Chapter 825 Another One

After staying in the industry for several years, Shen Xudong has seen a lot of things...

For example, the sixth generation.

I used to think that these people were pro-Western at heart...

In fact, no, they have personally experienced the major changes that the transformation of the economic system has brought to China's social relations, interpersonal relationships, and family relations. In addition, they are basically academics and study Western film theory.

Their works are closer to the New Wave, indulging in the pleasure of self-expression, but borrowing the framework of realism impartially.

But there are also problems in their movies. The biggest problem is the morality of the bottom class. Anyone at the bottom level has justice...

In fact, these people are also very pitiful!

Future movies, whether in terms of presentation methods or technical platforms, will not be able to be operated and understood by the sixth generation.

What's more, they still put on airs and arrange the score, treating directing as a personal art.

To put it bluntly, the sixth generation are believers in art films. They play art when they are not qualified to play art, and they ruin themselves. At the same time, they are also believers in certain capitals. They know the attributes of capital, and they play art when they are not qualified to participate. Participating in politics will make you crippled...

The sixth generation is a group of self-centered people. They were once in the best position, but because of their ego, they refused to learn new knowledge and refuse to integrate into the market...

I had the opportunity to see the world, but I didn’t develop the worldview that a filmmaker should have.

The knowledge, insight, cultural literacy, and narrow vision are unexpected.

Generally narcissistic, thinking that he is an artist...

In fact, he doesn't understand anything. The most typical one is Zhang Yuan. His brain was damaged by taking drugs. He made a movie "Lobster Detective" and turned a feast of top-level equipment into shit!

However, Lou Ye is not bad.

At first I thought he was showing off, but he has still been able to maintain his energy from his debut to now...

Moreover, Qin Hao, Zhang Songwen, Zhou Xun, Hao Lei, Tan Zhuo, Qi Xi, the hottest acting stars at the moment, all worked with Lou Ye when they were not very famous, and some of them have been working together for a long time!

His technique is quite powerful, "Massage": using audio and visual to show the blind is really unprecedented.

Comparing the two films "Sound of Metal" and Taiwan's "Silent", you will know that Lou Ye is a director on another level...

However, appreciation is appreciation, Shen Xudong will never cooperate with him in this life.

"I make popular movies, and the movies I make must satisfy the public's aesthetics. It may be a little higher, but it's unlikely to be too high..."

"What is a popular movie?"

"For ordinary viewers, what they want from movies is a "spectacle" experience, such as the beautiful alien world in "Avatar" and the epic narrative of "The Lord of the Rings." etc.

The impact experience that the audience intuitively feels through the movie: visual effects, auditory effects, plot level, lens language level, etc., will impress or shock their senses and thoughts.

From this perspective, if a movie can achieve this level, it is already a good movie in the eyes of movie fans: even if what shocks them is only "a certain part" or a "good sentence" in the movie.

If there is still something to think about, it is a classic movie! This is the kind of movie I want to do! "

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong gave an example: ""Tang Detective" is a film that meets the public's aesthetics, but it is one level higher than the public because I did a little trick at the end..."

Zhang Songwen: "What a small job? Isn't Sinuo the murderer?"

"I'll arrange for Dan to appear eventually..."

"Dan...Songpa's son?"

"Yes..." Shen Xudong simply helped sort out the whole movie: "Actually, Sinuo and Dan exchanged killings. Sinuo killed Songpa, and Dan was responsible for dealing with Li. However, the arrival of Tang Ren and Qin Feng made Sinuo change his mind. I came up with the idea and didn’t let Dan come forward..."

Shen Teng interjected: "Why...for the sequel?"

"right!"

"Is there a sequel to this?"

"Of course, the next one will be set in Bangkok, and then it will go to New York. I have planned seven or eight movies..."

…

Bangkok’s evenings are especially suitable for chatting over barbecue…

Shen Xudong was particularly interested in chatting this evening. Several people chatted about the recent dominance of Hollywood movies in the mainland market.

Zhang Songwen mentioned that the Hong Kong film market was broken by Hollywood...

Shen Xudong laughed: "Hollywood blockbusters have been conquering the whole world since the 1990s. Southeast Asia, the big box office for Hong Kong movies, is gone, and Taiwan is also gone. In the 1990s, South Korea began to develop its own films and restrict foreign films. This box office is also slow. If the speed is gone and the market is gone, there will be no investment. Without investment, of course the film will slowly shrink..."

"The film industry relies heavily on offline cinemas. The main income of the entire industry is movie box office. However, since 1995, the box office revenue of Hong Kong movies has shrunk rapidly..."

"Because of the film-selling system?"

"It's just one of them. The most important thing is that it really can't be done in Hollywood!"

Selling movies is more about selling casts, so as to recover costs in advance and ensure a steady profit. However, when the quality of the movie deteriorates and the star's cards are not used well, no one will be fooled a second time!

If it's just the quality of the finished film, that's it. The key is that many people didn't make the film at all after selling the film.

Purely making money!

The main reason why Taiwan's eight major blockbusters are forced to go to the palace, apart from the box office failure of "Ji Gong", is that they bought a large number of film contracts, but in the end they couldn't get the films - a large number, probably hundreds!

Then Hong Kong filmmakers collectively pretended to be cool - they felt that Taiwanese film companies could not handle it, but they did not expect that Taiwanese film companies directly opened up Hollywood movies.

You can make more money by showing Hollywood movies, and you don’t have to sell movies for free. Taiwanese film producers are not idiots, so they naturally choose to open Western movies!

"So the trend now is the same as before?"

"...It's different. Our audience actually prefers to read their own stories!"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong suddenly realized that Baoqiang had not spoken until now, so he changed the subject: "Baoqiang, why don't you speak?"

"I don't understand what you are saying...I won't say anything..."

"The filming of "Tang Detective" is finished, do you have any scenes?"

Bao Qiang said: "There is a TV series looking for me, "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and I will play Li Yuanba!"

"How did you get this role?"

"Invited by Teacher Shan Tianfang, I have liked Teacher Shan Tianfang since I was a child..."

Okay, that makes sense…

Shen Xudong looked at Shen Teng: "...where are you? Will you continue to record "Running Man" after you go back?"

Shen Teng nodded and explained by the way: "Actually, there are many roles for me, but the scripts are so bad..."

"What about...Songwen?"

Zhang Songwen shrugged: "Continue to be a teacher and run around..."

"Running around?"

Shen Xudong explained: "Working on the set and giving performance guidance to the actors...that's how I got to know him."

Speaking of this, he looked at Shen Teng and Zhang Songwen: "I feel that the filming of "Tang Detective" is not satisfactory, what about you?"

Shen Teng was confused: "Isn't it satisfying?"

"If you don't think it's enough, let's try another movie!"