The Spring Festival has passed, and for the Chinese, this is the beginning of a new year. For Xiao Ran, the Asian distribution and sales network in his mind only lacks the most important link - South Korea. The film company has
A theater chain gradually became the first formalized theater chain in South Korea through initial acquisitions and mergers.
However, owning theaters does not mean controlling Korean movies. Xiao Ran wants more, such as CJ, the largest distribution company in South Korea...
In fact, the Korean film industry at this time was still very chaotic and very young. Although some excellent filmmakers had emerged, they lacked sufficient funds. Xiao Ran did not consider supporting Korean films. Instead, it was necessary to suppress them. So-called
The pressure is to attract all Korean audiences to Hong Kong films with excellent works, so that it will be difficult for Korean films themselves to achieve great development.
In fact, Xiao Ran knew very well that no matter how big Phantom became, it would be difficult to form a complete monopoly in the film market. Every country knows how to protect its own film industry, so his goal is only to replace Hollywood and become the world's mainstream.
Just like Hollywood movies more than ten years later, you can see them in any corner of the world.
At present, he has no plans to attract foreign filmmakers on a large scale. After all, Hong Kong does not yet have the qualifications to become an Asian film center. This qualification must at least be supported by the mainland market, coupled with its own huge technology and talent.
Only then can we obtain it, and only then can we have the real qualifications to challenge Hollywood.
At present, Phantom's liquidity has reached an unprecedented and terrifying figure, a full 20 billion. Don't mention Phantom, I am afraid that even Changshi does not have that much liquidity. And the funds for movies are inherently very liquid.
Basically, Phantom does not need to worry about funds at all.
However, it is not a good thing to put such a sum of money in the bank. After Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling studied it, they decided to increase their investment in Mingxuan Real Estate. After announcing that Phantom entered the real estate industry, several pieces of land controlled by Phantom became popular.
The surrounding land also heated up.
At this time, Xiao Ran suddenly realized that this was what Mo Huaien had calculated. However, he had to admit that Mo Huaien's calculation was absolutely right. Land is gold, and with Phantom's rapid growth, sooner or later he will encounter it.
Real estate. However, Mo Huaien's calculations were very accurate and he expected Xiao Ran to invest in Mingxuan soon.
Xiao Ran touched his lips, and his mustache grew again. As soon as his mind changed, he immediately thought of a way. He just asked Dynamic Investment to "accidentally" reveal that Phantom planned to invest in a shopping mall on that land.
The surrounding land has rapidly increased in price.
This is nothing to complain about. Large companies like Phantom and Cheung Kong have set examples in the industry. Take Sun Hung Kai as an example. If it takes a fancy to a certain piece of land, as long as it operates properly, it will soon be possible to create a real estate industry.
Hot, after all, many people are looking at large group companies like them to make money.
The merger of East Germany and West Germany made Phantom earn several billions, and Fang Xiaoqiang himself earned hundreds of millions. Although he was exhausted from running around the world, the satisfaction was indescribable. Xiao Ran was thinking about the Soviet Union
By the time of its disintegration, we might be able to make a fortune in oil.
However, Xiao Ran is not too anxious about this. A Biao has now established branches in the mainland and the Soviet Union, which are also subsidiaries of Phantom. When A Biao takes action and sends two more capable people, the problem will obviously be
Not big anymore.
As for ATV, because of Xiao Ran's creativity, many good programs were produced, and they all won the battle with TVB. With Phantom's huge funds as the backing, TVB people either changed jobs one after another, or after negotiating with ATV
I am willing to be hidden in the snow. Because everyone knows that ATV has the backing of Phantom. As long as you are lucky, you are likely to make a name for yourself in the film industry, but TVB lacks such a link.
On this day, Xiao Ran was in Shenzhen, Guangdong, where the crew of "Terminator 2" was filming exterior scenes. The starring role of this film was Su Renyao, and the person who played the role of Liquid Metal Man was another relatively thin man who was also filming "Dark Flower"
The good prospect Zhang Wenle was discovered. As for the heroine, she is an actress from a theater troupe in Guangdong, and she is very suitable for acting in action movies.
It must be mentioned that Su Renyao is currently one of the first-line stars of Phantom. However, he is the only big star in the crew. Zhang Wenle and the heroine Miao Liyun are not well-known. What we are filming today is the ditch chase.
It was difficult to find a filming location for this scene in Hong Kong, so producer Liu Mei simply chose to shoot it in the Mainland.
Liu Mei had already joined Phantom. However, she had only made one experimental work, so she decided to hone it first and asked to start as a producer. Originally, Xiao Ran did not agree with Liu Mei's work because it was a film
An extremely masculine film, with a woman as the producer, might make it very feminine.
