Box office, box office will be the key issue that determines whether a company or even a region's movies are prosperous. Phantom has accumulated strength for several years, and gradually went from being unknown in the top ten box office lists in the world and North America, to always being famous, and now always being
It occupies at least several positions.
And, the next step is to dominate the entire rankings. As long as it can dominate the rankings, then Phantom will legitimately be the world's largest film company, and Hong Kong films will legitimately be on par with Hollywood. This will attract talent.
There are absolute benefits.
After returning to Hong Kong, Xiao Ran arranged some things, and then discovered that "Toy Story 2" and the improved version of "Forbidden City" have achieved outstanding results around the world, with a global box office of one billion dollars, of course, in US dollars.
This year's mission is so heavy that it will definitely keep Phantom busy to the point of cracking his bones, and the schedule alone is enough to kill him.
"Titanic" and "Cars" are naturally scheduled for the most important summer vacation, while "The Sixth Sense" and "The Ring" are scheduled for Easter. However, the remaining blockbusters give the planning department a headache
Great, every movie is a blockbuster and needs a schedule. Which one should be given? After painstaking planning for a long time, the coordination was finally achieved with the cooperation of the marketing department.
However, what is more painful than the planning department is Infinite Vision. Most of its films require a lot of special effects. Coupled with the films of other companies, it is even more busy and almost collapsed.
Xiao Ran's new film "Reincarnation" can be said to be a continuation of "True Colors", at least from some perspectives. This time, he brought together his strongest team just to create the strongest film.
The art director and costume stylist is Zhang Shuping, the editor is old partner Zhang Yaozong, the soundtrack designer is Lin Daoyun, the sound designer is Xiang Bao, the lighting is Dou Wenbao, the photography director is Huang Yongheng, the action director Yuan Baye, and the screenwriter You Hai.
Such a lineup is definitely the strongest in the Hong Kong film industry. Each one of them is the best in their respective fields. Apart from Xiao Ran, I am afraid that only a few top film talents such as Xu Ke are qualified to assemble this group of people.
In terms of actors, Xiao Ran's choice is Liu Qingyun. This actor has great plasticity. As long as Xiao Ran has a little training, he can be crowned the best actor.
As always, before the filming started, sponsors and advertisers quickly approached the planning department, as if the planning department could make them a lot of money. As a result, Wheelock, controlled by Li Ka-shing, sponsored 20 million, and Hutchison Whampoa sponsored 20 million yuan.
Ten million. Even before the filming of the film started, the production costs of the film were already covered by sponsorship fees, and this did not include advertising fees.
Besides Xiao Ran, who else has such qualifications that other companies can pursue enthusiastically? In any case, his new film started shooting in March, and it started shooting in Hong Kong.
What made Xiao Ran miserable was that it took a full day just to explain the structure and theme of the film to the behind-the-scenes team. Filming finally started, and Xiao Ran felt as if he was overwhelmed with ideas that he couldn't help but pour out.
In terms of art and other aspects, this film actually basically continues the style of "True Colors", so there is no need for Xiao Ran to say more, everyone started working very skillfully. However, as soon as the filming started, Xiao Ran felt something was wrong, Liu Qingyun's performance was not right
The effect he wanted.
After an emergency call to stop, Xiao Ran closed his eyes and thought hard for a moment. According to him, the hate-hate performance in "Stormtroopers: Streets of Rage" is more appropriate. Because Liu Qingyun plays two roles, the current policeman
The character undoubtedly needs this kind of magnanimity, at least the fire inside.
However, Liu Qingyun's performance was angry enough, but he still felt that something was missing. When he came to Liu Qingyun's side, Xiao Ran walked around him, and suddenly remembered that there was an extra depth, a very scary feeling.
The feeling of depth is obviously not in line with the needs of the film.
