"Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours" are still in theaters, and Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are also leading their crews to promote the movies.
In the studio, Li Qian continued to be busy with the post-production of the film.
Due to the release of two movies, it was also delayed a lot of time.
But only the final dubbing is left, as well as post-production rendering.
Rendering takes time, and if you have enough time, there is no need to spend more money on rush production.
On August 4th, Lu Entai finally came to the studio to dub the robot Mousse in the movie.
"Brother Tai, what are you busy with now?"
We sat down in the office and caught up with each other.
Lu Entai is currently in the last year of his doctoral studies in the Chinese Theater Directing Department. He is extremely busy all day long, and has been busy during the summer vacation. Now he has time to come over for dubbing.
"I haven't been busy at all. I just recorded a historical column for Dragon TV's "Mysterious Cases", translated a book, prepared to direct a play, and also accepted a TV series."
"By the way, you don't know, right? The two movies "Jaws: Revenge" and "127 Hours" were huge hits. Students from the Chinese Opera and the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy were so jealous that Qi Yukun and Guo Fan were so jealous.
two,"
Lu Entai looked at Li Qian with some emotion. Just over a year had passed, and in the blink of an eye, he had made three movies, one of which had a box office of over 100 million in theaters.
That's all. He's a genius, so that's okay.
But Li Qian is not only able to make movies himself, he also has his executive directors and assistant directors make big-selling movies.
No one would believe the reason why Li Qian was not included in those two movies.
Everyone believes that the success of those two movies was mainly due to Li Qian.
"Jaws" is an online phenomenon, with 4 million viewers.
In "127 Hours" Li Qian is not only the producer, but also one of the screenwriters.
Guo Fan originally got the story from Li Qian, and later asked Li Qian to check the script and storyboards, deleting, modifying, and insisting on adding Li Qian's name to the screenwriter, and in front of his own name.
The producer and screenwriter are both Li Qian, so it’s no wonder that outsiders think this movie is mainly due to Li Qian.
"envy?"
Li Qian thought about it and roughly understood it.
Qi Yukun and Guo Fan have never studied directing, nor even attended an art academy.
Born as amateurs, one was 24 years old and the other was 28 years old, they got the opportunity to direct alone, and they were also successful at the box office.
As for those students majoring in directing, most of them find it difficult to make a big-screen movie of their own at this age.
How can I not be jealous? Everyone is like that.
People who have not received professional education have succeeded. How can those directing students who have studied in the best art schools in the country maintain a psychological balance?
It seems that most people think that the two movies "Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours" were successful because of it.
It’s no wonder that neither of their resumes, age, or education can support their current success.
With such a preconceived idea, they will naturally think that Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are just lucky, and will not think about their own abilities.
Li Qian shook his head, "They are capable. I just provided an opportunity and they seized it."
"Then your chances are not that great."
Lv Entai smiled and said, "'Jaws' is a film with an investment of tens of millions. If it is made by someone who has never studied directing, I guess you are the only one in the country."
"We made three movies together, and we have a good understanding of their abilities. They have several million dollars, so how can we just throw them away casually?"
After chatting for a while and reminiscing about old times, we got down to business.
"Brother Tai, this robot speaks without any emotion, but it wants to make the audience sound warm and affectionate, so the speech speed is slightly slower than our normal speech, and it can't be too inconsistent or too special.
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I started to prepare and also talked about the character I was going to dub.
"Well, the robot's words, tone, and tone remain consistent throughout."
Although he only voices the robot, he is still the protagonist throughout the entire film.
From the Chinese New Year to now, in addition to being busy with his studies and work, Yu Entai has been studying this character whenever he has time, and has a deep understanding of the character and the voice he wants to dub, "There are only two clones on the moon, and the scene has a single character.
,This robot also plays a role in alleviating loneliness,"
Li Qian said, "It is a robot without emotions. All the emotions that the audience can feel come from the situation when the plot happens, the picture expressions on the robot's display screen, and the voice characteristics of your dubbing.
You must speak without emotion, you must be able to hear the emotion, your voice must be magnetic, and your tone must be light and slow, so that even a tone without emotion can make people feel a little bit of warmth."
A voice list is the most basic thing for an actor, and for a movie, lines are also the most basic.
Lu Entai had not participated in post-production filming before, so he spent a day watching the samples in the studio to get a feel for the atmosphere of the movie, and then started dubbing the next day.