Unexpectedly, Liu Mei actually had a bit of a boyish streak, and he quickly arranged everything so well that director Chen Mu was full of praise. In fact, the ditch in front of them was an unfinished ditch in Shenzhen, because this
The filming of the scenes will definitely cause considerable damage, so it will cost a lot in this regard.
The film is set in Hong Kong, so there was no choice but to choose this place. Fortunately, editing can be used to make up for this shortcoming. In order to make the scene have the urban charm of Hong Kong, Liu Mei even spent a lot of money on the decoration during the early preparations.
around this ditch.
In this way, there are basically no flaws. The scene has been filmed in the past two days, and now only the explosion scene has not been filmed. This explosion scene was filmed in Liu Mei's
The plan was to have a real explosion, so people from the Public Security Bureau were invited to supervise it to avoid any mistakes.
As long as he thinks of the chase scene in Chen Musheng's "Stormtroopers: Streets of Rage", Xiao Ran is full of confidence in this scene. Just kidding, there are very few who can shoot such a completely classic chase scene with a low production cost.
There are only a few, and Chen Musheng is one of them. I am afraid he can also be regarded as the first in Hong Kong.
Although Wu Yusen is good at gunfight scenes, he may not be good at chase scenes like this. The most typical one is the sea chase in "Face/Off". In the eyes of Chinese people, it is just an ordinary chase battle, but in the eyes of Westerners, it is extremely intense.
In this scene, Su Renyao sat on a motorcycle with a cold face and shot at the big truck, blowing it up. What made Chen Musheng difficult was how to film this scene. He couldn't really make Zhang Wenle
Let's go to the car and let the explosion come. But if this is not the case, the only way to achieve the effect is through editing, which will lose the intuitive thrilling feeling.
Xiao Ran was also slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Chen Musheng had realized this. It seemed that the changes brought about by his appearance were really huge. You know, under normal circumstances in this era, if you are shooting panoramic shots such as explosion scenes,
It was necessary to use props instead of real people, so many shots later looked extremely fake.
Chen Musheng was supposed to be one of them, but he thought of this, which can be said to be a huge change. Xiao Ran is very happy that the excellent concepts he brought have been conveyed to the Hong Kong film industry, which means that Hong Kong films are gradually undergoing qualitative changes.
Which explosion scene is the most thrilling? Panoramic explosion shots are the most thrilling and give people the strongest visual effect. Generally speaking, zooming in and out to create a far-reaching panorama completely captures the explosion scene in the shot.
But Chen Musheng didn't want to do this. He liked the technique used by Xiao Ran in "The Spy". It is no exaggeration to say that even though more than a year has passed, the scene in "The Spy" is still the most thrilling explosion in the history of Asian movies.
The scene. To maintain this honor, it is not just about how big the explosion is. The key lies in the scheduling of the scene and the use of the camera.
Chen Musheng wanted to use this method, but the prop man's problem made him very embarrassed. When he mentioned it to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran was just stunned for a moment and then burst out laughing, talking to the special effects team leader of the crew
Zhixing called over and threw the question to Zhong Zhixing.
Zhong Zhixing thought about it, conceived it in his mind, and quickly gave an answer: "Mr. Xiao, in theory there is no problem. We can move him there through computer means."
Xiao Ran suddenly remembered "The Hero of the Storm". This film was the first Hong Kong film to use computer special effects on a large scale, and it also announced the birth of Hong Kong's special effects. In that film, the special effects producers used an extremely delicate attitude
, taking care of the reflection and light of every water droplet, this attitude is what is needed.
"In this case, have you ever considered..." Xiao Ran said with a chuckle: "The attack caused by flames or other objects on the characters during the explosion, and the impact of the flames and other objects on the characters. For example, the light and shadow parts, and the effects of the flames
Projection and so on, I think these are all things that need to be done in order to not expose any flaws!"
Zhong Zhixing and Chen Musheng stared at Xiao Ran with their mouths wide open. Xiao Ran's suggestion was too exaggerated. To make it so detailed, how much time and money would be spent! After a long time, Zhong Zhixing looked at Xiao Ran with a wry smile and said:
"But I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. You know, we still need to make calculations based on the pictures, so that we can be so detailed!"
"What I want is perfection. Whether it is this film or future films, I require perfection." Xiao Ran waved his hand lightly and said in a very relaxed tone: "Currently, there are more than 100 staff members in the special effects department.
Well, I will separate you from the animation department in a while, and then you will need strong skills and attitude."
Chen Musheng and Zhong Zhixing discussed for a while, then came to Xiao Ran and said: "Brother Ran, I want to use the floor explosion method in "The Spy", what do you think?"
