In July, regarding movies, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" took the lead worldwide, with a super box office figure of 70 million US dollars in its first week in North America. In the past July, North America alone has taken nearly 70 million U.S. dollars.
The box office revenue is US$300 million, and the global revenue is as high as US$600 million.
The envious Hollywood film companies are staring straight in their eyes. They are also making movies. They have worked hard on large-scale productions, but in the end they have both losses and profits. The production costs of Summit Entertainment's movies are not high, like "The Twilight Saga"
There are currently three parts in the series, but none of them cost more than $100 million, which is simply ten times more money.
In China, it is "Oldboy" that dominates the scene, and the overwhelming news is all about this movie.
But in fact, these news have been repeated over and over again, and nothing has changed. Judging from the announced lineup, it cannot be said that it is very bright, because the current domestic first-line female stars are International Chapter, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei, and the first-line male stars are
Zhou Runfa, Ge You, Jet Li, Cheng Long. Of course Huang Bo is also on the front line, and Shao Shuaijun is even more on the front line in the director world. Generally speaking, it is a luxurious lineup, but not super luxurious.
This is still unknown to everyone, but Li Bingbing and others are just guest appearances. From the perspective of plot and subject matter, the movie is not even a big production. Moreover, when the stars guest star and do not charge fees, the total investment of the movie
No more than RMB 20 million.
If this were done in the United States, it wouldn't even be able to recruit a celebrity's thigh.
Just because this is Shao Shuaijun's film in China after returning from Hollywood, "Oldboy" has reached incredible heights and is more popular than Li Yu's "Lust, Caution".
During the reporter's question-and-answer session at the opening meeting, many reporters asked Shao Shuaijun why he wanted to return to China to shoot movies. According to everyone's literal understanding, Hollywood is a higher level than the Chinese film industry. A director cannot gain a foothold in Hollywood.
Who wants to come back.
For example, Lee Eucalyptus accepted the third-level film "Lust, Caution" because of the failure of "The Incredible Hulk" and "Brokeback Mountain" had not yet been released.
The movies he made in recent years were deteriorating, so he had to move to the mainland to shoot "Red Cliff".
Any serious filmmaker who can make it in Hollywood, whether he is a star or a director, does not want to come back. But Shao Shuaijun chose to come back at the height of his career, which makes people think a lot.
In this regard, Shao Shuaijun explained: "For me, making movies now is more based on a preference. "Oldboy" is a memory about middle school. This is a reflection of Asia that is unique to China. In
You can't shoot the original feeling anywhere, only in China. I have said a long time ago that it doesn't matter where you shoot a movie. For me, I just need to find a good subject and make a good movie.
That’s enough for the movie.”
A reporter asked Shao Shuaijun why he suddenly changed careers and came back to be an actor. Shao Shuaijun replied: "I want to experience a different self, an ordinary self. I imagined what kind of existence I would be like. I was very impulsive.
, I want to show a different me in person." In other words, a me in a previous life.
"Why did the original cast of "Crazy Stone" be used in the casting? There are also many original cast members of "33 Days After Love"?"
Shao Shuaijun said with a smile: "I shoot movies, and "Buried Alive" is just my one-man show. "Crazy Stone" is my first time to control a huge crew and learn to command and dispatch and other complicated directing processes. Our entire crew,
We all worked together to achieve the perfect shooting. It can be said that at that time, many people were grassroots, and Xu Zheng was the biggest one. Looking back, wow, it has been five years.
In the past, everyone has changed a lot. I think, how many years in a person's life can be worth remembering, so it is better to bring everyone together and cooperate again. As for Liu Shishi and the others, because they are artists under their own company, and
We've worked together before and we're familiar with each other, so we get together."
"Have you ever thought about how much box office you will win? With so many big names joining in?"
"I never thought that some movies are shot just for the box office, and some movies are shot not for the box office. I don't think "Oldboy" is a movie shot for the box office. I hope it can be used like this
A movie commemorates dreams and inspires us to never give up on the road to pursuing our dreams. Then, the meaning of the movie’s existence becomes clear.”
Seeing that Shao Shuaijun always said some mysterious things, the reporters knew that Shao Shuaijun was a Tai Chi pusher, so they turned their guns and started asking the celebrities. They asked Huang Bo first: "You and Director Shao formed the Stick Brothers and sang "Old Boy"
", can you explain the relationship between this song and this movie?"
Huang Boxiao said: "The relationship is that we sang this song in the movie. Of course, what Director Shao meant, he didn't sing well, so later on, we will give it to Brother Chopsticks to dub it. It means that we are lip-synching.
Ha ha."
"Hey, hey, Huang Bo, what are you talking about? It's because you sang out of tune, right?" Shao Shuaijun quickly came out to refute the rumors. Of course, no one believed him. Huang Bo had been a singer in his early years, and after singing, he shocked Shao Shuaijun.
"Excuse me, Mr. Liu, can you tell me what kind of role you are as the school beauty in the movie?"
