The lights in the screening room were bright, the subtitles were still scrolling on the screen, and the music composed of trendy melody and unique singing voice was still singing.
Jay Chou's voice is very obvious, and the song is a new song that has not been released yet, but the audience's attention is not focused on it. Those friends who have been urging Jay Chou to release a new album every year saw the new song coming out, and they also lost their attention for a while. .
Just because the aftertaste of the movie is so strong, from the beginning of the grand cosmic scene, every minute and every second of the picture is so novel and high-quality, and then the almost half-hour special effects plot that follows is even more exciting. The variety and ups and downs are fascinating.
After watching a movie, whether it is awesome or shocking, this kind of feeling happens frequently and I never get tired of it. No matter how many words I use, it is difficult to find the thoughts to evaluate this feeling in the atmosphere of unfinished meaning. I can only say one thing: hearty!
Seeing Chenglong, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and other crew members walking onto the stage, there were not many words and no one said hello. The audience spontaneously burst into thunderous applause, and some even stood up and applauded.
This is the most sincere tribute from the audience at this moment. It expresses the appreciation of the excellent crew for presenting such a masterpiece. It also expresses the surprise and passion that this masterpiece has brought to them.
The applause lasted for a long time, and everyone who walked on the stage had a smile on their face.
Liu Yifei felt a sense of accomplishment, took the microphone handed by the staff, and spoke first: "Friends, is the movie good?"
The applause gradually died down and was replaced by an enthusiastic response.
"nice!!"
"Too beautiful!"
“Best movie ever!”
"Brother is awesome!"
"Chu Xuan is awesome!"
"Liu Yifei is so stunning!"
The noisy and chaotic sounds declared the surging mood of the audience. The response also made Chenglong, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and others happy and honored.
Although this road show is only the first one, the number of moviegoers is only a few hundred, which pales in comparison to the several blockbuster movies that are watched by tens of millions of people every year.
However, these spontaneous audiences can also represent part of the market to a certain extent. Judging from the enthusiastic response to the movie and the excited response at this moment, they undoubtedly opened a door for the movie to succeed in the market.
"Seeing that you like this movie so much, I suddenly have the urge to cry."
Hearing Chenglong speak, the entire audience fell silent.
"Starting from "New Police Story" when I returned to China in 2003 to prepare for "Myth", "Baby Project", and "Kung Fu King", every movie has a roadshow, but every roadshow has a different voice. "
"It's said that Cheng Long's action scenes are not good. The plot is the same old routine again. Cheng Long has started to take a sensational route. Cheng Long is so old and still plays the love element of young people. Cheng Long can't stand it anymore and seems to be reduced to a supporting role. .”
"There will always be such voices in the audience. This is normal. Every moviegoer has his or her own opinion."
"But, during the movie viewing just now..."
Chenglong paused for a moment, and like a very passionate young man, he waved his fist and sighed with emotion: "I finally didn't hear these voices anymore!"
He is very happy. Among the many films he has made in the past few years since he returned to the country, this is the most enthusiastic and enthusiastic response from the audience after watching the film, and they almost unanimously praised it throughout the process.
a work of art.
He used his experience of several works in the past few years to compare before and after, and he was really excited about the audience's change of attitude towards this work.
After hearing Chenglong's emotion, many of his fans were moved to tears. They were touched that their super idol was still working so hard and hard in the movie industry at such an age. They were also extremely touched by the change in movie viewing just mentioned.
happy.
"Brother, you are the best!"
"Chenglong, you are the coolest!"
"Chenglong, you monkey Sai Lei!!"
Suddenly a Cantonese sentence came out, and it was a female audience member who spoke with a Baodao accent and shouted in a cooing voice. This sounded very contrasting and made the whole audience happy for a moment.
The audience had empathy and resonance with Chenglong, which made Chenglong very comfortable and happy. He tilted his head and motioned to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei with his eyes, asking the two male and female protagonists to say hello to the audience.
Chu Xuan picked up the microphone: "Hello everyone, I am Chu Xuan and I am Wei Ran."
"Oh——" the audience cheered and applauded.
