The four-and-a-half-month shoot took half a month longer than expected.
There are many scenes, a long era span, a lot of transitions, and the duration reaches 150 minutes, which is really time-consuming.
In fact, the content of Li Qian's "Rejuvenation" is more than enough to be made into a TV series.
A 150-minute movie is considered relatively long, and it is completely inconsistent with the requirements of commercial movies. Not only is the length not conducive to film scheduling, but if it is too long, once the pacing is not controlled well, it will be very tiring to watch.
You don’t have to worry about "Return to Youth". The plot is already concise enough. It is impossible to get tired of watching it. At most, it is easy to lose track of the rhythm of the plot.
Of course, the focus is still on editing, which will test your editing skills.
Li Qian did not immediately invest in post-production. Although the film was completed, it was not actually finished.
Chen Kun's personal performance is estimated to be 20 days away, and he will perform in front of the air in a special effects company.
At this time, Li Qian's job became easy. All he had to do was stare at his performance face to face, and he only calculated and analyzed the movements of his facial muscles. There were no lights or camera positions.
It was quite leisurely. Tong Liya was in the country again, so Li Qian went to Wu Jing to help out. Now he has to do the post-production of "Wolf Warrior" and prepare for the wedding. He has both ends.
The post-production of "Wolf Warrior" was moved to the digital field branch. When Wu Jing was away, Li Qian helped him with it. Anyway, before the filming of the movie started, the content and tone of the movie were discussed in detail.
Li Qian took a day to read all the materials. Wu Jing accompanied him and explained from time to time.
"Director Li, how are you? Have you made any progress with "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"?" Wu Jing asked with a smile.
Maybe it was because he was about to get married, but Wu Jing smiled 24 hours a day. Even when he complained to Li Qian that he was too busy, he still had a smile on his face.
""PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is relatively easy to shoot, that is, the fighting scenes and rivalry scenes are separated from each other, and the plot is well arranged and it is easy to shoot."
Li Qian nodded and said with a smile, ""Wolf Warrior" seems to have become more mature. At least from the artistic processing of the shots and the structure of the picture, it is much more mature."
Filmmaking is a technical job. In terms of technology, Wu Jing, who has finished filming "Wolf Warrior", has become relatively mature, and his handling of the camera is much better than that of the previous two films.
For example, in some already edited scenes, when the body of a comrade was picked up by a helicopter, the scene was presented in just 25 seconds. The scene was edited 18 times, and the scene kept jumping between the command room and the field.
This treatment allows every soldier, whether in the command room or outside the command room, to achieve a high degree of unity in their emotions, and also allows the audience to feel the collective power.
Of course, the skills are not very good. For example, Leng Feng subdued Min Deng and stood on the high ground in the wilderness, with the rescue helicopter hovering behind him.
The picture is shot from an upward perspective, which not only highlights Leng Feng's tall and heroic image, but also implies that behind the hero, there is the support of the country. The momentum and style of the great country are subtly conveyed to the audience in such a picture.
This is a very simple and direct technique that is used by many main theme movies and even directors of anti-Japanese dramas. However, for commercial war movies, this direct method is often the most practical and effective.
Any movie needs to arouse the emotions of the audience, and war movies certainly need it too, to make the audience feel the power of their country and army and be proud of it.
If you make a film about your country's troops being beaten, no matter how good the film is, no one will like it. Those who like it will be sick.
However, there are still many shortcomings.
"Brother Jing, you still need to think more about the drama. This film is like most action movies. The details of the drama are not interesting enough. I need to add a few scenes and plot details to make it fuller.
The laziness in the lines is too obvious. Except for the specially prepared bridge, the rest of the lines are very skinny, without any unnecessary details. The tone of the lines also feels like they don’t speak like normal people, and the accent is a bit out of place.”
Wu Jing nodded and said, "I didn't feel much when I was writing the lines and filming. I discovered it when I was editing the film. It was really a bit awkward. I really didn't spend much time studying the literary and opera aspects. I mainly focused on action scenes and war scenes.
It’s up there, I was a bit negligent.”
"The other thing is some details. For this kind of film, there will definitely be a lot of people coming out to pick out the details, so be prepared."
War movies, especially modern war movies, are a very sensitive subject matter, and all kinds of military fans, real party fans, and cents rush to dig out the details.
"The real battlefield is not completely real." Wu Jingdao, in the previous filming of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", even though he worked with a few foreign elites, he was criticized. He was just a soldier. This time, he actually fought against the enemy.
