Chapter 45 The unsolved mystery of the film and television industry(1/2)
Today is the day when the ghost battle in the secret room is launched.
The platform has already given a rating before, but if nothing unexpected happens, it is B. In just one daytime, the charge for the Secret Room Ghost Battle exceeded 100,000.
For most B-level films, this is already a welcome number.
The charging period for online movies and platforms is generally about half a year. After half a year, the platform no longer pays the producers to watch, but only pays related advertising fees.
And in half a year, the most important thing is the first seven days.
Judging from the current situation, the charge should be hundreds of thousands, and the following depends on reputation.
Li Xianyun knew very well that this movie was fooling people by the beginning, so the evaluation would not be too high. If you succeed, don’t expect it.
But the comment was beyond his expectations.
There were actually many people in the movie comment section that expressed satisfaction, thinking that the beginning of the film was quite creative and some shots were unprecedented.
But some people also criticized it angrily, believing that this is another movie that is just a piece of cake to deceive the audience's feelings. The essence is at the beginning, and when it enters the charging stage, it flows down three thousand feet. Only the middle and final parts will return to a little excitement.
Supporting audiences believe that the ticket price is worth the price based on the three climax scenes in the opening film. After all, it is a large Internet giant with limited investment, so how much can it be counted on?
Opposing audiences think that movies are movies, and bad things are bad, and it has nothing to do with how much you invest.
Some viewers even started arguing in the comment section, causing a lot of controversy.
The evaluation of online movies is generally poor, and it is rare to have polarized popularity like now.
Jiang Zhengda seized the opportunity and quickly created a wave of topics, constantly moving exciting shots to various short video platforms.
The launch of the movie also caused a stir in Li Xianyun's circle of friends and online literature circles.
As an issuer, Li Xianyun must be very interested in advertising and promoting in his circle of friends.
So suddenly, all the friends I couldn't see on weekdays were bubbled up.
Congratulations from all walks of life who don’t have money come in one after another, and cheered a lot. Unfortunately, few people are willing to buy a two-dollar order for the film, and most of them are polite but not expensive.
Then relatives who were completely unmatched also emerged, and they were all surprised why Li Xianyun suddenly made a movie.
Relatives from various relatives come in remote villages. Some people have not contacted each other for a long time and don’t recognize them by reading their WeChat names. Li Xianyun didn’t ask, and they all replied in the official language: It’s okay, okay, just make do with it.
After returning, I still thought: Who is it?
I couldn't remember it for a long time, so I simply stopped thinking about it.
The second uncle and sister-in-law who had not been in contact for half a year also called. Li Xianyun just smiled coldly and hung up the phone directly, too lazy to deal with it.
The other party understood it and never contacted him again.
Even the neighbors have fun, especially those who have children and are interested in this kind of career.
The aunt from the neighbor's house on Li Xianyun's building came to recommend their daughter - a freckled girl.
After being rejected by Li Xianyun, he was still not satisfied and kept saying that Li Xianyun would not recognize others when he was rich.
It's so weird. I didn't know you before.
There is also a more direct person. He asked him if he had made a lot of money. Li Xianyun knew what the other party would say later and replied uniformly: I lost.
The other party was so desperate that he borrowed money.
In the original world, when Li Xianyun made a movie for the first time, she was so annoyed that she didn't dare to send messages on her Moments when she made a movie later. It was indeed a bunch of messy people who came to find you, and she was so angry!
This also indirectly proves that Li Xianyun's heart is not tough enough - old birds with old faces are only responsible for showing off, so where are they responsible for charity?
In short, making money these days is like having unique skills. It must be kept invisible. If you dare to say that you make 100,000 yuan, a group of people will dare to borrow a million from you. Each one is swearing to repay the money, and then half of them disappear and half of them have no money to repay it.
In the original world, not counting Ren Zhi, Li Xianyun borrowed money three times, totaling 86,000 yuan, and never even recovered a penny. Li Xianyun is a shameless person, but he was helpless to find that a considerable number of people in reality are actually shameless.
On the contrary, Ren Zhi, although this guy cheated money, he never missed the debt!
He's timid!
For him, the court summons were just documents for life, so he never dared to rely on Ming money.
That's why Li Xianyun dared to lend him money - the only person I dared to borrow money was actually a cheater... I was speechless!
In contrast, congratulations from the online literature industry seem more sincere.
