Chapter 869 Shooting Commercial Blockbusters

Korean Movie…

It is always said that Korean movies are fast because of the removal of censorship.

But looking around the world, South Korea is not the only country that has no censorship.

Not to mention distant countries that we are not familiar with, the decline of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies in recent years is right in front of us.

Hong Kong and Taiwan movies are all rated!

Then why do Korean movies take the dark, profound and cruel route - dark, profound and cruel...

Because there is a market and the box office is high!

In fact, before 2010, Korean movies were developing normally, and it can be said that a hundred flowers were blooming, such as "Joint Alert Area", "Silmido", "My Sassy Girl", "Oldboy", "Memories of Murder", "Han River Monster", etc. Although movies also contain dark and dark content, they are not mainstream in the market.

In 2010, a movie was born - "The Crucible"!

Change begins.

"The Crucible" attracted 5.7 million viewers, ranking among the top five of the year!

And it has gained widespread attention throughout Asia.

This provides a new shooting idea to explore the dark side of society. It has a market not only in Korea but also overseas!

Since then, a swarm of movies of this type have all achieved good box office success - "Sowon", "Broken Arrow", "Asura", "Flu"...

So Korean movies began to take a turn, finally reaching their peak in "Parasite".

This process is actually a natural choice of the market.

There is no way. In the final analysis, it is because the local market is too small, so I want to tap the overseas market, but the taste of overseas markets is different. If you shoot according to the overseas taste, your own market will be even more ruined!

This is how a small country is.

By the way, the Korean film and television drama invested by Netflix is ​​a huge hit, but the supporting actors can only get $300 per episode. Due to Netflix’s confidentiality of playback data and the buyout system, the actors cannot get traditional media on-demand or discs at all. , peripheral income is divided into such follow-up income.

After the Hollywood strike, South Korea's film and television union wanted to follow suit and negotiate with Netflix. As a result, Netflix said that I was only responsible for broadcasting, and the filming and production were completed by local companies. If you want money, go to them!

Then a group of people were dumbfounded!

After all, Korean movies and TV series lack distribution channels. There is no continued income in the later period, the remuneration is low, the playback data is kept secret by Netflix, and even the search engine search volume and traffic push are all unrelated to South Korea...

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"French movies are half dead now. Even if Korean movies win the top three in Europe, what will happen if they win Oscars? Without a large enough market support, local movies can't even talk about development! Therefore, we still need to make commercial films and genre films. …”

After the food was served, Shen Xudong and Han Shanping analyzed the market and came to the conclusion...

Han Shanping was delighted: "Then you still film "The Grandmaster"..."

"I'm so angry with Wang Jiawei... But my "Tang Detective" is definitely a commercial film!"

"Is it a reference to Watson and Holmes in Sherlock Holmes?"

"Tang Ren's image mainly refers to Mouri Kogoro, who is equivalent to an intermediary who takes Qin Feng's cases, a protector who has force value to protect Qin Feng in finding clues, and a character who adds jokes to the movie."

"Then why not find Huang Bo?"

Shen Xudong glanced at Han Shanping: "...I thought you were going to say why not find a Hong Kong comedian!"

Han Shanping shook his head: "Hong Kong comedies are not suitable for the mainland...Wang Jing has made several movies but they are not suitable!"

This topic was discontinued, and Han Shanping talked about "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" again...

It can be seen that Han Shanping really has high hopes for this movie, otherwise, he would not come to Shen Xudong specifically to seek a solution.

To be honest, it’s really a pity!

160 million eh…

If it is shot well, it will be a model of modern urban commercial film.

It’s a pity that the filming was so bad!

"Actually, the idea of ​​"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is right... We should indeed make some modern commercial blockbusters, lest the audience think that domestic blockbusters are just a bunch of costume films!"

"I am also thinking about this...

Shen Xudong nodded and was about to say something when Han Shanping suddenly said: "...are you interested in making one?"

"do what?"

"Modern urban commercial blockbuster!"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment and thought about Han Shanping's proposal carefully: "... I haven't done a purely commercial and entertainment blockbuster yet... I can do it!"

"Also like "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It can't be done. It's difficult to involve agents and spies!"

It’s not that Shen Xudong is being pretentious. This subject cannot be filmed now!

But if you don’t involve these things, the result will be very fake, similar to "Reverse War", "Vanguard", and "Equator". On the surface, the fight looks lively, but if you analyze it carefully, it can be fake!

Especially "Equator", edited by Xijiba, South Korea developed portable nuclear weapons, and then traded them in Hong Kong?

There is nothing wrong with the Hong Kong transaction. After all, Hong Kong is the capital of spies. But when it comes to nuclear weapons, you want the Hong Kong police to follow up and solve it?

Well, if it is really reported to the central government, a 2-hour movie will either change from a smoke-filled explosion film to a intrigue drama, or directly from 2 hours to a 10-minute short film.

Pulling back, Han Shanping asked: "What type?"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, and then suggested: "A gang-robber film, similar to "Arhat 11"..."

"Group of thieves?"

"Yes, it's a heist and treasure hunt movie, with visual special effects + handsome men and beauties, all celebrities, piling money into it, and then earning more money..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "The same goes for the "Fast and Furious" series. so."

"A group of thieves...just steal things. This is not easy to pass the trial..."

Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "It won't work this way, that won't work either. Is it so difficult to make a good movie?"

"What I mean is that it is difficult to portray thieves as positive characters... There has just been a change of leadership. They attach great importance to movies and have more control over them..."

Hearing this, Shen Xudong quickly asked: "What about "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?"

Han Shanping thought for a while, waved his hand and said: ""Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is not a big deal, after all, there is only such a drama on the market..."

"No, I heard that "Tomb Raiders Notes" is also about to be launched. In addition, there are "Old Nine Gates" and "Secrets of Nine Dragons"..."

"...has it been tried?"

"Well... after all, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" made a lot of money!"

Han Shanping lit a cigarette, smoked it, and then said: "Then it will be difficult..."

Shen Xudong frowned: "I heard that "Resident Evil" can be released, so there is no reason why "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" should not be released, right?"

"It's not like you don't understand. Our control over movies is that the people do not punish the officials. Once the subject matter becomes too widespread, there will definitely be reports. Then..."

"Then..." Shen Xudong was about to say something when he suddenly thought of a movie and immediately changed his mind: "What if it's about magic?"