Chapter 818 Booting Up
"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" includes "Nanjing!" Nanjing! ” and “Tokyo Judgment” were not very high at the box office in Southeast Asia!
The only Chinese-language films that can penetrate the Southeast Asian market are martial arts action films.
"Xiuchundao" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" sold very well.
Jiahe's action-packed movies can also be sold at high prices, but others are a bit more difficult...
Chinese audiences in Southeast Asia, because they have long maintained the habit of watching Hong Kong movies, recognize action movies and Hong Kong-style comedies very much...
Of course, this recognition refers specifically to stars. For example, "Yangtze River No. 7" has a box office of nearly 26 million US dollars in Southeast Asia!
As for movies about World War II, they are not very popular in Southeast Asia...
Including "Pearl Harbor", which was given to the children of the Showa era by their fathers, the box office in Southeast Asia is not high!
Generally speaking, movies that can be sold in Hong Kong can also be sold in Southeast Asia, and their weather vane attributes are particularly obvious. Maybe it’s because Hong Kong didn’t make any movies about World War II in those years...
As a result, Southeast Asian audiences do not favor this type of subject matter.
As for Nippon, they have made quite a few movies about World War II, such as "Yamato for Men", "Eternal Zero", "Nihon's Longest Day", etc. Such movies are generally not made outside Japan. Released in markets other than benzene, through this kind of movie, you can't see the reflection on the war at all. There is reflection, but the reflection is on why the war was defeated...
In fact, every country in Southeast Asia also has its own film industry. Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam all have local films...
Especially in Thailand, a new wave of Thai films was launched in the 1990s. Thai filmmakers have formed a series of genre films with unique Thai characteristics based on learning from Western film expressions and integrating Thai local culture: Thai horror. piece.
Unfortunately, we caught up with the financial crisis, coupled with the small market size, changes in the military government and the like...
The successor is weak!
The rise of mainland movies and the expansion of streaming media have a very obvious siphon effect on talent. Even the Korean film industry has almost become a vassal of the United States, let alone Southeast Asia, which is still in its early stages!
Coming back, Shen Xudong chatted with a group of people for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
After all, we were shooting the next day.
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Shen Xudong has already made three movies, "Famous", "33 Days After Love", and "The Grandmaster". The reputation and box office are very good, especially "The Grandmaster", which directly won the Venice Golden Lion Award!
But he still doesn't have much interest in filming...
Choosing "Tang Detective" simply wanted to show off - to tell everyone that he can make commercial films.
Otherwise, "囧囧" will exceed one billion this year, and Ning Hao's "One Shot" may also exceed one billion. What will he do? In addition, Shen Xudong really wants to cooperate with Wang Baoqiang.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Shen Xudong arrived at the set. The camera crew and lighting crew were busy setting up machines, laying slide rails, and adjusting light and light ratios.
Chief photographer Du Jie followed art director Li Miao to help the props and scenery team arrange the scene in an orderly manner.
The entire crew was busy.
The actors have almost arrived and are busy moving around...
Shen Xudong was a little speechless. Are you so anxious?
In addition, many people intentionally or unintentionally looked at Nini standing on the side...
The crew is all made up of men, so when Nini appeared on the set wearing an orange dress, it was not surprising that the entire crew was attracted to her.
Du Jie walked to Shen Xudong, who was eating bread: "What's wrong?"
"...Is this the jade ink from "Thirteen Hairpins"?"
"Yes…"
""Thirteen Hairpins" is still being promoted, right? Can she come over?"
Shen Xudong said casually: "Let's feel our rhythm and the actors' performance methods in advance, so that she won't be inconsistent with the crew when she performs!"
"...She looks like a royal sister!"
"Nonsense, there is no Yujie Fan, why should I look for her..."
Du Jie is Ning Hao's official photographer. The original time and space was banned for 4 years because of "No Man's Land", so Du Jie went to cooperate with other directors, including Gao Qunshu, Cheng Er, Guan Hu...
However, Ning Hao did not experience the ban this time. Du Jie has been cooperating with him. Shen Xudong, the photographer of "Detective Chinatown", originally wanted to use Song Xiaofei. Ning Hao recommended Du Jie, and Shen Xudong used him.
Du Jie participated in the early preparations, storyboards, and storyboards of "Tang Detective" and got along well with Shen Xudong.
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Nini is very nervous...
Although she looks cold and arrogant on the surface, "Tang Detective" is her second drama, and she is not the protagonist yet. She read the notice that her role will not be filmed until February.
I have absolutely no idea what to do...
After all, he is a newcomer!
Everyone on the "Tang Detective" crew was very unfamiliar to him, and Thailand was very hot.
The entire crew gave her a very weird feeling. Director Xudong seemed to be paying no attention to anything and was eating by himself, while the executive producer was busy setting up the scene...
