The original version of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is "Death Row", a film that is somewhat similar to the neon classic movie "Battle Royale".
Those who watch a lot of movies can probably guess the main plot from the title of the movie.
A very awesome organization got ten death row inmates from prison, threw them on a desert island, let them fight each other, and then decided the winner.
Li Qian's idea changed the identities of the ten participants. The main reason was that they were death row prisoners.
Those sentenced to death are basically criminals with heinous crimes. Even if they are male protagonists, they should not be alive in the end.
In movies, good people don’t have to live, but bad people must die, especially those who commit capital crimes.
Regardless of the regulations on optoelectronics, this is one of the most basic universal values in modern society.
Of course, if the background was different, in ancient times, in a place with no order in Africa, it wouldn't matter.
The plot of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is basically the same as the original storyboard. After filming "Spike", Wu Jing's directorial skills have been significantly improved, and there are basically no major problems.
But what Li Qian cares about is not how the movie is shot, but what he wants to find out from it.
"Wolf Warrior" and "Wolf Warrior 2" both starred Wu Jing. After the release of "Wolf Fang", which he directed and starred in, Li Qian suspected that he also directed and starred in these two movies.
The investment for "Spike" plus the poor publicity was only 3 million, the box office in the Mainland was more than 4 million, and the Hong Kong box office was more than 2 million, totaling 6 million yuan.
This kind of low-budget movie without big-name stars will definitely not be sold in Southeast Asia. The TV rights in the mainland are not worth a lot of money, so it will definitely lose money.
However, a cost of 3 million was exchanged for a box office of 6 million. Simply based on the ratio of box office and cost, it is already very good, better than most directors, let alone Wu Jing's first film.
If he really transforms into a director, he usually won't make other people's films, let alone the same genre. There is a high probability that he will direct and star in the "Wolf Warrior" series.
However, the style of "Wolf Fang" is very different from the "Wolf Warrior" series.
"Wolf Fang" is completely a Hong Kong film, and as an action film, many of the actions are direct and fatal, but the overall style is indeed very calm.
The fighting scenes are very exciting, but they give the whole film a very calm tone and beauty.
The "Wolf Warrior" series is different. It is a very passionate war movie, especially the second one.
In addition, the narrative style and lens language are very different. The "Wolf Warrior" series basically learned from Hollywood, the standard three-shot method, objective shot-subjective shot-semi-subjective shot, which has been used in Hollywood movies since the 1940s.
A universal magic weapon to this day.
The style difference is a bit big, which makes Li Qian a little unsure.
However, with this "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", Li Qian truly confirmed that the "Wolf Warrior" series was directed and starred by Wu Jing.
Most of the scenes between two people in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" are first given an intermediate shot, then one of the characters is shot from the front, and then the other character is given a reverse shot.
It is exactly the same as "Wolf Warrior", especially the confrontation between Leng Feng and Lao Mao, which lasted for 5 minutes from gunfight to hand-to-hand combat. It is similar to Wu Jing and a strong white actor in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" who played Mi Lijian, a member of the Marine Corps Special Assault Group.
A former tactical team leader, the final duel between the two of them had the flavor of "Wolf Warrior".
"Brother Jing, this movie of yours has the flavor of a Hollywood movie."
The style became a bit loud, so Li Qian asked casually.
Wu Jing did not expect that Li Qian would not talk about the movie itself, but asked about other things, but he still said, "Didn't I play a supporting role in "The Mummy 3" before? I played a thug and was beaten to death by Brother Jie as soon as I appeared on the screen.
, I stayed on that crew for a few days, and I felt that it was different from those action movies in Hong Kong.
Except for my own, the other eight characters in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" this time are all foreigners. I also talked to them about them. The characteristics of each country are really different. Tony Jia from the country, his Muay Thai
It's very ferocious, even more ferocious than my performance in "Slaying the Wolf".
But it was mainly a few white actors, and they used to specialize in Hollywood action movies, so I learned from their shooting methods and learned from others."
It turns out that this is what I learned from the foreign actors on the set.
The doubts were cleared, and Li Qian chatted with him about the movie itself.
"In general, there is no big problem with this editing. It's just that there are too many close-ups of the supporting characters before they die. Except for the one who was killed at the end, and the one who was air-dropped into the sea and drowned at the beginning, the remaining seven
For individuals, at most we should give close-ups of three people before they died to avoid excessive sensationalism."
A common problem of many immature directors is that they cannot understand the key points and copy the gourd.
Wu Jing also felt that this question was a bit awkward. He asked, "When I was arranging everyone's identity, I discovered that it was too easy to be the same. The African battlefield mercenary missed his wife, and the international killer couple also had a relationship between husband and wife.
, apart from family affection and love, there is nothing to be sensational about."
Li Qian thought for a while, "Just keep the Muay Thai master, the international killer couple, and the top thug of Neon's biggest gang, and let the others have a good time and die neatly."
The Muay Thai master is played by Tony Jaa, who is famous for the "Boxing Fighter" series and "Dong Meng Gong", and also appeared in "Slaying the Wolf 2".