The author and the author generally do not involve interests, and if you don’t read your novel, you won’t read the direct competitive relationship like my novels. Therefore, the friendship is relatively pure. Many bigwigs make more money than Li Xianyun, so naturally they won’t borrow money from Li Xianyun. Fans will only be happy that the authors they support will achieve better results.
Of course, there are also those who think more deeply.
Some readers are worried: "If a prodigal son makes money by making money in movies, will he stop writing books in the future? If I wish him not to make money, will he be scolded?"
Very good question sentences, and a consensus understanding was obtained.
There are also blunt words: "This is your script for prodigal son? It's not very good. It's not as good as your novels, so you are not suitable for this industry."
There is also a sarcastic story: "The movie "The Prodigal Son is average in everything except for special effects. I guess I can't make money, and it's a big waste."
Everyone yelled: "Yes, the prodigal son will call it too big in the future!"
You guys are decisive and black fans.
Although Li Xianyun also knows that this book is not good due to various reasons, including cost, and the special environment of the Internet, it is not suitable for this job, right? If you don’t like it, it doesn’t mean it’s really not possible.
But Li Xianyun was also used to it.
But more friends still congratulate and support, and expressed their concerns about the complete novel of the existing novel.
Li Xianyun had to solemnly declare: The book will be completed in three days.
So the noise became louder.
There are even calls for boycotting the Prodigal Son movie.
Li Xianyun sighed, "Sure enough, the truth is not pleasing these days."
But what really surprised him was the opinions of people in the circle.
There is also a discrimination chain in the film and television industry.
Those who make art films look down on those who make commercial blockbusters, those who make movies look down on those who make TV series, and those who make TV series look down on those who make online movies.
No matter from which perspective, online movies belong to the lowest level of this circle.
A noteworthy phenomenon is: just two years ago, the film and television revenue of the three major online film and television platforms exceeded the total revenue of all domestic TV stations.
In other words, the three major online film and television platforms have now become mainstream media.
But this does not affect the bottom position of online movies - but with the rise of online movies in the later period, online movies have also attracted more and more big names to join.
But even so, there is still a long way to go to truly gain recognition.
So under normal circumstances, some domestic film critics will not pay attention to online movies at all, and some contributors will not comment on these movies unless they get money.
But the ghost battle in the secret room is different.
It's so alternative!
This alternative is not only reflected in the difference in the effect between the first six minutes and the next eighty minutes, but also in the sense of the camera.
The first thing those professional film practitioners discovered was that this film was a little wrong: there was something wrong with the shooting skills he used.
Why can a female ghost come out of the mirror directly, go around it and then enter again, without any signs of cutting?
Mirrors are the most common props in movies, and many directors like to use them - because space is the most important part of the picture!
The mirror itself has a special spatial embodiment, which can form a double space and achieve some special effects. Therefore, there are many masterpieces that use mirrors as props. For example, Terminator, Farewell My Concubine, etc., all of them are like this.
In the process of using the mirror, how to hide the camera is a basic technique: the existence of the camera will be reflected in the mirror.
In order to solve this problem, the directors came up with various methods and techniques, mainly through special cutting.
But Li Xianyun is different. Many shots in his movies cannot see the cut traces at all, and there is no other use of repetitive scenes. Some do not even switch between shots. Some places fly up, look at the angle, and stick to the ceiling without even space to hold a wire. The key is to give a panoramic view... This is outrageous.
I can't imagine how to do it.
In a simple sentence: his lens does not rely on existing photography techniques at all.
So when professionals watch his movies, they will be puzzled by one question: How did this shot be taken?
Of course, the director can also shoot some shots in reality, but it takes a lot of energy to prepare. Generally, movies of at least tens of millions of levels can be achieved.
You are such a small production, why are some of the lenses very bad, while others are at a high level?
This is like the letter written by Han Han to Guo Qilin in crosstalk: "My brother Qilin, I see my words as if I am like a face... I am planning to open a party, come on."
Yes, that's the tune!
Too outrageous!
Too contradictory!
Too disharmonious!
Under such circumstances, a film that has been released for only half a month has not caused much response from the outside world, but has slowly spread in the professional circle.
Many film critics, producers and directors have given their opinions on this film.
Some criticized Li Xianyun for not being able to make movies and spend money; some praised young people for being uncensored, not falling into ruthlessness, and innovating; some praised the creativity of organs and female ghosts, and some directly criticized another bad movie that was wasted resources.
Comments from all parties were also very popular, and it was because of this movie that attracted another wave of popularity, but most people's feedback was: the navy.
To be continued...