After "Home Alone" was released, it aroused strong response in the film market and received overwhelming praise.
Major entertainment newspapers followed up with reports.
"Yesterday in the cinema, adults and children laughed together, and I knew this movie would be a great holiday gift for children."
"It will definitely become a classic comedy movie, there is no doubt about it."
"We don't have to worry too much about the bad guys not being bad enough or having low IQs. We just need to appreciate it with an innocent attitude and then laugh without any scruples. This is a successful movie."
"Many children are clamoring that they also want to be a smart baby, and many parents feel that this trip is worthwhile."
"I think many parents who have watched the movie really hope that their sons can be as smart and clever as Xiaobao in the movie."
Due to its high reputation, MTime's rating has also reached 8.9, and its box office has been booming. It has grossed 300 million yuan in one week. After hearing the news, the audience came in an endless stream, and the attendance rate has been consistent.
It remains above 40%!
Compared with the 10% or 20% attendance rate of other movies, it is really much better!!
The only one that can compare with it is Hollywood's "Finding Nemo", and its reputation is also quite good.
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June 15th, in a large warehouse on the outskirts of Shanghai.
At this time, the crew of "Now You See Me" is nervously setting up the scene.
There were forty well-fed piranhas, thirty extras, and several magic props, all of which were made by Li Gaofei himself.
Today, the crew is going to shoot a water escape magic trick here. In addition to the water escape trick, they also want to add a more exciting part to the movie - piranha.
The specific content of this movie is: the magician protagonist played by Shen Yao enters a tempered glass aquarium filled with water and performs an escape technique, but the result is unsuccessful. After one minute, forty piranhas are dumped into the aquarium from above.
in the box.
Some time ago, Wang Shang specially invited several foreign hypnotists, and the magician gave lessons to the four of them. After more than a month of targeted learning, these people basically mastered the manned hypnotists needed to be used in the movie.
Empty bubbles, confusing ribbons, short-distance teleportation, and Shen Yao also mastered certain escape techniques...
According to the scene notes, the assistant director and several other people were very curious about these magic props. They touched here and there, looked left and right, and then looked at the aquarium on the ground with fearful expressions. There was a group of people swimming around and flashing in it.
A piranha with sharp teeth and cold light.
No one is not afraid of piranhas. Many newspapers have reported that so and so has been bitten by piranhas. There are many scenes in movies of piranhas eating people and animals into skeletons instantly, so its ferocity has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
They looked at the magician Li Gaofei, shocked, and asked curiously: "Has any magician really performed like this? And nothing happened at all?"
Li Gaofei nodded: "It does exist, and many magicians can do it. The man who created this magic is David Gao Fei, a famous American escape artist."
They asked again: "Piranhas don't bite people??"
Li Gaofei explained: "As long as the piranha is fed well and there are no wounds on the human body, the piranha will not bite people."
After saying that, Li Gaofei was still looking at everyone in fear, and he calmly put his hand into the aquarium. Instead of rushing to bite, the piranhas inside all hid in the distance.
Li Gaofei took out his hand, shook the water on it, and said calmly: "Piranha's courage is actually quite small, how about... you guys give it a try?"
Everyone stepped back together and shook their heads.
Wang Shang explained to them at this time: "You don't have to worry too much. When you perform the escape technique later, the ones released will definitely not be piranhas, but ordinary pomfrets. As for the piranhas, you can use movie footage to edit them.
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"Oh, that's it!" Everyone could finally feel relieved.
Wang Shang heard that all the magic tricks in "Now You See Me" in the past time and space were done by the actors themselves. They did not hire magicians to replace them, nor did they use movie lenses to do tricks. I don't know if this is true.
After nearly an hour of preparation, everything was ready.
Because there wasn’t much acting in this scene, there wasn’t much NG in the filming. After an hour, this scene was completely shot.
"Let's go, next stop!! Magic City Oriental Opera Hall, shoot big stage magic!!"
The entire "Now You See Me" movie has a total of three large-scale magic tricks, including two stage magic and one large-scale illusion magic. The two stage magic kings were filmed at the Oriental Opera Hall in Shanghai.
When the crew originally selected the attractions, they negotiated terms with the opera hall owner Jiang Ping, and began to renovate the two largest theater halls in May, using them for two stage magics respectively.
When the crew arrived at the Shanghai Oriental Opera Hall, the owner of the opera hall, Jiang Ping, had been waiting at the door for a long time. As soon as he saw Wang Shang, he immediately stepped forward to shake hands warmly: "Director Wang, can I also make a cameo in the movie?"