Also, last night, Director Xudong did not gather the actors together for a script meeting and let them talk about their understanding of the script and characters...
It’s completely different from director Zhang Yimou’s way of doing things!
Just as he was thinking about it, the deputy director Xu Hui took up the loudspeaker and shouted: "It's almost done. Let's try shooting a section. Don't worry, today we mainly want to see the effect..."
"Everyone, please be quiet. We have turned on the camera, prepared the lighting, camera, and props. Actors have entered the venue, and set management has been prepared. All units will listen to my instructions."
The field manager shouted at the top of his lungs with a loudspeaker. Every time he called a unit, the relevant person in charge answered one by one.
"Action!"
As the scene was being finalized, the camera continued to roll and filming officially started.
The crew also watched the filming quietly...
The first scene is of Huang Landeng leading the crowd to hunt down Tang Ren, and then Tang Ren struggles to escape. Well, it's such a big deal from the beginning!
It’s quite troublesome. The actors have to keep running, and the camera team also has to keep up...
But this shot should have been rehearsed several times, so the final presentation was okay!
"not bad!"
Shen Xudong glanced at the camera, praised it first, and then said: "The depth of field of the lens is very good, but the transition from close-up to medium shot is too abrupt. It's better to add a few close-ups... I want the audience to be immersed in the scene!"
"Okay, how many crane arms should I add?"
"Okay...we must capture the close-up!"
After saying this, Shen Xudong walked to Wang Baoqiang: "You should hold back a little, and let go a little. Tang Ren's character is timid and fearful, so when he is being pursued, he must be panicking... You can't rely on knowing the plot behind it. , stop showing panic!"
"I have performed..."
"But it's too tight, let's put it out a little more..."
"good…"
"No rush, let's take our time!"
Baoqiang is a typical experiential person. You have to give him time to get into the role. Once he gets into it, everything will be right!
This requires him to first step out of his previous role, which was the baby in "囧囧"...
Shen Xudong is really not in a hurry. "Tang Detective" will be released during the Spring Festival next year - the schedule has been set...
Well, I forced "Journey to the West to Conquer the Demons" to choose another schedule...
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In fact, the so-called director's training of actors is to make the actors appear in the state they want...
To achieve this, the director must first have a specific indicator for the actor's presentation, and be prepared to break up...
The so-called breaking up means that when there is a conflict with the actor's performance concept, the actor must be persuaded!
Not all directors have such courage. Hong Kong film critic Li Cheuk-tao once criticized Xu Anhua: "She is very harsh in criticizing her completed works, but her requirements for the production of the works are not strict enough..."
Xu Anhua is a typical example. The most common mantra seen in interviews is two words, "so annoying", from the age of 30 to 70.
I don’t know how to talk to passive actors, it’s so annoying;
It’s annoying to dabble in new movie genres and not understand scheduling;
I found someone to write several drafts of the script but nothing was right. It was so annoying. I don’t want to compete for the box office, but I have to compromise, it’s so annoying;
I don’t want to care about gains and losses, and I don’t want to value fame and fortune, but the film industry is just a vanity fair, which is so annoying;
She had no choice but to complain to the reporter, "Unless you give up and become a monk or a nun, life will be so boring."
In fact, her personality is too easy-going...
She is a director who is willing to let the actors perform independently. Sometimes if the director and the actors have conflicting ideas about roles and performances, most of the time the actors will perform independently. Therefore, the actors who work with her have very rich acting experience and have a lot of experience. better!
Xiao Fangfang, the star of "Woman 40", Siqin Gaowa, the star of "Aunt's Postmodern Life", Bao Qijing, the star of "Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai", etc...
Do you think it’s unreasonable for her to complain about Tang Wei?
Haha, she had previously complained about her performance in "A Passenger's Journey". When talking about the actors' performances, she bluntly said, "The actors' acting skills are just average."
You must know that the heroine of this drama is Zhang Manyu, the second female lead, that is, the mother of the heroine is Lu Xiaofen. At that time, she was already the Golden Horse Best Actress, but Xu Anhua still complained about her appearance - her acting was really bad, and then she complained about herself. Many times I make appointments with actors to talk about their characters, but I don’t even know what to say! It’s so annoying, I’m not used to talking about it. ’
"Ghost World" also complained about Shu Qi's "very bad state, unable to wake up all day long, looking very tired and bored". By the way, I reflected on it, "Later, I thought again and again, there is no need to quarrel with her, otherwise, after the quarrel, we will end up with her." In her current state, there is a possibility that she may disappear! ’
This is a director with a soft personality...
Shen Xudong is different, he requires actors to meet his requirements!
Not even a tiny bit off.
Therefore, at the end of the day, Wang Baoqiang's body was bruised and bruised - he would definitely be injured during an action scene.