Xiao Ran was startled for a moment, and immediately felt proud. He didn't expect that even Chen Musheng would learn from his technique. However, after briefly observing the environment, he immediately came to a conclusion: "That kind of processing technique is not suitable here, you should
Try something else!”
In Chen Musheng's confused eyes, Xiao Ranxiao pointed to the surrounding environment and explained: "This is a ditch, but it was a building at the beginning. The space in the ditch is narrow, but the space around the building is wide, with a sense of space and distance."
They are all completely different, so you have to ask the photographer to pay attention to this difference in distance and space when doing sound effects later."
Chen Musheng suddenly realized that he would not have noticed this problem on normal days, but he particularly liked the explosion scene, so he was eager to do it again, but he ignored it for a while. When Xiao Ran woke up, he realized that that scene
Because it is quite three-dimensional in the air, it cannot be treated like this here.
Xiao Ran himself was also thinking about how he would handle this scene. In fact, the previous chase scenes were all great, but the key is here. Shooting the chase scene is actually a process of accumulation of momentum and emotion, just like a bow
Likewise, the process will strain the audience's nerves and require appropriate persuasion in order for people to gain the accumulated pleasure.
If I have to explain it more clearly, the last scene of this chase scene is actually like the moment when the climax of sex comes, giving people the most enjoyable enjoyment. Therefore, if this shot is not handled well enough,
This means that the chase scene basically failed.
After observing the environment, Xiao Ran's mind moved. Explosion scenes pay attention to three-dimensionality and audio-visual perception, and the position of the camera is extremely important. Xiao Ran smiled slightly, and he thought he had a solution.
Chen Musheng is quite depressed. Now the whole crew is waiting for him to give a specific concept, but his previous idea has been completely overturned by Xiao Ran. However, the other methods he came up with are quite ordinary, which is a bit embarrassing.
"Since I'm the producer, why don't you give me some advice?" Xiao Ran is the producer of this film. Both Wu Yusen and Adu are inferior to Wu Yusen in terms of control over such a large-scale action film, so he is the only one to be the producer.
: "If in this scene, this heavy truck explodes and does countless somersaults, and coupled with the absolutely powerful post-production sound effects, as long as the camera position is not bad, the effect will definitely be good."
"What do you mean..." Chen Musheng's eyes suddenly lit up. This is a good way to deal with it, but in terms of specific operations, it seems to be somewhat difficult.
Xiao Ran smiled. He already had all the detailed thoughts about this scene. He waved to the recorder and asked him to find a piece of paper and pen. Then he drew on the paper and explained: "We can try to deal with it like this
, let’s conceive the picture. First, Su
Renyao blew up the car. At the same time, due to other reasons, the car flipped into the air and passed Su Renyao's position. I needed this height to be at least three meters high. I used the camera to zoom in to create oppression for the shot of this behemoth flying through the air.
feel."
"And there happens to be a bridge pier there. This is very important when determining the distance. The distance for the car to land can't be more or less. It needs to be just enough to bounce a few times." Xiao Ran was completely immersed in it, more like a director than an actor.
Rich Man: "After a few bounces, it accidentally hit the bridge pier. What do you think of the effect?"
Chen Musheng closed his eyes and reorganized the scene in his mind. He adjusted the angle of the scene and still felt that the power of this scene was absolutely sufficient. However, something very strange seemed to be missing... Suddenly
, he thought, it was the lens, but it lacked the power from the lens.
When Xiao Ran saw Chen Musheng's expression, he guessed what he was thinking. He threw away the paper with a chuckle, took a few steps forward and came to the middle of the ditch. He tapped Su Renyao's predetermined character position and pointed upward: "We need a character here."
A machine, I think you understand!"
Chen Musheng understood that this was the camera position that Xiao Ran mentioned just now to create a sense of oppression. Bye bye, Xiao Ran took a few steps forward and came to a point: "Suppose the front is the point where the car falls, then a lens is needed to capture it.
Get down here."
"And the bouncing part can be done by a camera..." Xiao Ran came to the position of the bridge pier and pointed upward: "The flames must be strong, and a machine needs to be shot from above to capture the part where the flames roll up.
You also need a machine to capture the shot of the car hitting the bridge pier. In this way, I believe it’s almost done!”
Chen Musheng once again meditated for a moment and found that in this way, it really required a sense of angle and too many shots, and it was extremely smooth. When he was about to speak, he saw his secretary An Yuxuan hurriedly walked towards Xiao Ran and said softly:
"Mr. Xiao, something happened!"
Xiao Ran frowned slightly and told Chen Musheng: "Let Liu Mei go to the mechanics professor to ask for advice on these principles of bouncing and leaping!" Then he drifted away, leaving Chen Musheng to wonder what happened in Hong Kong...