At the end of August, the noisy summer season finally came to an end.
Although the summer season is not as lively as the Lunar New Year season, with four or five blockbusters being released at the same time, this year's Ma Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake" is no less popular than last year's Lunar New Year season.
The high box office of 670 million not only created a new domestic movie box office record, but also raised the upper limit of domestic movie box office from 400 million to 600 million, and it is not far away from 700 million.
Along with the high box office, there have been various doubts about the suffering of movie consumers, whether the title is wrong and the content is wrong, etc.
The main reason is that Hua Yang and Ma Xiaogang are too high-profile. With such high box office, they have forgotten to pretend to be in front of the public. Everyone is sad, and your face will cramp up when you smile there.
However, as the summer season ended, things gradually subsided. No matter how much criticism there was, "Tangshan Earthquake" still held up the summer season.
Whether they were domestic movies or Hollywood movies, they were all ruthlessly crushed by "Earthquake".
Among the movies in August, the action thriller "City Alert" starring Aaron Kwok and Shu Qi took in 90 million at the box office.
It is also claimed to be the first mutant movie in China. It is full of gimmicks and the title "City on Alert" also makes people think that the situation is very dangerous. However, it disappointed the audience and it was another shocking movie.
In the past two years, there have been more and more such thunderous films in Hong Kong. They are exactly the same as "Future Police" in March. They are jointly produced by famous directors and kings.
The romance movie "Love Announcement" starring Liu Yufei and Wang Leehong received 60 million in box office, which is not bad for a small-budget romance film. In the past two years, romance films have continued to be hits, and it seems that the audience's preferences are becoming wider and wider.
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However, the audience's response to this film was average, and it was still far behind "The Secret" starring Jay Chou, who is also the king of the music industry.
The plot is about a big star pretending to be an ordinary student and going to school to chase a girl, which is a common plot in Taiwan idol dramas.
It’s not surprising, Wang Lihong is also a director and has lived in Baodao all his life. He must have watched a lot of Baodao idol dramas.
There is also "Dragon and Phoenix Shop" starring Xu Xiyuan and Ren Xianqi. It is a costume comedy film, similar to "Perfect", but the box office is only 20 million.
Ren Xianqi is very famous, but his films have always failed to sell at the box office. He even endorsed "Future Police" starring Xu Xiyuan. The audience has not forgotten this explosive film. How can the audience buy such a combination?
"The Informant", a police film starring Tse Ting-feng and Zhang Jiahui again, sold more than 50 million at the box office, which was much better than the last time "The Witness".
Apart from these films, there were basically no decent movies in August, and there were only a few Hollywood blockbusters. Only "The Expendables" took in 200 million in box office thanks to a group of action superstars.
In the two-month summer season, there were not many films that were well-received and well-received, and now they are far inferior to those in the Lunar New Year season.
The summer vacation is over, not only for the film industry, but also for TV series. The summer vacation has passed, students have no TV to watch, and the main ratings of various TV stations have already concluded.
However, the entire film industry is still extremely busy, preparing for the National Day and Lunar New Year releases in the second half of the year.
Huayang Media, which had been dormant for a year last year, was sharpening its skills. After harvesting the summer schedule, Huang Zhongjun also wanted to wrap up the National Day and Lunar New Year schedules.
Bernard, who had several blockbusters failed last year, has been much more low-key this year.
And Guangxian, who has never made any big achievements, remained invisible in the second half of the year.
With the completion of "Hawthorn Tree Love", Zhang Weiping has come back to life again, with a comeback momentum, and frequently appears in public.
Yinghuang, which has fully entered the mainland film market with "Let the Bullets Fly" co-starring Jiang Wen, Zhou Runfa and Ge You, is also very active.
No matter what, big or small companies don’t want to let go of the Lunar New Year holiday, the biggest cake of the year.
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Li Qian's "Warmth and Light" has been completed, Su Lun has started post-production, and the finished film "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has been released and has been submitted for review.
Two movies are about to be released, and the four optoelectronics companies and five theaters behind China Film Joint Distribution Company, as well as Perfect World, which is responsible for online promotion, have also invested in preparations for the announcement.
As the main star of the Lunar New Year festival, Li Qian went to the "Time Planning Bureau" crew for a walk and then did nothing else and concentrated on the filming of the movie.
Although I returned to the Huairou studio and no longer had to stay up late every day, I didn't have much time left, so I wasn't relaxed at all.
During the filming of "I Am Legend", the special effects were started at the same time, otherwise the progress would not be kept up.
In the past, those outdoor scenes in the Magic City were sent to BaseFX for special effects as soon as they were finished.
