October 13th. Five days have passed since the National Day holiday. On the 11th and 12th, "Shark Beach" once again collected 1.5 million box office, and the total box office reached 17.6 million.
There are still three days until next weekend. In order to maximize the box office stimulation, China Film has arranged a variety show for Tang An, Beijing Satellite TV's "Tiantian Film and Television Circle".
This program can be regarded as the longest-lived and most popular variety show on Beijing Satellite TV. It was founded in 1993 and has gone through eleven years.
The recording time was in the morning. Tang An, Yang Mi and Xu Ruoyun arrived at the Beijing Satellite TV building at 8 o'clock. They met the host Xiang Zhen backstage.
"Hello, host!"
"Hello Director Tang!"
"Hello Yang Mi!"
Xiang Zhen is almost 30 this year. She is also an old host. She has neat short hair and makes people feel like a spring breeze and harmony.
"You three, please take a seat!"
Xiang Zhen made a gesture of invitation and sat down.
"Is this Director Tang's first time participating in a show?"
"Yeah, I'm still a little nervous now!" Tang An said with a smile.
"What about Yang Mi? You have been filming since you were a child. Have you participated in similar programs before?" Xiang Zhen turned to Yang Mi again.
"I've been on the show twice before." Yang Mi said obediently.
"Don't be nervous, Director Tang. This time we are just going to talk about the movie, from the beginning of preparation to the final release, so that the audience can intuitively understand how the movie was shot!"
Next, Tang An and Yang Mi made a mental draft of the issues that would be discussed later.
At 9 a.m., the program officially started recording.
There was no audience present, it was just an interview-like program with three people sitting and chatting.
After an opening statement, Xiang Zhen first expressed his views and opinions on the movie and paid some compliments.
"So Director Tang, you are 23 years old this year, right?"
"That's right, it's your birthday soon!" Tang An nodded.
"Then what prompted you to want to make a movie alone at this age?" Xiang Zhen asked.
Tang An thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, I have been working as an assistant director, and I never thought about directing independently at first. After all, it is not easy to manage a crew of hundreds of people!"
"It's really not easy to be a director. It's not like the audience thinks you just sit in front of the monitor and watch the actors perform!" Xiang Zhen nodded in agreement.
"But later, Lao Xu asked me to be the assistant director, because she herself was the heroine and Jiang Wen was the hero. Sometimes I would be asked to shoot some less important scenes. Only then did I know what it was like to be a director. From then on, I had the idea of becoming a director myself!"
"So where did the inspiration for the story "Shark Beach" come from? Director Tang, why did you choose such a story?" Xiang Zhen continued to ask.
"Because I didn't have much money at the time, I thought about writing a one-man show, but it would be too monotonous with just one actor, so I added an animal!"
"So you chose shark?"
"No, actually at first it was lions and tigers, but the special effects for these animals were far more troublesome and more expensive than sharks, so we finally chose sharks!"
"It can be said that I thought about the two protagonists first and then arranged the plot!"
"So the shark is the hero in the movie?" Xiang Zhen asked curiously.
"That's right. If you think about it from another angle, why does the shark insist on chasing the heroine? After all, there is a whale carcass on the sea, which is enough for it to have a full meal!" Tang An said with a smile.
"Actually, the shark fell in love with Mi Mi, so he stalked her. This could also be a romance movie, where the male and female protagonists fall in love and kill each other!"
Xiang Zhen was also amused by Tang An's interpretation, and smiled and asked Yang Mi again.
"Hello Yang Mi, the director said that you and the shark fall in love and kill each other in the movie. Do you agree?"
"Of course I don't agree. I didn't provoke it, but it wanted to eat me!" Yang Mi said angrily.
"So how do you get into the heart of the character during filming? After all, you have to express your inner fear and fear!"
"I just relied on my imagination and imagined that there was a shark chasing me around!"
"Director Tang, we all know that shooting underwater has always been difficult. Did you encounter any difficulties at that time?"
"Of course. After all, it was my first time shooting, and there was no one around to ask for advice. The shots taken in the first few days were not realistic enough. Later, I tried to place the camera lens on the horizontal line, level with the water, and follow the rhythm of the waves. It makes people feel as if they are soaking in the water with the actors."
"There are not many scenes of sharks attacking humans in the whole movie, but I remained very nervous throughout the movie. Why is this?"
Tang An laughed and said, "Actually, this is all done through many inconspicuous shots and background music. Many times we can't see the physical body of the shark, but we can feel the killer shark's imminent movement in the surging tide. , from the first moment the protagonist enters the water, this sense of uneasiness is slowly laid out for you through the pictures and sound effects, leaving you unable to calm down!”
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Since there was no audience at the scene, the recording of the program went smoothly.
The 30-minute program was recorded in an hour, and there was still time to visit a movie theater.
The program was broadcast during prime time on Friday, and the ratings were pretty good throughout the north.
The effect of the program is most intuitively reflected in the box office trend. During the three working days of 13, 14 and 15, it still showed a downward trend. It earned 2 million in three days, with a total box office of 19.6 million, only one step away from the 20 million mark.
However, there was a big explosion on Saturday, with a single-day revenue of 2.45 million, an increase of 400%, and only 500,000 away from the single-day box office record on the 7th.
This is the necessity of publicity. The aroma of wine is also afraid of the dark alley. What's more, in this era of insufficient information development, the audience does not know that there is such a movie, no matter how good it is, it will be in vain.
Afterwards, the Sunday box office also took in 2.1 million, bringing the total box office to 23.25 million.
On October 18, after 20 days of steady growth, "Shark Beach" finally reached its lowest box office, with only 650,000 box office receipts in a single day.
The box office dropped further in the following four working days, constantly setting new lowest box office records, with a total of 1.9 million, and the total box office reaching 25.9 million.
The next weekend, "Shark Tank" returned to its glory, with its single-day box office returning to over 100, with a box office of 2.35 million in two days, and a total box office of 28.25 million.
It was not until the last day of October that the total box office of "Shark Tank" finally exceeded the 30 million mark, but at this time the single-day box office had dropped below 100,000.
30 million!
A low-budget horror film with an investment of only 3 million actually took in 30 million at the box office, ranking fourth in the domestic box office rankings in 2004, second only to "House of Flying Daggers" with 156 million and "Zhang Side" with 40 million
and New Police Story's 38 million.
Moreover, "2046", which was released at the same time, was suppressed. The combination of Sunglasses King and Tony Leung only took in 27 million at the box office!
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