On January 30, the second day of the Lunar New Year, after a boring Spring Festival, Tang An went to China Film Digital West City Store to attend the premiere of "Lu Xiaofeng: Before and After the Decisive Battle".
With an investment of more than 300,000 yuan in a digital film, it’s okay to have nothing to do, whether you go out for a walk or not.
Originally, this movie was released directly on the movie channel, but somehow it ended up in theaters again.
Although most theaters in China these days use film projectors, there are still many digital projectors in some second- and third-tier cities.
The reason is simply because of cost.
Digital movies are not inaccessible to theaters. In addition to using digital projectors to show them, if the attendance rate is high and there is box office potential, they can also be recorded on film through magnetic transfer and released in theaters using film projectors.
For example, "Crazy Stone" was shot with a digital camera. After all, the cost was only 3.5 million, and film was completely insufficient.
Nowadays, the cost of domestic movies is roughly divided into three ranges. The lowest level is movies under one million yuan. These movies use the most common digital cameras and have the worst picture quality. They are basically TV movies.
Then you can shoot with a high-definition digital camera for a cost of 1 million to 3 million. If the costumes, transformations, channels, and post-production are more precise, there is actually not much difference between putting it on the big screen and using film.
"Crazy Stone" is a movie of this level.
With a cost of more than 6 million, you can basically use film, but the error tolerance is not low, you can't afford any actors, and you can't find any particularly professional crew.
Many of the so-called literary films in China are shot with digital cameras, and Jia Zhangke is the one who uses them the most.
He began to use digital cameras to shoot movies as early as 2001, and the current film "The Good Man in Three Gorges" was shot with a digital camera.
However, for those blockbusters, digital shooting still has many shortcomings compared to film shooting.
It will take at least three or four years before digital cameras can completely eliminate film.
Originally, movies of this caliber like "Lu Xiaofeng: Before and After the Decisive Battle" were destined to be broadcast on TV, just like the Water Margin series that are often broadcast on movie channels.
The 108 generals of Water Margin can make at least 200 TV movies.
However, this film was produced by CCTV, and all the equipment, costumes, props, and venues were owned by CCTV, so it was not considered shoddy.
It's not impossible to go to theaters, but the box office will be haha!
As soon as we entered the theater, there was no red carpet, no reporters, and only posters posted around telling the small number of viewers that a movie was premiering here today.
There were not many people. It was Chinese New Year and the weather was cold, so there were still relatively few people watching movies.
Tang An looked around and saw that the poster for "Super Body" had been put up. Although it won't be released until July, it was considered an advance notice.
It was still early and the audience passage was not cleared, but Tang An could naturally enter in advance after showing his invitation letter.
Under the watchful eyes of moviegoers in the waiting area, Tang An went in without a ticket.
There were already people busy in the screening room. Director Deng Yancheng and several leading actors arrived first.
There are quite a few people.
As soon as Tang An came in, Deng Yancheng stepped forward quickly and extended his right hand with a smile on his face.
"Hello, Director Tang, thank you for coming to the premiere!"
"Hello, Director Deng!" Tang An smiled and nodded.
Deng Yancheng, a famous B-level film director, is known as "Hong Kong's No. 1 Murder Director". His masterpieces include "The Killer" and "The Secret Files of the Black Rat".
How famous is it?
The famous American film theorist David Bordwell cited an excerpt from "The Black Rat Files" in his book.
Ren Dahua burned the little girl and forced her father Zheng Zhesi to witness the whole process, and then moved the burnt body in front of Zheng Zhesi.
She pretended to be a little girl and said, "Dad, I'm so tanned, do you still recognize me?"
Simply disgusting.
The brutal scenes of the film cannot be repainted by words alone. Even David Bordwell could not find any words to describe it, and in the end he only left four words - "The Best of Hong Kong".
However, no one makes such B-level movies anymore. He now specializes in making TV movies for CCTV. In 2004, he also made a TV series "The Best in the World".
Later, he also filmed "Dragon" starring Zhong Hanliang.
I don't know if this kind of director has a psychological problem, so Tang An just dealt with it casually.
After dealing with Deng Yancheng, a young woman in her 30s and two young men came up from the crowd.
"Hello, Director Tang!"
It’s Cai Yilong!
"How come Mr. Cai has time to come to the premiere!" Tang An smiled and nodded.
"I happen to be free today, so come over and take a look!"
Cai Yilong chuckled and pointed to a man and a woman beside him, and introduced, "These are Hu Ge and Liu Shishi, artists from our company. Let's bring them to see them!"
"Hello, Director Tang!"
The two people following behind quickly said hello to Tang An. Looking at Tang An, who was not much older than them, their tone was a little unnatural.
"Hello!"
Tang An also responded with a smile.
Of course he was no stranger to these two people, Hua Dan, who later became a popular TV drama niche.
The existence that was once so far away was now just a nobody in front of him.
Liu Shishi plays a supporting actress in the movie, which is normal, but Hu Ge has no role.
Then it's just to get close.
What followed was just as Tang An guessed, he just dealt with it calmly.
This kind of thing happens all the time. When I go to any event, people come up to me to establish connections. Some want to invest, and some want to recruit actors.
That's what happens when you become famous, a lot of people try their best to get involved with you.
For such a low-budget digital film, Liu Shishi played a small role with not much of a role, and he was a dignified sugar-man CEO who came to attend the premiere.
Could it be that he was full because he was full?
However, Master Liu seemed to be more introverted and didn't say much, while Brother Hu seemed to have something on his mind. If Cai Yilong hadn't kept hinting, he wouldn't have spoken much.
Tang An suddenly remembered that Brother Hu and Yang Mi had a relationship. They just filmed "Liao Zhai" last year.
Could it be that Brother Hu fell in love with Yang Mi at that time, and then Yang Mi said something...
After the premiere, Tang An declined Cai Yilong's invitation and went home directly.
There is still half a year left before summer vacation, and Tang An is preparing to complete two movie scripts.
It has not yet been determined whether Huayi will join Huayi after the release of "Super Body". He will also have to prepare two projects for his next movie.
If I really get into Huayi, I will definitely use their actors for the first movie, otherwise it would be a bit unjustifiable.
If something goes wrong and he can't go, there will be a gap between the two parties, which will make it difficult to speak.
In addition to writing scripts, Tang An also attended the premiere of "Fragrant Journey" in mid-February, a feature film starring Zhang Jingchu and Fan Wei, and the premiere of "Fearless"
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