It is not technically difficult to show a modern international metropolis in a desolate and lonely image on the screen, but it is also time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Li Qian also had to keep an eye on this aspect and ask questions every now and then.
Time passed day by day, and at the end of the month, "I Am Legend" also ushered in the final shooting in the studio of Huairou Film and Television Base.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the studio that was decorated as a laboratory, the entire crew was busy preparing.
"Be careful, it's the last scene. If you can finish it in four hours, you can still have an early sleep after eating."
The executive director of the crew, Wen Muye, used this big speaker and kept walking around the scene to supervise every department.
In more than three months, Wen Muye has fully adapted to the work of executive director. Everything on the crew can be arranged in an orderly manner. Everything is ready for Li Qian. Li Qian only needs to sit down.
Just shout stop in front of the monitor.
And the real director Li Qian is telling the drama for the actors.
The executive director is originally responsible for telling the drama. He has one meeting every three days and one meeting every five days. Everything is handed over to the executive director, director of photography, and art director, and they are left to do the work.
80% of the time, Wen Muye narrated the drama to Liu Ye and others. Even after NG, it was the executive director who corrected the actors' performances and basically finished the work.
If it's a TV series, it doesn't matter if the director is present or not, as long as the executive director is present, it's filmed according to the script anyway.
At the critical moment, Li Qian started talking.
"Brother Ye, step into the role. As one of the only remaining humans in the world, and one who has been on the front line of studying viruses, as a scientific researcher, a soldier, and the hope of mankind, seeing the zombies give birth to wisdom,
What does it mean for humanity?”
"The end of humanity?"
"Yes, the birth of a new intelligent race, especially those transformed after humans are infected with the virus, the results are obvious. There is a huge gap between the two individuals. Once people are bitten, they will turn into zombies, and there are no humans left in the first place.
Most of them have turned into zombies. If a large number of zombies gave birth to intelligence, it would be a devastating blow to mankind.
So, when you see the zombie leader hitting the left and right sides of the glass, cracks forming the wings of a butterfly, and then think back to the female zombie on the operating table, the butterfly tattoo on her shoulder, and then she stops and stares at you eagerly, no
If you get mad again, you should realize that wisdom was born from this zombie leader.
After a brief period of disbelief and panic, he should have very decisively taken out the serum and handed it to Sister Yuan Quan, and then took out a grenade and died with the other party."
This scene was filmed in the morning, and a lot of the glass was broken, but Liu Ye always looked like he was heroic and sacrificed his life. It looked like he was starring in a war movie with the main theme, and he was about to protect a large army.
Although they seem to be similar, dying together with the enemy, it is not the same state.
My wife and children are gone, and my dog is gone. The only motivation for survival is to create an antidote. This is the mission of a virus researcher and soldier.
Now that the antidote serum has been developed, the only motivation to live is gone.
Liu Ye scratched the back of his head and asked, "What about Yuan Quan and his mother and son? When I gave them the serum..."
"Need not."
Li Qian knew what he meant and shook his head, "You two didn't have any feelings in the movie, so you don't have to do anything about life and death in the end."
During the filming, the shots are shot in a few seconds or more than ten seconds. There are many things that the actors themselves cannot feel.
In the scenes between the three of them in the second half, Li Qian deliberately downplayed the emotion, or said there was no emotion at all. At most, they were just ordinary friends. However, in the apocalypse, if you haven't seen the opposite sex for many years, you will instinctively have a feeling.
impulse.
The final death together is not only for the sake of all mankind, but also a relief for the hero himself, so there should be no worries.
A quarter of an hour later, the filming of the last scene started again.
"start!"
As Fumino shouted angrily, the crew started to move.
Looking at the butterfly-like pattern formed by numerous cracks on the glass, and the zombie leader who was no longer mad, Liu Ye was a little confused at first, then his eyes widened, and he slowly turned his head to look at the woman on the operating table behind him.
Zombies.
In the close-up view of his face, his pupils suddenly dilated, and when he turned around, his face was full of disbelief and fear.
More than a second later, he resolutely drew a tube of serum from the mother zombie's hand, pushed open a large cabinet in the operating room, and revealed a tunnel for Yuan Quan and Zhang Zifeng to hide in.
Put the serum on Yuan Quan's hand and hold it tightly.
"I guess that's why you're here."
"No, let's go together."
Women are always emotional, not to mention the only man who can give him a sense of security in the last days.
"I hope the gathering place for human survivors you mentioned is true. Live well and leave it to them."
Liu Ye smiled and rubbed Zhang Zifeng's head again, "Remember to finish your homework and listen to your mother."