An audience role."
Wang Shang pondered for a moment and replied: "The only thing I can offer now is a supporting actor..."
Jiang Ping's mouth was filled with a smile, and he said happily: "The second-hand player is the second-hand player!!"
"Okay! I'll arrange a good seat for you." Wang Shang naturally wouldn't object. Anyway, this audience member has no requirements. He just needs to be an audience member peacefully.
There are as many as 400 extras this time, which is much more than the piranha underwater escape scene.
400 people sat in the theater, only occupying one-third of the seats. However, current computer technology can already copy, paste, and paste 400 people. What appears in the movie must be a theater full of people.
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Cameras, props and other items were gradually moved from the car into the theater hall, and then placed under Wang Shang's command.
Wang Shang said to them: "It will be your magic show later, let me see the results of your learning during this period."
These two stage magic tricks were not fake like the water escape trick in the morning, but were done with real swords and guns.
The four of them were full of confidence: "No problem!!"
It took a full two hours to prepare this time, and all the props, cameras, scenery and other things were arranged properly.
The crew is ready. Cameras, lights, reflective screens, etc. are ready. The extras are in place, and the main actors are all ready.
When the stage lights are turned on, the lights are bright instantly, and the black glass bricks are shining, and the whole stage suddenly becomes beautiful. In order to make the scene more eye-catching, Wang Shang's renovation of the stage tries to be exquisite, modern, and high-end.
It is sophisticated and fits the technical background of the entire movie.
Wang Shang held the horn and shouted to the entire drama hall: "Quiet !!"
The original noisy drama hall immediately calmed down, and the owner of the theater Jiang Ping looked at the stage with excitement. He was pressed next to the main character magic unveiled in the play, and he could get a lot of them.
The camera. But the man next to him looked at him with a look of resentment: "How can you grab my good seat in this product?"
"Everyone !!"
"Acting to the third scene of Act 40 officially starts!"
"Action !!"
With the "Ka" version of the scene, four magicians such as Xie Tingfeng began to scattered the edge of the stage on the stage on the stage according to the route arranged by the deputy director, and said to all the audience on the stage.
"Today we will perform an individual opening magic!"
"It will be a magic that Huaxia has never performed!"
"I haven't performed all parts of the world!"
In the end, Xie Feng (played by Xie Tingfeng) of the Magic Four Knights across the steps, boarded the center of the stage, Zhang Yang's hands said to the audience: "Sir, ladies! Tonight, we will rob a bank !!"
The audience applauded !!
At this time, Jiang Ping was there: "Magic? Grab a bank? The meaning of the stagnant thief means to grab the bank with magic ??"
Jiang Ping felt very surprising. He used magic to grab the bank. He felt a strange excitement.
Other people who have no psychological preparations are the same as Jiang Ping's feelings. They hear the use of magic to grab the bank, feel fresh, irritating, and the applause is warmer.
The actor's performance was not wrong, so Wang did not stop.
Xie Feng said with a warm applause in the audience, and said with a smile: "I hope to crime so much ??"
Shen Yao shouted loudly: "I hope! How about you?"
The applause at the scene, the shouting was warm.
Wang Shang watched the performances of a few people on the stage, and felt very satisfied. She showed not to stop by the field and photographers.
"Does anyone want us which bank to rob?"
Many mass actors raised their hands wit and shouted loudly at the same time!
"It seems that many people have a big hatred with the bank! Haha, then we choose one random !!"
The powerful actors are different. The plots that were originally split several paragraphs were successfully passed by the improvisation performances of these actors. Although some lines did not match the script, Wang Shang felt good, so he did not shout.
Later, I chose a seat with table tennis, and then asked the person in the seat to choose a bank.
"Paris Republic Trust Bank ..."
"The bank of the European Union in France ..." Xie Tingfeng paused and made a expression of constipation and tangled egg pain. Unfortunately, "If it is a magic capital local bank, the best kind of small credit cooperative without security cooperatives
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"Hahaha !!!" As soon as the mass actor heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
The performances of the starring actors and the masses are very smooth.
One afternoon and evening, the first stage magic was completed.
When the actors of the masses saw a hundred -dollar red banknote (item banknote) full of the entire drama hall, they couldn't help but stunned. Fortunately, the crew had already told it, so these professional actors rationally made a 'grabbing money to grab money.