rising director
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There's no reason why a bad "Infernal Affairs" can't be made.
What happened to the big cast, what happened to the big production, the same is to make movies, and the same is to tell stories!
I, Wan Xiaohu, don't believe that I can't shoot well.There are always people who come here, afraid of a ball!
Nothing is unachievable.
Wan Xiaohu is a caring person.
……
The filming of the Tiantai showdown was not completed in three days, and the crew originally thought that it would continue like this.
However, the next day, I received a notice from the production crew to have a holiday.
"Hua Zai, we won't be filming today. It may be that our preparations haven't been done yet. I plan to film a small scene first to warm up. When I have time later, I will make up the scene of the rooftop confrontation." Wan Xiaohu called Liu Dehua to explain.
"See what you mean, Xiaohu."
"Wei Zi, we won't be filming today...yes, we have three days off..."
After the phone call, Wan Xiaohu rubbed his face and called Mai Zhaohui and others.All are on vacation.
"Director, if you take a day off, the crew will have to pay a lot of money." Mai Zhaohui was a little reluctant.
"It's okay, I don't care about money, we haven't been in the right shape recently, let's stabilize first." Wan Xiaohu is an investor, and he owns all the copyrights.
"That's fine, I'll go and revise the script first."
hang up the phone.Wan Xiaohu was in the hotel, comparing scripts.While watching videotapes of various Hong Kong films, I did research and took notes.Try to study the script to the most thorough level, release all my skills of more than ten years, and conquer this script.At the same time, I kept replaying movies in my mind, replaying the "Infernal Affairs" I watched in the last track in my mind over and over again.
As a directing student, Wan Xiaohu doesn't watch movies like ordinary people.Read it and forget it.
He has memorized the movies, minutes and seconds, how to move the camera, how to light, all have been analyzed and memorized in his mind.Especially good movies.That’s all dozens of times and hundreds of times of repeated observations. If you can’t do this, you can’t talk about being a directing student or being a director.
The next day, Wan Xiaohu was watching the video when the phone in the room rang.
"Hi, Tiger, I'm Su Ya." The phone has activated long-distance service, and you can also call from the mainland, Su Ya's voice came.
"What is it?"
"Is the copyright of "My Sassy Girl" decided to sell? Madonna sent someone to negotiate. The price has been set, a remake and adaptation fee of 350 million US dollars. If you are sure to sell, I will sign a contract with them."
"Sell." Wan Xiaohu didn't hesitate.
"Okay, I'll sign the contract later... Well, by the way, how is your filming going?"
"Everything is going well." Wan Xiaohu reported good news but not bad news.
"kindness."
"It's okay, I'll hang up if it's okay, there are too many things."
"Hey……"
Before Su Ya's words came, Wan Xiaohu hung up the phone, and then continued to watch the video tape. The pressure of "Infernal Affairs" was on his heart, and he couldn't concentrate on chatting at all.
In the evening, Zeng Zhiwei called again.
"Hey, Xiaohu, I heard that your filming is not going well recently, is it right? Come out, come out, I will take you to the nightclub to be happy. Uncle Zeng is a person who has been here. Relax and the next scene will be ready for filming. Uncle Zeng used to be a director , that’s how you decompress yourself.”
Wan Xiaohu sweated a little: "Uncle Zeng, I really don't like going to nightclubs, and I'm not in the mood at all. I'm stubborn. If I don't solve the script well and overcome the pressure, I'm in a panic. Zeng Uncle, if you come to film another day, I will buy you a drink."
"Okay, let's talk about it, let's go drink together another day."
After hanging up Zeng Zhiwei's phone, Xue Kaiqi called again.
"Boss, what are the arrangements for tomorrow?"
"Go to the video store tomorrow and buy some discs for me. Let me tell you the names, and you can remember them, "Dark War", "Inception", "Dragon Four Seas", "Dragon on the Edge", "Black Gold" ", "Blood Heroes"..."
The three-day holiday flew by.
Early in the morning on the fourth day, Wan Xiaohu got up from the bed full of discs, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and shaved his beard.Put on clean and tidy clothes, leave the room with a bunch of notes between them.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning spilled into the aisle from the window and shone on Wan Xiaohu's face.
It is different from the depression of the previous few days.
This time, it seemed to be overflowing with infinite pride.
"Infernal Affairs", this is the beginning!
0164【I will remember you】
Wan Xiaohu, who regained his confidence, once again stirred up troubles in the crew.
Absorbing the essence of old Hong Kong gangster films, and matching with the original "Infernal Affairs", even "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Infernal Affairs 3: Ultimate Infernal Affairs", rethinking how to shoot "Infernal Affairs".Start with some simple scenes, do your homework well, and the film will slowly enter the state when it is shot.
In fact, as long as he, as a director, can see the problem clearly, the movie will not be a problem.
After all, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, and Eric Tsang are all old actors. Except for Hua Tsai's acting skills, which may be a little weaker, the other three are definitely veteran actors, acting like what they do.
Coupled with the fact that Wan Xiaohu did not hesitate to burn the film, every scene was kept improving, and the progress was not fast, but he was really picky.
Every day, I get up at five o'clock in the morning, arrange the crew together with Mak Siu-fai and others, and then start regular shooting at seven o'clock.Finish work at eleven o'clock, lunch and lunch break, start work at two o'clock in the afternoon and continue filming, if normal, stop work.But these days, the crew has almost never finished work normally. They all work overtime, and they can't finish work until after ten o'clock.
Although the work is hard, the money is also generous, and the staff have no complaints.
However, the original investment of 2000 million Hong Kong dollars may not be enough for Wan Xiaohu to spend so casually.Fortunately, Dandelion Films is rich now. The box office share of "My Sassy Girl" alone is more than 8000 million RMB, and the copyright for the adaptation is 350 million US dollars, which is 2800 million RMB. Now the sales of DVDs, music tapes, and video tapes are very good. Yes, it is expected to make another 2000 million RMB.
The book surplus is more than [-] million, and Su Ya trusts Wan Xiaohu very much, so this money is not just spent casually.
Dare to invest 2000 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie during the film recession.On the one hand, the media boasted that "Infernal Affairs" was a work to save the market, and on the other hand, they also pretended to be a joke.
And not long after, through Universal Films, it was announced that "Infernal Affairs" will invest an additional 500 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Mainland people are stupid people with a lot of money." Many Hong Kong media shook their heads while reporting the news.
"2500 million Hong Kong dollars big production. A sincere work of Hong Kong movies."
Even though they don't like the movie well, the media didn't pour cold water on it. After all, Hong Kong movies are in a recession, and it's rare to have a big production.The media is smart.Knowing that the film industry is booming, they will have food, and when the film industry is sluggish, they will also lose their jobs.
Of course, you can't expect all media people to have a straight ass, especially Hong Kong is full of media that are not friendly to the mainland.There are always people who jump out and find themselves uncomfortable.
"The production cost of "Infernal Affairs" soared by 2500 million. How can the box office recover it? It's a ridiculous work by a mainland director."
"Wan Xiaohu's attempt to be the savior of Hong Kong movies is afraid that it will become the last straw that crushes Hong Kong movies."
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