A scream that tore through the silence of the theater rang out in the theater. The strong and realistic effect made Xiao Ran come back from his thoughts and stared at the screen carefully. In fact, there were no dinosaurs killing people on the screen yet.
footage, and it was just the beginning of the attack.
The filming location of this film was chosen to be on an island, and the environment of this island is great. At this point, Xiao Ran, as the art director, naturally told Liang Jun to be as bold as possible.
It's hard to describe whether this special effect is comparable to the original "Jurassic Park". After all, it's something deep in my memory. But Xiao Ran can definitely tell that this is extremely real. In fact, Infinite Vision's
Makeup artists and special effects masters spent a lot of effort to create this dinosaur skin, then laid it on the dinosaur skeleton made by top mechanics, and finally controlled its movements remotely to obtain a more perfect model.
In post-production, with the cooperation of models, the computer special effects can be modified more flexibly in certain places, thus transforming into a ferocious dinosaur with sharp teeth on the screen. In fact, the Hong Kong film industry is not short of top computer technical talents.
, but there is a lack of talent in special effects such as models and makeup.
Without the cooperation and support in this area, the computer special effects often have no texture and look very empty and floating. This is why the special effects in Hong Kong films often look weird.
In terms of technique, the cooperation between Liang Jun and Liu Mei is obviously very powerful. Liu Mei is quite talented in humanistic care. A kind of discussion and thinking started at the moment when the dinosaur attacks people. And Liang Jun is very good in the action scenes.
He also has quite a set of skills. Perhaps the methods of masters are similar. His methods are very similar to those of Lao Si. They both adopt the method of gradually releasing fear. In the process, they gradually create a sense of fear, and then create a more intense climax in the middle and at the end.
People return home satisfied.
This film is 120 minutes long. Generally, Hong Kong films are only 90 minutes long. That’s because a 90-minute film can have an extra scene, while a 120-minute film must be released because of time.
.Playing one more show means getting more money for one show. On the surface, this is very reasonable.
It’s just that people often overlook that some stories that originally took two or three hours to tell are far more complete than taking only ninety minutes. In Xiao Ran’s impression, the four-hour version of 2005’s “Underworld” is a classic, but
Edited into a two-hour version, the difference is huge.
Only good-looking movies will make people willing to go to the theater to watch them repeatedly. This is not Xiao Ran's guess, but the result of an investigation by the Planning Department. Historically, the box office of Hong Kong movies has mainly focused on local markets with weak markets, so they need to race against time for quick success, and
Now there is no need for it. One-hundred-minute films are gradually becoming mainstream.
Xiao Ran didn't finish watching it. He thought he didn't need to watch it any more. The constant screams and fear from the audience were enough to prove the success of this film. After leaving the theater, Xiao Ran was a little distressed.
He is worried that there are no directors who specialize in horror and thriller themes in Hong Kong, resulting in many creative ideas that cannot be filmed. If he were to shoot it himself, he is not sure that he can do it. Unfortunately, in the future, horror and thriller
Zheng Baorui, who is very skilled in the subject matter, has not yet made his debut. Even if he does, he still needs experience.
This is not the first time he has considered this issue. The film industry currently lacks horror and thriller directors. This is not the most critical thing. The most important thing is the lack of directors who are good at big scenes, directors who are good at epic themes, and directors who are good at science fiction and war.
director.
Similarly, it was precisely because he realized this that he felt frustrated. Directors seemed reluctant to direct horror themes. Hui Anhua's "Crash" is a classic ghost film, but after this film, she did not direct and produce until the end of the 20th century.
"The World of Ghosts" was released, but that was after "Hell" became popular.
Horror films and ghost films in Hong Kong films are often made into slapstick comedies, which is also one of the problems of Hong Kong films. The first is because Hong Kong filmmakers’ thinking is so unconstrained, and the second is because the subject matter is too simple.
With these subjects, they have no choice.