Ready to come again.
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After that, Li Qian was busy working on both ends. Occasionally he went to see how the filming of Xu Ke's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was going, and he also filmed it in the Huairou studio.
"Detective Chinatown" is too far away, and Li Qian doesn't have time to go to it when it's still in the country. This genre is also what Ning Hao is good at, so Li Qian can rest assured.
In May, Manager Wu held a wedding, and Li Qian also attended.
It was a festive day, but it happened to coincide with the rampage of "The Amazing Spider-Man", which took in 500 million box office in two weeks and swept the May Day holiday.
Zhang Yimou's "Return" was also released, and it is considered to be his most acclaimed movie since the new century. Of course, the box office was not high and few people watched it.
A father who was labeled as a rightist and sent to a distant place, a mother who stayed at home and thought independently, and a daughter who was brainwashed. A human tragedy occurred. The daughter reported her parents' secret meeting for the sake of her "career", which destroyed the little remaining spiritual family relationship in the family of three.
link.
It is a tragedy of the times. In this kind of plot, Zhang Yimou is completely a master-level figure.
There will be no more reaction times later.
He loves her and she loves him. If she doesn't remember him, he can't have her.
She waited for him and went to him on Station Street on the 5th of every month. She kept seeing him for decades and never thought of leaving him.
He waited for her, waiting at the nearest place every day, trying to revive her memory, waiting for the day when she would recognize him.
There are no great joys or great sorrows, no small romances, and a trivial and lingering narrative, one after another. If it had been another director, it would have been a tear-jerking drama, or it would have been a tragedy to continue to reflect the times.
The box office was 200 million in 10 days. As a literary and artistic film, this box office is actually very good.
The whole month of May was basically dominated by imported films. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" took in 500 million box office in 10 days.
At the end of the month, "Overheard 3" sold more than 200 million yuan in the same ten days, but it could not resist the ravage of imported blockbusters.
Although the box office champions in each of the past two years have been domestic films, most of the time, imported films have trumped domestic films.
In early June, "Edge of Tomorrow" was released, and its sales exceeded 300 million in ten days.
The little monster "Godzilla" also joined in the fun, with a box office of 400 million in ten days. Four imported blockbusters took turns to wreak havoc, and there was no rival at all.
Until the end of June, "Transformers 4" was released in theaters, grossing 170 million on the first day and shocking the movie market.
In an era when even breaking 100 million in a single day was a luxury, on the first day it hit 170 million, which was not much smaller than the impact "Avatar" had on the domestic market.
In the three days of the first weekend, the total box office reached a staggering 640 million.
80% of the film schedule, super high attendance rate, and high ticket prices of blockbusters have created a sensational box office.
This data has almost reached the 2 billion box office mark.
The box office record of "The Truman Show" is about to be broken, and the major companies that have been expecting someone to end Li Qian's box office record are not happy either.
This is a Hollywood movie. Even if it breaks Li Qian's record, it has nothing to do with domestic movies. It doesn't mean they have hope, unless they can also produce special effects blockbusters with extreme audio-visual effects like "Transformers".
Some media are also badmouthing domestic films, and even some people who cannot stand the increasing commercialization of the market are using this to criticize the current film market for being increasingly utilitarian and only focusing on box office. This will destroy the domestic film market, because
It cannot compete with Hollywood movies at the box office.
This is a matter of route. The domestic film market is currently developing at a good pace, but it actually makes some people dissatisfied because there is no room for them to survive in the current market.
In short, there are all kinds of ghosts.
"Transformers 4" continues to dominate the summer season, earning 750 million in its second week, breaking the box office record of "Avatar" for imported movies within two weeks of its release.
Then "Tiny Times 3" was released again. With the poor reputation of the previous two films, the box office on the first day was close to 100 million.
If the big hit of "Transformers 4" is expected, after all, the third one will be worth one billion.
However, "Tiny Times" exceeded 100 million on its first day, which really shocked everyone's eyes.
Although the follow-up box office is still not good, with nearly 100 million on the first day and only 320 million on the first four days, it is enough to make it the focus of public opinion again.
How could the media and film critics let go of this movie that they criticized but was still a hit? This is just a slap in the face.
Ever since, compared to the previous two films, "Tiny Times 3" has been criticized even more miserably.
Some people even found an excuse, saying that this is the consequence of market commercialization.