It's perfect for Tony Jaa to play a big boy who offends a local gang and has no choice but to run away and smuggle himself to work in Hong Kong for the sake of his family's livelihood.
The international killer couple has a lot of scenes. Not long after the beginning, there was a guy who wanted to kill the girl because he thought she was easy to bully. Unexpectedly, the girl killed her instead.
However, two people were killed by the Americans one after another. The wife was killed first, and the husband went to seek revenge and died again.
The top thug of Neon's No. 1 gang has a very ruthless identity. He has a girl he likes, and the girl's house opens a small shop...
Needless to say, you can guess later that he just helped his family get rid of gangsters and used his position in the organization to protect his family.
The girl also likes him, but he is worried that his identity will implicate her, so he keeps aloof and protects her secretly.
In the movie, the gangster who is an orphan only cares about the girl. From time to time he looks at the peace charm that the girl asked for in the temple. He strings it up with a rope and ties it around his neck.
In the end, he was strangled to death by the rope tied with a peace charm around his neck.
"Give the Neon Man more scenes and don't cut them all. This will save the audience from saying we are discriminatory." Li Qian said with a smile.
Wu Jing was also amused by Li Qian's words. When he first talked to him about the setting of these characters, Li Qian first talked about the Nanbang Taekwondo master and arranged for him to mock the protagonist on the plane.
There was a malfunction during the airdrop, and it was thrown into the sea and drowned.
His hands and feet were chained, so no matter how good he was in the water, it would be useless.
It's so frustrating to die. It's not about discriminating against Nanbang.
But it doesn’t matter, and for such a tense and exciting movie, the opening sequence is probably going to be quite funny.
"Then delete the close-ups and recollections of the other people before they died, leaving just three people, one black, one white, and one yellow." Wu Jing also accepted Li Qian's suggestion.
The two chatted for more than three hours in the computer room about each scene of the movie, and made some detailed cuts. The final 110-minute film was cut to 103 minutes. The seven minutes deleted were irrelevant and a bit long-winded.
lens.
100 minutes is considered normal.
"So Director Li, when is the right time for our film to be released?" Wu Jing asked again about the release date.
"It's almost July. It's too early to rush to the beginning of August. You haven't finished the latter part yet. If it's half a month later, the summer season will be over. Let's start with the National Day season at the end of September. Now the market for the seven-day National Day holiday is not small."
Li Qian thought for a moment and then asked, "By the way, it seems that the "Western Wind" you played before was also on the National Day schedule, right?"
""Western Wind" informed me that it will be released at the end of October."
"Western Wind" is invested and distributed by Huayang, and is directed by Uncle Gao, one of the directors of "The Wind". Another National Day blockbuster, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven," is also produced by Huayang and cannot be released together.
"That's no problem. Brother Bie Jing, you're starring in two movies together. The National Day movie will have a rival with "Detective Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire". With the current market, there is no problem in accommodating two blockbusters at the same time."
"It seems that "Fist of Fury: Chen Zhen" and "Sword Rain" are also released on National Day, right?"
"These two films are irrelevant, so don't worry about them. They are just the same "Detective Dee". However, we are still under a lot of pressure when Mr. Xu returns to a martial arts film."
Wu Jing didn't know what to say at this point. Li Qian ignored both "Fist of Fury: Chen Zhen" starring Donnie Yen and "Sword Rain" directed by Wu Yusen.
Moreover, listening to this, my own "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" can compete with Xu Ke's martial arts movies.
Xu Ke's martial arts films are basically a banner for Chinese martial arts films, not to mention Liu Tianwang joining the cast.
Li Qian smiled and said, "Brother Jing, don't underestimate your movie. Although action movies are niche, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is completely different from those action movies in Hong Kong. Only the fighting behind the scenes of the organization in the movie is
The mechanism is very attractive to the audience.”
Even if Li Qian said this and had the bonus of his fame, Wu Jing still didn't have much confidence.
Even if Xu Ke's two romantic films did not have high box office, they are still Xu Ke, not to mention that Wu Jing also filmed "The Legend of Shushan" under him in his early years.
Having filmed under the guidance of others is like meeting your high school class teacher after graduating from college. Even if you are tall, a head taller than your class teacher who is getting older, and you can hit two people with one hand, you will still feel a little scared involuntarily.
Be obedient.
It’s just that except for the National Day holiday, there is no good time to come. I can’t catch up with the summer holiday, and I have already made arrangements for the Lunar New Year holiday. I can’t wait until next year.
Just like that, the schedule has been finalized, and the post-production of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" must continue. There are only three months left until the release of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" at the end of September.
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Li Qian then returned to Huairou Film and Television Base to continue filming "I Am Legend", and with the arrival of July, the summer season war has officially begun.
On July 1st, "The King of Guns" starring Louis Koo and Yanzu Wu was the first to debut. It took in a box office of RMB 40 million in the first four days in the first weekend, making a good start for the summer season.
It received a good reputation, earning 45 million in the second week, and the total box office in eleven days was as high as 85 million.
It is certain that it will exceed 100 million. There is a Hong Kong film that has exceeded 100 million, but it seems that few people are promoting the revival of Hong Kong films. This film is still much worse than the previous "Overheard".
