Chapter 372 South Korea copy? (6K combined chapter)
The banquet was not enjoyable enough and ended early just because of Zhang Chen's words.
Zhang Chen is not a big talker, he really means helping when he says he is helping, and he really looks at the shooting materials.
Xu Guanwen replied. He didn't want to get involved in these things. Cheng Long and Chen Musheng accompanied him, watching Zhang Chen look at this and that, and from time to time he took a pen to record something in his notebook.
They knew what Zhang Chen was going to do, but they really didn't know what Zhang Chen was going to do.
"Okay, I probably have an idea. Let's all go back and rest. I'll think about it myself~"
Now that Zhang Chen said this, the group dispersed, and Cheng Long was full of expectations.
Although the movie he had previously agreed to collaborate on has become unknown again, Zhang Chen's willingness to help made him full of expectations.
He had watched "Taken" many times in a row and was very familiar with the long shot in it.
I have also thought about imitating it. Everyone can actually understand how to take a picture. Isn’t it just a transition with an obstruction or something like that? But how to take a good-looking picture is really difficult.
Cheng Long asked himself that he couldn't do it as smoothly as in "Hurricane Rescue", so he simply didn't dare to do it.
But now Zhang Chen took the initiative and gave him unlimited reverie.
Although the banquet broke up early, there was actually a lot of drinking. Under the stimulation of alcohol, Cheng Long's conversation became more intense. After leaving Zhang Chen, he pulled Chen Musheng to chat until midnight.
The eldest brother wanted to chat, so of course Chen Musheng wanted to accompany him, but he didn't have Cheng Long's good figure. After drinking, he felt sleepy. At this moment, he didn't want to discuss any movies, he just wanted to sleep.
At first, Chen could still chat with him, but then his eyes gradually started to fight. Cheng Long was talking in high spirits, but suddenly there was no response. When he turned around, he realized that the only listener was asleep.
Seeing the other person's face flushed and snoring slightly, Cheng Long didn't have the heart to wake him up.
But at this time, he was full of ideas and could not vomit them.
The drink with Zhang Chen today was really worth it. What Zhang Chen said gave him a lot of inspiration.
According to Chen Musheng, this is a spring of literary thoughts, but Cheng Long feels that it is not appropriate enough, so it is more suitable to call it a sudden flow of literary thoughts.
But regardless of the gushing water or the incontinence of diabetes, his mind is already filled with these thoughts, and he wants to wake everyone up and start work right now.
It's not like this has never happened before. Cheng Long didn't even have to take his own life when filming. It's not a big deal for others to sacrifice some sleep time.
However, it's midnight now, and all his thoughts are daytime dramas, and he can't film them even if he shakes them up now.
Cheng Long felt that his head was filled with thoughts that no one could talk to, and his head was about to explode.
After thinking about it, he decided to talk to Zhang Chen.
The only heroes in the world are Long and Chen'er.
……
In the room, Zhang Chen is doing radio gymnastics with Da Meiyuan——
After not seeing her for more than four months, Da Meiyuan's body seemed to have undergone some changes, which actually gave her a strange feeling.
How can this be done? They are good friends and must get to know each other immediately~
Then, the real version of up and down~
"How does it feel to film here?"
"It's not that good. They often speak Cantonese and I can't understand it~"
"Deliberately isolating you?"
"That's not true~"
"Did Cheng Long treat you?"
Da Meiyuan shook her head: "He once asked me and Ying Cai'er to go to his room to drink red wine. I made an excuse and didn't go. Then he didn't call me again..."
"Then how do you pay it back?"
"I've heard people talk about him. After all, this is his crew, and there are all his people around. I'm afraid he'll be tough. If he calls you to wish you a happy New Year that day, he'll have no choice but to come and beg you... …”
"Cheng Long, you're not even willing?"
"Are you willing?"
"Of course I don't want to, so isn't this coming?"
Da Meiyuan had a smile on her face, seemingly very satisfied, and wrapped her legs around his waist.
Zhang Chen didn't know what she was satisfied with.
Da Meiyuan is very unique, which is completely different from Fan Xiaopang.
Fan Xiaopang likes to chat about things while waiting for the CD, and Damei Yuan's chat topics are usually work-related, which has a unique charm.
Zhang Chen always had the illusion that he was doing bad things seriously.
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"Are you really helping him make a movie?"
"It's just a few shots, it doesn't take much effort, it takes three days at most~"
When the conversation started, the phone in hand vibrated.
Da Meiyuan refused to answer the call, so Zhang Chen glanced at the call from the corner of his eye and saw that it was from abroad, so he answered it anyway.
"Diane, what's the matter?"
Da Meiyuan was obviously still dissatisfied and rolled her eyes.