In contrast, "Beijing 81", which was released one day later and was also a hit, received a lot less attention although it earned 150 million in three days.
The heroine of this horror film is Lin Xinru, and the most talked about thing right now is the incident where she was forcibly kissed by Zhou Jie while filming "My Fair Princess".
The basic operation is done. Over the years, this cold rice has been cooked N times, and it can be called the worst cold rice in the entertainment industry.
Then at the end of the month, Han Han's "We Will See You Again" was released and sold nearly 300 million in four days. However, as the writer turned director, this film has a much better reputation.
However, the popularity is still not as high as "Tiny Times". This series and Guo Jinming perfectly explained what black and red are.
However, the popularity will not last long. After 320 million in the first week, there were only 150 million left in the second week, which does not affect its popularity.
The transformation of the two writers is considered a success. At least they have made a lot of money. In addition, with the benefits of the Spring Festival, remakes, IP, and celebrity effects, their weight in the hearts of major companies has become more and more important.
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July has passed in such a lively manner, and "Wolf Warrior" premiered on the 31st, kicking off the second half of the summer season.
The first movie produced by Future Pictures this year was released, and it also attracted attention both inside and outside the industry.
Li Qian had almost finished editing the movie and took the time to attend the premiere.
Ning Hao has also returned from the country, "Detective Chinatown" has been completed, Xu Ke's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has also been completed, and the TV series will be launched soon, so it's time to catch up with the summer season.
Xu Zheng has also finished filming "The Master of Hypnosis" and has basically completed the work at hand. The company and the directors he has been collaborating with have all gathered together.
He also talked about "Transformers 4" breaking the box office record of "The Truman Show".
"'Transformers 4' seems to be stuck at the 2 billion threshold, and the General Administration seems to have no intention of delaying it." Ning Hao said with a smile.
"Transformers 4" has reached its 35th day of release, and the total box office has reached 1.97 billion. In fact, it is close to 10 million a day, but there has been no news of postponement so far.
"The theater chain has received the news, and the film is officially scheduled to be released today. It can be regarded as an extra five days of screening, and the entire month of July has passed." Li Qian said.
Imported movies, unlike domestic films, can be released for more than a month and a lot of them for forty days.
However, imported films are usually only released for a full thirty days, and last month's "Edge of Tomorrow" was released for a full thirty days.
Although "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "X-Men" were released for an extra week, they were shown on a very small scale in some places at that time, and the box office was only one-tenth of the previous week's box office, which basically counted as a draw.
Individual extensions are rare.
"Transformers 4" is a show of respect. It was released for five more days, allowing it to be released throughout July.
"Actually speaking, Zongju does good things most of the time. If it had been released for one more week, "Transformers 4" would have exceeded 2 billion. This first 2 billion movie would have to be imported.
Up."
Xu Zheng said, changing the topic, "But it doesn't matter whether it is postponed or not, Director Li's "Rejuvenation" will still surpass it and set a new record soon."
Li Qian waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's still very early, the post-production process hasn't been completed yet, and the length of the film is 150 minutes, so I can't tell."
"That's not a problem at all. I guess the box office of "Return to Youth" will depend on how big the market is. 2 billion is the minimum. Then I'll have to see what those weird people have to say." Xu Zheng was obviously a little bit a little confused.
Angry.
"Brother Zheng, don't be angry about those voices. If one day you go to make a movie they want to see and it fails at the box office, they will definitely turn around and ridicule you. There is no need to care."
Li Qian shook his head. "Transformers 4" swept the summer season and broke his own record. Then "Tiny Times" continued to sell well, and there were more and more voices attacking the commercialization of the market.
Including the Spring Festival release of "Thailand", some people once again used it to criticize it, as if if we don't make these movies and only make those movies that no one sees, the market will be better.
Ning Hao said, "Don't worry about the vulgar and the good. The mission of our generation is to expand the market. Now that we have proven that what we are doing is pretty good, we should continue to do it."
Xu Zheng said, "I just feel unhappy. The box office of 1.5 billion and the applause of the audience can't shut them up. I guess only Director Li's "Rejuvenation" can shut them up. Such a meaningful and historical movie,
I don’t believe there are still people who are blind.”
Li Qian smiled and said, "Don't affect your mood. Ning Hao is right. The mission of our generation of filmmakers is to expand the market. History will prove that we are doing the right thing. Those who can't keep up with the times are just people.
Being able to curse and curse next to me makes me feel present."