Chapter 494 The premiere of 'Ghost Blowing the Lamp - Jingjue Ancient City'
The filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" lasted until late July, and it has basically entered the final finishing stage.
Except for Shui Miaomiao, the main protagonist who has a huge role, still remains on the crew, most of the other starring roles have been completed.
Even Zuo Le himself doesn't have many scenes left. Now, in addition to filming, a lot of energy is focused on post-production at the same time.
It is expected that all the scenes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" will be completed by mid-to-early August at most, and then fully enter the post-production stage with half of the tasks completed.
If the speed is fast, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" may be able to be broadcast in time for the National Day. Even if the progress is slower, the finished product will definitely be available before November.
After this summer's release, except for "The Legend of Zhen Huan", no other Shanhe dramas will be released online.
After Kong Sheng finished filming "Nirvana in Fire", he has been stuck in a hiatus, and he still hasn't decided what to film in his next movie.
Gao Xinjian's "Jingwei Reclamation" only started shooting in May. Well, the filming time for this mythological drama is not bad. It mainly involves a lot of post-production special effects production. It is difficult to guarantee that it will be broadcast before the year.
The broadcast arrangement of Shanhe dramas is in order. The "Family with Children" series will be in the Spring Festival period, and then the "Senior Case Group Six" series and the "Detective Di Renjie" series will follow.
Other Shanhe dramas will be randomly selected later, and major dramas will be selected as much as possible in the summer if appropriate.
However, this year the "Serious Cases" series will be completed, and the "Detective Detective Dee" series is expected to be rescheduled, followed by "Family with Children 8".
Therefore, if "Jingwei Reclamation" is not released this year, it is very likely that it will be broadcast after "Detective Di Renjie".
Of course, if Gao Xinjian is particularly anxious, it is not impossible to follow the example of this year's "Nirvana in Fire" and log in to the New Year's Day slot.
The results of "Nirvana in Fire" have fully demonstrated the prospects of this period. Shanhe can definitely dig deeper in this period.
Lao Xue's two dramas this year, "Detective Di Renjie 3" has been aired, and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp - Jingjue Ancient City" will be launched soon.
After finishing "Jingjue Ancient City", Lao Xue will go to shoot "Detective Di Renjie 4". There will be no new works broadcast this year.
As for Wang Qian, after "Unkillable" was aired, she began to think about her next online drama, and there will be no new dramas this year.
Naturally, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has become the top drama of this year's Shanhe drama.
Coupled with the aura of "Zuo Le's new work", it can be said that there are thousands of expectations gathered in one heart, and everyone is competing...
In addition to "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Shanhe has two other projects worth mentioning, namely "The Shameful Iron Fist" and "The Sewing Machine Band".
Neither movie is a big production, and the shooting speed is quite fast.
Shanhe and its two partner companies are discussing which of the two films will be included in next year's Lunar New Year release.
The movie that failed will either be released on the Christmas + New Year's Day schedule in advance, or it will be postponed to next year's summer schedule.
Both movies are Shanhe's own children, and Zuo Le agrees with which one will be released for the Lunar New Year. Now the differences are mainly on the side of the cooperating company.
They all want to have the movies they have invested in released as soon as possible, and then make money for new projects, and they don't give in to each other.
They even came up with the bad idea of putting the two movies on the same New Year's Eve schedule and relying on their real skills to compete head-on.
This time it was Zuo Le's turn to quit.
It would be fine if the TV series produced by the two companies are on the same schedule. It is nothing more than competing for the reputation of being first and second in the same period, and then diluting the ratings of both parties.
The platform may have opinions, but the producer doesn’t particularly care.
But movies are different. The small box office is a real deal of real money. Whoever suffers a loss, the whole country loses.
Of course, it is also possible that the two films could be mutually beneficial and compete in a friendly way, and both films would be a hit, and Sunhe would make a lot of money from both films in one release.
However, this possibility is very small. On the contrary, both movies will suffer losses, and the chances of the third party benefiting are greater.
At that time, it was too late for Shanhe to cry!
Therefore, Shanhe strongly disagreed with the proposal that the two films be released on the Lunar New Year schedule together. The three companies expressed their opinions and held several meetings while the film was still being shot.
Every time he listened to reports from his subordinates about the meeting, Zuo Le missed the joy of Shanhe's solo film production.
When you talk about what you say, you can do things efficiently and effectively.
Of course, there are advantages as well as disadvantages.
Although it was a headache to deal with the cooperative company, Shanhe also saved a lot of worry in the early stage of publicity.
The two other parties are both established film and television companies in the film field. They are familiar with these tasks, and the plan they came up with is much more effective than when Sunward announced it independently.
