After arriving in Los Angeles, Lu Ping'an entered the post-production room for the first time to watch the production of "Batman".

After Lu Ping'an temporarily left the crew on July 25, the remaining scenes of "Batman" were handled by Nolan.

At that time, the main story had already been filmed, and Nolan didn't actually need to sweep the tail line.

The film was shot on August 2 and was just 100% complete, but there were no super rewards.

Only one "10 years of experience in car stunts and repairs".

Outfit skills from Batman.

It's a bit chicken for people like Lu Ping'an, who don't like cars very much.

After the film was filmed, the post-production aspect has been going on for more than a month.

Nolan was involved because he was the best able to keep up with the road to safety.

After all, the movie is his, and with him, you can save time and effort.

And this is like a dose of chicken blood, which has brought Nolan to today.

"Where are we?"

After arriving at the editing room, Lu Ping'an asked directly to Nolan, who was holding a chicken nest.

Nolan's face was haggard, but his eyes were indeed bright.

"Lu, you're back, how is the movie?"

"Okay, a record."

"Wow, congratulations!"

"What about you, how's the situation?"

"Not bad, right?"

Speaking of this, Nolan frowned.

It turns out that Nolan has countless options in his mind about how the whole movie should be said.

Lu Ping'an expressed his understanding.

This is a problem that all original directors face.

It's not like Lu Ping'an, who is open.

Editing is copying homework, accurate to the microsecond.

It's not easy to make an original movie, it's not easy to straighten out a movie of more than two hours, it's a long task to integrate all the ideas in your head and then finally form a movie.

Even after the movie comes out, it may not be satisfying.

This is still the premise that the director has the right to edit.

If you don't have editing rights, it's even more complicated, maybe the director will come up with a "director's cut" and then the fans will argue with each other.

It also took a long time for Nolan in the original time and space to get the later stage of "Batman 1".

Now that the film is not directed by him first-hand, it will naturally be more difficult to participate in the later stage.

So it's time for Lu Ping'an to play.

After clicking the operation, Lu Ping'an pointed to the picture and said, "Look, isn't this much better." ”

"And what to do here?"

"That's all right."

Click-click is another one-pass operation.

Nolan once again learned the power of the Asian rattlesnake, and it was a later version of the rattlesnake.

"Lu, you're really surprising me, I don't even know what to say."

"Christopher, you've said this to me no less than fifty times when you're on the set."

"Well, I've said that so many times? How do I remember only 30 times at most? ”

"Rounding up"

The two laughed and continued to discuss the later stage.

An hour later, Nolan, who had a clearer direction, took over.

Lu went out safely and talked to Watzberg and others.

The performance in the first half of the peak was very impressive.

"Latent" has a global box office of more than 100 million, and "Dead Silence" has a global box office of 32 million, including 21 million in North America.

Wen Ziren successfully completed the task.

The time has come to the second half of the year, and the peak is about to start again.

The plan was also agreed before.

"Happy Death Day 2" can be shot while the iron is hot.

The box office of the second part was not particularly good.

$9 million won more than 60 million at the box office.

made money, but the follow-up third part is gone.

Lu Ping'an didn't plan to make the series bigger.

Therefore, it is better to finish filming earlier, draw an end, collect funds as soon as possible, and go back to invest in cinemas and real estate in the mainland.

Of course, if he wants to shoot it, he will definitely not shoot it himself, and this movie will only be released after "Chainsaw 2".

Lu Ping'an has already written the script of "Chainsaw 2", and now the discussion is who will be the director.

Lu Ping'an directly recommended Wen Ziren.

The original "Chainsaw 2" was not directed by Wen Ziren, but Lu Ping'an did not have the idea of finding the original director.

With Wen Ziren here, who can stand up to him.

Watzberg: Naturally, they are a little worried about this, but fortunately, the director's weight in Hollywood is not so heavy.

After most of the script and sub-shots have been decided, the director will not have much space to let himself go, and Lu Ping'an will be the producer, so he can rest assured.

After deciding on the director, Watzberg talked about another small thing.

"There is an actor who has a relationship and wants to recommend himself, lu, do you want to take a look?"

Hollywood is also about relationships.

When a well-known project is about to be launched, it is also the time when various networks are active.

That's what Chainsaw 2 is all about.

Although this movie is only a horror movie, because the previous work was particularly successful and the word-of-mouth is also excellent, it will naturally attract some star ideas.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an actually did not have much interest.

"Chainsaw" didn't need celebrities much in the first place.

The actor doesn't get much bonus from the role, and it will drive up the cost.

Neither of them will do much good.

But Watzberg handed over an old acquaintance: Robert Downey Jr.

Lu Ping'an remembered it as soon as he saw it.

Indeed, during this period, he had just quit drugs and started to restart his career, looking for crews everywhere, and reducing his salary for roles.