Liu Qingyun's tough aura is enough, which was cultivated quite strongly in Xiao Ran's "True Colors". However, what follows is a deep flavor. Stopping in front of Liu Qingyun, Zhang Shuping's clothes
I am very satisfied with the styling, it is simple and neat enough.
"Qingyun, do you know what's wrong with your performance?" Liu Qingyun shook his head blankly. Working with Xiao Ran is what every filmmaker desires most, because you can learn a lot by working with him.
You can tell from how many first-class masters have come out of the teams that Xiao Ran has worked for before. At this point, Xiao Ran is definitely not as fast as those master directors.
The reason why I am most afraid of working with Xiao Ran is very simple, because Xiao Ran’s requirements are too strict and he strictly implements the quality policy, so the staff always have to put a lot of thought into doing it. As Xiao Ran often said to Shuangyou and other filmmakers:
"There is no perfect film in this world, and there should never be a film with no merit. We must learn to show our strengths and cover up our shortcomings."
In Xiao Ran's view, it is inevitable to have good production. Failure is allowed, but it is absolutely not allowed to be useless. Every film has its own advantages. As long as the advantages can be used to cover up the shortcomings, it will be a successful film.
Perhaps due to historical changes, "Stormtroopers: Streets of Rage" has not yet started filming in a hurry, but "New Love" was released in 1994. Liu Qingyun now really has a very indescribable charm, very literary and artistic
local flavor.
Xiao Ran nodded. The actor didn't know what his performance problem was. This was very normal: "The character you are playing is not a deep person. You need to show a relatively simple taste."
After experiencing "True Colors", Liu Qingyun's acting skills can be said to have reached the level of Mahayana. With Xiao Ran's reminder, he understood it after just thinking about it briefly. Under his performance, the progress was quite fast.
Under Lan Naicai's expert makeup, another Liu Qingyun appeared on the set, which was used as a stand-in. Although it took computer special effects to create a picture of two Liu Qingyuns together at the same time, there was such a
It's obviously much easier to be a stand-in.
Ten days later, Xiao Ran finally ran into trouble with his thinking. Not because of the theme or structure, but because he was about to shoot an action scene. He found that he really needed to think about how to control the specific operations.
On this day, he gave others a day off, and he quietly thought about all this at home. The problem was not how to connect the artistic atmosphere and the action atmosphere, but how to harmonize them together.
"Dad!" Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Qing jumped into Xiao Ran's arms, holding several toys and dolls in their hands. Xiao Ran took a closer look and saw that these dolls and toys were actually the Three Heroes of the East and the Dragon Man
Waiting for the characters and toys in the movie.
What's funny is that this series of dolls from the Three Heroes of the East also includes the image of Lin Qingxia. What Xiao Qing is holding is a drawing board. He slides down Xiao Ran's body, lies on the ground and draws something on the drawing board.
But little Ling'er showed a ridiculous smile and said in a childish tone: "Dad, look, there is a mother among the Three Heroes of the East!"
Lin Qingxia looked at the cute little children with a smile, and smiled helplessly at Xiao Ran: "They all want it, so I had to buy it for them! Also, Xiao Ling'er said that when she grows up, she will be the third daughter of Dongfang.
Xia!"
"Yes, yes, it is very majestic to be the Three Heroes of the East, and they are all very powerful and can defeat bad guys!" Xiao Ling'er kissed Xiao Ran and kept talking, so that Xiao Ran didn't know what to say.
Xiao Ran looked at his daughter in surprise, and then at his son who was engrossed in playing with the drawing board. A ridiculous thought quickly flashed through his mind. As the old saying goes, three years old means eighty, and Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Qing are both that big.
Yes, the interests and performances of the two are completely different. It seems that the son is quite talented in art, and Xiao Ling'er is developing towards a strong woman.
After thinking about it, she put Xiao Ling'er down on the ground and then told them not to disturb her so that she could think about something. Lin Qingxia came to sit next to him and said softly: "Actually, you don't need to worry.
, we don’t all have to do what we like right away!”