As a result, Zuo Le couldn't help but feel really good after remembering him.
I feel that Shanhe's move to seek alliances with film companies for cooperation has overall shortcomings and is considered to be on the right track in terms of general strategy.
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No matter how these two movies are ultimately decided, the most important thing for Shanhe at this stage is the broadcast of "Jingjue Ancient City".
At 10 a.m. on July 20, the first season of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series "The Ancient City" will be launched on Penguin Video, with 4 episodes on the first day, and then 2 episodes every day from Monday to Friday.
On the night of the 20th, the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", under the instruction of Zuo Le, specially booked the auditorium of the hotel where the crew stayed and organized a viewing event of "The Ancient City".
In fact, Zuo Le often organizes activities like this.
As long as he is on the crew filming, and if any new Shanhe dramas and Shanhe movies are released during the period, he will organize everyone to watch the show if the crew is not busy.
Of course, we don’t force everyone’s wishes, they can come or not. Even Zuo Le himself occasionally gives up.
The crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has a heavy shooting workload and usually doesn't have much free time, let alone holding group activities.
Within a few months of filming, Zuo Le organized a viewing of the finale of "Detective Detective Dee 3" and was busy filming the rest of the time.
Now that the filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is coming to an end, the workload has been greatly reduced, and the crew has more free time, so they can spare time to do these team building tasks.
Moreover, the IP "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is so famous that many people in the crew are fans of the book. In addition, this is Sunward's first drama adapted from an external IP. Many Sunward employees in the crew are very curious about this drama.
Due to various reasons, Zuo Le organized this drama viewing event and attended it in person.
It's rare for the crew to hold activities, but there are still many people willing to show up, especially the director Zuo Le, who is also here. The cast and staff occupy 70% to 80% of the auditorium.
Even Shui Miaomiao, the "aloof" heroine, was dragged here by her assistant, and several other leading actors who had not finished filming were also present.
The person in charge of this event saw that people had almost arrived, so he installed equipment to play the online drama.
Soon, the first episode of "The Ancient City" appeared on the big screen in the auditorium.
boom!!!
Ta-ta-ta!!!
At the beginning of the first episode of "The Ancient City", there is a scene of Hu Bayi, played by Pan Ming, wearing a green military uniform and fighting on the battlefield with a submachine gun.
Soon, the battle was won.
But when Hu Bayi was inspecting the prisoners, one of the prisoners secretly hid a grenade and was about to blow up Hu Bayi. The comrades nearby discovered it in time and rescued Hu Bayi, but he died as a result.
The grief-stricken Hu Bayi couldn't help but point his gun at the prisoners, and angrily emptied the bullets in the submachine gun.
Although the prisoner deserved to die, the discipline of the army was strict, so Hu Bayi was discharged from the army.
At this point in the plot, the camera turned and Hu Bayi woke up on the train. It turned out that it was all his memories.
"This part was well shot, the rhythm is good, and it doesn't drag on."
An assistant director expressed his opinion, but a makeup artist next to him mainly looked at Hu Bayi, or Pan Ming, who played Hu Bayi.
"Don't mention it, this Pan Ming is too old to be a young boy, but he still has a different flavor, a bit like a handsome uncle, and playing a tough soldier will not make people uncomfortable."
"What, you have a crush on him?"
The assistant director squinted his eyes and looked at the coquettish makeup artist: "Can you stop getting angry when you see a male star and be more reserved?"
"I am happy with it, but can you take care of it?
The makeup artist is also one of the top technical experts on the crew. He is not afraid of the assistant director at all. He scolded the other person, turned to look at the handsome trainee photographer next to him and winked.
"Xiao Li, do you think I'm right?"
Xiao Li was sweating in his heart, looking at the makeup artist's delicate face, pretending to be stupid.
"Brother Jimmy, what did you just say?"
"snort."
The makeup artist snorted disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? I never eat grass from the side."
The assistant director sneered and said, "Haha, a hungry rabbit is never picky about food."
Looking at the two people who were glaring at each other, Xiao Li calmed things down with a simple smile: "Watch a show, watch a show, Fatty Wang is out."
The three people's eyes returned to the big screen in the auditorium. Hu Bayi, who had returned from the team, had already hooked up with his best friend Fatty Wang and was preparing to eat hotpot mutton in a restaurant.
The Fatty Wang played by Jiang Chao is very distinctive, with a lively personality, lively eyes, a comedian's natural sense of humor in his speech, and a well-honed Beijing accent.
At least in the eyes of non-locals from the capital, there is nothing wrong with it. As for Hu Bayi, needless to say, Pan Ming is an out-and-out native of the capital.