It wasn't until Marvel began casting that he officially reached the top, and at that time, there were at least two years left until now.

So judging from the fact that he is now seeking a horror movie role, life is really not easy.

But Lu Ping'an still had no interest.

There is no interest in chatting about it.

So Lu Ping'an politely refused: "Let's talk about it when "District 9" is over." ”

Watzberg has no opinion, he also knows that "Chainsaw 2" doesn't need such stars.

This was followed by the next project: District 9.

Watzberg and others were amazed by the film's script creativity.

They believe that if this movie is made well, it will most likely become a top-level work in the history of science fiction films.

There is still a vision.

The specific filming time has also been roughly set, just wait for the box office return of "Chainsaw 2".

Of course, if "Chainsaw 2" hits the streets, then it's another story.

Lu Ping'an agreed, not because of money, but because of time.

There are too many projects to be done.

The troubles of the happiness of the traveler belong to yes.

Finally, there is "Latent 2" and two co-production projects.

"Latent 2" is the same as "Death Day 2", wait for "Chainsaw 2" to start filming with a director.

"Pacific Rim" doesn't need to talk a lot, a large share is Lu Ping'an, and the peak will give a shell an auxiliary and enter the international market.

"Wonderful Night" is currently very popular with filmmakers.

Twentieth Century Fox is currently bidding $13 million for the rights to the adaptation.

Watzberg's meaning is the same as Lu Ping'an, even if he wants to shoot North America, he will remake it himself, and he has to make his own money.

This kind of comedy, replaced with an old American background, will not be bad at the box office.

Of course, he also said unabashedly that the mainland version will definitely not have much success in North America, and the cultural protection and cultural barriers are too serious.

Lu Ping'an also knows this.

Kung fu films can still be released in North America with the original version and achieved good results, and the rest of the films are second-level, such as science fiction, police and bandit crimes, etc., about cultural regions with strong regions, such as Chinese horror films, "Wonderful Night", which are made up of pure Chinese elements, it is really difficult to do results in North America.

Not to mention North America, it is not easy to get good results even outside the mainland.

At present, "Wonderful Night" is about to be released in Xiangjiang, with a box office of about 20 million, and a box office of 75 million New Taiwan dollars, equivalent to about 15 million yuan.

It looks good, but it is somewhat blessed by Lu Ping'an's own fame.

It has also been released in South Korea for almost a week, and the number of moviegoers is less than 300,000, which is actually okay, but it is slightly worse than expected.

The rest of the places have started to be released one after another, but this time the filmmakers will probably only be able to make some hard-earned money.

So it is obvious how to arrange the future of the IP of "Wonderful Night".

"Wonderful Night" has now completed the task of satisfying the domestic people.

The next thing is to show everyone how big the output is.

Anything is possible until it is released in North America next month, and before the box office results come out.

If you really want to work at the box office, don't break the mainland trilogy.

Then the mainland version will be filmed, and the American version will be filmed again, and the time will be staggered for a longer time, so as not to be said that the mainland version is "Li Ghost".

And there should be more Chinese culture added to it.

This is at least better than the fact that Chinese culture is rarely seen in the first part of the original version.

In this way, the output effect will be much worse, but at least he is doing it, and it will not delay making money.

And this kind of remake of the series is also the first in the entire film history.

The people in China will be very satisfied if they think about it.

It's just that this still can't erase the helplessness in Lu Ping'an's heart.

In the field of cultural export, it is really weak!

I really want to travel back to 2050 and see if the Western public will be excited when they see Chinese blockbusters.

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After talking about several films, the last thing is "Brokeback Mountain".

For this film, Lu Ping'an only values one thing at the capital level, that is, he must pull one of the six Hollywood majors into the house.

Without them, Oscar is not very easy to rush.

Watzberg, a native, understands this better than Lu Ping'an.

So he started operating a long time ago.

In the end, Paramount joined in and invested in "Chainsaw 2", "Death Day 2" and "Brokeback Mountain" respectively.

Paramount is now in talks to buy DreamWorks, and Summit is also part of its acquisition list, but compared to DreamWorks, Summit naturally has to be lower.

In fact, Paramount does not have a clear direction now, and its investment in movies is the same as that of an independent film, so that Paramount is the least good at developing a series of films among the Big Six.

So investing in "Brokeback Mountain" is, to a certain extent, an add-on in Paramount's view.

The theme of this movie is relatively sensitive to the current Lao Mei.

For the box office prospects, most people in the market are not very optimistic.

People are more optimistic about the awards, but not much.

In addition, if the director is Lu Ping'an, a Chinese, it is even more.

So Watzberg can be regarded as fishing for the investment in "Brokeback Mountain" with two films.

If the movie is to be in the Olympics in the future, Paramount will play a role in some aspects.

This is very good, the original "Brokeback Mountain" was also invested by Paramount.