"Zhang, let me tell you good news, "Breathless" is finished~"
There was excitement in Diane's tone.
"Great."
"When will you come? I'll ask them to hurry up and cut a version first~"
Hollywood film companies attach great importance to editing rights. Even films made by Zhang Chen and New Line do not have editing rights, and Alvarez, a new director, is even less likely to have editing rights.
"Oh, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in a short time. Please send me the edited film to look at when the time comes~"
"Painted Skin" is about to start filming, and he has no time to go to Hollywood. Anyway, "Breathless" is just a very simple movie, the story is very simple, and the editing is not complicated.
"Okay, then I'll ask them to hurry up these two days."
After saying a few words, Diane died.
They communicated in English throughout the whole process. Da Meiyuan couldn't understand what he was saying, but she felt that Zhang Chen seemed to be in a good mood after hanging up the phone.
This time Da Meiyuan was even more satisfied.
Zhang Chen is indeed in a good mood. A small-budget movie like "Breathless" follows a fast-selling model, with fast production, fast distribution, and fast release.
As for publicity, low-budget horror films have a fixed audience and do not need large-scale publicity at all. Usually just putting up a poster in the cinema is enough.
Da Meiyuan asked about tomorrow's long shot again. In fact, Zhang Chen also had his own considerations about helping to shoot the long shot.
He had promised Cheng Long to cooperate before, but now he regretted it. It was true that he was being unreasonable, but it was also a helpless move.
When working with Cheng Long, it doesn't matter who is helping whom. His position is there, and in the entire Chinese circle, who dares to say that he has a higher position than him.
Even if the results of the recent movies are not ideal, it will not affect their status.
Of course, Zhang Chen is looking forward to cooperation, but he always feels that if the cooperation of big directors and stars cannot produce the effect of one plus one greater than two, it will be a waste.
Outside the door, an excited Cheng Long walked to the door. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he vaguely heard the chanting of a female magician while casting a spell.
After filming for nearly two months, he was very familiar with this voice - Emei School Zhou Zhiruo.
The eldest brother had a smile on his face that every man could understand. He had long suspected that this boy was related to Zhou Zhiruo, but now it seemed that the two of them were really close.
Cheng Long withdrew his hand from knocking on the door. You must not disturb him at this time, otherwise it may cause the practitioner to go crazy. At that time, even brothers will not be able to do anything.
……
Early the next morning, Zhang Chen walked into the set with Da Meiyuan. This action was enough to declare sovereignty.
Several other people arrived before him and were having breakfast. When they saw Zhang Chen coming over, they showed that smile at the same time.
Xu Guanwen: "I'm old and I'm a light sleeper. I can't fall asleep at the slightest movement. I almost didn't sleep all night last night~"
Cheng Long: "If I had known you liked this tune, you must remember to find me next time you go to Hong Kong. I will take you to taste the local food..."
Even Ying Cai'er was joking next to her: "Yuanyuan, your skin is so good today, like the soil that has been experiencing drought for a long time..."
Chen Musheng on the other side gave him something directly and whispered: "Brother, this is for you. I know you are very capable, but when you are always unable to do what you want, this will be useful for you..."
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Zhang Chen lowered his head and found that what was in his hand was some kind of familiar blue pill, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Why do you act like everyone knows about it? Also, what do you mean by giving me the little blue pill, making it seem like I can't do it?
Gao Yuanyuan's face turned red from being teased, and she just wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
Zhang Chen didn't want to be teased any more, so he had to resort to his working method, "Okay, okay, have you finished eating? After eating, we will talk about today's shooting content..."
The work method really worked, and the jokes about Xiasanlu disappeared immediately.
Zhang Chen redesigned some of the shots last night: "It starts from when our troops meet at your home..."
The police, the rich man's men, the thief and the protagonist duo met at the protagonist's house, and then they started fighting.
Originally this was the highlight of "Project Baby" and it was quite exciting. Zhang Chen redesigned it and just used the lens to make them more coherent.
"Here, the camera always follows Uncle Long, making seamless transitions here and here..."
Zhang Chen took out the manuscript he drew and explained it in detail to everyone.
The so-called seamless transition is actually the use of editing to prevent people from feeling that they are two spliced shots. The technique is actually very simple to put it bluntly.
When shooting, the handheld photographer always gives a close-up shot. If it is a real long shot, it needs to be shot all the time. No one can make mistakes and it can be done all at once.
But pseudo-long shots can be shot separately with seamless transitions.
For example, during a fight, if you push the enemy in front of the camera, and the camera is almost blocked by the enemy, the shot has actually been shot.
The next shot starts from here, but it's actually two shots.
