Chapter 144: [Only One Shot]
After the premiere, some theater staff rushed in.
While moving the makeshift stage to the front of the screen, they prepared some welcome bouquets, and then set up a guardrail and put some chairs in an empty area in front of them, where they waited for the media reporters to enter the venue and set up the camera.
Although the movie is over, after a short break, the director of the film will bring the main creative team to interact with the audience.
In the audience, most of the audience did not get up, but a few of them left their seats in a hurry.
The reason is not because I don't want to participate in the next interaction and leave early.
Instead, take advantage of this waiting time to release the water.
A movie is about two hours long, and most people will bring drinks such as milk tea or drinks into the show.
And if the film is exciting enough, most people will choose to hold it until the end of the film.
Only those films that are not exciting enough will often be in and out.
"Husband, this film directed by Lu Zhengyi doesn't seem to be as exaggerated as you say, except for the middle paragraph that is a little bloody, it's actually okay, it's pretty good."
“…… That's when you don't see the essence. ”
"You're so timid, do you feel scared when you watch this kind of film?"
"No, his film, I, ......"
"What, can't speak? Last time I saw you scared like that, this time you had to pull me over to watch it, I thought it was some kind of super high-limit horror movie, but I didn't expect it to be this? Husband, your guts are actually smaller than mine. ”
"You ......"
"But it's still good, this film, it's quite mysterious, and it's reasonable."
And in the waiting audience, there are many people who whisper about the content of the film.
A horror movie gives people a sense of déjà vu that is not scary, of course, it is a bad review.
It's more like a crime movie, but with some religious, fantasy elements.
But if you put aside the genre of the film, the quality of this film is still great.
"This is the consistent style of Lu Zhengyi's films, pursuing realism."
"Whether it's the scenes, the props, or the makeup of the actors, all kinds of aspects can create a sense of reality for the audience, a bit like a documentary, giving people the feeling that there is such a thing happening in another world."
"In fact, when the old corpse in the mountain village asked me to cooperate, I tried to storyboard and restore the script. Something that can be written in words...... The feeling is very ordinary.,It's completely an ordinary story of a ghost asking for his life.,At most, the ghost wins this at the end.,It's a little bit of a selling point.。 ”
"So judging from the script, the film was really unexpected. At that time, I had the feeling that compared to the quality of the script itself, the director, the actors, and the cinematographers were ...... The strength of this main creative team is higher, which is unbelievable. ”
"It's similar to many adapted movies, which were scolded by netizens after they were made, saying that they ruined the original work. But if this is put in the team of Lu Zhengyi, it is the other way around, and the content they shoot is better than the script. ”
"I've been chasing their films ever since, like a curse ......"
At the back of the audience, there was a small group of people who were not like the rest of the audience, and they were talking in whispers.
In terms of speech, they don't seem to be ordinary viewers, and they are 'good-looking', 'not good-looking', and 'not bad' when they say a few words after watching the movie...... And so on, some simple words.
It's more like they're working, waiting, discussing.
"It's true, it's very realistic, and they have some shots and special effects, I don't know how to do it at all, the more I look at it, the more terrifying it becomes, and their cinematographers and special effects team should be very good."
"It's like the scene when Huang Huotu's daughter was pointed at a gun, and the bullet was bounced off after the shot, they even deliberately did slow motion."
"Depending on the situation, it should be an empty cartridge, but at such a close distance, the danger of the empty cartridge is also very high, how did they do it? Just watch it once, and I can't see any traces of special effects. ”
"And I have a friend who is a professional photographer, the post on the hot search of the old corpse in the mountain village was sent by his girlfriend, and the analysis of the pull piece was done by him, and he was a little nervous during that time, and he always suspected that there were ghosts in this world."
"Although this double pupil is not as memorable as Director Lu's first two works in terms of plot, it is more of a problem with the script, and in terms of creative quality, he and his team are as serious as ever."
"Judging from this film, even if Lu Zhengyi doesn't take the road of horror films, it will make sense to make other types of films, and even he may do better and earn more, I really don't know why he chose this genre......"
The handful of people sitting in the corner of the last row are professional film critics.
They whispered about the style, quality, and sometimes what they recorded.
Their speech will be more professional than that of some ordinary audiences, from storyboards, camera movements, from the way of service, from the script......
These people eat this bowl of rice, take advantage of the release of some popular films, watch them as soon as possible, and then write copywriting, make videos, and talk about the quality of the film...... These are the ways they earn traffic and then make money through traffic monetization.
In the absence of interests, they are still quite picky.
For example, in the past, when the old corpse in the mountain village was doing publicity and promotion, Lu Zhengyi also contacted one or two of them through the relationship chain of light and shadow to discuss cooperation.
At that time, the price was not low, and I wanted to do a promotion through their videos and movie reviews to get more exposure and make the box office look better.
At that time, they went to the theater to watch the film specifically to promote the old corpses in the mountain village.
The movie ticket is still reimbursed.
