Chapter 1320: Interesting Thoughts
Hu Tian stayed for a while, said hello to a few people, and left in a hurry.
The groom's official must not have much spare time to grind his teeth with them.
Not long after Hu Tian left, Chen Feifei took Lin Lin to find Han Xue, saying that she was taking them to a local specialty spa - Lin Lin was naturally overjoyed and couldn't wait to follow.
Chen Cheng and Sun Peng were left to look at each other in the house.
So soon, the atmosphere called awkwardness quietly returned. Fortunately, Chen Cheng has been in the film industry for so long after all, and soon noticed that something was wrong, and sent out an invitation with a smile: "Teacher Sun, do you want to go for a walk on the beach?" The wedding occupies a side of the beach, which must be busy with decoration at this time, but there is still a section of beach that is not used, the water is clear and the sea is blue, and it is worth taking a look. ”
"Okay, let's go!"
Sun Peng naturally had no reason to object, and nodded with a smile.
Changing into casual clothes and putting on slippers, Sun Peng followed Chen Cheng out of the villa. Although it is a small island, it is a few hundred meters away from the beach, and the two chatted as they walked.
The topic of 3.5 billion yuan in four movies has been talked about just now.
So Sun Peng, who was really a little bored, didn't wait for the other party to speak, and asked with a smile: "Director Chen, I've watched all your films in the past two years, and compared to "Heaven's Eyes", the box office seems to be a little worse!" ”
"Hehe, Mr. Sun is so polite."
didn't care about Sun Peng's directness, Chen Cheng smiled bitterly: "What's the difference?" The highest one, the box office did not reach two-thirds of "Eyes of Heaven", but the production cost was even higher...... To be honest, I've been under a lot of pressure in the past two years! ”
After getting the news from Chen Feifei that Sun Peng had agreed to write a script for himself, Chen Cheng naturally didn't need to care about face.
It seemed that he was also a little surprised by Chen Cheng's honesty, Sun Peng couldn't help but smile and said: "In this case, Director Chen should have thought about it himself, do you know the reason?" ”
"To be honest, there is a bit of a clue."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Cheng said: "If we talk about technology alone, we are indeed worse than Hollywood, but it is definitely not too bad." In particular, as long as you have money for special effects, you can also ask Hollywood special effects companies to do it, which is basically the same. But at the level of storytelling, we are still a lot behind...... Especially the details, it is definitely the shortcoming of Chinese science fiction movies! ”
"Oh? Director Chen might as well talk about it carefully. ”
With a raised brow, Sun Peng's interest was hooked by Chen Cheng.
From his practical point of view, Chen Cheng's films in the past two years are indeed a little worse than "Heaven's Eyes", but the main thing is the audience's aesthetic fatigue - as a science fiction film director, Chen Cheng is too fascinated by space.
It's battleships, lasers, and planets every time, and it looks so crooked.
So if you let Sun Peng say it, it is too lacking in novelty, and he always uses new bottles of old wine. When it was first released, the audience was full of freshness - not the type of movie, but the same as "Mulan", they were happy to see the great progress of Chinese science fiction movies!
However, the second part, the third part, and even the five, six, seven, or eight parts, can they be successful again?
Don't be funny!
The Chinese audience is just patriotic, not stupid!
But I didn't expect Chen Cheng to say it himself, and he would focus on the details of the movie.
Sun Peng is also very curious about this statement.
Because he also believes that the difference between Chinese films and Hollywood lies in various details, or more accurately, in all aspects of the entire film industry - such as sets, makeup, and the positioning and design of various types of film settings, costumes, etc......
"The simplest example is the design of everyday objects."
Without waiting for Sun Peng to think about it, Chen Cheng had already spoken: "For example, I have always wanted to shoot those Battlestars in an outdated but not dirty, mechanical and powerful style, just like Hollywood's "Pupil of the Abyss" and "Mechanical Warrior", but unfortunately, domestic prop masters and art directors have no way to do it!" It doesn't matter how much money you have, it's that they can't make that kind of flavor at all! ”
"Hmm...... Do you mean to say that they lack substance? ”
"Yes, that's what it means!"
Nodding hurriedly, Chen Cheng said in surprise: "It took decades of accumulation for Hollywood to form the current style system, and it is definitely unrealistic for us to catch up in just ten years!" But after the success of "Eyes of Heaven", I felt that I could do a good job......"
After saying this, Chen Cheng shook his head again and again and sighed.
"Well, there's some truth."
After listening to Chen Cheng's words, Sun Peng suddenly remembered an article he had seen on the Internet in his previous life - because China has not experienced the era of large machines, that is, the era of Western countries in the Industrial Revolution, it is almost the era of direct strides into a more advanced era after the founding of New China, so there is a lack of precipitation and accumulation of hundreds of years.
Therefore, in materials science, which is the discipline that needs the most foundation, China's gap is also the largest.
And in the field of film, the same is true.
The industrial heritage accumulated by the West over the past hundred years is also vividly reflected in the film industry, whether it is decadent style or futuristic style, they can design countless works that are eye-catching and full of mechanical beauty. For Chinese art directors, they may be able to make a film as beautiful as "Hero", but the distance is too far in terms of industrial design......
What Chen Cheng wants to express, is this what he means?
So after pondering for a while, Sun Peng shook his head and said: "If that's the case, even if I write a good sci-fi script, you may not be able to shoot it well, right?" ”
“…… Yes. ”
Although he didn't want to admit it, Chen Cheng didn't want to lie, so he nodded helplessly.
"Unless ......"
"Unless what? Director Chen, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”
Seeing that Chen Cheng's expression suddenly began to become spitting after regret, Sun Peng's brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out and asked with a smile.
Since he agreed to write a script for the other party, Sun Peng didn't want to usher in a failure in science fiction films.
Swallowing and smearing, Chen Cheng took a deep breath and said seriously: "Mr. Sun, unless you write another script similar to "The Matrix", which is mainly based on the real world, I am confident that it will be exactly the same as that of a Hollywood director!" ”
"Uh, The Matrix?"
Hearing Chen Cheng's words, Sun Peng was immediately happy.
If you really fell from somewhere, do you want to get up from somewhere?
Last time, because of the script of "The Matrix", Sun Peng and Chen Cheng were unhappy, but this time, because of Chen Feifei, the two once again had the opportunity to cooperate, and they actually returned to the genre of "The Matrix".
Well, it doesn't seem impossible.
Looking at the thin sand beach under his feet and the clear water that kept surging up, Sun Peng's heart suddenly moved, and he nodded with a smile: "It's okay, it just so happens that I also have a very interesting movie, which is quite suitable for your idea......