There are also some films that are not director-led, but subject-led. Those films that are loved by film festivals have a high probability of being nominated no matter which director makes them.
Therefore, you can see that some actors who are successful at the box office but lack awards, or who are not famous at all but want to make a breakthrough, will specifically choose this type of movie to participate in.
Their goals are very clear.
The themes that this type of film festival loves are all marginal, the plots are not mainstream at all, and they have never been successful at the box office.
Isn't the purpose of starring in such an unmarketable film just to win an award at an influential film festival?
As long as the industry still cares about awards and values awards, then this path will work.
As an actor, in this industry, you always have to have something to rely on, whether it's awards or box office, there always has to be one thing.
Back to Brother Hai, his film career has always been full of controversy. If he is only defined as an award-winning player, then he can be considered successful now.
He has already reached the altar. If he never makes a movie again from now on, he can definitely become a god in the domestic entertainment industry and become a god-level figure.
Despite such a bright and bright road, Brother Hai persists in quarreling with movie fans, and even continues to make films tirelessly. In the final analysis, the purpose is not that simple.
box office!
make money!
Brother Hai also needs these.
When I was young, I made movies to express myself and pursue my art. However, as time goes by, people's mentality will change. This is a natural thing.
Not only Brother Hai is like this, but Lao Zhang is also not exempt from the custom.
As you get older, you will gradually feel that you have already achieved fame and are at the top, so you have to think about pursuing something else in the second half of your life.
What else is worth pursuing by these famous directors?
I'm afraid they are those things that were extremely difficult to pursue when they were young.
Of course it's the box office.
In the era when Brother Hai and Lao Zhang first became popular, the domestic entertainment film market was not yet fully developed. At that time, although there were cinemas, the so-called box office was not particular at all.
There were a lot of movies of all kinds, and a lot of people watched them, but at that time, prices were so low that you couldn't count a few dimes of a movie ticket into the box office.
Not to mention, in that era there was no complete concept of recording box office results, and no one cared about it.
The only way for film directors of that era to get ahead was to go overseas and enter international film festivals, because the subjects they shot had nothing to do with business.
Even if it goes to theaters, the box office results may not be ideal, mainly because at that time, people's living standards were still extremely limited, and the top movie theaters in the country were all located in first-tier cities or provincial capitals.
And in these cities, people's living standards are far from reaching the level where watching movies is regarded as a daily entertainment consumption.
Watching movies when going for entertainment is of course the choice of young people, but only once every few months.
Although the population is large, the number of movie theaters is really pitiful. Movies are a form of entertainment that relies heavily on infrastructure.
Can open-air cinemas still sell tickets?
Of course not.
Therefore, in that era, although great directors frequently produced masterpieces, to be honest, in addition to gaining them great honors, they did not receive a good increase in financial value.
At least, in their own eyes, that kind of capital accumulation is not consistent with their fame, and they can still pursue something at the box office.
Major investors will not deny their ideas. Those are all great directors recognized by international film festivals. Can there be any problems with their works?
They must all be good works and can trigger a box office frenzy.
Moreover, the investors are not all blind and deceived by the great directors. They all grew up in that era, and they have all heard of the reputation of these great directors.
Not only that, they are recognized by the public and investors, and those high praises cannot be faked.
Since someone is investing, why should the big directors refuse?
Therefore, after receiving investment, major directors went to sea one after another to swim in the tide of commercial films...swimming...
Of course, of course some people fail and some succeed.
Some successful directors have quite outstanding characteristics. Back then, the characteristics of their award-winning literary films were not very obvious.
For example, at the beginning they shot movies with modern urban themes, focusing on young people's emotional confusion and choices.
Although depending on the selection trend, there will also be some characteristics of literary films that suit the tastes of some film festivals.
However, it is relatively easy for directors who shoot this type of film to transform. Among the best-selling commercial films, romance films are also a genre.
Of course, this kind of romance film refers to modern urban themes, and other themes are unlikely to achieve much success at the box office.
For example, in the field of TV dramas, ancient puppets are also a very popular subject. The popular little stars of this era, including Sisi and Cifang, basically became popular from ancient puppet TV series.
It can be seen that the popularity of ancient puppets among young people is extraordinary.
However, if you put together the movies released over the years and count them, you can easily see that romance movies have always been the preserve of contemporary young people. Ancient idol romance movies?
Butterfly Lovers?
Sorry, there really is no such subject matter.
It’s not that costume romance films cannot achieve excellent box office results, but that there is simply no such category in the current film market.
Even if you want to hit the box office, it's impossible.
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If you look at the performance of TV dramas, costume idol dramas should be a very popular subject, especially among young people.
So, these young people are the main force in movie consumption, so why don’t investors look at this kind of subject matter?
Didn't even give it a chance.
In fact, it’s not that they refuse to give opportunities, but that movies and TV series are originally two different fields.
Their selection focus is completely different.
When discussing the difference between TV series and movie selection, the first premise that must be kept in mind is that TV series are free and open to audiences on all platforms.
Movies require the audience to pay real money to watch them. Since it costs money, we must carefully study what themes the audience likes and provide them with movies based on their preferences.
It's like being a chef. Even if you are a famous Michelin chef, you can only cook according to the customer's order.
You can't hold the menu and yell at the audience, don't order that dish, I'm better at this dish, it's up to you to see if the customers listen to you.
