my time as a director

"Ordinary domestic films really don't have much competitiveness against Hollywood blockbusters."

The summer file has entered the late stage, but the domestic film can be said to be a complete failure, even the Transformers 2 is not needed. The two films of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Ice Age 3 alone have completely outperformed other domestic films.

"Now it seems that any Hollywood blockbuster can easily sell tens of millions at the box office."

Xu Zheng was also full of emotion. The previous year Crazy Stone sold 3000 million at the box office, which attracted the attention of the entire film industry. At that time, he thought that was already a remarkable figure.

But looking at it now, many Hollywood blockbusters that are also non-series and not well-known can easily sell for more than [-] million yuan, which is a number that most domestic movies can't even match.

Li Qian shook his head, "Our country has just been marketed for less than ten years, and there are few directors who can make commercial films. Many films by older directors will not cater to the audience. There is no way to do it. Take your time. Our market, after all, belongs to us mainland filmmakers."

"I don't know how much box office people can get in Jiongtu."

Xu Zheng began to worry about the box office before the filming started.

"If the comedy film is finished, you don't have to worry about not having an audience. First, set a small goal and get a box office of 5000 million."

"Is 5000 million a small goal? What about the big goal?"

Li Qian smiled, "One hundred million, you have to pursue something."

"..."

My darling, Xu Zheng lost his virginity, he opened his mouth for 5000 million, and the small goal is [-] million.

For 5000 million, Xu Zheng still expected it. After all, it is his first time as a director, so of course there will inevitably be various expectations.

If it fails once, it will be more realistic.

But even if he thought about it, Xu Zheng never thought about the possibility of breaking [-] million.

Is this the world of great directors? If you open your mouth casually, there will be hundreds of millions.

......

Time has entered August, and Perfect World is still being filmed in an orderly manner.

In the past half month, it has basically been the roles of Zhang Hanyu and Wu Lei.

It is not only the fugitive life of the two, but also Zhang Hanyu, in the image of his father, educates Wu Lei, who has no father since childhood, is cowardly, hesitant, and follows the rules, but at the same time yearns for some excitement and longing for the unknown world.

Playing the role of a father all the time, teaching him many principles of life.

When driving on the road, tell him that the front of the car is the future, and the back of the car is the past. When we stop the car, it is the present moment. We should enjoy life and enjoy the present moment.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately stopped the car and asked Wu Lei what he wanted to do now, no matter what it was, he would help him realize it.

Eat unlimited snacks, play games all night, play enough in the playground, play football with other strange children, kick other people's windows and leave.

Breaking the shackles taught Wu Lei many things that he could not learn from his mother, including bravery, independence, breaking the rules, and sexual enlightenment education that only his father can do.

Although there are some things, such as playing games all night, it is wrong, but life is not like this, many things are just happy for yourself.

How boring it would be to strictly control the time and quantity even when playing a game or eating a snack occasionally.

Playing games is real, eating snacks is real, and the playground is also real fun. The crew directly booked the venue, and even kicking broken glass in other people's houses is real kicking. Let Wu Lei and a few children kick around there and play freely. How to be happy.

After being attacked twice by Li Qian, Wu Lei was extremely happy during this time, and the emotions he showed naturally fit the character perfectly.

The best acting is being who you are, and there's nothing better than being who you are.

In mid-August, the movie has been filming for a month, and the progress is over halfway. Wu Gang and Deng Chao have also joined the team.

I have been filming scenes of Zhang Hanyu and Wu Lei playing while fleeing, and it is time for their opponents to go online.

After putting on makeup and changing into police uniforms, this was their first scene in the group, and Li Qian talked about it himself.

"Teacher Wu Gang, Brother Chao, you have also understood the script and your respective characters. Our scene is on the way to chase and escape. You discuss the hero's past, which can be regarded as giving the audience a side-by-side understanding of the hero's past."

After discussing for a while, Wu Gang made a suggestion, "Director Li, if I tell him about his past, the effect will be better. After all, I play a role similar to his father in the movie."

Li Qian said, "Actually, I thought so too, but there are two people in the police who want to save the male protagonist, and the other is a female psychologist who dictates the male protagonist's deeds. Compared with the role of Teacher Wu Gang, she has no contact with the male protagonist. Then you can express why she also wants to save the male protagonist by telling the past of the male protagonist. After all, they have never met each other. With such things dictated by her, coupled with the unique sensibility of women, it will be more convincing. .”

"After all, in our movie, these are embellishments. The most important thing is the role of Zhang Hanyu and Wu Lei. There is no extra shot for the other person, and as an auditor, Mr. Wu Gang, you are also another part of the story she dictated. A protagonist, because you sent the male protagonist when you were a child to the juvenile detention center, and his situation at that time was optional, and when she told the past, you would feel guilty by the side."

The director is the soul of a movie. Li Qian gave a good explanation, and Wu Gang no longer insisted on his own ideas.

"Brother Chao, your role is much simpler. A stern and selfless captain of the criminal police, with a Sima face throughout the whole process. After all, if you can be the captain of a city's criminal police, you must have seen countless major cases and all kinds of things like this." But the original "criminal, your heart is as hard as a stone, and you only have the law in your eyes." Li Qian briefly explained to Deng Chao, these things we talked about before starting the machine.

"Understood, it's simple." Deng Chao replied confidently.

They are all old actors, and there is nothing extra to say.

Prepare for a while, and shoot later.

Deng Chao saw Wu Lei sitting on the side reciting his lines, so he walked over and patted him on the head.

Wu Lei turned his head and looked at Deng Chao blankly.

"Your name is Wu Lei, right?"

"Ah."

"Hello, my name is Deng Chao, and we can be regarded as colleagues."

After saying hello and chatting a few words, Deng Chao walked away, and had to film.

Leaving Wu Lei still at a loss, he didn't know what Deng Chao wanted to do.

Isn't it a colleague? Deng Chao played Zhang Hanyu's son, and Wu Lei almost played Zhang Hanyu's son.

When Li Qian asked him to play a guest role, he said it was a movie about a father-son relationship, and he thought he was going to play Zhang Hanyu's son again.

But let him down, it's not Zhang Hanyu's son, nor the protagonist, it's just a cameo who played for less than 5 minutes.

Although he doesn't want to play other people's sons anymore, especially the sons of the same generation, he can barely accept his devotion to art, but Li Qian didn't give him a chance.

Shooting started right away.

Although I have just joined the group, the scenes are simple and the roles are not complicated. Some of them are actors who have been filming for many years, and it went very smoothly.

When the female psychologist mentioned that the male protagonist was sent to the juvenile prison for stealing when he was a child, the criminal police captain played by Deng Chao went on to say that he learned bad things there, and Wu Gang just showed a trace of guilt and heartache.

Originally, he didn't have to send him to the juvenile detention center, but he couldn't bear the hero to learn bad things in society, so he insisted on sending him to the juvenile detention center for reform. He felt that half of the hero's current changes were caused by him.

In juvenile detention centers and prisons, not everyone can be rehabilitated.

It's full of criminals, and being with a group of criminals can lead to being a criminal.