A famous director once said that there are no pure themes in Hong Kong. There is love in comedy, and science fiction can also be included in love. Xiao Ran really likes this kind of free creative style. However, as he gets bigger and bigger, he realizes
, it is purely necessary to have a clear subject matter.
If it's a nonsense comedy, it doesn't matter how the director and screenwriter want to play it. But for other themes, it needs to be a little purer. Fortunately, Xiao Ran's approach from the beginning implicitly followed the path of purifying the theme, and gradually guided Hong Kong films to
The right way. It's just that filmmakers still don't like some themes because they are restricted by geography and find it difficult to control certain themes.
Xiao Ran has never tried horror themes, but would like to try themes such as war and science fiction. There are only three large-scale productions in Hong Kong that can successfully control them. Xiao Ran can be called the founder of large-scale scenes in Hong Kong movies.
Well, after undergoing such huge development in special effects and so on, "The Spy" still overtakes "Robo" to become the most ambitious action movie in Hong Kong history. This is not a deserved reputation.
Just as Li Zhuotao analyzed Xiao Ran's directorial ability: From the current point of view, director Xiao is best at action themes, and in addition to his fluency and overall control, his other style lies in his courage. He believes that even if Xiao Ran is directing a small production
The films can all show an amazing spirit, and the one who is most likely to direct the first epic film is Xiao Ran.
In this regard, Xiao Ran didn't know what to say other than a wry smile. His directing experience and experience allowed him to quickly judge the best solution. However, he did not think that those were his own things. In fact, he was belittling himself.
Now, if there were a lot of imitations in the first one or two films, they are basically gone now. He has completely absorbed the essence of future films.
It's not that Xiao Ran hasn't tried other directors on these themes, and he's also given opportunities to many newcomers. But basically they all failed, or were just mediocre. This is what makes him frustrated. Talents haven't been discovered.
You can still dig it, but without the talent in this field, it will be bleak.
Speaking of making a movie that is a failure, don’t think that with Xiao Ran, the Phantom’s movie will definitely be a hit. Even the highlight of the year’s production will suffer from waterloo. For example, "Groundhog Day" was released last year, with an investment of 5,000.
Wan, the director did control it very well, but it was only on the artistic level, and the commercial level was completely ruined, and the box office was dismal and the money was lost.
However, under Xiao Ran's strong control and the judgment of the planning department, situations like this rarely happen. At least the proportion of failures is much lower than in Hollywood. However, failure
There are very few examples.
The huge success of "Jurassic Park" does not seem to require any specific description. Back then, Hollywood relied on "Terminator 2" to sound the alarm for the first time, and then kicked open the door of the world film market with this film. Now, Xiao Ran has
The piece quickly fought back.
Hollywood is stunned. They have always thought that they are the best in the world. Even though Hong Kong films have developed rapidly in recent years under the leadership of Phantom, there is always more than one film every year that can earn more than 50 million in North America.
box office, but they still don't care much about how the emerging forces can compare with the established film companies.
But now the release of this film has really given Hollywood a very loud alarm. Coppola, who was close to Xiao Ran, was even more frightened. He didn't expect that the film could be made like this.
Lucas was even more confused by this comment. He had always thought that the special effects of Light and Magic were the best in the world. However, he never expected that Phantom's Infinite Special Effects could produce computer special effects.
into such a real effect.
This is naturally inevitable. In terms of technology, Phantom invests a lot of money and constantly recruits experts from all over the world. Of course, Infinite Vision has also recruited many talents, and the general manager
With the company's abundant funds, it is only natural that it will develop rapidly.
In fact, it’s not that Light and Magic doesn’t have such technology, it’s just that it didn’t imagine that movies can do this. Sometimes the differences between things are often caused by the differences in people’s thinking. Since then, Light and Magic has been catching up.
As expected, it will be on par with Infinite Special Effects for many years to come, so of course I won’t mention it.