The fact is that the subject of ancient puppets is indeed not popular in the film industry. For example, if the same subject is transferred to the TV series, and some side plots are added, pieced together, it can be made into a movie.
Ancient puppet TV series.
By then, the ratings will be very good, and with a different cast, everyone will probably become a hit.
However, if we carefully explore the factors that make skin-changing successful at the box office, we can see that ancient costumes, handsome men and beauties are only one of the elements. In this aspect, skin-changing is the same as those ancient dolls.
They all rely on young beauties to attract the audience's attention, but from here on, the distinction begins.
The skin change is supported by extremely exquisite and beautiful special effects, and the same special effects, when they appear in ancient puppet TV series, can easily be reduced to 50-cent special effects.
No matter the various scenes or computer post-production, no matter how hyped up the film crew was before, when the real film comes out, it will still be 50 cents.
There is no way, the length of the film is here. Others spent tens of millions to shoot a 100-minute movie. Of course, all the investment can be effectively used and spent on special effects.
TV series, especially those ancient puppets, often have thirty or forty episodes. With so many episodes put together, a movie is only equivalent to two episodes of a TV series.
In other words, taking an investment of 50 million as an example, for a TV series, the filming would have to be stretched at least twenty times on average.
So, everyone knows how much money can actually be spent on computer special effects post-production.
The difference between TV series and movies goes far beyond the special effects. The equipment used during filming is also very different.
Movies are all shot with authentic film, and every day, money is spent on them at a streamlined level.
And TV dramas all use ordinary cameras, film?
Who can afford such an expensive thing?
Of course, you get what you pay for, and the film shooting effect is far better than the TV series, and the quality is very high.
Not to mention that the difference in level among other behind-the-scenes teams, including the Fu Hua Dao and Wuzhi teams, can all be reflected in the details of the finished film. In all aspects, TV series and movies are incomparable.
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More importantly, although the subject matter of ancient puppets is relatively low-end, in order to unfold the story, at least the background of the story must be explained clearly, and the characters must also be clearly described.
All these require film length to support it. A short film really cannot carry so much information.
Modern romance films are different. The backgrounds are familiar to the public and do not require special construction by the director.
The plot can also be omitted directly in this aspect, and since it is a modern movie, the relationship between the characters is familiar to the audience, and there is no need to introduce it separately to waste time.
The main reason for the success of the reskin is because of the magical label. You have to know that the tastes of movie lovers and TV series lovers are very different.
Some of them care about plots and only like to watch movies with well-conceived and interlocking plots.
This part of the audience is extremely difficult to please. If you want to get them to boast, you can only rely on the director's personal efforts.
There are no other shortcuts.
And what about the other part?
It is easier to explain clearly the hobbies of these audiences.
Blockbuster!
Cool movie!
This is the kind of movie they want to see.
Therefore, they pay more attention to action movies, police and gangster movies, superhero movies, or fantasy themes, which are very popular and explosive themes at first glance.
Movies of this type will take advantage of their subject matter as soon as they appear, and even romantic movies are no match for them.
It can be seen that among theater movies, even modern romance movies that are closest to people's lives are not that popular.
It can only be said that there are one or two hit romance movies every year, but their box office share is just that.
From the box office battle reports every year, it can be clearly seen that especially at the end of the year and during the Spring Festival, blockbusters are still the dominant force.
Occasionally, there are some drama films that can stand out from the crowd, and they have special restrictions. For example, they are the kind of suspense films that can make the audience happy.
Or comedies of better quality, which are also suitable for family fun and can greatly expand the scope of the audience.
Cinemas sell tickets on a per-person basis. If one more person buys a ticket, the box office will be one more point. Therefore, the cinemas are more welcoming to family-friendly movies.
For example, the horror movies that young people love, or cult movies that are more bloody and violent, may have good shooting quality, and the movie theater will know that the movie is well shot.
However, they would not recommend that this type of movie be included in the Spring Festival period, which has a strong box office. Obviously, this is not a theme that the whole family loves.
During a period like the Spring Festival, when space is at a premium, how can you waste time on films that won’t do particularly well at the box office?
If Guwu wants to occupy more movie theaters, it must at least prove itself at the box office. This is the most important thing.
Unfortunately, the audience for ancient puppets is still too narrow. Just like horror movies, no matter how good the reputation is, the number of viewers who love to watch them and are even willing to spend money is extremely limited.
Since the box office performance is not outstanding, then over time, no one will be willing to invest in this type of movies.
For a director who used to shoot artistic films with the theme of emotions between urban men and women, it is easiest for him to transition to commercial films, and it is also relatively simple to get good reviews.
Just add some details that your audience will love to see.
However, it is obvious that neither Hai Ge nor Lao Zhang were good at modern urban themes in the past.
Not to mention the persistent description of the emotional plight of urban young men and women. To their generation, those things seem a bit too trivial.
It's completely unnecessary moaning.
Since it is impossible to transform from emotional films, then these great directors who come down to earth to shoot commercial films will have to start elsewhere.
Looking back, whether it is Lao Zhang or Brother Hai, they all set their sights on epic masterpieces.
In fact, when the two great directors chose a costume masterpiece at the same time, objectively speaking, it was a very risky move.
Because before them, what appeared on the box office charts over the years were either family-friendly comedies or Hollywood action blockbusters.
Although other movies can sometimes achieve relatively good box office results, that is only in comparison.