Lu Ping'an's grasp of Chong Ao is a little bigger.

It's hard for non-whites to win an Oscar for a long form.

Li An was the first non-white person to win the Oscar for Best Director.

From the perspective of future generations, Lu Ping'an does not necessarily have to win the Oscar.

But now is not the afterlife.

Before 08 years, the foreign award was incense!

And if the domestic award content is higher, it will not be so.

With Paramount on board, Brokeback Mountain's Oscar path has a solid foundation.

The next step is to follow the original process.

is still the same sentence, whether you can win the award or not, Lu Ping'an's mentality is very flat.

He's already doing it anyway, and he's not sorry if he can't get it.

The external rhetoric will be the same as Li An's in the original time and space: I want to make a film that no one has watched to settle my soul.

You see, the artistic breath is coming up all of a sudden.

After Lu Ping'an stayed in Los Angeles for two more days, he set off for the crew of "Brokeback Mountain" in Canada.

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A week later, in the Canadian Rockies, near the Kananaskis region of Banff National Park.

Lu Ping'an was dressed in a down jacket and a cowboy hat, took a sip of coffee brewed by his assistant Tina, and watched the two protagonists continue to adjust their state not far away.

What is the biggest difference between literary drama films and commercial films in the process of directing?

The differences between the two types of films will not be explored here.

There are too many definitions in textbooks for this.

Here is only to discuss the difference between Lu Ping'an, as a director, when shooting two kinds of movies.

Now, for Lu Ping'an, at least in the current movie, he probably has his own answer.

Choose a good scene, set up the lens at the right time, such as when the sky is right, and let the actors enter, without thinking about all kinds of artificial lighting and costumes.

There are only people and scenery in the movie.

Among them, people are the most critical.

So just adjust the state of the person to the same as the scene to be filmed.

Theoretically, femdom actors are the hardest.

But Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger aren't idle.

Lu Ping'an sat on the pony, put down the coffee, and continued to warm his hands with a warm water bag.

Under the Rocky Mountains, where the temperature is only five or six degrees Celsius, it is very comfortable.

He glanced at the time, almost rested, and then began: "Jack, how are you feeling now?" ”

Jack Gyllenhaal nodded when he heard this: "Director, I'm ready." ”

"Let's get started."

At the sound of an order, the crew automatically started work, and a separate shot of Jack started.

After a while, Lu Ping'an shouted.

Jack looked at Lu Ping'an for the first time.

found that Lu Ping'an did not smile.

Lu Ping'an asked, "What do you think of this one?" ”

Jack immediately replied: "I think it can be adjusted, there are some things that are not done, director, let's do one more." ”

"Then one more."

After another one.

Lu Ping'an found that the degree of restoration shown in the golden finger of this lens was a little higher than the previous one, but only 85%.

So he continued to ask expressionlessly, "How do you feel now?" ”

Jack still didn't smile when he saw Lu Ping'an.

So he went on to answer, "You can try again." ”

Lu Ping'an: "Then try again." ”

Another one, the end.

Lu Ping'an finally had a smile on his face.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Baojo, Jack, you can be better, right?"

Jack nodded: "Yes!" ”

"Okay, then go ahead."

Five minutes later, two more ended.

This shot finally got a high score of 99%.

Lu Ping'an stood up, handed the thermos to Tina, and praised Jack: "Yes, that's how it feels, keep it, Heath, it's your turn, Jack has set an example for you, you won't fall behind, right?" ”

Heath Ledger: "Of course! ”

Then the shooting continued.

Lu Ping'an just sat there the whole time, watching the actors perform until they were not in place.

What is in place.

Naturally, it's almost the same as the original film.

Compared to the commercial films made before.

It couldn't be easier.

The premise is that the actors have to cooperate.

If you change to someone who has no acting skills and has no in-depth understanding of the role, it will definitely not work.

Or he who has a big temper and does not obey the command.

And now these two protagonists have strong attitudes and personal abilities, and their understanding of the roles has also become very in-depth after half a year of precipitation.

Good actors are like that.

will know how to integrate into the play.

will accurately grasp the role.

They will talk to the characters like lovers, then get to know each other, love each other deeply, and then become each other.

The director's task is to create an environment for the actors, provide conditions, give tolerance, guide the actors and the characters to get to know each other and fall in love, and then create a story with another character, so that they have infinite possibilities.

Now, the actors are superb actors.

The director is also a good director.

With Goldfinger, he knew exactly what he wanted.

So it's simple to boot.

This made Lu Ping'an's originally thought hellish difficulty "Brokeback Mountain" become an easy way to chop melons and vegetables.

It's been more than a week since filming began, and Lu Ping'an can even ride a horse after filming, skiing in the distance, and occasionally have a barbecue.

No wonder Li An also said that filming "Brokeback Mountain" was the easiest time in his career. (End of chapter)