When Coppola and Lucas watched the film, they were so shocked that their first thought was the famous goddess symbol of Phantom, and then they thought of Xiao Ran. They immediately called and confirmed that it was computer special effects.
After doing it, both of them were even more shocked.
This time, because of the various ingenious arrangements of the planning department in terms of commercial elements, for example, black guys are definitely one of the main forces in the North American market. Therefore, Phantom added a black guy character in "Jurassic Park", although in the end it was
His life was at risk, but after carefully balancing the trailer and other aspects, he still attracted black guys and contributed to the box office of this film.
There are countless commercial arrangements like this. For example, in order to win over the female market, the planning department specially replaced a certain character in the film who could last until the second half of the film with a woman. This is an extremely particular aspect of film production, otherwise
Where do you think those hundreds of millions at the box office come from?
Han Long and his staff spent a lot of time planning this film. They worked hard to achieve a balance between trailers, posters, and even peripheral products, so that they would be suitable for both men and women, old and young. As a result, this project can be said to be the most popular movie in Asia and even the world.
The success of the most successful planning is definitely due to Xiao Ran's deliberate training and his years of work in this type of planning.
In the end, the North American box office reached 330 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office reached more than 800 million U.S. dollars. It immediately became the global historical box office champion and the third largest box office in North American history, listed under "Star Wars" and "ET"
.
With such achievements, the Phantom was destined to remain unnoticed. No one could have imagined that such a technical thing could be created by an Eastern film company. It goes without saying that the Phantom became the most famous in the world in one fell swoop.
Of course, there is no need to mention the company.
Infinite Vision and even the entire creative team became globally famous, and Liang Jun and Liu Mei were even eligible for the share. The two also received 10 million intermittently for this film, which is more than the salary.
It's much higher.
However, these are all things in the future. Because Phantom needs to work hard to win over a Hollywood company before October, after enjoying the film, Warner is willing to pay a sky-high price of 50 million US dollars to buy out the North American rights (
(Including video tapes), Phantom did nothing. Just kidding, Xiao Ran is not stupid, since he is talking about acquisition, why let the money go to Hollywood.
Not to mention the historical box office revenue of Jurassic in North America of nearly 400 million U.S. dollars. Within this figure, if Phantom acquired Columbia or Universal to distribute it, it could earn nearly 100 million in profit. Moreover, there are also television broadcast rights.
NBC bought the TV broadcast rights and only broadcast it four times, so it had to pay 70 million US dollars. Moreover, there are huge profits such as video tapes.
Xiao Ran did not deliberately pay attention to the box office and excellent reputation of this film. He is preparing a new film. His new film is an extremely interesting film. It is not so much interesting as it is a completely personal style work.
, a small-scale and very experimental film.
The planning department did not offer any salary because Xiao Ran was the boss. Although Xiao Ran received tens of millions in dividends for "The Legend of Car God" last time, it was a commercial film, and the planning department was very aware of the work in front of it.
It's actually an experimental film.
Therefore, during the negotiation between the planning department and Xiao Ran, in order to make the film he wanted, Xiao Ran had to reduce half of the salary. But after this, the director with the highest salary in Hong Kong still received the same salary for this film.
As high as two million. Xiao Ran did not expect that because he took the initiative to reduce his salary, it later evolved into an unwritten rule. Whenever a director wants to make a personal work with a strong personal style and basically no commercial elements, he will most likely have to reduce his salary.
of.
The schedule of the two major supporting actors was specially freed up for Xiao Ran. However, the two only received a friendship price, but the total was still as high as five million. Among them, Liu Qingyun starred in the first two major films of "Die Hard".
Most of them were sold and became A-list stars worth eight million.
The other staff members were all Xiao Ran's old partners, and they only received friendship prices. However, something extremely funny happened. In addition to the online expenses (i.e., the remuneration of actors and staff) of 10 million, the offline expenses (
The budget (including renting the venue and other technical expenses) is actually less than 4 million.