However, having said that, Wei Dongling still adopted Xiao Ran's first method. Li Jiaxin was currently filming in the UK. As a result, this guy was crazy about spending money. He proposed in all the newspapers and magazines in the UK, including on TV. The news was immediately
When the news spread to Asia, it immediately caused a stir. Everyone praised Phantom and these guys for being crazy and choosing crazy methods to propose marriage.
Result? As a result, Li Jiaxin saw the scene on TV of Wei Dongling half-kneeling on the ground with a ring and proposing. She was immediately dumbfounded. After flipping through the Chinese newspaper, she realized that Wei Dongling had arrived in the UK. Of course, she rushed according to the time in the media
There, a large number of reporters gathered, and Wei Dongling proposed to her in front of everyone, and of course he succeeded.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran severely criticized Wei Dongling's crazy behavior. Wei Dongling counterattacked with a sly smile: "Don't forget, this is the method you taught me!" Xiao Ran was immediately speechless.
Of course, that happened after the next day. Now Xiao Ran was still discussing with Wei Dongling how to deal with this move. Wei Dongling stopped his laughter and said in deep thought: "How about sniping them so that they cannot succeed?"
Just like we did before!"
Lin Qingxia was suddenly shocked. Wei Dongling was so courageous that he actually dared to do this! Xiao Ran smiled lightly and said that going against the government was asking for death. If the British Hong Kong government had not been around for a long time, he might not have dared to challenge the British like that.
and Chris Patten.
In fact, in the past, the reason for sniping some guys who dared to challenge the Phantom was because those people would only create chaos. But the one in front of us was far from interfering with the operation of the Hong Kong film industry, so it was naturally unnecessary. He gave the answer without thinking.
: "No need, and on the contrary, apart from actors, they need people from us and equipment from us. Let the facts prove that without the Hong Kong film industry, mainland films cannot be successful."
Since nothing can be done, the only option is to give in or give up the idea of a movie. Lin Qingxia knew this very well. Wei Dongling once again clicked his tongue and squinted at Xiao Ran: "I knew you were very insidious, but I didn't expect you to do this.
It’s so insidious. But what if they really succeed?”
Xiao Ran sneered, feeling that the hand he was holding Xiao Ling'er was somewhat numb. He quietly handed it to Lin Qingxia, indicating that the little guy should be sent to rest. Then he stood up and stretched his meridians and said: "Occasional success
It is possible, but if you want to succeed in the overall situation, it is absolutely impossible. Even if they are all successful, sooner or later you will fall into a vicious cycle of a single theme!"
Wei Dongling nodded and saw Xiao Ran sitting on the edge of the swimming pool, kicking the water with his feet and gently flicking his thighs with his fingers: "I think we have to prepare for the worst, let's ignore the mainland market and take a look.
.In this way, based on the current investment, the loss is not much."
"It's just that if we want to compete with Hollywood, the investment figures must keep up. Therefore, when a salary of 10 to 20 million is common, coupled with overseas protection policies, it is very likely to form a salary of 5 to 20 million.
Seventy percent of the films lose money!" Wei Dongling quickly picked up Xiao Ran's words and added: "Of course, this is based on the fact that the film figures remain at the current level!"
"Excluding low-cost independent films, the number of local films must be at least 100 to satisfy the local and overseas markets, and large-scale productions must account for at least 2.5% of them!" Xiao Ran was leisurely playing in the water, feeling like she is now
Ancient literati: "What is left are small and medium-sized productions, but I am worried that medium-sized productions will not be popular and will gradually disappear. At that time, everyone will invest in large-scale productions and shrink other productions, which will increase the risk!"
What Xiao Ran mentioned was actually the tragic situation of Hong Kong movies in the 21st century. Xiao Ran remembered the deserted look especially well. He knew very well that movies are a pyramid in terms of both quality and production budget. Big productions are pyramids.
sharp, then medium-sized production, and finally independent production.
The so-called independent production is a very difficult term to define. In Xiao Ran's eyes, independent production refers to films that wander on the edge of the mainstream. Perhaps the works of the four major giants and some small production companies outside the metropolis cannot be regarded as
Made independently.
Independent films are very easy to win awards. They usually have very intense themes and are very artistic. Not every independent film is a small production, although that is usually the case. For example, "Lord of the Rings" is an independent film.
The company's work, but who dares to say that the film is not a big production?
"First, keep producing films in other languages. With our distribution capabilities, we can make a profit on this and use this to make up for other losses!" Xiao Ran smiled lightly. It is common to use profits to make up for losses.
Don't think that Hollywood is glamorous. In fact, when investments become larger and the remuneration becomes higher, losses become larger and larger. Under normal circumstances, profits are used to make up for other holes.
"As for the second one, I think it's time to launch a Hollywood acquisition plan!" Wei Dongling immediately picked up the topic, looked at the stars, and suddenly felt confused. He and Xiao Ran had discussed it, and they both believed that a Hollywood production company could be acquired this year, and within two years
After that, the issuing company can be acquired as a matter of course.
