my time as a director

From the second 20 billion, and the phenomenon-level movie that is expected to surpass "Fast and Furious 7" and win this year's box office champion, it seems to have become a joke all of a sudden.

Immediately afterwards, CCTV also reported on the box office, and the general manager of the New Film Federation Cinemas was interviewed and talked about the fact that only 800 million can buy 1 million box office.

Cinema professionals stepped forward, and CCTV also reported it, which is almost a real hammer.

After some turmoil, the box office trend of "Monster Hunt" stabilized a bit, and finally ended with less than 23 billion.

The vigorous summer vacation, two 20 billion-level movies, and two billion-level movies ended with such an ending.

The money from the summer box office champion was transferred, and his reputation was somewhat flawed in the end.

But who cares, investors are already celebrating.

Such a summer season with a huge box office explosion has also greatly stimulated the industry. Film and television stocks have also risen sharply, and listed companies are sitting on the sky and losing money.

More importantly, both "Monster Hunt" and "Pancake Man" are "new" films, with cutting-edge directors, new actors, and new genres, which also allow other industries to see a broader prospect.

And "The Return of the Great Sage", which has a box office of nearly one billion, has also made some voices of the revival of Chinese comics on the Internet. Many companies are considering investing in animated films. After all, this does not require high remuneration for big-name directors and actors.

For the future film industry, the summer file is not perfect, but it can be regarded as a great success. After all, as the first film in the series, the box office is close to 20 billion. The only fly in the ointment is that it did not win the box office champion of the summer file.

It is absolutely positive for the company's listing prospects.

There were no heavyweight movies in the next National Day file, and they were all concentrated in the Lunar New Year file. Li Qian dealt with the company's reorganization, and then began to devote himself to the creation of the script.

Slow work and meticulous work, there are no films to learn from, and all have to be done by themselves. Only then did Li Qian realize that it is really not that easy to do.

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, and the actual film may have to cut 10 to [-] minutes.

The main thing is to change the procrastinating parts. This kind of drama is not as good as special effects blockbusters. Even if the plot is a bit procrastinating, there are special effects to watch.

However, if a feature film is a little bit slow, although the audience can't say anything, the effect of watching the film will be very obvious.

Many movies will have a director's cut version, and many movie fans prefer to look for the extended version to watch, but there is no need for it.

As professional directors and editors, they don't have any clips, unless it is force majeure, such as the photoelectric harmony clips, in fact, it doesn't affect anything.

Sometimes professional movie fans watch the director's extended version, and occasionally there will be a feeling of sudden enlightenment, but it is actually not important to the whole.

The main reason is that the mentality of watching the extended version is different from the first time I watched it. I watched it with a refined mentality, rather than simply watching the movie.

If you watch the extended version for the first time, it is estimated that a certain period of time will make you feel bored.

Too much detail is a bad thing.

After refining the script, Li Qian deleted some deliberate things in several key points of family relationship and emotional transformation.

The key points of many movies seem to be like the director holding your head to let you watch, and explaining to you in your ears, which is redundant and long-winded.

The second is supporting roles. In addition to the protagonist's family, the film also arranges the appearance of other people on the plane, but the number and frequency have also been deleted.

For example, the male protagonist who wants to find a job again, has disappeared for five years and is out of touch with society. After hitting a wall repeatedly, he stands blankly on the road.

Just not far away, there was a man selling music on the street. The male protagonist 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 the band has a new lead singer, and his contacts from five years ago are also gone. Disappeared, in order to make a living, he could only temporarily sell and sing on the street.

The reason why he is not a star, but just a lead singer of a small band, is because of rationality. After all, even if he is a small star, even if he has passed away, but suddenly comes back from the dead, it is also big news, enough to be popular for a while.

Generally speaking, the rationality pursued by movies is much more rigorous than that of TV dramas. For a 90-minute movie, the more unreasonable things there are, the more dramatic it will be.

In just a few days, the lead singer of a famous band in the local area lost everything, and even the brothers in the original band no longer accepted him, but he was still optimistically singing on the street with a guitar, and there was no trace of complaining in his voice. Instead, it is full of longing for tomorrow.

As for what song to sing, Li Qian hadn't figured it out yet, and he didn't know much about music.

This supporting role is a role that cheers up the male protagonist who can't find a job and is depressed.

It is also very common for a supporting role in a movie to take on this kind of role, but it cannot be too many. It is too deliberate for such a supporting role to appear every once in a while.

When revising the script, Li Qian deleted two such characters.

Going too far, pretending to be smart, many directors and screenwriters will make mistakes, as if they are afraid that the audience will not understand, and they are complacent, thinking that their arrangements are so ingenious.

Treating the audience as idiots will not lead to good results.

The script of "Flight of Destiny" is considered complete, but it is only a script. Next, we need to write a storyboard script, and then draw a storyboard for about one-tenth of the more critical shots.

Halfway through September, just in time for the next National Day file.

There are no important movies in the National Day file, the main thing is to arrange the future movie app.

In the summer vacation that just passed, seven or eight ticketing platforms burned a total of [-] million. This hot summer vacation also has their credit. The [-] million tickets made up for it. A large number of low-priced tickets directly stimulated the consumption enthusiasm of the audience.

This is only posted by the platform itself, and several film distributors themselves have invested a lot of ticket subsidies.

It’s just a matter of fighting for money. If you don’t have money, you can raise money. The future movie app will be spun off separately, and it will raise the A round to raise funds for the next Lunar New Year and Spring Festival.

There is not much technical content, mainly based on the publicity and feedback before the release of several popular movies, absolutely the amount of ticket supplements invested in each movie, the money cannot be burned in vain, it must be burned sharply.

There are also various lottery, sign-in, evaluation, and forwarding activities. In this regard, just learn from others. Whichever company's system is good, it will be transplanted.

As a result, several platforms are similar, except that the names are different. Only Glava seems a bit out of place. They are still insisting on improving the user experience, but it is estimated that they will not be able to support it.

Life is so boring, writing storyboards, busy with company affairs, and 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 Film Association, "Rejuvenation" is a non-entertainment film with a deep meaning, and it is still the main theme, and it is definitely going to win an award. It is not good if you don't come.

What's more, there are other film nominations under the company's banner, so I took the time to come here.

This year's Golden Rooster Award was held in Jilin City, Jilin Province. To be honest, if it was the Golden Rooster Award, Li Qian would not even know there was a Jilin City. After all, it is very rare for provinces and cities with the same name, and it seems to be the only case in China.

When I arrived at the National Fitness Center, the scene was already very lively, and the people of Northeast China are always very hospitable.

There are quite a few big-name actors and directors here this time. Zhang Yimou and Ma Xiaogang from the mainland are here. Zhang Yimou is nominated, and Ma Xiaogang is nominated for Best Actress by his wife.

Liu Dehua, who was nominated for Best Actor in "Lost Orphans", is probably the most popular, and the young female fans of Wu Yifan from the crew of "Somewhere Only We Know" can barely keep up.

Young people are full of energy. Like other popular fans, Zhao Wei's performance is not as good as Wu Yifan's. After all, her fans are not young.

Walking through the red carpet and entering the interview area, what the reporters care about is not whether to win an award, but to ask about the news of the new film.

Li Qian still didn't know what to ask.

After entering the venue, I sat down, and the crew of "Return" happened to be on the left, and Zhang Yimou also came.

"Director Zhang, you are here when you are free. Is the filming of "The Great Wall" finished?" Li Qian greeted with a smile.

Zhang Yimou, who was thinking about something, also laughed when he heard the words, and seemed to be looking forward to his new film with an investment of one billion yuan.