On the 2nd, the comedy movie "Hee Travels" starring Xu Zheng, Huang Yi, and Happy Family was released, earning 6.5 million in three days.
However, it got 12 million in the second week, and the box office soared.
But the complete opposite of the box office is that word of mouth... there is no word of mouth, only criticism.
It's just a fun movie, just like "Three Smiles: The Talented Man and the Beautiful Lady" starring Guo Deguang, with all kinds of vulgarities and spoofs.
At that time, a film critic asked Guo Deguang if he took movies seriously?
As a result, the famous cross talk actor who had just gained the identity of a director replied without thinking, "I really don't take it seriously."
If you don't take movies seriously, what kind of good movies can you make?
As the film market gets better and better, various cross talk circles, hosting circles, and other circles are all trying to make money by making movies, and they are all targeting comedy.
But comedies are difficult to shoot. Let’s not talk about tears in the laughter. At least the laughter should not be embarrassing.
Even professional film critics didn’t want to complain about the film "Traveler". A film critic who took his children to see the movie wrote directly, "In the beginning, the children watched it with gusto.
"In the middle, the child started to stop being noisy; at the end, the child fell asleep."
The year's best bad movie has a strong contender.
There are many movies in the summer season. "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance 2" starring Huang Xiaoming took in 40 million in box office in ten days.
He has acted in a TV series version before, with all kinds of exaggeration and awkward acting. I don’t know where he got the courage to act in the movie version again.
The courage given by Liang Jingru?
His outstanding acting skills in "The Wind" just seemed like he was suddenly thrown into the sewer by Huang Xiaoming.
On the 22nd, the most important movie of the summer, the disaster blockbuster "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Ma Xiaogang, was released.
As an emotional film, Huayang has always been promoted as a disaster movie.
If this kind of subject matter was stated to be an emotional film, it would probably be a bit dissuaded, but disaster movies are different. "2012" has just become a hit, and it has also given rise to the rumor that the world will end in 2012.
36.2 million on the first day, surpassing the 27 million on the first day of "Avatar" and setting a new first-day box office record in mainland film history.
Undoubtedly a blast!
In the four days of its first weekend, the movie grossed an extremely high box office of 190 million yuan, almost 200 million yuan in four days.
Huayang Media's stock surged, and Ma Xiaogang was in high spirits.
But then a lot of voices began to question the authenticity of the box office. After all, Huayang had a criminal record. "The Wind" did less than 7 million on the first day, but the media reported it as 11 million.
But Ma Xiaogang was so angry. Last year, no film was released. This year, it became a blockbuster. It left Zhang Yimou, Wu Yusen, and Li Qian far behind. It was the only one in the box office, but it was questioned by so many people.
When others are selling well, no one questions it, but when it comes to him, so many people accuse him of being a faker. Is there any justice for discriminating against someone else?
Angry, Ma Xiaogang immediately posted a long post on Weibo.
"Some people deliberately determined that the box office of "Don" on the first day was false, and sadly believed that it could not surpass "Avatar" on the first day. Our elites were afraid of losing the face of Americans.
How is it possible? It must be fake! I'm really sorry for hurting your heart. The 36.2 million on the first day is real. It will only be lower and not higher. Because bragging about paying taxes, our nation has suffered setbacks and developed a sense of inferiority.
How else to sing in the national anthem, what about slaves who are suffering from hunger and cold?”
It can be seen from these words that Ma Xiaogang must have written it himself, and he was really angry.
Huayang Media also issued the original box office bill. According to data, there were 17.13 million film, 23.7 million digital, and 820,000 IMAX, totaling 41.66 million, which was more than the 36.2 million announced.
But, if it’s fake, it must be fake!
Still being questioned.
Ma Xiaogang posted three more Weibo posts, even including a poem by a great man called "The River is Red - and Comrade Guo Moruo", "The four seas are churning with clouds and water, and the five continents are shaken by wind and thunder. All pests must be swept away,
Words like “Invincible”.
But it's useless. What should be questioned is still questionable. On various forums, many people analyzed it and found various reasons. They took out photos of remote cinemas with little traffic in broad daylight to prove that the box office was fraudulent.
Not to mention that Optoelectronics has taken action, the deputy director of the Film Bureau said in an interview that there was no problem with the box office of "Tangshan Earthquake" and there was no so-called fraud.
However, there were still doubts, and even Optoelectronics was scolded again.
In this way, a touching movie that was a box office hit turned into a farce.
.....
"Ma Xiaogang, has he offended too many people? The retribution for his bad mouth has come."
Li Qian looked at the various doubts on the Internet and Weibo, scolding Optoelectronics and Ma Xiaogang for consuming the suffering of the Tangshan people. He was speechless. He really didn't know why these people were so full.
""The Tangshan Earthquake" is very beautiful and very touching."
Li Qian casually posted on Weibo. Even though Ma Xiaogang was unhappy, he had to admit that the filming of "Tangshan Earthquake" was really good.
It's a good movie, so Li Qian supports it. Anyway, he doesn't have a movie to release, so it's just a matter of his fingers.