Xiao Ran was stunned. Seeing the look in Lin Qingxia's eyes, he knew that she had guessed wrong. He explained with a smile: "No, I'm not thinking about solving those opponents. A Dong and I have complete plans. I'm thinking
There was a little trouble during the filming of the new film!"
Xiao Ran knows very well that in his current position, it is impossible to completely get rid of career matters, unless he is willing to sell his hard work. Therefore, the retirement he refers to can only be regarded as semi-retirement. Modern technology is so
Advanced, there are many ways to remotely control your own career, which does not require much energy and is no different from retirement.
Gently holding Lin Qingxia's hand, he looked carefully at this face that still fascinated him. There were faint crow's feet between the eyebrows. Seeing all this, Xiao Ran felt even more guilty. If he hadn't insisted on it,
After reaching their ideal, maybe they are now traveling around the world, or maybe they bought a small house in a beautiful place and enjoyed the tranquility away from the world.
"Qingxia, don't worry, I said that if I can solve all the problems this year, I can definitely do it." Xiao Ran's tone was very tender, and he stared at his beloved wife and said slowly: "As long as I want to do it, I will definitely succeed!"
"Yes, yes!" Lin Qingxia's eyes showed a little smile, and she mocked kindly: "You are the richest man Xiao, there is nothing you can't do!"
That day, Xiao Ran figured out that it was about the movie. He figured out that if you want to integrate them together, you must take risks, and it is inevitable to take some risks in the way you deal with them.
Now that the train of thought is clear, it becomes much easier to shoot. But something that embarrasses Xiao Ran soon appears, which is a chase scene in the middle of the film. Because the chase scene in "The Spy" can be called a textbook
The scene caused many films to focus on the chase scene. Xiao Ran didn't want to repeat himself, let alone imitate others, which was extremely painful.
How can we make this chase scene creative? After the producers searched hard, they quickly found a suitable drag lane. This is a highway, and there happens to be a highway in the middle of the road.
A road leading to the railway.
Xiao Ran quickly captured that inspiration. He wanted to divide the chase scene into two parts. The first part was the chase on the highway, and the second part was the chase on the road to the railway track. The railway track was easy to conceive, Xiao Ran
I asked the special effects director and the answer was that it can completely handle the special effects of cars and trains speeding past.
The key is the highway. Xiao Ran wants to use the method of driving in the opposite direction. Driving in the opposite direction on the highway with cars coming and going. In this way, the sense of speed and the sense of crisis of passing by each other will be highlighted.
However, this is definitely not an easy task. For this scene, the German Volkswagen Company provided two hundred cars of various models. After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ran asked the special effects department to rehearse it on the computer.
, obtain various precise data before actually shooting.
The rehearsal of this scene alone took at least a week, and when the actual filming started, Xiao Ran asked Huang Yongheng to get dozens of cameras to capture all angles to make this scene more exciting.
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With Xiao Ran's shout, the filming of the last scene of the scene started. I saw the driver of the speed car special effects team driving the car quickly in the traffic flow. Looking at this huge scene, Xiao Ran was completely focused
He stared at it, and when he saw that everything was okay, he shouted: "cut!"
At this moment, the car in front of the speed team crashed into another car uncontrollably. A loud bang was heard, and all the staff were stunned! Xiao Ran was also completely stunned.
No one expected that something like this would suddenly happen when the most dangerous scene was being filmed. In less than three seconds, Xiao Ran and all the staff rushed forward and saved the injured person in the car.
After being dragged out, the producer frantically called the fire brigade and hospital to send people over.
When the doctors arrived, the staff member of the speed car team had stopped breathing, while the other person who was hit was only slightly injured. Looking at the body, Xiao Ran only felt extremely bitter. He was injured during the filming.
It's not like he hasn't encountered it before. During the filming of "The Spy", three speeding crew members were injured. However, he didn't expect that someone would die!