["Men in Black" premiered in China with a box office of 30 million yuan, another Hollywood blockbuster!]
[Europe and the United States: "Superman 2" was impacted by "The Departed" and "Men in Black", and the daily box office dropped to 7 million US dollars, a record low! 】
[Curving a curve to save the country, he used his own method to make "Superman 2" completely fall into the altar! 】
【……】
The morning of September 6th.
Zhou Yang heard countless praises from all directions.
China Star was in a state of jubilation, and you could hear the cheers after the box office release of "Men in Black" through the walls of the office.
The China premiere box office of 30 million yuan...
It may not seem high, but you must know that when "Men in Black" premiered, several theaters did not release the movie simultaneously due to various reasons, and were in a state of semi-boycott of "Men in Black"
.
If it is released simultaneously, no one knows what the box office limit of "Men in Black" will be.
And now...
It doesn't matter whether you resist or not.
Several theater chains that clamored the most fiercely have quietly contacted Xu Mei. Although their attitude is quite high and they firmly disagree with increasing the box office share, their attitude is much nicer.
Capital is very realistic. When you touch their interests, they will be very angry and even go crazy and do many irrational things.
But once they find out that you can bring them huge benefits, they will come over with a smile and become your close friend.
"Superman 2" has completely lost its temper in China, and has no way to dominate as before. It even seems to be under siege, and its decline is gradually showing.
The new round of box office dropped to more than 8 million yuan...
Not to mention setting a historical record for China's box office, even reaching the small goal of 600 million is starting to become difficult.
As a movie that has been released for more than 20 days, although this rate of decline is understandable, it still makes people feel extremely regretful.
The sun shines in the room.
Zhou Yang saw countless comments on the Internet and countless congratulatory text messages on his mobile phone.
Zhou Yang was unfazed and rejected the proposal of a celebration banquet.
After getting up and washing up, I went to the table next to the room and looked at the thick stack of movie manuals and the extended script of the Chelsea version of "Men in Black" on the table.
His expression was extremely serious, like a very serious student, sitting down and reading the pages very seriously.
The script of Zhou Yang's version of "Men in Black" is very simple, with only the main plot and dialogue between the characters, as well as some specific plot stories and shooting directions that impressed him deeply.
This is a comedy movie that is not too serious and is dressed in science fiction.
If Zhou Yang saw this script and filmed it himself, he would probably follow the plot, narrate it in a flat manner, and try his best to restore the scenes of "Men in Black" in his memory.
If I didn't have that memory and got the script of "Men in Black" directly, I would...
It will take a terrible shot!
I even vaguely felt that I would make a vulgar and bad movie, without even knowing the so-called theme and selling point.
"The so-called success is just that I have memory, that's all..."
"If I had no memory, I would be just an ordinary person..."
"He's... amazing!"
Zhou Yang repeatedly flipped through the movie manual for "Men in Black".
Looking at the appearance and information of the aliens that had or had not appeared in the movie, Zhou Yang not only marveled at Chelsea's imagination, but also found it more and more shocking...
Each alien's information has its own remark planet, which has corresponding climate, customs, culture and religious beliefs...
This is a very large and stunning project.
Zhou Yang thought about when he was filming "The Crow" with Wang Shuai. At that time, he had done similar things. He felt that he was at the limit of what he could do, but he never imagined that someone would be in the virtual science fiction comedy world.
, will do the same thing, and do it in more detail!
“Amazing amount of knowledge and seriousness!”
"It's worth learning from me!"
He turned on the computer and played the behind-the-scenes documentary of "Men in Black" in front of the computer.
After watching it for several hours, he kept nodding and feeling a deep admiration for Chelsea.
He learned a lot and then watched the movie "Men in Black" again.
The same "Men in Black" script.
When Zhou Yang simulates shooting, he feels he has no idea where to start and sticks to the rules.
But Chelsea was able to extract the essence of the entire movie from such a script, make something of his own, and sublimate the entire theme using a comedy shell.
He closed his eyes, lay back on the chair, and pictures appeared in his mind.
He even remembered the scene when he was filming "Infernal Affairs".
After the filming, he breathed a sigh of relief and even felt proud that his overall strength was getting closer. When he saw professionals on the Internet praising his scenes in "Infernal Affairs", he couldn't help but feel happy and said
Deeply involved and ambitious...
Think about it now!
How much of "Infernal Affairs" is your own?
The reason why I was able to shoot "Infernal Affairs" well was also because of the memory of watching "Infernal Affairs". Many of the amazing shots were actually made by me deliberately imitating the shooting methods in my memory.
"What would "Infernal Affairs" be like without these things?"