Liu Yifei then said: "Hello everyone, I am Liu Yifei, and I play Lin Yi in the movie."
"Oh——" the audience cheered again, calling for Liu Yifei.
Immediately afterwards, Hui Yinghong, Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie, Yuan Biao and other actors introduced themselves one by one.
This gave the audience an impression of being in the right place, and they also had a vague sense of the strength of this cast.
The most famous international star in the country, Cheng Long, is the lead, coupled with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, two super popular mainland superstars, and supplemented by a number of powerful actors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, this lineup can be said to be unique.
After the actors had finished their introductions, Chenglong stretched out his hand to invite: "This is Mr. Lu Chuan, who is also the director of photography for this film. He will answer your questions for this road show. Next, we will randomly select people and you can ask any questions."
Teacher Lu Chuan will answer your questions about the movie."
According to the unspoken rules before a movie is released, the executive director will be the one to answer questions at the final premiere, the first assistant director will be the one to answer questions during the screenings, and during the road show stage, the director of photography or the producer will usually be the one to answer questions.
As the director of photography for this film, Lu Chuan also played a major role in answering questions from the audience during the road show stage.
Liu Yifei was in high spirits, picked up the microphone and added: "Before this movie, Teacher Lu Chuan was not only the first assistant director of "The Legend of Red Flame", but also the first assistant director of "Star You". There is no doubt about the teacher's professional ability."
, not only did he provide many lens suggestions during the filming process of this movie, but he was also the main person in charge of the post-production process.”
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Lu Chuan?
The assistant director of the hit TV series "Legend of Red Flame"?
The assistant director of the much-anticipated "Star You"?
Or the director of photography for "Skyfall"?
Under Liu Yifei's introduction, the audience also recognized Lu Chuan, a film and television person who sounded very good, and focused their attention on Lu Chuan next to Cheng Long.
Lu Chuan did not expect that Liu Yifei would introduce him in such a grand manner, so he felt extremely honored and said: "Hello everyone, I am Lu Chuan, the photography director of "Sky Curtain: The Enemy"."
After a burst of applause, he said: "If you have any questions, you can raise your hands. I will come to you randomly and answer your questions. Please raise your hands."
During the road show stage, the most important thing is to explain the questions in the audience's hearts, which are also the questions about the movie.
Because the road show stage requires the audience to spontaneously promote and explain the audience's questions, it is also for the audience to better communicate various topics in a reasonable and evidence-based manner.
"This friend." Lu Chuan pointed to a friend in the audience.
Seeing that he was called on, the audience was very excited and stood up and asked: "I want to ask, for what reason are the three protagonists designed?"
This audience member looked like a movie fan at first sight. He was somewhat professional in nature, and his concise and concise questions directly pointed to the character framework designed in the script.
Lu Chuan picked up the microphone and said with a smile: "The superhero characters in Big Brother's previous classic works are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and they also have high-powered martial arts scenes. They are loved by movie fans around the world."
"But in recent years, as a fan of Brother Chenglong, you should all know that the brother wants to transform, so the role of Chengxiong came into being. There are not many difficult fighting scenes, only a few scenes in the final war plot."
"But this does not prevent the eldest brother from being the core of the entire movie and the superhero among the superheroes in the entire movie. Are you satisfied with this design?"
"Satisfied!!" Many viewers echoed in unison.
Movie fans all know that Chenglong has long publicly said that he is too old to fight.
However, the most beloved thing about Chenglong is his martial arts action throughout the comedy.
But in several movies in the past few years, Chenglong abandoned all the things he was proud of and added some elements that didn't seem to fit very well, such as love, the weak, etc. This made many fans dissatisfied.
And not adaptable.
But this movie is different. Chenglong gave up the martial arts action scenes, but maintained his identity as a superhero, and the martial arts action scenes were inherited by Liu Yifei. This allowed the style of the entire movie to still maintain the "Chenglong"
"Wind", and let Chenglong's transformation not be abrupt or embarrassing.
This also shows that Chenglong's transformation attempt in the film industry has finally received preliminary confirmation and a preliminary direction.
