Chapter 235 0234: A Strong Opponent Has Arrived (2)

Chapter 235 0234: Here comes a strong wrong leg (2)

Blue Star's "Gears of War" series is equivalent to the "Transformers" series on Earth. They both started out as toys and were later developed into cartoons and movies. They are one of the most profitable series of films in the history of the two worlds.

What Mo Lan is talking about is the fourth film in this series. The first three films are popular all over the world, especially in Asia. Can they be among the top three in popularity?

After reading the box office and movie reviews of the first three movies on the Internet, as well as the analysis of the fourth movie, Jiang Ge found a very important message. The third movie showed a weak momentum, and seemed to be blindly "please". Foreign markets have led to IP overdraft.

Disney has a "seven-year movie rule". In about seven years, the audience for animated movies will change.

The same applies to movies that are designed to sell emotions to a certain generation. It has been ten years since the first "War Machine" movie was released in 2012, which is in line with that cycle.

Local Hollywood blockbusters usually occupy a relatively strong position in the foreign film market. During the film schedule, domestic movies released in the same period will be squeezed by Hollywood blockbusters.

After the release of the third part of "War Machine", although the score dropped from the initial score of 7.5 to 4.4, the lowest in the series, theater managers still generously gave 71.7% of the national film schedule. It previously earned 4.05 billion and became the 2019 The annual foreign box office champion.

No, we should not underestimate the enemy, the audience is unwilling to buy it, no matter how good the movie is, if the audience does not buy it, it will not make money.

However.

After analysis and weighing, Django decided not to change gears.

"Detective Chinatown" is different from the situation on Earth, where it has a solid popularity foundation based on several TV series from Red Night Universe.

The songs, TV series, and movie brands he created have already gained a reputation.

Taking various factors into account, "Detective Chinatown" can't compete with "Gears of War: Deep Space Warrior".

After hearing the reasons, Mo Lan couldn't find any point to refute, so she chose to support Jiang Ge's decision.

That matter was discussed quite lively on the Internet.

"It's so shameful. They announced that it will be released during the National Day, but then they issued a notice to withdraw the domestic film."

"It is wise to say something nice and avoid the sharp edges. If you say something unpleasant, you will be frightened and run away."

"In the National Day movie, the film crew just gave up the battleground to the military strategists?"

"In the domestic films of those few years, except for a few big directors who dared to compete with Hollywood blockbusters, the rest were still incompetent."

"Just get used to it, it's just routine operations. The priority of capital is never its own interests. How can it care about people with integrity? How much is integrity worth?"

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Of course, there are many people who express support and feel that if those movies are not bad movies, it will not have any impact if they are withdrawn or not, because even if they are released in a different month, the bad movies will still be bad movies, and they will only earn a box office of 1.8 million at most. .

But if you are looking for a good film and encounter a partner whose strengths are too different, and the film schedule is squeezed, it will be very uncomfortable and unworthy, so choosing a month to release it is indeed a good strategy.

Soon, someone changed the topic to several domestic movies that had not been withdrawn.

"Director Xu's "Where the Knife Goes" is here!"

"Director Guo's "The Age of Broken Love 3" is very good!"

"Django's "Detective Chinatown" is also here!"

"Among the three domestic films that are not being screened during the National Day holiday, directors Xu and Guo, who are the strongest on paper, have had a serious decline in reputation in recent years, and their quality is worrying."

"With Django here, I don't panic at all. The first movie grossed 1.97 billion at the box office. With the popularity of Red Night Universe, the second movie will not be lower than that number."

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Hollywood films have always been popular in the foreign film market and are deeply loved by the audience. Every year, a large number of Hollywood films are sold in China, accounting for a very high proportion of the box office, and they even do not hesitate to create an increased number of special films for China. Version.

A series of movies with a big IP like that has a huge fan base.

"Here, he told me a number. The second-ranked box office during the National Day holiday is half of that of "Gears of War"."

"What are you comparing it to? For the actors, they hired world-renowned actors; for the production, they cost more than 200 million U.S. dollars; for the special effects, they hired the best special effects company in the world."

"If you don't take a good look at domestically produced movies, you will miss out on the fact that Hollywood blockbusters have less than a 10% chance of winning. This is what various data over the years have shown."

"Take Tang Tan for example. The director is a third-rate director, and there are two male leads. One is a third-rate actor, and the other is a school student. Only the female lead has some popularity."

"Really, he doesn't know where those people got the courage? Did they die without any intact bodies in the ending of 'Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and heading for the tigers in the mountains'?"

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Those people are very confident in their favorite IP movies.

However, they ignored one fact.

Watching too many movies of that type will cause aesthetic fatigue, and the audience will begin to pay attention to the outer core of the movie. With the improvement of aesthetics, it is difficult for many movies with special effects scenes to gain audience recognition. There have been many sequels to Hollywood blockbusters. It's cool in theaters.

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"Click, restore the venue, come up with another one."

The temperature in Yinchuan dropped sharply in the morning, to about ten degrees. It was a bit colder than the red sky, but there were no tourists holding signs and cameras to secretly take pictures in the distance.

In that scene, Xiao Wei, played by Guan Yansi, first met Wang Sheng, played by Zhang Jun, during a battle between soldiers and bandits.

Zhu Ping reviewed the footage from the previous take, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, "The close-up switching and zooming of the lens should be smoother. Why is it so jerky? The color of the picture should be lighter, and the color of the blood looks too dark..."

He said a lot, then turned back to look at Jiang Ge who was walking behind him, and asked cautiously, "Mr. Jiang, is it okay to shoot like that?"

Jiang Ge nodded and said, "I don't want any pressure, just shoot at my pace."

Zhu Ping responded with a "hmm".

Five minutes later, the venue was very original, and a new take began.

That time, all the groups and actors made adjustments, and the effect was much better than the previous take.

But it was not.

Halfway through the take, a "click" sounded!

Jiang Ge was seen holding his legs, standing behind the monitor, and said, "Start from the previous shot, and do it again."

On the set, his words were like an imperial decree, and no one would ask why.

Fortunately, we didn't need to shoot at the original location. After each group was ready, they continued shooting.

"Click, again."

Just after a dozen seconds, Django's voice was heard again.

Guan Yansi and Zhang Jun, as well as a group of extras in the scene, were all confused.

Even Zhu Ping didn't know what went wrong with those shots.