For a week, Li Qian stayed at home to write the script of "Jaws", compressing the original two-hour plot into 75 minutes, giving up some things that reflected reality, and turning it into a relatively pure thriller movie.
The hypocritical mayor, the oceanographer who can only do useless experiments, the rude and rude shark catching expert, plus the protagonist, they are four different classes.
Politicians who only pursue political achievements are fine, oceanographers who are knowledgeable but not necessarily useful survive, middle-class protagonists save the world, and in the end only the shark-catching expert who represents the working class dies.
The mayor represents the ruling class, the oceanographer represents the upper class, and the protagonist policeman is a middle-class person with a civilian sense of democracy, rationality, and justice, but he also faces pressure from all aspects.
The shark-catching expert who died had also participated in Yue Zhan, and the Milijian people hated Yue Zhan, so his death was expected.
There are many similar hidden meanings in movies, and they are everywhere in movies. Li Qian can casually write an essay about movies, just like the explanation of Lu Xun's articles in Chinese textbooks.
However, due to the time limit, many scenes were deleted, leaving only the appearance of a complete thriller.
But in Li Qian's script, the shark-catching expert is the one who dies in the end. After all, he is a professional shark-catcher and poses the greatest threat to sharks. His death also makes the atmosphere more tense.
Without the shark-catching expert, the protagonist can begin to shine.
Routines are still necessary. Since ancient times, deep love cannot be retained. Only routines can win people's hearts!
It took a week to complete the script and write down the scenes bit by bit, including the first three or four scenes.
This week, the broadcast of "Sniper Phone Booth" is almost coming to an end, with 642,000 effective clicks and a box office of 2.81 million.
Including the previous 12.42 million, after being online for more than 20 days, the box office reached 15.23 million, almost doubling the original online box office record.
The 3.046 million effective clicks are also an unattainable record, which is more than the total number of members of Galaxy Video.
This achievement is also thanks to the fact that Galaxy Video has launched a recharge promotion in order to expand the number of members. Usually, even if there is a discount for membership, there will definitely be many people who will sign up.
But if you happen to encounter a movie you want to watch that requires membership, and the website happens to have a membership discount, it will be easier to attract viewers to sign up for membership.
For video websites, as long as you can open a membership, everything is easy.
It may be a small profit, but the website will definitely not lose money.
However, there are also some people who would rather spend a few dollars to buy this movie instead of signing up as a member. There are many of these people, otherwise the number of effective clicks would not be more than the number of Galaxy Video members.
It has been online for more than 20 days, and the single-day box office has almost dropped below 100,000. It is still decreasing sharply every day, and it is expected to stop here.
The topic that has been debated on the Internet about whether Internet movies count as movies has long been silenced. It is not topical enough and cannot be promoted. It is better to speculate on celebrity scandals.
"Phone Booth" has received more and more reviews online, with mixed reviews. Some said it was boring and fell asleep halfway through watching it.
Some people criticized the police in the movie for being outwitted, and some said that the murderer gave away money. Bringing this sniper rifle to the scene of the crime revealed his true colors.
There are also serious discussions about good and evil, the current situation of society, and the way people get along with each other.
There are all kinds of people, but generally there are just a few types of people.
There is a kind of ordinary audience who can only say good or bad things, a kind of criticizing people, and a kind of philosopher.
The box office has been fixed at more than 15 million, and there are still ten days to settle. "Sniper Phone Booth" has come to an end.
On a new day, Li Qian came to the studio with the script and was ready to start the next stage of work.
However, there is an extra person this time, and the special effects director sent by Ba Color FX has officially joined the team.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Liu Jinhui, the special effects director of our "Jaws" crew. He is also one of the first batch of experts in the special effects industry in China. He has worked on "Uncanny", "Hero Zheng Chenggong", "The Ming Dynasty"
"Dynasty" has done visual effects design for many classic film and television dramas."
Everyone took their seats one by one, and Li Qian also introduced Zhang Zhonghua, Qi Yukun and Guo Fan respectively.
After chatting for a while, Li Qian got down to business.