Chenglong was very happy when he saw the feedback on this issue. Maybe the series plan for this movie will work, or maybe the rest of his life will once again shine brilliantly in the grand movie universe of this entire series.
"The core of Brother Chenglong's movie style is martial arts action, but Brother Chenglong's martial arts action is a combination of comedy and action, which is difficult to imitate. Perhaps no actor in the world can imitate the essence."
"So, in our design, we separated comedy and martial arts action. The comedy part is borne by the male protagonist Wei Ran, and the countless action parts are borne by the female protagonist Lin Yi. I think friends should understand what I mean.
"
Listening to Lu Chuan's words, everyone in the audience understood.
The characteristics of the male protagonist Wei Ran and the female protagonist Lin Yi are very obvious. One is dedicated to comedy, which always makes people laugh, and the other is full of stunts, which makes people think they are cool.
In this movie, the three main protagonists have a clear interpretation. Chenglong is the strongest superhero, Chu Xuan is the comedian who brings fun, and Liu Yifei specializes in various superb skills and actions.
of.
"Under this classification of character attributes, our classmate Chu Xuan is the most uncomfortable."
After hearing what he said, the audience became interested.
"Friends who know Chu Xuan should have the impression that none of his past roles were funny. Suddenly he was asked to play a funny character. This was a huge test for him."
"As we all know, it is easy to play a tragic and crying scene, but it is the most difficult to play a role that can make the audience smile, because if the performance is not good, it will not be funny, but embarrassing."
After hearing Lu Chuan's words, the audience smiled slightly.
From the first funny scene of the character Chu Xuan, many viewers have refreshed their perception of Chu Xuan's image. It turns out that Chu Xuan is so good at playing a comedian? And so appropriate?
This is a recognition of Chu Xuan's acting skills and recognition of the role of the male protagonist in the movie.
"Although our classmate Liu Yifei's performance is not as difficult as that of the male protagonist, everyone has seen her stunts. Do you think it is difficult? Is she handsome?"
"handsome!!"
Faced with Lu Chuan's questions that stirred up the atmosphere, the audience responded positively.
If nothing else, the difficult moves Liu Yi Fei performed in the movie deserved their loud praise.
"For the last question on this question, if you don't ask, I'll ask it for you: Since comedy and action are separated, why not put the comedy part on Liu Yifei, and why not put the action part on Chu Xuan?"
As soon as this question came out, everyone in the audience had doubts.
"That's because classmate Chu Xuan's physical toughness is not enough. If you ask him to do some difficult moves, he won't be able to do it to death."
"Hahaha--"
Such a joking answer made the audience laugh.
The actors on the stage all looked at Chu Xuan jokingly, and Liu Yifei and Chenglong also looked at Chu Xuan with interesting eyes.
Chu Xuan was a little embarrassed, picked up the microphone and said: "This is a fact. Liu Yifei has practiced dancing since she was a child. Her foundation is here. She can do some difficult moves with just a little practice. But as for me, my whole body is stiff and I bend over.
If you can't do it, then let alone any high-difficulty stunts, you can't even do low-difficulty stunts."
Seeing Chu Xuan take the initiative to admit it, the audience was filled with fun.
"Chu Xuan! Liu Yifei is so powerful, so are you at a disadvantage at home?" One of the audience members froze.
Under the attention of the audience, Chu Xuan shook his head: "She is very powerful, but women are always weaker than men. If we really want to fight, I can do it with just one hand."
Just as the audience was having fun, Liu Yifei said abruptly: "Then you try it?"
"Hahaha..." bursts of laughter burst out from the audience. I really didn't expect Liu Yifei to criticize Chu Xuan and not give Chu Xuan face at all. Although they knew it was a joke between the couple, it made everyone feel a little sweet, but it was still quite sweet.
Funny.
I saw Chu Xuan put his hands on Liu Yifei's shoulders and squeezed Liu Yifei into his arms. Liu Yifei also cooperated and leaned into Chu Xuan's arms. This loving look made the screening room erupt.
There was a burst of "Eh-" cheers.
"Okay, we show affection every year, and this moment is not missing." Lu Chuan joked, "Next, this friend."