It's just that the two shots were cut together during editing. Judging from the audience's supervision, the shot was only blocked by the enemy bumping into it. There was no change in the angle and smoothness. It was thought that it was shot with one shot.
The advantage of this is that it reduces the difficulty of shooting long shots and makes the whole scene richer.
As for the disadvantages, there are no disadvantages~
After Zhang Chen explained it to everyone in detail, he then started to simulate shooting with the members of the family class.
Although the pseudo-long lens has reduced the difficulty, it is still not something that everyone can take.
Even if Zhang Chen and Chen Musheng made it clear, Chen Musheng still found it difficult.
It just so happens that Zhang Chen's handheld computer is a rare learning opportunity.
There are a total of seventeen scenes in this long shot modified by Zhang Chen, and the first scene is at Cheng Long's house.
The four parties met and the brawl began. Zhang Chen personally acted as the photographer and followed the protagonist through the field.
Fortunately, this scene has been filmed before and everyone is familiar with it. Zhang Chen only made some minor modifications.
The first transition, the second transition, the third transition...
Each transition is actually a close-up of the protagonist's side, sometimes from the side, sometimes from the front, and sometimes from above the head. They are very close, so the sense of immersion is very strong.
Then in the fourth scene, Zhang Chen followed Cheng Long and flew out of the window. Cheng Long jumped on the air conditioner and fell all the way down.
This time it’s not an obstruction transition, but a light transition.
As the name suggests, the transition is completed at the moment when the light shines on the camera and cannot be seen clearly. When the picture is restored, it is already the second shot.
After landing, the assistants who had been prepared on the ground removed the safety buckle on Zhang Chen's body, and Zhang Chen flew after Cheng Long.
Just the timing of opening the safety buckle required repeated rehearsals. If it was too fast, Zhang Chen would be in danger, and if it was too slow, it would affect the smoothness of the shot.
The baby stroller was taken away by the cash transport truck, and Cheng Long and Gu Tianle snatched a car. Here Zhang Chen made another transition.
The transition this time was almost the same as in "The Rescue". The two protagonists entered the front seat of the car and the cameraman Zhang Chen entered directly from the rear window with the camera and hit the back of the chair.
This is also a transition with an obstruction. The next shot will be taken directly from the back seat of the car. The effect that the audience will see is that the camera follows the two protagonists into the back seat of the car, and then the car starts. The shot in the back row Constantly look at the front row and around you.
This kind of shot is very immersive. The audience will feel that they are the third person besides the protagonist, and they will escape into the car and sit in the back seat.
A total of seventeen shots like this were shot, and it took two days to finally complete.
Then, while Cheng Long and the others continued to shoot other scenes, Zhang Chen hid and started editing.
Cutting is actually very simple, just pay attention to the smoothness and don't let people see the traces of editing.
Half a day later, when Cheng Long and the others came back from filming at night, Zhang Chen showed them his results.
“Amazing~”
"Zhang, you are really a genius~"
No matter how well Zhang Chen described it to them, it was still not as shocking as the moment when they actually saw the camera.
Frankly speaking, in terms of the excitement of the shots, this one is definitely not as good as "Hurricane Rescue", but compared with Cheng Long's original version, it is more than one level better.
The key is that Zhang Chen continued the style of the movie.
"Baby Project" is a light-hearted and funny film. Although Zhang Chen's shots are very smooth and smooth, he still retains the original funny style.
After watching the edited footage, Cheng Long immediately gave him a hug with excitement on his face: "That's right, bro, this is the footage I want~"
Cheng Long's strength was a bit strong, and he must be a bit excited. He knew that the filming here was not good enough, but he still didn't know how to make it better.
Now that I see this long lens intuitively, I am immediately sure that this is what I want, and it is even better than I expected.
"Okay, I've lived up to expectations. I'll leave the lens to you. If you're not satisfied with anything, you can modify it yourself. I'm going to go back tomorrow..."
Zhang Chen has received calls from Dong Jianqiang one after another in the past two days. Everything is ready for "Painted Skin", just waiting for him to join the cast.
"No, no, no, brother Zhang Chen, don't leave in a hurry, help me shoot for a few more days..."
Cheng Long hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay. Before this scene, he had no special feelings.
I feel that Zhang Chen's success in several consecutive films is more due to finding the right subject matter.
But after personal contact, I immediately changed my mind.
You deserve it. He is the director who knows best about commercial films in China. He really has two skills~
"Uncle Long, I really can't do it. My "Painted Skin" will be launched in the next two days..."
Seeing that he couldn't keep him, Cheng Long had no choice but to let him go: "Okay, I'll send you a car to take you to the airport tomorrow. We won't go home until we get drunk tonight~"
In the evening, I naturally drank a lot. Of course, drunken sex is inevitable.
