Chapter 510 "Soul Ferry to the Underworld" Is Ready to Go!

Until the end of the visit to the set of "One Thought in Heaven", on the way back to the company, Wu Yuan was still thinking about this matter.

But he didn't come up with an answer.

As a director who debuted between the sixth and seventh generation directors, Wu Yuan really didn't think much of pure commercial love films like "Ex-Files".

This attitude is the same whether in this life or in the next life.

After all, he is a professional director from the Beijing Film Academy, and his foundation is still somewhat artistic and literary.

So since his debut, whether it is "The Night the Comet Came" or "Your Name" or "Gravity" or "Painted Skin" and other movies, although they are under the banner of commercial films, the core of the movies are all with some literary and artistic thinking, not just movies for box office sales.

Wu Yuan really doesn't want to shoot pure commercial films like "Lost in Thailand", "Ex-Files" and "Tiny Times".

He can invest in these movies and make money, which is not shabby.

But if he is asked to direct these movies himself, he can't accept it.

Until he got home, Wu Yuan hadn't decided which movie to make to maintain his position as the king of domestic film box office.

Even if he lost the title of the No. 1 domestic film box office, he was still the top director in China, the most successful commercial film director in China, and the second most successful art film director.

But Wu Yuan didn't want to lose something he had.

"Am I going to make "Wolf Warrior"?" Touching his chin, Wu Yuan muttered with a burst of imagination, but then he slapped his head.

"Forget it, there's no rush for this now."

He temporarily put his next domestic film behind him. He still had "Interstellar" to shoot, and "Love Letter" hadn't finished post-production yet, so it was not the time to think about this.

After arriving at the company, he immediately threw himself into the post-production of "Love Letter".

The company's computer room is now very lively, not only Wu Yuan brought the post-production editor of "Love Letter".

Zhang Guorong also brought the post-production staff of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", and almost moved to the computer room for food, sleep and lodging.

"Soul Ferry: Huangquan", which was completed much earlier than "Love Letter", is still in the long post-production.

This movie is a standard special effects blockbuster, and the post-production time is much longer than that of a 2D feature film.

As soon as Wu Yuan returned to the company's computer room, he ran into Liu Meichuan, whose eye bags were red, as if he had not slept all night again.

"Meichuan, you can't do this." Wu Yuan frowned, stopped Liu Meichuan, and complained: "Although work is important, reasonable rest time must also be ensured."

"Don't be exhausted before the movie is made."

"Look at you, your eyes are so red, and your hair is a mess. Put down the work at hand, go home and have a rest, and adjust your state."

"Don't dare to relax." Liu Meichuan shook his head. Although his face was a little decadent, his tone was full of excitement and excitement.

"Soul Ferry: Huangquan is my first big-budget movie. I must do it to perfection. I won't feel at ease if I don't keep an eye on it!"

Liu Meichuan has joined Guangying Times for several years, but the movie "Don't Knock on the Door" he shot as part of the Young Director Support Program was just a low-budget movie with a cost of several million.

Later, he continued to shoot the "Soul Ferry" series of TV series for the company, paving the way for the company's fairy-tale fantasy universe.

It can be said that he has both hard work and credit.

So when making "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" this time, although the budget of this movie was close to 200 million yuan and it was a big production from beginning to end, Wu Yuan had no intention of changing the director and still let Liu Meichuan direct it.

Liu Meichuan did not disappoint Wu Yuan's trust. He also studied the IP of "Soul Ferry" very deeply and shot the movie without any accidents.

It's just that as a special effects blockbuster, the workload of post-production of this movie is not inferior to shooting at all.

He has been in the company's computer room with the post-production team for more than a month, but he has only done one-third of the post-production.

"There is no end to the work. Only proper rest can make the work better."

"You are so exhausted that you force yourself to work, and the effect will only be worse."

Wu Yuan shook his head. He could understand Liu Meichuan's excitement for directing such a big-budget special effects blockbuster for the first time, and the mentality of "must do the best".

When he was working on "Gravity", he was almost eating, sleeping and staying with the light and shadow special effects team.

But as a person who has experienced it, Wu Yuan does not approve of this behavior.

He seemed to be working hard, but it took more than half a year to complete the post-production of "Gravity", which backfired.

Ignoring Liu Meichuan's objection, Wu Yuan turned his body and kicked him out of the company's computer room, "Go back to sleep, I will tell the company security that it is impossible to let you into the company today, wait until you have rested!"

After saying this, regardless of Liu Meichuan's stunned expression, Wu Yuan closed the door of the company's computer room.

"Director Wu, great job."

A voice came from behind Wu Yuan.

Li Yang said with a smile: "I advised Liu Meichuan several times, but he just wouldn't listen. He stayed in the computer room day and night to watch the post-production."

"You have to do it!"

Well, the company's computer room is really busy.

"Better Days" is also in post-production.

However, unlike "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", "Better Days" has no special effects shots, and only post-production editing is required.

Li Yang is also an old hand. He only brought two editors and easily completed the post-production of "Better Days". Now the film is ready.

"Director Wu, come and see the finished film?" Li Yang invited with a smile.

Wu Yuan would naturally not refuse.

The two of them crouched and went into the internal viewing room next to the machine room.

A movie "Better Days" that was quite different from Wu Yuan's impression slowly unfolded in his eyes.

The plot direction did not change, but all the actors were replaced, and the director was not the same person. The final movie was quite different from the original version in Wu Yuan's impression.

After all, Li Yang was not like Wu Yuan. He had seen the original film before making the movie, and could roughly restore the essence of the original film.

With only the script, Li Yang's "Better Days", from the lens language to the storyboard composition, editing pictures to the actors' acting performance, are all presented in accordance with Li Yang's understanding, which is very different from the "Better Days" shot by the original director Zeng Guoxiang.

It is very normal to shoot different versions of the same script, just like the different versions of Jin Yong's dramas.

But is this version shot by Li Yang bad?

Not bad!

At least Wu Yuan was very satisfied after watching it carefully!

Zeng Guoxiang is a director from Hong Kong Island after all!

When it comes to how to interpret mainland high school students and social hot topics such as college entrance examination and family education, there is still no native mainland director who understands the essence!

And Zhang Yishan's ruffian spirit is more distinctive and outstanding than the Millennium Prince.

In addition, although Liu Yifei is beautiful, her short hair and bald head style are indeed a big breakthrough in her inherent image!

In Wu Yuan's opinion, this Li Yang version of "Better Days" is even better than the original version and more in line with the aesthetics of mainland audiences!

"Director Li, great shot!" (End of this chapter)