Chapter 189 'Transformers' before it was broadcast
Due to scale issues in Li Ningyu's scene, all Tang An who could appear was cut out.
However, this section is equipped with a lot of music to enhance the environment.
She passed through the dim corridor and came to the dark and mysterious secret room for Takeda's inspection.
The slow piano music begins as a reminder, exaggerating the uneasy atmosphere.
With the sound of a heavy door closing, Li Ningyu's body trembled, and the piano music stopped abruptly, foreshadowing the next dangerous encounter and the character's inner fear.
There is also the use of light. In the scene of assassinating the pseudo-high official Wang at the beginning of the film, the light of the camera was overhead light, shining down from the tops of the two people's heads. Their eyes were obscured in darkness by the shadows of their brows.
This does not show the harmonious and harmonious atmosphere at the dinner at all, but the stern expressions of the two people's faces are highlighted through light and shadow.
This indicates that the distance between the two people and even their opposing positions also paved the way for a tense atmosphere for this assassination.
It took nearly half a month to complete the first round of fine editing, and the entire film is 143 minutes long.
After that, I rested for two days, changed my mind, and watched the 143 minutes from beginning to end several times, taking notes while watching.
After another more than a week, the second refined cut of the entire film still lasted 121 minutes.
If it takes more than two hours, this will definitely not work.
There are 24 hours a day, two hours per show, and a 15-minute blank space in between. A screen can only show 10.6 shows a day.
Continue to the third round of fine editing. The closer to the end, the more time it takes. Every shot must be considered repeatedly, and the choice of every second shot must be weighed multiple times.
Finally, 10 days later, on June 18, the final version of "The Sound of the Wind" was released.
107 minutes, the last two minutes of the scene cannot be reduced, otherwise it will cause the plot to be incoherent.
Adding the 15-minute interval, the result is 122 minutes, which is more than two minutes.
After editing, we started dubbing, subtitles and other post-production, which took another week.
On June 25, after 58 days, the first domestic spy blockbuster "The Wind" was officially completed.
They immediately took it to Optoelectronics for review. Huayi, China Film and more than a dozen theaters held a viewing party, and everyone was very satisfied with the film.
Huayi and China Film decided to invest 1,000 copies in the early stage, and the theaters will arrange more than 50% of the films on the first day.
Tang An is not worried that with the explosion of "Transformers", the film schedule will decrease. There are only 600 copies of the film in total, so it is not that fast.
When the subsequent copies are distributed to various theaters across the country, the box office and reputation of "The Wind" in the first two days will be enough to ensure that more than half of the films are scheduled.
With less than a month left until the release, the film's promotion is about to begin.
The actors also returned to the capital from all over the country and began to cooperate with the early promotion of the movie.
The Internet, print media, and TV stations took a multi-pronged approach, and various posters and trailers were spread across the country.
You can find them everywhere on buses, in shopping malls, in office building elevators, in movie theaters...
It focuses on promoting China's first spy blockbuster, as well as the first movie not starring any Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, and the first mainland blockbuster.
Of course, Tang An also started to get busy and took the crew to participate in several programs.
The huge release of "The Wind" also heralds the official start of the 2007 summer season.
After more than half a month of running around, on July 10th, the first summer blockbuster "Transformers" finally premiered.
As a distributor, China Film Group naturally held a premiere to officially announce the arrival of the summer season.
At 6 p.m., Tang An came to Xingmei International Cinema in World City.
Although Spielberg, the creator of "Transformers", Explosion Bay and the starring actors did not come.
Parking the car nearby, Tang An felt like he had made a miscalculation when he saw that the entire building of the cinema was filled with posters of Autobots and a large group of enthusiastic wires.
After a cursory look, there were children of seven or eight years old holding Autobot toys, middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, basically people of all ages.
Since the movie "Transformers" was released in North America on July 3, it has become the focus of the global film market.
It was released on Tuesday and grossed US$155 million in the first six days. The gorgeous special effects have conquered all audiences.
It was also a big hit overseas. South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia and other regions where it was released first also occupied the top spot at the local box office.
As the trailer has been released in the Mainland, even watching it on a computer screen is still shocking.
Transformers toys were suddenly placed in the most conspicuous place in the toy store again. Nearly half of the cinemas were filled with Autobot posters, and the Autobot trailers were played every day on the big central screen.
It has already become a hit before it is released, which is a bit too fast!
Tang An shook his head and said, "Just be tough. I hope China Film will not expand its distribution scale so quickly."
Promotion still needs to be sped up!
When I walked into the screening room, it was already being set up, and several people dressed as Autobots were rehearsing there.
Reporters also came in batches and surrounded Tang An as soon as he entered.
"Hello Director Tang, "Transformers" has been a hit at the global box office. Director Tang, what kind of results do you think it can achieve in the mainland?"
"It can break 100 million, and it will become the third Hollywood movie to break 100 million besides "Titanic" and "King Kong"!" Tang An thought for a while and said.
You can't say 200 million. It would seem stage-frightened and exaggerated.
As far as the crowd of movie fans outside is concerned, although the crowd is strong enough, most people's estimate for "Transformers" is only over 100 million.
"Some people analyze that "Transformers" will be the biggest rival of "The Wind". Don't Tang An have the confidence to win the summer box office championship again?"
"Of course!" Tang An replied without hesitation.
"As the first spy movie in China, "The Wind" is the box office expected by Director Tang."
"Two hundred million, people must make progress!" Tang An said with a smile.
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When the premiere was about to begin, Han Sanping also appeared.
As the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, he is even busier now and does not have time to attend ordinary movie premieres.
Tang An immediately greeted him and said with a smile, "Director Han, looking at the posture this time, "Transformers" will probably be the next "King Kong"!"
Han Sanping greeted everyone one by one and said with a smile, "Why, Director Tang is no longer confident?"
"Of course not!"
"I just feel that Hollywood movies haven't had this kind of momentum in the past. Even Superman and Spider-Man, why are they suddenly so popular this time!" Tang An said, pretending to be confused.
Next to him, Wang Zhonglei immediately added, "When Mr. Tang said this, I remembered that after Director Han took office this year, the film market is naturally getting better and better!"
Damn it, you flatterer!
"Just kidding, "Transformers", I have seen this cartoon before. It has a wide audience and good special effects. Naturally, the audience will love watching it!" Han Sanping waved his hand and said with a smile.
Then everyone started to flatter, but Tang An couldn't say anything he wanted to say.
Lin Sheng made a gesture, and the two of them came to the side, ready to ask about the situation.