Turning his head, not wanting to face the eyes of their mother and daughter, Liu Ye blocked the tunnel again.
The glass door could withstand it for a while, but from the moment he discovered that zombies were intelligent, he never thought about leaving safely.
It is still unknown how many zombies have given birth to wisdom, but now the zombie leader who can command the entire demon city zombies is already the biggest threat to mankind.
Liu Ye opened a drawer, took out a grenade that had been inside, and gently touched the photo of a family of three in the drawer.
"Roar!!!"
The zombie leader kept hitting the glass door.
Liu Ye pulled the string, rushed forward, and faced off against the zombie leader who had just opened the door.
"Okay, keep one promise and come back as soon as possible."
A very smooth shot, but there is still time, so I will continue to take two more shots.
Liu Ye, who tried his best, and the actor who played the zombie boss were both bumped into each other, and pulled each other up to show concern for each other.
The explosion scene definitely didn't really blow them up.
After securing one shot, it was still very stable the second time. Li Qian didn’t take another shot and just announced that he had passed.
The movie is finished!
After more than three months of filming, it was finally completed.
In the evening, the crew also had a sumptuous closing banquet, and then parted ways. They would not get together again until some scenes needed to be re-dubbed or before they were released.
"Zi Feng is about to start school. Have you finished your summer homework?"
When they parted, Li Qian was concerned about Zhang Zifeng's study situation.
However, the little girl gave her a blank look and said, "You have asked me more than ten times, and I have already said and finished it."
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After filming the movie, Li Qian took two days off and started busy editing.
The narrative method of "I Am Legend" is nothing special, except that it is interspersed with various memories of the male protagonist, so there is not much difficulty in editing.
The special effects haven't been finished yet, but there's enough time, and it won't be released until nearly four months.
Li Qian didn't rush too much. He stayed in the computer room for ten hours every day and rested during the rest of the time. He also posted a Weibo post about the completion of the movie.
However, a week after the filming was completed, Li Qian also received a notice from Han Sanping, asking him to discuss the schedule arrangements with the producers and distributors of other Lunar New Year films, so that everyone could stagger their schedules to avoid fighting among themselves.
This is not a bad thing. Although I am not afraid of competition, it would be nice not to have competition.
In a certain club, Li Qian also met Huang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Li Ming, Ren Zhonglun, Yang Shoucheng from Yinghuang, and Zhuang Cheng from Huanya.
Big companies from the Mainland and Hong Kong are here, including basically all the producers and distributors of medium-sized and above-sized films in the second half of the year.
"Hawthorn Tree Love" will also be released in the second half of the year, and the schedule has not yet been determined. However, Zhang Weiping did not come. I don't know whether it was because he didn't want to come or because Han Sanping didn't find him.
But, it doesn't matter.
Li Qian came late. He didn't know why they came so early. It's not like they could reach any agreement with others if they came early.
"Director Li is here, please take a seat, haha."
Wang Changtian was the first to greet him, his small eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses were smiling and his face was kind.
"You're welcome, Mr. Wang, how are you doing lately?"
Li Qian also sat down next to him.
Before they could even exchange a few words, Han Sanping also arrived, a little earlier than usual for other activities, and five minutes earlier than the scheduled time.
"Haha, everyone is here, let's get formal first." Han Sanping looked at everyone with a smile.
It’s indeed here. As for other small and medium-budget films, they are automatically expelled from the domestic film industry.
For Han Sanping, blockbusters are the focus. Small and medium-budget movies don't matter. If we want to protect them, we must also protect blockbusters.
Let’s get down to business, as the box office champion of Chinese-language films, Huang Zhongjun spoke without hesitation.
"Haha, everyone is here. There is a lot of competition in the Lunar New Year festival this year. We will not join in the fun and leave the market to you. We will release it at the end of the month on December 22."
The best time to go is as soon as I open the door. Wednesday the 22nd, after the weekend of the 25th and 26th, and two days later is the three-day New Year's Day holiday.
This time last year was the day when "October Siege" was released. It perfectly avoided four blockbusters including "A Perfect World" and had an extra long vacation. However, it unfortunately encountered "Avatar".
But there is no "Avatar" this year.
No one came to snatch this day. Ma Xiaogang is now at the peak of his power, even as strong as Zhang Yimou back then.
However, Li Qian spoke up and smiled, "I have just started working on "I Am Legend" in the later stages. Time is a little tight. It is too late in early December. I can only make it in time for the end of December, which is the end of this year."
As soon as these words came out, others here were a little surprised.
The conversation had just begun, and Li Qian was so angry.
They just said it would be at the end of December, so you are going to come at the end of December, as if I am determined.