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In the movie market, "Jaws: The Revenge" is still rampant in the movie market, with a box office of 5.4 million on Monday of its second week, a drop of nearly 50% compared to yesterday.
Although it only had a single-day box office of 5.4 million, it still firmly occupied the top spot at the daily box office.
The Olympic Games officially started on Friday, which also had a certain impact on the film market.
In the entire second week, "Jaws: The Revenge" received a box office of 41.5 million, ranking first at the box office for 11 consecutive days and two weeks.
The trend is average, not to mention compared with "Frequency of Life and Death", which is similar to ordinary blockbusters.
After all, 350 film copies were invested from the beginning, reaching the scale of a blockbuster, and the box office potential has been fully realized in the first week.
Unlike "Frequency of Life and Death", there were few copies and few films scheduled in the first few days. Later, the box office gradually declined.
However, the total box office in 12 days is also as high as 92 million, and it is just around the corner to exceed 100 million.
"127 Hours" received 12.5 million at the box office in its second week, compared with 10.6 million in the first four days, which is also in line with the movie's reputation.
23.1 million in 11 days, just like another dark horse was born.
However, in the second week Guangxian invested another 80 copies, and the film schedule was greatly increased, but the box office growth was not very obvious.
It was too niche and too bloody, which made it unpalatable to female audiences. The two factors combined also restricted the film's box office potential.
"Red Cliff", which swept the mainland film market last month, only received 13 million at the box office this week, which is slightly higher than "127 Hours".
The total box office has also reached 289 million, and it is just around the corner to exceed 300 million.
The last film, "The Perfect Nine", is the only comedy in the summer season. Although it is completely a spoof, it also has an amazing box office potential.
It only received over 7 million in the first week, but sold 14 million in the second week, which shocked everyone.
There is still no shortage of market for comedy and comedy films.
The total box office in the mainland in a single week is about 80 million, which is worthy of the summer market.
After the Olympic Games started on the 8th, the box office growth over the three-day weekend was obviously not as good as normal. It is estimated that the following events will still have a certain impact on the market.
However, in the later stages of the summer season, these three movies are fully capable of supporting the market, making the summer season less shabby.
Especially "Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours" have occupied half of the entertainment news pages.
Directors Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are also praised by everyone.
According to the media, it has become the future of Chinese-language films.
Qi Yukun and Guo Fan were both Li Qian's assistants and served as executive director and deputy director under him, which also became a matter of media concern.
"Behind the success of "Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours", Li Qian played an indispensable role!"
"It is understood that two new directors, Qi Yukun and Guo Fan, have previously served as assistants on the crews of Li Qian's three films. "Jaws: Revenge" is a sequel to Li Qian's big selling network, and "127 Hours" is also directed by Li Qian.
Screenwriter, and Li Qian also served as the producer of these two films. If they are considered to be the best in the directing industry, then Li Qian is a well-deserved Bole!"
"Discovering two emerging directors, Li Qian is not only good at filming, but also has a keen eye for recognizing people!"
"Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are so famous that it is hard to live up to them. The success of "Jaws: Revenge" and "127 Hours" is entirely because of Li Qian!"
"Why are two "directors" who have never studied directing so successful at the box office? Exclusively reveal the behind-the-scenes stories of "Jaws: The Revenge" and "127 Hours"!"
"It's revealed that Qi Yukun and Guo Fan are just puppets, and Li Qian is the real director of these two movies!"
"He is called a producer, but he is actually a director. According to insiders, Li Qian frequently appeared on the shooting scenes of the two movies, and most of the shots were actually shot by Li Qian!"
...
Suddenly, I don’t know when, some online media started to have other voices.
Various revelations, insiders, and crew members revealed the truth, saying that Qi Yukun and Guo Fan were in the name of directors, but they were doing the execution work on the set. The real director was actually Li Qian.
It's almost the same as when "The Promise" got a bad reputation, but that's because "The Promise" is so bad, it's on par with "Farewell My Concubine".
Moreover, Brother Cheng Kai has not made a few movies among them, so his level is not gradually declining one by one.
It suddenly changed from a masterpiece to shit. It is normal for the audience to be unable to accept it, so they questioned whether "Farewell My Concubine" is the work of Brother Cheng Kai.
This is good news. Qi Yukun and Guo Fan were questioned by the media because their first film was a huge success because they had never studied directing.