However, judging from the current situation, the plan may not necessarily go smoothly. Neither he nor Xiao Ran can be sure whether this move is a good or bad move. However, they are both sure that as long as they acquire a Hollywood company, they will be able to provide services to the mainland.
A certain amount of pressure. If Phantom transfers his film career to Hollywood, it will definitely not be a good thing.
"That's all, let's talk about this deal with Sony. They have lost nearly three billion US dollars on Colombia so far!" Xiao Ran squinted his eyes and recalled, if he remembers correctly, Sony's
The two idiots whose acquisition case caused the largest loss of Japanese funds in the United States will be kicked out at the end of the year, and it is not too late to take action now.
"I'm afraid Sony is not willing to sell..." Wei Dongling thought about it and quickly gave Xiao Ran an answer: "Now that Sony is trying to build an electronic entertainment empire, there is no possibility of giving up Columbia."
Xiao Ran hummed, bent down slightly to touch the water, and then raised his head and stared at the night sky: "Then it depends on the ability of the negotiators. Akira Morita is a very stubborn old guy. He always thinks that his strategy is
Yes, as long as the negotiators can make him realize that it is a mistake to keep Sony, then it won't be a big problem. Act quickly, otherwise, someone else may replace this old guy before the end of the year!"
Wei Dongling quickly organized a picture in his mind, and even selected the right candidate for this negotiation. However, he believed that he should not focus only on Columbia, but also consider other companies: "Maybe Universal and Pai
Ramon is a good target. Panasonic has not made a single profit on it since it acquired Universal in 1991. As long as we ask, he will probably be happy to sell it to us. Paramount is in some trouble, and Viacom
Mu is also preparing to negotiate acquisitions with them!"
Universal? Universal's logo is the glowing earth, and Paramount's logo is the snow-capped mountains surrounded by five-pointed stars. Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, then chuckled and replied: "Okay, but Paramount has little hope, so it's better to focus on
Our target is Universal and Columbia, the former has a theme park business, which is what we want to expand."
In the next few days, some exchange students who happened to be free continued to report and then returned to the mainland. However, more of them settled in Hong Kong.
Wednesday, July 16th, was the day for the screening of "Jurassic Park". Xiao Ran was determined to continue the advantage of the screening. In Hong Kong, no gangster would dare to come and steal the film, otherwise
That is asking for death.
"Jurassic Park" is a powerful blow given by Xiao Ran to mainland films. He wants to use this film to declare to the public that without the Hong Kong film industry, mainland films will never be able to rely on their own strength to achieve success.
This effect.
In fact, Xiao Ran has always been extremely disdainful of the media's claim that a certain film was produced by the special effects company or special effects personnel who produced the special effects of "The Lord of the Rings". Those media people simply don't understand that different prices will have different effects.
.If you spend 30 million for unlimited special effects, the effect is absolutely different from the effect of 10 million. Moreover, the special effects staff is never one person, but the entire team, a team that is absolutely huge and beyond our imagination.
Before the official release of "Jurassic Park", there were still several advertisements, including two technology advertisements. Then a trailer appeared. In the trailer, following Xiao Ran's advocacy, the Hong Kong film industry
Paying more and more attention to it.
Xiao Ran was not stupid enough to edit a few clips and shots from the film, like CCTV did, and that would become a trailer. For trailers, he always liked to make them carefully, with the director himself doing it and handing it over to a professional trailer.
People will do the editing.
This trailer is the trailer of "Tornado", which is only a thirty-second trailer. The first thing that appears is a plain with many houses and people here, with subtitles on it: "At this time, the most terrifying thing is
What's the matter?"
The scene quickly switched. It was still the picturesque plain just now, but there were no people around. All the houses seemed to have been recently destroyed. The collapsed and chaotic scene was shocking. It was even more interesting.
Yes, there was a faint sound of wind in the theater, hinting at "Tornado". The subtitles were printed again: "This is the scariest thing!" and then the title of the film was typed.
The film has officially started, but there is no word "Liang Jun's work" on it. In fact, this is an unwritten rule. Under normal circumstances, the parties need to be conscious. If they have box office appeal, or are good at winning awards, they can put this mark on it.
Paragraph. Of course, there are also thick-skinned people, but such people are often looked down upon by people in the industry. This naturally means that the experts will be very angry, and the consequences will be serious.
Therefore, there are absolutely very few people who dare to put such a personal label like Xiao Ran. This is a symbol of identity and status. Xu Ke can play, and Wu Yusen can also play, and he has successfully directed "The Love of Ghosts" and "A Tale of Two Cities"
》's Chen Kexin can also play.
There is only one actor like Cheng Long who can ignore the director and put his own label. Fa Ge is now Asia's number one male star and he dare not put such a label. As Cheng Long returned to Phantom, he had to obey the director's supremacy system and canceled
this label.
