The news that "Monster Hunt" has flooded its box office is even more intense than when it exceeded 2 billion. The People's Daily and other media outlets criticized "Tiny Times" by name and criticized "Monster Hunt" again.
People's Daily issued an article saying: From the released screening time, screenings, number of people, box office, etc. of "Monster Hunt", we will make some surprising discoveries:
First, Chinese audiences are so enthusiastic about movies that they stay up late at night and are willing to watch movies standing up.
Second, "Monster Hunt" really has a superb time-stretching magic, which can extend the time from 10 minutes to 118 minutes, so that the film can be played to the end.
Third, producers and movie theaters are masters of digital magic, and can make various statistics as big as they want.
The three main points of fraud have all been mentioned, and this is also visible evidence that is laid out in front of the naked eye.
Even if theaters, theater chains, and film studios all came forward to clarify that this phenomenon was caused by a program error, no one believed it at all.
The media naturally did not miss this opportunity and criticized "Monster Hunt" almost unanimously.
Of course, the exception is the media in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This film was invested by a company under the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Film and Television Group.
Online viewers have also begun to question the authenticity of the box office of "Monster Hunt". In fact, as long as the reputation of the movie can match the box office, this will not be the case. Although the box office is high, the reputation can only be said to be okay.
Moreover, in the face of the film crew's constant explanations, talented netizens began to make fun of it.
"The theater for "Monster Hunt" was indeed sold out. I waited in line with dozens of friends for three hours and sat in the aisle to watch it!"
"My friends and I were crowded in the cinema. There were people on the trees and on the walls. It was packed to the brim, and the aisles were crowded. We paid more than a thousand for aisle tickets here. After the show, on average, one cinema hall was packed.
A truckload of shoes was swept away.
Not to mention, I haven't left Wanda yet. There are too many people and I can't squeeze out. I heard that the leaves are all green, but I don't regret it. Being able to see this kind of movie is really worth cherishing with your life.
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"My "Monster Hunt" stand-alone and party tickets were all sold out. More than 1,300 people at the door were so anxious that we had to hang them on the wall to watch."
Everyone has become a joke maker. The more they talk, the more exaggerated they become, and the more they watch, the more they want to laugh.
From its second billion-dollar movie, which is expected to surpass "Fast and Furious 7" and win this year's box office championship, to a phenomenal movie, it suddenly seems to have turned into a joke.
Immediately afterwards, CCTV also reported on the box office sales, and the general manager of the New Film Alliance Cinemas was interviewed and talked about how he only needed 8 million to buy 100 million box office.
Professionals from the theater chain came forward, and CCTV also reported it, which is almost a real deal.
After some turmoil, the box office trend of "Monster Hunt" stabilized a little, and finally ended with less than 2.3 billion.
The vigorous summer season, two two-billion-dollar movies, two billion-dollar movies, ended with such an ending.
The summer box office champion's money was transferred to him, but his reputation was somewhat tarnished in the end.
But who cares, investors are already celebrating
Such a summer season with a huge box office boom has also greatly stimulated the industry. Film and television stocks have followed suit and listed companies are making money from the sky.
More importantly, both "Monster Hunt" and "Pancake Man" are "new" films, with new directors, new actors, and new genres, which also allow other industries to see broader prospects.
And "The Return of the Great Sage", which has a box office of nearly 1 billion, has also made some voices online about the revival of Chinese comics. Many companies are considering investing in animated films. After all, this does not require high salaries for big-name directors and actors.
For Future Pictures, the summer season is not perfect, but it can be considered a great success. After all, as the first part of the series, the box office is close to 2 billion. The only flaw is that it did not win the summer box office championship.
It is absolutely positive for the company's listing prospects.
There were no heavyweight movies in the National Day schedule, and they were all concentrated in the Lunar New Year schedule. Li Qian dealt with the company's reorganization, and then began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the creation of the script.
Slow work leads to careful work, and there are no films to learn from, so he has to do it all by himself. Only then did Li Qian realize that it is not that easy.
It took Li Qian a month and a half to refine the first version of the script. The script has about 110 minutes of scenes, but 20 minutes may be cut from the actual film.
The main thing is to change the slow pace. This kind of drama film is not as good as the special effects blockbuster. Even if the plot is a bit slow, there are still special effects scenes to watch.