"Now the crew has roughly set up the scaffolding, the underwater studio has been found, and construction will begin immediately. Various props are also being customized. The special effects side has also finished collecting data and is modeling.
I will first write the storyboards of the three-minute scene where the shark appears as soon as possible, and then Lao Guo and Liu will guide us to draw the pictures, so as not to waste the time on the special effects side."
Storyboard scripts have two formats: text and storyboard. In Hollywood, almost every movie will have a dedicated storyboard production team. From early silent films to current blockbusters, the production of storyboards is a necessary part of the early stage of film preparation.
In China, except for large-scale productions that hire professional storyboard artists, usually the director will draw if he can draw, and the director will draw if he can't draw, or the art director will draw, and whoever can do it will get the job, and some will not draw at all.
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The previous film "Sniper Phone Booth" only had text storyboards and no storyboards. The main reason was that the text storyboards were enough and there was no need for so much trouble.
90% of internet companies don’t even have storyboards, they don’t even have text storyboards.
Once the storyboard is drawn, just follow it when shooting. If there are any problems, you can make temporary changes. You can also know the effect of the shooting in advance.
In addition to large-scale productions in China, action and martial arts films also require storyboards. After all, you have to set up moves. Drawing them on a picture is more intuitive and the actors can practice better.
In the movie "Jaws", Li Qian did not plan to draw a storyboard, except for the three-minute scene where the shark appears.
For example, if a shark hits the hull, the direction, angle, etc. of the impact must be set in advance. The special effects company needs to simulate it on the computer with pictures and determine a series of data. After all, special effects are a very complicated thing.
The shark hits the ship with different parts, from different directions, and at different angles, causing the ship to tilt in different directions and angles.
In addition, the movement, lift, and splash of the shark after impact all need to be simulated and calculated repeatedly.
Of course, the Internet can be a little less strict, after all, it is not a big screen.
Things are arranged one by one. The crew itself is not big. There is nothing difficult except for the scenes and special effects. With Qi Yukun as the executive director, the arrangements are enough. Li Qian only needs to check in occasionally. He has to be busy with his own things.
"The other thing is the actors. Although the shark is the protagonist, the male lead cannot be careless. Do you have any suitable candidates?"
Li Qian asked everyone, in fact, there are many actors in their thirties from Mainland China who can play the role, but it is difficult to hire some famous ones, and he can't think of a few candidates for the less famous ones.
Actor?
Qi Yukun thought for a while and suggested, "How about Duan Yihong? He has a tough appearance and excellent acting skills. It should be no problem to perform the feeling of being under pressure from all sides and being forced to conceal the incident of shark attacks on humans."
Li Qian shook his head, "The appearance is too tough. This kind of person's compromise with society will look very inconsistent. Moreover, he just starred in a 40-million-dollar production of "Love Is Afterlife" and became a hit because of "Soldier Assault"
, there is little hope of inviting you."
"As for Zhang Yi, he has only filmed one film, "Soldier Assault", so the salary should not be too expensive."
"I think Liao Fan who played "Cuckold" would be fine too."
"I think Li Guangjie is quite suitable. I noticed him when he first acted in "Toward a Republic". He seems to have just made a movie and it hasn't been released yet. The salary should be affordable."
Everyone mentioned seven or eight actors in their 30s, all of whom are famous.
Also, no one knows about it if it’s not famous.
In the film and television industry, except for superstar-level actors, film salaries are usually much lower than TV drama salaries.
First-line niche actors like Deng Chao, Lu Yi, Huang Xiaoming, and Chen Kun were quoted a million dollars for filmmaking, but in fact most of them were between 500,000 and 800,000.
It's not easy for young A-list actors to be filmed, and if they are to play supporting roles, the prices are simply unaffordable.
As for those third-tier actors who are somewhat famous, their remuneration is even lower after the film is released. You can find a lot of them for less than 100,000 yuan.
Of course, it will definitely be much more expensive than Lei Jiayin, an amateur, but now that there are abundant funds, the salary of tens of thousands of yuan is still acceptable. It depends on whether the person is willing to make a big film.