There was something wrong with the accent, but Da Jinya, played by the second uncle, appeared next.
After so many years of acting career, the old man's Mandarin has become very standard, but the dialect is still not as good as those of professional actors who have practiced pouring.
In order to take care of the second uncle, the crew also slightly modified the character design of Da Jinya.
In the original work, Da Jinya was a native antique dealer in the capital. In Shanhe's version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", it was modified to say that Da Jinya had moved away from the capital for several years for some reason when he was a child.
After the reform and opening up, Da Jinya began to collect antiques and do business from all over the world. As people traveled from north to south, his accent gradually became mixed.
Not long after the three met for the first time, Da Jinya explained this through the plot.
Don't think this is unnecessary. The original work of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" depicts the customs and customs of the capital very well, leaving a deep impression on the readers.
In particular, the three people Hu, Wang and Da Jinya chatted in simple Mandarin, which failed to restore the essence of the stinking and poor spirit of the people in the capital in the original work.
Many fans of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" have previously criticized the accents of Hu, Wang and Da Jinya in other film and television versions.
When Shanhe was adapting the script of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", he knew that when actors perform, it is best to use Beijing accent to further flesh out the characters.
That is to say, the second uncle has a strong backing, and the director would rather change the background of the character than dare to change the actor, otherwise it would not be possible to replace him with another actor.
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In most versions of Big Gold Tooth, in front of Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, they always seem to be a bit low-key and mean-spirited.
However, the second uncle's version of Golden Tooth may have benefited from the actor's credit, and his back was a lot tougher. He had a head-on confrontation with Hu and Wang when he appeared on stage——
He directly led people to raid Fatty Wang's lair, and the strength of Panjiayuan's famous local snake was clearly revealed.
If it weren't for discovering that Hu Bayi knew Feng Shui about robbing tombs and Da Jinya deliberately made friends with them and took the initiative to stop his men, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang might have been beaten up.
Of course, with the fighting power of Hu and Wang, it is very likely that they will counterattack...
In short, the three of them have become acquainted without fighting. Hu Bayi and Da Jinya chatted happily and exchanged a lot of knowledge about inversion and antiques. Da Jinya also specially gave the two of them a gold-touching talisman.
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However, Hu Bayi felt that it was immoral to fight back and forth and was unwilling to do it. But when he learned that the antique business was profitable, Fatty Wang was tempted.
He advised Hu Bayi that instead of robbing tombs and fighting upside down, they could become second-rate antique dealers.
Hu Bayi, who had retired from the army and had no livelihood, agreed. The two discussed it and thought that Niuxin Mountain, where they were educated youths, remembered that antiquities from the Northern Song Dynasty had been unearthed there. They could go there for a walk and see if they could gain anything.
The next plot is the first tomb robbing plot in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" - the tomb of the general of the Jin Dynasty.
Shanhe's version of "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" put a lot of thought into this plot. After all, only when this is the beginning can the audience be attracted to continue to follow.
To this end, Xue Jun and the screenwriting team studied for a long time, and also discussed it repeatedly during filming and post-production.
It should be thrilling and thrilling, but also contain suspense and thriller, which are the best elements of the tomb robbing genre.
However, "Jingjue Ancient City" is an online drama for the general public after all, and the plot cannot be too scary. Otherwise, can we pass the review? If it is too scary, it will easily dissuade ordinary viewers.
But if it is made too bland, the biggest selling point of the tomb robbing theme will be lost.
Therefore, during this period, he was very careful about the control of the heat and the director's ability. Old Xue Chou turned a dozen hairs gray, and finally produced a finished product that can satisfy most of the audience.
But even so, for many timid viewers, watching this plot is still a little scary.
The remains of the Kwantung Army's secret tunnel, the big red-haired rice dumplings, the boys and girls who died unjustly...
Especially the boys and girls, and the big zongzi are a bit scary when they first come out, but once you get used to them, the audience can just treat them like ordinary monsters.
But a supernatural thing like a boy or a girl is actually many times scarier than a big rice dumpling. Coupled with the gloomy and weird BGM, and the camera editing design that specifically emphasizes the horror.
This section really scared a lot of people.
For example, the makeup artist before was so frightened that he kept crawling into the assistant director's arms.
The assistant director was a little disgusted at first, but later he saw that the makeup artist was really frightened, so he patted her back and comforted her warmly.
When Xiao Li on the side saw this scene, his face suddenly showed an even more horrified look than when he saw the big red-haired rice dumpling just now, and his scalp exploded.
Oh my god, he seems to have discovered some secret that he shouldn't have discovered...