But now it's the other way around, and it's they who take the initiative to come and watch Lu Zhengyi's film.
Take the initiative to write movie reviews and make videos to promote others, and by the way, rub off on the popularity of others and make some traffic money.
"But now the wind on the Internet is all about Qualo justice, and it seems a little inappropriate for us to write that his new film is not scary."
One of the film critics glanced around, lowered his voice and said to a few peers next to him, "We have to write in the direction of the wind, so that we can have traffic and make money." ”
Although, under normal circumstances, it should be seen that this film does not match the horror category, it is not very compatible, and it is more like a fantasy and magic theme based on crime.
But maybe there are a lot of people who praise it, and everyone's herd mentality plus impression points, really feel quite scary?
After all, the quality is there, and it is indeed filmed very realistically.
At that time, those who say that they are not terrible will have to be scolded for being 'red-eyed', 'hard-mouthed', '...... for collecting money' and so on.
Being scolded is a small thing, and not making money is a big thing.
The colleague next to him also lowered his voice and replied, "The current wind direction is blowing him, and it may not be necessary in the future, maybe we will write truthfully now, and if he has an accident in the future, we will explode?" When the time comes, we will be sober and conscientious film critics. ”
"Otherwise, it's better to compromise, I suggest."
Someone else suggested, "We don't praise this film as scary as his film, let's write about the quality, so as not to offend people." ”
"I wrote that Director Lu and the team were as responsible as ever, and they put in the energy to find real-life shooting, and spent a lot of money to find special effects."
"By the way, at the end, I would like to mention that this film is not as scary as the previous two in terms of horror, let's not say that this film is not scary, let's compare his previous films, no."
When the others heard this, they all felt justified.
It's good to compromise, so that you don't offend people and make money.
Even if the wind changes by then, they will have something to say.
"Then let's learn a little bit more about the things in the creative process."
"Let's not delve into the plot, let's learn more about the creation of the script, the tidbits during filming, and so on."
"It's like this true immortal view, I think this scene is very real, where was it filmed?"
They whispered to each other.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made fans and audience friends wait for ten minutes, and the preparation time in our theater is a little longer."
At this moment, a female voice interrupted their discussion.
The time for the audience to rest after watching the movie is over.
In the theater, the stage has been set up, and some media reporters have also set up their camera positions for filming.
As the female voice sounded through the microphone, the interactive session officially began.
A woman who looked like a host hurriedly walked out of the entrance, and as she spoke, she walked towards the stage in front of the screen, "Without further ado, let's let today's protagonists enter the arena first......"
And as her words fell, Lu Zhengyi's figure walked into the theater first.
The auditorium, which was still a little noisy, was quiet for a while.
One by one, they stared at the tall and burly man who did not look like an artist at all as he stepped onto the stage.
Later, Chang Zhengwei, Jason, Li Zhenxi, Yu Wenxiu...... and others followed.
It's just that some of them walked directly to the empty audience seats in the front row, such as Ajie, Xiaowei, Bai Wei, and other behind-the-scenes players, who came to participate in the final group photo session.
As for Zhang Yu, he was not among them and was not present today.
"Hello everyone, I'm Chang Zhengwei, and I play the role of Huang Huotu in the film Double Pupils."
"I'm Jason, playing Agent Kevin in Twin Eyes."
"I'm Li Zhenxi......"
After taking the stage, several actors in front of the screen introduced themselves first.
But the hostess who came on stage at the beginning retreated to the side of the stage and ...... Not hosting.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Zhengyi, the director of the Double Pupil crew."
After the actors in front of the screen were introduced, it was finally Lu Zhengyi as the director.
He stood in the center of the stage, raised the microphone directly, calmly looked at the audience below, and said softly, "Originally, the theater arranged a very beautiful lady for us to host this event today. ”
"But my team and I feel that we are just a creative team today to have an offline interaction with the audience who watch our works, and there is no need to make it too streamlined, so we just keep it simple."
"We just put the process aside and just think of it as a simple chat between friends."
"The time given to us by the theater is an hour, and I feel that there are 57 audience members in the scene, and everyone stands up and asks a question, and one impression is enough."
"Of course, friends who don't want to be on camera and are more shy can also skip it directly, let's just how simple it is, of course, there are some questions that we may not necessarily answer."
These words directly made the audience in the audience a little trance.
And under the stage, the faces of the media reporters who are only responsible for recording and not asking questions today are inevitably a little surprised.
In a premiere like this, insiders are generally arranged to mix into the audience in advance, and then the interactive audience is 'drawn' according to the process, and then the questions are asked and answered according to the pre-determined script.
But Lu Zhengyi is doing this......
Isn't he afraid that some viewers will do something bad and say something bad at the premiere?
Isn't there anyone to persuade him?
At the passage at the entrance of the theater, Zhang Xueming stood next to the person in charge of the theater, looking at this scene, her face was also a little helpless.
"Then now invite the first friend in the second row."