An audience member stood up happily: "Director Lu, I would like to ask how much the special effects of this movie cost?"
This question aroused the interest of everyone in the audience. The special effects in this movie are explosive. Compared with domestic movies, it is incomparable. Compared with Hollywood movies, many national confident audiences can
To put it bluntly, it is no worse than Hollywood special effects movies.
So, how much money is spent on special effects for such a super blockbuster, and it is a domestic special effects blockbuster? This is a topic that interests everyone present.
"Let me make it clear that the special effects of this movie cost 120 million." Lu Chuandao.
"Wow -" the audience present were shocked.
120 million?
At the current average TV drama investment level of 20 to 30 million yuan, and the average movie investment level of 40 to 50 million yuan, 120 million yuan is spent on special effects, which is beyond the imagination of many people and is beyond the scope of cognition.
But looking back at the scenes in the movie with super-large and super-flammable special effects, this astronomical figure of 120 million seems very reasonable and understandable.
But how to specifically understand the cost of 120 million, lay viewers have only a limited understanding of it.
Lu Chuan was also very sincere and said frankly: "In many TV series and movies, there are always some special effects scenes, but if friends observe carefully, you will find that the special effects scenes in these TV series are pure backgrounds."
"There are several types of film and television special effects, and pure background special effects are the least valuable."
"Why? Because the characters don't need to interact with the background special effects."
The audience listened but was confused.
"This is like using a computer to design a pure background. For example, if it is a Tiananmen scene, but if the characters do not interact with Tiananmen, such as reaching out to touch the wall, pushing the door and entering, etc., then this special effect element is easy to handle.
"
"If the character is to be linked to the special effects part, if you reach out and touch the wall, will the light and shadow effect change? When you push the door in, will the special effects scene have an extended change?"
"The interaction between people or the environment and special effects is the most difficult thing to handle in current special effects technology, and it is also the most expensive thing."
Some viewers were in a daze and understood a little bit.
To put it simply, it is the difference between static special effects and dynamic special effects.
Special effects without character interaction, such as those common special effects scenes, tend to be static effects.
Special effects that interact with characters and the environment are dynamic special effects.
Dynamic special effects cost more than static special effects.
"For another example, in this movie, the scene where classmate Chu Xuan soars into the sky under the canopy and breaks a crack in the canopy. Do you still remember the scene?"
The audience nodded.
"During the filming of this scene, Chu Xuan was wearing equipment all over his body, including helmet equipment, leg equipment, arm equipment, etc."
"Why do you need to wear these devices? Because positioning requires a P-map. There are infrared light spots on the device. Only under infrared positioning can the computer analyze Chu Xuan's movements."
"Finally, a computer was used to simulate Chu Xuan's movements, and through special effects design and programming, Chu Xuan soared into the sky."
"So, Chu Xuan's soaring into the sky in that scene was not caused by the wire device. The wire device cannot be used to create it. It was created through computer special effects P-pictures."
"Oh——" The audience seemed to understand but not understand.
"Let's talk about the cost of shooting. Infrared rays are lasers, and the energy consumption of lasers can be measured in hundreds of degrees. It is very huge."
"Chu Xuan had a lot of equipment on his body at that time, at least a dozen, that is, a dozen laser positioning devices."
"Let's put it this way, one laser shot out will produce ten kilowatt-hours of electricity in one hour, and a dozen laser beams will produce hundreds of kilowatt-hours of electricity."
"In Los Angeles, the cost of electricity is US$1 per kilowatt hour, so the cost for us to shoot this scene was more than US$1,000 per hour, or nearly 10,000 RMB."
"A special effects scene can't be shot in an hour. If it goes well, it will take a few hours. If it doesn't go well, it will take several days."
"Such a special effects scene lasts for 70 minutes in the movie. Not to mention labor costs, material costs, and equipment wear and tear, we spent nearly 20 million yuan on electricity bills alone."
After hearing what Lu Chuan said, the audience said "Wow--" and everyone was very surprised.
The cost of photoelectricity was 20 million, so the total cost of 120 million for special effects didn't seem to be that much.
The visual effects presented in this movie are not fake, and they are always there for a reason.