There is a good reason for Cheng Long to dare to use such a label, and it is completely logical. As we all know, the power of Hong Kong's popular actors in history is even greater than that of directors, and Cheng Long himself is the most popular among the famous. In addition,
His personal style is so strong that it cannot be suppressed, and the director cannot express his own style at all, so it is absolutely reasonable to say that it is Cheng Long's work.
As a director, Xiao Ran definitely doesn't like this kind of actor. The director's needs for actors vary with the film and theme. For example, "A Man and a Widow" is an entertainment film, so Adu chose Liu Hua.
For personal style works such as "Gunfire" and "PTU", Adu will adjust the actors according to the style of the film.
It's okay to say that "Gunfire" is best when an actor's performance is as flamboyant as Wu Zhenyu. This film relies on the performance of the actors and directors. But for a work like "PTU" that is very comprehensive and directorial, Adu will never choose it.
An actor like Liu Qingyun is not easy to control, because in this film, the actor is just his tool, and the tool cannot have independent thoughts. This is why the actors in "Gunfire" performed better than the actors in "PTU"
.
However, Xiao Ran still doesn't appreciate Adu's attitude of treating actors as tools in his personal works. Everyone knows that a good actor can save a movie. Although he really admires Adu's performance in
With his ability to teach actors, Adu was able to help Liu Hua realize his dream of becoming an actor twice, and he was able to train Zheng Xiuwen, who had no acting skills in films such as "Lucky One Train", to be nominated for Best Actress in three films.
Being able to make Huang Zhuoling, Meng Jiahui, Lin Xue, Xu Shaoxiong and other supporting actors and actresses show their dazzling brilliance is already worth learning from Xiao Ran. At least Xiao Ran has always believed that among directors, the best
One of the directors who knows how to teach actors is definitely Adu. It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Galaxy Image's films are so obsessed with so many people is because of the performance factor.
The film officially started. There is no lengthy beginning like Hollywood films. The characteristic of Hong Kong films is that they can quickly bring the audience into extreme sensory stimulation. Originally, Liang Jun considered using flashback techniques to explain, but Xiao Ran reminded that there are at least
After two sequels, I gave up and adopted a straightforward narrative method.
Fortunately, the audience had the opportunity to appreciate the appearance of individual dinosaurs on TV or in magazines, and they were able to wait for the surprise with peace of mind. The director's name receded, and the title of the film appeared, and then the title became smaller and smaller, looking like
It's like the camera is moving backwards rapidly.
Almost immediately, several sharp teeth suddenly appeared in the camera as if it were going backwards, and an ugly dinosaur's bloody mouth appeared one after another. This picture and the "surprise" obviously shocked the audience, and screams immediately spread.
Come out. Soon, the screaming girl became shy because she found that everyone around her was staring at her.
Xiao Ran smiled slightly, and then he realized that his influence was really quite big. Of course, he was referring to his directing techniques. Chen Musheng was influenced by him, and Liang Jun was also influenced by him, and he painstakingly made such a sufficient
Attractive title sequence.
This is a good thing. The use of film techniques is always improving. Just like when we appreciate the films before the New Wave of Hong Kong films, we always feel that they are extremely dull. That is because the directors at that time were very good at long shots and still shots.
preference.
Films after the New Wave are very different, with a very flexible feel. The rapid maturity of editing technology has made directors accustomed to using shorter shots, as short as only a few tenths of a second, to piece together the desired picture.
, which creates a rather flexible feeling.
Xiao Ran has always believed that in terms of techniques and technical applications, Hong Kong films from 1987 to 1997 were the most flexible and inspiring. Although after 1997, Adu and Yinhe emerged.
Images gave the use of film techniques a more personalized direction, but that was only a few cases. Most of the films produced in the ten years before that were full of genius and the kind of free use.
Pleasure.
Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing when he mentioned long shots. He plans to use quite a lot of long shots in his new work. In fact, everyone in the know knows that, especially when people are cutting the shots shorter and shorter, long shots become
It became an extremely dangerous thing.
Directors have never dared to try this extremely risky technique. Based on a very simple example, if a person is talking on the phone and the camera only stays on this person, it will definitely be unbearable for the audience. If there are interspersed
By switching to other screens, you can adjust the atmosphere and create tension.
Some directors in the West, especially in Europe, are very interesting in their use of long shots, and quite a few of them go to extremes. There are even many examples where the entire film is completed in one shot.
Of course, Xiao Ran would not be that stupid. In his impression, the most successful long shot in Hong Kong action movies is the shootout in the teahouse in "The Detective", where Fa Ge jumps up, climbs onto the table, and then rolls down to pounce on the killer.
The shooting scene. This scene was less than ten seconds long, and it was already a long shot. You can imagine how many times a film needs to be edited.
"Big Event" is also an extremely famous work that uses long shots. The first seven minutes of the scene were completed in one shot. It is difficult to say whether Adu did this out of hype at that time, but Xiao Ran was sure that that scene
It was really not easy to shoot the movie. It required coordinating the operation of every actor and machine on set, and rehearsing many times, but there was not even a single cut in the middle. It’s just that the film’s attempt was not very successful after all, which is a pity.