However, if the pacing of a feature film is a bit slow, the audience may not be able to say anything, but the viewing effect will be very obvious.
Many movies have a director's cut, and many movie fans prefer to watch the extended version. In fact, there is no need.
As professional directors and editors, the clips they can eliminate unless it is force majeure, such as the clips of photoelectric harmony, actually do not have any impact and will not affect anything.
Sometimes when professional movie fans watch the director's extended cut, they occasionally feel a sense of enlightenment, but in fact it is not important to the overall situation.
The main reason is that the mentality when watching the extended version is different from the first time. I watch it with a sophisticated mentality, rather than simply watching a movie.
If you watch the extended version for the first time, you will probably feel bored for a certain period of time.
When it comes to details, too much is a bad thing.
After refining the script, Li Qian deleted some deliberate things at several key points of family relationships and emotional changes.
The key points of many movies seem to be as if the director is holding your head and letting you watch them, and explaining them to you in your ear, which is superfluous and verbose.
Secondly, in terms of supporting roles, in addition to the protagonist's family, the movie also arranged the appearances of other people on the plane, but the number and frequency were also deleted.
For example, the male protagonist who wants to find a job again disappears for five years and is out of touch with society. After repeatedly hitting the wall, he stands blankly on the road.
There happened to be a man singing on the street not far away. The actor knew him. He was one of the passengers on the plane. Before the accident, he was the lead singer of a somewhat famous band. But now that the band has a new lead singer, his connections from five years ago are also gone.
They disappeared completely and could only temporarily sell and sing on the streets in order to survive.
The reason why he is not a star, but is just the lead singer of a small band, is because of the rationality. After all, even if he is a small star, even if he has passed away, if he suddenly comes back from the dead, it is big news, and he can be famous for a while.
Generally speaking, movies pursue rationality much more rigorously than TV dramas. In a 90-minute movie, the more unreasonable things there are, the more dramatic it becomes.
In just a few days, the lead singer of a band that was somewhat famous in the local area lost everything. Even his brothers in the original band no longer accepted him, but he could still optimistically sing on the street with a guitar, without a trace of resentment in his voice.
Instead, it is full of yearning for tomorrow.
As for what song to sing, Li Qian hasn't decided yet because he doesn't know much about music.
This supporting role is a role that cheers up the depressed male protagonist who can't find a job.
It is also very common for supporting characters in movies to take on this kind of role, but not too many. It would be too deliberate to have such a supporting character pop up every once in a while.
When revising the script, Li Qian deleted two such characters.
Going too far is too much and being too clever is a mistake that many directors and screenwriters make, as if they are afraid that the audience will not understand, and they are also complacent, thinking that their arrangements are so exquisite.
Treating the audience as idiots will not lead to good results.
The script of "Flight of Destiny" has been completed, but it is just a script. Next, I still need to write the storyboard, and then about one-tenth of the more critical shots, and draw the storyboard.
September is halfway through, just in time for the upcoming National Day holiday.
There are no important films in the National Day schedule, the main thing is to make arrangements for future movie apps.
In the summer season that just passed, seven or eight ticket purchasing platforms burned a total of 500 million. They also contributed to this popular summer season. If the 500 million tickets are replenished, a large number of low-priced tickets will directly stimulate the audience's enthusiasm for consumption.
This is only posted by the platform itself. Several movie distributors have also invested a lot of ticket subsidy.
It was just a matter of fighting for financial resources. If there was no money, we would raise funds. Future Movie APP was spun off separately and raised an A round to raise funds for the upcoming Lunar New Year and Spring Festival stalls.
There is not much technical content. It is mainly based on the publicity and feedback before the release of several popular movies. The amount of ticket subsidy invested in each movie must not be wasted. The money must be burned to the edge.
There are also various lottery, sign-in, evaluation, and forwarding activities. Just learn from others in this regard. Whichever company's system is better, just transplant it.
As a result, several platforms are similar, but with different names. Only Grava seems a little out of place. They are still insisting on improving the user experience, but they may not be able to hold on any longer.
Life is so boring, writing storyboards, busy with company affairs, and there are various meetings and activities to deal with.
On the evening of the 19th, Li Qian also came to Jilin City to participate in the new year's Golden Rooster Awards.
As a member of the Filmmakers Association, a non-entertainment-oriented movie like "Rejuvenation" with a profound meaning is still the main theme, and it is definitely going to win an award. It would be bad if it doesn't come.
