Chapter 520 Shooting routine of Teng Huatao's 'Magic City Fortress'
"The little deer looks so good in military uniform, so heroic and handsome!"
"Jiang Yang is like Xiaolu in my heart, my favorite actor and my favorite idol!"
"A cool and handsome little deer, a light rarely seen on the screen!"
"Is there any fighting scene in the drama "Fortress"? I feel sorry for my little deer!"
Since its official launch, "Fortress" has become the hottest topic in entertainment news at the moment thanks to its fans, trolls, and the topic of the revival of domestic science fiction.
Although the filming has just started, the handsome photos of the leading actor in military uniform have already covered the entire Internet.
"This hot spot has been captured well. It has almost made "Fortress" a representative of domestic science fiction."
Li Qian almost wanted to laugh. Ever since the project of "Fortress" was established, he has been competing for the title of the first domestic hard science fiction film.
I also made up a story for Teng Huatao before, saying that after seeing "Avatar" wreaking havoc in the mainland market, he secretly vowed to make China's own science fiction blockbuster.
It's just to emphasize that "Magic City Fortress" is ahead of "The Wandering Earth" and grab the first place.
Some kind of domestic science fiction pioneer or something like that, shouting out every now and then.
To be honest, Guo Fan wanted to make a science fiction film more than ten years ago, but Li Qian did not fight for it. Guo Fan was also busy preparing for the film and had no time to talk about all kinds of chicken soup.
Chinese people have strong national cohesion and are easily exploited. There are various things happening every day to guide and exploit public opinion.
There is indeed no hard science fiction in China, so the audience is eager to see domestic science fiction, and are looking forward to "The Wandering Earth" and "Fortress".
Even "The Wandering Earth" has not been promoted on a large scale since the project was established. On the contrary, the promotion of "Fortress" has never stopped, and the expectations for the latter are even higher.
Of course, this is all superficial on the Internet, and there are many voices questioning Lu Han's casting as the leading actor Jiang Yang.
However, these people are relatively mature viewers with normal judgment and thinking abilities, and their voices online are far inferior to those of blind fans.
However, when they promoted their film, Li Qian did not join in the fun. Instead, he asked the crew in Jade Bird to stay away from these disputes and concentrate on filming.
Looking through the messages from these fans, Li Qian was also filled with emotion. There are so many fans. It would be incredible if each person bought a ticket to support his idol.
Li Qian found it a bit funny, but Tong Liya was a little angry.
"You can still laugh. They are so shameless. The first domestically produced hard science fiction is obviously our "The Wandering Earth"!"
"Whatever, if you like it, just do it. You'll have to see the real story in the cinema." Li Qian shrugged, not worried at all.
"What if they play the patriotic card? After "Wolf Warrior 2", some movies in the industry are now using patriotism to promote themselves."
Tong Liya is a little worried. The title of the first domestically produced hard science fiction film is under the banner of resisting Hollywood blockbusters, and it is promoted a little bit, but now many viewers still accept it.
"With the patriotic card, is it possible that I don't think I am Chinese?"
Li Qian smiled and said, "I have 60 million fans. If there is not much movement, I can't help so many fans."
"You're not worried at all. I worry about you for nothing." Tong Liya took the script and patted Li Qian angrily.
"What a big deal." Li Qian took Tong Liya's slender waist and said, "Movies cost money, and the public is not so casual about things that cost money. It's not that easy to defraud them of money.
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"What about those 60 million fans? One ticket per person is worth 2 billion in box office."
Li Qian made a "cut" sound and said, "Those 60 million fans are so powerful. Weibo's market value will at least increase tenfold. Cao Guowei will immediately enter the film and television industry to make money."
As for the crappy movie "Fortress", it was prepared two years later than "The Wandering Earth", but it actually started shooting at the same time. I can tell what it is by just thinking about it with my toes, and I don't know what I think. It's really money, not money.
, an investment of several hundred million is so casual
The crew of "The Wandering Earth" and Li Qian were oblivious to the high-profile promotion of their rival "Fortress".
However, Huayang Media, Penguin, and Ah Li still maintained their publicity efforts and earned enough eyeballs before the summer release.
As for the crew filming in the magical city, Teng Huatao, who was filming over and over again every day and occasionally found time to surf the Internet, was also very satisfied.
"Click!"
"Okay, take a rest and eat!"
At noon, after finishing the morning's shooting, Teng Hua ate again and again and looked online to see that "Fortress" is still popular on the Internet, and he was quite satisfied.