Liu Shishi can be said to be one of the few eye-catching beauties in the movie. She wore a floral dress today, which was very eye-catching: "I am the school beauty, so naturally I am a goddess that can be seen and cannot be seen. Director Shao and Huang Bo both want to pursue me."
I, however, their methods are a bit unspeakable."
"Xu Zheng, it is said that you have become a villain again?"
Xu Zheng wore a peaked cap: "It can't be said that he is a villain. At least in the movie, among a group of old classmates, I am the best one. Have you seen the "Chinese Good Boy" program today?
This is the program under my control. Director Shao can only host weddings outside, Huang Bo is just a barber, and I drive a Mercedes-Benz."
What should be revealed will naturally be revealed, and the plot that should not be disclosed will be passed over perfunctorily, and the opening meeting is over. The crew had a meal together at noon, and officially started work in the afternoon. The first ones to shoot were Guo Tao, Li Bingbing, and Sun Li
In the scene with Deng Chao, the four of them are guest stars, and a total of three sets of shots can be completed.
One group is in the audition, watching the performances of Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai, no need to speak. The other group is in the hotel, accepting Bao Xiaobai's arrangement, preparing to humiliate and eliminate Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai, all they need to do is nod and agree twice.
That's it. The scene with more lines was the scene in the rematch. Each of the four people humiliated Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai with one sentence, and then they all announced that the two were eliminated.
Three groups of shots and three scenes are all solved at the Dream Chase Film and Television Base. If you hurry up and wait a little late, it will be finished today.
The movie is not a special effects film, it is not a martial arts film, and it is not a drama. It is just a black humor about dreams and youth. The performance does not need to be so delicate. Otherwise, Shao Shuaijun would not go into battle himself for fear of being scolded.
"Come on, come on, I will give each of you a close-up in this scene. You must show contempt, disdain, and cold expressions. It is best to be exaggerated. To match your lines, you must have an evil and arrogant feeling.
.Sister Bing, Sun Li, can you two overcome yourselves and act like evil bitches?"
"You are looking down on people. Who are you? Do you have eyes?" Li Bingbing acted out on the spot and despised Shao Shuaijun. She is Li Xiuxiu's sister and Shao Shuaijun's sister. She can put on airs easily and casually.
"Okay, hurry up and put on your makeup. The filming will start in a minute."
Soon, the four people who had put on makeup, plus Bao Xiaobai played by Xu Zheng, sat on the judges' bench. The audience that had been found below also took their places. Under Lu Le's command, the camera had been focused on each judge's face.
Face.
"What do you do?" Guo Tao asked casually.
Director assistant Yang Ying took the lines and said: "Wedding host. Barber."
"Wedding host, barber, haha." Several judges laughed wildly.
"How old are you, and why do you have wrinkles on your face?" Sun Li said with a smile.
"32.31."
"Do you know that you look very old? You are indeed very old. You are the oldest here?" Deng Chao said with a smile, looking full of ridicule.
"Do you think you will become popular?" Li Bingbing seemed to be asking, but in fact he was shaking his head. The meaning was very clear, you will not become popular.
"Card! You are indeed a master of powerful acting skills. You are awesome. You passed it in one try!" Shao Shuaijun said with praise. When it comes to acting skills, they are all very good. "This scene has passed. Now we move on to the next one, this one."
The two actors are singing a song, and when you listen to it, you are all a little ashamed and moved, and it shows."
Then the music started, and Chopsticks Brothers' singing came out of the speakers, and the four people's expressions suddenly changed. Following the singing, they gradually became a little moved, and lowered their heads in shame, or looked at the stage with complicated eyes.
.Now it’s just a scene between the four of us, and later it will be edited into a scene where Shao Shuaijun and Huang Bo sing and dance.
"Stuck! The expression is not tense enough, try it again!"
After three times in a row, the scene was finally filmed. Without giving any time to breathe, Shao Shuaijun's voice sounded again: "Okay, let's go to the next scene, which is about struggling to show the crossed out sign. Yang Ying, get ready.
Read the lines, three, two, one, start!"
I hurriedly hurriedly hurriedly, and finally it was after nine o'clock in the evening that the four people's scenes were filmed. If this were in the United States, they would have already got off work, and if they did not get off work, they would have to pay high overtime pay. But now in China, overtime is commonplace.
Money hurts feelings. Therefore, Shao Shuaijun had a lot of fun shooting. He shot at his own home venue as he pleased. He shot whatever came to his mind and didn't need to worry about the mood of the crew at all.
That’s why capitalists like to come to China to hunt for gold.
However, Shao Shuaijun just likes this kind of filming that doesn't take time into account. He has always been very generous with his money. If the crew has money, they can only delay it for a little longer. Everyone is happy.
After the filming was completed, Shao Shuaijun invited everyone to have another beer and sent the four of them off. The crew got off work, but he did not get off work. He summoned the director team again and began to assign tasks for tomorrow. In a movie, the director has to worry about things There are too many, which is why many directors like to bring a group of assistant directors to share the burden. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)