Moreover, both movies are related to Li Qian. One is the sequel to his last movie, and the other is one of the screenwriters and a co-producer of both movies.
Although Li Qian's first movie grossed 100 million at the box office, he still made two major movies, and he is also a professional director.
Although it is surprising, it also makes sense.
As for Qi Yukun and Guo Fan, they are young, have never studied directing, and have never made other films, even short films.
In addition, these two films are related to Li Qian, and there are actually a lot of such voices in the media.
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"Li Qian, Ning Hao, Qi Yukun, Guo Fan, the four major directors of the new generation are rising!"
Guo Fan, who was preparing a program backstage at a TV station, looked at such comments from the media with an undisguised smile on his face.
As a director, to be praised by the media and applauded by the audience, this has always been his ideal.
Although it is not the ideal science fiction movie, it is at least a big step forward.
Since its release, I have watched the media praise me and the movie every day.
Watching film critics interpret their own films from various angles and praise the film in all aspects.
Watching the audience marvel at the plot of the movie again and again.
Guo Fan felt so happy.
However, the next second, I suddenly turned to the news questioning Qi Yukun and him, and the smile on his face immediately froze.
Which idiotic media wrote this!
After reading a piece of news carefully, at first glance it seems that it is clearly written and well-founded.
I checked several other major portal websites and found similar news.
"Nonsense!"
Guo Fan was so angry that he wanted to smash his phone. His good mood for so many days was gone in an instant.
"Director Guo."
Deng Chao, who was standing next to him, also saw the news. He advised, "These media are like this. They are constantly making accusations and scoldings. Once a person becomes famous, the media will continue to edit you. Just ignore it."
Before the filming of "127 Hours" started, Deng Chao's impression of Guo Fan was that he often flattered Li Qian and was attentive. Sometimes Li Qian would say something casually, and Guo Fan would pick up the conversation and praise Li Qian without leaving any trace.
Two sentences.
Flatterer!
However, after filming actually started, Guo Fan's directorial skills impressed him.
Although sometimes I was in a hurry, encountered difficulties and the filming got stuck, and I didn't have a good solution for a while, I still overcame all the difficulties and successfully completed the movie.
Only then did I really regard Guo Fan as a real director, especially after watching the first screening, I admired him even more.
As the protagonist, even though it was a one-man show, Deng Chao didn't know how well the movie was shot. Only after watching it himself did he realize that it was so wonderfully shot.
Although Deng Chao shamelessly believed that a large part of the credit should be attributed to his performance, it also shows Guo Fan's directorial ability.
Deng Chao was the first to disagree with what the media said.
After a brief moment of anger, Guo Fan also calmed down.
Although this is the first time I have interacted with the media and been interviewed for the first time, I have also paid attention to the entertainment industry.
A fly that saw blood!
There is no better way to describe entertainment media.
"I know that these media are deliberately looking for trouble."
However, Guo Fan is still a little surprised, "These news only came out in the morning, and the time seems to be released at the same time. How could it be such a coincidence?"
"Is it possible that someone is trying to smear us?"
This is the only way to explain it.
Deng Chao said in confusion, "But this is what the summer season is like. Our two movies have no rivals. It can't be the producer of "Nine Perfections", right? That movie is a comedy, and
There is no conflict, and the reputation is also poor. If we have this time, we might as well strengthen our publicity efforts."
There will basically be no changes in the summer schedule. Except for a small-budget horror film and the Hollywood blockbuster "The Incredible Hulk", there are no movies released, and there are no opponents to challenge them.
Moreover, if it wants to be dark, it is also a dark movie itself, so there is no point in doing this.
After thinking about it, neither of them could figure it out.
With doubts, I continued to promote the movie.
After this, Guo Fan was inevitably asked this question.
Especially at road shows and audience meetings, the tone of questioning by the reporters present seemed to have confirmed this.
For his first movie, Guo Fan had no experience in dealing with reporters, so he often ran away.
Even if Guo Fan presented the facts and made sense, the reporters all ignored him.
They don't care what the facts are, as long as there is a topic and money.
Later, I simply asked three questions. You asked your questions and I said mine, pretending that I didn't hear the reporter's questions.
At 8:30 in the evening, after finishing a road show in a movie theater, Guo Fan was about to go back to the hotel to rest when he received a strange phone call.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Director Guo, I am Huang Zhonglei from Huayang Media."
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After hanging up the phone, Guo Fan showed a smile on his tired face.