The magician’s singing in Da Meiyuan and Ying Cai’er’s room sounded all night long~
……
It was only when I returned to the capital that I learned that "Kowloon Walled City" had been reviewed a few days ago.
China's film censorship system is a metaphysics. Sometimes it is extremely strict, and sometimes it is extremely lax.
Director Tian Zhuangzhuang helped and said hello, and "Kowloon Walled City" passed the review.
Zhang Chen saw the version submitted for review. It was not bloody, but there was still violence. At least it was more violent than the original version of "Slay the Wolf". After all, it was modeled after "The Raid".
But the strange thing is that it passed the trial.
Also passed the trial was "Sha Po Lang".
In the original time and space, "Slaying the Wolf" did not pass the review because it was too violent, and it was not released in the mainland.
This time, I don’t know if the film bureau did not want to use the excuse of different treatment, but both films passed the censorship.
Coincidentally, both "The Wolf" and "Kowloon Walled City" have their premiere dates set on the same day - March 3rd.
It was obvious that he wanted to arm-wrestle.
At this time, Zhang Chen received a call from abroad again, but this time it was not Diane, but Peter.
"Zhang, first of all I wish you a smooth start of your new movie~"
"Thank you, Pete, how's Seeing the Devil?"
"It's already started. The Alexander you introduced is good. So far, his performance in all aspects is excellent. The filming of the movie is going well..."
Judging from Peter's tone, New Line should be more satisfied with Alexander Aja.
Zhang Chen felt relieved when he heard this. He was the one who introduced Alexander Ajia. If he is not suitable, it will affect his project. You know, although New Line is responsible for the production of the "Seeing the Devil" project, Cube is also an investor. One...
"Oh, I called you today just to talk about "Seeing the Devil"..."
Pete paused and then continued: "South Korea's CJ Entertainment has taken a liking to the script of "Seeing the Devil" and wants to buy the rights to flip it. By the way, they are also our partners in Asia, Korea for "A Quiet Place" The publisher is them..."
Zhang Chen understood instantly, "You want me to sell to them?"
"No, I don't. It's not in New Line's interests."
Generally, if a region purchases the remake rights of a certain movie, it means that the movie cannot enter the local market. This is undoubtedly a loss for "See the Devil".
More than 100 Hollywood movies are introduced into South Korea every year, and the Korean film market is completely reserved for Hollywood movies.
The remake rights have nothing to do with New Line. The copyright is in the hands of Zhang Chen. Even if the remake rights are sold, the money will not fall into the hands of New Line. On the contrary, "I Saw the Devil" cannot be released in South Korea, which is a big loss for New Line.
"Okay, I understand. Give them my contact information and let them contact me directly. I will carefully consider the interest relationship between myself and New Line."
Zhang Chen didn't say anything. He understood what Pete meant and hoped that he would reject CJ Entertainment, but this would probably harm Zhang Chen's interests.
Zhang Chen directly sold the remake rights to CJ Entertainment, and may have received more benefits than if "I Saw the Devil" was released in South Korea.
The remake rights of "I Saw the Devil" were just a minor incident, and Zhang Chen didn't take it to heart at all.
The focus of these two days is on "Painted Skin" and "Kowloon Walled City".
"Kowloon Walled City" is about to be released, and related publicity work has already begun.
In the past two days on the Internet, there is news about "Kowloon Walled City" everywhere.
The first trailer was released and received a certain amount of attention.
The trailer begins with a sky overlooking the Walled City, with a few big characters next to it - Kowloon Walled City.
Then the camera turned and came to the door. The police and the Young and Dangerous boys were confronting each other at the gate of the walled city. The Young and Dangerous boys smiled and said arrogantly: "As long as they can get out of that building, I will let them leave~"
In the next scene, the police team is fighting and escaping inside the building. Behind them are countless vicious criminals armed with various weapons.
Then there was a scene where the two sides were fighting each other. Billy Zhou, who played the criminal, hit a policeman with a baseball bat until he vomited blood. Big words flashed across the screen - Cops vs. Robbers.
Then there was a scene of Xie Miao hitting the criminal Wu Yijiang in the face continuously, and the big words also flashed across - punch to the flesh.
Then there is a series of quick cuts -
Xie Miao kicked people flying~
Xie Miao was beaten to his knees by Uncle Dog~
Xie Miao broke Huang Ziyang's arm~
Xie Miao was blocked in the bathroom by a group of people~
The flash mob was getting faster and faster with the heavy drum beat. In the last shot, there was a "crash" and a person broke through the glass and flew out~
Before anyone could see who it was, a row of big characters flew out: March 3, "Kowloon Walled City", punch to the flesh, see you there or not~
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