Zhou Yang began to reflect again!
And this time I quickly came to the conclusion that without these amazing lens language memories, I can still watch "Infernal Affairs" that I shot, but it will be very mediocre, as mediocre as something shot by an ordinary second-rate director.
Even after seeing the script, I am not sure how to act.
He lowered his head and began to talk to himself.
"To make this movie well, I must first understand what my movie is going to express..."
"I received a strange script. I first had to know the strange script and what points I wanted to shoot around..."
""The Crow", "Infernal Affairs"... every shot and every picture in these movies actually serves that point..."
"..."
As he spoke, Zhou Yang noticed that a light appeared in his originally confused and chaotic mind.
This seems to be my new understanding of film lenses and scripts.
He took out the script for "The Silence of the Lambs."
This script, because of my bad memory.
He has been writing very unsmoothly. He has been writing for so long and has only written half of it.
"To truly write a story, you must first understand the core of the story, or what you want to express..."
"All the shots, language, and characters are all serving this thing!"
"core!"
"core!"
Zhou Yang watched "The Silence of the Lambs" talking to himself, and then he began to become suddenly enlightened.
"I want to express the mysterious Eastern culture in this movie..."
"A gangster suffering from terminal cancer, in order to survive, thought of the five elements magic in Eastern culture..."
"So, he went around looking for the internal organs of target people of all ages, devouring them alive and making various sacrifices..."
"Similar to the suspenseful horror movie "Two Boys"..."
"..."
"At the core, I want to express human nature and desire, and explore the most unknown silence deep in people's hearts..."
"And story is just a way of expression!"
Zhou Yang followed his own thoughts, abandoned his original memory of the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", and began to really immerse himself in it and write the entire story.
He didn't know how long he had been writing...
All I knew was that there was a knock on the door in the office...
Xu Mei immediately delivered the takeaway.
Eat and write at the same time.
All I know is that the sky is slowly darkening and the lights are on in the office...
All kinds of thoughts of his own were active in his excited brain. He seemed to be reborn, as if he was never tired, wandering in the world of the plot, over and over again.
"Have some humanity!"
"But with some anti-war elements..."
The night gets darker, gradually arrives at dawn, gradually until the sunset fills the sky, and it's morning again.
After I finished writing the last word of "The Silence of the Lambs", it was already the morning of September 7th...
Zhou Yang finally felt tired, but when he saw the plot and context of the script he had written, his face showed excitement.
There was a knock at the door...
Xu Mei walked in with a worried look on her face and brought over breakfast and a new round of box office reports. When she saw Zhou Yang's disheveled face, some stubble on his chin, and slightly red eye circles, she finally couldn't help it anymore.
: "Mr. Zhou, don't endure it like this anymore. I'm afraid your body will collapse if you continue to endure it..."
"fine……"
Zhou Yang stood up happily.
When the excitement subsided, there was an indescribable hollow feeling in my heart.
He realized that finishing the script of the movie "Silence of the Lambs" was one thing, and finishing it was another. He had too much to learn.
but……
Many things cannot be achieved overnight. They require precipitation and time.
Zhou Yang reminded himself in his mind.
"Forehead?"
Just when he stood up and was thinking wildly in his mind, he suddenly felt dizzy, had acid reflux in his stomach, and wanted to vomit, and then his face turned horribly pale...
It seemed like I couldn't hear anything with my ears, and all of a sudden I felt like the whole office was spinning...
Amidst Xu Mei's exclamations, he sat down on the chair again, feeling his heartbeat speed up and his whole body feeling inexplicably panicked.
Damn it!
Am I going to die suddenly?
This thought came to his mind.
However, after calming down for a while and feeling that my heartbeat was slowly recovering, I breathed a sigh of relief.
When I looked up, I found that Xu Mei was already anxiously calling 120 for the stroke center.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Zhou Yang heard the siren of the ambulance...
……………………
"Hello everyone, I am Xiao Chen, a reporter from Yanjing Satellite TV. As the pace of society becomes faster and faster, young people's daily routines and diets become more and more irregular. "Sudden death" has gradually changed from the phenomenon of middle-aged and elderly people to that of young people.
change……"
"Today, we will follow the camera and live broadcast the entire stroke center department of Yanjing People's Hospital..."
"This is Director Chen, Director Zhang, I want to ask you..."
"A patient is here? Wait, that's Zhou..."
"Don't shoot, don't shoot this scene, cut it out!"
"..."
……………………
noon.
An Xiao, who was carefully sorting out computer files in the office, saw a pop-up window.
After seeing the pop-up window, my whole body shrank!