Until after dinner, I didn't find any news about "The Wandering Earth", and Teng Huatao felt a little bored again.
Putting down his cell phone, Teng Huatao suddenly felt something noisy not far away.
When I looked up, I saw that a fan support group had come to visit the class.
I originally wanted to find an actor to talk about the show, but I gave up after thinking about it.
The movie's popularity, subsequent publicity, and even the box office after its release are all indispensable to these 60 million fans.
After a while, the fans finished taking photos and left. However, the rest time passed quickly and the filming had to continue again.
The action scenes were shot in the afternoon, with the stuntman doing the work and the action director filming, so Teng Huatao had time to explain the scenes to the actors.
There was no way. In an action scene two days ago, the male protagonist fell and almost sprained his hand. If he was injured, it would be a big trouble. The action scenes should be left to the stuntmen.
"Little deer, your expression and eyes need to be better."
Teng Hua talked about the play, and the actors listened obediently and kept nodding to show that they understood.
However, the voice of the action director came, "Little deer, come and add a frontal shot."
"Director, I'm going first."
The handsome young man with bangs asked for instructions, put on his hat, picked up the gun and trotted away. He made a pose for the camera. After the action director shouted, he trotted back again.
There were professional stuntmen for the scenes where the face was not visible, and a handsome young man was in charge of the frontal scenes.
It was an absolute combination of strong forces, professional people doing professional things, and the action scene was shot very smoothly.
Teng Huatao looked at the scene just now and was very satisfied. This kind of thing is normal. Instead, it can strengthen the actor's weaknesses, which is better than chasing a duck.
In a blink of an eye, the afternoon passed. While Teng Hua shouted to call it a day, a tall and strong woman walked over with a smile on her face.
"Director Teng, thank you for your hard work."
"Sisi, why are you here free?"
Teng Huatao smiled and said hello. Yang Siwei, the actor's agent, was also Fan Binbin's agent before. Although Fan Binbin had left Huayang Media long ago, he still had contact and they were all acquaintances before.
"There is an event at Night Demon City. I'm here to pick up Xiaolu." Yang Siwei said a little embarrassed.
Teng Huatao frowned and didn't say anything. Instead, he called the coordinator and took a look at the filming plan.
"There will be his show tomorrow morning."
Yang Siwei said quickly, "Don't worry, Director Teng, it will only take two hours and I will be back in the evening."
Why!
Teng Huatao sighed inwardly, this young man is good at everything. Although his action scenes and acting skills are not that good, he has actors in action scenes, so he can train himself in performance, and his image is suitable for Jiang Yang's youthful look.
The key is that the person is humble and obedient and does not act recklessly based on his fame.
However, the actors were obedient, but this Yang Siwei gave Teng Huatao a headache and he arranged activities at every turn.
However, Teng Huatao also knows that idol actors cannot live without fans, and "Fortress" also needs the support of his 60 million fans.
"Go ahead and come back early."
Teng Huatao waved his hand and warned that he was released. The meeting with the actors and creators that was supposed to be held in the evening had to be rescheduled.
The young man apologized and followed Yang Sisi.
"Director Teng, is this normal in the film industry?"
As the first screenwriter of the crew, Jiang Nan looked at the male protagonist who had walked away, and came over with some confusion and asked.
While filming, the actor left the crew to do other things. Although Jiang Nan was not in the film and television industry, she didn't feel good about it.
Of course it’s not normal!
Teng Huatao cursed secretly, thinking about it, he should call Huang Zhonglei and tell him not to do this frequently and leave the set at every turn.
I went to do other things in the evening and didn’t have time to prepare. I still had to shoot my ass the next day.
The promotion of "Fortress" has been going on for quite a while. The crew released some handsome photos from time to time, causing fans to scream "so handsome". This also made the industry realize the madness and energy of fans.
Several major investors are very satisfied. Although a little publicity fee was spent during this period, the effect is great.
The complete opposite is "The Wandering Earth". Li Qian did not invest a penny in publicity so early. After the opening ceremony, the crew was almost isolated from the outside world.
Everyone is busy with their own things. After Li Qian has found the actors of "Flight of Destiny" one after another, he is also continuing to work on the storyboard script, and the location and scenery teams are also preparing.
Soon, as the summer season approached, everyone became quiet, and the promotion of "Fortress" also stopped.
Everything in the film market must make way for summer releases.
Moreover, "Transformers 5", released in late June, has already warmed up the market, and the Autobots have also ushered in their fifth film.
Although the box office is not as good as the previous one, don't even think about 2 billion, but it is also the most successful Hollywood movie series in China.