What's more, the company has other movies nominated, so I took the time to come.
This year's Golden Rooster Awards will be held in Jilin City, Jilin Province. To be honest, if it were the Golden Rooster Awards, Li Qian wouldn't even know there is another Jilin City. After all, it is very rare for a province or city to have the same name. There seems to be only one such case in China.
When we arrived at the National Fitness Center, the place was already very lively. People in Northeast China are always very hospitable.
There are many big-name actors and directors coming this time, including Zhang Yimou and Ma Xiaogang from the Mainland. Zhang Yimou was nominated, and Ma Xiaogang was nominated as Best Actress by his wife.
Liu Dehua, who was nominated for the Best Actor Award for "The Orphan", is probably the most popular, and the young female fans of Wu Yifan from the cast of "There's a Place Only We Know" can barely keep up.
Young people are full of energy. Like other relatively popular people, Zhao Wei's appearance is not as exciting as Wu Yifan's. After all, her fans are already quite young.
After walking through the red carpet and entering the interview area, the reporters were not concerned about winning an award, but were asking about news about the new film.
Li Qian still didn't know anything about it.
After entering the venue, we took our seats. On the left was the crew of "Return", and Zhang Yimou was also here.
"Director Zhang, you are here when you are free. Have you finished filming "The Great Wall"?" Li Qian said hello with a smile.
Zhang Yimou, who was deep in thought, smiled when he heard this. He seemed to be looking forward to the new film in which he invested billions.
"It's almost done. It will be finished in a few days, but the main thing is the later stage."
"It's a blockbuster. It will definitely be troublesome in the later stage. I have something I don't know if I should ask?" Li Qian asked again.
"Director Li, please tell me." Zhang Yimou was stunned and smiled.
"Strictly speaking, this is actually a Hollywood movie. I don't know if you, Director Zhang, have the editing rights."
There is no taboo. It is not easy for ordinary directors to ask questions like this. But from a directing perspective, Li Qian and Zhang Yimou are on the same level and can be said directly.
Zhang Yimou didn't feel unhappy at all. He just sighed, shook his head and said, "Not entirely."
Li Qian nodded and understood.
Although the question is about editing rights, in Hollywood, on the other hand, a director who does not have editing rights does not have much power on the set, at least not exclusively.
In other words, Zhang Yimou cannot completely decide how to shoot or edit.
It makes sense that the finished film "The Great Wall" was so bad. Li Qian really didn't want to believe that this film was made by a master like Zhang Yimou.
While we were chatting, the crew from "Foreign Girls Come to My House" next door also came.
Xu Fan was nominated for Best Actress, leading actor Chen Jianbing was nominated for Best Actor for "A Spoon", and Ma Xiaogang also came with his wife, so he was qualified to be in the front row.
Ma Xiaogang saw Li Qian and Zhang Yimou chatting happily from a distance, and couldn't help but said, "Hey, you two had a good chat. What's the good news?"
"Director Ma is here." Zhang Yimou greeted him without saying anything. Ma Xiaogang had scolded him in the early years, and the two parties had no friendship.
Li Qian turned around and smiled, "Director Ma has been very busy recently. He also personally participated in a film about an old gangster. With your acting skills and appearance, you are just right. You may be able to go on stage to receive the best actor trophy the year after tomorrow.
Woolen cloth."
Ma Xiaogang's tone paused. He didn't expect Li Qian to be so angry. His face gradually became angry, then calmed down. He responded with a hint of ridicule, "Director Li has no experience. That's called an old gun. In those days, the Fourth Nine City Platoon
If you go to the capital and ask about the top figures, all the old Beijingers will know about them."
Li Qian suddenly realized, "That's no wonder. As a foreigner, I really don't know that old gangsters are called Lao Pao'er in Beijing."
"Director Li is a hooligan when he opens his mouth and a hooligan when he shuts his mouth, but it is an insult to gentlemen." Ma Xiaogang retorted.
"That's right, we are all civilized people. It's still inappropriate to point at others and curse them. Director Ma pointed at the reporter and said "Master Draftsman", but now he has become a civilized person." Li Qian laughed.
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After the past events were dug up, the anger on Ma Xiaogang's face could no longer be suppressed. He snorted coldly and stopped talking to Li Qian.