Li Jiaxin yawned and turned over. Except for Sophie Marceau, who was still snoozing on the bed, the others were already washing up. It was just before 7 o'clock. If she had to be busy filming, she wanted to stay in bed for a while. After all, last night
So tired.
Lin Qingxia was about to leave after breakfast. She had lived a very leisurely life in the past few years. In addition to taking care of her children at home, she also learned pottery and painting, occasionally wrote a few essays, and read novels and movies to pass the time.
Such a life is Lin Qingxia's dream as a girl. It would be even more perfect if she could have a husband who cares about her family.
Her son Kang Jiale is already 7 years old and will go to primary school in a few months. Lin Qingxia has been busy choosing a school recently. The school must have good conditions and be a little remote to avoid being harassed by paparazzi all day long.
Today's breakfast was made by Aishwarya herself and was full of curry flavor. Lin Qingxia thought it tasted good, but Li Jiaxin was not happy with it. She called her assistant to go to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel to buy breakfast, which was not expensive.
, it only costs two to three hundred yuan, but the quality is obviously different.
Because he had to go to the set in a hurry, Kang Jianfei finished his breakfast quickly. Li Jiaxin had no choice but to follow and called on the way out: "Axi, send my breakfast directly to the set. Remember not to let it get cold."
Kang Jianfei said speechlessly: "Just slowly starve yourself."
Li Jiaxin said coquettishly: "Brother Fei, I can't get used to it."
Kang Jianfei was too lazy to pay attention to this charming bitch and directly asked the driver to drive. Aishwarya leaned on him to catch up on her sleep.
The car arrived at its destination quickly, and there was even a traffic jam outside the Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City. In such a remote place, due to the prosperity of the film industry, traffic jams were severe every morning.
Although the Hong Kong film market has been sluggish, the film and television industry is getting better and better. Regardless of the fact that DreamWorks is reducing production, or that many small and medium-sized film companies have closed down, in fact, the annual output of Hong Kong films continues to increase.
The annual output of Hong Kong films was 76 in 1999, increased to 46 in 1999, and reached as many as 589 in 1994.
Why does this happen?
Because the average release days of Hong Kong films are shortening, countless cinemas are short of film sources. Some small directors can make a movie in half a month with an investment of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, a few actors and behind the scenes.
These rubbish movies would have never been released in theaters before. But now they don’t care so much, just a movie can be shown, and the theater will be empty anyway. As for the investment, most of it can be recovered, even if the box office is not good.
Selling VCDs?
Today's Hong Kong audiences basically encounter bad movies as soon as they enter the theater, which greatly dampens their enthusiasm for watching movies.
However, for Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City, the increase in film production is a good sign. There is an endless stream of film crews renting studios and costume streets every day, and they also rent filming equipment and costumes and props. It is a lot of money to make.
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It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The overseas box office of Hong Kong films is also very strong, but it has dropped sharply in successive years.
In 1999, 40% of the total box office in Taiwan was contributed by Hong Kong films, the proportion in South Korea was 1%, and in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and other places, the market share of Hong Kong films was also about 8%.
By last year, this figure had dropped sharply, with % remaining in Taiwan and only 9% remaining in South Korea. However, because Golden Harvest and Oriental Pictures are actively building theater chains in Southeast Asia, the market share of Hong Kong films in these regions is actually increasing.
Malaysia increased from 7.8% to 15%, and Indonesia and Singapore also increased to more than 10%.
This is enough to illustrate the glory of Hong Kong films. It will be unimaginable in 20 years. In the conservative and xenophobic South Korea, one-tenth of its annual box office is actually Chinese-language films.
In the underground parking lot of the film and television city, the crew members have already arrived one after another. Especially the makeup artists and zombie extras have already laid the foundation, and only the director can come over to guide and correct the makeup.
Xu Ke was already sitting there drawing the storyboard. This guy's hand-drawn shots were excellent, and he could create a blockbuster feel with just a few strokes. Zhao Wenqian squatted next to Xu Ke, asking questions and suggestions from time to time. This young man still
He loves to learn, and Xu Ke is very optimistic about him.
His cousin Wu Ruiqing got divorced two years ago. In order to snatch the custody of his son, he paid his ex-wife a lump sum of 1 million yuan, and he will also pay 6,000 yuan a month for living expenses.
The once frail boy has turned thirty and has become mature and experienced. When Kang Jianfei arrived on the set, Wu Ruiqing was criticizing the set manager: "What are you doing? The machine is about to start up and you tell me there is not enough dry ice? If there is not enough, go and get it quickly."
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The field manager said with a grimace: "The studio's logistics schedule made a mistake and gave our dry ice to other crews. There is simply not enough spare stock in the warehouse because we use too much."
There is a scene in "Resident Evil" where the ground is filled with white mist, which requires dry ice to create the effect. Moreover, the filming lasted more than ten hours, and the consumption of dry ice was very large.
Wu Ruiqing said depressedly: "Then quickly go to the dry ice manufacturing factory to pick up the goods."
The field supervisor said: "The goods have been shipped over there, but I'm afraid it will take another two hours to arrive. You know, it's rush hour now and the roads are very congested."
"How long can the dry ice we have here last?" Wu Ruiqing asked.
The field manager said: "It will be used up in less than an hour."
Wu Ruiqing immediately ran over and explained the situation to Kang Jianfei. Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "It's okay, we can't wait long, go ahead and do your business."
The crew is a big team, and various accidents may happen anytime and anywhere.
Before the problem of dry ice was solved, a zombie actor who had a heavy role was admitted to the hospital with stomachache. Kang Jianfei could only pick up a random scene worker and ask him to quickly put on makeup. While putting on makeup, he asked the action director to explain the scene to him.
Since we are making a Hong Kong film, we naturally cannot lose the fine tradition of Hong Kong films. Kang Jianfei's version of "Resident Evil" includes martial arts scenes in many places, especially the heroine Alice, whose skills are even more powerful than the original version.
This is also the reason why Li Jiaxin was asked to undergo emergency training.
Of course, the moves designed by the martial arts director are more towards realistic modern fighting. Kang Jianfei did not dare to let Xu Ke intervene in this aspect, for fear that Xu Ke would make "Resident Evil" into an urban martial arts film about flying into the sky and escaping from the earth.
Xu Ke's task is more about creating images and atmosphere. He is very imaginative about this. At that time, he shot some scenes in D's "A Chinese Ghost Story" to create a D-effect lens feel.
It was almost 9 o'clock in the morning when everything was ready. Li Jiaxin, Tom Cruise, Aishwarya and others took their positions in front of the camera. The recorder shouted:
""Resident Evil" 8 scenes and 1 shot, Aikesh!"
A zombie with half of his face rotten walked towards the protagonists limping. Everyone was scared and backed away. Then someone fired several shots, but the zombie rushed in front of him. Li Jiaxin, who was hanging on the wire, kicked the zombie away.
"Ka, the landing is too ugly, try again!" (To be continued)