The first to be released was the IP movie "The Legend of Wukong", which is also considered a famous online movie. The sentence "I want this day, no matter how hard it is to cover my eyes, I want this land, no matter how hard I bury my heart, I want all living beings." Understand my intention, I want all the Buddhas to disappear into thin air." He is very famous on the Internet.
If there is such a sentence in a book, it is obvious that this protagonist, as well as the theme of the entire book, has an unruly struggle.
Such characters and themes are also liked by young people. Which young person does not have the idea of rebellion and struggle in his heart? It was his childhood school, his parents, his grown-up workplace, his boss, all kinds of things.
However, the film does not express the core of the film. It is just a commercial film about fighting monsters all the way. The core aspect of the film only contains some very hot lines.
It was said, but not filmed. The only things that fit these lines were special effects and some fighting scenes.
Plot is also a weak point of domestic directors. It seems that domestic directors can't tell stories. Each character's behavior, motivations, events, and emotions are all told in half, and then boiled in one pot.
Many events in this movie come out of nowhere, why did Sun Wukong come out, why did they fight, why did Azi get in front of Sun Wukong inexplicably, what is Yao Yun, and what is the inexplicable cooperation between Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong.
There is no foreshadowing of the characters' emotions, and conflicts begin to break out, and then they start to fight, and then they inexplicably stop fighting.
There are also modern lines that have no real sense and a few badly used plots. It is too inconsistent to put them in a movie with such a theme.
At the beginning, the bully bullies the beauty and the hero saves the beauty. Those who didn't know better thought it was a martial arts drama. This is "The Legend of Wukong", and they used such vulgar passages to stir up incidents.
An old woman went crazy because of the loss of her son. She mistakenly identified Yang Jian as her son, and then finally told him, in fact, I knew you were not my son.
It's a crappy joke like this that has to be used over and over again.
The movie has no logic that fits the theme from beginning to end, and the motivation is not well explained. The director thought that the only thing that would make the audience emotional is a passionate line, and then various interruptions and jokes.
Without the core, it is just a mediocre commercial movie.
For an adaptation, the absence of this point means all kinds of criticism and doubts.
After Peng Yuyan was criticized by Huang Feihong, this time Sun Wukong was scolded again.
However, the box office was still good, earning 400 million in four days.
As a big IP movie, it is quite popular. Especially at the press conference, a supporting actor was competing for the C position. This supporting actor is a first-line female star with a lot of fans, and the fans almost started to fight.
There are many movies in the summer season, but the most popular one is the tribute film "The Founding of the Army". As the third part of the series, it has naturally withstood the same huge controversy as the previous two parts.
However, because it is a war movie, "Wolf Warrior 2" got off to a good start. It was originally expected by many viewers, but those young talents shocked the audience again.
As Xiaoxianrou participates more and more in film and television dramas, he becomes more and more annoying to the audience. It has become politically correct to scold Xiaoxianrou.
And Liu Weiqiang, the director of Xiangjiang, they can shoot Young and Dangerous, but they are really not good at this kind of historical movies.
The film's pattern of national justice suddenly became infinitely close to the moral justice of the world. The scene where He Shuai pointed a gun at a police officer was filmed as if the underworld negotiations collapsed. There was no sense of disobedience at all, and the entire episode collapsed.
Liu Weiqiang doesn't understand historical films, let alone the historical films that Chinese people watch. Coupled with the audience's instinctive rejection of fresh meat, the film naturally crashed on the street.
In fact, the acting skills of many young actors are not that bad, and some of them are quite good. The main problems of the movie are not to blame on them.
Liu Weiqiang is also lucky that there are young freshmen who help him serve as guns, otherwise he would be the one who gets knocked at the door.
With 200 million in four days and a total box office of 400 million, this heavyweight war blockbuster ended in a disastrous failure.
Immediately afterwards, another aerial combat-themed war movie "Sky Hunter" was released. Directed by Li Chen, starring and starring the heroine Fan Binbin, this lineup was not surprising.
80 million in 3 days, with a total box office of 300 million.
The disastrous failure of the two war films also means that the main theme of war films brought about by "Wolf Warrior 2" is not so profitable, and the industry has calmed down a bit.
There are not many decent movies in July. In order to protect the summer schedule, especially the gift film "The Founding of the Army" and the military-invested "Sky Hunter", "Transformers 5" has been released in June.
, making July a lot more deserted.
This has also led to the fact that the 1 billion ticket subsidy prepared by the four major ticketing platforms for the summer season has no space to spend.