Lu Zhengyi looks at the audience, because the first row is reserved for Applejack and their seats, so the audience starts from the second row.
But apparently, this first audience member is more shy and is a little girl.
She covered her face and waved her hands, apparently not intending to ask or answer questions.
"Okay, it looks like our first friend was a little shy, so let's go next." Lu Zhengyi looked at her side, "May I ask this friend, do you have any thoughts after watching this film shot by our crew?" ”
These two people should know each other.
But the second audience member was a little bolder, and after he looked over, he stood up, obviously she had a problem.
After the staff in the theater handed over the microphone, the little girl quickly asked, "It's good, it's good, it's very interesting." ”
“…… Do you have any questions for us? ”
Lu Zhengyi was not surprised to receive this reply.
Well shot, good, good...... There is almost a high probability that you will get these answers.
But more obviously the girl wanted to ask questions than answering them.
"I just wanted to ask Mr. Statham, why did you choose to make a horror movie?"
Well, that's another expected question.
Lu Zhengyi turned his attention to Jason at the right time.
People don't seem to be coming for the film, they're coming for people.
But this also makes this interaction more real.
"Because I was invited by the crew and watched some of Director Lu's past films, I decided to come to Tang Kingdom and cooperate with him."
Jason took the microphone and gave a very official answer.
"That ......"
The little girl wanted to ask, but before she could say anything, Lu Zhengyi interrupted apologetically, "I'm sorry, you also understood just now, time is limited." ”
"So on our side, we can only give one question and one answer for the time being."
"If we wait for the end of the lap and there is still extra time, then we can ask or answer questions by drawing."
By implication, it's time for a change.
Although the little girl wanted to ask, there were so many people waiting there, and she didn't hold the microphone hard, but handed it to the next person.
"Hello, Director Lu."
The next person was a boy, and he also gave a similar reply, and the shooting was very good, and I didn't go to the toilet after watching it for a long time just now.
But it seems that he is also more problematic than answering.
"Director Lu, I plan to ask you this question, you have filmed three plays, and I have already watched your three plays."
"And now, I notice that you seem to be a bit of a nostalgic person, and often work with some old partners."
"Like Teacher Chang Zhengwei, Teacher Zhang Yuming and Teacher Yu Wenxiu, then I want to ask, Teacher Yu Li, her performance in the play is more average, because you don't seem to have cooperated with her later."
This one is for Yu Li.
Lu Zhengyi reluctantly picked up the microphone, "In this regard, in fact, you can understand how much you pay attention to Lily's situation." ”
"She is in a hurry on the schedule, as far as I know, she still has an online drama to be broadcast, and there are some resources to contact her, so ...... In fact, instead of continuing to cooperate, we did not have a suitable opportunity. ”
"Sometimes, when I'm going to shoot here, she's just started, and I'm done here, and she's idle again, it's very unfortunate."
At this point, he paused, "Of course, if there is a suitable one, I would very much like to continue working with Lily." ”
"After all, she is the heroine of my first play, and I am the director of her first big screen play, and our previous cooperation was quite smooth."
There will definitely be such a problem.
After all, he has always cooperated with the rest of the old corpse crew in the mountain village, but only Yu Li was excluded.
There will definitely be speculation about whether they have caused some kind of conflict.
Such a formal reply put the boy at ease.
And then, the next audience skipped again, and not everyone wanted to stand up and show their faces.
It took several spectators to jump in succession before someone stood up, but his question made Lu Zhengyi's face pause.
At the same time, it also made the rest of the crew pause.
"I don't have any feelings about Director Lu's new film, I think it's very well filmed, and it's interesting to watch, although it's not as scary as before."
After the audience stood up, they first answered their feelings.
Then, he asked, "Actually, I didn't have a problem. ”
"But just now after hearing that friend's question to Teacher Yu Li, I have a problem."
"I want to ask Director Lu, since I have always cooperated with some actors and teachers in the previous play, is Teacher Chu also among them?"
Chu Renmei.
Many people present shuddered for a moment.
But at the same time, he turned his curious eyes to Lu Zhengyi on the stage.
“…… At. ”
Lu Zhengyi took the microphone and nodded hesitantly.
This answer gave many viewers goosebumps.
"In?"
And the boy who asked the question was the same, his face full of doubts, "That's?" ”
"It's inconvenient for me to reveal this, but in fact, Shuangtong also has her in this film." Lu Zhengyi took the microphone and replied truthfully, "One shot, she has only one shot in the film Double Pupils, you can go and look for it." ”
is so sold, which makes many viewers a little regretful.
Although it only appears among the old corpses in the mountain village, the female ghost of Chu Renmei has the deepest impression.
The whole film can be creepy, all because of the existence of this character.
But soon, as the audience asked questions and answered, others slowly let go a little, and no longer just said polite words.
Some 'real' questions are starting to arise.
Like what......
"Director Lu, in fact, I feel that your new film doesn't seem to be a horror movie."
After an audience member asked such a question, the scene stiffened a little.
(End of chapter)