which grossed more than $40 million...

As for "Ferris Wheel", which is considered the best by a group of intellectuals in 2017, it is even worse, with a box office of less than $16 million...

Literary films are a niche all over the world, which is the premise.

It's impossible for Xiaobai to make a niche movie!

""Riding the Wind and Waves" won 1.8 billion at the box office, are you surprised by this result?"

Xiaobai thought for a moment and replied, "... Fortunately, when I knew this result, I was already oversurprised, on the first day of the release, the box office was 140 million, which was enough to surprise me, and it can only be said that the market is becoming more and more prosperous now! ”

"I heard that "Riding the Wind and Waves" is an episode?"

"Yes, this year's plan does not have this movie, I only prepared a TV series and the preparation of "God of Medicine", but something happened in the middle, and the preparation period of "God of Medicine" is quite long, so I simply used this time to shoot a "Riding the Wind and Waves"!"

"The God of Medicine?"

"Yes, this is a project that Senior Brother Ning Hao asked me to do, I read the script, it was very good, and I decided to direct it."

“… What did you mean when you said that the lead time is very long? Isn't "The God of Medicine" a realistic movie? ”

Fang Cunliang keenly grasped the 'loophole' in the little vernacular and asked questions.

“… Because of the subject matter, it is very difficult for the script to pass the review..."

Xiao Bai doesn't want to talk too much about this: "Generally speaking, a director will prepare two or three movies at the same time, and then pick the most mature one to shoot. After filming "Knocking on the Door of Heaven", I have projects in my hands such as "Wulin Gaiden" and two other projects, and "Riding the Wind and Waves" is one of them. ”

"And how long has this project been in the works?"

"From the prototype of the script to the construction of the smallest group, the preparation time was about three months. Then it took us two and a half months to shoot for three months, and if you count the AB group division of labor mode of shooting empty shots and car scenes, the actual shooting time is about 90 working days, which is relatively long in domestic films. But we have a very short time left for the post, and the post-post! ”

"In other words, the whole cycle is less than half a year?"

“… Yes, it's not half a year! ”

About "Riding the Wind and Waves" so far, Fang Cunliang is more like understanding Bai Xiaofei's mental journey...

So, he changed the subject: "Presumably from two years ago, have you changed anything?" ”

Xiaobai thought seriously for a few seconds and replied: "... For me, not much has changed, and what interests me the most is creation itself. Over a period of time, new stories and images were created, and the actors gave these characters the most vivid life, and the hundreds of people in the crew fought side by side for this work, and finally presented it in front of everyone, which is the most interesting. If I want to talk about change, it should be the industry's perception of me. ”

"Before, when filming "Knocking on the Door of Heaven", it was very difficult to pull investment, but fortunately, my uncle invested 20 million, and after the budget was made in "Riding the Wind and Waves", the company did not say a word about direct appropriation, and even overspent in the end, and did not ask much detail, which shows that everyone still has a certain degree of confidence in my movie!"

"Yes, the industry's pursuit of success is innate."

"The main thing is that the cost of my film is not high, a budget of 80 million is enough, and there is a great possibility of recovering the cost through the box office..."

Picked up his coffee and took a sip.

“… I'm curious, where did your accumulation of movies come from? ”

"I think the most important thing in the film is the story and the picture, telling the story, I am very good at it, the picture scheduling depends on personal aesthetics, in fact, now I want to learn photography, it is actually very simple to get started, although this kind of words will sweep the interest of many photographers, but the fact is that this is the case, especially in the digital age, through the observation of a person, the aesthetic cognition of a person, everyone can take photography."

"If you want to pretend to be forced, just remember two points, large aperture, black and white. It's like when I took pictures of the actors in "Knocking on Heaven's Door", it's really rudimentary, but the effect is good. ”

"You just said that stories are important to movies?"

"Of course, the movie itself is a continuation of the story, which is the most basic, for example, if a movie is released before the release of the promotional picture, special effects or feelings or the like, sorry, according to the words of the industry, this is a movie with a bad story, I sometimes really don't understand some of our peers, you can't even tell a complete story, why are you in a hurry to smash special effects?"

"However, many people think that special effects are the way of the future..."

"Most of the people who say this are beginners, the basic story of the movie is the story, this is congenital, otherwise it will be useless no matter how powerful the special effects are!"

……

After talking for a long time, both of them were a little hungry, so they ordered some food and chatted casually.

Naturally, the topic turned to the IP.

For the whole year of last year, the IP movie that was originally tried and tested suddenly failed...

"Why don't those investors think about making movies? So many good IPs have become a weapon for making money..."

"It's normal, please add some small fresh meat and IP, no matter what you shoot, you can still fool a bunch of miserable fans to buy it, in that case, why do you have to shoot well?"

"However, in the long run, it will be detrimental to Chinese films!"

"Don't worry, it will definitely bottom out in the second half of this year, the audience likes to watch word-of-mouth masterpieces, and those investors will naturally rush to make some good movies!"

He said as he munched on his sandwich.

The sandwiches at this coffee shop are very good, and Xiaobai used to come often.

“… Why the second half of the year? ”

"Because the movies in the first half of the year were all made last year, alas, I just hope that the audience will not lose confidence in domestic films!"

Xiaobai suddenly laughed: "I want to make a bet with you now, in two years, at most three years, no one will say the word IP to you anymore, IP will become a joke in the Chinese language and film industry, and it will remain in the contemporary Chinese film history!" ”

“…”

Fang Cunliang was noncommittal.

"I really don't understand one thing, how did you go to shoot "God of Medicine"? Are you going to give up on comedy? ”

“… How is it possible, "The God of Medicine" is really an accident, didn't I say it, I didn't want to shoot it at first, I decided to take it after reading the script, and the next two plays are pure comedies! ”

"Pure comedy? You've finally decided to make a pure comedy? What is it called? ”

“… Three movies have been temporarily set, "Jiupin Sesame Official", "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" and "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier"..."

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