Young director Zhang Yuefan is not having a very good time recently.
His previous film "College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination!" won the Best Special Effects Award at the Yannan University Student Film Festival. Although I don't know why the jury gave him this award, it is better to have it than not.
However, Lu Kan's "Crying" also participated in the film festival selection at that time. "Crying" won the Best Special Effects Award in front of "Crying". Many people who didn't know the truth thought that the special effects of "College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination!"
Awesome, beat the eye-opening "Crying".
After the video website actually went online, the viewers who had been deceived shouted that they had been fooled. While cursing what kind of bullshit special effects it was, they gave "College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination! College Entrance Examination!" low scores, and even speculated that Zhang Yuefan was
Not a relative of the judge.
For a time, Zhang Yuefan's reputation became very bad, and producers who had previously intended to cooperate gave up the idea.
If you were an ordinary director, at this time, you would have started to blame everyone, be hostile to Lu Tian, and start preparing for revenge with him as your opponent.
Later, he may have failed in his revenge, found support from his seniors, and started to use all kinds of crooked ways to discredit Lu Tiao. Then he challenged Lu Tiao head-on and was beaten in the face by counter-attacks, and he collapsed.
But Zhang Yuefan is different.
He is just a salted fish.
The reason why he made movies was because he could only make movies and make money, so he continued to do so.
Recently, there were no movies to accept, and no one gave him scripts to revise. With no source of income, Zhang Yuefan simply went to deliver food.
While delivering food, I am accumulating inspiration. Maybe one day I will have an idea to make a movie called "Crazy Food Delivery".
If you can't take pictures, you can still deliver food, and you can still make a decent income here in Yannan.
If it doesn't work out, I can only go back and inherit the family factory.
Today, after a day's work, Zhang Yuefan lay down on the bed, took out his mobile phone, and prepared to watch videos and go to sleep.
Before he could finish watching the cool video of two naughty kids trying to die and something really happened, he saw the new trailer of Project Silence.
""Magic Tide", the name sounds like a blockbuster movie."
Although Zhang Yuefan left Lu Jian’s contact information, Lu Jian is a social black hole. He doesn’t usually post to normal Moments. He often posts about food and animals on video websites and Weibo. Recently, he even posted about himself.
The raised Corgi is indeed quite cute.
Therefore, Zhang Yuefan didn't know when Lu Tan came up with the movie.
Many colleagues in his circle of friends are completely different.
When I was about to shoot, I posted on WeChat and said, "New book, this time it will definitely be a hit!", and started looking for actors. Then I posted on WeChat, "I talked to XXX today, hoping to collaborate.", and the filming officially started again.
In the circle of friends, "Everything goes well, everything goes well", and then I take photos and post them every day, as if I want to tell people all over the world that I have worked very hard.
But in fact, he might just be a handyman.
For some people, showing that they are working hard is more important than the hard work itself.
Lu Tan was different, he made a fortune silently.
At first glance, he seems very calm.
Zhang Yuefan clicked on the video and turned off the barrage.
At the very beginning of the trailer, there is a dense forest with trees that cover the sky.
The narration sounded at this time.
"What you see is just the appearance of the black forest. The real danger lurks in the shadows. When the blood moon rises, the demonic tide will come."
This is a slightly aged male voice, and combined with the light and shadow of the picture, it has a eloquent feeling.
Then, snowy fields, fortresses, armed soldiers, etc. appeared in the picture. The atmosphere was solemn and about to explode.
Immediately, the camera switched to the first perspective.
This seems to be a man lying in the snow. He holds a crossbow in his hand and stares nervously ahead. As he breathes, the fog in the lens appears and dissipates, with slight fluctuations, giving a full sense of presence.
"It's coming."
That vicissitudes of life male voice sounded.
"What's coming?"
Another slightly green male voice asked back.
"Demon Tide."
the man replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, a giant silver-gray wolf suddenly jumped out from the darkness in front of the camera.
At the same time, along with the rhythm of the music, the screen jumped, showing a pack of wolves charging down from a distance, a man holding a crossbow being twisted by something in the shadow, and a man holding a dagger desperately cutting.
Opening one's own throat, and a storm sweeping through the forest.
Finally, there was a young and an older soldier looking at the beam of light fluttering under the dark sky, a desperate sight.
"Are we going to die?"
asked the young soldier.
"Yes, of course he will die."
The older soldier answered, then turned around and looked at the vast tide of monsters.
"But not today."
Immediately, the camera moved towards the surging demonic tide, like a crow overlooking the earth. Finally, the camera passed by the monsters, pulled up, and settled on the crimson blood-red moon.
The title of the film "Magic Tide", as well as some production staff, assisting units, etc., but there is no release date.
After watching the trailer, Zhang Yuefan slowly put down his phone.
He was originally a salted fish, he just lay down and fished and that was it.
But now, after seeing Lu Kan's trailer, his peace of mind was challenged.
It seems that the content of this trailer is not the thriller and horror genre that Lu Tan is best at, but a serious fantasy action blockbuster.
This kind of movie, just like AAA in the game, requires a huge amount of financial, manpower and material resources to make.
You said that a horror movie can be shot in an abandoned hospital with some special effects, but the big scenes shown in the trailer of "The Tide" cannot be shot without strong scheduling capabilities.
Directors who can make this type of film are definitely big names.
Zhang Yuefan found it unbelievable that last year, Lu Tan was almost the same as him, and could only make small-budget movies like "The Crying" where the plot was greater than the special effects and scenes. But now, he is already a big director making commercial blockbusters.
It is impossible to say that I was not touched at all.
No matter how Zhang Yuefan lays down, he still likes movies after all. When encountering a trailer of this level, it's hard not to be moved.
The quality of the trailer, the storyboards, and the depth of the story are far beyond those of the superhero movies we usually watch. This is not a simple commercial blockbuster, it is an epic!
In the past, the industry also liked to make epic blockbusters, most of which were based on history, myths, biographies, etc., and some were completely fictional. However, gradually, such movies have almost disappeared. First, because the cost of such movies is extremely high and requires a large amount of time.
Manpower and material resources are required, and the profit margin is not high. Secondly, because there are fewer subjects that can be filmed, many classic contents have already been filmed, and the cost-effectiveness of remakes is very low.
But now, it seems that Lu Jian is really going to make an epic blockbuster!??